Wednesday September 12 2012 Serving the University of Alabama since 1894 Vol 119 Issue 22

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Briefs 2

Opinions 4

Culture 6

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todayrsquos paperSports 8

Puzzles 7

Classifieds 7

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NEWS PAGE 5

UA group promotes sustainability during game days

SUSTAINABILITY ON CAMPUS

By Colby LeopardContributing Writer

In an effort to keep The University of Alabama campus flu-free this fall the University Medical Center and the Capstone College of Nursing are teaming up to give free flu shots to students faculty and staff throughout September and October

As a part of the UA No Flu Zone campaign the University has purchased 8000 flu shots to be administered by upper-classmen in the nursing pro-gram and University Medical Center staff Students in NUR 324 - Fundamentals of Nursing volunteered to administer the flu shots for hands-on experi-ence in the midst of flu season Sara Kaylor an instructor for the course said

ldquoAs one of my students put it this is the opportunity of a lifetimerdquo Kaylor said ldquoThe

response from our students has been outstanding and they are looking forward to enjoying a really fun event like this out-side of the classroomrdquo

The campaign is target-ing faculty and staff during September and students in October Kaylor said To reach the student population No Flu Zone will be giving out shots in areas densely populated by students such as the Quad She said it should take no more than five minutes to get your shot

Kaylor said the nursing

students in her class have plen-ty of experience administering the vaccine and have practiced for many hours in the Clinical Nursing Lab and at Druid City Hospital

ldquoOur students are very famil-iar with the administration process and are ready to start giving flu shotsrdquo Kaylor said ldquoBy the time they have gotten to the flu vaccine clinic they are very well prepared to be administeringrdquo

Nursing students give shots for fl u-free campusNEWS | FLU SEASON

CULTURE | KENTUCK

All of the wood used was collected from Watsonrsquos Bend at Hurricane Creek after the April 27 2011 tornado Watsonrsquos Bend Campground along Hurricane Creek was decimated by the storm and the Friends of Hurricane Creek and the Hurricane Creekkeeper wanted to put the salvagable debris to good use so it didnrsquot end up in a local landfill

The Creekkeeper started out selling the timber to local nonprofit organiza-tions and individuals but the staff at Hurricane Creek found the idea of an art exhibit to be a more comprehen-sive and community-based plan to use the wood

Giving

signifi cance

to the salvageBy Megan Miller | Contributing Writer

Community beauty and hope are three unexpected things that local

artists discovered in Tuscaloosa in the wake of the April 27 2011

tornado Salvaged wood collected from devastated sites in the city is

now being featured as the base of artistic pieces exhibited at the Kentuck

Arts Center The exhibit ldquoItrsquos All Good ndash Hurricane Creek Reclaimed

Wood Artrdquo will be on display until Sept 26

SEE KENTUCK PAGE 2

CW | Margo SmithA UA Nursing student administers a fl u shot to another student

Vaccinations free for UA students faculty

SEE NURSING PAGE 2

By Ashley TrippContributing Writer

The Student Government Association is continuing their fall minimester initiative to allow students to take additional cours-

es after fall registration deadlines have passed and has confirmed that a winter interim term is in the works for this December

Since The University of Alabama reached a record-high enrollment of over 31000 stu-dents this fall some students may have had difficulty registering for certain courses Other students may have dropped a difficult

course and need to pick up some extra hours Denzel Evans-Bell SGA vice president of Academic Affairs said

ldquoFall 2 can be a lifeline for many students because itrsquos a rare opportunity to earn extra credits after the regular fall registration deadlines have passedrdquo Evans-Bell said

The Fall 2 minimester gives

students the chance to fulfill core requirements in order to gradu-ate in a timely manner and helps those who may have had to drop a class return to full-time status All of the Fall 2 classes are taught online over a course of 10 weeks in order to allow students the ability to earn additional credits without interfering with their current schedules

ldquoThis 10-week minimester was created to supplement a full-term registration and not to be a replacement so students should understand that not every class will be offeredrdquo Evans-Bell said ldquoWe are however working to increase the number and variety of classes offered during Fall 2rdquo

Fall 2012 minimester allows students to pick up extra credit hours

Feeling like a lsquofreshman all over againrsquo

By Alexandra EllsworthStaff Reporter

If starting fresh at a new school is no easytask then transferring after everyone else has already adjusted can be even harder

ldquoI feel like I am a freshman all over againrdquo Jasmine Mayes a junior majoring in civil engineering said Mayes transferred from Mississippi State University after her sopho-more year and is now a first-year student at Alabama

At a school with over 30000 students enrolled it can be easy for transfer students to get lost or grouped with the incom-ing freshmen But according to Student Affairs the University is making an effort to make the tran-sition to a new school as easy as possible

University records show that in 2011 1030 students transferred to the University from within the state 417 students transferred fromout-of-state and 16 transferred from unknowninstitutions equaling a grand total of 1463 transfer students at the University last year

ldquoWe are always exploring and expanding the opportunities through our office and First Year Experience programs to best accommodate the needs and interests of our studentsrdquo Jennifer DeFrance assistant director for First Year Experience and Parent Programs said

The University offers several different ways for transfer students to get involved socially and academically including FYE and Ignite UA

However many of these programs group transfer students with incoming freshmen and Mayes is not the only transfer student who feels this is unfair

UA making effort to involve include transfer students

SEE TRANSFER STUDENTS PAGE 6

ldquoWe are always exploring and expanding the opportunities through our offi ce and First Year Experience programs to best accommodate the needs and interests of our students

mdash Jennifer DeFrance

ldquoFall 2 can be a lifeline for many students because itrsquos a rare opportunity to earn

extra credits after the regu-lar fall registration deadlines

have passed

mdash Denzel Evans-Bell

CULTURE | TRANSFER STUDENTS

SGA will continue to offer extra courses

SEE FALL TWO PAGE 6

NEWS | ACADEMICS

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What Homegrown Alabama Farmers Market

Where Canterbury Episcopal Chapel

When 3 - 6 pm

What Wind Ensemble Stu-dent Recital

Where Moody Music Building

When 730 pm

What Crimson Outreach Interest Meeting

Where Bidgood 117

When 7 - 8 pm

TODAY

What La Table Franccedilaise (French Table)

Where Starbucks at the Ferguson Center

When 4 - 5 pm

What Spanish Movie Night ldquoChico y Ritardquo (with English subtitles)

Where Lloyd 337

When 630 pm

What First Friends Kick-Off Dinner

Where Mellow Mushroom at 2230 University Blvd

When 730 - 845 pm

FRIDAY

What Kelly Clarkson and the Fray

Where Tuscaloosa Amphitheatre

When 7 pm

What Sock Hop Dance

Where Forest Lake United Methodist Church

When 6 pm

What Womenrsquos Volleyball vs LSU

Where Foster Auditorium

When 7 - 9 pm

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By CW Staff

The No 1 Alabama womenrsquos golf team finished eighth at the Cougar Classic on Tuesday with a 54-hole total of 13-over-par 877 on the par-72 6219-yard Yeamans Hall Club

Florida won the event with a 12-under total of 852 while Duke finished second at 6-under 858 with Southern California third at 1-under 863 Vanderbilt (E 864) and Georgia (+3 867) rounded out the top five

ldquoWe had it going a little better halfway through the roundrdquo head coach Mic Potter said ldquoWe made some birdies and an eagle on a par 5 and got close to the fifth spot but we committed some errors after that The bottom line is we hit a lot of good shots and either

didnrsquot convert birdies from short distances or three-putt-ed We are going to come home to get a little sharperrdquo

True freshman Emma Talley finished as Alabamarsquos top indi-vidual with an even-par total of 216 Talley strung together three consecutive rounds of even-par 72 She used an eagle on the par-5 15th hole even during her round on Tuesday that also included four birdies and six bogeys Talley finished tied for 14th

Junior Stephanie Meadow finished just one shot back of Talley at 1-over 217 Meadow also carded an even-par 72 on Tuesday to finish tied for 22nd

Jennifer Kirby who opened with 2-under 70 carded back-to-back rounds of 75 to finish tied for 36th at 4-over 220

Sophomore Daniela Lendl counted toward the Crimson

Tidersquos score for the second time in three rounds with a 3-over 75 Her 54-hole total of 226 is a career best and good enough for a tie for 65th Hannah Collierrsquos 78

was dropped from Alabamarsquos score on Tuesday and she fin-ished tied for 83rd at 229

Alabama returns to action Oct 5-7 at the Liz Murphey Fall Preview at the University of Georgia Golf Course

Tide womenrsquos golf finishes eighth at Cougar Classic

ldquoThe bottom line is we hit a lot of good shots and either didnrsquot convert birdies from short dis-tances or three-putted We are going to come home to get a

little sharper

mdash Mic Potter

Marie Eddins a junior from Birmingham Ala who is majoring in nursing said the No Flu Zone campaign is the first time she will be giv-ing a shot to an actual person Eddins agrees with Kaylor that the nursing students are prepared to administer flu shots across campus

ldquoThe idea of giving shots to our peers was definitely a little scary but everyone Irsquove talked to is excited about the oppor-tunity to get so much experi-ence so quicklyrdquo Eddins said ldquoWersquove had time to practice in the clinical practice labs with our simulator arms as well as get plenty of teaching from our faculty I donrsquot think

therersquos a way we could be bet-ter prepared for thisrdquo

According to the USNational Library of Medicinecollege students are moresusceptible to catching theflu because of close livingquarters shared restroomsand many social activitiesKaylor said the No Flu Zonecampaign will help reducethe number of flu cases at theUniversity

ldquoWersquore trying to have asmany people vaccinated oncampus as possiblerdquo Kaylorsaid ldquoIf we run out of the 8000shots we have then we willjust get more and keep admin-istering themrdquo

Flu shots will be admin-istered across campus untilthe end of October To receiveyour flu shot you must verifyyour status as student facul-ty or staff at the vaccinationlocations

NURSING FROM PAGE 1

UA nursing students give fl u shots

An art teacher at Holy Spirit Catholic School Tricia Schuster heard about the opportunity for her students to contribute to the exhibit through the Tuscaloosa Arts Council Schuster spent all summer developing projects appropriate for her third-12th grade students to com-plete

ldquoMy own adult children and some of my Holy Spirit students were affected by the tornadordquo Schuster said ldquoWhen I heard about the opportunity to take tornado debris and make something beautiful with the wood I was inspired to get involvedrdquo

The goal of the exhibit is to showcase how artists stu-dents and resi-dents have used this timber to draw hope and beauty out of disaster in the community

The Hurricane Creek Creekstravaganza will be held on the last day of the exhibit Sept 27 at 730 pm in the Kentuck Courtyard A panel of seven local art-ists were selected as judg-es of the art in the exhibit and winners of the con-test will be announced and awarded prizes at the Creekstravaganza

Pieces being judged will be divided into two categories Young Artists (16 and under) and Adult Artists

Holy Spirit Catholic School chose the best 10 to 15 pieces

from each grade level con-tributing about 70 pieces total to the exhibit to be judged at the Creekstravaganza

ldquoThe enthusiasm of the students was amazing as they learned new techniques and worked with a medium they have not had any expe-rience withrdquo Schuster said ldquoI was delighted as I watched their problem solving skills kick in and they were able to look at wood in a new wayrdquo

Hurricane Creek board member Alina Coryell said there will be three prizes awarded in both the Young Artists and Adult Artists cat-egories

ldquoPrizes will be awarded on the basis of the creative use of reclaimed wood and tor-nado memorial potentialrdquo

Coryell saidA l a b a m a

Outdoors is the adopted parent for this project and other local b u s i n e s s e s have kept the event primar-ily local by donating an assortment of gifts

ldquo A l a b a m a Outdoors dis-

tinguished itself by being the local outdoor store that values preservation and care for outdoor recre-ational areasrdquo Coryell said ldquoThey have given far more than mere lip-service to our effortsrdquo

The exhibit is free for the public to view on weekdays from 9 am to 5 pm and on Saturdays from 9 am to noon

T i c ke t s fo r t h e Creekstravaganza event can be purchased online at hurricane-creekorgcreek-stravaganza

KENTUCK FROM PAGE 1

Kentuck shows art made from 427 debris

ldquoThe enthusiasm of the stu-dents was amazing as they

learned new techniques and worked with a medium

they have not had any experience with

mdash Tricia SchusterWEDNESDAY

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Editor | Melissa Brownnewsdeskcwuaedu

Wednesday September 12 2012NEWSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 3

By Allie HulcherContributing Writer

EO Wilson a prominent biolo-gist theorist and author tackled questions of religion and philoso-phy Tuesday night as he spoke to University of Alabama students about lifersquos big questions

His lecture last night focused on the three main questions that religion and philosophy try to answer ldquoWhere do we come from What are we And where are we goingrdquo

From the onset Wilson did not shy away from controversy say-ing that no two creation stories can be correct

ldquoNone are consistent with our growing knowledge of the uni-verse and the planetrdquo Wilson said ldquoReligion will never provide all of the answers no matter how much we might wish it tordquo

Wilson a graduate of The University of Alabama who has been teaching at Harvard for 60

years spoke about his recent book ldquoThe Social Conquest of Earthrdquo

Wilson went on to explain the social behaviors of various animals including insects wild dogs and chimpanzees Wilsonrsquos lecture incorporated slides with large images of animals and

the evolutionary ancestors to humans Wilson touched upon aspects of biology sociology and anthropology He explained the hunter-gatherer society and how the development of campsites is directly related to how social humans are today

ldquoGossip is a dominant behavior from hunter-gatherer campsites to royal courtsrdquo Wilson said ldquoWe are intensely interested in each other ndash that is a very human traitrdquo

Social closeness and working as a team was an essential step in evolutionary human develop-ment according to Wilson Other essential progressions included division of labor and travelling in tighter groups This led to being able to recognize the intentions of others and understanding their wants and needs

ldquoIf you have any doubt about the universality of joy and con-flict and contest I ask you to pause for a moment of silence

to reflect upon the Southeastern football conferencerdquo Wilson said before saying simply ldquoWarrdquo

Stephen Killen a senior in New College was impressed by Wilsonrsquos quiet approach

ldquoIt amazes me how effortlessly this comes to himrdquo Killen said

Killen said that while he per-sonally appreciates individual-ism he learned from the lecture that humans are innately social

ldquoI learned that being social and working as a group is the best to be successfulrdquo Killen said

Wilson was born in Birmingham in 1929 and grew up in Mobile Left blind in one eye from a fishing accident Wilson turned to studying ants since he could inspect them under a microscope This led to a greater interest in biology and he attend-ed The University of Alabama where he received an under-graduate and a masterrsquos degree Wilson then received his PhD from Harvard in 1955

Wilson has written 28 books including his most famous ldquoThe Antsrdquo and ldquoThe Naturalistrdquo He won Pulitzer Prizes for both books Wilson also promoted his new book ldquoWhy We Are Here Mobile and the Spirit of a Southern Cityrdquo and signed copies for those in attendance

William Alford a native Tuscaloosan came to the lecture with two books for Wilson to sign

ldquoThis guy is a science hero itrsquos like coming to see Einsteinrdquo

Alford saidJessica Reynolds a University

of Alabama at Birmingham stu-dent came with a group of fellow biology and Wilson enthusiasts Reynolds is majoring in biology and studio art and was fascinated with the way Wilson incorporat-ed art into his presentation

ldquoEO Wilson was saying how itrsquos human nature to create and human nature to explorerdquo Reynolds said ldquoItrsquos just interest-ing how everything ties inrdquo

EO Wilson speaks on human behavior development

CW | Anna Waters Pulitzer Prize winning biologist

EO Wilson

By Jordan CissellStaff Reporter

The Bruno Business Library is working to educate students on how to fully utilize the building and its systems

The new program called Get Smart will host nine one-hour classes every Monday through Nov 12 and aims to better accli-mate students to the business database systems available at the library

Mark Siciliano business ref-erence librarian at Bruno first came up with the idea for the series and will teach each of the classes

According to Lee Pike head of Bruno the libraryrsquos database sys-tems have plenty to offer

ldquoThe best business infor-mation has high value and costs moneyrdquo he said in an emailed statement ldquoThatrsquos why

corporations pay tens and often hundreds of thousands of dol-lars per year for business infor-mation from such commercial providers as Lexis-Nexis Global Insights Business Source Premier among many others Thatrsquos where the library comes in We license dozens of busi-ness databases annually and the content is freely available to students during their careers at the Universityrdquo

Siciliano said students outside of a few business school classes classes often donrsquot get exposed to the systemsrsquo potential

ldquoWhen I present to a class I always ask lsquoHow many people have never been in the library beforersquordquo he said ldquoWhen yoursquore talking to a group of freshman and they all raise their hands itrsquos one thing But if yoursquove got a bunch of juniors and seniors with their hands up thatrsquos a problemrdquo

His discussions will focus on how students may most efficient-ly use Brunorsquos database services to explore the information they need to further investigate these topics

ldquoHe is an expert and will make the workshops worthwhilerdquo Pike said ldquoAn investment of a little time in the Get Smart workshops will save a lot of time searching aimlesslyrdquo

Though business is the pri-mary focus of each workshop Siciliano said the concepts he presents is not of relevance to Culverhouse students alone

ldquoA lot of our campus library systemrsquos databases are very similarrdquo he said ldquoYou can take something I talk about and do the exact same thing with the Civil War or chemistryrdquo

However Siciliano insists the database proficiency students will gain from the series can be

an especially significant cata-lyst in business studentsrsquo post-graduation career search He said many big-name companies especially in the brokerage and banking industries use the same programs in the daily conduction of business but most recently graduated job hunters either donrsquot know how to use databases or donrsquot recognize such profi-ciency as a marketable skill

ldquoIf you put Bloomberg or Morningstar [database systems] on a resume that will look tre-mendousrdquo he said

Classes are limited to 20 peo-ple per meeting and will meet Monday at 6 pm in Bruno 11 Visit brunolibcbauaeduser-vicesworkshopshtm for more information

Bruno workshop helps students lsquoGet Smartrsquo

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Wednesday September 12 2012OPINIONSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 4

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Ashley Chaffin Managing EditorStephen Dethrage Production

EditorMackenzie Brown Visuals Editor

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MCT Campus

By Henry DownesStaff Columnist

Do unborn children have rightsIt depends on who you ask According to the

Unborn Victims of Violence Act a zygote isendowed with some legal protections as a ldquochildin uterordquo from conception ndash before it is technicallyeven a fetus By their definition a ldquochild in uterordquois a ldquomember of the species Homo sapiens at anystage of development who is carried in the wombrdquo

Scientifically speaking fetuses (at six weeks afterconception) can develop brain activity can moveand ldquokickrdquo (at three and half months) can realistically survive outside the womb (at sixmonths) and can feel pleasure and pain (at about seven months)

So much activity and all of this before the future baby even reaches its birth-day Indeed unborn children are so like humans that religious groups have historicallyargued that they have moral interests comparablewith already-born humans

My point isnrsquot to give a moral sermon on abor-tion here for the underlying morality of abortionextends far beyond the scope of this article

But there are logical inconsistencies existingin our legal system today regarding fetal rightsand we must move toward one of two extremes inthe future to reconcile these discrepancies eitheracknowledge that current abortive mothers oughtto be prosecuted for illegal feticide or do away withfetal rights altogether denying all legal personhoodclaims of the unborn

Scientifically and legally therersquos no reason thatthe moment of birth ought to be significant Itrsquos notsurprising that the vast majority of US states cur-rently have statutes that define ldquofeticiderdquo as puni-tively equivalent to murder ndash about 25 states applythe standard regardless of developmental stageOnly 12 states regard an act of feticide as simplyldquoassaultrdquo

In Alabama a Guntersville man was recently cap-itally prosecuted for shooting his ex-wife Such anact wouldnrsquot generally be considered a capital crimendash except for the fact that the woman was pregnantAccording to new state law Jesse Phillips took twolives that day ndash that of his ex-wife and her unbornchild He received the death penalty

Also in this state scores of ldquochemical endanger-mentrdquo cases have been made against mothers whoseabuse of drugs alcohol or other substances resultsin fetal injury After all a woman who chain-smokesor drinks excessively while pregnant is liable for thedetrimental effects she causes to her unborn child

Together these examples of legal ldquogrey areasrdquosuggest inconsistencies within modern abortionlaws

Consider two hypothetical parents Mother A andMother B Both were unexpectedly impregnated andare now a month into their respective pregnanciesMother A is a lifelong smoker frequent drinker andoccasional drug user She abuses these substancesto the point where she essentially causes (in theeyes of the law) her unborn childrsquos miscarriage Sheis prosecuted and in accordance with state law isconvicted and sent to jail

Mother B on the other hand didnrsquot want to havekids but is a perfectly healthy adult After discuss-ing with family she decides to have an abortion Shegoes to a clinic and in accordance with federal lawis legally permitted to abort She returns home

As far as I can tell the only morally and legal-ly significant difference between the actions ofMother A and Mother B is their motives MotherArsquos killing was reckless and unintentional whereasMother Brsquos was premeditated and quite intentionalAlthough we send Mother A to prison for ldquoendan-germentrdquo American laws condone the choice ofMother B

Nowhere else in our legal system is accidentalbehavior punished more severely than intentionalmalicious behavior Imagine giving a perpetrator ofinvoluntary manslaughter ldquotwenty-five to liferdquo butletting a calculating murderer walk

Enough legal precedent already exists to satisfythe ldquocollapse clauserdquo of the Roe v Wade decisionwhich states ldquoIfhellippersonhood is established the[legality of abortion] of course collapses for theright to life would then be guaranteed specificallyby the [Constitution]rdquo Didnrsquot the Unborn Victimsof Violence Act establish personhood in 2004 DonrsquotAlabamarsquos (and many other statesrsquo) capital crimeand ldquochemical endangermentrdquo laws establish legalpersonhood

In todayrsquos system fetuses paradoxically have thelegally protected ldquoright not to be killedrdquo by a gun-man but depending on how their own mother feelsabout their existence they donrsquot technically have aldquoright to liferdquo

At the upcoming presidential debates twoHarvard Law School graduates will likely dancearound the messy topic of fetal rights But can youblame them Fetuses canrsquot voteHenry Downes is a sophomore majoring in econom-ics

Disparities present in statersquos abortion laws

ldquoIn todayrsquos system fetuses paradoxically have the

legally protected ldquoright not to be killedrdquo by a gunman

but depending on how their own mother feels

about their existence they donrsquot technically have a

ldquoright to liferdquo

By SoRelle WyckoffOpinions Editor

The newest Alabama law to consume our media is yet another that epitomizes legal imprac-ticality

Alabamarsquos texting while driving law went into effect a few weeks ago And as all ideas originate it had admi-rable intentions Car and Driver magazine found that texting while driv-ing produces a slower reaction time than drink-ing and driving Texting while driving is a clear danger to anyone on the road

Yet the law stated exceptions GPS use is permissible and tex-ting while in ldquostoprdquo is allowed In the world of smart phones all it takes is a few clicks to exit out of a text screen and onto a GPS application And any Tuscaloosa driver knows half the annoy-ances derived from tex-ting friends come from

delayed stops at a stop light while the car in front of you finishes up their text message The other half come from cars swerving into lanes while texting tweeting or whatever it is that is so incredibly vital

Even if caught the fines range from $25 to $100 depending on the number of offenses As a college student $25 sounds like a lofty fine but Irsquom imagining that most cell phone owning citizens of Alabama find this fee laughable

Alabama is one of 39 states with this ban in effect so they arenrsquot alone in this practically irreprehensible law After New York altered the texting and driv-ing law into a primary offense their texting-a n d - d r i v i n g - r e l a t e d arrests almost doubled

Yet obviously people are breaking the law ndash a law that prevents malig-nant behavior instilled to protect the safety of

everyone in the vicinity of your automobile

But why we need a law to tell us not to endanger ourselves and those on the road around us is a troubling tell-all about our society

The dependency on cell phones is not limited to those in the driverrsquos seat of course Students walk around the Quad eyes locked on a screen in between their hands rather than the beauti-ful campus around them (or more importantly the cars on their heels threatening to run them over) I watch many sit in classes they pay for yet they devote more time to refreshing their Twitter feed than listening to the knowledge being taught More still complained about ldquonot being able to get on Facebookrdquo or text at the game on Saturday They must have been so bored watching the greatest team in the nation or too awkward to talk to the person next

to themItrsquos this relationship

with our cell phones that is the true problem behind the anti-texting and driving law People are obsessed with their phones Canrsquot leave the house must always have charger obsessed And to be fair times have changed since landlines were all the rage Who even has a landline any-more

But the level of depen-dency often witnessed is deplorable In the case of driving it is one so pathetic that answering a text message is appar-ently equal tradeoff for risking your life

Yet while the law gives legal reason not to pick up your phone while yoursquore in the car com-mon sense should give you an even greater one

Recent commercials sponsored by ATampT nar-rate two stories both of individuals whose lives have been intense-ly altered by texting

related car accidents One is of a boy limited by physical and mental handicaps for the rest of his life and the other a sister speaking of her dead siblingrsquos accident The chilling recounts and simple on-screen texts leave you almost silent staring These commercials do far more than any law could in convincing texters

We have all texted when we werenrsquot sup-posed to And many times itrsquos harmless But when driving it is an unnecessary and unac-ceptable danger Waiting to answer until you reach your destination isnrsquot too lofty of a request

Regardless of govern-ment action or not for the safety of yourself and those around you take your eyes off the screen Or as the old newsroom verbalism suggests just ldquohold the phonerdquoSoRelle Wyckoff is the Opinions Editor of The Crimson White

State shouldnrsquot have to legislate common sense on texting driving

By Rob Grady

First some background my father and mother are greek alumni of Mississippi State University and The University of Alabama respectively so I know some things about Southern greek life and was strongly encouraged to join a fraternity here I grew up in a college town where men go through a formal recruitment to join a fraternity like sorority women do I have been exposed to both ends of the spectrum of greek life That being said I can see both sides of the debate concerning block seating

I want to talk about the gen-der ldquodiscriminationrdquo in block seating I agree that the fact that 28 fraternities applied for block seating is extremely dis-proportionate to the one soror-ity that applied However there was no rule stating that sorori-ties could not apply for seating a majority simply chose not to Why Because a sorority mem-ber would receive 07 percent of a seat with a fraternity male who was her date The greek women groups on campus chose to not have block seating therefore they do not have block seating

Coming from the North I

will say that UA fraternities and sororities are significantly more segregated by race than ones there This however is de facto and not written into greek bylaws The racial segregation seems to be a problem more rooted in the greek system itself rather than in the block seating system I am not saying frater-nities and sororities are racist because they definitely are not I am simply stating that Campus Labs (the third-party responsible for block seating scores) did not segregate

If fewer minority and women groups apply for block seating then it only makes sense that there are fewer of them in the block seating area

I attended my first UA football game as a student last weekend and it was awesome I showed up about two hours early (fresh-man mistake) and found a seat in the sixth row in the SE part of the student section These were great seats for the game but came at the cost of sitting in the stadium for two hours before the three hour game Those in a fra-ternity however showed up less than an hour before game time and got good seats in the end zone Block seating also did not seem to ldquoendrdquo 45 minutes before

the start of the game I did find this to be a little unfair but I was expecting it

After halftime some people started to leave which happens at most college football games The surprising thing was that the majority of those who left were in the block seating section They sat in their reserved seats for only half the game while oth-ers sat the whole game in the upper bowl of the student sec-tion This again seemed a little unfair but it was expected

The only concern with the seating arrangement is that the AFROTC which according to the CW article ldquoMap changes with processrdquo on September 10 scored fourth using the new system They are conversely in the back section in a row with the 25th- 27th- 30th- and 32nd- ranked organizations Since SGA removed the human element AFROTC should be farther up ndash a lot farther up

So I understand that the sec-tion seating is tradition and makes sense because not many groups sit en masse like fraterni-ties and sororities do If people want a change a solution would be to include more student groups beyond the greek groups rather than completely removing

the block seating There would also have to be regulations for the definition of ldquogrouprdquo so peo-ple do not join groups only to get block seating

I am not writing this to hate on the greek system because I believe it is very beneficial not only to those in the organiza-tions but also to the rest of the school and to the community I just believe there are better ways to deal with this situation and better people to call upon to fix the issue than the fraternities and sororities

I had wished to remain anony-mous because of the polarity of this issue however this is forbid-den by the CW which I under-stand Like I said before I do think fraternities and sororities are great organizations beyond the campus and college years I do not want to hinder any pos-sible chances I have of getting into one of these groups because of its great benefits ndash even aside from block seating After con-sidering it I realized this is my opinion not yours Also I am not bashing the greek life I am actually saying it has the right to block seating and has done noth-ing wrongRob Grady is a freshman major-ing in civil engineering

In response to lsquoWomen minorities cheated by systemrsquoLETTER TO THE EDITOR

Pennington amp Bailes

Stadium Pants amp Shorts

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Wednesday September 12 2012 | Page 5

By Judah MartinContributing Writer

Forza Financial a student-run domestic microlending firm is expanding and looking to recruit additional student workers

Forza is founded on the prin-ciple of microfinance a lending tactic in which small loans of $500 to $5000 are given to entrepre-neurs and small business owners with low interest rates of 10 to 20 percent Because Forza is a non-profit microfinance institution the interest rates they collect are thereby used to generate more loans

Forza CEO David Bailey said this provides students an oppor-tunity to use what they learn in

the classroom in real-life settings Because the concept of micro-finance is so new to the state of Alabama Forzarsquos founders came to realize that a microfinance model based on uncollateralized loans and competitive interest rates could be beneficial to the many impoverished residents of Alabamarsquos Black Belt region

ldquoWe basically want to help the small business communityrdquo Bailey said ldquoOur goal is to extend to the entire Black Belt because thatrsquos where we feel wersquore most needed Wersquore literally offering a service [to them] that is not offered by anyone elserdquo

Interns are charged with a large number of responsibilities ranging from financial operations

to communications Alexandria Gilbert director of production for Forza said that team members are placed in the firm based on their individual skills

ldquoThe experience we gain from Forza is seriously amazingrdquo Gilbert said ldquoWersquore taking a rev-olutionary approach to finance and even though wersquore just col-lege students wersquore giving real money to real people to affect tan-gible change in our communityrdquo

While a number of Forza employees are in business any student with a serious interest in anything the group does from writing loans to creating mar-keting materials to managing our website to meeting people should consider applying Gilbert

saidForza interns are expected to

be capable of working autono-mously and independently in an environment that deals with a high level of ambiguity and changing variables According to John Oberkor director of recruit-ing for Forza the firm plans to hire no more than thirty interns

ldquoIf the number [of interns] is bigger than thirty the experience wonrsquot be beneficialrdquo Oberkor said ldquoThis is the best way to keep everyone focused and to give them a meaningful experiencerdquo

Bailey said a Forza Financial internship is a unique oppor-tunity for opportunity to apply what theyrsquove learned in real life circumstances

ldquoWersquore looking for students that want to impact change in the community and want to implicate practical skills theyrsquore learning in the communityrdquo Bailey said ldquoWersquore looking for hardworking determined students who believe in the mission of Forzardquo

Katherine McLarney the Forza communications director said the intern program is a gateway for virtually any major on cam-pus to gain tangible work experi-ence

ldquoWe are looking for passionate dedicated students looking to get involved and make a difference in the communityrdquo McLarney said

Students interested in becom-ing a Forza intern can apply online at wwwforzafinancialcom

Forza Financial seeks interns from all departments

By Tim LarkinContributing Writer

The University of Alabamarsquos Graduate School Preview Day will be held on Thursday Sept 13 from 3 to 830 pm at the Ferguson Student Center

Blake Bedsole director of graduate recruitment said stu-dents can expect to gain general information about a graduate education in addition to infor-mation on special programs pro-vided at the University

The eventrsquos opening ses-sion entitled ldquoThe Benefits of Investing in a Graduate Educationrdquo will be held at the Ferguson Theater Speakers will include faculty and staff from the graduate programs at the University as well as current graduate students

Following the opening ses-sions attendees will have the opportunity to participate in small group information ses-sions with the deans faculty and students from a variety of gradu-ate programs on campus

A reception will be held in the Heritage Room and then attend-ees will be invited to participate in a seminar on graduate school admissions testing including the GRE GMAT LSAT and MAT Lastly Kaplan the well-known test-prep company will offer free practice tests in the Ferguson Ballroom from 530 to 830 pm

Tim West a sophomore majoring in chemistry believes it is never too early to start look-ing at graduate school options

ldquoIrsquom thinking about maybe going to medical schoolrdquo West said ldquoThis seems like a good chance to see what medical school is all aboutrdquo

Graduate programs at the University have over four thou-sand students in addition to the law school on campus and the medical school at The University of Alabama at Birmingham There are numerous programs leading to masterrsquos degrees as well as doctoral degrees Last year alone the UA Graduate School received 8297 applica-tions

With a vast amount of appli-cants graduate programs look at factors other than just aca-demics and entrance exams

ldquoMost programs are looking for leadership potential so being active on campus and taking leadership roles in student orga-nizations is a plusrdquo Bedsole said

Sessions on grad school admission tests to be held in Ferg

IF YOU GObull What UArsquos Graduate

School Preview Day

bull Where Ferguson Student Center

bull When 3 - 830 pm Thursday

New SGA initiative rewards students

By Ashanka KumariChief Copy Editor

While recycling may not be at the top of most Bama fansrsquo lists on game days it is for one University group

On home game days UA Recycling promotes envi-ronmental sustainability by passing out blue bags to tail-gaters on the Quad as well as containers inside the sta-dium Tony Johnson execu-tive director of logistics and support services said

ldquoThere are 40 gray [recy-cling] containers through-out the stadiumrdquo Johnson said ldquoTen on the Quad as well as a tent where we pass our blue recycling bags For every three bags people can exchange them for items [such as Nike shirts and fleece sweatshirts] Itrsquos a great incentive to get fans to recyclerdquo

The prizes are given away on a first-come first-served basis with a limit of one item

per person per game dayFor students living off cam-

pus and other members of the Tuscaloosa community The University of Alabama Recycling Department pro-vides drive-up bins for its Drive Up Recycling program Johnson said

Community members can drop off aluminum cans tin cans paper plastic card-board and newspaper at the Ancillary Services Building located at 1115 14th St

Bria Mattox a sophomore majoring in mechanical engi-neering said recycling is something anyone can do with a little extra effort

ldquoWe have plenty of bins around campus and they are usually on main walking pathsrdquo Mattox said ldquoIn most cases all you have to do is hold onto your plastic bottle a tad bit longer until you get outside to recycle it instead of just throwing it away in the classroom trash canrdquo

Academic departments at

the University can also bene-fit from recycling through the campus mail service Mike Butts manager of the campus mail service said

ldquoWe have programs through Hewlett-Packard and Staples to recycle print cartridges from campusrdquo Butts said ldquoThe University gets recycling points for recy-cling HP products and can use these points to purchase new products from HP in the futurerdquo

Campus mail is bundled with paperclips and rubber bands which the campus mail service repackages in 100 per-cent biodegradable bags and offers to academic depart-ments to order free-of-charge from campusmailuaedu

ldquoYou wouldnrsquot think a paperclip would make a dif-ference but in a large capac-ity it makes a big differencerdquo Butts said

In 2010 the Environmental Stewardship Committee created the Office of

Sustainability which has worked with UA Recycling Energy Management and Bama Dining to work closely with other parts of campus to promote sustainability events

Along with the Office of Sustainability the Go Green Sustainability Portal is an initiative that provides stu-dents staff faculty and the surrounding community with information about sustainable practices at The University of Alabama Johnson said

Other ways the University promotes sustainability is through advertisements of campus ldquogreenrdquo practices as well as events campuswide he said

ldquoRecycling saves resourc-es keeps non-degradable products out of landfills and oceans as well as keeping costs downrdquo Mattox said ldquoThere are so many advantag-es to an action that takes such little effort therersquos really no excuse not to recyclerdquo

UA Recycling promotes sustainability on Gamedays

CW | Caitlin TrotterUA Recycling offers incentives to encourage recycling on campus

By Eric YaronContributing Writer

The Student Government Association is instituting a new reward system designed to increase student attendance at educational lectures athletic games and other community events held on campus

Dubbed the ldquoSpirit Pointsrdquo program by co-creators Will Pylant vice president for student affairs and Matt Calderone SGA president students will be able to accumulate Spirit Points at vari-ous qualifying events throughout the semester and earn several attractive rewards

Some of the anticipated rewards to be offered to the highest attendees each semester include an iPad Daniel Moore paintings and potential scholar-ship money

ldquoSpirit Points are a great way to get students out there to attend UA eventsrdquo Pylant said ldquoThis system will help promote events and organizations that may not always have a large number of attendantsrdquo

All students organizations and athletic teams active on cam-pus will be able to apply for their

event to qualify for Spirit Points through a standardized form soon to be available in the SGA office

The form will ask the appli-cant several questions outlining the event including logistical constraints and expectations a declared purpose and the poten-tial for an admission fee for the proposed event

Events must be open to all stu-dents to qualify under the Spirit Points program

ldquoThe new Spirit Point reward system will be a great way to get students more involved on cam-pusrdquo Jose Ruiz an SGA senator said ldquoOftentimes students are hesitant to participate in events offered by various organizations on campus because of the lack of advertising or previous knowl-edge of the event This program will give them the added incen-tive they needrdquo

An SGA board titled the Crimson Spirit Points Committee will meet weekly to review and consider campus events for qualifying status as well as to determine point values for each approved event

The SGA will then loan ACT Card readers to the

organizations conducting quali-fying events The weekly meet-ings will be open to the public allowing for transparency on the part of the SGA in selecting quali-fying events

The Spirit Points program is not the only program of its kind on campus The Crimson Rewards program sponsored by Tuscaloosa Toyota offers stu-dents several incentives to attend sporting events across campus ranging from free concession vouchers all the way up to the chance to win a brand new car

ldquoPrograms like these ben-efit the entire campusrdquo Justin Popielarski a senior majoring in geological sciences said ldquoIt affords the students the opportu-nity to earn something tangible for participating in the various events on campus and it gives the organizations that sponsor these events far greater exposure than they would otherwise have without the incentive programs I havenrsquot participated in any of the other reward programs in the past but the addition of non-ath-letic events to the list of events where points can be earned may convince me to participate in the Spirit Rewards programrdquo

By Sarah Elizabeth TookerContributing Writer

A new branch of the iPhone Clinic store recently opened in June on the Strip to better serve and reach the student target market

The Strip location is the sec-ond storefront for the fledgling enterprise and is already pop-ular among students

The two stores now have a combined clientele of about 1000 customers per month with most of these numbers coming from the Strip loca-tion

Several students have ven-tured to the new spot with sat-isfying results

Bibi Suarez a junior major-ing in special education liked the student-friendly and effi-cient atmosphere while store staff repaired the broken screen on her iPad ldquoEveryone breaks their iPhone or Macbook at least once while in

college and this is a more con-venient fix than going through Applerdquo Suarez said

Colby Hopwood a junior majoring in business manage-ment wasnrsquot deterred by high-er prices at the clinic because of the staffrsquos reliability and promptness

ldquoThey back up all of your information and double check

to make sure your phone still works in front of you when you pick it up which takes less than an hourrdquo Hopwood said

It cost Hopwood $50 to fix her broken lock button but she said that even though it seemed a bit expensive it saved her a trip to the Birmingham Apple store

Store owner Ilyas Ileri

understands that students are always looking to get the best deal especially on such an unforeseen expense

ldquoNot only will we always take our competitorrsquos cou-pons we currently offer a 10 percent discount to anyone who becomes our friend on Facebook at Bama iPhone Clinic Tuscaloosardquo Ileri said

The iPhone clinic offers its customers a variety of servic-es including iPhone Android Macbook iPad and most other computer repairs which take around 30 to 40 minutes All repairs are backed with a mini-mum 30-day warranty

They also buy and sell old iPhones varying in price up to $150 depending on the quality

Just recently the company started repairing water-dam-aged phones with about a 95 percent success rate accord-

ing to Ileri The process takes about a day and the store gives out loner phones for customers to use while they wait

Perhaps one of the most stu-dent-friendly initiatives the iPhone Clinic has started its reporting system Students areencouraged to stop by the storeand give the serial number of their lost or stolen phone If someone comes in trying to sell or repair that phone the owner as well as UAPD will be contacted immediately

ldquoAs of yesterday we have already had six successful accounts of the reporting sys-tem workingrdquo Ileri said

The Strip location is also looking to hire several stu-dents with exceptional cus-tomer service skills Resumesand class schedules should beemailed to iphoneclinichot-mailcom if interested

The Striprsquos iPhone Clinic offers variety of repair services

CW | Bryce DentoniPhone Clinic offers repairs on iPhones Androids Macbooks iPads and some computers

Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Wednesday September 12 2012CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 6

By Francie Johnson

As a Dallas native maybe Irsquom a little biased but from the moment I heard the opening line ldquoI ainrsquot from Texas but I made my way from Dallasrdquo off of the Avett Brothersrsquo newest album ldquoThe Carpenterrdquo I was hooked

ldquoThe Carpenterrdquo released on Sept 11 has that catchy folk-rock distinctively-Avett-Broth-ers sound that fans have come to know and love but underneath the infectious melodies and the clear-cut voices lies a profound exploration of the concept of death

The release of ldquoThe Carpenterrdquo the bandrsquos seventh full-length studio album coin-

cides with a traumatic event in the bandrsquos history bassist Bob Crawfordrsquos two-year-old daugh-ter Halliersquos recent brain tumor diagnosis Most of the album had already been completed prior to this diagnosis but this real-life tragedy pulls the somewhat ambiguous idea of death out of the shadows urging listeners to face the notion head on

The interesting thing about this album is that on first listen it doesnrsquot sound anything like yoursquod expect an album so rooted in mortality to sound Half of the songs from the album at least touch on the concept of death but in most of them this heavy theme hides behind simple catchy melodies Even the slow-er songs while powerful and

insightful lyrically donrsquot quite convey that same gut-wrench-ing intensity in the music itself But this stark unexpected con-trast between music and lyr-ics only adds more depth to an already t h o u g h t - p r o -voking album

S o m e t h i n g that has always drawn me to the Avett Brothers and perhaps the aspect of their music that appeals to me the most is their lyrics The Avett Brothersrsquo lyrics are consistently beauti-ful somehow managing to be

straightforward and concise yet emotional and introspec-tive all at the same time This new album is no exception

In ldquoThe Once and Future Carpenterrdquo the albumrsquos opening track the broth-ers sing ldquoAnd my life is but a coin pulled from an empty pocket dropped into a slot with dreams of sevens close behindrdquo

Another song off of the album ldquoFebruary Sevenrdquo opens with the verses ldquoI went on the search for something true I was almost

there when I found you Sooner than my fate was wrote perfect-ly it slit my throat and beads of lust released into the air When I awoke you were standing thererdquo These lyrics are nothing short of pure poetry and their beauty immediately strikes a chord within the listener

In ldquoThrough My Prayersrdquo the song I find most emotion-ally powerful the brothers bare their souls in a strikingly hon-est message to a loved one who has passed They sing ldquoMy dream of all dreams and my hope of all hopes is only to tell you and make sure you know how much I love you and how much I always didrdquo perfectly putting into words the universal desire to communicate with lost

loved onesDespite my love for ldquoThe

Carpenterrdquo I canrsquot help but com-pare it to the Avett Brothersrsquo previous album ldquoI and Love and Yourdquo released in September 2009 While ldquoThe Carpenterrdquois holistically a great album no single song packs as power-ful of a punch as songs such as ldquoHead Full of Doubt Road Full of Promiserdquo and ldquoI and Love and Yourdquo off of the previous album

Overall ldquoThe Carpenterrdquo is a wonderful addition to the Avett Brothersrsquo already impres-sive catalogue Both die-hard Avett fans and casual listen-ers alike will appreciate the depth and beauty of this philo-sophical exploration of human mortality

COLUMN | MUSIC

Avett Brothersrsquo new album lsquoThe Carpenterrsquo explores concepts of death tragedy

By Tricia Vaughan

When comparing organic food to conventional food some would think organic is the more nutritious and healthier of the two options however a recent study from Stanford University defends the contrary

The study found there is no significant difference between the two types of food when com-paring their effects on health and nutritional value Though there are no health-related risks to choosing conventional goods and foods labeled organ-ic are more expensive the study still suggests grocery shoppers should opt for organically pro-duced foods

Stanfordrsquos study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine on Sept 4 found organic food has less pesticide residue in urine than that of its counter-part by 30 percent Thus choos-ing to go organic can prevent the consumption of pesticides and other chemical residues

ldquoMany consumers choose to buy organic products to reduce

their exposure to chemical pes-ticidesrdquo said Sheena Quizon Gregg assistant director of The University of Alabamarsquos Health Education and Prevention ldquoOther factors that affect choos-ing organic versus convention-ally processed food include fac-toring in any possible additives such as food colorings artificial sweeteners and monosodium glutamaterdquo

The United States Department of Agriculture strictly regulates the amount of additives in organic products ensuring the quality for which consumers are paying extra

When yoursquore low on money going organic may not be a feasible and cost-effective option especially for students Organic produce is typically $1 to $2 more per pound than con-ventional produce So if yoursquore pinching pennies Gregg recom-mends buying a mix of organic and conventional food

ldquoI typically encourage my stu-dents to buy a variety of foods when grocery shopping ndash a mix of organic and conventionally

grown products ndash so that they can balance the expected higher cost of eating organic while still reducing their overall exposure to synthetic pesticides and fer-tilizersrdquo Gregg said

She also advises students to buy certain organically pro-duced foods called ldquoThe Dirty Dozenrdquo which includes apples celery and spinach A full list of ldquoThe Dirty Dozenrdquo can be found on the Environmental Working Grouprsquos website

If you choose to go organic the positives can affect more than just your lifestyle Organic farming methods conserve water and soil while reducing pollution

Douglas Gibler Jr a sopho-more in New College believes there are more benefits to hav-ing his own garden than simply the fresh homegrown produce

ldquoThe study of organic foods can lead to a greater under-standing about the importance of self-sustainabilityrdquo he said ldquoas well as encourage altruistic thoughts and actions directed toward society as a wholerdquo

COLUMN | HEALTH

Study fi nds organic conventional foods differ little

ldquoThe release of ldquoThe Car-penterrdquo the bandrsquos seventh full-length studio album co-

incides with a traumatic event in the bandrsquos history bassist Bob Crawfordrsquos two-year-old

daughter Halliersquos recent diag-nosis with a brain tumor

Lauren Zezulka a senior majoring in criminal jus-tice transferred to Alabama after her freshman year at Northwest Florida State College

ldquoI came into Alabama hav-ing my brother and good com-munity but at the same time I felt like I was starting fresh-man year all over againrdquo she said

Erin Fitzsimmons a junior majoring in human develop-ment and family studies said she believed Alabama could improve its transfer student programs and is looking for-ward to being a part of that improvement as vice presi-dent of Tau Sigma

The organization founded in 2008 is UArsquos transfer hon-ors society and serves as the main hub of information spe-cific to transfer students

ldquoThe organization is in the planning stages for projects and events that will be most beneficial to other transfer students which could include educational and social activi-tiesrdquo DeFrance said ldquoWe had a lot of interest last semester in Tau Sigma and are looking to this group of students to begin engaging with our pro-grams again this semesterrdquo

Fitzsimmons said she and Brock Shelton Tau Sigma president hope to help trans-

fer students adjust to a new campus without grouping them with the incoming fresh-man class

ldquoI am really excited about this yearrdquo Fitzsimmons said ldquoBrock and I talked about making Tau Sigma more than just an honor society for your resume and really help trans-fer students get plugged in to University life I donrsquot want transfer students to feel like freshmen Theyrsquore not new to collegerdquo

As a transfer student her-self Fitzsimmons said she felt like she was grouped with freshmen at FYE events when she transferred from the University of Missouri

ldquoI loved Ignite UA [an FYE program for transfer students and freshmen] but I really had to reach out myselfrdquo Fitzsimmons said ldquoBrock and I want Tau Sigma to provide resources for transfer stu-dents that they would have to otherwise seek out them-selvesrdquo

Although some students believe the University could improve their transfer student relations students who have transferred from Alabama to other schools have had differ-ent experiences

The University could not provide statistics on stu-dents who transfer out of the University and was unable to track down how the University follows up on stu-dents who transfer according to UA spokeswoman Cathy Andreen

Makenzie Berry a junior majoring in biochemistry transferred to Texas AampM after her freshman year at the University

ldquoThe driving force behind transferring was to be closer to my familyrdquo Berry said ldquoI have a younger brother and I found that I was missing out on a lot of family stuffrdquo

Berry said AampM offers Transfer Camp or T-Camp which is a three-day camp to help transfer students adjust to their new surroundings T-Camp is a student-run organization designed to be a resource for incoming trans-fer students

ldquoBecause I transferred before my sophomore year I missed out on the dorm expe-rience and on learning a lot of the traditions at AampMrdquo she said ldquoThat was tough but people have been really good about making me feel wel-come and includedrdquo

Berry said T-Camp helped her become acquainted with the traditions and rituals that come with being an Aggie

Tau Sigma is aiming to be not only an introduction to life as a UA student in the way T-Camp is for incoming Texas AampM students but also a resource to use through-out the studentsrsquo time at the University

ldquoI think Alabama has a long way to go in making transfer students feel as welcome as freshmenrdquo Fitzsimmons said ldquoBut I believe that Tau Sigma was a good place to startrdquo

TRANSFER STUDENTS FROM PAGE 1

Tau Sigma makes UA transfer smooth

The majority of the Fall 2 classes are 100-200 level courses because college sur-veys and studies have shown that these affect the larg-est number of students each semester The credits earned under Fall 2 are also equal to a normal full-term course for the semester

The SGA has also confirmed that a new winter interim term will begin in December to further promote studentsrsquo graduation in four years

ldquoThis initiative will resem-ble the Fall 2 minimester in that all of the classes will be offered onlinerdquo Evans-Bell said ldquoRegistration dates for the winter minimester have not yet been confirmedrdquo

Meagan Bryant SGA press secretary says their mission is to preserve and defend the rights and privileges of stu-

dent self-governance The SGA believes in the motto of students serving students which includes helping UA students graduate in four years

ldquoIt is the goal of the SGA to work daily to earn studentsrsquo trust and to serve them with the utmost integrityrdquo Bryant said ldquoSGA works to serve the common interests of students to train themselves in demo-cratic government and to pro-mote positive citizenship on campusrdquo

FALL TWO FROM PAGE 1

Most classes are 100 or 200 level courses

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Wednesday September 12 2012 | Page 7

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Wednesday September 12 2012SPORTSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 8

By Zac Al-KhateebStaff Reporter

For those Bama fans who watched Alabama play Western Kentucky this weekend let me say this donrsquot start panicking about the way the Tide played ndash at least not yet

Sure the defense played ten-tatively at times and the offense seemed to struggle with pass blocking and establishing a run-ning game but the end result was still a 35-0 blowout over the Hilltoppers You know what that says to me Even if it doesnrsquot play up to its ridiculously high stan-dards it still comes away with convincing wins

Now does that mean Alabama can afford to play that way against its future opponents Absolutely not But the point Irsquom trying to make is if head coach Nick Saban has his way his team wonrsquot per-form as badly for the rest of the year And for you fans out there already wondering about the Tidersquos title chances that is a com-forting thought

And itrsquos not like Alabama was

the only highly-ranked team last weekend to not play to its stan-dards If you donrsquot believe me look at the Arkansas-University of Louisiana at Monroe game ULM came into Little Rock Ark and stunned the Razorbacks at home 34-31 And if you didnrsquot know Arkansas was ranked No 8 in the nation when it happened

In fact the only top five teams to actually play up to its stan-dards this weekend were LSU and Oklahoma LSU beat Washington 41-3 while Oklahoma beat Florida AampM 69-10 USC the No 2 team in the nation had to struggle to beat Syracuse at home 42-29 while No 4 Oregon beat Fresno State 42-25

Are you starting to see a pat-tern here Most of the top 10 teams this weekend were caught napping For some like Alabama and USC the end result was the same And unfortunately for others ndash herersquos looking at you Hogs ndash the end result was unexpected

Now that each of these teams has been brought back to earth we can start looking for them to

play the type of football we expect of the highest caliber teams And in the case of Alabama you can bet Saban is going to find a way to convince his team they havenrsquot done anything worthwhile yet I expect therersquos going to be a lot of video of quarterback AJ McCarron on his back when the team goes into film study

Alabama will have the chance to rebound against a good Arkansas team a team that much like Alabama simply wasnrsquot playing to its standards Despite the Razorbacksrsquo loss to the Warhawks this weekend this game should stand to serve as Alabamarsquos first true test of the season

So Alabama learned its lesson early against a vastly inferior opponent And although the Tide didnrsquot play the way fans would have liked the game did serve the purpose of waking Alabama up with the added benefit of not having to be beaten beforehand I guess the only thing Tide fans can hope for is that this team learns from its mistakes and avoids repeating them in the future

Fans WKU game not cause for panicBy Billy WhyteStaff Reporter

After a heartbreaking loss against Maryland to close out nonconference play the 5-1 Alabama womenrsquos soccer team will look to bounce back strong at No 22 Tennessee in their first conference game of the season

Coming off a successful nonconference slate head coach Todd Bramble believes the team is prepared and ready for the challenges that await in conference play this weekend

ldquoWersquove played a variety of level of opponents and a variety of styles of playrdquo Bramble said ldquoItrsquos given us an opportunity to spend an extensive time working on our possession game our attacking game and most recently having to defend a strong Maryland team and Irsquom really pleased with every-thing we have learned about ourselves up to this pointrdquo

The Crimson Tide will

need to be at its best against a tough Tennessee team whose only loss this season so far was a one-point loss to No 2 UCLA Bramble said it will be important for the team to remain mentally and emotionally tough in order to be successful this weekend

ldquoWhen you go on the road against conference competi-tion which ramps the level of play up a bit itrsquos important to see how mentally tough and emotionally tough we are as a teamrdquo Bramble said ldquoThat will get put to the test this weekend in a way that hasnrsquot happened yet this seasonrdquo

Even with the pressure of playing against a rival SEC opponent on the road the team is staying focused on its own game this week in prac-tice with the coaches not even mentioning Tennessee until Wednesdayrsquos practice

ldquoWe like our team enough where I think we can con-tinue to really focus on our-selvesrdquo Bramble said ldquoIf we can play up to our potential

we want it to be a situation where the other team has to deal with us If we spend too much time talking about the opposition then at some point that message starts to look like the coaching staff is more worried about our oppo-sition than the confidence in ourselves I think our players know fully what they are get-ting into when they go up to Knoxvillerdquo

Bramble said the team is looking forward to the road test and believes a strong result will give them a lot of confidence entering the rest of conference play

ldquoThis will be our biggest test to daterdquo Bramble said ldquoIf we go into Knoxville and are successful then it will give us a lot of confidence heading into the rest of the season We are looking for-ward to the challenge and we are going to enjoy the week-endrdquo

The game will kick off at Knoxville at 6 pm on Friday Sept 14

Tide ready to face SEC foesCOLUMN SPORTS | WOMENrsquoS SOCCER

By Rebekah DyeContributing Writer

The Alabama volleyball team moved up to an 11-1 record after defeating the Samford Bulldogs 3-1 Tuesday night

The Tide had a rough start los-ing the first set 23-25 but the team stepped up in the final three sets winning 25-16 25-13 and 25-14 ulti-mately giving them the victory

ldquoWe stepped back to the line and put a lot of pressure on their serve-receive and they werenrsquot able to handle that pressurerdquo head

coach Ed Allen said ldquoWe stepped back served aggressively and they werenrsquot able to run their middles and they are a middle-driven teamrdquo

With multiple players perform-ing well Allen believes he may have finally found his starting lineup

ldquoWersquove had about seven differ-ent lineups in the preseasonrdquo Allen said ldquoSteiner is kind of settling into that other outside hitting position which is giving us a lot more con-sistency and we do have balance ndash we have four kids that should be putting up multiple digit kills and Sierra does a great job of spreading

the ball aroundrdquoAlabama had an average hitting

percentage of 328 and multiple girls had double digit kills

Kayla Fitterer was the strongest of the night posting 17 kills 16 digs and a 359 hitting percentage Maintaining focus and poise was a key to her success as well as her teammatesrsquo

ldquoAfter the first game losing we just came back and stayed steadyrdquo senior Kayla Fitterer said ldquoOver this weekend winning 4-0 gave us confidence going into this game and just playing with each other

more and more We are all new girls so playing every day together is making us betterrdquo

Andrea McQuaid and Laura Steiner also posted impressive stats in the victory McQuaid finished with 11 kills and a hitting percent-age of 391 while Steiner ended the night with 14 kills in 37 attempts

Setter Sierra Wilson finished the night with 44 assists Sophomore Katherine White also posted a 545 hitting percentage and seven kills

Now the team is looking ahead to Friday night when it will take on the LSU Tigers

Crimson Tide bounces back beats Samford in 4

CW | Jingyu WanAlabama defeated Samford in four sets Tuesday night in its last match before beginning conference play Friday against LSU

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When 4 - 5 pm

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Where Lloyd 337

When 630 pm

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Where Mellow Mushroom at 2230 University Blvd

When 730 - 845 pm

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What Kelly Clarkson and the Fray

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When 7 - 9 pm

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The No 1 Alabama womenrsquos golf team finished eighth at the Cougar Classic on Tuesday with a 54-hole total of 13-over-par 877 on the par-72 6219-yard Yeamans Hall Club

Florida won the event with a 12-under total of 852 while Duke finished second at 6-under 858 with Southern California third at 1-under 863 Vanderbilt (E 864) and Georgia (+3 867) rounded out the top five

ldquoWe had it going a little better halfway through the roundrdquo head coach Mic Potter said ldquoWe made some birdies and an eagle on a par 5 and got close to the fifth spot but we committed some errors after that The bottom line is we hit a lot of good shots and either

didnrsquot convert birdies from short distances or three-putt-ed We are going to come home to get a little sharperrdquo

True freshman Emma Talley finished as Alabamarsquos top indi-vidual with an even-par total of 216 Talley strung together three consecutive rounds of even-par 72 She used an eagle on the par-5 15th hole even during her round on Tuesday that also included four birdies and six bogeys Talley finished tied for 14th

Junior Stephanie Meadow finished just one shot back of Talley at 1-over 217 Meadow also carded an even-par 72 on Tuesday to finish tied for 22nd

Jennifer Kirby who opened with 2-under 70 carded back-to-back rounds of 75 to finish tied for 36th at 4-over 220

Sophomore Daniela Lendl counted toward the Crimson

Tidersquos score for the second time in three rounds with a 3-over 75 Her 54-hole total of 226 is a career best and good enough for a tie for 65th Hannah Collierrsquos 78

was dropped from Alabamarsquos score on Tuesday and she fin-ished tied for 83rd at 229

Alabama returns to action Oct 5-7 at the Liz Murphey Fall Preview at the University of Georgia Golf Course

Tide womenrsquos golf finishes eighth at Cougar Classic

ldquoThe bottom line is we hit a lot of good shots and either didnrsquot convert birdies from short dis-tances or three-putted We are going to come home to get a

little sharper

mdash Mic Potter

Marie Eddins a junior from Birmingham Ala who is majoring in nursing said the No Flu Zone campaign is the first time she will be giv-ing a shot to an actual person Eddins agrees with Kaylor that the nursing students are prepared to administer flu shots across campus

ldquoThe idea of giving shots to our peers was definitely a little scary but everyone Irsquove talked to is excited about the oppor-tunity to get so much experi-ence so quicklyrdquo Eddins said ldquoWersquove had time to practice in the clinical practice labs with our simulator arms as well as get plenty of teaching from our faculty I donrsquot think

therersquos a way we could be bet-ter prepared for thisrdquo

According to the USNational Library of Medicinecollege students are moresusceptible to catching theflu because of close livingquarters shared restroomsand many social activitiesKaylor said the No Flu Zonecampaign will help reducethe number of flu cases at theUniversity

ldquoWersquore trying to have asmany people vaccinated oncampus as possiblerdquo Kaylorsaid ldquoIf we run out of the 8000shots we have then we willjust get more and keep admin-istering themrdquo

Flu shots will be admin-istered across campus untilthe end of October To receiveyour flu shot you must verifyyour status as student facul-ty or staff at the vaccinationlocations

NURSING FROM PAGE 1

UA nursing students give fl u shots

An art teacher at Holy Spirit Catholic School Tricia Schuster heard about the opportunity for her students to contribute to the exhibit through the Tuscaloosa Arts Council Schuster spent all summer developing projects appropriate for her third-12th grade students to com-plete

ldquoMy own adult children and some of my Holy Spirit students were affected by the tornadordquo Schuster said ldquoWhen I heard about the opportunity to take tornado debris and make something beautiful with the wood I was inspired to get involvedrdquo

The goal of the exhibit is to showcase how artists stu-dents and resi-dents have used this timber to draw hope and beauty out of disaster in the community

The Hurricane Creek Creekstravaganza will be held on the last day of the exhibit Sept 27 at 730 pm in the Kentuck Courtyard A panel of seven local art-ists were selected as judg-es of the art in the exhibit and winners of the con-test will be announced and awarded prizes at the Creekstravaganza

Pieces being judged will be divided into two categories Young Artists (16 and under) and Adult Artists

Holy Spirit Catholic School chose the best 10 to 15 pieces

from each grade level con-tributing about 70 pieces total to the exhibit to be judged at the Creekstravaganza

ldquoThe enthusiasm of the students was amazing as they learned new techniques and worked with a medium they have not had any expe-rience withrdquo Schuster said ldquoI was delighted as I watched their problem solving skills kick in and they were able to look at wood in a new wayrdquo

Hurricane Creek board member Alina Coryell said there will be three prizes awarded in both the Young Artists and Adult Artists cat-egories

ldquoPrizes will be awarded on the basis of the creative use of reclaimed wood and tor-nado memorial potentialrdquo

Coryell saidA l a b a m a

Outdoors is the adopted parent for this project and other local b u s i n e s s e s have kept the event primar-ily local by donating an assortment of gifts

ldquo A l a b a m a Outdoors dis-

tinguished itself by being the local outdoor store that values preservation and care for outdoor recre-ational areasrdquo Coryell said ldquoThey have given far more than mere lip-service to our effortsrdquo

The exhibit is free for the public to view on weekdays from 9 am to 5 pm and on Saturdays from 9 am to noon

T i c ke t s fo r t h e Creekstravaganza event can be purchased online at hurricane-creekorgcreek-stravaganza

KENTUCK FROM PAGE 1

Kentuck shows art made from 427 debris

ldquoThe enthusiasm of the stu-dents was amazing as they

learned new techniques and worked with a medium

they have not had any experience with

mdash Tricia SchusterWEDNESDAY

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Wednesday September 12 2012NEWSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 3

By Allie HulcherContributing Writer

EO Wilson a prominent biolo-gist theorist and author tackled questions of religion and philoso-phy Tuesday night as he spoke to University of Alabama students about lifersquos big questions

His lecture last night focused on the three main questions that religion and philosophy try to answer ldquoWhere do we come from What are we And where are we goingrdquo

From the onset Wilson did not shy away from controversy say-ing that no two creation stories can be correct

ldquoNone are consistent with our growing knowledge of the uni-verse and the planetrdquo Wilson said ldquoReligion will never provide all of the answers no matter how much we might wish it tordquo

Wilson a graduate of The University of Alabama who has been teaching at Harvard for 60

years spoke about his recent book ldquoThe Social Conquest of Earthrdquo

Wilson went on to explain the social behaviors of various animals including insects wild dogs and chimpanzees Wilsonrsquos lecture incorporated slides with large images of animals and

the evolutionary ancestors to humans Wilson touched upon aspects of biology sociology and anthropology He explained the hunter-gatherer society and how the development of campsites is directly related to how social humans are today

ldquoGossip is a dominant behavior from hunter-gatherer campsites to royal courtsrdquo Wilson said ldquoWe are intensely interested in each other ndash that is a very human traitrdquo

Social closeness and working as a team was an essential step in evolutionary human develop-ment according to Wilson Other essential progressions included division of labor and travelling in tighter groups This led to being able to recognize the intentions of others and understanding their wants and needs

ldquoIf you have any doubt about the universality of joy and con-flict and contest I ask you to pause for a moment of silence

to reflect upon the Southeastern football conferencerdquo Wilson said before saying simply ldquoWarrdquo

Stephen Killen a senior in New College was impressed by Wilsonrsquos quiet approach

ldquoIt amazes me how effortlessly this comes to himrdquo Killen said

Killen said that while he per-sonally appreciates individual-ism he learned from the lecture that humans are innately social

ldquoI learned that being social and working as a group is the best to be successfulrdquo Killen said

Wilson was born in Birmingham in 1929 and grew up in Mobile Left blind in one eye from a fishing accident Wilson turned to studying ants since he could inspect them under a microscope This led to a greater interest in biology and he attend-ed The University of Alabama where he received an under-graduate and a masterrsquos degree Wilson then received his PhD from Harvard in 1955

Wilson has written 28 books including his most famous ldquoThe Antsrdquo and ldquoThe Naturalistrdquo He won Pulitzer Prizes for both books Wilson also promoted his new book ldquoWhy We Are Here Mobile and the Spirit of a Southern Cityrdquo and signed copies for those in attendance

William Alford a native Tuscaloosan came to the lecture with two books for Wilson to sign

ldquoThis guy is a science hero itrsquos like coming to see Einsteinrdquo

Alford saidJessica Reynolds a University

of Alabama at Birmingham stu-dent came with a group of fellow biology and Wilson enthusiasts Reynolds is majoring in biology and studio art and was fascinated with the way Wilson incorporat-ed art into his presentation

ldquoEO Wilson was saying how itrsquos human nature to create and human nature to explorerdquo Reynolds said ldquoItrsquos just interest-ing how everything ties inrdquo

EO Wilson speaks on human behavior development

CW | Anna Waters Pulitzer Prize winning biologist

EO Wilson

By Jordan CissellStaff Reporter

The Bruno Business Library is working to educate students on how to fully utilize the building and its systems

The new program called Get Smart will host nine one-hour classes every Monday through Nov 12 and aims to better accli-mate students to the business database systems available at the library

Mark Siciliano business ref-erence librarian at Bruno first came up with the idea for the series and will teach each of the classes

According to Lee Pike head of Bruno the libraryrsquos database sys-tems have plenty to offer

ldquoThe best business infor-mation has high value and costs moneyrdquo he said in an emailed statement ldquoThatrsquos why

corporations pay tens and often hundreds of thousands of dol-lars per year for business infor-mation from such commercial providers as Lexis-Nexis Global Insights Business Source Premier among many others Thatrsquos where the library comes in We license dozens of busi-ness databases annually and the content is freely available to students during their careers at the Universityrdquo

Siciliano said students outside of a few business school classes classes often donrsquot get exposed to the systemsrsquo potential

ldquoWhen I present to a class I always ask lsquoHow many people have never been in the library beforersquordquo he said ldquoWhen yoursquore talking to a group of freshman and they all raise their hands itrsquos one thing But if yoursquove got a bunch of juniors and seniors with their hands up thatrsquos a problemrdquo

His discussions will focus on how students may most efficient-ly use Brunorsquos database services to explore the information they need to further investigate these topics

ldquoHe is an expert and will make the workshops worthwhilerdquo Pike said ldquoAn investment of a little time in the Get Smart workshops will save a lot of time searching aimlesslyrdquo

Though business is the pri-mary focus of each workshop Siciliano said the concepts he presents is not of relevance to Culverhouse students alone

ldquoA lot of our campus library systemrsquos databases are very similarrdquo he said ldquoYou can take something I talk about and do the exact same thing with the Civil War or chemistryrdquo

However Siciliano insists the database proficiency students will gain from the series can be

an especially significant cata-lyst in business studentsrsquo post-graduation career search He said many big-name companies especially in the brokerage and banking industries use the same programs in the daily conduction of business but most recently graduated job hunters either donrsquot know how to use databases or donrsquot recognize such profi-ciency as a marketable skill

ldquoIf you put Bloomberg or Morningstar [database systems] on a resume that will look tre-mendousrdquo he said

Classes are limited to 20 peo-ple per meeting and will meet Monday at 6 pm in Bruno 11 Visit brunolibcbauaeduser-vicesworkshopshtm for more information

Bruno workshop helps students lsquoGet Smartrsquo

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Wednesday September 12 2012OPINIONSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

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MCT Campus

By Henry DownesStaff Columnist

Do unborn children have rightsIt depends on who you ask According to the

Unborn Victims of Violence Act a zygote isendowed with some legal protections as a ldquochildin uterordquo from conception ndash before it is technicallyeven a fetus By their definition a ldquochild in uterordquois a ldquomember of the species Homo sapiens at anystage of development who is carried in the wombrdquo

Scientifically speaking fetuses (at six weeks afterconception) can develop brain activity can moveand ldquokickrdquo (at three and half months) can realistically survive outside the womb (at sixmonths) and can feel pleasure and pain (at about seven months)

So much activity and all of this before the future baby even reaches its birth-day Indeed unborn children are so like humans that religious groups have historicallyargued that they have moral interests comparablewith already-born humans

My point isnrsquot to give a moral sermon on abor-tion here for the underlying morality of abortionextends far beyond the scope of this article

But there are logical inconsistencies existingin our legal system today regarding fetal rightsand we must move toward one of two extremes inthe future to reconcile these discrepancies eitheracknowledge that current abortive mothers oughtto be prosecuted for illegal feticide or do away withfetal rights altogether denying all legal personhoodclaims of the unborn

Scientifically and legally therersquos no reason thatthe moment of birth ought to be significant Itrsquos notsurprising that the vast majority of US states cur-rently have statutes that define ldquofeticiderdquo as puni-tively equivalent to murder ndash about 25 states applythe standard regardless of developmental stageOnly 12 states regard an act of feticide as simplyldquoassaultrdquo

In Alabama a Guntersville man was recently cap-itally prosecuted for shooting his ex-wife Such anact wouldnrsquot generally be considered a capital crimendash except for the fact that the woman was pregnantAccording to new state law Jesse Phillips took twolives that day ndash that of his ex-wife and her unbornchild He received the death penalty

Also in this state scores of ldquochemical endanger-mentrdquo cases have been made against mothers whoseabuse of drugs alcohol or other substances resultsin fetal injury After all a woman who chain-smokesor drinks excessively while pregnant is liable for thedetrimental effects she causes to her unborn child

Together these examples of legal ldquogrey areasrdquosuggest inconsistencies within modern abortionlaws

Consider two hypothetical parents Mother A andMother B Both were unexpectedly impregnated andare now a month into their respective pregnanciesMother A is a lifelong smoker frequent drinker andoccasional drug user She abuses these substancesto the point where she essentially causes (in theeyes of the law) her unborn childrsquos miscarriage Sheis prosecuted and in accordance with state law isconvicted and sent to jail

Mother B on the other hand didnrsquot want to havekids but is a perfectly healthy adult After discuss-ing with family she decides to have an abortion Shegoes to a clinic and in accordance with federal lawis legally permitted to abort She returns home

As far as I can tell the only morally and legal-ly significant difference between the actions ofMother A and Mother B is their motives MotherArsquos killing was reckless and unintentional whereasMother Brsquos was premeditated and quite intentionalAlthough we send Mother A to prison for ldquoendan-germentrdquo American laws condone the choice ofMother B

Nowhere else in our legal system is accidentalbehavior punished more severely than intentionalmalicious behavior Imagine giving a perpetrator ofinvoluntary manslaughter ldquotwenty-five to liferdquo butletting a calculating murderer walk

Enough legal precedent already exists to satisfythe ldquocollapse clauserdquo of the Roe v Wade decisionwhich states ldquoIfhellippersonhood is established the[legality of abortion] of course collapses for theright to life would then be guaranteed specificallyby the [Constitution]rdquo Didnrsquot the Unborn Victimsof Violence Act establish personhood in 2004 DonrsquotAlabamarsquos (and many other statesrsquo) capital crimeand ldquochemical endangermentrdquo laws establish legalpersonhood

In todayrsquos system fetuses paradoxically have thelegally protected ldquoright not to be killedrdquo by a gun-man but depending on how their own mother feelsabout their existence they donrsquot technically have aldquoright to liferdquo

At the upcoming presidential debates twoHarvard Law School graduates will likely dancearound the messy topic of fetal rights But can youblame them Fetuses canrsquot voteHenry Downes is a sophomore majoring in econom-ics

Disparities present in statersquos abortion laws

ldquoIn todayrsquos system fetuses paradoxically have the

legally protected ldquoright not to be killedrdquo by a gunman

but depending on how their own mother feels

about their existence they donrsquot technically have a

ldquoright to liferdquo

By SoRelle WyckoffOpinions Editor

The newest Alabama law to consume our media is yet another that epitomizes legal imprac-ticality

Alabamarsquos texting while driving law went into effect a few weeks ago And as all ideas originate it had admi-rable intentions Car and Driver magazine found that texting while driv-ing produces a slower reaction time than drink-ing and driving Texting while driving is a clear danger to anyone on the road

Yet the law stated exceptions GPS use is permissible and tex-ting while in ldquostoprdquo is allowed In the world of smart phones all it takes is a few clicks to exit out of a text screen and onto a GPS application And any Tuscaloosa driver knows half the annoy-ances derived from tex-ting friends come from

delayed stops at a stop light while the car in front of you finishes up their text message The other half come from cars swerving into lanes while texting tweeting or whatever it is that is so incredibly vital

Even if caught the fines range from $25 to $100 depending on the number of offenses As a college student $25 sounds like a lofty fine but Irsquom imagining that most cell phone owning citizens of Alabama find this fee laughable

Alabama is one of 39 states with this ban in effect so they arenrsquot alone in this practically irreprehensible law After New York altered the texting and driv-ing law into a primary offense their texting-a n d - d r i v i n g - r e l a t e d arrests almost doubled

Yet obviously people are breaking the law ndash a law that prevents malig-nant behavior instilled to protect the safety of

everyone in the vicinity of your automobile

But why we need a law to tell us not to endanger ourselves and those on the road around us is a troubling tell-all about our society

The dependency on cell phones is not limited to those in the driverrsquos seat of course Students walk around the Quad eyes locked on a screen in between their hands rather than the beauti-ful campus around them (or more importantly the cars on their heels threatening to run them over) I watch many sit in classes they pay for yet they devote more time to refreshing their Twitter feed than listening to the knowledge being taught More still complained about ldquonot being able to get on Facebookrdquo or text at the game on Saturday They must have been so bored watching the greatest team in the nation or too awkward to talk to the person next

to themItrsquos this relationship

with our cell phones that is the true problem behind the anti-texting and driving law People are obsessed with their phones Canrsquot leave the house must always have charger obsessed And to be fair times have changed since landlines were all the rage Who even has a landline any-more

But the level of depen-dency often witnessed is deplorable In the case of driving it is one so pathetic that answering a text message is appar-ently equal tradeoff for risking your life

Yet while the law gives legal reason not to pick up your phone while yoursquore in the car com-mon sense should give you an even greater one

Recent commercials sponsored by ATampT nar-rate two stories both of individuals whose lives have been intense-ly altered by texting

related car accidents One is of a boy limited by physical and mental handicaps for the rest of his life and the other a sister speaking of her dead siblingrsquos accident The chilling recounts and simple on-screen texts leave you almost silent staring These commercials do far more than any law could in convincing texters

We have all texted when we werenrsquot sup-posed to And many times itrsquos harmless But when driving it is an unnecessary and unac-ceptable danger Waiting to answer until you reach your destination isnrsquot too lofty of a request

Regardless of govern-ment action or not for the safety of yourself and those around you take your eyes off the screen Or as the old newsroom verbalism suggests just ldquohold the phonerdquoSoRelle Wyckoff is the Opinions Editor of The Crimson White

State shouldnrsquot have to legislate common sense on texting driving

By Rob Grady

First some background my father and mother are greek alumni of Mississippi State University and The University of Alabama respectively so I know some things about Southern greek life and was strongly encouraged to join a fraternity here I grew up in a college town where men go through a formal recruitment to join a fraternity like sorority women do I have been exposed to both ends of the spectrum of greek life That being said I can see both sides of the debate concerning block seating

I want to talk about the gen-der ldquodiscriminationrdquo in block seating I agree that the fact that 28 fraternities applied for block seating is extremely dis-proportionate to the one soror-ity that applied However there was no rule stating that sorori-ties could not apply for seating a majority simply chose not to Why Because a sorority mem-ber would receive 07 percent of a seat with a fraternity male who was her date The greek women groups on campus chose to not have block seating therefore they do not have block seating

Coming from the North I

will say that UA fraternities and sororities are significantly more segregated by race than ones there This however is de facto and not written into greek bylaws The racial segregation seems to be a problem more rooted in the greek system itself rather than in the block seating system I am not saying frater-nities and sororities are racist because they definitely are not I am simply stating that Campus Labs (the third-party responsible for block seating scores) did not segregate

If fewer minority and women groups apply for block seating then it only makes sense that there are fewer of them in the block seating area

I attended my first UA football game as a student last weekend and it was awesome I showed up about two hours early (fresh-man mistake) and found a seat in the sixth row in the SE part of the student section These were great seats for the game but came at the cost of sitting in the stadium for two hours before the three hour game Those in a fra-ternity however showed up less than an hour before game time and got good seats in the end zone Block seating also did not seem to ldquoendrdquo 45 minutes before

the start of the game I did find this to be a little unfair but I was expecting it

After halftime some people started to leave which happens at most college football games The surprising thing was that the majority of those who left were in the block seating section They sat in their reserved seats for only half the game while oth-ers sat the whole game in the upper bowl of the student sec-tion This again seemed a little unfair but it was expected

The only concern with the seating arrangement is that the AFROTC which according to the CW article ldquoMap changes with processrdquo on September 10 scored fourth using the new system They are conversely in the back section in a row with the 25th- 27th- 30th- and 32nd- ranked organizations Since SGA removed the human element AFROTC should be farther up ndash a lot farther up

So I understand that the sec-tion seating is tradition and makes sense because not many groups sit en masse like fraterni-ties and sororities do If people want a change a solution would be to include more student groups beyond the greek groups rather than completely removing

the block seating There would also have to be regulations for the definition of ldquogrouprdquo so peo-ple do not join groups only to get block seating

I am not writing this to hate on the greek system because I believe it is very beneficial not only to those in the organiza-tions but also to the rest of the school and to the community I just believe there are better ways to deal with this situation and better people to call upon to fix the issue than the fraternities and sororities

I had wished to remain anony-mous because of the polarity of this issue however this is forbid-den by the CW which I under-stand Like I said before I do think fraternities and sororities are great organizations beyond the campus and college years I do not want to hinder any pos-sible chances I have of getting into one of these groups because of its great benefits ndash even aside from block seating After con-sidering it I realized this is my opinion not yours Also I am not bashing the greek life I am actually saying it has the right to block seating and has done noth-ing wrongRob Grady is a freshman major-ing in civil engineering

In response to lsquoWomen minorities cheated by systemrsquoLETTER TO THE EDITOR

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Wednesday September 12 2012 | Page 5

By Judah MartinContributing Writer

Forza Financial a student-run domestic microlending firm is expanding and looking to recruit additional student workers

Forza is founded on the prin-ciple of microfinance a lending tactic in which small loans of $500 to $5000 are given to entrepre-neurs and small business owners with low interest rates of 10 to 20 percent Because Forza is a non-profit microfinance institution the interest rates they collect are thereby used to generate more loans

Forza CEO David Bailey said this provides students an oppor-tunity to use what they learn in

the classroom in real-life settings Because the concept of micro-finance is so new to the state of Alabama Forzarsquos founders came to realize that a microfinance model based on uncollateralized loans and competitive interest rates could be beneficial to the many impoverished residents of Alabamarsquos Black Belt region

ldquoWe basically want to help the small business communityrdquo Bailey said ldquoOur goal is to extend to the entire Black Belt because thatrsquos where we feel wersquore most needed Wersquore literally offering a service [to them] that is not offered by anyone elserdquo

Interns are charged with a large number of responsibilities ranging from financial operations

to communications Alexandria Gilbert director of production for Forza said that team members are placed in the firm based on their individual skills

ldquoThe experience we gain from Forza is seriously amazingrdquo Gilbert said ldquoWersquore taking a rev-olutionary approach to finance and even though wersquore just col-lege students wersquore giving real money to real people to affect tan-gible change in our communityrdquo

While a number of Forza employees are in business any student with a serious interest in anything the group does from writing loans to creating mar-keting materials to managing our website to meeting people should consider applying Gilbert

saidForza interns are expected to

be capable of working autono-mously and independently in an environment that deals with a high level of ambiguity and changing variables According to John Oberkor director of recruit-ing for Forza the firm plans to hire no more than thirty interns

ldquoIf the number [of interns] is bigger than thirty the experience wonrsquot be beneficialrdquo Oberkor said ldquoThis is the best way to keep everyone focused and to give them a meaningful experiencerdquo

Bailey said a Forza Financial internship is a unique oppor-tunity for opportunity to apply what theyrsquove learned in real life circumstances

ldquoWersquore looking for students that want to impact change in the community and want to implicate practical skills theyrsquore learning in the communityrdquo Bailey said ldquoWersquore looking for hardworking determined students who believe in the mission of Forzardquo

Katherine McLarney the Forza communications director said the intern program is a gateway for virtually any major on cam-pus to gain tangible work experi-ence

ldquoWe are looking for passionate dedicated students looking to get involved and make a difference in the communityrdquo McLarney said

Students interested in becom-ing a Forza intern can apply online at wwwforzafinancialcom

Forza Financial seeks interns from all departments

By Tim LarkinContributing Writer

The University of Alabamarsquos Graduate School Preview Day will be held on Thursday Sept 13 from 3 to 830 pm at the Ferguson Student Center

Blake Bedsole director of graduate recruitment said stu-dents can expect to gain general information about a graduate education in addition to infor-mation on special programs pro-vided at the University

The eventrsquos opening ses-sion entitled ldquoThe Benefits of Investing in a Graduate Educationrdquo will be held at the Ferguson Theater Speakers will include faculty and staff from the graduate programs at the University as well as current graduate students

Following the opening ses-sions attendees will have the opportunity to participate in small group information ses-sions with the deans faculty and students from a variety of gradu-ate programs on campus

A reception will be held in the Heritage Room and then attend-ees will be invited to participate in a seminar on graduate school admissions testing including the GRE GMAT LSAT and MAT Lastly Kaplan the well-known test-prep company will offer free practice tests in the Ferguson Ballroom from 530 to 830 pm

Tim West a sophomore majoring in chemistry believes it is never too early to start look-ing at graduate school options

ldquoIrsquom thinking about maybe going to medical schoolrdquo West said ldquoThis seems like a good chance to see what medical school is all aboutrdquo

Graduate programs at the University have over four thou-sand students in addition to the law school on campus and the medical school at The University of Alabama at Birmingham There are numerous programs leading to masterrsquos degrees as well as doctoral degrees Last year alone the UA Graduate School received 8297 applica-tions

With a vast amount of appli-cants graduate programs look at factors other than just aca-demics and entrance exams

ldquoMost programs are looking for leadership potential so being active on campus and taking leadership roles in student orga-nizations is a plusrdquo Bedsole said

Sessions on grad school admission tests to be held in Ferg

IF YOU GObull What UArsquos Graduate

School Preview Day

bull Where Ferguson Student Center

bull When 3 - 830 pm Thursday

New SGA initiative rewards students

By Ashanka KumariChief Copy Editor

While recycling may not be at the top of most Bama fansrsquo lists on game days it is for one University group

On home game days UA Recycling promotes envi-ronmental sustainability by passing out blue bags to tail-gaters on the Quad as well as containers inside the sta-dium Tony Johnson execu-tive director of logistics and support services said

ldquoThere are 40 gray [recy-cling] containers through-out the stadiumrdquo Johnson said ldquoTen on the Quad as well as a tent where we pass our blue recycling bags For every three bags people can exchange them for items [such as Nike shirts and fleece sweatshirts] Itrsquos a great incentive to get fans to recyclerdquo

The prizes are given away on a first-come first-served basis with a limit of one item

per person per game dayFor students living off cam-

pus and other members of the Tuscaloosa community The University of Alabama Recycling Department pro-vides drive-up bins for its Drive Up Recycling program Johnson said

Community members can drop off aluminum cans tin cans paper plastic card-board and newspaper at the Ancillary Services Building located at 1115 14th St

Bria Mattox a sophomore majoring in mechanical engi-neering said recycling is something anyone can do with a little extra effort

ldquoWe have plenty of bins around campus and they are usually on main walking pathsrdquo Mattox said ldquoIn most cases all you have to do is hold onto your plastic bottle a tad bit longer until you get outside to recycle it instead of just throwing it away in the classroom trash canrdquo

Academic departments at

the University can also bene-fit from recycling through the campus mail service Mike Butts manager of the campus mail service said

ldquoWe have programs through Hewlett-Packard and Staples to recycle print cartridges from campusrdquo Butts said ldquoThe University gets recycling points for recy-cling HP products and can use these points to purchase new products from HP in the futurerdquo

Campus mail is bundled with paperclips and rubber bands which the campus mail service repackages in 100 per-cent biodegradable bags and offers to academic depart-ments to order free-of-charge from campusmailuaedu

ldquoYou wouldnrsquot think a paperclip would make a dif-ference but in a large capac-ity it makes a big differencerdquo Butts said

In 2010 the Environmental Stewardship Committee created the Office of

Sustainability which has worked with UA Recycling Energy Management and Bama Dining to work closely with other parts of campus to promote sustainability events

Along with the Office of Sustainability the Go Green Sustainability Portal is an initiative that provides stu-dents staff faculty and the surrounding community with information about sustainable practices at The University of Alabama Johnson said

Other ways the University promotes sustainability is through advertisements of campus ldquogreenrdquo practices as well as events campuswide he said

ldquoRecycling saves resourc-es keeps non-degradable products out of landfills and oceans as well as keeping costs downrdquo Mattox said ldquoThere are so many advantag-es to an action that takes such little effort therersquos really no excuse not to recyclerdquo

UA Recycling promotes sustainability on Gamedays

CW | Caitlin TrotterUA Recycling offers incentives to encourage recycling on campus

By Eric YaronContributing Writer

The Student Government Association is instituting a new reward system designed to increase student attendance at educational lectures athletic games and other community events held on campus

Dubbed the ldquoSpirit Pointsrdquo program by co-creators Will Pylant vice president for student affairs and Matt Calderone SGA president students will be able to accumulate Spirit Points at vari-ous qualifying events throughout the semester and earn several attractive rewards

Some of the anticipated rewards to be offered to the highest attendees each semester include an iPad Daniel Moore paintings and potential scholar-ship money

ldquoSpirit Points are a great way to get students out there to attend UA eventsrdquo Pylant said ldquoThis system will help promote events and organizations that may not always have a large number of attendantsrdquo

All students organizations and athletic teams active on cam-pus will be able to apply for their

event to qualify for Spirit Points through a standardized form soon to be available in the SGA office

The form will ask the appli-cant several questions outlining the event including logistical constraints and expectations a declared purpose and the poten-tial for an admission fee for the proposed event

Events must be open to all stu-dents to qualify under the Spirit Points program

ldquoThe new Spirit Point reward system will be a great way to get students more involved on cam-pusrdquo Jose Ruiz an SGA senator said ldquoOftentimes students are hesitant to participate in events offered by various organizations on campus because of the lack of advertising or previous knowl-edge of the event This program will give them the added incen-tive they needrdquo

An SGA board titled the Crimson Spirit Points Committee will meet weekly to review and consider campus events for qualifying status as well as to determine point values for each approved event

The SGA will then loan ACT Card readers to the

organizations conducting quali-fying events The weekly meet-ings will be open to the public allowing for transparency on the part of the SGA in selecting quali-fying events

The Spirit Points program is not the only program of its kind on campus The Crimson Rewards program sponsored by Tuscaloosa Toyota offers stu-dents several incentives to attend sporting events across campus ranging from free concession vouchers all the way up to the chance to win a brand new car

ldquoPrograms like these ben-efit the entire campusrdquo Justin Popielarski a senior majoring in geological sciences said ldquoIt affords the students the opportu-nity to earn something tangible for participating in the various events on campus and it gives the organizations that sponsor these events far greater exposure than they would otherwise have without the incentive programs I havenrsquot participated in any of the other reward programs in the past but the addition of non-ath-letic events to the list of events where points can be earned may convince me to participate in the Spirit Rewards programrdquo

By Sarah Elizabeth TookerContributing Writer

A new branch of the iPhone Clinic store recently opened in June on the Strip to better serve and reach the student target market

The Strip location is the sec-ond storefront for the fledgling enterprise and is already pop-ular among students

The two stores now have a combined clientele of about 1000 customers per month with most of these numbers coming from the Strip loca-tion

Several students have ven-tured to the new spot with sat-isfying results

Bibi Suarez a junior major-ing in special education liked the student-friendly and effi-cient atmosphere while store staff repaired the broken screen on her iPad ldquoEveryone breaks their iPhone or Macbook at least once while in

college and this is a more con-venient fix than going through Applerdquo Suarez said

Colby Hopwood a junior majoring in business manage-ment wasnrsquot deterred by high-er prices at the clinic because of the staffrsquos reliability and promptness

ldquoThey back up all of your information and double check

to make sure your phone still works in front of you when you pick it up which takes less than an hourrdquo Hopwood said

It cost Hopwood $50 to fix her broken lock button but she said that even though it seemed a bit expensive it saved her a trip to the Birmingham Apple store

Store owner Ilyas Ileri

understands that students are always looking to get the best deal especially on such an unforeseen expense

ldquoNot only will we always take our competitorrsquos cou-pons we currently offer a 10 percent discount to anyone who becomes our friend on Facebook at Bama iPhone Clinic Tuscaloosardquo Ileri said

The iPhone clinic offers its customers a variety of servic-es including iPhone Android Macbook iPad and most other computer repairs which take around 30 to 40 minutes All repairs are backed with a mini-mum 30-day warranty

They also buy and sell old iPhones varying in price up to $150 depending on the quality

Just recently the company started repairing water-dam-aged phones with about a 95 percent success rate accord-

ing to Ileri The process takes about a day and the store gives out loner phones for customers to use while they wait

Perhaps one of the most stu-dent-friendly initiatives the iPhone Clinic has started its reporting system Students areencouraged to stop by the storeand give the serial number of their lost or stolen phone If someone comes in trying to sell or repair that phone the owner as well as UAPD will be contacted immediately

ldquoAs of yesterday we have already had six successful accounts of the reporting sys-tem workingrdquo Ileri said

The Strip location is also looking to hire several stu-dents with exceptional cus-tomer service skills Resumesand class schedules should beemailed to iphoneclinichot-mailcom if interested

The Striprsquos iPhone Clinic offers variety of repair services

CW | Bryce DentoniPhone Clinic offers repairs on iPhones Androids Macbooks iPads and some computers

Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Wednesday September 12 2012CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 6

By Francie Johnson

As a Dallas native maybe Irsquom a little biased but from the moment I heard the opening line ldquoI ainrsquot from Texas but I made my way from Dallasrdquo off of the Avett Brothersrsquo newest album ldquoThe Carpenterrdquo I was hooked

ldquoThe Carpenterrdquo released on Sept 11 has that catchy folk-rock distinctively-Avett-Broth-ers sound that fans have come to know and love but underneath the infectious melodies and the clear-cut voices lies a profound exploration of the concept of death

The release of ldquoThe Carpenterrdquo the bandrsquos seventh full-length studio album coin-

cides with a traumatic event in the bandrsquos history bassist Bob Crawfordrsquos two-year-old daugh-ter Halliersquos recent brain tumor diagnosis Most of the album had already been completed prior to this diagnosis but this real-life tragedy pulls the somewhat ambiguous idea of death out of the shadows urging listeners to face the notion head on

The interesting thing about this album is that on first listen it doesnrsquot sound anything like yoursquod expect an album so rooted in mortality to sound Half of the songs from the album at least touch on the concept of death but in most of them this heavy theme hides behind simple catchy melodies Even the slow-er songs while powerful and

insightful lyrically donrsquot quite convey that same gut-wrench-ing intensity in the music itself But this stark unexpected con-trast between music and lyr-ics only adds more depth to an already t h o u g h t - p r o -voking album

S o m e t h i n g that has always drawn me to the Avett Brothers and perhaps the aspect of their music that appeals to me the most is their lyrics The Avett Brothersrsquo lyrics are consistently beauti-ful somehow managing to be

straightforward and concise yet emotional and introspec-tive all at the same time This new album is no exception

In ldquoThe Once and Future Carpenterrdquo the albumrsquos opening track the broth-ers sing ldquoAnd my life is but a coin pulled from an empty pocket dropped into a slot with dreams of sevens close behindrdquo

Another song off of the album ldquoFebruary Sevenrdquo opens with the verses ldquoI went on the search for something true I was almost

there when I found you Sooner than my fate was wrote perfect-ly it slit my throat and beads of lust released into the air When I awoke you were standing thererdquo These lyrics are nothing short of pure poetry and their beauty immediately strikes a chord within the listener

In ldquoThrough My Prayersrdquo the song I find most emotion-ally powerful the brothers bare their souls in a strikingly hon-est message to a loved one who has passed They sing ldquoMy dream of all dreams and my hope of all hopes is only to tell you and make sure you know how much I love you and how much I always didrdquo perfectly putting into words the universal desire to communicate with lost

loved onesDespite my love for ldquoThe

Carpenterrdquo I canrsquot help but com-pare it to the Avett Brothersrsquo previous album ldquoI and Love and Yourdquo released in September 2009 While ldquoThe Carpenterrdquois holistically a great album no single song packs as power-ful of a punch as songs such as ldquoHead Full of Doubt Road Full of Promiserdquo and ldquoI and Love and Yourdquo off of the previous album

Overall ldquoThe Carpenterrdquo is a wonderful addition to the Avett Brothersrsquo already impres-sive catalogue Both die-hard Avett fans and casual listen-ers alike will appreciate the depth and beauty of this philo-sophical exploration of human mortality

COLUMN | MUSIC

Avett Brothersrsquo new album lsquoThe Carpenterrsquo explores concepts of death tragedy

By Tricia Vaughan

When comparing organic food to conventional food some would think organic is the more nutritious and healthier of the two options however a recent study from Stanford University defends the contrary

The study found there is no significant difference between the two types of food when com-paring their effects on health and nutritional value Though there are no health-related risks to choosing conventional goods and foods labeled organ-ic are more expensive the study still suggests grocery shoppers should opt for organically pro-duced foods

Stanfordrsquos study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine on Sept 4 found organic food has less pesticide residue in urine than that of its counter-part by 30 percent Thus choos-ing to go organic can prevent the consumption of pesticides and other chemical residues

ldquoMany consumers choose to buy organic products to reduce

their exposure to chemical pes-ticidesrdquo said Sheena Quizon Gregg assistant director of The University of Alabamarsquos Health Education and Prevention ldquoOther factors that affect choos-ing organic versus convention-ally processed food include fac-toring in any possible additives such as food colorings artificial sweeteners and monosodium glutamaterdquo

The United States Department of Agriculture strictly regulates the amount of additives in organic products ensuring the quality for which consumers are paying extra

When yoursquore low on money going organic may not be a feasible and cost-effective option especially for students Organic produce is typically $1 to $2 more per pound than con-ventional produce So if yoursquore pinching pennies Gregg recom-mends buying a mix of organic and conventional food

ldquoI typically encourage my stu-dents to buy a variety of foods when grocery shopping ndash a mix of organic and conventionally

grown products ndash so that they can balance the expected higher cost of eating organic while still reducing their overall exposure to synthetic pesticides and fer-tilizersrdquo Gregg said

She also advises students to buy certain organically pro-duced foods called ldquoThe Dirty Dozenrdquo which includes apples celery and spinach A full list of ldquoThe Dirty Dozenrdquo can be found on the Environmental Working Grouprsquos website

If you choose to go organic the positives can affect more than just your lifestyle Organic farming methods conserve water and soil while reducing pollution

Douglas Gibler Jr a sopho-more in New College believes there are more benefits to hav-ing his own garden than simply the fresh homegrown produce

ldquoThe study of organic foods can lead to a greater under-standing about the importance of self-sustainabilityrdquo he said ldquoas well as encourage altruistic thoughts and actions directed toward society as a wholerdquo

COLUMN | HEALTH

Study fi nds organic conventional foods differ little

ldquoThe release of ldquoThe Car-penterrdquo the bandrsquos seventh full-length studio album co-

incides with a traumatic event in the bandrsquos history bassist Bob Crawfordrsquos two-year-old

daughter Halliersquos recent diag-nosis with a brain tumor

Lauren Zezulka a senior majoring in criminal jus-tice transferred to Alabama after her freshman year at Northwest Florida State College

ldquoI came into Alabama hav-ing my brother and good com-munity but at the same time I felt like I was starting fresh-man year all over againrdquo she said

Erin Fitzsimmons a junior majoring in human develop-ment and family studies said she believed Alabama could improve its transfer student programs and is looking for-ward to being a part of that improvement as vice presi-dent of Tau Sigma

The organization founded in 2008 is UArsquos transfer hon-ors society and serves as the main hub of information spe-cific to transfer students

ldquoThe organization is in the planning stages for projects and events that will be most beneficial to other transfer students which could include educational and social activi-tiesrdquo DeFrance said ldquoWe had a lot of interest last semester in Tau Sigma and are looking to this group of students to begin engaging with our pro-grams again this semesterrdquo

Fitzsimmons said she and Brock Shelton Tau Sigma president hope to help trans-

fer students adjust to a new campus without grouping them with the incoming fresh-man class

ldquoI am really excited about this yearrdquo Fitzsimmons said ldquoBrock and I talked about making Tau Sigma more than just an honor society for your resume and really help trans-fer students get plugged in to University life I donrsquot want transfer students to feel like freshmen Theyrsquore not new to collegerdquo

As a transfer student her-self Fitzsimmons said she felt like she was grouped with freshmen at FYE events when she transferred from the University of Missouri

ldquoI loved Ignite UA [an FYE program for transfer students and freshmen] but I really had to reach out myselfrdquo Fitzsimmons said ldquoBrock and I want Tau Sigma to provide resources for transfer stu-dents that they would have to otherwise seek out them-selvesrdquo

Although some students believe the University could improve their transfer student relations students who have transferred from Alabama to other schools have had differ-ent experiences

The University could not provide statistics on stu-dents who transfer out of the University and was unable to track down how the University follows up on stu-dents who transfer according to UA spokeswoman Cathy Andreen

Makenzie Berry a junior majoring in biochemistry transferred to Texas AampM after her freshman year at the University

ldquoThe driving force behind transferring was to be closer to my familyrdquo Berry said ldquoI have a younger brother and I found that I was missing out on a lot of family stuffrdquo

Berry said AampM offers Transfer Camp or T-Camp which is a three-day camp to help transfer students adjust to their new surroundings T-Camp is a student-run organization designed to be a resource for incoming trans-fer students

ldquoBecause I transferred before my sophomore year I missed out on the dorm expe-rience and on learning a lot of the traditions at AampMrdquo she said ldquoThat was tough but people have been really good about making me feel wel-come and includedrdquo

Berry said T-Camp helped her become acquainted with the traditions and rituals that come with being an Aggie

Tau Sigma is aiming to be not only an introduction to life as a UA student in the way T-Camp is for incoming Texas AampM students but also a resource to use through-out the studentsrsquo time at the University

ldquoI think Alabama has a long way to go in making transfer students feel as welcome as freshmenrdquo Fitzsimmons said ldquoBut I believe that Tau Sigma was a good place to startrdquo

TRANSFER STUDENTS FROM PAGE 1

Tau Sigma makes UA transfer smooth

The majority of the Fall 2 classes are 100-200 level courses because college sur-veys and studies have shown that these affect the larg-est number of students each semester The credits earned under Fall 2 are also equal to a normal full-term course for the semester

The SGA has also confirmed that a new winter interim term will begin in December to further promote studentsrsquo graduation in four years

ldquoThis initiative will resem-ble the Fall 2 minimester in that all of the classes will be offered onlinerdquo Evans-Bell said ldquoRegistration dates for the winter minimester have not yet been confirmedrdquo

Meagan Bryant SGA press secretary says their mission is to preserve and defend the rights and privileges of stu-

dent self-governance The SGA believes in the motto of students serving students which includes helping UA students graduate in four years

ldquoIt is the goal of the SGA to work daily to earn studentsrsquo trust and to serve them with the utmost integrityrdquo Bryant said ldquoSGA works to serve the common interests of students to train themselves in demo-cratic government and to pro-mote positive citizenship on campusrdquo

FALL TWO FROM PAGE 1

Most classes are 100 or 200 level courses

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Wednesday September 12 2012 | Page 7

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Wednesday September 12 2012SPORTSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 8

By Zac Al-KhateebStaff Reporter

For those Bama fans who watched Alabama play Western Kentucky this weekend let me say this donrsquot start panicking about the way the Tide played ndash at least not yet

Sure the defense played ten-tatively at times and the offense seemed to struggle with pass blocking and establishing a run-ning game but the end result was still a 35-0 blowout over the Hilltoppers You know what that says to me Even if it doesnrsquot play up to its ridiculously high stan-dards it still comes away with convincing wins

Now does that mean Alabama can afford to play that way against its future opponents Absolutely not But the point Irsquom trying to make is if head coach Nick Saban has his way his team wonrsquot per-form as badly for the rest of the year And for you fans out there already wondering about the Tidersquos title chances that is a com-forting thought

And itrsquos not like Alabama was

the only highly-ranked team last weekend to not play to its stan-dards If you donrsquot believe me look at the Arkansas-University of Louisiana at Monroe game ULM came into Little Rock Ark and stunned the Razorbacks at home 34-31 And if you didnrsquot know Arkansas was ranked No 8 in the nation when it happened

In fact the only top five teams to actually play up to its stan-dards this weekend were LSU and Oklahoma LSU beat Washington 41-3 while Oklahoma beat Florida AampM 69-10 USC the No 2 team in the nation had to struggle to beat Syracuse at home 42-29 while No 4 Oregon beat Fresno State 42-25

Are you starting to see a pat-tern here Most of the top 10 teams this weekend were caught napping For some like Alabama and USC the end result was the same And unfortunately for others ndash herersquos looking at you Hogs ndash the end result was unexpected

Now that each of these teams has been brought back to earth we can start looking for them to

play the type of football we expect of the highest caliber teams And in the case of Alabama you can bet Saban is going to find a way to convince his team they havenrsquot done anything worthwhile yet I expect therersquos going to be a lot of video of quarterback AJ McCarron on his back when the team goes into film study

Alabama will have the chance to rebound against a good Arkansas team a team that much like Alabama simply wasnrsquot playing to its standards Despite the Razorbacksrsquo loss to the Warhawks this weekend this game should stand to serve as Alabamarsquos first true test of the season

So Alabama learned its lesson early against a vastly inferior opponent And although the Tide didnrsquot play the way fans would have liked the game did serve the purpose of waking Alabama up with the added benefit of not having to be beaten beforehand I guess the only thing Tide fans can hope for is that this team learns from its mistakes and avoids repeating them in the future

Fans WKU game not cause for panicBy Billy WhyteStaff Reporter

After a heartbreaking loss against Maryland to close out nonconference play the 5-1 Alabama womenrsquos soccer team will look to bounce back strong at No 22 Tennessee in their first conference game of the season

Coming off a successful nonconference slate head coach Todd Bramble believes the team is prepared and ready for the challenges that await in conference play this weekend

ldquoWersquove played a variety of level of opponents and a variety of styles of playrdquo Bramble said ldquoItrsquos given us an opportunity to spend an extensive time working on our possession game our attacking game and most recently having to defend a strong Maryland team and Irsquom really pleased with every-thing we have learned about ourselves up to this pointrdquo

The Crimson Tide will

need to be at its best against a tough Tennessee team whose only loss this season so far was a one-point loss to No 2 UCLA Bramble said it will be important for the team to remain mentally and emotionally tough in order to be successful this weekend

ldquoWhen you go on the road against conference competi-tion which ramps the level of play up a bit itrsquos important to see how mentally tough and emotionally tough we are as a teamrdquo Bramble said ldquoThat will get put to the test this weekend in a way that hasnrsquot happened yet this seasonrdquo

Even with the pressure of playing against a rival SEC opponent on the road the team is staying focused on its own game this week in prac-tice with the coaches not even mentioning Tennessee until Wednesdayrsquos practice

ldquoWe like our team enough where I think we can con-tinue to really focus on our-selvesrdquo Bramble said ldquoIf we can play up to our potential

we want it to be a situation where the other team has to deal with us If we spend too much time talking about the opposition then at some point that message starts to look like the coaching staff is more worried about our oppo-sition than the confidence in ourselves I think our players know fully what they are get-ting into when they go up to Knoxvillerdquo

Bramble said the team is looking forward to the road test and believes a strong result will give them a lot of confidence entering the rest of conference play

ldquoThis will be our biggest test to daterdquo Bramble said ldquoIf we go into Knoxville and are successful then it will give us a lot of confidence heading into the rest of the season We are looking for-ward to the challenge and we are going to enjoy the week-endrdquo

The game will kick off at Knoxville at 6 pm on Friday Sept 14

Tide ready to face SEC foesCOLUMN SPORTS | WOMENrsquoS SOCCER

By Rebekah DyeContributing Writer

The Alabama volleyball team moved up to an 11-1 record after defeating the Samford Bulldogs 3-1 Tuesday night

The Tide had a rough start los-ing the first set 23-25 but the team stepped up in the final three sets winning 25-16 25-13 and 25-14 ulti-mately giving them the victory

ldquoWe stepped back to the line and put a lot of pressure on their serve-receive and they werenrsquot able to handle that pressurerdquo head

coach Ed Allen said ldquoWe stepped back served aggressively and they werenrsquot able to run their middles and they are a middle-driven teamrdquo

With multiple players perform-ing well Allen believes he may have finally found his starting lineup

ldquoWersquove had about seven differ-ent lineups in the preseasonrdquo Allen said ldquoSteiner is kind of settling into that other outside hitting position which is giving us a lot more con-sistency and we do have balance ndash we have four kids that should be putting up multiple digit kills and Sierra does a great job of spreading

the ball aroundrdquoAlabama had an average hitting

percentage of 328 and multiple girls had double digit kills

Kayla Fitterer was the strongest of the night posting 17 kills 16 digs and a 359 hitting percentage Maintaining focus and poise was a key to her success as well as her teammatesrsquo

ldquoAfter the first game losing we just came back and stayed steadyrdquo senior Kayla Fitterer said ldquoOver this weekend winning 4-0 gave us confidence going into this game and just playing with each other

more and more We are all new girls so playing every day together is making us betterrdquo

Andrea McQuaid and Laura Steiner also posted impressive stats in the victory McQuaid finished with 11 kills and a hitting percent-age of 391 while Steiner ended the night with 14 kills in 37 attempts

Setter Sierra Wilson finished the night with 44 assists Sophomore Katherine White also posted a 545 hitting percentage and seven kills

Now the team is looking ahead to Friday night when it will take on the LSU Tigers

Crimson Tide bounces back beats Samford in 4

CW | Jingyu WanAlabama defeated Samford in four sets Tuesday night in its last match before beginning conference play Friday against LSU

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Wednesday September 12 2012NEWSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 3

By Allie HulcherContributing Writer

EO Wilson a prominent biolo-gist theorist and author tackled questions of religion and philoso-phy Tuesday night as he spoke to University of Alabama students about lifersquos big questions

His lecture last night focused on the three main questions that religion and philosophy try to answer ldquoWhere do we come from What are we And where are we goingrdquo

From the onset Wilson did not shy away from controversy say-ing that no two creation stories can be correct

ldquoNone are consistent with our growing knowledge of the uni-verse and the planetrdquo Wilson said ldquoReligion will never provide all of the answers no matter how much we might wish it tordquo

Wilson a graduate of The University of Alabama who has been teaching at Harvard for 60

years spoke about his recent book ldquoThe Social Conquest of Earthrdquo

Wilson went on to explain the social behaviors of various animals including insects wild dogs and chimpanzees Wilsonrsquos lecture incorporated slides with large images of animals and

the evolutionary ancestors to humans Wilson touched upon aspects of biology sociology and anthropology He explained the hunter-gatherer society and how the development of campsites is directly related to how social humans are today

ldquoGossip is a dominant behavior from hunter-gatherer campsites to royal courtsrdquo Wilson said ldquoWe are intensely interested in each other ndash that is a very human traitrdquo

Social closeness and working as a team was an essential step in evolutionary human develop-ment according to Wilson Other essential progressions included division of labor and travelling in tighter groups This led to being able to recognize the intentions of others and understanding their wants and needs

ldquoIf you have any doubt about the universality of joy and con-flict and contest I ask you to pause for a moment of silence

to reflect upon the Southeastern football conferencerdquo Wilson said before saying simply ldquoWarrdquo

Stephen Killen a senior in New College was impressed by Wilsonrsquos quiet approach

ldquoIt amazes me how effortlessly this comes to himrdquo Killen said

Killen said that while he per-sonally appreciates individual-ism he learned from the lecture that humans are innately social

ldquoI learned that being social and working as a group is the best to be successfulrdquo Killen said

Wilson was born in Birmingham in 1929 and grew up in Mobile Left blind in one eye from a fishing accident Wilson turned to studying ants since he could inspect them under a microscope This led to a greater interest in biology and he attend-ed The University of Alabama where he received an under-graduate and a masterrsquos degree Wilson then received his PhD from Harvard in 1955

Wilson has written 28 books including his most famous ldquoThe Antsrdquo and ldquoThe Naturalistrdquo He won Pulitzer Prizes for both books Wilson also promoted his new book ldquoWhy We Are Here Mobile and the Spirit of a Southern Cityrdquo and signed copies for those in attendance

William Alford a native Tuscaloosan came to the lecture with two books for Wilson to sign

ldquoThis guy is a science hero itrsquos like coming to see Einsteinrdquo

Alford saidJessica Reynolds a University

of Alabama at Birmingham stu-dent came with a group of fellow biology and Wilson enthusiasts Reynolds is majoring in biology and studio art and was fascinated with the way Wilson incorporat-ed art into his presentation

ldquoEO Wilson was saying how itrsquos human nature to create and human nature to explorerdquo Reynolds said ldquoItrsquos just interest-ing how everything ties inrdquo

EO Wilson speaks on human behavior development

CW | Anna Waters Pulitzer Prize winning biologist

EO Wilson

By Jordan CissellStaff Reporter

The Bruno Business Library is working to educate students on how to fully utilize the building and its systems

The new program called Get Smart will host nine one-hour classes every Monday through Nov 12 and aims to better accli-mate students to the business database systems available at the library

Mark Siciliano business ref-erence librarian at Bruno first came up with the idea for the series and will teach each of the classes

According to Lee Pike head of Bruno the libraryrsquos database sys-tems have plenty to offer

ldquoThe best business infor-mation has high value and costs moneyrdquo he said in an emailed statement ldquoThatrsquos why

corporations pay tens and often hundreds of thousands of dol-lars per year for business infor-mation from such commercial providers as Lexis-Nexis Global Insights Business Source Premier among many others Thatrsquos where the library comes in We license dozens of busi-ness databases annually and the content is freely available to students during their careers at the Universityrdquo

Siciliano said students outside of a few business school classes classes often donrsquot get exposed to the systemsrsquo potential

ldquoWhen I present to a class I always ask lsquoHow many people have never been in the library beforersquordquo he said ldquoWhen yoursquore talking to a group of freshman and they all raise their hands itrsquos one thing But if yoursquove got a bunch of juniors and seniors with their hands up thatrsquos a problemrdquo

His discussions will focus on how students may most efficient-ly use Brunorsquos database services to explore the information they need to further investigate these topics

ldquoHe is an expert and will make the workshops worthwhilerdquo Pike said ldquoAn investment of a little time in the Get Smart workshops will save a lot of time searching aimlesslyrdquo

Though business is the pri-mary focus of each workshop Siciliano said the concepts he presents is not of relevance to Culverhouse students alone

ldquoA lot of our campus library systemrsquos databases are very similarrdquo he said ldquoYou can take something I talk about and do the exact same thing with the Civil War or chemistryrdquo

However Siciliano insists the database proficiency students will gain from the series can be

an especially significant cata-lyst in business studentsrsquo post-graduation career search He said many big-name companies especially in the brokerage and banking industries use the same programs in the daily conduction of business but most recently graduated job hunters either donrsquot know how to use databases or donrsquot recognize such profi-ciency as a marketable skill

ldquoIf you put Bloomberg or Morningstar [database systems] on a resume that will look tre-mendousrdquo he said

Classes are limited to 20 peo-ple per meeting and will meet Monday at 6 pm in Bruno 11 Visit brunolibcbauaeduser-vicesworkshopshtm for more information

Bruno workshop helps students lsquoGet Smartrsquo

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By Henry DownesStaff Columnist

Do unborn children have rightsIt depends on who you ask According to the

Unborn Victims of Violence Act a zygote isendowed with some legal protections as a ldquochildin uterordquo from conception ndash before it is technicallyeven a fetus By their definition a ldquochild in uterordquois a ldquomember of the species Homo sapiens at anystage of development who is carried in the wombrdquo

Scientifically speaking fetuses (at six weeks afterconception) can develop brain activity can moveand ldquokickrdquo (at three and half months) can realistically survive outside the womb (at sixmonths) and can feel pleasure and pain (at about seven months)

So much activity and all of this before the future baby even reaches its birth-day Indeed unborn children are so like humans that religious groups have historicallyargued that they have moral interests comparablewith already-born humans

My point isnrsquot to give a moral sermon on abor-tion here for the underlying morality of abortionextends far beyond the scope of this article

But there are logical inconsistencies existingin our legal system today regarding fetal rightsand we must move toward one of two extremes inthe future to reconcile these discrepancies eitheracknowledge that current abortive mothers oughtto be prosecuted for illegal feticide or do away withfetal rights altogether denying all legal personhoodclaims of the unborn

Scientifically and legally therersquos no reason thatthe moment of birth ought to be significant Itrsquos notsurprising that the vast majority of US states cur-rently have statutes that define ldquofeticiderdquo as puni-tively equivalent to murder ndash about 25 states applythe standard regardless of developmental stageOnly 12 states regard an act of feticide as simplyldquoassaultrdquo

In Alabama a Guntersville man was recently cap-itally prosecuted for shooting his ex-wife Such anact wouldnrsquot generally be considered a capital crimendash except for the fact that the woman was pregnantAccording to new state law Jesse Phillips took twolives that day ndash that of his ex-wife and her unbornchild He received the death penalty

Also in this state scores of ldquochemical endanger-mentrdquo cases have been made against mothers whoseabuse of drugs alcohol or other substances resultsin fetal injury After all a woman who chain-smokesor drinks excessively while pregnant is liable for thedetrimental effects she causes to her unborn child

Together these examples of legal ldquogrey areasrdquosuggest inconsistencies within modern abortionlaws

Consider two hypothetical parents Mother A andMother B Both were unexpectedly impregnated andare now a month into their respective pregnanciesMother A is a lifelong smoker frequent drinker andoccasional drug user She abuses these substancesto the point where she essentially causes (in theeyes of the law) her unborn childrsquos miscarriage Sheis prosecuted and in accordance with state law isconvicted and sent to jail

Mother B on the other hand didnrsquot want to havekids but is a perfectly healthy adult After discuss-ing with family she decides to have an abortion Shegoes to a clinic and in accordance with federal lawis legally permitted to abort She returns home

As far as I can tell the only morally and legal-ly significant difference between the actions ofMother A and Mother B is their motives MotherArsquos killing was reckless and unintentional whereasMother Brsquos was premeditated and quite intentionalAlthough we send Mother A to prison for ldquoendan-germentrdquo American laws condone the choice ofMother B

Nowhere else in our legal system is accidentalbehavior punished more severely than intentionalmalicious behavior Imagine giving a perpetrator ofinvoluntary manslaughter ldquotwenty-five to liferdquo butletting a calculating murderer walk

Enough legal precedent already exists to satisfythe ldquocollapse clauserdquo of the Roe v Wade decisionwhich states ldquoIfhellippersonhood is established the[legality of abortion] of course collapses for theright to life would then be guaranteed specificallyby the [Constitution]rdquo Didnrsquot the Unborn Victimsof Violence Act establish personhood in 2004 DonrsquotAlabamarsquos (and many other statesrsquo) capital crimeand ldquochemical endangermentrdquo laws establish legalpersonhood

In todayrsquos system fetuses paradoxically have thelegally protected ldquoright not to be killedrdquo by a gun-man but depending on how their own mother feelsabout their existence they donrsquot technically have aldquoright to liferdquo

At the upcoming presidential debates twoHarvard Law School graduates will likely dancearound the messy topic of fetal rights But can youblame them Fetuses canrsquot voteHenry Downes is a sophomore majoring in econom-ics

Disparities present in statersquos abortion laws

ldquoIn todayrsquos system fetuses paradoxically have the

legally protected ldquoright not to be killedrdquo by a gunman

but depending on how their own mother feels

about their existence they donrsquot technically have a

ldquoright to liferdquo

By SoRelle WyckoffOpinions Editor

The newest Alabama law to consume our media is yet another that epitomizes legal imprac-ticality

Alabamarsquos texting while driving law went into effect a few weeks ago And as all ideas originate it had admi-rable intentions Car and Driver magazine found that texting while driv-ing produces a slower reaction time than drink-ing and driving Texting while driving is a clear danger to anyone on the road

Yet the law stated exceptions GPS use is permissible and tex-ting while in ldquostoprdquo is allowed In the world of smart phones all it takes is a few clicks to exit out of a text screen and onto a GPS application And any Tuscaloosa driver knows half the annoy-ances derived from tex-ting friends come from

delayed stops at a stop light while the car in front of you finishes up their text message The other half come from cars swerving into lanes while texting tweeting or whatever it is that is so incredibly vital

Even if caught the fines range from $25 to $100 depending on the number of offenses As a college student $25 sounds like a lofty fine but Irsquom imagining that most cell phone owning citizens of Alabama find this fee laughable

Alabama is one of 39 states with this ban in effect so they arenrsquot alone in this practically irreprehensible law After New York altered the texting and driv-ing law into a primary offense their texting-a n d - d r i v i n g - r e l a t e d arrests almost doubled

Yet obviously people are breaking the law ndash a law that prevents malig-nant behavior instilled to protect the safety of

everyone in the vicinity of your automobile

But why we need a law to tell us not to endanger ourselves and those on the road around us is a troubling tell-all about our society

The dependency on cell phones is not limited to those in the driverrsquos seat of course Students walk around the Quad eyes locked on a screen in between their hands rather than the beauti-ful campus around them (or more importantly the cars on their heels threatening to run them over) I watch many sit in classes they pay for yet they devote more time to refreshing their Twitter feed than listening to the knowledge being taught More still complained about ldquonot being able to get on Facebookrdquo or text at the game on Saturday They must have been so bored watching the greatest team in the nation or too awkward to talk to the person next

to themItrsquos this relationship

with our cell phones that is the true problem behind the anti-texting and driving law People are obsessed with their phones Canrsquot leave the house must always have charger obsessed And to be fair times have changed since landlines were all the rage Who even has a landline any-more

But the level of depen-dency often witnessed is deplorable In the case of driving it is one so pathetic that answering a text message is appar-ently equal tradeoff for risking your life

Yet while the law gives legal reason not to pick up your phone while yoursquore in the car com-mon sense should give you an even greater one

Recent commercials sponsored by ATampT nar-rate two stories both of individuals whose lives have been intense-ly altered by texting

related car accidents One is of a boy limited by physical and mental handicaps for the rest of his life and the other a sister speaking of her dead siblingrsquos accident The chilling recounts and simple on-screen texts leave you almost silent staring These commercials do far more than any law could in convincing texters

We have all texted when we werenrsquot sup-posed to And many times itrsquos harmless But when driving it is an unnecessary and unac-ceptable danger Waiting to answer until you reach your destination isnrsquot too lofty of a request

Regardless of govern-ment action or not for the safety of yourself and those around you take your eyes off the screen Or as the old newsroom verbalism suggests just ldquohold the phonerdquoSoRelle Wyckoff is the Opinions Editor of The Crimson White

State shouldnrsquot have to legislate common sense on texting driving

By Rob Grady

First some background my father and mother are greek alumni of Mississippi State University and The University of Alabama respectively so I know some things about Southern greek life and was strongly encouraged to join a fraternity here I grew up in a college town where men go through a formal recruitment to join a fraternity like sorority women do I have been exposed to both ends of the spectrum of greek life That being said I can see both sides of the debate concerning block seating

I want to talk about the gen-der ldquodiscriminationrdquo in block seating I agree that the fact that 28 fraternities applied for block seating is extremely dis-proportionate to the one soror-ity that applied However there was no rule stating that sorori-ties could not apply for seating a majority simply chose not to Why Because a sorority mem-ber would receive 07 percent of a seat with a fraternity male who was her date The greek women groups on campus chose to not have block seating therefore they do not have block seating

Coming from the North I

will say that UA fraternities and sororities are significantly more segregated by race than ones there This however is de facto and not written into greek bylaws The racial segregation seems to be a problem more rooted in the greek system itself rather than in the block seating system I am not saying frater-nities and sororities are racist because they definitely are not I am simply stating that Campus Labs (the third-party responsible for block seating scores) did not segregate

If fewer minority and women groups apply for block seating then it only makes sense that there are fewer of them in the block seating area

I attended my first UA football game as a student last weekend and it was awesome I showed up about two hours early (fresh-man mistake) and found a seat in the sixth row in the SE part of the student section These were great seats for the game but came at the cost of sitting in the stadium for two hours before the three hour game Those in a fra-ternity however showed up less than an hour before game time and got good seats in the end zone Block seating also did not seem to ldquoendrdquo 45 minutes before

the start of the game I did find this to be a little unfair but I was expecting it

After halftime some people started to leave which happens at most college football games The surprising thing was that the majority of those who left were in the block seating section They sat in their reserved seats for only half the game while oth-ers sat the whole game in the upper bowl of the student sec-tion This again seemed a little unfair but it was expected

The only concern with the seating arrangement is that the AFROTC which according to the CW article ldquoMap changes with processrdquo on September 10 scored fourth using the new system They are conversely in the back section in a row with the 25th- 27th- 30th- and 32nd- ranked organizations Since SGA removed the human element AFROTC should be farther up ndash a lot farther up

So I understand that the sec-tion seating is tradition and makes sense because not many groups sit en masse like fraterni-ties and sororities do If people want a change a solution would be to include more student groups beyond the greek groups rather than completely removing

the block seating There would also have to be regulations for the definition of ldquogrouprdquo so peo-ple do not join groups only to get block seating

I am not writing this to hate on the greek system because I believe it is very beneficial not only to those in the organiza-tions but also to the rest of the school and to the community I just believe there are better ways to deal with this situation and better people to call upon to fix the issue than the fraternities and sororities

I had wished to remain anony-mous because of the polarity of this issue however this is forbid-den by the CW which I under-stand Like I said before I do think fraternities and sororities are great organizations beyond the campus and college years I do not want to hinder any pos-sible chances I have of getting into one of these groups because of its great benefits ndash even aside from block seating After con-sidering it I realized this is my opinion not yours Also I am not bashing the greek life I am actually saying it has the right to block seating and has done noth-ing wrongRob Grady is a freshman major-ing in civil engineering

In response to lsquoWomen minorities cheated by systemrsquoLETTER TO THE EDITOR

Pennington amp Bailes

Stadium Pants amp Shorts

$105

$135

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Wednesday September 12 2012 | Page 5

By Judah MartinContributing Writer

Forza Financial a student-run domestic microlending firm is expanding and looking to recruit additional student workers

Forza is founded on the prin-ciple of microfinance a lending tactic in which small loans of $500 to $5000 are given to entrepre-neurs and small business owners with low interest rates of 10 to 20 percent Because Forza is a non-profit microfinance institution the interest rates they collect are thereby used to generate more loans

Forza CEO David Bailey said this provides students an oppor-tunity to use what they learn in

the classroom in real-life settings Because the concept of micro-finance is so new to the state of Alabama Forzarsquos founders came to realize that a microfinance model based on uncollateralized loans and competitive interest rates could be beneficial to the many impoverished residents of Alabamarsquos Black Belt region

ldquoWe basically want to help the small business communityrdquo Bailey said ldquoOur goal is to extend to the entire Black Belt because thatrsquos where we feel wersquore most needed Wersquore literally offering a service [to them] that is not offered by anyone elserdquo

Interns are charged with a large number of responsibilities ranging from financial operations

to communications Alexandria Gilbert director of production for Forza said that team members are placed in the firm based on their individual skills

ldquoThe experience we gain from Forza is seriously amazingrdquo Gilbert said ldquoWersquore taking a rev-olutionary approach to finance and even though wersquore just col-lege students wersquore giving real money to real people to affect tan-gible change in our communityrdquo

While a number of Forza employees are in business any student with a serious interest in anything the group does from writing loans to creating mar-keting materials to managing our website to meeting people should consider applying Gilbert

saidForza interns are expected to

be capable of working autono-mously and independently in an environment that deals with a high level of ambiguity and changing variables According to John Oberkor director of recruit-ing for Forza the firm plans to hire no more than thirty interns

ldquoIf the number [of interns] is bigger than thirty the experience wonrsquot be beneficialrdquo Oberkor said ldquoThis is the best way to keep everyone focused and to give them a meaningful experiencerdquo

Bailey said a Forza Financial internship is a unique oppor-tunity for opportunity to apply what theyrsquove learned in real life circumstances

ldquoWersquore looking for students that want to impact change in the community and want to implicate practical skills theyrsquore learning in the communityrdquo Bailey said ldquoWersquore looking for hardworking determined students who believe in the mission of Forzardquo

Katherine McLarney the Forza communications director said the intern program is a gateway for virtually any major on cam-pus to gain tangible work experi-ence

ldquoWe are looking for passionate dedicated students looking to get involved and make a difference in the communityrdquo McLarney said

Students interested in becom-ing a Forza intern can apply online at wwwforzafinancialcom

Forza Financial seeks interns from all departments

By Tim LarkinContributing Writer

The University of Alabamarsquos Graduate School Preview Day will be held on Thursday Sept 13 from 3 to 830 pm at the Ferguson Student Center

Blake Bedsole director of graduate recruitment said stu-dents can expect to gain general information about a graduate education in addition to infor-mation on special programs pro-vided at the University

The eventrsquos opening ses-sion entitled ldquoThe Benefits of Investing in a Graduate Educationrdquo will be held at the Ferguson Theater Speakers will include faculty and staff from the graduate programs at the University as well as current graduate students

Following the opening ses-sions attendees will have the opportunity to participate in small group information ses-sions with the deans faculty and students from a variety of gradu-ate programs on campus

A reception will be held in the Heritage Room and then attend-ees will be invited to participate in a seminar on graduate school admissions testing including the GRE GMAT LSAT and MAT Lastly Kaplan the well-known test-prep company will offer free practice tests in the Ferguson Ballroom from 530 to 830 pm

Tim West a sophomore majoring in chemistry believes it is never too early to start look-ing at graduate school options

ldquoIrsquom thinking about maybe going to medical schoolrdquo West said ldquoThis seems like a good chance to see what medical school is all aboutrdquo

Graduate programs at the University have over four thou-sand students in addition to the law school on campus and the medical school at The University of Alabama at Birmingham There are numerous programs leading to masterrsquos degrees as well as doctoral degrees Last year alone the UA Graduate School received 8297 applica-tions

With a vast amount of appli-cants graduate programs look at factors other than just aca-demics and entrance exams

ldquoMost programs are looking for leadership potential so being active on campus and taking leadership roles in student orga-nizations is a plusrdquo Bedsole said

Sessions on grad school admission tests to be held in Ferg

IF YOU GObull What UArsquos Graduate

School Preview Day

bull Where Ferguson Student Center

bull When 3 - 830 pm Thursday

New SGA initiative rewards students

By Ashanka KumariChief Copy Editor

While recycling may not be at the top of most Bama fansrsquo lists on game days it is for one University group

On home game days UA Recycling promotes envi-ronmental sustainability by passing out blue bags to tail-gaters on the Quad as well as containers inside the sta-dium Tony Johnson execu-tive director of logistics and support services said

ldquoThere are 40 gray [recy-cling] containers through-out the stadiumrdquo Johnson said ldquoTen on the Quad as well as a tent where we pass our blue recycling bags For every three bags people can exchange them for items [such as Nike shirts and fleece sweatshirts] Itrsquos a great incentive to get fans to recyclerdquo

The prizes are given away on a first-come first-served basis with a limit of one item

per person per game dayFor students living off cam-

pus and other members of the Tuscaloosa community The University of Alabama Recycling Department pro-vides drive-up bins for its Drive Up Recycling program Johnson said

Community members can drop off aluminum cans tin cans paper plastic card-board and newspaper at the Ancillary Services Building located at 1115 14th St

Bria Mattox a sophomore majoring in mechanical engi-neering said recycling is something anyone can do with a little extra effort

ldquoWe have plenty of bins around campus and they are usually on main walking pathsrdquo Mattox said ldquoIn most cases all you have to do is hold onto your plastic bottle a tad bit longer until you get outside to recycle it instead of just throwing it away in the classroom trash canrdquo

Academic departments at

the University can also bene-fit from recycling through the campus mail service Mike Butts manager of the campus mail service said

ldquoWe have programs through Hewlett-Packard and Staples to recycle print cartridges from campusrdquo Butts said ldquoThe University gets recycling points for recy-cling HP products and can use these points to purchase new products from HP in the futurerdquo

Campus mail is bundled with paperclips and rubber bands which the campus mail service repackages in 100 per-cent biodegradable bags and offers to academic depart-ments to order free-of-charge from campusmailuaedu

ldquoYou wouldnrsquot think a paperclip would make a dif-ference but in a large capac-ity it makes a big differencerdquo Butts said

In 2010 the Environmental Stewardship Committee created the Office of

Sustainability which has worked with UA Recycling Energy Management and Bama Dining to work closely with other parts of campus to promote sustainability events

Along with the Office of Sustainability the Go Green Sustainability Portal is an initiative that provides stu-dents staff faculty and the surrounding community with information about sustainable practices at The University of Alabama Johnson said

Other ways the University promotes sustainability is through advertisements of campus ldquogreenrdquo practices as well as events campuswide he said

ldquoRecycling saves resourc-es keeps non-degradable products out of landfills and oceans as well as keeping costs downrdquo Mattox said ldquoThere are so many advantag-es to an action that takes such little effort therersquos really no excuse not to recyclerdquo

UA Recycling promotes sustainability on Gamedays

CW | Caitlin TrotterUA Recycling offers incentives to encourage recycling on campus

By Eric YaronContributing Writer

The Student Government Association is instituting a new reward system designed to increase student attendance at educational lectures athletic games and other community events held on campus

Dubbed the ldquoSpirit Pointsrdquo program by co-creators Will Pylant vice president for student affairs and Matt Calderone SGA president students will be able to accumulate Spirit Points at vari-ous qualifying events throughout the semester and earn several attractive rewards

Some of the anticipated rewards to be offered to the highest attendees each semester include an iPad Daniel Moore paintings and potential scholar-ship money

ldquoSpirit Points are a great way to get students out there to attend UA eventsrdquo Pylant said ldquoThis system will help promote events and organizations that may not always have a large number of attendantsrdquo

All students organizations and athletic teams active on cam-pus will be able to apply for their

event to qualify for Spirit Points through a standardized form soon to be available in the SGA office

The form will ask the appli-cant several questions outlining the event including logistical constraints and expectations a declared purpose and the poten-tial for an admission fee for the proposed event

Events must be open to all stu-dents to qualify under the Spirit Points program

ldquoThe new Spirit Point reward system will be a great way to get students more involved on cam-pusrdquo Jose Ruiz an SGA senator said ldquoOftentimes students are hesitant to participate in events offered by various organizations on campus because of the lack of advertising or previous knowl-edge of the event This program will give them the added incen-tive they needrdquo

An SGA board titled the Crimson Spirit Points Committee will meet weekly to review and consider campus events for qualifying status as well as to determine point values for each approved event

The SGA will then loan ACT Card readers to the

organizations conducting quali-fying events The weekly meet-ings will be open to the public allowing for transparency on the part of the SGA in selecting quali-fying events

The Spirit Points program is not the only program of its kind on campus The Crimson Rewards program sponsored by Tuscaloosa Toyota offers stu-dents several incentives to attend sporting events across campus ranging from free concession vouchers all the way up to the chance to win a brand new car

ldquoPrograms like these ben-efit the entire campusrdquo Justin Popielarski a senior majoring in geological sciences said ldquoIt affords the students the opportu-nity to earn something tangible for participating in the various events on campus and it gives the organizations that sponsor these events far greater exposure than they would otherwise have without the incentive programs I havenrsquot participated in any of the other reward programs in the past but the addition of non-ath-letic events to the list of events where points can be earned may convince me to participate in the Spirit Rewards programrdquo

By Sarah Elizabeth TookerContributing Writer

A new branch of the iPhone Clinic store recently opened in June on the Strip to better serve and reach the student target market

The Strip location is the sec-ond storefront for the fledgling enterprise and is already pop-ular among students

The two stores now have a combined clientele of about 1000 customers per month with most of these numbers coming from the Strip loca-tion

Several students have ven-tured to the new spot with sat-isfying results

Bibi Suarez a junior major-ing in special education liked the student-friendly and effi-cient atmosphere while store staff repaired the broken screen on her iPad ldquoEveryone breaks their iPhone or Macbook at least once while in

college and this is a more con-venient fix than going through Applerdquo Suarez said

Colby Hopwood a junior majoring in business manage-ment wasnrsquot deterred by high-er prices at the clinic because of the staffrsquos reliability and promptness

ldquoThey back up all of your information and double check

to make sure your phone still works in front of you when you pick it up which takes less than an hourrdquo Hopwood said

It cost Hopwood $50 to fix her broken lock button but she said that even though it seemed a bit expensive it saved her a trip to the Birmingham Apple store

Store owner Ilyas Ileri

understands that students are always looking to get the best deal especially on such an unforeseen expense

ldquoNot only will we always take our competitorrsquos cou-pons we currently offer a 10 percent discount to anyone who becomes our friend on Facebook at Bama iPhone Clinic Tuscaloosardquo Ileri said

The iPhone clinic offers its customers a variety of servic-es including iPhone Android Macbook iPad and most other computer repairs which take around 30 to 40 minutes All repairs are backed with a mini-mum 30-day warranty

They also buy and sell old iPhones varying in price up to $150 depending on the quality

Just recently the company started repairing water-dam-aged phones with about a 95 percent success rate accord-

ing to Ileri The process takes about a day and the store gives out loner phones for customers to use while they wait

Perhaps one of the most stu-dent-friendly initiatives the iPhone Clinic has started its reporting system Students areencouraged to stop by the storeand give the serial number of their lost or stolen phone If someone comes in trying to sell or repair that phone the owner as well as UAPD will be contacted immediately

ldquoAs of yesterday we have already had six successful accounts of the reporting sys-tem workingrdquo Ileri said

The Strip location is also looking to hire several stu-dents with exceptional cus-tomer service skills Resumesand class schedules should beemailed to iphoneclinichot-mailcom if interested

The Striprsquos iPhone Clinic offers variety of repair services

CW | Bryce DentoniPhone Clinic offers repairs on iPhones Androids Macbooks iPads and some computers

Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Wednesday September 12 2012CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 6

By Francie Johnson

As a Dallas native maybe Irsquom a little biased but from the moment I heard the opening line ldquoI ainrsquot from Texas but I made my way from Dallasrdquo off of the Avett Brothersrsquo newest album ldquoThe Carpenterrdquo I was hooked

ldquoThe Carpenterrdquo released on Sept 11 has that catchy folk-rock distinctively-Avett-Broth-ers sound that fans have come to know and love but underneath the infectious melodies and the clear-cut voices lies a profound exploration of the concept of death

The release of ldquoThe Carpenterrdquo the bandrsquos seventh full-length studio album coin-

cides with a traumatic event in the bandrsquos history bassist Bob Crawfordrsquos two-year-old daugh-ter Halliersquos recent brain tumor diagnosis Most of the album had already been completed prior to this diagnosis but this real-life tragedy pulls the somewhat ambiguous idea of death out of the shadows urging listeners to face the notion head on

The interesting thing about this album is that on first listen it doesnrsquot sound anything like yoursquod expect an album so rooted in mortality to sound Half of the songs from the album at least touch on the concept of death but in most of them this heavy theme hides behind simple catchy melodies Even the slow-er songs while powerful and

insightful lyrically donrsquot quite convey that same gut-wrench-ing intensity in the music itself But this stark unexpected con-trast between music and lyr-ics only adds more depth to an already t h o u g h t - p r o -voking album

S o m e t h i n g that has always drawn me to the Avett Brothers and perhaps the aspect of their music that appeals to me the most is their lyrics The Avett Brothersrsquo lyrics are consistently beauti-ful somehow managing to be

straightforward and concise yet emotional and introspec-tive all at the same time This new album is no exception

In ldquoThe Once and Future Carpenterrdquo the albumrsquos opening track the broth-ers sing ldquoAnd my life is but a coin pulled from an empty pocket dropped into a slot with dreams of sevens close behindrdquo

Another song off of the album ldquoFebruary Sevenrdquo opens with the verses ldquoI went on the search for something true I was almost

there when I found you Sooner than my fate was wrote perfect-ly it slit my throat and beads of lust released into the air When I awoke you were standing thererdquo These lyrics are nothing short of pure poetry and their beauty immediately strikes a chord within the listener

In ldquoThrough My Prayersrdquo the song I find most emotion-ally powerful the brothers bare their souls in a strikingly hon-est message to a loved one who has passed They sing ldquoMy dream of all dreams and my hope of all hopes is only to tell you and make sure you know how much I love you and how much I always didrdquo perfectly putting into words the universal desire to communicate with lost

loved onesDespite my love for ldquoThe

Carpenterrdquo I canrsquot help but com-pare it to the Avett Brothersrsquo previous album ldquoI and Love and Yourdquo released in September 2009 While ldquoThe Carpenterrdquois holistically a great album no single song packs as power-ful of a punch as songs such as ldquoHead Full of Doubt Road Full of Promiserdquo and ldquoI and Love and Yourdquo off of the previous album

Overall ldquoThe Carpenterrdquo is a wonderful addition to the Avett Brothersrsquo already impres-sive catalogue Both die-hard Avett fans and casual listen-ers alike will appreciate the depth and beauty of this philo-sophical exploration of human mortality

COLUMN | MUSIC

Avett Brothersrsquo new album lsquoThe Carpenterrsquo explores concepts of death tragedy

By Tricia Vaughan

When comparing organic food to conventional food some would think organic is the more nutritious and healthier of the two options however a recent study from Stanford University defends the contrary

The study found there is no significant difference between the two types of food when com-paring their effects on health and nutritional value Though there are no health-related risks to choosing conventional goods and foods labeled organ-ic are more expensive the study still suggests grocery shoppers should opt for organically pro-duced foods

Stanfordrsquos study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine on Sept 4 found organic food has less pesticide residue in urine than that of its counter-part by 30 percent Thus choos-ing to go organic can prevent the consumption of pesticides and other chemical residues

ldquoMany consumers choose to buy organic products to reduce

their exposure to chemical pes-ticidesrdquo said Sheena Quizon Gregg assistant director of The University of Alabamarsquos Health Education and Prevention ldquoOther factors that affect choos-ing organic versus convention-ally processed food include fac-toring in any possible additives such as food colorings artificial sweeteners and monosodium glutamaterdquo

The United States Department of Agriculture strictly regulates the amount of additives in organic products ensuring the quality for which consumers are paying extra

When yoursquore low on money going organic may not be a feasible and cost-effective option especially for students Organic produce is typically $1 to $2 more per pound than con-ventional produce So if yoursquore pinching pennies Gregg recom-mends buying a mix of organic and conventional food

ldquoI typically encourage my stu-dents to buy a variety of foods when grocery shopping ndash a mix of organic and conventionally

grown products ndash so that they can balance the expected higher cost of eating organic while still reducing their overall exposure to synthetic pesticides and fer-tilizersrdquo Gregg said

She also advises students to buy certain organically pro-duced foods called ldquoThe Dirty Dozenrdquo which includes apples celery and spinach A full list of ldquoThe Dirty Dozenrdquo can be found on the Environmental Working Grouprsquos website

If you choose to go organic the positives can affect more than just your lifestyle Organic farming methods conserve water and soil while reducing pollution

Douglas Gibler Jr a sopho-more in New College believes there are more benefits to hav-ing his own garden than simply the fresh homegrown produce

ldquoThe study of organic foods can lead to a greater under-standing about the importance of self-sustainabilityrdquo he said ldquoas well as encourage altruistic thoughts and actions directed toward society as a wholerdquo

COLUMN | HEALTH

Study fi nds organic conventional foods differ little

ldquoThe release of ldquoThe Car-penterrdquo the bandrsquos seventh full-length studio album co-

incides with a traumatic event in the bandrsquos history bassist Bob Crawfordrsquos two-year-old

daughter Halliersquos recent diag-nosis with a brain tumor

Lauren Zezulka a senior majoring in criminal jus-tice transferred to Alabama after her freshman year at Northwest Florida State College

ldquoI came into Alabama hav-ing my brother and good com-munity but at the same time I felt like I was starting fresh-man year all over againrdquo she said

Erin Fitzsimmons a junior majoring in human develop-ment and family studies said she believed Alabama could improve its transfer student programs and is looking for-ward to being a part of that improvement as vice presi-dent of Tau Sigma

The organization founded in 2008 is UArsquos transfer hon-ors society and serves as the main hub of information spe-cific to transfer students

ldquoThe organization is in the planning stages for projects and events that will be most beneficial to other transfer students which could include educational and social activi-tiesrdquo DeFrance said ldquoWe had a lot of interest last semester in Tau Sigma and are looking to this group of students to begin engaging with our pro-grams again this semesterrdquo

Fitzsimmons said she and Brock Shelton Tau Sigma president hope to help trans-

fer students adjust to a new campus without grouping them with the incoming fresh-man class

ldquoI am really excited about this yearrdquo Fitzsimmons said ldquoBrock and I talked about making Tau Sigma more than just an honor society for your resume and really help trans-fer students get plugged in to University life I donrsquot want transfer students to feel like freshmen Theyrsquore not new to collegerdquo

As a transfer student her-self Fitzsimmons said she felt like she was grouped with freshmen at FYE events when she transferred from the University of Missouri

ldquoI loved Ignite UA [an FYE program for transfer students and freshmen] but I really had to reach out myselfrdquo Fitzsimmons said ldquoBrock and I want Tau Sigma to provide resources for transfer stu-dents that they would have to otherwise seek out them-selvesrdquo

Although some students believe the University could improve their transfer student relations students who have transferred from Alabama to other schools have had differ-ent experiences

The University could not provide statistics on stu-dents who transfer out of the University and was unable to track down how the University follows up on stu-dents who transfer according to UA spokeswoman Cathy Andreen

Makenzie Berry a junior majoring in biochemistry transferred to Texas AampM after her freshman year at the University

ldquoThe driving force behind transferring was to be closer to my familyrdquo Berry said ldquoI have a younger brother and I found that I was missing out on a lot of family stuffrdquo

Berry said AampM offers Transfer Camp or T-Camp which is a three-day camp to help transfer students adjust to their new surroundings T-Camp is a student-run organization designed to be a resource for incoming trans-fer students

ldquoBecause I transferred before my sophomore year I missed out on the dorm expe-rience and on learning a lot of the traditions at AampMrdquo she said ldquoThat was tough but people have been really good about making me feel wel-come and includedrdquo

Berry said T-Camp helped her become acquainted with the traditions and rituals that come with being an Aggie

Tau Sigma is aiming to be not only an introduction to life as a UA student in the way T-Camp is for incoming Texas AampM students but also a resource to use through-out the studentsrsquo time at the University

ldquoI think Alabama has a long way to go in making transfer students feel as welcome as freshmenrdquo Fitzsimmons said ldquoBut I believe that Tau Sigma was a good place to startrdquo

TRANSFER STUDENTS FROM PAGE 1

Tau Sigma makes UA transfer smooth

The majority of the Fall 2 classes are 100-200 level courses because college sur-veys and studies have shown that these affect the larg-est number of students each semester The credits earned under Fall 2 are also equal to a normal full-term course for the semester

The SGA has also confirmed that a new winter interim term will begin in December to further promote studentsrsquo graduation in four years

ldquoThis initiative will resem-ble the Fall 2 minimester in that all of the classes will be offered onlinerdquo Evans-Bell said ldquoRegistration dates for the winter minimester have not yet been confirmedrdquo

Meagan Bryant SGA press secretary says their mission is to preserve and defend the rights and privileges of stu-

dent self-governance The SGA believes in the motto of students serving students which includes helping UA students graduate in four years

ldquoIt is the goal of the SGA to work daily to earn studentsrsquo trust and to serve them with the utmost integrityrdquo Bryant said ldquoSGA works to serve the common interests of students to train themselves in demo-cratic government and to pro-mote positive citizenship on campusrdquo

FALL TWO FROM PAGE 1

Most classes are 100 or 200 level courses

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Wednesday September 12 2012SPORTSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

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Page 8

By Zac Al-KhateebStaff Reporter

For those Bama fans who watched Alabama play Western Kentucky this weekend let me say this donrsquot start panicking about the way the Tide played ndash at least not yet

Sure the defense played ten-tatively at times and the offense seemed to struggle with pass blocking and establishing a run-ning game but the end result was still a 35-0 blowout over the Hilltoppers You know what that says to me Even if it doesnrsquot play up to its ridiculously high stan-dards it still comes away with convincing wins

Now does that mean Alabama can afford to play that way against its future opponents Absolutely not But the point Irsquom trying to make is if head coach Nick Saban has his way his team wonrsquot per-form as badly for the rest of the year And for you fans out there already wondering about the Tidersquos title chances that is a com-forting thought

And itrsquos not like Alabama was

the only highly-ranked team last weekend to not play to its stan-dards If you donrsquot believe me look at the Arkansas-University of Louisiana at Monroe game ULM came into Little Rock Ark and stunned the Razorbacks at home 34-31 And if you didnrsquot know Arkansas was ranked No 8 in the nation when it happened

In fact the only top five teams to actually play up to its stan-dards this weekend were LSU and Oklahoma LSU beat Washington 41-3 while Oklahoma beat Florida AampM 69-10 USC the No 2 team in the nation had to struggle to beat Syracuse at home 42-29 while No 4 Oregon beat Fresno State 42-25

Are you starting to see a pat-tern here Most of the top 10 teams this weekend were caught napping For some like Alabama and USC the end result was the same And unfortunately for others ndash herersquos looking at you Hogs ndash the end result was unexpected

Now that each of these teams has been brought back to earth we can start looking for them to

play the type of football we expect of the highest caliber teams And in the case of Alabama you can bet Saban is going to find a way to convince his team they havenrsquot done anything worthwhile yet I expect therersquos going to be a lot of video of quarterback AJ McCarron on his back when the team goes into film study

Alabama will have the chance to rebound against a good Arkansas team a team that much like Alabama simply wasnrsquot playing to its standards Despite the Razorbacksrsquo loss to the Warhawks this weekend this game should stand to serve as Alabamarsquos first true test of the season

So Alabama learned its lesson early against a vastly inferior opponent And although the Tide didnrsquot play the way fans would have liked the game did serve the purpose of waking Alabama up with the added benefit of not having to be beaten beforehand I guess the only thing Tide fans can hope for is that this team learns from its mistakes and avoids repeating them in the future

Fans WKU game not cause for panicBy Billy WhyteStaff Reporter

After a heartbreaking loss against Maryland to close out nonconference play the 5-1 Alabama womenrsquos soccer team will look to bounce back strong at No 22 Tennessee in their first conference game of the season

Coming off a successful nonconference slate head coach Todd Bramble believes the team is prepared and ready for the challenges that await in conference play this weekend

ldquoWersquove played a variety of level of opponents and a variety of styles of playrdquo Bramble said ldquoItrsquos given us an opportunity to spend an extensive time working on our possession game our attacking game and most recently having to defend a strong Maryland team and Irsquom really pleased with every-thing we have learned about ourselves up to this pointrdquo

The Crimson Tide will

need to be at its best against a tough Tennessee team whose only loss this season so far was a one-point loss to No 2 UCLA Bramble said it will be important for the team to remain mentally and emotionally tough in order to be successful this weekend

ldquoWhen you go on the road against conference competi-tion which ramps the level of play up a bit itrsquos important to see how mentally tough and emotionally tough we are as a teamrdquo Bramble said ldquoThat will get put to the test this weekend in a way that hasnrsquot happened yet this seasonrdquo

Even with the pressure of playing against a rival SEC opponent on the road the team is staying focused on its own game this week in prac-tice with the coaches not even mentioning Tennessee until Wednesdayrsquos practice

ldquoWe like our team enough where I think we can con-tinue to really focus on our-selvesrdquo Bramble said ldquoIf we can play up to our potential

we want it to be a situation where the other team has to deal with us If we spend too much time talking about the opposition then at some point that message starts to look like the coaching staff is more worried about our oppo-sition than the confidence in ourselves I think our players know fully what they are get-ting into when they go up to Knoxvillerdquo

Bramble said the team is looking forward to the road test and believes a strong result will give them a lot of confidence entering the rest of conference play

ldquoThis will be our biggest test to daterdquo Bramble said ldquoIf we go into Knoxville and are successful then it will give us a lot of confidence heading into the rest of the season We are looking for-ward to the challenge and we are going to enjoy the week-endrdquo

The game will kick off at Knoxville at 6 pm on Friday Sept 14

Tide ready to face SEC foesCOLUMN SPORTS | WOMENrsquoS SOCCER

By Rebekah DyeContributing Writer

The Alabama volleyball team moved up to an 11-1 record after defeating the Samford Bulldogs 3-1 Tuesday night

The Tide had a rough start los-ing the first set 23-25 but the team stepped up in the final three sets winning 25-16 25-13 and 25-14 ulti-mately giving them the victory

ldquoWe stepped back to the line and put a lot of pressure on their serve-receive and they werenrsquot able to handle that pressurerdquo head

coach Ed Allen said ldquoWe stepped back served aggressively and they werenrsquot able to run their middles and they are a middle-driven teamrdquo

With multiple players perform-ing well Allen believes he may have finally found his starting lineup

ldquoWersquove had about seven differ-ent lineups in the preseasonrdquo Allen said ldquoSteiner is kind of settling into that other outside hitting position which is giving us a lot more con-sistency and we do have balance ndash we have four kids that should be putting up multiple digit kills and Sierra does a great job of spreading

the ball aroundrdquoAlabama had an average hitting

percentage of 328 and multiple girls had double digit kills

Kayla Fitterer was the strongest of the night posting 17 kills 16 digs and a 359 hitting percentage Maintaining focus and poise was a key to her success as well as her teammatesrsquo

ldquoAfter the first game losing we just came back and stayed steadyrdquo senior Kayla Fitterer said ldquoOver this weekend winning 4-0 gave us confidence going into this game and just playing with each other

more and more We are all new girls so playing every day together is making us betterrdquo

Andrea McQuaid and Laura Steiner also posted impressive stats in the victory McQuaid finished with 11 kills and a hitting percent-age of 391 while Steiner ended the night with 14 kills in 37 attempts

Setter Sierra Wilson finished the night with 44 assists Sophomore Katherine White also posted a 545 hitting percentage and seven kills

Now the team is looking ahead to Friday night when it will take on the LSU Tigers

Crimson Tide bounces back beats Samford in 4

CW | Jingyu WanAlabama defeated Samford in four sets Tuesday night in its last match before beginning conference play Friday against LSU

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Wednesday September 12 2012OPINIONSNEWS

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Page 4

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By Henry DownesStaff Columnist

Do unborn children have rightsIt depends on who you ask According to the

Unborn Victims of Violence Act a zygote isendowed with some legal protections as a ldquochildin uterordquo from conception ndash before it is technicallyeven a fetus By their definition a ldquochild in uterordquois a ldquomember of the species Homo sapiens at anystage of development who is carried in the wombrdquo

Scientifically speaking fetuses (at six weeks afterconception) can develop brain activity can moveand ldquokickrdquo (at three and half months) can realistically survive outside the womb (at sixmonths) and can feel pleasure and pain (at about seven months)

So much activity and all of this before the future baby even reaches its birth-day Indeed unborn children are so like humans that religious groups have historicallyargued that they have moral interests comparablewith already-born humans

My point isnrsquot to give a moral sermon on abor-tion here for the underlying morality of abortionextends far beyond the scope of this article

But there are logical inconsistencies existingin our legal system today regarding fetal rightsand we must move toward one of two extremes inthe future to reconcile these discrepancies eitheracknowledge that current abortive mothers oughtto be prosecuted for illegal feticide or do away withfetal rights altogether denying all legal personhoodclaims of the unborn

Scientifically and legally therersquos no reason thatthe moment of birth ought to be significant Itrsquos notsurprising that the vast majority of US states cur-rently have statutes that define ldquofeticiderdquo as puni-tively equivalent to murder ndash about 25 states applythe standard regardless of developmental stageOnly 12 states regard an act of feticide as simplyldquoassaultrdquo

In Alabama a Guntersville man was recently cap-itally prosecuted for shooting his ex-wife Such anact wouldnrsquot generally be considered a capital crimendash except for the fact that the woman was pregnantAccording to new state law Jesse Phillips took twolives that day ndash that of his ex-wife and her unbornchild He received the death penalty

Also in this state scores of ldquochemical endanger-mentrdquo cases have been made against mothers whoseabuse of drugs alcohol or other substances resultsin fetal injury After all a woman who chain-smokesor drinks excessively while pregnant is liable for thedetrimental effects she causes to her unborn child

Together these examples of legal ldquogrey areasrdquosuggest inconsistencies within modern abortionlaws

Consider two hypothetical parents Mother A andMother B Both were unexpectedly impregnated andare now a month into their respective pregnanciesMother A is a lifelong smoker frequent drinker andoccasional drug user She abuses these substancesto the point where she essentially causes (in theeyes of the law) her unborn childrsquos miscarriage Sheis prosecuted and in accordance with state law isconvicted and sent to jail

Mother B on the other hand didnrsquot want to havekids but is a perfectly healthy adult After discuss-ing with family she decides to have an abortion Shegoes to a clinic and in accordance with federal lawis legally permitted to abort She returns home

As far as I can tell the only morally and legal-ly significant difference between the actions ofMother A and Mother B is their motives MotherArsquos killing was reckless and unintentional whereasMother Brsquos was premeditated and quite intentionalAlthough we send Mother A to prison for ldquoendan-germentrdquo American laws condone the choice ofMother B

Nowhere else in our legal system is accidentalbehavior punished more severely than intentionalmalicious behavior Imagine giving a perpetrator ofinvoluntary manslaughter ldquotwenty-five to liferdquo butletting a calculating murderer walk

Enough legal precedent already exists to satisfythe ldquocollapse clauserdquo of the Roe v Wade decisionwhich states ldquoIfhellippersonhood is established the[legality of abortion] of course collapses for theright to life would then be guaranteed specificallyby the [Constitution]rdquo Didnrsquot the Unborn Victimsof Violence Act establish personhood in 2004 DonrsquotAlabamarsquos (and many other statesrsquo) capital crimeand ldquochemical endangermentrdquo laws establish legalpersonhood

In todayrsquos system fetuses paradoxically have thelegally protected ldquoright not to be killedrdquo by a gun-man but depending on how their own mother feelsabout their existence they donrsquot technically have aldquoright to liferdquo

At the upcoming presidential debates twoHarvard Law School graduates will likely dancearound the messy topic of fetal rights But can youblame them Fetuses canrsquot voteHenry Downes is a sophomore majoring in econom-ics

Disparities present in statersquos abortion laws

ldquoIn todayrsquos system fetuses paradoxically have the

legally protected ldquoright not to be killedrdquo by a gunman

but depending on how their own mother feels

about their existence they donrsquot technically have a

ldquoright to liferdquo

By SoRelle WyckoffOpinions Editor

The newest Alabama law to consume our media is yet another that epitomizes legal imprac-ticality

Alabamarsquos texting while driving law went into effect a few weeks ago And as all ideas originate it had admi-rable intentions Car and Driver magazine found that texting while driv-ing produces a slower reaction time than drink-ing and driving Texting while driving is a clear danger to anyone on the road

Yet the law stated exceptions GPS use is permissible and tex-ting while in ldquostoprdquo is allowed In the world of smart phones all it takes is a few clicks to exit out of a text screen and onto a GPS application And any Tuscaloosa driver knows half the annoy-ances derived from tex-ting friends come from

delayed stops at a stop light while the car in front of you finishes up their text message The other half come from cars swerving into lanes while texting tweeting or whatever it is that is so incredibly vital

Even if caught the fines range from $25 to $100 depending on the number of offenses As a college student $25 sounds like a lofty fine but Irsquom imagining that most cell phone owning citizens of Alabama find this fee laughable

Alabama is one of 39 states with this ban in effect so they arenrsquot alone in this practically irreprehensible law After New York altered the texting and driv-ing law into a primary offense their texting-a n d - d r i v i n g - r e l a t e d arrests almost doubled

Yet obviously people are breaking the law ndash a law that prevents malig-nant behavior instilled to protect the safety of

everyone in the vicinity of your automobile

But why we need a law to tell us not to endanger ourselves and those on the road around us is a troubling tell-all about our society

The dependency on cell phones is not limited to those in the driverrsquos seat of course Students walk around the Quad eyes locked on a screen in between their hands rather than the beauti-ful campus around them (or more importantly the cars on their heels threatening to run them over) I watch many sit in classes they pay for yet they devote more time to refreshing their Twitter feed than listening to the knowledge being taught More still complained about ldquonot being able to get on Facebookrdquo or text at the game on Saturday They must have been so bored watching the greatest team in the nation or too awkward to talk to the person next

to themItrsquos this relationship

with our cell phones that is the true problem behind the anti-texting and driving law People are obsessed with their phones Canrsquot leave the house must always have charger obsessed And to be fair times have changed since landlines were all the rage Who even has a landline any-more

But the level of depen-dency often witnessed is deplorable In the case of driving it is one so pathetic that answering a text message is appar-ently equal tradeoff for risking your life

Yet while the law gives legal reason not to pick up your phone while yoursquore in the car com-mon sense should give you an even greater one

Recent commercials sponsored by ATampT nar-rate two stories both of individuals whose lives have been intense-ly altered by texting

related car accidents One is of a boy limited by physical and mental handicaps for the rest of his life and the other a sister speaking of her dead siblingrsquos accident The chilling recounts and simple on-screen texts leave you almost silent staring These commercials do far more than any law could in convincing texters

We have all texted when we werenrsquot sup-posed to And many times itrsquos harmless But when driving it is an unnecessary and unac-ceptable danger Waiting to answer until you reach your destination isnrsquot too lofty of a request

Regardless of govern-ment action or not for the safety of yourself and those around you take your eyes off the screen Or as the old newsroom verbalism suggests just ldquohold the phonerdquoSoRelle Wyckoff is the Opinions Editor of The Crimson White

State shouldnrsquot have to legislate common sense on texting driving

By Rob Grady

First some background my father and mother are greek alumni of Mississippi State University and The University of Alabama respectively so I know some things about Southern greek life and was strongly encouraged to join a fraternity here I grew up in a college town where men go through a formal recruitment to join a fraternity like sorority women do I have been exposed to both ends of the spectrum of greek life That being said I can see both sides of the debate concerning block seating

I want to talk about the gen-der ldquodiscriminationrdquo in block seating I agree that the fact that 28 fraternities applied for block seating is extremely dis-proportionate to the one soror-ity that applied However there was no rule stating that sorori-ties could not apply for seating a majority simply chose not to Why Because a sorority mem-ber would receive 07 percent of a seat with a fraternity male who was her date The greek women groups on campus chose to not have block seating therefore they do not have block seating

Coming from the North I

will say that UA fraternities and sororities are significantly more segregated by race than ones there This however is de facto and not written into greek bylaws The racial segregation seems to be a problem more rooted in the greek system itself rather than in the block seating system I am not saying frater-nities and sororities are racist because they definitely are not I am simply stating that Campus Labs (the third-party responsible for block seating scores) did not segregate

If fewer minority and women groups apply for block seating then it only makes sense that there are fewer of them in the block seating area

I attended my first UA football game as a student last weekend and it was awesome I showed up about two hours early (fresh-man mistake) and found a seat in the sixth row in the SE part of the student section These were great seats for the game but came at the cost of sitting in the stadium for two hours before the three hour game Those in a fra-ternity however showed up less than an hour before game time and got good seats in the end zone Block seating also did not seem to ldquoendrdquo 45 minutes before

the start of the game I did find this to be a little unfair but I was expecting it

After halftime some people started to leave which happens at most college football games The surprising thing was that the majority of those who left were in the block seating section They sat in their reserved seats for only half the game while oth-ers sat the whole game in the upper bowl of the student sec-tion This again seemed a little unfair but it was expected

The only concern with the seating arrangement is that the AFROTC which according to the CW article ldquoMap changes with processrdquo on September 10 scored fourth using the new system They are conversely in the back section in a row with the 25th- 27th- 30th- and 32nd- ranked organizations Since SGA removed the human element AFROTC should be farther up ndash a lot farther up

So I understand that the sec-tion seating is tradition and makes sense because not many groups sit en masse like fraterni-ties and sororities do If people want a change a solution would be to include more student groups beyond the greek groups rather than completely removing

the block seating There would also have to be regulations for the definition of ldquogrouprdquo so peo-ple do not join groups only to get block seating

I am not writing this to hate on the greek system because I believe it is very beneficial not only to those in the organiza-tions but also to the rest of the school and to the community I just believe there are better ways to deal with this situation and better people to call upon to fix the issue than the fraternities and sororities

I had wished to remain anony-mous because of the polarity of this issue however this is forbid-den by the CW which I under-stand Like I said before I do think fraternities and sororities are great organizations beyond the campus and college years I do not want to hinder any pos-sible chances I have of getting into one of these groups because of its great benefits ndash even aside from block seating After con-sidering it I realized this is my opinion not yours Also I am not bashing the greek life I am actually saying it has the right to block seating and has done noth-ing wrongRob Grady is a freshman major-ing in civil engineering

In response to lsquoWomen minorities cheated by systemrsquoLETTER TO THE EDITOR

Pennington amp Bailes

Stadium Pants amp Shorts

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Wednesday September 12 2012 | Page 5

By Judah MartinContributing Writer

Forza Financial a student-run domestic microlending firm is expanding and looking to recruit additional student workers

Forza is founded on the prin-ciple of microfinance a lending tactic in which small loans of $500 to $5000 are given to entrepre-neurs and small business owners with low interest rates of 10 to 20 percent Because Forza is a non-profit microfinance institution the interest rates they collect are thereby used to generate more loans

Forza CEO David Bailey said this provides students an oppor-tunity to use what they learn in

the classroom in real-life settings Because the concept of micro-finance is so new to the state of Alabama Forzarsquos founders came to realize that a microfinance model based on uncollateralized loans and competitive interest rates could be beneficial to the many impoverished residents of Alabamarsquos Black Belt region

ldquoWe basically want to help the small business communityrdquo Bailey said ldquoOur goal is to extend to the entire Black Belt because thatrsquos where we feel wersquore most needed Wersquore literally offering a service [to them] that is not offered by anyone elserdquo

Interns are charged with a large number of responsibilities ranging from financial operations

to communications Alexandria Gilbert director of production for Forza said that team members are placed in the firm based on their individual skills

ldquoThe experience we gain from Forza is seriously amazingrdquo Gilbert said ldquoWersquore taking a rev-olutionary approach to finance and even though wersquore just col-lege students wersquore giving real money to real people to affect tan-gible change in our communityrdquo

While a number of Forza employees are in business any student with a serious interest in anything the group does from writing loans to creating mar-keting materials to managing our website to meeting people should consider applying Gilbert

saidForza interns are expected to

be capable of working autono-mously and independently in an environment that deals with a high level of ambiguity and changing variables According to John Oberkor director of recruit-ing for Forza the firm plans to hire no more than thirty interns

ldquoIf the number [of interns] is bigger than thirty the experience wonrsquot be beneficialrdquo Oberkor said ldquoThis is the best way to keep everyone focused and to give them a meaningful experiencerdquo

Bailey said a Forza Financial internship is a unique oppor-tunity for opportunity to apply what theyrsquove learned in real life circumstances

ldquoWersquore looking for students that want to impact change in the community and want to implicate practical skills theyrsquore learning in the communityrdquo Bailey said ldquoWersquore looking for hardworking determined students who believe in the mission of Forzardquo

Katherine McLarney the Forza communications director said the intern program is a gateway for virtually any major on cam-pus to gain tangible work experi-ence

ldquoWe are looking for passionate dedicated students looking to get involved and make a difference in the communityrdquo McLarney said

Students interested in becom-ing a Forza intern can apply online at wwwforzafinancialcom

Forza Financial seeks interns from all departments

By Tim LarkinContributing Writer

The University of Alabamarsquos Graduate School Preview Day will be held on Thursday Sept 13 from 3 to 830 pm at the Ferguson Student Center

Blake Bedsole director of graduate recruitment said stu-dents can expect to gain general information about a graduate education in addition to infor-mation on special programs pro-vided at the University

The eventrsquos opening ses-sion entitled ldquoThe Benefits of Investing in a Graduate Educationrdquo will be held at the Ferguson Theater Speakers will include faculty and staff from the graduate programs at the University as well as current graduate students

Following the opening ses-sions attendees will have the opportunity to participate in small group information ses-sions with the deans faculty and students from a variety of gradu-ate programs on campus

A reception will be held in the Heritage Room and then attend-ees will be invited to participate in a seminar on graduate school admissions testing including the GRE GMAT LSAT and MAT Lastly Kaplan the well-known test-prep company will offer free practice tests in the Ferguson Ballroom from 530 to 830 pm

Tim West a sophomore majoring in chemistry believes it is never too early to start look-ing at graduate school options

ldquoIrsquom thinking about maybe going to medical schoolrdquo West said ldquoThis seems like a good chance to see what medical school is all aboutrdquo

Graduate programs at the University have over four thou-sand students in addition to the law school on campus and the medical school at The University of Alabama at Birmingham There are numerous programs leading to masterrsquos degrees as well as doctoral degrees Last year alone the UA Graduate School received 8297 applica-tions

With a vast amount of appli-cants graduate programs look at factors other than just aca-demics and entrance exams

ldquoMost programs are looking for leadership potential so being active on campus and taking leadership roles in student orga-nizations is a plusrdquo Bedsole said

Sessions on grad school admission tests to be held in Ferg

IF YOU GObull What UArsquos Graduate

School Preview Day

bull Where Ferguson Student Center

bull When 3 - 830 pm Thursday

New SGA initiative rewards students

By Ashanka KumariChief Copy Editor

While recycling may not be at the top of most Bama fansrsquo lists on game days it is for one University group

On home game days UA Recycling promotes envi-ronmental sustainability by passing out blue bags to tail-gaters on the Quad as well as containers inside the sta-dium Tony Johnson execu-tive director of logistics and support services said

ldquoThere are 40 gray [recy-cling] containers through-out the stadiumrdquo Johnson said ldquoTen on the Quad as well as a tent where we pass our blue recycling bags For every three bags people can exchange them for items [such as Nike shirts and fleece sweatshirts] Itrsquos a great incentive to get fans to recyclerdquo

The prizes are given away on a first-come first-served basis with a limit of one item

per person per game dayFor students living off cam-

pus and other members of the Tuscaloosa community The University of Alabama Recycling Department pro-vides drive-up bins for its Drive Up Recycling program Johnson said

Community members can drop off aluminum cans tin cans paper plastic card-board and newspaper at the Ancillary Services Building located at 1115 14th St

Bria Mattox a sophomore majoring in mechanical engi-neering said recycling is something anyone can do with a little extra effort

ldquoWe have plenty of bins around campus and they are usually on main walking pathsrdquo Mattox said ldquoIn most cases all you have to do is hold onto your plastic bottle a tad bit longer until you get outside to recycle it instead of just throwing it away in the classroom trash canrdquo

Academic departments at

the University can also bene-fit from recycling through the campus mail service Mike Butts manager of the campus mail service said

ldquoWe have programs through Hewlett-Packard and Staples to recycle print cartridges from campusrdquo Butts said ldquoThe University gets recycling points for recy-cling HP products and can use these points to purchase new products from HP in the futurerdquo

Campus mail is bundled with paperclips and rubber bands which the campus mail service repackages in 100 per-cent biodegradable bags and offers to academic depart-ments to order free-of-charge from campusmailuaedu

ldquoYou wouldnrsquot think a paperclip would make a dif-ference but in a large capac-ity it makes a big differencerdquo Butts said

In 2010 the Environmental Stewardship Committee created the Office of

Sustainability which has worked with UA Recycling Energy Management and Bama Dining to work closely with other parts of campus to promote sustainability events

Along with the Office of Sustainability the Go Green Sustainability Portal is an initiative that provides stu-dents staff faculty and the surrounding community with information about sustainable practices at The University of Alabama Johnson said

Other ways the University promotes sustainability is through advertisements of campus ldquogreenrdquo practices as well as events campuswide he said

ldquoRecycling saves resourc-es keeps non-degradable products out of landfills and oceans as well as keeping costs downrdquo Mattox said ldquoThere are so many advantag-es to an action that takes such little effort therersquos really no excuse not to recyclerdquo

UA Recycling promotes sustainability on Gamedays

CW | Caitlin TrotterUA Recycling offers incentives to encourage recycling on campus

By Eric YaronContributing Writer

The Student Government Association is instituting a new reward system designed to increase student attendance at educational lectures athletic games and other community events held on campus

Dubbed the ldquoSpirit Pointsrdquo program by co-creators Will Pylant vice president for student affairs and Matt Calderone SGA president students will be able to accumulate Spirit Points at vari-ous qualifying events throughout the semester and earn several attractive rewards

Some of the anticipated rewards to be offered to the highest attendees each semester include an iPad Daniel Moore paintings and potential scholar-ship money

ldquoSpirit Points are a great way to get students out there to attend UA eventsrdquo Pylant said ldquoThis system will help promote events and organizations that may not always have a large number of attendantsrdquo

All students organizations and athletic teams active on cam-pus will be able to apply for their

event to qualify for Spirit Points through a standardized form soon to be available in the SGA office

The form will ask the appli-cant several questions outlining the event including logistical constraints and expectations a declared purpose and the poten-tial for an admission fee for the proposed event

Events must be open to all stu-dents to qualify under the Spirit Points program

ldquoThe new Spirit Point reward system will be a great way to get students more involved on cam-pusrdquo Jose Ruiz an SGA senator said ldquoOftentimes students are hesitant to participate in events offered by various organizations on campus because of the lack of advertising or previous knowl-edge of the event This program will give them the added incen-tive they needrdquo

An SGA board titled the Crimson Spirit Points Committee will meet weekly to review and consider campus events for qualifying status as well as to determine point values for each approved event

The SGA will then loan ACT Card readers to the

organizations conducting quali-fying events The weekly meet-ings will be open to the public allowing for transparency on the part of the SGA in selecting quali-fying events

The Spirit Points program is not the only program of its kind on campus The Crimson Rewards program sponsored by Tuscaloosa Toyota offers stu-dents several incentives to attend sporting events across campus ranging from free concession vouchers all the way up to the chance to win a brand new car

ldquoPrograms like these ben-efit the entire campusrdquo Justin Popielarski a senior majoring in geological sciences said ldquoIt affords the students the opportu-nity to earn something tangible for participating in the various events on campus and it gives the organizations that sponsor these events far greater exposure than they would otherwise have without the incentive programs I havenrsquot participated in any of the other reward programs in the past but the addition of non-ath-letic events to the list of events where points can be earned may convince me to participate in the Spirit Rewards programrdquo

By Sarah Elizabeth TookerContributing Writer

A new branch of the iPhone Clinic store recently opened in June on the Strip to better serve and reach the student target market

The Strip location is the sec-ond storefront for the fledgling enterprise and is already pop-ular among students

The two stores now have a combined clientele of about 1000 customers per month with most of these numbers coming from the Strip loca-tion

Several students have ven-tured to the new spot with sat-isfying results

Bibi Suarez a junior major-ing in special education liked the student-friendly and effi-cient atmosphere while store staff repaired the broken screen on her iPad ldquoEveryone breaks their iPhone or Macbook at least once while in

college and this is a more con-venient fix than going through Applerdquo Suarez said

Colby Hopwood a junior majoring in business manage-ment wasnrsquot deterred by high-er prices at the clinic because of the staffrsquos reliability and promptness

ldquoThey back up all of your information and double check

to make sure your phone still works in front of you when you pick it up which takes less than an hourrdquo Hopwood said

It cost Hopwood $50 to fix her broken lock button but she said that even though it seemed a bit expensive it saved her a trip to the Birmingham Apple store

Store owner Ilyas Ileri

understands that students are always looking to get the best deal especially on such an unforeseen expense

ldquoNot only will we always take our competitorrsquos cou-pons we currently offer a 10 percent discount to anyone who becomes our friend on Facebook at Bama iPhone Clinic Tuscaloosardquo Ileri said

The iPhone clinic offers its customers a variety of servic-es including iPhone Android Macbook iPad and most other computer repairs which take around 30 to 40 minutes All repairs are backed with a mini-mum 30-day warranty

They also buy and sell old iPhones varying in price up to $150 depending on the quality

Just recently the company started repairing water-dam-aged phones with about a 95 percent success rate accord-

ing to Ileri The process takes about a day and the store gives out loner phones for customers to use while they wait

Perhaps one of the most stu-dent-friendly initiatives the iPhone Clinic has started its reporting system Students areencouraged to stop by the storeand give the serial number of their lost or stolen phone If someone comes in trying to sell or repair that phone the owner as well as UAPD will be contacted immediately

ldquoAs of yesterday we have already had six successful accounts of the reporting sys-tem workingrdquo Ileri said

The Strip location is also looking to hire several stu-dents with exceptional cus-tomer service skills Resumesand class schedules should beemailed to iphoneclinichot-mailcom if interested

The Striprsquos iPhone Clinic offers variety of repair services

CW | Bryce DentoniPhone Clinic offers repairs on iPhones Androids Macbooks iPads and some computers

Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Wednesday September 12 2012CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 6

By Francie Johnson

As a Dallas native maybe Irsquom a little biased but from the moment I heard the opening line ldquoI ainrsquot from Texas but I made my way from Dallasrdquo off of the Avett Brothersrsquo newest album ldquoThe Carpenterrdquo I was hooked

ldquoThe Carpenterrdquo released on Sept 11 has that catchy folk-rock distinctively-Avett-Broth-ers sound that fans have come to know and love but underneath the infectious melodies and the clear-cut voices lies a profound exploration of the concept of death

The release of ldquoThe Carpenterrdquo the bandrsquos seventh full-length studio album coin-

cides with a traumatic event in the bandrsquos history bassist Bob Crawfordrsquos two-year-old daugh-ter Halliersquos recent brain tumor diagnosis Most of the album had already been completed prior to this diagnosis but this real-life tragedy pulls the somewhat ambiguous idea of death out of the shadows urging listeners to face the notion head on

The interesting thing about this album is that on first listen it doesnrsquot sound anything like yoursquod expect an album so rooted in mortality to sound Half of the songs from the album at least touch on the concept of death but in most of them this heavy theme hides behind simple catchy melodies Even the slow-er songs while powerful and

insightful lyrically donrsquot quite convey that same gut-wrench-ing intensity in the music itself But this stark unexpected con-trast between music and lyr-ics only adds more depth to an already t h o u g h t - p r o -voking album

S o m e t h i n g that has always drawn me to the Avett Brothers and perhaps the aspect of their music that appeals to me the most is their lyrics The Avett Brothersrsquo lyrics are consistently beauti-ful somehow managing to be

straightforward and concise yet emotional and introspec-tive all at the same time This new album is no exception

In ldquoThe Once and Future Carpenterrdquo the albumrsquos opening track the broth-ers sing ldquoAnd my life is but a coin pulled from an empty pocket dropped into a slot with dreams of sevens close behindrdquo

Another song off of the album ldquoFebruary Sevenrdquo opens with the verses ldquoI went on the search for something true I was almost

there when I found you Sooner than my fate was wrote perfect-ly it slit my throat and beads of lust released into the air When I awoke you were standing thererdquo These lyrics are nothing short of pure poetry and their beauty immediately strikes a chord within the listener

In ldquoThrough My Prayersrdquo the song I find most emotion-ally powerful the brothers bare their souls in a strikingly hon-est message to a loved one who has passed They sing ldquoMy dream of all dreams and my hope of all hopes is only to tell you and make sure you know how much I love you and how much I always didrdquo perfectly putting into words the universal desire to communicate with lost

loved onesDespite my love for ldquoThe

Carpenterrdquo I canrsquot help but com-pare it to the Avett Brothersrsquo previous album ldquoI and Love and Yourdquo released in September 2009 While ldquoThe Carpenterrdquois holistically a great album no single song packs as power-ful of a punch as songs such as ldquoHead Full of Doubt Road Full of Promiserdquo and ldquoI and Love and Yourdquo off of the previous album

Overall ldquoThe Carpenterrdquo is a wonderful addition to the Avett Brothersrsquo already impres-sive catalogue Both die-hard Avett fans and casual listen-ers alike will appreciate the depth and beauty of this philo-sophical exploration of human mortality

COLUMN | MUSIC

Avett Brothersrsquo new album lsquoThe Carpenterrsquo explores concepts of death tragedy

By Tricia Vaughan

When comparing organic food to conventional food some would think organic is the more nutritious and healthier of the two options however a recent study from Stanford University defends the contrary

The study found there is no significant difference between the two types of food when com-paring their effects on health and nutritional value Though there are no health-related risks to choosing conventional goods and foods labeled organ-ic are more expensive the study still suggests grocery shoppers should opt for organically pro-duced foods

Stanfordrsquos study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine on Sept 4 found organic food has less pesticide residue in urine than that of its counter-part by 30 percent Thus choos-ing to go organic can prevent the consumption of pesticides and other chemical residues

ldquoMany consumers choose to buy organic products to reduce

their exposure to chemical pes-ticidesrdquo said Sheena Quizon Gregg assistant director of The University of Alabamarsquos Health Education and Prevention ldquoOther factors that affect choos-ing organic versus convention-ally processed food include fac-toring in any possible additives such as food colorings artificial sweeteners and monosodium glutamaterdquo

The United States Department of Agriculture strictly regulates the amount of additives in organic products ensuring the quality for which consumers are paying extra

When yoursquore low on money going organic may not be a feasible and cost-effective option especially for students Organic produce is typically $1 to $2 more per pound than con-ventional produce So if yoursquore pinching pennies Gregg recom-mends buying a mix of organic and conventional food

ldquoI typically encourage my stu-dents to buy a variety of foods when grocery shopping ndash a mix of organic and conventionally

grown products ndash so that they can balance the expected higher cost of eating organic while still reducing their overall exposure to synthetic pesticides and fer-tilizersrdquo Gregg said

She also advises students to buy certain organically pro-duced foods called ldquoThe Dirty Dozenrdquo which includes apples celery and spinach A full list of ldquoThe Dirty Dozenrdquo can be found on the Environmental Working Grouprsquos website

If you choose to go organic the positives can affect more than just your lifestyle Organic farming methods conserve water and soil while reducing pollution

Douglas Gibler Jr a sopho-more in New College believes there are more benefits to hav-ing his own garden than simply the fresh homegrown produce

ldquoThe study of organic foods can lead to a greater under-standing about the importance of self-sustainabilityrdquo he said ldquoas well as encourage altruistic thoughts and actions directed toward society as a wholerdquo

COLUMN | HEALTH

Study fi nds organic conventional foods differ little

ldquoThe release of ldquoThe Car-penterrdquo the bandrsquos seventh full-length studio album co-

incides with a traumatic event in the bandrsquos history bassist Bob Crawfordrsquos two-year-old

daughter Halliersquos recent diag-nosis with a brain tumor

Lauren Zezulka a senior majoring in criminal jus-tice transferred to Alabama after her freshman year at Northwest Florida State College

ldquoI came into Alabama hav-ing my brother and good com-munity but at the same time I felt like I was starting fresh-man year all over againrdquo she said

Erin Fitzsimmons a junior majoring in human develop-ment and family studies said she believed Alabama could improve its transfer student programs and is looking for-ward to being a part of that improvement as vice presi-dent of Tau Sigma

The organization founded in 2008 is UArsquos transfer hon-ors society and serves as the main hub of information spe-cific to transfer students

ldquoThe organization is in the planning stages for projects and events that will be most beneficial to other transfer students which could include educational and social activi-tiesrdquo DeFrance said ldquoWe had a lot of interest last semester in Tau Sigma and are looking to this group of students to begin engaging with our pro-grams again this semesterrdquo

Fitzsimmons said she and Brock Shelton Tau Sigma president hope to help trans-

fer students adjust to a new campus without grouping them with the incoming fresh-man class

ldquoI am really excited about this yearrdquo Fitzsimmons said ldquoBrock and I talked about making Tau Sigma more than just an honor society for your resume and really help trans-fer students get plugged in to University life I donrsquot want transfer students to feel like freshmen Theyrsquore not new to collegerdquo

As a transfer student her-self Fitzsimmons said she felt like she was grouped with freshmen at FYE events when she transferred from the University of Missouri

ldquoI loved Ignite UA [an FYE program for transfer students and freshmen] but I really had to reach out myselfrdquo Fitzsimmons said ldquoBrock and I want Tau Sigma to provide resources for transfer stu-dents that they would have to otherwise seek out them-selvesrdquo

Although some students believe the University could improve their transfer student relations students who have transferred from Alabama to other schools have had differ-ent experiences

The University could not provide statistics on stu-dents who transfer out of the University and was unable to track down how the University follows up on stu-dents who transfer according to UA spokeswoman Cathy Andreen

Makenzie Berry a junior majoring in biochemistry transferred to Texas AampM after her freshman year at the University

ldquoThe driving force behind transferring was to be closer to my familyrdquo Berry said ldquoI have a younger brother and I found that I was missing out on a lot of family stuffrdquo

Berry said AampM offers Transfer Camp or T-Camp which is a three-day camp to help transfer students adjust to their new surroundings T-Camp is a student-run organization designed to be a resource for incoming trans-fer students

ldquoBecause I transferred before my sophomore year I missed out on the dorm expe-rience and on learning a lot of the traditions at AampMrdquo she said ldquoThat was tough but people have been really good about making me feel wel-come and includedrdquo

Berry said T-Camp helped her become acquainted with the traditions and rituals that come with being an Aggie

Tau Sigma is aiming to be not only an introduction to life as a UA student in the way T-Camp is for incoming Texas AampM students but also a resource to use through-out the studentsrsquo time at the University

ldquoI think Alabama has a long way to go in making transfer students feel as welcome as freshmenrdquo Fitzsimmons said ldquoBut I believe that Tau Sigma was a good place to startrdquo

TRANSFER STUDENTS FROM PAGE 1

Tau Sigma makes UA transfer smooth

The majority of the Fall 2 classes are 100-200 level courses because college sur-veys and studies have shown that these affect the larg-est number of students each semester The credits earned under Fall 2 are also equal to a normal full-term course for the semester

The SGA has also confirmed that a new winter interim term will begin in December to further promote studentsrsquo graduation in four years

ldquoThis initiative will resem-ble the Fall 2 minimester in that all of the classes will be offered onlinerdquo Evans-Bell said ldquoRegistration dates for the winter minimester have not yet been confirmedrdquo

Meagan Bryant SGA press secretary says their mission is to preserve and defend the rights and privileges of stu-

dent self-governance The SGA believes in the motto of students serving students which includes helping UA students graduate in four years

ldquoIt is the goal of the SGA to work daily to earn studentsrsquo trust and to serve them with the utmost integrityrdquo Bryant said ldquoSGA works to serve the common interests of students to train themselves in demo-cratic government and to pro-mote positive citizenship on campusrdquo

FALL TWO FROM PAGE 1

Most classes are 100 or 200 level courses

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Wednesday September 12 2012 | Page 7

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Todayrsquos Birthday (091212) Th is is a perfect moment to re-examine whatrsquos most important to you What and with whom do you want to play Career looks favored to thrive with steady growth Friends and family surround you with love and supportTo get the advantage check the dayrsquos rating 10 is the easiest day 0 the most challengingAries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 9 -- Do something yoursquove always wanted to do Th en make happy plans and create time for romance A female adds the right touch Gather information because you donrsquot have all the facts yetTaurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 9 -- You can tell if itrsquos true love but you may want keep your feelings to yourself for now Inspiration is all around Friends are charming and charmedGemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Itrsquos a beautiful moment to relish What you have to say is important so say it You have a gift with words Leave them wanting more A social event provides surprisesCancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Itrsquos easy to fi nd the resources A little research goes a long way Keep a secret An old friend will repay a favor or a debt Th e outcome is benefi cialLeo (July 23-Aug 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Brilliance comes at you with lighting speed Capture as much as you can taking good notes so yoursquoll remember Let what yoursquore learning sink in Make time for love too Keep a secretVirgo (Aug 23-Sept 22) -- Today is a 6 -- Being graceful and grateful comes

in handy especially now You learn a diff erent way of getting things done Get outdoors Let go off the things that donrsquot serve youLibra (Sept 23-Oct 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Fall in love all over again Dip your oars into social waters and row with gusto Take advantage of your psychic senses Creative work pays well Postpone an outingScorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Put your heart into it as well as your other muscles It will take inspiration and perspiration and it will be worth it Sudoku or some other math game can keep your brain exercisedSagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Work interferes with playtime Do it for love not money and donrsquot be afraid to ask for what yoursquore worth An upgrade may be necessary Th e overall outcome is positiveCapricorn (Dec 22-Jan 19) -- Today is a 6 -- Ask and you shall receive Consider what yoursquore asking for Th ink over a friendrsquos suggestion very carefully Seek harmony in romance Th e odds are in your favorAquarius (Jan 20-Feb 18) -- Today is an 8 -- Partnering is essential for two more days Negotiate a little bit more to refi ne the plan Relaxation helps Accept an invitation from a special personPisces (Feb 19-March 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Entering two days of steady work eff ort Profi t from meticulous service and charm Itrsquos a winning combination You can fi nd the resources to manifest a dream

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Wednesday September 12 2012SPORTSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 8

By Zac Al-KhateebStaff Reporter

For those Bama fans who watched Alabama play Western Kentucky this weekend let me say this donrsquot start panicking about the way the Tide played ndash at least not yet

Sure the defense played ten-tatively at times and the offense seemed to struggle with pass blocking and establishing a run-ning game but the end result was still a 35-0 blowout over the Hilltoppers You know what that says to me Even if it doesnrsquot play up to its ridiculously high stan-dards it still comes away with convincing wins

Now does that mean Alabama can afford to play that way against its future opponents Absolutely not But the point Irsquom trying to make is if head coach Nick Saban has his way his team wonrsquot per-form as badly for the rest of the year And for you fans out there already wondering about the Tidersquos title chances that is a com-forting thought

And itrsquos not like Alabama was

the only highly-ranked team last weekend to not play to its stan-dards If you donrsquot believe me look at the Arkansas-University of Louisiana at Monroe game ULM came into Little Rock Ark and stunned the Razorbacks at home 34-31 And if you didnrsquot know Arkansas was ranked No 8 in the nation when it happened

In fact the only top five teams to actually play up to its stan-dards this weekend were LSU and Oklahoma LSU beat Washington 41-3 while Oklahoma beat Florida AampM 69-10 USC the No 2 team in the nation had to struggle to beat Syracuse at home 42-29 while No 4 Oregon beat Fresno State 42-25

Are you starting to see a pat-tern here Most of the top 10 teams this weekend were caught napping For some like Alabama and USC the end result was the same And unfortunately for others ndash herersquos looking at you Hogs ndash the end result was unexpected

Now that each of these teams has been brought back to earth we can start looking for them to

play the type of football we expect of the highest caliber teams And in the case of Alabama you can bet Saban is going to find a way to convince his team they havenrsquot done anything worthwhile yet I expect therersquos going to be a lot of video of quarterback AJ McCarron on his back when the team goes into film study

Alabama will have the chance to rebound against a good Arkansas team a team that much like Alabama simply wasnrsquot playing to its standards Despite the Razorbacksrsquo loss to the Warhawks this weekend this game should stand to serve as Alabamarsquos first true test of the season

So Alabama learned its lesson early against a vastly inferior opponent And although the Tide didnrsquot play the way fans would have liked the game did serve the purpose of waking Alabama up with the added benefit of not having to be beaten beforehand I guess the only thing Tide fans can hope for is that this team learns from its mistakes and avoids repeating them in the future

Fans WKU game not cause for panicBy Billy WhyteStaff Reporter

After a heartbreaking loss against Maryland to close out nonconference play the 5-1 Alabama womenrsquos soccer team will look to bounce back strong at No 22 Tennessee in their first conference game of the season

Coming off a successful nonconference slate head coach Todd Bramble believes the team is prepared and ready for the challenges that await in conference play this weekend

ldquoWersquove played a variety of level of opponents and a variety of styles of playrdquo Bramble said ldquoItrsquos given us an opportunity to spend an extensive time working on our possession game our attacking game and most recently having to defend a strong Maryland team and Irsquom really pleased with every-thing we have learned about ourselves up to this pointrdquo

The Crimson Tide will

need to be at its best against a tough Tennessee team whose only loss this season so far was a one-point loss to No 2 UCLA Bramble said it will be important for the team to remain mentally and emotionally tough in order to be successful this weekend

ldquoWhen you go on the road against conference competi-tion which ramps the level of play up a bit itrsquos important to see how mentally tough and emotionally tough we are as a teamrdquo Bramble said ldquoThat will get put to the test this weekend in a way that hasnrsquot happened yet this seasonrdquo

Even with the pressure of playing against a rival SEC opponent on the road the team is staying focused on its own game this week in prac-tice with the coaches not even mentioning Tennessee until Wednesdayrsquos practice

ldquoWe like our team enough where I think we can con-tinue to really focus on our-selvesrdquo Bramble said ldquoIf we can play up to our potential

we want it to be a situation where the other team has to deal with us If we spend too much time talking about the opposition then at some point that message starts to look like the coaching staff is more worried about our oppo-sition than the confidence in ourselves I think our players know fully what they are get-ting into when they go up to Knoxvillerdquo

Bramble said the team is looking forward to the road test and believes a strong result will give them a lot of confidence entering the rest of conference play

ldquoThis will be our biggest test to daterdquo Bramble said ldquoIf we go into Knoxville and are successful then it will give us a lot of confidence heading into the rest of the season We are looking for-ward to the challenge and we are going to enjoy the week-endrdquo

The game will kick off at Knoxville at 6 pm on Friday Sept 14

Tide ready to face SEC foesCOLUMN SPORTS | WOMENrsquoS SOCCER

By Rebekah DyeContributing Writer

The Alabama volleyball team moved up to an 11-1 record after defeating the Samford Bulldogs 3-1 Tuesday night

The Tide had a rough start los-ing the first set 23-25 but the team stepped up in the final three sets winning 25-16 25-13 and 25-14 ulti-mately giving them the victory

ldquoWe stepped back to the line and put a lot of pressure on their serve-receive and they werenrsquot able to handle that pressurerdquo head

coach Ed Allen said ldquoWe stepped back served aggressively and they werenrsquot able to run their middles and they are a middle-driven teamrdquo

With multiple players perform-ing well Allen believes he may have finally found his starting lineup

ldquoWersquove had about seven differ-ent lineups in the preseasonrdquo Allen said ldquoSteiner is kind of settling into that other outside hitting position which is giving us a lot more con-sistency and we do have balance ndash we have four kids that should be putting up multiple digit kills and Sierra does a great job of spreading

the ball aroundrdquoAlabama had an average hitting

percentage of 328 and multiple girls had double digit kills

Kayla Fitterer was the strongest of the night posting 17 kills 16 digs and a 359 hitting percentage Maintaining focus and poise was a key to her success as well as her teammatesrsquo

ldquoAfter the first game losing we just came back and stayed steadyrdquo senior Kayla Fitterer said ldquoOver this weekend winning 4-0 gave us confidence going into this game and just playing with each other

more and more We are all new girls so playing every day together is making us betterrdquo

Andrea McQuaid and Laura Steiner also posted impressive stats in the victory McQuaid finished with 11 kills and a hitting percent-age of 391 while Steiner ended the night with 14 kills in 37 attempts

Setter Sierra Wilson finished the night with 44 assists Sophomore Katherine White also posted a 545 hitting percentage and seven kills

Now the team is looking ahead to Friday night when it will take on the LSU Tigers

Crimson Tide bounces back beats Samford in 4

CW | Jingyu WanAlabama defeated Samford in four sets Tuesday night in its last match before beginning conference play Friday against LSU

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Wednesday September 12 2012 | Page 5

By Judah MartinContributing Writer

Forza Financial a student-run domestic microlending firm is expanding and looking to recruit additional student workers

Forza is founded on the prin-ciple of microfinance a lending tactic in which small loans of $500 to $5000 are given to entrepre-neurs and small business owners with low interest rates of 10 to 20 percent Because Forza is a non-profit microfinance institution the interest rates they collect are thereby used to generate more loans

Forza CEO David Bailey said this provides students an oppor-tunity to use what they learn in

the classroom in real-life settings Because the concept of micro-finance is so new to the state of Alabama Forzarsquos founders came to realize that a microfinance model based on uncollateralized loans and competitive interest rates could be beneficial to the many impoverished residents of Alabamarsquos Black Belt region

ldquoWe basically want to help the small business communityrdquo Bailey said ldquoOur goal is to extend to the entire Black Belt because thatrsquos where we feel wersquore most needed Wersquore literally offering a service [to them] that is not offered by anyone elserdquo

Interns are charged with a large number of responsibilities ranging from financial operations

to communications Alexandria Gilbert director of production for Forza said that team members are placed in the firm based on their individual skills

ldquoThe experience we gain from Forza is seriously amazingrdquo Gilbert said ldquoWersquore taking a rev-olutionary approach to finance and even though wersquore just col-lege students wersquore giving real money to real people to affect tan-gible change in our communityrdquo

While a number of Forza employees are in business any student with a serious interest in anything the group does from writing loans to creating mar-keting materials to managing our website to meeting people should consider applying Gilbert

saidForza interns are expected to

be capable of working autono-mously and independently in an environment that deals with a high level of ambiguity and changing variables According to John Oberkor director of recruit-ing for Forza the firm plans to hire no more than thirty interns

ldquoIf the number [of interns] is bigger than thirty the experience wonrsquot be beneficialrdquo Oberkor said ldquoThis is the best way to keep everyone focused and to give them a meaningful experiencerdquo

Bailey said a Forza Financial internship is a unique oppor-tunity for opportunity to apply what theyrsquove learned in real life circumstances

ldquoWersquore looking for students that want to impact change in the community and want to implicate practical skills theyrsquore learning in the communityrdquo Bailey said ldquoWersquore looking for hardworking determined students who believe in the mission of Forzardquo

Katherine McLarney the Forza communications director said the intern program is a gateway for virtually any major on cam-pus to gain tangible work experi-ence

ldquoWe are looking for passionate dedicated students looking to get involved and make a difference in the communityrdquo McLarney said

Students interested in becom-ing a Forza intern can apply online at wwwforzafinancialcom

Forza Financial seeks interns from all departments

By Tim LarkinContributing Writer

The University of Alabamarsquos Graduate School Preview Day will be held on Thursday Sept 13 from 3 to 830 pm at the Ferguson Student Center

Blake Bedsole director of graduate recruitment said stu-dents can expect to gain general information about a graduate education in addition to infor-mation on special programs pro-vided at the University

The eventrsquos opening ses-sion entitled ldquoThe Benefits of Investing in a Graduate Educationrdquo will be held at the Ferguson Theater Speakers will include faculty and staff from the graduate programs at the University as well as current graduate students

Following the opening ses-sions attendees will have the opportunity to participate in small group information ses-sions with the deans faculty and students from a variety of gradu-ate programs on campus

A reception will be held in the Heritage Room and then attend-ees will be invited to participate in a seminar on graduate school admissions testing including the GRE GMAT LSAT and MAT Lastly Kaplan the well-known test-prep company will offer free practice tests in the Ferguson Ballroom from 530 to 830 pm

Tim West a sophomore majoring in chemistry believes it is never too early to start look-ing at graduate school options

ldquoIrsquom thinking about maybe going to medical schoolrdquo West said ldquoThis seems like a good chance to see what medical school is all aboutrdquo

Graduate programs at the University have over four thou-sand students in addition to the law school on campus and the medical school at The University of Alabama at Birmingham There are numerous programs leading to masterrsquos degrees as well as doctoral degrees Last year alone the UA Graduate School received 8297 applica-tions

With a vast amount of appli-cants graduate programs look at factors other than just aca-demics and entrance exams

ldquoMost programs are looking for leadership potential so being active on campus and taking leadership roles in student orga-nizations is a plusrdquo Bedsole said

Sessions on grad school admission tests to be held in Ferg

IF YOU GObull What UArsquos Graduate

School Preview Day

bull Where Ferguson Student Center

bull When 3 - 830 pm Thursday

New SGA initiative rewards students

By Ashanka KumariChief Copy Editor

While recycling may not be at the top of most Bama fansrsquo lists on game days it is for one University group

On home game days UA Recycling promotes envi-ronmental sustainability by passing out blue bags to tail-gaters on the Quad as well as containers inside the sta-dium Tony Johnson execu-tive director of logistics and support services said

ldquoThere are 40 gray [recy-cling] containers through-out the stadiumrdquo Johnson said ldquoTen on the Quad as well as a tent where we pass our blue recycling bags For every three bags people can exchange them for items [such as Nike shirts and fleece sweatshirts] Itrsquos a great incentive to get fans to recyclerdquo

The prizes are given away on a first-come first-served basis with a limit of one item

per person per game dayFor students living off cam-

pus and other members of the Tuscaloosa community The University of Alabama Recycling Department pro-vides drive-up bins for its Drive Up Recycling program Johnson said

Community members can drop off aluminum cans tin cans paper plastic card-board and newspaper at the Ancillary Services Building located at 1115 14th St

Bria Mattox a sophomore majoring in mechanical engi-neering said recycling is something anyone can do with a little extra effort

ldquoWe have plenty of bins around campus and they are usually on main walking pathsrdquo Mattox said ldquoIn most cases all you have to do is hold onto your plastic bottle a tad bit longer until you get outside to recycle it instead of just throwing it away in the classroom trash canrdquo

Academic departments at

the University can also bene-fit from recycling through the campus mail service Mike Butts manager of the campus mail service said

ldquoWe have programs through Hewlett-Packard and Staples to recycle print cartridges from campusrdquo Butts said ldquoThe University gets recycling points for recy-cling HP products and can use these points to purchase new products from HP in the futurerdquo

Campus mail is bundled with paperclips and rubber bands which the campus mail service repackages in 100 per-cent biodegradable bags and offers to academic depart-ments to order free-of-charge from campusmailuaedu

ldquoYou wouldnrsquot think a paperclip would make a dif-ference but in a large capac-ity it makes a big differencerdquo Butts said

In 2010 the Environmental Stewardship Committee created the Office of

Sustainability which has worked with UA Recycling Energy Management and Bama Dining to work closely with other parts of campus to promote sustainability events

Along with the Office of Sustainability the Go Green Sustainability Portal is an initiative that provides stu-dents staff faculty and the surrounding community with information about sustainable practices at The University of Alabama Johnson said

Other ways the University promotes sustainability is through advertisements of campus ldquogreenrdquo practices as well as events campuswide he said

ldquoRecycling saves resourc-es keeps non-degradable products out of landfills and oceans as well as keeping costs downrdquo Mattox said ldquoThere are so many advantag-es to an action that takes such little effort therersquos really no excuse not to recyclerdquo

UA Recycling promotes sustainability on Gamedays

CW | Caitlin TrotterUA Recycling offers incentives to encourage recycling on campus

By Eric YaronContributing Writer

The Student Government Association is instituting a new reward system designed to increase student attendance at educational lectures athletic games and other community events held on campus

Dubbed the ldquoSpirit Pointsrdquo program by co-creators Will Pylant vice president for student affairs and Matt Calderone SGA president students will be able to accumulate Spirit Points at vari-ous qualifying events throughout the semester and earn several attractive rewards

Some of the anticipated rewards to be offered to the highest attendees each semester include an iPad Daniel Moore paintings and potential scholar-ship money

ldquoSpirit Points are a great way to get students out there to attend UA eventsrdquo Pylant said ldquoThis system will help promote events and organizations that may not always have a large number of attendantsrdquo

All students organizations and athletic teams active on cam-pus will be able to apply for their

event to qualify for Spirit Points through a standardized form soon to be available in the SGA office

The form will ask the appli-cant several questions outlining the event including logistical constraints and expectations a declared purpose and the poten-tial for an admission fee for the proposed event

Events must be open to all stu-dents to qualify under the Spirit Points program

ldquoThe new Spirit Point reward system will be a great way to get students more involved on cam-pusrdquo Jose Ruiz an SGA senator said ldquoOftentimes students are hesitant to participate in events offered by various organizations on campus because of the lack of advertising or previous knowl-edge of the event This program will give them the added incen-tive they needrdquo

An SGA board titled the Crimson Spirit Points Committee will meet weekly to review and consider campus events for qualifying status as well as to determine point values for each approved event

The SGA will then loan ACT Card readers to the

organizations conducting quali-fying events The weekly meet-ings will be open to the public allowing for transparency on the part of the SGA in selecting quali-fying events

The Spirit Points program is not the only program of its kind on campus The Crimson Rewards program sponsored by Tuscaloosa Toyota offers stu-dents several incentives to attend sporting events across campus ranging from free concession vouchers all the way up to the chance to win a brand new car

ldquoPrograms like these ben-efit the entire campusrdquo Justin Popielarski a senior majoring in geological sciences said ldquoIt affords the students the opportu-nity to earn something tangible for participating in the various events on campus and it gives the organizations that sponsor these events far greater exposure than they would otherwise have without the incentive programs I havenrsquot participated in any of the other reward programs in the past but the addition of non-ath-letic events to the list of events where points can be earned may convince me to participate in the Spirit Rewards programrdquo

By Sarah Elizabeth TookerContributing Writer

A new branch of the iPhone Clinic store recently opened in June on the Strip to better serve and reach the student target market

The Strip location is the sec-ond storefront for the fledgling enterprise and is already pop-ular among students

The two stores now have a combined clientele of about 1000 customers per month with most of these numbers coming from the Strip loca-tion

Several students have ven-tured to the new spot with sat-isfying results

Bibi Suarez a junior major-ing in special education liked the student-friendly and effi-cient atmosphere while store staff repaired the broken screen on her iPad ldquoEveryone breaks their iPhone or Macbook at least once while in

college and this is a more con-venient fix than going through Applerdquo Suarez said

Colby Hopwood a junior majoring in business manage-ment wasnrsquot deterred by high-er prices at the clinic because of the staffrsquos reliability and promptness

ldquoThey back up all of your information and double check

to make sure your phone still works in front of you when you pick it up which takes less than an hourrdquo Hopwood said

It cost Hopwood $50 to fix her broken lock button but she said that even though it seemed a bit expensive it saved her a trip to the Birmingham Apple store

Store owner Ilyas Ileri

understands that students are always looking to get the best deal especially on such an unforeseen expense

ldquoNot only will we always take our competitorrsquos cou-pons we currently offer a 10 percent discount to anyone who becomes our friend on Facebook at Bama iPhone Clinic Tuscaloosardquo Ileri said

The iPhone clinic offers its customers a variety of servic-es including iPhone Android Macbook iPad and most other computer repairs which take around 30 to 40 minutes All repairs are backed with a mini-mum 30-day warranty

They also buy and sell old iPhones varying in price up to $150 depending on the quality

Just recently the company started repairing water-dam-aged phones with about a 95 percent success rate accord-

ing to Ileri The process takes about a day and the store gives out loner phones for customers to use while they wait

Perhaps one of the most stu-dent-friendly initiatives the iPhone Clinic has started its reporting system Students areencouraged to stop by the storeand give the serial number of their lost or stolen phone If someone comes in trying to sell or repair that phone the owner as well as UAPD will be contacted immediately

ldquoAs of yesterday we have already had six successful accounts of the reporting sys-tem workingrdquo Ileri said

The Strip location is also looking to hire several stu-dents with exceptional cus-tomer service skills Resumesand class schedules should beemailed to iphoneclinichot-mailcom if interested

The Striprsquos iPhone Clinic offers variety of repair services

CW | Bryce DentoniPhone Clinic offers repairs on iPhones Androids Macbooks iPads and some computers

Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Wednesday September 12 2012CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 6

By Francie Johnson

As a Dallas native maybe Irsquom a little biased but from the moment I heard the opening line ldquoI ainrsquot from Texas but I made my way from Dallasrdquo off of the Avett Brothersrsquo newest album ldquoThe Carpenterrdquo I was hooked

ldquoThe Carpenterrdquo released on Sept 11 has that catchy folk-rock distinctively-Avett-Broth-ers sound that fans have come to know and love but underneath the infectious melodies and the clear-cut voices lies a profound exploration of the concept of death

The release of ldquoThe Carpenterrdquo the bandrsquos seventh full-length studio album coin-

cides with a traumatic event in the bandrsquos history bassist Bob Crawfordrsquos two-year-old daugh-ter Halliersquos recent brain tumor diagnosis Most of the album had already been completed prior to this diagnosis but this real-life tragedy pulls the somewhat ambiguous idea of death out of the shadows urging listeners to face the notion head on

The interesting thing about this album is that on first listen it doesnrsquot sound anything like yoursquod expect an album so rooted in mortality to sound Half of the songs from the album at least touch on the concept of death but in most of them this heavy theme hides behind simple catchy melodies Even the slow-er songs while powerful and

insightful lyrically donrsquot quite convey that same gut-wrench-ing intensity in the music itself But this stark unexpected con-trast between music and lyr-ics only adds more depth to an already t h o u g h t - p r o -voking album

S o m e t h i n g that has always drawn me to the Avett Brothers and perhaps the aspect of their music that appeals to me the most is their lyrics The Avett Brothersrsquo lyrics are consistently beauti-ful somehow managing to be

straightforward and concise yet emotional and introspec-tive all at the same time This new album is no exception

In ldquoThe Once and Future Carpenterrdquo the albumrsquos opening track the broth-ers sing ldquoAnd my life is but a coin pulled from an empty pocket dropped into a slot with dreams of sevens close behindrdquo

Another song off of the album ldquoFebruary Sevenrdquo opens with the verses ldquoI went on the search for something true I was almost

there when I found you Sooner than my fate was wrote perfect-ly it slit my throat and beads of lust released into the air When I awoke you were standing thererdquo These lyrics are nothing short of pure poetry and their beauty immediately strikes a chord within the listener

In ldquoThrough My Prayersrdquo the song I find most emotion-ally powerful the brothers bare their souls in a strikingly hon-est message to a loved one who has passed They sing ldquoMy dream of all dreams and my hope of all hopes is only to tell you and make sure you know how much I love you and how much I always didrdquo perfectly putting into words the universal desire to communicate with lost

loved onesDespite my love for ldquoThe

Carpenterrdquo I canrsquot help but com-pare it to the Avett Brothersrsquo previous album ldquoI and Love and Yourdquo released in September 2009 While ldquoThe Carpenterrdquois holistically a great album no single song packs as power-ful of a punch as songs such as ldquoHead Full of Doubt Road Full of Promiserdquo and ldquoI and Love and Yourdquo off of the previous album

Overall ldquoThe Carpenterrdquo is a wonderful addition to the Avett Brothersrsquo already impres-sive catalogue Both die-hard Avett fans and casual listen-ers alike will appreciate the depth and beauty of this philo-sophical exploration of human mortality

COLUMN | MUSIC

Avett Brothersrsquo new album lsquoThe Carpenterrsquo explores concepts of death tragedy

By Tricia Vaughan

When comparing organic food to conventional food some would think organic is the more nutritious and healthier of the two options however a recent study from Stanford University defends the contrary

The study found there is no significant difference between the two types of food when com-paring their effects on health and nutritional value Though there are no health-related risks to choosing conventional goods and foods labeled organ-ic are more expensive the study still suggests grocery shoppers should opt for organically pro-duced foods

Stanfordrsquos study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine on Sept 4 found organic food has less pesticide residue in urine than that of its counter-part by 30 percent Thus choos-ing to go organic can prevent the consumption of pesticides and other chemical residues

ldquoMany consumers choose to buy organic products to reduce

their exposure to chemical pes-ticidesrdquo said Sheena Quizon Gregg assistant director of The University of Alabamarsquos Health Education and Prevention ldquoOther factors that affect choos-ing organic versus convention-ally processed food include fac-toring in any possible additives such as food colorings artificial sweeteners and monosodium glutamaterdquo

The United States Department of Agriculture strictly regulates the amount of additives in organic products ensuring the quality for which consumers are paying extra

When yoursquore low on money going organic may not be a feasible and cost-effective option especially for students Organic produce is typically $1 to $2 more per pound than con-ventional produce So if yoursquore pinching pennies Gregg recom-mends buying a mix of organic and conventional food

ldquoI typically encourage my stu-dents to buy a variety of foods when grocery shopping ndash a mix of organic and conventionally

grown products ndash so that they can balance the expected higher cost of eating organic while still reducing their overall exposure to synthetic pesticides and fer-tilizersrdquo Gregg said

She also advises students to buy certain organically pro-duced foods called ldquoThe Dirty Dozenrdquo which includes apples celery and spinach A full list of ldquoThe Dirty Dozenrdquo can be found on the Environmental Working Grouprsquos website

If you choose to go organic the positives can affect more than just your lifestyle Organic farming methods conserve water and soil while reducing pollution

Douglas Gibler Jr a sopho-more in New College believes there are more benefits to hav-ing his own garden than simply the fresh homegrown produce

ldquoThe study of organic foods can lead to a greater under-standing about the importance of self-sustainabilityrdquo he said ldquoas well as encourage altruistic thoughts and actions directed toward society as a wholerdquo

COLUMN | HEALTH

Study fi nds organic conventional foods differ little

ldquoThe release of ldquoThe Car-penterrdquo the bandrsquos seventh full-length studio album co-

incides with a traumatic event in the bandrsquos history bassist Bob Crawfordrsquos two-year-old

daughter Halliersquos recent diag-nosis with a brain tumor

Lauren Zezulka a senior majoring in criminal jus-tice transferred to Alabama after her freshman year at Northwest Florida State College

ldquoI came into Alabama hav-ing my brother and good com-munity but at the same time I felt like I was starting fresh-man year all over againrdquo she said

Erin Fitzsimmons a junior majoring in human develop-ment and family studies said she believed Alabama could improve its transfer student programs and is looking for-ward to being a part of that improvement as vice presi-dent of Tau Sigma

The organization founded in 2008 is UArsquos transfer hon-ors society and serves as the main hub of information spe-cific to transfer students

ldquoThe organization is in the planning stages for projects and events that will be most beneficial to other transfer students which could include educational and social activi-tiesrdquo DeFrance said ldquoWe had a lot of interest last semester in Tau Sigma and are looking to this group of students to begin engaging with our pro-grams again this semesterrdquo

Fitzsimmons said she and Brock Shelton Tau Sigma president hope to help trans-

fer students adjust to a new campus without grouping them with the incoming fresh-man class

ldquoI am really excited about this yearrdquo Fitzsimmons said ldquoBrock and I talked about making Tau Sigma more than just an honor society for your resume and really help trans-fer students get plugged in to University life I donrsquot want transfer students to feel like freshmen Theyrsquore not new to collegerdquo

As a transfer student her-self Fitzsimmons said she felt like she was grouped with freshmen at FYE events when she transferred from the University of Missouri

ldquoI loved Ignite UA [an FYE program for transfer students and freshmen] but I really had to reach out myselfrdquo Fitzsimmons said ldquoBrock and I want Tau Sigma to provide resources for transfer stu-dents that they would have to otherwise seek out them-selvesrdquo

Although some students believe the University could improve their transfer student relations students who have transferred from Alabama to other schools have had differ-ent experiences

The University could not provide statistics on stu-dents who transfer out of the University and was unable to track down how the University follows up on stu-dents who transfer according to UA spokeswoman Cathy Andreen

Makenzie Berry a junior majoring in biochemistry transferred to Texas AampM after her freshman year at the University

ldquoThe driving force behind transferring was to be closer to my familyrdquo Berry said ldquoI have a younger brother and I found that I was missing out on a lot of family stuffrdquo

Berry said AampM offers Transfer Camp or T-Camp which is a three-day camp to help transfer students adjust to their new surroundings T-Camp is a student-run organization designed to be a resource for incoming trans-fer students

ldquoBecause I transferred before my sophomore year I missed out on the dorm expe-rience and on learning a lot of the traditions at AampMrdquo she said ldquoThat was tough but people have been really good about making me feel wel-come and includedrdquo

Berry said T-Camp helped her become acquainted with the traditions and rituals that come with being an Aggie

Tau Sigma is aiming to be not only an introduction to life as a UA student in the way T-Camp is for incoming Texas AampM students but also a resource to use through-out the studentsrsquo time at the University

ldquoI think Alabama has a long way to go in making transfer students feel as welcome as freshmenrdquo Fitzsimmons said ldquoBut I believe that Tau Sigma was a good place to startrdquo

TRANSFER STUDENTS FROM PAGE 1

Tau Sigma makes UA transfer smooth

The majority of the Fall 2 classes are 100-200 level courses because college sur-veys and studies have shown that these affect the larg-est number of students each semester The credits earned under Fall 2 are also equal to a normal full-term course for the semester

The SGA has also confirmed that a new winter interim term will begin in December to further promote studentsrsquo graduation in four years

ldquoThis initiative will resem-ble the Fall 2 minimester in that all of the classes will be offered onlinerdquo Evans-Bell said ldquoRegistration dates for the winter minimester have not yet been confirmedrdquo

Meagan Bryant SGA press secretary says their mission is to preserve and defend the rights and privileges of stu-

dent self-governance The SGA believes in the motto of students serving students which includes helping UA students graduate in four years

ldquoIt is the goal of the SGA to work daily to earn studentsrsquo trust and to serve them with the utmost integrityrdquo Bryant said ldquoSGA works to serve the common interests of students to train themselves in demo-cratic government and to pro-mote positive citizenship on campusrdquo

FALL TWO FROM PAGE 1

Most classes are 100 or 200 level courses

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Wednesday September 12 2012 | Page 7

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Wednesday September 12 2012SPORTSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 8

By Zac Al-KhateebStaff Reporter

For those Bama fans who watched Alabama play Western Kentucky this weekend let me say this donrsquot start panicking about the way the Tide played ndash at least not yet

Sure the defense played ten-tatively at times and the offense seemed to struggle with pass blocking and establishing a run-ning game but the end result was still a 35-0 blowout over the Hilltoppers You know what that says to me Even if it doesnrsquot play up to its ridiculously high stan-dards it still comes away with convincing wins

Now does that mean Alabama can afford to play that way against its future opponents Absolutely not But the point Irsquom trying to make is if head coach Nick Saban has his way his team wonrsquot per-form as badly for the rest of the year And for you fans out there already wondering about the Tidersquos title chances that is a com-forting thought

And itrsquos not like Alabama was

the only highly-ranked team last weekend to not play to its stan-dards If you donrsquot believe me look at the Arkansas-University of Louisiana at Monroe game ULM came into Little Rock Ark and stunned the Razorbacks at home 34-31 And if you didnrsquot know Arkansas was ranked No 8 in the nation when it happened

In fact the only top five teams to actually play up to its stan-dards this weekend were LSU and Oklahoma LSU beat Washington 41-3 while Oklahoma beat Florida AampM 69-10 USC the No 2 team in the nation had to struggle to beat Syracuse at home 42-29 while No 4 Oregon beat Fresno State 42-25

Are you starting to see a pat-tern here Most of the top 10 teams this weekend were caught napping For some like Alabama and USC the end result was the same And unfortunately for others ndash herersquos looking at you Hogs ndash the end result was unexpected

Now that each of these teams has been brought back to earth we can start looking for them to

play the type of football we expect of the highest caliber teams And in the case of Alabama you can bet Saban is going to find a way to convince his team they havenrsquot done anything worthwhile yet I expect therersquos going to be a lot of video of quarterback AJ McCarron on his back when the team goes into film study

Alabama will have the chance to rebound against a good Arkansas team a team that much like Alabama simply wasnrsquot playing to its standards Despite the Razorbacksrsquo loss to the Warhawks this weekend this game should stand to serve as Alabamarsquos first true test of the season

So Alabama learned its lesson early against a vastly inferior opponent And although the Tide didnrsquot play the way fans would have liked the game did serve the purpose of waking Alabama up with the added benefit of not having to be beaten beforehand I guess the only thing Tide fans can hope for is that this team learns from its mistakes and avoids repeating them in the future

Fans WKU game not cause for panicBy Billy WhyteStaff Reporter

After a heartbreaking loss against Maryland to close out nonconference play the 5-1 Alabama womenrsquos soccer team will look to bounce back strong at No 22 Tennessee in their first conference game of the season

Coming off a successful nonconference slate head coach Todd Bramble believes the team is prepared and ready for the challenges that await in conference play this weekend

ldquoWersquove played a variety of level of opponents and a variety of styles of playrdquo Bramble said ldquoItrsquos given us an opportunity to spend an extensive time working on our possession game our attacking game and most recently having to defend a strong Maryland team and Irsquom really pleased with every-thing we have learned about ourselves up to this pointrdquo

The Crimson Tide will

need to be at its best against a tough Tennessee team whose only loss this season so far was a one-point loss to No 2 UCLA Bramble said it will be important for the team to remain mentally and emotionally tough in order to be successful this weekend

ldquoWhen you go on the road against conference competi-tion which ramps the level of play up a bit itrsquos important to see how mentally tough and emotionally tough we are as a teamrdquo Bramble said ldquoThat will get put to the test this weekend in a way that hasnrsquot happened yet this seasonrdquo

Even with the pressure of playing against a rival SEC opponent on the road the team is staying focused on its own game this week in prac-tice with the coaches not even mentioning Tennessee until Wednesdayrsquos practice

ldquoWe like our team enough where I think we can con-tinue to really focus on our-selvesrdquo Bramble said ldquoIf we can play up to our potential

we want it to be a situation where the other team has to deal with us If we spend too much time talking about the opposition then at some point that message starts to look like the coaching staff is more worried about our oppo-sition than the confidence in ourselves I think our players know fully what they are get-ting into when they go up to Knoxvillerdquo

Bramble said the team is looking forward to the road test and believes a strong result will give them a lot of confidence entering the rest of conference play

ldquoThis will be our biggest test to daterdquo Bramble said ldquoIf we go into Knoxville and are successful then it will give us a lot of confidence heading into the rest of the season We are looking for-ward to the challenge and we are going to enjoy the week-endrdquo

The game will kick off at Knoxville at 6 pm on Friday Sept 14

Tide ready to face SEC foesCOLUMN SPORTS | WOMENrsquoS SOCCER

By Rebekah DyeContributing Writer

The Alabama volleyball team moved up to an 11-1 record after defeating the Samford Bulldogs 3-1 Tuesday night

The Tide had a rough start los-ing the first set 23-25 but the team stepped up in the final three sets winning 25-16 25-13 and 25-14 ulti-mately giving them the victory

ldquoWe stepped back to the line and put a lot of pressure on their serve-receive and they werenrsquot able to handle that pressurerdquo head

coach Ed Allen said ldquoWe stepped back served aggressively and they werenrsquot able to run their middles and they are a middle-driven teamrdquo

With multiple players perform-ing well Allen believes he may have finally found his starting lineup

ldquoWersquove had about seven differ-ent lineups in the preseasonrdquo Allen said ldquoSteiner is kind of settling into that other outside hitting position which is giving us a lot more con-sistency and we do have balance ndash we have four kids that should be putting up multiple digit kills and Sierra does a great job of spreading

the ball aroundrdquoAlabama had an average hitting

percentage of 328 and multiple girls had double digit kills

Kayla Fitterer was the strongest of the night posting 17 kills 16 digs and a 359 hitting percentage Maintaining focus and poise was a key to her success as well as her teammatesrsquo

ldquoAfter the first game losing we just came back and stayed steadyrdquo senior Kayla Fitterer said ldquoOver this weekend winning 4-0 gave us confidence going into this game and just playing with each other

more and more We are all new girls so playing every day together is making us betterrdquo

Andrea McQuaid and Laura Steiner also posted impressive stats in the victory McQuaid finished with 11 kills and a hitting percent-age of 391 while Steiner ended the night with 14 kills in 37 attempts

Setter Sierra Wilson finished the night with 44 assists Sophomore Katherine White also posted a 545 hitting percentage and seven kills

Now the team is looking ahead to Friday night when it will take on the LSU Tigers

Crimson Tide bounces back beats Samford in 4

CW | Jingyu WanAlabama defeated Samford in four sets Tuesday night in its last match before beginning conference play Friday against LSU

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Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Wednesday September 12 2012CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 6

By Francie Johnson

As a Dallas native maybe Irsquom a little biased but from the moment I heard the opening line ldquoI ainrsquot from Texas but I made my way from Dallasrdquo off of the Avett Brothersrsquo newest album ldquoThe Carpenterrdquo I was hooked

ldquoThe Carpenterrdquo released on Sept 11 has that catchy folk-rock distinctively-Avett-Broth-ers sound that fans have come to know and love but underneath the infectious melodies and the clear-cut voices lies a profound exploration of the concept of death

The release of ldquoThe Carpenterrdquo the bandrsquos seventh full-length studio album coin-

cides with a traumatic event in the bandrsquos history bassist Bob Crawfordrsquos two-year-old daugh-ter Halliersquos recent brain tumor diagnosis Most of the album had already been completed prior to this diagnosis but this real-life tragedy pulls the somewhat ambiguous idea of death out of the shadows urging listeners to face the notion head on

The interesting thing about this album is that on first listen it doesnrsquot sound anything like yoursquod expect an album so rooted in mortality to sound Half of the songs from the album at least touch on the concept of death but in most of them this heavy theme hides behind simple catchy melodies Even the slow-er songs while powerful and

insightful lyrically donrsquot quite convey that same gut-wrench-ing intensity in the music itself But this stark unexpected con-trast between music and lyr-ics only adds more depth to an already t h o u g h t - p r o -voking album

S o m e t h i n g that has always drawn me to the Avett Brothers and perhaps the aspect of their music that appeals to me the most is their lyrics The Avett Brothersrsquo lyrics are consistently beauti-ful somehow managing to be

straightforward and concise yet emotional and introspec-tive all at the same time This new album is no exception

In ldquoThe Once and Future Carpenterrdquo the albumrsquos opening track the broth-ers sing ldquoAnd my life is but a coin pulled from an empty pocket dropped into a slot with dreams of sevens close behindrdquo

Another song off of the album ldquoFebruary Sevenrdquo opens with the verses ldquoI went on the search for something true I was almost

there when I found you Sooner than my fate was wrote perfect-ly it slit my throat and beads of lust released into the air When I awoke you were standing thererdquo These lyrics are nothing short of pure poetry and their beauty immediately strikes a chord within the listener

In ldquoThrough My Prayersrdquo the song I find most emotion-ally powerful the brothers bare their souls in a strikingly hon-est message to a loved one who has passed They sing ldquoMy dream of all dreams and my hope of all hopes is only to tell you and make sure you know how much I love you and how much I always didrdquo perfectly putting into words the universal desire to communicate with lost

loved onesDespite my love for ldquoThe

Carpenterrdquo I canrsquot help but com-pare it to the Avett Brothersrsquo previous album ldquoI and Love and Yourdquo released in September 2009 While ldquoThe Carpenterrdquois holistically a great album no single song packs as power-ful of a punch as songs such as ldquoHead Full of Doubt Road Full of Promiserdquo and ldquoI and Love and Yourdquo off of the previous album

Overall ldquoThe Carpenterrdquo is a wonderful addition to the Avett Brothersrsquo already impres-sive catalogue Both die-hard Avett fans and casual listen-ers alike will appreciate the depth and beauty of this philo-sophical exploration of human mortality

COLUMN | MUSIC

Avett Brothersrsquo new album lsquoThe Carpenterrsquo explores concepts of death tragedy

By Tricia Vaughan

When comparing organic food to conventional food some would think organic is the more nutritious and healthier of the two options however a recent study from Stanford University defends the contrary

The study found there is no significant difference between the two types of food when com-paring their effects on health and nutritional value Though there are no health-related risks to choosing conventional goods and foods labeled organ-ic are more expensive the study still suggests grocery shoppers should opt for organically pro-duced foods

Stanfordrsquos study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine on Sept 4 found organic food has less pesticide residue in urine than that of its counter-part by 30 percent Thus choos-ing to go organic can prevent the consumption of pesticides and other chemical residues

ldquoMany consumers choose to buy organic products to reduce

their exposure to chemical pes-ticidesrdquo said Sheena Quizon Gregg assistant director of The University of Alabamarsquos Health Education and Prevention ldquoOther factors that affect choos-ing organic versus convention-ally processed food include fac-toring in any possible additives such as food colorings artificial sweeteners and monosodium glutamaterdquo

The United States Department of Agriculture strictly regulates the amount of additives in organic products ensuring the quality for which consumers are paying extra

When yoursquore low on money going organic may not be a feasible and cost-effective option especially for students Organic produce is typically $1 to $2 more per pound than con-ventional produce So if yoursquore pinching pennies Gregg recom-mends buying a mix of organic and conventional food

ldquoI typically encourage my stu-dents to buy a variety of foods when grocery shopping ndash a mix of organic and conventionally

grown products ndash so that they can balance the expected higher cost of eating organic while still reducing their overall exposure to synthetic pesticides and fer-tilizersrdquo Gregg said

She also advises students to buy certain organically pro-duced foods called ldquoThe Dirty Dozenrdquo which includes apples celery and spinach A full list of ldquoThe Dirty Dozenrdquo can be found on the Environmental Working Grouprsquos website

If you choose to go organic the positives can affect more than just your lifestyle Organic farming methods conserve water and soil while reducing pollution

Douglas Gibler Jr a sopho-more in New College believes there are more benefits to hav-ing his own garden than simply the fresh homegrown produce

ldquoThe study of organic foods can lead to a greater under-standing about the importance of self-sustainabilityrdquo he said ldquoas well as encourage altruistic thoughts and actions directed toward society as a wholerdquo

COLUMN | HEALTH

Study fi nds organic conventional foods differ little

ldquoThe release of ldquoThe Car-penterrdquo the bandrsquos seventh full-length studio album co-

incides with a traumatic event in the bandrsquos history bassist Bob Crawfordrsquos two-year-old

daughter Halliersquos recent diag-nosis with a brain tumor

Lauren Zezulka a senior majoring in criminal jus-tice transferred to Alabama after her freshman year at Northwest Florida State College

ldquoI came into Alabama hav-ing my brother and good com-munity but at the same time I felt like I was starting fresh-man year all over againrdquo she said

Erin Fitzsimmons a junior majoring in human develop-ment and family studies said she believed Alabama could improve its transfer student programs and is looking for-ward to being a part of that improvement as vice presi-dent of Tau Sigma

The organization founded in 2008 is UArsquos transfer hon-ors society and serves as the main hub of information spe-cific to transfer students

ldquoThe organization is in the planning stages for projects and events that will be most beneficial to other transfer students which could include educational and social activi-tiesrdquo DeFrance said ldquoWe had a lot of interest last semester in Tau Sigma and are looking to this group of students to begin engaging with our pro-grams again this semesterrdquo

Fitzsimmons said she and Brock Shelton Tau Sigma president hope to help trans-

fer students adjust to a new campus without grouping them with the incoming fresh-man class

ldquoI am really excited about this yearrdquo Fitzsimmons said ldquoBrock and I talked about making Tau Sigma more than just an honor society for your resume and really help trans-fer students get plugged in to University life I donrsquot want transfer students to feel like freshmen Theyrsquore not new to collegerdquo

As a transfer student her-self Fitzsimmons said she felt like she was grouped with freshmen at FYE events when she transferred from the University of Missouri

ldquoI loved Ignite UA [an FYE program for transfer students and freshmen] but I really had to reach out myselfrdquo Fitzsimmons said ldquoBrock and I want Tau Sigma to provide resources for transfer stu-dents that they would have to otherwise seek out them-selvesrdquo

Although some students believe the University could improve their transfer student relations students who have transferred from Alabama to other schools have had differ-ent experiences

The University could not provide statistics on stu-dents who transfer out of the University and was unable to track down how the University follows up on stu-dents who transfer according to UA spokeswoman Cathy Andreen

Makenzie Berry a junior majoring in biochemistry transferred to Texas AampM after her freshman year at the University

ldquoThe driving force behind transferring was to be closer to my familyrdquo Berry said ldquoI have a younger brother and I found that I was missing out on a lot of family stuffrdquo

Berry said AampM offers Transfer Camp or T-Camp which is a three-day camp to help transfer students adjust to their new surroundings T-Camp is a student-run organization designed to be a resource for incoming trans-fer students

ldquoBecause I transferred before my sophomore year I missed out on the dorm expe-rience and on learning a lot of the traditions at AampMrdquo she said ldquoThat was tough but people have been really good about making me feel wel-come and includedrdquo

Berry said T-Camp helped her become acquainted with the traditions and rituals that come with being an Aggie

Tau Sigma is aiming to be not only an introduction to life as a UA student in the way T-Camp is for incoming Texas AampM students but also a resource to use through-out the studentsrsquo time at the University

ldquoI think Alabama has a long way to go in making transfer students feel as welcome as freshmenrdquo Fitzsimmons said ldquoBut I believe that Tau Sigma was a good place to startrdquo

TRANSFER STUDENTS FROM PAGE 1

Tau Sigma makes UA transfer smooth

The majority of the Fall 2 classes are 100-200 level courses because college sur-veys and studies have shown that these affect the larg-est number of students each semester The credits earned under Fall 2 are also equal to a normal full-term course for the semester

The SGA has also confirmed that a new winter interim term will begin in December to further promote studentsrsquo graduation in four years

ldquoThis initiative will resem-ble the Fall 2 minimester in that all of the classes will be offered onlinerdquo Evans-Bell said ldquoRegistration dates for the winter minimester have not yet been confirmedrdquo

Meagan Bryant SGA press secretary says their mission is to preserve and defend the rights and privileges of stu-

dent self-governance The SGA believes in the motto of students serving students which includes helping UA students graduate in four years

ldquoIt is the goal of the SGA to work daily to earn studentsrsquo trust and to serve them with the utmost integrityrdquo Bryant said ldquoSGA works to serve the common interests of students to train themselves in demo-cratic government and to pro-mote positive citizenship on campusrdquo

FALL TWO FROM PAGE 1

Most classes are 100 or 200 level courses

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Wednesday September 12 2012 | Page 7

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MARKETPLACEHOUSING

ANNOUNCEMENTS

JOBS

DOWNTIMEFun-filled Time Wasters

ACROSS1 ldquoRumble in the

Junglerdquo champ4 Hanging on every

word8 Crumb bum

14 Actor Chaney15 Dot on a map16 Delphirsquos claim to

fame17 Perspective-

bending artist19 ldquoBeau Gesterdquo

novelist20 Grade for a

tween21 Scottish hillside23 Convent

residents24 Runner

Sebastian et al26 Second and third

in a sequence28 Port relative30 Sears rival34 Subdue with a

stun gun35 Final Four initials37 ldquoMercyrdquo38 Penn Sta users39 Blues standard

first recorded byMa Rainey

41 KGB counterpart42 Prettify44 ldquoRootsrdquo author

Haley45 Game with a 32-

card deck46 ldquoNever Give a

Sucker an EvenBreakrdquo star

48 How some beeris sold

50 Mil plane forsmall runways

51 Civil wrong52 Barbershop

member55 CNBC

interviewees58 Reverendrsquos

residence61 Pepsi alternative63 Justice League

publisher65 Charm66 Entry point67 Kite on the links68 ldquoWho wants ice

creamrdquo reply69 Lid malady70 Lamb mom

DOWN1 Poor box

donations2 Focal points3 More than4 Having deeper

pockets5 Hibachi residue6 Roman

commoner7 Okla or Dak

once8 Inept sheep

keeper9 Circle part

10 Beginning11 Color of raw silk12 Narrow valley13 Mil bigwigs18 Five-and-dime

eg22 Game playerrsquos

haunts25 iPad-to-iMac

activity27 Fourth prime

minister of Israel28 It may be bendy29 One of three in

Coca-Cola30 Locks up31 Cable venue for

vintage sitcoms

32 Poland Springcompetitor

33 Dublin-born poet36 Pacifier site39 Online tech news

site40 Parkway off-ramp43 Meat- or fish-filled

pastry45 ldquoVamooserdquo47 Pin down49 ldquoMercyrdquo

52 ldquoDraculardquo novelistStoker

53 Peak54 Fountain build-up56 Track numbers57 St Andrewrsquos Day

celebrant59 Garbage barge60 Salinger heroine62 Apollo lander

briefly64 Affectedly shy

Tuesdayrsquos Puzzle Solved

By Gareth Bain 91212

(c)2012 Tribune Media Services Inc 91212

Crossword

Sudoku

FREEbull monitored

security system

bull gas log fireplaces

bull fitness rooms

bull 2 resort pools

CALL (205) 544-1977

palisadesapthomescom

1 2 3 bedrooms

3201 Hargrove Road East

Tuscaloosa AL

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DEADLINES Classified line ad deadline is the previous business day by 400 pmHow to place a classified For classified line ads visit wwwcwuaedu and click on the classifieds tab For classified display ads call (205) 348-7355 or email cwclassmgrgmailcom for a free consultation The Crimson White is published four days a week (M T W TH) Each classified line ad must run for a minimum of four days and include no less than 16 words

RATESBest Commercial Rates

4-8 days is $50 per word 9 plus days is $35 per wordStudentFaculty Rates

$35 per word You must register with a Crimson Mail address to get this rate If you enter your ad under student rate without a Crimson Mail address your charge will be adjusted to regular price

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Todayrsquos Birthday (091212) Th is is a perfect moment to re-examine whatrsquos most important to you What and with whom do you want to play Career looks favored to thrive with steady growth Friends and family surround you with love and supportTo get the advantage check the dayrsquos rating 10 is the easiest day 0 the most challengingAries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 9 -- Do something yoursquove always wanted to do Th en make happy plans and create time for romance A female adds the right touch Gather information because you donrsquot have all the facts yetTaurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 9 -- You can tell if itrsquos true love but you may want keep your feelings to yourself for now Inspiration is all around Friends are charming and charmedGemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Itrsquos a beautiful moment to relish What you have to say is important so say it You have a gift with words Leave them wanting more A social event provides surprisesCancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Itrsquos easy to fi nd the resources A little research goes a long way Keep a secret An old friend will repay a favor or a debt Th e outcome is benefi cialLeo (July 23-Aug 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Brilliance comes at you with lighting speed Capture as much as you can taking good notes so yoursquoll remember Let what yoursquore learning sink in Make time for love too Keep a secretVirgo (Aug 23-Sept 22) -- Today is a 6 -- Being graceful and grateful comes

in handy especially now You learn a diff erent way of getting things done Get outdoors Let go off the things that donrsquot serve youLibra (Sept 23-Oct 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Fall in love all over again Dip your oars into social waters and row with gusto Take advantage of your psychic senses Creative work pays well Postpone an outingScorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Put your heart into it as well as your other muscles It will take inspiration and perspiration and it will be worth it Sudoku or some other math game can keep your brain exercisedSagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Work interferes with playtime Do it for love not money and donrsquot be afraid to ask for what yoursquore worth An upgrade may be necessary Th e overall outcome is positiveCapricorn (Dec 22-Jan 19) -- Today is a 6 -- Ask and you shall receive Consider what yoursquore asking for Th ink over a friendrsquos suggestion very carefully Seek harmony in romance Th e odds are in your favorAquarius (Jan 20-Feb 18) -- Today is an 8 -- Partnering is essential for two more days Negotiate a little bit more to refi ne the plan Relaxation helps Accept an invitation from a special personPisces (Feb 19-March 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Entering two days of steady work eff ort Profi t from meticulous service and charm Itrsquos a winning combination You can fi nd the resources to manifest a dream

HOROSCOPES

Classi ed display ads get re-sults Call your Crimson Whitead representative today to ndout how the Crimson White canhelp you create new businessopportunities Call (205) 348-7355 or cwclassmgrgmailcom

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12 OFF FIRST Month s Rent- Spacious 2 bedroom 2 bath $700 Close to Midtown amp Campus COURT WOODS 1600 Veterans Memorial Pkwy Call Denise 556-6200 wwwdelviewcom

GAMEDAY HOUSE RENTAL

3 bedroom 3 bath Across from the University Mall Trol-lies available Sleeps 10-12 people $1300 per game weekend Call 2058871160

CAMPUS 3-4 BEDROOM HOUSES very nice avail-able now Lease and deposit

required No pets Call (205) 752-1277

CLAYMONT- on Trolley Line Close to UA 2602 Claybrook Dr One Bedroom $365 Call me for move-in-special- De-nise 556-6200 wwwdelviewcom

12 OFF First Monthrsquos Rent-2 bedroom 2 bath $700 Close to Midtown amp CampusCOURT WOODS 1600 Vet-erans Memorial Pkwy Text ldquoCourtrdquo to 843644 Call De-nise 556-6200 wwwdelviewcom

ROOM FOR SUBLEASE Fe-male roommate needed In a 5br3ba house $570 month walking distance from cam-pus 15 utilities (512)296-7502

DEMONSTRATORS Start Immediatly $300-500 week-ly Part-time $800-1000 Full-time

6 people needed demon-strating air puri cation sys-tems

Indoor air pollution has be-come the number 1 health concern among children

We are being overrun with inquiries about our product and have to increase our staff

Call Kim 205-562-1944

HIRING Servers and Kitchen StaffFor Bryant Denny Stadium$10 Hour and Up for Servers$8 hour and up for utilitycooks dependent on experi-enceCheck out our AD on Craig-slistPosting ID 3172239525

BARTENDING $300 day potential no experience nec-essary Training courses avail-able (800)965-6520 Ext214

ldquoIF YOU LIKE PINA COLA-DAS And getting caught in the rain If yoursquore not into yogaIf you have half a brainIf yoursquod like making love at

midnight In the dunes on the Cape Then Irsquom the love that yoursquove looked forWrite to me and escaperdquo

Editor | Marquavius Burnettcrimsonwhitesportsgmailcom

Wednesday September 12 2012SPORTSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 8

By Zac Al-KhateebStaff Reporter

For those Bama fans who watched Alabama play Western Kentucky this weekend let me say this donrsquot start panicking about the way the Tide played ndash at least not yet

Sure the defense played ten-tatively at times and the offense seemed to struggle with pass blocking and establishing a run-ning game but the end result was still a 35-0 blowout over the Hilltoppers You know what that says to me Even if it doesnrsquot play up to its ridiculously high stan-dards it still comes away with convincing wins

Now does that mean Alabama can afford to play that way against its future opponents Absolutely not But the point Irsquom trying to make is if head coach Nick Saban has his way his team wonrsquot per-form as badly for the rest of the year And for you fans out there already wondering about the Tidersquos title chances that is a com-forting thought

And itrsquos not like Alabama was

the only highly-ranked team last weekend to not play to its stan-dards If you donrsquot believe me look at the Arkansas-University of Louisiana at Monroe game ULM came into Little Rock Ark and stunned the Razorbacks at home 34-31 And if you didnrsquot know Arkansas was ranked No 8 in the nation when it happened

In fact the only top five teams to actually play up to its stan-dards this weekend were LSU and Oklahoma LSU beat Washington 41-3 while Oklahoma beat Florida AampM 69-10 USC the No 2 team in the nation had to struggle to beat Syracuse at home 42-29 while No 4 Oregon beat Fresno State 42-25

Are you starting to see a pat-tern here Most of the top 10 teams this weekend were caught napping For some like Alabama and USC the end result was the same And unfortunately for others ndash herersquos looking at you Hogs ndash the end result was unexpected

Now that each of these teams has been brought back to earth we can start looking for them to

play the type of football we expect of the highest caliber teams And in the case of Alabama you can bet Saban is going to find a way to convince his team they havenrsquot done anything worthwhile yet I expect therersquos going to be a lot of video of quarterback AJ McCarron on his back when the team goes into film study

Alabama will have the chance to rebound against a good Arkansas team a team that much like Alabama simply wasnrsquot playing to its standards Despite the Razorbacksrsquo loss to the Warhawks this weekend this game should stand to serve as Alabamarsquos first true test of the season

So Alabama learned its lesson early against a vastly inferior opponent And although the Tide didnrsquot play the way fans would have liked the game did serve the purpose of waking Alabama up with the added benefit of not having to be beaten beforehand I guess the only thing Tide fans can hope for is that this team learns from its mistakes and avoids repeating them in the future

Fans WKU game not cause for panicBy Billy WhyteStaff Reporter

After a heartbreaking loss against Maryland to close out nonconference play the 5-1 Alabama womenrsquos soccer team will look to bounce back strong at No 22 Tennessee in their first conference game of the season

Coming off a successful nonconference slate head coach Todd Bramble believes the team is prepared and ready for the challenges that await in conference play this weekend

ldquoWersquove played a variety of level of opponents and a variety of styles of playrdquo Bramble said ldquoItrsquos given us an opportunity to spend an extensive time working on our possession game our attacking game and most recently having to defend a strong Maryland team and Irsquom really pleased with every-thing we have learned about ourselves up to this pointrdquo

The Crimson Tide will

need to be at its best against a tough Tennessee team whose only loss this season so far was a one-point loss to No 2 UCLA Bramble said it will be important for the team to remain mentally and emotionally tough in order to be successful this weekend

ldquoWhen you go on the road against conference competi-tion which ramps the level of play up a bit itrsquos important to see how mentally tough and emotionally tough we are as a teamrdquo Bramble said ldquoThat will get put to the test this weekend in a way that hasnrsquot happened yet this seasonrdquo

Even with the pressure of playing against a rival SEC opponent on the road the team is staying focused on its own game this week in prac-tice with the coaches not even mentioning Tennessee until Wednesdayrsquos practice

ldquoWe like our team enough where I think we can con-tinue to really focus on our-selvesrdquo Bramble said ldquoIf we can play up to our potential

we want it to be a situation where the other team has to deal with us If we spend too much time talking about the opposition then at some point that message starts to look like the coaching staff is more worried about our oppo-sition than the confidence in ourselves I think our players know fully what they are get-ting into when they go up to Knoxvillerdquo

Bramble said the team is looking forward to the road test and believes a strong result will give them a lot of confidence entering the rest of conference play

ldquoThis will be our biggest test to daterdquo Bramble said ldquoIf we go into Knoxville and are successful then it will give us a lot of confidence heading into the rest of the season We are looking for-ward to the challenge and we are going to enjoy the week-endrdquo

The game will kick off at Knoxville at 6 pm on Friday Sept 14

Tide ready to face SEC foesCOLUMN SPORTS | WOMENrsquoS SOCCER

By Rebekah DyeContributing Writer

The Alabama volleyball team moved up to an 11-1 record after defeating the Samford Bulldogs 3-1 Tuesday night

The Tide had a rough start los-ing the first set 23-25 but the team stepped up in the final three sets winning 25-16 25-13 and 25-14 ulti-mately giving them the victory

ldquoWe stepped back to the line and put a lot of pressure on their serve-receive and they werenrsquot able to handle that pressurerdquo head

coach Ed Allen said ldquoWe stepped back served aggressively and they werenrsquot able to run their middles and they are a middle-driven teamrdquo

With multiple players perform-ing well Allen believes he may have finally found his starting lineup

ldquoWersquove had about seven differ-ent lineups in the preseasonrdquo Allen said ldquoSteiner is kind of settling into that other outside hitting position which is giving us a lot more con-sistency and we do have balance ndash we have four kids that should be putting up multiple digit kills and Sierra does a great job of spreading

the ball aroundrdquoAlabama had an average hitting

percentage of 328 and multiple girls had double digit kills

Kayla Fitterer was the strongest of the night posting 17 kills 16 digs and a 359 hitting percentage Maintaining focus and poise was a key to her success as well as her teammatesrsquo

ldquoAfter the first game losing we just came back and stayed steadyrdquo senior Kayla Fitterer said ldquoOver this weekend winning 4-0 gave us confidence going into this game and just playing with each other

more and more We are all new girls so playing every day together is making us betterrdquo

Andrea McQuaid and Laura Steiner also posted impressive stats in the victory McQuaid finished with 11 kills and a hitting percent-age of 391 while Steiner ended the night with 14 kills in 37 attempts

Setter Sierra Wilson finished the night with 44 assists Sophomore Katherine White also posted a 545 hitting percentage and seven kills

Now the team is looking ahead to Friday night when it will take on the LSU Tigers

Crimson Tide bounces back beats Samford in 4

CW | Jingyu WanAlabama defeated Samford in four sets Tuesday night in its last match before beginning conference play Friday against LSU

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Wednesday September 12 2012 | Page 7

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MARKETPLACEHOUSING

ANNOUNCEMENTS

JOBS

DOWNTIMEFun-filled Time Wasters

ACROSS1 ldquoRumble in the

Junglerdquo champ4 Hanging on every

word8 Crumb bum

14 Actor Chaney15 Dot on a map16 Delphirsquos claim to

fame17 Perspective-

bending artist19 ldquoBeau Gesterdquo

novelist20 Grade for a

tween21 Scottish hillside23 Convent

residents24 Runner

Sebastian et al26 Second and third

in a sequence28 Port relative30 Sears rival34 Subdue with a

stun gun35 Final Four initials37 ldquoMercyrdquo38 Penn Sta users39 Blues standard

first recorded byMa Rainey

41 KGB counterpart42 Prettify44 ldquoRootsrdquo author

Haley45 Game with a 32-

card deck46 ldquoNever Give a

Sucker an EvenBreakrdquo star

48 How some beeris sold

50 Mil plane forsmall runways

51 Civil wrong52 Barbershop

member55 CNBC

interviewees58 Reverendrsquos

residence61 Pepsi alternative63 Justice League

publisher65 Charm66 Entry point67 Kite on the links68 ldquoWho wants ice

creamrdquo reply69 Lid malady70 Lamb mom

DOWN1 Poor box

donations2 Focal points3 More than4 Having deeper

pockets5 Hibachi residue6 Roman

commoner7 Okla or Dak

once8 Inept sheep

keeper9 Circle part

10 Beginning11 Color of raw silk12 Narrow valley13 Mil bigwigs18 Five-and-dime

eg22 Game playerrsquos

haunts25 iPad-to-iMac

activity27 Fourth prime

minister of Israel28 It may be bendy29 One of three in

Coca-Cola30 Locks up31 Cable venue for

vintage sitcoms

32 Poland Springcompetitor

33 Dublin-born poet36 Pacifier site39 Online tech news

site40 Parkway off-ramp43 Meat- or fish-filled

pastry45 ldquoVamooserdquo47 Pin down49 ldquoMercyrdquo

52 ldquoDraculardquo novelistStoker

53 Peak54 Fountain build-up56 Track numbers57 St Andrewrsquos Day

celebrant59 Garbage barge60 Salinger heroine62 Apollo lander

briefly64 Affectedly shy

Tuesdayrsquos Puzzle Solved

By Gareth Bain 91212

(c)2012 Tribune Media Services Inc 91212

Crossword

Sudoku

FREEbull monitored

security system

bull gas log fireplaces

bull fitness rooms

bull 2 resort pools

CALL (205) 544-1977

palisadesapthomescom

1 2 3 bedrooms

3201 Hargrove Road East

Tuscaloosa AL

ANNOUNCEMENTSHOUSINGHOUSING

DEADLINES Classified line ad deadline is the previous business day by 400 pmHow to place a classified For classified line ads visit wwwcwuaedu and click on the classifieds tab For classified display ads call (205) 348-7355 or email cwclassmgrgmailcom for a free consultation The Crimson White is published four days a week (M T W TH) Each classified line ad must run for a minimum of four days and include no less than 16 words

RATESBest Commercial Rates

4-8 days is $50 per word 9 plus days is $35 per wordStudentFaculty Rates

$35 per word You must register with a Crimson Mail address to get this rate If you enter your ad under student rate without a Crimson Mail address your charge will be adjusted to regular price

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But the opportunitiesare huge

Check out the rates at the top to get your word out there

JOBS

Text ldquochicrdquo to 71441 for Buy One Get One Half Off

McNeff Veterinary

Hospital PC6 minutes from Campus wellness exams vaccinations heartworm prevention amp testing grooming amp more

20 discount for all students15 discount for faculty

Call us for details

1600 Greensboro AveTuscaloosa AL 35401

205-345-6767

Need money for the week-end Turn your ldquostuffrdquo intofast cash Visit wwwcwuaedu and click on the clas-si eds tab Ad placement isquick and easy

Visit wwwcwuaedu and click on the classi eds tab Ad placement is quick and easy

Todayrsquos Birthday (091212) Th is is a perfect moment to re-examine whatrsquos most important to you What and with whom do you want to play Career looks favored to thrive with steady growth Friends and family surround you with love and supportTo get the advantage check the dayrsquos rating 10 is the easiest day 0 the most challengingAries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 9 -- Do something yoursquove always wanted to do Th en make happy plans and create time for romance A female adds the right touch Gather information because you donrsquot have all the facts yetTaurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 9 -- You can tell if itrsquos true love but you may want keep your feelings to yourself for now Inspiration is all around Friends are charming and charmedGemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Itrsquos a beautiful moment to relish What you have to say is important so say it You have a gift with words Leave them wanting more A social event provides surprisesCancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Itrsquos easy to fi nd the resources A little research goes a long way Keep a secret An old friend will repay a favor or a debt Th e outcome is benefi cialLeo (July 23-Aug 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Brilliance comes at you with lighting speed Capture as much as you can taking good notes so yoursquoll remember Let what yoursquore learning sink in Make time for love too Keep a secretVirgo (Aug 23-Sept 22) -- Today is a 6 -- Being graceful and grateful comes

in handy especially now You learn a diff erent way of getting things done Get outdoors Let go off the things that donrsquot serve youLibra (Sept 23-Oct 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Fall in love all over again Dip your oars into social waters and row with gusto Take advantage of your psychic senses Creative work pays well Postpone an outingScorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Put your heart into it as well as your other muscles It will take inspiration and perspiration and it will be worth it Sudoku or some other math game can keep your brain exercisedSagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Work interferes with playtime Do it for love not money and donrsquot be afraid to ask for what yoursquore worth An upgrade may be necessary Th e overall outcome is positiveCapricorn (Dec 22-Jan 19) -- Today is a 6 -- Ask and you shall receive Consider what yoursquore asking for Th ink over a friendrsquos suggestion very carefully Seek harmony in romance Th e odds are in your favorAquarius (Jan 20-Feb 18) -- Today is an 8 -- Partnering is essential for two more days Negotiate a little bit more to refi ne the plan Relaxation helps Accept an invitation from a special personPisces (Feb 19-March 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Entering two days of steady work eff ort Profi t from meticulous service and charm Itrsquos a winning combination You can fi nd the resources to manifest a dream

HOROSCOPES

Classi ed display ads get re-sults Call your Crimson Whitead representative today to ndout how the Crimson White canhelp you create new businessopportunities Call (205) 348-7355 or cwclassmgrgmailcom

XVroad to fifteen

you with us

gameday advertising

now available

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Visit wwwcwuaedu andclick on the classi eds tabAd placement is quick andeasy

12 OFF FIRST Month s Rent- Spacious 2 bedroom 2 bath $700 Close to Midtown amp Campus COURT WOODS 1600 Veterans Memorial Pkwy Call Denise 556-6200 wwwdelviewcom

GAMEDAY HOUSE RENTAL

3 bedroom 3 bath Across from the University Mall Trol-lies available Sleeps 10-12 people $1300 per game weekend Call 2058871160

CAMPUS 3-4 BEDROOM HOUSES very nice avail-able now Lease and deposit

required No pets Call (205) 752-1277

CLAYMONT- on Trolley Line Close to UA 2602 Claybrook Dr One Bedroom $365 Call me for move-in-special- De-nise 556-6200 wwwdelviewcom

12 OFF First Monthrsquos Rent-2 bedroom 2 bath $700 Close to Midtown amp CampusCOURT WOODS 1600 Vet-erans Memorial Pkwy Text ldquoCourtrdquo to 843644 Call De-nise 556-6200 wwwdelviewcom

ROOM FOR SUBLEASE Fe-male roommate needed In a 5br3ba house $570 month walking distance from cam-pus 15 utilities (512)296-7502

DEMONSTRATORS Start Immediatly $300-500 week-ly Part-time $800-1000 Full-time

6 people needed demon-strating air puri cation sys-tems

Indoor air pollution has be-come the number 1 health concern among children

We are being overrun with inquiries about our product and have to increase our staff

Call Kim 205-562-1944

HIRING Servers and Kitchen StaffFor Bryant Denny Stadium$10 Hour and Up for Servers$8 hour and up for utilitycooks dependent on experi-enceCheck out our AD on Craig-slistPosting ID 3172239525

BARTENDING $300 day potential no experience nec-essary Training courses avail-able (800)965-6520 Ext214

ldquoIF YOU LIKE PINA COLA-DAS And getting caught in the rain If yoursquore not into yogaIf you have half a brainIf yoursquod like making love at

midnight In the dunes on the Cape Then Irsquom the love that yoursquove looked forWrite to me and escaperdquo

Editor | Marquavius Burnettcrimsonwhitesportsgmailcom

Wednesday September 12 2012SPORTSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 8

By Zac Al-KhateebStaff Reporter

For those Bama fans who watched Alabama play Western Kentucky this weekend let me say this donrsquot start panicking about the way the Tide played ndash at least not yet

Sure the defense played ten-tatively at times and the offense seemed to struggle with pass blocking and establishing a run-ning game but the end result was still a 35-0 blowout over the Hilltoppers You know what that says to me Even if it doesnrsquot play up to its ridiculously high stan-dards it still comes away with convincing wins

Now does that mean Alabama can afford to play that way against its future opponents Absolutely not But the point Irsquom trying to make is if head coach Nick Saban has his way his team wonrsquot per-form as badly for the rest of the year And for you fans out there already wondering about the Tidersquos title chances that is a com-forting thought

And itrsquos not like Alabama was

the only highly-ranked team last weekend to not play to its stan-dards If you donrsquot believe me look at the Arkansas-University of Louisiana at Monroe game ULM came into Little Rock Ark and stunned the Razorbacks at home 34-31 And if you didnrsquot know Arkansas was ranked No 8 in the nation when it happened

In fact the only top five teams to actually play up to its stan-dards this weekend were LSU and Oklahoma LSU beat Washington 41-3 while Oklahoma beat Florida AampM 69-10 USC the No 2 team in the nation had to struggle to beat Syracuse at home 42-29 while No 4 Oregon beat Fresno State 42-25

Are you starting to see a pat-tern here Most of the top 10 teams this weekend were caught napping For some like Alabama and USC the end result was the same And unfortunately for others ndash herersquos looking at you Hogs ndash the end result was unexpected

Now that each of these teams has been brought back to earth we can start looking for them to

play the type of football we expect of the highest caliber teams And in the case of Alabama you can bet Saban is going to find a way to convince his team they havenrsquot done anything worthwhile yet I expect therersquos going to be a lot of video of quarterback AJ McCarron on his back when the team goes into film study

Alabama will have the chance to rebound against a good Arkansas team a team that much like Alabama simply wasnrsquot playing to its standards Despite the Razorbacksrsquo loss to the Warhawks this weekend this game should stand to serve as Alabamarsquos first true test of the season

So Alabama learned its lesson early against a vastly inferior opponent And although the Tide didnrsquot play the way fans would have liked the game did serve the purpose of waking Alabama up with the added benefit of not having to be beaten beforehand I guess the only thing Tide fans can hope for is that this team learns from its mistakes and avoids repeating them in the future

Fans WKU game not cause for panicBy Billy WhyteStaff Reporter

After a heartbreaking loss against Maryland to close out nonconference play the 5-1 Alabama womenrsquos soccer team will look to bounce back strong at No 22 Tennessee in their first conference game of the season

Coming off a successful nonconference slate head coach Todd Bramble believes the team is prepared and ready for the challenges that await in conference play this weekend

ldquoWersquove played a variety of level of opponents and a variety of styles of playrdquo Bramble said ldquoItrsquos given us an opportunity to spend an extensive time working on our possession game our attacking game and most recently having to defend a strong Maryland team and Irsquom really pleased with every-thing we have learned about ourselves up to this pointrdquo

The Crimson Tide will

need to be at its best against a tough Tennessee team whose only loss this season so far was a one-point loss to No 2 UCLA Bramble said it will be important for the team to remain mentally and emotionally tough in order to be successful this weekend

ldquoWhen you go on the road against conference competi-tion which ramps the level of play up a bit itrsquos important to see how mentally tough and emotionally tough we are as a teamrdquo Bramble said ldquoThat will get put to the test this weekend in a way that hasnrsquot happened yet this seasonrdquo

Even with the pressure of playing against a rival SEC opponent on the road the team is staying focused on its own game this week in prac-tice with the coaches not even mentioning Tennessee until Wednesdayrsquos practice

ldquoWe like our team enough where I think we can con-tinue to really focus on our-selvesrdquo Bramble said ldquoIf we can play up to our potential

we want it to be a situation where the other team has to deal with us If we spend too much time talking about the opposition then at some point that message starts to look like the coaching staff is more worried about our oppo-sition than the confidence in ourselves I think our players know fully what they are get-ting into when they go up to Knoxvillerdquo

Bramble said the team is looking forward to the road test and believes a strong result will give them a lot of confidence entering the rest of conference play

ldquoThis will be our biggest test to daterdquo Bramble said ldquoIf we go into Knoxville and are successful then it will give us a lot of confidence heading into the rest of the season We are looking for-ward to the challenge and we are going to enjoy the week-endrdquo

The game will kick off at Knoxville at 6 pm on Friday Sept 14

Tide ready to face SEC foesCOLUMN SPORTS | WOMENrsquoS SOCCER

By Rebekah DyeContributing Writer

The Alabama volleyball team moved up to an 11-1 record after defeating the Samford Bulldogs 3-1 Tuesday night

The Tide had a rough start los-ing the first set 23-25 but the team stepped up in the final three sets winning 25-16 25-13 and 25-14 ulti-mately giving them the victory

ldquoWe stepped back to the line and put a lot of pressure on their serve-receive and they werenrsquot able to handle that pressurerdquo head

coach Ed Allen said ldquoWe stepped back served aggressively and they werenrsquot able to run their middles and they are a middle-driven teamrdquo

With multiple players perform-ing well Allen believes he may have finally found his starting lineup

ldquoWersquove had about seven differ-ent lineups in the preseasonrdquo Allen said ldquoSteiner is kind of settling into that other outside hitting position which is giving us a lot more con-sistency and we do have balance ndash we have four kids that should be putting up multiple digit kills and Sierra does a great job of spreading

the ball aroundrdquoAlabama had an average hitting

percentage of 328 and multiple girls had double digit kills

Kayla Fitterer was the strongest of the night posting 17 kills 16 digs and a 359 hitting percentage Maintaining focus and poise was a key to her success as well as her teammatesrsquo

ldquoAfter the first game losing we just came back and stayed steadyrdquo senior Kayla Fitterer said ldquoOver this weekend winning 4-0 gave us confidence going into this game and just playing with each other

more and more We are all new girls so playing every day together is making us betterrdquo

Andrea McQuaid and Laura Steiner also posted impressive stats in the victory McQuaid finished with 11 kills and a hitting percent-age of 391 while Steiner ended the night with 14 kills in 37 attempts

Setter Sierra Wilson finished the night with 44 assists Sophomore Katherine White also posted a 545 hitting percentage and seven kills

Now the team is looking ahead to Friday night when it will take on the LSU Tigers

Crimson Tide bounces back beats Samford in 4

CW | Jingyu WanAlabama defeated Samford in four sets Tuesday night in its last match before beginning conference play Friday against LSU

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Editor | Marquavius Burnettcrimsonwhitesportsgmailcom

Wednesday September 12 2012SPORTSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

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By Zac Al-KhateebStaff Reporter

For those Bama fans who watched Alabama play Western Kentucky this weekend let me say this donrsquot start panicking about the way the Tide played ndash at least not yet

Sure the defense played ten-tatively at times and the offense seemed to struggle with pass blocking and establishing a run-ning game but the end result was still a 35-0 blowout over the Hilltoppers You know what that says to me Even if it doesnrsquot play up to its ridiculously high stan-dards it still comes away with convincing wins

Now does that mean Alabama can afford to play that way against its future opponents Absolutely not But the point Irsquom trying to make is if head coach Nick Saban has his way his team wonrsquot per-form as badly for the rest of the year And for you fans out there already wondering about the Tidersquos title chances that is a com-forting thought

And itrsquos not like Alabama was

the only highly-ranked team last weekend to not play to its stan-dards If you donrsquot believe me look at the Arkansas-University of Louisiana at Monroe game ULM came into Little Rock Ark and stunned the Razorbacks at home 34-31 And if you didnrsquot know Arkansas was ranked No 8 in the nation when it happened

In fact the only top five teams to actually play up to its stan-dards this weekend were LSU and Oklahoma LSU beat Washington 41-3 while Oklahoma beat Florida AampM 69-10 USC the No 2 team in the nation had to struggle to beat Syracuse at home 42-29 while No 4 Oregon beat Fresno State 42-25

Are you starting to see a pat-tern here Most of the top 10 teams this weekend were caught napping For some like Alabama and USC the end result was the same And unfortunately for others ndash herersquos looking at you Hogs ndash the end result was unexpected

Now that each of these teams has been brought back to earth we can start looking for them to

play the type of football we expect of the highest caliber teams And in the case of Alabama you can bet Saban is going to find a way to convince his team they havenrsquot done anything worthwhile yet I expect therersquos going to be a lot of video of quarterback AJ McCarron on his back when the team goes into film study

Alabama will have the chance to rebound against a good Arkansas team a team that much like Alabama simply wasnrsquot playing to its standards Despite the Razorbacksrsquo loss to the Warhawks this weekend this game should stand to serve as Alabamarsquos first true test of the season

So Alabama learned its lesson early against a vastly inferior opponent And although the Tide didnrsquot play the way fans would have liked the game did serve the purpose of waking Alabama up with the added benefit of not having to be beaten beforehand I guess the only thing Tide fans can hope for is that this team learns from its mistakes and avoids repeating them in the future

Fans WKU game not cause for panicBy Billy WhyteStaff Reporter

After a heartbreaking loss against Maryland to close out nonconference play the 5-1 Alabama womenrsquos soccer team will look to bounce back strong at No 22 Tennessee in their first conference game of the season

Coming off a successful nonconference slate head coach Todd Bramble believes the team is prepared and ready for the challenges that await in conference play this weekend

ldquoWersquove played a variety of level of opponents and a variety of styles of playrdquo Bramble said ldquoItrsquos given us an opportunity to spend an extensive time working on our possession game our attacking game and most recently having to defend a strong Maryland team and Irsquom really pleased with every-thing we have learned about ourselves up to this pointrdquo

The Crimson Tide will

need to be at its best against a tough Tennessee team whose only loss this season so far was a one-point loss to No 2 UCLA Bramble said it will be important for the team to remain mentally and emotionally tough in order to be successful this weekend

ldquoWhen you go on the road against conference competi-tion which ramps the level of play up a bit itrsquos important to see how mentally tough and emotionally tough we are as a teamrdquo Bramble said ldquoThat will get put to the test this weekend in a way that hasnrsquot happened yet this seasonrdquo

Even with the pressure of playing against a rival SEC opponent on the road the team is staying focused on its own game this week in prac-tice with the coaches not even mentioning Tennessee until Wednesdayrsquos practice

ldquoWe like our team enough where I think we can con-tinue to really focus on our-selvesrdquo Bramble said ldquoIf we can play up to our potential

we want it to be a situation where the other team has to deal with us If we spend too much time talking about the opposition then at some point that message starts to look like the coaching staff is more worried about our oppo-sition than the confidence in ourselves I think our players know fully what they are get-ting into when they go up to Knoxvillerdquo

Bramble said the team is looking forward to the road test and believes a strong result will give them a lot of confidence entering the rest of conference play

ldquoThis will be our biggest test to daterdquo Bramble said ldquoIf we go into Knoxville and are successful then it will give us a lot of confidence heading into the rest of the season We are looking for-ward to the challenge and we are going to enjoy the week-endrdquo

The game will kick off at Knoxville at 6 pm on Friday Sept 14

Tide ready to face SEC foesCOLUMN SPORTS | WOMENrsquoS SOCCER

By Rebekah DyeContributing Writer

The Alabama volleyball team moved up to an 11-1 record after defeating the Samford Bulldogs 3-1 Tuesday night

The Tide had a rough start los-ing the first set 23-25 but the team stepped up in the final three sets winning 25-16 25-13 and 25-14 ulti-mately giving them the victory

ldquoWe stepped back to the line and put a lot of pressure on their serve-receive and they werenrsquot able to handle that pressurerdquo head

coach Ed Allen said ldquoWe stepped back served aggressively and they werenrsquot able to run their middles and they are a middle-driven teamrdquo

With multiple players perform-ing well Allen believes he may have finally found his starting lineup

ldquoWersquove had about seven differ-ent lineups in the preseasonrdquo Allen said ldquoSteiner is kind of settling into that other outside hitting position which is giving us a lot more con-sistency and we do have balance ndash we have four kids that should be putting up multiple digit kills and Sierra does a great job of spreading

the ball aroundrdquoAlabama had an average hitting

percentage of 328 and multiple girls had double digit kills

Kayla Fitterer was the strongest of the night posting 17 kills 16 digs and a 359 hitting percentage Maintaining focus and poise was a key to her success as well as her teammatesrsquo

ldquoAfter the first game losing we just came back and stayed steadyrdquo senior Kayla Fitterer said ldquoOver this weekend winning 4-0 gave us confidence going into this game and just playing with each other

more and more We are all new girls so playing every day together is making us betterrdquo

Andrea McQuaid and Laura Steiner also posted impressive stats in the victory McQuaid finished with 11 kills and a hitting percent-age of 391 while Steiner ended the night with 14 kills in 37 attempts

Setter Sierra Wilson finished the night with 44 assists Sophomore Katherine White also posted a 545 hitting percentage and seven kills

Now the team is looking ahead to Friday night when it will take on the LSU Tigers

Crimson Tide bounces back beats Samford in 4

CW | Jingyu WanAlabama defeated Samford in four sets Tuesday night in its last match before beginning conference play Friday against LSU

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