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Enrollment grows by 58 percent in 1 yearNEWS | UNIVERSITY GROWTH

By Rich RobinsonAssistant News Editor

Voters in Alabama will be tasked with deciding if they want to tap into an emergency trust fund to bridge the statersquos budget gap on Sept 18 If the vote is defeated and no agree-ment is made in the legislature then the state budget will need to be cut by 17 percent

Some Alabama students are very active in the run up to the vote as the debate has laid bare a split in the statewide Republican party

In a press release the Student Government Association announced its support of the ballot measure due to potential cuts in state education spend-ing

ldquoIf the amendment is not passed money to fund these agencies will most likely come from the Education Trust Fund which would cause cuts to

higher education and K-12 edu-cationrdquo the SGA statement said

While the SGA is speculat-ing about the potential of bud-get cuts further down the road Alabamarsquos nursing home com-munity is bracing for a more immediate crisis

ldquoThere is a very real chance that you would see nursing homes close if this referen-dum failedrdquo John Matson the spokesman for the Alabama Nursing Home Association said via a phone interview

Matson said 70 percent of nursing homes in Alabama receive their funding through Medicaid Medicaid is the gov-ernment health care program for low-income and disabled Americans It receives most of its funding from the state gen-eral fund and is on the chop-ping block if another solution is not agreed upon Matson said many of those homes could not survive a large cut in Medicaid funds

Statersquos budget gap forces vote

NEWS | 2012 ELECTIONS

Medicaid essential services could be cut

SEE ELECTION PAGE 2

By Madison RobertsContributing Writer

The Society of Women Engineers will host an event for nearly 200 middle school girls Saturday Sept 15 provid-ing them with hands-on expe-riences in an effort to spark an

interest in engineeringThe first WOW Thatrsquos

Engineering event will run from 830 am to 330 pm at the Ferguson Center Student Union

ldquoStudies show that young girls donrsquot have much oppor-tunity to find out about engi-neering so we are trying to be that catalystrdquo Beth Todd SWE faculty advisor and mechanical engineering professor said

Rachel Mitchell a senior majoring in chemical engineer-ing said she was first intro-duced to engineering through a similar SWE outreach event she attended in middle school Now as the president of SWE she hopes to give the girls a sim-ilar experience to hers in a tra-ditionally male-dominated field

ldquoA lot of young girls donrsquot realize what engineering can do for themrdquo Mitchell said

Todd said because of a lack of opportunity for young women to learn about engineering they come into college unaware that it is something they can pursue

ldquoThere are many many job opportunities to hire women in engineeringrdquo Todd said ldquoBefore [students] enter col-lege they may not know whatrsquos out thererdquo

Group to promote engineering to girlsNEWS | COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

CULTURE | FIVE

FIVE now offering breakfast lunch menus

Women engineers to stoke early interest

SEE ENGINEERING PAGE 2

By Mary Kathryn PattersonContributing Writer

The popular downtown res-taurant FIVE now offers stu-dents and patrons a different atmosphere from the night

time hot spot in the form of a coffee shop cafeacute

FIVE Java serves fresh juic-es smoothies coffee and more to customers beginning at 7 am every day The addition to FIVE opened on June 13 and general manager Jeremy Hicks said he expects business to pick up even more now that students are back in town

ldquoFIVE Java is great for stu-dentsrdquo Hicks said ldquoWe offer free WiFi and we recently added several Mac and iPhone chargers for students to use as wellrdquo

In addition to the extensive coffee and smoothie menus

FIVE Java also offers a lunchmenu available at 1030 am In sticking with the tradition ofthe original restaurant FIVElunch menu options are avail-able during the day

Coffeeshop opens at 7 am on weekdays

SEE FIVE PAGE 2

CW | Caitlin TrotterFIVE Java offers students space quiet in a downtown cafe adjoining the popular restaurant

CW | Whitney Hendrix and Sarah Grace Moorehead

TWEET US | TheCrimsonWhiteJoin our conversation on Twitter about campus growth Use the hashtag uagrowth to tweet your thoughts on the numbers presented here

CORRECTIONIn the Sept 11 2012 edition of The Crimson White three

studentsrsquo last names were mispelled in the story ldquoPaty Hall residents unified despite negative conditions reputationrdquo The studentsrsquo names are Jonathan Burpo Colby Moeller and Stewart Chandler The Crimson White regrets the errors and is happy to set the record straight

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Both Mitchell and Alexis Cunningham a freshman majoring in chemical engi-neering said they have often felt outnumbered in engineering classes

ldquoSometimes Irsquoll get in a class and look around and think lsquoWow there arenrsquot very many females in herersquo but because Irsquom so involved in SWE it doesnrsquot seem as bad to merdquo Mitchell said

Mitchell said part of the purpose of SWE is to make women feel comfortable in such a male-dominated field

ldquoPart of what we do is draw women inrdquo Mitchell said ldquoIt makes us realize that [engineering] is actu-ally something we can do If itrsquos strictly male-domi-nated a lot of times women will be intimidated But itrsquos good to have people of your gender that you can talk tordquo

Cunningham wants to join SWE to surround her-self with women engineers who are undertaking the same challenge she is She believes WOW Thatrsquos Engineering will be ben-eficial to middle school stu-dents

ldquoIt will give them new ways they can learn about things and it will help them grow in their confi-dence because they know

that theyrsquore intelligent and they can do whatever they wantrdquo Cunningham said

Grace Hoover coordina-tor for the event and SWE vice president of member-ship says it is encourag-ing to see so many fresh-men wanting to become involved in SWE so early and is pleased with the turnout of volunteers who registered to help with the event

ldquoWe have had over 50 student volunteers to help with the event this year which is hugerdquo she said ldquoItrsquos really encouraging to see freshmen girls want-ing to get involved so early and a lot of our volunteers are freshmenrdquo

During the event girls will be able to apply engi-neering to real-life situ-ations through hands-on experiences There will be activities including solar cars making a dance pad which emphasizes electri-cal engineering a confetti launcher and an oil spill activity which is related to the BP Oil Spill that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010

Hoover said they chose to reach out to females in middle school because it ldquogets engineering on their radarrdquo

ldquoI think itrsquos a crucial time because theyrsquore about to go into high school and that is where you really start looking into colleg-es and what your future career path is going to berdquo she said

ENGINEERING FROM PAGE 1

SWE promotes female engineers

ldquoSince we decided to offer lunch business has really picked uprdquo Hicks said ldquoItrsquos a cool place to grab coffee or something off our lunch menu and study or to come and be social and hang out with friendsrdquo

Paige Miller a frequent visi-tor of FIVE Java said she enjoys having available space to meet with friends without feeling crowded or rushed

ldquoI like that when you come in you have a place to sit and you can actually have a conversation without having to just take your coffee and leaverdquo Miller said

Miller said FIVE Javarsquos loca-tion is one of the reasons the cof-fee shop remains intimate and

separated from the often crowd-ed campus restaurants

ldquoI feel like with [FIVE Java] being downtown itrsquos a little more hiddenrdquo Miller said ldquoI like that they have repurposed an old downtown building and added something extrardquo

Marlena McConville a junior majoring in geography and an employee at FIVE Java said she loves the cozy ambiance of the shop

ldquoI love it at FIVE Java because it feels like I am hanging out in an old cabinrdquo McConville said ldquoEverything offered there is fresh and it doesnrsquot feel like your normal corporate coffee shoprdquo

Hicks said FIVE hasnrsquot need-ed much formal advertising because the experiences of cus-tomers usually speak for them-selves

ldquoWe use a more word of mouth approachrdquo Hicks said ldquoI think

minimum advertising is one of the reasons we are popularrdquo

The restaurantrsquos downtown location has been great for host-ing a variety of patrons Hicks said

ldquoWe get everyone from stu-dents to lawyers to other busi-ness owners downtownrdquo Hicks said ldquoWe have regulars as well as first-timers every day We havenrsquot really had a slow sea-sonrdquo

Hicks said the owners of FIVE are planning to open several more locations but each restau-rant will be different from the others

ldquoWersquore far from corporaterdquo Hicks said ldquoWersquore going to have a lot of restaurants but the idea is for each to have a unique addi-tion like the Tuscaloosa loca-tionrsquos coffee shop It makes us different from other restaurant chainsrdquo

FIVE FROM PAGE 1

FIVE Java offers coffee downtown

The nursing association is so concerned about the prospect of Medicaid cuts due to the defeat of the amendment that they have donated $350000 in campaign contributions to the pro-yes vote group Keep Alabama Working

Keep Alabama Working claims that the consequences of not passing the amendment would be dire for the future of the state According to its website keepalabamaworkingcom 9500 state inmates would be released from prison while 8800 children would lose their child care due

to cuts from the Department of Human Resources

ldquoThis is a constitutional amendment that was proposed by state legislators and passed overwhelmingly by Republicans and Democrats as a way to get through this difficult economic periodrdquo Gov Robert Bentley said in a statement ldquoThis is the most difficult economic period the state has faced in many yearsrdquo

Bentley is encouraging voters to vote yes

Zan Green is the president of the Rainy Day Patriots Tea Party and will be voting against the change next Tuesday

Green said Governor Bentley is wrong in his support of the measure

ldquoI donrsquot understand why the people we fought so hard to send to Montgomery are kicking the can down the roadrdquo Green said ldquoIrsquom not the brightest bulb in the building but I just know that if you spend more than you take in then you are eventu-ally going to run out of space to rob Peter to pay Paulrdquo

The chairman of the Alabama Republican Party Bill Armistead said this issue has divided the state GOP

ldquoWe were pretty well split between those that support-ed it and those who oppose itrdquo Armistead said

The state party has decid-ed not to pick sides in the

vote but Armistead understandsthe enormity of whatrsquos at stake

ldquoWersquove never been in thisdifficult of a position beforerdquoArmistead said ldquoIf there hasever been a time to borrowmoney now is itrdquo

And while other members ofhis party are venting due to theperceived betrayal of the gover-nor and legislature to conserva-tive ideals Armistead holds outhope for the future

ldquoI do think that this governorand legislature want to fix theproblem they just need a littlemore timerdquo Armistead said

Regan Williams is the chair-man of the College RepublicansWilliams agrees that there is arift in the state GOP and said itwas the same on campus He isreluctantly supporting the mea-sure and does not agree withconcerns of the Tea Party

ldquoI hate to devalue their con-cerns but itrsquos [the trust fund]there for when we need itrdquoWilliams said ldquoWe have to fix itsomehow and thatrsquos what a rainyday fund is forrdquo

Republican State Rep JohnMerrill represents Tuscaloosa inMontgomery and is lobbying fora yes vote

ldquoIrsquove spoken to several groupshad phone calls with constitu-ents and social media interac-tions with constituents lettingthem know what the situationwill be if this does not passrdquoMerrill said

ELECTION FROM PAGE 1

Nursing homes childcare at risk

Editor | Melissa Brownnewsdeskcwuaedu

Thursday September 13 2012NEWSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 3

By April IveyContributing Writer

The Crimson Ride is running a new express route to give stu-dents parking in the Southeast Commuter Zones a quicker commute to the Quad

The route is called the Crimson Express and stops at the Coleman Coliseum park-ing lot Moody Music Building Lloyd Hall Gorgas Library Bidgood Hall and Coliseum Drive by the Mal Moore Building

Ralph Clayton assis-tant director of Transit and Transportation Services said the route was requested by many students

ldquoThis route reduces the num-ber of stops and creates a more direct route from large com-muter lots to the core of cam-pus and returnsrdquo Clayton said ldquoThis benefits a large number of students who just need a ride into the core of campus with the least number of stops The primary beneficiaries of this route are commuter studentsrdquo

Crimson Ride drivers feel the new route is ideal for get-ting students to and from class quickly

ldquoI like the new routerdquo Shell Jones a Crimson Ride driver said ldquoIt lets us get kids to class and back to their cars fasterrdquo

JrsquoHawi Crawett a sopho-more majoring in forensic

psychology said the new route is convenient to just get across the Quad

ldquoAfter my 530 class I never want to walk all the way to Ten Hoor [from Lloyd Hall] so itrsquos convenient for merdquo Crawett said

Though employees and students alike find the new express to be convenient some students have been confused when they think they are rid-ing a non-express route that stops at Julia Tutwiler Hall and Reese Phifer Hall

Jones said some students have expressed their frustra-tion to her but she believes the express route is becoming increasingly popular

Crimson Express Route

CW | Sarah Grace Moorehead

New Crimson Ride route creates quicker commute to Quad

By Adrienne Burch and Katherine LangnerCW Staff

University students often travel abroad to immerse themselves in another coun-tryrsquos language and culture for a year or a semester but many are unaware that a similar environment exists right here at the Capstone

Culture-based living-learning communities at the University such as the French and German House are designed for students seek-ing a way to study a countryrsquos respective language and cul-ture in an immersed environ-ment

ldquoStudents who participate in living-learning communi-ties connect their living envi-ronments to their academic interests creating a more uni-fied college experiencerdquo Alicia Browne director of UA hous-ing administration said

Founded in the fall semes-ter 1978 the Hans and Sophie Scholl Haus or German House located on Bryce Lawn pro-vides residence for 10 to 15 students each year including native German speakers and American students studying the language

ldquoWe hope that they will have a pseudo-immersion experi-ence thus improving their lan-guage abilityrdquo Elaine Martin faculty liaison for the German House said ldquoand that they will also make new interna-tional friends and learn more about German culturerdquo

American students living in the house are able to take part in a two-credit conversation course only open to German house residents and taught by a native German speaker

Eva Schmeidl student house director of the German House and German graduate student is a German foreign exchange student who through a

scholarship from the Federation of German-American clubs was chosen to live at the German House As house director she plans the weekly meetings for the stu-dents taking part in the course credit option while living in the house

Schmeidl said her favorite part about living in the German House is having interesting discussions with her house-mates about cultural differ-ences between Germany and the US She said as a native German speaker in the house she also has to remember to encourage the English speak-ers to converse in German as

much as possibleldquoWe want them to get over

the fear of speaking in a lan-guage they are not 100 per-cent sure offrdquo Schmeidl said ldquoIn the German House they have a chance to use German around friends without the fear of getting laughed atrdquo

Schmeidl said by the end of the semester she hopes the students will feel confi-dent enough in the language to exclusively use German around the house

The French House serves a similar purpose to the German House in that its purpose is for students to improve their language skills by immersing

them in a French-speaking environment

French House faculty advi-sor and assistant professor of French Jean Luc Robin said the idea for the French house actually came partly from his German colleagues who have run a successful German House for many years

ldquoIt seemed like a great way to create a smaller friendly and more intimate community of French-speaking peers on a campus that might otherwise swallow students up in a sea of anonymityrdquo Robin said

Melissa Henderson the French House student director is living in the French house as she pursues her masterrsquos degree in French literature

ldquoIn my eyes French House is a student community where we eat French classics like crepes bread and cheese while talking about everyday thingsrdquo Henderson said

Henderson said the French

house provides students with a more relaxed envi-ronment to speak and learn the language

ldquoI am usually a nervous wreck in the classroomrdquo Henderson said ldquoI definitely feel more relaxed speaking French with my residents than my professorsrdquo

Henderson said she will have the opportunity to teach her own French 101 class next fall but the French house is giving her the chance to experience this teaching ele-ment in a much less intimi-dating environment There is one native French speak-er living in the house this semester named Benjamin Henderson said

ldquoItrsquos a mutual exchange because wersquore teaching Benjamin to say lsquoRoll Tidersquo and hersquos teaching us card games and how to make authentic French dishesrdquo Henderson said

Culture-based residences immerse students in foreign languagesldquo Students who participate in living-learning communities connect their

living environments to their academic interests creating a more unifi ed college experience

mdash Alicia Browne

Editor | SoRelle Wyckoffletterscwuaedu

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MCT Campus

CW | Austin Bigoney

Donrsquot waste your chalk

Yoursquore also probably start-ing to feel a little annoyed with both sides of the abortion issue

Last week the following words appeared in colorful block letters on the Crimson Promenade ldquoHey I just met you and this is crazy but donrsquot abort me cause Irsquom your babyrdquo This is just one of many similar messages others of which read ldquoLife is beautifulrdquo and ldquoWe believe in womenrsquos rights to be bornrdquo

A few days later responses started to crop up One etched alongside the ldquoCall Me Mayberdquo shout-out reads ldquohellipPlease attempt to be less tastelessrdquo Another more to the point says ldquoYou donrsquot know a damn

thing about us NEVER assume you are the moral superior because of your scruplesrdquo Others hash out common pro-choice arguments and many responses attack the original pro-life messages and their authors

Therersquos one thing that is certain about these messages no one has revised their own views on abortion because of them

Political discourse and activ-ism are valuable aspects of aca-demia and they are spurred on by the spirit of intellectualism that a collegiate environment creates But itrsquos very easy for impassioned students to cross the line between meaningful dialogue and rhetoric

Last year students gath-ered for the Not Isolated March to fight social inequal-ity at the University Others would gather at the Crimson Promenade to hold demonstra-tions opposing House Bill 56 a proposed immigration law that was decried by many as intrusive and racist Later that same year a protest was held at the same location to protest Senate Bill 5 a controversial ldquopersonhood billrdquo that would have radically altered the law surrounding abortion birth control and the responsibilities of obstetricians

These are all examples of constructive political action In each case students raised awareness of a particular issue

and interested passers-by were directed to more specific per-suasive sources of information

By contrast all the chalk messages did was make people angry

Wersquore all surrounded by political sentiment and therersquos a right and a wrong way to handle it Insults mantras fear mongering and hatred are all too common on campus They can be found everywhere from casual conversations to political cartoons and bumper stickers and they add nothing to Bamarsquos political culture

So donrsquot waste your chalk

Nathan James is a sophomore majoring in public relations His column runs on Thursday

How can UA grow as a communityBy Tray SmithOnline Editor

ldquoCultural growthrdquo is a new buzzword on cam-pus After the last decadersquos enrollment explosionmany students are looking for ways we can engi-neer parallel growth as a unified community

Growth as a community though is morecomplicated than growth as a student body Toexpand student enrollment admissions officerscan strive to meet new quotas administratorscan detail their plans in precise PowerPoint pre-sentations and targeted marketing campaignscan promote the University to large swaths ofpotential recruits in states across the country

Communities on the other hand tend tobe defined by the people who live in themndash in our case we the students They devel-op more from the bottom-up than fromadministrative planning

Still leaders acting in their own spheres ofinfluence can have a remarkable impact on thecourses communities take That is certainly truehere where administrators and student leadershave many opportunities to shape conversationsand implement important programs

Those conversations and programs can lead toprofound changes in the way we interact withand think about each other

Universal freshman mentoring that bringsdiverse groups of students together the momentthey step on campus could lead to enduringfriendships and it would allow students to formnetworks that cut through traditional social bar-riers Community activities in the dorms couldcreate a real sense of identity among residentspulling them out of their spacious suites to meetand work with their neighbors Smaller classsizes and group projects as much as some stu-dents may despise them could generate partner-ships that grow into joint research endeavors orlaunch new student organizations

That is exactly what happened in 2005 when agroup of students in an Honors College seminarpresented an idea for an arts-advocacy organi-zation that eventually became Creative CampusThat program was later featured in the New YorkTimes bestselling book ldquoThat Used to Be Usrdquowritten by Times columnist Thomas Friedmanand Johns Hopkins University professor MichaelMandelbaum

Other less ambitious policy changes couldalso strengthen our community Moving towarda smoke-free campus for example could make usall healthier while discouraging more studentsfrom picking up the dangerous habit of smokingcigarettes

Most importantly though community growthmust start with the realization that others donrsquotgain at our expense that the UA experience is nota finite resource to be more evenly distributedbut that it can be enhanced infinitely to empowermore students from different communities

We have nothing to fear when others succeedIn fact the better any UA student does the betteroff we all are because we all share the prestigethat comes with having a UA diploma

Greek students really donrsquot stand to lose muchif a non-greek student is elected to a student gov-ernment office non-greek students arenrsquot hurt bythe development of new fraternity and sororityhouses white students in the Capstone Men andWomen have nothing to fear if that program evermakes more than a token effort at diversity ourfootball tickets arenrsquot going to lose value if we allhave to wait for a seat rather than having themreserved for a few of us

Today the University offers many vibrant sub-communities to new students the greek commu-nity the Honors College organizations devotedto the arts and leadership programs Manyof those sub-communities could and shouldbecome more inclusive and accessible But thatwill only happen when we create a vibrant com-munity of the whole that connects students withwidely different backgrounds and interests

Two weeks ago before Guy Bailey took chargeas the Universityrsquos president Provost JudyBonner released a statement welcoming him tocampus that touched on this very issue

ldquoItrsquos an important time for us to remember whowe are and to affirm who we must be with everychoice and every decision every dayrdquo Bonnerwrote ldquoPlease join me in making sure that ourcampus is always a welcoming inclusive andrespectful environment where every member ofthe UA family can be hisher highest and bestself and where we enable and encourage integ-rity success and pride in every action and everyendeavorrdquo

The statement was striking not only because ofits exceptional language but because it wasnrsquot nec-essary to explain the event at hand Bonner couldhave released a generic statement simply welcom-ing Bailey but she chose instead to challenge us to our highest values as a University community

Those are the values that must guide us if weare serious about initiating this new phase ofgrowth Are we ready to fully embrace them

Tray Smith is the Online Editor of The CrimsonWhite His column runs on Thursday

By Nathan James | Staff Columnist

If you have chalk five minutes and the incli-nation you can create a message that will be seen by literally thousands of people on

campus And if you walk past the Quad or the Crimson Promenade on your way to class you have firsthand experience evincing this

ON THE TWITTERVERSE

Aurora shooterrsquos UAB rejection letter saved Alabama from more tragedyBy Hannah WaidContributing Writer

This week The University of Alabama at Birmingham released documents reveal-ing that the alleged Dark Knight Rises shooter James Holmes had applied for a graduate program at UAB but had been rejected

The man who killed 12 and wounded 58 could have been right here in Alabama not even an hour away from Tuscaloosa and the only thing that stopped him was a simple rejection letter Holmes applied in October 2010 was interviewed in February 2011 and received a rejection letter in March 2011 For us this blessing of rejec-tion changed the course of his path and sent him away from our beloved state

It was only a month after James Holmes was rejected that the state of Alabama experienced its first bout of recent devastation April 27 2011 A little more than a year later it was the tragic shoot-ing in Auburn on June 9 that left three dead It was then the shocking shooting at the Copper Top bar during the early morning hours of July 17

But to think there could have been another shoot-ing in our state only three

days after the Tuscaloosa shooting How much more tragedy could the state of Alabama have handled Two shootings in two months was bad enough and we barely escaped adding a third shoot-ing to the list

What has become of our nation that has within the past year been rattled with shootings across the country The two shootings in Alabama the movie the-ater massacre in Colorado the temple shooting in W i s c o n s i n the shooting near the Texas AampM campus the shooting at the Empire State building Why is this list so long for a span of just a few months Should we as students be afraid to go to a movie or prac-tice our religion Should those in the business world be afraid to serve an eviction notice or fire an employee

Surely and hopefully the answer is no While we may experience some moments of fear in light of recent events one should not live in fear every moment One would hope that our country halts

this declining pattern of vio-lence and begins back on the peaceful path It would be nice to see people handle their problems in ways other than with guns and violence

Could all these devastating shootings have been solved with a mature conversation Probably not all of them But with the case of James Holmes it just goes to show you that one small thing

something as simple as a piece of paper can change s o m e o n e rsquo s path

Perhaps a friendly smile to the seem-ingly intro-verted outcast could change his or her perception of those around them Perhaps

another look at gun control laws could allow a tighten-ing of policies to decrease gun violence Whatever it may be no matter how small something needs to change to revert this recent sense of doubt and tragedy back to the inherent goodness of human-ity

Hannah Waid is a junior majoring in English

Just when we havenrsquot seen it in a while here we go again Nick Saban went sideways in a press conference The first headline I saw read ldquoAnother Saban Outburstrdquo What did it this time I wondered The story quickly went viral as Sabanrsquos stories often do and I was already thinking my way into a column before I went looking for the news confer-ence

When I actually watched the ldquooutburstrdquo in its entirety my first thought was lsquoThatrsquos itrsquo I mean he didnrsquot even raise his voice After his ini-tial comments and before taking questions he politely appreciated the opportunity to ldquoget that off my chestrdquo Did the slight smile inadvertently displayed as he exited the podium belie the intentional nature of his comments Could this have been con-trived with the hidden desire of sending a message to his team

So why the big dust up What was the big issue this time Well it seems that coach Saban was ldquoupsetrdquo as he put it with how writers and commentators had already crowned his Crimson Tide 2012 National Champions after their destruction of eighth-ranked Michigan Which is exactly what we were all doing after one game If that wasnrsquot enough writers from Lexington to College Station

had already determined the outcome of Saturdayrsquos game against Western Kentucky The Hilltoppers they said shouldnrsquot even bother to show up

This is the kind of thing that drives all coaches not just Nick Saban crazy ndash crown-ing a team after one week Clearly Sabanrsquos Alabama team is loaded with talent and looked awful good for a week-one top-10 showdown and the coach in pursuit of his fourth BCS title is as intense as ever But he knows that one game does not make a season He knows his team struggled significantly after big open-ing day wins against Clemson and Virginia Tech with lowly Louisiana-Monore and Florida International in sea-sons past As it turned out his players looked a little sloppy Saturday barely rushing for a hundred yards and that best-in-the-country offensive line gave up six sacks The bottom line on all this was that Saban was right

Still this is all just pretty routine stuff as coaches and teams and press conferences go Sabanrsquos ldquooutburstrdquo was anything but The bigger story here was not the com-ments or the writers or even the outcome of the game Itrsquos the coach himself Why do we love to hate this guy

In fact we should love a guy who says what all the

other coaches long to say but are too politically cor-rect or scared to say them-selves They all know that our pens and microphones can send a message to their players that they must work overtime to counteract They attend our news conferences and tolerate us because they are contractually obligated to do so Do we really think any of them want to stop on the way to the locker room at halftime to answer two ridic-ulous questions They canrsquot control what we write or say and we make their jobs more difficult when we tell 20-year-olds that they are better than they are

To be sure Nick Saban isnrsquot going to win any awards as a media darling Guess what The coach doesnrsquot care He would love for people to stop writing about his team as NFL caliber but hey it goes with the territory They still have affection for him in Baton Rouge even though he is now with the enemy And hersquos pretty popular in Tuscaloosa these days

There are only six guys with a statue down there rep-resenting those 14 national titles Trouble for everyone else is one of them is still prowling the sidelines

Robert Stephens is an alum-nus of The University of Alabama

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 13 2012 | Page 5

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

ldquoIt was only a month after

James Holmes was rejected that the state of Alabama

experienced its first bout of recent devastation April 27

2011

Setting the record straight on Saban

IN RESPONSE TOldquoHow do you feel about todayrsquos enrollment announcement Do you think 33602 is too many not enough or the right

number of studentsrdquo

ldquoand who is excited about this other than the university Not

the studentshellip ldquo

ldquocampus is over-crowded try and go to the rec and get a treadmill in the mid-dle of the afternoon

or eveningrdquo

ldquoToo high for the resources Letrsquos solve

housing parking and dining issures before we grow

morerdquo

ldquoItrsquos all in the plan Who needs to

increase tutition when you can sus-

tain yourself on parking violationsrdquo

ldquotake a look at the Ferg at noon or the

parking lots and thatrsquos enough to see itrsquos too much for the space we have right

nowrdquo

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTSPage 6 | Thursday September 13 2012

By Sarah RobinsonContributing Writer

The second year of The University of Alabamarsquos Non-Profit Proteacutegeacute Program is now underway taking applications for students to participate in an eight-week mentor-ing program with non-profit professionals

A collaborative effort of the Community Service Center and the Career Center the program started in 2011 pairing partici-pants with an administrator or CEO of an Alabama non-profit organization The members are expected to arrange weekly meetings with their mentor

Not to be confused with an internship the experience grants a limited number of stu-dents the opportunity to attend board meetings sit in on staff and committee meetings visit with potential financial donors and witness the working world of a non-profit leader

Kimberly Montgomery assistant director of the CSC is heading this yearrsquos program and adopting the responsibili-ties of former assistant direc-

tor Rachel Edington who pro-pelled the program into suc-cess Although the programrsquos administration has changed the goals remain the same

ldquoOur expectations are as it was last year to have stu-dents make valuable con-nections and gain profitable insight into their career plansrdquo Montgomery said

Students of all majors are encouraged to apply

ldquoThe Non-Profit Proteacutegeacute Program is an experience for someone who wants to make a positive change for themselves their non-profit and the com-munityrdquo said Haley Clemons a student director of public rela-tions marketing and graphic design at the CSC

Junior accounting major Marina Robertsrsquo participation with the program last year led to other professional opportu-nities

After Roberts expressed interest in the grant process her mentor DrsquoUndray Peterson at Tuscaloosarsquos One Place put her in contact with a grant writer Having established a connection and receiving

guidance from the writer she is now in the process of writingher grant and attributes all of her success to the program

UA graduate Nicole Carr applied last year in hopes of getting a better understanding of the daily operations of work-ing in a non-profit She was pleased with her mentor who went the extra mile to ensure Carr accomplished everything she wanted in the program

ldquoMy mentor gave me a tour of five non-profits where I was able to see the daily operations of each as well as interact with individuals at somerdquo said Carr who still maintains contact with her mentor

ldquoWe just want to continue the momentum that we have going for the program and reach out to more students to get involvedrdquo Wahnee Sherman director of the CSC said

Students interested in apply-ing must be at least a sopho-more enrolled at the Universityby this fall and have a mini-mum 25 cumulative GPA Applications are due Friday Sept 21 by 5 pm to the CSC located in the Ferguson Center

Non-profi t mentoring program searches for applicants to work with professionals

By Emily LukerContributing Writer

The Office of Disability Services is hosting an event on Sept 14 to assist students with and without disabilities to better understand certain tech-nologies

The Accessible and Assistive Technology Expo of Alabama will feature presentations by several major computer hard-ware and software manufactur-ers including Apple

The expo will be held in the third floor of the Ferguson Center from 8 am to 5 pm Admission is free and open to all members of the UA com-munity as well as to the general public

According to odsuaeduaatexalabama the expo seeks to introduce attend-ees to technology they may not have seen before while demon-strating some accessibility fea-tures of technology that attend-ees may already be using

Marion Stevens the Assistive Technology Specialist at ODS says the event will be beneficial to anyone who comes

ldquoSince the expo is open to everyone both on and off campus anyone who might be interested in these topics is welcome to comerdquo Stevens said ldquoI think there are many people in the community who could benefit from learning about these technologiesrdquo

It is important for students without disabilities to recog-

nize that those with them are walking among them every day Stevens said

ldquoThere are many [dis-abilities] that are practically invisible unless you know what yoursquore looking forrdquo Stevens said ldquoFor exam-

ple a student with a learning disability looks no different than a student without one but they have to work much harder to be successful in their classesrdquo

Stevens also said that

students without disabili-ties can benefit from a better awareness of how various dis-abilities can affect others

ldquoFor example with the right technologies a blind person can read electronic texts much faster than a sighted person can but to be accessible that text must be formatted prop-erlyrdquo Stevens said ldquoMaking materials accessible isnrsquot that difficult but it requires an awareness as to why doing it is importantrdquo

This is a first-time event at the University but organizers intend for it to continue into the future

ldquoOur goal is to do it annually but since this is the first time wersquoll have to see how well itrsquos receivedrdquo Stevens said ldquoThe more people who attend the more likely we can have it again next year since the technology vendors and organizations will be more likely to come back if attendance is strongrdquo

Although it is not required organizers ask that those planning to attend fill out the attendee registration form on the ODS website so that they can get an accurate assess-ment of participation

Disability Services to host tech exposition to raise awareness

By Chandler WrightContributing Writer

Leadership UA is a leadership development program for UA sophomores and junior and is currently taking applications for the 2012-2013 class

ldquoThe main purpose of Leadership UA is bridging the gap between the freshman level programs and when they become officers of whatever student organization theyrsquore in on campusrdquo Nick Lambert the graduate assistant for Leadership UA said

Lambert said Leadership UA hopes to develop sophomores and juniors so they can effec-tively lead their organizations on campus in senior leadership positions

ldquoWe take them to different leadership venues that they can see first-hand leadership expe-rience so that when they come back theyrsquore able to talk about these things together to make sure that those leadership skills are developedrdquo Lambert said

Last year Leadership UA

students travelled to Montgomery and met with Gov Robert Bentley and others in the state capitol Lambert said

ldquoItrsquos an elite organization and we like to think that wersquore really going to develop these students to become leaders of these top tier organizations such as SGA IFC Panhellenic Academic Honor Council all those differ-ent organizationsrdquo Lambert said

Chelsea Ellis a junior major-ing in economics and political science said she met new peo-ple from different backgrounds through the program

ldquoI learned a lot about how to be polished and meet really important peoplerdquo Ellis said ldquoI wouldnrsquot really know how to shake the presidentrsquos hand or something Just meeting people in general I learned a lot of sociable etiquette kind of skillsrdquo

This year Lambert said Leadership UA will be split into a statewide track and a global track

ldquoThe statewide track will be similar to last year and global

track will finish with a study abroad trip in May to Athens Madrid and Londonrdquo Lambert said ldquoEach year is going to have a different theme depending on whatrsquos going on around the country and around the worldrdquo

Lambert said that this yearrsquos theme is economics and encour-aged students interested in the field to apply

ldquoItrsquos something you might not be able to find in other organi-zations to really develop your leadership skillsrdquo Lambert said ldquoOnce you graduate your expe-rience isnrsquot over You can carry that into your job or whatever you decide to do after college to really keep further developing those skills yoursquove learn through the programsrdquo

Applications are due Thursday by 445 pm in the dean of studentsrsquo office in 230 Ferguson The application can be found online at dosuaedu

ldquoGo for itrdquo Ellis said ldquoYou donrsquot really know until you get it Yoursquore not going to get it unless you try It really is such a big opportunityrdquo

Leadership UA accepting new sophomores juniors

By Alan AlexanderContributing Writer

The University of Alabama campus is home to more than 7000 students in 19 residence halls which are occasionally subject to instances of malfunc-tion

Whether itrsquos an overflowing toilet or a broken air condition-ing unit students rely on UA Facilities to take care of the problem

It all starts with a work orderIf residents were to find their

hallway flooded they would be better off to leave their towels hanging where they are and make for their computer

ldquoStudents can submit an online work order which is received by an office associ-ate who assesses the sever-ity of their problemrdquo said Alicia Browne director of housing administration ldquoFrom there the issue is relayed to the appro-priate division of facilities and technicians are dispatched to

resolve the problemrdquoTo submit a work order stu-

dents visit the Universityrsquos housing website for a work order request form The form then prompts students to supply basic information such as the building name room number phone number and details of the problem

ldquoIn the last fiscal year we received 38000 work order requests throughout the cam-pusrdquo Betty Drummond a pro-gram assistant with the cus-tomer services office said ldquoThe majority of those requests dealt with ventilation and plumbingrdquo

UA Facilities is separated into various divisions of labor that include plumbing heating ven-tilation electrical maintenance elevator general building main-tenance and custodial services

Clad in crimson work shirts with ldquoThe University of Alabama Facilitiesrdquo embroidered in white on their left breast they are rou-tinely seen driving around cam-pus in Kawasaki Mules

UA Facilities provides ser-vices around the clock for the complications that arise in the middle of the night

ldquoAfter normal duty hours UAPD receives calls and noti-fies on-duty technicians or shop managers of specific work that gets requestedrdquo Duane Lamb assistant vice president for facil-ities and grounds said

One such instance occurred for a resident of Ridgecrest West

Lee McNorton a junior major-ing in engineering returned home late from studying at Bruno Library to find his sink

Work order forms provide quick assistanceclogged and water overflowing onto the floor and carpet After staunching the immediate flow he submitted a work order the following morning

ldquoThey were very responsive in attending to our problem within the same day of request-ing maintenance and stayed until our carpet was cleaned and driedrdquo McNorton said

For more serious issues such as severe leaks or the presence of mold UA Facilities will typi-cally respond within 24 hours of a submitted work order However if less immediate prob-lems arise such as a resident needing a bed frame raised or window blinds fixed the stu-dents may have to wait a few extra days

ldquoIn the last fiscal year we

received 38000 work order requests throughout

the campus

mdash Betty Drummond

ldquoThere are many [disabili-ties] that are practically

invisible unless you know what yoursquore looking for

mdash Marion Stevens

FAST FACTSbull To submit a work

order go to housinguaedu and submit a work order request form

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OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 7

By Courtney StinsonStaff Reporter

If you like to cut a rug but club dancing isnrsquot your style or if you simply want to step up your dance moves Crimson Tide Ballroom Dancers might be the place for you They will host a 1950s themed Sock Hop at Forest Lake United Methodist Church Friday from 7 to 10 pm

Founded in 2006 CTBD offers an alternative venue for stu-dents to interact exercise and enjoy the art of ballroom danc-ing CTBD promises a warm welcoming environment for dancers of all skill levels offer-ing dance lessons prior to each of their twice-monthly dances More experienced dancers will also be available to help begin-ners learn the steps during the dance

For those who would like

more instruction CTBD is cur-rently offering a free 12-week dance course where they teach the Foxtrot Waltz Rumba Cha-Cha and Hustle The classes are held on Sundays from 3 to 4 pm at Calvary Baptist Church

Julia Trippe a junior major-ing in New College had no dance experience prior to attending several CTBD events but said she has enjoyed learn-ing new dances ndash her favorite being the Rumba ndash and having an unconventional outlet for socializing with friends

ldquoItrsquos a really good way to hang out with friends and have fun and learn how to dance because Irsquove never really had that opportunity beforerdquo Trippe said

Elaine Song CTBD efficiency coordinator also lacked a dance background when she joined the group a year ago She did not particularly enjoy dancing

before joining but says that ball-room dancing is an easy skill to pick up and can set dancers apart from the crowd

ldquoWhat I really like about [ballroom dancing] is at home-coming and prom people are making it up and doing whatev-er but when yoursquore [ballroom] dancing you look good and itrsquos not that hardrdquo Song said

CTBD treasurer Tyler Malone became a part of the organization after taking a social dance class at UA Aside from simply being fun Malone says being a part of the group affords other social benefits particularly for young men

ldquoTherersquos a very good girl to guy ratio [at our events] thatrsquos definitely in favor of the guysrdquo Malone said ldquoA lot of single girls like to dancerdquo

CTBD founder Jimmy Kunz is a prime example of Malonersquos statement He met his wife

and CTBD co-founder Jennifer a former instructor at Fred Astaire Dance Studio through ballroom dancing

Though the group focuses primarily on ballroom dances they also perform social dances that are more familiar to the general public like the Cupid Shuffle the Wobble and the Electric Slide

ldquoEverybody loves the line dances that we do because they are like a social meet-and-greet and you dance with everybody especially the barn dancerdquo Kunz said ldquoThese are relaxed and low keyrdquo

Kunz understands what it is like to be a beginner He was very nervous when he began dancing over 10 years ago but dancing has become a part of life for Kunz so beginners need not be too intimidated to join in

ldquoThe first time I went [ball-room dancing] I was told I was

going to a party and I spent most of the night glued to a chairrdquo Kunz said ldquoOnce the instructors got me out of the chair I began to loosen up and really enjoy myselfrdquo

A $5 donation is requested of

students for all CTBD events $7 for the general public or $12 per couple A Swing lesson forbeginners will begin at 6 pm For more information and a schedule of CTBD events visitctbdorg

Crimson Tide Ballroom Dancers to host Sock Hop

By Asher Elbein

Named after the small Midwestern town where Superman grew up the series Smallville follows Clark Kent on his journey toward becom-ing the greatest superhero in the world Seeking to create a grounded and realistic show the producers hit upon a simple rule Clark Kent would never put on a costume Nor would he fly The paradox this created ndash a show starring Superman who never acts like Superman ndash would simply be glossed over

To say that this approach

leads to problems is something of an understatement Even a good show would have trouble with it And Smallville is not a good show

To begin with the charac-terization is a mess From the first episode Clark Kent is not once presented as a heroic or likable lead Instead hersquos an angsty jerk who takes his friends for granted and dith-ers Hamlet-like before he can bring himself to save anybody Lex Luther Clarkrsquos friend and eventual bitter enemy is pre-sented at the outset as an inter-esting relatable man whose

long descent into villainy has as much to do with Clarkrsquos persistent selfishness as with any kind of adaptational inevi-tability Smallvillersquos explana-tion for why Lex Luther hates Superman is so convincing that itrsquos easy to follow his example

The poor writing doesnrsquot stop there Smallville begins as a romantic soap opera mas-querading as a superhero show an approach that works until the creators get ambitious Clarkrsquos world rapidly expands into comic book scenarios on which the show has neither the means nor the interest to

follow through Supervillains shuffle amid the romantic drama posing for the camera before being quickly packed off to limbo Storylines are not resolved so much as buried alive and those left uncovered often collapse under the weight of their own contrivance Amid all of this supporting charac-ters begin to don costumes of various kinds Clark mindful of the showrsquos number one rule sticks to a jacket By the time the eighth season begins all pretense of a grounded real-istic show has been thrown out the window By the 10th

and final season sanity has joined it

Laying aside the obvious question of how the show last-ed 10 years itrsquos worth noting that the final season is where the Smallville completely frac-tures under its own premise The show that wonrsquot let Clark dress or act like Superman has him join the Justice League marry Lois Lane and meet all manner of characters who shouldnrsquot yet exist When Supergirl and Superboy are introduced before Superman has so much as tried on a cape itrsquos the last straw By the time

Clark finally dons the famous costume hersquos the only person in the cast who hasnrsquot yet wornone Those viewers still watch-ing are too worn out to care

Smallville is not entirely without merit The actors are pretty and all of them remem-ber their lines The presentation is almost professional To the best of my knowledge the show has yet to actually kill anyone If yoursquore looking for a 10-sea-son-long exercise in delayed gratification a Superman story written by and for people who donrsquot like Superman then this is absolutely the show for you

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Superman show fails without bringing in key concepts from original comics

SubmittedDancers practice at a CTBD event

UA show choir resembles lsquoGleersquoBy Alicia PerezContributing Writer

Resonance the UA-run show choir allows students to expe-rience their own real-life ver-sion of the hit television show ldquoGleerdquo

Catchy songs and intense dance numbers are just a little part of the package deal and is why director Garrett Lindsey said the Universityrsquos show choir is ldquoGlee on steroidsrdquo

ldquoWe literally tell people who come up to us and ask that we are our own version of Gleerdquo Lindsey said ldquoWe create really intense choreography and sing as a group wersquore nowhere near

as solo-driven as the charac-ters on the showrdquo

A junior majoring in choral music education Lindsey first joined the program as a fresh-man

Originally Lindsey started out as the bass section leader worked his way up to the musi-cal director and currently acts as the director

ldquoI lead all rehearsals play a large role in choosing our showrsquos set lists when and where we perform and I occa-sionally help choreograph some of our performancesrdquo Lindsey said

Rehearsals are held two times a week one to practice

the song portion the other for the dance The group works to create original pieces that will stand out from other groups and performances

ldquoI occasionally meet with other members of the group to help choreograph different numbers however the majori-ty of the time itrsquos done by other members of the show choirrdquo Lindsey said ldquoThey always do a fantastic jobrdquo

Anyone interested is wel-come to audition however prior singing or performing experience is recommended Auditions consist of a singing and dancing portion

ldquoUsually the applicants are

Page 8 | Thursday September 13 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

Moundville to host

archeological eventBy Becky RobinsonContributing Writer

A few miles outside of Tuscaloosa sits the Moundville Archaeological Park an ancient Native American site and a part of The University of Alabama Museums

For several years the park has hosted events aimed at teaching the pub-lic about Southeastern Native American culture One such event is called Saturday in the Park where local experts come together to educate the community about Southeastern Native American arts and traditions

Tyler Fox an Americorps VISTA at Moundville has been participating in Saturday in Park since March He helped create the schedule of artists for this yearrsquos events and will be giving a gardening class on Sept 22

ldquoAt its height Moundville was the largest city north of Mexico Cityrdquo Fox said ldquoMany people donrsquot realize the rich cultural significance that is right in our backyardrdquo

Fox said programs like Saturday in the Park show-case what life was like for the Native Americans who once lived in the area He said that on a typical Saturday there are many activities for partici-pants to choose from such as pottery textiles flute making and interpretations of native languages

Betsy Irwin the educa-tion outreach coordinator for Moundville oversees the educational programs for Saturday in the Park and often contributes her artistic skills to the events

Irwin said she has been making pots and ceram-ics for over 30 years focus-ing on the techniques used by the Southeastern Native

Americans She has been involved with Saturday in the Park since 1991

ldquoWhen people think of Indian art they normally envision the type of art pro-duced by the Southwestern tribesrdquo Irwin said ldquoMany people donrsquot realize how incredibly complex and beau-tiful Southeastern Indian art isrdquo

As part of UniversityMuseums the Moundville Archaeological Park is dedi-cated to preserving and researching the Moundville site while providing a place for locals to enjoy

Fox and Irwin have both enjoyed their time working with Saturday in the Park

Irwin said her favorite part is learning the different pro-cesses for making art and see-ing the childrenrsquos reactions to the lessons

For Fox the most important part is what people take away from the event

ldquoMy hope is that the Saturday in the Park program will resonate a little deeper in someone than just being able to recite factsrdquo Fox said ldquoItrsquos great if someone learns a new skill or fact but hopefully the takeaway is much deeper than surface levelrdquo

Moundvillersquos Saturday in the Park runs almost every weekend from August to December and is free with park admission For more information go to moundvilleuaedu

only required to sing one song and the dance audi-tion is done over the course of two daysrdquo he said ldquoThere is a dance clinic and the actual audition The dance clinic is held just to teach the required dance and then people are put into groups of five to performrdquo

For Morgan Mullen a sophomore majoring in child development show choir has provided a family away from home

ldquoThey have definitely turned into my familyrdquo Mullen said ldquoWe spend so much time together and we all know each other really well Itrsquos such a creative out-let and a great way to make friendsrdquo

Mullen who is the presi-dent of Resonance coordi-nates all the business aspects of the group including order-ing merchandise scheduling venues and assisting with production

Over the course of the year Resonance holds sev-eral shows showcasing the grouprsquos talent This year the group hopes to perform at high school choir competi-tions as an exhibition hop-ing to promote the name and popularity of the group

ldquoWe sing the national anthem at some sporting events and we have held charity cabaret concerts in the past on campus but that money was donated to an outside causerdquo Lindsey said

Despite the major audi-tions already having been held for the year the show choir occasionally holds additional auditions in order to replace members who may have left for various reasons Anyone interested should contact the group at uareso-nancegmailcom

ldquoItrsquos such a great way to explore singing and danc-ing especially if you arenrsquot majoring in either one while at the Universityrdquo Mullen said

ldquoMany people donrsquot realize

how incredibly complex and beautiful Southeastern

Indian art is

mdash Betsy Irwin

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Tide faces 1st SEC teamsBy Charlie PotterContributing Writer

The Alabama cross country teams will begin their confer-ence schedule this Saturday Sept 15 in the Commodore Classic in Nashville Tenn The men will participate in an 8000 meter race that begins at 900 am and their female counter-parts will run 6000 meters at 945 am

This will be the first SEC test of the season for the Tide but adding to that challenge it will be their first road meet

ldquoThe SEC is tough in any-thingrdquo Palee Myrex a junior from Bremen Ala said ldquoEverybody is goodrdquo

Prominent SEC schools will be represented at the invi-tational race Georgia LSU Mississippi State Ole Miss South Carolina Tennessee and host school Vanderbilt will chal-lenge the Tidersquos young squad

Nerves will be an issue the freshmen on the team will have to manage but Myrex

has noticed toughness and grit among her first-year team-mates Still they will be intro-duced to an entirely new world once they arrive in the Music City

ldquoI remember my first big meetrdquo Myrex said ldquoIt was a lot different than high schoolrdquo

Head coach Dan Waters is approaching the meet as a mea-suring tool to determine how far along his young roster is in their development

ldquoItrsquos the first opportunity our freshmen have to face SEC com-petition so itrsquos a good measure of us for this early in the sea-sonrdquo Waters said ldquoWith that in mind our athletes have to approach it with the right atti-tuderdquo

Waters said that his freshmen chose to come to the Capstone because of the opportunity to compete against other elite athletes He expects them to be ready and perform well against top competititors an opportu-nity they will get in Nashville

ldquoI expect our team to be ready

to compete and expect to be con-tendersrdquo Waters said ldquoWe need to approach every competition with the mindset that we are going out there to win I think thatrsquos especially important for us now because of the youth of our team If we are to reach the goals that we have in mind we have to approach every competi-tion with the right mindsetrdquo

Sophomore Matt Joyner and Myrex finished as top perform-ers in the Crimson Tide Kick Off the teamrsquos first meet of the sea-son With their experience and leadership Joyner and Myrex will look to lead the Tide to vic-tory in the Commodore Classic

ldquoWe want to show up and have a good showing for the SECrdquo Myrex said

The races will take place at Vaughnrsquos Gap in Nashvillersquos Percy Warner Park This course is considered to be one of the most scenic but challenging courses in the SEC It will also serve as the running course for the conference championships later in the year

CW | Jingyu WanThe Alabama cross country teams will begin their conference schedule this Saturday Sept 15 in the Commodore Classic

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 13 2012 | Page 9

CROSS COUNTRY VOLLEYBALL

By Rebekah DyeContributing Writer

The Alabama volleyball team is off to its hottest start in 33 years with an 11-1 record which will be put to the test when the Crimson Tide faces the LSU Tigers Friday

ldquoI think we have our work cut out for usrdquo head coach Ed Allen said ldquoThe SEC is the SEC It is one of the best four leagues in the country and we brought nine new players in so they are going to have to adjust to all of thatrdquo

Senior Kayla Fitterer is off to a solid start this season after hav-ing an offseason setback With minor foot surgery she was day-to-day for matches and practice for much of preseason Now hav-ing been cleared to play every game she is back to start the rest of the season

ldquoWersquore just really ready to start SECrdquo Fitterer said ldquoOur confi-dence is up which is really good heading into SECsrdquo

LSU the 2011 SEC West cham-pion has had a rocky start to its

season With a 4-5 record and a hitting average of just 160 the Tigers donrsquot seem to be the cham-pions the SEC saw last year They have had setbacks this season with five newcomers and four straight weekends on the road but the Tigers will be a tough-minded team against the Tide

LSU leads the all-time series 32-21 and has won the past 11 matches against Alabama Over the past 10 years the Tigers have averaged a 258 hitting percent-age against Alabama but only 218 when Alabama has home court The low hitting percentage com-bined with the setbacks from the season could pose problems for the Tigers

With the Tidersquos strong start confidence and maintaining poise are going to be key to ultimately coming out with a victory Friday night

ldquoJust going in and staying focused and playing our game [are the keys to winning]rdquo Fitterer said ldquoWe know we can win we are 11-1 so [wersquore] just

staying confident focused and steady and not getting flusteredrdquo

Keeping up the momentum and working hard keeps the team focused and motivated to go out and win every match

ldquoI donrsquot think anybody is ready to become complacentrdquo freshman outside hitter Laura Steiner said ldquoWe know we have a lot of work to do so no worries of that hap-peningrdquo

LSU is the first night of SEC play for the Tide and coach Allen expects strong competition between the two teams

ldquoWe are going to be a whole lot more competitiverdquo Allen said ldquoWe expect to win some SEC matches for surerdquo

Conference play starts with LSU

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Players prepare for tournamentBy Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

First-year menrsquos tennis head coach George Hussack is looking to open up his career at the Capstone with domi-nant play in the Duke Fab Four Invite

The Crimson Tide menrsquos tennis team has faltered over the years especially during the latter part of the season Last year the Tide went 2-9 in conference matchups and lacked consistency through-out the fall and spring sea-sons

The Tide will be sending four players to Cary NC this weekend including senior Jerryd Botha juniors Daniil Proskura and Carlos Taborga and freshman Becker OrsquoShaughnessey

Hussack said he is look-ing for the team to show con-sistent competitive spirit in his first competition as head coach

ldquoWhat Irsquom looking for this weekend is for the four guys to com-peterdquo he said ldquoI want to just see how these four guys han-dle match situ-ations against people who are not their teammatesrdquo

Hussack spent the past three seasons as the assistant head coach for the University of Southern California Trojans who have won the last four NCAA titles before being tapped as the new head coach at Alabama

Despite only being with the team for a short period of time Hussack said he has gelled somewhat with his

players and found leadership roles in a fresh start for the Crimson Tide

ldquoI feel like everyone has been very energetic and responsiverdquo he said ldquoI feel like everyone is clear on what we have to do so wersquore all on the same pagerdquo

Hussack said he has relied on senior leadership to beginthe season but is looking for each of his players to step up in their own leadership role

ldquoIrsquove leaned a bit more on our two seniors Jarryd Bothaand Harris Barnardrdquo he said ldquoBut Irsquove really relied on everybody to do their ownthingrdquo

The fall season is normally considered a growing period for collegiate tennis players and Hussack said he expects this weekendrsquos tournament to be no different

ldquoI think it is a great chal-lenge and a great opportunityfor the guys to get into the sea-sonrdquo he said ldquoI really think

they are going to be able to take a lot away from this eventrdquo

One thing Hussack said he would like to not only see thisweekend but throughout the entire season is consistent and quality play in both the singles

and doubles competitions The Tide struggled in both areas last season but Hussacksaid he is more focused on thefuture and not the past

ldquoYou know I think we need contributions from every-whererdquo he said ldquoWersquore going to need contributions from everyone one through six Whatever happened last year happened last yearrdquo

Setting the time for new season

By Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

The Crimson Tide womenrsquos tennis team is looking to begin its fall campaign with a strong show-ing in Cary NC at the Duke Fab Four Invite

Head coach Jenny Mainz who is entering her 16th season at the helm of the womenrsquos tennis program said despite the recent success the team has had in past years there is still room for improvement in the fall season

ldquoWell itrsquos been a while since the girls have competedrdquo Mainz said ldquoSo I think the biggest thing through the fall is setting the tone in the first tournament and sharp-ening up Our goal is to be com-petitive and compete with a lot of tenacityrdquo

Competitive is exactly what the

Tide has been in recent years Last year the team maintained a top-10 ranking throughout its spring schedule Mainz said the tournaments in the fall help pre-pare her players for both confer-ence and non-conference oppo-nents beginning with the Duke Fab Four Invite

The Tide will send four play-ers including No 10 ranked junior Mary Anne MacFarlane sopho-more Emily Zabor and fresh-men Maya Jansen and Natalia Maynetto The team will get its first look at a new SEC opponent Texas AampM among other schools that Mainz said were among the nationrsquos elite

ldquoThe competition is very goodrdquo Mainz said ldquoItrsquos a great field and some of those teams finished top five or top 10 in the country so itrsquos not just them going into their first

tournament because they certain-ly will be thrown into the firerdquo

Although winning the tourna-ment is a primary goal Mainz said she is more focused on seeing how her players compete early on and learn some of the teamrsquos strengths and weaknesses

ldquoYou know I just want to see how they competerdquo she said ldquoIrsquom sure we are going to come back after the completion of the tour-nament and identify some things we need to work on so thatrsquos what the tournament is for toordquo

Improvement is what Mainz said she preaches to her team every day in order to maintain the individual and team success the Tide has enjoyed the past couple of seasons

ldquoChampions realize itrsquos a pro-cess to be respectedrdquo Mainz said ldquoI say to the team daily lsquoLetrsquos get

UA AthleticsAlabama womenrsquos and menrsquos tennis begins its fall season this weekend at the Duke Fab Four Invite

Page 10 | Thursday September 13 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

a little bit better today letrsquos take one step forward and letrsquos chip awayrsquordquo

After only a single practice Mainz said she is impressed with her playersrsquo work ethic and prep-aration for the fall tournaments

ldquoThe girls are working hardrdquo she said ldquoThe spirit of the team and the charisma seems very energetic and very positive The two senior captains Alexa Gaurachi and Antonia Foehse have done a good job at establish-ing leadershiprdquo

Mainz said although it is the teamrsquos first competition it is still crucial to see how the team per-forms in order to establish a win-ning culture this fall

ldquoI think itrsquos not only important that we represent Alabama wellrdquo she said ldquobut also set the tone on how we want to start the seasonrdquo

WOMENrsquoS TENNIS MENrsquoS TENNIS

ldquoI feel like everyone is clear

on what we have to do so wersquore all on the same

page

mdashGeorge Hussack

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OPINION

CULTURE

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Page 12

By Zac Al-KhateebStaff Reporter

If the Alabama football team was able to take any lesson away from its game against Western Kentucky on Saturday itrsquos that it canrsquot afford not to play up to its standards regardless of the opponent

The Crimson Tide will see if it was able to learn that lesson this weekend when it travels to Fayetteville Ark to take on the Arkansas Razorbacks a team that much like the Tide didnrsquot play up to its standards Saturday ndash the Razorbacks lost a stunner to the University of Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks 34-31 in overtime

In that game no Arkansas rusher eclipsed 100 yards including junior Knile Davis and the defense gave up over 500 yards of total offense to the Warhawks

Despite the Razorbacksrsquo per-formance against what many believe was an inferior oppo-nent Alabama head coach Nick Saban said he wasnrsquot going to let their loss affect the way his team prepared for the game

ldquoThey had a very difficult misfortune in the last game that they werenrsquot able to over-comerdquo Saban said ldquoBut we still have to expect that wersquore going to get their very best perfor-mance and we need to have our very best performance if wersquore going to be able to play the kind of game we need to play on the road and have a chance to be successful against what we think is a very very good teamrdquo

Indeed rather than use their loss as an excuse not to prepare Alabama is instead expecting to motivate the Razorbacks head-ing into the game

Junior quarterback AJ McCarron said more than any-thing Arkansasrsquo loss would only serve to make the team angry

ldquoYeah definitelyrdquo McCarron said ldquoThey still got a chance to win the SEC Theyrsquore definitely going to throw everything in the book at u s W e rsquo r e going t o have to be ready f o r the things t h e y rsquo v e shown us on film things that they havenrsquot and things theyrsquore going to come up withrdquo

Still Arkansasrsquo loss to the Warhawks isnrsquot the only thing that may serve as a distraction for Alabama Arkansas senior quarterback Tyler Wilson whorsquos thrown for 568 yards and five touchdowns so far this season suffered a head injury against ULM and is question-able to play in Saturdayrsquos game

Regardless Saban said he wasnrsquot going to let his play-ers assume theyrsquod be playing against freshman quarterback Brandon Allen Wilsonrsquos back-up

ldquoNobody here should be feel-ing warm and cozy about the other teamrsquos circumstance or situationrdquo Saban said ldquoWe need to be thinking about what we need to do to be success-ful regardless of who plays in the gamerdquo

The message seems to have stuck with Sabanrsquos defensive players as seniors Robert Lester and Nico Johnson have both said theyrsquore preparing as if Wilson is going to play Lester said even if he doesnrsquot play Arkansasrsquo other playmak-ers on offense would be more

than enough to make up for his absence

ldquoWersquore looking at it as if he is going to playrdquo Lester said ldquoAnd even if he doesnrsquot Arkansas has great players and their backups are more than capable of com-ing in and managing the game and making playsrdquo

S t i l l despite all the questions surrounding Arkansasrsquo team McCarron said the only thing his team should worry about is what it can control improving on last weekrsquos per-formance over the Hilltoppers

Alabamarsquos defense didnrsquot seem to play with the same intensity as usual and the offensive line considered pos-sibly one of the nationrsquos best gave up six sacks on McCarron Even on special teams sopho-more wide receiver Christion Jones let a few punts go that he should have fielded

For McCarron improve-ments can be made all over the field

ldquoKind of a let-down week to our standards so wersquore definitely going to have to step it uprdquo McCarron said ldquoFirst SEC game in-confer-ence game so wersquoll definitely have to be on our A - g a m e c o m e t h i s week-endrdquo

Both sides of Saturday Preview of Alabama-Arkansas

By Andrew Hutchinson Staff Writer for The Arkansas Traveler

1 Forget Last WeekThe clicheacute ldquojust take one

game at a timerdquo has been used for years in sports Most often it is used for teams that have big games in the weeks ahead but it can also apply to

teams coming off bad losses Arkansas should

not have lost to the University of Louisiana-Monroe and e v e r y o n e

knows it The Razorbacks

must com-p l e t e l y put the U L M g a m e o u t

of their minds in

order to com-pete against Alabama

2 No Needless PenaltiesTwo weeks in a row

Arkansas has been penalized for unsports-

manlike conduct for hitting a player after he was out of

bounds These penalties give opponents a first down and move

them up 15 yards With an offense as potent as Alabamarsquos Arkansas canrsquot afford to give them second chances Likewise if the Hogs are moving the ball on Alabamarsquos stiff defense they canrsquot afford to lose yards with false starts

3 OffensiveDefensive LineThe Crimson Tide is

known for its hard-nosed physical play on both sides of the ball On the offensive line

Alabama is led by reigning Outland Trophy winner Barrett Jones as well as two other potential first-round NFL draft picks (DJ Fluker and Chance Warmack) They open gaping holes for running backs and provide quar-terback AJ McCarron ample time tofind open receivers On the defensive line Alabama averages 6rsquo4rdquo 299 lbs two deep Theyrsquoll challenge Arkansasrsquo relatively inexperienced offensive line Both Arkansas lines must step up their game and players must fill the holes left in the offense and defense by Kiero Small and Tevin Mitchel respectively if Arkansas is to have a chance

4 Wrap Up on DefenseSeveral plays against ULM almost

resulted in sacks but Arkansas defend-ers couldnrsquot bring down quarterback Kolton Browning They were getting a hand on him but never wrapped him up allowing him to escape and make plays Also when the Hogs hit ULMrsquos running backs and wide receivers it usually took a couple players to tackle them If Arkansas gets past Alabamarsquos stellar offensive line they must capi-talize and sack McCarron or tackle their running back

5 Fan SupportArkansas is coming off its most

embarrassing loss since losing to TheCitadel in 1992 and some would argue this is worse than that loss Fans are not happy but that doesnrsquot mean they shouldnrsquot support the team The play-ers have practiced all year and are not going out there and intentionally los-ing Hog fans that boo them should be ashamed of themselves As much as players say they donrsquot listen to nega-tivity they still hear it If Arkansas fans pack out Donald W Reynolds Razorback Stadium it becomes a very hostile environment for the visiting team Fans need to come and encour-age the team so that the Razorbacks can make the most of the home field advantage

Five keys to an Arkansas victory over AlabamaTide not paying attention to Arkansas loss to ULM

rron said more than any-Arkansasrsquo loss would

serve to make the team

ah definitelyrdquo McCarronThey still got a chance to

he SEC Theyrsquore definitely to throw everything in

book at u s e

g o

to ready f o r hings t h e y rsquo v e

n us on film things that avenrsquot and things theyrsquore to come up withrdquo Arkansasrsquo loss to the

awks isnrsquot the only thing may serve as a distraction

abama Arkansas senior erback Tyler Wilson thrown for 568 yards andouchdowns so far this n suffered a head injuryst ULM and is question-o play in Saturdayrsquos gameardless Saban said he t going to let his play-ssume theyrsquod be playing st freshman quarterback on Allen Wilsonrsquos back-

body here should be feel-arm and cozy about the teamrsquos circumstance or

ionrdquo Saban said ldquoWe o be thinking about whated to do to be success-gardless of who plays in merdquomessage seems to have with Sabanrsquos defensive

rs as seniors Robert and Nico Johnson have

said theyrsquore preparing Wilson is going to play

said even if he doesnrsquot Arkansasrsquo other playmak-n offense would be more

absenceldquoWersquore looking at it as if he is

going to playrdquo Lester said ldquoAnd even if he doesnrsquot Arkansas hasgreat players and their backups are more than capable of com-ing in and managing the gameand making playsrdquo

S t i l l despite all the questions surrounding Arkansasrsquo team McCarron said the onlything his team should worryabout is what it can control improving on last weekrsquos per-formance over the Hilltoppers

Alabamarsquos defense didnrsquotseem to play with the sameintensity as usual and the offensive line considered pos-sibly one of the nationrsquos best gave up six sacks on McCarronEven on special teams sopho-more wide receiver ChristionJones let a few punts go thathe should have fielded

For McCarron improve-ments can be made all over the field

ldquoKind of a let-down week to ourstandards so wersquore definitely going to have to step it uprdquo McCarron said ldquoFirst SEC game in-confer-ence game soo wewersquorsquoll definitelyy hhave to be onon ourrA - g ag a m em em ec oo mm eeeeeeeet h iii ssssssssssswweeeekkkkkkk----eenddrdquordquordquordquordquo

Staff Writer for The Arkansas Traveler

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Both Mitchell and Alexis Cunningham a freshman majoring in chemical engi-neering said they have often felt outnumbered in engineering classes

ldquoSometimes Irsquoll get in a class and look around and think lsquoWow there arenrsquot very many females in herersquo but because Irsquom so involved in SWE it doesnrsquot seem as bad to merdquo Mitchell said

Mitchell said part of the purpose of SWE is to make women feel comfortable in such a male-dominated field

ldquoPart of what we do is draw women inrdquo Mitchell said ldquoIt makes us realize that [engineering] is actu-ally something we can do If itrsquos strictly male-domi-nated a lot of times women will be intimidated But itrsquos good to have people of your gender that you can talk tordquo

Cunningham wants to join SWE to surround her-self with women engineers who are undertaking the same challenge she is She believes WOW Thatrsquos Engineering will be ben-eficial to middle school stu-dents

ldquoIt will give them new ways they can learn about things and it will help them grow in their confi-dence because they know

that theyrsquore intelligent and they can do whatever they wantrdquo Cunningham said

Grace Hoover coordina-tor for the event and SWE vice president of member-ship says it is encourag-ing to see so many fresh-men wanting to become involved in SWE so early and is pleased with the turnout of volunteers who registered to help with the event

ldquoWe have had over 50 student volunteers to help with the event this year which is hugerdquo she said ldquoItrsquos really encouraging to see freshmen girls want-ing to get involved so early and a lot of our volunteers are freshmenrdquo

During the event girls will be able to apply engi-neering to real-life situ-ations through hands-on experiences There will be activities including solar cars making a dance pad which emphasizes electri-cal engineering a confetti launcher and an oil spill activity which is related to the BP Oil Spill that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010

Hoover said they chose to reach out to females in middle school because it ldquogets engineering on their radarrdquo

ldquoI think itrsquos a crucial time because theyrsquore about to go into high school and that is where you really start looking into colleg-es and what your future career path is going to berdquo she said

ENGINEERING FROM PAGE 1

SWE promotes female engineers

ldquoSince we decided to offer lunch business has really picked uprdquo Hicks said ldquoItrsquos a cool place to grab coffee or something off our lunch menu and study or to come and be social and hang out with friendsrdquo

Paige Miller a frequent visi-tor of FIVE Java said she enjoys having available space to meet with friends without feeling crowded or rushed

ldquoI like that when you come in you have a place to sit and you can actually have a conversation without having to just take your coffee and leaverdquo Miller said

Miller said FIVE Javarsquos loca-tion is one of the reasons the cof-fee shop remains intimate and

separated from the often crowd-ed campus restaurants

ldquoI feel like with [FIVE Java] being downtown itrsquos a little more hiddenrdquo Miller said ldquoI like that they have repurposed an old downtown building and added something extrardquo

Marlena McConville a junior majoring in geography and an employee at FIVE Java said she loves the cozy ambiance of the shop

ldquoI love it at FIVE Java because it feels like I am hanging out in an old cabinrdquo McConville said ldquoEverything offered there is fresh and it doesnrsquot feel like your normal corporate coffee shoprdquo

Hicks said FIVE hasnrsquot need-ed much formal advertising because the experiences of cus-tomers usually speak for them-selves

ldquoWe use a more word of mouth approachrdquo Hicks said ldquoI think

minimum advertising is one of the reasons we are popularrdquo

The restaurantrsquos downtown location has been great for host-ing a variety of patrons Hicks said

ldquoWe get everyone from stu-dents to lawyers to other busi-ness owners downtownrdquo Hicks said ldquoWe have regulars as well as first-timers every day We havenrsquot really had a slow sea-sonrdquo

Hicks said the owners of FIVE are planning to open several more locations but each restau-rant will be different from the others

ldquoWersquore far from corporaterdquo Hicks said ldquoWersquore going to have a lot of restaurants but the idea is for each to have a unique addi-tion like the Tuscaloosa loca-tionrsquos coffee shop It makes us different from other restaurant chainsrdquo

FIVE FROM PAGE 1

FIVE Java offers coffee downtown

The nursing association is so concerned about the prospect of Medicaid cuts due to the defeat of the amendment that they have donated $350000 in campaign contributions to the pro-yes vote group Keep Alabama Working

Keep Alabama Working claims that the consequences of not passing the amendment would be dire for the future of the state According to its website keepalabamaworkingcom 9500 state inmates would be released from prison while 8800 children would lose their child care due

to cuts from the Department of Human Resources

ldquoThis is a constitutional amendment that was proposed by state legislators and passed overwhelmingly by Republicans and Democrats as a way to get through this difficult economic periodrdquo Gov Robert Bentley said in a statement ldquoThis is the most difficult economic period the state has faced in many yearsrdquo

Bentley is encouraging voters to vote yes

Zan Green is the president of the Rainy Day Patriots Tea Party and will be voting against the change next Tuesday

Green said Governor Bentley is wrong in his support of the measure

ldquoI donrsquot understand why the people we fought so hard to send to Montgomery are kicking the can down the roadrdquo Green said ldquoIrsquom not the brightest bulb in the building but I just know that if you spend more than you take in then you are eventu-ally going to run out of space to rob Peter to pay Paulrdquo

The chairman of the Alabama Republican Party Bill Armistead said this issue has divided the state GOP

ldquoWe were pretty well split between those that support-ed it and those who oppose itrdquo Armistead said

The state party has decid-ed not to pick sides in the

vote but Armistead understandsthe enormity of whatrsquos at stake

ldquoWersquove never been in thisdifficult of a position beforerdquoArmistead said ldquoIf there hasever been a time to borrowmoney now is itrdquo

And while other members ofhis party are venting due to theperceived betrayal of the gover-nor and legislature to conserva-tive ideals Armistead holds outhope for the future

ldquoI do think that this governorand legislature want to fix theproblem they just need a littlemore timerdquo Armistead said

Regan Williams is the chair-man of the College RepublicansWilliams agrees that there is arift in the state GOP and said itwas the same on campus He isreluctantly supporting the mea-sure and does not agree withconcerns of the Tea Party

ldquoI hate to devalue their con-cerns but itrsquos [the trust fund]there for when we need itrdquoWilliams said ldquoWe have to fix itsomehow and thatrsquos what a rainyday fund is forrdquo

Republican State Rep JohnMerrill represents Tuscaloosa inMontgomery and is lobbying fora yes vote

ldquoIrsquove spoken to several groupshad phone calls with constitu-ents and social media interac-tions with constituents lettingthem know what the situationwill be if this does not passrdquoMerrill said

ELECTION FROM PAGE 1

Nursing homes childcare at risk

Editor | Melissa Brownnewsdeskcwuaedu

Thursday September 13 2012NEWSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 3

By April IveyContributing Writer

The Crimson Ride is running a new express route to give stu-dents parking in the Southeast Commuter Zones a quicker commute to the Quad

The route is called the Crimson Express and stops at the Coleman Coliseum park-ing lot Moody Music Building Lloyd Hall Gorgas Library Bidgood Hall and Coliseum Drive by the Mal Moore Building

Ralph Clayton assis-tant director of Transit and Transportation Services said the route was requested by many students

ldquoThis route reduces the num-ber of stops and creates a more direct route from large com-muter lots to the core of cam-pus and returnsrdquo Clayton said ldquoThis benefits a large number of students who just need a ride into the core of campus with the least number of stops The primary beneficiaries of this route are commuter studentsrdquo

Crimson Ride drivers feel the new route is ideal for get-ting students to and from class quickly

ldquoI like the new routerdquo Shell Jones a Crimson Ride driver said ldquoIt lets us get kids to class and back to their cars fasterrdquo

JrsquoHawi Crawett a sopho-more majoring in forensic

psychology said the new route is convenient to just get across the Quad

ldquoAfter my 530 class I never want to walk all the way to Ten Hoor [from Lloyd Hall] so itrsquos convenient for merdquo Crawett said

Though employees and students alike find the new express to be convenient some students have been confused when they think they are rid-ing a non-express route that stops at Julia Tutwiler Hall and Reese Phifer Hall

Jones said some students have expressed their frustra-tion to her but she believes the express route is becoming increasingly popular

Crimson Express Route

CW | Sarah Grace Moorehead

New Crimson Ride route creates quicker commute to Quad

By Adrienne Burch and Katherine LangnerCW Staff

University students often travel abroad to immerse themselves in another coun-tryrsquos language and culture for a year or a semester but many are unaware that a similar environment exists right here at the Capstone

Culture-based living-learning communities at the University such as the French and German House are designed for students seek-ing a way to study a countryrsquos respective language and cul-ture in an immersed environ-ment

ldquoStudents who participate in living-learning communi-ties connect their living envi-ronments to their academic interests creating a more uni-fied college experiencerdquo Alicia Browne director of UA hous-ing administration said

Founded in the fall semes-ter 1978 the Hans and Sophie Scholl Haus or German House located on Bryce Lawn pro-vides residence for 10 to 15 students each year including native German speakers and American students studying the language

ldquoWe hope that they will have a pseudo-immersion experi-ence thus improving their lan-guage abilityrdquo Elaine Martin faculty liaison for the German House said ldquoand that they will also make new interna-tional friends and learn more about German culturerdquo

American students living in the house are able to take part in a two-credit conversation course only open to German house residents and taught by a native German speaker

Eva Schmeidl student house director of the German House and German graduate student is a German foreign exchange student who through a

scholarship from the Federation of German-American clubs was chosen to live at the German House As house director she plans the weekly meetings for the stu-dents taking part in the course credit option while living in the house

Schmeidl said her favorite part about living in the German House is having interesting discussions with her house-mates about cultural differ-ences between Germany and the US She said as a native German speaker in the house she also has to remember to encourage the English speak-ers to converse in German as

much as possibleldquoWe want them to get over

the fear of speaking in a lan-guage they are not 100 per-cent sure offrdquo Schmeidl said ldquoIn the German House they have a chance to use German around friends without the fear of getting laughed atrdquo

Schmeidl said by the end of the semester she hopes the students will feel confi-dent enough in the language to exclusively use German around the house

The French House serves a similar purpose to the German House in that its purpose is for students to improve their language skills by immersing

them in a French-speaking environment

French House faculty advi-sor and assistant professor of French Jean Luc Robin said the idea for the French house actually came partly from his German colleagues who have run a successful German House for many years

ldquoIt seemed like a great way to create a smaller friendly and more intimate community of French-speaking peers on a campus that might otherwise swallow students up in a sea of anonymityrdquo Robin said

Melissa Henderson the French House student director is living in the French house as she pursues her masterrsquos degree in French literature

ldquoIn my eyes French House is a student community where we eat French classics like crepes bread and cheese while talking about everyday thingsrdquo Henderson said

Henderson said the French

house provides students with a more relaxed envi-ronment to speak and learn the language

ldquoI am usually a nervous wreck in the classroomrdquo Henderson said ldquoI definitely feel more relaxed speaking French with my residents than my professorsrdquo

Henderson said she will have the opportunity to teach her own French 101 class next fall but the French house is giving her the chance to experience this teaching ele-ment in a much less intimi-dating environment There is one native French speak-er living in the house this semester named Benjamin Henderson said

ldquoItrsquos a mutual exchange because wersquore teaching Benjamin to say lsquoRoll Tidersquo and hersquos teaching us card games and how to make authentic French dishesrdquo Henderson said

Culture-based residences immerse students in foreign languagesldquo Students who participate in living-learning communities connect their

living environments to their academic interests creating a more unifi ed college experience

mdash Alicia Browne

Editor | SoRelle Wyckoffletterscwuaedu

Thursday September 13 2012OPINIONSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

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CW | Austin Bigoney

Donrsquot waste your chalk

Yoursquore also probably start-ing to feel a little annoyed with both sides of the abortion issue

Last week the following words appeared in colorful block letters on the Crimson Promenade ldquoHey I just met you and this is crazy but donrsquot abort me cause Irsquom your babyrdquo This is just one of many similar messages others of which read ldquoLife is beautifulrdquo and ldquoWe believe in womenrsquos rights to be bornrdquo

A few days later responses started to crop up One etched alongside the ldquoCall Me Mayberdquo shout-out reads ldquohellipPlease attempt to be less tastelessrdquo Another more to the point says ldquoYou donrsquot know a damn

thing about us NEVER assume you are the moral superior because of your scruplesrdquo Others hash out common pro-choice arguments and many responses attack the original pro-life messages and their authors

Therersquos one thing that is certain about these messages no one has revised their own views on abortion because of them

Political discourse and activ-ism are valuable aspects of aca-demia and they are spurred on by the spirit of intellectualism that a collegiate environment creates But itrsquos very easy for impassioned students to cross the line between meaningful dialogue and rhetoric

Last year students gath-ered for the Not Isolated March to fight social inequal-ity at the University Others would gather at the Crimson Promenade to hold demonstra-tions opposing House Bill 56 a proposed immigration law that was decried by many as intrusive and racist Later that same year a protest was held at the same location to protest Senate Bill 5 a controversial ldquopersonhood billrdquo that would have radically altered the law surrounding abortion birth control and the responsibilities of obstetricians

These are all examples of constructive political action In each case students raised awareness of a particular issue

and interested passers-by were directed to more specific per-suasive sources of information

By contrast all the chalk messages did was make people angry

Wersquore all surrounded by political sentiment and therersquos a right and a wrong way to handle it Insults mantras fear mongering and hatred are all too common on campus They can be found everywhere from casual conversations to political cartoons and bumper stickers and they add nothing to Bamarsquos political culture

So donrsquot waste your chalk

Nathan James is a sophomore majoring in public relations His column runs on Thursday

How can UA grow as a communityBy Tray SmithOnline Editor

ldquoCultural growthrdquo is a new buzzword on cam-pus After the last decadersquos enrollment explosionmany students are looking for ways we can engi-neer parallel growth as a unified community

Growth as a community though is morecomplicated than growth as a student body Toexpand student enrollment admissions officerscan strive to meet new quotas administratorscan detail their plans in precise PowerPoint pre-sentations and targeted marketing campaignscan promote the University to large swaths ofpotential recruits in states across the country

Communities on the other hand tend tobe defined by the people who live in themndash in our case we the students They devel-op more from the bottom-up than fromadministrative planning

Still leaders acting in their own spheres ofinfluence can have a remarkable impact on thecourses communities take That is certainly truehere where administrators and student leadershave many opportunities to shape conversationsand implement important programs

Those conversations and programs can lead toprofound changes in the way we interact withand think about each other

Universal freshman mentoring that bringsdiverse groups of students together the momentthey step on campus could lead to enduringfriendships and it would allow students to formnetworks that cut through traditional social bar-riers Community activities in the dorms couldcreate a real sense of identity among residentspulling them out of their spacious suites to meetand work with their neighbors Smaller classsizes and group projects as much as some stu-dents may despise them could generate partner-ships that grow into joint research endeavors orlaunch new student organizations

That is exactly what happened in 2005 when agroup of students in an Honors College seminarpresented an idea for an arts-advocacy organi-zation that eventually became Creative CampusThat program was later featured in the New YorkTimes bestselling book ldquoThat Used to Be Usrdquowritten by Times columnist Thomas Friedmanand Johns Hopkins University professor MichaelMandelbaum

Other less ambitious policy changes couldalso strengthen our community Moving towarda smoke-free campus for example could make usall healthier while discouraging more studentsfrom picking up the dangerous habit of smokingcigarettes

Most importantly though community growthmust start with the realization that others donrsquotgain at our expense that the UA experience is nota finite resource to be more evenly distributedbut that it can be enhanced infinitely to empowermore students from different communities

We have nothing to fear when others succeedIn fact the better any UA student does the betteroff we all are because we all share the prestigethat comes with having a UA diploma

Greek students really donrsquot stand to lose muchif a non-greek student is elected to a student gov-ernment office non-greek students arenrsquot hurt bythe development of new fraternity and sororityhouses white students in the Capstone Men andWomen have nothing to fear if that program evermakes more than a token effort at diversity ourfootball tickets arenrsquot going to lose value if we allhave to wait for a seat rather than having themreserved for a few of us

Today the University offers many vibrant sub-communities to new students the greek commu-nity the Honors College organizations devotedto the arts and leadership programs Manyof those sub-communities could and shouldbecome more inclusive and accessible But thatwill only happen when we create a vibrant com-munity of the whole that connects students withwidely different backgrounds and interests

Two weeks ago before Guy Bailey took chargeas the Universityrsquos president Provost JudyBonner released a statement welcoming him tocampus that touched on this very issue

ldquoItrsquos an important time for us to remember whowe are and to affirm who we must be with everychoice and every decision every dayrdquo Bonnerwrote ldquoPlease join me in making sure that ourcampus is always a welcoming inclusive andrespectful environment where every member ofthe UA family can be hisher highest and bestself and where we enable and encourage integ-rity success and pride in every action and everyendeavorrdquo

The statement was striking not only because ofits exceptional language but because it wasnrsquot nec-essary to explain the event at hand Bonner couldhave released a generic statement simply welcom-ing Bailey but she chose instead to challenge us to our highest values as a University community

Those are the values that must guide us if weare serious about initiating this new phase ofgrowth Are we ready to fully embrace them

Tray Smith is the Online Editor of The CrimsonWhite His column runs on Thursday

By Nathan James | Staff Columnist

If you have chalk five minutes and the incli-nation you can create a message that will be seen by literally thousands of people on

campus And if you walk past the Quad or the Crimson Promenade on your way to class you have firsthand experience evincing this

ON THE TWITTERVERSE

Aurora shooterrsquos UAB rejection letter saved Alabama from more tragedyBy Hannah WaidContributing Writer

This week The University of Alabama at Birmingham released documents reveal-ing that the alleged Dark Knight Rises shooter James Holmes had applied for a graduate program at UAB but had been rejected

The man who killed 12 and wounded 58 could have been right here in Alabama not even an hour away from Tuscaloosa and the only thing that stopped him was a simple rejection letter Holmes applied in October 2010 was interviewed in February 2011 and received a rejection letter in March 2011 For us this blessing of rejec-tion changed the course of his path and sent him away from our beloved state

It was only a month after James Holmes was rejected that the state of Alabama experienced its first bout of recent devastation April 27 2011 A little more than a year later it was the tragic shoot-ing in Auburn on June 9 that left three dead It was then the shocking shooting at the Copper Top bar during the early morning hours of July 17

But to think there could have been another shoot-ing in our state only three

days after the Tuscaloosa shooting How much more tragedy could the state of Alabama have handled Two shootings in two months was bad enough and we barely escaped adding a third shoot-ing to the list

What has become of our nation that has within the past year been rattled with shootings across the country The two shootings in Alabama the movie the-ater massacre in Colorado the temple shooting in W i s c o n s i n the shooting near the Texas AampM campus the shooting at the Empire State building Why is this list so long for a span of just a few months Should we as students be afraid to go to a movie or prac-tice our religion Should those in the business world be afraid to serve an eviction notice or fire an employee

Surely and hopefully the answer is no While we may experience some moments of fear in light of recent events one should not live in fear every moment One would hope that our country halts

this declining pattern of vio-lence and begins back on the peaceful path It would be nice to see people handle their problems in ways other than with guns and violence

Could all these devastating shootings have been solved with a mature conversation Probably not all of them But with the case of James Holmes it just goes to show you that one small thing

something as simple as a piece of paper can change s o m e o n e rsquo s path

Perhaps a friendly smile to the seem-ingly intro-verted outcast could change his or her perception of those around them Perhaps

another look at gun control laws could allow a tighten-ing of policies to decrease gun violence Whatever it may be no matter how small something needs to change to revert this recent sense of doubt and tragedy back to the inherent goodness of human-ity

Hannah Waid is a junior majoring in English

Just when we havenrsquot seen it in a while here we go again Nick Saban went sideways in a press conference The first headline I saw read ldquoAnother Saban Outburstrdquo What did it this time I wondered The story quickly went viral as Sabanrsquos stories often do and I was already thinking my way into a column before I went looking for the news confer-ence

When I actually watched the ldquooutburstrdquo in its entirety my first thought was lsquoThatrsquos itrsquo I mean he didnrsquot even raise his voice After his ini-tial comments and before taking questions he politely appreciated the opportunity to ldquoget that off my chestrdquo Did the slight smile inadvertently displayed as he exited the podium belie the intentional nature of his comments Could this have been con-trived with the hidden desire of sending a message to his team

So why the big dust up What was the big issue this time Well it seems that coach Saban was ldquoupsetrdquo as he put it with how writers and commentators had already crowned his Crimson Tide 2012 National Champions after their destruction of eighth-ranked Michigan Which is exactly what we were all doing after one game If that wasnrsquot enough writers from Lexington to College Station

had already determined the outcome of Saturdayrsquos game against Western Kentucky The Hilltoppers they said shouldnrsquot even bother to show up

This is the kind of thing that drives all coaches not just Nick Saban crazy ndash crown-ing a team after one week Clearly Sabanrsquos Alabama team is loaded with talent and looked awful good for a week-one top-10 showdown and the coach in pursuit of his fourth BCS title is as intense as ever But he knows that one game does not make a season He knows his team struggled significantly after big open-ing day wins against Clemson and Virginia Tech with lowly Louisiana-Monore and Florida International in sea-sons past As it turned out his players looked a little sloppy Saturday barely rushing for a hundred yards and that best-in-the-country offensive line gave up six sacks The bottom line on all this was that Saban was right

Still this is all just pretty routine stuff as coaches and teams and press conferences go Sabanrsquos ldquooutburstrdquo was anything but The bigger story here was not the com-ments or the writers or even the outcome of the game Itrsquos the coach himself Why do we love to hate this guy

In fact we should love a guy who says what all the

other coaches long to say but are too politically cor-rect or scared to say them-selves They all know that our pens and microphones can send a message to their players that they must work overtime to counteract They attend our news conferences and tolerate us because they are contractually obligated to do so Do we really think any of them want to stop on the way to the locker room at halftime to answer two ridic-ulous questions They canrsquot control what we write or say and we make their jobs more difficult when we tell 20-year-olds that they are better than they are

To be sure Nick Saban isnrsquot going to win any awards as a media darling Guess what The coach doesnrsquot care He would love for people to stop writing about his team as NFL caliber but hey it goes with the territory They still have affection for him in Baton Rouge even though he is now with the enemy And hersquos pretty popular in Tuscaloosa these days

There are only six guys with a statue down there rep-resenting those 14 national titles Trouble for everyone else is one of them is still prowling the sidelines

Robert Stephens is an alum-nus of The University of Alabama

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 13 2012 | Page 5

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

ldquoIt was only a month after

James Holmes was rejected that the state of Alabama

experienced its first bout of recent devastation April 27

2011

Setting the record straight on Saban

IN RESPONSE TOldquoHow do you feel about todayrsquos enrollment announcement Do you think 33602 is too many not enough or the right

number of studentsrdquo

ldquoand who is excited about this other than the university Not

the studentshellip ldquo

ldquocampus is over-crowded try and go to the rec and get a treadmill in the mid-dle of the afternoon

or eveningrdquo

ldquoToo high for the resources Letrsquos solve

housing parking and dining issures before we grow

morerdquo

ldquoItrsquos all in the plan Who needs to

increase tutition when you can sus-

tain yourself on parking violationsrdquo

ldquotake a look at the Ferg at noon or the

parking lots and thatrsquos enough to see itrsquos too much for the space we have right

nowrdquo

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTSPage 6 | Thursday September 13 2012

By Sarah RobinsonContributing Writer

The second year of The University of Alabamarsquos Non-Profit Proteacutegeacute Program is now underway taking applications for students to participate in an eight-week mentor-ing program with non-profit professionals

A collaborative effort of the Community Service Center and the Career Center the program started in 2011 pairing partici-pants with an administrator or CEO of an Alabama non-profit organization The members are expected to arrange weekly meetings with their mentor

Not to be confused with an internship the experience grants a limited number of stu-dents the opportunity to attend board meetings sit in on staff and committee meetings visit with potential financial donors and witness the working world of a non-profit leader

Kimberly Montgomery assistant director of the CSC is heading this yearrsquos program and adopting the responsibili-ties of former assistant direc-

tor Rachel Edington who pro-pelled the program into suc-cess Although the programrsquos administration has changed the goals remain the same

ldquoOur expectations are as it was last year to have stu-dents make valuable con-nections and gain profitable insight into their career plansrdquo Montgomery said

Students of all majors are encouraged to apply

ldquoThe Non-Profit Proteacutegeacute Program is an experience for someone who wants to make a positive change for themselves their non-profit and the com-munityrdquo said Haley Clemons a student director of public rela-tions marketing and graphic design at the CSC

Junior accounting major Marina Robertsrsquo participation with the program last year led to other professional opportu-nities

After Roberts expressed interest in the grant process her mentor DrsquoUndray Peterson at Tuscaloosarsquos One Place put her in contact with a grant writer Having established a connection and receiving

guidance from the writer she is now in the process of writingher grant and attributes all of her success to the program

UA graduate Nicole Carr applied last year in hopes of getting a better understanding of the daily operations of work-ing in a non-profit She was pleased with her mentor who went the extra mile to ensure Carr accomplished everything she wanted in the program

ldquoMy mentor gave me a tour of five non-profits where I was able to see the daily operations of each as well as interact with individuals at somerdquo said Carr who still maintains contact with her mentor

ldquoWe just want to continue the momentum that we have going for the program and reach out to more students to get involvedrdquo Wahnee Sherman director of the CSC said

Students interested in apply-ing must be at least a sopho-more enrolled at the Universityby this fall and have a mini-mum 25 cumulative GPA Applications are due Friday Sept 21 by 5 pm to the CSC located in the Ferguson Center

Non-profi t mentoring program searches for applicants to work with professionals

By Emily LukerContributing Writer

The Office of Disability Services is hosting an event on Sept 14 to assist students with and without disabilities to better understand certain tech-nologies

The Accessible and Assistive Technology Expo of Alabama will feature presentations by several major computer hard-ware and software manufactur-ers including Apple

The expo will be held in the third floor of the Ferguson Center from 8 am to 5 pm Admission is free and open to all members of the UA com-munity as well as to the general public

According to odsuaeduaatexalabama the expo seeks to introduce attend-ees to technology they may not have seen before while demon-strating some accessibility fea-tures of technology that attend-ees may already be using

Marion Stevens the Assistive Technology Specialist at ODS says the event will be beneficial to anyone who comes

ldquoSince the expo is open to everyone both on and off campus anyone who might be interested in these topics is welcome to comerdquo Stevens said ldquoI think there are many people in the community who could benefit from learning about these technologiesrdquo

It is important for students without disabilities to recog-

nize that those with them are walking among them every day Stevens said

ldquoThere are many [dis-abilities] that are practically invisible unless you know what yoursquore looking forrdquo Stevens said ldquoFor exam-

ple a student with a learning disability looks no different than a student without one but they have to work much harder to be successful in their classesrdquo

Stevens also said that

students without disabili-ties can benefit from a better awareness of how various dis-abilities can affect others

ldquoFor example with the right technologies a blind person can read electronic texts much faster than a sighted person can but to be accessible that text must be formatted prop-erlyrdquo Stevens said ldquoMaking materials accessible isnrsquot that difficult but it requires an awareness as to why doing it is importantrdquo

This is a first-time event at the University but organizers intend for it to continue into the future

ldquoOur goal is to do it annually but since this is the first time wersquoll have to see how well itrsquos receivedrdquo Stevens said ldquoThe more people who attend the more likely we can have it again next year since the technology vendors and organizations will be more likely to come back if attendance is strongrdquo

Although it is not required organizers ask that those planning to attend fill out the attendee registration form on the ODS website so that they can get an accurate assess-ment of participation

Disability Services to host tech exposition to raise awareness

By Chandler WrightContributing Writer

Leadership UA is a leadership development program for UA sophomores and junior and is currently taking applications for the 2012-2013 class

ldquoThe main purpose of Leadership UA is bridging the gap between the freshman level programs and when they become officers of whatever student organization theyrsquore in on campusrdquo Nick Lambert the graduate assistant for Leadership UA said

Lambert said Leadership UA hopes to develop sophomores and juniors so they can effec-tively lead their organizations on campus in senior leadership positions

ldquoWe take them to different leadership venues that they can see first-hand leadership expe-rience so that when they come back theyrsquore able to talk about these things together to make sure that those leadership skills are developedrdquo Lambert said

Last year Leadership UA

students travelled to Montgomery and met with Gov Robert Bentley and others in the state capitol Lambert said

ldquoItrsquos an elite organization and we like to think that wersquore really going to develop these students to become leaders of these top tier organizations such as SGA IFC Panhellenic Academic Honor Council all those differ-ent organizationsrdquo Lambert said

Chelsea Ellis a junior major-ing in economics and political science said she met new peo-ple from different backgrounds through the program

ldquoI learned a lot about how to be polished and meet really important peoplerdquo Ellis said ldquoI wouldnrsquot really know how to shake the presidentrsquos hand or something Just meeting people in general I learned a lot of sociable etiquette kind of skillsrdquo

This year Lambert said Leadership UA will be split into a statewide track and a global track

ldquoThe statewide track will be similar to last year and global

track will finish with a study abroad trip in May to Athens Madrid and Londonrdquo Lambert said ldquoEach year is going to have a different theme depending on whatrsquos going on around the country and around the worldrdquo

Lambert said that this yearrsquos theme is economics and encour-aged students interested in the field to apply

ldquoItrsquos something you might not be able to find in other organi-zations to really develop your leadership skillsrdquo Lambert said ldquoOnce you graduate your expe-rience isnrsquot over You can carry that into your job or whatever you decide to do after college to really keep further developing those skills yoursquove learn through the programsrdquo

Applications are due Thursday by 445 pm in the dean of studentsrsquo office in 230 Ferguson The application can be found online at dosuaedu

ldquoGo for itrdquo Ellis said ldquoYou donrsquot really know until you get it Yoursquore not going to get it unless you try It really is such a big opportunityrdquo

Leadership UA accepting new sophomores juniors

By Alan AlexanderContributing Writer

The University of Alabama campus is home to more than 7000 students in 19 residence halls which are occasionally subject to instances of malfunc-tion

Whether itrsquos an overflowing toilet or a broken air condition-ing unit students rely on UA Facilities to take care of the problem

It all starts with a work orderIf residents were to find their

hallway flooded they would be better off to leave their towels hanging where they are and make for their computer

ldquoStudents can submit an online work order which is received by an office associ-ate who assesses the sever-ity of their problemrdquo said Alicia Browne director of housing administration ldquoFrom there the issue is relayed to the appro-priate division of facilities and technicians are dispatched to

resolve the problemrdquoTo submit a work order stu-

dents visit the Universityrsquos housing website for a work order request form The form then prompts students to supply basic information such as the building name room number phone number and details of the problem

ldquoIn the last fiscal year we received 38000 work order requests throughout the cam-pusrdquo Betty Drummond a pro-gram assistant with the cus-tomer services office said ldquoThe majority of those requests dealt with ventilation and plumbingrdquo

UA Facilities is separated into various divisions of labor that include plumbing heating ven-tilation electrical maintenance elevator general building main-tenance and custodial services

Clad in crimson work shirts with ldquoThe University of Alabama Facilitiesrdquo embroidered in white on their left breast they are rou-tinely seen driving around cam-pus in Kawasaki Mules

UA Facilities provides ser-vices around the clock for the complications that arise in the middle of the night

ldquoAfter normal duty hours UAPD receives calls and noti-fies on-duty technicians or shop managers of specific work that gets requestedrdquo Duane Lamb assistant vice president for facil-ities and grounds said

One such instance occurred for a resident of Ridgecrest West

Lee McNorton a junior major-ing in engineering returned home late from studying at Bruno Library to find his sink

Work order forms provide quick assistanceclogged and water overflowing onto the floor and carpet After staunching the immediate flow he submitted a work order the following morning

ldquoThey were very responsive in attending to our problem within the same day of request-ing maintenance and stayed until our carpet was cleaned and driedrdquo McNorton said

For more serious issues such as severe leaks or the presence of mold UA Facilities will typi-cally respond within 24 hours of a submitted work order However if less immediate prob-lems arise such as a resident needing a bed frame raised or window blinds fixed the stu-dents may have to wait a few extra days

ldquoIn the last fiscal year we

received 38000 work order requests throughout

the campus

mdash Betty Drummond

ldquoThere are many [disabili-ties] that are practically

invisible unless you know what yoursquore looking for

mdash Marion Stevens

FAST FACTSbull To submit a work

order go to housinguaedu and submit a work order request form

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Thursday September 13 2012CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 7

By Courtney StinsonStaff Reporter

If you like to cut a rug but club dancing isnrsquot your style or if you simply want to step up your dance moves Crimson Tide Ballroom Dancers might be the place for you They will host a 1950s themed Sock Hop at Forest Lake United Methodist Church Friday from 7 to 10 pm

Founded in 2006 CTBD offers an alternative venue for stu-dents to interact exercise and enjoy the art of ballroom danc-ing CTBD promises a warm welcoming environment for dancers of all skill levels offer-ing dance lessons prior to each of their twice-monthly dances More experienced dancers will also be available to help begin-ners learn the steps during the dance

For those who would like

more instruction CTBD is cur-rently offering a free 12-week dance course where they teach the Foxtrot Waltz Rumba Cha-Cha and Hustle The classes are held on Sundays from 3 to 4 pm at Calvary Baptist Church

Julia Trippe a junior major-ing in New College had no dance experience prior to attending several CTBD events but said she has enjoyed learn-ing new dances ndash her favorite being the Rumba ndash and having an unconventional outlet for socializing with friends

ldquoItrsquos a really good way to hang out with friends and have fun and learn how to dance because Irsquove never really had that opportunity beforerdquo Trippe said

Elaine Song CTBD efficiency coordinator also lacked a dance background when she joined the group a year ago She did not particularly enjoy dancing

before joining but says that ball-room dancing is an easy skill to pick up and can set dancers apart from the crowd

ldquoWhat I really like about [ballroom dancing] is at home-coming and prom people are making it up and doing whatev-er but when yoursquore [ballroom] dancing you look good and itrsquos not that hardrdquo Song said

CTBD treasurer Tyler Malone became a part of the organization after taking a social dance class at UA Aside from simply being fun Malone says being a part of the group affords other social benefits particularly for young men

ldquoTherersquos a very good girl to guy ratio [at our events] thatrsquos definitely in favor of the guysrdquo Malone said ldquoA lot of single girls like to dancerdquo

CTBD founder Jimmy Kunz is a prime example of Malonersquos statement He met his wife

and CTBD co-founder Jennifer a former instructor at Fred Astaire Dance Studio through ballroom dancing

Though the group focuses primarily on ballroom dances they also perform social dances that are more familiar to the general public like the Cupid Shuffle the Wobble and the Electric Slide

ldquoEverybody loves the line dances that we do because they are like a social meet-and-greet and you dance with everybody especially the barn dancerdquo Kunz said ldquoThese are relaxed and low keyrdquo

Kunz understands what it is like to be a beginner He was very nervous when he began dancing over 10 years ago but dancing has become a part of life for Kunz so beginners need not be too intimidated to join in

ldquoThe first time I went [ball-room dancing] I was told I was

going to a party and I spent most of the night glued to a chairrdquo Kunz said ldquoOnce the instructors got me out of the chair I began to loosen up and really enjoy myselfrdquo

A $5 donation is requested of

students for all CTBD events $7 for the general public or $12 per couple A Swing lesson forbeginners will begin at 6 pm For more information and a schedule of CTBD events visitctbdorg

Crimson Tide Ballroom Dancers to host Sock Hop

By Asher Elbein

Named after the small Midwestern town where Superman grew up the series Smallville follows Clark Kent on his journey toward becom-ing the greatest superhero in the world Seeking to create a grounded and realistic show the producers hit upon a simple rule Clark Kent would never put on a costume Nor would he fly The paradox this created ndash a show starring Superman who never acts like Superman ndash would simply be glossed over

To say that this approach

leads to problems is something of an understatement Even a good show would have trouble with it And Smallville is not a good show

To begin with the charac-terization is a mess From the first episode Clark Kent is not once presented as a heroic or likable lead Instead hersquos an angsty jerk who takes his friends for granted and dith-ers Hamlet-like before he can bring himself to save anybody Lex Luther Clarkrsquos friend and eventual bitter enemy is pre-sented at the outset as an inter-esting relatable man whose

long descent into villainy has as much to do with Clarkrsquos persistent selfishness as with any kind of adaptational inevi-tability Smallvillersquos explana-tion for why Lex Luther hates Superman is so convincing that itrsquos easy to follow his example

The poor writing doesnrsquot stop there Smallville begins as a romantic soap opera mas-querading as a superhero show an approach that works until the creators get ambitious Clarkrsquos world rapidly expands into comic book scenarios on which the show has neither the means nor the interest to

follow through Supervillains shuffle amid the romantic drama posing for the camera before being quickly packed off to limbo Storylines are not resolved so much as buried alive and those left uncovered often collapse under the weight of their own contrivance Amid all of this supporting charac-ters begin to don costumes of various kinds Clark mindful of the showrsquos number one rule sticks to a jacket By the time the eighth season begins all pretense of a grounded real-istic show has been thrown out the window By the 10th

and final season sanity has joined it

Laying aside the obvious question of how the show last-ed 10 years itrsquos worth noting that the final season is where the Smallville completely frac-tures under its own premise The show that wonrsquot let Clark dress or act like Superman has him join the Justice League marry Lois Lane and meet all manner of characters who shouldnrsquot yet exist When Supergirl and Superboy are introduced before Superman has so much as tried on a cape itrsquos the last straw By the time

Clark finally dons the famous costume hersquos the only person in the cast who hasnrsquot yet wornone Those viewers still watch-ing are too worn out to care

Smallville is not entirely without merit The actors are pretty and all of them remem-ber their lines The presentation is almost professional To the best of my knowledge the show has yet to actually kill anyone If yoursquore looking for a 10-sea-son-long exercise in delayed gratification a Superman story written by and for people who donrsquot like Superman then this is absolutely the show for you

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Superman show fails without bringing in key concepts from original comics

SubmittedDancers practice at a CTBD event

UA show choir resembles lsquoGleersquoBy Alicia PerezContributing Writer

Resonance the UA-run show choir allows students to expe-rience their own real-life ver-sion of the hit television show ldquoGleerdquo

Catchy songs and intense dance numbers are just a little part of the package deal and is why director Garrett Lindsey said the Universityrsquos show choir is ldquoGlee on steroidsrdquo

ldquoWe literally tell people who come up to us and ask that we are our own version of Gleerdquo Lindsey said ldquoWe create really intense choreography and sing as a group wersquore nowhere near

as solo-driven as the charac-ters on the showrdquo

A junior majoring in choral music education Lindsey first joined the program as a fresh-man

Originally Lindsey started out as the bass section leader worked his way up to the musi-cal director and currently acts as the director

ldquoI lead all rehearsals play a large role in choosing our showrsquos set lists when and where we perform and I occa-sionally help choreograph some of our performancesrdquo Lindsey said

Rehearsals are held two times a week one to practice

the song portion the other for the dance The group works to create original pieces that will stand out from other groups and performances

ldquoI occasionally meet with other members of the group to help choreograph different numbers however the majori-ty of the time itrsquos done by other members of the show choirrdquo Lindsey said ldquoThey always do a fantastic jobrdquo

Anyone interested is wel-come to audition however prior singing or performing experience is recommended Auditions consist of a singing and dancing portion

ldquoUsually the applicants are

Page 8 | Thursday September 13 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

Moundville to host

archeological eventBy Becky RobinsonContributing Writer

A few miles outside of Tuscaloosa sits the Moundville Archaeological Park an ancient Native American site and a part of The University of Alabama Museums

For several years the park has hosted events aimed at teaching the pub-lic about Southeastern Native American culture One such event is called Saturday in the Park where local experts come together to educate the community about Southeastern Native American arts and traditions

Tyler Fox an Americorps VISTA at Moundville has been participating in Saturday in Park since March He helped create the schedule of artists for this yearrsquos events and will be giving a gardening class on Sept 22

ldquoAt its height Moundville was the largest city north of Mexico Cityrdquo Fox said ldquoMany people donrsquot realize the rich cultural significance that is right in our backyardrdquo

Fox said programs like Saturday in the Park show-case what life was like for the Native Americans who once lived in the area He said that on a typical Saturday there are many activities for partici-pants to choose from such as pottery textiles flute making and interpretations of native languages

Betsy Irwin the educa-tion outreach coordinator for Moundville oversees the educational programs for Saturday in the Park and often contributes her artistic skills to the events

Irwin said she has been making pots and ceram-ics for over 30 years focus-ing on the techniques used by the Southeastern Native

Americans She has been involved with Saturday in the Park since 1991

ldquoWhen people think of Indian art they normally envision the type of art pro-duced by the Southwestern tribesrdquo Irwin said ldquoMany people donrsquot realize how incredibly complex and beau-tiful Southeastern Indian art isrdquo

As part of UniversityMuseums the Moundville Archaeological Park is dedi-cated to preserving and researching the Moundville site while providing a place for locals to enjoy

Fox and Irwin have both enjoyed their time working with Saturday in the Park

Irwin said her favorite part is learning the different pro-cesses for making art and see-ing the childrenrsquos reactions to the lessons

For Fox the most important part is what people take away from the event

ldquoMy hope is that the Saturday in the Park program will resonate a little deeper in someone than just being able to recite factsrdquo Fox said ldquoItrsquos great if someone learns a new skill or fact but hopefully the takeaway is much deeper than surface levelrdquo

Moundvillersquos Saturday in the Park runs almost every weekend from August to December and is free with park admission For more information go to moundvilleuaedu

only required to sing one song and the dance audi-tion is done over the course of two daysrdquo he said ldquoThere is a dance clinic and the actual audition The dance clinic is held just to teach the required dance and then people are put into groups of five to performrdquo

For Morgan Mullen a sophomore majoring in child development show choir has provided a family away from home

ldquoThey have definitely turned into my familyrdquo Mullen said ldquoWe spend so much time together and we all know each other really well Itrsquos such a creative out-let and a great way to make friendsrdquo

Mullen who is the presi-dent of Resonance coordi-nates all the business aspects of the group including order-ing merchandise scheduling venues and assisting with production

Over the course of the year Resonance holds sev-eral shows showcasing the grouprsquos talent This year the group hopes to perform at high school choir competi-tions as an exhibition hop-ing to promote the name and popularity of the group

ldquoWe sing the national anthem at some sporting events and we have held charity cabaret concerts in the past on campus but that money was donated to an outside causerdquo Lindsey said

Despite the major audi-tions already having been held for the year the show choir occasionally holds additional auditions in order to replace members who may have left for various reasons Anyone interested should contact the group at uareso-nancegmailcom

ldquoItrsquos such a great way to explore singing and danc-ing especially if you arenrsquot majoring in either one while at the Universityrdquo Mullen said

ldquoMany people donrsquot realize

how incredibly complex and beautiful Southeastern

Indian art is

mdash Betsy Irwin

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Tide faces 1st SEC teamsBy Charlie PotterContributing Writer

The Alabama cross country teams will begin their confer-ence schedule this Saturday Sept 15 in the Commodore Classic in Nashville Tenn The men will participate in an 8000 meter race that begins at 900 am and their female counter-parts will run 6000 meters at 945 am

This will be the first SEC test of the season for the Tide but adding to that challenge it will be their first road meet

ldquoThe SEC is tough in any-thingrdquo Palee Myrex a junior from Bremen Ala said ldquoEverybody is goodrdquo

Prominent SEC schools will be represented at the invi-tational race Georgia LSU Mississippi State Ole Miss South Carolina Tennessee and host school Vanderbilt will chal-lenge the Tidersquos young squad

Nerves will be an issue the freshmen on the team will have to manage but Myrex

has noticed toughness and grit among her first-year team-mates Still they will be intro-duced to an entirely new world once they arrive in the Music City

ldquoI remember my first big meetrdquo Myrex said ldquoIt was a lot different than high schoolrdquo

Head coach Dan Waters is approaching the meet as a mea-suring tool to determine how far along his young roster is in their development

ldquoItrsquos the first opportunity our freshmen have to face SEC com-petition so itrsquos a good measure of us for this early in the sea-sonrdquo Waters said ldquoWith that in mind our athletes have to approach it with the right atti-tuderdquo

Waters said that his freshmen chose to come to the Capstone because of the opportunity to compete against other elite athletes He expects them to be ready and perform well against top competititors an opportu-nity they will get in Nashville

ldquoI expect our team to be ready

to compete and expect to be con-tendersrdquo Waters said ldquoWe need to approach every competition with the mindset that we are going out there to win I think thatrsquos especially important for us now because of the youth of our team If we are to reach the goals that we have in mind we have to approach every competi-tion with the right mindsetrdquo

Sophomore Matt Joyner and Myrex finished as top perform-ers in the Crimson Tide Kick Off the teamrsquos first meet of the sea-son With their experience and leadership Joyner and Myrex will look to lead the Tide to vic-tory in the Commodore Classic

ldquoWe want to show up and have a good showing for the SECrdquo Myrex said

The races will take place at Vaughnrsquos Gap in Nashvillersquos Percy Warner Park This course is considered to be one of the most scenic but challenging courses in the SEC It will also serve as the running course for the conference championships later in the year

CW | Jingyu WanThe Alabama cross country teams will begin their conference schedule this Saturday Sept 15 in the Commodore Classic

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 13 2012 | Page 9

CROSS COUNTRY VOLLEYBALL

By Rebekah DyeContributing Writer

The Alabama volleyball team is off to its hottest start in 33 years with an 11-1 record which will be put to the test when the Crimson Tide faces the LSU Tigers Friday

ldquoI think we have our work cut out for usrdquo head coach Ed Allen said ldquoThe SEC is the SEC It is one of the best four leagues in the country and we brought nine new players in so they are going to have to adjust to all of thatrdquo

Senior Kayla Fitterer is off to a solid start this season after hav-ing an offseason setback With minor foot surgery she was day-to-day for matches and practice for much of preseason Now hav-ing been cleared to play every game she is back to start the rest of the season

ldquoWersquore just really ready to start SECrdquo Fitterer said ldquoOur confi-dence is up which is really good heading into SECsrdquo

LSU the 2011 SEC West cham-pion has had a rocky start to its

season With a 4-5 record and a hitting average of just 160 the Tigers donrsquot seem to be the cham-pions the SEC saw last year They have had setbacks this season with five newcomers and four straight weekends on the road but the Tigers will be a tough-minded team against the Tide

LSU leads the all-time series 32-21 and has won the past 11 matches against Alabama Over the past 10 years the Tigers have averaged a 258 hitting percent-age against Alabama but only 218 when Alabama has home court The low hitting percentage com-bined with the setbacks from the season could pose problems for the Tigers

With the Tidersquos strong start confidence and maintaining poise are going to be key to ultimately coming out with a victory Friday night

ldquoJust going in and staying focused and playing our game [are the keys to winning]rdquo Fitterer said ldquoWe know we can win we are 11-1 so [wersquore] just

staying confident focused and steady and not getting flusteredrdquo

Keeping up the momentum and working hard keeps the team focused and motivated to go out and win every match

ldquoI donrsquot think anybody is ready to become complacentrdquo freshman outside hitter Laura Steiner said ldquoWe know we have a lot of work to do so no worries of that hap-peningrdquo

LSU is the first night of SEC play for the Tide and coach Allen expects strong competition between the two teams

ldquoWe are going to be a whole lot more competitiverdquo Allen said ldquoWe expect to win some SEC matches for surerdquo

Conference play starts with LSU

IF YOU GObull What Alabama vs LSU

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bull When 7 pm Friday

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Players prepare for tournamentBy Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

First-year menrsquos tennis head coach George Hussack is looking to open up his career at the Capstone with domi-nant play in the Duke Fab Four Invite

The Crimson Tide menrsquos tennis team has faltered over the years especially during the latter part of the season Last year the Tide went 2-9 in conference matchups and lacked consistency through-out the fall and spring sea-sons

The Tide will be sending four players to Cary NC this weekend including senior Jerryd Botha juniors Daniil Proskura and Carlos Taborga and freshman Becker OrsquoShaughnessey

Hussack said he is look-ing for the team to show con-sistent competitive spirit in his first competition as head coach

ldquoWhat Irsquom looking for this weekend is for the four guys to com-peterdquo he said ldquoI want to just see how these four guys han-dle match situ-ations against people who are not their teammatesrdquo

Hussack spent the past three seasons as the assistant head coach for the University of Southern California Trojans who have won the last four NCAA titles before being tapped as the new head coach at Alabama

Despite only being with the team for a short period of time Hussack said he has gelled somewhat with his

players and found leadership roles in a fresh start for the Crimson Tide

ldquoI feel like everyone has been very energetic and responsiverdquo he said ldquoI feel like everyone is clear on what we have to do so wersquore all on the same pagerdquo

Hussack said he has relied on senior leadership to beginthe season but is looking for each of his players to step up in their own leadership role

ldquoIrsquove leaned a bit more on our two seniors Jarryd Bothaand Harris Barnardrdquo he said ldquoBut Irsquove really relied on everybody to do their ownthingrdquo

The fall season is normally considered a growing period for collegiate tennis players and Hussack said he expects this weekendrsquos tournament to be no different

ldquoI think it is a great chal-lenge and a great opportunityfor the guys to get into the sea-sonrdquo he said ldquoI really think

they are going to be able to take a lot away from this eventrdquo

One thing Hussack said he would like to not only see thisweekend but throughout the entire season is consistent and quality play in both the singles

and doubles competitions The Tide struggled in both areas last season but Hussacksaid he is more focused on thefuture and not the past

ldquoYou know I think we need contributions from every-whererdquo he said ldquoWersquore going to need contributions from everyone one through six Whatever happened last year happened last yearrdquo

Setting the time for new season

By Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

The Crimson Tide womenrsquos tennis team is looking to begin its fall campaign with a strong show-ing in Cary NC at the Duke Fab Four Invite

Head coach Jenny Mainz who is entering her 16th season at the helm of the womenrsquos tennis program said despite the recent success the team has had in past years there is still room for improvement in the fall season

ldquoWell itrsquos been a while since the girls have competedrdquo Mainz said ldquoSo I think the biggest thing through the fall is setting the tone in the first tournament and sharp-ening up Our goal is to be com-petitive and compete with a lot of tenacityrdquo

Competitive is exactly what the

Tide has been in recent years Last year the team maintained a top-10 ranking throughout its spring schedule Mainz said the tournaments in the fall help pre-pare her players for both confer-ence and non-conference oppo-nents beginning with the Duke Fab Four Invite

The Tide will send four play-ers including No 10 ranked junior Mary Anne MacFarlane sopho-more Emily Zabor and fresh-men Maya Jansen and Natalia Maynetto The team will get its first look at a new SEC opponent Texas AampM among other schools that Mainz said were among the nationrsquos elite

ldquoThe competition is very goodrdquo Mainz said ldquoItrsquos a great field and some of those teams finished top five or top 10 in the country so itrsquos not just them going into their first

tournament because they certain-ly will be thrown into the firerdquo

Although winning the tourna-ment is a primary goal Mainz said she is more focused on seeing how her players compete early on and learn some of the teamrsquos strengths and weaknesses

ldquoYou know I just want to see how they competerdquo she said ldquoIrsquom sure we are going to come back after the completion of the tour-nament and identify some things we need to work on so thatrsquos what the tournament is for toordquo

Improvement is what Mainz said she preaches to her team every day in order to maintain the individual and team success the Tide has enjoyed the past couple of seasons

ldquoChampions realize itrsquos a pro-cess to be respectedrdquo Mainz said ldquoI say to the team daily lsquoLetrsquos get

UA AthleticsAlabama womenrsquos and menrsquos tennis begins its fall season this weekend at the Duke Fab Four Invite

Page 10 | Thursday September 13 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

a little bit better today letrsquos take one step forward and letrsquos chip awayrsquordquo

After only a single practice Mainz said she is impressed with her playersrsquo work ethic and prep-aration for the fall tournaments

ldquoThe girls are working hardrdquo she said ldquoThe spirit of the team and the charisma seems very energetic and very positive The two senior captains Alexa Gaurachi and Antonia Foehse have done a good job at establish-ing leadershiprdquo

Mainz said although it is the teamrsquos first competition it is still crucial to see how the team per-forms in order to establish a win-ning culture this fall

ldquoI think itrsquos not only important that we represent Alabama wellrdquo she said ldquobut also set the tone on how we want to start the seasonrdquo

WOMENrsquoS TENNIS MENrsquoS TENNIS

ldquoI feel like everyone is clear

on what we have to do so wersquore all on the same

page

mdashGeorge Hussack

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Thursday September 13 2012SPORTSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

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Page 12

By Zac Al-KhateebStaff Reporter

If the Alabama football team was able to take any lesson away from its game against Western Kentucky on Saturday itrsquos that it canrsquot afford not to play up to its standards regardless of the opponent

The Crimson Tide will see if it was able to learn that lesson this weekend when it travels to Fayetteville Ark to take on the Arkansas Razorbacks a team that much like the Tide didnrsquot play up to its standards Saturday ndash the Razorbacks lost a stunner to the University of Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks 34-31 in overtime

In that game no Arkansas rusher eclipsed 100 yards including junior Knile Davis and the defense gave up over 500 yards of total offense to the Warhawks

Despite the Razorbacksrsquo per-formance against what many believe was an inferior oppo-nent Alabama head coach Nick Saban said he wasnrsquot going to let their loss affect the way his team prepared for the game

ldquoThey had a very difficult misfortune in the last game that they werenrsquot able to over-comerdquo Saban said ldquoBut we still have to expect that wersquore going to get their very best perfor-mance and we need to have our very best performance if wersquore going to be able to play the kind of game we need to play on the road and have a chance to be successful against what we think is a very very good teamrdquo

Indeed rather than use their loss as an excuse not to prepare Alabama is instead expecting to motivate the Razorbacks head-ing into the game

Junior quarterback AJ McCarron said more than any-thing Arkansasrsquo loss would only serve to make the team angry

ldquoYeah definitelyrdquo McCarron said ldquoThey still got a chance to win the SEC Theyrsquore definitely going to throw everything in the book at u s W e rsquo r e going t o have to be ready f o r the things t h e y rsquo v e shown us on film things that they havenrsquot and things theyrsquore going to come up withrdquo

Still Arkansasrsquo loss to the Warhawks isnrsquot the only thing that may serve as a distraction for Alabama Arkansas senior quarterback Tyler Wilson whorsquos thrown for 568 yards and five touchdowns so far this season suffered a head injury against ULM and is question-able to play in Saturdayrsquos game

Regardless Saban said he wasnrsquot going to let his play-ers assume theyrsquod be playing against freshman quarterback Brandon Allen Wilsonrsquos back-up

ldquoNobody here should be feel-ing warm and cozy about the other teamrsquos circumstance or situationrdquo Saban said ldquoWe need to be thinking about what we need to do to be success-ful regardless of who plays in the gamerdquo

The message seems to have stuck with Sabanrsquos defensive players as seniors Robert Lester and Nico Johnson have both said theyrsquore preparing as if Wilson is going to play Lester said even if he doesnrsquot play Arkansasrsquo other playmak-ers on offense would be more

than enough to make up for his absence

ldquoWersquore looking at it as if he is going to playrdquo Lester said ldquoAnd even if he doesnrsquot Arkansas has great players and their backups are more than capable of com-ing in and managing the game and making playsrdquo

S t i l l despite all the questions surrounding Arkansasrsquo team McCarron said the only thing his team should worry about is what it can control improving on last weekrsquos per-formance over the Hilltoppers

Alabamarsquos defense didnrsquot seem to play with the same intensity as usual and the offensive line considered pos-sibly one of the nationrsquos best gave up six sacks on McCarron Even on special teams sopho-more wide receiver Christion Jones let a few punts go that he should have fielded

For McCarron improve-ments can be made all over the field

ldquoKind of a let-down week to our standards so wersquore definitely going to have to step it uprdquo McCarron said ldquoFirst SEC game in-confer-ence game so wersquoll definitely have to be on our A - g a m e c o m e t h i s week-endrdquo

Both sides of Saturday Preview of Alabama-Arkansas

By Andrew Hutchinson Staff Writer for The Arkansas Traveler

1 Forget Last WeekThe clicheacute ldquojust take one

game at a timerdquo has been used for years in sports Most often it is used for teams that have big games in the weeks ahead but it can also apply to

teams coming off bad losses Arkansas should

not have lost to the University of Louisiana-Monroe and e v e r y o n e

knows it The Razorbacks

must com-p l e t e l y put the U L M g a m e o u t

of their minds in

order to com-pete against Alabama

2 No Needless PenaltiesTwo weeks in a row

Arkansas has been penalized for unsports-

manlike conduct for hitting a player after he was out of

bounds These penalties give opponents a first down and move

them up 15 yards With an offense as potent as Alabamarsquos Arkansas canrsquot afford to give them second chances Likewise if the Hogs are moving the ball on Alabamarsquos stiff defense they canrsquot afford to lose yards with false starts

3 OffensiveDefensive LineThe Crimson Tide is

known for its hard-nosed physical play on both sides of the ball On the offensive line

Alabama is led by reigning Outland Trophy winner Barrett Jones as well as two other potential first-round NFL draft picks (DJ Fluker and Chance Warmack) They open gaping holes for running backs and provide quar-terback AJ McCarron ample time tofind open receivers On the defensive line Alabama averages 6rsquo4rdquo 299 lbs two deep Theyrsquoll challenge Arkansasrsquo relatively inexperienced offensive line Both Arkansas lines must step up their game and players must fill the holes left in the offense and defense by Kiero Small and Tevin Mitchel respectively if Arkansas is to have a chance

4 Wrap Up on DefenseSeveral plays against ULM almost

resulted in sacks but Arkansas defend-ers couldnrsquot bring down quarterback Kolton Browning They were getting a hand on him but never wrapped him up allowing him to escape and make plays Also when the Hogs hit ULMrsquos running backs and wide receivers it usually took a couple players to tackle them If Arkansas gets past Alabamarsquos stellar offensive line they must capi-talize and sack McCarron or tackle their running back

5 Fan SupportArkansas is coming off its most

embarrassing loss since losing to TheCitadel in 1992 and some would argue this is worse than that loss Fans are not happy but that doesnrsquot mean they shouldnrsquot support the team The play-ers have practiced all year and are not going out there and intentionally los-ing Hog fans that boo them should be ashamed of themselves As much as players say they donrsquot listen to nega-tivity they still hear it If Arkansas fans pack out Donald W Reynolds Razorback Stadium it becomes a very hostile environment for the visiting team Fans need to come and encour-age the team so that the Razorbacks can make the most of the home field advantage

Five keys to an Arkansas victory over AlabamaTide not paying attention to Arkansas loss to ULM

rron said more than any-Arkansasrsquo loss would

serve to make the team

ah definitelyrdquo McCarronThey still got a chance to

he SEC Theyrsquore definitely to throw everything in

book at u s e

g o

to ready f o r hings t h e y rsquo v e

n us on film things that avenrsquot and things theyrsquore to come up withrdquo Arkansasrsquo loss to the

awks isnrsquot the only thing may serve as a distraction

abama Arkansas senior erback Tyler Wilson thrown for 568 yards andouchdowns so far this n suffered a head injuryst ULM and is question-o play in Saturdayrsquos gameardless Saban said he t going to let his play-ssume theyrsquod be playing st freshman quarterback on Allen Wilsonrsquos back-

body here should be feel-arm and cozy about the teamrsquos circumstance or

ionrdquo Saban said ldquoWe o be thinking about whated to do to be success-gardless of who plays in merdquomessage seems to have with Sabanrsquos defensive

rs as seniors Robert and Nico Johnson have

said theyrsquore preparing Wilson is going to play

said even if he doesnrsquot Arkansasrsquo other playmak-n offense would be more

absenceldquoWersquore looking at it as if he is

going to playrdquo Lester said ldquoAnd even if he doesnrsquot Arkansas hasgreat players and their backups are more than capable of com-ing in and managing the gameand making playsrdquo

S t i l l despite all the questions surrounding Arkansasrsquo team McCarron said the onlything his team should worryabout is what it can control improving on last weekrsquos per-formance over the Hilltoppers

Alabamarsquos defense didnrsquotseem to play with the sameintensity as usual and the offensive line considered pos-sibly one of the nationrsquos best gave up six sacks on McCarronEven on special teams sopho-more wide receiver ChristionJones let a few punts go thathe should have fielded

For McCarron improve-ments can be made all over the field

ldquoKind of a let-down week to ourstandards so wersquore definitely going to have to step it uprdquo McCarron said ldquoFirst SEC game in-confer-ence game soo wewersquorsquoll definitelyy hhave to be onon ourrA - g ag a m em em ec oo mm eeeeeeeet h iii ssssssssssswweeeekkkkkkk----eenddrdquordquordquordquordquo

Staff Writer for The Arkansas Traveler

1 Forget Last WeekThe clicheacute ldquojust take o

game at a timerdquo has beused for years in sports Moften it is used for teams thave big games in the weeahead but it can also apply

teams coming off bad lossArkansas shou

not have lost the Universof LouisianMonroe ae v e r y o n

knows it TRazorbac

must cop l e t eput U Lg a mo u

of thminds

order to copete against Alabam

2 No Needless PenaltTwo weeks in a r

Arkansas has bepenalized for unspor

manlike conduct for hitta player after he was out

bounds These penalties gopponents a first down and mo

them up 15 yards With an offensepotent as Alabamarsquos Arkansas caafford to give them second chancLikewise if the Hogs are movingball on Alabamarsquos stiff defense thcacanrsquon t t afford to lose yards with fastststs arts

3 OOffensiveDefensive LinThhe e Crimson Tide

knknknkkkkkkkknowwn for its hannnooononnnnn seed physical playbbbbbooobob thh sides of the bOOOOOOOnOOOO the offensive li

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Thursday September 13 2012NEWSNEWS

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Page 3

By April IveyContributing Writer

The Crimson Ride is running a new express route to give stu-dents parking in the Southeast Commuter Zones a quicker commute to the Quad

The route is called the Crimson Express and stops at the Coleman Coliseum park-ing lot Moody Music Building Lloyd Hall Gorgas Library Bidgood Hall and Coliseum Drive by the Mal Moore Building

Ralph Clayton assis-tant director of Transit and Transportation Services said the route was requested by many students

ldquoThis route reduces the num-ber of stops and creates a more direct route from large com-muter lots to the core of cam-pus and returnsrdquo Clayton said ldquoThis benefits a large number of students who just need a ride into the core of campus with the least number of stops The primary beneficiaries of this route are commuter studentsrdquo

Crimson Ride drivers feel the new route is ideal for get-ting students to and from class quickly

ldquoI like the new routerdquo Shell Jones a Crimson Ride driver said ldquoIt lets us get kids to class and back to their cars fasterrdquo

JrsquoHawi Crawett a sopho-more majoring in forensic

psychology said the new route is convenient to just get across the Quad

ldquoAfter my 530 class I never want to walk all the way to Ten Hoor [from Lloyd Hall] so itrsquos convenient for merdquo Crawett said

Though employees and students alike find the new express to be convenient some students have been confused when they think they are rid-ing a non-express route that stops at Julia Tutwiler Hall and Reese Phifer Hall

Jones said some students have expressed their frustra-tion to her but she believes the express route is becoming increasingly popular

Crimson Express Route

CW | Sarah Grace Moorehead

New Crimson Ride route creates quicker commute to Quad

By Adrienne Burch and Katherine LangnerCW Staff

University students often travel abroad to immerse themselves in another coun-tryrsquos language and culture for a year or a semester but many are unaware that a similar environment exists right here at the Capstone

Culture-based living-learning communities at the University such as the French and German House are designed for students seek-ing a way to study a countryrsquos respective language and cul-ture in an immersed environ-ment

ldquoStudents who participate in living-learning communi-ties connect their living envi-ronments to their academic interests creating a more uni-fied college experiencerdquo Alicia Browne director of UA hous-ing administration said

Founded in the fall semes-ter 1978 the Hans and Sophie Scholl Haus or German House located on Bryce Lawn pro-vides residence for 10 to 15 students each year including native German speakers and American students studying the language

ldquoWe hope that they will have a pseudo-immersion experi-ence thus improving their lan-guage abilityrdquo Elaine Martin faculty liaison for the German House said ldquoand that they will also make new interna-tional friends and learn more about German culturerdquo

American students living in the house are able to take part in a two-credit conversation course only open to German house residents and taught by a native German speaker

Eva Schmeidl student house director of the German House and German graduate student is a German foreign exchange student who through a

scholarship from the Federation of German-American clubs was chosen to live at the German House As house director she plans the weekly meetings for the stu-dents taking part in the course credit option while living in the house

Schmeidl said her favorite part about living in the German House is having interesting discussions with her house-mates about cultural differ-ences between Germany and the US She said as a native German speaker in the house she also has to remember to encourage the English speak-ers to converse in German as

much as possibleldquoWe want them to get over

the fear of speaking in a lan-guage they are not 100 per-cent sure offrdquo Schmeidl said ldquoIn the German House they have a chance to use German around friends without the fear of getting laughed atrdquo

Schmeidl said by the end of the semester she hopes the students will feel confi-dent enough in the language to exclusively use German around the house

The French House serves a similar purpose to the German House in that its purpose is for students to improve their language skills by immersing

them in a French-speaking environment

French House faculty advi-sor and assistant professor of French Jean Luc Robin said the idea for the French house actually came partly from his German colleagues who have run a successful German House for many years

ldquoIt seemed like a great way to create a smaller friendly and more intimate community of French-speaking peers on a campus that might otherwise swallow students up in a sea of anonymityrdquo Robin said

Melissa Henderson the French House student director is living in the French house as she pursues her masterrsquos degree in French literature

ldquoIn my eyes French House is a student community where we eat French classics like crepes bread and cheese while talking about everyday thingsrdquo Henderson said

Henderson said the French

house provides students with a more relaxed envi-ronment to speak and learn the language

ldquoI am usually a nervous wreck in the classroomrdquo Henderson said ldquoI definitely feel more relaxed speaking French with my residents than my professorsrdquo

Henderson said she will have the opportunity to teach her own French 101 class next fall but the French house is giving her the chance to experience this teaching ele-ment in a much less intimi-dating environment There is one native French speak-er living in the house this semester named Benjamin Henderson said

ldquoItrsquos a mutual exchange because wersquore teaching Benjamin to say lsquoRoll Tidersquo and hersquos teaching us card games and how to make authentic French dishesrdquo Henderson said

Culture-based residences immerse students in foreign languagesldquo Students who participate in living-learning communities connect their

living environments to their academic interests creating a more unifi ed college experience

mdash Alicia Browne

Editor | SoRelle Wyckoffletterscwuaedu

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CW | Austin Bigoney

Donrsquot waste your chalk

Yoursquore also probably start-ing to feel a little annoyed with both sides of the abortion issue

Last week the following words appeared in colorful block letters on the Crimson Promenade ldquoHey I just met you and this is crazy but donrsquot abort me cause Irsquom your babyrdquo This is just one of many similar messages others of which read ldquoLife is beautifulrdquo and ldquoWe believe in womenrsquos rights to be bornrdquo

A few days later responses started to crop up One etched alongside the ldquoCall Me Mayberdquo shout-out reads ldquohellipPlease attempt to be less tastelessrdquo Another more to the point says ldquoYou donrsquot know a damn

thing about us NEVER assume you are the moral superior because of your scruplesrdquo Others hash out common pro-choice arguments and many responses attack the original pro-life messages and their authors

Therersquos one thing that is certain about these messages no one has revised their own views on abortion because of them

Political discourse and activ-ism are valuable aspects of aca-demia and they are spurred on by the spirit of intellectualism that a collegiate environment creates But itrsquos very easy for impassioned students to cross the line between meaningful dialogue and rhetoric

Last year students gath-ered for the Not Isolated March to fight social inequal-ity at the University Others would gather at the Crimson Promenade to hold demonstra-tions opposing House Bill 56 a proposed immigration law that was decried by many as intrusive and racist Later that same year a protest was held at the same location to protest Senate Bill 5 a controversial ldquopersonhood billrdquo that would have radically altered the law surrounding abortion birth control and the responsibilities of obstetricians

These are all examples of constructive political action In each case students raised awareness of a particular issue

and interested passers-by were directed to more specific per-suasive sources of information

By contrast all the chalk messages did was make people angry

Wersquore all surrounded by political sentiment and therersquos a right and a wrong way to handle it Insults mantras fear mongering and hatred are all too common on campus They can be found everywhere from casual conversations to political cartoons and bumper stickers and they add nothing to Bamarsquos political culture

So donrsquot waste your chalk

Nathan James is a sophomore majoring in public relations His column runs on Thursday

How can UA grow as a communityBy Tray SmithOnline Editor

ldquoCultural growthrdquo is a new buzzword on cam-pus After the last decadersquos enrollment explosionmany students are looking for ways we can engi-neer parallel growth as a unified community

Growth as a community though is morecomplicated than growth as a student body Toexpand student enrollment admissions officerscan strive to meet new quotas administratorscan detail their plans in precise PowerPoint pre-sentations and targeted marketing campaignscan promote the University to large swaths ofpotential recruits in states across the country

Communities on the other hand tend tobe defined by the people who live in themndash in our case we the students They devel-op more from the bottom-up than fromadministrative planning

Still leaders acting in their own spheres ofinfluence can have a remarkable impact on thecourses communities take That is certainly truehere where administrators and student leadershave many opportunities to shape conversationsand implement important programs

Those conversations and programs can lead toprofound changes in the way we interact withand think about each other

Universal freshman mentoring that bringsdiverse groups of students together the momentthey step on campus could lead to enduringfriendships and it would allow students to formnetworks that cut through traditional social bar-riers Community activities in the dorms couldcreate a real sense of identity among residentspulling them out of their spacious suites to meetand work with their neighbors Smaller classsizes and group projects as much as some stu-dents may despise them could generate partner-ships that grow into joint research endeavors orlaunch new student organizations

That is exactly what happened in 2005 when agroup of students in an Honors College seminarpresented an idea for an arts-advocacy organi-zation that eventually became Creative CampusThat program was later featured in the New YorkTimes bestselling book ldquoThat Used to Be Usrdquowritten by Times columnist Thomas Friedmanand Johns Hopkins University professor MichaelMandelbaum

Other less ambitious policy changes couldalso strengthen our community Moving towarda smoke-free campus for example could make usall healthier while discouraging more studentsfrom picking up the dangerous habit of smokingcigarettes

Most importantly though community growthmust start with the realization that others donrsquotgain at our expense that the UA experience is nota finite resource to be more evenly distributedbut that it can be enhanced infinitely to empowermore students from different communities

We have nothing to fear when others succeedIn fact the better any UA student does the betteroff we all are because we all share the prestigethat comes with having a UA diploma

Greek students really donrsquot stand to lose muchif a non-greek student is elected to a student gov-ernment office non-greek students arenrsquot hurt bythe development of new fraternity and sororityhouses white students in the Capstone Men andWomen have nothing to fear if that program evermakes more than a token effort at diversity ourfootball tickets arenrsquot going to lose value if we allhave to wait for a seat rather than having themreserved for a few of us

Today the University offers many vibrant sub-communities to new students the greek commu-nity the Honors College organizations devotedto the arts and leadership programs Manyof those sub-communities could and shouldbecome more inclusive and accessible But thatwill only happen when we create a vibrant com-munity of the whole that connects students withwidely different backgrounds and interests

Two weeks ago before Guy Bailey took chargeas the Universityrsquos president Provost JudyBonner released a statement welcoming him tocampus that touched on this very issue

ldquoItrsquos an important time for us to remember whowe are and to affirm who we must be with everychoice and every decision every dayrdquo Bonnerwrote ldquoPlease join me in making sure that ourcampus is always a welcoming inclusive andrespectful environment where every member ofthe UA family can be hisher highest and bestself and where we enable and encourage integ-rity success and pride in every action and everyendeavorrdquo

The statement was striking not only because ofits exceptional language but because it wasnrsquot nec-essary to explain the event at hand Bonner couldhave released a generic statement simply welcom-ing Bailey but she chose instead to challenge us to our highest values as a University community

Those are the values that must guide us if weare serious about initiating this new phase ofgrowth Are we ready to fully embrace them

Tray Smith is the Online Editor of The CrimsonWhite His column runs on Thursday

By Nathan James | Staff Columnist

If you have chalk five minutes and the incli-nation you can create a message that will be seen by literally thousands of people on

campus And if you walk past the Quad or the Crimson Promenade on your way to class you have firsthand experience evincing this

ON THE TWITTERVERSE

Aurora shooterrsquos UAB rejection letter saved Alabama from more tragedyBy Hannah WaidContributing Writer

This week The University of Alabama at Birmingham released documents reveal-ing that the alleged Dark Knight Rises shooter James Holmes had applied for a graduate program at UAB but had been rejected

The man who killed 12 and wounded 58 could have been right here in Alabama not even an hour away from Tuscaloosa and the only thing that stopped him was a simple rejection letter Holmes applied in October 2010 was interviewed in February 2011 and received a rejection letter in March 2011 For us this blessing of rejec-tion changed the course of his path and sent him away from our beloved state

It was only a month after James Holmes was rejected that the state of Alabama experienced its first bout of recent devastation April 27 2011 A little more than a year later it was the tragic shoot-ing in Auburn on June 9 that left three dead It was then the shocking shooting at the Copper Top bar during the early morning hours of July 17

But to think there could have been another shoot-ing in our state only three

days after the Tuscaloosa shooting How much more tragedy could the state of Alabama have handled Two shootings in two months was bad enough and we barely escaped adding a third shoot-ing to the list

What has become of our nation that has within the past year been rattled with shootings across the country The two shootings in Alabama the movie the-ater massacre in Colorado the temple shooting in W i s c o n s i n the shooting near the Texas AampM campus the shooting at the Empire State building Why is this list so long for a span of just a few months Should we as students be afraid to go to a movie or prac-tice our religion Should those in the business world be afraid to serve an eviction notice or fire an employee

Surely and hopefully the answer is no While we may experience some moments of fear in light of recent events one should not live in fear every moment One would hope that our country halts

this declining pattern of vio-lence and begins back on the peaceful path It would be nice to see people handle their problems in ways other than with guns and violence

Could all these devastating shootings have been solved with a mature conversation Probably not all of them But with the case of James Holmes it just goes to show you that one small thing

something as simple as a piece of paper can change s o m e o n e rsquo s path

Perhaps a friendly smile to the seem-ingly intro-verted outcast could change his or her perception of those around them Perhaps

another look at gun control laws could allow a tighten-ing of policies to decrease gun violence Whatever it may be no matter how small something needs to change to revert this recent sense of doubt and tragedy back to the inherent goodness of human-ity

Hannah Waid is a junior majoring in English

Just when we havenrsquot seen it in a while here we go again Nick Saban went sideways in a press conference The first headline I saw read ldquoAnother Saban Outburstrdquo What did it this time I wondered The story quickly went viral as Sabanrsquos stories often do and I was already thinking my way into a column before I went looking for the news confer-ence

When I actually watched the ldquooutburstrdquo in its entirety my first thought was lsquoThatrsquos itrsquo I mean he didnrsquot even raise his voice After his ini-tial comments and before taking questions he politely appreciated the opportunity to ldquoget that off my chestrdquo Did the slight smile inadvertently displayed as he exited the podium belie the intentional nature of his comments Could this have been con-trived with the hidden desire of sending a message to his team

So why the big dust up What was the big issue this time Well it seems that coach Saban was ldquoupsetrdquo as he put it with how writers and commentators had already crowned his Crimson Tide 2012 National Champions after their destruction of eighth-ranked Michigan Which is exactly what we were all doing after one game If that wasnrsquot enough writers from Lexington to College Station

had already determined the outcome of Saturdayrsquos game against Western Kentucky The Hilltoppers they said shouldnrsquot even bother to show up

This is the kind of thing that drives all coaches not just Nick Saban crazy ndash crown-ing a team after one week Clearly Sabanrsquos Alabama team is loaded with talent and looked awful good for a week-one top-10 showdown and the coach in pursuit of his fourth BCS title is as intense as ever But he knows that one game does not make a season He knows his team struggled significantly after big open-ing day wins against Clemson and Virginia Tech with lowly Louisiana-Monore and Florida International in sea-sons past As it turned out his players looked a little sloppy Saturday barely rushing for a hundred yards and that best-in-the-country offensive line gave up six sacks The bottom line on all this was that Saban was right

Still this is all just pretty routine stuff as coaches and teams and press conferences go Sabanrsquos ldquooutburstrdquo was anything but The bigger story here was not the com-ments or the writers or even the outcome of the game Itrsquos the coach himself Why do we love to hate this guy

In fact we should love a guy who says what all the

other coaches long to say but are too politically cor-rect or scared to say them-selves They all know that our pens and microphones can send a message to their players that they must work overtime to counteract They attend our news conferences and tolerate us because they are contractually obligated to do so Do we really think any of them want to stop on the way to the locker room at halftime to answer two ridic-ulous questions They canrsquot control what we write or say and we make their jobs more difficult when we tell 20-year-olds that they are better than they are

To be sure Nick Saban isnrsquot going to win any awards as a media darling Guess what The coach doesnrsquot care He would love for people to stop writing about his team as NFL caliber but hey it goes with the territory They still have affection for him in Baton Rouge even though he is now with the enemy And hersquos pretty popular in Tuscaloosa these days

There are only six guys with a statue down there rep-resenting those 14 national titles Trouble for everyone else is one of them is still prowling the sidelines

Robert Stephens is an alum-nus of The University of Alabama

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 13 2012 | Page 5

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

ldquoIt was only a month after

James Holmes was rejected that the state of Alabama

experienced its first bout of recent devastation April 27

2011

Setting the record straight on Saban

IN RESPONSE TOldquoHow do you feel about todayrsquos enrollment announcement Do you think 33602 is too many not enough or the right

number of studentsrdquo

ldquoand who is excited about this other than the university Not

the studentshellip ldquo

ldquocampus is over-crowded try and go to the rec and get a treadmill in the mid-dle of the afternoon

or eveningrdquo

ldquoToo high for the resources Letrsquos solve

housing parking and dining issures before we grow

morerdquo

ldquoItrsquos all in the plan Who needs to

increase tutition when you can sus-

tain yourself on parking violationsrdquo

ldquotake a look at the Ferg at noon or the

parking lots and thatrsquos enough to see itrsquos too much for the space we have right

nowrdquo

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By Sarah RobinsonContributing Writer

The second year of The University of Alabamarsquos Non-Profit Proteacutegeacute Program is now underway taking applications for students to participate in an eight-week mentor-ing program with non-profit professionals

A collaborative effort of the Community Service Center and the Career Center the program started in 2011 pairing partici-pants with an administrator or CEO of an Alabama non-profit organization The members are expected to arrange weekly meetings with their mentor

Not to be confused with an internship the experience grants a limited number of stu-dents the opportunity to attend board meetings sit in on staff and committee meetings visit with potential financial donors and witness the working world of a non-profit leader

Kimberly Montgomery assistant director of the CSC is heading this yearrsquos program and adopting the responsibili-ties of former assistant direc-

tor Rachel Edington who pro-pelled the program into suc-cess Although the programrsquos administration has changed the goals remain the same

ldquoOur expectations are as it was last year to have stu-dents make valuable con-nections and gain profitable insight into their career plansrdquo Montgomery said

Students of all majors are encouraged to apply

ldquoThe Non-Profit Proteacutegeacute Program is an experience for someone who wants to make a positive change for themselves their non-profit and the com-munityrdquo said Haley Clemons a student director of public rela-tions marketing and graphic design at the CSC

Junior accounting major Marina Robertsrsquo participation with the program last year led to other professional opportu-nities

After Roberts expressed interest in the grant process her mentor DrsquoUndray Peterson at Tuscaloosarsquos One Place put her in contact with a grant writer Having established a connection and receiving

guidance from the writer she is now in the process of writingher grant and attributes all of her success to the program

UA graduate Nicole Carr applied last year in hopes of getting a better understanding of the daily operations of work-ing in a non-profit She was pleased with her mentor who went the extra mile to ensure Carr accomplished everything she wanted in the program

ldquoMy mentor gave me a tour of five non-profits where I was able to see the daily operations of each as well as interact with individuals at somerdquo said Carr who still maintains contact with her mentor

ldquoWe just want to continue the momentum that we have going for the program and reach out to more students to get involvedrdquo Wahnee Sherman director of the CSC said

Students interested in apply-ing must be at least a sopho-more enrolled at the Universityby this fall and have a mini-mum 25 cumulative GPA Applications are due Friday Sept 21 by 5 pm to the CSC located in the Ferguson Center

Non-profi t mentoring program searches for applicants to work with professionals

By Emily LukerContributing Writer

The Office of Disability Services is hosting an event on Sept 14 to assist students with and without disabilities to better understand certain tech-nologies

The Accessible and Assistive Technology Expo of Alabama will feature presentations by several major computer hard-ware and software manufactur-ers including Apple

The expo will be held in the third floor of the Ferguson Center from 8 am to 5 pm Admission is free and open to all members of the UA com-munity as well as to the general public

According to odsuaeduaatexalabama the expo seeks to introduce attend-ees to technology they may not have seen before while demon-strating some accessibility fea-tures of technology that attend-ees may already be using

Marion Stevens the Assistive Technology Specialist at ODS says the event will be beneficial to anyone who comes

ldquoSince the expo is open to everyone both on and off campus anyone who might be interested in these topics is welcome to comerdquo Stevens said ldquoI think there are many people in the community who could benefit from learning about these technologiesrdquo

It is important for students without disabilities to recog-

nize that those with them are walking among them every day Stevens said

ldquoThere are many [dis-abilities] that are practically invisible unless you know what yoursquore looking forrdquo Stevens said ldquoFor exam-

ple a student with a learning disability looks no different than a student without one but they have to work much harder to be successful in their classesrdquo

Stevens also said that

students without disabili-ties can benefit from a better awareness of how various dis-abilities can affect others

ldquoFor example with the right technologies a blind person can read electronic texts much faster than a sighted person can but to be accessible that text must be formatted prop-erlyrdquo Stevens said ldquoMaking materials accessible isnrsquot that difficult but it requires an awareness as to why doing it is importantrdquo

This is a first-time event at the University but organizers intend for it to continue into the future

ldquoOur goal is to do it annually but since this is the first time wersquoll have to see how well itrsquos receivedrdquo Stevens said ldquoThe more people who attend the more likely we can have it again next year since the technology vendors and organizations will be more likely to come back if attendance is strongrdquo

Although it is not required organizers ask that those planning to attend fill out the attendee registration form on the ODS website so that they can get an accurate assess-ment of participation

Disability Services to host tech exposition to raise awareness

By Chandler WrightContributing Writer

Leadership UA is a leadership development program for UA sophomores and junior and is currently taking applications for the 2012-2013 class

ldquoThe main purpose of Leadership UA is bridging the gap between the freshman level programs and when they become officers of whatever student organization theyrsquore in on campusrdquo Nick Lambert the graduate assistant for Leadership UA said

Lambert said Leadership UA hopes to develop sophomores and juniors so they can effec-tively lead their organizations on campus in senior leadership positions

ldquoWe take them to different leadership venues that they can see first-hand leadership expe-rience so that when they come back theyrsquore able to talk about these things together to make sure that those leadership skills are developedrdquo Lambert said

Last year Leadership UA

students travelled to Montgomery and met with Gov Robert Bentley and others in the state capitol Lambert said

ldquoItrsquos an elite organization and we like to think that wersquore really going to develop these students to become leaders of these top tier organizations such as SGA IFC Panhellenic Academic Honor Council all those differ-ent organizationsrdquo Lambert said

Chelsea Ellis a junior major-ing in economics and political science said she met new peo-ple from different backgrounds through the program

ldquoI learned a lot about how to be polished and meet really important peoplerdquo Ellis said ldquoI wouldnrsquot really know how to shake the presidentrsquos hand or something Just meeting people in general I learned a lot of sociable etiquette kind of skillsrdquo

This year Lambert said Leadership UA will be split into a statewide track and a global track

ldquoThe statewide track will be similar to last year and global

track will finish with a study abroad trip in May to Athens Madrid and Londonrdquo Lambert said ldquoEach year is going to have a different theme depending on whatrsquos going on around the country and around the worldrdquo

Lambert said that this yearrsquos theme is economics and encour-aged students interested in the field to apply

ldquoItrsquos something you might not be able to find in other organi-zations to really develop your leadership skillsrdquo Lambert said ldquoOnce you graduate your expe-rience isnrsquot over You can carry that into your job or whatever you decide to do after college to really keep further developing those skills yoursquove learn through the programsrdquo

Applications are due Thursday by 445 pm in the dean of studentsrsquo office in 230 Ferguson The application can be found online at dosuaedu

ldquoGo for itrdquo Ellis said ldquoYou donrsquot really know until you get it Yoursquore not going to get it unless you try It really is such a big opportunityrdquo

Leadership UA accepting new sophomores juniors

By Alan AlexanderContributing Writer

The University of Alabama campus is home to more than 7000 students in 19 residence halls which are occasionally subject to instances of malfunc-tion

Whether itrsquos an overflowing toilet or a broken air condition-ing unit students rely on UA Facilities to take care of the problem

It all starts with a work orderIf residents were to find their

hallway flooded they would be better off to leave their towels hanging where they are and make for their computer

ldquoStudents can submit an online work order which is received by an office associ-ate who assesses the sever-ity of their problemrdquo said Alicia Browne director of housing administration ldquoFrom there the issue is relayed to the appro-priate division of facilities and technicians are dispatched to

resolve the problemrdquoTo submit a work order stu-

dents visit the Universityrsquos housing website for a work order request form The form then prompts students to supply basic information such as the building name room number phone number and details of the problem

ldquoIn the last fiscal year we received 38000 work order requests throughout the cam-pusrdquo Betty Drummond a pro-gram assistant with the cus-tomer services office said ldquoThe majority of those requests dealt with ventilation and plumbingrdquo

UA Facilities is separated into various divisions of labor that include plumbing heating ven-tilation electrical maintenance elevator general building main-tenance and custodial services

Clad in crimson work shirts with ldquoThe University of Alabama Facilitiesrdquo embroidered in white on their left breast they are rou-tinely seen driving around cam-pus in Kawasaki Mules

UA Facilities provides ser-vices around the clock for the complications that arise in the middle of the night

ldquoAfter normal duty hours UAPD receives calls and noti-fies on-duty technicians or shop managers of specific work that gets requestedrdquo Duane Lamb assistant vice president for facil-ities and grounds said

One such instance occurred for a resident of Ridgecrest West

Lee McNorton a junior major-ing in engineering returned home late from studying at Bruno Library to find his sink

Work order forms provide quick assistanceclogged and water overflowing onto the floor and carpet After staunching the immediate flow he submitted a work order the following morning

ldquoThey were very responsive in attending to our problem within the same day of request-ing maintenance and stayed until our carpet was cleaned and driedrdquo McNorton said

For more serious issues such as severe leaks or the presence of mold UA Facilities will typi-cally respond within 24 hours of a submitted work order However if less immediate prob-lems arise such as a resident needing a bed frame raised or window blinds fixed the stu-dents may have to wait a few extra days

ldquoIn the last fiscal year we

received 38000 work order requests throughout

the campus

mdash Betty Drummond

ldquoThere are many [disabili-ties] that are practically

invisible unless you know what yoursquore looking for

mdash Marion Stevens

FAST FACTSbull To submit a work

order go to housinguaedu and submit a work order request form

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Thursday September 13 2012CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 7

By Courtney StinsonStaff Reporter

If you like to cut a rug but club dancing isnrsquot your style or if you simply want to step up your dance moves Crimson Tide Ballroom Dancers might be the place for you They will host a 1950s themed Sock Hop at Forest Lake United Methodist Church Friday from 7 to 10 pm

Founded in 2006 CTBD offers an alternative venue for stu-dents to interact exercise and enjoy the art of ballroom danc-ing CTBD promises a warm welcoming environment for dancers of all skill levels offer-ing dance lessons prior to each of their twice-monthly dances More experienced dancers will also be available to help begin-ners learn the steps during the dance

For those who would like

more instruction CTBD is cur-rently offering a free 12-week dance course where they teach the Foxtrot Waltz Rumba Cha-Cha and Hustle The classes are held on Sundays from 3 to 4 pm at Calvary Baptist Church

Julia Trippe a junior major-ing in New College had no dance experience prior to attending several CTBD events but said she has enjoyed learn-ing new dances ndash her favorite being the Rumba ndash and having an unconventional outlet for socializing with friends

ldquoItrsquos a really good way to hang out with friends and have fun and learn how to dance because Irsquove never really had that opportunity beforerdquo Trippe said

Elaine Song CTBD efficiency coordinator also lacked a dance background when she joined the group a year ago She did not particularly enjoy dancing

before joining but says that ball-room dancing is an easy skill to pick up and can set dancers apart from the crowd

ldquoWhat I really like about [ballroom dancing] is at home-coming and prom people are making it up and doing whatev-er but when yoursquore [ballroom] dancing you look good and itrsquos not that hardrdquo Song said

CTBD treasurer Tyler Malone became a part of the organization after taking a social dance class at UA Aside from simply being fun Malone says being a part of the group affords other social benefits particularly for young men

ldquoTherersquos a very good girl to guy ratio [at our events] thatrsquos definitely in favor of the guysrdquo Malone said ldquoA lot of single girls like to dancerdquo

CTBD founder Jimmy Kunz is a prime example of Malonersquos statement He met his wife

and CTBD co-founder Jennifer a former instructor at Fred Astaire Dance Studio through ballroom dancing

Though the group focuses primarily on ballroom dances they also perform social dances that are more familiar to the general public like the Cupid Shuffle the Wobble and the Electric Slide

ldquoEverybody loves the line dances that we do because they are like a social meet-and-greet and you dance with everybody especially the barn dancerdquo Kunz said ldquoThese are relaxed and low keyrdquo

Kunz understands what it is like to be a beginner He was very nervous when he began dancing over 10 years ago but dancing has become a part of life for Kunz so beginners need not be too intimidated to join in

ldquoThe first time I went [ball-room dancing] I was told I was

going to a party and I spent most of the night glued to a chairrdquo Kunz said ldquoOnce the instructors got me out of the chair I began to loosen up and really enjoy myselfrdquo

A $5 donation is requested of

students for all CTBD events $7 for the general public or $12 per couple A Swing lesson forbeginners will begin at 6 pm For more information and a schedule of CTBD events visitctbdorg

Crimson Tide Ballroom Dancers to host Sock Hop

By Asher Elbein

Named after the small Midwestern town where Superman grew up the series Smallville follows Clark Kent on his journey toward becom-ing the greatest superhero in the world Seeking to create a grounded and realistic show the producers hit upon a simple rule Clark Kent would never put on a costume Nor would he fly The paradox this created ndash a show starring Superman who never acts like Superman ndash would simply be glossed over

To say that this approach

leads to problems is something of an understatement Even a good show would have trouble with it And Smallville is not a good show

To begin with the charac-terization is a mess From the first episode Clark Kent is not once presented as a heroic or likable lead Instead hersquos an angsty jerk who takes his friends for granted and dith-ers Hamlet-like before he can bring himself to save anybody Lex Luther Clarkrsquos friend and eventual bitter enemy is pre-sented at the outset as an inter-esting relatable man whose

long descent into villainy has as much to do with Clarkrsquos persistent selfishness as with any kind of adaptational inevi-tability Smallvillersquos explana-tion for why Lex Luther hates Superman is so convincing that itrsquos easy to follow his example

The poor writing doesnrsquot stop there Smallville begins as a romantic soap opera mas-querading as a superhero show an approach that works until the creators get ambitious Clarkrsquos world rapidly expands into comic book scenarios on which the show has neither the means nor the interest to

follow through Supervillains shuffle amid the romantic drama posing for the camera before being quickly packed off to limbo Storylines are not resolved so much as buried alive and those left uncovered often collapse under the weight of their own contrivance Amid all of this supporting charac-ters begin to don costumes of various kinds Clark mindful of the showrsquos number one rule sticks to a jacket By the time the eighth season begins all pretense of a grounded real-istic show has been thrown out the window By the 10th

and final season sanity has joined it

Laying aside the obvious question of how the show last-ed 10 years itrsquos worth noting that the final season is where the Smallville completely frac-tures under its own premise The show that wonrsquot let Clark dress or act like Superman has him join the Justice League marry Lois Lane and meet all manner of characters who shouldnrsquot yet exist When Supergirl and Superboy are introduced before Superman has so much as tried on a cape itrsquos the last straw By the time

Clark finally dons the famous costume hersquos the only person in the cast who hasnrsquot yet wornone Those viewers still watch-ing are too worn out to care

Smallville is not entirely without merit The actors are pretty and all of them remem-ber their lines The presentation is almost professional To the best of my knowledge the show has yet to actually kill anyone If yoursquore looking for a 10-sea-son-long exercise in delayed gratification a Superman story written by and for people who donrsquot like Superman then this is absolutely the show for you

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SubmittedDancers practice at a CTBD event

UA show choir resembles lsquoGleersquoBy Alicia PerezContributing Writer

Resonance the UA-run show choir allows students to expe-rience their own real-life ver-sion of the hit television show ldquoGleerdquo

Catchy songs and intense dance numbers are just a little part of the package deal and is why director Garrett Lindsey said the Universityrsquos show choir is ldquoGlee on steroidsrdquo

ldquoWe literally tell people who come up to us and ask that we are our own version of Gleerdquo Lindsey said ldquoWe create really intense choreography and sing as a group wersquore nowhere near

as solo-driven as the charac-ters on the showrdquo

A junior majoring in choral music education Lindsey first joined the program as a fresh-man

Originally Lindsey started out as the bass section leader worked his way up to the musi-cal director and currently acts as the director

ldquoI lead all rehearsals play a large role in choosing our showrsquos set lists when and where we perform and I occa-sionally help choreograph some of our performancesrdquo Lindsey said

Rehearsals are held two times a week one to practice

the song portion the other for the dance The group works to create original pieces that will stand out from other groups and performances

ldquoI occasionally meet with other members of the group to help choreograph different numbers however the majori-ty of the time itrsquos done by other members of the show choirrdquo Lindsey said ldquoThey always do a fantastic jobrdquo

Anyone interested is wel-come to audition however prior singing or performing experience is recommended Auditions consist of a singing and dancing portion

ldquoUsually the applicants are

Page 8 | Thursday September 13 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

Moundville to host

archeological eventBy Becky RobinsonContributing Writer

A few miles outside of Tuscaloosa sits the Moundville Archaeological Park an ancient Native American site and a part of The University of Alabama Museums

For several years the park has hosted events aimed at teaching the pub-lic about Southeastern Native American culture One such event is called Saturday in the Park where local experts come together to educate the community about Southeastern Native American arts and traditions

Tyler Fox an Americorps VISTA at Moundville has been participating in Saturday in Park since March He helped create the schedule of artists for this yearrsquos events and will be giving a gardening class on Sept 22

ldquoAt its height Moundville was the largest city north of Mexico Cityrdquo Fox said ldquoMany people donrsquot realize the rich cultural significance that is right in our backyardrdquo

Fox said programs like Saturday in the Park show-case what life was like for the Native Americans who once lived in the area He said that on a typical Saturday there are many activities for partici-pants to choose from such as pottery textiles flute making and interpretations of native languages

Betsy Irwin the educa-tion outreach coordinator for Moundville oversees the educational programs for Saturday in the Park and often contributes her artistic skills to the events

Irwin said she has been making pots and ceram-ics for over 30 years focus-ing on the techniques used by the Southeastern Native

Americans She has been involved with Saturday in the Park since 1991

ldquoWhen people think of Indian art they normally envision the type of art pro-duced by the Southwestern tribesrdquo Irwin said ldquoMany people donrsquot realize how incredibly complex and beau-tiful Southeastern Indian art isrdquo

As part of UniversityMuseums the Moundville Archaeological Park is dedi-cated to preserving and researching the Moundville site while providing a place for locals to enjoy

Fox and Irwin have both enjoyed their time working with Saturday in the Park

Irwin said her favorite part is learning the different pro-cesses for making art and see-ing the childrenrsquos reactions to the lessons

For Fox the most important part is what people take away from the event

ldquoMy hope is that the Saturday in the Park program will resonate a little deeper in someone than just being able to recite factsrdquo Fox said ldquoItrsquos great if someone learns a new skill or fact but hopefully the takeaway is much deeper than surface levelrdquo

Moundvillersquos Saturday in the Park runs almost every weekend from August to December and is free with park admission For more information go to moundvilleuaedu

only required to sing one song and the dance audi-tion is done over the course of two daysrdquo he said ldquoThere is a dance clinic and the actual audition The dance clinic is held just to teach the required dance and then people are put into groups of five to performrdquo

For Morgan Mullen a sophomore majoring in child development show choir has provided a family away from home

ldquoThey have definitely turned into my familyrdquo Mullen said ldquoWe spend so much time together and we all know each other really well Itrsquos such a creative out-let and a great way to make friendsrdquo

Mullen who is the presi-dent of Resonance coordi-nates all the business aspects of the group including order-ing merchandise scheduling venues and assisting with production

Over the course of the year Resonance holds sev-eral shows showcasing the grouprsquos talent This year the group hopes to perform at high school choir competi-tions as an exhibition hop-ing to promote the name and popularity of the group

ldquoWe sing the national anthem at some sporting events and we have held charity cabaret concerts in the past on campus but that money was donated to an outside causerdquo Lindsey said

Despite the major audi-tions already having been held for the year the show choir occasionally holds additional auditions in order to replace members who may have left for various reasons Anyone interested should contact the group at uareso-nancegmailcom

ldquoItrsquos such a great way to explore singing and danc-ing especially if you arenrsquot majoring in either one while at the Universityrdquo Mullen said

ldquoMany people donrsquot realize

how incredibly complex and beautiful Southeastern

Indian art is

mdash Betsy Irwin

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Tide faces 1st SEC teamsBy Charlie PotterContributing Writer

The Alabama cross country teams will begin their confer-ence schedule this Saturday Sept 15 in the Commodore Classic in Nashville Tenn The men will participate in an 8000 meter race that begins at 900 am and their female counter-parts will run 6000 meters at 945 am

This will be the first SEC test of the season for the Tide but adding to that challenge it will be their first road meet

ldquoThe SEC is tough in any-thingrdquo Palee Myrex a junior from Bremen Ala said ldquoEverybody is goodrdquo

Prominent SEC schools will be represented at the invi-tational race Georgia LSU Mississippi State Ole Miss South Carolina Tennessee and host school Vanderbilt will chal-lenge the Tidersquos young squad

Nerves will be an issue the freshmen on the team will have to manage but Myrex

has noticed toughness and grit among her first-year team-mates Still they will be intro-duced to an entirely new world once they arrive in the Music City

ldquoI remember my first big meetrdquo Myrex said ldquoIt was a lot different than high schoolrdquo

Head coach Dan Waters is approaching the meet as a mea-suring tool to determine how far along his young roster is in their development

ldquoItrsquos the first opportunity our freshmen have to face SEC com-petition so itrsquos a good measure of us for this early in the sea-sonrdquo Waters said ldquoWith that in mind our athletes have to approach it with the right atti-tuderdquo

Waters said that his freshmen chose to come to the Capstone because of the opportunity to compete against other elite athletes He expects them to be ready and perform well against top competititors an opportu-nity they will get in Nashville

ldquoI expect our team to be ready

to compete and expect to be con-tendersrdquo Waters said ldquoWe need to approach every competition with the mindset that we are going out there to win I think thatrsquos especially important for us now because of the youth of our team If we are to reach the goals that we have in mind we have to approach every competi-tion with the right mindsetrdquo

Sophomore Matt Joyner and Myrex finished as top perform-ers in the Crimson Tide Kick Off the teamrsquos first meet of the sea-son With their experience and leadership Joyner and Myrex will look to lead the Tide to vic-tory in the Commodore Classic

ldquoWe want to show up and have a good showing for the SECrdquo Myrex said

The races will take place at Vaughnrsquos Gap in Nashvillersquos Percy Warner Park This course is considered to be one of the most scenic but challenging courses in the SEC It will also serve as the running course for the conference championships later in the year

CW | Jingyu WanThe Alabama cross country teams will begin their conference schedule this Saturday Sept 15 in the Commodore Classic

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 13 2012 | Page 9

CROSS COUNTRY VOLLEYBALL

By Rebekah DyeContributing Writer

The Alabama volleyball team is off to its hottest start in 33 years with an 11-1 record which will be put to the test when the Crimson Tide faces the LSU Tigers Friday

ldquoI think we have our work cut out for usrdquo head coach Ed Allen said ldquoThe SEC is the SEC It is one of the best four leagues in the country and we brought nine new players in so they are going to have to adjust to all of thatrdquo

Senior Kayla Fitterer is off to a solid start this season after hav-ing an offseason setback With minor foot surgery she was day-to-day for matches and practice for much of preseason Now hav-ing been cleared to play every game she is back to start the rest of the season

ldquoWersquore just really ready to start SECrdquo Fitterer said ldquoOur confi-dence is up which is really good heading into SECsrdquo

LSU the 2011 SEC West cham-pion has had a rocky start to its

season With a 4-5 record and a hitting average of just 160 the Tigers donrsquot seem to be the cham-pions the SEC saw last year They have had setbacks this season with five newcomers and four straight weekends on the road but the Tigers will be a tough-minded team against the Tide

LSU leads the all-time series 32-21 and has won the past 11 matches against Alabama Over the past 10 years the Tigers have averaged a 258 hitting percent-age against Alabama but only 218 when Alabama has home court The low hitting percentage com-bined with the setbacks from the season could pose problems for the Tigers

With the Tidersquos strong start confidence and maintaining poise are going to be key to ultimately coming out with a victory Friday night

ldquoJust going in and staying focused and playing our game [are the keys to winning]rdquo Fitterer said ldquoWe know we can win we are 11-1 so [wersquore] just

staying confident focused and steady and not getting flusteredrdquo

Keeping up the momentum and working hard keeps the team focused and motivated to go out and win every match

ldquoI donrsquot think anybody is ready to become complacentrdquo freshman outside hitter Laura Steiner said ldquoWe know we have a lot of work to do so no worries of that hap-peningrdquo

LSU is the first night of SEC play for the Tide and coach Allen expects strong competition between the two teams

ldquoWe are going to be a whole lot more competitiverdquo Allen said ldquoWe expect to win some SEC matches for surerdquo

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Players prepare for tournamentBy Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

First-year menrsquos tennis head coach George Hussack is looking to open up his career at the Capstone with domi-nant play in the Duke Fab Four Invite

The Crimson Tide menrsquos tennis team has faltered over the years especially during the latter part of the season Last year the Tide went 2-9 in conference matchups and lacked consistency through-out the fall and spring sea-sons

The Tide will be sending four players to Cary NC this weekend including senior Jerryd Botha juniors Daniil Proskura and Carlos Taborga and freshman Becker OrsquoShaughnessey

Hussack said he is look-ing for the team to show con-sistent competitive spirit in his first competition as head coach

ldquoWhat Irsquom looking for this weekend is for the four guys to com-peterdquo he said ldquoI want to just see how these four guys han-dle match situ-ations against people who are not their teammatesrdquo

Hussack spent the past three seasons as the assistant head coach for the University of Southern California Trojans who have won the last four NCAA titles before being tapped as the new head coach at Alabama

Despite only being with the team for a short period of time Hussack said he has gelled somewhat with his

players and found leadership roles in a fresh start for the Crimson Tide

ldquoI feel like everyone has been very energetic and responsiverdquo he said ldquoI feel like everyone is clear on what we have to do so wersquore all on the same pagerdquo

Hussack said he has relied on senior leadership to beginthe season but is looking for each of his players to step up in their own leadership role

ldquoIrsquove leaned a bit more on our two seniors Jarryd Bothaand Harris Barnardrdquo he said ldquoBut Irsquove really relied on everybody to do their ownthingrdquo

The fall season is normally considered a growing period for collegiate tennis players and Hussack said he expects this weekendrsquos tournament to be no different

ldquoI think it is a great chal-lenge and a great opportunityfor the guys to get into the sea-sonrdquo he said ldquoI really think

they are going to be able to take a lot away from this eventrdquo

One thing Hussack said he would like to not only see thisweekend but throughout the entire season is consistent and quality play in both the singles

and doubles competitions The Tide struggled in both areas last season but Hussacksaid he is more focused on thefuture and not the past

ldquoYou know I think we need contributions from every-whererdquo he said ldquoWersquore going to need contributions from everyone one through six Whatever happened last year happened last yearrdquo

Setting the time for new season

By Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

The Crimson Tide womenrsquos tennis team is looking to begin its fall campaign with a strong show-ing in Cary NC at the Duke Fab Four Invite

Head coach Jenny Mainz who is entering her 16th season at the helm of the womenrsquos tennis program said despite the recent success the team has had in past years there is still room for improvement in the fall season

ldquoWell itrsquos been a while since the girls have competedrdquo Mainz said ldquoSo I think the biggest thing through the fall is setting the tone in the first tournament and sharp-ening up Our goal is to be com-petitive and compete with a lot of tenacityrdquo

Competitive is exactly what the

Tide has been in recent years Last year the team maintained a top-10 ranking throughout its spring schedule Mainz said the tournaments in the fall help pre-pare her players for both confer-ence and non-conference oppo-nents beginning with the Duke Fab Four Invite

The Tide will send four play-ers including No 10 ranked junior Mary Anne MacFarlane sopho-more Emily Zabor and fresh-men Maya Jansen and Natalia Maynetto The team will get its first look at a new SEC opponent Texas AampM among other schools that Mainz said were among the nationrsquos elite

ldquoThe competition is very goodrdquo Mainz said ldquoItrsquos a great field and some of those teams finished top five or top 10 in the country so itrsquos not just them going into their first

tournament because they certain-ly will be thrown into the firerdquo

Although winning the tourna-ment is a primary goal Mainz said she is more focused on seeing how her players compete early on and learn some of the teamrsquos strengths and weaknesses

ldquoYou know I just want to see how they competerdquo she said ldquoIrsquom sure we are going to come back after the completion of the tour-nament and identify some things we need to work on so thatrsquos what the tournament is for toordquo

Improvement is what Mainz said she preaches to her team every day in order to maintain the individual and team success the Tide has enjoyed the past couple of seasons

ldquoChampions realize itrsquos a pro-cess to be respectedrdquo Mainz said ldquoI say to the team daily lsquoLetrsquos get

UA AthleticsAlabama womenrsquos and menrsquos tennis begins its fall season this weekend at the Duke Fab Four Invite

Page 10 | Thursday September 13 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

a little bit better today letrsquos take one step forward and letrsquos chip awayrsquordquo

After only a single practice Mainz said she is impressed with her playersrsquo work ethic and prep-aration for the fall tournaments

ldquoThe girls are working hardrdquo she said ldquoThe spirit of the team and the charisma seems very energetic and very positive The two senior captains Alexa Gaurachi and Antonia Foehse have done a good job at establish-ing leadershiprdquo

Mainz said although it is the teamrsquos first competition it is still crucial to see how the team per-forms in order to establish a win-ning culture this fall

ldquoI think itrsquos not only important that we represent Alabama wellrdquo she said ldquobut also set the tone on how we want to start the seasonrdquo

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addressing an important concern Scout the territory before committing Donrsquot worry about it once the decision is made Just make it happenLibra (Sept 23-Oct 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Yoursquore gaining status even if it doesnrsquot always seem so Focus on the positive and earn a nice bonus Your friends are there for you Th ey provide motivation Discipline gives you more time to playScorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Your past deeds speak well of you and the skills you learned now lead to new income Yoursquore very popular now Friends look to you for guidance Emotions run high concerning a partnerSagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Enjoy todayrsquos roller coaster which could be very fun Include the possibility of outside funding Read the fi ne print before signing Consult with somebody you trustCapricorn (Dec 22-Jan 19) -- Today is a 5 -- While yoursquore there keep an eye out for benefi cial developments Let a wise friend help you with the structure of what yoursquore building Make promises you can keepAquarius (Jan 20-Feb 18) -- Today is a 7 -- Your actions behind the scenes create great connections Th e circumstances require extra eff ort and itrsquos worth it Get farther together than you could alonePisces (Feb 19-March 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Expand your business territory with imagination Expect delays or disagreements Even a theory you canrsquot explain is charming Someone falls in love

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Thursday September 13 2012SPORTSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 12

By Zac Al-KhateebStaff Reporter

If the Alabama football team was able to take any lesson away from its game against Western Kentucky on Saturday itrsquos that it canrsquot afford not to play up to its standards regardless of the opponent

The Crimson Tide will see if it was able to learn that lesson this weekend when it travels to Fayetteville Ark to take on the Arkansas Razorbacks a team that much like the Tide didnrsquot play up to its standards Saturday ndash the Razorbacks lost a stunner to the University of Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks 34-31 in overtime

In that game no Arkansas rusher eclipsed 100 yards including junior Knile Davis and the defense gave up over 500 yards of total offense to the Warhawks

Despite the Razorbacksrsquo per-formance against what many believe was an inferior oppo-nent Alabama head coach Nick Saban said he wasnrsquot going to let their loss affect the way his team prepared for the game

ldquoThey had a very difficult misfortune in the last game that they werenrsquot able to over-comerdquo Saban said ldquoBut we still have to expect that wersquore going to get their very best perfor-mance and we need to have our very best performance if wersquore going to be able to play the kind of game we need to play on the road and have a chance to be successful against what we think is a very very good teamrdquo

Indeed rather than use their loss as an excuse not to prepare Alabama is instead expecting to motivate the Razorbacks head-ing into the game

Junior quarterback AJ McCarron said more than any-thing Arkansasrsquo loss would only serve to make the team angry

ldquoYeah definitelyrdquo McCarron said ldquoThey still got a chance to win the SEC Theyrsquore definitely going to throw everything in the book at u s W e rsquo r e going t o have to be ready f o r the things t h e y rsquo v e shown us on film things that they havenrsquot and things theyrsquore going to come up withrdquo

Still Arkansasrsquo loss to the Warhawks isnrsquot the only thing that may serve as a distraction for Alabama Arkansas senior quarterback Tyler Wilson whorsquos thrown for 568 yards and five touchdowns so far this season suffered a head injury against ULM and is question-able to play in Saturdayrsquos game

Regardless Saban said he wasnrsquot going to let his play-ers assume theyrsquod be playing against freshman quarterback Brandon Allen Wilsonrsquos back-up

ldquoNobody here should be feel-ing warm and cozy about the other teamrsquos circumstance or situationrdquo Saban said ldquoWe need to be thinking about what we need to do to be success-ful regardless of who plays in the gamerdquo

The message seems to have stuck with Sabanrsquos defensive players as seniors Robert Lester and Nico Johnson have both said theyrsquore preparing as if Wilson is going to play Lester said even if he doesnrsquot play Arkansasrsquo other playmak-ers on offense would be more

than enough to make up for his absence

ldquoWersquore looking at it as if he is going to playrdquo Lester said ldquoAnd even if he doesnrsquot Arkansas has great players and their backups are more than capable of com-ing in and managing the game and making playsrdquo

S t i l l despite all the questions surrounding Arkansasrsquo team McCarron said the only thing his team should worry about is what it can control improving on last weekrsquos per-formance over the Hilltoppers

Alabamarsquos defense didnrsquot seem to play with the same intensity as usual and the offensive line considered pos-sibly one of the nationrsquos best gave up six sacks on McCarron Even on special teams sopho-more wide receiver Christion Jones let a few punts go that he should have fielded

For McCarron improve-ments can be made all over the field

ldquoKind of a let-down week to our standards so wersquore definitely going to have to step it uprdquo McCarron said ldquoFirst SEC game in-confer-ence game so wersquoll definitely have to be on our A - g a m e c o m e t h i s week-endrdquo

Both sides of Saturday Preview of Alabama-Arkansas

By Andrew Hutchinson Staff Writer for The Arkansas Traveler

1 Forget Last WeekThe clicheacute ldquojust take one

game at a timerdquo has been used for years in sports Most often it is used for teams that have big games in the weeks ahead but it can also apply to

teams coming off bad losses Arkansas should

not have lost to the University of Louisiana-Monroe and e v e r y o n e

knows it The Razorbacks

must com-p l e t e l y put the U L M g a m e o u t

of their minds in

order to com-pete against Alabama

2 No Needless PenaltiesTwo weeks in a row

Arkansas has been penalized for unsports-

manlike conduct for hitting a player after he was out of

bounds These penalties give opponents a first down and move

them up 15 yards With an offense as potent as Alabamarsquos Arkansas canrsquot afford to give them second chances Likewise if the Hogs are moving the ball on Alabamarsquos stiff defense they canrsquot afford to lose yards with false starts

3 OffensiveDefensive LineThe Crimson Tide is

known for its hard-nosed physical play on both sides of the ball On the offensive line

Alabama is led by reigning Outland Trophy winner Barrett Jones as well as two other potential first-round NFL draft picks (DJ Fluker and Chance Warmack) They open gaping holes for running backs and provide quar-terback AJ McCarron ample time tofind open receivers On the defensive line Alabama averages 6rsquo4rdquo 299 lbs two deep Theyrsquoll challenge Arkansasrsquo relatively inexperienced offensive line Both Arkansas lines must step up their game and players must fill the holes left in the offense and defense by Kiero Small and Tevin Mitchel respectively if Arkansas is to have a chance

4 Wrap Up on DefenseSeveral plays against ULM almost

resulted in sacks but Arkansas defend-ers couldnrsquot bring down quarterback Kolton Browning They were getting a hand on him but never wrapped him up allowing him to escape and make plays Also when the Hogs hit ULMrsquos running backs and wide receivers it usually took a couple players to tackle them If Arkansas gets past Alabamarsquos stellar offensive line they must capi-talize and sack McCarron or tackle their running back

5 Fan SupportArkansas is coming off its most

embarrassing loss since losing to TheCitadel in 1992 and some would argue this is worse than that loss Fans are not happy but that doesnrsquot mean they shouldnrsquot support the team The play-ers have practiced all year and are not going out there and intentionally los-ing Hog fans that boo them should be ashamed of themselves As much as players say they donrsquot listen to nega-tivity they still hear it If Arkansas fans pack out Donald W Reynolds Razorback Stadium it becomes a very hostile environment for the visiting team Fans need to come and encour-age the team so that the Razorbacks can make the most of the home field advantage

Five keys to an Arkansas victory over AlabamaTide not paying attention to Arkansas loss to ULM

rron said more than any-Arkansasrsquo loss would

serve to make the team

ah definitelyrdquo McCarronThey still got a chance to

he SEC Theyrsquore definitely to throw everything in

book at u s e

g o

to ready f o r hings t h e y rsquo v e

n us on film things that avenrsquot and things theyrsquore to come up withrdquo Arkansasrsquo loss to the

awks isnrsquot the only thing may serve as a distraction

abama Arkansas senior erback Tyler Wilson thrown for 568 yards andouchdowns so far this n suffered a head injuryst ULM and is question-o play in Saturdayrsquos gameardless Saban said he t going to let his play-ssume theyrsquod be playing st freshman quarterback on Allen Wilsonrsquos back-

body here should be feel-arm and cozy about the teamrsquos circumstance or

ionrdquo Saban said ldquoWe o be thinking about whated to do to be success-gardless of who plays in merdquomessage seems to have with Sabanrsquos defensive

rs as seniors Robert and Nico Johnson have

said theyrsquore preparing Wilson is going to play

said even if he doesnrsquot Arkansasrsquo other playmak-n offense would be more

absenceldquoWersquore looking at it as if he is

going to playrdquo Lester said ldquoAnd even if he doesnrsquot Arkansas hasgreat players and their backups are more than capable of com-ing in and managing the gameand making playsrdquo

S t i l l despite all the questions surrounding Arkansasrsquo team McCarron said the onlything his team should worryabout is what it can control improving on last weekrsquos per-formance over the Hilltoppers

Alabamarsquos defense didnrsquotseem to play with the sameintensity as usual and the offensive line considered pos-sibly one of the nationrsquos best gave up six sacks on McCarronEven on special teams sopho-more wide receiver ChristionJones let a few punts go thathe should have fielded

For McCarron improve-ments can be made all over the field

ldquoKind of a let-down week to ourstandards so wersquore definitely going to have to step it uprdquo McCarron said ldquoFirst SEC game in-confer-ence game soo wewersquorsquoll definitelyy hhave to be onon ourrA - g ag a m em em ec oo mm eeeeeeeet h iii ssssssssssswweeeekkkkkkk----eenddrdquordquordquordquordquo

Staff Writer for The Arkansas Traveler

1 Forget Last WeekThe clicheacute ldquojust take o

game at a timerdquo has beused for years in sports Moften it is used for teams thave big games in the weeahead but it can also apply

teams coming off bad lossArkansas shou

not have lost the Universof LouisianMonroe ae v e r y o n

knows it TRazorbac

must cop l e t eput U Lg a mo u

of thminds

order to copete against Alabam

2 No Needless PenaltTwo weeks in a r

Arkansas has bepenalized for unspor

manlike conduct for hitta player after he was out

bounds These penalties gopponents a first down and mo

them up 15 yards With an offensepotent as Alabamarsquos Arkansas caafford to give them second chancLikewise if the Hogs are movingball on Alabamarsquos stiff defense thcacanrsquon t t afford to lose yards with fastststs arts

3 OOffensiveDefensive LinThhe e Crimson Tide

knknknkkkkkkkknowwn for its hannnooononnnnn seed physical playbbbbbooobob thh sides of the bOOOOOOOnOOOO the offensive li

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Thursday September 13 2012OPINIONSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 4

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CW | Austin Bigoney

Donrsquot waste your chalk

Yoursquore also probably start-ing to feel a little annoyed with both sides of the abortion issue

Last week the following words appeared in colorful block letters on the Crimson Promenade ldquoHey I just met you and this is crazy but donrsquot abort me cause Irsquom your babyrdquo This is just one of many similar messages others of which read ldquoLife is beautifulrdquo and ldquoWe believe in womenrsquos rights to be bornrdquo

A few days later responses started to crop up One etched alongside the ldquoCall Me Mayberdquo shout-out reads ldquohellipPlease attempt to be less tastelessrdquo Another more to the point says ldquoYou donrsquot know a damn

thing about us NEVER assume you are the moral superior because of your scruplesrdquo Others hash out common pro-choice arguments and many responses attack the original pro-life messages and their authors

Therersquos one thing that is certain about these messages no one has revised their own views on abortion because of them

Political discourse and activ-ism are valuable aspects of aca-demia and they are spurred on by the spirit of intellectualism that a collegiate environment creates But itrsquos very easy for impassioned students to cross the line between meaningful dialogue and rhetoric

Last year students gath-ered for the Not Isolated March to fight social inequal-ity at the University Others would gather at the Crimson Promenade to hold demonstra-tions opposing House Bill 56 a proposed immigration law that was decried by many as intrusive and racist Later that same year a protest was held at the same location to protest Senate Bill 5 a controversial ldquopersonhood billrdquo that would have radically altered the law surrounding abortion birth control and the responsibilities of obstetricians

These are all examples of constructive political action In each case students raised awareness of a particular issue

and interested passers-by were directed to more specific per-suasive sources of information

By contrast all the chalk messages did was make people angry

Wersquore all surrounded by political sentiment and therersquos a right and a wrong way to handle it Insults mantras fear mongering and hatred are all too common on campus They can be found everywhere from casual conversations to political cartoons and bumper stickers and they add nothing to Bamarsquos political culture

So donrsquot waste your chalk

Nathan James is a sophomore majoring in public relations His column runs on Thursday

How can UA grow as a communityBy Tray SmithOnline Editor

ldquoCultural growthrdquo is a new buzzword on cam-pus After the last decadersquos enrollment explosionmany students are looking for ways we can engi-neer parallel growth as a unified community

Growth as a community though is morecomplicated than growth as a student body Toexpand student enrollment admissions officerscan strive to meet new quotas administratorscan detail their plans in precise PowerPoint pre-sentations and targeted marketing campaignscan promote the University to large swaths ofpotential recruits in states across the country

Communities on the other hand tend tobe defined by the people who live in themndash in our case we the students They devel-op more from the bottom-up than fromadministrative planning

Still leaders acting in their own spheres ofinfluence can have a remarkable impact on thecourses communities take That is certainly truehere where administrators and student leadershave many opportunities to shape conversationsand implement important programs

Those conversations and programs can lead toprofound changes in the way we interact withand think about each other

Universal freshman mentoring that bringsdiverse groups of students together the momentthey step on campus could lead to enduringfriendships and it would allow students to formnetworks that cut through traditional social bar-riers Community activities in the dorms couldcreate a real sense of identity among residentspulling them out of their spacious suites to meetand work with their neighbors Smaller classsizes and group projects as much as some stu-dents may despise them could generate partner-ships that grow into joint research endeavors orlaunch new student organizations

That is exactly what happened in 2005 when agroup of students in an Honors College seminarpresented an idea for an arts-advocacy organi-zation that eventually became Creative CampusThat program was later featured in the New YorkTimes bestselling book ldquoThat Used to Be Usrdquowritten by Times columnist Thomas Friedmanand Johns Hopkins University professor MichaelMandelbaum

Other less ambitious policy changes couldalso strengthen our community Moving towarda smoke-free campus for example could make usall healthier while discouraging more studentsfrom picking up the dangerous habit of smokingcigarettes

Most importantly though community growthmust start with the realization that others donrsquotgain at our expense that the UA experience is nota finite resource to be more evenly distributedbut that it can be enhanced infinitely to empowermore students from different communities

We have nothing to fear when others succeedIn fact the better any UA student does the betteroff we all are because we all share the prestigethat comes with having a UA diploma

Greek students really donrsquot stand to lose muchif a non-greek student is elected to a student gov-ernment office non-greek students arenrsquot hurt bythe development of new fraternity and sororityhouses white students in the Capstone Men andWomen have nothing to fear if that program evermakes more than a token effort at diversity ourfootball tickets arenrsquot going to lose value if we allhave to wait for a seat rather than having themreserved for a few of us

Today the University offers many vibrant sub-communities to new students the greek commu-nity the Honors College organizations devotedto the arts and leadership programs Manyof those sub-communities could and shouldbecome more inclusive and accessible But thatwill only happen when we create a vibrant com-munity of the whole that connects students withwidely different backgrounds and interests

Two weeks ago before Guy Bailey took chargeas the Universityrsquos president Provost JudyBonner released a statement welcoming him tocampus that touched on this very issue

ldquoItrsquos an important time for us to remember whowe are and to affirm who we must be with everychoice and every decision every dayrdquo Bonnerwrote ldquoPlease join me in making sure that ourcampus is always a welcoming inclusive andrespectful environment where every member ofthe UA family can be hisher highest and bestself and where we enable and encourage integ-rity success and pride in every action and everyendeavorrdquo

The statement was striking not only because ofits exceptional language but because it wasnrsquot nec-essary to explain the event at hand Bonner couldhave released a generic statement simply welcom-ing Bailey but she chose instead to challenge us to our highest values as a University community

Those are the values that must guide us if weare serious about initiating this new phase ofgrowth Are we ready to fully embrace them

Tray Smith is the Online Editor of The CrimsonWhite His column runs on Thursday

By Nathan James | Staff Columnist

If you have chalk five minutes and the incli-nation you can create a message that will be seen by literally thousands of people on

campus And if you walk past the Quad or the Crimson Promenade on your way to class you have firsthand experience evincing this

ON THE TWITTERVERSE

Aurora shooterrsquos UAB rejection letter saved Alabama from more tragedyBy Hannah WaidContributing Writer

This week The University of Alabama at Birmingham released documents reveal-ing that the alleged Dark Knight Rises shooter James Holmes had applied for a graduate program at UAB but had been rejected

The man who killed 12 and wounded 58 could have been right here in Alabama not even an hour away from Tuscaloosa and the only thing that stopped him was a simple rejection letter Holmes applied in October 2010 was interviewed in February 2011 and received a rejection letter in March 2011 For us this blessing of rejec-tion changed the course of his path and sent him away from our beloved state

It was only a month after James Holmes was rejected that the state of Alabama experienced its first bout of recent devastation April 27 2011 A little more than a year later it was the tragic shoot-ing in Auburn on June 9 that left three dead It was then the shocking shooting at the Copper Top bar during the early morning hours of July 17

But to think there could have been another shoot-ing in our state only three

days after the Tuscaloosa shooting How much more tragedy could the state of Alabama have handled Two shootings in two months was bad enough and we barely escaped adding a third shoot-ing to the list

What has become of our nation that has within the past year been rattled with shootings across the country The two shootings in Alabama the movie the-ater massacre in Colorado the temple shooting in W i s c o n s i n the shooting near the Texas AampM campus the shooting at the Empire State building Why is this list so long for a span of just a few months Should we as students be afraid to go to a movie or prac-tice our religion Should those in the business world be afraid to serve an eviction notice or fire an employee

Surely and hopefully the answer is no While we may experience some moments of fear in light of recent events one should not live in fear every moment One would hope that our country halts

this declining pattern of vio-lence and begins back on the peaceful path It would be nice to see people handle their problems in ways other than with guns and violence

Could all these devastating shootings have been solved with a mature conversation Probably not all of them But with the case of James Holmes it just goes to show you that one small thing

something as simple as a piece of paper can change s o m e o n e rsquo s path

Perhaps a friendly smile to the seem-ingly intro-verted outcast could change his or her perception of those around them Perhaps

another look at gun control laws could allow a tighten-ing of policies to decrease gun violence Whatever it may be no matter how small something needs to change to revert this recent sense of doubt and tragedy back to the inherent goodness of human-ity

Hannah Waid is a junior majoring in English

Just when we havenrsquot seen it in a while here we go again Nick Saban went sideways in a press conference The first headline I saw read ldquoAnother Saban Outburstrdquo What did it this time I wondered The story quickly went viral as Sabanrsquos stories often do and I was already thinking my way into a column before I went looking for the news confer-ence

When I actually watched the ldquooutburstrdquo in its entirety my first thought was lsquoThatrsquos itrsquo I mean he didnrsquot even raise his voice After his ini-tial comments and before taking questions he politely appreciated the opportunity to ldquoget that off my chestrdquo Did the slight smile inadvertently displayed as he exited the podium belie the intentional nature of his comments Could this have been con-trived with the hidden desire of sending a message to his team

So why the big dust up What was the big issue this time Well it seems that coach Saban was ldquoupsetrdquo as he put it with how writers and commentators had already crowned his Crimson Tide 2012 National Champions after their destruction of eighth-ranked Michigan Which is exactly what we were all doing after one game If that wasnrsquot enough writers from Lexington to College Station

had already determined the outcome of Saturdayrsquos game against Western Kentucky The Hilltoppers they said shouldnrsquot even bother to show up

This is the kind of thing that drives all coaches not just Nick Saban crazy ndash crown-ing a team after one week Clearly Sabanrsquos Alabama team is loaded with talent and looked awful good for a week-one top-10 showdown and the coach in pursuit of his fourth BCS title is as intense as ever But he knows that one game does not make a season He knows his team struggled significantly after big open-ing day wins against Clemson and Virginia Tech with lowly Louisiana-Monore and Florida International in sea-sons past As it turned out his players looked a little sloppy Saturday barely rushing for a hundred yards and that best-in-the-country offensive line gave up six sacks The bottom line on all this was that Saban was right

Still this is all just pretty routine stuff as coaches and teams and press conferences go Sabanrsquos ldquooutburstrdquo was anything but The bigger story here was not the com-ments or the writers or even the outcome of the game Itrsquos the coach himself Why do we love to hate this guy

In fact we should love a guy who says what all the

other coaches long to say but are too politically cor-rect or scared to say them-selves They all know that our pens and microphones can send a message to their players that they must work overtime to counteract They attend our news conferences and tolerate us because they are contractually obligated to do so Do we really think any of them want to stop on the way to the locker room at halftime to answer two ridic-ulous questions They canrsquot control what we write or say and we make their jobs more difficult when we tell 20-year-olds that they are better than they are

To be sure Nick Saban isnrsquot going to win any awards as a media darling Guess what The coach doesnrsquot care He would love for people to stop writing about his team as NFL caliber but hey it goes with the territory They still have affection for him in Baton Rouge even though he is now with the enemy And hersquos pretty popular in Tuscaloosa these days

There are only six guys with a statue down there rep-resenting those 14 national titles Trouble for everyone else is one of them is still prowling the sidelines

Robert Stephens is an alum-nus of The University of Alabama

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 13 2012 | Page 5

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

ldquoIt was only a month after

James Holmes was rejected that the state of Alabama

experienced its first bout of recent devastation April 27

2011

Setting the record straight on Saban

IN RESPONSE TOldquoHow do you feel about todayrsquos enrollment announcement Do you think 33602 is too many not enough or the right

number of studentsrdquo

ldquoand who is excited about this other than the university Not

the studentshellip ldquo

ldquocampus is over-crowded try and go to the rec and get a treadmill in the mid-dle of the afternoon

or eveningrdquo

ldquoToo high for the resources Letrsquos solve

housing parking and dining issures before we grow

morerdquo

ldquoItrsquos all in the plan Who needs to

increase tutition when you can sus-

tain yourself on parking violationsrdquo

ldquotake a look at the Ferg at noon or the

parking lots and thatrsquos enough to see itrsquos too much for the space we have right

nowrdquo

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTSPage 6 | Thursday September 13 2012

By Sarah RobinsonContributing Writer

The second year of The University of Alabamarsquos Non-Profit Proteacutegeacute Program is now underway taking applications for students to participate in an eight-week mentor-ing program with non-profit professionals

A collaborative effort of the Community Service Center and the Career Center the program started in 2011 pairing partici-pants with an administrator or CEO of an Alabama non-profit organization The members are expected to arrange weekly meetings with their mentor

Not to be confused with an internship the experience grants a limited number of stu-dents the opportunity to attend board meetings sit in on staff and committee meetings visit with potential financial donors and witness the working world of a non-profit leader

Kimberly Montgomery assistant director of the CSC is heading this yearrsquos program and adopting the responsibili-ties of former assistant direc-

tor Rachel Edington who pro-pelled the program into suc-cess Although the programrsquos administration has changed the goals remain the same

ldquoOur expectations are as it was last year to have stu-dents make valuable con-nections and gain profitable insight into their career plansrdquo Montgomery said

Students of all majors are encouraged to apply

ldquoThe Non-Profit Proteacutegeacute Program is an experience for someone who wants to make a positive change for themselves their non-profit and the com-munityrdquo said Haley Clemons a student director of public rela-tions marketing and graphic design at the CSC

Junior accounting major Marina Robertsrsquo participation with the program last year led to other professional opportu-nities

After Roberts expressed interest in the grant process her mentor DrsquoUndray Peterson at Tuscaloosarsquos One Place put her in contact with a grant writer Having established a connection and receiving

guidance from the writer she is now in the process of writingher grant and attributes all of her success to the program

UA graduate Nicole Carr applied last year in hopes of getting a better understanding of the daily operations of work-ing in a non-profit She was pleased with her mentor who went the extra mile to ensure Carr accomplished everything she wanted in the program

ldquoMy mentor gave me a tour of five non-profits where I was able to see the daily operations of each as well as interact with individuals at somerdquo said Carr who still maintains contact with her mentor

ldquoWe just want to continue the momentum that we have going for the program and reach out to more students to get involvedrdquo Wahnee Sherman director of the CSC said

Students interested in apply-ing must be at least a sopho-more enrolled at the Universityby this fall and have a mini-mum 25 cumulative GPA Applications are due Friday Sept 21 by 5 pm to the CSC located in the Ferguson Center

Non-profi t mentoring program searches for applicants to work with professionals

By Emily LukerContributing Writer

The Office of Disability Services is hosting an event on Sept 14 to assist students with and without disabilities to better understand certain tech-nologies

The Accessible and Assistive Technology Expo of Alabama will feature presentations by several major computer hard-ware and software manufactur-ers including Apple

The expo will be held in the third floor of the Ferguson Center from 8 am to 5 pm Admission is free and open to all members of the UA com-munity as well as to the general public

According to odsuaeduaatexalabama the expo seeks to introduce attend-ees to technology they may not have seen before while demon-strating some accessibility fea-tures of technology that attend-ees may already be using

Marion Stevens the Assistive Technology Specialist at ODS says the event will be beneficial to anyone who comes

ldquoSince the expo is open to everyone both on and off campus anyone who might be interested in these topics is welcome to comerdquo Stevens said ldquoI think there are many people in the community who could benefit from learning about these technologiesrdquo

It is important for students without disabilities to recog-

nize that those with them are walking among them every day Stevens said

ldquoThere are many [dis-abilities] that are practically invisible unless you know what yoursquore looking forrdquo Stevens said ldquoFor exam-

ple a student with a learning disability looks no different than a student without one but they have to work much harder to be successful in their classesrdquo

Stevens also said that

students without disabili-ties can benefit from a better awareness of how various dis-abilities can affect others

ldquoFor example with the right technologies a blind person can read electronic texts much faster than a sighted person can but to be accessible that text must be formatted prop-erlyrdquo Stevens said ldquoMaking materials accessible isnrsquot that difficult but it requires an awareness as to why doing it is importantrdquo

This is a first-time event at the University but organizers intend for it to continue into the future

ldquoOur goal is to do it annually but since this is the first time wersquoll have to see how well itrsquos receivedrdquo Stevens said ldquoThe more people who attend the more likely we can have it again next year since the technology vendors and organizations will be more likely to come back if attendance is strongrdquo

Although it is not required organizers ask that those planning to attend fill out the attendee registration form on the ODS website so that they can get an accurate assess-ment of participation

Disability Services to host tech exposition to raise awareness

By Chandler WrightContributing Writer

Leadership UA is a leadership development program for UA sophomores and junior and is currently taking applications for the 2012-2013 class

ldquoThe main purpose of Leadership UA is bridging the gap between the freshman level programs and when they become officers of whatever student organization theyrsquore in on campusrdquo Nick Lambert the graduate assistant for Leadership UA said

Lambert said Leadership UA hopes to develop sophomores and juniors so they can effec-tively lead their organizations on campus in senior leadership positions

ldquoWe take them to different leadership venues that they can see first-hand leadership expe-rience so that when they come back theyrsquore able to talk about these things together to make sure that those leadership skills are developedrdquo Lambert said

Last year Leadership UA

students travelled to Montgomery and met with Gov Robert Bentley and others in the state capitol Lambert said

ldquoItrsquos an elite organization and we like to think that wersquore really going to develop these students to become leaders of these top tier organizations such as SGA IFC Panhellenic Academic Honor Council all those differ-ent organizationsrdquo Lambert said

Chelsea Ellis a junior major-ing in economics and political science said she met new peo-ple from different backgrounds through the program

ldquoI learned a lot about how to be polished and meet really important peoplerdquo Ellis said ldquoI wouldnrsquot really know how to shake the presidentrsquos hand or something Just meeting people in general I learned a lot of sociable etiquette kind of skillsrdquo

This year Lambert said Leadership UA will be split into a statewide track and a global track

ldquoThe statewide track will be similar to last year and global

track will finish with a study abroad trip in May to Athens Madrid and Londonrdquo Lambert said ldquoEach year is going to have a different theme depending on whatrsquos going on around the country and around the worldrdquo

Lambert said that this yearrsquos theme is economics and encour-aged students interested in the field to apply

ldquoItrsquos something you might not be able to find in other organi-zations to really develop your leadership skillsrdquo Lambert said ldquoOnce you graduate your expe-rience isnrsquot over You can carry that into your job or whatever you decide to do after college to really keep further developing those skills yoursquove learn through the programsrdquo

Applications are due Thursday by 445 pm in the dean of studentsrsquo office in 230 Ferguson The application can be found online at dosuaedu

ldquoGo for itrdquo Ellis said ldquoYou donrsquot really know until you get it Yoursquore not going to get it unless you try It really is such a big opportunityrdquo

Leadership UA accepting new sophomores juniors

By Alan AlexanderContributing Writer

The University of Alabama campus is home to more than 7000 students in 19 residence halls which are occasionally subject to instances of malfunc-tion

Whether itrsquos an overflowing toilet or a broken air condition-ing unit students rely on UA Facilities to take care of the problem

It all starts with a work orderIf residents were to find their

hallway flooded they would be better off to leave their towels hanging where they are and make for their computer

ldquoStudents can submit an online work order which is received by an office associ-ate who assesses the sever-ity of their problemrdquo said Alicia Browne director of housing administration ldquoFrom there the issue is relayed to the appro-priate division of facilities and technicians are dispatched to

resolve the problemrdquoTo submit a work order stu-

dents visit the Universityrsquos housing website for a work order request form The form then prompts students to supply basic information such as the building name room number phone number and details of the problem

ldquoIn the last fiscal year we received 38000 work order requests throughout the cam-pusrdquo Betty Drummond a pro-gram assistant with the cus-tomer services office said ldquoThe majority of those requests dealt with ventilation and plumbingrdquo

UA Facilities is separated into various divisions of labor that include plumbing heating ven-tilation electrical maintenance elevator general building main-tenance and custodial services

Clad in crimson work shirts with ldquoThe University of Alabama Facilitiesrdquo embroidered in white on their left breast they are rou-tinely seen driving around cam-pus in Kawasaki Mules

UA Facilities provides ser-vices around the clock for the complications that arise in the middle of the night

ldquoAfter normal duty hours UAPD receives calls and noti-fies on-duty technicians or shop managers of specific work that gets requestedrdquo Duane Lamb assistant vice president for facil-ities and grounds said

One such instance occurred for a resident of Ridgecrest West

Lee McNorton a junior major-ing in engineering returned home late from studying at Bruno Library to find his sink

Work order forms provide quick assistanceclogged and water overflowing onto the floor and carpet After staunching the immediate flow he submitted a work order the following morning

ldquoThey were very responsive in attending to our problem within the same day of request-ing maintenance and stayed until our carpet was cleaned and driedrdquo McNorton said

For more serious issues such as severe leaks or the presence of mold UA Facilities will typi-cally respond within 24 hours of a submitted work order However if less immediate prob-lems arise such as a resident needing a bed frame raised or window blinds fixed the stu-dents may have to wait a few extra days

ldquoIn the last fiscal year we

received 38000 work order requests throughout

the campus

mdash Betty Drummond

ldquoThere are many [disabili-ties] that are practically

invisible unless you know what yoursquore looking for

mdash Marion Stevens

FAST FACTSbull To submit a work

order go to housinguaedu and submit a work order request form

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OPINION

CULTURE

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Page 7

By Courtney StinsonStaff Reporter

If you like to cut a rug but club dancing isnrsquot your style or if you simply want to step up your dance moves Crimson Tide Ballroom Dancers might be the place for you They will host a 1950s themed Sock Hop at Forest Lake United Methodist Church Friday from 7 to 10 pm

Founded in 2006 CTBD offers an alternative venue for stu-dents to interact exercise and enjoy the art of ballroom danc-ing CTBD promises a warm welcoming environment for dancers of all skill levels offer-ing dance lessons prior to each of their twice-monthly dances More experienced dancers will also be available to help begin-ners learn the steps during the dance

For those who would like

more instruction CTBD is cur-rently offering a free 12-week dance course where they teach the Foxtrot Waltz Rumba Cha-Cha and Hustle The classes are held on Sundays from 3 to 4 pm at Calvary Baptist Church

Julia Trippe a junior major-ing in New College had no dance experience prior to attending several CTBD events but said she has enjoyed learn-ing new dances ndash her favorite being the Rumba ndash and having an unconventional outlet for socializing with friends

ldquoItrsquos a really good way to hang out with friends and have fun and learn how to dance because Irsquove never really had that opportunity beforerdquo Trippe said

Elaine Song CTBD efficiency coordinator also lacked a dance background when she joined the group a year ago She did not particularly enjoy dancing

before joining but says that ball-room dancing is an easy skill to pick up and can set dancers apart from the crowd

ldquoWhat I really like about [ballroom dancing] is at home-coming and prom people are making it up and doing whatev-er but when yoursquore [ballroom] dancing you look good and itrsquos not that hardrdquo Song said

CTBD treasurer Tyler Malone became a part of the organization after taking a social dance class at UA Aside from simply being fun Malone says being a part of the group affords other social benefits particularly for young men

ldquoTherersquos a very good girl to guy ratio [at our events] thatrsquos definitely in favor of the guysrdquo Malone said ldquoA lot of single girls like to dancerdquo

CTBD founder Jimmy Kunz is a prime example of Malonersquos statement He met his wife

and CTBD co-founder Jennifer a former instructor at Fred Astaire Dance Studio through ballroom dancing

Though the group focuses primarily on ballroom dances they also perform social dances that are more familiar to the general public like the Cupid Shuffle the Wobble and the Electric Slide

ldquoEverybody loves the line dances that we do because they are like a social meet-and-greet and you dance with everybody especially the barn dancerdquo Kunz said ldquoThese are relaxed and low keyrdquo

Kunz understands what it is like to be a beginner He was very nervous when he began dancing over 10 years ago but dancing has become a part of life for Kunz so beginners need not be too intimidated to join in

ldquoThe first time I went [ball-room dancing] I was told I was

going to a party and I spent most of the night glued to a chairrdquo Kunz said ldquoOnce the instructors got me out of the chair I began to loosen up and really enjoy myselfrdquo

A $5 donation is requested of

students for all CTBD events $7 for the general public or $12 per couple A Swing lesson forbeginners will begin at 6 pm For more information and a schedule of CTBD events visitctbdorg

Crimson Tide Ballroom Dancers to host Sock Hop

By Asher Elbein

Named after the small Midwestern town where Superman grew up the series Smallville follows Clark Kent on his journey toward becom-ing the greatest superhero in the world Seeking to create a grounded and realistic show the producers hit upon a simple rule Clark Kent would never put on a costume Nor would he fly The paradox this created ndash a show starring Superman who never acts like Superman ndash would simply be glossed over

To say that this approach

leads to problems is something of an understatement Even a good show would have trouble with it And Smallville is not a good show

To begin with the charac-terization is a mess From the first episode Clark Kent is not once presented as a heroic or likable lead Instead hersquos an angsty jerk who takes his friends for granted and dith-ers Hamlet-like before he can bring himself to save anybody Lex Luther Clarkrsquos friend and eventual bitter enemy is pre-sented at the outset as an inter-esting relatable man whose

long descent into villainy has as much to do with Clarkrsquos persistent selfishness as with any kind of adaptational inevi-tability Smallvillersquos explana-tion for why Lex Luther hates Superman is so convincing that itrsquos easy to follow his example

The poor writing doesnrsquot stop there Smallville begins as a romantic soap opera mas-querading as a superhero show an approach that works until the creators get ambitious Clarkrsquos world rapidly expands into comic book scenarios on which the show has neither the means nor the interest to

follow through Supervillains shuffle amid the romantic drama posing for the camera before being quickly packed off to limbo Storylines are not resolved so much as buried alive and those left uncovered often collapse under the weight of their own contrivance Amid all of this supporting charac-ters begin to don costumes of various kinds Clark mindful of the showrsquos number one rule sticks to a jacket By the time the eighth season begins all pretense of a grounded real-istic show has been thrown out the window By the 10th

and final season sanity has joined it

Laying aside the obvious question of how the show last-ed 10 years itrsquos worth noting that the final season is where the Smallville completely frac-tures under its own premise The show that wonrsquot let Clark dress or act like Superman has him join the Justice League marry Lois Lane and meet all manner of characters who shouldnrsquot yet exist When Supergirl and Superboy are introduced before Superman has so much as tried on a cape itrsquos the last straw By the time

Clark finally dons the famous costume hersquos the only person in the cast who hasnrsquot yet wornone Those viewers still watch-ing are too worn out to care

Smallville is not entirely without merit The actors are pretty and all of them remem-ber their lines The presentation is almost professional To the best of my knowledge the show has yet to actually kill anyone If yoursquore looking for a 10-sea-son-long exercise in delayed gratification a Superman story written by and for people who donrsquot like Superman then this is absolutely the show for you

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Superman show fails without bringing in key concepts from original comics

SubmittedDancers practice at a CTBD event

UA show choir resembles lsquoGleersquoBy Alicia PerezContributing Writer

Resonance the UA-run show choir allows students to expe-rience their own real-life ver-sion of the hit television show ldquoGleerdquo

Catchy songs and intense dance numbers are just a little part of the package deal and is why director Garrett Lindsey said the Universityrsquos show choir is ldquoGlee on steroidsrdquo

ldquoWe literally tell people who come up to us and ask that we are our own version of Gleerdquo Lindsey said ldquoWe create really intense choreography and sing as a group wersquore nowhere near

as solo-driven as the charac-ters on the showrdquo

A junior majoring in choral music education Lindsey first joined the program as a fresh-man

Originally Lindsey started out as the bass section leader worked his way up to the musi-cal director and currently acts as the director

ldquoI lead all rehearsals play a large role in choosing our showrsquos set lists when and where we perform and I occa-sionally help choreograph some of our performancesrdquo Lindsey said

Rehearsals are held two times a week one to practice

the song portion the other for the dance The group works to create original pieces that will stand out from other groups and performances

ldquoI occasionally meet with other members of the group to help choreograph different numbers however the majori-ty of the time itrsquos done by other members of the show choirrdquo Lindsey said ldquoThey always do a fantastic jobrdquo

Anyone interested is wel-come to audition however prior singing or performing experience is recommended Auditions consist of a singing and dancing portion

ldquoUsually the applicants are

Page 8 | Thursday September 13 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

Moundville to host

archeological eventBy Becky RobinsonContributing Writer

A few miles outside of Tuscaloosa sits the Moundville Archaeological Park an ancient Native American site and a part of The University of Alabama Museums

For several years the park has hosted events aimed at teaching the pub-lic about Southeastern Native American culture One such event is called Saturday in the Park where local experts come together to educate the community about Southeastern Native American arts and traditions

Tyler Fox an Americorps VISTA at Moundville has been participating in Saturday in Park since March He helped create the schedule of artists for this yearrsquos events and will be giving a gardening class on Sept 22

ldquoAt its height Moundville was the largest city north of Mexico Cityrdquo Fox said ldquoMany people donrsquot realize the rich cultural significance that is right in our backyardrdquo

Fox said programs like Saturday in the Park show-case what life was like for the Native Americans who once lived in the area He said that on a typical Saturday there are many activities for partici-pants to choose from such as pottery textiles flute making and interpretations of native languages

Betsy Irwin the educa-tion outreach coordinator for Moundville oversees the educational programs for Saturday in the Park and often contributes her artistic skills to the events

Irwin said she has been making pots and ceram-ics for over 30 years focus-ing on the techniques used by the Southeastern Native

Americans She has been involved with Saturday in the Park since 1991

ldquoWhen people think of Indian art they normally envision the type of art pro-duced by the Southwestern tribesrdquo Irwin said ldquoMany people donrsquot realize how incredibly complex and beau-tiful Southeastern Indian art isrdquo

As part of UniversityMuseums the Moundville Archaeological Park is dedi-cated to preserving and researching the Moundville site while providing a place for locals to enjoy

Fox and Irwin have both enjoyed their time working with Saturday in the Park

Irwin said her favorite part is learning the different pro-cesses for making art and see-ing the childrenrsquos reactions to the lessons

For Fox the most important part is what people take away from the event

ldquoMy hope is that the Saturday in the Park program will resonate a little deeper in someone than just being able to recite factsrdquo Fox said ldquoItrsquos great if someone learns a new skill or fact but hopefully the takeaway is much deeper than surface levelrdquo

Moundvillersquos Saturday in the Park runs almost every weekend from August to December and is free with park admission For more information go to moundvilleuaedu

only required to sing one song and the dance audi-tion is done over the course of two daysrdquo he said ldquoThere is a dance clinic and the actual audition The dance clinic is held just to teach the required dance and then people are put into groups of five to performrdquo

For Morgan Mullen a sophomore majoring in child development show choir has provided a family away from home

ldquoThey have definitely turned into my familyrdquo Mullen said ldquoWe spend so much time together and we all know each other really well Itrsquos such a creative out-let and a great way to make friendsrdquo

Mullen who is the presi-dent of Resonance coordi-nates all the business aspects of the group including order-ing merchandise scheduling venues and assisting with production

Over the course of the year Resonance holds sev-eral shows showcasing the grouprsquos talent This year the group hopes to perform at high school choir competi-tions as an exhibition hop-ing to promote the name and popularity of the group

ldquoWe sing the national anthem at some sporting events and we have held charity cabaret concerts in the past on campus but that money was donated to an outside causerdquo Lindsey said

Despite the major audi-tions already having been held for the year the show choir occasionally holds additional auditions in order to replace members who may have left for various reasons Anyone interested should contact the group at uareso-nancegmailcom

ldquoItrsquos such a great way to explore singing and danc-ing especially if you arenrsquot majoring in either one while at the Universityrdquo Mullen said

ldquoMany people donrsquot realize

how incredibly complex and beautiful Southeastern

Indian art is

mdash Betsy Irwin

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Tide faces 1st SEC teamsBy Charlie PotterContributing Writer

The Alabama cross country teams will begin their confer-ence schedule this Saturday Sept 15 in the Commodore Classic in Nashville Tenn The men will participate in an 8000 meter race that begins at 900 am and their female counter-parts will run 6000 meters at 945 am

This will be the first SEC test of the season for the Tide but adding to that challenge it will be their first road meet

ldquoThe SEC is tough in any-thingrdquo Palee Myrex a junior from Bremen Ala said ldquoEverybody is goodrdquo

Prominent SEC schools will be represented at the invi-tational race Georgia LSU Mississippi State Ole Miss South Carolina Tennessee and host school Vanderbilt will chal-lenge the Tidersquos young squad

Nerves will be an issue the freshmen on the team will have to manage but Myrex

has noticed toughness and grit among her first-year team-mates Still they will be intro-duced to an entirely new world once they arrive in the Music City

ldquoI remember my first big meetrdquo Myrex said ldquoIt was a lot different than high schoolrdquo

Head coach Dan Waters is approaching the meet as a mea-suring tool to determine how far along his young roster is in their development

ldquoItrsquos the first opportunity our freshmen have to face SEC com-petition so itrsquos a good measure of us for this early in the sea-sonrdquo Waters said ldquoWith that in mind our athletes have to approach it with the right atti-tuderdquo

Waters said that his freshmen chose to come to the Capstone because of the opportunity to compete against other elite athletes He expects them to be ready and perform well against top competititors an opportu-nity they will get in Nashville

ldquoI expect our team to be ready

to compete and expect to be con-tendersrdquo Waters said ldquoWe need to approach every competition with the mindset that we are going out there to win I think thatrsquos especially important for us now because of the youth of our team If we are to reach the goals that we have in mind we have to approach every competi-tion with the right mindsetrdquo

Sophomore Matt Joyner and Myrex finished as top perform-ers in the Crimson Tide Kick Off the teamrsquos first meet of the sea-son With their experience and leadership Joyner and Myrex will look to lead the Tide to vic-tory in the Commodore Classic

ldquoWe want to show up and have a good showing for the SECrdquo Myrex said

The races will take place at Vaughnrsquos Gap in Nashvillersquos Percy Warner Park This course is considered to be one of the most scenic but challenging courses in the SEC It will also serve as the running course for the conference championships later in the year

CW | Jingyu WanThe Alabama cross country teams will begin their conference schedule this Saturday Sept 15 in the Commodore Classic

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 13 2012 | Page 9

CROSS COUNTRY VOLLEYBALL

By Rebekah DyeContributing Writer

The Alabama volleyball team is off to its hottest start in 33 years with an 11-1 record which will be put to the test when the Crimson Tide faces the LSU Tigers Friday

ldquoI think we have our work cut out for usrdquo head coach Ed Allen said ldquoThe SEC is the SEC It is one of the best four leagues in the country and we brought nine new players in so they are going to have to adjust to all of thatrdquo

Senior Kayla Fitterer is off to a solid start this season after hav-ing an offseason setback With minor foot surgery she was day-to-day for matches and practice for much of preseason Now hav-ing been cleared to play every game she is back to start the rest of the season

ldquoWersquore just really ready to start SECrdquo Fitterer said ldquoOur confi-dence is up which is really good heading into SECsrdquo

LSU the 2011 SEC West cham-pion has had a rocky start to its

season With a 4-5 record and a hitting average of just 160 the Tigers donrsquot seem to be the cham-pions the SEC saw last year They have had setbacks this season with five newcomers and four straight weekends on the road but the Tigers will be a tough-minded team against the Tide

LSU leads the all-time series 32-21 and has won the past 11 matches against Alabama Over the past 10 years the Tigers have averaged a 258 hitting percent-age against Alabama but only 218 when Alabama has home court The low hitting percentage com-bined with the setbacks from the season could pose problems for the Tigers

With the Tidersquos strong start confidence and maintaining poise are going to be key to ultimately coming out with a victory Friday night

ldquoJust going in and staying focused and playing our game [are the keys to winning]rdquo Fitterer said ldquoWe know we can win we are 11-1 so [wersquore] just

staying confident focused and steady and not getting flusteredrdquo

Keeping up the momentum and working hard keeps the team focused and motivated to go out and win every match

ldquoI donrsquot think anybody is ready to become complacentrdquo freshman outside hitter Laura Steiner said ldquoWe know we have a lot of work to do so no worries of that hap-peningrdquo

LSU is the first night of SEC play for the Tide and coach Allen expects strong competition between the two teams

ldquoWe are going to be a whole lot more competitiverdquo Allen said ldquoWe expect to win some SEC matches for surerdquo

Conference play starts with LSU

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Players prepare for tournamentBy Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

First-year menrsquos tennis head coach George Hussack is looking to open up his career at the Capstone with domi-nant play in the Duke Fab Four Invite

The Crimson Tide menrsquos tennis team has faltered over the years especially during the latter part of the season Last year the Tide went 2-9 in conference matchups and lacked consistency through-out the fall and spring sea-sons

The Tide will be sending four players to Cary NC this weekend including senior Jerryd Botha juniors Daniil Proskura and Carlos Taborga and freshman Becker OrsquoShaughnessey

Hussack said he is look-ing for the team to show con-sistent competitive spirit in his first competition as head coach

ldquoWhat Irsquom looking for this weekend is for the four guys to com-peterdquo he said ldquoI want to just see how these four guys han-dle match situ-ations against people who are not their teammatesrdquo

Hussack spent the past three seasons as the assistant head coach for the University of Southern California Trojans who have won the last four NCAA titles before being tapped as the new head coach at Alabama

Despite only being with the team for a short period of time Hussack said he has gelled somewhat with his

players and found leadership roles in a fresh start for the Crimson Tide

ldquoI feel like everyone has been very energetic and responsiverdquo he said ldquoI feel like everyone is clear on what we have to do so wersquore all on the same pagerdquo

Hussack said he has relied on senior leadership to beginthe season but is looking for each of his players to step up in their own leadership role

ldquoIrsquove leaned a bit more on our two seniors Jarryd Bothaand Harris Barnardrdquo he said ldquoBut Irsquove really relied on everybody to do their ownthingrdquo

The fall season is normally considered a growing period for collegiate tennis players and Hussack said he expects this weekendrsquos tournament to be no different

ldquoI think it is a great chal-lenge and a great opportunityfor the guys to get into the sea-sonrdquo he said ldquoI really think

they are going to be able to take a lot away from this eventrdquo

One thing Hussack said he would like to not only see thisweekend but throughout the entire season is consistent and quality play in both the singles

and doubles competitions The Tide struggled in both areas last season but Hussacksaid he is more focused on thefuture and not the past

ldquoYou know I think we need contributions from every-whererdquo he said ldquoWersquore going to need contributions from everyone one through six Whatever happened last year happened last yearrdquo

Setting the time for new season

By Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

The Crimson Tide womenrsquos tennis team is looking to begin its fall campaign with a strong show-ing in Cary NC at the Duke Fab Four Invite

Head coach Jenny Mainz who is entering her 16th season at the helm of the womenrsquos tennis program said despite the recent success the team has had in past years there is still room for improvement in the fall season

ldquoWell itrsquos been a while since the girls have competedrdquo Mainz said ldquoSo I think the biggest thing through the fall is setting the tone in the first tournament and sharp-ening up Our goal is to be com-petitive and compete with a lot of tenacityrdquo

Competitive is exactly what the

Tide has been in recent years Last year the team maintained a top-10 ranking throughout its spring schedule Mainz said the tournaments in the fall help pre-pare her players for both confer-ence and non-conference oppo-nents beginning with the Duke Fab Four Invite

The Tide will send four play-ers including No 10 ranked junior Mary Anne MacFarlane sopho-more Emily Zabor and fresh-men Maya Jansen and Natalia Maynetto The team will get its first look at a new SEC opponent Texas AampM among other schools that Mainz said were among the nationrsquos elite

ldquoThe competition is very goodrdquo Mainz said ldquoItrsquos a great field and some of those teams finished top five or top 10 in the country so itrsquos not just them going into their first

tournament because they certain-ly will be thrown into the firerdquo

Although winning the tourna-ment is a primary goal Mainz said she is more focused on seeing how her players compete early on and learn some of the teamrsquos strengths and weaknesses

ldquoYou know I just want to see how they competerdquo she said ldquoIrsquom sure we are going to come back after the completion of the tour-nament and identify some things we need to work on so thatrsquos what the tournament is for toordquo

Improvement is what Mainz said she preaches to her team every day in order to maintain the individual and team success the Tide has enjoyed the past couple of seasons

ldquoChampions realize itrsquos a pro-cess to be respectedrdquo Mainz said ldquoI say to the team daily lsquoLetrsquos get

UA AthleticsAlabama womenrsquos and menrsquos tennis begins its fall season this weekend at the Duke Fab Four Invite

Page 10 | Thursday September 13 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

a little bit better today letrsquos take one step forward and letrsquos chip awayrsquordquo

After only a single practice Mainz said she is impressed with her playersrsquo work ethic and prep-aration for the fall tournaments

ldquoThe girls are working hardrdquo she said ldquoThe spirit of the team and the charisma seems very energetic and very positive The two senior captains Alexa Gaurachi and Antonia Foehse have done a good job at establish-ing leadershiprdquo

Mainz said although it is the teamrsquos first competition it is still crucial to see how the team per-forms in order to establish a win-ning culture this fall

ldquoI think itrsquos not only important that we represent Alabama wellrdquo she said ldquobut also set the tone on how we want to start the seasonrdquo

WOMENrsquoS TENNIS MENrsquoS TENNIS

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Thursday September 13 2012SPORTSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 12

By Zac Al-KhateebStaff Reporter

If the Alabama football team was able to take any lesson away from its game against Western Kentucky on Saturday itrsquos that it canrsquot afford not to play up to its standards regardless of the opponent

The Crimson Tide will see if it was able to learn that lesson this weekend when it travels to Fayetteville Ark to take on the Arkansas Razorbacks a team that much like the Tide didnrsquot play up to its standards Saturday ndash the Razorbacks lost a stunner to the University of Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks 34-31 in overtime

In that game no Arkansas rusher eclipsed 100 yards including junior Knile Davis and the defense gave up over 500 yards of total offense to the Warhawks

Despite the Razorbacksrsquo per-formance against what many believe was an inferior oppo-nent Alabama head coach Nick Saban said he wasnrsquot going to let their loss affect the way his team prepared for the game

ldquoThey had a very difficult misfortune in the last game that they werenrsquot able to over-comerdquo Saban said ldquoBut we still have to expect that wersquore going to get their very best perfor-mance and we need to have our very best performance if wersquore going to be able to play the kind of game we need to play on the road and have a chance to be successful against what we think is a very very good teamrdquo

Indeed rather than use their loss as an excuse not to prepare Alabama is instead expecting to motivate the Razorbacks head-ing into the game

Junior quarterback AJ McCarron said more than any-thing Arkansasrsquo loss would only serve to make the team angry

ldquoYeah definitelyrdquo McCarron said ldquoThey still got a chance to win the SEC Theyrsquore definitely going to throw everything in the book at u s W e rsquo r e going t o have to be ready f o r the things t h e y rsquo v e shown us on film things that they havenrsquot and things theyrsquore going to come up withrdquo

Still Arkansasrsquo loss to the Warhawks isnrsquot the only thing that may serve as a distraction for Alabama Arkansas senior quarterback Tyler Wilson whorsquos thrown for 568 yards and five touchdowns so far this season suffered a head injury against ULM and is question-able to play in Saturdayrsquos game

Regardless Saban said he wasnrsquot going to let his play-ers assume theyrsquod be playing against freshman quarterback Brandon Allen Wilsonrsquos back-up

ldquoNobody here should be feel-ing warm and cozy about the other teamrsquos circumstance or situationrdquo Saban said ldquoWe need to be thinking about what we need to do to be success-ful regardless of who plays in the gamerdquo

The message seems to have stuck with Sabanrsquos defensive players as seniors Robert Lester and Nico Johnson have both said theyrsquore preparing as if Wilson is going to play Lester said even if he doesnrsquot play Arkansasrsquo other playmak-ers on offense would be more

than enough to make up for his absence

ldquoWersquore looking at it as if he is going to playrdquo Lester said ldquoAnd even if he doesnrsquot Arkansas has great players and their backups are more than capable of com-ing in and managing the game and making playsrdquo

S t i l l despite all the questions surrounding Arkansasrsquo team McCarron said the only thing his team should worry about is what it can control improving on last weekrsquos per-formance over the Hilltoppers

Alabamarsquos defense didnrsquot seem to play with the same intensity as usual and the offensive line considered pos-sibly one of the nationrsquos best gave up six sacks on McCarron Even on special teams sopho-more wide receiver Christion Jones let a few punts go that he should have fielded

For McCarron improve-ments can be made all over the field

ldquoKind of a let-down week to our standards so wersquore definitely going to have to step it uprdquo McCarron said ldquoFirst SEC game in-confer-ence game so wersquoll definitely have to be on our A - g a m e c o m e t h i s week-endrdquo

Both sides of Saturday Preview of Alabama-Arkansas

By Andrew Hutchinson Staff Writer for The Arkansas Traveler

1 Forget Last WeekThe clicheacute ldquojust take one

game at a timerdquo has been used for years in sports Most often it is used for teams that have big games in the weeks ahead but it can also apply to

teams coming off bad losses Arkansas should

not have lost to the University of Louisiana-Monroe and e v e r y o n e

knows it The Razorbacks

must com-p l e t e l y put the U L M g a m e o u t

of their minds in

order to com-pete against Alabama

2 No Needless PenaltiesTwo weeks in a row

Arkansas has been penalized for unsports-

manlike conduct for hitting a player after he was out of

bounds These penalties give opponents a first down and move

them up 15 yards With an offense as potent as Alabamarsquos Arkansas canrsquot afford to give them second chances Likewise if the Hogs are moving the ball on Alabamarsquos stiff defense they canrsquot afford to lose yards with false starts

3 OffensiveDefensive LineThe Crimson Tide is

known for its hard-nosed physical play on both sides of the ball On the offensive line

Alabama is led by reigning Outland Trophy winner Barrett Jones as well as two other potential first-round NFL draft picks (DJ Fluker and Chance Warmack) They open gaping holes for running backs and provide quar-terback AJ McCarron ample time tofind open receivers On the defensive line Alabama averages 6rsquo4rdquo 299 lbs two deep Theyrsquoll challenge Arkansasrsquo relatively inexperienced offensive line Both Arkansas lines must step up their game and players must fill the holes left in the offense and defense by Kiero Small and Tevin Mitchel respectively if Arkansas is to have a chance

4 Wrap Up on DefenseSeveral plays against ULM almost

resulted in sacks but Arkansas defend-ers couldnrsquot bring down quarterback Kolton Browning They were getting a hand on him but never wrapped him up allowing him to escape and make plays Also when the Hogs hit ULMrsquos running backs and wide receivers it usually took a couple players to tackle them If Arkansas gets past Alabamarsquos stellar offensive line they must capi-talize and sack McCarron or tackle their running back

5 Fan SupportArkansas is coming off its most

embarrassing loss since losing to TheCitadel in 1992 and some would argue this is worse than that loss Fans are not happy but that doesnrsquot mean they shouldnrsquot support the team The play-ers have practiced all year and are not going out there and intentionally los-ing Hog fans that boo them should be ashamed of themselves As much as players say they donrsquot listen to nega-tivity they still hear it If Arkansas fans pack out Donald W Reynolds Razorback Stadium it becomes a very hostile environment for the visiting team Fans need to come and encour-age the team so that the Razorbacks can make the most of the home field advantage

Five keys to an Arkansas victory over AlabamaTide not paying attention to Arkansas loss to ULM

rron said more than any-Arkansasrsquo loss would

serve to make the team

ah definitelyrdquo McCarronThey still got a chance to

he SEC Theyrsquore definitely to throw everything in

book at u s e

g o

to ready f o r hings t h e y rsquo v e

n us on film things that avenrsquot and things theyrsquore to come up withrdquo Arkansasrsquo loss to the

awks isnrsquot the only thing may serve as a distraction

abama Arkansas senior erback Tyler Wilson thrown for 568 yards andouchdowns so far this n suffered a head injuryst ULM and is question-o play in Saturdayrsquos gameardless Saban said he t going to let his play-ssume theyrsquod be playing st freshman quarterback on Allen Wilsonrsquos back-

body here should be feel-arm and cozy about the teamrsquos circumstance or

ionrdquo Saban said ldquoWe o be thinking about whated to do to be success-gardless of who plays in merdquomessage seems to have with Sabanrsquos defensive

rs as seniors Robert and Nico Johnson have

said theyrsquore preparing Wilson is going to play

said even if he doesnrsquot Arkansasrsquo other playmak-n offense would be more

absenceldquoWersquore looking at it as if he is

going to playrdquo Lester said ldquoAnd even if he doesnrsquot Arkansas hasgreat players and their backups are more than capable of com-ing in and managing the gameand making playsrdquo

S t i l l despite all the questions surrounding Arkansasrsquo team McCarron said the onlything his team should worryabout is what it can control improving on last weekrsquos per-formance over the Hilltoppers

Alabamarsquos defense didnrsquotseem to play with the sameintensity as usual and the offensive line considered pos-sibly one of the nationrsquos best gave up six sacks on McCarronEven on special teams sopho-more wide receiver ChristionJones let a few punts go thathe should have fielded

For McCarron improve-ments can be made all over the field

ldquoKind of a let-down week to ourstandards so wersquore definitely going to have to step it uprdquo McCarron said ldquoFirst SEC game in-confer-ence game soo wewersquorsquoll definitelyy hhave to be onon ourrA - g ag a m em em ec oo mm eeeeeeeet h iii ssssssssssswweeeekkkkkkk----eenddrdquordquordquordquordquo

Staff Writer for The Arkansas Traveler

1 Forget Last WeekThe clicheacute ldquojust take o

game at a timerdquo has beused for years in sports Moften it is used for teams thave big games in the weeahead but it can also apply

teams coming off bad lossArkansas shou

not have lost the Universof LouisianMonroe ae v e r y o n

knows it TRazorbac

must cop l e t eput U Lg a mo u

of thminds

order to copete against Alabam

2 No Needless PenaltTwo weeks in a r

Arkansas has bepenalized for unspor

manlike conduct for hitta player after he was out

bounds These penalties gopponents a first down and mo

them up 15 yards With an offensepotent as Alabamarsquos Arkansas caafford to give them second chancLikewise if the Hogs are movingball on Alabamarsquos stiff defense thcacanrsquon t t afford to lose yards with fastststs arts

3 OOffensiveDefensive LinThhe e Crimson Tide

knknknkkkkkkkknowwn for its hannnooononnnnn seed physical playbbbbbooobob thh sides of the bOOOOOOOnOOOO the offensive li

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Aurora shooterrsquos UAB rejection letter saved Alabama from more tragedyBy Hannah WaidContributing Writer

This week The University of Alabama at Birmingham released documents reveal-ing that the alleged Dark Knight Rises shooter James Holmes had applied for a graduate program at UAB but had been rejected

The man who killed 12 and wounded 58 could have been right here in Alabama not even an hour away from Tuscaloosa and the only thing that stopped him was a simple rejection letter Holmes applied in October 2010 was interviewed in February 2011 and received a rejection letter in March 2011 For us this blessing of rejec-tion changed the course of his path and sent him away from our beloved state

It was only a month after James Holmes was rejected that the state of Alabama experienced its first bout of recent devastation April 27 2011 A little more than a year later it was the tragic shoot-ing in Auburn on June 9 that left three dead It was then the shocking shooting at the Copper Top bar during the early morning hours of July 17

But to think there could have been another shoot-ing in our state only three

days after the Tuscaloosa shooting How much more tragedy could the state of Alabama have handled Two shootings in two months was bad enough and we barely escaped adding a third shoot-ing to the list

What has become of our nation that has within the past year been rattled with shootings across the country The two shootings in Alabama the movie the-ater massacre in Colorado the temple shooting in W i s c o n s i n the shooting near the Texas AampM campus the shooting at the Empire State building Why is this list so long for a span of just a few months Should we as students be afraid to go to a movie or prac-tice our religion Should those in the business world be afraid to serve an eviction notice or fire an employee

Surely and hopefully the answer is no While we may experience some moments of fear in light of recent events one should not live in fear every moment One would hope that our country halts

this declining pattern of vio-lence and begins back on the peaceful path It would be nice to see people handle their problems in ways other than with guns and violence

Could all these devastating shootings have been solved with a mature conversation Probably not all of them But with the case of James Holmes it just goes to show you that one small thing

something as simple as a piece of paper can change s o m e o n e rsquo s path

Perhaps a friendly smile to the seem-ingly intro-verted outcast could change his or her perception of those around them Perhaps

another look at gun control laws could allow a tighten-ing of policies to decrease gun violence Whatever it may be no matter how small something needs to change to revert this recent sense of doubt and tragedy back to the inherent goodness of human-ity

Hannah Waid is a junior majoring in English

Just when we havenrsquot seen it in a while here we go again Nick Saban went sideways in a press conference The first headline I saw read ldquoAnother Saban Outburstrdquo What did it this time I wondered The story quickly went viral as Sabanrsquos stories often do and I was already thinking my way into a column before I went looking for the news confer-ence

When I actually watched the ldquooutburstrdquo in its entirety my first thought was lsquoThatrsquos itrsquo I mean he didnrsquot even raise his voice After his ini-tial comments and before taking questions he politely appreciated the opportunity to ldquoget that off my chestrdquo Did the slight smile inadvertently displayed as he exited the podium belie the intentional nature of his comments Could this have been con-trived with the hidden desire of sending a message to his team

So why the big dust up What was the big issue this time Well it seems that coach Saban was ldquoupsetrdquo as he put it with how writers and commentators had already crowned his Crimson Tide 2012 National Champions after their destruction of eighth-ranked Michigan Which is exactly what we were all doing after one game If that wasnrsquot enough writers from Lexington to College Station

had already determined the outcome of Saturdayrsquos game against Western Kentucky The Hilltoppers they said shouldnrsquot even bother to show up

This is the kind of thing that drives all coaches not just Nick Saban crazy ndash crown-ing a team after one week Clearly Sabanrsquos Alabama team is loaded with talent and looked awful good for a week-one top-10 showdown and the coach in pursuit of his fourth BCS title is as intense as ever But he knows that one game does not make a season He knows his team struggled significantly after big open-ing day wins against Clemson and Virginia Tech with lowly Louisiana-Monore and Florida International in sea-sons past As it turned out his players looked a little sloppy Saturday barely rushing for a hundred yards and that best-in-the-country offensive line gave up six sacks The bottom line on all this was that Saban was right

Still this is all just pretty routine stuff as coaches and teams and press conferences go Sabanrsquos ldquooutburstrdquo was anything but The bigger story here was not the com-ments or the writers or even the outcome of the game Itrsquos the coach himself Why do we love to hate this guy

In fact we should love a guy who says what all the

other coaches long to say but are too politically cor-rect or scared to say them-selves They all know that our pens and microphones can send a message to their players that they must work overtime to counteract They attend our news conferences and tolerate us because they are contractually obligated to do so Do we really think any of them want to stop on the way to the locker room at halftime to answer two ridic-ulous questions They canrsquot control what we write or say and we make their jobs more difficult when we tell 20-year-olds that they are better than they are

To be sure Nick Saban isnrsquot going to win any awards as a media darling Guess what The coach doesnrsquot care He would love for people to stop writing about his team as NFL caliber but hey it goes with the territory They still have affection for him in Baton Rouge even though he is now with the enemy And hersquos pretty popular in Tuscaloosa these days

There are only six guys with a statue down there rep-resenting those 14 national titles Trouble for everyone else is one of them is still prowling the sidelines

Robert Stephens is an alum-nus of The University of Alabama

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 13 2012 | Page 5

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

ldquoIt was only a month after

James Holmes was rejected that the state of Alabama

experienced its first bout of recent devastation April 27

2011

Setting the record straight on Saban

IN RESPONSE TOldquoHow do you feel about todayrsquos enrollment announcement Do you think 33602 is too many not enough or the right

number of studentsrdquo

ldquoand who is excited about this other than the university Not

the studentshellip ldquo

ldquocampus is over-crowded try and go to the rec and get a treadmill in the mid-dle of the afternoon

or eveningrdquo

ldquoToo high for the resources Letrsquos solve

housing parking and dining issures before we grow

morerdquo

ldquoItrsquos all in the plan Who needs to

increase tutition when you can sus-

tain yourself on parking violationsrdquo

ldquotake a look at the Ferg at noon or the

parking lots and thatrsquos enough to see itrsquos too much for the space we have right

nowrdquo

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTSPage 6 | Thursday September 13 2012

By Sarah RobinsonContributing Writer

The second year of The University of Alabamarsquos Non-Profit Proteacutegeacute Program is now underway taking applications for students to participate in an eight-week mentor-ing program with non-profit professionals

A collaborative effort of the Community Service Center and the Career Center the program started in 2011 pairing partici-pants with an administrator or CEO of an Alabama non-profit organization The members are expected to arrange weekly meetings with their mentor

Not to be confused with an internship the experience grants a limited number of stu-dents the opportunity to attend board meetings sit in on staff and committee meetings visit with potential financial donors and witness the working world of a non-profit leader

Kimberly Montgomery assistant director of the CSC is heading this yearrsquos program and adopting the responsibili-ties of former assistant direc-

tor Rachel Edington who pro-pelled the program into suc-cess Although the programrsquos administration has changed the goals remain the same

ldquoOur expectations are as it was last year to have stu-dents make valuable con-nections and gain profitable insight into their career plansrdquo Montgomery said

Students of all majors are encouraged to apply

ldquoThe Non-Profit Proteacutegeacute Program is an experience for someone who wants to make a positive change for themselves their non-profit and the com-munityrdquo said Haley Clemons a student director of public rela-tions marketing and graphic design at the CSC

Junior accounting major Marina Robertsrsquo participation with the program last year led to other professional opportu-nities

After Roberts expressed interest in the grant process her mentor DrsquoUndray Peterson at Tuscaloosarsquos One Place put her in contact with a grant writer Having established a connection and receiving

guidance from the writer she is now in the process of writingher grant and attributes all of her success to the program

UA graduate Nicole Carr applied last year in hopes of getting a better understanding of the daily operations of work-ing in a non-profit She was pleased with her mentor who went the extra mile to ensure Carr accomplished everything she wanted in the program

ldquoMy mentor gave me a tour of five non-profits where I was able to see the daily operations of each as well as interact with individuals at somerdquo said Carr who still maintains contact with her mentor

ldquoWe just want to continue the momentum that we have going for the program and reach out to more students to get involvedrdquo Wahnee Sherman director of the CSC said

Students interested in apply-ing must be at least a sopho-more enrolled at the Universityby this fall and have a mini-mum 25 cumulative GPA Applications are due Friday Sept 21 by 5 pm to the CSC located in the Ferguson Center

Non-profi t mentoring program searches for applicants to work with professionals

By Emily LukerContributing Writer

The Office of Disability Services is hosting an event on Sept 14 to assist students with and without disabilities to better understand certain tech-nologies

The Accessible and Assistive Technology Expo of Alabama will feature presentations by several major computer hard-ware and software manufactur-ers including Apple

The expo will be held in the third floor of the Ferguson Center from 8 am to 5 pm Admission is free and open to all members of the UA com-munity as well as to the general public

According to odsuaeduaatexalabama the expo seeks to introduce attend-ees to technology they may not have seen before while demon-strating some accessibility fea-tures of technology that attend-ees may already be using

Marion Stevens the Assistive Technology Specialist at ODS says the event will be beneficial to anyone who comes

ldquoSince the expo is open to everyone both on and off campus anyone who might be interested in these topics is welcome to comerdquo Stevens said ldquoI think there are many people in the community who could benefit from learning about these technologiesrdquo

It is important for students without disabilities to recog-

nize that those with them are walking among them every day Stevens said

ldquoThere are many [dis-abilities] that are practically invisible unless you know what yoursquore looking forrdquo Stevens said ldquoFor exam-

ple a student with a learning disability looks no different than a student without one but they have to work much harder to be successful in their classesrdquo

Stevens also said that

students without disabili-ties can benefit from a better awareness of how various dis-abilities can affect others

ldquoFor example with the right technologies a blind person can read electronic texts much faster than a sighted person can but to be accessible that text must be formatted prop-erlyrdquo Stevens said ldquoMaking materials accessible isnrsquot that difficult but it requires an awareness as to why doing it is importantrdquo

This is a first-time event at the University but organizers intend for it to continue into the future

ldquoOur goal is to do it annually but since this is the first time wersquoll have to see how well itrsquos receivedrdquo Stevens said ldquoThe more people who attend the more likely we can have it again next year since the technology vendors and organizations will be more likely to come back if attendance is strongrdquo

Although it is not required organizers ask that those planning to attend fill out the attendee registration form on the ODS website so that they can get an accurate assess-ment of participation

Disability Services to host tech exposition to raise awareness

By Chandler WrightContributing Writer

Leadership UA is a leadership development program for UA sophomores and junior and is currently taking applications for the 2012-2013 class

ldquoThe main purpose of Leadership UA is bridging the gap between the freshman level programs and when they become officers of whatever student organization theyrsquore in on campusrdquo Nick Lambert the graduate assistant for Leadership UA said

Lambert said Leadership UA hopes to develop sophomores and juniors so they can effec-tively lead their organizations on campus in senior leadership positions

ldquoWe take them to different leadership venues that they can see first-hand leadership expe-rience so that when they come back theyrsquore able to talk about these things together to make sure that those leadership skills are developedrdquo Lambert said

Last year Leadership UA

students travelled to Montgomery and met with Gov Robert Bentley and others in the state capitol Lambert said

ldquoItrsquos an elite organization and we like to think that wersquore really going to develop these students to become leaders of these top tier organizations such as SGA IFC Panhellenic Academic Honor Council all those differ-ent organizationsrdquo Lambert said

Chelsea Ellis a junior major-ing in economics and political science said she met new peo-ple from different backgrounds through the program

ldquoI learned a lot about how to be polished and meet really important peoplerdquo Ellis said ldquoI wouldnrsquot really know how to shake the presidentrsquos hand or something Just meeting people in general I learned a lot of sociable etiquette kind of skillsrdquo

This year Lambert said Leadership UA will be split into a statewide track and a global track

ldquoThe statewide track will be similar to last year and global

track will finish with a study abroad trip in May to Athens Madrid and Londonrdquo Lambert said ldquoEach year is going to have a different theme depending on whatrsquos going on around the country and around the worldrdquo

Lambert said that this yearrsquos theme is economics and encour-aged students interested in the field to apply

ldquoItrsquos something you might not be able to find in other organi-zations to really develop your leadership skillsrdquo Lambert said ldquoOnce you graduate your expe-rience isnrsquot over You can carry that into your job or whatever you decide to do after college to really keep further developing those skills yoursquove learn through the programsrdquo

Applications are due Thursday by 445 pm in the dean of studentsrsquo office in 230 Ferguson The application can be found online at dosuaedu

ldquoGo for itrdquo Ellis said ldquoYou donrsquot really know until you get it Yoursquore not going to get it unless you try It really is such a big opportunityrdquo

Leadership UA accepting new sophomores juniors

By Alan AlexanderContributing Writer

The University of Alabama campus is home to more than 7000 students in 19 residence halls which are occasionally subject to instances of malfunc-tion

Whether itrsquos an overflowing toilet or a broken air condition-ing unit students rely on UA Facilities to take care of the problem

It all starts with a work orderIf residents were to find their

hallway flooded they would be better off to leave their towels hanging where they are and make for their computer

ldquoStudents can submit an online work order which is received by an office associ-ate who assesses the sever-ity of their problemrdquo said Alicia Browne director of housing administration ldquoFrom there the issue is relayed to the appro-priate division of facilities and technicians are dispatched to

resolve the problemrdquoTo submit a work order stu-

dents visit the Universityrsquos housing website for a work order request form The form then prompts students to supply basic information such as the building name room number phone number and details of the problem

ldquoIn the last fiscal year we received 38000 work order requests throughout the cam-pusrdquo Betty Drummond a pro-gram assistant with the cus-tomer services office said ldquoThe majority of those requests dealt with ventilation and plumbingrdquo

UA Facilities is separated into various divisions of labor that include plumbing heating ven-tilation electrical maintenance elevator general building main-tenance and custodial services

Clad in crimson work shirts with ldquoThe University of Alabama Facilitiesrdquo embroidered in white on their left breast they are rou-tinely seen driving around cam-pus in Kawasaki Mules

UA Facilities provides ser-vices around the clock for the complications that arise in the middle of the night

ldquoAfter normal duty hours UAPD receives calls and noti-fies on-duty technicians or shop managers of specific work that gets requestedrdquo Duane Lamb assistant vice president for facil-ities and grounds said

One such instance occurred for a resident of Ridgecrest West

Lee McNorton a junior major-ing in engineering returned home late from studying at Bruno Library to find his sink

Work order forms provide quick assistanceclogged and water overflowing onto the floor and carpet After staunching the immediate flow he submitted a work order the following morning

ldquoThey were very responsive in attending to our problem within the same day of request-ing maintenance and stayed until our carpet was cleaned and driedrdquo McNorton said

For more serious issues such as severe leaks or the presence of mold UA Facilities will typi-cally respond within 24 hours of a submitted work order However if less immediate prob-lems arise such as a resident needing a bed frame raised or window blinds fixed the stu-dents may have to wait a few extra days

ldquoIn the last fiscal year we

received 38000 work order requests throughout

the campus

mdash Betty Drummond

ldquoThere are many [disabili-ties] that are practically

invisible unless you know what yoursquore looking for

mdash Marion Stevens

FAST FACTSbull To submit a work

order go to housinguaedu and submit a work order request form

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Thursday September 13 2012CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 7

By Courtney StinsonStaff Reporter

If you like to cut a rug but club dancing isnrsquot your style or if you simply want to step up your dance moves Crimson Tide Ballroom Dancers might be the place for you They will host a 1950s themed Sock Hop at Forest Lake United Methodist Church Friday from 7 to 10 pm

Founded in 2006 CTBD offers an alternative venue for stu-dents to interact exercise and enjoy the art of ballroom danc-ing CTBD promises a warm welcoming environment for dancers of all skill levels offer-ing dance lessons prior to each of their twice-monthly dances More experienced dancers will also be available to help begin-ners learn the steps during the dance

For those who would like

more instruction CTBD is cur-rently offering a free 12-week dance course where they teach the Foxtrot Waltz Rumba Cha-Cha and Hustle The classes are held on Sundays from 3 to 4 pm at Calvary Baptist Church

Julia Trippe a junior major-ing in New College had no dance experience prior to attending several CTBD events but said she has enjoyed learn-ing new dances ndash her favorite being the Rumba ndash and having an unconventional outlet for socializing with friends

ldquoItrsquos a really good way to hang out with friends and have fun and learn how to dance because Irsquove never really had that opportunity beforerdquo Trippe said

Elaine Song CTBD efficiency coordinator also lacked a dance background when she joined the group a year ago She did not particularly enjoy dancing

before joining but says that ball-room dancing is an easy skill to pick up and can set dancers apart from the crowd

ldquoWhat I really like about [ballroom dancing] is at home-coming and prom people are making it up and doing whatev-er but when yoursquore [ballroom] dancing you look good and itrsquos not that hardrdquo Song said

CTBD treasurer Tyler Malone became a part of the organization after taking a social dance class at UA Aside from simply being fun Malone says being a part of the group affords other social benefits particularly for young men

ldquoTherersquos a very good girl to guy ratio [at our events] thatrsquos definitely in favor of the guysrdquo Malone said ldquoA lot of single girls like to dancerdquo

CTBD founder Jimmy Kunz is a prime example of Malonersquos statement He met his wife

and CTBD co-founder Jennifer a former instructor at Fred Astaire Dance Studio through ballroom dancing

Though the group focuses primarily on ballroom dances they also perform social dances that are more familiar to the general public like the Cupid Shuffle the Wobble and the Electric Slide

ldquoEverybody loves the line dances that we do because they are like a social meet-and-greet and you dance with everybody especially the barn dancerdquo Kunz said ldquoThese are relaxed and low keyrdquo

Kunz understands what it is like to be a beginner He was very nervous when he began dancing over 10 years ago but dancing has become a part of life for Kunz so beginners need not be too intimidated to join in

ldquoThe first time I went [ball-room dancing] I was told I was

going to a party and I spent most of the night glued to a chairrdquo Kunz said ldquoOnce the instructors got me out of the chair I began to loosen up and really enjoy myselfrdquo

A $5 donation is requested of

students for all CTBD events $7 for the general public or $12 per couple A Swing lesson forbeginners will begin at 6 pm For more information and a schedule of CTBD events visitctbdorg

Crimson Tide Ballroom Dancers to host Sock Hop

By Asher Elbein

Named after the small Midwestern town where Superman grew up the series Smallville follows Clark Kent on his journey toward becom-ing the greatest superhero in the world Seeking to create a grounded and realistic show the producers hit upon a simple rule Clark Kent would never put on a costume Nor would he fly The paradox this created ndash a show starring Superman who never acts like Superman ndash would simply be glossed over

To say that this approach

leads to problems is something of an understatement Even a good show would have trouble with it And Smallville is not a good show

To begin with the charac-terization is a mess From the first episode Clark Kent is not once presented as a heroic or likable lead Instead hersquos an angsty jerk who takes his friends for granted and dith-ers Hamlet-like before he can bring himself to save anybody Lex Luther Clarkrsquos friend and eventual bitter enemy is pre-sented at the outset as an inter-esting relatable man whose

long descent into villainy has as much to do with Clarkrsquos persistent selfishness as with any kind of adaptational inevi-tability Smallvillersquos explana-tion for why Lex Luther hates Superman is so convincing that itrsquos easy to follow his example

The poor writing doesnrsquot stop there Smallville begins as a romantic soap opera mas-querading as a superhero show an approach that works until the creators get ambitious Clarkrsquos world rapidly expands into comic book scenarios on which the show has neither the means nor the interest to

follow through Supervillains shuffle amid the romantic drama posing for the camera before being quickly packed off to limbo Storylines are not resolved so much as buried alive and those left uncovered often collapse under the weight of their own contrivance Amid all of this supporting charac-ters begin to don costumes of various kinds Clark mindful of the showrsquos number one rule sticks to a jacket By the time the eighth season begins all pretense of a grounded real-istic show has been thrown out the window By the 10th

and final season sanity has joined it

Laying aside the obvious question of how the show last-ed 10 years itrsquos worth noting that the final season is where the Smallville completely frac-tures under its own premise The show that wonrsquot let Clark dress or act like Superman has him join the Justice League marry Lois Lane and meet all manner of characters who shouldnrsquot yet exist When Supergirl and Superboy are introduced before Superman has so much as tried on a cape itrsquos the last straw By the time

Clark finally dons the famous costume hersquos the only person in the cast who hasnrsquot yet wornone Those viewers still watch-ing are too worn out to care

Smallville is not entirely without merit The actors are pretty and all of them remem-ber their lines The presentation is almost professional To the best of my knowledge the show has yet to actually kill anyone If yoursquore looking for a 10-sea-son-long exercise in delayed gratification a Superman story written by and for people who donrsquot like Superman then this is absolutely the show for you

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Superman show fails without bringing in key concepts from original comics

SubmittedDancers practice at a CTBD event

UA show choir resembles lsquoGleersquoBy Alicia PerezContributing Writer

Resonance the UA-run show choir allows students to expe-rience their own real-life ver-sion of the hit television show ldquoGleerdquo

Catchy songs and intense dance numbers are just a little part of the package deal and is why director Garrett Lindsey said the Universityrsquos show choir is ldquoGlee on steroidsrdquo

ldquoWe literally tell people who come up to us and ask that we are our own version of Gleerdquo Lindsey said ldquoWe create really intense choreography and sing as a group wersquore nowhere near

as solo-driven as the charac-ters on the showrdquo

A junior majoring in choral music education Lindsey first joined the program as a fresh-man

Originally Lindsey started out as the bass section leader worked his way up to the musi-cal director and currently acts as the director

ldquoI lead all rehearsals play a large role in choosing our showrsquos set lists when and where we perform and I occa-sionally help choreograph some of our performancesrdquo Lindsey said

Rehearsals are held two times a week one to practice

the song portion the other for the dance The group works to create original pieces that will stand out from other groups and performances

ldquoI occasionally meet with other members of the group to help choreograph different numbers however the majori-ty of the time itrsquos done by other members of the show choirrdquo Lindsey said ldquoThey always do a fantastic jobrdquo

Anyone interested is wel-come to audition however prior singing or performing experience is recommended Auditions consist of a singing and dancing portion

ldquoUsually the applicants are

Page 8 | Thursday September 13 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

Moundville to host

archeological eventBy Becky RobinsonContributing Writer

A few miles outside of Tuscaloosa sits the Moundville Archaeological Park an ancient Native American site and a part of The University of Alabama Museums

For several years the park has hosted events aimed at teaching the pub-lic about Southeastern Native American culture One such event is called Saturday in the Park where local experts come together to educate the community about Southeastern Native American arts and traditions

Tyler Fox an Americorps VISTA at Moundville has been participating in Saturday in Park since March He helped create the schedule of artists for this yearrsquos events and will be giving a gardening class on Sept 22

ldquoAt its height Moundville was the largest city north of Mexico Cityrdquo Fox said ldquoMany people donrsquot realize the rich cultural significance that is right in our backyardrdquo

Fox said programs like Saturday in the Park show-case what life was like for the Native Americans who once lived in the area He said that on a typical Saturday there are many activities for partici-pants to choose from such as pottery textiles flute making and interpretations of native languages

Betsy Irwin the educa-tion outreach coordinator for Moundville oversees the educational programs for Saturday in the Park and often contributes her artistic skills to the events

Irwin said she has been making pots and ceram-ics for over 30 years focus-ing on the techniques used by the Southeastern Native

Americans She has been involved with Saturday in the Park since 1991

ldquoWhen people think of Indian art they normally envision the type of art pro-duced by the Southwestern tribesrdquo Irwin said ldquoMany people donrsquot realize how incredibly complex and beau-tiful Southeastern Indian art isrdquo

As part of UniversityMuseums the Moundville Archaeological Park is dedi-cated to preserving and researching the Moundville site while providing a place for locals to enjoy

Fox and Irwin have both enjoyed their time working with Saturday in the Park

Irwin said her favorite part is learning the different pro-cesses for making art and see-ing the childrenrsquos reactions to the lessons

For Fox the most important part is what people take away from the event

ldquoMy hope is that the Saturday in the Park program will resonate a little deeper in someone than just being able to recite factsrdquo Fox said ldquoItrsquos great if someone learns a new skill or fact but hopefully the takeaway is much deeper than surface levelrdquo

Moundvillersquos Saturday in the Park runs almost every weekend from August to December and is free with park admission For more information go to moundvilleuaedu

only required to sing one song and the dance audi-tion is done over the course of two daysrdquo he said ldquoThere is a dance clinic and the actual audition The dance clinic is held just to teach the required dance and then people are put into groups of five to performrdquo

For Morgan Mullen a sophomore majoring in child development show choir has provided a family away from home

ldquoThey have definitely turned into my familyrdquo Mullen said ldquoWe spend so much time together and we all know each other really well Itrsquos such a creative out-let and a great way to make friendsrdquo

Mullen who is the presi-dent of Resonance coordi-nates all the business aspects of the group including order-ing merchandise scheduling venues and assisting with production

Over the course of the year Resonance holds sev-eral shows showcasing the grouprsquos talent This year the group hopes to perform at high school choir competi-tions as an exhibition hop-ing to promote the name and popularity of the group

ldquoWe sing the national anthem at some sporting events and we have held charity cabaret concerts in the past on campus but that money was donated to an outside causerdquo Lindsey said

Despite the major audi-tions already having been held for the year the show choir occasionally holds additional auditions in order to replace members who may have left for various reasons Anyone interested should contact the group at uareso-nancegmailcom

ldquoItrsquos such a great way to explore singing and danc-ing especially if you arenrsquot majoring in either one while at the Universityrdquo Mullen said

ldquoMany people donrsquot realize

how incredibly complex and beautiful Southeastern

Indian art is

mdash Betsy Irwin

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Tide faces 1st SEC teamsBy Charlie PotterContributing Writer

The Alabama cross country teams will begin their confer-ence schedule this Saturday Sept 15 in the Commodore Classic in Nashville Tenn The men will participate in an 8000 meter race that begins at 900 am and their female counter-parts will run 6000 meters at 945 am

This will be the first SEC test of the season for the Tide but adding to that challenge it will be their first road meet

ldquoThe SEC is tough in any-thingrdquo Palee Myrex a junior from Bremen Ala said ldquoEverybody is goodrdquo

Prominent SEC schools will be represented at the invi-tational race Georgia LSU Mississippi State Ole Miss South Carolina Tennessee and host school Vanderbilt will chal-lenge the Tidersquos young squad

Nerves will be an issue the freshmen on the team will have to manage but Myrex

has noticed toughness and grit among her first-year team-mates Still they will be intro-duced to an entirely new world once they arrive in the Music City

ldquoI remember my first big meetrdquo Myrex said ldquoIt was a lot different than high schoolrdquo

Head coach Dan Waters is approaching the meet as a mea-suring tool to determine how far along his young roster is in their development

ldquoItrsquos the first opportunity our freshmen have to face SEC com-petition so itrsquos a good measure of us for this early in the sea-sonrdquo Waters said ldquoWith that in mind our athletes have to approach it with the right atti-tuderdquo

Waters said that his freshmen chose to come to the Capstone because of the opportunity to compete against other elite athletes He expects them to be ready and perform well against top competititors an opportu-nity they will get in Nashville

ldquoI expect our team to be ready

to compete and expect to be con-tendersrdquo Waters said ldquoWe need to approach every competition with the mindset that we are going out there to win I think thatrsquos especially important for us now because of the youth of our team If we are to reach the goals that we have in mind we have to approach every competi-tion with the right mindsetrdquo

Sophomore Matt Joyner and Myrex finished as top perform-ers in the Crimson Tide Kick Off the teamrsquos first meet of the sea-son With their experience and leadership Joyner and Myrex will look to lead the Tide to vic-tory in the Commodore Classic

ldquoWe want to show up and have a good showing for the SECrdquo Myrex said

The races will take place at Vaughnrsquos Gap in Nashvillersquos Percy Warner Park This course is considered to be one of the most scenic but challenging courses in the SEC It will also serve as the running course for the conference championships later in the year

CW | Jingyu WanThe Alabama cross country teams will begin their conference schedule this Saturday Sept 15 in the Commodore Classic

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 13 2012 | Page 9

CROSS COUNTRY VOLLEYBALL

By Rebekah DyeContributing Writer

The Alabama volleyball team is off to its hottest start in 33 years with an 11-1 record which will be put to the test when the Crimson Tide faces the LSU Tigers Friday

ldquoI think we have our work cut out for usrdquo head coach Ed Allen said ldquoThe SEC is the SEC It is one of the best four leagues in the country and we brought nine new players in so they are going to have to adjust to all of thatrdquo

Senior Kayla Fitterer is off to a solid start this season after hav-ing an offseason setback With minor foot surgery she was day-to-day for matches and practice for much of preseason Now hav-ing been cleared to play every game she is back to start the rest of the season

ldquoWersquore just really ready to start SECrdquo Fitterer said ldquoOur confi-dence is up which is really good heading into SECsrdquo

LSU the 2011 SEC West cham-pion has had a rocky start to its

season With a 4-5 record and a hitting average of just 160 the Tigers donrsquot seem to be the cham-pions the SEC saw last year They have had setbacks this season with five newcomers and four straight weekends on the road but the Tigers will be a tough-minded team against the Tide

LSU leads the all-time series 32-21 and has won the past 11 matches against Alabama Over the past 10 years the Tigers have averaged a 258 hitting percent-age against Alabama but only 218 when Alabama has home court The low hitting percentage com-bined with the setbacks from the season could pose problems for the Tigers

With the Tidersquos strong start confidence and maintaining poise are going to be key to ultimately coming out with a victory Friday night

ldquoJust going in and staying focused and playing our game [are the keys to winning]rdquo Fitterer said ldquoWe know we can win we are 11-1 so [wersquore] just

staying confident focused and steady and not getting flusteredrdquo

Keeping up the momentum and working hard keeps the team focused and motivated to go out and win every match

ldquoI donrsquot think anybody is ready to become complacentrdquo freshman outside hitter Laura Steiner said ldquoWe know we have a lot of work to do so no worries of that hap-peningrdquo

LSU is the first night of SEC play for the Tide and coach Allen expects strong competition between the two teams

ldquoWe are going to be a whole lot more competitiverdquo Allen said ldquoWe expect to win some SEC matches for surerdquo

Conference play starts with LSU

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Players prepare for tournamentBy Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

First-year menrsquos tennis head coach George Hussack is looking to open up his career at the Capstone with domi-nant play in the Duke Fab Four Invite

The Crimson Tide menrsquos tennis team has faltered over the years especially during the latter part of the season Last year the Tide went 2-9 in conference matchups and lacked consistency through-out the fall and spring sea-sons

The Tide will be sending four players to Cary NC this weekend including senior Jerryd Botha juniors Daniil Proskura and Carlos Taborga and freshman Becker OrsquoShaughnessey

Hussack said he is look-ing for the team to show con-sistent competitive spirit in his first competition as head coach

ldquoWhat Irsquom looking for this weekend is for the four guys to com-peterdquo he said ldquoI want to just see how these four guys han-dle match situ-ations against people who are not their teammatesrdquo

Hussack spent the past three seasons as the assistant head coach for the University of Southern California Trojans who have won the last four NCAA titles before being tapped as the new head coach at Alabama

Despite only being with the team for a short period of time Hussack said he has gelled somewhat with his

players and found leadership roles in a fresh start for the Crimson Tide

ldquoI feel like everyone has been very energetic and responsiverdquo he said ldquoI feel like everyone is clear on what we have to do so wersquore all on the same pagerdquo

Hussack said he has relied on senior leadership to beginthe season but is looking for each of his players to step up in their own leadership role

ldquoIrsquove leaned a bit more on our two seniors Jarryd Bothaand Harris Barnardrdquo he said ldquoBut Irsquove really relied on everybody to do their ownthingrdquo

The fall season is normally considered a growing period for collegiate tennis players and Hussack said he expects this weekendrsquos tournament to be no different

ldquoI think it is a great chal-lenge and a great opportunityfor the guys to get into the sea-sonrdquo he said ldquoI really think

they are going to be able to take a lot away from this eventrdquo

One thing Hussack said he would like to not only see thisweekend but throughout the entire season is consistent and quality play in both the singles

and doubles competitions The Tide struggled in both areas last season but Hussacksaid he is more focused on thefuture and not the past

ldquoYou know I think we need contributions from every-whererdquo he said ldquoWersquore going to need contributions from everyone one through six Whatever happened last year happened last yearrdquo

Setting the time for new season

By Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

The Crimson Tide womenrsquos tennis team is looking to begin its fall campaign with a strong show-ing in Cary NC at the Duke Fab Four Invite

Head coach Jenny Mainz who is entering her 16th season at the helm of the womenrsquos tennis program said despite the recent success the team has had in past years there is still room for improvement in the fall season

ldquoWell itrsquos been a while since the girls have competedrdquo Mainz said ldquoSo I think the biggest thing through the fall is setting the tone in the first tournament and sharp-ening up Our goal is to be com-petitive and compete with a lot of tenacityrdquo

Competitive is exactly what the

Tide has been in recent years Last year the team maintained a top-10 ranking throughout its spring schedule Mainz said the tournaments in the fall help pre-pare her players for both confer-ence and non-conference oppo-nents beginning with the Duke Fab Four Invite

The Tide will send four play-ers including No 10 ranked junior Mary Anne MacFarlane sopho-more Emily Zabor and fresh-men Maya Jansen and Natalia Maynetto The team will get its first look at a new SEC opponent Texas AampM among other schools that Mainz said were among the nationrsquos elite

ldquoThe competition is very goodrdquo Mainz said ldquoItrsquos a great field and some of those teams finished top five or top 10 in the country so itrsquos not just them going into their first

tournament because they certain-ly will be thrown into the firerdquo

Although winning the tourna-ment is a primary goal Mainz said she is more focused on seeing how her players compete early on and learn some of the teamrsquos strengths and weaknesses

ldquoYou know I just want to see how they competerdquo she said ldquoIrsquom sure we are going to come back after the completion of the tour-nament and identify some things we need to work on so thatrsquos what the tournament is for toordquo

Improvement is what Mainz said she preaches to her team every day in order to maintain the individual and team success the Tide has enjoyed the past couple of seasons

ldquoChampions realize itrsquos a pro-cess to be respectedrdquo Mainz said ldquoI say to the team daily lsquoLetrsquos get

UA AthleticsAlabama womenrsquos and menrsquos tennis begins its fall season this weekend at the Duke Fab Four Invite

Page 10 | Thursday September 13 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

a little bit better today letrsquos take one step forward and letrsquos chip awayrsquordquo

After only a single practice Mainz said she is impressed with her playersrsquo work ethic and prep-aration for the fall tournaments

ldquoThe girls are working hardrdquo she said ldquoThe spirit of the team and the charisma seems very energetic and very positive The two senior captains Alexa Gaurachi and Antonia Foehse have done a good job at establish-ing leadershiprdquo

Mainz said although it is the teamrsquos first competition it is still crucial to see how the team per-forms in order to establish a win-ning culture this fall

ldquoI think itrsquos not only important that we represent Alabama wellrdquo she said ldquobut also set the tone on how we want to start the seasonrdquo

WOMENrsquoS TENNIS MENrsquoS TENNIS

ldquoI feel like everyone is clear

on what we have to do so wersquore all on the same

page

mdashGeorge Hussack

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Thursday September 13 2012SPORTSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 12

By Zac Al-KhateebStaff Reporter

If the Alabama football team was able to take any lesson away from its game against Western Kentucky on Saturday itrsquos that it canrsquot afford not to play up to its standards regardless of the opponent

The Crimson Tide will see if it was able to learn that lesson this weekend when it travels to Fayetteville Ark to take on the Arkansas Razorbacks a team that much like the Tide didnrsquot play up to its standards Saturday ndash the Razorbacks lost a stunner to the University of Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks 34-31 in overtime

In that game no Arkansas rusher eclipsed 100 yards including junior Knile Davis and the defense gave up over 500 yards of total offense to the Warhawks

Despite the Razorbacksrsquo per-formance against what many believe was an inferior oppo-nent Alabama head coach Nick Saban said he wasnrsquot going to let their loss affect the way his team prepared for the game

ldquoThey had a very difficult misfortune in the last game that they werenrsquot able to over-comerdquo Saban said ldquoBut we still have to expect that wersquore going to get their very best perfor-mance and we need to have our very best performance if wersquore going to be able to play the kind of game we need to play on the road and have a chance to be successful against what we think is a very very good teamrdquo

Indeed rather than use their loss as an excuse not to prepare Alabama is instead expecting to motivate the Razorbacks head-ing into the game

Junior quarterback AJ McCarron said more than any-thing Arkansasrsquo loss would only serve to make the team angry

ldquoYeah definitelyrdquo McCarron said ldquoThey still got a chance to win the SEC Theyrsquore definitely going to throw everything in the book at u s W e rsquo r e going t o have to be ready f o r the things t h e y rsquo v e shown us on film things that they havenrsquot and things theyrsquore going to come up withrdquo

Still Arkansasrsquo loss to the Warhawks isnrsquot the only thing that may serve as a distraction for Alabama Arkansas senior quarterback Tyler Wilson whorsquos thrown for 568 yards and five touchdowns so far this season suffered a head injury against ULM and is question-able to play in Saturdayrsquos game

Regardless Saban said he wasnrsquot going to let his play-ers assume theyrsquod be playing against freshman quarterback Brandon Allen Wilsonrsquos back-up

ldquoNobody here should be feel-ing warm and cozy about the other teamrsquos circumstance or situationrdquo Saban said ldquoWe need to be thinking about what we need to do to be success-ful regardless of who plays in the gamerdquo

The message seems to have stuck with Sabanrsquos defensive players as seniors Robert Lester and Nico Johnson have both said theyrsquore preparing as if Wilson is going to play Lester said even if he doesnrsquot play Arkansasrsquo other playmak-ers on offense would be more

than enough to make up for his absence

ldquoWersquore looking at it as if he is going to playrdquo Lester said ldquoAnd even if he doesnrsquot Arkansas has great players and their backups are more than capable of com-ing in and managing the game and making playsrdquo

S t i l l despite all the questions surrounding Arkansasrsquo team McCarron said the only thing his team should worry about is what it can control improving on last weekrsquos per-formance over the Hilltoppers

Alabamarsquos defense didnrsquot seem to play with the same intensity as usual and the offensive line considered pos-sibly one of the nationrsquos best gave up six sacks on McCarron Even on special teams sopho-more wide receiver Christion Jones let a few punts go that he should have fielded

For McCarron improve-ments can be made all over the field

ldquoKind of a let-down week to our standards so wersquore definitely going to have to step it uprdquo McCarron said ldquoFirst SEC game in-confer-ence game so wersquoll definitely have to be on our A - g a m e c o m e t h i s week-endrdquo

Both sides of Saturday Preview of Alabama-Arkansas

By Andrew Hutchinson Staff Writer for The Arkansas Traveler

1 Forget Last WeekThe clicheacute ldquojust take one

game at a timerdquo has been used for years in sports Most often it is used for teams that have big games in the weeks ahead but it can also apply to

teams coming off bad losses Arkansas should

not have lost to the University of Louisiana-Monroe and e v e r y o n e

knows it The Razorbacks

must com-p l e t e l y put the U L M g a m e o u t

of their minds in

order to com-pete against Alabama

2 No Needless PenaltiesTwo weeks in a row

Arkansas has been penalized for unsports-

manlike conduct for hitting a player after he was out of

bounds These penalties give opponents a first down and move

them up 15 yards With an offense as potent as Alabamarsquos Arkansas canrsquot afford to give them second chances Likewise if the Hogs are moving the ball on Alabamarsquos stiff defense they canrsquot afford to lose yards with false starts

3 OffensiveDefensive LineThe Crimson Tide is

known for its hard-nosed physical play on both sides of the ball On the offensive line

Alabama is led by reigning Outland Trophy winner Barrett Jones as well as two other potential first-round NFL draft picks (DJ Fluker and Chance Warmack) They open gaping holes for running backs and provide quar-terback AJ McCarron ample time tofind open receivers On the defensive line Alabama averages 6rsquo4rdquo 299 lbs two deep Theyrsquoll challenge Arkansasrsquo relatively inexperienced offensive line Both Arkansas lines must step up their game and players must fill the holes left in the offense and defense by Kiero Small and Tevin Mitchel respectively if Arkansas is to have a chance

4 Wrap Up on DefenseSeveral plays against ULM almost

resulted in sacks but Arkansas defend-ers couldnrsquot bring down quarterback Kolton Browning They were getting a hand on him but never wrapped him up allowing him to escape and make plays Also when the Hogs hit ULMrsquos running backs and wide receivers it usually took a couple players to tackle them If Arkansas gets past Alabamarsquos stellar offensive line they must capi-talize and sack McCarron or tackle their running back

5 Fan SupportArkansas is coming off its most

embarrassing loss since losing to TheCitadel in 1992 and some would argue this is worse than that loss Fans are not happy but that doesnrsquot mean they shouldnrsquot support the team The play-ers have practiced all year and are not going out there and intentionally los-ing Hog fans that boo them should be ashamed of themselves As much as players say they donrsquot listen to nega-tivity they still hear it If Arkansas fans pack out Donald W Reynolds Razorback Stadium it becomes a very hostile environment for the visiting team Fans need to come and encour-age the team so that the Razorbacks can make the most of the home field advantage

Five keys to an Arkansas victory over AlabamaTide not paying attention to Arkansas loss to ULM

rron said more than any-Arkansasrsquo loss would

serve to make the team

ah definitelyrdquo McCarronThey still got a chance to

he SEC Theyrsquore definitely to throw everything in

book at u s e

g o

to ready f o r hings t h e y rsquo v e

n us on film things that avenrsquot and things theyrsquore to come up withrdquo Arkansasrsquo loss to the

awks isnrsquot the only thing may serve as a distraction

abama Arkansas senior erback Tyler Wilson thrown for 568 yards andouchdowns so far this n suffered a head injuryst ULM and is question-o play in Saturdayrsquos gameardless Saban said he t going to let his play-ssume theyrsquod be playing st freshman quarterback on Allen Wilsonrsquos back-

body here should be feel-arm and cozy about the teamrsquos circumstance or

ionrdquo Saban said ldquoWe o be thinking about whated to do to be success-gardless of who plays in merdquomessage seems to have with Sabanrsquos defensive

rs as seniors Robert and Nico Johnson have

said theyrsquore preparing Wilson is going to play

said even if he doesnrsquot Arkansasrsquo other playmak-n offense would be more

absenceldquoWersquore looking at it as if he is

going to playrdquo Lester said ldquoAnd even if he doesnrsquot Arkansas hasgreat players and their backups are more than capable of com-ing in and managing the gameand making playsrdquo

S t i l l despite all the questions surrounding Arkansasrsquo team McCarron said the onlything his team should worryabout is what it can control improving on last weekrsquos per-formance over the Hilltoppers

Alabamarsquos defense didnrsquotseem to play with the sameintensity as usual and the offensive line considered pos-sibly one of the nationrsquos best gave up six sacks on McCarronEven on special teams sopho-more wide receiver ChristionJones let a few punts go thathe should have fielded

For McCarron improve-ments can be made all over the field

ldquoKind of a let-down week to ourstandards so wersquore definitely going to have to step it uprdquo McCarron said ldquoFirst SEC game in-confer-ence game soo wewersquorsquoll definitelyy hhave to be onon ourrA - g ag a m em em ec oo mm eeeeeeeet h iii ssssssssssswweeeekkkkkkk----eenddrdquordquordquordquordquo

Staff Writer for The Arkansas Traveler

1 Forget Last WeekThe clicheacute ldquojust take o

game at a timerdquo has beused for years in sports Moften it is used for teams thave big games in the weeahead but it can also apply

teams coming off bad lossArkansas shou

not have lost the Universof LouisianMonroe ae v e r y o n

knows it TRazorbac

must cop l e t eput U Lg a mo u

of thminds

order to copete against Alabam

2 No Needless PenaltTwo weeks in a r

Arkansas has bepenalized for unspor

manlike conduct for hitta player after he was out

bounds These penalties gopponents a first down and mo

them up 15 yards With an offensepotent as Alabamarsquos Arkansas caafford to give them second chancLikewise if the Hogs are movingball on Alabamarsquos stiff defense thcacanrsquon t t afford to lose yards with fastststs arts

3 OOffensiveDefensive LinThhe e Crimson Tide

knknknkkkkkkkknowwn for its hannnooononnnnn seed physical playbbbbbooobob thh sides of the bOOOOOOOnOOOO the offensive li

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTSPage 6 | Thursday September 13 2012

By Sarah RobinsonContributing Writer

The second year of The University of Alabamarsquos Non-Profit Proteacutegeacute Program is now underway taking applications for students to participate in an eight-week mentor-ing program with non-profit professionals

A collaborative effort of the Community Service Center and the Career Center the program started in 2011 pairing partici-pants with an administrator or CEO of an Alabama non-profit organization The members are expected to arrange weekly meetings with their mentor

Not to be confused with an internship the experience grants a limited number of stu-dents the opportunity to attend board meetings sit in on staff and committee meetings visit with potential financial donors and witness the working world of a non-profit leader

Kimberly Montgomery assistant director of the CSC is heading this yearrsquos program and adopting the responsibili-ties of former assistant direc-

tor Rachel Edington who pro-pelled the program into suc-cess Although the programrsquos administration has changed the goals remain the same

ldquoOur expectations are as it was last year to have stu-dents make valuable con-nections and gain profitable insight into their career plansrdquo Montgomery said

Students of all majors are encouraged to apply

ldquoThe Non-Profit Proteacutegeacute Program is an experience for someone who wants to make a positive change for themselves their non-profit and the com-munityrdquo said Haley Clemons a student director of public rela-tions marketing and graphic design at the CSC

Junior accounting major Marina Robertsrsquo participation with the program last year led to other professional opportu-nities

After Roberts expressed interest in the grant process her mentor DrsquoUndray Peterson at Tuscaloosarsquos One Place put her in contact with a grant writer Having established a connection and receiving

guidance from the writer she is now in the process of writingher grant and attributes all of her success to the program

UA graduate Nicole Carr applied last year in hopes of getting a better understanding of the daily operations of work-ing in a non-profit She was pleased with her mentor who went the extra mile to ensure Carr accomplished everything she wanted in the program

ldquoMy mentor gave me a tour of five non-profits where I was able to see the daily operations of each as well as interact with individuals at somerdquo said Carr who still maintains contact with her mentor

ldquoWe just want to continue the momentum that we have going for the program and reach out to more students to get involvedrdquo Wahnee Sherman director of the CSC said

Students interested in apply-ing must be at least a sopho-more enrolled at the Universityby this fall and have a mini-mum 25 cumulative GPA Applications are due Friday Sept 21 by 5 pm to the CSC located in the Ferguson Center

Non-profi t mentoring program searches for applicants to work with professionals

By Emily LukerContributing Writer

The Office of Disability Services is hosting an event on Sept 14 to assist students with and without disabilities to better understand certain tech-nologies

The Accessible and Assistive Technology Expo of Alabama will feature presentations by several major computer hard-ware and software manufactur-ers including Apple

The expo will be held in the third floor of the Ferguson Center from 8 am to 5 pm Admission is free and open to all members of the UA com-munity as well as to the general public

According to odsuaeduaatexalabama the expo seeks to introduce attend-ees to technology they may not have seen before while demon-strating some accessibility fea-tures of technology that attend-ees may already be using

Marion Stevens the Assistive Technology Specialist at ODS says the event will be beneficial to anyone who comes

ldquoSince the expo is open to everyone both on and off campus anyone who might be interested in these topics is welcome to comerdquo Stevens said ldquoI think there are many people in the community who could benefit from learning about these technologiesrdquo

It is important for students without disabilities to recog-

nize that those with them are walking among them every day Stevens said

ldquoThere are many [dis-abilities] that are practically invisible unless you know what yoursquore looking forrdquo Stevens said ldquoFor exam-

ple a student with a learning disability looks no different than a student without one but they have to work much harder to be successful in their classesrdquo

Stevens also said that

students without disabili-ties can benefit from a better awareness of how various dis-abilities can affect others

ldquoFor example with the right technologies a blind person can read electronic texts much faster than a sighted person can but to be accessible that text must be formatted prop-erlyrdquo Stevens said ldquoMaking materials accessible isnrsquot that difficult but it requires an awareness as to why doing it is importantrdquo

This is a first-time event at the University but organizers intend for it to continue into the future

ldquoOur goal is to do it annually but since this is the first time wersquoll have to see how well itrsquos receivedrdquo Stevens said ldquoThe more people who attend the more likely we can have it again next year since the technology vendors and organizations will be more likely to come back if attendance is strongrdquo

Although it is not required organizers ask that those planning to attend fill out the attendee registration form on the ODS website so that they can get an accurate assess-ment of participation

Disability Services to host tech exposition to raise awareness

By Chandler WrightContributing Writer

Leadership UA is a leadership development program for UA sophomores and junior and is currently taking applications for the 2012-2013 class

ldquoThe main purpose of Leadership UA is bridging the gap between the freshman level programs and when they become officers of whatever student organization theyrsquore in on campusrdquo Nick Lambert the graduate assistant for Leadership UA said

Lambert said Leadership UA hopes to develop sophomores and juniors so they can effec-tively lead their organizations on campus in senior leadership positions

ldquoWe take them to different leadership venues that they can see first-hand leadership expe-rience so that when they come back theyrsquore able to talk about these things together to make sure that those leadership skills are developedrdquo Lambert said

Last year Leadership UA

students travelled to Montgomery and met with Gov Robert Bentley and others in the state capitol Lambert said

ldquoItrsquos an elite organization and we like to think that wersquore really going to develop these students to become leaders of these top tier organizations such as SGA IFC Panhellenic Academic Honor Council all those differ-ent organizationsrdquo Lambert said

Chelsea Ellis a junior major-ing in economics and political science said she met new peo-ple from different backgrounds through the program

ldquoI learned a lot about how to be polished and meet really important peoplerdquo Ellis said ldquoI wouldnrsquot really know how to shake the presidentrsquos hand or something Just meeting people in general I learned a lot of sociable etiquette kind of skillsrdquo

This year Lambert said Leadership UA will be split into a statewide track and a global track

ldquoThe statewide track will be similar to last year and global

track will finish with a study abroad trip in May to Athens Madrid and Londonrdquo Lambert said ldquoEach year is going to have a different theme depending on whatrsquos going on around the country and around the worldrdquo

Lambert said that this yearrsquos theme is economics and encour-aged students interested in the field to apply

ldquoItrsquos something you might not be able to find in other organi-zations to really develop your leadership skillsrdquo Lambert said ldquoOnce you graduate your expe-rience isnrsquot over You can carry that into your job or whatever you decide to do after college to really keep further developing those skills yoursquove learn through the programsrdquo

Applications are due Thursday by 445 pm in the dean of studentsrsquo office in 230 Ferguson The application can be found online at dosuaedu

ldquoGo for itrdquo Ellis said ldquoYou donrsquot really know until you get it Yoursquore not going to get it unless you try It really is such a big opportunityrdquo

Leadership UA accepting new sophomores juniors

By Alan AlexanderContributing Writer

The University of Alabama campus is home to more than 7000 students in 19 residence halls which are occasionally subject to instances of malfunc-tion

Whether itrsquos an overflowing toilet or a broken air condition-ing unit students rely on UA Facilities to take care of the problem

It all starts with a work orderIf residents were to find their

hallway flooded they would be better off to leave their towels hanging where they are and make for their computer

ldquoStudents can submit an online work order which is received by an office associ-ate who assesses the sever-ity of their problemrdquo said Alicia Browne director of housing administration ldquoFrom there the issue is relayed to the appro-priate division of facilities and technicians are dispatched to

resolve the problemrdquoTo submit a work order stu-

dents visit the Universityrsquos housing website for a work order request form The form then prompts students to supply basic information such as the building name room number phone number and details of the problem

ldquoIn the last fiscal year we received 38000 work order requests throughout the cam-pusrdquo Betty Drummond a pro-gram assistant with the cus-tomer services office said ldquoThe majority of those requests dealt with ventilation and plumbingrdquo

UA Facilities is separated into various divisions of labor that include plumbing heating ven-tilation electrical maintenance elevator general building main-tenance and custodial services

Clad in crimson work shirts with ldquoThe University of Alabama Facilitiesrdquo embroidered in white on their left breast they are rou-tinely seen driving around cam-pus in Kawasaki Mules

UA Facilities provides ser-vices around the clock for the complications that arise in the middle of the night

ldquoAfter normal duty hours UAPD receives calls and noti-fies on-duty technicians or shop managers of specific work that gets requestedrdquo Duane Lamb assistant vice president for facil-ities and grounds said

One such instance occurred for a resident of Ridgecrest West

Lee McNorton a junior major-ing in engineering returned home late from studying at Bruno Library to find his sink

Work order forms provide quick assistanceclogged and water overflowing onto the floor and carpet After staunching the immediate flow he submitted a work order the following morning

ldquoThey were very responsive in attending to our problem within the same day of request-ing maintenance and stayed until our carpet was cleaned and driedrdquo McNorton said

For more serious issues such as severe leaks or the presence of mold UA Facilities will typi-cally respond within 24 hours of a submitted work order However if less immediate prob-lems arise such as a resident needing a bed frame raised or window blinds fixed the stu-dents may have to wait a few extra days

ldquoIn the last fiscal year we

received 38000 work order requests throughout

the campus

mdash Betty Drummond

ldquoThere are many [disabili-ties] that are practically

invisible unless you know what yoursquore looking for

mdash Marion Stevens

FAST FACTSbull To submit a work

order go to housinguaedu and submit a work order request form

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OPINION

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Page 7

By Courtney StinsonStaff Reporter

If you like to cut a rug but club dancing isnrsquot your style or if you simply want to step up your dance moves Crimson Tide Ballroom Dancers might be the place for you They will host a 1950s themed Sock Hop at Forest Lake United Methodist Church Friday from 7 to 10 pm

Founded in 2006 CTBD offers an alternative venue for stu-dents to interact exercise and enjoy the art of ballroom danc-ing CTBD promises a warm welcoming environment for dancers of all skill levels offer-ing dance lessons prior to each of their twice-monthly dances More experienced dancers will also be available to help begin-ners learn the steps during the dance

For those who would like

more instruction CTBD is cur-rently offering a free 12-week dance course where they teach the Foxtrot Waltz Rumba Cha-Cha and Hustle The classes are held on Sundays from 3 to 4 pm at Calvary Baptist Church

Julia Trippe a junior major-ing in New College had no dance experience prior to attending several CTBD events but said she has enjoyed learn-ing new dances ndash her favorite being the Rumba ndash and having an unconventional outlet for socializing with friends

ldquoItrsquos a really good way to hang out with friends and have fun and learn how to dance because Irsquove never really had that opportunity beforerdquo Trippe said

Elaine Song CTBD efficiency coordinator also lacked a dance background when she joined the group a year ago She did not particularly enjoy dancing

before joining but says that ball-room dancing is an easy skill to pick up and can set dancers apart from the crowd

ldquoWhat I really like about [ballroom dancing] is at home-coming and prom people are making it up and doing whatev-er but when yoursquore [ballroom] dancing you look good and itrsquos not that hardrdquo Song said

CTBD treasurer Tyler Malone became a part of the organization after taking a social dance class at UA Aside from simply being fun Malone says being a part of the group affords other social benefits particularly for young men

ldquoTherersquos a very good girl to guy ratio [at our events] thatrsquos definitely in favor of the guysrdquo Malone said ldquoA lot of single girls like to dancerdquo

CTBD founder Jimmy Kunz is a prime example of Malonersquos statement He met his wife

and CTBD co-founder Jennifer a former instructor at Fred Astaire Dance Studio through ballroom dancing

Though the group focuses primarily on ballroom dances they also perform social dances that are more familiar to the general public like the Cupid Shuffle the Wobble and the Electric Slide

ldquoEverybody loves the line dances that we do because they are like a social meet-and-greet and you dance with everybody especially the barn dancerdquo Kunz said ldquoThese are relaxed and low keyrdquo

Kunz understands what it is like to be a beginner He was very nervous when he began dancing over 10 years ago but dancing has become a part of life for Kunz so beginners need not be too intimidated to join in

ldquoThe first time I went [ball-room dancing] I was told I was

going to a party and I spent most of the night glued to a chairrdquo Kunz said ldquoOnce the instructors got me out of the chair I began to loosen up and really enjoy myselfrdquo

A $5 donation is requested of

students for all CTBD events $7 for the general public or $12 per couple A Swing lesson forbeginners will begin at 6 pm For more information and a schedule of CTBD events visitctbdorg

Crimson Tide Ballroom Dancers to host Sock Hop

By Asher Elbein

Named after the small Midwestern town where Superman grew up the series Smallville follows Clark Kent on his journey toward becom-ing the greatest superhero in the world Seeking to create a grounded and realistic show the producers hit upon a simple rule Clark Kent would never put on a costume Nor would he fly The paradox this created ndash a show starring Superman who never acts like Superman ndash would simply be glossed over

To say that this approach

leads to problems is something of an understatement Even a good show would have trouble with it And Smallville is not a good show

To begin with the charac-terization is a mess From the first episode Clark Kent is not once presented as a heroic or likable lead Instead hersquos an angsty jerk who takes his friends for granted and dith-ers Hamlet-like before he can bring himself to save anybody Lex Luther Clarkrsquos friend and eventual bitter enemy is pre-sented at the outset as an inter-esting relatable man whose

long descent into villainy has as much to do with Clarkrsquos persistent selfishness as with any kind of adaptational inevi-tability Smallvillersquos explana-tion for why Lex Luther hates Superman is so convincing that itrsquos easy to follow his example

The poor writing doesnrsquot stop there Smallville begins as a romantic soap opera mas-querading as a superhero show an approach that works until the creators get ambitious Clarkrsquos world rapidly expands into comic book scenarios on which the show has neither the means nor the interest to

follow through Supervillains shuffle amid the romantic drama posing for the camera before being quickly packed off to limbo Storylines are not resolved so much as buried alive and those left uncovered often collapse under the weight of their own contrivance Amid all of this supporting charac-ters begin to don costumes of various kinds Clark mindful of the showrsquos number one rule sticks to a jacket By the time the eighth season begins all pretense of a grounded real-istic show has been thrown out the window By the 10th

and final season sanity has joined it

Laying aside the obvious question of how the show last-ed 10 years itrsquos worth noting that the final season is where the Smallville completely frac-tures under its own premise The show that wonrsquot let Clark dress or act like Superman has him join the Justice League marry Lois Lane and meet all manner of characters who shouldnrsquot yet exist When Supergirl and Superboy are introduced before Superman has so much as tried on a cape itrsquos the last straw By the time

Clark finally dons the famous costume hersquos the only person in the cast who hasnrsquot yet wornone Those viewers still watch-ing are too worn out to care

Smallville is not entirely without merit The actors are pretty and all of them remem-ber their lines The presentation is almost professional To the best of my knowledge the show has yet to actually kill anyone If yoursquore looking for a 10-sea-son-long exercise in delayed gratification a Superman story written by and for people who donrsquot like Superman then this is absolutely the show for you

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Superman show fails without bringing in key concepts from original comics

SubmittedDancers practice at a CTBD event

UA show choir resembles lsquoGleersquoBy Alicia PerezContributing Writer

Resonance the UA-run show choir allows students to expe-rience their own real-life ver-sion of the hit television show ldquoGleerdquo

Catchy songs and intense dance numbers are just a little part of the package deal and is why director Garrett Lindsey said the Universityrsquos show choir is ldquoGlee on steroidsrdquo

ldquoWe literally tell people who come up to us and ask that we are our own version of Gleerdquo Lindsey said ldquoWe create really intense choreography and sing as a group wersquore nowhere near

as solo-driven as the charac-ters on the showrdquo

A junior majoring in choral music education Lindsey first joined the program as a fresh-man

Originally Lindsey started out as the bass section leader worked his way up to the musi-cal director and currently acts as the director

ldquoI lead all rehearsals play a large role in choosing our showrsquos set lists when and where we perform and I occa-sionally help choreograph some of our performancesrdquo Lindsey said

Rehearsals are held two times a week one to practice

the song portion the other for the dance The group works to create original pieces that will stand out from other groups and performances

ldquoI occasionally meet with other members of the group to help choreograph different numbers however the majori-ty of the time itrsquos done by other members of the show choirrdquo Lindsey said ldquoThey always do a fantastic jobrdquo

Anyone interested is wel-come to audition however prior singing or performing experience is recommended Auditions consist of a singing and dancing portion

ldquoUsually the applicants are

Page 8 | Thursday September 13 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

Moundville to host

archeological eventBy Becky RobinsonContributing Writer

A few miles outside of Tuscaloosa sits the Moundville Archaeological Park an ancient Native American site and a part of The University of Alabama Museums

For several years the park has hosted events aimed at teaching the pub-lic about Southeastern Native American culture One such event is called Saturday in the Park where local experts come together to educate the community about Southeastern Native American arts and traditions

Tyler Fox an Americorps VISTA at Moundville has been participating in Saturday in Park since March He helped create the schedule of artists for this yearrsquos events and will be giving a gardening class on Sept 22

ldquoAt its height Moundville was the largest city north of Mexico Cityrdquo Fox said ldquoMany people donrsquot realize the rich cultural significance that is right in our backyardrdquo

Fox said programs like Saturday in the Park show-case what life was like for the Native Americans who once lived in the area He said that on a typical Saturday there are many activities for partici-pants to choose from such as pottery textiles flute making and interpretations of native languages

Betsy Irwin the educa-tion outreach coordinator for Moundville oversees the educational programs for Saturday in the Park and often contributes her artistic skills to the events

Irwin said she has been making pots and ceram-ics for over 30 years focus-ing on the techniques used by the Southeastern Native

Americans She has been involved with Saturday in the Park since 1991

ldquoWhen people think of Indian art they normally envision the type of art pro-duced by the Southwestern tribesrdquo Irwin said ldquoMany people donrsquot realize how incredibly complex and beau-tiful Southeastern Indian art isrdquo

As part of UniversityMuseums the Moundville Archaeological Park is dedi-cated to preserving and researching the Moundville site while providing a place for locals to enjoy

Fox and Irwin have both enjoyed their time working with Saturday in the Park

Irwin said her favorite part is learning the different pro-cesses for making art and see-ing the childrenrsquos reactions to the lessons

For Fox the most important part is what people take away from the event

ldquoMy hope is that the Saturday in the Park program will resonate a little deeper in someone than just being able to recite factsrdquo Fox said ldquoItrsquos great if someone learns a new skill or fact but hopefully the takeaway is much deeper than surface levelrdquo

Moundvillersquos Saturday in the Park runs almost every weekend from August to December and is free with park admission For more information go to moundvilleuaedu

only required to sing one song and the dance audi-tion is done over the course of two daysrdquo he said ldquoThere is a dance clinic and the actual audition The dance clinic is held just to teach the required dance and then people are put into groups of five to performrdquo

For Morgan Mullen a sophomore majoring in child development show choir has provided a family away from home

ldquoThey have definitely turned into my familyrdquo Mullen said ldquoWe spend so much time together and we all know each other really well Itrsquos such a creative out-let and a great way to make friendsrdquo

Mullen who is the presi-dent of Resonance coordi-nates all the business aspects of the group including order-ing merchandise scheduling venues and assisting with production

Over the course of the year Resonance holds sev-eral shows showcasing the grouprsquos talent This year the group hopes to perform at high school choir competi-tions as an exhibition hop-ing to promote the name and popularity of the group

ldquoWe sing the national anthem at some sporting events and we have held charity cabaret concerts in the past on campus but that money was donated to an outside causerdquo Lindsey said

Despite the major audi-tions already having been held for the year the show choir occasionally holds additional auditions in order to replace members who may have left for various reasons Anyone interested should contact the group at uareso-nancegmailcom

ldquoItrsquos such a great way to explore singing and danc-ing especially if you arenrsquot majoring in either one while at the Universityrdquo Mullen said

ldquoMany people donrsquot realize

how incredibly complex and beautiful Southeastern

Indian art is

mdash Betsy Irwin

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Tide faces 1st SEC teamsBy Charlie PotterContributing Writer

The Alabama cross country teams will begin their confer-ence schedule this Saturday Sept 15 in the Commodore Classic in Nashville Tenn The men will participate in an 8000 meter race that begins at 900 am and their female counter-parts will run 6000 meters at 945 am

This will be the first SEC test of the season for the Tide but adding to that challenge it will be their first road meet

ldquoThe SEC is tough in any-thingrdquo Palee Myrex a junior from Bremen Ala said ldquoEverybody is goodrdquo

Prominent SEC schools will be represented at the invi-tational race Georgia LSU Mississippi State Ole Miss South Carolina Tennessee and host school Vanderbilt will chal-lenge the Tidersquos young squad

Nerves will be an issue the freshmen on the team will have to manage but Myrex

has noticed toughness and grit among her first-year team-mates Still they will be intro-duced to an entirely new world once they arrive in the Music City

ldquoI remember my first big meetrdquo Myrex said ldquoIt was a lot different than high schoolrdquo

Head coach Dan Waters is approaching the meet as a mea-suring tool to determine how far along his young roster is in their development

ldquoItrsquos the first opportunity our freshmen have to face SEC com-petition so itrsquos a good measure of us for this early in the sea-sonrdquo Waters said ldquoWith that in mind our athletes have to approach it with the right atti-tuderdquo

Waters said that his freshmen chose to come to the Capstone because of the opportunity to compete against other elite athletes He expects them to be ready and perform well against top competititors an opportu-nity they will get in Nashville

ldquoI expect our team to be ready

to compete and expect to be con-tendersrdquo Waters said ldquoWe need to approach every competition with the mindset that we are going out there to win I think thatrsquos especially important for us now because of the youth of our team If we are to reach the goals that we have in mind we have to approach every competi-tion with the right mindsetrdquo

Sophomore Matt Joyner and Myrex finished as top perform-ers in the Crimson Tide Kick Off the teamrsquos first meet of the sea-son With their experience and leadership Joyner and Myrex will look to lead the Tide to vic-tory in the Commodore Classic

ldquoWe want to show up and have a good showing for the SECrdquo Myrex said

The races will take place at Vaughnrsquos Gap in Nashvillersquos Percy Warner Park This course is considered to be one of the most scenic but challenging courses in the SEC It will also serve as the running course for the conference championships later in the year

CW | Jingyu WanThe Alabama cross country teams will begin their conference schedule this Saturday Sept 15 in the Commodore Classic

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 13 2012 | Page 9

CROSS COUNTRY VOLLEYBALL

By Rebekah DyeContributing Writer

The Alabama volleyball team is off to its hottest start in 33 years with an 11-1 record which will be put to the test when the Crimson Tide faces the LSU Tigers Friday

ldquoI think we have our work cut out for usrdquo head coach Ed Allen said ldquoThe SEC is the SEC It is one of the best four leagues in the country and we brought nine new players in so they are going to have to adjust to all of thatrdquo

Senior Kayla Fitterer is off to a solid start this season after hav-ing an offseason setback With minor foot surgery she was day-to-day for matches and practice for much of preseason Now hav-ing been cleared to play every game she is back to start the rest of the season

ldquoWersquore just really ready to start SECrdquo Fitterer said ldquoOur confi-dence is up which is really good heading into SECsrdquo

LSU the 2011 SEC West cham-pion has had a rocky start to its

season With a 4-5 record and a hitting average of just 160 the Tigers donrsquot seem to be the cham-pions the SEC saw last year They have had setbacks this season with five newcomers and four straight weekends on the road but the Tigers will be a tough-minded team against the Tide

LSU leads the all-time series 32-21 and has won the past 11 matches against Alabama Over the past 10 years the Tigers have averaged a 258 hitting percent-age against Alabama but only 218 when Alabama has home court The low hitting percentage com-bined with the setbacks from the season could pose problems for the Tigers

With the Tidersquos strong start confidence and maintaining poise are going to be key to ultimately coming out with a victory Friday night

ldquoJust going in and staying focused and playing our game [are the keys to winning]rdquo Fitterer said ldquoWe know we can win we are 11-1 so [wersquore] just

staying confident focused and steady and not getting flusteredrdquo

Keeping up the momentum and working hard keeps the team focused and motivated to go out and win every match

ldquoI donrsquot think anybody is ready to become complacentrdquo freshman outside hitter Laura Steiner said ldquoWe know we have a lot of work to do so no worries of that hap-peningrdquo

LSU is the first night of SEC play for the Tide and coach Allen expects strong competition between the two teams

ldquoWe are going to be a whole lot more competitiverdquo Allen said ldquoWe expect to win some SEC matches for surerdquo

Conference play starts with LSU

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Players prepare for tournamentBy Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

First-year menrsquos tennis head coach George Hussack is looking to open up his career at the Capstone with domi-nant play in the Duke Fab Four Invite

The Crimson Tide menrsquos tennis team has faltered over the years especially during the latter part of the season Last year the Tide went 2-9 in conference matchups and lacked consistency through-out the fall and spring sea-sons

The Tide will be sending four players to Cary NC this weekend including senior Jerryd Botha juniors Daniil Proskura and Carlos Taborga and freshman Becker OrsquoShaughnessey

Hussack said he is look-ing for the team to show con-sistent competitive spirit in his first competition as head coach

ldquoWhat Irsquom looking for this weekend is for the four guys to com-peterdquo he said ldquoI want to just see how these four guys han-dle match situ-ations against people who are not their teammatesrdquo

Hussack spent the past three seasons as the assistant head coach for the University of Southern California Trojans who have won the last four NCAA titles before being tapped as the new head coach at Alabama

Despite only being with the team for a short period of time Hussack said he has gelled somewhat with his

players and found leadership roles in a fresh start for the Crimson Tide

ldquoI feel like everyone has been very energetic and responsiverdquo he said ldquoI feel like everyone is clear on what we have to do so wersquore all on the same pagerdquo

Hussack said he has relied on senior leadership to beginthe season but is looking for each of his players to step up in their own leadership role

ldquoIrsquove leaned a bit more on our two seniors Jarryd Bothaand Harris Barnardrdquo he said ldquoBut Irsquove really relied on everybody to do their ownthingrdquo

The fall season is normally considered a growing period for collegiate tennis players and Hussack said he expects this weekendrsquos tournament to be no different

ldquoI think it is a great chal-lenge and a great opportunityfor the guys to get into the sea-sonrdquo he said ldquoI really think

they are going to be able to take a lot away from this eventrdquo

One thing Hussack said he would like to not only see thisweekend but throughout the entire season is consistent and quality play in both the singles

and doubles competitions The Tide struggled in both areas last season but Hussacksaid he is more focused on thefuture and not the past

ldquoYou know I think we need contributions from every-whererdquo he said ldquoWersquore going to need contributions from everyone one through six Whatever happened last year happened last yearrdquo

Setting the time for new season

By Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

The Crimson Tide womenrsquos tennis team is looking to begin its fall campaign with a strong show-ing in Cary NC at the Duke Fab Four Invite

Head coach Jenny Mainz who is entering her 16th season at the helm of the womenrsquos tennis program said despite the recent success the team has had in past years there is still room for improvement in the fall season

ldquoWell itrsquos been a while since the girls have competedrdquo Mainz said ldquoSo I think the biggest thing through the fall is setting the tone in the first tournament and sharp-ening up Our goal is to be com-petitive and compete with a lot of tenacityrdquo

Competitive is exactly what the

Tide has been in recent years Last year the team maintained a top-10 ranking throughout its spring schedule Mainz said the tournaments in the fall help pre-pare her players for both confer-ence and non-conference oppo-nents beginning with the Duke Fab Four Invite

The Tide will send four play-ers including No 10 ranked junior Mary Anne MacFarlane sopho-more Emily Zabor and fresh-men Maya Jansen and Natalia Maynetto The team will get its first look at a new SEC opponent Texas AampM among other schools that Mainz said were among the nationrsquos elite

ldquoThe competition is very goodrdquo Mainz said ldquoItrsquos a great field and some of those teams finished top five or top 10 in the country so itrsquos not just them going into their first

tournament because they certain-ly will be thrown into the firerdquo

Although winning the tourna-ment is a primary goal Mainz said she is more focused on seeing how her players compete early on and learn some of the teamrsquos strengths and weaknesses

ldquoYou know I just want to see how they competerdquo she said ldquoIrsquom sure we are going to come back after the completion of the tour-nament and identify some things we need to work on so thatrsquos what the tournament is for toordquo

Improvement is what Mainz said she preaches to her team every day in order to maintain the individual and team success the Tide has enjoyed the past couple of seasons

ldquoChampions realize itrsquos a pro-cess to be respectedrdquo Mainz said ldquoI say to the team daily lsquoLetrsquos get

UA AthleticsAlabama womenrsquos and menrsquos tennis begins its fall season this weekend at the Duke Fab Four Invite

Page 10 | Thursday September 13 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

a little bit better today letrsquos take one step forward and letrsquos chip awayrsquordquo

After only a single practice Mainz said she is impressed with her playersrsquo work ethic and prep-aration for the fall tournaments

ldquoThe girls are working hardrdquo she said ldquoThe spirit of the team and the charisma seems very energetic and very positive The two senior captains Alexa Gaurachi and Antonia Foehse have done a good job at establish-ing leadershiprdquo

Mainz said although it is the teamrsquos first competition it is still crucial to see how the team per-forms in order to establish a win-ning culture this fall

ldquoI think itrsquos not only important that we represent Alabama wellrdquo she said ldquobut also set the tone on how we want to start the seasonrdquo

WOMENrsquoS TENNIS MENrsquoS TENNIS

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page

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Thursday September 13 2012SPORTSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 12

By Zac Al-KhateebStaff Reporter

If the Alabama football team was able to take any lesson away from its game against Western Kentucky on Saturday itrsquos that it canrsquot afford not to play up to its standards regardless of the opponent

The Crimson Tide will see if it was able to learn that lesson this weekend when it travels to Fayetteville Ark to take on the Arkansas Razorbacks a team that much like the Tide didnrsquot play up to its standards Saturday ndash the Razorbacks lost a stunner to the University of Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks 34-31 in overtime

In that game no Arkansas rusher eclipsed 100 yards including junior Knile Davis and the defense gave up over 500 yards of total offense to the Warhawks

Despite the Razorbacksrsquo per-formance against what many believe was an inferior oppo-nent Alabama head coach Nick Saban said he wasnrsquot going to let their loss affect the way his team prepared for the game

ldquoThey had a very difficult misfortune in the last game that they werenrsquot able to over-comerdquo Saban said ldquoBut we still have to expect that wersquore going to get their very best perfor-mance and we need to have our very best performance if wersquore going to be able to play the kind of game we need to play on the road and have a chance to be successful against what we think is a very very good teamrdquo

Indeed rather than use their loss as an excuse not to prepare Alabama is instead expecting to motivate the Razorbacks head-ing into the game

Junior quarterback AJ McCarron said more than any-thing Arkansasrsquo loss would only serve to make the team angry

ldquoYeah definitelyrdquo McCarron said ldquoThey still got a chance to win the SEC Theyrsquore definitely going to throw everything in the book at u s W e rsquo r e going t o have to be ready f o r the things t h e y rsquo v e shown us on film things that they havenrsquot and things theyrsquore going to come up withrdquo

Still Arkansasrsquo loss to the Warhawks isnrsquot the only thing that may serve as a distraction for Alabama Arkansas senior quarterback Tyler Wilson whorsquos thrown for 568 yards and five touchdowns so far this season suffered a head injury against ULM and is question-able to play in Saturdayrsquos game

Regardless Saban said he wasnrsquot going to let his play-ers assume theyrsquod be playing against freshman quarterback Brandon Allen Wilsonrsquos back-up

ldquoNobody here should be feel-ing warm and cozy about the other teamrsquos circumstance or situationrdquo Saban said ldquoWe need to be thinking about what we need to do to be success-ful regardless of who plays in the gamerdquo

The message seems to have stuck with Sabanrsquos defensive players as seniors Robert Lester and Nico Johnson have both said theyrsquore preparing as if Wilson is going to play Lester said even if he doesnrsquot play Arkansasrsquo other playmak-ers on offense would be more

than enough to make up for his absence

ldquoWersquore looking at it as if he is going to playrdquo Lester said ldquoAnd even if he doesnrsquot Arkansas has great players and their backups are more than capable of com-ing in and managing the game and making playsrdquo

S t i l l despite all the questions surrounding Arkansasrsquo team McCarron said the only thing his team should worry about is what it can control improving on last weekrsquos per-formance over the Hilltoppers

Alabamarsquos defense didnrsquot seem to play with the same intensity as usual and the offensive line considered pos-sibly one of the nationrsquos best gave up six sacks on McCarron Even on special teams sopho-more wide receiver Christion Jones let a few punts go that he should have fielded

For McCarron improve-ments can be made all over the field

ldquoKind of a let-down week to our standards so wersquore definitely going to have to step it uprdquo McCarron said ldquoFirst SEC game in-confer-ence game so wersquoll definitely have to be on our A - g a m e c o m e t h i s week-endrdquo

Both sides of Saturday Preview of Alabama-Arkansas

By Andrew Hutchinson Staff Writer for The Arkansas Traveler

1 Forget Last WeekThe clicheacute ldquojust take one

game at a timerdquo has been used for years in sports Most often it is used for teams that have big games in the weeks ahead but it can also apply to

teams coming off bad losses Arkansas should

not have lost to the University of Louisiana-Monroe and e v e r y o n e

knows it The Razorbacks

must com-p l e t e l y put the U L M g a m e o u t

of their minds in

order to com-pete against Alabama

2 No Needless PenaltiesTwo weeks in a row

Arkansas has been penalized for unsports-

manlike conduct for hitting a player after he was out of

bounds These penalties give opponents a first down and move

them up 15 yards With an offense as potent as Alabamarsquos Arkansas canrsquot afford to give them second chances Likewise if the Hogs are moving the ball on Alabamarsquos stiff defense they canrsquot afford to lose yards with false starts

3 OffensiveDefensive LineThe Crimson Tide is

known for its hard-nosed physical play on both sides of the ball On the offensive line

Alabama is led by reigning Outland Trophy winner Barrett Jones as well as two other potential first-round NFL draft picks (DJ Fluker and Chance Warmack) They open gaping holes for running backs and provide quar-terback AJ McCarron ample time tofind open receivers On the defensive line Alabama averages 6rsquo4rdquo 299 lbs two deep Theyrsquoll challenge Arkansasrsquo relatively inexperienced offensive line Both Arkansas lines must step up their game and players must fill the holes left in the offense and defense by Kiero Small and Tevin Mitchel respectively if Arkansas is to have a chance

4 Wrap Up on DefenseSeveral plays against ULM almost

resulted in sacks but Arkansas defend-ers couldnrsquot bring down quarterback Kolton Browning They were getting a hand on him but never wrapped him up allowing him to escape and make plays Also when the Hogs hit ULMrsquos running backs and wide receivers it usually took a couple players to tackle them If Arkansas gets past Alabamarsquos stellar offensive line they must capi-talize and sack McCarron or tackle their running back

5 Fan SupportArkansas is coming off its most

embarrassing loss since losing to TheCitadel in 1992 and some would argue this is worse than that loss Fans are not happy but that doesnrsquot mean they shouldnrsquot support the team The play-ers have practiced all year and are not going out there and intentionally los-ing Hog fans that boo them should be ashamed of themselves As much as players say they donrsquot listen to nega-tivity they still hear it If Arkansas fans pack out Donald W Reynolds Razorback Stadium it becomes a very hostile environment for the visiting team Fans need to come and encour-age the team so that the Razorbacks can make the most of the home field advantage

Five keys to an Arkansas victory over AlabamaTide not paying attention to Arkansas loss to ULM

rron said more than any-Arkansasrsquo loss would

serve to make the team

ah definitelyrdquo McCarronThey still got a chance to

he SEC Theyrsquore definitely to throw everything in

book at u s e

g o

to ready f o r hings t h e y rsquo v e

n us on film things that avenrsquot and things theyrsquore to come up withrdquo Arkansasrsquo loss to the

awks isnrsquot the only thing may serve as a distraction

abama Arkansas senior erback Tyler Wilson thrown for 568 yards andouchdowns so far this n suffered a head injuryst ULM and is question-o play in Saturdayrsquos gameardless Saban said he t going to let his play-ssume theyrsquod be playing st freshman quarterback on Allen Wilsonrsquos back-

body here should be feel-arm and cozy about the teamrsquos circumstance or

ionrdquo Saban said ldquoWe o be thinking about whated to do to be success-gardless of who plays in merdquomessage seems to have with Sabanrsquos defensive

rs as seniors Robert and Nico Johnson have

said theyrsquore preparing Wilson is going to play

said even if he doesnrsquot Arkansasrsquo other playmak-n offense would be more

absenceldquoWersquore looking at it as if he is

going to playrdquo Lester said ldquoAnd even if he doesnrsquot Arkansas hasgreat players and their backups are more than capable of com-ing in and managing the gameand making playsrdquo

S t i l l despite all the questions surrounding Arkansasrsquo team McCarron said the onlything his team should worryabout is what it can control improving on last weekrsquos per-formance over the Hilltoppers

Alabamarsquos defense didnrsquotseem to play with the sameintensity as usual and the offensive line considered pos-sibly one of the nationrsquos best gave up six sacks on McCarronEven on special teams sopho-more wide receiver ChristionJones let a few punts go thathe should have fielded

For McCarron improve-ments can be made all over the field

ldquoKind of a let-down week to ourstandards so wersquore definitely going to have to step it uprdquo McCarron said ldquoFirst SEC game in-confer-ence game soo wewersquorsquoll definitelyy hhave to be onon ourrA - g ag a m em em ec oo mm eeeeeeeet h iii ssssssssssswweeeekkkkkkk----eenddrdquordquordquordquordquo

Staff Writer for The Arkansas Traveler

1 Forget Last WeekThe clicheacute ldquojust take o

game at a timerdquo has beused for years in sports Moften it is used for teams thave big games in the weeahead but it can also apply

teams coming off bad lossArkansas shou

not have lost the Universof LouisianMonroe ae v e r y o n

knows it TRazorbac

must cop l e t eput U Lg a mo u

of thminds

order to copete against Alabam

2 No Needless PenaltTwo weeks in a r

Arkansas has bepenalized for unspor

manlike conduct for hitta player after he was out

bounds These penalties gopponents a first down and mo

them up 15 yards With an offensepotent as Alabamarsquos Arkansas caafford to give them second chancLikewise if the Hogs are movingball on Alabamarsquos stiff defense thcacanrsquon t t afford to lose yards with fastststs arts

3 OOffensiveDefensive LinThhe e Crimson Tide

knknknkkkkkkkknowwn for its hannnooononnnnn seed physical playbbbbbooobob thh sides of the bOOOOOOOnOOOO the offensive li

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Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Thursday September 13 2012CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 7

By Courtney StinsonStaff Reporter

If you like to cut a rug but club dancing isnrsquot your style or if you simply want to step up your dance moves Crimson Tide Ballroom Dancers might be the place for you They will host a 1950s themed Sock Hop at Forest Lake United Methodist Church Friday from 7 to 10 pm

Founded in 2006 CTBD offers an alternative venue for stu-dents to interact exercise and enjoy the art of ballroom danc-ing CTBD promises a warm welcoming environment for dancers of all skill levels offer-ing dance lessons prior to each of their twice-monthly dances More experienced dancers will also be available to help begin-ners learn the steps during the dance

For those who would like

more instruction CTBD is cur-rently offering a free 12-week dance course where they teach the Foxtrot Waltz Rumba Cha-Cha and Hustle The classes are held on Sundays from 3 to 4 pm at Calvary Baptist Church

Julia Trippe a junior major-ing in New College had no dance experience prior to attending several CTBD events but said she has enjoyed learn-ing new dances ndash her favorite being the Rumba ndash and having an unconventional outlet for socializing with friends

ldquoItrsquos a really good way to hang out with friends and have fun and learn how to dance because Irsquove never really had that opportunity beforerdquo Trippe said

Elaine Song CTBD efficiency coordinator also lacked a dance background when she joined the group a year ago She did not particularly enjoy dancing

before joining but says that ball-room dancing is an easy skill to pick up and can set dancers apart from the crowd

ldquoWhat I really like about [ballroom dancing] is at home-coming and prom people are making it up and doing whatev-er but when yoursquore [ballroom] dancing you look good and itrsquos not that hardrdquo Song said

CTBD treasurer Tyler Malone became a part of the organization after taking a social dance class at UA Aside from simply being fun Malone says being a part of the group affords other social benefits particularly for young men

ldquoTherersquos a very good girl to guy ratio [at our events] thatrsquos definitely in favor of the guysrdquo Malone said ldquoA lot of single girls like to dancerdquo

CTBD founder Jimmy Kunz is a prime example of Malonersquos statement He met his wife

and CTBD co-founder Jennifer a former instructor at Fred Astaire Dance Studio through ballroom dancing

Though the group focuses primarily on ballroom dances they also perform social dances that are more familiar to the general public like the Cupid Shuffle the Wobble and the Electric Slide

ldquoEverybody loves the line dances that we do because they are like a social meet-and-greet and you dance with everybody especially the barn dancerdquo Kunz said ldquoThese are relaxed and low keyrdquo

Kunz understands what it is like to be a beginner He was very nervous when he began dancing over 10 years ago but dancing has become a part of life for Kunz so beginners need not be too intimidated to join in

ldquoThe first time I went [ball-room dancing] I was told I was

going to a party and I spent most of the night glued to a chairrdquo Kunz said ldquoOnce the instructors got me out of the chair I began to loosen up and really enjoy myselfrdquo

A $5 donation is requested of

students for all CTBD events $7 for the general public or $12 per couple A Swing lesson forbeginners will begin at 6 pm For more information and a schedule of CTBD events visitctbdorg

Crimson Tide Ballroom Dancers to host Sock Hop

By Asher Elbein

Named after the small Midwestern town where Superman grew up the series Smallville follows Clark Kent on his journey toward becom-ing the greatest superhero in the world Seeking to create a grounded and realistic show the producers hit upon a simple rule Clark Kent would never put on a costume Nor would he fly The paradox this created ndash a show starring Superman who never acts like Superman ndash would simply be glossed over

To say that this approach

leads to problems is something of an understatement Even a good show would have trouble with it And Smallville is not a good show

To begin with the charac-terization is a mess From the first episode Clark Kent is not once presented as a heroic or likable lead Instead hersquos an angsty jerk who takes his friends for granted and dith-ers Hamlet-like before he can bring himself to save anybody Lex Luther Clarkrsquos friend and eventual bitter enemy is pre-sented at the outset as an inter-esting relatable man whose

long descent into villainy has as much to do with Clarkrsquos persistent selfishness as with any kind of adaptational inevi-tability Smallvillersquos explana-tion for why Lex Luther hates Superman is so convincing that itrsquos easy to follow his example

The poor writing doesnrsquot stop there Smallville begins as a romantic soap opera mas-querading as a superhero show an approach that works until the creators get ambitious Clarkrsquos world rapidly expands into comic book scenarios on which the show has neither the means nor the interest to

follow through Supervillains shuffle amid the romantic drama posing for the camera before being quickly packed off to limbo Storylines are not resolved so much as buried alive and those left uncovered often collapse under the weight of their own contrivance Amid all of this supporting charac-ters begin to don costumes of various kinds Clark mindful of the showrsquos number one rule sticks to a jacket By the time the eighth season begins all pretense of a grounded real-istic show has been thrown out the window By the 10th

and final season sanity has joined it

Laying aside the obvious question of how the show last-ed 10 years itrsquos worth noting that the final season is where the Smallville completely frac-tures under its own premise The show that wonrsquot let Clark dress or act like Superman has him join the Justice League marry Lois Lane and meet all manner of characters who shouldnrsquot yet exist When Supergirl and Superboy are introduced before Superman has so much as tried on a cape itrsquos the last straw By the time

Clark finally dons the famous costume hersquos the only person in the cast who hasnrsquot yet wornone Those viewers still watch-ing are too worn out to care

Smallville is not entirely without merit The actors are pretty and all of them remem-ber their lines The presentation is almost professional To the best of my knowledge the show has yet to actually kill anyone If yoursquore looking for a 10-sea-son-long exercise in delayed gratification a Superman story written by and for people who donrsquot like Superman then this is absolutely the show for you

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SubmittedDancers practice at a CTBD event

UA show choir resembles lsquoGleersquoBy Alicia PerezContributing Writer

Resonance the UA-run show choir allows students to expe-rience their own real-life ver-sion of the hit television show ldquoGleerdquo

Catchy songs and intense dance numbers are just a little part of the package deal and is why director Garrett Lindsey said the Universityrsquos show choir is ldquoGlee on steroidsrdquo

ldquoWe literally tell people who come up to us and ask that we are our own version of Gleerdquo Lindsey said ldquoWe create really intense choreography and sing as a group wersquore nowhere near

as solo-driven as the charac-ters on the showrdquo

A junior majoring in choral music education Lindsey first joined the program as a fresh-man

Originally Lindsey started out as the bass section leader worked his way up to the musi-cal director and currently acts as the director

ldquoI lead all rehearsals play a large role in choosing our showrsquos set lists when and where we perform and I occa-sionally help choreograph some of our performancesrdquo Lindsey said

Rehearsals are held two times a week one to practice

the song portion the other for the dance The group works to create original pieces that will stand out from other groups and performances

ldquoI occasionally meet with other members of the group to help choreograph different numbers however the majori-ty of the time itrsquos done by other members of the show choirrdquo Lindsey said ldquoThey always do a fantastic jobrdquo

Anyone interested is wel-come to audition however prior singing or performing experience is recommended Auditions consist of a singing and dancing portion

ldquoUsually the applicants are

Page 8 | Thursday September 13 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

Moundville to host

archeological eventBy Becky RobinsonContributing Writer

A few miles outside of Tuscaloosa sits the Moundville Archaeological Park an ancient Native American site and a part of The University of Alabama Museums

For several years the park has hosted events aimed at teaching the pub-lic about Southeastern Native American culture One such event is called Saturday in the Park where local experts come together to educate the community about Southeastern Native American arts and traditions

Tyler Fox an Americorps VISTA at Moundville has been participating in Saturday in Park since March He helped create the schedule of artists for this yearrsquos events and will be giving a gardening class on Sept 22

ldquoAt its height Moundville was the largest city north of Mexico Cityrdquo Fox said ldquoMany people donrsquot realize the rich cultural significance that is right in our backyardrdquo

Fox said programs like Saturday in the Park show-case what life was like for the Native Americans who once lived in the area He said that on a typical Saturday there are many activities for partici-pants to choose from such as pottery textiles flute making and interpretations of native languages

Betsy Irwin the educa-tion outreach coordinator for Moundville oversees the educational programs for Saturday in the Park and often contributes her artistic skills to the events

Irwin said she has been making pots and ceram-ics for over 30 years focus-ing on the techniques used by the Southeastern Native

Americans She has been involved with Saturday in the Park since 1991

ldquoWhen people think of Indian art they normally envision the type of art pro-duced by the Southwestern tribesrdquo Irwin said ldquoMany people donrsquot realize how incredibly complex and beau-tiful Southeastern Indian art isrdquo

As part of UniversityMuseums the Moundville Archaeological Park is dedi-cated to preserving and researching the Moundville site while providing a place for locals to enjoy

Fox and Irwin have both enjoyed their time working with Saturday in the Park

Irwin said her favorite part is learning the different pro-cesses for making art and see-ing the childrenrsquos reactions to the lessons

For Fox the most important part is what people take away from the event

ldquoMy hope is that the Saturday in the Park program will resonate a little deeper in someone than just being able to recite factsrdquo Fox said ldquoItrsquos great if someone learns a new skill or fact but hopefully the takeaway is much deeper than surface levelrdquo

Moundvillersquos Saturday in the Park runs almost every weekend from August to December and is free with park admission For more information go to moundvilleuaedu

only required to sing one song and the dance audi-tion is done over the course of two daysrdquo he said ldquoThere is a dance clinic and the actual audition The dance clinic is held just to teach the required dance and then people are put into groups of five to performrdquo

For Morgan Mullen a sophomore majoring in child development show choir has provided a family away from home

ldquoThey have definitely turned into my familyrdquo Mullen said ldquoWe spend so much time together and we all know each other really well Itrsquos such a creative out-let and a great way to make friendsrdquo

Mullen who is the presi-dent of Resonance coordi-nates all the business aspects of the group including order-ing merchandise scheduling venues and assisting with production

Over the course of the year Resonance holds sev-eral shows showcasing the grouprsquos talent This year the group hopes to perform at high school choir competi-tions as an exhibition hop-ing to promote the name and popularity of the group

ldquoWe sing the national anthem at some sporting events and we have held charity cabaret concerts in the past on campus but that money was donated to an outside causerdquo Lindsey said

Despite the major audi-tions already having been held for the year the show choir occasionally holds additional auditions in order to replace members who may have left for various reasons Anyone interested should contact the group at uareso-nancegmailcom

ldquoItrsquos such a great way to explore singing and danc-ing especially if you arenrsquot majoring in either one while at the Universityrdquo Mullen said

ldquoMany people donrsquot realize

how incredibly complex and beautiful Southeastern

Indian art is

mdash Betsy Irwin

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Tide faces 1st SEC teamsBy Charlie PotterContributing Writer

The Alabama cross country teams will begin their confer-ence schedule this Saturday Sept 15 in the Commodore Classic in Nashville Tenn The men will participate in an 8000 meter race that begins at 900 am and their female counter-parts will run 6000 meters at 945 am

This will be the first SEC test of the season for the Tide but adding to that challenge it will be their first road meet

ldquoThe SEC is tough in any-thingrdquo Palee Myrex a junior from Bremen Ala said ldquoEverybody is goodrdquo

Prominent SEC schools will be represented at the invi-tational race Georgia LSU Mississippi State Ole Miss South Carolina Tennessee and host school Vanderbilt will chal-lenge the Tidersquos young squad

Nerves will be an issue the freshmen on the team will have to manage but Myrex

has noticed toughness and grit among her first-year team-mates Still they will be intro-duced to an entirely new world once they arrive in the Music City

ldquoI remember my first big meetrdquo Myrex said ldquoIt was a lot different than high schoolrdquo

Head coach Dan Waters is approaching the meet as a mea-suring tool to determine how far along his young roster is in their development

ldquoItrsquos the first opportunity our freshmen have to face SEC com-petition so itrsquos a good measure of us for this early in the sea-sonrdquo Waters said ldquoWith that in mind our athletes have to approach it with the right atti-tuderdquo

Waters said that his freshmen chose to come to the Capstone because of the opportunity to compete against other elite athletes He expects them to be ready and perform well against top competititors an opportu-nity they will get in Nashville

ldquoI expect our team to be ready

to compete and expect to be con-tendersrdquo Waters said ldquoWe need to approach every competition with the mindset that we are going out there to win I think thatrsquos especially important for us now because of the youth of our team If we are to reach the goals that we have in mind we have to approach every competi-tion with the right mindsetrdquo

Sophomore Matt Joyner and Myrex finished as top perform-ers in the Crimson Tide Kick Off the teamrsquos first meet of the sea-son With their experience and leadership Joyner and Myrex will look to lead the Tide to vic-tory in the Commodore Classic

ldquoWe want to show up and have a good showing for the SECrdquo Myrex said

The races will take place at Vaughnrsquos Gap in Nashvillersquos Percy Warner Park This course is considered to be one of the most scenic but challenging courses in the SEC It will also serve as the running course for the conference championships later in the year

CW | Jingyu WanThe Alabama cross country teams will begin their conference schedule this Saturday Sept 15 in the Commodore Classic

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 13 2012 | Page 9

CROSS COUNTRY VOLLEYBALL

By Rebekah DyeContributing Writer

The Alabama volleyball team is off to its hottest start in 33 years with an 11-1 record which will be put to the test when the Crimson Tide faces the LSU Tigers Friday

ldquoI think we have our work cut out for usrdquo head coach Ed Allen said ldquoThe SEC is the SEC It is one of the best four leagues in the country and we brought nine new players in so they are going to have to adjust to all of thatrdquo

Senior Kayla Fitterer is off to a solid start this season after hav-ing an offseason setback With minor foot surgery she was day-to-day for matches and practice for much of preseason Now hav-ing been cleared to play every game she is back to start the rest of the season

ldquoWersquore just really ready to start SECrdquo Fitterer said ldquoOur confi-dence is up which is really good heading into SECsrdquo

LSU the 2011 SEC West cham-pion has had a rocky start to its

season With a 4-5 record and a hitting average of just 160 the Tigers donrsquot seem to be the cham-pions the SEC saw last year They have had setbacks this season with five newcomers and four straight weekends on the road but the Tigers will be a tough-minded team against the Tide

LSU leads the all-time series 32-21 and has won the past 11 matches against Alabama Over the past 10 years the Tigers have averaged a 258 hitting percent-age against Alabama but only 218 when Alabama has home court The low hitting percentage com-bined with the setbacks from the season could pose problems for the Tigers

With the Tidersquos strong start confidence and maintaining poise are going to be key to ultimately coming out with a victory Friday night

ldquoJust going in and staying focused and playing our game [are the keys to winning]rdquo Fitterer said ldquoWe know we can win we are 11-1 so [wersquore] just

staying confident focused and steady and not getting flusteredrdquo

Keeping up the momentum and working hard keeps the team focused and motivated to go out and win every match

ldquoI donrsquot think anybody is ready to become complacentrdquo freshman outside hitter Laura Steiner said ldquoWe know we have a lot of work to do so no worries of that hap-peningrdquo

LSU is the first night of SEC play for the Tide and coach Allen expects strong competition between the two teams

ldquoWe are going to be a whole lot more competitiverdquo Allen said ldquoWe expect to win some SEC matches for surerdquo

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Players prepare for tournamentBy Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

First-year menrsquos tennis head coach George Hussack is looking to open up his career at the Capstone with domi-nant play in the Duke Fab Four Invite

The Crimson Tide menrsquos tennis team has faltered over the years especially during the latter part of the season Last year the Tide went 2-9 in conference matchups and lacked consistency through-out the fall and spring sea-sons

The Tide will be sending four players to Cary NC this weekend including senior Jerryd Botha juniors Daniil Proskura and Carlos Taborga and freshman Becker OrsquoShaughnessey

Hussack said he is look-ing for the team to show con-sistent competitive spirit in his first competition as head coach

ldquoWhat Irsquom looking for this weekend is for the four guys to com-peterdquo he said ldquoI want to just see how these four guys han-dle match situ-ations against people who are not their teammatesrdquo

Hussack spent the past three seasons as the assistant head coach for the University of Southern California Trojans who have won the last four NCAA titles before being tapped as the new head coach at Alabama

Despite only being with the team for a short period of time Hussack said he has gelled somewhat with his

players and found leadership roles in a fresh start for the Crimson Tide

ldquoI feel like everyone has been very energetic and responsiverdquo he said ldquoI feel like everyone is clear on what we have to do so wersquore all on the same pagerdquo

Hussack said he has relied on senior leadership to beginthe season but is looking for each of his players to step up in their own leadership role

ldquoIrsquove leaned a bit more on our two seniors Jarryd Bothaand Harris Barnardrdquo he said ldquoBut Irsquove really relied on everybody to do their ownthingrdquo

The fall season is normally considered a growing period for collegiate tennis players and Hussack said he expects this weekendrsquos tournament to be no different

ldquoI think it is a great chal-lenge and a great opportunityfor the guys to get into the sea-sonrdquo he said ldquoI really think

they are going to be able to take a lot away from this eventrdquo

One thing Hussack said he would like to not only see thisweekend but throughout the entire season is consistent and quality play in both the singles

and doubles competitions The Tide struggled in both areas last season but Hussacksaid he is more focused on thefuture and not the past

ldquoYou know I think we need contributions from every-whererdquo he said ldquoWersquore going to need contributions from everyone one through six Whatever happened last year happened last yearrdquo

Setting the time for new season

By Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

The Crimson Tide womenrsquos tennis team is looking to begin its fall campaign with a strong show-ing in Cary NC at the Duke Fab Four Invite

Head coach Jenny Mainz who is entering her 16th season at the helm of the womenrsquos tennis program said despite the recent success the team has had in past years there is still room for improvement in the fall season

ldquoWell itrsquos been a while since the girls have competedrdquo Mainz said ldquoSo I think the biggest thing through the fall is setting the tone in the first tournament and sharp-ening up Our goal is to be com-petitive and compete with a lot of tenacityrdquo

Competitive is exactly what the

Tide has been in recent years Last year the team maintained a top-10 ranking throughout its spring schedule Mainz said the tournaments in the fall help pre-pare her players for both confer-ence and non-conference oppo-nents beginning with the Duke Fab Four Invite

The Tide will send four play-ers including No 10 ranked junior Mary Anne MacFarlane sopho-more Emily Zabor and fresh-men Maya Jansen and Natalia Maynetto The team will get its first look at a new SEC opponent Texas AampM among other schools that Mainz said were among the nationrsquos elite

ldquoThe competition is very goodrdquo Mainz said ldquoItrsquos a great field and some of those teams finished top five or top 10 in the country so itrsquos not just them going into their first

tournament because they certain-ly will be thrown into the firerdquo

Although winning the tourna-ment is a primary goal Mainz said she is more focused on seeing how her players compete early on and learn some of the teamrsquos strengths and weaknesses

ldquoYou know I just want to see how they competerdquo she said ldquoIrsquom sure we are going to come back after the completion of the tour-nament and identify some things we need to work on so thatrsquos what the tournament is for toordquo

Improvement is what Mainz said she preaches to her team every day in order to maintain the individual and team success the Tide has enjoyed the past couple of seasons

ldquoChampions realize itrsquos a pro-cess to be respectedrdquo Mainz said ldquoI say to the team daily lsquoLetrsquos get

UA AthleticsAlabama womenrsquos and menrsquos tennis begins its fall season this weekend at the Duke Fab Four Invite

Page 10 | Thursday September 13 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

a little bit better today letrsquos take one step forward and letrsquos chip awayrsquordquo

After only a single practice Mainz said she is impressed with her playersrsquo work ethic and prep-aration for the fall tournaments

ldquoThe girls are working hardrdquo she said ldquoThe spirit of the team and the charisma seems very energetic and very positive The two senior captains Alexa Gaurachi and Antonia Foehse have done a good job at establish-ing leadershiprdquo

Mainz said although it is the teamrsquos first competition it is still crucial to see how the team per-forms in order to establish a win-ning culture this fall

ldquoI think itrsquos not only important that we represent Alabama wellrdquo she said ldquobut also set the tone on how we want to start the seasonrdquo

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Thursday September 13 2012SPORTSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 12

By Zac Al-KhateebStaff Reporter

If the Alabama football team was able to take any lesson away from its game against Western Kentucky on Saturday itrsquos that it canrsquot afford not to play up to its standards regardless of the opponent

The Crimson Tide will see if it was able to learn that lesson this weekend when it travels to Fayetteville Ark to take on the Arkansas Razorbacks a team that much like the Tide didnrsquot play up to its standards Saturday ndash the Razorbacks lost a stunner to the University of Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks 34-31 in overtime

In that game no Arkansas rusher eclipsed 100 yards including junior Knile Davis and the defense gave up over 500 yards of total offense to the Warhawks

Despite the Razorbacksrsquo per-formance against what many believe was an inferior oppo-nent Alabama head coach Nick Saban said he wasnrsquot going to let their loss affect the way his team prepared for the game

ldquoThey had a very difficult misfortune in the last game that they werenrsquot able to over-comerdquo Saban said ldquoBut we still have to expect that wersquore going to get their very best perfor-mance and we need to have our very best performance if wersquore going to be able to play the kind of game we need to play on the road and have a chance to be successful against what we think is a very very good teamrdquo

Indeed rather than use their loss as an excuse not to prepare Alabama is instead expecting to motivate the Razorbacks head-ing into the game

Junior quarterback AJ McCarron said more than any-thing Arkansasrsquo loss would only serve to make the team angry

ldquoYeah definitelyrdquo McCarron said ldquoThey still got a chance to win the SEC Theyrsquore definitely going to throw everything in the book at u s W e rsquo r e going t o have to be ready f o r the things t h e y rsquo v e shown us on film things that they havenrsquot and things theyrsquore going to come up withrdquo

Still Arkansasrsquo loss to the Warhawks isnrsquot the only thing that may serve as a distraction for Alabama Arkansas senior quarterback Tyler Wilson whorsquos thrown for 568 yards and five touchdowns so far this season suffered a head injury against ULM and is question-able to play in Saturdayrsquos game

Regardless Saban said he wasnrsquot going to let his play-ers assume theyrsquod be playing against freshman quarterback Brandon Allen Wilsonrsquos back-up

ldquoNobody here should be feel-ing warm and cozy about the other teamrsquos circumstance or situationrdquo Saban said ldquoWe need to be thinking about what we need to do to be success-ful regardless of who plays in the gamerdquo

The message seems to have stuck with Sabanrsquos defensive players as seniors Robert Lester and Nico Johnson have both said theyrsquore preparing as if Wilson is going to play Lester said even if he doesnrsquot play Arkansasrsquo other playmak-ers on offense would be more

than enough to make up for his absence

ldquoWersquore looking at it as if he is going to playrdquo Lester said ldquoAnd even if he doesnrsquot Arkansas has great players and their backups are more than capable of com-ing in and managing the game and making playsrdquo

S t i l l despite all the questions surrounding Arkansasrsquo team McCarron said the only thing his team should worry about is what it can control improving on last weekrsquos per-formance over the Hilltoppers

Alabamarsquos defense didnrsquot seem to play with the same intensity as usual and the offensive line considered pos-sibly one of the nationrsquos best gave up six sacks on McCarron Even on special teams sopho-more wide receiver Christion Jones let a few punts go that he should have fielded

For McCarron improve-ments can be made all over the field

ldquoKind of a let-down week to our standards so wersquore definitely going to have to step it uprdquo McCarron said ldquoFirst SEC game in-confer-ence game so wersquoll definitely have to be on our A - g a m e c o m e t h i s week-endrdquo

Both sides of Saturday Preview of Alabama-Arkansas

By Andrew Hutchinson Staff Writer for The Arkansas Traveler

1 Forget Last WeekThe clicheacute ldquojust take one

game at a timerdquo has been used for years in sports Most often it is used for teams that have big games in the weeks ahead but it can also apply to

teams coming off bad losses Arkansas should

not have lost to the University of Louisiana-Monroe and e v e r y o n e

knows it The Razorbacks

must com-p l e t e l y put the U L M g a m e o u t

of their minds in

order to com-pete against Alabama

2 No Needless PenaltiesTwo weeks in a row

Arkansas has been penalized for unsports-

manlike conduct for hitting a player after he was out of

bounds These penalties give opponents a first down and move

them up 15 yards With an offense as potent as Alabamarsquos Arkansas canrsquot afford to give them second chances Likewise if the Hogs are moving the ball on Alabamarsquos stiff defense they canrsquot afford to lose yards with false starts

3 OffensiveDefensive LineThe Crimson Tide is

known for its hard-nosed physical play on both sides of the ball On the offensive line

Alabama is led by reigning Outland Trophy winner Barrett Jones as well as two other potential first-round NFL draft picks (DJ Fluker and Chance Warmack) They open gaping holes for running backs and provide quar-terback AJ McCarron ample time tofind open receivers On the defensive line Alabama averages 6rsquo4rdquo 299 lbs two deep Theyrsquoll challenge Arkansasrsquo relatively inexperienced offensive line Both Arkansas lines must step up their game and players must fill the holes left in the offense and defense by Kiero Small and Tevin Mitchel respectively if Arkansas is to have a chance

4 Wrap Up on DefenseSeveral plays against ULM almost

resulted in sacks but Arkansas defend-ers couldnrsquot bring down quarterback Kolton Browning They were getting a hand on him but never wrapped him up allowing him to escape and make plays Also when the Hogs hit ULMrsquos running backs and wide receivers it usually took a couple players to tackle them If Arkansas gets past Alabamarsquos stellar offensive line they must capi-talize and sack McCarron or tackle their running back

5 Fan SupportArkansas is coming off its most

embarrassing loss since losing to TheCitadel in 1992 and some would argue this is worse than that loss Fans are not happy but that doesnrsquot mean they shouldnrsquot support the team The play-ers have practiced all year and are not going out there and intentionally los-ing Hog fans that boo them should be ashamed of themselves As much as players say they donrsquot listen to nega-tivity they still hear it If Arkansas fans pack out Donald W Reynolds Razorback Stadium it becomes a very hostile environment for the visiting team Fans need to come and encour-age the team so that the Razorbacks can make the most of the home field advantage

Five keys to an Arkansas victory over AlabamaTide not paying attention to Arkansas loss to ULM

rron said more than any-Arkansasrsquo loss would

serve to make the team

ah definitelyrdquo McCarronThey still got a chance to

he SEC Theyrsquore definitely to throw everything in

book at u s e

g o

to ready f o r hings t h e y rsquo v e

n us on film things that avenrsquot and things theyrsquore to come up withrdquo Arkansasrsquo loss to the

awks isnrsquot the only thing may serve as a distraction

abama Arkansas senior erback Tyler Wilson thrown for 568 yards andouchdowns so far this n suffered a head injuryst ULM and is question-o play in Saturdayrsquos gameardless Saban said he t going to let his play-ssume theyrsquod be playing st freshman quarterback on Allen Wilsonrsquos back-

body here should be feel-arm and cozy about the teamrsquos circumstance or

ionrdquo Saban said ldquoWe o be thinking about whated to do to be success-gardless of who plays in merdquomessage seems to have with Sabanrsquos defensive

rs as seniors Robert and Nico Johnson have

said theyrsquore preparing Wilson is going to play

said even if he doesnrsquot Arkansasrsquo other playmak-n offense would be more

absenceldquoWersquore looking at it as if he is

going to playrdquo Lester said ldquoAnd even if he doesnrsquot Arkansas hasgreat players and their backups are more than capable of com-ing in and managing the gameand making playsrdquo

S t i l l despite all the questions surrounding Arkansasrsquo team McCarron said the onlything his team should worryabout is what it can control improving on last weekrsquos per-formance over the Hilltoppers

Alabamarsquos defense didnrsquotseem to play with the sameintensity as usual and the offensive line considered pos-sibly one of the nationrsquos best gave up six sacks on McCarronEven on special teams sopho-more wide receiver ChristionJones let a few punts go thathe should have fielded

For McCarron improve-ments can be made all over the field

ldquoKind of a let-down week to ourstandards so wersquore definitely going to have to step it uprdquo McCarron said ldquoFirst SEC game in-confer-ence game soo wewersquorsquoll definitelyy hhave to be onon ourrA - g ag a m em em ec oo mm eeeeeeeet h iii ssssssssssswweeeekkkkkkk----eenddrdquordquordquordquordquo

Staff Writer for The Arkansas Traveler

1 Forget Last WeekThe clicheacute ldquojust take o

game at a timerdquo has beused for years in sports Moften it is used for teams thave big games in the weeahead but it can also apply

teams coming off bad lossArkansas shou

not have lost the Universof LouisianMonroe ae v e r y o n

knows it TRazorbac

must cop l e t eput U Lg a mo u

of thminds

order to copete against Alabam

2 No Needless PenaltTwo weeks in a r

Arkansas has bepenalized for unspor

manlike conduct for hitta player after he was out

bounds These penalties gopponents a first down and mo

them up 15 yards With an offensepotent as Alabamarsquos Arkansas caafford to give them second chancLikewise if the Hogs are movingball on Alabamarsquos stiff defense thcacanrsquon t t afford to lose yards with fastststs arts

3 OOffensiveDefensive LinThhe e Crimson Tide

knknknkkkkkkkknowwn for its hannnooononnnnn seed physical playbbbbbooobob thh sides of the bOOOOOOOnOOOO the offensive li

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UA show choir resembles lsquoGleersquoBy Alicia PerezContributing Writer

Resonance the UA-run show choir allows students to expe-rience their own real-life ver-sion of the hit television show ldquoGleerdquo

Catchy songs and intense dance numbers are just a little part of the package deal and is why director Garrett Lindsey said the Universityrsquos show choir is ldquoGlee on steroidsrdquo

ldquoWe literally tell people who come up to us and ask that we are our own version of Gleerdquo Lindsey said ldquoWe create really intense choreography and sing as a group wersquore nowhere near

as solo-driven as the charac-ters on the showrdquo

A junior majoring in choral music education Lindsey first joined the program as a fresh-man

Originally Lindsey started out as the bass section leader worked his way up to the musi-cal director and currently acts as the director

ldquoI lead all rehearsals play a large role in choosing our showrsquos set lists when and where we perform and I occa-sionally help choreograph some of our performancesrdquo Lindsey said

Rehearsals are held two times a week one to practice

the song portion the other for the dance The group works to create original pieces that will stand out from other groups and performances

ldquoI occasionally meet with other members of the group to help choreograph different numbers however the majori-ty of the time itrsquos done by other members of the show choirrdquo Lindsey said ldquoThey always do a fantastic jobrdquo

Anyone interested is wel-come to audition however prior singing or performing experience is recommended Auditions consist of a singing and dancing portion

ldquoUsually the applicants are

Page 8 | Thursday September 13 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

Moundville to host

archeological eventBy Becky RobinsonContributing Writer

A few miles outside of Tuscaloosa sits the Moundville Archaeological Park an ancient Native American site and a part of The University of Alabama Museums

For several years the park has hosted events aimed at teaching the pub-lic about Southeastern Native American culture One such event is called Saturday in the Park where local experts come together to educate the community about Southeastern Native American arts and traditions

Tyler Fox an Americorps VISTA at Moundville has been participating in Saturday in Park since March He helped create the schedule of artists for this yearrsquos events and will be giving a gardening class on Sept 22

ldquoAt its height Moundville was the largest city north of Mexico Cityrdquo Fox said ldquoMany people donrsquot realize the rich cultural significance that is right in our backyardrdquo

Fox said programs like Saturday in the Park show-case what life was like for the Native Americans who once lived in the area He said that on a typical Saturday there are many activities for partici-pants to choose from such as pottery textiles flute making and interpretations of native languages

Betsy Irwin the educa-tion outreach coordinator for Moundville oversees the educational programs for Saturday in the Park and often contributes her artistic skills to the events

Irwin said she has been making pots and ceram-ics for over 30 years focus-ing on the techniques used by the Southeastern Native

Americans She has been involved with Saturday in the Park since 1991

ldquoWhen people think of Indian art they normally envision the type of art pro-duced by the Southwestern tribesrdquo Irwin said ldquoMany people donrsquot realize how incredibly complex and beau-tiful Southeastern Indian art isrdquo

As part of UniversityMuseums the Moundville Archaeological Park is dedi-cated to preserving and researching the Moundville site while providing a place for locals to enjoy

Fox and Irwin have both enjoyed their time working with Saturday in the Park

Irwin said her favorite part is learning the different pro-cesses for making art and see-ing the childrenrsquos reactions to the lessons

For Fox the most important part is what people take away from the event

ldquoMy hope is that the Saturday in the Park program will resonate a little deeper in someone than just being able to recite factsrdquo Fox said ldquoItrsquos great if someone learns a new skill or fact but hopefully the takeaway is much deeper than surface levelrdquo

Moundvillersquos Saturday in the Park runs almost every weekend from August to December and is free with park admission For more information go to moundvilleuaedu

only required to sing one song and the dance audi-tion is done over the course of two daysrdquo he said ldquoThere is a dance clinic and the actual audition The dance clinic is held just to teach the required dance and then people are put into groups of five to performrdquo

For Morgan Mullen a sophomore majoring in child development show choir has provided a family away from home

ldquoThey have definitely turned into my familyrdquo Mullen said ldquoWe spend so much time together and we all know each other really well Itrsquos such a creative out-let and a great way to make friendsrdquo

Mullen who is the presi-dent of Resonance coordi-nates all the business aspects of the group including order-ing merchandise scheduling venues and assisting with production

Over the course of the year Resonance holds sev-eral shows showcasing the grouprsquos talent This year the group hopes to perform at high school choir competi-tions as an exhibition hop-ing to promote the name and popularity of the group

ldquoWe sing the national anthem at some sporting events and we have held charity cabaret concerts in the past on campus but that money was donated to an outside causerdquo Lindsey said

Despite the major audi-tions already having been held for the year the show choir occasionally holds additional auditions in order to replace members who may have left for various reasons Anyone interested should contact the group at uareso-nancegmailcom

ldquoItrsquos such a great way to explore singing and danc-ing especially if you arenrsquot majoring in either one while at the Universityrdquo Mullen said

ldquoMany people donrsquot realize

how incredibly complex and beautiful Southeastern

Indian art is

mdash Betsy Irwin

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Tide faces 1st SEC teamsBy Charlie PotterContributing Writer

The Alabama cross country teams will begin their confer-ence schedule this Saturday Sept 15 in the Commodore Classic in Nashville Tenn The men will participate in an 8000 meter race that begins at 900 am and their female counter-parts will run 6000 meters at 945 am

This will be the first SEC test of the season for the Tide but adding to that challenge it will be their first road meet

ldquoThe SEC is tough in any-thingrdquo Palee Myrex a junior from Bremen Ala said ldquoEverybody is goodrdquo

Prominent SEC schools will be represented at the invi-tational race Georgia LSU Mississippi State Ole Miss South Carolina Tennessee and host school Vanderbilt will chal-lenge the Tidersquos young squad

Nerves will be an issue the freshmen on the team will have to manage but Myrex

has noticed toughness and grit among her first-year team-mates Still they will be intro-duced to an entirely new world once they arrive in the Music City

ldquoI remember my first big meetrdquo Myrex said ldquoIt was a lot different than high schoolrdquo

Head coach Dan Waters is approaching the meet as a mea-suring tool to determine how far along his young roster is in their development

ldquoItrsquos the first opportunity our freshmen have to face SEC com-petition so itrsquos a good measure of us for this early in the sea-sonrdquo Waters said ldquoWith that in mind our athletes have to approach it with the right atti-tuderdquo

Waters said that his freshmen chose to come to the Capstone because of the opportunity to compete against other elite athletes He expects them to be ready and perform well against top competititors an opportu-nity they will get in Nashville

ldquoI expect our team to be ready

to compete and expect to be con-tendersrdquo Waters said ldquoWe need to approach every competition with the mindset that we are going out there to win I think thatrsquos especially important for us now because of the youth of our team If we are to reach the goals that we have in mind we have to approach every competi-tion with the right mindsetrdquo

Sophomore Matt Joyner and Myrex finished as top perform-ers in the Crimson Tide Kick Off the teamrsquos first meet of the sea-son With their experience and leadership Joyner and Myrex will look to lead the Tide to vic-tory in the Commodore Classic

ldquoWe want to show up and have a good showing for the SECrdquo Myrex said

The races will take place at Vaughnrsquos Gap in Nashvillersquos Percy Warner Park This course is considered to be one of the most scenic but challenging courses in the SEC It will also serve as the running course for the conference championships later in the year

CW | Jingyu WanThe Alabama cross country teams will begin their conference schedule this Saturday Sept 15 in the Commodore Classic

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 13 2012 | Page 9

CROSS COUNTRY VOLLEYBALL

By Rebekah DyeContributing Writer

The Alabama volleyball team is off to its hottest start in 33 years with an 11-1 record which will be put to the test when the Crimson Tide faces the LSU Tigers Friday

ldquoI think we have our work cut out for usrdquo head coach Ed Allen said ldquoThe SEC is the SEC It is one of the best four leagues in the country and we brought nine new players in so they are going to have to adjust to all of thatrdquo

Senior Kayla Fitterer is off to a solid start this season after hav-ing an offseason setback With minor foot surgery she was day-to-day for matches and practice for much of preseason Now hav-ing been cleared to play every game she is back to start the rest of the season

ldquoWersquore just really ready to start SECrdquo Fitterer said ldquoOur confi-dence is up which is really good heading into SECsrdquo

LSU the 2011 SEC West cham-pion has had a rocky start to its

season With a 4-5 record and a hitting average of just 160 the Tigers donrsquot seem to be the cham-pions the SEC saw last year They have had setbacks this season with five newcomers and four straight weekends on the road but the Tigers will be a tough-minded team against the Tide

LSU leads the all-time series 32-21 and has won the past 11 matches against Alabama Over the past 10 years the Tigers have averaged a 258 hitting percent-age against Alabama but only 218 when Alabama has home court The low hitting percentage com-bined with the setbacks from the season could pose problems for the Tigers

With the Tidersquos strong start confidence and maintaining poise are going to be key to ultimately coming out with a victory Friday night

ldquoJust going in and staying focused and playing our game [are the keys to winning]rdquo Fitterer said ldquoWe know we can win we are 11-1 so [wersquore] just

staying confident focused and steady and not getting flusteredrdquo

Keeping up the momentum and working hard keeps the team focused and motivated to go out and win every match

ldquoI donrsquot think anybody is ready to become complacentrdquo freshman outside hitter Laura Steiner said ldquoWe know we have a lot of work to do so no worries of that hap-peningrdquo

LSU is the first night of SEC play for the Tide and coach Allen expects strong competition between the two teams

ldquoWe are going to be a whole lot more competitiverdquo Allen said ldquoWe expect to win some SEC matches for surerdquo

Conference play starts with LSU

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Players prepare for tournamentBy Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

First-year menrsquos tennis head coach George Hussack is looking to open up his career at the Capstone with domi-nant play in the Duke Fab Four Invite

The Crimson Tide menrsquos tennis team has faltered over the years especially during the latter part of the season Last year the Tide went 2-9 in conference matchups and lacked consistency through-out the fall and spring sea-sons

The Tide will be sending four players to Cary NC this weekend including senior Jerryd Botha juniors Daniil Proskura and Carlos Taborga and freshman Becker OrsquoShaughnessey

Hussack said he is look-ing for the team to show con-sistent competitive spirit in his first competition as head coach

ldquoWhat Irsquom looking for this weekend is for the four guys to com-peterdquo he said ldquoI want to just see how these four guys han-dle match situ-ations against people who are not their teammatesrdquo

Hussack spent the past three seasons as the assistant head coach for the University of Southern California Trojans who have won the last four NCAA titles before being tapped as the new head coach at Alabama

Despite only being with the team for a short period of time Hussack said he has gelled somewhat with his

players and found leadership roles in a fresh start for the Crimson Tide

ldquoI feel like everyone has been very energetic and responsiverdquo he said ldquoI feel like everyone is clear on what we have to do so wersquore all on the same pagerdquo

Hussack said he has relied on senior leadership to beginthe season but is looking for each of his players to step up in their own leadership role

ldquoIrsquove leaned a bit more on our two seniors Jarryd Bothaand Harris Barnardrdquo he said ldquoBut Irsquove really relied on everybody to do their ownthingrdquo

The fall season is normally considered a growing period for collegiate tennis players and Hussack said he expects this weekendrsquos tournament to be no different

ldquoI think it is a great chal-lenge and a great opportunityfor the guys to get into the sea-sonrdquo he said ldquoI really think

they are going to be able to take a lot away from this eventrdquo

One thing Hussack said he would like to not only see thisweekend but throughout the entire season is consistent and quality play in both the singles

and doubles competitions The Tide struggled in both areas last season but Hussacksaid he is more focused on thefuture and not the past

ldquoYou know I think we need contributions from every-whererdquo he said ldquoWersquore going to need contributions from everyone one through six Whatever happened last year happened last yearrdquo

Setting the time for new season

By Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

The Crimson Tide womenrsquos tennis team is looking to begin its fall campaign with a strong show-ing in Cary NC at the Duke Fab Four Invite

Head coach Jenny Mainz who is entering her 16th season at the helm of the womenrsquos tennis program said despite the recent success the team has had in past years there is still room for improvement in the fall season

ldquoWell itrsquos been a while since the girls have competedrdquo Mainz said ldquoSo I think the biggest thing through the fall is setting the tone in the first tournament and sharp-ening up Our goal is to be com-petitive and compete with a lot of tenacityrdquo

Competitive is exactly what the

Tide has been in recent years Last year the team maintained a top-10 ranking throughout its spring schedule Mainz said the tournaments in the fall help pre-pare her players for both confer-ence and non-conference oppo-nents beginning with the Duke Fab Four Invite

The Tide will send four play-ers including No 10 ranked junior Mary Anne MacFarlane sopho-more Emily Zabor and fresh-men Maya Jansen and Natalia Maynetto The team will get its first look at a new SEC opponent Texas AampM among other schools that Mainz said were among the nationrsquos elite

ldquoThe competition is very goodrdquo Mainz said ldquoItrsquos a great field and some of those teams finished top five or top 10 in the country so itrsquos not just them going into their first

tournament because they certain-ly will be thrown into the firerdquo

Although winning the tourna-ment is a primary goal Mainz said she is more focused on seeing how her players compete early on and learn some of the teamrsquos strengths and weaknesses

ldquoYou know I just want to see how they competerdquo she said ldquoIrsquom sure we are going to come back after the completion of the tour-nament and identify some things we need to work on so thatrsquos what the tournament is for toordquo

Improvement is what Mainz said she preaches to her team every day in order to maintain the individual and team success the Tide has enjoyed the past couple of seasons

ldquoChampions realize itrsquos a pro-cess to be respectedrdquo Mainz said ldquoI say to the team daily lsquoLetrsquos get

UA AthleticsAlabama womenrsquos and menrsquos tennis begins its fall season this weekend at the Duke Fab Four Invite

Page 10 | Thursday September 13 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

a little bit better today letrsquos take one step forward and letrsquos chip awayrsquordquo

After only a single practice Mainz said she is impressed with her playersrsquo work ethic and prep-aration for the fall tournaments

ldquoThe girls are working hardrdquo she said ldquoThe spirit of the team and the charisma seems very energetic and very positive The two senior captains Alexa Gaurachi and Antonia Foehse have done a good job at establish-ing leadershiprdquo

Mainz said although it is the teamrsquos first competition it is still crucial to see how the team per-forms in order to establish a win-ning culture this fall

ldquoI think itrsquos not only important that we represent Alabama wellrdquo she said ldquobut also set the tone on how we want to start the seasonrdquo

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page

mdashGeorge Hussack

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Thursday September 13 2012SPORTSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 12

By Zac Al-KhateebStaff Reporter

If the Alabama football team was able to take any lesson away from its game against Western Kentucky on Saturday itrsquos that it canrsquot afford not to play up to its standards regardless of the opponent

The Crimson Tide will see if it was able to learn that lesson this weekend when it travels to Fayetteville Ark to take on the Arkansas Razorbacks a team that much like the Tide didnrsquot play up to its standards Saturday ndash the Razorbacks lost a stunner to the University of Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks 34-31 in overtime

In that game no Arkansas rusher eclipsed 100 yards including junior Knile Davis and the defense gave up over 500 yards of total offense to the Warhawks

Despite the Razorbacksrsquo per-formance against what many believe was an inferior oppo-nent Alabama head coach Nick Saban said he wasnrsquot going to let their loss affect the way his team prepared for the game

ldquoThey had a very difficult misfortune in the last game that they werenrsquot able to over-comerdquo Saban said ldquoBut we still have to expect that wersquore going to get their very best perfor-mance and we need to have our very best performance if wersquore going to be able to play the kind of game we need to play on the road and have a chance to be successful against what we think is a very very good teamrdquo

Indeed rather than use their loss as an excuse not to prepare Alabama is instead expecting to motivate the Razorbacks head-ing into the game

Junior quarterback AJ McCarron said more than any-thing Arkansasrsquo loss would only serve to make the team angry

ldquoYeah definitelyrdquo McCarron said ldquoThey still got a chance to win the SEC Theyrsquore definitely going to throw everything in the book at u s W e rsquo r e going t o have to be ready f o r the things t h e y rsquo v e shown us on film things that they havenrsquot and things theyrsquore going to come up withrdquo

Still Arkansasrsquo loss to the Warhawks isnrsquot the only thing that may serve as a distraction for Alabama Arkansas senior quarterback Tyler Wilson whorsquos thrown for 568 yards and five touchdowns so far this season suffered a head injury against ULM and is question-able to play in Saturdayrsquos game

Regardless Saban said he wasnrsquot going to let his play-ers assume theyrsquod be playing against freshman quarterback Brandon Allen Wilsonrsquos back-up

ldquoNobody here should be feel-ing warm and cozy about the other teamrsquos circumstance or situationrdquo Saban said ldquoWe need to be thinking about what we need to do to be success-ful regardless of who plays in the gamerdquo

The message seems to have stuck with Sabanrsquos defensive players as seniors Robert Lester and Nico Johnson have both said theyrsquore preparing as if Wilson is going to play Lester said even if he doesnrsquot play Arkansasrsquo other playmak-ers on offense would be more

than enough to make up for his absence

ldquoWersquore looking at it as if he is going to playrdquo Lester said ldquoAnd even if he doesnrsquot Arkansas has great players and their backups are more than capable of com-ing in and managing the game and making playsrdquo

S t i l l despite all the questions surrounding Arkansasrsquo team McCarron said the only thing his team should worry about is what it can control improving on last weekrsquos per-formance over the Hilltoppers

Alabamarsquos defense didnrsquot seem to play with the same intensity as usual and the offensive line considered pos-sibly one of the nationrsquos best gave up six sacks on McCarron Even on special teams sopho-more wide receiver Christion Jones let a few punts go that he should have fielded

For McCarron improve-ments can be made all over the field

ldquoKind of a let-down week to our standards so wersquore definitely going to have to step it uprdquo McCarron said ldquoFirst SEC game in-confer-ence game so wersquoll definitely have to be on our A - g a m e c o m e t h i s week-endrdquo

Both sides of Saturday Preview of Alabama-Arkansas

By Andrew Hutchinson Staff Writer for The Arkansas Traveler

1 Forget Last WeekThe clicheacute ldquojust take one

game at a timerdquo has been used for years in sports Most often it is used for teams that have big games in the weeks ahead but it can also apply to

teams coming off bad losses Arkansas should

not have lost to the University of Louisiana-Monroe and e v e r y o n e

knows it The Razorbacks

must com-p l e t e l y put the U L M g a m e o u t

of their minds in

order to com-pete against Alabama

2 No Needless PenaltiesTwo weeks in a row

Arkansas has been penalized for unsports-

manlike conduct for hitting a player after he was out of

bounds These penalties give opponents a first down and move

them up 15 yards With an offense as potent as Alabamarsquos Arkansas canrsquot afford to give them second chances Likewise if the Hogs are moving the ball on Alabamarsquos stiff defense they canrsquot afford to lose yards with false starts

3 OffensiveDefensive LineThe Crimson Tide is

known for its hard-nosed physical play on both sides of the ball On the offensive line

Alabama is led by reigning Outland Trophy winner Barrett Jones as well as two other potential first-round NFL draft picks (DJ Fluker and Chance Warmack) They open gaping holes for running backs and provide quar-terback AJ McCarron ample time tofind open receivers On the defensive line Alabama averages 6rsquo4rdquo 299 lbs two deep Theyrsquoll challenge Arkansasrsquo relatively inexperienced offensive line Both Arkansas lines must step up their game and players must fill the holes left in the offense and defense by Kiero Small and Tevin Mitchel respectively if Arkansas is to have a chance

4 Wrap Up on DefenseSeveral plays against ULM almost

resulted in sacks but Arkansas defend-ers couldnrsquot bring down quarterback Kolton Browning They were getting a hand on him but never wrapped him up allowing him to escape and make plays Also when the Hogs hit ULMrsquos running backs and wide receivers it usually took a couple players to tackle them If Arkansas gets past Alabamarsquos stellar offensive line they must capi-talize and sack McCarron or tackle their running back

5 Fan SupportArkansas is coming off its most

embarrassing loss since losing to TheCitadel in 1992 and some would argue this is worse than that loss Fans are not happy but that doesnrsquot mean they shouldnrsquot support the team The play-ers have practiced all year and are not going out there and intentionally los-ing Hog fans that boo them should be ashamed of themselves As much as players say they donrsquot listen to nega-tivity they still hear it If Arkansas fans pack out Donald W Reynolds Razorback Stadium it becomes a very hostile environment for the visiting team Fans need to come and encour-age the team so that the Razorbacks can make the most of the home field advantage

Five keys to an Arkansas victory over AlabamaTide not paying attention to Arkansas loss to ULM

rron said more than any-Arkansasrsquo loss would

serve to make the team

ah definitelyrdquo McCarronThey still got a chance to

he SEC Theyrsquore definitely to throw everything in

book at u s e

g o

to ready f o r hings t h e y rsquo v e

n us on film things that avenrsquot and things theyrsquore to come up withrdquo Arkansasrsquo loss to the

awks isnrsquot the only thing may serve as a distraction

abama Arkansas senior erback Tyler Wilson thrown for 568 yards andouchdowns so far this n suffered a head injuryst ULM and is question-o play in Saturdayrsquos gameardless Saban said he t going to let his play-ssume theyrsquod be playing st freshman quarterback on Allen Wilsonrsquos back-

body here should be feel-arm and cozy about the teamrsquos circumstance or

ionrdquo Saban said ldquoWe o be thinking about whated to do to be success-gardless of who plays in merdquomessage seems to have with Sabanrsquos defensive

rs as seniors Robert and Nico Johnson have

said theyrsquore preparing Wilson is going to play

said even if he doesnrsquot Arkansasrsquo other playmak-n offense would be more

absenceldquoWersquore looking at it as if he is

going to playrdquo Lester said ldquoAnd even if he doesnrsquot Arkansas hasgreat players and their backups are more than capable of com-ing in and managing the gameand making playsrdquo

S t i l l despite all the questions surrounding Arkansasrsquo team McCarron said the onlything his team should worryabout is what it can control improving on last weekrsquos per-formance over the Hilltoppers

Alabamarsquos defense didnrsquotseem to play with the sameintensity as usual and the offensive line considered pos-sibly one of the nationrsquos best gave up six sacks on McCarronEven on special teams sopho-more wide receiver ChristionJones let a few punts go thathe should have fielded

For McCarron improve-ments can be made all over the field

ldquoKind of a let-down week to ourstandards so wersquore definitely going to have to step it uprdquo McCarron said ldquoFirst SEC game in-confer-ence game soo wewersquorsquoll definitelyy hhave to be onon ourrA - g ag a m em em ec oo mm eeeeeeeet h iii ssssssssssswweeeekkkkkkk----eenddrdquordquordquordquordquo

Staff Writer for The Arkansas Traveler

1 Forget Last WeekThe clicheacute ldquojust take o

game at a timerdquo has beused for years in sports Moften it is used for teams thave big games in the weeahead but it can also apply

teams coming off bad lossArkansas shou

not have lost the Universof LouisianMonroe ae v e r y o n

knows it TRazorbac

must cop l e t eput U Lg a mo u

of thminds

order to copete against Alabam

2 No Needless PenaltTwo weeks in a r

Arkansas has bepenalized for unspor

manlike conduct for hitta player after he was out

bounds These penalties gopponents a first down and mo

them up 15 yards With an offensepotent as Alabamarsquos Arkansas caafford to give them second chancLikewise if the Hogs are movingball on Alabamarsquos stiff defense thcacanrsquon t t afford to lose yards with fastststs arts

3 OOffensiveDefensive LinThhe e Crimson Tide

knknknkkkkkkkknowwn for its hannnooononnnnn seed physical playbbbbbooobob thh sides of the bOOOOOOOnOOOO the offensive li

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Tide faces 1st SEC teamsBy Charlie PotterContributing Writer

The Alabama cross country teams will begin their confer-ence schedule this Saturday Sept 15 in the Commodore Classic in Nashville Tenn The men will participate in an 8000 meter race that begins at 900 am and their female counter-parts will run 6000 meters at 945 am

This will be the first SEC test of the season for the Tide but adding to that challenge it will be their first road meet

ldquoThe SEC is tough in any-thingrdquo Palee Myrex a junior from Bremen Ala said ldquoEverybody is goodrdquo

Prominent SEC schools will be represented at the invi-tational race Georgia LSU Mississippi State Ole Miss South Carolina Tennessee and host school Vanderbilt will chal-lenge the Tidersquos young squad

Nerves will be an issue the freshmen on the team will have to manage but Myrex

has noticed toughness and grit among her first-year team-mates Still they will be intro-duced to an entirely new world once they arrive in the Music City

ldquoI remember my first big meetrdquo Myrex said ldquoIt was a lot different than high schoolrdquo

Head coach Dan Waters is approaching the meet as a mea-suring tool to determine how far along his young roster is in their development

ldquoItrsquos the first opportunity our freshmen have to face SEC com-petition so itrsquos a good measure of us for this early in the sea-sonrdquo Waters said ldquoWith that in mind our athletes have to approach it with the right atti-tuderdquo

Waters said that his freshmen chose to come to the Capstone because of the opportunity to compete against other elite athletes He expects them to be ready and perform well against top competititors an opportu-nity they will get in Nashville

ldquoI expect our team to be ready

to compete and expect to be con-tendersrdquo Waters said ldquoWe need to approach every competition with the mindset that we are going out there to win I think thatrsquos especially important for us now because of the youth of our team If we are to reach the goals that we have in mind we have to approach every competi-tion with the right mindsetrdquo

Sophomore Matt Joyner and Myrex finished as top perform-ers in the Crimson Tide Kick Off the teamrsquos first meet of the sea-son With their experience and leadership Joyner and Myrex will look to lead the Tide to vic-tory in the Commodore Classic

ldquoWe want to show up and have a good showing for the SECrdquo Myrex said

The races will take place at Vaughnrsquos Gap in Nashvillersquos Percy Warner Park This course is considered to be one of the most scenic but challenging courses in the SEC It will also serve as the running course for the conference championships later in the year

CW | Jingyu WanThe Alabama cross country teams will begin their conference schedule this Saturday Sept 15 in the Commodore Classic

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 13 2012 | Page 9

CROSS COUNTRY VOLLEYBALL

By Rebekah DyeContributing Writer

The Alabama volleyball team is off to its hottest start in 33 years with an 11-1 record which will be put to the test when the Crimson Tide faces the LSU Tigers Friday

ldquoI think we have our work cut out for usrdquo head coach Ed Allen said ldquoThe SEC is the SEC It is one of the best four leagues in the country and we brought nine new players in so they are going to have to adjust to all of thatrdquo

Senior Kayla Fitterer is off to a solid start this season after hav-ing an offseason setback With minor foot surgery she was day-to-day for matches and practice for much of preseason Now hav-ing been cleared to play every game she is back to start the rest of the season

ldquoWersquore just really ready to start SECrdquo Fitterer said ldquoOur confi-dence is up which is really good heading into SECsrdquo

LSU the 2011 SEC West cham-pion has had a rocky start to its

season With a 4-5 record and a hitting average of just 160 the Tigers donrsquot seem to be the cham-pions the SEC saw last year They have had setbacks this season with five newcomers and four straight weekends on the road but the Tigers will be a tough-minded team against the Tide

LSU leads the all-time series 32-21 and has won the past 11 matches against Alabama Over the past 10 years the Tigers have averaged a 258 hitting percent-age against Alabama but only 218 when Alabama has home court The low hitting percentage com-bined with the setbacks from the season could pose problems for the Tigers

With the Tidersquos strong start confidence and maintaining poise are going to be key to ultimately coming out with a victory Friday night

ldquoJust going in and staying focused and playing our game [are the keys to winning]rdquo Fitterer said ldquoWe know we can win we are 11-1 so [wersquore] just

staying confident focused and steady and not getting flusteredrdquo

Keeping up the momentum and working hard keeps the team focused and motivated to go out and win every match

ldquoI donrsquot think anybody is ready to become complacentrdquo freshman outside hitter Laura Steiner said ldquoWe know we have a lot of work to do so no worries of that hap-peningrdquo

LSU is the first night of SEC play for the Tide and coach Allen expects strong competition between the two teams

ldquoWe are going to be a whole lot more competitiverdquo Allen said ldquoWe expect to win some SEC matches for surerdquo

Conference play starts with LSU

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Players prepare for tournamentBy Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

First-year menrsquos tennis head coach George Hussack is looking to open up his career at the Capstone with domi-nant play in the Duke Fab Four Invite

The Crimson Tide menrsquos tennis team has faltered over the years especially during the latter part of the season Last year the Tide went 2-9 in conference matchups and lacked consistency through-out the fall and spring sea-sons

The Tide will be sending four players to Cary NC this weekend including senior Jerryd Botha juniors Daniil Proskura and Carlos Taborga and freshman Becker OrsquoShaughnessey

Hussack said he is look-ing for the team to show con-sistent competitive spirit in his first competition as head coach

ldquoWhat Irsquom looking for this weekend is for the four guys to com-peterdquo he said ldquoI want to just see how these four guys han-dle match situ-ations against people who are not their teammatesrdquo

Hussack spent the past three seasons as the assistant head coach for the University of Southern California Trojans who have won the last four NCAA titles before being tapped as the new head coach at Alabama

Despite only being with the team for a short period of time Hussack said he has gelled somewhat with his

players and found leadership roles in a fresh start for the Crimson Tide

ldquoI feel like everyone has been very energetic and responsiverdquo he said ldquoI feel like everyone is clear on what we have to do so wersquore all on the same pagerdquo

Hussack said he has relied on senior leadership to beginthe season but is looking for each of his players to step up in their own leadership role

ldquoIrsquove leaned a bit more on our two seniors Jarryd Bothaand Harris Barnardrdquo he said ldquoBut Irsquove really relied on everybody to do their ownthingrdquo

The fall season is normally considered a growing period for collegiate tennis players and Hussack said he expects this weekendrsquos tournament to be no different

ldquoI think it is a great chal-lenge and a great opportunityfor the guys to get into the sea-sonrdquo he said ldquoI really think

they are going to be able to take a lot away from this eventrdquo

One thing Hussack said he would like to not only see thisweekend but throughout the entire season is consistent and quality play in both the singles

and doubles competitions The Tide struggled in both areas last season but Hussacksaid he is more focused on thefuture and not the past

ldquoYou know I think we need contributions from every-whererdquo he said ldquoWersquore going to need contributions from everyone one through six Whatever happened last year happened last yearrdquo

Setting the time for new season

By Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

The Crimson Tide womenrsquos tennis team is looking to begin its fall campaign with a strong show-ing in Cary NC at the Duke Fab Four Invite

Head coach Jenny Mainz who is entering her 16th season at the helm of the womenrsquos tennis program said despite the recent success the team has had in past years there is still room for improvement in the fall season

ldquoWell itrsquos been a while since the girls have competedrdquo Mainz said ldquoSo I think the biggest thing through the fall is setting the tone in the first tournament and sharp-ening up Our goal is to be com-petitive and compete with a lot of tenacityrdquo

Competitive is exactly what the

Tide has been in recent years Last year the team maintained a top-10 ranking throughout its spring schedule Mainz said the tournaments in the fall help pre-pare her players for both confer-ence and non-conference oppo-nents beginning with the Duke Fab Four Invite

The Tide will send four play-ers including No 10 ranked junior Mary Anne MacFarlane sopho-more Emily Zabor and fresh-men Maya Jansen and Natalia Maynetto The team will get its first look at a new SEC opponent Texas AampM among other schools that Mainz said were among the nationrsquos elite

ldquoThe competition is very goodrdquo Mainz said ldquoItrsquos a great field and some of those teams finished top five or top 10 in the country so itrsquos not just them going into their first

tournament because they certain-ly will be thrown into the firerdquo

Although winning the tourna-ment is a primary goal Mainz said she is more focused on seeing how her players compete early on and learn some of the teamrsquos strengths and weaknesses

ldquoYou know I just want to see how they competerdquo she said ldquoIrsquom sure we are going to come back after the completion of the tour-nament and identify some things we need to work on so thatrsquos what the tournament is for toordquo

Improvement is what Mainz said she preaches to her team every day in order to maintain the individual and team success the Tide has enjoyed the past couple of seasons

ldquoChampions realize itrsquos a pro-cess to be respectedrdquo Mainz said ldquoI say to the team daily lsquoLetrsquos get

UA AthleticsAlabama womenrsquos and menrsquos tennis begins its fall season this weekend at the Duke Fab Four Invite

Page 10 | Thursday September 13 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

a little bit better today letrsquos take one step forward and letrsquos chip awayrsquordquo

After only a single practice Mainz said she is impressed with her playersrsquo work ethic and prep-aration for the fall tournaments

ldquoThe girls are working hardrdquo she said ldquoThe spirit of the team and the charisma seems very energetic and very positive The two senior captains Alexa Gaurachi and Antonia Foehse have done a good job at establish-ing leadershiprdquo

Mainz said although it is the teamrsquos first competition it is still crucial to see how the team per-forms in order to establish a win-ning culture this fall

ldquoI think itrsquos not only important that we represent Alabama wellrdquo she said ldquobut also set the tone on how we want to start the seasonrdquo

WOMENrsquoS TENNIS MENrsquoS TENNIS

ldquoI feel like everyone is clear

on what we have to do so wersquore all on the same

page

mdashGeorge Hussack

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OPINION

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Page 12

By Zac Al-KhateebStaff Reporter

If the Alabama football team was able to take any lesson away from its game against Western Kentucky on Saturday itrsquos that it canrsquot afford not to play up to its standards regardless of the opponent

The Crimson Tide will see if it was able to learn that lesson this weekend when it travels to Fayetteville Ark to take on the Arkansas Razorbacks a team that much like the Tide didnrsquot play up to its standards Saturday ndash the Razorbacks lost a stunner to the University of Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks 34-31 in overtime

In that game no Arkansas rusher eclipsed 100 yards including junior Knile Davis and the defense gave up over 500 yards of total offense to the Warhawks

Despite the Razorbacksrsquo per-formance against what many believe was an inferior oppo-nent Alabama head coach Nick Saban said he wasnrsquot going to let their loss affect the way his team prepared for the game

ldquoThey had a very difficult misfortune in the last game that they werenrsquot able to over-comerdquo Saban said ldquoBut we still have to expect that wersquore going to get their very best perfor-mance and we need to have our very best performance if wersquore going to be able to play the kind of game we need to play on the road and have a chance to be successful against what we think is a very very good teamrdquo

Indeed rather than use their loss as an excuse not to prepare Alabama is instead expecting to motivate the Razorbacks head-ing into the game

Junior quarterback AJ McCarron said more than any-thing Arkansasrsquo loss would only serve to make the team angry

ldquoYeah definitelyrdquo McCarron said ldquoThey still got a chance to win the SEC Theyrsquore definitely going to throw everything in the book at u s W e rsquo r e going t o have to be ready f o r the things t h e y rsquo v e shown us on film things that they havenrsquot and things theyrsquore going to come up withrdquo

Still Arkansasrsquo loss to the Warhawks isnrsquot the only thing that may serve as a distraction for Alabama Arkansas senior quarterback Tyler Wilson whorsquos thrown for 568 yards and five touchdowns so far this season suffered a head injury against ULM and is question-able to play in Saturdayrsquos game

Regardless Saban said he wasnrsquot going to let his play-ers assume theyrsquod be playing against freshman quarterback Brandon Allen Wilsonrsquos back-up

ldquoNobody here should be feel-ing warm and cozy about the other teamrsquos circumstance or situationrdquo Saban said ldquoWe need to be thinking about what we need to do to be success-ful regardless of who plays in the gamerdquo

The message seems to have stuck with Sabanrsquos defensive players as seniors Robert Lester and Nico Johnson have both said theyrsquore preparing as if Wilson is going to play Lester said even if he doesnrsquot play Arkansasrsquo other playmak-ers on offense would be more

than enough to make up for his absence

ldquoWersquore looking at it as if he is going to playrdquo Lester said ldquoAnd even if he doesnrsquot Arkansas has great players and their backups are more than capable of com-ing in and managing the game and making playsrdquo

S t i l l despite all the questions surrounding Arkansasrsquo team McCarron said the only thing his team should worry about is what it can control improving on last weekrsquos per-formance over the Hilltoppers

Alabamarsquos defense didnrsquot seem to play with the same intensity as usual and the offensive line considered pos-sibly one of the nationrsquos best gave up six sacks on McCarron Even on special teams sopho-more wide receiver Christion Jones let a few punts go that he should have fielded

For McCarron improve-ments can be made all over the field

ldquoKind of a let-down week to our standards so wersquore definitely going to have to step it uprdquo McCarron said ldquoFirst SEC game in-confer-ence game so wersquoll definitely have to be on our A - g a m e c o m e t h i s week-endrdquo

Both sides of Saturday Preview of Alabama-Arkansas

By Andrew Hutchinson Staff Writer for The Arkansas Traveler

1 Forget Last WeekThe clicheacute ldquojust take one

game at a timerdquo has been used for years in sports Most often it is used for teams that have big games in the weeks ahead but it can also apply to

teams coming off bad losses Arkansas should

not have lost to the University of Louisiana-Monroe and e v e r y o n e

knows it The Razorbacks

must com-p l e t e l y put the U L M g a m e o u t

of their minds in

order to com-pete against Alabama

2 No Needless PenaltiesTwo weeks in a row

Arkansas has been penalized for unsports-

manlike conduct for hitting a player after he was out of

bounds These penalties give opponents a first down and move

them up 15 yards With an offense as potent as Alabamarsquos Arkansas canrsquot afford to give them second chances Likewise if the Hogs are moving the ball on Alabamarsquos stiff defense they canrsquot afford to lose yards with false starts

3 OffensiveDefensive LineThe Crimson Tide is

known for its hard-nosed physical play on both sides of the ball On the offensive line

Alabama is led by reigning Outland Trophy winner Barrett Jones as well as two other potential first-round NFL draft picks (DJ Fluker and Chance Warmack) They open gaping holes for running backs and provide quar-terback AJ McCarron ample time tofind open receivers On the defensive line Alabama averages 6rsquo4rdquo 299 lbs two deep Theyrsquoll challenge Arkansasrsquo relatively inexperienced offensive line Both Arkansas lines must step up their game and players must fill the holes left in the offense and defense by Kiero Small and Tevin Mitchel respectively if Arkansas is to have a chance

4 Wrap Up on DefenseSeveral plays against ULM almost

resulted in sacks but Arkansas defend-ers couldnrsquot bring down quarterback Kolton Browning They were getting a hand on him but never wrapped him up allowing him to escape and make plays Also when the Hogs hit ULMrsquos running backs and wide receivers it usually took a couple players to tackle them If Arkansas gets past Alabamarsquos stellar offensive line they must capi-talize and sack McCarron or tackle their running back

5 Fan SupportArkansas is coming off its most

embarrassing loss since losing to TheCitadel in 1992 and some would argue this is worse than that loss Fans are not happy but that doesnrsquot mean they shouldnrsquot support the team The play-ers have practiced all year and are not going out there and intentionally los-ing Hog fans that boo them should be ashamed of themselves As much as players say they donrsquot listen to nega-tivity they still hear it If Arkansas fans pack out Donald W Reynolds Razorback Stadium it becomes a very hostile environment for the visiting team Fans need to come and encour-age the team so that the Razorbacks can make the most of the home field advantage

Five keys to an Arkansas victory over AlabamaTide not paying attention to Arkansas loss to ULM

rron said more than any-Arkansasrsquo loss would

serve to make the team

ah definitelyrdquo McCarronThey still got a chance to

he SEC Theyrsquore definitely to throw everything in

book at u s e

g o

to ready f o r hings t h e y rsquo v e

n us on film things that avenrsquot and things theyrsquore to come up withrdquo Arkansasrsquo loss to the

awks isnrsquot the only thing may serve as a distraction

abama Arkansas senior erback Tyler Wilson thrown for 568 yards andouchdowns so far this n suffered a head injuryst ULM and is question-o play in Saturdayrsquos gameardless Saban said he t going to let his play-ssume theyrsquod be playing st freshman quarterback on Allen Wilsonrsquos back-

body here should be feel-arm and cozy about the teamrsquos circumstance or

ionrdquo Saban said ldquoWe o be thinking about whated to do to be success-gardless of who plays in merdquomessage seems to have with Sabanrsquos defensive

rs as seniors Robert and Nico Johnson have

said theyrsquore preparing Wilson is going to play

said even if he doesnrsquot Arkansasrsquo other playmak-n offense would be more

absenceldquoWersquore looking at it as if he is

going to playrdquo Lester said ldquoAnd even if he doesnrsquot Arkansas hasgreat players and their backups are more than capable of com-ing in and managing the gameand making playsrdquo

S t i l l despite all the questions surrounding Arkansasrsquo team McCarron said the onlything his team should worryabout is what it can control improving on last weekrsquos per-formance over the Hilltoppers

Alabamarsquos defense didnrsquotseem to play with the sameintensity as usual and the offensive line considered pos-sibly one of the nationrsquos best gave up six sacks on McCarronEven on special teams sopho-more wide receiver ChristionJones let a few punts go thathe should have fielded

For McCarron improve-ments can be made all over the field

ldquoKind of a let-down week to ourstandards so wersquore definitely going to have to step it uprdquo McCarron said ldquoFirst SEC game in-confer-ence game soo wewersquorsquoll definitelyy hhave to be onon ourrA - g ag a m em em ec oo mm eeeeeeeet h iii ssssssssssswweeeekkkkkkk----eenddrdquordquordquordquordquo

Staff Writer for The Arkansas Traveler

1 Forget Last WeekThe clicheacute ldquojust take o

game at a timerdquo has beused for years in sports Moften it is used for teams thave big games in the weeahead but it can also apply

teams coming off bad lossArkansas shou

not have lost the Universof LouisianMonroe ae v e r y o n

knows it TRazorbac

must cop l e t eput U Lg a mo u

of thminds

order to copete against Alabam

2 No Needless PenaltTwo weeks in a r

Arkansas has bepenalized for unspor

manlike conduct for hitta player after he was out

bounds These penalties gopponents a first down and mo

them up 15 yards With an offensepotent as Alabamarsquos Arkansas caafford to give them second chancLikewise if the Hogs are movingball on Alabamarsquos stiff defense thcacanrsquon t t afford to lose yards with fastststs arts

3 OOffensiveDefensive LinThhe e Crimson Tide

knknknkkkkkkkknowwn for its hannnooononnnnn seed physical playbbbbbooobob thh sides of the bOOOOOOOnOOOO the offensive li

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Players prepare for tournamentBy Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

First-year menrsquos tennis head coach George Hussack is looking to open up his career at the Capstone with domi-nant play in the Duke Fab Four Invite

The Crimson Tide menrsquos tennis team has faltered over the years especially during the latter part of the season Last year the Tide went 2-9 in conference matchups and lacked consistency through-out the fall and spring sea-sons

The Tide will be sending four players to Cary NC this weekend including senior Jerryd Botha juniors Daniil Proskura and Carlos Taborga and freshman Becker OrsquoShaughnessey

Hussack said he is look-ing for the team to show con-sistent competitive spirit in his first competition as head coach

ldquoWhat Irsquom looking for this weekend is for the four guys to com-peterdquo he said ldquoI want to just see how these four guys han-dle match situ-ations against people who are not their teammatesrdquo

Hussack spent the past three seasons as the assistant head coach for the University of Southern California Trojans who have won the last four NCAA titles before being tapped as the new head coach at Alabama

Despite only being with the team for a short period of time Hussack said he has gelled somewhat with his

players and found leadership roles in a fresh start for the Crimson Tide

ldquoI feel like everyone has been very energetic and responsiverdquo he said ldquoI feel like everyone is clear on what we have to do so wersquore all on the same pagerdquo

Hussack said he has relied on senior leadership to beginthe season but is looking for each of his players to step up in their own leadership role

ldquoIrsquove leaned a bit more on our two seniors Jarryd Bothaand Harris Barnardrdquo he said ldquoBut Irsquove really relied on everybody to do their ownthingrdquo

The fall season is normally considered a growing period for collegiate tennis players and Hussack said he expects this weekendrsquos tournament to be no different

ldquoI think it is a great chal-lenge and a great opportunityfor the guys to get into the sea-sonrdquo he said ldquoI really think

they are going to be able to take a lot away from this eventrdquo

One thing Hussack said he would like to not only see thisweekend but throughout the entire season is consistent and quality play in both the singles

and doubles competitions The Tide struggled in both areas last season but Hussacksaid he is more focused on thefuture and not the past

ldquoYou know I think we need contributions from every-whererdquo he said ldquoWersquore going to need contributions from everyone one through six Whatever happened last year happened last yearrdquo

Setting the time for new season

By Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

The Crimson Tide womenrsquos tennis team is looking to begin its fall campaign with a strong show-ing in Cary NC at the Duke Fab Four Invite

Head coach Jenny Mainz who is entering her 16th season at the helm of the womenrsquos tennis program said despite the recent success the team has had in past years there is still room for improvement in the fall season

ldquoWell itrsquos been a while since the girls have competedrdquo Mainz said ldquoSo I think the biggest thing through the fall is setting the tone in the first tournament and sharp-ening up Our goal is to be com-petitive and compete with a lot of tenacityrdquo

Competitive is exactly what the

Tide has been in recent years Last year the team maintained a top-10 ranking throughout its spring schedule Mainz said the tournaments in the fall help pre-pare her players for both confer-ence and non-conference oppo-nents beginning with the Duke Fab Four Invite

The Tide will send four play-ers including No 10 ranked junior Mary Anne MacFarlane sopho-more Emily Zabor and fresh-men Maya Jansen and Natalia Maynetto The team will get its first look at a new SEC opponent Texas AampM among other schools that Mainz said were among the nationrsquos elite

ldquoThe competition is very goodrdquo Mainz said ldquoItrsquos a great field and some of those teams finished top five or top 10 in the country so itrsquos not just them going into their first

tournament because they certain-ly will be thrown into the firerdquo

Although winning the tourna-ment is a primary goal Mainz said she is more focused on seeing how her players compete early on and learn some of the teamrsquos strengths and weaknesses

ldquoYou know I just want to see how they competerdquo she said ldquoIrsquom sure we are going to come back after the completion of the tour-nament and identify some things we need to work on so thatrsquos what the tournament is for toordquo

Improvement is what Mainz said she preaches to her team every day in order to maintain the individual and team success the Tide has enjoyed the past couple of seasons

ldquoChampions realize itrsquos a pro-cess to be respectedrdquo Mainz said ldquoI say to the team daily lsquoLetrsquos get

UA AthleticsAlabama womenrsquos and menrsquos tennis begins its fall season this weekend at the Duke Fab Four Invite

Page 10 | Thursday September 13 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

a little bit better today letrsquos take one step forward and letrsquos chip awayrsquordquo

After only a single practice Mainz said she is impressed with her playersrsquo work ethic and prep-aration for the fall tournaments

ldquoThe girls are working hardrdquo she said ldquoThe spirit of the team and the charisma seems very energetic and very positive The two senior captains Alexa Gaurachi and Antonia Foehse have done a good job at establish-ing leadershiprdquo

Mainz said although it is the teamrsquos first competition it is still crucial to see how the team per-forms in order to establish a win-ning culture this fall

ldquoI think itrsquos not only important that we represent Alabama wellrdquo she said ldquobut also set the tone on how we want to start the seasonrdquo

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Thursday September 13 2012SPORTSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 12

By Zac Al-KhateebStaff Reporter

If the Alabama football team was able to take any lesson away from its game against Western Kentucky on Saturday itrsquos that it canrsquot afford not to play up to its standards regardless of the opponent

The Crimson Tide will see if it was able to learn that lesson this weekend when it travels to Fayetteville Ark to take on the Arkansas Razorbacks a team that much like the Tide didnrsquot play up to its standards Saturday ndash the Razorbacks lost a stunner to the University of Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks 34-31 in overtime

In that game no Arkansas rusher eclipsed 100 yards including junior Knile Davis and the defense gave up over 500 yards of total offense to the Warhawks

Despite the Razorbacksrsquo per-formance against what many believe was an inferior oppo-nent Alabama head coach Nick Saban said he wasnrsquot going to let their loss affect the way his team prepared for the game

ldquoThey had a very difficult misfortune in the last game that they werenrsquot able to over-comerdquo Saban said ldquoBut we still have to expect that wersquore going to get their very best perfor-mance and we need to have our very best performance if wersquore going to be able to play the kind of game we need to play on the road and have a chance to be successful against what we think is a very very good teamrdquo

Indeed rather than use their loss as an excuse not to prepare Alabama is instead expecting to motivate the Razorbacks head-ing into the game

Junior quarterback AJ McCarron said more than any-thing Arkansasrsquo loss would only serve to make the team angry

ldquoYeah definitelyrdquo McCarron said ldquoThey still got a chance to win the SEC Theyrsquore definitely going to throw everything in the book at u s W e rsquo r e going t o have to be ready f o r the things t h e y rsquo v e shown us on film things that they havenrsquot and things theyrsquore going to come up withrdquo

Still Arkansasrsquo loss to the Warhawks isnrsquot the only thing that may serve as a distraction for Alabama Arkansas senior quarterback Tyler Wilson whorsquos thrown for 568 yards and five touchdowns so far this season suffered a head injury against ULM and is question-able to play in Saturdayrsquos game

Regardless Saban said he wasnrsquot going to let his play-ers assume theyrsquod be playing against freshman quarterback Brandon Allen Wilsonrsquos back-up

ldquoNobody here should be feel-ing warm and cozy about the other teamrsquos circumstance or situationrdquo Saban said ldquoWe need to be thinking about what we need to do to be success-ful regardless of who plays in the gamerdquo

The message seems to have stuck with Sabanrsquos defensive players as seniors Robert Lester and Nico Johnson have both said theyrsquore preparing as if Wilson is going to play Lester said even if he doesnrsquot play Arkansasrsquo other playmak-ers on offense would be more

than enough to make up for his absence

ldquoWersquore looking at it as if he is going to playrdquo Lester said ldquoAnd even if he doesnrsquot Arkansas has great players and their backups are more than capable of com-ing in and managing the game and making playsrdquo

S t i l l despite all the questions surrounding Arkansasrsquo team McCarron said the only thing his team should worry about is what it can control improving on last weekrsquos per-formance over the Hilltoppers

Alabamarsquos defense didnrsquot seem to play with the same intensity as usual and the offensive line considered pos-sibly one of the nationrsquos best gave up six sacks on McCarron Even on special teams sopho-more wide receiver Christion Jones let a few punts go that he should have fielded

For McCarron improve-ments can be made all over the field

ldquoKind of a let-down week to our standards so wersquore definitely going to have to step it uprdquo McCarron said ldquoFirst SEC game in-confer-ence game so wersquoll definitely have to be on our A - g a m e c o m e t h i s week-endrdquo

Both sides of Saturday Preview of Alabama-Arkansas

By Andrew Hutchinson Staff Writer for The Arkansas Traveler

1 Forget Last WeekThe clicheacute ldquojust take one

game at a timerdquo has been used for years in sports Most often it is used for teams that have big games in the weeks ahead but it can also apply to

teams coming off bad losses Arkansas should

not have lost to the University of Louisiana-Monroe and e v e r y o n e

knows it The Razorbacks

must com-p l e t e l y put the U L M g a m e o u t

of their minds in

order to com-pete against Alabama

2 No Needless PenaltiesTwo weeks in a row

Arkansas has been penalized for unsports-

manlike conduct for hitting a player after he was out of

bounds These penalties give opponents a first down and move

them up 15 yards With an offense as potent as Alabamarsquos Arkansas canrsquot afford to give them second chances Likewise if the Hogs are moving the ball on Alabamarsquos stiff defense they canrsquot afford to lose yards with false starts

3 OffensiveDefensive LineThe Crimson Tide is

known for its hard-nosed physical play on both sides of the ball On the offensive line

Alabama is led by reigning Outland Trophy winner Barrett Jones as well as two other potential first-round NFL draft picks (DJ Fluker and Chance Warmack) They open gaping holes for running backs and provide quar-terback AJ McCarron ample time tofind open receivers On the defensive line Alabama averages 6rsquo4rdquo 299 lbs two deep Theyrsquoll challenge Arkansasrsquo relatively inexperienced offensive line Both Arkansas lines must step up their game and players must fill the holes left in the offense and defense by Kiero Small and Tevin Mitchel respectively if Arkansas is to have a chance

4 Wrap Up on DefenseSeveral plays against ULM almost

resulted in sacks but Arkansas defend-ers couldnrsquot bring down quarterback Kolton Browning They were getting a hand on him but never wrapped him up allowing him to escape and make plays Also when the Hogs hit ULMrsquos running backs and wide receivers it usually took a couple players to tackle them If Arkansas gets past Alabamarsquos stellar offensive line they must capi-talize and sack McCarron or tackle their running back

5 Fan SupportArkansas is coming off its most

embarrassing loss since losing to TheCitadel in 1992 and some would argue this is worse than that loss Fans are not happy but that doesnrsquot mean they shouldnrsquot support the team The play-ers have practiced all year and are not going out there and intentionally los-ing Hog fans that boo them should be ashamed of themselves As much as players say they donrsquot listen to nega-tivity they still hear it If Arkansas fans pack out Donald W Reynolds Razorback Stadium it becomes a very hostile environment for the visiting team Fans need to come and encour-age the team so that the Razorbacks can make the most of the home field advantage

Five keys to an Arkansas victory over AlabamaTide not paying attention to Arkansas loss to ULM

rron said more than any-Arkansasrsquo loss would

serve to make the team

ah definitelyrdquo McCarronThey still got a chance to

he SEC Theyrsquore definitely to throw everything in

book at u s e

g o

to ready f o r hings t h e y rsquo v e

n us on film things that avenrsquot and things theyrsquore to come up withrdquo Arkansasrsquo loss to the

awks isnrsquot the only thing may serve as a distraction

abama Arkansas senior erback Tyler Wilson thrown for 568 yards andouchdowns so far this n suffered a head injuryst ULM and is question-o play in Saturdayrsquos gameardless Saban said he t going to let his play-ssume theyrsquod be playing st freshman quarterback on Allen Wilsonrsquos back-

body here should be feel-arm and cozy about the teamrsquos circumstance or

ionrdquo Saban said ldquoWe o be thinking about whated to do to be success-gardless of who plays in merdquomessage seems to have with Sabanrsquos defensive

rs as seniors Robert and Nico Johnson have

said theyrsquore preparing Wilson is going to play

said even if he doesnrsquot Arkansasrsquo other playmak-n offense would be more

absenceldquoWersquore looking at it as if he is

going to playrdquo Lester said ldquoAnd even if he doesnrsquot Arkansas hasgreat players and their backups are more than capable of com-ing in and managing the gameand making playsrdquo

S t i l l despite all the questions surrounding Arkansasrsquo team McCarron said the onlything his team should worryabout is what it can control improving on last weekrsquos per-formance over the Hilltoppers

Alabamarsquos defense didnrsquotseem to play with the sameintensity as usual and the offensive line considered pos-sibly one of the nationrsquos best gave up six sacks on McCarronEven on special teams sopho-more wide receiver ChristionJones let a few punts go thathe should have fielded

For McCarron improve-ments can be made all over the field

ldquoKind of a let-down week to ourstandards so wersquore definitely going to have to step it uprdquo McCarron said ldquoFirst SEC game in-confer-ence game soo wewersquorsquoll definitelyy hhave to be onon ourrA - g ag a m em em ec oo mm eeeeeeeet h iii ssssssssssswweeeekkkkkkk----eenddrdquordquordquordquordquo

Staff Writer for The Arkansas Traveler

1 Forget Last WeekThe clicheacute ldquojust take o

game at a timerdquo has beused for years in sports Moften it is used for teams thave big games in the weeahead but it can also apply

teams coming off bad lossArkansas shou

not have lost the Universof LouisianMonroe ae v e r y o n

knows it TRazorbac

must cop l e t eput U Lg a mo u

of thminds

order to copete against Alabam

2 No Needless PenaltTwo weeks in a r

Arkansas has bepenalized for unspor

manlike conduct for hitta player after he was out

bounds These penalties gopponents a first down and mo

them up 15 yards With an offensepotent as Alabamarsquos Arkansas caafford to give them second chancLikewise if the Hogs are movingball on Alabamarsquos stiff defense thcacanrsquon t t afford to lose yards with fastststs arts

3 OOffensiveDefensive LinThhe e Crimson Tide

knknknkkkkkkkknowwn for its hannnooononnnnn seed physical playbbbbbooobob thh sides of the bOOOOOOOnOOOO the offensive li

The Arkansas Traveler

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DOWNTIMEFun-filled Time Wasters

ACROSS1 14-time All-Star

catcherRodriguezfamiliarly

6 Smarten (up)11 Data proc

equipment14 Amer economic

assistance15 Dermatologistrsquos

concern16 Skill17 ldquoKarma

Chameleonrdquoband

19 Boot part20 __ Sutra21 Dipped in a well

maybe22 Behold to Livy23 Tilts25 Space traveler27 Corrida celebrity29 Global positioning

fig30 __ alai32 Turner memoir34 State with a 45-

mile Canadianborder

38 Notable time39 With 40-Across

kidrsquos toy and aword that canprecede the firstword of thestarred answers

40 See 39-Across and a word thatcan precede thelast word of thestarred answers

42 White __43 Ministers to45 Lengthwise47 ldquoDeadwoodrdquo

channel48 Tampa NFLer50 Learn well52 Itrsquos not good to

meet with it56 18-and-overs59 Programs for 11-

Across briefly60 __ Reason62 Trendy NYC

section63 Hwy64 Used car selling

point66 D Petraeusrsquos title67 Shorthand

system

68 Seen enough69 Not quite right70 ldquoThe Gondoliersrdquo

bride71 Actor Mike

DOWN1 Kings shoot

them2 Unremarkable3 Firehouse

mascot4 Jeans brand5 URL ender6 WWII weapon7 Singles out8 Shoreline recess9 Middle Aged

10 ldquoSwellrdquo11 Sewing kit item12 Spring bloomers13 Awfully expensive18 Not back down

from as achallenge

22 Founded Abbr24 Outwits on the

stand26 One invoked

during a drought28 ldquoLive With Kellyrdquo

host30 Shark attack

victim31 ldquo__ you for realrdquo

33 Lots35 Fair-haired36 Fireplace food-

warming shelf37 Tic-tac-toe loser41 Dicey44 Two-baggers

Abbr46 Birds do it49 Eau __51 ldquoProject __rdquo

fashion designshow

52 Red River city53 Made a choice54 Topple55 Actress

Moorehead57 The enemyrsquos58 Separates by

type61 ldquoThree Sistersrdquo

sister64 Pvtrsquos boss65 Electrical

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By Gary Lowe 91312

(c)2012 Tribune Media Services Inc 91312

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Editor | Marquavius Burnettcrimsonwhitesportsgmailcom

Thursday September 13 2012SPORTSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 12

By Zac Al-KhateebStaff Reporter

If the Alabama football team was able to take any lesson away from its game against Western Kentucky on Saturday itrsquos that it canrsquot afford not to play up to its standards regardless of the opponent

The Crimson Tide will see if it was able to learn that lesson this weekend when it travels to Fayetteville Ark to take on the Arkansas Razorbacks a team that much like the Tide didnrsquot play up to its standards Saturday ndash the Razorbacks lost a stunner to the University of Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks 34-31 in overtime

In that game no Arkansas rusher eclipsed 100 yards including junior Knile Davis and the defense gave up over 500 yards of total offense to the Warhawks

Despite the Razorbacksrsquo per-formance against what many believe was an inferior oppo-nent Alabama head coach Nick Saban said he wasnrsquot going to let their loss affect the way his team prepared for the game

ldquoThey had a very difficult misfortune in the last game that they werenrsquot able to over-comerdquo Saban said ldquoBut we still have to expect that wersquore going to get their very best perfor-mance and we need to have our very best performance if wersquore going to be able to play the kind of game we need to play on the road and have a chance to be successful against what we think is a very very good teamrdquo

Indeed rather than use their loss as an excuse not to prepare Alabama is instead expecting to motivate the Razorbacks head-ing into the game

Junior quarterback AJ McCarron said more than any-thing Arkansasrsquo loss would only serve to make the team angry

ldquoYeah definitelyrdquo McCarron said ldquoThey still got a chance to win the SEC Theyrsquore definitely going to throw everything in the book at u s W e rsquo r e going t o have to be ready f o r the things t h e y rsquo v e shown us on film things that they havenrsquot and things theyrsquore going to come up withrdquo

Still Arkansasrsquo loss to the Warhawks isnrsquot the only thing that may serve as a distraction for Alabama Arkansas senior quarterback Tyler Wilson whorsquos thrown for 568 yards and five touchdowns so far this season suffered a head injury against ULM and is question-able to play in Saturdayrsquos game

Regardless Saban said he wasnrsquot going to let his play-ers assume theyrsquod be playing against freshman quarterback Brandon Allen Wilsonrsquos back-up

ldquoNobody here should be feel-ing warm and cozy about the other teamrsquos circumstance or situationrdquo Saban said ldquoWe need to be thinking about what we need to do to be success-ful regardless of who plays in the gamerdquo

The message seems to have stuck with Sabanrsquos defensive players as seniors Robert Lester and Nico Johnson have both said theyrsquore preparing as if Wilson is going to play Lester said even if he doesnrsquot play Arkansasrsquo other playmak-ers on offense would be more

than enough to make up for his absence

ldquoWersquore looking at it as if he is going to playrdquo Lester said ldquoAnd even if he doesnrsquot Arkansas has great players and their backups are more than capable of com-ing in and managing the game and making playsrdquo

S t i l l despite all the questions surrounding Arkansasrsquo team McCarron said the only thing his team should worry about is what it can control improving on last weekrsquos per-formance over the Hilltoppers

Alabamarsquos defense didnrsquot seem to play with the same intensity as usual and the offensive line considered pos-sibly one of the nationrsquos best gave up six sacks on McCarron Even on special teams sopho-more wide receiver Christion Jones let a few punts go that he should have fielded

For McCarron improve-ments can be made all over the field

ldquoKind of a let-down week to our standards so wersquore definitely going to have to step it uprdquo McCarron said ldquoFirst SEC game in-confer-ence game so wersquoll definitely have to be on our A - g a m e c o m e t h i s week-endrdquo

Both sides of Saturday Preview of Alabama-Arkansas

By Andrew Hutchinson Staff Writer for The Arkansas Traveler

1 Forget Last WeekThe clicheacute ldquojust take one

game at a timerdquo has been used for years in sports Most often it is used for teams that have big games in the weeks ahead but it can also apply to

teams coming off bad losses Arkansas should

not have lost to the University of Louisiana-Monroe and e v e r y o n e

knows it The Razorbacks

must com-p l e t e l y put the U L M g a m e o u t

of their minds in

order to com-pete against Alabama

2 No Needless PenaltiesTwo weeks in a row

Arkansas has been penalized for unsports-

manlike conduct for hitting a player after he was out of

bounds These penalties give opponents a first down and move

them up 15 yards With an offense as potent as Alabamarsquos Arkansas canrsquot afford to give them second chances Likewise if the Hogs are moving the ball on Alabamarsquos stiff defense they canrsquot afford to lose yards with false starts

3 OffensiveDefensive LineThe Crimson Tide is

known for its hard-nosed physical play on both sides of the ball On the offensive line

Alabama is led by reigning Outland Trophy winner Barrett Jones as well as two other potential first-round NFL draft picks (DJ Fluker and Chance Warmack) They open gaping holes for running backs and provide quar-terback AJ McCarron ample time tofind open receivers On the defensive line Alabama averages 6rsquo4rdquo 299 lbs two deep Theyrsquoll challenge Arkansasrsquo relatively inexperienced offensive line Both Arkansas lines must step up their game and players must fill the holes left in the offense and defense by Kiero Small and Tevin Mitchel respectively if Arkansas is to have a chance

4 Wrap Up on DefenseSeveral plays against ULM almost

resulted in sacks but Arkansas defend-ers couldnrsquot bring down quarterback Kolton Browning They were getting a hand on him but never wrapped him up allowing him to escape and make plays Also when the Hogs hit ULMrsquos running backs and wide receivers it usually took a couple players to tackle them If Arkansas gets past Alabamarsquos stellar offensive line they must capi-talize and sack McCarron or tackle their running back

5 Fan SupportArkansas is coming off its most

embarrassing loss since losing to TheCitadel in 1992 and some would argue this is worse than that loss Fans are not happy but that doesnrsquot mean they shouldnrsquot support the team The play-ers have practiced all year and are not going out there and intentionally los-ing Hog fans that boo them should be ashamed of themselves As much as players say they donrsquot listen to nega-tivity they still hear it If Arkansas fans pack out Donald W Reynolds Razorback Stadium it becomes a very hostile environment for the visiting team Fans need to come and encour-age the team so that the Razorbacks can make the most of the home field advantage

Five keys to an Arkansas victory over AlabamaTide not paying attention to Arkansas loss to ULM

rron said more than any-Arkansasrsquo loss would

serve to make the team

ah definitelyrdquo McCarronThey still got a chance to

he SEC Theyrsquore definitely to throw everything in

book at u s e

g o

to ready f o r hings t h e y rsquo v e

n us on film things that avenrsquot and things theyrsquore to come up withrdquo Arkansasrsquo loss to the

awks isnrsquot the only thing may serve as a distraction

abama Arkansas senior erback Tyler Wilson thrown for 568 yards andouchdowns so far this n suffered a head injuryst ULM and is question-o play in Saturdayrsquos gameardless Saban said he t going to let his play-ssume theyrsquod be playing st freshman quarterback on Allen Wilsonrsquos back-

body here should be feel-arm and cozy about the teamrsquos circumstance or

ionrdquo Saban said ldquoWe o be thinking about whated to do to be success-gardless of who plays in merdquomessage seems to have with Sabanrsquos defensive

rs as seniors Robert and Nico Johnson have

said theyrsquore preparing Wilson is going to play

said even if he doesnrsquot Arkansasrsquo other playmak-n offense would be more

absenceldquoWersquore looking at it as if he is

going to playrdquo Lester said ldquoAnd even if he doesnrsquot Arkansas hasgreat players and their backups are more than capable of com-ing in and managing the gameand making playsrdquo

S t i l l despite all the questions surrounding Arkansasrsquo team McCarron said the onlything his team should worryabout is what it can control improving on last weekrsquos per-formance over the Hilltoppers

Alabamarsquos defense didnrsquotseem to play with the sameintensity as usual and the offensive line considered pos-sibly one of the nationrsquos best gave up six sacks on McCarronEven on special teams sopho-more wide receiver ChristionJones let a few punts go thathe should have fielded

For McCarron improve-ments can be made all over the field

ldquoKind of a let-down week to ourstandards so wersquore definitely going to have to step it uprdquo McCarron said ldquoFirst SEC game in-confer-ence game soo wewersquorsquoll definitelyy hhave to be onon ourrA - g ag a m em em ec oo mm eeeeeeeet h iii ssssssssssswweeeekkkkkkk----eenddrdquordquordquordquordquo

Staff Writer for The Arkansas Traveler

1 Forget Last WeekThe clicheacute ldquojust take o

game at a timerdquo has beused for years in sports Moften it is used for teams thave big games in the weeahead but it can also apply

teams coming off bad lossArkansas shou

not have lost the Universof LouisianMonroe ae v e r y o n

knows it TRazorbac

must cop l e t eput U Lg a mo u

of thminds

order to copete against Alabam

2 No Needless PenaltTwo weeks in a r

Arkansas has bepenalized for unspor

manlike conduct for hitta player after he was out

bounds These penalties gopponents a first down and mo

them up 15 yards With an offensepotent as Alabamarsquos Arkansas caafford to give them second chancLikewise if the Hogs are movingball on Alabamarsquos stiff defense thcacanrsquon t t afford to lose yards with fastststs arts

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Thursday September 13 2012SPORTSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 12

By Zac Al-KhateebStaff Reporter

If the Alabama football team was able to take any lesson away from its game against Western Kentucky on Saturday itrsquos that it canrsquot afford not to play up to its standards regardless of the opponent

The Crimson Tide will see if it was able to learn that lesson this weekend when it travels to Fayetteville Ark to take on the Arkansas Razorbacks a team that much like the Tide didnrsquot play up to its standards Saturday ndash the Razorbacks lost a stunner to the University of Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks 34-31 in overtime

In that game no Arkansas rusher eclipsed 100 yards including junior Knile Davis and the defense gave up over 500 yards of total offense to the Warhawks

Despite the Razorbacksrsquo per-formance against what many believe was an inferior oppo-nent Alabama head coach Nick Saban said he wasnrsquot going to let their loss affect the way his team prepared for the game

ldquoThey had a very difficult misfortune in the last game that they werenrsquot able to over-comerdquo Saban said ldquoBut we still have to expect that wersquore going to get their very best perfor-mance and we need to have our very best performance if wersquore going to be able to play the kind of game we need to play on the road and have a chance to be successful against what we think is a very very good teamrdquo

Indeed rather than use their loss as an excuse not to prepare Alabama is instead expecting to motivate the Razorbacks head-ing into the game

Junior quarterback AJ McCarron said more than any-thing Arkansasrsquo loss would only serve to make the team angry

ldquoYeah definitelyrdquo McCarron said ldquoThey still got a chance to win the SEC Theyrsquore definitely going to throw everything in the book at u s W e rsquo r e going t o have to be ready f o r the things t h e y rsquo v e shown us on film things that they havenrsquot and things theyrsquore going to come up withrdquo

Still Arkansasrsquo loss to the Warhawks isnrsquot the only thing that may serve as a distraction for Alabama Arkansas senior quarterback Tyler Wilson whorsquos thrown for 568 yards and five touchdowns so far this season suffered a head injury against ULM and is question-able to play in Saturdayrsquos game

Regardless Saban said he wasnrsquot going to let his play-ers assume theyrsquod be playing against freshman quarterback Brandon Allen Wilsonrsquos back-up

ldquoNobody here should be feel-ing warm and cozy about the other teamrsquos circumstance or situationrdquo Saban said ldquoWe need to be thinking about what we need to do to be success-ful regardless of who plays in the gamerdquo

The message seems to have stuck with Sabanrsquos defensive players as seniors Robert Lester and Nico Johnson have both said theyrsquore preparing as if Wilson is going to play Lester said even if he doesnrsquot play Arkansasrsquo other playmak-ers on offense would be more

than enough to make up for his absence

ldquoWersquore looking at it as if he is going to playrdquo Lester said ldquoAnd even if he doesnrsquot Arkansas has great players and their backups are more than capable of com-ing in and managing the game and making playsrdquo

S t i l l despite all the questions surrounding Arkansasrsquo team McCarron said the only thing his team should worry about is what it can control improving on last weekrsquos per-formance over the Hilltoppers

Alabamarsquos defense didnrsquot seem to play with the same intensity as usual and the offensive line considered pos-sibly one of the nationrsquos best gave up six sacks on McCarron Even on special teams sopho-more wide receiver Christion Jones let a few punts go that he should have fielded

For McCarron improve-ments can be made all over the field

ldquoKind of a let-down week to our standards so wersquore definitely going to have to step it uprdquo McCarron said ldquoFirst SEC game in-confer-ence game so wersquoll definitely have to be on our A - g a m e c o m e t h i s week-endrdquo

Both sides of Saturday Preview of Alabama-Arkansas

By Andrew Hutchinson Staff Writer for The Arkansas Traveler

1 Forget Last WeekThe clicheacute ldquojust take one

game at a timerdquo has been used for years in sports Most often it is used for teams that have big games in the weeks ahead but it can also apply to

teams coming off bad losses Arkansas should

not have lost to the University of Louisiana-Monroe and e v e r y o n e

knows it The Razorbacks

must com-p l e t e l y put the U L M g a m e o u t

of their minds in

order to com-pete against Alabama

2 No Needless PenaltiesTwo weeks in a row

Arkansas has been penalized for unsports-

manlike conduct for hitting a player after he was out of

bounds These penalties give opponents a first down and move

them up 15 yards With an offense as potent as Alabamarsquos Arkansas canrsquot afford to give them second chances Likewise if the Hogs are moving the ball on Alabamarsquos stiff defense they canrsquot afford to lose yards with false starts

3 OffensiveDefensive LineThe Crimson Tide is

known for its hard-nosed physical play on both sides of the ball On the offensive line

Alabama is led by reigning Outland Trophy winner Barrett Jones as well as two other potential first-round NFL draft picks (DJ Fluker and Chance Warmack) They open gaping holes for running backs and provide quar-terback AJ McCarron ample time tofind open receivers On the defensive line Alabama averages 6rsquo4rdquo 299 lbs two deep Theyrsquoll challenge Arkansasrsquo relatively inexperienced offensive line Both Arkansas lines must step up their game and players must fill the holes left in the offense and defense by Kiero Small and Tevin Mitchel respectively if Arkansas is to have a chance

4 Wrap Up on DefenseSeveral plays against ULM almost

resulted in sacks but Arkansas defend-ers couldnrsquot bring down quarterback Kolton Browning They were getting a hand on him but never wrapped him up allowing him to escape and make plays Also when the Hogs hit ULMrsquos running backs and wide receivers it usually took a couple players to tackle them If Arkansas gets past Alabamarsquos stellar offensive line they must capi-talize and sack McCarron or tackle their running back

5 Fan SupportArkansas is coming off its most

embarrassing loss since losing to TheCitadel in 1992 and some would argue this is worse than that loss Fans are not happy but that doesnrsquot mean they shouldnrsquot support the team The play-ers have practiced all year and are not going out there and intentionally los-ing Hog fans that boo them should be ashamed of themselves As much as players say they donrsquot listen to nega-tivity they still hear it If Arkansas fans pack out Donald W Reynolds Razorback Stadium it becomes a very hostile environment for the visiting team Fans need to come and encour-age the team so that the Razorbacks can make the most of the home field advantage

Five keys to an Arkansas victory over AlabamaTide not paying attention to Arkansas loss to ULM

rron said more than any-Arkansasrsquo loss would

serve to make the team

ah definitelyrdquo McCarronThey still got a chance to

he SEC Theyrsquore definitely to throw everything in

book at u s e

g o

to ready f o r hings t h e y rsquo v e

n us on film things that avenrsquot and things theyrsquore to come up withrdquo Arkansasrsquo loss to the

awks isnrsquot the only thing may serve as a distraction

abama Arkansas senior erback Tyler Wilson thrown for 568 yards andouchdowns so far this n suffered a head injuryst ULM and is question-o play in Saturdayrsquos gameardless Saban said he t going to let his play-ssume theyrsquod be playing st freshman quarterback on Allen Wilsonrsquos back-

body here should be feel-arm and cozy about the teamrsquos circumstance or

ionrdquo Saban said ldquoWe o be thinking about whated to do to be success-gardless of who plays in merdquomessage seems to have with Sabanrsquos defensive

rs as seniors Robert and Nico Johnson have

said theyrsquore preparing Wilson is going to play

said even if he doesnrsquot Arkansasrsquo other playmak-n offense would be more

absenceldquoWersquore looking at it as if he is

going to playrdquo Lester said ldquoAnd even if he doesnrsquot Arkansas hasgreat players and their backups are more than capable of com-ing in and managing the gameand making playsrdquo

S t i l l despite all the questions surrounding Arkansasrsquo team McCarron said the onlything his team should worryabout is what it can control improving on last weekrsquos per-formance over the Hilltoppers

Alabamarsquos defense didnrsquotseem to play with the sameintensity as usual and the offensive line considered pos-sibly one of the nationrsquos best gave up six sacks on McCarronEven on special teams sopho-more wide receiver ChristionJones let a few punts go thathe should have fielded

For McCarron improve-ments can be made all over the field

ldquoKind of a let-down week to ourstandards so wersquore definitely going to have to step it uprdquo McCarron said ldquoFirst SEC game in-confer-ence game soo wewersquorsquoll definitelyy hhave to be onon ourrA - g ag a m em em ec oo mm eeeeeeeet h iii ssssssssssswweeeekkkkkkk----eenddrdquordquordquordquordquo

Staff Writer for The Arkansas Traveler

1 Forget Last WeekThe clicheacute ldquojust take o

game at a timerdquo has beused for years in sports Moften it is used for teams thave big games in the weeahead but it can also apply

teams coming off bad lossArkansas shou

not have lost the Universof LouisianMonroe ae v e r y o n

knows it TRazorbac

must cop l e t eput U Lg a mo u

of thminds

order to copete against Alabam

2 No Needless PenaltTwo weeks in a r

Arkansas has bepenalized for unspor

manlike conduct for hitta player after he was out

bounds These penalties gopponents a first down and mo

them up 15 yards With an offensepotent as Alabamarsquos Arkansas caafford to give them second chancLikewise if the Hogs are movingball on Alabamarsquos stiff defense thcacanrsquon t t afford to lose yards with fastststs arts

3 OOffensiveDefensive LinThhe e Crimson Tide

knknknkkkkkkkknowwn for its hannnooononnnnn seed physical playbbbbbooobob thh sides of the bOOOOOOOnOOOO the offensive li

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