A HOUSEWITHOUT A

HOMEThe University of

Alabamarsquos plan to remove one of its most historic properties to make way for a new dining hall has sparked controversy as some students and alum-ni unite in protest worried that the Capstonersquos plans for expansion are rolling over its rich history

The Kilgore House built in 1890 and historic due to

its role in the admission of women to the University sits on property the University has dedicated for a new din-ing hall UA spokeswoman Cathy Andreen confirmed the Universityrsquos plan to build a new Fresh Foods dining facil-ity on the property by 2014 but said a potential buyer is inter-ested in relocating the house

This summer the University hosted two sealed-bid auc-tions in July and August hop-ing to attract a buyer who was willing to purchase and move

the house The house failed to attract a bid in either one For now the house remains with-out a buyer

Now students and commu-nity members are heighten-ing their calls for someone to save the building Though there are no confirmed buy-ers to save the building yet some are coming forward with plans

Robert Mellown a retired art history professor at the University and an architec-tural historian is working

with Suzanne Wolfe founding editor of Alabamarsquos Heritage Magazine to save the historic building Together they run the ldquoSave the Kilgore Houserdquo Facebook page that explains the importance of the Kilgore House and encourages others to join in the fight to preserve it and the history associated with the house The page links to a petition for the housersquos salvation which now holds 336 signatures

By Melissa BrownNews Editor

Beat Auburn Beat Hunger ramped up their kickoff week with a pie to the face for Jack ldquoThe Facerdquo Blankenship at the Ferguson Plaza Wednesday to begin the 18th annual BABH food drive

The program dates back to 1994 when The University of Alabama Community Service Center and the West Alabama Food Bank teamed up to challenge Auburn University and the Food Bank of East Alabama according to the BABH website

Taking advantage of the storied rivalry between the two schools the light-hearted compe-tition works to combat hunger and poverty in Alabama Nearly three million pounds of food have been collected for Alabamians without enough to eat since 1994

The West Alabama Food Bank services the Bibb Fayette Greene Hale Lamar Marion Pickens Sumter and Tuscaloosa counties According to the BABH website 20 percent of the families living in those counties live below the poverty line

ldquoBABHrsquos main objec-

tive is to help alleviate hunger insecurity in the West Alabama areardquo Haley Clemons director of public relations and outreach for the CSC said ldquoThe two schools create friendly compe-tition by engaging the community and creat-ing awareness of hunger insecurity Yes we are fighting for a trophy (and we want to win) but the positive impact that the competition has on the community is what BABH is all aboutrdquo

The University of Alabama won the food fight last year collect-ing 237079 pounds of food compared to Auburnrsquos 134 102 Andreacutes Mendieta student direc-tor of BABH said this yearrsquos program hopes to up last yearrsquos collection

ldquoWersquove definitely been off to a great start in this first week of BABHrdquo Mendieta said ldquoOur goal this year is 250000 pounds and Irsquom confi-dent that the UA commu-nity will be able to come together to reach that goal Irsquom excited to see the results after these six weeksrdquo

Faculty members from the CSC work closely with student directors and committee members to organize and promote over 15 events to raise money and collect food items

By Stephen N DethrageProduction Editor

Vice President for Student Affairs Mark Nelson released a statement Wednesday night in response to concerns about the anonymous email that The Crimson White reported on earlier in the week In it Nelson said the University takes the process of pledgeship and

allegations of associated hazing very seriously and outlined the process of investigating those allegations and the resources in place to ensure that the pledge-ship process was as free of haz-ing as possible

ldquoI know there have been concerns expressed about the anonymous letter reported by the CW in Tuesdayrsquos editionrdquo Nelson said ldquoWhile we have confirmed that a similar lsquoanon-ymousrsquo letter was also sent to other universities in the SEC I want to emphasize that UA

will continue to take allega-tions of hazing and the nation-al problem of alcohol abuse very seriouslyrdquo

ldquoWe take immediate steps to investigate and respond to any allegation of inappropriate behaviorrdquo he said citing the Office of Greek Affairsrsquo year-long work with fraternities and sororities to educate them on hazing a shorter pledge period of seven weeks a lim-ited and monitored number of hours that pledges can be in the house each day from 10 am

to 6 pm required study halls for each chapter and required educational programs every Tuesday night for all new greek members

Nelson said security guards patrol the areas outside fra-ternity houses between 11 pm and 3 am every night as well to be able to deal quickly with any problems that occur and the hazing and harassment hot-line is monitored daily by mem-bers of the Student Affairs staff

By Lauren Ferguson and Katherine OwenCW Staff

The Avett Brothers will be returning to Tuscaloosa

to make a second perfor-mance at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater With the release of their newest album in September many UA students are excited to have the folk band back

Discounted tickets for the concert are still on sale through the Ferguson

Center Student Union until Thursday Oct 11 at 5 pm No reserved seat tickets are left but students can purchase up to two general admission tickets for $20 each

For many students the dis-counted price was an added bonus to the concert

Brian Bartlett a junior majoring in mechanical engineering and avid fan of the Avett Brothers attend-ed their first concert at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater and said he enjoyed the show

ldquoIt was a really great showrdquo Bartlett said ldquoI got

to see them 10 feet away for $10 and it was the first time for me to see them liverdquo

Bartlett said in addition to them being one of his favor-ite bands he thinks folk music makes for good live shows appealing to a wide audience

ldquoI think it really helps that

the University sells discount-ed ticketsrdquo he said ldquoIrsquom not sure why the University has picked the Avett Brothers twice but I think it helps stu-dents get out and experience the amphitheater that maybe have never been beforerdquo

Thursday October 11 2012 Serving the University of Alabama since 1894 Vol 119 Issue 37

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NEWS | KILGORE HOUSE

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NEWS | BEAT AUBURN BEAT HUNGER

NEWS | GREEK LIFE

CULTURE | TUSCALOOSA AMPHITHEATER

Discounted general admission Avett Brothers tickets available at Ferg

SEE LETTER PAGE 7

SEE BABH PAGE 3SEE KILGORE PAGE 3

SEE AVETT PAGE 3

Folk band returns to Tuscaloosa tonight

SubmittedJack Blankenship famous for ldquoThe Facerdquo gets pied in the face at Beat Auburn Beat Hungerrsquos kickoff event

Future of Kilgore House still unknown

By Sarah Robinson | Contributing WriterPhoto Illustration by Austin Bigoney | Assistant Photo Editor

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What Engineering Day

Where HM Comer Hall

When 8 am - 1230 pm

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Where Ferguson Center TV Lounge

When 8 am - 6 pm

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When 4 - 5 pm

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BELLEFONTE Pa ndash Jerry Sanduskyrsquos abuse shattered the formative years of his young victimsrsquo lives For that a judge decided Tuesday he will pay with the waning years of his own

The former Pennsylvania State University assistant foot-ball coach was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison Tuesday for the serial sexual molestation of 10 adolescent boys

The punishment effectively ensures that the 68-year-old will remain incarcerated for the rest of his life Judge John M Cleland said

ldquoIt is the ultimate tragedy of this situation that all the quali-ties that made you so successful as a coach and community lead-er concealed those vices that let you downrdquo the judge said addressing Sandusky at a hear-ing in Centre County Court ldquoIt is exactly your ability to conceal those vices that in my opinion makes you dangerousrdquo

Sandusky dressed in a red jail jumpsuit stood stone-faced as his sentence was read But in a rambling speech that incorporat-ed sports metaphors discussion of his sexual relationship with his wife Dorothy and compari-sons of himself to other sports underdogs like the racehorse

Seabiscuit he vowed to continue efforts to clear his name

ldquoWersquore in the fourth quarterrdquo he said ldquoIn the fourth quarter you find out who will stand by you For those still standing up for me we will continue to fightrdquo

Afterward he was returned to the Centre County jail where he is expected to stay at least 10 more days before being sent to a state prison processing center near Camp Hill There a deci-sion will be made on where he will serve out his punishment

Tuesdayrsquos sentence marked a significant milestone in a scandal that turned Sandusky a nationally famous coach and a revered philanthropist into

one of the most reviled men in America

At his June trial at which a jury convicted him of 45 counts of child sex abuse prosecutors detailed a pattern of abuse in which the former coach targeted boys with absent fathers gave them access to the Penn State football community and eventu-ally pressed them for sex

Eight accusers took the stand Each told harrowing tales of Sandusky entering their lives as a mentor and father figure through the Second Mile the charity he founded for under-privileged youth only to become their predator

In court Tuesday several described their continuing struggle to process the abuse they endured

ldquoIrsquom troubled with flashbacks of his naked bodyrdquo the 26-year-old identified in court documents as Victim 5 told the judge ldquoThe sentencing will never erase what he did to me It will never erase from my memory his hands on my skin or mine on hisrdquo

The mother of another 19-year-old victim said in a state-ment read in court that she now questions all of her parenting decisions since learning the man she brought into her sonrsquos life as a surrogate father turned out to be a pedophile

ldquoI blame myself and still do for your sick indulgencesrdquo she wrote

Others adopted a more force-ful tone in addressing their abuser

ldquoI grew up in a bad situation and you made things worserdquo said the 29-year-old known as Victim 4 ldquoYou should be ashamed of yourselfrdquo

In explaining his sentenc-ing decision Cleland noted the

resulting community fallout from Sanduskyrsquos crimes

In July the NCAA imposed crippling sanctions on Penn Statersquos once-revered football program alleging that several top administrators covered up allegations against him

Head football coach Joe Paterno and college president Graham B Spanier both lost their jobs for their handling of the scandal

ldquoSo many people have been personally involved in the issues surrounding this case and its falloutrdquo Cleland said ldquoFor some their innocence has been takenfor others their sense of com-munity has been shattered All of them have come here lookingfor justicerdquo

But as the sentencing closed one chapter of the Sandusky saga more are still to come

Two former university admin-istrators ndash suspended athletic director Tim Curley and former vice president Gary Schultz ndash face trial in January for reportedly fail-ing to notify authorities of earlier allegations against Sandusky and later lying about them to a grand jury Their lawyers watched Tuesdayrsquos hearing attentively from courtroom pews

Four of the former coachrsquos accusers have filed civil suits against Penn State with several more expected to follow in the coming months

And even before the court-room cleared TuesdaySanduskyrsquos defense team began making its case for an appeal

Lawyers Joseph Amendola and Karl Rominger said they intended to contest their clientrsquosconviction within the next 10 days arguing that they did not have enough time to prepare an adequate defense

Sandusky gets 30 to 60 years in prison for sex abuse

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Page 3

Though none of the signers have become buyers at least a few students are coming forward with plans Marina Roberts president of Mallet Assembly posted an idea in a Facebook note on Oct 7 ndash Mallet could save the building

ldquoLoads of people have been raising hell about the Kilgore House and unfortunately nobodyrsquos come to the table with money and a plan for how keeping the house on campus will benefit the [University]rdquo she said in a comment on the note ldquoWe arerdquo

The Mallet Assembly which promotes diver-sity on campus intends to approach the University about

purchasing the Kilgore House The student group is housed in Palmer Hall which is slated to be demolished in the sum-mer of 2014 and is looking for another home

Roberts said she and sev-eral other Mallet leaders plan to house their board of gov-ernors and the faculty mem-bers that serve as advisors of the Assembly in the building They will also propose that the Kilgore serve as a commu-nity space and a place to hold classes

ldquoGiven our legacy of respect for integration and toler-ance it seemed suitable that the Mallet Assembly should participate in the movement to save the Kilgore Houserdquo Roberts said

She said the Mallet Assembly will make their pro-posal in the next three to four weeks to save a home she said

she views as representation of the freedom this generation has been given

ldquoI think those rights are too frequently taken for grantedrdquo Roberts said ldquoThat history needs to be protectedrdquo

Robert Mellown agreed with Robertsrsquo view

ldquoThe Kilgore House is very important for women here at the Universityrdquo Mellown said ldquoItrsquos the only remaining structure thatrsquos associ-ated with the period that women were first allowed to attend the Universityrdquo

According to the ldquoSave the Kilgore Houserdquo Facebook page Bryce Hospital trust-ees built the Kilgore House in 1890 for Bryce Hospitalrsquos first engineer Charles Kilgore and his family The family then

rented out rooms to students between 1905 and 1908 while their niece was attending the University The residence was called the Kilgore Ranch

According to the Facebook Page Anne Hunter the first woman to earn an M S degree at the University and the first female faculty member lived in the Kilgore House with other co-eds

Local businesses like Cold Stone Creamery and Buffalo Wild Wings will host

fundraiser nights through-out October and BABH will sponsor events like ldquoCan-or-Treatrdquo where students will col-lect cans door to door in local neighborhoods

Students who canrsquot make it out to fundraising nights can still get involved Students can

text ldquoBAMArdquo to 27222 and reply ldquoyesrdquo to donate $5 to the West Alabama Food Bank The dona-tion will be added to your phone bill and each dollar donated will provide two pounds of food

ldquoStudents can also come to our American Red Cross Blood Drive eventrdquo Clemons said of

the Oct 30-31 event ldquoFor every pint collected Samrsquos Club will donate a non-perishable food item to BABHrdquo

Students can also drop off canned goods at Express Oil Change amp Service Center according to the BABH website

For some fans though the notice of discounted stu-dent tickets came a little too late Marie Eddins a junior majoring in nursing purchased her tickets from the Ferguson Center for the

Avett Brothersrsquo performance in 2011 but said she didnrsquot know that would be an option this year

ldquoThe student ticket prices are an amazing deal for a concert that could otherwise be really expensiverdquo Eddins said ldquoBut I think they should offer tickets earlierrdquo

Eddins said she already purchased her tickets this summer for twice the price

of student ticketsA long time fan of the Avett

Brothers Eddins said she thinks the concert is worth the regular ticket price regardless

ldquoTheir live performances are even better than their recorded onesrdquo Eddins said ldquoBoth the band and the venue really impressed me last time and I donrsquot think this time will disappoint eitherrdquo

Hannah Holt a junior majoring in finance will be attending her first Avett Brothers performance Thursday Holt said she thinks the Avett Brothers make for a good college town performance because of the density of people ages 15-25

The concert begins at 730 pm and will feature a special guest performance by Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

AVETT FROM PAGE 1

Tuscaloosa a perfect venue for folk group

BABH FROM PAGE 1

BABH more than a canned goods drive

KILGORE FROM PAGE 1

Mallet leader posts plan to buy Kilgore

Area in detail

Kilgore House

Ferguson Center

By Alaina BoukedesContributing Writer

The College of Engineering will host an open house for any school groups current high school students or junior col-lege students Thursday Oct 11 in an effort to inform new-comers about The University of Alabamarsquos growing engi-neering program

Attendees will be provided information about housing financial aid and available scholarships and can register in front of HM Comer Hall from 8 am to 830 am Lunch will be served on the Quad in front of the engineering and science buildings after the open house at 1130 am

The day will start off with departmental tours pro-grams spanning from aero-space engineering to comput-er science

ldquoThis day will help cur-rent students decide which concentration of engineering they want to pursue as well as help future students get to know the programrdquo Rachel

Mitchell a senior majoring in mechanical engineering said

Attendees will tour lab spaces and have the oppor-tunity to speak with faculty members Afterward stu-dents will learn about the organizations within the college These groups vary from the ASCE Concrete Canoe team to professional platforms like the Society of Women Engineers

ldquoThese student pro-gram demonstrations can show prospective students what they would be doing in future yearsrdquo Lynsey Dill coordinator of student recruitment said

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SubmittedJack Blankenship ldquoThe Facerdquo of the University of Alabama gets pied at a kick-off event for UArsquos annual food drive Beat Auburn Beat Hunger

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MCT Campus

As a courtesy wait to party

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

By the end of this most of you will either be thinking ldquoThis guy is completely rightrdquo or ldquoJust shut up nerdrdquo and thatrsquos perfectly OK

I came to The University of Alabama to get a degree Thatrsquos it So for me itrsquos hard to comprehend why anyone who has to spend all day in a classroom would want to spent the entire night before partying then try to manage to stay awake through all those said classes

But I donrsquot have to understand it I have no right to tell other stu-dents to stop partying However I do have a suggestion Just save it for the weekend Three days each week yoursquore free No alarm clocks no classes just whatever you want to do

Because as a ldquostudentrdquo I actually like to be able to stay awake in my classes and the 2 am screaming has got to stop at least on week-days Really itrsquos a win-win You still get to party and we all get that nice little piece of paper to frame in a few years

Benjamin Clark is a junior majoring in journalism

Alabama Democratic Party needs to refocus misson regroup with supportersBy Tray SmithOnline Editor

Last month Alabama voters approved Amendment One which will allow the state to tap reserve funds to fill its financial gap Republican Gov Robert Bentley strongly supported the referendum which allows policymakers in Montgomery to avoid the task of making deep cuts in the General Fund budget

Its passage was also a vic-tory for Democrats though because it preserv es spend-ing for cherished Democratic priorities like Medicaid and mental health That is why many Democrats and Democratic-leaning interests groups supported the amend-ment

Still Alabama Democratic Party Chairman Mark Kennedy couldnrsquot resist using the opportunity to attack his political opponents

ldquoAfter over a hundred years of Democrats getting the job done and making tough decisions on behalf of all Alabamians it took only two years for the Republican supermajority in the

legisla ture to bring the state to the brink of a finan-cial catastropherdquo Kennedy said in a statement

Over a hundred years of Democrats getting the job done

Democrats did indeed con-trol the Alabama Legislature for over 100 years Their reign came to an end in 2010 when Alabama Republicans rode a national GOP tidal wave into an electoral landslide

But what type of job did they do

After a hundred years con-trolling the legislature they left the state with one of the most regressive tax systems in the nation Our school sys-tem was improving but that

was primarily a result of Republican Gov Bob Rileyrsquos leadership on education pol-icy

Even Riley was unable to advance all of his reform pro-posals because of opposition from Democrats and their union allies in Montgomery

These are disappointing results and should be devas-tating to liberals concerned about maintaining a progres-sive tax code and a strong public education system

Of course there isnrsquot any-thing surprising or particu-larly important about a par-tisan statement from a party chairman like Kennedy

What makes his statement revealing is that Alabama Democrats really do seem to think that for the past 100 years they got the ldquojob donerdquo

Normally after devastat-ing loses political parties regroup identify new lead-ers and find a new way to advance their priorities and win elections That is what national Republicans did after they were routed in the 2008 elections which is how they regained their majority

in the US House two years later

Alabama Democrats arenrsquot doing any of this The party isnrsquot putting any energy into revisiting its past failures considering new solutions or advancing a compelling vision for the state

I n s t e a d A l a b a m a Democrats seem to have absolved themselves of any blame for their 2010 defeat and concluded that they just wonrsquot be able to win in Alabama any more

That is a terrible mental-ity Democrat Sue Bell Cobb the former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court resigned last year and declined to stand for re-elec-tion

If she had joined the race she would be facing off against Republican Roy Moore with a good chance of winning votes

from independents and mod-erate Republicans Instead Democrats are currently rallying around Jefferson County Circuit Judge Robert Vance

Vance is a good candidate but he only started campaign-ing in August after the party was forced to remove Harry Lyon its first chief justice nominee from the ballot

Lyon was removed for call-ing ldquogay and same-sex mar-riage votersrdquo an abomination of God

Maybe Vance will still be able to win but the entire debacle is symbolic of a party in disarray That is unfor-tunate for Alabama which desperately needs a strong vibrant Democratic Party to challenge the dominant Republicans

Democrats should be forceful and united in

condemning HB 56 the Republican-initiated immi-gration bill intended to scare people out of our state Democrats shouldnrsquot be working to keep Republicans from passing a charter schools bill they should be criticizing Republicans for not putting forth a better plan for school choice and education reform Democrats should have been prepared to battle Moore in a chief justice race from the outset

Vigorous competition makes both parties improve

There are many ways Democrats could appeal to the conservative inclinations of Alabama voters and chal-lenge Republicans to put for-ward more serious solutions of their own The Democratic Party still has bright young talent that could be of great service to the state

Unfortunately Democrats arenrsquot even trying Even Republicans suffer when the Democratic Party is this bad

Tray Smith is the Online Editor for The Crimson White His column runs on Thursdays

ldquo Alabama Democrats seem to have absolved themselves of any blame for their 2012 defeat and concluded that they just wonrsquot be able to

win in Alabama any more

Stick it to the man stick to the little guys Why La Lola Loca is disappointingBy Mackenzie BrownVisuals Editor

In Mondayrsquos issue of The Crimson White Bama Dining advertised a new food truck called La Lola Loca on the Quad in front of Graves Hall Out of curiosity I decided to give it a try

I had a Loca Taco which I thought was very good Especially since it was some-thing new and different than my standard Subway They can definitely expect my returned business

La Lola Loca is a fran-chise-style food truck with locations on seven college campuses including the University of Florida the University of Tennessee and Baylor University The truck is owned and run by Bama Dining

It surprised me however that the truck was playing music and used a relatively

loud generator and air condi-tioner This comes as a sur-prise only because a locally owned food truck was boot-ed from the same spot last April The truck Brothers Street Eats was founded and run by two recent UA grad-uates The reason for the boot Their generator was too loud

According to an April 17 article of at least two pro-fessors in Graves Hall com-plained about the noise from the truck Others said they did not hear a thing

Bama Dining and UA Auxiliary Services did what they could to fix the problem but could not find a way to make the cost sensible

According to an Aug 21 Wall Street Journal article the loss of revenue caused by the boot forced Brothers Street Eats to shut down

The same article quotes Virginia Johnson the

Universityrsquos associate vice president for auxiliary ser-vices saying ldquoHaving a truck of our own gives us the flexibility to respond directly to our students rather than working with off-campus vendors to address student requestsrdquo

I know Bama Dining does surveys to generate an idea of student needs but I per-sonally have never even filled one out Irsquod feel much more comfortable going up to two students like myself and sharing my comments I know that my comments to them actually mean some-thing because they truly care about the welfare of their business I donrsquot feel this same connection with four minimum wage employ-ees or their bosses in Rose

I know many people espe-cially some of my co-workers were upset to see Brothers Street Eats leave campus I

was upset to learn that the leave forced the local com-pany to shut its doors only to be replaced with a chain food truck company

I understand the need to have University functions centrally managed I also understand that having an outside company operate within the University lim-its creates roadblocks but this university has a duty to its local citizens Why out-source when there is a per-fectly good substitute here locally

Brothers Street Eats was a solid company with good food that many students enjoyed The company had a positive impact on the University and its image Here in the CW newsroom bringing on Brothers Street Eats even gave us hope It showed us that this University wasnrsquot all about money and that they could stick up for the lit-

tle guy Brothers Street Eats was more than just a good place to eat it proved that this university cared more about the welfare of the city and wants and needs of its students than the money it produced

But unfortunately all ofthis went to waste with LaLola Loca

Mackenzie Brown is theVisuals Editor for TheCrimson White

CW FileBrothers Street Eats opened on campus for a short time in Spring 2012

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday October 11 2012 | Page 5

Debates show just how divided the country really isLETTER TO THE EDITOR

Oct 3 became one of the most defining moments of the 2012 Presidential Race At the University of Denver President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney met for the first of three debates the two candi-dates will participate in before the election on Nov 6 Governor Romney had arguably one of his best debate performances on record and President Obama had arguably one of his weakest Naturally the media has been analyzing every clip for the best points of the evening One that stood out to me in particular was Governor Romneyrsquos comments about tackling the nationrsquos defi-cit Governor Romney argued that the deficit is a moral issue due to the fact that the debt of this generation shall fall on the shoulders of the next generation As such he said he would set out by asking the question ldquoIs this program worth borrowing the money from Chinardquo

There are two reasons this point resonated with me The first reason was that it had not been too long ago that I heard the exact opposite argument made by a UA student On Sept 27 The University of Alabama Thomas Paine Project held an economic town hall forum At this forum delegates from the College Democrats Republicans and Young Americans for Liberty came together and dis-cussed how their party could solve Americarsquos economic woes

After each party made their points the audience posed a series of questions to the individ-ual parties One of the questions asked was (and I am paraphras-ing) ldquoWhy was the deficit and the governmentrsquos deficit spend-ing being so heavily criticized and focused on in the debaterdquo

The student that had asked the question revealed himself to be a believer in Keynesian Economics and began to

explain how those that believe in Keynesianrsquos economic theo-ries believe that debt and deficit spending is needed to stimulate the economy This student did not believe that there was a sig-nificant deficit issue and that nothing needed to be done about the debt right away

Both arguments revealed to me how divided a nation we truly live in The national debt which is just over $16 trillion dol-lars is growing at a rate of over five billion dollars each day This rapid borrowing of money cou-pled with impotent leadership incapable of paying the money back has led the US to receive a credit rating of AA- The grow-ing deficit is like the blade of a guillotine growing heavier with each passing second Sooner or later we will not be able to put off paying our lenders On that day the blade will fall and will bring to an end the greatest empire the world has ever known Then our

generation will be the ones that must endure the aftermath

Our leaders on both sides of the aisle out of either ideologi-cal dogma fool hearted hubris or sheer political corruption still refuse to come together to curb their spending and avert this cri-sis What is even more tragic is that the majority of these inept leaders will continue to be re-elected by their constituency simply because they have held the same seat for over 20 years or because they have fooled the voters into believing they actu-ally care about them

The only hope that our nation now has is that our generation will wake up from this apathetic hibernation to overthrow this oligarchy of the corrupt bureau-crat and to restore the republic of the people

Kyle Jones is a freshman major-ing in political science and Spanish

Consider Ala congressional races in Nov electionBy Nathan JamesStaff Columnist

As Election Day approaches and the nationrsquos media become more and more focused on the presidential race itrsquos impor-tant not to forget about the other offices to be decided this November In particular Alabama voters should be aware of the election for their congressperson

Next month Alabama vot-ers will decide between the Democratic Daniel Boman and Republican Robert Aderholt for Alabamarsquos 4th Congressional District And although the ques-tion of character in politics can be a slippery one in this instance Alabamians need to take a close look at the moral background of their candidates

First of all some background information Robert Aderholt

is the incumbent in this race and has served in Congress for 15 years During this time Aderholt has accrued a voting record that includes among other things opposition to clean air bills support for the sale of American oil overseas tax breaks for immensely profit-able oil companies and relaxing the restrictions on the mercury released by Alabama factories

However voters should be equally concerned about Aderholtrsquos appropriation of congressional funds Aderholt is currently under investiga-tion for the chronic misuse of congressional travel stipends Investigation by the House eth-ics committee has revealed that Aderholt has spent fed-eral funds on gifts for his wife unapproved travel expenses and other expenditures that cannot be determined because

Aderholt ldquodoes not keep receiptsrdquo

Boman has a slightly more unusual career In 2010 he was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives as a staunch Republican - unsurprising con-sidering his immensely conser-vative constituency However he had many ideological disagree-ments with other Republicans in the House

During discussion of a con-troversial education bill in 2011 Boman formally switched par-ties

ldquoDuring this current session I have seen this legislative body pass bills that I feel adversely affect what my people back home want need and deserve hellip I will never choose the Party over the people againrdquo Boman said

Whatrsquos remarkable about this switch is that it clearly

had little to no political impact and alienated Boman from his constituency It did not remove the Republican supermajor-ity in the House Boman did it because he thought it was the right thing to do even though it was politically insane

Maybe you feel that the bill Boman was protesting was good and maybe you donrsquot take issue with Aderholtrsquos pro-oil policies But the point is Aderholt has a history of tak-ing whatever he can get from the political system whereas Boman has jeopardized his own career to preserve his political integrity

As a Democrat Boman isnrsquot likely to be elected in Alabama But itrsquos worth a shot

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

print shops as much as it should so we try hard to provide services to the Southeastrdquo Peterson said

Ashley Gorham a second-year student in the MFA Book Arts Program volunteers at The Southern Letterpress

ldquoThe Southern is an inspir-ing space that seems to be a really good addition to down-town Northportrdquo Gorham said ldquoIt brings some youth and excitement to the neigh-borhoodrdquo

Sonja Rossow an MFA Book Arts Program gradu-ate also volunteers at The Southern Rossow who has known Peterson for three years said the shop adds something to the town

ldquoIt gives a added dimension to the arts theme around the Northport and Tuscaloosa areardquo Rossow said

She said Peterson often takes any opportunity to apply her artwork to things going on in the community

Gorham has been print-ing for a year and she said Petersonrsquos passion for art is

apparentldquoShersquos obsessed with print-

ing and I mean that in the most positive wayrdquo Gorham

said ldquoHer passion is con-tagious and I think The Southern is that passion made manifestrdquo

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTSPage 6 | Thursday October 11 2012

By Madison RobertsContributing Writer

The Col lege o f Co m m u n i c at i o n a n d Information Sciences will induct Dolph Tillotson Joe Rumore Sue Medina and Robert E Luckie III into the Communications Hall of Fame Thursday Oct 11 This yearrsquos inductees represent four dif-ferent disciplines in the col-lege advertising library and information studies broad-casting and print journalism

Previous inductees into the hall of fame include Martin Luther King Jr Helen Keller and Pulitzer Prize winning author Harper Lee

Tillotson said when he first received his nomination he was shocked to be among such a well-known group of people

ldquoI was shocked surprised pleased and just a little embar-rassedrdquo Tillotson said ldquoI was

embarrassed because I donrsquot see myself being on a list of honorees with Harper Lee and Martin Luther King Irsquom just a working newspaper man with absolutely no illusions of grandeurrdquo

Tillotson was born and raised in Tuscaloosa and founded newspapers at both his elementary and junior high schools He attended The University of Alabama from 1968 to 1972 and was political editor of The Crimson White during his freshman year He also worked at the University News Bureau the Tuscaloosa News became general editor of the Natchez Democrat and publisher of the Oskaloosa Herald

By the time he was 30 he had been appointed president of Boone Newspapers In 2011 Tillotson was named execu-tive vice president of Southern Newspapers Although his

career took him on a long jour-ney and this is among many of his other achievements Tillotson said he is honored to be inducted into the hall of fame

ldquoBeing inducted into the hall of hame is a wonderful honorrdquo Tillotson said ldquoMy time at The University of Alabama was among the best times of my life It was both challeng-ing and fun To be honored by my alma mater especially when I look at the very distin-guished list of previous honor-ees means a great deal to merdquo

Luckie who is the advertis-ing inductee graduated from the University in 1969 with a BA in marketing After his college career he worked for WAPI radio in Birmingham the Alabama Air National Guard and recently retired from Luckie amp Co which was founded by his father In 2000 the Birmingham chapter of

the American Advertising Federation awarded Luckie the Silver Medal

Rumore a Birmingham native was chosen as an inductee for his distinguished career in radio broadcasting After graduating high school he went to work at WJLD in Bessemer He worked briefly for WSFA in Montgomery and then returned to Birmingham to become a radio broad-caster for WAPI He reported on everything from weather and music to guests on the show After his work at WAPI Rumore accepted a job offer from WVOK where he worked for 30 years

Rumore has been recog-nized by the Country Music DJ Hall of Fame and the Contemporary Achievement Media Award from the Alabama Music Hall of Fame Rumore passed away in 1993 and his son Phillip will attend

the induction ceremony on his behalf

Medina received four degrees pertaining to library and information sciences at Florida State University and worked as a librarian in Japan and Georgia before moving to Alabama After working as a reference librarian for local libraries Medina eventu-ally became a consultant for Planning and Research with the Alabama Public Library Service in Montgomery From 1985 to 2009 Medina was the Director of the Network of Alabama Academic Libraries

Outside her librarian duties she wrote multiple articles geared toward improving library services and bringing libraries into the digital age She has worked for numerous causes including the preserva-tion of Alabama newspapers and READ Alabama

Medina was also largely

involved in creating the digi-tal repository of materials on Alabamarsquos history and the Alabama Virtual Library which allows databases and other resources to be accessedby schools and individuals nationwide

Loy Singleton dean of the College of Communication and Information Sciences said theadvisory board within the col-lege chooses between three and five inductees each year who exemplify the qualities every student should strive to have

ldquoIt is a recognition by the college and the University that you have led a career that we would hold up as an example to our studentsrdquo Singleton said ldquoYou have helped shine a positive light on the state of Alabama and media profes-sionals who work here and have chosen to make their careers hererdquo

CampIS to induct 4 new members into Communications Hall of Fame Thursday

By Sarah RobinsonContributing Writer

Some professors leave their work in the office after class ends but Jessica Peterson an adjunct profes-sor with the Book Arts MFA program practices the craft she teaches when she leaves campus and heads to her own Northport letterpress busi-ness

Peterson co-owns The Southern Letterpress which provides letterpress artwork products and printing to the Southeastern United States

Peterson said she has been interested in art her entire

life beginning with mak-ing books from photocop-ies and LaserJet printers in high school She pursued a career as a graphic designer after college to support her book-making habit working with advertising agencies like GAP and Warner Bros in New York

After working in New York Peterson headed to Alabama to get her MFA in the Book Arts Program At the University she was intro-duced to letterpress printing the oldest form of printing where raised portions of a metal or hard plastic polymer printing plate is doused in ink

and then pressed on paper leaving letters or images

ldquoIt was a historical mes-sage and that really inter-ested merdquo Peterson said ldquoIt was compelling how text and image has been made and dis-tributed for the last 500 years I have been making art for most of my life and itrsquos some-thing I need to dordquo

She opened her first shop in 2011 in Columbus Miss and co-owner Bridget Elmer joined her in 2012 On Sept 6 2012 Peterson opened The Southern Letterpress shop in Northport Ala

ldquoWe feel like the Southeast doesnrsquot really have as many

Book arts professor co-owns Northport letterpress

By Mazie BryantAssistant News Editor

After University of Alabama student Katie Hall lost her grandmother to dementia this past April she was propelled into action spending her fall break running a marathon in honor of the life her role model lived

ldquoI lost a huge idol a huge part of my liferdquo Katie Hall a senior majoring in public rela-tions said ldquoShe was one of the most important people in my liferdquo

Anna Hall was 91 years old when she was officially diagnosed with dementia in November 2011 but her fam-ily believes that she struggled with the disease for nearly five years before

ldquoA lot of people who have a family member diagnosed with dementia take them to a nursing home drop them off and never see them againrdquo Katie Hall said ldquoMany people think lsquoIf they canrsquot remember me why should I take care of themrsquo Itrsquos a heartbreak-ing reality of the disease But instead we became caregivers for her We had a family mem-ber by her side every dayrdquo

Alzheimerrsquos disease a form of dementia that affects mem-ory thought and behavior is just coming to the forefront of medical acknowledgement said Ellie Simpson manag-er of athletic events for the Alzheimerrsquos Association She said the disease is the fifth leading cause of death in older Americans ages 65 and older and more than 54 million peo-ple in America are currently living with it

ldquoWe come from a long line of forgetful peoplerdquo Katie Hall said ldquoWe should have noticed something was wrong earlier but we didnrsquotrdquo

She believes educating peo-ple about the disease can lead to early detection which could then prevent such rapid loss of brain function

ldquoUnfortunately itrsquos not a widely discussed disease but it affects so many peoplerdquo she said ldquoPeople donrsquot talk about it unless theyrsquove been affected by it so the more we get the

word out the more we can pre-vent itrdquo

Katie Hall an athlete in high school planned to get back in shape this year Researching marathons around the coun-try she discovered the Bank of America Chicago Marathon which offered charities a chance to form teams and raise money for their cause The Alzheimerrsquos Association was a participating charity

ldquoPeople were running in honor of somebody in memo-ry of someone or just because they believed in the charityrsquos missionrdquo Katie Hall said ldquoIt was one of those things that I was running anyways so I might as well run for my grandmother To see what my grandmother and family went through I couldnrsquot not do itrdquo

Katie Hall raised money for her run through her love of cooking and clothing She hosted four fundraising lun-cheons at various workplaces established bake sales and earned $200 from selling old clothing through a Facebook photo album

ldquoShersquod train by getting up at 530 am and running and then shersquod run in the after-noon sometimes toordquo Rick Hall Katie Hallrsquos father said ldquoShe was on a strict diet and couldnrsquot eat certain things She craved chocolate but couldnrsquot have any hellip Irsquove been

around the block six or seven times in my life now and it takes a lot to impress me But when someone helps someone who canrsquot help themselves it really impresses merdquo

Katie Hall ran on a team of 152 in a race of nearly 45000 runners on Sunday Oct 7 She was clad in a houndstooth hat in honor of her University and a pin of a picture of her and her grandmother Her parents and family members looked on encouraging her but remind-ing her that she could stop at any point

ldquoI was doing something for my grandmotherrdquo Katie Hall said ldquoI told my mom lsquoFailure is not an option Granny never gave up So Irsquom not going torsquo

ldquoI just kept telling myself She would have wanted this She would have wanted me to help someone or some family who is going through what we went throughrdquo

Katie Hall raised $1100 well over her original goal of $1000 while her marathon team raised a total of more than $149000 She can continue raising funds through Nov 1 and said she hopes the money can educate people of the real-ities of Alzheimerrsquos disease and help those who have been abandoned by their families

ldquoIf it helps just one patient one person one family itrsquos worth itrdquo she said

SubmittedKatie Hall raised more than $1000 for the Alzheimerrsquos Association

In Chicago houndstooth-clad student raises $1100

By Ashley Tripp and Katherine LangnerCW Staff

University of Alabama stu-dents will have the oppor-tunity to purchase parts of past decades today at the 8 on Repeat Vintage Clothing T-shirt sale in the Ferguson Center Lounge Thursday from 8 am to 6 pm

Former UA student Brandon Gardner is bringing 2000 vin-tage T-shirts back to his alma mater

ldquoIrsquom selling vintage con-cert shirts hot-rod shirts old motorcycle shirts college shirts and even some with old-fashioned advertisements on themrdquo Gardner said ldquoI have the most random yet legit stuff from the 70s and 80srdquo

Gardnerrsquos idea of 8 on Repeat Vintage Clothing began after college when he moved back home to Mississippi While at home his mother suggested he sell items from his parentsrsquo antique store on eBay After the success he found through eBay Gardner decided to use the website as a platform to create a business of his own

Gardnerrsquos love and signature look for vintage T-shirts began in high school when he started visiting local thrift stores with his friends With a growing collection Gardner thought it would be a great idea to sell some of them on eBay

ldquoI wanted to try and sell what I was passionate about so I listed some of my old vin-tage T-shirts I had collected over the yearsrdquo Gardner said ldquoI was so surprised by how quickly the shirts started sell-ing on eBay that I knew that I had caught onto something bigrdquo

Since his eBay site was becoming increasingly popu-

lar Gardner decided to expand his online business to pop-up stores taking 8 on Repeat Vintage Clothing on the road With the popular interest of vintage T-shirts among col-lege students Gardner travels frequently to college campus-es and sells shirts to universi-ties such as Mississippi State and Auburn

Gardner said 90 percent of his shirts are on a college bud-get and most of the shirts at the sale range from $10 to $20 with just a few racks of concert shirts that are significantly more expensive due to their rarity

Will Dodd a senior major-ing in political science bought two T-shirts from Gardnerrsquos sale two years ago and plans to check out the sale Thursday

ldquoHe has an incredible col-lection concert tees from the 70s and 80s that you wonrsquot find anywhere elserdquo Dodd said ldquoThese arenrsquot the novelty T-shirts you find in the mall theyrsquore the real thingrdquo

Throughout the years Gardner has come across

shirts that mean more than just a purchase to the cus-tomer He has even met stu-dents who have found a pieceof ancestral history with the T-shirts

ldquoLast year this girl found an old graduation shirt from Huntsville High School it had all these signatures from the graduating studentsrdquo Gardner said ldquoWhen the girl was look-ing at the shirt she found her dadrsquos name written on the backrdquo

A 1975 Jethro Tull band T-shirt is the oldest shirt Gardner has and doesnrsquot col-lect many shirts from before 1989

Last year Gardner sold one of his most rare shirts a 1976 Lynard Skynard T-shirt to a student for $200 Gardner said the customer was so happy with the shirt that they took a picture together holding it

ldquoIn the picture she had thishuge smile and it made me feel good I helped her find that shirtrdquo Gardner said ldquoItrsquos not just a piece of clothing itrsquos a work of artrdquo

UA grad brings back annual vintage T-shirt sale to Ferg

CW | Caitlin TrotterSonja Greentree Rossow a volunteer at Southern Letterpress and friend of the owner operates the letterpress machine Wednesday afternoon

SubmittedUA alumni expected to bring 2000 vintage shirts for Thursdayrsquos sale

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday October 11 2012 | Page 7

By Rich RobinsonAssistant News Editor

Former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and current candidate for the same position Roy Moore has come under fire for recent comments he made regarding same-sex marriage

According to an alcom arti-cle Moore said to a group of conservative activists gathered in Fort Payne Ala on Oct 6 ldquosame-sex marriage will be the ultimate destruction of our country because it destroys the very foundation upon which this nation is basedrdquo

In a telephone interview Moore stood by his controver-sial comments and defended his

appearance at a Tea Party rallyldquoI didnrsquot say anything thatrsquos

outside the lawrdquo Moore said ldquoI said that same-sex marriage is against the law Thatrsquos what a judge has to say It is either OK by the law or it is not OK by the lawrdquo

Moore went on to say same-sex marriage violates the Alabama constitution and the federal Defense Of Marriage Act passed in 1996

Members of The University of Alabamarsquos pro-LGBTQ rights community were not pleased with Moorersquos comments

ldquoI personally find Mr Moorersquos statements on same-sex mar-riage to be ludicrous and incred-ibly offensiverdquo Noah Cannon president of Spectrum said ldquoHe

is using tired and faulty rhetoric to further his own homophobia I personally feel this brand of myopic theocracy has no place in our judicial systemrdquo

Moore said his statements were based on precedent and settled state and federal law When asked specifically how same sex-marriage would destroy the ldquovery foundation upon which this nation is basedrdquo as he claimed in his speech Moore offered up an answer based on family life

ldquoThatrsquos because the founda-tion of our country is founded on families homes where man and woman are recognized as the parents of childrenrdquo Moore said ldquoItrsquos an institution which the courts have no authority

Roy Moorersquos comments prompt UA student reactionCW File

over especially when it violates the lawrdquo

Moore rebutted further criti-cism of his view on the issue by saying that if you just rule according to your feelings and not according to the law you destroy the very foundation of what being a judge is all about

ldquoBasically if you destroy the Constitution your country would fallrdquo Moore said ldquoIf you destroy all the laws that yoursquore under yoursquore country would fall it would become a different placerdquo

Moorersquos Democratic oppo-nent Circuit Court Judge Robert Vance could not be reached for comment by press time

Bradley Davidson the execu-tive director of the Alabama Democratic Party felt Moorersquos comments were out of place considering the next Chief Justice could potentially hear a case on the matter of same-sex marriage He also said he under-stood Moorersquos campaign strat-egy of speaking to members of the Tea Party

ldquoThe Tea Party is obviously a part of the Republican Party theyrsquore an active subset of the conservative movementrdquo Davidson said ldquoIf yoursquore run-ning as a partisan judge as a Republican then those are some of your potential voters so I would understand why he would speak to themrdquo

Lauren Jacobs vice president of Spectrum said she was not per-sonally comfort-able with Moore in office

ldquoWhen people say things like this and young LGBTQ people who are listening are lead to believe that there is something wrong with them that they donrsquot deserve rights that they wonrsquot be treated as full and equal citizens and that they have no other options for being a full member of our soci-ety that to me is what is truly

destructive and uncomfortablerdquo Jacobs said ldquoI would like to see politicians consider the weight of the effects their statements may have on young Alabamians watching themrdquo

In the inter-view Moore claimed thatPresident Barack Obama is disre-garding the law of Congress with the 2011 Justice Department deci-sion that the fed-eral government will not defend the Defense of

Marriage Act in courtldquoItrsquos not the job of a presi-

dent to overturn laws passed by Congress that he doesnrsquot likerdquo Moore said ldquoIn fact if you want to get very specific you go back and see where Barack Obama willy-nilly violates the law and says he has a right to do so So if he canrsquot follow the law passed by Congress then he should resign or be impeachedrdquo

ldquoI didnrsquot say anything thatrsquos outside the law I said that

same-sex marriage is against the law

mdash Roy Moore

Siegelman trial judge speaks at Ferg denies Rove connectionBy Rich RobinsonAssistant News Editor

Mark Fuller a University of Alabama graduate and federal judge best known for presiding over the trial of former Gov Don Siegelman spoke to a group of student leaders at the Ferguson Center last night In an address that focused on integrity Fuller also responded to the criticism that made him ldquoinfamousrdquo during the trial of Siegelman and founder of HealthSouth Richard Scrushy

Nick Lambert a graduate assistant who was involved in bringing Fuller to the Capstone for the speech thought it was well worth it

ldquoI think itrsquos real important that we instill integrity in all of our students and teach them to be active members of the community striving to achieve and live by the Capstone Creedrdquo Lambert said

Benjamin Sleight a sopho-more majoring in econom-ics said Fuller was able to connect to the students in attendance

ldquoMost judges are accused of being out of touch with the new generation thatrsquos

rising into the workplacerdquo Sleight said ldquoSure he wasnrsquot familiar with all the twit-ter terms but he seemed to be very in tune what was needed in an integrity-based speech to a student bodyrdquo

Fuller graduated from The University of Alabama with a degree in chemical engi-neering in 1982 and from The University of Alabama School of Law in 1985

Fuller said he got into engineering never intending to pursue it as a career but rather because he did well in math science and chem-istry and thought that engi-neering was a great founda-tion for future endeavors Despite his major choice Fuller said that he always wanted to be a federal judge

After law school Fuller worked at private practice for 11 years and was then appointed as a district attor-ney and served for five years He was appointed to be a United State District Court judge for the Middle District of Alabama by President George W Bush and began work in 2002

Fuller denied in a post-speech interview that he had any connection to the Bush White House when he

was appointedldquoI was involved in the

Republican party before I was appointed but no Irsquove never had any dealings with President Bushrdquo he said

Fuller also denied the widely spread assertion that Karl Rove or others in the Bush administration some-how influenced the trial

ldquoNo I was never contact-ed by anybodyrdquo Fuller said ldquoIrsquove never met Karl Rove never spoken to Karl Roverdquo

The trial took a per-sonal toll on the judge and his family Fuller said his daughter then a UA stu-dent was threatened and US Marshals needed to be called to check on her a few times

Despite how much the trial affected him personally Fuller said he was fair and unbiased during the case

ldquoI thought and I believe that I called that case as fair-ly as I have any other caserdquo Fuller said ldquoI couldnrsquot live with myself if I thought that I had railroaded somebody the government or an indi-vidual defendantrdquo

Melissa Brown and Mazie Bryant contributed to this report

Nelson also responded to the allegation of the authors of the anonymous letter that hazing during the pledge pro-cess had sent pledges to the hospital

ldquoDue to the significant hos-pitalizations and other infrac-

tionsrdquo the anonymous letter said ldquoIt would appear a week-ly suspension is insufficient in order to correct the pledge process at UArdquo

In his statement Nelson said as of Oct 1 six UA stu-dents had been treated at the DCH Regional Medical Center for alcohol poisoning and none were members of greek organizations

ldquoNot one incident was relat-ed to hazingrdquo Nelson said

Brad Fisher the commu-nications director of DCH Regional Medical Center said in the hospitalrsquos 2012 fiscal year Sept 30 2011 to Oct 1 2012 48 people between the ages of 18 and 22 were hospi-talized for alcohol overdoses Because of federal privacy laws Fisher could not report whether the hospitalized were UA students or their conditions on admission to or discharge from the hospital

LETTER FROM PAGE 1

Nelson addresses anonymous letter

Editor | Marquavius BurnettcrimsonwhitesportsgmailcomThursday October 11 2012SPORTS

NEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 8

By Mary Grace ShowfetyStaff Reporter

The only predictable thing about college football is that itrsquos unpredictable Thatrsquos what Nick Saban said this week in his news conference

Saban said that teams are being awarded a bit more credit than they deserve at this point in the season and we saw that over the weekend in particular

In reality there is not a col-lege football fan out there that can dispute either of Sabanrsquos statements At this point all signs point to our coach being dead-on

Since 2008 the Tide has held the same (5-0) undefeated record with a different ending to the story each time So obvi-ously the record is not the best way to predict the future

But with all that has hap-pened since the season began the question looming in the minds of sports fans is ldquoWill it be another year for the SECrdquo and ldquoCan it be another all SEC BCS Championshiprdquo

My answer is yes absolutely and maybe

After last yearrsquos BCS Championship the SEC was truly put under a microscope Of course there were (and still are) those that were opposed to Alabama having a second shot at LSU but it happened anyway

Irsquom not one to count my chickens before they hatch but it seems like itrsquos going to be another major year for the SEC

Letrsquos take a quick look Preseason No 1 USC Trojans lost the spotlight in a 21-14 loss

to Stanford LSU is struggling offensively and suffered the loss to Florida Oklahoma fell to Kansas State in week three Oregon seems to be rolling but still has a few challenges in the coming weeks South Carolina took all dignity away from Georgia last week and Florida State lost a heartbreaker to NC State

As for Michigan and Arkansas they had the unfor-tunate circumstances of play-ing Alabama early We all saw how that turned out

That leaves three teams in the preseason top 10 that have held onto undefeated records Alabama Oregon and South Carolina They have been joined by upstarts West Virginia Kansas State Oregon State and more traditional powers Notre Dame Ohio

State LSU and FloridaFour SEC teams reside in the

top 10 today with three of them ranked in the top four So the outlook is good for the SEC

But Saban said it best College football is unpredict-able And I think we all can agree so is the SEC

In the East Florida and South Carolina face off in two weeks and if that wasnrsquot enough the Gators will also take on Georgia in a game that holds great historical mean-ing for both schools If Georgia can re-evaluate and get back on track this game may pose a threat to Florida as well Oh and South Carolina goes to LSU while Florida has to finish with FSU

If the Tide runs the table and makes it to the SEC Championship game it could

face an undefeated South Carolina or Florida The win-ner would advance to the BCS Championship game

First things first The way I see it Alabama only has two more games with substantial competition Mississippi State and LSU

Considering Mississippi State has played the likes of Auburn Troy and South Alabama thus far it hasnrsquot been truly tested

LSU is most likely a bit flus-tered after last weekrsquos loss But this game holds meaning After all that went on between Alabama and LSU it is sure to be a good game filled with great importance for both teams

The truth of the matter is though this is not the same LSU team that we saw last year It does not pose the same

threat as it did last seasonOf course no one should be

discounted at this point in the game Alabama is the defend-ing national champion holdingthe No 1 slot in both polls Anyand every team has made the Tide its target

Back to that SECChampionship game Letrsquos say South Carolina and Florida play a close game The win-ner remains undefeatedand advances to the SEC Championship The loser could progress through the rest of the season with only one loss and maybe just maybe be in aposition to take on the winner of the SEC Championship in the BCS Championship

Remember though theonly thing that is predictable about college football is that it is unpredictable

SEC teams stand chance of winning BCS Championship for 7th year in a row

By Caroline GazzaraContributing Writer

After losing two road games against Texas AampM and Arkansas the Alabama soccer team is ready to bounce back at home against Mississippi State The Crimson Tide is confident this weekrsquos even matchup will give it the push it needs to win

Though the two away game losses have affected the Tide it has not set Alabama back enough to make it doubt itself Head Coach Todd Bramble isnrsquot letting the past affect

him or his teamldquo[This is] the first weekend

where we have come away without earning any points in the standings so thatrsquos difficult to make sure we

manage this period of adver-sity the right wayrdquo Bramble said ldquoWith every season you have you are going to have to deal with something and yoursquore going to have to over-come somethingrdquo

The Mississippi State game is a surefire way of bouncing back from the losses With an average shot percentage of 0108 the Tide is evenly matched against Mississippi State both statistically and competitively

ldquoFrom a style stand point [Mississippi State is] a lit-tle bit different from usrdquo Bramble said ldquoThey are a

team that defends and coun-ter-attacks a little bit more Wersquore a team that tries to pos-sess the ball a little bit more so itrsquos a contrast in styles but from a competitive stand point itrsquos going to be a really even gamerdquo

Freshman midfielder Abby Lutzenkirchen believes this home game will be a good turning point in the season for the Tide and its fans

ldquoItrsquos going to give us a lot more pride to win on our home field and to give our fans a good game and to sup-port and [make them] want to come out Sunday against

Missourirdquo Lutzenkirchen said

Being that this is the first in a series of four home games the Tide hopes being home will bring it the extra boost it needs to win this game as well as the rest of the sea-son in order to place in the SEC tournament

ldquoTherersquos still five games left therersquos still plenty of soccer to be played and therersquos still plenty of points to be earned toward a place in the conference tourna-ment at the end of the yearrdquo Bramble said

B e i n g h o m e h a s

heightened the playersrsquo enthusiasm to play on Thursday Senior defender Meghan Duffy is excited to play at home and encourage her team to win and play well

ldquo[I want to] make sure that I really encourage everyone on my team and make sure that wersquore all on the same page so then I can help the team and do my part for the whole grouprdquo Duffy said

With an even matchup at hand the Tide plans to have a great game against Mississippi State with hopes of winning the first of its four home game series

Tide hopes to bring home win after even matchupSOCCER

IF YOU GObull What Alabama vs

Mississippi State

bull When Oct 11 7 pm

bull Where Alabama Soccer Complex

COLUMN

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday October 11 2012 | Page 9

Alabama looks to improve on last performanceCROSS COUNTRY

SWIMMING

By Jasmine CannonStaff Reporter

This is a big weekend for Dan Waters and the Alabama

cross country teams as the Crimson Classic is set for Oct 13 at 830 am at Harry Pritchett Running Park

ldquoI think itrsquos a perfect race

By Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

After opening up the sea-son with a sweep of Delta State University the Alabama swim-ming and diving team looks to cap off another sweep against SEC foe Auburn on Friday Oct 12

New head coach Dennis Pursley said he was impressed with how his teamed performed in the season opener but there is still a long road ahead of them

ldquoDelta State will not nearly be the same challenge as Auburn will berdquo Pursley said ldquoI was pleased with just the general spirit and demeanor of the team

They were challenging them-selves to do the best that they could and we sort of developed a culture and certainly donrsquot want to see that changerdquo

Pursley is no stranger to the Capstone and brings a champion-ship pedigree to a team looking for overall consistency The Alabama alumnus has had international success ranging from Australia to most recently the head coach of the United Kingdomrsquos Olympic swimming team

Pursley said he hopes to trans-late some of the success he has had and the teamwork concept back to his alma mater

ldquoThe team concept here had seemed to deteriorate to a degree

in recent yearsrdquo he said ldquoI want to bring back the team-first atti-tude We took John F Kennedyrsquos most famous quote and twisted it a little bit and made it lsquoAsk not what your team can do for you but what you can do for your teamrsquo so I think that is the start in building the type of culture we want to build hererdquo

Teamwork is something the Tide will need when facing what Pursley called one of the most premier swimming and diving teams in the NCAA Despite pull-ing off an upset victory against Auburn in years past Pursley said he knows his team will have their hands full

ldquoTheyrsquore pretty much strong

top to bottom men and womenrdquo he said ldquoBut we donrsquot want to concede anything and we want to be racing to win even if on paper it is a long-shot or not We donrsquot want to walk away from Auburn knowing we could have done bet-ter than we didrdquo

Despite the early season chal-lenge Pursley said he looks to this match as a learning experi-ence for both himself and the team

ldquoObviously our big focus is the SEC championship and NCAA championship later in the sea-sonrdquo he said ldquoWe can learn from every experience by accomplish-ing all our goals Whatever the outcome our mission is to learnrdquo

UA AthleticAlabama Cross Country is set to host the Crimson Classic at the Harry Pritchett Running Park

Bama prepares to cap off 2nd sweep

for this time of the seasonrdquo Waters said ldquoItrsquoll be an oppor-tunity for us to test our fitness at this point Itrsquoll be an oppor-tunity to see a couple of the SEC teams and the regional teams We always look for-ward to running at home to have friends and family out there to watchrdquo

Mississippi State Auburn Tennessee and Mississippi are four of the SEC competitors set to take on the Tide Other schools include Georgia Tech Tulane and Samford

This will be the first compe-tition for Alabama since the Notre Dame Invitational Both the men and womenrsquos teams are looking to improve on their last performances

ldquoI feel like both the menrsquos and womenrsquos teams are at a place where they should have their best performance so far this seasonrdquo Adam Tribble assistance coach for distance runners said ldquoThatrsquos a good place to be The fitness level

for both teams is considerably increased within each Theyrsquore still a young team but theyrsquove progressed a lotrdquo

The teams are prepared and working on running to their full potential

ldquoBoth teams should be able to contend to win both racesrdquo Waters said ldquoIf we can keep everybody on their feet and have a good day and run like wersquore capable of doing then wersquoll be just finerdquo

The youthful teams will be lead by lone senior Elsbeth Denton who will be running in her last Crimson Classic She said the team is very confident heading into Saturdayrsquos race

ldquoWe have to stay calm and be confident in our train-ing and just know that wersquove been training very very wellrdquo Denton said ldquoWe just have to put that in the racerdquo

Coaches believe the Crimson Classic will be a good indicator of where the teams currently stand

ldquoI think this is kind of the first opportunity where wersquore able to really dig down and really get after it and really be able to see a good positive per-formance with the work they put inrdquo Tribble said

Last year the womenrsquos team came in first place for the sec-ond year in a row with five top-25 finishers The men came in fifth place behind Carison Kemei who placed first overall

The Crimson Classic will also feature high school boys and girls runners in a 5k The race will be Alabama cross countryrsquos Power of Pink meet

in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month

This is the Tidersquos last competition before head-ing to Nashville for the SEC championships

IF YOU GObull What Crimson Classic

bull Where Harry Pritchett Running Park

bull When 830 am Oct 13

Page 10 | Thursday October 11 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

By Zac Al-KhateebStaff Reporter

For Alabama head coach Nick Saban Saturdayrsquos game against the Missouri Tigers will present his team with something it hasnrsquot had all season a fresh start

The No 1 Crimson Tide coming off a bye week is looking to see whether the time off has resulted in any refinements in its game after a hard-fought match against Ole Miss

Still Saban said itrsquos not as if his team hasnrsquot played well thus far ndash it just hasnrsquot played

with enough consistencyldquoI think the focus that wersquove

tried to get with our players is this is kind of a new seasonrdquo Saban said ldquoA new opportu-nity to go out and play with more consistency in perfor-mancerdquo

Junior defensive lineman Damion Square said he thinks his team has made good use of its bye week improving in every aspect of the game and cutting down on mis-takes Indeed Square said his defense in particular would need it for Missourirsquos fast-paced offense

The key to success for his

defense Square said was in making sure it controls the game early

ldquoNo matter what they do as a defense wersquove got to come out and set the tonerdquo Square said ldquoAnd if you do that you control the outcome of the game no matter what the offense is trying to put out on the fieldrdquo

Still the team is not focus-ing solely on Missourirsquos no-huddle offense Defensively the Tigers pose some interest-ing matchups as well

Indeed senior center Barrett Jones said one player hersquos had his eye on is junior

defensive lineman Sheldon Richardson Richardson has proved a disruptive force in the Missouri front seven tying for second on the team with 38 tackles and three sacks

ldquoHersquos a very good playerrdquo Jones said ldquoHe plays really hard which I really respect He plays with a lot of intensity and passion and I definitely think hersquos going to be bringing it fastrdquo

Another difficulty Alabama will have to face is a hostile home crowd for the Tigers which are still seeking their first SEC win of the year at 0-3 in the conference

ldquoItrsquos a new environment for usrdquo Saban said ldquoSo itrsquos going to take some maturity on our part to stay focused on the right things We got to be zeroed in on whatrsquos important for us and what it takes for us to go play good footballrdquo

Still with all the potential difficulties the Tide will face against Missouri Jones said more than anything he was just excited to play football especially against teams fresh to the SEC

ldquoI think itrsquos exciting for us to go into a place like Missouri where wersquove never been before and who are new

to our conference and play thererdquo Jones said ldquoItrsquoll just be neat to play against anoth-er teamrdquo

Square shared Jonesrsquo sen-timents saying he was ready for team hungry for its first win to come against such a highly-ranked opponent as Alabama

ldquoOf courserdquo Square said ldquoYou got that target on your back When you play anybody they want to have a great vic-tory against you It can start a lot of good thingsrdquo

Still Square said all his team needs to worry about is its plays not Missouri

Alabama set for trip to new SEC opponent MissouriFOOTBALL

CW | Bryce DentonTop Left Tight end Malcolm Faciane and defensive lineman Dakota Ball work

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Ghosts of the Black Belt brings tourism to Alabama By Becky RobinsonStaff Reporter

As Halloween draws near many people are in search of spooky events for the season If a ghost story sounds appealing Ghosts of the Black Belt will be offering those and many other haunted attractions for stu-dents and community members to enjoy throughout October

Sponsored by the UA Center for Economic Development Ghosts of the Black Belt offers tourists a night of ghost stories and tours while enhancing the

rural economies of towns in the Black Belt region

Nisa Miranda director of the UA Center for Economic Development said the UACED has been working with rural areas for the past 25 years

ldquoMany of these places have a lot of interesting stories as well as history culture and natural resourcesrdquo Miranda said ldquoTherersquos a lot of folklore and story telling about ghosts in the Black Belt As a result we thought it was a very inter-esting topic to concentrate onrdquo

Ghosts of the Black Belt is

in its second year Many of the events like the Katherine Tucker Windham ghost walk in Thomasville have grown to be so large that they are now fes-tivals Linda Vice the tourism director for rural Southwest Alabama said the UA Honors College played a role in creat-ing some events

ldquoCommunities have to real-ize what their strengths and weaknesses are and pick out those strengths and play to themrdquo Vice said ldquoAnd what wersquove found to be the strength in working with The University

of Alabama is our stories and our traditionsrdquo

Vice said she worked with the Honors College to pro-duce a YouTube series called ldquoAlabama Ghost Trailrdquo The series featured 22 first-person accounts of ghost stories and experiences

Miranda said doing fun events like the Ghosts of the Black Belt allows communities in the 11 Black Belt counties to benefit from the influx of tourists

Both women believe the economic development of the Black Belt region is an

incremental one involving a lot of planning and imagination

ldquoThese are outreaching service projects where we are helping poorer regions of Alabama become more viablerdquo Miranda said ldquoItrsquos a way that shows how The University of Alabama is active in improv-ing the living conditions and economic situations of people outside of Tuscaloosardquo

Some of this yearrsquos Ghosts of the Black Belt attractions include a haunted house at Old St Stephenrsquos Historical Park a ghost hunting investigation in

Cahawba and the Thomasville ghost walk

Vice said most of these events are family-friendly and admission is roughly $5 per event Additionally she said most of the attractions are close enough for UA students to attend

ldquoI really enjoy all of themrdquo Vice said ldquoIn the Black Belt everybody loves ghosts and we figured out why One [rea-son] is the Celtic heritage of the Scots-Irish people and the other is the African tradition with the voodoordquo

bull What Old St Stephenrsquos Historical Park Haunted House

When Saturdays from Sept 29 - Oct 27 and Tuesday Oct 30 and Wednesday Oct 31 Open from dusk -11 pm each day

Where St Stephens Historical Park 2056 Old St Stephens

Road St Stephens 36569

bull What Ghost Stories at Rikardrsquos Mill Historical Park

When Friday Oct 12-Saturday Oct 13 from 630 -10 pm each night

Where Rikardrsquos Mill Historical

Park located five miles north of Beatrice on Hwy 265 Admission is $5

bull What Cahawba Spirits Investigation When Friday Oct 19 Tours

begin every half

hour from 7-9 pm Where Old Cahawba

Archaeological Park 9518 Cahaba Road Orrville This attraction is for ages 12 and up Admission is $15

bull What ldquoHear the Dead Speakrdquo

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When Sat Oct 20 10 am Where Old Cahawba

Archaeological Park 9518 Cahaba Road Orrville Admission is $6

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6 pm Where Downtown

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UA Opera combines traditions of the genre with new directionBy Lauren CarltonContributing Writer

The University of Alabama Opera Theatrersquos fall scenes program ldquoSomething Old Something New The New and Old of Operardquo creates a marriage between Baroque and con-temporary opera to bring audiences one thrilling operatic experience

The show is comprised of differ-ent scenes arias and songs from Baroque and modern opera as well as musical theatre Under the direction of Paul Houghtaling student mem-bers of UAOT range from freshmen to doctoral students Each is involved in multiple scenes The graduate stu-dents and seniors are also given the additional responsibility of directing individual scenes

One of these students is Alana Sealy a first-year masterrsquos student in vocal performance

Sealy is one of two opera gradu-ate teaching assistants She directs the trio and chorus from Act II Scene I of Henry Purcellrsquos ldquoDido and Aeneasrdquo Directing has been a new challenge for Sealy but she met it head on and is proud of how far her cast has come in the short amount of rehearsal time

ldquoThey definitely have risen to the challengerdquo Sealy said ldquoThey have made it their ownrdquo

Making it their own is a trait of which UAOT is especially proud ldquoSomething Old Something Newrdquo will feature three new compositions two from the first Opera Composition Competition Composers from the University were encouraged to write short one-act operas to be performed by the Opera Theatre last fall The winner and runner-up of this com-petition will have their works per-formed Friday and Sunday

The winning piece Thomas Wilsonrsquos ldquoOnomastrdquo is a five-and-a-half minute long opera with libretto by creative writing student

Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Thursday October 11 2012CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 12

COLUMN | GAMING

By Nathan Proctor

Kickstarter an online international funding plat-form for a variety of cre-ative projects has recently seen a burst of growth from one particular inter-est group gamers Trading pre-orders or incentives for funding it allows sup-porters to act as collective publishers which develop-ers claim allow them abso-lute creative control rarely seen working through tra-ditional publishing houses Despite the unprecedented tens of millions poured into projects over the past year Kickstarter may not be the wave of the future as some herald it to be

First brought into the public eye last March by Tim Schafer and Double Fine Production it accu-mulated over $3 million ndash 834 percent of their set goal ndash in support of a vaguely defined return to the point-and-click adventure genre the crowd-sourcing ves-sel has shown its ability to produce serious amounts of money However that $3 million which can hypothetically produce a high-ceiling retro adven-ture game is nowhere near comparable to the budgets driving triple-A games This must temper our expectations

Still these levels of fund-ing are realistic for devel-opers wishing to break the triple-A mold who would benefit from an indepen-dent route of funding and

publication Backing this conceit are hundreds of successfully funded games to date

Kickstarterrsquos strengths are effectively promot-ing the successes facili-tated by the site and burying the majority of projects that fail to meet their goal and receive zero funding Notably the bulk of the most success-ful Kickstarter projects come from developers with meaningful experi-ence projects resurrecting games or series and games selling themselves off nos-talgia None of this is whol-ly unexpected or negative but it does suggest that the Kickstarter platform may vet games in a very simi-lar fashion to the publish-ers it allows developers to escape just with an altered set of standards

What donors myself included donrsquot often real-ize about the system is just how similar their position is to legitimate business investors A donor puts his money behind an idea with the promise of a return If his fundraising goal isnrsquot met money is returned and therersquos no investor loss beyond the failure of the project However once funded the quality of the product its direction ndash without investor oversight ndash and its existence whatso-ever is left in question with-out any real protection

Products thus far pro-duced by the service have been relative successes

and the service had a great deal of its popular reputa-tion hinging on perhaps the highest profile game to be released yet in Faster Than Light a spaceship man-agement simulator which to investorsrsquo and again my glee delivered on its promises However doubts have been shed on the ser-vicersquos most funded project to date OUYA a console meant to provide an open-source gaming platform for your television which brought in over $85 million with much critical specu-lation as to its feasibility and game support A large scale failure from a proj-ect such as this may cast doubt into the still-flowing stream of supports

This is not to say the Kickstarter avenue is with-out its place in the mar-ket Long dead genres and games odd enough or pos-sibly ambitious enough to frighten traditional inves-tors or publishers can test their mettle directly with the gaming public rather than via boardroom specu-lation Therersquos perhaps no better gauge of interest in a concept than people simply putting their money where their mouths are Whether an interesting blip in indus-try history or a long-term side-note attached to inter-esting games for long to come Kickstarter allows gamers to direct the pres-ent and future of game development in an ear-lier and more interesting fashion than ever before

Kickstarter allows developers new avenues to create succeed

Submitted PhotoThe University of Alabama Opera Theatrersquos fall scenes program is comprised of different scenes arias and songs from Baroque and modern operaJM Gamble Though a short piece ldquoOnomastrdquo is a satire that raises questions of societal pressures like fitting in and the fear of not being heard

Wilson is a junior majoring in music composition at the University His goal is to write music for video games so writing for an opera was a bit of a challenge at first He said he had to watch and research operas to prepare for the task of writing one

As opening night approaches Wilson is excited to see his composi-tion come to life

ldquoItrsquos opening up the second half of the showrdquo he said ldquoThatrsquos a pretty big deal [Houghtaling] went above and beyond in directing it I only wrote in a few stage directions I would like it to be open to interpretationrdquo

The decision to pair the incred-ibly modern with the incredibly old was a calculated decision on the part of Houghtaling

ldquoItrsquos very important to show where this art form that we love started and

itrsquos equally important to show where itrsquos goingrdquo Houghtaling said ldquoWersquore doing some very cool things from staged sacred Bach to musical the-atre We actually have more musical theatre in this program than wersquove ever had before in the fallrdquo

Nicole Pietrangelo a junior major-ing in vocal performance is in two of the musical theatre pieces

ldquoItrsquos definitely been funrdquo Pietrangelo said ldquoI feel so comfort-able doing it People will be in for a surpriserdquo

ldquoSomething Old Something Newrdquo will be performed Friday Oct 12 at 730 pm and Sunday Oct 14 at 3 pm in Moody Music Buildingrsquos ChoralOpera Room The space is trans-formed into an intimate theatre set-ting but seating is limited so early arrival is recommended Costumes are by Daniel Whitlow a first year MFA student in costume design Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for general admission They can be pur-chased at uamusictixcom

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SoupSeasoned RiceSeasoned Blackeyed PeasItalian Vegetable BlendGrilled Vegetable Panini

(Vegetarian)

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What Soccer v Mississippi State

Where Soccer Stadium

When 7 pm

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When 730 pm

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Where Eganrsquos

When 11 pm

TODAY

What Engineering Day

Where HM Comer Hall

When 8 am - 1230 pm

What The Vintage T-Shirt Show

Where Ferguson Center TV Lounge

When 8 am - 6 pm

What A Conversation with Former ESPN President George Bodenheimer

Where Ferguson Center Theater

When 4 - 5 pm

SATURDAY

What UA Crimson Classic and Alumni Swing

Where Reese Phifer Hall

When 10 - 11 am

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When 230 pm

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When 9 - 11 pm

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BELLEFONTE Pa ndash Jerry Sanduskyrsquos abuse shattered the formative years of his young victimsrsquo lives For that a judge decided Tuesday he will pay with the waning years of his own

The former Pennsylvania State University assistant foot-ball coach was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison Tuesday for the serial sexual molestation of 10 adolescent boys

The punishment effectively ensures that the 68-year-old will remain incarcerated for the rest of his life Judge John M Cleland said

ldquoIt is the ultimate tragedy of this situation that all the quali-ties that made you so successful as a coach and community lead-er concealed those vices that let you downrdquo the judge said addressing Sandusky at a hear-ing in Centre County Court ldquoIt is exactly your ability to conceal those vices that in my opinion makes you dangerousrdquo

Sandusky dressed in a red jail jumpsuit stood stone-faced as his sentence was read But in a rambling speech that incorporat-ed sports metaphors discussion of his sexual relationship with his wife Dorothy and compari-sons of himself to other sports underdogs like the racehorse

Seabiscuit he vowed to continue efforts to clear his name

ldquoWersquore in the fourth quarterrdquo he said ldquoIn the fourth quarter you find out who will stand by you For those still standing up for me we will continue to fightrdquo

Afterward he was returned to the Centre County jail where he is expected to stay at least 10 more days before being sent to a state prison processing center near Camp Hill There a deci-sion will be made on where he will serve out his punishment

Tuesdayrsquos sentence marked a significant milestone in a scandal that turned Sandusky a nationally famous coach and a revered philanthropist into

one of the most reviled men in America

At his June trial at which a jury convicted him of 45 counts of child sex abuse prosecutors detailed a pattern of abuse in which the former coach targeted boys with absent fathers gave them access to the Penn State football community and eventu-ally pressed them for sex

Eight accusers took the stand Each told harrowing tales of Sandusky entering their lives as a mentor and father figure through the Second Mile the charity he founded for under-privileged youth only to become their predator

In court Tuesday several described their continuing struggle to process the abuse they endured

ldquoIrsquom troubled with flashbacks of his naked bodyrdquo the 26-year-old identified in court documents as Victim 5 told the judge ldquoThe sentencing will never erase what he did to me It will never erase from my memory his hands on my skin or mine on hisrdquo

The mother of another 19-year-old victim said in a state-ment read in court that she now questions all of her parenting decisions since learning the man she brought into her sonrsquos life as a surrogate father turned out to be a pedophile

ldquoI blame myself and still do for your sick indulgencesrdquo she wrote

Others adopted a more force-ful tone in addressing their abuser

ldquoI grew up in a bad situation and you made things worserdquo said the 29-year-old known as Victim 4 ldquoYou should be ashamed of yourselfrdquo

In explaining his sentenc-ing decision Cleland noted the

resulting community fallout from Sanduskyrsquos crimes

In July the NCAA imposed crippling sanctions on Penn Statersquos once-revered football program alleging that several top administrators covered up allegations against him

Head football coach Joe Paterno and college president Graham B Spanier both lost their jobs for their handling of the scandal

ldquoSo many people have been personally involved in the issues surrounding this case and its falloutrdquo Cleland said ldquoFor some their innocence has been takenfor others their sense of com-munity has been shattered All of them have come here lookingfor justicerdquo

But as the sentencing closed one chapter of the Sandusky saga more are still to come

Two former university admin-istrators ndash suspended athletic director Tim Curley and former vice president Gary Schultz ndash face trial in January for reportedly fail-ing to notify authorities of earlier allegations against Sandusky and later lying about them to a grand jury Their lawyers watched Tuesdayrsquos hearing attentively from courtroom pews

Four of the former coachrsquos accusers have filed civil suits against Penn State with several more expected to follow in the coming months

And even before the court-room cleared TuesdaySanduskyrsquos defense team began making its case for an appeal

Lawyers Joseph Amendola and Karl Rominger said they intended to contest their clientrsquosconviction within the next 10 days arguing that they did not have enough time to prepare an adequate defense

Sandusky gets 30 to 60 years in prison for sex abuse

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OPINION

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Page 3

Though none of the signers have become buyers at least a few students are coming forward with plans Marina Roberts president of Mallet Assembly posted an idea in a Facebook note on Oct 7 ndash Mallet could save the building

ldquoLoads of people have been raising hell about the Kilgore House and unfortunately nobodyrsquos come to the table with money and a plan for how keeping the house on campus will benefit the [University]rdquo she said in a comment on the note ldquoWe arerdquo

The Mallet Assembly which promotes diver-sity on campus intends to approach the University about

purchasing the Kilgore House The student group is housed in Palmer Hall which is slated to be demolished in the sum-mer of 2014 and is looking for another home

Roberts said she and sev-eral other Mallet leaders plan to house their board of gov-ernors and the faculty mem-bers that serve as advisors of the Assembly in the building They will also propose that the Kilgore serve as a commu-nity space and a place to hold classes

ldquoGiven our legacy of respect for integration and toler-ance it seemed suitable that the Mallet Assembly should participate in the movement to save the Kilgore Houserdquo Roberts said

She said the Mallet Assembly will make their pro-posal in the next three to four weeks to save a home she said

she views as representation of the freedom this generation has been given

ldquoI think those rights are too frequently taken for grantedrdquo Roberts said ldquoThat history needs to be protectedrdquo

Robert Mellown agreed with Robertsrsquo view

ldquoThe Kilgore House is very important for women here at the Universityrdquo Mellown said ldquoItrsquos the only remaining structure thatrsquos associ-ated with the period that women were first allowed to attend the Universityrdquo

According to the ldquoSave the Kilgore Houserdquo Facebook page Bryce Hospital trust-ees built the Kilgore House in 1890 for Bryce Hospitalrsquos first engineer Charles Kilgore and his family The family then

rented out rooms to students between 1905 and 1908 while their niece was attending the University The residence was called the Kilgore Ranch

According to the Facebook Page Anne Hunter the first woman to earn an M S degree at the University and the first female faculty member lived in the Kilgore House with other co-eds

Local businesses like Cold Stone Creamery and Buffalo Wild Wings will host

fundraiser nights through-out October and BABH will sponsor events like ldquoCan-or-Treatrdquo where students will col-lect cans door to door in local neighborhoods

Students who canrsquot make it out to fundraising nights can still get involved Students can

text ldquoBAMArdquo to 27222 and reply ldquoyesrdquo to donate $5 to the West Alabama Food Bank The dona-tion will be added to your phone bill and each dollar donated will provide two pounds of food

ldquoStudents can also come to our American Red Cross Blood Drive eventrdquo Clemons said of

the Oct 30-31 event ldquoFor every pint collected Samrsquos Club will donate a non-perishable food item to BABHrdquo

Students can also drop off canned goods at Express Oil Change amp Service Center according to the BABH website

For some fans though the notice of discounted stu-dent tickets came a little too late Marie Eddins a junior majoring in nursing purchased her tickets from the Ferguson Center for the

Avett Brothersrsquo performance in 2011 but said she didnrsquot know that would be an option this year

ldquoThe student ticket prices are an amazing deal for a concert that could otherwise be really expensiverdquo Eddins said ldquoBut I think they should offer tickets earlierrdquo

Eddins said she already purchased her tickets this summer for twice the price

of student ticketsA long time fan of the Avett

Brothers Eddins said she thinks the concert is worth the regular ticket price regardless

ldquoTheir live performances are even better than their recorded onesrdquo Eddins said ldquoBoth the band and the venue really impressed me last time and I donrsquot think this time will disappoint eitherrdquo

Hannah Holt a junior majoring in finance will be attending her first Avett Brothers performance Thursday Holt said she thinks the Avett Brothers make for a good college town performance because of the density of people ages 15-25

The concert begins at 730 pm and will feature a special guest performance by Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

AVETT FROM PAGE 1

Tuscaloosa a perfect venue for folk group

BABH FROM PAGE 1

BABH more than a canned goods drive

KILGORE FROM PAGE 1

Mallet leader posts plan to buy Kilgore

Area in detail

Kilgore House

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By Alaina BoukedesContributing Writer

The College of Engineering will host an open house for any school groups current high school students or junior col-lege students Thursday Oct 11 in an effort to inform new-comers about The University of Alabamarsquos growing engi-neering program

Attendees will be provided information about housing financial aid and available scholarships and can register in front of HM Comer Hall from 8 am to 830 am Lunch will be served on the Quad in front of the engineering and science buildings after the open house at 1130 am

The day will start off with departmental tours pro-grams spanning from aero-space engineering to comput-er science

ldquoThis day will help cur-rent students decide which concentration of engineering they want to pursue as well as help future students get to know the programrdquo Rachel

Mitchell a senior majoring in mechanical engineering said

Attendees will tour lab spaces and have the oppor-tunity to speak with faculty members Afterward stu-dents will learn about the organizations within the college These groups vary from the ASCE Concrete Canoe team to professional platforms like the Society of Women Engineers

ldquoThese student pro-gram demonstrations can show prospective students what they would be doing in future yearsrdquo Lynsey Dill coordinator of student recruitment said

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OPINION

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As a courtesy wait to party

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

By the end of this most of you will either be thinking ldquoThis guy is completely rightrdquo or ldquoJust shut up nerdrdquo and thatrsquos perfectly OK

I came to The University of Alabama to get a degree Thatrsquos it So for me itrsquos hard to comprehend why anyone who has to spend all day in a classroom would want to spent the entire night before partying then try to manage to stay awake through all those said classes

But I donrsquot have to understand it I have no right to tell other stu-dents to stop partying However I do have a suggestion Just save it for the weekend Three days each week yoursquore free No alarm clocks no classes just whatever you want to do

Because as a ldquostudentrdquo I actually like to be able to stay awake in my classes and the 2 am screaming has got to stop at least on week-days Really itrsquos a win-win You still get to party and we all get that nice little piece of paper to frame in a few years

Benjamin Clark is a junior majoring in journalism

Alabama Democratic Party needs to refocus misson regroup with supportersBy Tray SmithOnline Editor

Last month Alabama voters approved Amendment One which will allow the state to tap reserve funds to fill its financial gap Republican Gov Robert Bentley strongly supported the referendum which allows policymakers in Montgomery to avoid the task of making deep cuts in the General Fund budget

Its passage was also a vic-tory for Democrats though because it preserv es spend-ing for cherished Democratic priorities like Medicaid and mental health That is why many Democrats and Democratic-leaning interests groups supported the amend-ment

Still Alabama Democratic Party Chairman Mark Kennedy couldnrsquot resist using the opportunity to attack his political opponents

ldquoAfter over a hundred years of Democrats getting the job done and making tough decisions on behalf of all Alabamians it took only two years for the Republican supermajority in the

legisla ture to bring the state to the brink of a finan-cial catastropherdquo Kennedy said in a statement

Over a hundred years of Democrats getting the job done

Democrats did indeed con-trol the Alabama Legislature for over 100 years Their reign came to an end in 2010 when Alabama Republicans rode a national GOP tidal wave into an electoral landslide

But what type of job did they do

After a hundred years con-trolling the legislature they left the state with one of the most regressive tax systems in the nation Our school sys-tem was improving but that

was primarily a result of Republican Gov Bob Rileyrsquos leadership on education pol-icy

Even Riley was unable to advance all of his reform pro-posals because of opposition from Democrats and their union allies in Montgomery

These are disappointing results and should be devas-tating to liberals concerned about maintaining a progres-sive tax code and a strong public education system

Of course there isnrsquot any-thing surprising or particu-larly important about a par-tisan statement from a party chairman like Kennedy

What makes his statement revealing is that Alabama Democrats really do seem to think that for the past 100 years they got the ldquojob donerdquo

Normally after devastat-ing loses political parties regroup identify new lead-ers and find a new way to advance their priorities and win elections That is what national Republicans did after they were routed in the 2008 elections which is how they regained their majority

in the US House two years later

Alabama Democrats arenrsquot doing any of this The party isnrsquot putting any energy into revisiting its past failures considering new solutions or advancing a compelling vision for the state

I n s t e a d A l a b a m a Democrats seem to have absolved themselves of any blame for their 2010 defeat and concluded that they just wonrsquot be able to win in Alabama any more

That is a terrible mental-ity Democrat Sue Bell Cobb the former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court resigned last year and declined to stand for re-elec-tion

If she had joined the race she would be facing off against Republican Roy Moore with a good chance of winning votes

from independents and mod-erate Republicans Instead Democrats are currently rallying around Jefferson County Circuit Judge Robert Vance

Vance is a good candidate but he only started campaign-ing in August after the party was forced to remove Harry Lyon its first chief justice nominee from the ballot

Lyon was removed for call-ing ldquogay and same-sex mar-riage votersrdquo an abomination of God

Maybe Vance will still be able to win but the entire debacle is symbolic of a party in disarray That is unfor-tunate for Alabama which desperately needs a strong vibrant Democratic Party to challenge the dominant Republicans

Democrats should be forceful and united in

condemning HB 56 the Republican-initiated immi-gration bill intended to scare people out of our state Democrats shouldnrsquot be working to keep Republicans from passing a charter schools bill they should be criticizing Republicans for not putting forth a better plan for school choice and education reform Democrats should have been prepared to battle Moore in a chief justice race from the outset

Vigorous competition makes both parties improve

There are many ways Democrats could appeal to the conservative inclinations of Alabama voters and chal-lenge Republicans to put for-ward more serious solutions of their own The Democratic Party still has bright young talent that could be of great service to the state

Unfortunately Democrats arenrsquot even trying Even Republicans suffer when the Democratic Party is this bad

Tray Smith is the Online Editor for The Crimson White His column runs on Thursdays

ldquo Alabama Democrats seem to have absolved themselves of any blame for their 2012 defeat and concluded that they just wonrsquot be able to

win in Alabama any more

Stick it to the man stick to the little guys Why La Lola Loca is disappointingBy Mackenzie BrownVisuals Editor

In Mondayrsquos issue of The Crimson White Bama Dining advertised a new food truck called La Lola Loca on the Quad in front of Graves Hall Out of curiosity I decided to give it a try

I had a Loca Taco which I thought was very good Especially since it was some-thing new and different than my standard Subway They can definitely expect my returned business

La Lola Loca is a fran-chise-style food truck with locations on seven college campuses including the University of Florida the University of Tennessee and Baylor University The truck is owned and run by Bama Dining

It surprised me however that the truck was playing music and used a relatively

loud generator and air condi-tioner This comes as a sur-prise only because a locally owned food truck was boot-ed from the same spot last April The truck Brothers Street Eats was founded and run by two recent UA grad-uates The reason for the boot Their generator was too loud

According to an April 17 article of at least two pro-fessors in Graves Hall com-plained about the noise from the truck Others said they did not hear a thing

Bama Dining and UA Auxiliary Services did what they could to fix the problem but could not find a way to make the cost sensible

According to an Aug 21 Wall Street Journal article the loss of revenue caused by the boot forced Brothers Street Eats to shut down

The same article quotes Virginia Johnson the

Universityrsquos associate vice president for auxiliary ser-vices saying ldquoHaving a truck of our own gives us the flexibility to respond directly to our students rather than working with off-campus vendors to address student requestsrdquo

I know Bama Dining does surveys to generate an idea of student needs but I per-sonally have never even filled one out Irsquod feel much more comfortable going up to two students like myself and sharing my comments I know that my comments to them actually mean some-thing because they truly care about the welfare of their business I donrsquot feel this same connection with four minimum wage employ-ees or their bosses in Rose

I know many people espe-cially some of my co-workers were upset to see Brothers Street Eats leave campus I

was upset to learn that the leave forced the local com-pany to shut its doors only to be replaced with a chain food truck company

I understand the need to have University functions centrally managed I also understand that having an outside company operate within the University lim-its creates roadblocks but this university has a duty to its local citizens Why out-source when there is a per-fectly good substitute here locally

Brothers Street Eats was a solid company with good food that many students enjoyed The company had a positive impact on the University and its image Here in the CW newsroom bringing on Brothers Street Eats even gave us hope It showed us that this University wasnrsquot all about money and that they could stick up for the lit-

tle guy Brothers Street Eats was more than just a good place to eat it proved that this university cared more about the welfare of the city and wants and needs of its students than the money it produced

But unfortunately all ofthis went to waste with LaLola Loca

Mackenzie Brown is theVisuals Editor for TheCrimson White

CW FileBrothers Street Eats opened on campus for a short time in Spring 2012

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday October 11 2012 | Page 5

Debates show just how divided the country really isLETTER TO THE EDITOR

Oct 3 became one of the most defining moments of the 2012 Presidential Race At the University of Denver President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney met for the first of three debates the two candi-dates will participate in before the election on Nov 6 Governor Romney had arguably one of his best debate performances on record and President Obama had arguably one of his weakest Naturally the media has been analyzing every clip for the best points of the evening One that stood out to me in particular was Governor Romneyrsquos comments about tackling the nationrsquos defi-cit Governor Romney argued that the deficit is a moral issue due to the fact that the debt of this generation shall fall on the shoulders of the next generation As such he said he would set out by asking the question ldquoIs this program worth borrowing the money from Chinardquo

There are two reasons this point resonated with me The first reason was that it had not been too long ago that I heard the exact opposite argument made by a UA student On Sept 27 The University of Alabama Thomas Paine Project held an economic town hall forum At this forum delegates from the College Democrats Republicans and Young Americans for Liberty came together and dis-cussed how their party could solve Americarsquos economic woes

After each party made their points the audience posed a series of questions to the individ-ual parties One of the questions asked was (and I am paraphras-ing) ldquoWhy was the deficit and the governmentrsquos deficit spend-ing being so heavily criticized and focused on in the debaterdquo

The student that had asked the question revealed himself to be a believer in Keynesian Economics and began to

explain how those that believe in Keynesianrsquos economic theo-ries believe that debt and deficit spending is needed to stimulate the economy This student did not believe that there was a sig-nificant deficit issue and that nothing needed to be done about the debt right away

Both arguments revealed to me how divided a nation we truly live in The national debt which is just over $16 trillion dol-lars is growing at a rate of over five billion dollars each day This rapid borrowing of money cou-pled with impotent leadership incapable of paying the money back has led the US to receive a credit rating of AA- The grow-ing deficit is like the blade of a guillotine growing heavier with each passing second Sooner or later we will not be able to put off paying our lenders On that day the blade will fall and will bring to an end the greatest empire the world has ever known Then our

generation will be the ones that must endure the aftermath

Our leaders on both sides of the aisle out of either ideologi-cal dogma fool hearted hubris or sheer political corruption still refuse to come together to curb their spending and avert this cri-sis What is even more tragic is that the majority of these inept leaders will continue to be re-elected by their constituency simply because they have held the same seat for over 20 years or because they have fooled the voters into believing they actu-ally care about them

The only hope that our nation now has is that our generation will wake up from this apathetic hibernation to overthrow this oligarchy of the corrupt bureau-crat and to restore the republic of the people

Kyle Jones is a freshman major-ing in political science and Spanish

Consider Ala congressional races in Nov electionBy Nathan JamesStaff Columnist

As Election Day approaches and the nationrsquos media become more and more focused on the presidential race itrsquos impor-tant not to forget about the other offices to be decided this November In particular Alabama voters should be aware of the election for their congressperson

Next month Alabama vot-ers will decide between the Democratic Daniel Boman and Republican Robert Aderholt for Alabamarsquos 4th Congressional District And although the ques-tion of character in politics can be a slippery one in this instance Alabamians need to take a close look at the moral background of their candidates

First of all some background information Robert Aderholt

is the incumbent in this race and has served in Congress for 15 years During this time Aderholt has accrued a voting record that includes among other things opposition to clean air bills support for the sale of American oil overseas tax breaks for immensely profit-able oil companies and relaxing the restrictions on the mercury released by Alabama factories

However voters should be equally concerned about Aderholtrsquos appropriation of congressional funds Aderholt is currently under investiga-tion for the chronic misuse of congressional travel stipends Investigation by the House eth-ics committee has revealed that Aderholt has spent fed-eral funds on gifts for his wife unapproved travel expenses and other expenditures that cannot be determined because

Aderholt ldquodoes not keep receiptsrdquo

Boman has a slightly more unusual career In 2010 he was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives as a staunch Republican - unsurprising con-sidering his immensely conser-vative constituency However he had many ideological disagree-ments with other Republicans in the House

During discussion of a con-troversial education bill in 2011 Boman formally switched par-ties

ldquoDuring this current session I have seen this legislative body pass bills that I feel adversely affect what my people back home want need and deserve hellip I will never choose the Party over the people againrdquo Boman said

Whatrsquos remarkable about this switch is that it clearly

had little to no political impact and alienated Boman from his constituency It did not remove the Republican supermajor-ity in the House Boman did it because he thought it was the right thing to do even though it was politically insane

Maybe you feel that the bill Boman was protesting was good and maybe you donrsquot take issue with Aderholtrsquos pro-oil policies But the point is Aderholt has a history of tak-ing whatever he can get from the political system whereas Boman has jeopardized his own career to preserve his political integrity

As a Democrat Boman isnrsquot likely to be elected in Alabama But itrsquos worth a shot

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

print shops as much as it should so we try hard to provide services to the Southeastrdquo Peterson said

Ashley Gorham a second-year student in the MFA Book Arts Program volunteers at The Southern Letterpress

ldquoThe Southern is an inspir-ing space that seems to be a really good addition to down-town Northportrdquo Gorham said ldquoIt brings some youth and excitement to the neigh-borhoodrdquo

Sonja Rossow an MFA Book Arts Program gradu-ate also volunteers at The Southern Rossow who has known Peterson for three years said the shop adds something to the town

ldquoIt gives a added dimension to the arts theme around the Northport and Tuscaloosa areardquo Rossow said

She said Peterson often takes any opportunity to apply her artwork to things going on in the community

Gorham has been print-ing for a year and she said Petersonrsquos passion for art is

apparentldquoShersquos obsessed with print-

ing and I mean that in the most positive wayrdquo Gorham

said ldquoHer passion is con-tagious and I think The Southern is that passion made manifestrdquo

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTSPage 6 | Thursday October 11 2012

By Madison RobertsContributing Writer

The Col lege o f Co m m u n i c at i o n a n d Information Sciences will induct Dolph Tillotson Joe Rumore Sue Medina and Robert E Luckie III into the Communications Hall of Fame Thursday Oct 11 This yearrsquos inductees represent four dif-ferent disciplines in the col-lege advertising library and information studies broad-casting and print journalism

Previous inductees into the hall of fame include Martin Luther King Jr Helen Keller and Pulitzer Prize winning author Harper Lee

Tillotson said when he first received his nomination he was shocked to be among such a well-known group of people

ldquoI was shocked surprised pleased and just a little embar-rassedrdquo Tillotson said ldquoI was

embarrassed because I donrsquot see myself being on a list of honorees with Harper Lee and Martin Luther King Irsquom just a working newspaper man with absolutely no illusions of grandeurrdquo

Tillotson was born and raised in Tuscaloosa and founded newspapers at both his elementary and junior high schools He attended The University of Alabama from 1968 to 1972 and was political editor of The Crimson White during his freshman year He also worked at the University News Bureau the Tuscaloosa News became general editor of the Natchez Democrat and publisher of the Oskaloosa Herald

By the time he was 30 he had been appointed president of Boone Newspapers In 2011 Tillotson was named execu-tive vice president of Southern Newspapers Although his

career took him on a long jour-ney and this is among many of his other achievements Tillotson said he is honored to be inducted into the hall of fame

ldquoBeing inducted into the hall of hame is a wonderful honorrdquo Tillotson said ldquoMy time at The University of Alabama was among the best times of my life It was both challeng-ing and fun To be honored by my alma mater especially when I look at the very distin-guished list of previous honor-ees means a great deal to merdquo

Luckie who is the advertis-ing inductee graduated from the University in 1969 with a BA in marketing After his college career he worked for WAPI radio in Birmingham the Alabama Air National Guard and recently retired from Luckie amp Co which was founded by his father In 2000 the Birmingham chapter of

the American Advertising Federation awarded Luckie the Silver Medal

Rumore a Birmingham native was chosen as an inductee for his distinguished career in radio broadcasting After graduating high school he went to work at WJLD in Bessemer He worked briefly for WSFA in Montgomery and then returned to Birmingham to become a radio broad-caster for WAPI He reported on everything from weather and music to guests on the show After his work at WAPI Rumore accepted a job offer from WVOK where he worked for 30 years

Rumore has been recog-nized by the Country Music DJ Hall of Fame and the Contemporary Achievement Media Award from the Alabama Music Hall of Fame Rumore passed away in 1993 and his son Phillip will attend

the induction ceremony on his behalf

Medina received four degrees pertaining to library and information sciences at Florida State University and worked as a librarian in Japan and Georgia before moving to Alabama After working as a reference librarian for local libraries Medina eventu-ally became a consultant for Planning and Research with the Alabama Public Library Service in Montgomery From 1985 to 2009 Medina was the Director of the Network of Alabama Academic Libraries

Outside her librarian duties she wrote multiple articles geared toward improving library services and bringing libraries into the digital age She has worked for numerous causes including the preserva-tion of Alabama newspapers and READ Alabama

Medina was also largely

involved in creating the digi-tal repository of materials on Alabamarsquos history and the Alabama Virtual Library which allows databases and other resources to be accessedby schools and individuals nationwide

Loy Singleton dean of the College of Communication and Information Sciences said theadvisory board within the col-lege chooses between three and five inductees each year who exemplify the qualities every student should strive to have

ldquoIt is a recognition by the college and the University that you have led a career that we would hold up as an example to our studentsrdquo Singleton said ldquoYou have helped shine a positive light on the state of Alabama and media profes-sionals who work here and have chosen to make their careers hererdquo

CampIS to induct 4 new members into Communications Hall of Fame Thursday

By Sarah RobinsonContributing Writer

Some professors leave their work in the office after class ends but Jessica Peterson an adjunct profes-sor with the Book Arts MFA program practices the craft she teaches when she leaves campus and heads to her own Northport letterpress busi-ness

Peterson co-owns The Southern Letterpress which provides letterpress artwork products and printing to the Southeastern United States

Peterson said she has been interested in art her entire

life beginning with mak-ing books from photocop-ies and LaserJet printers in high school She pursued a career as a graphic designer after college to support her book-making habit working with advertising agencies like GAP and Warner Bros in New York

After working in New York Peterson headed to Alabama to get her MFA in the Book Arts Program At the University she was intro-duced to letterpress printing the oldest form of printing where raised portions of a metal or hard plastic polymer printing plate is doused in ink

and then pressed on paper leaving letters or images

ldquoIt was a historical mes-sage and that really inter-ested merdquo Peterson said ldquoIt was compelling how text and image has been made and dis-tributed for the last 500 years I have been making art for most of my life and itrsquos some-thing I need to dordquo

She opened her first shop in 2011 in Columbus Miss and co-owner Bridget Elmer joined her in 2012 On Sept 6 2012 Peterson opened The Southern Letterpress shop in Northport Ala

ldquoWe feel like the Southeast doesnrsquot really have as many

Book arts professor co-owns Northport letterpress

By Mazie BryantAssistant News Editor

After University of Alabama student Katie Hall lost her grandmother to dementia this past April she was propelled into action spending her fall break running a marathon in honor of the life her role model lived

ldquoI lost a huge idol a huge part of my liferdquo Katie Hall a senior majoring in public rela-tions said ldquoShe was one of the most important people in my liferdquo

Anna Hall was 91 years old when she was officially diagnosed with dementia in November 2011 but her fam-ily believes that she struggled with the disease for nearly five years before

ldquoA lot of people who have a family member diagnosed with dementia take them to a nursing home drop them off and never see them againrdquo Katie Hall said ldquoMany people think lsquoIf they canrsquot remember me why should I take care of themrsquo Itrsquos a heartbreak-ing reality of the disease But instead we became caregivers for her We had a family mem-ber by her side every dayrdquo

Alzheimerrsquos disease a form of dementia that affects mem-ory thought and behavior is just coming to the forefront of medical acknowledgement said Ellie Simpson manag-er of athletic events for the Alzheimerrsquos Association She said the disease is the fifth leading cause of death in older Americans ages 65 and older and more than 54 million peo-ple in America are currently living with it

ldquoWe come from a long line of forgetful peoplerdquo Katie Hall said ldquoWe should have noticed something was wrong earlier but we didnrsquotrdquo

She believes educating peo-ple about the disease can lead to early detection which could then prevent such rapid loss of brain function

ldquoUnfortunately itrsquos not a widely discussed disease but it affects so many peoplerdquo she said ldquoPeople donrsquot talk about it unless theyrsquove been affected by it so the more we get the

word out the more we can pre-vent itrdquo

Katie Hall an athlete in high school planned to get back in shape this year Researching marathons around the coun-try she discovered the Bank of America Chicago Marathon which offered charities a chance to form teams and raise money for their cause The Alzheimerrsquos Association was a participating charity

ldquoPeople were running in honor of somebody in memo-ry of someone or just because they believed in the charityrsquos missionrdquo Katie Hall said ldquoIt was one of those things that I was running anyways so I might as well run for my grandmother To see what my grandmother and family went through I couldnrsquot not do itrdquo

Katie Hall raised money for her run through her love of cooking and clothing She hosted four fundraising lun-cheons at various workplaces established bake sales and earned $200 from selling old clothing through a Facebook photo album

ldquoShersquod train by getting up at 530 am and running and then shersquod run in the after-noon sometimes toordquo Rick Hall Katie Hallrsquos father said ldquoShe was on a strict diet and couldnrsquot eat certain things She craved chocolate but couldnrsquot have any hellip Irsquove been

around the block six or seven times in my life now and it takes a lot to impress me But when someone helps someone who canrsquot help themselves it really impresses merdquo

Katie Hall ran on a team of 152 in a race of nearly 45000 runners on Sunday Oct 7 She was clad in a houndstooth hat in honor of her University and a pin of a picture of her and her grandmother Her parents and family members looked on encouraging her but remind-ing her that she could stop at any point

ldquoI was doing something for my grandmotherrdquo Katie Hall said ldquoI told my mom lsquoFailure is not an option Granny never gave up So Irsquom not going torsquo

ldquoI just kept telling myself She would have wanted this She would have wanted me to help someone or some family who is going through what we went throughrdquo

Katie Hall raised $1100 well over her original goal of $1000 while her marathon team raised a total of more than $149000 She can continue raising funds through Nov 1 and said she hopes the money can educate people of the real-ities of Alzheimerrsquos disease and help those who have been abandoned by their families

ldquoIf it helps just one patient one person one family itrsquos worth itrdquo she said

SubmittedKatie Hall raised more than $1000 for the Alzheimerrsquos Association

In Chicago houndstooth-clad student raises $1100

By Ashley Tripp and Katherine LangnerCW Staff

University of Alabama stu-dents will have the oppor-tunity to purchase parts of past decades today at the 8 on Repeat Vintage Clothing T-shirt sale in the Ferguson Center Lounge Thursday from 8 am to 6 pm

Former UA student Brandon Gardner is bringing 2000 vin-tage T-shirts back to his alma mater

ldquoIrsquom selling vintage con-cert shirts hot-rod shirts old motorcycle shirts college shirts and even some with old-fashioned advertisements on themrdquo Gardner said ldquoI have the most random yet legit stuff from the 70s and 80srdquo

Gardnerrsquos idea of 8 on Repeat Vintage Clothing began after college when he moved back home to Mississippi While at home his mother suggested he sell items from his parentsrsquo antique store on eBay After the success he found through eBay Gardner decided to use the website as a platform to create a business of his own

Gardnerrsquos love and signature look for vintage T-shirts began in high school when he started visiting local thrift stores with his friends With a growing collection Gardner thought it would be a great idea to sell some of them on eBay

ldquoI wanted to try and sell what I was passionate about so I listed some of my old vin-tage T-shirts I had collected over the yearsrdquo Gardner said ldquoI was so surprised by how quickly the shirts started sell-ing on eBay that I knew that I had caught onto something bigrdquo

Since his eBay site was becoming increasingly popu-

lar Gardner decided to expand his online business to pop-up stores taking 8 on Repeat Vintage Clothing on the road With the popular interest of vintage T-shirts among col-lege students Gardner travels frequently to college campus-es and sells shirts to universi-ties such as Mississippi State and Auburn

Gardner said 90 percent of his shirts are on a college bud-get and most of the shirts at the sale range from $10 to $20 with just a few racks of concert shirts that are significantly more expensive due to their rarity

Will Dodd a senior major-ing in political science bought two T-shirts from Gardnerrsquos sale two years ago and plans to check out the sale Thursday

ldquoHe has an incredible col-lection concert tees from the 70s and 80s that you wonrsquot find anywhere elserdquo Dodd said ldquoThese arenrsquot the novelty T-shirts you find in the mall theyrsquore the real thingrdquo

Throughout the years Gardner has come across

shirts that mean more than just a purchase to the cus-tomer He has even met stu-dents who have found a pieceof ancestral history with the T-shirts

ldquoLast year this girl found an old graduation shirt from Huntsville High School it had all these signatures from the graduating studentsrdquo Gardner said ldquoWhen the girl was look-ing at the shirt she found her dadrsquos name written on the backrdquo

A 1975 Jethro Tull band T-shirt is the oldest shirt Gardner has and doesnrsquot col-lect many shirts from before 1989

Last year Gardner sold one of his most rare shirts a 1976 Lynard Skynard T-shirt to a student for $200 Gardner said the customer was so happy with the shirt that they took a picture together holding it

ldquoIn the picture she had thishuge smile and it made me feel good I helped her find that shirtrdquo Gardner said ldquoItrsquos not just a piece of clothing itrsquos a work of artrdquo

UA grad brings back annual vintage T-shirt sale to Ferg

CW | Caitlin TrotterSonja Greentree Rossow a volunteer at Southern Letterpress and friend of the owner operates the letterpress machine Wednesday afternoon

SubmittedUA alumni expected to bring 2000 vintage shirts for Thursdayrsquos sale

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday October 11 2012 | Page 7

By Rich RobinsonAssistant News Editor

Former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and current candidate for the same position Roy Moore has come under fire for recent comments he made regarding same-sex marriage

According to an alcom arti-cle Moore said to a group of conservative activists gathered in Fort Payne Ala on Oct 6 ldquosame-sex marriage will be the ultimate destruction of our country because it destroys the very foundation upon which this nation is basedrdquo

In a telephone interview Moore stood by his controver-sial comments and defended his

appearance at a Tea Party rallyldquoI didnrsquot say anything thatrsquos

outside the lawrdquo Moore said ldquoI said that same-sex marriage is against the law Thatrsquos what a judge has to say It is either OK by the law or it is not OK by the lawrdquo

Moore went on to say same-sex marriage violates the Alabama constitution and the federal Defense Of Marriage Act passed in 1996

Members of The University of Alabamarsquos pro-LGBTQ rights community were not pleased with Moorersquos comments

ldquoI personally find Mr Moorersquos statements on same-sex mar-riage to be ludicrous and incred-ibly offensiverdquo Noah Cannon president of Spectrum said ldquoHe

is using tired and faulty rhetoric to further his own homophobia I personally feel this brand of myopic theocracy has no place in our judicial systemrdquo

Moore said his statements were based on precedent and settled state and federal law When asked specifically how same sex-marriage would destroy the ldquovery foundation upon which this nation is basedrdquo as he claimed in his speech Moore offered up an answer based on family life

ldquoThatrsquos because the founda-tion of our country is founded on families homes where man and woman are recognized as the parents of childrenrdquo Moore said ldquoItrsquos an institution which the courts have no authority

Roy Moorersquos comments prompt UA student reactionCW File

over especially when it violates the lawrdquo

Moore rebutted further criti-cism of his view on the issue by saying that if you just rule according to your feelings and not according to the law you destroy the very foundation of what being a judge is all about

ldquoBasically if you destroy the Constitution your country would fallrdquo Moore said ldquoIf you destroy all the laws that yoursquore under yoursquore country would fall it would become a different placerdquo

Moorersquos Democratic oppo-nent Circuit Court Judge Robert Vance could not be reached for comment by press time

Bradley Davidson the execu-tive director of the Alabama Democratic Party felt Moorersquos comments were out of place considering the next Chief Justice could potentially hear a case on the matter of same-sex marriage He also said he under-stood Moorersquos campaign strat-egy of speaking to members of the Tea Party

ldquoThe Tea Party is obviously a part of the Republican Party theyrsquore an active subset of the conservative movementrdquo Davidson said ldquoIf yoursquore run-ning as a partisan judge as a Republican then those are some of your potential voters so I would understand why he would speak to themrdquo

Lauren Jacobs vice president of Spectrum said she was not per-sonally comfort-able with Moore in office

ldquoWhen people say things like this and young LGBTQ people who are listening are lead to believe that there is something wrong with them that they donrsquot deserve rights that they wonrsquot be treated as full and equal citizens and that they have no other options for being a full member of our soci-ety that to me is what is truly

destructive and uncomfortablerdquo Jacobs said ldquoI would like to see politicians consider the weight of the effects their statements may have on young Alabamians watching themrdquo

In the inter-view Moore claimed thatPresident Barack Obama is disre-garding the law of Congress with the 2011 Justice Department deci-sion that the fed-eral government will not defend the Defense of

Marriage Act in courtldquoItrsquos not the job of a presi-

dent to overturn laws passed by Congress that he doesnrsquot likerdquo Moore said ldquoIn fact if you want to get very specific you go back and see where Barack Obama willy-nilly violates the law and says he has a right to do so So if he canrsquot follow the law passed by Congress then he should resign or be impeachedrdquo

ldquoI didnrsquot say anything thatrsquos outside the law I said that

same-sex marriage is against the law

mdash Roy Moore

Siegelman trial judge speaks at Ferg denies Rove connectionBy Rich RobinsonAssistant News Editor

Mark Fuller a University of Alabama graduate and federal judge best known for presiding over the trial of former Gov Don Siegelman spoke to a group of student leaders at the Ferguson Center last night In an address that focused on integrity Fuller also responded to the criticism that made him ldquoinfamousrdquo during the trial of Siegelman and founder of HealthSouth Richard Scrushy

Nick Lambert a graduate assistant who was involved in bringing Fuller to the Capstone for the speech thought it was well worth it

ldquoI think itrsquos real important that we instill integrity in all of our students and teach them to be active members of the community striving to achieve and live by the Capstone Creedrdquo Lambert said

Benjamin Sleight a sopho-more majoring in econom-ics said Fuller was able to connect to the students in attendance

ldquoMost judges are accused of being out of touch with the new generation thatrsquos

rising into the workplacerdquo Sleight said ldquoSure he wasnrsquot familiar with all the twit-ter terms but he seemed to be very in tune what was needed in an integrity-based speech to a student bodyrdquo

Fuller graduated from The University of Alabama with a degree in chemical engi-neering in 1982 and from The University of Alabama School of Law in 1985

Fuller said he got into engineering never intending to pursue it as a career but rather because he did well in math science and chem-istry and thought that engi-neering was a great founda-tion for future endeavors Despite his major choice Fuller said that he always wanted to be a federal judge

After law school Fuller worked at private practice for 11 years and was then appointed as a district attor-ney and served for five years He was appointed to be a United State District Court judge for the Middle District of Alabama by President George W Bush and began work in 2002

Fuller denied in a post-speech interview that he had any connection to the Bush White House when he

was appointedldquoI was involved in the

Republican party before I was appointed but no Irsquove never had any dealings with President Bushrdquo he said

Fuller also denied the widely spread assertion that Karl Rove or others in the Bush administration some-how influenced the trial

ldquoNo I was never contact-ed by anybodyrdquo Fuller said ldquoIrsquove never met Karl Rove never spoken to Karl Roverdquo

The trial took a per-sonal toll on the judge and his family Fuller said his daughter then a UA stu-dent was threatened and US Marshals needed to be called to check on her a few times

Despite how much the trial affected him personally Fuller said he was fair and unbiased during the case

ldquoI thought and I believe that I called that case as fair-ly as I have any other caserdquo Fuller said ldquoI couldnrsquot live with myself if I thought that I had railroaded somebody the government or an indi-vidual defendantrdquo

Melissa Brown and Mazie Bryant contributed to this report

Nelson also responded to the allegation of the authors of the anonymous letter that hazing during the pledge pro-cess had sent pledges to the hospital

ldquoDue to the significant hos-pitalizations and other infrac-

tionsrdquo the anonymous letter said ldquoIt would appear a week-ly suspension is insufficient in order to correct the pledge process at UArdquo

In his statement Nelson said as of Oct 1 six UA stu-dents had been treated at the DCH Regional Medical Center for alcohol poisoning and none were members of greek organizations

ldquoNot one incident was relat-ed to hazingrdquo Nelson said

Brad Fisher the commu-nications director of DCH Regional Medical Center said in the hospitalrsquos 2012 fiscal year Sept 30 2011 to Oct 1 2012 48 people between the ages of 18 and 22 were hospi-talized for alcohol overdoses Because of federal privacy laws Fisher could not report whether the hospitalized were UA students or their conditions on admission to or discharge from the hospital

LETTER FROM PAGE 1

Nelson addresses anonymous letter

Editor | Marquavius BurnettcrimsonwhitesportsgmailcomThursday October 11 2012SPORTS

NEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 8

By Mary Grace ShowfetyStaff Reporter

The only predictable thing about college football is that itrsquos unpredictable Thatrsquos what Nick Saban said this week in his news conference

Saban said that teams are being awarded a bit more credit than they deserve at this point in the season and we saw that over the weekend in particular

In reality there is not a col-lege football fan out there that can dispute either of Sabanrsquos statements At this point all signs point to our coach being dead-on

Since 2008 the Tide has held the same (5-0) undefeated record with a different ending to the story each time So obvi-ously the record is not the best way to predict the future

But with all that has hap-pened since the season began the question looming in the minds of sports fans is ldquoWill it be another year for the SECrdquo and ldquoCan it be another all SEC BCS Championshiprdquo

My answer is yes absolutely and maybe

After last yearrsquos BCS Championship the SEC was truly put under a microscope Of course there were (and still are) those that were opposed to Alabama having a second shot at LSU but it happened anyway

Irsquom not one to count my chickens before they hatch but it seems like itrsquos going to be another major year for the SEC

Letrsquos take a quick look Preseason No 1 USC Trojans lost the spotlight in a 21-14 loss

to Stanford LSU is struggling offensively and suffered the loss to Florida Oklahoma fell to Kansas State in week three Oregon seems to be rolling but still has a few challenges in the coming weeks South Carolina took all dignity away from Georgia last week and Florida State lost a heartbreaker to NC State

As for Michigan and Arkansas they had the unfor-tunate circumstances of play-ing Alabama early We all saw how that turned out

That leaves three teams in the preseason top 10 that have held onto undefeated records Alabama Oregon and South Carolina They have been joined by upstarts West Virginia Kansas State Oregon State and more traditional powers Notre Dame Ohio

State LSU and FloridaFour SEC teams reside in the

top 10 today with three of them ranked in the top four So the outlook is good for the SEC

But Saban said it best College football is unpredict-able And I think we all can agree so is the SEC

In the East Florida and South Carolina face off in two weeks and if that wasnrsquot enough the Gators will also take on Georgia in a game that holds great historical mean-ing for both schools If Georgia can re-evaluate and get back on track this game may pose a threat to Florida as well Oh and South Carolina goes to LSU while Florida has to finish with FSU

If the Tide runs the table and makes it to the SEC Championship game it could

face an undefeated South Carolina or Florida The win-ner would advance to the BCS Championship game

First things first The way I see it Alabama only has two more games with substantial competition Mississippi State and LSU

Considering Mississippi State has played the likes of Auburn Troy and South Alabama thus far it hasnrsquot been truly tested

LSU is most likely a bit flus-tered after last weekrsquos loss But this game holds meaning After all that went on between Alabama and LSU it is sure to be a good game filled with great importance for both teams

The truth of the matter is though this is not the same LSU team that we saw last year It does not pose the same

threat as it did last seasonOf course no one should be

discounted at this point in the game Alabama is the defend-ing national champion holdingthe No 1 slot in both polls Anyand every team has made the Tide its target

Back to that SECChampionship game Letrsquos say South Carolina and Florida play a close game The win-ner remains undefeatedand advances to the SEC Championship The loser could progress through the rest of the season with only one loss and maybe just maybe be in aposition to take on the winner of the SEC Championship in the BCS Championship

Remember though theonly thing that is predictable about college football is that it is unpredictable

SEC teams stand chance of winning BCS Championship for 7th year in a row

By Caroline GazzaraContributing Writer

After losing two road games against Texas AampM and Arkansas the Alabama soccer team is ready to bounce back at home against Mississippi State The Crimson Tide is confident this weekrsquos even matchup will give it the push it needs to win

Though the two away game losses have affected the Tide it has not set Alabama back enough to make it doubt itself Head Coach Todd Bramble isnrsquot letting the past affect

him or his teamldquo[This is] the first weekend

where we have come away without earning any points in the standings so thatrsquos difficult to make sure we

manage this period of adver-sity the right wayrdquo Bramble said ldquoWith every season you have you are going to have to deal with something and yoursquore going to have to over-come somethingrdquo

The Mississippi State game is a surefire way of bouncing back from the losses With an average shot percentage of 0108 the Tide is evenly matched against Mississippi State both statistically and competitively

ldquoFrom a style stand point [Mississippi State is] a lit-tle bit different from usrdquo Bramble said ldquoThey are a

team that defends and coun-ter-attacks a little bit more Wersquore a team that tries to pos-sess the ball a little bit more so itrsquos a contrast in styles but from a competitive stand point itrsquos going to be a really even gamerdquo

Freshman midfielder Abby Lutzenkirchen believes this home game will be a good turning point in the season for the Tide and its fans

ldquoItrsquos going to give us a lot more pride to win on our home field and to give our fans a good game and to sup-port and [make them] want to come out Sunday against

Missourirdquo Lutzenkirchen said

Being that this is the first in a series of four home games the Tide hopes being home will bring it the extra boost it needs to win this game as well as the rest of the sea-son in order to place in the SEC tournament

ldquoTherersquos still five games left therersquos still plenty of soccer to be played and therersquos still plenty of points to be earned toward a place in the conference tourna-ment at the end of the yearrdquo Bramble said

B e i n g h o m e h a s

heightened the playersrsquo enthusiasm to play on Thursday Senior defender Meghan Duffy is excited to play at home and encourage her team to win and play well

ldquo[I want to] make sure that I really encourage everyone on my team and make sure that wersquore all on the same page so then I can help the team and do my part for the whole grouprdquo Duffy said

With an even matchup at hand the Tide plans to have a great game against Mississippi State with hopes of winning the first of its four home game series

Tide hopes to bring home win after even matchupSOCCER

IF YOU GObull What Alabama vs

Mississippi State

bull When Oct 11 7 pm

bull Where Alabama Soccer Complex

COLUMN

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday October 11 2012 | Page 9

Alabama looks to improve on last performanceCROSS COUNTRY

SWIMMING

By Jasmine CannonStaff Reporter

This is a big weekend for Dan Waters and the Alabama

cross country teams as the Crimson Classic is set for Oct 13 at 830 am at Harry Pritchett Running Park

ldquoI think itrsquos a perfect race

By Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

After opening up the sea-son with a sweep of Delta State University the Alabama swim-ming and diving team looks to cap off another sweep against SEC foe Auburn on Friday Oct 12

New head coach Dennis Pursley said he was impressed with how his teamed performed in the season opener but there is still a long road ahead of them

ldquoDelta State will not nearly be the same challenge as Auburn will berdquo Pursley said ldquoI was pleased with just the general spirit and demeanor of the team

They were challenging them-selves to do the best that they could and we sort of developed a culture and certainly donrsquot want to see that changerdquo

Pursley is no stranger to the Capstone and brings a champion-ship pedigree to a team looking for overall consistency The Alabama alumnus has had international success ranging from Australia to most recently the head coach of the United Kingdomrsquos Olympic swimming team

Pursley said he hopes to trans-late some of the success he has had and the teamwork concept back to his alma mater

ldquoThe team concept here had seemed to deteriorate to a degree

in recent yearsrdquo he said ldquoI want to bring back the team-first atti-tude We took John F Kennedyrsquos most famous quote and twisted it a little bit and made it lsquoAsk not what your team can do for you but what you can do for your teamrsquo so I think that is the start in building the type of culture we want to build hererdquo

Teamwork is something the Tide will need when facing what Pursley called one of the most premier swimming and diving teams in the NCAA Despite pull-ing off an upset victory against Auburn in years past Pursley said he knows his team will have their hands full

ldquoTheyrsquore pretty much strong

top to bottom men and womenrdquo he said ldquoBut we donrsquot want to concede anything and we want to be racing to win even if on paper it is a long-shot or not We donrsquot want to walk away from Auburn knowing we could have done bet-ter than we didrdquo

Despite the early season chal-lenge Pursley said he looks to this match as a learning experi-ence for both himself and the team

ldquoObviously our big focus is the SEC championship and NCAA championship later in the sea-sonrdquo he said ldquoWe can learn from every experience by accomplish-ing all our goals Whatever the outcome our mission is to learnrdquo

UA AthleticAlabama Cross Country is set to host the Crimson Classic at the Harry Pritchett Running Park

Bama prepares to cap off 2nd sweep

for this time of the seasonrdquo Waters said ldquoItrsquoll be an oppor-tunity for us to test our fitness at this point Itrsquoll be an oppor-tunity to see a couple of the SEC teams and the regional teams We always look for-ward to running at home to have friends and family out there to watchrdquo

Mississippi State Auburn Tennessee and Mississippi are four of the SEC competitors set to take on the Tide Other schools include Georgia Tech Tulane and Samford

This will be the first compe-tition for Alabama since the Notre Dame Invitational Both the men and womenrsquos teams are looking to improve on their last performances

ldquoI feel like both the menrsquos and womenrsquos teams are at a place where they should have their best performance so far this seasonrdquo Adam Tribble assistance coach for distance runners said ldquoThatrsquos a good place to be The fitness level

for both teams is considerably increased within each Theyrsquore still a young team but theyrsquove progressed a lotrdquo

The teams are prepared and working on running to their full potential

ldquoBoth teams should be able to contend to win both racesrdquo Waters said ldquoIf we can keep everybody on their feet and have a good day and run like wersquore capable of doing then wersquoll be just finerdquo

The youthful teams will be lead by lone senior Elsbeth Denton who will be running in her last Crimson Classic She said the team is very confident heading into Saturdayrsquos race

ldquoWe have to stay calm and be confident in our train-ing and just know that wersquove been training very very wellrdquo Denton said ldquoWe just have to put that in the racerdquo

Coaches believe the Crimson Classic will be a good indicator of where the teams currently stand

ldquoI think this is kind of the first opportunity where wersquore able to really dig down and really get after it and really be able to see a good positive per-formance with the work they put inrdquo Tribble said

Last year the womenrsquos team came in first place for the sec-ond year in a row with five top-25 finishers The men came in fifth place behind Carison Kemei who placed first overall

The Crimson Classic will also feature high school boys and girls runners in a 5k The race will be Alabama cross countryrsquos Power of Pink meet

in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month

This is the Tidersquos last competition before head-ing to Nashville for the SEC championships

IF YOU GObull What Crimson Classic

bull Where Harry Pritchett Running Park

bull When 830 am Oct 13

Page 10 | Thursday October 11 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

By Zac Al-KhateebStaff Reporter

For Alabama head coach Nick Saban Saturdayrsquos game against the Missouri Tigers will present his team with something it hasnrsquot had all season a fresh start

The No 1 Crimson Tide coming off a bye week is looking to see whether the time off has resulted in any refinements in its game after a hard-fought match against Ole Miss

Still Saban said itrsquos not as if his team hasnrsquot played well thus far ndash it just hasnrsquot played

with enough consistencyldquoI think the focus that wersquove

tried to get with our players is this is kind of a new seasonrdquo Saban said ldquoA new opportu-nity to go out and play with more consistency in perfor-mancerdquo

Junior defensive lineman Damion Square said he thinks his team has made good use of its bye week improving in every aspect of the game and cutting down on mis-takes Indeed Square said his defense in particular would need it for Missourirsquos fast-paced offense

The key to success for his

defense Square said was in making sure it controls the game early

ldquoNo matter what they do as a defense wersquove got to come out and set the tonerdquo Square said ldquoAnd if you do that you control the outcome of the game no matter what the offense is trying to put out on the fieldrdquo

Still the team is not focus-ing solely on Missourirsquos no-huddle offense Defensively the Tigers pose some interest-ing matchups as well

Indeed senior center Barrett Jones said one player hersquos had his eye on is junior

defensive lineman Sheldon Richardson Richardson has proved a disruptive force in the Missouri front seven tying for second on the team with 38 tackles and three sacks

ldquoHersquos a very good playerrdquo Jones said ldquoHe plays really hard which I really respect He plays with a lot of intensity and passion and I definitely think hersquos going to be bringing it fastrdquo

Another difficulty Alabama will have to face is a hostile home crowd for the Tigers which are still seeking their first SEC win of the year at 0-3 in the conference

ldquoItrsquos a new environment for usrdquo Saban said ldquoSo itrsquos going to take some maturity on our part to stay focused on the right things We got to be zeroed in on whatrsquos important for us and what it takes for us to go play good footballrdquo

Still with all the potential difficulties the Tide will face against Missouri Jones said more than anything he was just excited to play football especially against teams fresh to the SEC

ldquoI think itrsquos exciting for us to go into a place like Missouri where wersquove never been before and who are new

to our conference and play thererdquo Jones said ldquoItrsquoll just be neat to play against anoth-er teamrdquo

Square shared Jonesrsquo sen-timents saying he was ready for team hungry for its first win to come against such a highly-ranked opponent as Alabama

ldquoOf courserdquo Square said ldquoYou got that target on your back When you play anybody they want to have a great vic-tory against you It can start a lot of good thingsrdquo

Still Square said all his team needs to worry about is its plays not Missouri

Alabama set for trip to new SEC opponent MissouriFOOTBALL

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Ghosts of the Black Belt brings tourism to Alabama By Becky RobinsonStaff Reporter

As Halloween draws near many people are in search of spooky events for the season If a ghost story sounds appealing Ghosts of the Black Belt will be offering those and many other haunted attractions for stu-dents and community members to enjoy throughout October

Sponsored by the UA Center for Economic Development Ghosts of the Black Belt offers tourists a night of ghost stories and tours while enhancing the

rural economies of towns in the Black Belt region

Nisa Miranda director of the UA Center for Economic Development said the UACED has been working with rural areas for the past 25 years

ldquoMany of these places have a lot of interesting stories as well as history culture and natural resourcesrdquo Miranda said ldquoTherersquos a lot of folklore and story telling about ghosts in the Black Belt As a result we thought it was a very inter-esting topic to concentrate onrdquo

Ghosts of the Black Belt is

in its second year Many of the events like the Katherine Tucker Windham ghost walk in Thomasville have grown to be so large that they are now fes-tivals Linda Vice the tourism director for rural Southwest Alabama said the UA Honors College played a role in creat-ing some events

ldquoCommunities have to real-ize what their strengths and weaknesses are and pick out those strengths and play to themrdquo Vice said ldquoAnd what wersquove found to be the strength in working with The University

of Alabama is our stories and our traditionsrdquo

Vice said she worked with the Honors College to pro-duce a YouTube series called ldquoAlabama Ghost Trailrdquo The series featured 22 first-person accounts of ghost stories and experiences

Miranda said doing fun events like the Ghosts of the Black Belt allows communities in the 11 Black Belt counties to benefit from the influx of tourists

Both women believe the economic development of the Black Belt region is an

incremental one involving a lot of planning and imagination

ldquoThese are outreaching service projects where we are helping poorer regions of Alabama become more viablerdquo Miranda said ldquoItrsquos a way that shows how The University of Alabama is active in improv-ing the living conditions and economic situations of people outside of Tuscaloosardquo

Some of this yearrsquos Ghosts of the Black Belt attractions include a haunted house at Old St Stephenrsquos Historical Park a ghost hunting investigation in

Cahawba and the Thomasville ghost walk

Vice said most of these events are family-friendly and admission is roughly $5 per event Additionally she said most of the attractions are close enough for UA students to attend

ldquoI really enjoy all of themrdquo Vice said ldquoIn the Black Belt everybody loves ghosts and we figured out why One [rea-son] is the Celtic heritage of the Scots-Irish people and the other is the African tradition with the voodoordquo

bull What Old St Stephenrsquos Historical Park Haunted House

When Saturdays from Sept 29 - Oct 27 and Tuesday Oct 30 and Wednesday Oct 31 Open from dusk -11 pm each day

Where St Stephens Historical Park 2056 Old St Stephens

Road St Stephens 36569

bull What Ghost Stories at Rikardrsquos Mill Historical Park

When Friday Oct 12-Saturday Oct 13 from 630 -10 pm each night

Where Rikardrsquos Mill Historical

Park located five miles north of Beatrice on Hwy 265 Admission is $5

bull What Cahawba Spirits Investigation When Friday Oct 19 Tours

begin every half

hour from 7-9 pm Where Old Cahawba

Archaeological Park 9518 Cahaba Road Orrville This attraction is for ages 12 and up Admission is $15

bull What ldquoHear the Dead Speakrdquo

daytime walking tour of Old Cahawba Park

When Sat Oct 20 10 am Where Old Cahawba

Archaeological Park 9518 Cahaba Road Orrville Admission is $6

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Todayrsquos Birthday (101112) You can really take ground in your career this year Responsible fi nancial management coupled with a clear plan of where yoursquore going can open unimaginable opportunities New perspectives on wealth allow for greater prosperity Travel and educational exploration expand mind and spiritTo get the advantage check the dayrsquos rating 10 is the easiest day 0 the most challengingAries (Mar 21-April 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Get down to the actual work for the next two days Get your ideas into action without delay Yoursquore gaining respect Pay attention to details Love fl ows both waysTaurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Take more time for play over the next couple of days and be rewarded Or at least take everything with a grain of salt and a good sense of humor Consider all possibilities Question authorityGemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Stay true to your vision and commitments even as you revise them Itrsquos a good time to fi nd a bargain Allow your feet to take you where they wantCancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 6 -- Study the situation for a while Meet with an important client or family member and listen as if yoursquore paying gold for every word Practice something you loveLeo (July 23-Aug 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Tap another source of revenue looking at all possible angles Th e upcoming days are quite profi table (and yoursquore very popular) Donrsquot fall

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UA Opera combines traditions of the genre with new directionBy Lauren CarltonContributing Writer

The University of Alabama Opera Theatrersquos fall scenes program ldquoSomething Old Something New The New and Old of Operardquo creates a marriage between Baroque and con-temporary opera to bring audiences one thrilling operatic experience

The show is comprised of differ-ent scenes arias and songs from Baroque and modern opera as well as musical theatre Under the direction of Paul Houghtaling student mem-bers of UAOT range from freshmen to doctoral students Each is involved in multiple scenes The graduate stu-dents and seniors are also given the additional responsibility of directing individual scenes

One of these students is Alana Sealy a first-year masterrsquos student in vocal performance

Sealy is one of two opera gradu-ate teaching assistants She directs the trio and chorus from Act II Scene I of Henry Purcellrsquos ldquoDido and Aeneasrdquo Directing has been a new challenge for Sealy but she met it head on and is proud of how far her cast has come in the short amount of rehearsal time

ldquoThey definitely have risen to the challengerdquo Sealy said ldquoThey have made it their ownrdquo

Making it their own is a trait of which UAOT is especially proud ldquoSomething Old Something Newrdquo will feature three new compositions two from the first Opera Composition Competition Composers from the University were encouraged to write short one-act operas to be performed by the Opera Theatre last fall The winner and runner-up of this com-petition will have their works per-formed Friday and Sunday

The winning piece Thomas Wilsonrsquos ldquoOnomastrdquo is a five-and-a-half minute long opera with libretto by creative writing student

Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Thursday October 11 2012CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 12

COLUMN | GAMING

By Nathan Proctor

Kickstarter an online international funding plat-form for a variety of cre-ative projects has recently seen a burst of growth from one particular inter-est group gamers Trading pre-orders or incentives for funding it allows sup-porters to act as collective publishers which develop-ers claim allow them abso-lute creative control rarely seen working through tra-ditional publishing houses Despite the unprecedented tens of millions poured into projects over the past year Kickstarter may not be the wave of the future as some herald it to be

First brought into the public eye last March by Tim Schafer and Double Fine Production it accu-mulated over $3 million ndash 834 percent of their set goal ndash in support of a vaguely defined return to the point-and-click adventure genre the crowd-sourcing ves-sel has shown its ability to produce serious amounts of money However that $3 million which can hypothetically produce a high-ceiling retro adven-ture game is nowhere near comparable to the budgets driving triple-A games This must temper our expectations

Still these levels of fund-ing are realistic for devel-opers wishing to break the triple-A mold who would benefit from an indepen-dent route of funding and

publication Backing this conceit are hundreds of successfully funded games to date

Kickstarterrsquos strengths are effectively promot-ing the successes facili-tated by the site and burying the majority of projects that fail to meet their goal and receive zero funding Notably the bulk of the most success-ful Kickstarter projects come from developers with meaningful experi-ence projects resurrecting games or series and games selling themselves off nos-talgia None of this is whol-ly unexpected or negative but it does suggest that the Kickstarter platform may vet games in a very simi-lar fashion to the publish-ers it allows developers to escape just with an altered set of standards

What donors myself included donrsquot often real-ize about the system is just how similar their position is to legitimate business investors A donor puts his money behind an idea with the promise of a return If his fundraising goal isnrsquot met money is returned and therersquos no investor loss beyond the failure of the project However once funded the quality of the product its direction ndash without investor oversight ndash and its existence whatso-ever is left in question with-out any real protection

Products thus far pro-duced by the service have been relative successes

and the service had a great deal of its popular reputa-tion hinging on perhaps the highest profile game to be released yet in Faster Than Light a spaceship man-agement simulator which to investorsrsquo and again my glee delivered on its promises However doubts have been shed on the ser-vicersquos most funded project to date OUYA a console meant to provide an open-source gaming platform for your television which brought in over $85 million with much critical specu-lation as to its feasibility and game support A large scale failure from a proj-ect such as this may cast doubt into the still-flowing stream of supports

This is not to say the Kickstarter avenue is with-out its place in the mar-ket Long dead genres and games odd enough or pos-sibly ambitious enough to frighten traditional inves-tors or publishers can test their mettle directly with the gaming public rather than via boardroom specu-lation Therersquos perhaps no better gauge of interest in a concept than people simply putting their money where their mouths are Whether an interesting blip in indus-try history or a long-term side-note attached to inter-esting games for long to come Kickstarter allows gamers to direct the pres-ent and future of game development in an ear-lier and more interesting fashion than ever before

Kickstarter allows developers new avenues to create succeed

Submitted PhotoThe University of Alabama Opera Theatrersquos fall scenes program is comprised of different scenes arias and songs from Baroque and modern operaJM Gamble Though a short piece ldquoOnomastrdquo is a satire that raises questions of societal pressures like fitting in and the fear of not being heard

Wilson is a junior majoring in music composition at the University His goal is to write music for video games so writing for an opera was a bit of a challenge at first He said he had to watch and research operas to prepare for the task of writing one

As opening night approaches Wilson is excited to see his composi-tion come to life

ldquoItrsquos opening up the second half of the showrdquo he said ldquoThatrsquos a pretty big deal [Houghtaling] went above and beyond in directing it I only wrote in a few stage directions I would like it to be open to interpretationrdquo

The decision to pair the incred-ibly modern with the incredibly old was a calculated decision on the part of Houghtaling

ldquoItrsquos very important to show where this art form that we love started and

itrsquos equally important to show where itrsquos goingrdquo Houghtaling said ldquoWersquore doing some very cool things from staged sacred Bach to musical the-atre We actually have more musical theatre in this program than wersquove ever had before in the fallrdquo

Nicole Pietrangelo a junior major-ing in vocal performance is in two of the musical theatre pieces

ldquoItrsquos definitely been funrdquo Pietrangelo said ldquoI feel so comfort-able doing it People will be in for a surpriserdquo

ldquoSomething Old Something Newrdquo will be performed Friday Oct 12 at 730 pm and Sunday Oct 14 at 3 pm in Moody Music Buildingrsquos ChoralOpera Room The space is trans-formed into an intimate theatre set-ting but seating is limited so early arrival is recommended Costumes are by Daniel Whitlow a first year MFA student in costume design Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for general admission They can be pur-chased at uamusictixcom

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Editor | Melissa Brownnewsdeskcwuaedu

Thursday October 11 2012NEWSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 3

Though none of the signers have become buyers at least a few students are coming forward with plans Marina Roberts president of Mallet Assembly posted an idea in a Facebook note on Oct 7 ndash Mallet could save the building

ldquoLoads of people have been raising hell about the Kilgore House and unfortunately nobodyrsquos come to the table with money and a plan for how keeping the house on campus will benefit the [University]rdquo she said in a comment on the note ldquoWe arerdquo

The Mallet Assembly which promotes diver-sity on campus intends to approach the University about

purchasing the Kilgore House The student group is housed in Palmer Hall which is slated to be demolished in the sum-mer of 2014 and is looking for another home

Roberts said she and sev-eral other Mallet leaders plan to house their board of gov-ernors and the faculty mem-bers that serve as advisors of the Assembly in the building They will also propose that the Kilgore serve as a commu-nity space and a place to hold classes

ldquoGiven our legacy of respect for integration and toler-ance it seemed suitable that the Mallet Assembly should participate in the movement to save the Kilgore Houserdquo Roberts said

She said the Mallet Assembly will make their pro-posal in the next three to four weeks to save a home she said

she views as representation of the freedom this generation has been given

ldquoI think those rights are too frequently taken for grantedrdquo Roberts said ldquoThat history needs to be protectedrdquo

Robert Mellown agreed with Robertsrsquo view

ldquoThe Kilgore House is very important for women here at the Universityrdquo Mellown said ldquoItrsquos the only remaining structure thatrsquos associ-ated with the period that women were first allowed to attend the Universityrdquo

According to the ldquoSave the Kilgore Houserdquo Facebook page Bryce Hospital trust-ees built the Kilgore House in 1890 for Bryce Hospitalrsquos first engineer Charles Kilgore and his family The family then

rented out rooms to students between 1905 and 1908 while their niece was attending the University The residence was called the Kilgore Ranch

According to the Facebook Page Anne Hunter the first woman to earn an M S degree at the University and the first female faculty member lived in the Kilgore House with other co-eds

Local businesses like Cold Stone Creamery and Buffalo Wild Wings will host

fundraiser nights through-out October and BABH will sponsor events like ldquoCan-or-Treatrdquo where students will col-lect cans door to door in local neighborhoods

Students who canrsquot make it out to fundraising nights can still get involved Students can

text ldquoBAMArdquo to 27222 and reply ldquoyesrdquo to donate $5 to the West Alabama Food Bank The dona-tion will be added to your phone bill and each dollar donated will provide two pounds of food

ldquoStudents can also come to our American Red Cross Blood Drive eventrdquo Clemons said of

the Oct 30-31 event ldquoFor every pint collected Samrsquos Club will donate a non-perishable food item to BABHrdquo

Students can also drop off canned goods at Express Oil Change amp Service Center according to the BABH website

For some fans though the notice of discounted stu-dent tickets came a little too late Marie Eddins a junior majoring in nursing purchased her tickets from the Ferguson Center for the

Avett Brothersrsquo performance in 2011 but said she didnrsquot know that would be an option this year

ldquoThe student ticket prices are an amazing deal for a concert that could otherwise be really expensiverdquo Eddins said ldquoBut I think they should offer tickets earlierrdquo

Eddins said she already purchased her tickets this summer for twice the price

of student ticketsA long time fan of the Avett

Brothers Eddins said she thinks the concert is worth the regular ticket price regardless

ldquoTheir live performances are even better than their recorded onesrdquo Eddins said ldquoBoth the band and the venue really impressed me last time and I donrsquot think this time will disappoint eitherrdquo

Hannah Holt a junior majoring in finance will be attending her first Avett Brothers performance Thursday Holt said she thinks the Avett Brothers make for a good college town performance because of the density of people ages 15-25

The concert begins at 730 pm and will feature a special guest performance by Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

AVETT FROM PAGE 1

Tuscaloosa a perfect venue for folk group

BABH FROM PAGE 1

BABH more than a canned goods drive

KILGORE FROM PAGE 1

Mallet leader posts plan to buy Kilgore

Area in detail

Kilgore House

Ferguson Center

By Alaina BoukedesContributing Writer

The College of Engineering will host an open house for any school groups current high school students or junior col-lege students Thursday Oct 11 in an effort to inform new-comers about The University of Alabamarsquos growing engi-neering program

Attendees will be provided information about housing financial aid and available scholarships and can register in front of HM Comer Hall from 8 am to 830 am Lunch will be served on the Quad in front of the engineering and science buildings after the open house at 1130 am

The day will start off with departmental tours pro-grams spanning from aero-space engineering to comput-er science

ldquoThis day will help cur-rent students decide which concentration of engineering they want to pursue as well as help future students get to know the programrdquo Rachel

Mitchell a senior majoring in mechanical engineering said

Attendees will tour lab spaces and have the oppor-tunity to speak with faculty members Afterward stu-dents will learn about the organizations within the college These groups vary from the ASCE Concrete Canoe team to professional platforms like the Society of Women Engineers

ldquoThese student pro-gram demonstrations can show prospective students what they would be doing in future yearsrdquo Lynsey Dill coordinator of student recruitment said

IF YOU GObull What E-Day

bull Registration Oct 11 8 to 830 am

bull Where HM Comer Hall

UA engineers welcome future students on E-Day

SubmittedJack Blankenship ldquoThe Facerdquo of the University of Alabama gets pied at a kick-off event for UArsquos annual food drive Beat Auburn Beat Hunger

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Thursday October 11 2012OPINIONSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 4

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MCT Campus

As a courtesy wait to party

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

By the end of this most of you will either be thinking ldquoThis guy is completely rightrdquo or ldquoJust shut up nerdrdquo and thatrsquos perfectly OK

I came to The University of Alabama to get a degree Thatrsquos it So for me itrsquos hard to comprehend why anyone who has to spend all day in a classroom would want to spent the entire night before partying then try to manage to stay awake through all those said classes

But I donrsquot have to understand it I have no right to tell other stu-dents to stop partying However I do have a suggestion Just save it for the weekend Three days each week yoursquore free No alarm clocks no classes just whatever you want to do

Because as a ldquostudentrdquo I actually like to be able to stay awake in my classes and the 2 am screaming has got to stop at least on week-days Really itrsquos a win-win You still get to party and we all get that nice little piece of paper to frame in a few years

Benjamin Clark is a junior majoring in journalism

Alabama Democratic Party needs to refocus misson regroup with supportersBy Tray SmithOnline Editor

Last month Alabama voters approved Amendment One which will allow the state to tap reserve funds to fill its financial gap Republican Gov Robert Bentley strongly supported the referendum which allows policymakers in Montgomery to avoid the task of making deep cuts in the General Fund budget

Its passage was also a vic-tory for Democrats though because it preserv es spend-ing for cherished Democratic priorities like Medicaid and mental health That is why many Democrats and Democratic-leaning interests groups supported the amend-ment

Still Alabama Democratic Party Chairman Mark Kennedy couldnrsquot resist using the opportunity to attack his political opponents

ldquoAfter over a hundred years of Democrats getting the job done and making tough decisions on behalf of all Alabamians it took only two years for the Republican supermajority in the

legisla ture to bring the state to the brink of a finan-cial catastropherdquo Kennedy said in a statement

Over a hundred years of Democrats getting the job done

Democrats did indeed con-trol the Alabama Legislature for over 100 years Their reign came to an end in 2010 when Alabama Republicans rode a national GOP tidal wave into an electoral landslide

But what type of job did they do

After a hundred years con-trolling the legislature they left the state with one of the most regressive tax systems in the nation Our school sys-tem was improving but that

was primarily a result of Republican Gov Bob Rileyrsquos leadership on education pol-icy

Even Riley was unable to advance all of his reform pro-posals because of opposition from Democrats and their union allies in Montgomery

These are disappointing results and should be devas-tating to liberals concerned about maintaining a progres-sive tax code and a strong public education system

Of course there isnrsquot any-thing surprising or particu-larly important about a par-tisan statement from a party chairman like Kennedy

What makes his statement revealing is that Alabama Democrats really do seem to think that for the past 100 years they got the ldquojob donerdquo

Normally after devastat-ing loses political parties regroup identify new lead-ers and find a new way to advance their priorities and win elections That is what national Republicans did after they were routed in the 2008 elections which is how they regained their majority

in the US House two years later

Alabama Democrats arenrsquot doing any of this The party isnrsquot putting any energy into revisiting its past failures considering new solutions or advancing a compelling vision for the state

I n s t e a d A l a b a m a Democrats seem to have absolved themselves of any blame for their 2010 defeat and concluded that they just wonrsquot be able to win in Alabama any more

That is a terrible mental-ity Democrat Sue Bell Cobb the former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court resigned last year and declined to stand for re-elec-tion

If she had joined the race she would be facing off against Republican Roy Moore with a good chance of winning votes

from independents and mod-erate Republicans Instead Democrats are currently rallying around Jefferson County Circuit Judge Robert Vance

Vance is a good candidate but he only started campaign-ing in August after the party was forced to remove Harry Lyon its first chief justice nominee from the ballot

Lyon was removed for call-ing ldquogay and same-sex mar-riage votersrdquo an abomination of God

Maybe Vance will still be able to win but the entire debacle is symbolic of a party in disarray That is unfor-tunate for Alabama which desperately needs a strong vibrant Democratic Party to challenge the dominant Republicans

Democrats should be forceful and united in

condemning HB 56 the Republican-initiated immi-gration bill intended to scare people out of our state Democrats shouldnrsquot be working to keep Republicans from passing a charter schools bill they should be criticizing Republicans for not putting forth a better plan for school choice and education reform Democrats should have been prepared to battle Moore in a chief justice race from the outset

Vigorous competition makes both parties improve

There are many ways Democrats could appeal to the conservative inclinations of Alabama voters and chal-lenge Republicans to put for-ward more serious solutions of their own The Democratic Party still has bright young talent that could be of great service to the state

Unfortunately Democrats arenrsquot even trying Even Republicans suffer when the Democratic Party is this bad

Tray Smith is the Online Editor for The Crimson White His column runs on Thursdays

ldquo Alabama Democrats seem to have absolved themselves of any blame for their 2012 defeat and concluded that they just wonrsquot be able to

win in Alabama any more

Stick it to the man stick to the little guys Why La Lola Loca is disappointingBy Mackenzie BrownVisuals Editor

In Mondayrsquos issue of The Crimson White Bama Dining advertised a new food truck called La Lola Loca on the Quad in front of Graves Hall Out of curiosity I decided to give it a try

I had a Loca Taco which I thought was very good Especially since it was some-thing new and different than my standard Subway They can definitely expect my returned business

La Lola Loca is a fran-chise-style food truck with locations on seven college campuses including the University of Florida the University of Tennessee and Baylor University The truck is owned and run by Bama Dining

It surprised me however that the truck was playing music and used a relatively

loud generator and air condi-tioner This comes as a sur-prise only because a locally owned food truck was boot-ed from the same spot last April The truck Brothers Street Eats was founded and run by two recent UA grad-uates The reason for the boot Their generator was too loud

According to an April 17 article of at least two pro-fessors in Graves Hall com-plained about the noise from the truck Others said they did not hear a thing

Bama Dining and UA Auxiliary Services did what they could to fix the problem but could not find a way to make the cost sensible

According to an Aug 21 Wall Street Journal article the loss of revenue caused by the boot forced Brothers Street Eats to shut down

The same article quotes Virginia Johnson the

Universityrsquos associate vice president for auxiliary ser-vices saying ldquoHaving a truck of our own gives us the flexibility to respond directly to our students rather than working with off-campus vendors to address student requestsrdquo

I know Bama Dining does surveys to generate an idea of student needs but I per-sonally have never even filled one out Irsquod feel much more comfortable going up to two students like myself and sharing my comments I know that my comments to them actually mean some-thing because they truly care about the welfare of their business I donrsquot feel this same connection with four minimum wage employ-ees or their bosses in Rose

I know many people espe-cially some of my co-workers were upset to see Brothers Street Eats leave campus I

was upset to learn that the leave forced the local com-pany to shut its doors only to be replaced with a chain food truck company

I understand the need to have University functions centrally managed I also understand that having an outside company operate within the University lim-its creates roadblocks but this university has a duty to its local citizens Why out-source when there is a per-fectly good substitute here locally

Brothers Street Eats was a solid company with good food that many students enjoyed The company had a positive impact on the University and its image Here in the CW newsroom bringing on Brothers Street Eats even gave us hope It showed us that this University wasnrsquot all about money and that they could stick up for the lit-

tle guy Brothers Street Eats was more than just a good place to eat it proved that this university cared more about the welfare of the city and wants and needs of its students than the money it produced

But unfortunately all ofthis went to waste with LaLola Loca

Mackenzie Brown is theVisuals Editor for TheCrimson White

CW FileBrothers Street Eats opened on campus for a short time in Spring 2012

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday October 11 2012 | Page 5

Debates show just how divided the country really isLETTER TO THE EDITOR

Oct 3 became one of the most defining moments of the 2012 Presidential Race At the University of Denver President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney met for the first of three debates the two candi-dates will participate in before the election on Nov 6 Governor Romney had arguably one of his best debate performances on record and President Obama had arguably one of his weakest Naturally the media has been analyzing every clip for the best points of the evening One that stood out to me in particular was Governor Romneyrsquos comments about tackling the nationrsquos defi-cit Governor Romney argued that the deficit is a moral issue due to the fact that the debt of this generation shall fall on the shoulders of the next generation As such he said he would set out by asking the question ldquoIs this program worth borrowing the money from Chinardquo

There are two reasons this point resonated with me The first reason was that it had not been too long ago that I heard the exact opposite argument made by a UA student On Sept 27 The University of Alabama Thomas Paine Project held an economic town hall forum At this forum delegates from the College Democrats Republicans and Young Americans for Liberty came together and dis-cussed how their party could solve Americarsquos economic woes

After each party made their points the audience posed a series of questions to the individ-ual parties One of the questions asked was (and I am paraphras-ing) ldquoWhy was the deficit and the governmentrsquos deficit spend-ing being so heavily criticized and focused on in the debaterdquo

The student that had asked the question revealed himself to be a believer in Keynesian Economics and began to

explain how those that believe in Keynesianrsquos economic theo-ries believe that debt and deficit spending is needed to stimulate the economy This student did not believe that there was a sig-nificant deficit issue and that nothing needed to be done about the debt right away

Both arguments revealed to me how divided a nation we truly live in The national debt which is just over $16 trillion dol-lars is growing at a rate of over five billion dollars each day This rapid borrowing of money cou-pled with impotent leadership incapable of paying the money back has led the US to receive a credit rating of AA- The grow-ing deficit is like the blade of a guillotine growing heavier with each passing second Sooner or later we will not be able to put off paying our lenders On that day the blade will fall and will bring to an end the greatest empire the world has ever known Then our

generation will be the ones that must endure the aftermath

Our leaders on both sides of the aisle out of either ideologi-cal dogma fool hearted hubris or sheer political corruption still refuse to come together to curb their spending and avert this cri-sis What is even more tragic is that the majority of these inept leaders will continue to be re-elected by their constituency simply because they have held the same seat for over 20 years or because they have fooled the voters into believing they actu-ally care about them

The only hope that our nation now has is that our generation will wake up from this apathetic hibernation to overthrow this oligarchy of the corrupt bureau-crat and to restore the republic of the people

Kyle Jones is a freshman major-ing in political science and Spanish

Consider Ala congressional races in Nov electionBy Nathan JamesStaff Columnist

As Election Day approaches and the nationrsquos media become more and more focused on the presidential race itrsquos impor-tant not to forget about the other offices to be decided this November In particular Alabama voters should be aware of the election for their congressperson

Next month Alabama vot-ers will decide between the Democratic Daniel Boman and Republican Robert Aderholt for Alabamarsquos 4th Congressional District And although the ques-tion of character in politics can be a slippery one in this instance Alabamians need to take a close look at the moral background of their candidates

First of all some background information Robert Aderholt

is the incumbent in this race and has served in Congress for 15 years During this time Aderholt has accrued a voting record that includes among other things opposition to clean air bills support for the sale of American oil overseas tax breaks for immensely profit-able oil companies and relaxing the restrictions on the mercury released by Alabama factories

However voters should be equally concerned about Aderholtrsquos appropriation of congressional funds Aderholt is currently under investiga-tion for the chronic misuse of congressional travel stipends Investigation by the House eth-ics committee has revealed that Aderholt has spent fed-eral funds on gifts for his wife unapproved travel expenses and other expenditures that cannot be determined because

Aderholt ldquodoes not keep receiptsrdquo

Boman has a slightly more unusual career In 2010 he was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives as a staunch Republican - unsurprising con-sidering his immensely conser-vative constituency However he had many ideological disagree-ments with other Republicans in the House

During discussion of a con-troversial education bill in 2011 Boman formally switched par-ties

ldquoDuring this current session I have seen this legislative body pass bills that I feel adversely affect what my people back home want need and deserve hellip I will never choose the Party over the people againrdquo Boman said

Whatrsquos remarkable about this switch is that it clearly

had little to no political impact and alienated Boman from his constituency It did not remove the Republican supermajor-ity in the House Boman did it because he thought it was the right thing to do even though it was politically insane

Maybe you feel that the bill Boman was protesting was good and maybe you donrsquot take issue with Aderholtrsquos pro-oil policies But the point is Aderholt has a history of tak-ing whatever he can get from the political system whereas Boman has jeopardized his own career to preserve his political integrity

As a Democrat Boman isnrsquot likely to be elected in Alabama But itrsquos worth a shot

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

print shops as much as it should so we try hard to provide services to the Southeastrdquo Peterson said

Ashley Gorham a second-year student in the MFA Book Arts Program volunteers at The Southern Letterpress

ldquoThe Southern is an inspir-ing space that seems to be a really good addition to down-town Northportrdquo Gorham said ldquoIt brings some youth and excitement to the neigh-borhoodrdquo

Sonja Rossow an MFA Book Arts Program gradu-ate also volunteers at The Southern Rossow who has known Peterson for three years said the shop adds something to the town

ldquoIt gives a added dimension to the arts theme around the Northport and Tuscaloosa areardquo Rossow said

She said Peterson often takes any opportunity to apply her artwork to things going on in the community

Gorham has been print-ing for a year and she said Petersonrsquos passion for art is

apparentldquoShersquos obsessed with print-

ing and I mean that in the most positive wayrdquo Gorham

said ldquoHer passion is con-tagious and I think The Southern is that passion made manifestrdquo

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTSPage 6 | Thursday October 11 2012

By Madison RobertsContributing Writer

The Col lege o f Co m m u n i c at i o n a n d Information Sciences will induct Dolph Tillotson Joe Rumore Sue Medina and Robert E Luckie III into the Communications Hall of Fame Thursday Oct 11 This yearrsquos inductees represent four dif-ferent disciplines in the col-lege advertising library and information studies broad-casting and print journalism

Previous inductees into the hall of fame include Martin Luther King Jr Helen Keller and Pulitzer Prize winning author Harper Lee

Tillotson said when he first received his nomination he was shocked to be among such a well-known group of people

ldquoI was shocked surprised pleased and just a little embar-rassedrdquo Tillotson said ldquoI was

embarrassed because I donrsquot see myself being on a list of honorees with Harper Lee and Martin Luther King Irsquom just a working newspaper man with absolutely no illusions of grandeurrdquo

Tillotson was born and raised in Tuscaloosa and founded newspapers at both his elementary and junior high schools He attended The University of Alabama from 1968 to 1972 and was political editor of The Crimson White during his freshman year He also worked at the University News Bureau the Tuscaloosa News became general editor of the Natchez Democrat and publisher of the Oskaloosa Herald

By the time he was 30 he had been appointed president of Boone Newspapers In 2011 Tillotson was named execu-tive vice president of Southern Newspapers Although his

career took him on a long jour-ney and this is among many of his other achievements Tillotson said he is honored to be inducted into the hall of fame

ldquoBeing inducted into the hall of hame is a wonderful honorrdquo Tillotson said ldquoMy time at The University of Alabama was among the best times of my life It was both challeng-ing and fun To be honored by my alma mater especially when I look at the very distin-guished list of previous honor-ees means a great deal to merdquo

Luckie who is the advertis-ing inductee graduated from the University in 1969 with a BA in marketing After his college career he worked for WAPI radio in Birmingham the Alabama Air National Guard and recently retired from Luckie amp Co which was founded by his father In 2000 the Birmingham chapter of

the American Advertising Federation awarded Luckie the Silver Medal

Rumore a Birmingham native was chosen as an inductee for his distinguished career in radio broadcasting After graduating high school he went to work at WJLD in Bessemer He worked briefly for WSFA in Montgomery and then returned to Birmingham to become a radio broad-caster for WAPI He reported on everything from weather and music to guests on the show After his work at WAPI Rumore accepted a job offer from WVOK where he worked for 30 years

Rumore has been recog-nized by the Country Music DJ Hall of Fame and the Contemporary Achievement Media Award from the Alabama Music Hall of Fame Rumore passed away in 1993 and his son Phillip will attend

the induction ceremony on his behalf

Medina received four degrees pertaining to library and information sciences at Florida State University and worked as a librarian in Japan and Georgia before moving to Alabama After working as a reference librarian for local libraries Medina eventu-ally became a consultant for Planning and Research with the Alabama Public Library Service in Montgomery From 1985 to 2009 Medina was the Director of the Network of Alabama Academic Libraries

Outside her librarian duties she wrote multiple articles geared toward improving library services and bringing libraries into the digital age She has worked for numerous causes including the preserva-tion of Alabama newspapers and READ Alabama

Medina was also largely

involved in creating the digi-tal repository of materials on Alabamarsquos history and the Alabama Virtual Library which allows databases and other resources to be accessedby schools and individuals nationwide

Loy Singleton dean of the College of Communication and Information Sciences said theadvisory board within the col-lege chooses between three and five inductees each year who exemplify the qualities every student should strive to have

ldquoIt is a recognition by the college and the University that you have led a career that we would hold up as an example to our studentsrdquo Singleton said ldquoYou have helped shine a positive light on the state of Alabama and media profes-sionals who work here and have chosen to make their careers hererdquo

CampIS to induct 4 new members into Communications Hall of Fame Thursday

By Sarah RobinsonContributing Writer

Some professors leave their work in the office after class ends but Jessica Peterson an adjunct profes-sor with the Book Arts MFA program practices the craft she teaches when she leaves campus and heads to her own Northport letterpress busi-ness

Peterson co-owns The Southern Letterpress which provides letterpress artwork products and printing to the Southeastern United States

Peterson said she has been interested in art her entire

life beginning with mak-ing books from photocop-ies and LaserJet printers in high school She pursued a career as a graphic designer after college to support her book-making habit working with advertising agencies like GAP and Warner Bros in New York

After working in New York Peterson headed to Alabama to get her MFA in the Book Arts Program At the University she was intro-duced to letterpress printing the oldest form of printing where raised portions of a metal or hard plastic polymer printing plate is doused in ink

and then pressed on paper leaving letters or images

ldquoIt was a historical mes-sage and that really inter-ested merdquo Peterson said ldquoIt was compelling how text and image has been made and dis-tributed for the last 500 years I have been making art for most of my life and itrsquos some-thing I need to dordquo

She opened her first shop in 2011 in Columbus Miss and co-owner Bridget Elmer joined her in 2012 On Sept 6 2012 Peterson opened The Southern Letterpress shop in Northport Ala

ldquoWe feel like the Southeast doesnrsquot really have as many

Book arts professor co-owns Northport letterpress

By Mazie BryantAssistant News Editor

After University of Alabama student Katie Hall lost her grandmother to dementia this past April she was propelled into action spending her fall break running a marathon in honor of the life her role model lived

ldquoI lost a huge idol a huge part of my liferdquo Katie Hall a senior majoring in public rela-tions said ldquoShe was one of the most important people in my liferdquo

Anna Hall was 91 years old when she was officially diagnosed with dementia in November 2011 but her fam-ily believes that she struggled with the disease for nearly five years before

ldquoA lot of people who have a family member diagnosed with dementia take them to a nursing home drop them off and never see them againrdquo Katie Hall said ldquoMany people think lsquoIf they canrsquot remember me why should I take care of themrsquo Itrsquos a heartbreak-ing reality of the disease But instead we became caregivers for her We had a family mem-ber by her side every dayrdquo

Alzheimerrsquos disease a form of dementia that affects mem-ory thought and behavior is just coming to the forefront of medical acknowledgement said Ellie Simpson manag-er of athletic events for the Alzheimerrsquos Association She said the disease is the fifth leading cause of death in older Americans ages 65 and older and more than 54 million peo-ple in America are currently living with it

ldquoWe come from a long line of forgetful peoplerdquo Katie Hall said ldquoWe should have noticed something was wrong earlier but we didnrsquotrdquo

She believes educating peo-ple about the disease can lead to early detection which could then prevent such rapid loss of brain function

ldquoUnfortunately itrsquos not a widely discussed disease but it affects so many peoplerdquo she said ldquoPeople donrsquot talk about it unless theyrsquove been affected by it so the more we get the

word out the more we can pre-vent itrdquo

Katie Hall an athlete in high school planned to get back in shape this year Researching marathons around the coun-try she discovered the Bank of America Chicago Marathon which offered charities a chance to form teams and raise money for their cause The Alzheimerrsquos Association was a participating charity

ldquoPeople were running in honor of somebody in memo-ry of someone or just because they believed in the charityrsquos missionrdquo Katie Hall said ldquoIt was one of those things that I was running anyways so I might as well run for my grandmother To see what my grandmother and family went through I couldnrsquot not do itrdquo

Katie Hall raised money for her run through her love of cooking and clothing She hosted four fundraising lun-cheons at various workplaces established bake sales and earned $200 from selling old clothing through a Facebook photo album

ldquoShersquod train by getting up at 530 am and running and then shersquod run in the after-noon sometimes toordquo Rick Hall Katie Hallrsquos father said ldquoShe was on a strict diet and couldnrsquot eat certain things She craved chocolate but couldnrsquot have any hellip Irsquove been

around the block six or seven times in my life now and it takes a lot to impress me But when someone helps someone who canrsquot help themselves it really impresses merdquo

Katie Hall ran on a team of 152 in a race of nearly 45000 runners on Sunday Oct 7 She was clad in a houndstooth hat in honor of her University and a pin of a picture of her and her grandmother Her parents and family members looked on encouraging her but remind-ing her that she could stop at any point

ldquoI was doing something for my grandmotherrdquo Katie Hall said ldquoI told my mom lsquoFailure is not an option Granny never gave up So Irsquom not going torsquo

ldquoI just kept telling myself She would have wanted this She would have wanted me to help someone or some family who is going through what we went throughrdquo

Katie Hall raised $1100 well over her original goal of $1000 while her marathon team raised a total of more than $149000 She can continue raising funds through Nov 1 and said she hopes the money can educate people of the real-ities of Alzheimerrsquos disease and help those who have been abandoned by their families

ldquoIf it helps just one patient one person one family itrsquos worth itrdquo she said

SubmittedKatie Hall raised more than $1000 for the Alzheimerrsquos Association

In Chicago houndstooth-clad student raises $1100

By Ashley Tripp and Katherine LangnerCW Staff

University of Alabama stu-dents will have the oppor-tunity to purchase parts of past decades today at the 8 on Repeat Vintage Clothing T-shirt sale in the Ferguson Center Lounge Thursday from 8 am to 6 pm

Former UA student Brandon Gardner is bringing 2000 vin-tage T-shirts back to his alma mater

ldquoIrsquom selling vintage con-cert shirts hot-rod shirts old motorcycle shirts college shirts and even some with old-fashioned advertisements on themrdquo Gardner said ldquoI have the most random yet legit stuff from the 70s and 80srdquo

Gardnerrsquos idea of 8 on Repeat Vintage Clothing began after college when he moved back home to Mississippi While at home his mother suggested he sell items from his parentsrsquo antique store on eBay After the success he found through eBay Gardner decided to use the website as a platform to create a business of his own

Gardnerrsquos love and signature look for vintage T-shirts began in high school when he started visiting local thrift stores with his friends With a growing collection Gardner thought it would be a great idea to sell some of them on eBay

ldquoI wanted to try and sell what I was passionate about so I listed some of my old vin-tage T-shirts I had collected over the yearsrdquo Gardner said ldquoI was so surprised by how quickly the shirts started sell-ing on eBay that I knew that I had caught onto something bigrdquo

Since his eBay site was becoming increasingly popu-

lar Gardner decided to expand his online business to pop-up stores taking 8 on Repeat Vintage Clothing on the road With the popular interest of vintage T-shirts among col-lege students Gardner travels frequently to college campus-es and sells shirts to universi-ties such as Mississippi State and Auburn

Gardner said 90 percent of his shirts are on a college bud-get and most of the shirts at the sale range from $10 to $20 with just a few racks of concert shirts that are significantly more expensive due to their rarity

Will Dodd a senior major-ing in political science bought two T-shirts from Gardnerrsquos sale two years ago and plans to check out the sale Thursday

ldquoHe has an incredible col-lection concert tees from the 70s and 80s that you wonrsquot find anywhere elserdquo Dodd said ldquoThese arenrsquot the novelty T-shirts you find in the mall theyrsquore the real thingrdquo

Throughout the years Gardner has come across

shirts that mean more than just a purchase to the cus-tomer He has even met stu-dents who have found a pieceof ancestral history with the T-shirts

ldquoLast year this girl found an old graduation shirt from Huntsville High School it had all these signatures from the graduating studentsrdquo Gardner said ldquoWhen the girl was look-ing at the shirt she found her dadrsquos name written on the backrdquo

A 1975 Jethro Tull band T-shirt is the oldest shirt Gardner has and doesnrsquot col-lect many shirts from before 1989

Last year Gardner sold one of his most rare shirts a 1976 Lynard Skynard T-shirt to a student for $200 Gardner said the customer was so happy with the shirt that they took a picture together holding it

ldquoIn the picture she had thishuge smile and it made me feel good I helped her find that shirtrdquo Gardner said ldquoItrsquos not just a piece of clothing itrsquos a work of artrdquo

UA grad brings back annual vintage T-shirt sale to Ferg

CW | Caitlin TrotterSonja Greentree Rossow a volunteer at Southern Letterpress and friend of the owner operates the letterpress machine Wednesday afternoon

SubmittedUA alumni expected to bring 2000 vintage shirts for Thursdayrsquos sale

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday October 11 2012 | Page 7

By Rich RobinsonAssistant News Editor

Former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and current candidate for the same position Roy Moore has come under fire for recent comments he made regarding same-sex marriage

According to an alcom arti-cle Moore said to a group of conservative activists gathered in Fort Payne Ala on Oct 6 ldquosame-sex marriage will be the ultimate destruction of our country because it destroys the very foundation upon which this nation is basedrdquo

In a telephone interview Moore stood by his controver-sial comments and defended his

appearance at a Tea Party rallyldquoI didnrsquot say anything thatrsquos

outside the lawrdquo Moore said ldquoI said that same-sex marriage is against the law Thatrsquos what a judge has to say It is either OK by the law or it is not OK by the lawrdquo

Moore went on to say same-sex marriage violates the Alabama constitution and the federal Defense Of Marriage Act passed in 1996

Members of The University of Alabamarsquos pro-LGBTQ rights community were not pleased with Moorersquos comments

ldquoI personally find Mr Moorersquos statements on same-sex mar-riage to be ludicrous and incred-ibly offensiverdquo Noah Cannon president of Spectrum said ldquoHe

is using tired and faulty rhetoric to further his own homophobia I personally feel this brand of myopic theocracy has no place in our judicial systemrdquo

Moore said his statements were based on precedent and settled state and federal law When asked specifically how same sex-marriage would destroy the ldquovery foundation upon which this nation is basedrdquo as he claimed in his speech Moore offered up an answer based on family life

ldquoThatrsquos because the founda-tion of our country is founded on families homes where man and woman are recognized as the parents of childrenrdquo Moore said ldquoItrsquos an institution which the courts have no authority

Roy Moorersquos comments prompt UA student reactionCW File

over especially when it violates the lawrdquo

Moore rebutted further criti-cism of his view on the issue by saying that if you just rule according to your feelings and not according to the law you destroy the very foundation of what being a judge is all about

ldquoBasically if you destroy the Constitution your country would fallrdquo Moore said ldquoIf you destroy all the laws that yoursquore under yoursquore country would fall it would become a different placerdquo

Moorersquos Democratic oppo-nent Circuit Court Judge Robert Vance could not be reached for comment by press time

Bradley Davidson the execu-tive director of the Alabama Democratic Party felt Moorersquos comments were out of place considering the next Chief Justice could potentially hear a case on the matter of same-sex marriage He also said he under-stood Moorersquos campaign strat-egy of speaking to members of the Tea Party

ldquoThe Tea Party is obviously a part of the Republican Party theyrsquore an active subset of the conservative movementrdquo Davidson said ldquoIf yoursquore run-ning as a partisan judge as a Republican then those are some of your potential voters so I would understand why he would speak to themrdquo

Lauren Jacobs vice president of Spectrum said she was not per-sonally comfort-able with Moore in office

ldquoWhen people say things like this and young LGBTQ people who are listening are lead to believe that there is something wrong with them that they donrsquot deserve rights that they wonrsquot be treated as full and equal citizens and that they have no other options for being a full member of our soci-ety that to me is what is truly

destructive and uncomfortablerdquo Jacobs said ldquoI would like to see politicians consider the weight of the effects their statements may have on young Alabamians watching themrdquo

In the inter-view Moore claimed thatPresident Barack Obama is disre-garding the law of Congress with the 2011 Justice Department deci-sion that the fed-eral government will not defend the Defense of

Marriage Act in courtldquoItrsquos not the job of a presi-

dent to overturn laws passed by Congress that he doesnrsquot likerdquo Moore said ldquoIn fact if you want to get very specific you go back and see where Barack Obama willy-nilly violates the law and says he has a right to do so So if he canrsquot follow the law passed by Congress then he should resign or be impeachedrdquo

ldquoI didnrsquot say anything thatrsquos outside the law I said that

same-sex marriage is against the law

mdash Roy Moore

Siegelman trial judge speaks at Ferg denies Rove connectionBy Rich RobinsonAssistant News Editor

Mark Fuller a University of Alabama graduate and federal judge best known for presiding over the trial of former Gov Don Siegelman spoke to a group of student leaders at the Ferguson Center last night In an address that focused on integrity Fuller also responded to the criticism that made him ldquoinfamousrdquo during the trial of Siegelman and founder of HealthSouth Richard Scrushy

Nick Lambert a graduate assistant who was involved in bringing Fuller to the Capstone for the speech thought it was well worth it

ldquoI think itrsquos real important that we instill integrity in all of our students and teach them to be active members of the community striving to achieve and live by the Capstone Creedrdquo Lambert said

Benjamin Sleight a sopho-more majoring in econom-ics said Fuller was able to connect to the students in attendance

ldquoMost judges are accused of being out of touch with the new generation thatrsquos

rising into the workplacerdquo Sleight said ldquoSure he wasnrsquot familiar with all the twit-ter terms but he seemed to be very in tune what was needed in an integrity-based speech to a student bodyrdquo

Fuller graduated from The University of Alabama with a degree in chemical engi-neering in 1982 and from The University of Alabama School of Law in 1985

Fuller said he got into engineering never intending to pursue it as a career but rather because he did well in math science and chem-istry and thought that engi-neering was a great founda-tion for future endeavors Despite his major choice Fuller said that he always wanted to be a federal judge

After law school Fuller worked at private practice for 11 years and was then appointed as a district attor-ney and served for five years He was appointed to be a United State District Court judge for the Middle District of Alabama by President George W Bush and began work in 2002

Fuller denied in a post-speech interview that he had any connection to the Bush White House when he

was appointedldquoI was involved in the

Republican party before I was appointed but no Irsquove never had any dealings with President Bushrdquo he said

Fuller also denied the widely spread assertion that Karl Rove or others in the Bush administration some-how influenced the trial

ldquoNo I was never contact-ed by anybodyrdquo Fuller said ldquoIrsquove never met Karl Rove never spoken to Karl Roverdquo

The trial took a per-sonal toll on the judge and his family Fuller said his daughter then a UA stu-dent was threatened and US Marshals needed to be called to check on her a few times

Despite how much the trial affected him personally Fuller said he was fair and unbiased during the case

ldquoI thought and I believe that I called that case as fair-ly as I have any other caserdquo Fuller said ldquoI couldnrsquot live with myself if I thought that I had railroaded somebody the government or an indi-vidual defendantrdquo

Melissa Brown and Mazie Bryant contributed to this report

Nelson also responded to the allegation of the authors of the anonymous letter that hazing during the pledge pro-cess had sent pledges to the hospital

ldquoDue to the significant hos-pitalizations and other infrac-

tionsrdquo the anonymous letter said ldquoIt would appear a week-ly suspension is insufficient in order to correct the pledge process at UArdquo

In his statement Nelson said as of Oct 1 six UA stu-dents had been treated at the DCH Regional Medical Center for alcohol poisoning and none were members of greek organizations

ldquoNot one incident was relat-ed to hazingrdquo Nelson said

Brad Fisher the commu-nications director of DCH Regional Medical Center said in the hospitalrsquos 2012 fiscal year Sept 30 2011 to Oct 1 2012 48 people between the ages of 18 and 22 were hospi-talized for alcohol overdoses Because of federal privacy laws Fisher could not report whether the hospitalized were UA students or their conditions on admission to or discharge from the hospital

LETTER FROM PAGE 1

Nelson addresses anonymous letter

Editor | Marquavius BurnettcrimsonwhitesportsgmailcomThursday October 11 2012SPORTS

NEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 8

By Mary Grace ShowfetyStaff Reporter

The only predictable thing about college football is that itrsquos unpredictable Thatrsquos what Nick Saban said this week in his news conference

Saban said that teams are being awarded a bit more credit than they deserve at this point in the season and we saw that over the weekend in particular

In reality there is not a col-lege football fan out there that can dispute either of Sabanrsquos statements At this point all signs point to our coach being dead-on

Since 2008 the Tide has held the same (5-0) undefeated record with a different ending to the story each time So obvi-ously the record is not the best way to predict the future

But with all that has hap-pened since the season began the question looming in the minds of sports fans is ldquoWill it be another year for the SECrdquo and ldquoCan it be another all SEC BCS Championshiprdquo

My answer is yes absolutely and maybe

After last yearrsquos BCS Championship the SEC was truly put under a microscope Of course there were (and still are) those that were opposed to Alabama having a second shot at LSU but it happened anyway

Irsquom not one to count my chickens before they hatch but it seems like itrsquos going to be another major year for the SEC

Letrsquos take a quick look Preseason No 1 USC Trojans lost the spotlight in a 21-14 loss

to Stanford LSU is struggling offensively and suffered the loss to Florida Oklahoma fell to Kansas State in week three Oregon seems to be rolling but still has a few challenges in the coming weeks South Carolina took all dignity away from Georgia last week and Florida State lost a heartbreaker to NC State

As for Michigan and Arkansas they had the unfor-tunate circumstances of play-ing Alabama early We all saw how that turned out

That leaves three teams in the preseason top 10 that have held onto undefeated records Alabama Oregon and South Carolina They have been joined by upstarts West Virginia Kansas State Oregon State and more traditional powers Notre Dame Ohio

State LSU and FloridaFour SEC teams reside in the

top 10 today with three of them ranked in the top four So the outlook is good for the SEC

But Saban said it best College football is unpredict-able And I think we all can agree so is the SEC

In the East Florida and South Carolina face off in two weeks and if that wasnrsquot enough the Gators will also take on Georgia in a game that holds great historical mean-ing for both schools If Georgia can re-evaluate and get back on track this game may pose a threat to Florida as well Oh and South Carolina goes to LSU while Florida has to finish with FSU

If the Tide runs the table and makes it to the SEC Championship game it could

face an undefeated South Carolina or Florida The win-ner would advance to the BCS Championship game

First things first The way I see it Alabama only has two more games with substantial competition Mississippi State and LSU

Considering Mississippi State has played the likes of Auburn Troy and South Alabama thus far it hasnrsquot been truly tested

LSU is most likely a bit flus-tered after last weekrsquos loss But this game holds meaning After all that went on between Alabama and LSU it is sure to be a good game filled with great importance for both teams

The truth of the matter is though this is not the same LSU team that we saw last year It does not pose the same

threat as it did last seasonOf course no one should be

discounted at this point in the game Alabama is the defend-ing national champion holdingthe No 1 slot in both polls Anyand every team has made the Tide its target

Back to that SECChampionship game Letrsquos say South Carolina and Florida play a close game The win-ner remains undefeatedand advances to the SEC Championship The loser could progress through the rest of the season with only one loss and maybe just maybe be in aposition to take on the winner of the SEC Championship in the BCS Championship

Remember though theonly thing that is predictable about college football is that it is unpredictable

SEC teams stand chance of winning BCS Championship for 7th year in a row

By Caroline GazzaraContributing Writer

After losing two road games against Texas AampM and Arkansas the Alabama soccer team is ready to bounce back at home against Mississippi State The Crimson Tide is confident this weekrsquos even matchup will give it the push it needs to win

Though the two away game losses have affected the Tide it has not set Alabama back enough to make it doubt itself Head Coach Todd Bramble isnrsquot letting the past affect

him or his teamldquo[This is] the first weekend

where we have come away without earning any points in the standings so thatrsquos difficult to make sure we

manage this period of adver-sity the right wayrdquo Bramble said ldquoWith every season you have you are going to have to deal with something and yoursquore going to have to over-come somethingrdquo

The Mississippi State game is a surefire way of bouncing back from the losses With an average shot percentage of 0108 the Tide is evenly matched against Mississippi State both statistically and competitively

ldquoFrom a style stand point [Mississippi State is] a lit-tle bit different from usrdquo Bramble said ldquoThey are a

team that defends and coun-ter-attacks a little bit more Wersquore a team that tries to pos-sess the ball a little bit more so itrsquos a contrast in styles but from a competitive stand point itrsquos going to be a really even gamerdquo

Freshman midfielder Abby Lutzenkirchen believes this home game will be a good turning point in the season for the Tide and its fans

ldquoItrsquos going to give us a lot more pride to win on our home field and to give our fans a good game and to sup-port and [make them] want to come out Sunday against

Missourirdquo Lutzenkirchen said

Being that this is the first in a series of four home games the Tide hopes being home will bring it the extra boost it needs to win this game as well as the rest of the sea-son in order to place in the SEC tournament

ldquoTherersquos still five games left therersquos still plenty of soccer to be played and therersquos still plenty of points to be earned toward a place in the conference tourna-ment at the end of the yearrdquo Bramble said

B e i n g h o m e h a s

heightened the playersrsquo enthusiasm to play on Thursday Senior defender Meghan Duffy is excited to play at home and encourage her team to win and play well

ldquo[I want to] make sure that I really encourage everyone on my team and make sure that wersquore all on the same page so then I can help the team and do my part for the whole grouprdquo Duffy said

With an even matchup at hand the Tide plans to have a great game against Mississippi State with hopes of winning the first of its four home game series

Tide hopes to bring home win after even matchupSOCCER

IF YOU GObull What Alabama vs

Mississippi State

bull When Oct 11 7 pm

bull Where Alabama Soccer Complex

COLUMN

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday October 11 2012 | Page 9

Alabama looks to improve on last performanceCROSS COUNTRY

SWIMMING

By Jasmine CannonStaff Reporter

This is a big weekend for Dan Waters and the Alabama

cross country teams as the Crimson Classic is set for Oct 13 at 830 am at Harry Pritchett Running Park

ldquoI think itrsquos a perfect race

By Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

After opening up the sea-son with a sweep of Delta State University the Alabama swim-ming and diving team looks to cap off another sweep against SEC foe Auburn on Friday Oct 12

New head coach Dennis Pursley said he was impressed with how his teamed performed in the season opener but there is still a long road ahead of them

ldquoDelta State will not nearly be the same challenge as Auburn will berdquo Pursley said ldquoI was pleased with just the general spirit and demeanor of the team

They were challenging them-selves to do the best that they could and we sort of developed a culture and certainly donrsquot want to see that changerdquo

Pursley is no stranger to the Capstone and brings a champion-ship pedigree to a team looking for overall consistency The Alabama alumnus has had international success ranging from Australia to most recently the head coach of the United Kingdomrsquos Olympic swimming team

Pursley said he hopes to trans-late some of the success he has had and the teamwork concept back to his alma mater

ldquoThe team concept here had seemed to deteriorate to a degree

in recent yearsrdquo he said ldquoI want to bring back the team-first atti-tude We took John F Kennedyrsquos most famous quote and twisted it a little bit and made it lsquoAsk not what your team can do for you but what you can do for your teamrsquo so I think that is the start in building the type of culture we want to build hererdquo

Teamwork is something the Tide will need when facing what Pursley called one of the most premier swimming and diving teams in the NCAA Despite pull-ing off an upset victory against Auburn in years past Pursley said he knows his team will have their hands full

ldquoTheyrsquore pretty much strong

top to bottom men and womenrdquo he said ldquoBut we donrsquot want to concede anything and we want to be racing to win even if on paper it is a long-shot or not We donrsquot want to walk away from Auburn knowing we could have done bet-ter than we didrdquo

Despite the early season chal-lenge Pursley said he looks to this match as a learning experi-ence for both himself and the team

ldquoObviously our big focus is the SEC championship and NCAA championship later in the sea-sonrdquo he said ldquoWe can learn from every experience by accomplish-ing all our goals Whatever the outcome our mission is to learnrdquo

UA AthleticAlabama Cross Country is set to host the Crimson Classic at the Harry Pritchett Running Park

Bama prepares to cap off 2nd sweep

for this time of the seasonrdquo Waters said ldquoItrsquoll be an oppor-tunity for us to test our fitness at this point Itrsquoll be an oppor-tunity to see a couple of the SEC teams and the regional teams We always look for-ward to running at home to have friends and family out there to watchrdquo

Mississippi State Auburn Tennessee and Mississippi are four of the SEC competitors set to take on the Tide Other schools include Georgia Tech Tulane and Samford

This will be the first compe-tition for Alabama since the Notre Dame Invitational Both the men and womenrsquos teams are looking to improve on their last performances

ldquoI feel like both the menrsquos and womenrsquos teams are at a place where they should have their best performance so far this seasonrdquo Adam Tribble assistance coach for distance runners said ldquoThatrsquos a good place to be The fitness level

for both teams is considerably increased within each Theyrsquore still a young team but theyrsquove progressed a lotrdquo

The teams are prepared and working on running to their full potential

ldquoBoth teams should be able to contend to win both racesrdquo Waters said ldquoIf we can keep everybody on their feet and have a good day and run like wersquore capable of doing then wersquoll be just finerdquo

The youthful teams will be lead by lone senior Elsbeth Denton who will be running in her last Crimson Classic She said the team is very confident heading into Saturdayrsquos race

ldquoWe have to stay calm and be confident in our train-ing and just know that wersquove been training very very wellrdquo Denton said ldquoWe just have to put that in the racerdquo

Coaches believe the Crimson Classic will be a good indicator of where the teams currently stand

ldquoI think this is kind of the first opportunity where wersquore able to really dig down and really get after it and really be able to see a good positive per-formance with the work they put inrdquo Tribble said

Last year the womenrsquos team came in first place for the sec-ond year in a row with five top-25 finishers The men came in fifth place behind Carison Kemei who placed first overall

The Crimson Classic will also feature high school boys and girls runners in a 5k The race will be Alabama cross countryrsquos Power of Pink meet

in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month

This is the Tidersquos last competition before head-ing to Nashville for the SEC championships

IF YOU GObull What Crimson Classic

bull Where Harry Pritchett Running Park

bull When 830 am Oct 13

Page 10 | Thursday October 11 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

By Zac Al-KhateebStaff Reporter

For Alabama head coach Nick Saban Saturdayrsquos game against the Missouri Tigers will present his team with something it hasnrsquot had all season a fresh start

The No 1 Crimson Tide coming off a bye week is looking to see whether the time off has resulted in any refinements in its game after a hard-fought match against Ole Miss

Still Saban said itrsquos not as if his team hasnrsquot played well thus far ndash it just hasnrsquot played

with enough consistencyldquoI think the focus that wersquove

tried to get with our players is this is kind of a new seasonrdquo Saban said ldquoA new opportu-nity to go out and play with more consistency in perfor-mancerdquo

Junior defensive lineman Damion Square said he thinks his team has made good use of its bye week improving in every aspect of the game and cutting down on mis-takes Indeed Square said his defense in particular would need it for Missourirsquos fast-paced offense

The key to success for his

defense Square said was in making sure it controls the game early

ldquoNo matter what they do as a defense wersquove got to come out and set the tonerdquo Square said ldquoAnd if you do that you control the outcome of the game no matter what the offense is trying to put out on the fieldrdquo

Still the team is not focus-ing solely on Missourirsquos no-huddle offense Defensively the Tigers pose some interest-ing matchups as well

Indeed senior center Barrett Jones said one player hersquos had his eye on is junior

defensive lineman Sheldon Richardson Richardson has proved a disruptive force in the Missouri front seven tying for second on the team with 38 tackles and three sacks

ldquoHersquos a very good playerrdquo Jones said ldquoHe plays really hard which I really respect He plays with a lot of intensity and passion and I definitely think hersquos going to be bringing it fastrdquo

Another difficulty Alabama will have to face is a hostile home crowd for the Tigers which are still seeking their first SEC win of the year at 0-3 in the conference

ldquoItrsquos a new environment for usrdquo Saban said ldquoSo itrsquos going to take some maturity on our part to stay focused on the right things We got to be zeroed in on whatrsquos important for us and what it takes for us to go play good footballrdquo

Still with all the potential difficulties the Tide will face against Missouri Jones said more than anything he was just excited to play football especially against teams fresh to the SEC

ldquoI think itrsquos exciting for us to go into a place like Missouri where wersquove never been before and who are new

to our conference and play thererdquo Jones said ldquoItrsquoll just be neat to play against anoth-er teamrdquo

Square shared Jonesrsquo sen-timents saying he was ready for team hungry for its first win to come against such a highly-ranked opponent as Alabama

ldquoOf courserdquo Square said ldquoYou got that target on your back When you play anybody they want to have a great vic-tory against you It can start a lot of good thingsrdquo

Still Square said all his team needs to worry about is its plays not Missouri

Alabama set for trip to new SEC opponent MissouriFOOTBALL

CW | Bryce DentonTop Left Tight end Malcolm Faciane and defensive lineman Dakota Ball work

on their blocking in Wednesdayrsquos practiceBottom Left Linebacker Nico Johnson linebacker Tana Patrick linebacker

Trey DePriest and running back Ben Howell practice tackling WednedayRight Linebacker Brent Calloway and running back Dee Hart run

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Ghosts of the Black Belt brings tourism to Alabama By Becky RobinsonStaff Reporter

As Halloween draws near many people are in search of spooky events for the season If a ghost story sounds appealing Ghosts of the Black Belt will be offering those and many other haunted attractions for stu-dents and community members to enjoy throughout October

Sponsored by the UA Center for Economic Development Ghosts of the Black Belt offers tourists a night of ghost stories and tours while enhancing the

rural economies of towns in the Black Belt region

Nisa Miranda director of the UA Center for Economic Development said the UACED has been working with rural areas for the past 25 years

ldquoMany of these places have a lot of interesting stories as well as history culture and natural resourcesrdquo Miranda said ldquoTherersquos a lot of folklore and story telling about ghosts in the Black Belt As a result we thought it was a very inter-esting topic to concentrate onrdquo

Ghosts of the Black Belt is

in its second year Many of the events like the Katherine Tucker Windham ghost walk in Thomasville have grown to be so large that they are now fes-tivals Linda Vice the tourism director for rural Southwest Alabama said the UA Honors College played a role in creat-ing some events

ldquoCommunities have to real-ize what their strengths and weaknesses are and pick out those strengths and play to themrdquo Vice said ldquoAnd what wersquove found to be the strength in working with The University

of Alabama is our stories and our traditionsrdquo

Vice said she worked with the Honors College to pro-duce a YouTube series called ldquoAlabama Ghost Trailrdquo The series featured 22 first-person accounts of ghost stories and experiences

Miranda said doing fun events like the Ghosts of the Black Belt allows communities in the 11 Black Belt counties to benefit from the influx of tourists

Both women believe the economic development of the Black Belt region is an

incremental one involving a lot of planning and imagination

ldquoThese are outreaching service projects where we are helping poorer regions of Alabama become more viablerdquo Miranda said ldquoItrsquos a way that shows how The University of Alabama is active in improv-ing the living conditions and economic situations of people outside of Tuscaloosardquo

Some of this yearrsquos Ghosts of the Black Belt attractions include a haunted house at Old St Stephenrsquos Historical Park a ghost hunting investigation in

Cahawba and the Thomasville ghost walk

Vice said most of these events are family-friendly and admission is roughly $5 per event Additionally she said most of the attractions are close enough for UA students to attend

ldquoI really enjoy all of themrdquo Vice said ldquoIn the Black Belt everybody loves ghosts and we figured out why One [rea-son] is the Celtic heritage of the Scots-Irish people and the other is the African tradition with the voodoordquo

bull What Old St Stephenrsquos Historical Park Haunted House

When Saturdays from Sept 29 - Oct 27 and Tuesday Oct 30 and Wednesday Oct 31 Open from dusk -11 pm each day

Where St Stephens Historical Park 2056 Old St Stephens

Road St Stephens 36569

bull What Ghost Stories at Rikardrsquos Mill Historical Park

When Friday Oct 12-Saturday Oct 13 from 630 -10 pm each night

Where Rikardrsquos Mill Historical

Park located five miles north of Beatrice on Hwy 265 Admission is $5

bull What Cahawba Spirits Investigation When Friday Oct 19 Tours

begin every half

hour from 7-9 pm Where Old Cahawba

Archaeological Park 9518 Cahaba Road Orrville This attraction is for ages 12 and up Admission is $15

bull What ldquoHear the Dead Speakrdquo

daytime walking tour of Old Cahawba Park

When Sat Oct 20 10 am Where Old Cahawba

Archaeological Park 9518 Cahaba Road Orrville Admission is $6

bull What Thomasville Ghost Walk When Saturday Oct 20 at

6 pm Where Downtown

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UA Opera combines traditions of the genre with new directionBy Lauren CarltonContributing Writer

The University of Alabama Opera Theatrersquos fall scenes program ldquoSomething Old Something New The New and Old of Operardquo creates a marriage between Baroque and con-temporary opera to bring audiences one thrilling operatic experience

The show is comprised of differ-ent scenes arias and songs from Baroque and modern opera as well as musical theatre Under the direction of Paul Houghtaling student mem-bers of UAOT range from freshmen to doctoral students Each is involved in multiple scenes The graduate stu-dents and seniors are also given the additional responsibility of directing individual scenes

One of these students is Alana Sealy a first-year masterrsquos student in vocal performance

Sealy is one of two opera gradu-ate teaching assistants She directs the trio and chorus from Act II Scene I of Henry Purcellrsquos ldquoDido and Aeneasrdquo Directing has been a new challenge for Sealy but she met it head on and is proud of how far her cast has come in the short amount of rehearsal time

ldquoThey definitely have risen to the challengerdquo Sealy said ldquoThey have made it their ownrdquo

Making it their own is a trait of which UAOT is especially proud ldquoSomething Old Something Newrdquo will feature three new compositions two from the first Opera Composition Competition Composers from the University were encouraged to write short one-act operas to be performed by the Opera Theatre last fall The winner and runner-up of this com-petition will have their works per-formed Friday and Sunday

The winning piece Thomas Wilsonrsquos ldquoOnomastrdquo is a five-and-a-half minute long opera with libretto by creative writing student

Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Thursday October 11 2012CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

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COLUMN | GAMING

By Nathan Proctor

Kickstarter an online international funding plat-form for a variety of cre-ative projects has recently seen a burst of growth from one particular inter-est group gamers Trading pre-orders or incentives for funding it allows sup-porters to act as collective publishers which develop-ers claim allow them abso-lute creative control rarely seen working through tra-ditional publishing houses Despite the unprecedented tens of millions poured into projects over the past year Kickstarter may not be the wave of the future as some herald it to be

First brought into the public eye last March by Tim Schafer and Double Fine Production it accu-mulated over $3 million ndash 834 percent of their set goal ndash in support of a vaguely defined return to the point-and-click adventure genre the crowd-sourcing ves-sel has shown its ability to produce serious amounts of money However that $3 million which can hypothetically produce a high-ceiling retro adven-ture game is nowhere near comparable to the budgets driving triple-A games This must temper our expectations

Still these levels of fund-ing are realistic for devel-opers wishing to break the triple-A mold who would benefit from an indepen-dent route of funding and

publication Backing this conceit are hundreds of successfully funded games to date

Kickstarterrsquos strengths are effectively promot-ing the successes facili-tated by the site and burying the majority of projects that fail to meet their goal and receive zero funding Notably the bulk of the most success-ful Kickstarter projects come from developers with meaningful experi-ence projects resurrecting games or series and games selling themselves off nos-talgia None of this is whol-ly unexpected or negative but it does suggest that the Kickstarter platform may vet games in a very simi-lar fashion to the publish-ers it allows developers to escape just with an altered set of standards

What donors myself included donrsquot often real-ize about the system is just how similar their position is to legitimate business investors A donor puts his money behind an idea with the promise of a return If his fundraising goal isnrsquot met money is returned and therersquos no investor loss beyond the failure of the project However once funded the quality of the product its direction ndash without investor oversight ndash and its existence whatso-ever is left in question with-out any real protection

Products thus far pro-duced by the service have been relative successes

and the service had a great deal of its popular reputa-tion hinging on perhaps the highest profile game to be released yet in Faster Than Light a spaceship man-agement simulator which to investorsrsquo and again my glee delivered on its promises However doubts have been shed on the ser-vicersquos most funded project to date OUYA a console meant to provide an open-source gaming platform for your television which brought in over $85 million with much critical specu-lation as to its feasibility and game support A large scale failure from a proj-ect such as this may cast doubt into the still-flowing stream of supports

This is not to say the Kickstarter avenue is with-out its place in the mar-ket Long dead genres and games odd enough or pos-sibly ambitious enough to frighten traditional inves-tors or publishers can test their mettle directly with the gaming public rather than via boardroom specu-lation Therersquos perhaps no better gauge of interest in a concept than people simply putting their money where their mouths are Whether an interesting blip in indus-try history or a long-term side-note attached to inter-esting games for long to come Kickstarter allows gamers to direct the pres-ent and future of game development in an ear-lier and more interesting fashion than ever before

Kickstarter allows developers new avenues to create succeed

Submitted PhotoThe University of Alabama Opera Theatrersquos fall scenes program is comprised of different scenes arias and songs from Baroque and modern operaJM Gamble Though a short piece ldquoOnomastrdquo is a satire that raises questions of societal pressures like fitting in and the fear of not being heard

Wilson is a junior majoring in music composition at the University His goal is to write music for video games so writing for an opera was a bit of a challenge at first He said he had to watch and research operas to prepare for the task of writing one

As opening night approaches Wilson is excited to see his composi-tion come to life

ldquoItrsquos opening up the second half of the showrdquo he said ldquoThatrsquos a pretty big deal [Houghtaling] went above and beyond in directing it I only wrote in a few stage directions I would like it to be open to interpretationrdquo

The decision to pair the incred-ibly modern with the incredibly old was a calculated decision on the part of Houghtaling

ldquoItrsquos very important to show where this art form that we love started and

itrsquos equally important to show where itrsquos goingrdquo Houghtaling said ldquoWersquore doing some very cool things from staged sacred Bach to musical the-atre We actually have more musical theatre in this program than wersquove ever had before in the fallrdquo

Nicole Pietrangelo a junior major-ing in vocal performance is in two of the musical theatre pieces

ldquoItrsquos definitely been funrdquo Pietrangelo said ldquoI feel so comfort-able doing it People will be in for a surpriserdquo

ldquoSomething Old Something Newrdquo will be performed Friday Oct 12 at 730 pm and Sunday Oct 14 at 3 pm in Moody Music Buildingrsquos ChoralOpera Room The space is trans-formed into an intimate theatre set-ting but seating is limited so early arrival is recommended Costumes are by Daniel Whitlow a first year MFA student in costume design Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for general admission They can be pur-chased at uamusictixcom

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Editor | SoRelle Wyckoffletterscwuaedu

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than 800 words) or a letter to the editor to letterscwuaedu

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MCT Campus

As a courtesy wait to party

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

By the end of this most of you will either be thinking ldquoThis guy is completely rightrdquo or ldquoJust shut up nerdrdquo and thatrsquos perfectly OK

I came to The University of Alabama to get a degree Thatrsquos it So for me itrsquos hard to comprehend why anyone who has to spend all day in a classroom would want to spent the entire night before partying then try to manage to stay awake through all those said classes

But I donrsquot have to understand it I have no right to tell other stu-dents to stop partying However I do have a suggestion Just save it for the weekend Three days each week yoursquore free No alarm clocks no classes just whatever you want to do

Because as a ldquostudentrdquo I actually like to be able to stay awake in my classes and the 2 am screaming has got to stop at least on week-days Really itrsquos a win-win You still get to party and we all get that nice little piece of paper to frame in a few years

Benjamin Clark is a junior majoring in journalism

Alabama Democratic Party needs to refocus misson regroup with supportersBy Tray SmithOnline Editor

Last month Alabama voters approved Amendment One which will allow the state to tap reserve funds to fill its financial gap Republican Gov Robert Bentley strongly supported the referendum which allows policymakers in Montgomery to avoid the task of making deep cuts in the General Fund budget

Its passage was also a vic-tory for Democrats though because it preserv es spend-ing for cherished Democratic priorities like Medicaid and mental health That is why many Democrats and Democratic-leaning interests groups supported the amend-ment

Still Alabama Democratic Party Chairman Mark Kennedy couldnrsquot resist using the opportunity to attack his political opponents

ldquoAfter over a hundred years of Democrats getting the job done and making tough decisions on behalf of all Alabamians it took only two years for the Republican supermajority in the

legisla ture to bring the state to the brink of a finan-cial catastropherdquo Kennedy said in a statement

Over a hundred years of Democrats getting the job done

Democrats did indeed con-trol the Alabama Legislature for over 100 years Their reign came to an end in 2010 when Alabama Republicans rode a national GOP tidal wave into an electoral landslide

But what type of job did they do

After a hundred years con-trolling the legislature they left the state with one of the most regressive tax systems in the nation Our school sys-tem was improving but that

was primarily a result of Republican Gov Bob Rileyrsquos leadership on education pol-icy

Even Riley was unable to advance all of his reform pro-posals because of opposition from Democrats and their union allies in Montgomery

These are disappointing results and should be devas-tating to liberals concerned about maintaining a progres-sive tax code and a strong public education system

Of course there isnrsquot any-thing surprising or particu-larly important about a par-tisan statement from a party chairman like Kennedy

What makes his statement revealing is that Alabama Democrats really do seem to think that for the past 100 years they got the ldquojob donerdquo

Normally after devastat-ing loses political parties regroup identify new lead-ers and find a new way to advance their priorities and win elections That is what national Republicans did after they were routed in the 2008 elections which is how they regained their majority

in the US House two years later

Alabama Democrats arenrsquot doing any of this The party isnrsquot putting any energy into revisiting its past failures considering new solutions or advancing a compelling vision for the state

I n s t e a d A l a b a m a Democrats seem to have absolved themselves of any blame for their 2010 defeat and concluded that they just wonrsquot be able to win in Alabama any more

That is a terrible mental-ity Democrat Sue Bell Cobb the former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court resigned last year and declined to stand for re-elec-tion

If she had joined the race she would be facing off against Republican Roy Moore with a good chance of winning votes

from independents and mod-erate Republicans Instead Democrats are currently rallying around Jefferson County Circuit Judge Robert Vance

Vance is a good candidate but he only started campaign-ing in August after the party was forced to remove Harry Lyon its first chief justice nominee from the ballot

Lyon was removed for call-ing ldquogay and same-sex mar-riage votersrdquo an abomination of God

Maybe Vance will still be able to win but the entire debacle is symbolic of a party in disarray That is unfor-tunate for Alabama which desperately needs a strong vibrant Democratic Party to challenge the dominant Republicans

Democrats should be forceful and united in

condemning HB 56 the Republican-initiated immi-gration bill intended to scare people out of our state Democrats shouldnrsquot be working to keep Republicans from passing a charter schools bill they should be criticizing Republicans for not putting forth a better plan for school choice and education reform Democrats should have been prepared to battle Moore in a chief justice race from the outset

Vigorous competition makes both parties improve

There are many ways Democrats could appeal to the conservative inclinations of Alabama voters and chal-lenge Republicans to put for-ward more serious solutions of their own The Democratic Party still has bright young talent that could be of great service to the state

Unfortunately Democrats arenrsquot even trying Even Republicans suffer when the Democratic Party is this bad

Tray Smith is the Online Editor for The Crimson White His column runs on Thursdays

ldquo Alabama Democrats seem to have absolved themselves of any blame for their 2012 defeat and concluded that they just wonrsquot be able to

win in Alabama any more

Stick it to the man stick to the little guys Why La Lola Loca is disappointingBy Mackenzie BrownVisuals Editor

In Mondayrsquos issue of The Crimson White Bama Dining advertised a new food truck called La Lola Loca on the Quad in front of Graves Hall Out of curiosity I decided to give it a try

I had a Loca Taco which I thought was very good Especially since it was some-thing new and different than my standard Subway They can definitely expect my returned business

La Lola Loca is a fran-chise-style food truck with locations on seven college campuses including the University of Florida the University of Tennessee and Baylor University The truck is owned and run by Bama Dining

It surprised me however that the truck was playing music and used a relatively

loud generator and air condi-tioner This comes as a sur-prise only because a locally owned food truck was boot-ed from the same spot last April The truck Brothers Street Eats was founded and run by two recent UA grad-uates The reason for the boot Their generator was too loud

According to an April 17 article of at least two pro-fessors in Graves Hall com-plained about the noise from the truck Others said they did not hear a thing

Bama Dining and UA Auxiliary Services did what they could to fix the problem but could not find a way to make the cost sensible

According to an Aug 21 Wall Street Journal article the loss of revenue caused by the boot forced Brothers Street Eats to shut down

The same article quotes Virginia Johnson the

Universityrsquos associate vice president for auxiliary ser-vices saying ldquoHaving a truck of our own gives us the flexibility to respond directly to our students rather than working with off-campus vendors to address student requestsrdquo

I know Bama Dining does surveys to generate an idea of student needs but I per-sonally have never even filled one out Irsquod feel much more comfortable going up to two students like myself and sharing my comments I know that my comments to them actually mean some-thing because they truly care about the welfare of their business I donrsquot feel this same connection with four minimum wage employ-ees or their bosses in Rose

I know many people espe-cially some of my co-workers were upset to see Brothers Street Eats leave campus I

was upset to learn that the leave forced the local com-pany to shut its doors only to be replaced with a chain food truck company

I understand the need to have University functions centrally managed I also understand that having an outside company operate within the University lim-its creates roadblocks but this university has a duty to its local citizens Why out-source when there is a per-fectly good substitute here locally

Brothers Street Eats was a solid company with good food that many students enjoyed The company had a positive impact on the University and its image Here in the CW newsroom bringing on Brothers Street Eats even gave us hope It showed us that this University wasnrsquot all about money and that they could stick up for the lit-

tle guy Brothers Street Eats was more than just a good place to eat it proved that this university cared more about the welfare of the city and wants and needs of its students than the money it produced

But unfortunately all ofthis went to waste with LaLola Loca

Mackenzie Brown is theVisuals Editor for TheCrimson White

CW FileBrothers Street Eats opened on campus for a short time in Spring 2012

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday October 11 2012 | Page 5

Debates show just how divided the country really isLETTER TO THE EDITOR

Oct 3 became one of the most defining moments of the 2012 Presidential Race At the University of Denver President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney met for the first of three debates the two candi-dates will participate in before the election on Nov 6 Governor Romney had arguably one of his best debate performances on record and President Obama had arguably one of his weakest Naturally the media has been analyzing every clip for the best points of the evening One that stood out to me in particular was Governor Romneyrsquos comments about tackling the nationrsquos defi-cit Governor Romney argued that the deficit is a moral issue due to the fact that the debt of this generation shall fall on the shoulders of the next generation As such he said he would set out by asking the question ldquoIs this program worth borrowing the money from Chinardquo

There are two reasons this point resonated with me The first reason was that it had not been too long ago that I heard the exact opposite argument made by a UA student On Sept 27 The University of Alabama Thomas Paine Project held an economic town hall forum At this forum delegates from the College Democrats Republicans and Young Americans for Liberty came together and dis-cussed how their party could solve Americarsquos economic woes

After each party made their points the audience posed a series of questions to the individ-ual parties One of the questions asked was (and I am paraphras-ing) ldquoWhy was the deficit and the governmentrsquos deficit spend-ing being so heavily criticized and focused on in the debaterdquo

The student that had asked the question revealed himself to be a believer in Keynesian Economics and began to

explain how those that believe in Keynesianrsquos economic theo-ries believe that debt and deficit spending is needed to stimulate the economy This student did not believe that there was a sig-nificant deficit issue and that nothing needed to be done about the debt right away

Both arguments revealed to me how divided a nation we truly live in The national debt which is just over $16 trillion dol-lars is growing at a rate of over five billion dollars each day This rapid borrowing of money cou-pled with impotent leadership incapable of paying the money back has led the US to receive a credit rating of AA- The grow-ing deficit is like the blade of a guillotine growing heavier with each passing second Sooner or later we will not be able to put off paying our lenders On that day the blade will fall and will bring to an end the greatest empire the world has ever known Then our

generation will be the ones that must endure the aftermath

Our leaders on both sides of the aisle out of either ideologi-cal dogma fool hearted hubris or sheer political corruption still refuse to come together to curb their spending and avert this cri-sis What is even more tragic is that the majority of these inept leaders will continue to be re-elected by their constituency simply because they have held the same seat for over 20 years or because they have fooled the voters into believing they actu-ally care about them

The only hope that our nation now has is that our generation will wake up from this apathetic hibernation to overthrow this oligarchy of the corrupt bureau-crat and to restore the republic of the people

Kyle Jones is a freshman major-ing in political science and Spanish

Consider Ala congressional races in Nov electionBy Nathan JamesStaff Columnist

As Election Day approaches and the nationrsquos media become more and more focused on the presidential race itrsquos impor-tant not to forget about the other offices to be decided this November In particular Alabama voters should be aware of the election for their congressperson

Next month Alabama vot-ers will decide between the Democratic Daniel Boman and Republican Robert Aderholt for Alabamarsquos 4th Congressional District And although the ques-tion of character in politics can be a slippery one in this instance Alabamians need to take a close look at the moral background of their candidates

First of all some background information Robert Aderholt

is the incumbent in this race and has served in Congress for 15 years During this time Aderholt has accrued a voting record that includes among other things opposition to clean air bills support for the sale of American oil overseas tax breaks for immensely profit-able oil companies and relaxing the restrictions on the mercury released by Alabama factories

However voters should be equally concerned about Aderholtrsquos appropriation of congressional funds Aderholt is currently under investiga-tion for the chronic misuse of congressional travel stipends Investigation by the House eth-ics committee has revealed that Aderholt has spent fed-eral funds on gifts for his wife unapproved travel expenses and other expenditures that cannot be determined because

Aderholt ldquodoes not keep receiptsrdquo

Boman has a slightly more unusual career In 2010 he was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives as a staunch Republican - unsurprising con-sidering his immensely conser-vative constituency However he had many ideological disagree-ments with other Republicans in the House

During discussion of a con-troversial education bill in 2011 Boman formally switched par-ties

ldquoDuring this current session I have seen this legislative body pass bills that I feel adversely affect what my people back home want need and deserve hellip I will never choose the Party over the people againrdquo Boman said

Whatrsquos remarkable about this switch is that it clearly

had little to no political impact and alienated Boman from his constituency It did not remove the Republican supermajor-ity in the House Boman did it because he thought it was the right thing to do even though it was politically insane

Maybe you feel that the bill Boman was protesting was good and maybe you donrsquot take issue with Aderholtrsquos pro-oil policies But the point is Aderholt has a history of tak-ing whatever he can get from the political system whereas Boman has jeopardized his own career to preserve his political integrity

As a Democrat Boman isnrsquot likely to be elected in Alabama But itrsquos worth a shot

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

print shops as much as it should so we try hard to provide services to the Southeastrdquo Peterson said

Ashley Gorham a second-year student in the MFA Book Arts Program volunteers at The Southern Letterpress

ldquoThe Southern is an inspir-ing space that seems to be a really good addition to down-town Northportrdquo Gorham said ldquoIt brings some youth and excitement to the neigh-borhoodrdquo

Sonja Rossow an MFA Book Arts Program gradu-ate also volunteers at The Southern Rossow who has known Peterson for three years said the shop adds something to the town

ldquoIt gives a added dimension to the arts theme around the Northport and Tuscaloosa areardquo Rossow said

She said Peterson often takes any opportunity to apply her artwork to things going on in the community

Gorham has been print-ing for a year and she said Petersonrsquos passion for art is

apparentldquoShersquos obsessed with print-

ing and I mean that in the most positive wayrdquo Gorham

said ldquoHer passion is con-tagious and I think The Southern is that passion made manifestrdquo

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTSPage 6 | Thursday October 11 2012

By Madison RobertsContributing Writer

The Col lege o f Co m m u n i c at i o n a n d Information Sciences will induct Dolph Tillotson Joe Rumore Sue Medina and Robert E Luckie III into the Communications Hall of Fame Thursday Oct 11 This yearrsquos inductees represent four dif-ferent disciplines in the col-lege advertising library and information studies broad-casting and print journalism

Previous inductees into the hall of fame include Martin Luther King Jr Helen Keller and Pulitzer Prize winning author Harper Lee

Tillotson said when he first received his nomination he was shocked to be among such a well-known group of people

ldquoI was shocked surprised pleased and just a little embar-rassedrdquo Tillotson said ldquoI was

embarrassed because I donrsquot see myself being on a list of honorees with Harper Lee and Martin Luther King Irsquom just a working newspaper man with absolutely no illusions of grandeurrdquo

Tillotson was born and raised in Tuscaloosa and founded newspapers at both his elementary and junior high schools He attended The University of Alabama from 1968 to 1972 and was political editor of The Crimson White during his freshman year He also worked at the University News Bureau the Tuscaloosa News became general editor of the Natchez Democrat and publisher of the Oskaloosa Herald

By the time he was 30 he had been appointed president of Boone Newspapers In 2011 Tillotson was named execu-tive vice president of Southern Newspapers Although his

career took him on a long jour-ney and this is among many of his other achievements Tillotson said he is honored to be inducted into the hall of fame

ldquoBeing inducted into the hall of hame is a wonderful honorrdquo Tillotson said ldquoMy time at The University of Alabama was among the best times of my life It was both challeng-ing and fun To be honored by my alma mater especially when I look at the very distin-guished list of previous honor-ees means a great deal to merdquo

Luckie who is the advertis-ing inductee graduated from the University in 1969 with a BA in marketing After his college career he worked for WAPI radio in Birmingham the Alabama Air National Guard and recently retired from Luckie amp Co which was founded by his father In 2000 the Birmingham chapter of

the American Advertising Federation awarded Luckie the Silver Medal

Rumore a Birmingham native was chosen as an inductee for his distinguished career in radio broadcasting After graduating high school he went to work at WJLD in Bessemer He worked briefly for WSFA in Montgomery and then returned to Birmingham to become a radio broad-caster for WAPI He reported on everything from weather and music to guests on the show After his work at WAPI Rumore accepted a job offer from WVOK where he worked for 30 years

Rumore has been recog-nized by the Country Music DJ Hall of Fame and the Contemporary Achievement Media Award from the Alabama Music Hall of Fame Rumore passed away in 1993 and his son Phillip will attend

the induction ceremony on his behalf

Medina received four degrees pertaining to library and information sciences at Florida State University and worked as a librarian in Japan and Georgia before moving to Alabama After working as a reference librarian for local libraries Medina eventu-ally became a consultant for Planning and Research with the Alabama Public Library Service in Montgomery From 1985 to 2009 Medina was the Director of the Network of Alabama Academic Libraries

Outside her librarian duties she wrote multiple articles geared toward improving library services and bringing libraries into the digital age She has worked for numerous causes including the preserva-tion of Alabama newspapers and READ Alabama

Medina was also largely

involved in creating the digi-tal repository of materials on Alabamarsquos history and the Alabama Virtual Library which allows databases and other resources to be accessedby schools and individuals nationwide

Loy Singleton dean of the College of Communication and Information Sciences said theadvisory board within the col-lege chooses between three and five inductees each year who exemplify the qualities every student should strive to have

ldquoIt is a recognition by the college and the University that you have led a career that we would hold up as an example to our studentsrdquo Singleton said ldquoYou have helped shine a positive light on the state of Alabama and media profes-sionals who work here and have chosen to make their careers hererdquo

CampIS to induct 4 new members into Communications Hall of Fame Thursday

By Sarah RobinsonContributing Writer

Some professors leave their work in the office after class ends but Jessica Peterson an adjunct profes-sor with the Book Arts MFA program practices the craft she teaches when she leaves campus and heads to her own Northport letterpress busi-ness

Peterson co-owns The Southern Letterpress which provides letterpress artwork products and printing to the Southeastern United States

Peterson said she has been interested in art her entire

life beginning with mak-ing books from photocop-ies and LaserJet printers in high school She pursued a career as a graphic designer after college to support her book-making habit working with advertising agencies like GAP and Warner Bros in New York

After working in New York Peterson headed to Alabama to get her MFA in the Book Arts Program At the University she was intro-duced to letterpress printing the oldest form of printing where raised portions of a metal or hard plastic polymer printing plate is doused in ink

and then pressed on paper leaving letters or images

ldquoIt was a historical mes-sage and that really inter-ested merdquo Peterson said ldquoIt was compelling how text and image has been made and dis-tributed for the last 500 years I have been making art for most of my life and itrsquos some-thing I need to dordquo

She opened her first shop in 2011 in Columbus Miss and co-owner Bridget Elmer joined her in 2012 On Sept 6 2012 Peterson opened The Southern Letterpress shop in Northport Ala

ldquoWe feel like the Southeast doesnrsquot really have as many

Book arts professor co-owns Northport letterpress

By Mazie BryantAssistant News Editor

After University of Alabama student Katie Hall lost her grandmother to dementia this past April she was propelled into action spending her fall break running a marathon in honor of the life her role model lived

ldquoI lost a huge idol a huge part of my liferdquo Katie Hall a senior majoring in public rela-tions said ldquoShe was one of the most important people in my liferdquo

Anna Hall was 91 years old when she was officially diagnosed with dementia in November 2011 but her fam-ily believes that she struggled with the disease for nearly five years before

ldquoA lot of people who have a family member diagnosed with dementia take them to a nursing home drop them off and never see them againrdquo Katie Hall said ldquoMany people think lsquoIf they canrsquot remember me why should I take care of themrsquo Itrsquos a heartbreak-ing reality of the disease But instead we became caregivers for her We had a family mem-ber by her side every dayrdquo

Alzheimerrsquos disease a form of dementia that affects mem-ory thought and behavior is just coming to the forefront of medical acknowledgement said Ellie Simpson manag-er of athletic events for the Alzheimerrsquos Association She said the disease is the fifth leading cause of death in older Americans ages 65 and older and more than 54 million peo-ple in America are currently living with it

ldquoWe come from a long line of forgetful peoplerdquo Katie Hall said ldquoWe should have noticed something was wrong earlier but we didnrsquotrdquo

She believes educating peo-ple about the disease can lead to early detection which could then prevent such rapid loss of brain function

ldquoUnfortunately itrsquos not a widely discussed disease but it affects so many peoplerdquo she said ldquoPeople donrsquot talk about it unless theyrsquove been affected by it so the more we get the

word out the more we can pre-vent itrdquo

Katie Hall an athlete in high school planned to get back in shape this year Researching marathons around the coun-try she discovered the Bank of America Chicago Marathon which offered charities a chance to form teams and raise money for their cause The Alzheimerrsquos Association was a participating charity

ldquoPeople were running in honor of somebody in memo-ry of someone or just because they believed in the charityrsquos missionrdquo Katie Hall said ldquoIt was one of those things that I was running anyways so I might as well run for my grandmother To see what my grandmother and family went through I couldnrsquot not do itrdquo

Katie Hall raised money for her run through her love of cooking and clothing She hosted four fundraising lun-cheons at various workplaces established bake sales and earned $200 from selling old clothing through a Facebook photo album

ldquoShersquod train by getting up at 530 am and running and then shersquod run in the after-noon sometimes toordquo Rick Hall Katie Hallrsquos father said ldquoShe was on a strict diet and couldnrsquot eat certain things She craved chocolate but couldnrsquot have any hellip Irsquove been

around the block six or seven times in my life now and it takes a lot to impress me But when someone helps someone who canrsquot help themselves it really impresses merdquo

Katie Hall ran on a team of 152 in a race of nearly 45000 runners on Sunday Oct 7 She was clad in a houndstooth hat in honor of her University and a pin of a picture of her and her grandmother Her parents and family members looked on encouraging her but remind-ing her that she could stop at any point

ldquoI was doing something for my grandmotherrdquo Katie Hall said ldquoI told my mom lsquoFailure is not an option Granny never gave up So Irsquom not going torsquo

ldquoI just kept telling myself She would have wanted this She would have wanted me to help someone or some family who is going through what we went throughrdquo

Katie Hall raised $1100 well over her original goal of $1000 while her marathon team raised a total of more than $149000 She can continue raising funds through Nov 1 and said she hopes the money can educate people of the real-ities of Alzheimerrsquos disease and help those who have been abandoned by their families

ldquoIf it helps just one patient one person one family itrsquos worth itrdquo she said

SubmittedKatie Hall raised more than $1000 for the Alzheimerrsquos Association

In Chicago houndstooth-clad student raises $1100

By Ashley Tripp and Katherine LangnerCW Staff

University of Alabama stu-dents will have the oppor-tunity to purchase parts of past decades today at the 8 on Repeat Vintage Clothing T-shirt sale in the Ferguson Center Lounge Thursday from 8 am to 6 pm

Former UA student Brandon Gardner is bringing 2000 vin-tage T-shirts back to his alma mater

ldquoIrsquom selling vintage con-cert shirts hot-rod shirts old motorcycle shirts college shirts and even some with old-fashioned advertisements on themrdquo Gardner said ldquoI have the most random yet legit stuff from the 70s and 80srdquo

Gardnerrsquos idea of 8 on Repeat Vintage Clothing began after college when he moved back home to Mississippi While at home his mother suggested he sell items from his parentsrsquo antique store on eBay After the success he found through eBay Gardner decided to use the website as a platform to create a business of his own

Gardnerrsquos love and signature look for vintage T-shirts began in high school when he started visiting local thrift stores with his friends With a growing collection Gardner thought it would be a great idea to sell some of them on eBay

ldquoI wanted to try and sell what I was passionate about so I listed some of my old vin-tage T-shirts I had collected over the yearsrdquo Gardner said ldquoI was so surprised by how quickly the shirts started sell-ing on eBay that I knew that I had caught onto something bigrdquo

Since his eBay site was becoming increasingly popu-

lar Gardner decided to expand his online business to pop-up stores taking 8 on Repeat Vintage Clothing on the road With the popular interest of vintage T-shirts among col-lege students Gardner travels frequently to college campus-es and sells shirts to universi-ties such as Mississippi State and Auburn

Gardner said 90 percent of his shirts are on a college bud-get and most of the shirts at the sale range from $10 to $20 with just a few racks of concert shirts that are significantly more expensive due to their rarity

Will Dodd a senior major-ing in political science bought two T-shirts from Gardnerrsquos sale two years ago and plans to check out the sale Thursday

ldquoHe has an incredible col-lection concert tees from the 70s and 80s that you wonrsquot find anywhere elserdquo Dodd said ldquoThese arenrsquot the novelty T-shirts you find in the mall theyrsquore the real thingrdquo

Throughout the years Gardner has come across

shirts that mean more than just a purchase to the cus-tomer He has even met stu-dents who have found a pieceof ancestral history with the T-shirts

ldquoLast year this girl found an old graduation shirt from Huntsville High School it had all these signatures from the graduating studentsrdquo Gardner said ldquoWhen the girl was look-ing at the shirt she found her dadrsquos name written on the backrdquo

A 1975 Jethro Tull band T-shirt is the oldest shirt Gardner has and doesnrsquot col-lect many shirts from before 1989

Last year Gardner sold one of his most rare shirts a 1976 Lynard Skynard T-shirt to a student for $200 Gardner said the customer was so happy with the shirt that they took a picture together holding it

ldquoIn the picture she had thishuge smile and it made me feel good I helped her find that shirtrdquo Gardner said ldquoItrsquos not just a piece of clothing itrsquos a work of artrdquo

UA grad brings back annual vintage T-shirt sale to Ferg

CW | Caitlin TrotterSonja Greentree Rossow a volunteer at Southern Letterpress and friend of the owner operates the letterpress machine Wednesday afternoon

SubmittedUA alumni expected to bring 2000 vintage shirts for Thursdayrsquos sale

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday October 11 2012 | Page 7

By Rich RobinsonAssistant News Editor

Former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and current candidate for the same position Roy Moore has come under fire for recent comments he made regarding same-sex marriage

According to an alcom arti-cle Moore said to a group of conservative activists gathered in Fort Payne Ala on Oct 6 ldquosame-sex marriage will be the ultimate destruction of our country because it destroys the very foundation upon which this nation is basedrdquo

In a telephone interview Moore stood by his controver-sial comments and defended his

appearance at a Tea Party rallyldquoI didnrsquot say anything thatrsquos

outside the lawrdquo Moore said ldquoI said that same-sex marriage is against the law Thatrsquos what a judge has to say It is either OK by the law or it is not OK by the lawrdquo

Moore went on to say same-sex marriage violates the Alabama constitution and the federal Defense Of Marriage Act passed in 1996

Members of The University of Alabamarsquos pro-LGBTQ rights community were not pleased with Moorersquos comments

ldquoI personally find Mr Moorersquos statements on same-sex mar-riage to be ludicrous and incred-ibly offensiverdquo Noah Cannon president of Spectrum said ldquoHe

is using tired and faulty rhetoric to further his own homophobia I personally feel this brand of myopic theocracy has no place in our judicial systemrdquo

Moore said his statements were based on precedent and settled state and federal law When asked specifically how same sex-marriage would destroy the ldquovery foundation upon which this nation is basedrdquo as he claimed in his speech Moore offered up an answer based on family life

ldquoThatrsquos because the founda-tion of our country is founded on families homes where man and woman are recognized as the parents of childrenrdquo Moore said ldquoItrsquos an institution which the courts have no authority

Roy Moorersquos comments prompt UA student reactionCW File

over especially when it violates the lawrdquo

Moore rebutted further criti-cism of his view on the issue by saying that if you just rule according to your feelings and not according to the law you destroy the very foundation of what being a judge is all about

ldquoBasically if you destroy the Constitution your country would fallrdquo Moore said ldquoIf you destroy all the laws that yoursquore under yoursquore country would fall it would become a different placerdquo

Moorersquos Democratic oppo-nent Circuit Court Judge Robert Vance could not be reached for comment by press time

Bradley Davidson the execu-tive director of the Alabama Democratic Party felt Moorersquos comments were out of place considering the next Chief Justice could potentially hear a case on the matter of same-sex marriage He also said he under-stood Moorersquos campaign strat-egy of speaking to members of the Tea Party

ldquoThe Tea Party is obviously a part of the Republican Party theyrsquore an active subset of the conservative movementrdquo Davidson said ldquoIf yoursquore run-ning as a partisan judge as a Republican then those are some of your potential voters so I would understand why he would speak to themrdquo

Lauren Jacobs vice president of Spectrum said she was not per-sonally comfort-able with Moore in office

ldquoWhen people say things like this and young LGBTQ people who are listening are lead to believe that there is something wrong with them that they donrsquot deserve rights that they wonrsquot be treated as full and equal citizens and that they have no other options for being a full member of our soci-ety that to me is what is truly

destructive and uncomfortablerdquo Jacobs said ldquoI would like to see politicians consider the weight of the effects their statements may have on young Alabamians watching themrdquo

In the inter-view Moore claimed thatPresident Barack Obama is disre-garding the law of Congress with the 2011 Justice Department deci-sion that the fed-eral government will not defend the Defense of

Marriage Act in courtldquoItrsquos not the job of a presi-

dent to overturn laws passed by Congress that he doesnrsquot likerdquo Moore said ldquoIn fact if you want to get very specific you go back and see where Barack Obama willy-nilly violates the law and says he has a right to do so So if he canrsquot follow the law passed by Congress then he should resign or be impeachedrdquo

ldquoI didnrsquot say anything thatrsquos outside the law I said that

same-sex marriage is against the law

mdash Roy Moore

Siegelman trial judge speaks at Ferg denies Rove connectionBy Rich RobinsonAssistant News Editor

Mark Fuller a University of Alabama graduate and federal judge best known for presiding over the trial of former Gov Don Siegelman spoke to a group of student leaders at the Ferguson Center last night In an address that focused on integrity Fuller also responded to the criticism that made him ldquoinfamousrdquo during the trial of Siegelman and founder of HealthSouth Richard Scrushy

Nick Lambert a graduate assistant who was involved in bringing Fuller to the Capstone for the speech thought it was well worth it

ldquoI think itrsquos real important that we instill integrity in all of our students and teach them to be active members of the community striving to achieve and live by the Capstone Creedrdquo Lambert said

Benjamin Sleight a sopho-more majoring in econom-ics said Fuller was able to connect to the students in attendance

ldquoMost judges are accused of being out of touch with the new generation thatrsquos

rising into the workplacerdquo Sleight said ldquoSure he wasnrsquot familiar with all the twit-ter terms but he seemed to be very in tune what was needed in an integrity-based speech to a student bodyrdquo

Fuller graduated from The University of Alabama with a degree in chemical engi-neering in 1982 and from The University of Alabama School of Law in 1985

Fuller said he got into engineering never intending to pursue it as a career but rather because he did well in math science and chem-istry and thought that engi-neering was a great founda-tion for future endeavors Despite his major choice Fuller said that he always wanted to be a federal judge

After law school Fuller worked at private practice for 11 years and was then appointed as a district attor-ney and served for five years He was appointed to be a United State District Court judge for the Middle District of Alabama by President George W Bush and began work in 2002

Fuller denied in a post-speech interview that he had any connection to the Bush White House when he

was appointedldquoI was involved in the

Republican party before I was appointed but no Irsquove never had any dealings with President Bushrdquo he said

Fuller also denied the widely spread assertion that Karl Rove or others in the Bush administration some-how influenced the trial

ldquoNo I was never contact-ed by anybodyrdquo Fuller said ldquoIrsquove never met Karl Rove never spoken to Karl Roverdquo

The trial took a per-sonal toll on the judge and his family Fuller said his daughter then a UA stu-dent was threatened and US Marshals needed to be called to check on her a few times

Despite how much the trial affected him personally Fuller said he was fair and unbiased during the case

ldquoI thought and I believe that I called that case as fair-ly as I have any other caserdquo Fuller said ldquoI couldnrsquot live with myself if I thought that I had railroaded somebody the government or an indi-vidual defendantrdquo

Melissa Brown and Mazie Bryant contributed to this report

Nelson also responded to the allegation of the authors of the anonymous letter that hazing during the pledge pro-cess had sent pledges to the hospital

ldquoDue to the significant hos-pitalizations and other infrac-

tionsrdquo the anonymous letter said ldquoIt would appear a week-ly suspension is insufficient in order to correct the pledge process at UArdquo

In his statement Nelson said as of Oct 1 six UA stu-dents had been treated at the DCH Regional Medical Center for alcohol poisoning and none were members of greek organizations

ldquoNot one incident was relat-ed to hazingrdquo Nelson said

Brad Fisher the commu-nications director of DCH Regional Medical Center said in the hospitalrsquos 2012 fiscal year Sept 30 2011 to Oct 1 2012 48 people between the ages of 18 and 22 were hospi-talized for alcohol overdoses Because of federal privacy laws Fisher could not report whether the hospitalized were UA students or their conditions on admission to or discharge from the hospital

LETTER FROM PAGE 1

Nelson addresses anonymous letter

Editor | Marquavius BurnettcrimsonwhitesportsgmailcomThursday October 11 2012SPORTS

NEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 8

By Mary Grace ShowfetyStaff Reporter

The only predictable thing about college football is that itrsquos unpredictable Thatrsquos what Nick Saban said this week in his news conference

Saban said that teams are being awarded a bit more credit than they deserve at this point in the season and we saw that over the weekend in particular

In reality there is not a col-lege football fan out there that can dispute either of Sabanrsquos statements At this point all signs point to our coach being dead-on

Since 2008 the Tide has held the same (5-0) undefeated record with a different ending to the story each time So obvi-ously the record is not the best way to predict the future

But with all that has hap-pened since the season began the question looming in the minds of sports fans is ldquoWill it be another year for the SECrdquo and ldquoCan it be another all SEC BCS Championshiprdquo

My answer is yes absolutely and maybe

After last yearrsquos BCS Championship the SEC was truly put under a microscope Of course there were (and still are) those that were opposed to Alabama having a second shot at LSU but it happened anyway

Irsquom not one to count my chickens before they hatch but it seems like itrsquos going to be another major year for the SEC

Letrsquos take a quick look Preseason No 1 USC Trojans lost the spotlight in a 21-14 loss

to Stanford LSU is struggling offensively and suffered the loss to Florida Oklahoma fell to Kansas State in week three Oregon seems to be rolling but still has a few challenges in the coming weeks South Carolina took all dignity away from Georgia last week and Florida State lost a heartbreaker to NC State

As for Michigan and Arkansas they had the unfor-tunate circumstances of play-ing Alabama early We all saw how that turned out

That leaves three teams in the preseason top 10 that have held onto undefeated records Alabama Oregon and South Carolina They have been joined by upstarts West Virginia Kansas State Oregon State and more traditional powers Notre Dame Ohio

State LSU and FloridaFour SEC teams reside in the

top 10 today with three of them ranked in the top four So the outlook is good for the SEC

But Saban said it best College football is unpredict-able And I think we all can agree so is the SEC

In the East Florida and South Carolina face off in two weeks and if that wasnrsquot enough the Gators will also take on Georgia in a game that holds great historical mean-ing for both schools If Georgia can re-evaluate and get back on track this game may pose a threat to Florida as well Oh and South Carolina goes to LSU while Florida has to finish with FSU

If the Tide runs the table and makes it to the SEC Championship game it could

face an undefeated South Carolina or Florida The win-ner would advance to the BCS Championship game

First things first The way I see it Alabama only has two more games with substantial competition Mississippi State and LSU

Considering Mississippi State has played the likes of Auburn Troy and South Alabama thus far it hasnrsquot been truly tested

LSU is most likely a bit flus-tered after last weekrsquos loss But this game holds meaning After all that went on between Alabama and LSU it is sure to be a good game filled with great importance for both teams

The truth of the matter is though this is not the same LSU team that we saw last year It does not pose the same

threat as it did last seasonOf course no one should be

discounted at this point in the game Alabama is the defend-ing national champion holdingthe No 1 slot in both polls Anyand every team has made the Tide its target

Back to that SECChampionship game Letrsquos say South Carolina and Florida play a close game The win-ner remains undefeatedand advances to the SEC Championship The loser could progress through the rest of the season with only one loss and maybe just maybe be in aposition to take on the winner of the SEC Championship in the BCS Championship

Remember though theonly thing that is predictable about college football is that it is unpredictable

SEC teams stand chance of winning BCS Championship for 7th year in a row

By Caroline GazzaraContributing Writer

After losing two road games against Texas AampM and Arkansas the Alabama soccer team is ready to bounce back at home against Mississippi State The Crimson Tide is confident this weekrsquos even matchup will give it the push it needs to win

Though the two away game losses have affected the Tide it has not set Alabama back enough to make it doubt itself Head Coach Todd Bramble isnrsquot letting the past affect

him or his teamldquo[This is] the first weekend

where we have come away without earning any points in the standings so thatrsquos difficult to make sure we

manage this period of adver-sity the right wayrdquo Bramble said ldquoWith every season you have you are going to have to deal with something and yoursquore going to have to over-come somethingrdquo

The Mississippi State game is a surefire way of bouncing back from the losses With an average shot percentage of 0108 the Tide is evenly matched against Mississippi State both statistically and competitively

ldquoFrom a style stand point [Mississippi State is] a lit-tle bit different from usrdquo Bramble said ldquoThey are a

team that defends and coun-ter-attacks a little bit more Wersquore a team that tries to pos-sess the ball a little bit more so itrsquos a contrast in styles but from a competitive stand point itrsquos going to be a really even gamerdquo

Freshman midfielder Abby Lutzenkirchen believes this home game will be a good turning point in the season for the Tide and its fans

ldquoItrsquos going to give us a lot more pride to win on our home field and to give our fans a good game and to sup-port and [make them] want to come out Sunday against

Missourirdquo Lutzenkirchen said

Being that this is the first in a series of four home games the Tide hopes being home will bring it the extra boost it needs to win this game as well as the rest of the sea-son in order to place in the SEC tournament

ldquoTherersquos still five games left therersquos still plenty of soccer to be played and therersquos still plenty of points to be earned toward a place in the conference tourna-ment at the end of the yearrdquo Bramble said

B e i n g h o m e h a s

heightened the playersrsquo enthusiasm to play on Thursday Senior defender Meghan Duffy is excited to play at home and encourage her team to win and play well

ldquo[I want to] make sure that I really encourage everyone on my team and make sure that wersquore all on the same page so then I can help the team and do my part for the whole grouprdquo Duffy said

With an even matchup at hand the Tide plans to have a great game against Mississippi State with hopes of winning the first of its four home game series

Tide hopes to bring home win after even matchupSOCCER

IF YOU GObull What Alabama vs

Mississippi State

bull When Oct 11 7 pm

bull Where Alabama Soccer Complex

COLUMN

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday October 11 2012 | Page 9

Alabama looks to improve on last performanceCROSS COUNTRY

SWIMMING

By Jasmine CannonStaff Reporter

This is a big weekend for Dan Waters and the Alabama

cross country teams as the Crimson Classic is set for Oct 13 at 830 am at Harry Pritchett Running Park

ldquoI think itrsquos a perfect race

By Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

After opening up the sea-son with a sweep of Delta State University the Alabama swim-ming and diving team looks to cap off another sweep against SEC foe Auburn on Friday Oct 12

New head coach Dennis Pursley said he was impressed with how his teamed performed in the season opener but there is still a long road ahead of them

ldquoDelta State will not nearly be the same challenge as Auburn will berdquo Pursley said ldquoI was pleased with just the general spirit and demeanor of the team

They were challenging them-selves to do the best that they could and we sort of developed a culture and certainly donrsquot want to see that changerdquo

Pursley is no stranger to the Capstone and brings a champion-ship pedigree to a team looking for overall consistency The Alabama alumnus has had international success ranging from Australia to most recently the head coach of the United Kingdomrsquos Olympic swimming team

Pursley said he hopes to trans-late some of the success he has had and the teamwork concept back to his alma mater

ldquoThe team concept here had seemed to deteriorate to a degree

in recent yearsrdquo he said ldquoI want to bring back the team-first atti-tude We took John F Kennedyrsquos most famous quote and twisted it a little bit and made it lsquoAsk not what your team can do for you but what you can do for your teamrsquo so I think that is the start in building the type of culture we want to build hererdquo

Teamwork is something the Tide will need when facing what Pursley called one of the most premier swimming and diving teams in the NCAA Despite pull-ing off an upset victory against Auburn in years past Pursley said he knows his team will have their hands full

ldquoTheyrsquore pretty much strong

top to bottom men and womenrdquo he said ldquoBut we donrsquot want to concede anything and we want to be racing to win even if on paper it is a long-shot or not We donrsquot want to walk away from Auburn knowing we could have done bet-ter than we didrdquo

Despite the early season chal-lenge Pursley said he looks to this match as a learning experi-ence for both himself and the team

ldquoObviously our big focus is the SEC championship and NCAA championship later in the sea-sonrdquo he said ldquoWe can learn from every experience by accomplish-ing all our goals Whatever the outcome our mission is to learnrdquo

UA AthleticAlabama Cross Country is set to host the Crimson Classic at the Harry Pritchett Running Park

Bama prepares to cap off 2nd sweep

for this time of the seasonrdquo Waters said ldquoItrsquoll be an oppor-tunity for us to test our fitness at this point Itrsquoll be an oppor-tunity to see a couple of the SEC teams and the regional teams We always look for-ward to running at home to have friends and family out there to watchrdquo

Mississippi State Auburn Tennessee and Mississippi are four of the SEC competitors set to take on the Tide Other schools include Georgia Tech Tulane and Samford

This will be the first compe-tition for Alabama since the Notre Dame Invitational Both the men and womenrsquos teams are looking to improve on their last performances

ldquoI feel like both the menrsquos and womenrsquos teams are at a place where they should have their best performance so far this seasonrdquo Adam Tribble assistance coach for distance runners said ldquoThatrsquos a good place to be The fitness level

for both teams is considerably increased within each Theyrsquore still a young team but theyrsquove progressed a lotrdquo

The teams are prepared and working on running to their full potential

ldquoBoth teams should be able to contend to win both racesrdquo Waters said ldquoIf we can keep everybody on their feet and have a good day and run like wersquore capable of doing then wersquoll be just finerdquo

The youthful teams will be lead by lone senior Elsbeth Denton who will be running in her last Crimson Classic She said the team is very confident heading into Saturdayrsquos race

ldquoWe have to stay calm and be confident in our train-ing and just know that wersquove been training very very wellrdquo Denton said ldquoWe just have to put that in the racerdquo

Coaches believe the Crimson Classic will be a good indicator of where the teams currently stand

ldquoI think this is kind of the first opportunity where wersquore able to really dig down and really get after it and really be able to see a good positive per-formance with the work they put inrdquo Tribble said

Last year the womenrsquos team came in first place for the sec-ond year in a row with five top-25 finishers The men came in fifth place behind Carison Kemei who placed first overall

The Crimson Classic will also feature high school boys and girls runners in a 5k The race will be Alabama cross countryrsquos Power of Pink meet

in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month

This is the Tidersquos last competition before head-ing to Nashville for the SEC championships

IF YOU GObull What Crimson Classic

bull Where Harry Pritchett Running Park

bull When 830 am Oct 13

Page 10 | Thursday October 11 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

By Zac Al-KhateebStaff Reporter

For Alabama head coach Nick Saban Saturdayrsquos game against the Missouri Tigers will present his team with something it hasnrsquot had all season a fresh start

The No 1 Crimson Tide coming off a bye week is looking to see whether the time off has resulted in any refinements in its game after a hard-fought match against Ole Miss

Still Saban said itrsquos not as if his team hasnrsquot played well thus far ndash it just hasnrsquot played

with enough consistencyldquoI think the focus that wersquove

tried to get with our players is this is kind of a new seasonrdquo Saban said ldquoA new opportu-nity to go out and play with more consistency in perfor-mancerdquo

Junior defensive lineman Damion Square said he thinks his team has made good use of its bye week improving in every aspect of the game and cutting down on mis-takes Indeed Square said his defense in particular would need it for Missourirsquos fast-paced offense

The key to success for his

defense Square said was in making sure it controls the game early

ldquoNo matter what they do as a defense wersquove got to come out and set the tonerdquo Square said ldquoAnd if you do that you control the outcome of the game no matter what the offense is trying to put out on the fieldrdquo

Still the team is not focus-ing solely on Missourirsquos no-huddle offense Defensively the Tigers pose some interest-ing matchups as well

Indeed senior center Barrett Jones said one player hersquos had his eye on is junior

defensive lineman Sheldon Richardson Richardson has proved a disruptive force in the Missouri front seven tying for second on the team with 38 tackles and three sacks

ldquoHersquos a very good playerrdquo Jones said ldquoHe plays really hard which I really respect He plays with a lot of intensity and passion and I definitely think hersquos going to be bringing it fastrdquo

Another difficulty Alabama will have to face is a hostile home crowd for the Tigers which are still seeking their first SEC win of the year at 0-3 in the conference

ldquoItrsquos a new environment for usrdquo Saban said ldquoSo itrsquos going to take some maturity on our part to stay focused on the right things We got to be zeroed in on whatrsquos important for us and what it takes for us to go play good footballrdquo

Still with all the potential difficulties the Tide will face against Missouri Jones said more than anything he was just excited to play football especially against teams fresh to the SEC

ldquoI think itrsquos exciting for us to go into a place like Missouri where wersquove never been before and who are new

to our conference and play thererdquo Jones said ldquoItrsquoll just be neat to play against anoth-er teamrdquo

Square shared Jonesrsquo sen-timents saying he was ready for team hungry for its first win to come against such a highly-ranked opponent as Alabama

ldquoOf courserdquo Square said ldquoYou got that target on your back When you play anybody they want to have a great vic-tory against you It can start a lot of good thingsrdquo

Still Square said all his team needs to worry about is its plays not Missouri

Alabama set for trip to new SEC opponent MissouriFOOTBALL

CW | Bryce DentonTop Left Tight end Malcolm Faciane and defensive lineman Dakota Ball work

on their blocking in Wednesdayrsquos practiceBottom Left Linebacker Nico Johnson linebacker Tana Patrick linebacker

Trey DePriest and running back Ben Howell practice tackling WednedayRight Linebacker Brent Calloway and running back Dee Hart run

through a drill at practice

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday October 11 2012 | Page 11

Ghosts of the Black Belt brings tourism to Alabama By Becky RobinsonStaff Reporter

As Halloween draws near many people are in search of spooky events for the season If a ghost story sounds appealing Ghosts of the Black Belt will be offering those and many other haunted attractions for stu-dents and community members to enjoy throughout October

Sponsored by the UA Center for Economic Development Ghosts of the Black Belt offers tourists a night of ghost stories and tours while enhancing the

rural economies of towns in the Black Belt region

Nisa Miranda director of the UA Center for Economic Development said the UACED has been working with rural areas for the past 25 years

ldquoMany of these places have a lot of interesting stories as well as history culture and natural resourcesrdquo Miranda said ldquoTherersquos a lot of folklore and story telling about ghosts in the Black Belt As a result we thought it was a very inter-esting topic to concentrate onrdquo

Ghosts of the Black Belt is

in its second year Many of the events like the Katherine Tucker Windham ghost walk in Thomasville have grown to be so large that they are now fes-tivals Linda Vice the tourism director for rural Southwest Alabama said the UA Honors College played a role in creat-ing some events

ldquoCommunities have to real-ize what their strengths and weaknesses are and pick out those strengths and play to themrdquo Vice said ldquoAnd what wersquove found to be the strength in working with The University

of Alabama is our stories and our traditionsrdquo

Vice said she worked with the Honors College to pro-duce a YouTube series called ldquoAlabama Ghost Trailrdquo The series featured 22 first-person accounts of ghost stories and experiences

Miranda said doing fun events like the Ghosts of the Black Belt allows communities in the 11 Black Belt counties to benefit from the influx of tourists

Both women believe the economic development of the Black Belt region is an

incremental one involving a lot of planning and imagination

ldquoThese are outreaching service projects where we are helping poorer regions of Alabama become more viablerdquo Miranda said ldquoItrsquos a way that shows how The University of Alabama is active in improv-ing the living conditions and economic situations of people outside of Tuscaloosardquo

Some of this yearrsquos Ghosts of the Black Belt attractions include a haunted house at Old St Stephenrsquos Historical Park a ghost hunting investigation in

Cahawba and the Thomasville ghost walk

Vice said most of these events are family-friendly and admission is roughly $5 per event Additionally she said most of the attractions are close enough for UA students to attend

ldquoI really enjoy all of themrdquo Vice said ldquoIn the Black Belt everybody loves ghosts and we figured out why One [rea-son] is the Celtic heritage of the Scots-Irish people and the other is the African tradition with the voodoordquo

bull What Old St Stephenrsquos Historical Park Haunted House

When Saturdays from Sept 29 - Oct 27 and Tuesday Oct 30 and Wednesday Oct 31 Open from dusk -11 pm each day

Where St Stephens Historical Park 2056 Old St Stephens

Road St Stephens 36569

bull What Ghost Stories at Rikardrsquos Mill Historical Park

When Friday Oct 12-Saturday Oct 13 from 630 -10 pm each night

Where Rikardrsquos Mill Historical

Park located five miles north of Beatrice on Hwy 265 Admission is $5

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When Sat Oct 20 10 am Where Old Cahawba

Archaeological Park 9518 Cahaba Road Orrville Admission is $6

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UA Opera combines traditions of the genre with new directionBy Lauren CarltonContributing Writer

The University of Alabama Opera Theatrersquos fall scenes program ldquoSomething Old Something New The New and Old of Operardquo creates a marriage between Baroque and con-temporary opera to bring audiences one thrilling operatic experience

The show is comprised of differ-ent scenes arias and songs from Baroque and modern opera as well as musical theatre Under the direction of Paul Houghtaling student mem-bers of UAOT range from freshmen to doctoral students Each is involved in multiple scenes The graduate stu-dents and seniors are also given the additional responsibility of directing individual scenes

One of these students is Alana Sealy a first-year masterrsquos student in vocal performance

Sealy is one of two opera gradu-ate teaching assistants She directs the trio and chorus from Act II Scene I of Henry Purcellrsquos ldquoDido and Aeneasrdquo Directing has been a new challenge for Sealy but she met it head on and is proud of how far her cast has come in the short amount of rehearsal time

ldquoThey definitely have risen to the challengerdquo Sealy said ldquoThey have made it their ownrdquo

Making it their own is a trait of which UAOT is especially proud ldquoSomething Old Something Newrdquo will feature three new compositions two from the first Opera Composition Competition Composers from the University were encouraged to write short one-act operas to be performed by the Opera Theatre last fall The winner and runner-up of this com-petition will have their works per-formed Friday and Sunday

The winning piece Thomas Wilsonrsquos ldquoOnomastrdquo is a five-and-a-half minute long opera with libretto by creative writing student

Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Thursday October 11 2012CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 12

COLUMN | GAMING

By Nathan Proctor

Kickstarter an online international funding plat-form for a variety of cre-ative projects has recently seen a burst of growth from one particular inter-est group gamers Trading pre-orders or incentives for funding it allows sup-porters to act as collective publishers which develop-ers claim allow them abso-lute creative control rarely seen working through tra-ditional publishing houses Despite the unprecedented tens of millions poured into projects over the past year Kickstarter may not be the wave of the future as some herald it to be

First brought into the public eye last March by Tim Schafer and Double Fine Production it accu-mulated over $3 million ndash 834 percent of their set goal ndash in support of a vaguely defined return to the point-and-click adventure genre the crowd-sourcing ves-sel has shown its ability to produce serious amounts of money However that $3 million which can hypothetically produce a high-ceiling retro adven-ture game is nowhere near comparable to the budgets driving triple-A games This must temper our expectations

Still these levels of fund-ing are realistic for devel-opers wishing to break the triple-A mold who would benefit from an indepen-dent route of funding and

publication Backing this conceit are hundreds of successfully funded games to date

Kickstarterrsquos strengths are effectively promot-ing the successes facili-tated by the site and burying the majority of projects that fail to meet their goal and receive zero funding Notably the bulk of the most success-ful Kickstarter projects come from developers with meaningful experi-ence projects resurrecting games or series and games selling themselves off nos-talgia None of this is whol-ly unexpected or negative but it does suggest that the Kickstarter platform may vet games in a very simi-lar fashion to the publish-ers it allows developers to escape just with an altered set of standards

What donors myself included donrsquot often real-ize about the system is just how similar their position is to legitimate business investors A donor puts his money behind an idea with the promise of a return If his fundraising goal isnrsquot met money is returned and therersquos no investor loss beyond the failure of the project However once funded the quality of the product its direction ndash without investor oversight ndash and its existence whatso-ever is left in question with-out any real protection

Products thus far pro-duced by the service have been relative successes

and the service had a great deal of its popular reputa-tion hinging on perhaps the highest profile game to be released yet in Faster Than Light a spaceship man-agement simulator which to investorsrsquo and again my glee delivered on its promises However doubts have been shed on the ser-vicersquos most funded project to date OUYA a console meant to provide an open-source gaming platform for your television which brought in over $85 million with much critical specu-lation as to its feasibility and game support A large scale failure from a proj-ect such as this may cast doubt into the still-flowing stream of supports

This is not to say the Kickstarter avenue is with-out its place in the mar-ket Long dead genres and games odd enough or pos-sibly ambitious enough to frighten traditional inves-tors or publishers can test their mettle directly with the gaming public rather than via boardroom specu-lation Therersquos perhaps no better gauge of interest in a concept than people simply putting their money where their mouths are Whether an interesting blip in indus-try history or a long-term side-note attached to inter-esting games for long to come Kickstarter allows gamers to direct the pres-ent and future of game development in an ear-lier and more interesting fashion than ever before

Kickstarter allows developers new avenues to create succeed

Submitted PhotoThe University of Alabama Opera Theatrersquos fall scenes program is comprised of different scenes arias and songs from Baroque and modern operaJM Gamble Though a short piece ldquoOnomastrdquo is a satire that raises questions of societal pressures like fitting in and the fear of not being heard

Wilson is a junior majoring in music composition at the University His goal is to write music for video games so writing for an opera was a bit of a challenge at first He said he had to watch and research operas to prepare for the task of writing one

As opening night approaches Wilson is excited to see his composi-tion come to life

ldquoItrsquos opening up the second half of the showrdquo he said ldquoThatrsquos a pretty big deal [Houghtaling] went above and beyond in directing it I only wrote in a few stage directions I would like it to be open to interpretationrdquo

The decision to pair the incred-ibly modern with the incredibly old was a calculated decision on the part of Houghtaling

ldquoItrsquos very important to show where this art form that we love started and

itrsquos equally important to show where itrsquos goingrdquo Houghtaling said ldquoWersquore doing some very cool things from staged sacred Bach to musical the-atre We actually have more musical theatre in this program than wersquove ever had before in the fallrdquo

Nicole Pietrangelo a junior major-ing in vocal performance is in two of the musical theatre pieces

ldquoItrsquos definitely been funrdquo Pietrangelo said ldquoI feel so comfort-able doing it People will be in for a surpriserdquo

ldquoSomething Old Something Newrdquo will be performed Friday Oct 12 at 730 pm and Sunday Oct 14 at 3 pm in Moody Music Buildingrsquos ChoralOpera Room The space is trans-formed into an intimate theatre set-ting but seating is limited so early arrival is recommended Costumes are by Daniel Whitlow a first year MFA student in costume design Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for general admission They can be pur-chased at uamusictixcom

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday October 11 2012 | Page 5

Debates show just how divided the country really isLETTER TO THE EDITOR

Oct 3 became one of the most defining moments of the 2012 Presidential Race At the University of Denver President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney met for the first of three debates the two candi-dates will participate in before the election on Nov 6 Governor Romney had arguably one of his best debate performances on record and President Obama had arguably one of his weakest Naturally the media has been analyzing every clip for the best points of the evening One that stood out to me in particular was Governor Romneyrsquos comments about tackling the nationrsquos defi-cit Governor Romney argued that the deficit is a moral issue due to the fact that the debt of this generation shall fall on the shoulders of the next generation As such he said he would set out by asking the question ldquoIs this program worth borrowing the money from Chinardquo

There are two reasons this point resonated with me The first reason was that it had not been too long ago that I heard the exact opposite argument made by a UA student On Sept 27 The University of Alabama Thomas Paine Project held an economic town hall forum At this forum delegates from the College Democrats Republicans and Young Americans for Liberty came together and dis-cussed how their party could solve Americarsquos economic woes

After each party made their points the audience posed a series of questions to the individ-ual parties One of the questions asked was (and I am paraphras-ing) ldquoWhy was the deficit and the governmentrsquos deficit spend-ing being so heavily criticized and focused on in the debaterdquo

The student that had asked the question revealed himself to be a believer in Keynesian Economics and began to

explain how those that believe in Keynesianrsquos economic theo-ries believe that debt and deficit spending is needed to stimulate the economy This student did not believe that there was a sig-nificant deficit issue and that nothing needed to be done about the debt right away

Both arguments revealed to me how divided a nation we truly live in The national debt which is just over $16 trillion dol-lars is growing at a rate of over five billion dollars each day This rapid borrowing of money cou-pled with impotent leadership incapable of paying the money back has led the US to receive a credit rating of AA- The grow-ing deficit is like the blade of a guillotine growing heavier with each passing second Sooner or later we will not be able to put off paying our lenders On that day the blade will fall and will bring to an end the greatest empire the world has ever known Then our

generation will be the ones that must endure the aftermath

Our leaders on both sides of the aisle out of either ideologi-cal dogma fool hearted hubris or sheer political corruption still refuse to come together to curb their spending and avert this cri-sis What is even more tragic is that the majority of these inept leaders will continue to be re-elected by their constituency simply because they have held the same seat for over 20 years or because they have fooled the voters into believing they actu-ally care about them

The only hope that our nation now has is that our generation will wake up from this apathetic hibernation to overthrow this oligarchy of the corrupt bureau-crat and to restore the republic of the people

Kyle Jones is a freshman major-ing in political science and Spanish

Consider Ala congressional races in Nov electionBy Nathan JamesStaff Columnist

As Election Day approaches and the nationrsquos media become more and more focused on the presidential race itrsquos impor-tant not to forget about the other offices to be decided this November In particular Alabama voters should be aware of the election for their congressperson

Next month Alabama vot-ers will decide between the Democratic Daniel Boman and Republican Robert Aderholt for Alabamarsquos 4th Congressional District And although the ques-tion of character in politics can be a slippery one in this instance Alabamians need to take a close look at the moral background of their candidates

First of all some background information Robert Aderholt

is the incumbent in this race and has served in Congress for 15 years During this time Aderholt has accrued a voting record that includes among other things opposition to clean air bills support for the sale of American oil overseas tax breaks for immensely profit-able oil companies and relaxing the restrictions on the mercury released by Alabama factories

However voters should be equally concerned about Aderholtrsquos appropriation of congressional funds Aderholt is currently under investiga-tion for the chronic misuse of congressional travel stipends Investigation by the House eth-ics committee has revealed that Aderholt has spent fed-eral funds on gifts for his wife unapproved travel expenses and other expenditures that cannot be determined because

Aderholt ldquodoes not keep receiptsrdquo

Boman has a slightly more unusual career In 2010 he was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives as a staunch Republican - unsurprising con-sidering his immensely conser-vative constituency However he had many ideological disagree-ments with other Republicans in the House

During discussion of a con-troversial education bill in 2011 Boman formally switched par-ties

ldquoDuring this current session I have seen this legislative body pass bills that I feel adversely affect what my people back home want need and deserve hellip I will never choose the Party over the people againrdquo Boman said

Whatrsquos remarkable about this switch is that it clearly

had little to no political impact and alienated Boman from his constituency It did not remove the Republican supermajor-ity in the House Boman did it because he thought it was the right thing to do even though it was politically insane

Maybe you feel that the bill Boman was protesting was good and maybe you donrsquot take issue with Aderholtrsquos pro-oil policies But the point is Aderholt has a history of tak-ing whatever he can get from the political system whereas Boman has jeopardized his own career to preserve his political integrity

As a Democrat Boman isnrsquot likely to be elected in Alabama But itrsquos worth a shot

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

print shops as much as it should so we try hard to provide services to the Southeastrdquo Peterson said

Ashley Gorham a second-year student in the MFA Book Arts Program volunteers at The Southern Letterpress

ldquoThe Southern is an inspir-ing space that seems to be a really good addition to down-town Northportrdquo Gorham said ldquoIt brings some youth and excitement to the neigh-borhoodrdquo

Sonja Rossow an MFA Book Arts Program gradu-ate also volunteers at The Southern Rossow who has known Peterson for three years said the shop adds something to the town

ldquoIt gives a added dimension to the arts theme around the Northport and Tuscaloosa areardquo Rossow said

She said Peterson often takes any opportunity to apply her artwork to things going on in the community

Gorham has been print-ing for a year and she said Petersonrsquos passion for art is

apparentldquoShersquos obsessed with print-

ing and I mean that in the most positive wayrdquo Gorham

said ldquoHer passion is con-tagious and I think The Southern is that passion made manifestrdquo

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTSPage 6 | Thursday October 11 2012

By Madison RobertsContributing Writer

The Col lege o f Co m m u n i c at i o n a n d Information Sciences will induct Dolph Tillotson Joe Rumore Sue Medina and Robert E Luckie III into the Communications Hall of Fame Thursday Oct 11 This yearrsquos inductees represent four dif-ferent disciplines in the col-lege advertising library and information studies broad-casting and print journalism

Previous inductees into the hall of fame include Martin Luther King Jr Helen Keller and Pulitzer Prize winning author Harper Lee

Tillotson said when he first received his nomination he was shocked to be among such a well-known group of people

ldquoI was shocked surprised pleased and just a little embar-rassedrdquo Tillotson said ldquoI was

embarrassed because I donrsquot see myself being on a list of honorees with Harper Lee and Martin Luther King Irsquom just a working newspaper man with absolutely no illusions of grandeurrdquo

Tillotson was born and raised in Tuscaloosa and founded newspapers at both his elementary and junior high schools He attended The University of Alabama from 1968 to 1972 and was political editor of The Crimson White during his freshman year He also worked at the University News Bureau the Tuscaloosa News became general editor of the Natchez Democrat and publisher of the Oskaloosa Herald

By the time he was 30 he had been appointed president of Boone Newspapers In 2011 Tillotson was named execu-tive vice president of Southern Newspapers Although his

career took him on a long jour-ney and this is among many of his other achievements Tillotson said he is honored to be inducted into the hall of fame

ldquoBeing inducted into the hall of hame is a wonderful honorrdquo Tillotson said ldquoMy time at The University of Alabama was among the best times of my life It was both challeng-ing and fun To be honored by my alma mater especially when I look at the very distin-guished list of previous honor-ees means a great deal to merdquo

Luckie who is the advertis-ing inductee graduated from the University in 1969 with a BA in marketing After his college career he worked for WAPI radio in Birmingham the Alabama Air National Guard and recently retired from Luckie amp Co which was founded by his father In 2000 the Birmingham chapter of

the American Advertising Federation awarded Luckie the Silver Medal

Rumore a Birmingham native was chosen as an inductee for his distinguished career in radio broadcasting After graduating high school he went to work at WJLD in Bessemer He worked briefly for WSFA in Montgomery and then returned to Birmingham to become a radio broad-caster for WAPI He reported on everything from weather and music to guests on the show After his work at WAPI Rumore accepted a job offer from WVOK where he worked for 30 years

Rumore has been recog-nized by the Country Music DJ Hall of Fame and the Contemporary Achievement Media Award from the Alabama Music Hall of Fame Rumore passed away in 1993 and his son Phillip will attend

the induction ceremony on his behalf

Medina received four degrees pertaining to library and information sciences at Florida State University and worked as a librarian in Japan and Georgia before moving to Alabama After working as a reference librarian for local libraries Medina eventu-ally became a consultant for Planning and Research with the Alabama Public Library Service in Montgomery From 1985 to 2009 Medina was the Director of the Network of Alabama Academic Libraries

Outside her librarian duties she wrote multiple articles geared toward improving library services and bringing libraries into the digital age She has worked for numerous causes including the preserva-tion of Alabama newspapers and READ Alabama

Medina was also largely

involved in creating the digi-tal repository of materials on Alabamarsquos history and the Alabama Virtual Library which allows databases and other resources to be accessedby schools and individuals nationwide

Loy Singleton dean of the College of Communication and Information Sciences said theadvisory board within the col-lege chooses between three and five inductees each year who exemplify the qualities every student should strive to have

ldquoIt is a recognition by the college and the University that you have led a career that we would hold up as an example to our studentsrdquo Singleton said ldquoYou have helped shine a positive light on the state of Alabama and media profes-sionals who work here and have chosen to make their careers hererdquo

CampIS to induct 4 new members into Communications Hall of Fame Thursday

By Sarah RobinsonContributing Writer

Some professors leave their work in the office after class ends but Jessica Peterson an adjunct profes-sor with the Book Arts MFA program practices the craft she teaches when she leaves campus and heads to her own Northport letterpress busi-ness

Peterson co-owns The Southern Letterpress which provides letterpress artwork products and printing to the Southeastern United States

Peterson said she has been interested in art her entire

life beginning with mak-ing books from photocop-ies and LaserJet printers in high school She pursued a career as a graphic designer after college to support her book-making habit working with advertising agencies like GAP and Warner Bros in New York

After working in New York Peterson headed to Alabama to get her MFA in the Book Arts Program At the University she was intro-duced to letterpress printing the oldest form of printing where raised portions of a metal or hard plastic polymer printing plate is doused in ink

and then pressed on paper leaving letters or images

ldquoIt was a historical mes-sage and that really inter-ested merdquo Peterson said ldquoIt was compelling how text and image has been made and dis-tributed for the last 500 years I have been making art for most of my life and itrsquos some-thing I need to dordquo

She opened her first shop in 2011 in Columbus Miss and co-owner Bridget Elmer joined her in 2012 On Sept 6 2012 Peterson opened The Southern Letterpress shop in Northport Ala

ldquoWe feel like the Southeast doesnrsquot really have as many

Book arts professor co-owns Northport letterpress

By Mazie BryantAssistant News Editor

After University of Alabama student Katie Hall lost her grandmother to dementia this past April she was propelled into action spending her fall break running a marathon in honor of the life her role model lived

ldquoI lost a huge idol a huge part of my liferdquo Katie Hall a senior majoring in public rela-tions said ldquoShe was one of the most important people in my liferdquo

Anna Hall was 91 years old when she was officially diagnosed with dementia in November 2011 but her fam-ily believes that she struggled with the disease for nearly five years before

ldquoA lot of people who have a family member diagnosed with dementia take them to a nursing home drop them off and never see them againrdquo Katie Hall said ldquoMany people think lsquoIf they canrsquot remember me why should I take care of themrsquo Itrsquos a heartbreak-ing reality of the disease But instead we became caregivers for her We had a family mem-ber by her side every dayrdquo

Alzheimerrsquos disease a form of dementia that affects mem-ory thought and behavior is just coming to the forefront of medical acknowledgement said Ellie Simpson manag-er of athletic events for the Alzheimerrsquos Association She said the disease is the fifth leading cause of death in older Americans ages 65 and older and more than 54 million peo-ple in America are currently living with it

ldquoWe come from a long line of forgetful peoplerdquo Katie Hall said ldquoWe should have noticed something was wrong earlier but we didnrsquotrdquo

She believes educating peo-ple about the disease can lead to early detection which could then prevent such rapid loss of brain function

ldquoUnfortunately itrsquos not a widely discussed disease but it affects so many peoplerdquo she said ldquoPeople donrsquot talk about it unless theyrsquove been affected by it so the more we get the

word out the more we can pre-vent itrdquo

Katie Hall an athlete in high school planned to get back in shape this year Researching marathons around the coun-try she discovered the Bank of America Chicago Marathon which offered charities a chance to form teams and raise money for their cause The Alzheimerrsquos Association was a participating charity

ldquoPeople were running in honor of somebody in memo-ry of someone or just because they believed in the charityrsquos missionrdquo Katie Hall said ldquoIt was one of those things that I was running anyways so I might as well run for my grandmother To see what my grandmother and family went through I couldnrsquot not do itrdquo

Katie Hall raised money for her run through her love of cooking and clothing She hosted four fundraising lun-cheons at various workplaces established bake sales and earned $200 from selling old clothing through a Facebook photo album

ldquoShersquod train by getting up at 530 am and running and then shersquod run in the after-noon sometimes toordquo Rick Hall Katie Hallrsquos father said ldquoShe was on a strict diet and couldnrsquot eat certain things She craved chocolate but couldnrsquot have any hellip Irsquove been

around the block six or seven times in my life now and it takes a lot to impress me But when someone helps someone who canrsquot help themselves it really impresses merdquo

Katie Hall ran on a team of 152 in a race of nearly 45000 runners on Sunday Oct 7 She was clad in a houndstooth hat in honor of her University and a pin of a picture of her and her grandmother Her parents and family members looked on encouraging her but remind-ing her that she could stop at any point

ldquoI was doing something for my grandmotherrdquo Katie Hall said ldquoI told my mom lsquoFailure is not an option Granny never gave up So Irsquom not going torsquo

ldquoI just kept telling myself She would have wanted this She would have wanted me to help someone or some family who is going through what we went throughrdquo

Katie Hall raised $1100 well over her original goal of $1000 while her marathon team raised a total of more than $149000 She can continue raising funds through Nov 1 and said she hopes the money can educate people of the real-ities of Alzheimerrsquos disease and help those who have been abandoned by their families

ldquoIf it helps just one patient one person one family itrsquos worth itrdquo she said

SubmittedKatie Hall raised more than $1000 for the Alzheimerrsquos Association

In Chicago houndstooth-clad student raises $1100

By Ashley Tripp and Katherine LangnerCW Staff

University of Alabama stu-dents will have the oppor-tunity to purchase parts of past decades today at the 8 on Repeat Vintage Clothing T-shirt sale in the Ferguson Center Lounge Thursday from 8 am to 6 pm

Former UA student Brandon Gardner is bringing 2000 vin-tage T-shirts back to his alma mater

ldquoIrsquom selling vintage con-cert shirts hot-rod shirts old motorcycle shirts college shirts and even some with old-fashioned advertisements on themrdquo Gardner said ldquoI have the most random yet legit stuff from the 70s and 80srdquo

Gardnerrsquos idea of 8 on Repeat Vintage Clothing began after college when he moved back home to Mississippi While at home his mother suggested he sell items from his parentsrsquo antique store on eBay After the success he found through eBay Gardner decided to use the website as a platform to create a business of his own

Gardnerrsquos love and signature look for vintage T-shirts began in high school when he started visiting local thrift stores with his friends With a growing collection Gardner thought it would be a great idea to sell some of them on eBay

ldquoI wanted to try and sell what I was passionate about so I listed some of my old vin-tage T-shirts I had collected over the yearsrdquo Gardner said ldquoI was so surprised by how quickly the shirts started sell-ing on eBay that I knew that I had caught onto something bigrdquo

Since his eBay site was becoming increasingly popu-

lar Gardner decided to expand his online business to pop-up stores taking 8 on Repeat Vintage Clothing on the road With the popular interest of vintage T-shirts among col-lege students Gardner travels frequently to college campus-es and sells shirts to universi-ties such as Mississippi State and Auburn

Gardner said 90 percent of his shirts are on a college bud-get and most of the shirts at the sale range from $10 to $20 with just a few racks of concert shirts that are significantly more expensive due to their rarity

Will Dodd a senior major-ing in political science bought two T-shirts from Gardnerrsquos sale two years ago and plans to check out the sale Thursday

ldquoHe has an incredible col-lection concert tees from the 70s and 80s that you wonrsquot find anywhere elserdquo Dodd said ldquoThese arenrsquot the novelty T-shirts you find in the mall theyrsquore the real thingrdquo

Throughout the years Gardner has come across

shirts that mean more than just a purchase to the cus-tomer He has even met stu-dents who have found a pieceof ancestral history with the T-shirts

ldquoLast year this girl found an old graduation shirt from Huntsville High School it had all these signatures from the graduating studentsrdquo Gardner said ldquoWhen the girl was look-ing at the shirt she found her dadrsquos name written on the backrdquo

A 1975 Jethro Tull band T-shirt is the oldest shirt Gardner has and doesnrsquot col-lect many shirts from before 1989

Last year Gardner sold one of his most rare shirts a 1976 Lynard Skynard T-shirt to a student for $200 Gardner said the customer was so happy with the shirt that they took a picture together holding it

ldquoIn the picture she had thishuge smile and it made me feel good I helped her find that shirtrdquo Gardner said ldquoItrsquos not just a piece of clothing itrsquos a work of artrdquo

UA grad brings back annual vintage T-shirt sale to Ferg

CW | Caitlin TrotterSonja Greentree Rossow a volunteer at Southern Letterpress and friend of the owner operates the letterpress machine Wednesday afternoon

SubmittedUA alumni expected to bring 2000 vintage shirts for Thursdayrsquos sale

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday October 11 2012 | Page 7

By Rich RobinsonAssistant News Editor

Former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and current candidate for the same position Roy Moore has come under fire for recent comments he made regarding same-sex marriage

According to an alcom arti-cle Moore said to a group of conservative activists gathered in Fort Payne Ala on Oct 6 ldquosame-sex marriage will be the ultimate destruction of our country because it destroys the very foundation upon which this nation is basedrdquo

In a telephone interview Moore stood by his controver-sial comments and defended his

appearance at a Tea Party rallyldquoI didnrsquot say anything thatrsquos

outside the lawrdquo Moore said ldquoI said that same-sex marriage is against the law Thatrsquos what a judge has to say It is either OK by the law or it is not OK by the lawrdquo

Moore went on to say same-sex marriage violates the Alabama constitution and the federal Defense Of Marriage Act passed in 1996

Members of The University of Alabamarsquos pro-LGBTQ rights community were not pleased with Moorersquos comments

ldquoI personally find Mr Moorersquos statements on same-sex mar-riage to be ludicrous and incred-ibly offensiverdquo Noah Cannon president of Spectrum said ldquoHe

is using tired and faulty rhetoric to further his own homophobia I personally feel this brand of myopic theocracy has no place in our judicial systemrdquo

Moore said his statements were based on precedent and settled state and federal law When asked specifically how same sex-marriage would destroy the ldquovery foundation upon which this nation is basedrdquo as he claimed in his speech Moore offered up an answer based on family life

ldquoThatrsquos because the founda-tion of our country is founded on families homes where man and woman are recognized as the parents of childrenrdquo Moore said ldquoItrsquos an institution which the courts have no authority

Roy Moorersquos comments prompt UA student reactionCW File

over especially when it violates the lawrdquo

Moore rebutted further criti-cism of his view on the issue by saying that if you just rule according to your feelings and not according to the law you destroy the very foundation of what being a judge is all about

ldquoBasically if you destroy the Constitution your country would fallrdquo Moore said ldquoIf you destroy all the laws that yoursquore under yoursquore country would fall it would become a different placerdquo

Moorersquos Democratic oppo-nent Circuit Court Judge Robert Vance could not be reached for comment by press time

Bradley Davidson the execu-tive director of the Alabama Democratic Party felt Moorersquos comments were out of place considering the next Chief Justice could potentially hear a case on the matter of same-sex marriage He also said he under-stood Moorersquos campaign strat-egy of speaking to members of the Tea Party

ldquoThe Tea Party is obviously a part of the Republican Party theyrsquore an active subset of the conservative movementrdquo Davidson said ldquoIf yoursquore run-ning as a partisan judge as a Republican then those are some of your potential voters so I would understand why he would speak to themrdquo

Lauren Jacobs vice president of Spectrum said she was not per-sonally comfort-able with Moore in office

ldquoWhen people say things like this and young LGBTQ people who are listening are lead to believe that there is something wrong with them that they donrsquot deserve rights that they wonrsquot be treated as full and equal citizens and that they have no other options for being a full member of our soci-ety that to me is what is truly

destructive and uncomfortablerdquo Jacobs said ldquoI would like to see politicians consider the weight of the effects their statements may have on young Alabamians watching themrdquo

In the inter-view Moore claimed thatPresident Barack Obama is disre-garding the law of Congress with the 2011 Justice Department deci-sion that the fed-eral government will not defend the Defense of

Marriage Act in courtldquoItrsquos not the job of a presi-

dent to overturn laws passed by Congress that he doesnrsquot likerdquo Moore said ldquoIn fact if you want to get very specific you go back and see where Barack Obama willy-nilly violates the law and says he has a right to do so So if he canrsquot follow the law passed by Congress then he should resign or be impeachedrdquo

ldquoI didnrsquot say anything thatrsquos outside the law I said that

same-sex marriage is against the law

mdash Roy Moore

Siegelman trial judge speaks at Ferg denies Rove connectionBy Rich RobinsonAssistant News Editor

Mark Fuller a University of Alabama graduate and federal judge best known for presiding over the trial of former Gov Don Siegelman spoke to a group of student leaders at the Ferguson Center last night In an address that focused on integrity Fuller also responded to the criticism that made him ldquoinfamousrdquo during the trial of Siegelman and founder of HealthSouth Richard Scrushy

Nick Lambert a graduate assistant who was involved in bringing Fuller to the Capstone for the speech thought it was well worth it

ldquoI think itrsquos real important that we instill integrity in all of our students and teach them to be active members of the community striving to achieve and live by the Capstone Creedrdquo Lambert said

Benjamin Sleight a sopho-more majoring in econom-ics said Fuller was able to connect to the students in attendance

ldquoMost judges are accused of being out of touch with the new generation thatrsquos

rising into the workplacerdquo Sleight said ldquoSure he wasnrsquot familiar with all the twit-ter terms but he seemed to be very in tune what was needed in an integrity-based speech to a student bodyrdquo

Fuller graduated from The University of Alabama with a degree in chemical engi-neering in 1982 and from The University of Alabama School of Law in 1985

Fuller said he got into engineering never intending to pursue it as a career but rather because he did well in math science and chem-istry and thought that engi-neering was a great founda-tion for future endeavors Despite his major choice Fuller said that he always wanted to be a federal judge

After law school Fuller worked at private practice for 11 years and was then appointed as a district attor-ney and served for five years He was appointed to be a United State District Court judge for the Middle District of Alabama by President George W Bush and began work in 2002

Fuller denied in a post-speech interview that he had any connection to the Bush White House when he

was appointedldquoI was involved in the

Republican party before I was appointed but no Irsquove never had any dealings with President Bushrdquo he said

Fuller also denied the widely spread assertion that Karl Rove or others in the Bush administration some-how influenced the trial

ldquoNo I was never contact-ed by anybodyrdquo Fuller said ldquoIrsquove never met Karl Rove never spoken to Karl Roverdquo

The trial took a per-sonal toll on the judge and his family Fuller said his daughter then a UA stu-dent was threatened and US Marshals needed to be called to check on her a few times

Despite how much the trial affected him personally Fuller said he was fair and unbiased during the case

ldquoI thought and I believe that I called that case as fair-ly as I have any other caserdquo Fuller said ldquoI couldnrsquot live with myself if I thought that I had railroaded somebody the government or an indi-vidual defendantrdquo

Melissa Brown and Mazie Bryant contributed to this report

Nelson also responded to the allegation of the authors of the anonymous letter that hazing during the pledge pro-cess had sent pledges to the hospital

ldquoDue to the significant hos-pitalizations and other infrac-

tionsrdquo the anonymous letter said ldquoIt would appear a week-ly suspension is insufficient in order to correct the pledge process at UArdquo

In his statement Nelson said as of Oct 1 six UA stu-dents had been treated at the DCH Regional Medical Center for alcohol poisoning and none were members of greek organizations

ldquoNot one incident was relat-ed to hazingrdquo Nelson said

Brad Fisher the commu-nications director of DCH Regional Medical Center said in the hospitalrsquos 2012 fiscal year Sept 30 2011 to Oct 1 2012 48 people between the ages of 18 and 22 were hospi-talized for alcohol overdoses Because of federal privacy laws Fisher could not report whether the hospitalized were UA students or their conditions on admission to or discharge from the hospital

LETTER FROM PAGE 1

Nelson addresses anonymous letter

Editor | Marquavius BurnettcrimsonwhitesportsgmailcomThursday October 11 2012SPORTS

NEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 8

By Mary Grace ShowfetyStaff Reporter

The only predictable thing about college football is that itrsquos unpredictable Thatrsquos what Nick Saban said this week in his news conference

Saban said that teams are being awarded a bit more credit than they deserve at this point in the season and we saw that over the weekend in particular

In reality there is not a col-lege football fan out there that can dispute either of Sabanrsquos statements At this point all signs point to our coach being dead-on

Since 2008 the Tide has held the same (5-0) undefeated record with a different ending to the story each time So obvi-ously the record is not the best way to predict the future

But with all that has hap-pened since the season began the question looming in the minds of sports fans is ldquoWill it be another year for the SECrdquo and ldquoCan it be another all SEC BCS Championshiprdquo

My answer is yes absolutely and maybe

After last yearrsquos BCS Championship the SEC was truly put under a microscope Of course there were (and still are) those that were opposed to Alabama having a second shot at LSU but it happened anyway

Irsquom not one to count my chickens before they hatch but it seems like itrsquos going to be another major year for the SEC

Letrsquos take a quick look Preseason No 1 USC Trojans lost the spotlight in a 21-14 loss

to Stanford LSU is struggling offensively and suffered the loss to Florida Oklahoma fell to Kansas State in week three Oregon seems to be rolling but still has a few challenges in the coming weeks South Carolina took all dignity away from Georgia last week and Florida State lost a heartbreaker to NC State

As for Michigan and Arkansas they had the unfor-tunate circumstances of play-ing Alabama early We all saw how that turned out

That leaves three teams in the preseason top 10 that have held onto undefeated records Alabama Oregon and South Carolina They have been joined by upstarts West Virginia Kansas State Oregon State and more traditional powers Notre Dame Ohio

State LSU and FloridaFour SEC teams reside in the

top 10 today with three of them ranked in the top four So the outlook is good for the SEC

But Saban said it best College football is unpredict-able And I think we all can agree so is the SEC

In the East Florida and South Carolina face off in two weeks and if that wasnrsquot enough the Gators will also take on Georgia in a game that holds great historical mean-ing for both schools If Georgia can re-evaluate and get back on track this game may pose a threat to Florida as well Oh and South Carolina goes to LSU while Florida has to finish with FSU

If the Tide runs the table and makes it to the SEC Championship game it could

face an undefeated South Carolina or Florida The win-ner would advance to the BCS Championship game

First things first The way I see it Alabama only has two more games with substantial competition Mississippi State and LSU

Considering Mississippi State has played the likes of Auburn Troy and South Alabama thus far it hasnrsquot been truly tested

LSU is most likely a bit flus-tered after last weekrsquos loss But this game holds meaning After all that went on between Alabama and LSU it is sure to be a good game filled with great importance for both teams

The truth of the matter is though this is not the same LSU team that we saw last year It does not pose the same

threat as it did last seasonOf course no one should be

discounted at this point in the game Alabama is the defend-ing national champion holdingthe No 1 slot in both polls Anyand every team has made the Tide its target

Back to that SECChampionship game Letrsquos say South Carolina and Florida play a close game The win-ner remains undefeatedand advances to the SEC Championship The loser could progress through the rest of the season with only one loss and maybe just maybe be in aposition to take on the winner of the SEC Championship in the BCS Championship

Remember though theonly thing that is predictable about college football is that it is unpredictable

SEC teams stand chance of winning BCS Championship for 7th year in a row

By Caroline GazzaraContributing Writer

After losing two road games against Texas AampM and Arkansas the Alabama soccer team is ready to bounce back at home against Mississippi State The Crimson Tide is confident this weekrsquos even matchup will give it the push it needs to win

Though the two away game losses have affected the Tide it has not set Alabama back enough to make it doubt itself Head Coach Todd Bramble isnrsquot letting the past affect

him or his teamldquo[This is] the first weekend

where we have come away without earning any points in the standings so thatrsquos difficult to make sure we

manage this period of adver-sity the right wayrdquo Bramble said ldquoWith every season you have you are going to have to deal with something and yoursquore going to have to over-come somethingrdquo

The Mississippi State game is a surefire way of bouncing back from the losses With an average shot percentage of 0108 the Tide is evenly matched against Mississippi State both statistically and competitively

ldquoFrom a style stand point [Mississippi State is] a lit-tle bit different from usrdquo Bramble said ldquoThey are a

team that defends and coun-ter-attacks a little bit more Wersquore a team that tries to pos-sess the ball a little bit more so itrsquos a contrast in styles but from a competitive stand point itrsquos going to be a really even gamerdquo

Freshman midfielder Abby Lutzenkirchen believes this home game will be a good turning point in the season for the Tide and its fans

ldquoItrsquos going to give us a lot more pride to win on our home field and to give our fans a good game and to sup-port and [make them] want to come out Sunday against

Missourirdquo Lutzenkirchen said

Being that this is the first in a series of four home games the Tide hopes being home will bring it the extra boost it needs to win this game as well as the rest of the sea-son in order to place in the SEC tournament

ldquoTherersquos still five games left therersquos still plenty of soccer to be played and therersquos still plenty of points to be earned toward a place in the conference tourna-ment at the end of the yearrdquo Bramble said

B e i n g h o m e h a s

heightened the playersrsquo enthusiasm to play on Thursday Senior defender Meghan Duffy is excited to play at home and encourage her team to win and play well

ldquo[I want to] make sure that I really encourage everyone on my team and make sure that wersquore all on the same page so then I can help the team and do my part for the whole grouprdquo Duffy said

With an even matchup at hand the Tide plans to have a great game against Mississippi State with hopes of winning the first of its four home game series

Tide hopes to bring home win after even matchupSOCCER

IF YOU GObull What Alabama vs

Mississippi State

bull When Oct 11 7 pm

bull Where Alabama Soccer Complex

COLUMN

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday October 11 2012 | Page 9

Alabama looks to improve on last performanceCROSS COUNTRY

SWIMMING

By Jasmine CannonStaff Reporter

This is a big weekend for Dan Waters and the Alabama

cross country teams as the Crimson Classic is set for Oct 13 at 830 am at Harry Pritchett Running Park

ldquoI think itrsquos a perfect race

By Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

After opening up the sea-son with a sweep of Delta State University the Alabama swim-ming and diving team looks to cap off another sweep against SEC foe Auburn on Friday Oct 12

New head coach Dennis Pursley said he was impressed with how his teamed performed in the season opener but there is still a long road ahead of them

ldquoDelta State will not nearly be the same challenge as Auburn will berdquo Pursley said ldquoI was pleased with just the general spirit and demeanor of the team

They were challenging them-selves to do the best that they could and we sort of developed a culture and certainly donrsquot want to see that changerdquo

Pursley is no stranger to the Capstone and brings a champion-ship pedigree to a team looking for overall consistency The Alabama alumnus has had international success ranging from Australia to most recently the head coach of the United Kingdomrsquos Olympic swimming team

Pursley said he hopes to trans-late some of the success he has had and the teamwork concept back to his alma mater

ldquoThe team concept here had seemed to deteriorate to a degree

in recent yearsrdquo he said ldquoI want to bring back the team-first atti-tude We took John F Kennedyrsquos most famous quote and twisted it a little bit and made it lsquoAsk not what your team can do for you but what you can do for your teamrsquo so I think that is the start in building the type of culture we want to build hererdquo

Teamwork is something the Tide will need when facing what Pursley called one of the most premier swimming and diving teams in the NCAA Despite pull-ing off an upset victory against Auburn in years past Pursley said he knows his team will have their hands full

ldquoTheyrsquore pretty much strong

top to bottom men and womenrdquo he said ldquoBut we donrsquot want to concede anything and we want to be racing to win even if on paper it is a long-shot or not We donrsquot want to walk away from Auburn knowing we could have done bet-ter than we didrdquo

Despite the early season chal-lenge Pursley said he looks to this match as a learning experi-ence for both himself and the team

ldquoObviously our big focus is the SEC championship and NCAA championship later in the sea-sonrdquo he said ldquoWe can learn from every experience by accomplish-ing all our goals Whatever the outcome our mission is to learnrdquo

UA AthleticAlabama Cross Country is set to host the Crimson Classic at the Harry Pritchett Running Park

Bama prepares to cap off 2nd sweep

for this time of the seasonrdquo Waters said ldquoItrsquoll be an oppor-tunity for us to test our fitness at this point Itrsquoll be an oppor-tunity to see a couple of the SEC teams and the regional teams We always look for-ward to running at home to have friends and family out there to watchrdquo

Mississippi State Auburn Tennessee and Mississippi are four of the SEC competitors set to take on the Tide Other schools include Georgia Tech Tulane and Samford

This will be the first compe-tition for Alabama since the Notre Dame Invitational Both the men and womenrsquos teams are looking to improve on their last performances

ldquoI feel like both the menrsquos and womenrsquos teams are at a place where they should have their best performance so far this seasonrdquo Adam Tribble assistance coach for distance runners said ldquoThatrsquos a good place to be The fitness level

for both teams is considerably increased within each Theyrsquore still a young team but theyrsquove progressed a lotrdquo

The teams are prepared and working on running to their full potential

ldquoBoth teams should be able to contend to win both racesrdquo Waters said ldquoIf we can keep everybody on their feet and have a good day and run like wersquore capable of doing then wersquoll be just finerdquo

The youthful teams will be lead by lone senior Elsbeth Denton who will be running in her last Crimson Classic She said the team is very confident heading into Saturdayrsquos race

ldquoWe have to stay calm and be confident in our train-ing and just know that wersquove been training very very wellrdquo Denton said ldquoWe just have to put that in the racerdquo

Coaches believe the Crimson Classic will be a good indicator of where the teams currently stand

ldquoI think this is kind of the first opportunity where wersquore able to really dig down and really get after it and really be able to see a good positive per-formance with the work they put inrdquo Tribble said

Last year the womenrsquos team came in first place for the sec-ond year in a row with five top-25 finishers The men came in fifth place behind Carison Kemei who placed first overall

The Crimson Classic will also feature high school boys and girls runners in a 5k The race will be Alabama cross countryrsquos Power of Pink meet

in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month

This is the Tidersquos last competition before head-ing to Nashville for the SEC championships

IF YOU GObull What Crimson Classic

bull Where Harry Pritchett Running Park

bull When 830 am Oct 13

Page 10 | Thursday October 11 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

By Zac Al-KhateebStaff Reporter

For Alabama head coach Nick Saban Saturdayrsquos game against the Missouri Tigers will present his team with something it hasnrsquot had all season a fresh start

The No 1 Crimson Tide coming off a bye week is looking to see whether the time off has resulted in any refinements in its game after a hard-fought match against Ole Miss

Still Saban said itrsquos not as if his team hasnrsquot played well thus far ndash it just hasnrsquot played

with enough consistencyldquoI think the focus that wersquove

tried to get with our players is this is kind of a new seasonrdquo Saban said ldquoA new opportu-nity to go out and play with more consistency in perfor-mancerdquo

Junior defensive lineman Damion Square said he thinks his team has made good use of its bye week improving in every aspect of the game and cutting down on mis-takes Indeed Square said his defense in particular would need it for Missourirsquos fast-paced offense

The key to success for his

defense Square said was in making sure it controls the game early

ldquoNo matter what they do as a defense wersquove got to come out and set the tonerdquo Square said ldquoAnd if you do that you control the outcome of the game no matter what the offense is trying to put out on the fieldrdquo

Still the team is not focus-ing solely on Missourirsquos no-huddle offense Defensively the Tigers pose some interest-ing matchups as well

Indeed senior center Barrett Jones said one player hersquos had his eye on is junior

defensive lineman Sheldon Richardson Richardson has proved a disruptive force in the Missouri front seven tying for second on the team with 38 tackles and three sacks

ldquoHersquos a very good playerrdquo Jones said ldquoHe plays really hard which I really respect He plays with a lot of intensity and passion and I definitely think hersquos going to be bringing it fastrdquo

Another difficulty Alabama will have to face is a hostile home crowd for the Tigers which are still seeking their first SEC win of the year at 0-3 in the conference

ldquoItrsquos a new environment for usrdquo Saban said ldquoSo itrsquos going to take some maturity on our part to stay focused on the right things We got to be zeroed in on whatrsquos important for us and what it takes for us to go play good footballrdquo

Still with all the potential difficulties the Tide will face against Missouri Jones said more than anything he was just excited to play football especially against teams fresh to the SEC

ldquoI think itrsquos exciting for us to go into a place like Missouri where wersquove never been before and who are new

to our conference and play thererdquo Jones said ldquoItrsquoll just be neat to play against anoth-er teamrdquo

Square shared Jonesrsquo sen-timents saying he was ready for team hungry for its first win to come against such a highly-ranked opponent as Alabama

ldquoOf courserdquo Square said ldquoYou got that target on your back When you play anybody they want to have a great vic-tory against you It can start a lot of good thingsrdquo

Still Square said all his team needs to worry about is its plays not Missouri

Alabama set for trip to new SEC opponent MissouriFOOTBALL

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday October 11 2012 | Page 11

Ghosts of the Black Belt brings tourism to Alabama By Becky RobinsonStaff Reporter

As Halloween draws near many people are in search of spooky events for the season If a ghost story sounds appealing Ghosts of the Black Belt will be offering those and many other haunted attractions for stu-dents and community members to enjoy throughout October

Sponsored by the UA Center for Economic Development Ghosts of the Black Belt offers tourists a night of ghost stories and tours while enhancing the

rural economies of towns in the Black Belt region

Nisa Miranda director of the UA Center for Economic Development said the UACED has been working with rural areas for the past 25 years

ldquoMany of these places have a lot of interesting stories as well as history culture and natural resourcesrdquo Miranda said ldquoTherersquos a lot of folklore and story telling about ghosts in the Black Belt As a result we thought it was a very inter-esting topic to concentrate onrdquo

Ghosts of the Black Belt is

in its second year Many of the events like the Katherine Tucker Windham ghost walk in Thomasville have grown to be so large that they are now fes-tivals Linda Vice the tourism director for rural Southwest Alabama said the UA Honors College played a role in creat-ing some events

ldquoCommunities have to real-ize what their strengths and weaknesses are and pick out those strengths and play to themrdquo Vice said ldquoAnd what wersquove found to be the strength in working with The University

of Alabama is our stories and our traditionsrdquo

Vice said she worked with the Honors College to pro-duce a YouTube series called ldquoAlabama Ghost Trailrdquo The series featured 22 first-person accounts of ghost stories and experiences

Miranda said doing fun events like the Ghosts of the Black Belt allows communities in the 11 Black Belt counties to benefit from the influx of tourists

Both women believe the economic development of the Black Belt region is an

incremental one involving a lot of planning and imagination

ldquoThese are outreaching service projects where we are helping poorer regions of Alabama become more viablerdquo Miranda said ldquoItrsquos a way that shows how The University of Alabama is active in improv-ing the living conditions and economic situations of people outside of Tuscaloosardquo

Some of this yearrsquos Ghosts of the Black Belt attractions include a haunted house at Old St Stephenrsquos Historical Park a ghost hunting investigation in

Cahawba and the Thomasville ghost walk

Vice said most of these events are family-friendly and admission is roughly $5 per event Additionally she said most of the attractions are close enough for UA students to attend

ldquoI really enjoy all of themrdquo Vice said ldquoIn the Black Belt everybody loves ghosts and we figured out why One [rea-son] is the Celtic heritage of the Scots-Irish people and the other is the African tradition with the voodoordquo

bull What Old St Stephenrsquos Historical Park Haunted House

When Saturdays from Sept 29 - Oct 27 and Tuesday Oct 30 and Wednesday Oct 31 Open from dusk -11 pm each day

Where St Stephens Historical Park 2056 Old St Stephens

Road St Stephens 36569

bull What Ghost Stories at Rikardrsquos Mill Historical Park

When Friday Oct 12-Saturday Oct 13 from 630 -10 pm each night

Where Rikardrsquos Mill Historical

Park located five miles north of Beatrice on Hwy 265 Admission is $5

bull What Cahawba Spirits Investigation When Friday Oct 19 Tours

begin every half

hour from 7-9 pm Where Old Cahawba

Archaeological Park 9518 Cahaba Road Orrville This attraction is for ages 12 and up Admission is $15

bull What ldquoHear the Dead Speakrdquo

daytime walking tour of Old Cahawba Park

When Sat Oct 20 10 am Where Old Cahawba

Archaeological Park 9518 Cahaba Road Orrville Admission is $6

bull What Thomasville Ghost Walk When Saturday Oct 20 at

6 pm Where Downtown

Thomasville admission is $5 per person or $15 per family

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Todayrsquos Birthday (101112) You can really take ground in your career this year Responsible fi nancial management coupled with a clear plan of where yoursquore going can open unimaginable opportunities New perspectives on wealth allow for greater prosperity Travel and educational exploration expand mind and spiritTo get the advantage check the dayrsquos rating 10 is the easiest day 0 the most challengingAries (Mar 21-April 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Get down to the actual work for the next two days Get your ideas into action without delay Yoursquore gaining respect Pay attention to details Love fl ows both waysTaurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Take more time for play over the next couple of days and be rewarded Or at least take everything with a grain of salt and a good sense of humor Consider all possibilities Question authorityGemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Stay true to your vision and commitments even as you revise them Itrsquos a good time to fi nd a bargain Allow your feet to take you where they wantCancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 6 -- Study the situation for a while Meet with an important client or family member and listen as if yoursquore paying gold for every word Practice something you loveLeo (July 23-Aug 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Tap another source of revenue looking at all possible angles Th e upcoming days are quite profi table (and yoursquore very popular) Donrsquot fall

for a sob story Th ink about the futureVirgo (Aug 23-Sept 22) -- Today is a 5 -- You have extra confi dence starting today Your actions speak louder than words so make them count Gather practical information and advance Remember an important appointmentLibra (Sept 23-Oct 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Yoursquore entering a pensive phase Itrsquos easy to get sidetracked (which can be useful sometimes) Focus on taking actions yoursquore especially qualifi ed for even if it means postponing playScorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Play but remember your budget If it seems too good to be true it may be Consider consequences You have more friends than you realized Follow the rulesSagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Work requires more attention (and is more rewarding) for the next few days Learn so yoursquore stronger and wiser next time Crossing a body of water looks interestingCapricorn (Dec 22-Jan 19) -- Today is a 5 -- Use today and tomorrow to plan the actions for the rest of the year Do the necessary research but donrsquot believe everything you read Keep the money in the bankAquarius (Jan 20-Feb 18) -- Today is a 7 -- Make sure yoursquore linking up with an expert especially around funding Th erersquos power in numbers Provide yourself with what you need but donrsquot get complacent Travel light this timePisces (Feb 19-March 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Let go of stale fantasies Invest in the right tools to save money in the long run Th erersquos a change in plans take care Outdoor walks are especially romantic

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UA Opera combines traditions of the genre with new directionBy Lauren CarltonContributing Writer

The University of Alabama Opera Theatrersquos fall scenes program ldquoSomething Old Something New The New and Old of Operardquo creates a marriage between Baroque and con-temporary opera to bring audiences one thrilling operatic experience

The show is comprised of differ-ent scenes arias and songs from Baroque and modern opera as well as musical theatre Under the direction of Paul Houghtaling student mem-bers of UAOT range from freshmen to doctoral students Each is involved in multiple scenes The graduate stu-dents and seniors are also given the additional responsibility of directing individual scenes

One of these students is Alana Sealy a first-year masterrsquos student in vocal performance

Sealy is one of two opera gradu-ate teaching assistants She directs the trio and chorus from Act II Scene I of Henry Purcellrsquos ldquoDido and Aeneasrdquo Directing has been a new challenge for Sealy but she met it head on and is proud of how far her cast has come in the short amount of rehearsal time

ldquoThey definitely have risen to the challengerdquo Sealy said ldquoThey have made it their ownrdquo

Making it their own is a trait of which UAOT is especially proud ldquoSomething Old Something Newrdquo will feature three new compositions two from the first Opera Composition Competition Composers from the University were encouraged to write short one-act operas to be performed by the Opera Theatre last fall The winner and runner-up of this com-petition will have their works per-formed Friday and Sunday

The winning piece Thomas Wilsonrsquos ldquoOnomastrdquo is a five-and-a-half minute long opera with libretto by creative writing student

Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Thursday October 11 2012CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 12

COLUMN | GAMING

By Nathan Proctor

Kickstarter an online international funding plat-form for a variety of cre-ative projects has recently seen a burst of growth from one particular inter-est group gamers Trading pre-orders or incentives for funding it allows sup-porters to act as collective publishers which develop-ers claim allow them abso-lute creative control rarely seen working through tra-ditional publishing houses Despite the unprecedented tens of millions poured into projects over the past year Kickstarter may not be the wave of the future as some herald it to be

First brought into the public eye last March by Tim Schafer and Double Fine Production it accu-mulated over $3 million ndash 834 percent of their set goal ndash in support of a vaguely defined return to the point-and-click adventure genre the crowd-sourcing ves-sel has shown its ability to produce serious amounts of money However that $3 million which can hypothetically produce a high-ceiling retro adven-ture game is nowhere near comparable to the budgets driving triple-A games This must temper our expectations

Still these levels of fund-ing are realistic for devel-opers wishing to break the triple-A mold who would benefit from an indepen-dent route of funding and

publication Backing this conceit are hundreds of successfully funded games to date

Kickstarterrsquos strengths are effectively promot-ing the successes facili-tated by the site and burying the majority of projects that fail to meet their goal and receive zero funding Notably the bulk of the most success-ful Kickstarter projects come from developers with meaningful experi-ence projects resurrecting games or series and games selling themselves off nos-talgia None of this is whol-ly unexpected or negative but it does suggest that the Kickstarter platform may vet games in a very simi-lar fashion to the publish-ers it allows developers to escape just with an altered set of standards

What donors myself included donrsquot often real-ize about the system is just how similar their position is to legitimate business investors A donor puts his money behind an idea with the promise of a return If his fundraising goal isnrsquot met money is returned and therersquos no investor loss beyond the failure of the project However once funded the quality of the product its direction ndash without investor oversight ndash and its existence whatso-ever is left in question with-out any real protection

Products thus far pro-duced by the service have been relative successes

and the service had a great deal of its popular reputa-tion hinging on perhaps the highest profile game to be released yet in Faster Than Light a spaceship man-agement simulator which to investorsrsquo and again my glee delivered on its promises However doubts have been shed on the ser-vicersquos most funded project to date OUYA a console meant to provide an open-source gaming platform for your television which brought in over $85 million with much critical specu-lation as to its feasibility and game support A large scale failure from a proj-ect such as this may cast doubt into the still-flowing stream of supports

This is not to say the Kickstarter avenue is with-out its place in the mar-ket Long dead genres and games odd enough or pos-sibly ambitious enough to frighten traditional inves-tors or publishers can test their mettle directly with the gaming public rather than via boardroom specu-lation Therersquos perhaps no better gauge of interest in a concept than people simply putting their money where their mouths are Whether an interesting blip in indus-try history or a long-term side-note attached to inter-esting games for long to come Kickstarter allows gamers to direct the pres-ent and future of game development in an ear-lier and more interesting fashion than ever before

Kickstarter allows developers new avenues to create succeed

Submitted PhotoThe University of Alabama Opera Theatrersquos fall scenes program is comprised of different scenes arias and songs from Baroque and modern operaJM Gamble Though a short piece ldquoOnomastrdquo is a satire that raises questions of societal pressures like fitting in and the fear of not being heard

Wilson is a junior majoring in music composition at the University His goal is to write music for video games so writing for an opera was a bit of a challenge at first He said he had to watch and research operas to prepare for the task of writing one

As opening night approaches Wilson is excited to see his composi-tion come to life

ldquoItrsquos opening up the second half of the showrdquo he said ldquoThatrsquos a pretty big deal [Houghtaling] went above and beyond in directing it I only wrote in a few stage directions I would like it to be open to interpretationrdquo

The decision to pair the incred-ibly modern with the incredibly old was a calculated decision on the part of Houghtaling

ldquoItrsquos very important to show where this art form that we love started and

itrsquos equally important to show where itrsquos goingrdquo Houghtaling said ldquoWersquore doing some very cool things from staged sacred Bach to musical the-atre We actually have more musical theatre in this program than wersquove ever had before in the fallrdquo

Nicole Pietrangelo a junior major-ing in vocal performance is in two of the musical theatre pieces

ldquoItrsquos definitely been funrdquo Pietrangelo said ldquoI feel so comfort-able doing it People will be in for a surpriserdquo

ldquoSomething Old Something Newrdquo will be performed Friday Oct 12 at 730 pm and Sunday Oct 14 at 3 pm in Moody Music Buildingrsquos ChoralOpera Room The space is trans-formed into an intimate theatre set-ting but seating is limited so early arrival is recommended Costumes are by Daniel Whitlow a first year MFA student in costume design Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for general admission They can be pur-chased at uamusictixcom

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print shops as much as it should so we try hard to provide services to the Southeastrdquo Peterson said

Ashley Gorham a second-year student in the MFA Book Arts Program volunteers at The Southern Letterpress

ldquoThe Southern is an inspir-ing space that seems to be a really good addition to down-town Northportrdquo Gorham said ldquoIt brings some youth and excitement to the neigh-borhoodrdquo

Sonja Rossow an MFA Book Arts Program gradu-ate also volunteers at The Southern Rossow who has known Peterson for three years said the shop adds something to the town

ldquoIt gives a added dimension to the arts theme around the Northport and Tuscaloosa areardquo Rossow said

She said Peterson often takes any opportunity to apply her artwork to things going on in the community

Gorham has been print-ing for a year and she said Petersonrsquos passion for art is

apparentldquoShersquos obsessed with print-

ing and I mean that in the most positive wayrdquo Gorham

said ldquoHer passion is con-tagious and I think The Southern is that passion made manifestrdquo

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTSPage 6 | Thursday October 11 2012

By Madison RobertsContributing Writer

The Col lege o f Co m m u n i c at i o n a n d Information Sciences will induct Dolph Tillotson Joe Rumore Sue Medina and Robert E Luckie III into the Communications Hall of Fame Thursday Oct 11 This yearrsquos inductees represent four dif-ferent disciplines in the col-lege advertising library and information studies broad-casting and print journalism

Previous inductees into the hall of fame include Martin Luther King Jr Helen Keller and Pulitzer Prize winning author Harper Lee

Tillotson said when he first received his nomination he was shocked to be among such a well-known group of people

ldquoI was shocked surprised pleased and just a little embar-rassedrdquo Tillotson said ldquoI was

embarrassed because I donrsquot see myself being on a list of honorees with Harper Lee and Martin Luther King Irsquom just a working newspaper man with absolutely no illusions of grandeurrdquo

Tillotson was born and raised in Tuscaloosa and founded newspapers at both his elementary and junior high schools He attended The University of Alabama from 1968 to 1972 and was political editor of The Crimson White during his freshman year He also worked at the University News Bureau the Tuscaloosa News became general editor of the Natchez Democrat and publisher of the Oskaloosa Herald

By the time he was 30 he had been appointed president of Boone Newspapers In 2011 Tillotson was named execu-tive vice president of Southern Newspapers Although his

career took him on a long jour-ney and this is among many of his other achievements Tillotson said he is honored to be inducted into the hall of fame

ldquoBeing inducted into the hall of hame is a wonderful honorrdquo Tillotson said ldquoMy time at The University of Alabama was among the best times of my life It was both challeng-ing and fun To be honored by my alma mater especially when I look at the very distin-guished list of previous honor-ees means a great deal to merdquo

Luckie who is the advertis-ing inductee graduated from the University in 1969 with a BA in marketing After his college career he worked for WAPI radio in Birmingham the Alabama Air National Guard and recently retired from Luckie amp Co which was founded by his father In 2000 the Birmingham chapter of

the American Advertising Federation awarded Luckie the Silver Medal

Rumore a Birmingham native was chosen as an inductee for his distinguished career in radio broadcasting After graduating high school he went to work at WJLD in Bessemer He worked briefly for WSFA in Montgomery and then returned to Birmingham to become a radio broad-caster for WAPI He reported on everything from weather and music to guests on the show After his work at WAPI Rumore accepted a job offer from WVOK where he worked for 30 years

Rumore has been recog-nized by the Country Music DJ Hall of Fame and the Contemporary Achievement Media Award from the Alabama Music Hall of Fame Rumore passed away in 1993 and his son Phillip will attend

the induction ceremony on his behalf

Medina received four degrees pertaining to library and information sciences at Florida State University and worked as a librarian in Japan and Georgia before moving to Alabama After working as a reference librarian for local libraries Medina eventu-ally became a consultant for Planning and Research with the Alabama Public Library Service in Montgomery From 1985 to 2009 Medina was the Director of the Network of Alabama Academic Libraries

Outside her librarian duties she wrote multiple articles geared toward improving library services and bringing libraries into the digital age She has worked for numerous causes including the preserva-tion of Alabama newspapers and READ Alabama

Medina was also largely

involved in creating the digi-tal repository of materials on Alabamarsquos history and the Alabama Virtual Library which allows databases and other resources to be accessedby schools and individuals nationwide

Loy Singleton dean of the College of Communication and Information Sciences said theadvisory board within the col-lege chooses between three and five inductees each year who exemplify the qualities every student should strive to have

ldquoIt is a recognition by the college and the University that you have led a career that we would hold up as an example to our studentsrdquo Singleton said ldquoYou have helped shine a positive light on the state of Alabama and media profes-sionals who work here and have chosen to make their careers hererdquo

CampIS to induct 4 new members into Communications Hall of Fame Thursday

By Sarah RobinsonContributing Writer

Some professors leave their work in the office after class ends but Jessica Peterson an adjunct profes-sor with the Book Arts MFA program practices the craft she teaches when she leaves campus and heads to her own Northport letterpress busi-ness

Peterson co-owns The Southern Letterpress which provides letterpress artwork products and printing to the Southeastern United States

Peterson said she has been interested in art her entire

life beginning with mak-ing books from photocop-ies and LaserJet printers in high school She pursued a career as a graphic designer after college to support her book-making habit working with advertising agencies like GAP and Warner Bros in New York

After working in New York Peterson headed to Alabama to get her MFA in the Book Arts Program At the University she was intro-duced to letterpress printing the oldest form of printing where raised portions of a metal or hard plastic polymer printing plate is doused in ink

and then pressed on paper leaving letters or images

ldquoIt was a historical mes-sage and that really inter-ested merdquo Peterson said ldquoIt was compelling how text and image has been made and dis-tributed for the last 500 years I have been making art for most of my life and itrsquos some-thing I need to dordquo

She opened her first shop in 2011 in Columbus Miss and co-owner Bridget Elmer joined her in 2012 On Sept 6 2012 Peterson opened The Southern Letterpress shop in Northport Ala

ldquoWe feel like the Southeast doesnrsquot really have as many

Book arts professor co-owns Northport letterpress

By Mazie BryantAssistant News Editor

After University of Alabama student Katie Hall lost her grandmother to dementia this past April she was propelled into action spending her fall break running a marathon in honor of the life her role model lived

ldquoI lost a huge idol a huge part of my liferdquo Katie Hall a senior majoring in public rela-tions said ldquoShe was one of the most important people in my liferdquo

Anna Hall was 91 years old when she was officially diagnosed with dementia in November 2011 but her fam-ily believes that she struggled with the disease for nearly five years before

ldquoA lot of people who have a family member diagnosed with dementia take them to a nursing home drop them off and never see them againrdquo Katie Hall said ldquoMany people think lsquoIf they canrsquot remember me why should I take care of themrsquo Itrsquos a heartbreak-ing reality of the disease But instead we became caregivers for her We had a family mem-ber by her side every dayrdquo

Alzheimerrsquos disease a form of dementia that affects mem-ory thought and behavior is just coming to the forefront of medical acknowledgement said Ellie Simpson manag-er of athletic events for the Alzheimerrsquos Association She said the disease is the fifth leading cause of death in older Americans ages 65 and older and more than 54 million peo-ple in America are currently living with it

ldquoWe come from a long line of forgetful peoplerdquo Katie Hall said ldquoWe should have noticed something was wrong earlier but we didnrsquotrdquo

She believes educating peo-ple about the disease can lead to early detection which could then prevent such rapid loss of brain function

ldquoUnfortunately itrsquos not a widely discussed disease but it affects so many peoplerdquo she said ldquoPeople donrsquot talk about it unless theyrsquove been affected by it so the more we get the

word out the more we can pre-vent itrdquo

Katie Hall an athlete in high school planned to get back in shape this year Researching marathons around the coun-try she discovered the Bank of America Chicago Marathon which offered charities a chance to form teams and raise money for their cause The Alzheimerrsquos Association was a participating charity

ldquoPeople were running in honor of somebody in memo-ry of someone or just because they believed in the charityrsquos missionrdquo Katie Hall said ldquoIt was one of those things that I was running anyways so I might as well run for my grandmother To see what my grandmother and family went through I couldnrsquot not do itrdquo

Katie Hall raised money for her run through her love of cooking and clothing She hosted four fundraising lun-cheons at various workplaces established bake sales and earned $200 from selling old clothing through a Facebook photo album

ldquoShersquod train by getting up at 530 am and running and then shersquod run in the after-noon sometimes toordquo Rick Hall Katie Hallrsquos father said ldquoShe was on a strict diet and couldnrsquot eat certain things She craved chocolate but couldnrsquot have any hellip Irsquove been

around the block six or seven times in my life now and it takes a lot to impress me But when someone helps someone who canrsquot help themselves it really impresses merdquo

Katie Hall ran on a team of 152 in a race of nearly 45000 runners on Sunday Oct 7 She was clad in a houndstooth hat in honor of her University and a pin of a picture of her and her grandmother Her parents and family members looked on encouraging her but remind-ing her that she could stop at any point

ldquoI was doing something for my grandmotherrdquo Katie Hall said ldquoI told my mom lsquoFailure is not an option Granny never gave up So Irsquom not going torsquo

ldquoI just kept telling myself She would have wanted this She would have wanted me to help someone or some family who is going through what we went throughrdquo

Katie Hall raised $1100 well over her original goal of $1000 while her marathon team raised a total of more than $149000 She can continue raising funds through Nov 1 and said she hopes the money can educate people of the real-ities of Alzheimerrsquos disease and help those who have been abandoned by their families

ldquoIf it helps just one patient one person one family itrsquos worth itrdquo she said

SubmittedKatie Hall raised more than $1000 for the Alzheimerrsquos Association

In Chicago houndstooth-clad student raises $1100

By Ashley Tripp and Katherine LangnerCW Staff

University of Alabama stu-dents will have the oppor-tunity to purchase parts of past decades today at the 8 on Repeat Vintage Clothing T-shirt sale in the Ferguson Center Lounge Thursday from 8 am to 6 pm

Former UA student Brandon Gardner is bringing 2000 vin-tage T-shirts back to his alma mater

ldquoIrsquom selling vintage con-cert shirts hot-rod shirts old motorcycle shirts college shirts and even some with old-fashioned advertisements on themrdquo Gardner said ldquoI have the most random yet legit stuff from the 70s and 80srdquo

Gardnerrsquos idea of 8 on Repeat Vintage Clothing began after college when he moved back home to Mississippi While at home his mother suggested he sell items from his parentsrsquo antique store on eBay After the success he found through eBay Gardner decided to use the website as a platform to create a business of his own

Gardnerrsquos love and signature look for vintage T-shirts began in high school when he started visiting local thrift stores with his friends With a growing collection Gardner thought it would be a great idea to sell some of them on eBay

ldquoI wanted to try and sell what I was passionate about so I listed some of my old vin-tage T-shirts I had collected over the yearsrdquo Gardner said ldquoI was so surprised by how quickly the shirts started sell-ing on eBay that I knew that I had caught onto something bigrdquo

Since his eBay site was becoming increasingly popu-

lar Gardner decided to expand his online business to pop-up stores taking 8 on Repeat Vintage Clothing on the road With the popular interest of vintage T-shirts among col-lege students Gardner travels frequently to college campus-es and sells shirts to universi-ties such as Mississippi State and Auburn

Gardner said 90 percent of his shirts are on a college bud-get and most of the shirts at the sale range from $10 to $20 with just a few racks of concert shirts that are significantly more expensive due to their rarity

Will Dodd a senior major-ing in political science bought two T-shirts from Gardnerrsquos sale two years ago and plans to check out the sale Thursday

ldquoHe has an incredible col-lection concert tees from the 70s and 80s that you wonrsquot find anywhere elserdquo Dodd said ldquoThese arenrsquot the novelty T-shirts you find in the mall theyrsquore the real thingrdquo

Throughout the years Gardner has come across

shirts that mean more than just a purchase to the cus-tomer He has even met stu-dents who have found a pieceof ancestral history with the T-shirts

ldquoLast year this girl found an old graduation shirt from Huntsville High School it had all these signatures from the graduating studentsrdquo Gardner said ldquoWhen the girl was look-ing at the shirt she found her dadrsquos name written on the backrdquo

A 1975 Jethro Tull band T-shirt is the oldest shirt Gardner has and doesnrsquot col-lect many shirts from before 1989

Last year Gardner sold one of his most rare shirts a 1976 Lynard Skynard T-shirt to a student for $200 Gardner said the customer was so happy with the shirt that they took a picture together holding it

ldquoIn the picture she had thishuge smile and it made me feel good I helped her find that shirtrdquo Gardner said ldquoItrsquos not just a piece of clothing itrsquos a work of artrdquo

UA grad brings back annual vintage T-shirt sale to Ferg

CW | Caitlin TrotterSonja Greentree Rossow a volunteer at Southern Letterpress and friend of the owner operates the letterpress machine Wednesday afternoon

SubmittedUA alumni expected to bring 2000 vintage shirts for Thursdayrsquos sale

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday October 11 2012 | Page 7

By Rich RobinsonAssistant News Editor

Former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and current candidate for the same position Roy Moore has come under fire for recent comments he made regarding same-sex marriage

According to an alcom arti-cle Moore said to a group of conservative activists gathered in Fort Payne Ala on Oct 6 ldquosame-sex marriage will be the ultimate destruction of our country because it destroys the very foundation upon which this nation is basedrdquo

In a telephone interview Moore stood by his controver-sial comments and defended his

appearance at a Tea Party rallyldquoI didnrsquot say anything thatrsquos

outside the lawrdquo Moore said ldquoI said that same-sex marriage is against the law Thatrsquos what a judge has to say It is either OK by the law or it is not OK by the lawrdquo

Moore went on to say same-sex marriage violates the Alabama constitution and the federal Defense Of Marriage Act passed in 1996

Members of The University of Alabamarsquos pro-LGBTQ rights community were not pleased with Moorersquos comments

ldquoI personally find Mr Moorersquos statements on same-sex mar-riage to be ludicrous and incred-ibly offensiverdquo Noah Cannon president of Spectrum said ldquoHe

is using tired and faulty rhetoric to further his own homophobia I personally feel this brand of myopic theocracy has no place in our judicial systemrdquo

Moore said his statements were based on precedent and settled state and federal law When asked specifically how same sex-marriage would destroy the ldquovery foundation upon which this nation is basedrdquo as he claimed in his speech Moore offered up an answer based on family life

ldquoThatrsquos because the founda-tion of our country is founded on families homes where man and woman are recognized as the parents of childrenrdquo Moore said ldquoItrsquos an institution which the courts have no authority

Roy Moorersquos comments prompt UA student reactionCW File

over especially when it violates the lawrdquo

Moore rebutted further criti-cism of his view on the issue by saying that if you just rule according to your feelings and not according to the law you destroy the very foundation of what being a judge is all about

ldquoBasically if you destroy the Constitution your country would fallrdquo Moore said ldquoIf you destroy all the laws that yoursquore under yoursquore country would fall it would become a different placerdquo

Moorersquos Democratic oppo-nent Circuit Court Judge Robert Vance could not be reached for comment by press time

Bradley Davidson the execu-tive director of the Alabama Democratic Party felt Moorersquos comments were out of place considering the next Chief Justice could potentially hear a case on the matter of same-sex marriage He also said he under-stood Moorersquos campaign strat-egy of speaking to members of the Tea Party

ldquoThe Tea Party is obviously a part of the Republican Party theyrsquore an active subset of the conservative movementrdquo Davidson said ldquoIf yoursquore run-ning as a partisan judge as a Republican then those are some of your potential voters so I would understand why he would speak to themrdquo

Lauren Jacobs vice president of Spectrum said she was not per-sonally comfort-able with Moore in office

ldquoWhen people say things like this and young LGBTQ people who are listening are lead to believe that there is something wrong with them that they donrsquot deserve rights that they wonrsquot be treated as full and equal citizens and that they have no other options for being a full member of our soci-ety that to me is what is truly

destructive and uncomfortablerdquo Jacobs said ldquoI would like to see politicians consider the weight of the effects their statements may have on young Alabamians watching themrdquo

In the inter-view Moore claimed thatPresident Barack Obama is disre-garding the law of Congress with the 2011 Justice Department deci-sion that the fed-eral government will not defend the Defense of

Marriage Act in courtldquoItrsquos not the job of a presi-

dent to overturn laws passed by Congress that he doesnrsquot likerdquo Moore said ldquoIn fact if you want to get very specific you go back and see where Barack Obama willy-nilly violates the law and says he has a right to do so So if he canrsquot follow the law passed by Congress then he should resign or be impeachedrdquo

ldquoI didnrsquot say anything thatrsquos outside the law I said that

same-sex marriage is against the law

mdash Roy Moore

Siegelman trial judge speaks at Ferg denies Rove connectionBy Rich RobinsonAssistant News Editor

Mark Fuller a University of Alabama graduate and federal judge best known for presiding over the trial of former Gov Don Siegelman spoke to a group of student leaders at the Ferguson Center last night In an address that focused on integrity Fuller also responded to the criticism that made him ldquoinfamousrdquo during the trial of Siegelman and founder of HealthSouth Richard Scrushy

Nick Lambert a graduate assistant who was involved in bringing Fuller to the Capstone for the speech thought it was well worth it

ldquoI think itrsquos real important that we instill integrity in all of our students and teach them to be active members of the community striving to achieve and live by the Capstone Creedrdquo Lambert said

Benjamin Sleight a sopho-more majoring in econom-ics said Fuller was able to connect to the students in attendance

ldquoMost judges are accused of being out of touch with the new generation thatrsquos

rising into the workplacerdquo Sleight said ldquoSure he wasnrsquot familiar with all the twit-ter terms but he seemed to be very in tune what was needed in an integrity-based speech to a student bodyrdquo

Fuller graduated from The University of Alabama with a degree in chemical engi-neering in 1982 and from The University of Alabama School of Law in 1985

Fuller said he got into engineering never intending to pursue it as a career but rather because he did well in math science and chem-istry and thought that engi-neering was a great founda-tion for future endeavors Despite his major choice Fuller said that he always wanted to be a federal judge

After law school Fuller worked at private practice for 11 years and was then appointed as a district attor-ney and served for five years He was appointed to be a United State District Court judge for the Middle District of Alabama by President George W Bush and began work in 2002

Fuller denied in a post-speech interview that he had any connection to the Bush White House when he

was appointedldquoI was involved in the

Republican party before I was appointed but no Irsquove never had any dealings with President Bushrdquo he said

Fuller also denied the widely spread assertion that Karl Rove or others in the Bush administration some-how influenced the trial

ldquoNo I was never contact-ed by anybodyrdquo Fuller said ldquoIrsquove never met Karl Rove never spoken to Karl Roverdquo

The trial took a per-sonal toll on the judge and his family Fuller said his daughter then a UA stu-dent was threatened and US Marshals needed to be called to check on her a few times

Despite how much the trial affected him personally Fuller said he was fair and unbiased during the case

ldquoI thought and I believe that I called that case as fair-ly as I have any other caserdquo Fuller said ldquoI couldnrsquot live with myself if I thought that I had railroaded somebody the government or an indi-vidual defendantrdquo

Melissa Brown and Mazie Bryant contributed to this report

Nelson also responded to the allegation of the authors of the anonymous letter that hazing during the pledge pro-cess had sent pledges to the hospital

ldquoDue to the significant hos-pitalizations and other infrac-

tionsrdquo the anonymous letter said ldquoIt would appear a week-ly suspension is insufficient in order to correct the pledge process at UArdquo

In his statement Nelson said as of Oct 1 six UA stu-dents had been treated at the DCH Regional Medical Center for alcohol poisoning and none were members of greek organizations

ldquoNot one incident was relat-ed to hazingrdquo Nelson said

Brad Fisher the commu-nications director of DCH Regional Medical Center said in the hospitalrsquos 2012 fiscal year Sept 30 2011 to Oct 1 2012 48 people between the ages of 18 and 22 were hospi-talized for alcohol overdoses Because of federal privacy laws Fisher could not report whether the hospitalized were UA students or their conditions on admission to or discharge from the hospital

LETTER FROM PAGE 1

Nelson addresses anonymous letter

Editor | Marquavius BurnettcrimsonwhitesportsgmailcomThursday October 11 2012SPORTS

NEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 8

By Mary Grace ShowfetyStaff Reporter

The only predictable thing about college football is that itrsquos unpredictable Thatrsquos what Nick Saban said this week in his news conference

Saban said that teams are being awarded a bit more credit than they deserve at this point in the season and we saw that over the weekend in particular

In reality there is not a col-lege football fan out there that can dispute either of Sabanrsquos statements At this point all signs point to our coach being dead-on

Since 2008 the Tide has held the same (5-0) undefeated record with a different ending to the story each time So obvi-ously the record is not the best way to predict the future

But with all that has hap-pened since the season began the question looming in the minds of sports fans is ldquoWill it be another year for the SECrdquo and ldquoCan it be another all SEC BCS Championshiprdquo

My answer is yes absolutely and maybe

After last yearrsquos BCS Championship the SEC was truly put under a microscope Of course there were (and still are) those that were opposed to Alabama having a second shot at LSU but it happened anyway

Irsquom not one to count my chickens before they hatch but it seems like itrsquos going to be another major year for the SEC

Letrsquos take a quick look Preseason No 1 USC Trojans lost the spotlight in a 21-14 loss

to Stanford LSU is struggling offensively and suffered the loss to Florida Oklahoma fell to Kansas State in week three Oregon seems to be rolling but still has a few challenges in the coming weeks South Carolina took all dignity away from Georgia last week and Florida State lost a heartbreaker to NC State

As for Michigan and Arkansas they had the unfor-tunate circumstances of play-ing Alabama early We all saw how that turned out

That leaves three teams in the preseason top 10 that have held onto undefeated records Alabama Oregon and South Carolina They have been joined by upstarts West Virginia Kansas State Oregon State and more traditional powers Notre Dame Ohio

State LSU and FloridaFour SEC teams reside in the

top 10 today with three of them ranked in the top four So the outlook is good for the SEC

But Saban said it best College football is unpredict-able And I think we all can agree so is the SEC

In the East Florida and South Carolina face off in two weeks and if that wasnrsquot enough the Gators will also take on Georgia in a game that holds great historical mean-ing for both schools If Georgia can re-evaluate and get back on track this game may pose a threat to Florida as well Oh and South Carolina goes to LSU while Florida has to finish with FSU

If the Tide runs the table and makes it to the SEC Championship game it could

face an undefeated South Carolina or Florida The win-ner would advance to the BCS Championship game

First things first The way I see it Alabama only has two more games with substantial competition Mississippi State and LSU

Considering Mississippi State has played the likes of Auburn Troy and South Alabama thus far it hasnrsquot been truly tested

LSU is most likely a bit flus-tered after last weekrsquos loss But this game holds meaning After all that went on between Alabama and LSU it is sure to be a good game filled with great importance for both teams

The truth of the matter is though this is not the same LSU team that we saw last year It does not pose the same

threat as it did last seasonOf course no one should be

discounted at this point in the game Alabama is the defend-ing national champion holdingthe No 1 slot in both polls Anyand every team has made the Tide its target

Back to that SECChampionship game Letrsquos say South Carolina and Florida play a close game The win-ner remains undefeatedand advances to the SEC Championship The loser could progress through the rest of the season with only one loss and maybe just maybe be in aposition to take on the winner of the SEC Championship in the BCS Championship

Remember though theonly thing that is predictable about college football is that it is unpredictable

SEC teams stand chance of winning BCS Championship for 7th year in a row

By Caroline GazzaraContributing Writer

After losing two road games against Texas AampM and Arkansas the Alabama soccer team is ready to bounce back at home against Mississippi State The Crimson Tide is confident this weekrsquos even matchup will give it the push it needs to win

Though the two away game losses have affected the Tide it has not set Alabama back enough to make it doubt itself Head Coach Todd Bramble isnrsquot letting the past affect

him or his teamldquo[This is] the first weekend

where we have come away without earning any points in the standings so thatrsquos difficult to make sure we

manage this period of adver-sity the right wayrdquo Bramble said ldquoWith every season you have you are going to have to deal with something and yoursquore going to have to over-come somethingrdquo

The Mississippi State game is a surefire way of bouncing back from the losses With an average shot percentage of 0108 the Tide is evenly matched against Mississippi State both statistically and competitively

ldquoFrom a style stand point [Mississippi State is] a lit-tle bit different from usrdquo Bramble said ldquoThey are a

team that defends and coun-ter-attacks a little bit more Wersquore a team that tries to pos-sess the ball a little bit more so itrsquos a contrast in styles but from a competitive stand point itrsquos going to be a really even gamerdquo

Freshman midfielder Abby Lutzenkirchen believes this home game will be a good turning point in the season for the Tide and its fans

ldquoItrsquos going to give us a lot more pride to win on our home field and to give our fans a good game and to sup-port and [make them] want to come out Sunday against

Missourirdquo Lutzenkirchen said

Being that this is the first in a series of four home games the Tide hopes being home will bring it the extra boost it needs to win this game as well as the rest of the sea-son in order to place in the SEC tournament

ldquoTherersquos still five games left therersquos still plenty of soccer to be played and therersquos still plenty of points to be earned toward a place in the conference tourna-ment at the end of the yearrdquo Bramble said

B e i n g h o m e h a s

heightened the playersrsquo enthusiasm to play on Thursday Senior defender Meghan Duffy is excited to play at home and encourage her team to win and play well

ldquo[I want to] make sure that I really encourage everyone on my team and make sure that wersquore all on the same page so then I can help the team and do my part for the whole grouprdquo Duffy said

With an even matchup at hand the Tide plans to have a great game against Mississippi State with hopes of winning the first of its four home game series

Tide hopes to bring home win after even matchupSOCCER

IF YOU GObull What Alabama vs

Mississippi State

bull When Oct 11 7 pm

bull Where Alabama Soccer Complex

COLUMN

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday October 11 2012 | Page 9

Alabama looks to improve on last performanceCROSS COUNTRY

SWIMMING

By Jasmine CannonStaff Reporter

This is a big weekend for Dan Waters and the Alabama

cross country teams as the Crimson Classic is set for Oct 13 at 830 am at Harry Pritchett Running Park

ldquoI think itrsquos a perfect race

By Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

After opening up the sea-son with a sweep of Delta State University the Alabama swim-ming and diving team looks to cap off another sweep against SEC foe Auburn on Friday Oct 12

New head coach Dennis Pursley said he was impressed with how his teamed performed in the season opener but there is still a long road ahead of them

ldquoDelta State will not nearly be the same challenge as Auburn will berdquo Pursley said ldquoI was pleased with just the general spirit and demeanor of the team

They were challenging them-selves to do the best that they could and we sort of developed a culture and certainly donrsquot want to see that changerdquo

Pursley is no stranger to the Capstone and brings a champion-ship pedigree to a team looking for overall consistency The Alabama alumnus has had international success ranging from Australia to most recently the head coach of the United Kingdomrsquos Olympic swimming team

Pursley said he hopes to trans-late some of the success he has had and the teamwork concept back to his alma mater

ldquoThe team concept here had seemed to deteriorate to a degree

in recent yearsrdquo he said ldquoI want to bring back the team-first atti-tude We took John F Kennedyrsquos most famous quote and twisted it a little bit and made it lsquoAsk not what your team can do for you but what you can do for your teamrsquo so I think that is the start in building the type of culture we want to build hererdquo

Teamwork is something the Tide will need when facing what Pursley called one of the most premier swimming and diving teams in the NCAA Despite pull-ing off an upset victory against Auburn in years past Pursley said he knows his team will have their hands full

ldquoTheyrsquore pretty much strong

top to bottom men and womenrdquo he said ldquoBut we donrsquot want to concede anything and we want to be racing to win even if on paper it is a long-shot or not We donrsquot want to walk away from Auburn knowing we could have done bet-ter than we didrdquo

Despite the early season chal-lenge Pursley said he looks to this match as a learning experi-ence for both himself and the team

ldquoObviously our big focus is the SEC championship and NCAA championship later in the sea-sonrdquo he said ldquoWe can learn from every experience by accomplish-ing all our goals Whatever the outcome our mission is to learnrdquo

UA AthleticAlabama Cross Country is set to host the Crimson Classic at the Harry Pritchett Running Park

Bama prepares to cap off 2nd sweep

for this time of the seasonrdquo Waters said ldquoItrsquoll be an oppor-tunity for us to test our fitness at this point Itrsquoll be an oppor-tunity to see a couple of the SEC teams and the regional teams We always look for-ward to running at home to have friends and family out there to watchrdquo

Mississippi State Auburn Tennessee and Mississippi are four of the SEC competitors set to take on the Tide Other schools include Georgia Tech Tulane and Samford

This will be the first compe-tition for Alabama since the Notre Dame Invitational Both the men and womenrsquos teams are looking to improve on their last performances

ldquoI feel like both the menrsquos and womenrsquos teams are at a place where they should have their best performance so far this seasonrdquo Adam Tribble assistance coach for distance runners said ldquoThatrsquos a good place to be The fitness level

for both teams is considerably increased within each Theyrsquore still a young team but theyrsquove progressed a lotrdquo

The teams are prepared and working on running to their full potential

ldquoBoth teams should be able to contend to win both racesrdquo Waters said ldquoIf we can keep everybody on their feet and have a good day and run like wersquore capable of doing then wersquoll be just finerdquo

The youthful teams will be lead by lone senior Elsbeth Denton who will be running in her last Crimson Classic She said the team is very confident heading into Saturdayrsquos race

ldquoWe have to stay calm and be confident in our train-ing and just know that wersquove been training very very wellrdquo Denton said ldquoWe just have to put that in the racerdquo

Coaches believe the Crimson Classic will be a good indicator of where the teams currently stand

ldquoI think this is kind of the first opportunity where wersquore able to really dig down and really get after it and really be able to see a good positive per-formance with the work they put inrdquo Tribble said

Last year the womenrsquos team came in first place for the sec-ond year in a row with five top-25 finishers The men came in fifth place behind Carison Kemei who placed first overall

The Crimson Classic will also feature high school boys and girls runners in a 5k The race will be Alabama cross countryrsquos Power of Pink meet

in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month

This is the Tidersquos last competition before head-ing to Nashville for the SEC championships

IF YOU GObull What Crimson Classic

bull Where Harry Pritchett Running Park

bull When 830 am Oct 13

Page 10 | Thursday October 11 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

By Zac Al-KhateebStaff Reporter

For Alabama head coach Nick Saban Saturdayrsquos game against the Missouri Tigers will present his team with something it hasnrsquot had all season a fresh start

The No 1 Crimson Tide coming off a bye week is looking to see whether the time off has resulted in any refinements in its game after a hard-fought match against Ole Miss

Still Saban said itrsquos not as if his team hasnrsquot played well thus far ndash it just hasnrsquot played

with enough consistencyldquoI think the focus that wersquove

tried to get with our players is this is kind of a new seasonrdquo Saban said ldquoA new opportu-nity to go out and play with more consistency in perfor-mancerdquo

Junior defensive lineman Damion Square said he thinks his team has made good use of its bye week improving in every aspect of the game and cutting down on mis-takes Indeed Square said his defense in particular would need it for Missourirsquos fast-paced offense

The key to success for his

defense Square said was in making sure it controls the game early

ldquoNo matter what they do as a defense wersquove got to come out and set the tonerdquo Square said ldquoAnd if you do that you control the outcome of the game no matter what the offense is trying to put out on the fieldrdquo

Still the team is not focus-ing solely on Missourirsquos no-huddle offense Defensively the Tigers pose some interest-ing matchups as well

Indeed senior center Barrett Jones said one player hersquos had his eye on is junior

defensive lineman Sheldon Richardson Richardson has proved a disruptive force in the Missouri front seven tying for second on the team with 38 tackles and three sacks

ldquoHersquos a very good playerrdquo Jones said ldquoHe plays really hard which I really respect He plays with a lot of intensity and passion and I definitely think hersquos going to be bringing it fastrdquo

Another difficulty Alabama will have to face is a hostile home crowd for the Tigers which are still seeking their first SEC win of the year at 0-3 in the conference

ldquoItrsquos a new environment for usrdquo Saban said ldquoSo itrsquos going to take some maturity on our part to stay focused on the right things We got to be zeroed in on whatrsquos important for us and what it takes for us to go play good footballrdquo

Still with all the potential difficulties the Tide will face against Missouri Jones said more than anything he was just excited to play football especially against teams fresh to the SEC

ldquoI think itrsquos exciting for us to go into a place like Missouri where wersquove never been before and who are new

to our conference and play thererdquo Jones said ldquoItrsquoll just be neat to play against anoth-er teamrdquo

Square shared Jonesrsquo sen-timents saying he was ready for team hungry for its first win to come against such a highly-ranked opponent as Alabama

ldquoOf courserdquo Square said ldquoYou got that target on your back When you play anybody they want to have a great vic-tory against you It can start a lot of good thingsrdquo

Still Square said all his team needs to worry about is its plays not Missouri

Alabama set for trip to new SEC opponent MissouriFOOTBALL

CW | Bryce DentonTop Left Tight end Malcolm Faciane and defensive lineman Dakota Ball work

on their blocking in Wednesdayrsquos practiceBottom Left Linebacker Nico Johnson linebacker Tana Patrick linebacker

Trey DePriest and running back Ben Howell practice tackling WednedayRight Linebacker Brent Calloway and running back Dee Hart run

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Ghosts of the Black Belt brings tourism to Alabama By Becky RobinsonStaff Reporter

As Halloween draws near many people are in search of spooky events for the season If a ghost story sounds appealing Ghosts of the Black Belt will be offering those and many other haunted attractions for stu-dents and community members to enjoy throughout October

Sponsored by the UA Center for Economic Development Ghosts of the Black Belt offers tourists a night of ghost stories and tours while enhancing the

rural economies of towns in the Black Belt region

Nisa Miranda director of the UA Center for Economic Development said the UACED has been working with rural areas for the past 25 years

ldquoMany of these places have a lot of interesting stories as well as history culture and natural resourcesrdquo Miranda said ldquoTherersquos a lot of folklore and story telling about ghosts in the Black Belt As a result we thought it was a very inter-esting topic to concentrate onrdquo

Ghosts of the Black Belt is

in its second year Many of the events like the Katherine Tucker Windham ghost walk in Thomasville have grown to be so large that they are now fes-tivals Linda Vice the tourism director for rural Southwest Alabama said the UA Honors College played a role in creat-ing some events

ldquoCommunities have to real-ize what their strengths and weaknesses are and pick out those strengths and play to themrdquo Vice said ldquoAnd what wersquove found to be the strength in working with The University

of Alabama is our stories and our traditionsrdquo

Vice said she worked with the Honors College to pro-duce a YouTube series called ldquoAlabama Ghost Trailrdquo The series featured 22 first-person accounts of ghost stories and experiences

Miranda said doing fun events like the Ghosts of the Black Belt allows communities in the 11 Black Belt counties to benefit from the influx of tourists

Both women believe the economic development of the Black Belt region is an

incremental one involving a lot of planning and imagination

ldquoThese are outreaching service projects where we are helping poorer regions of Alabama become more viablerdquo Miranda said ldquoItrsquos a way that shows how The University of Alabama is active in improv-ing the living conditions and economic situations of people outside of Tuscaloosardquo

Some of this yearrsquos Ghosts of the Black Belt attractions include a haunted house at Old St Stephenrsquos Historical Park a ghost hunting investigation in

Cahawba and the Thomasville ghost walk

Vice said most of these events are family-friendly and admission is roughly $5 per event Additionally she said most of the attractions are close enough for UA students to attend

ldquoI really enjoy all of themrdquo Vice said ldquoIn the Black Belt everybody loves ghosts and we figured out why One [rea-son] is the Celtic heritage of the Scots-Irish people and the other is the African tradition with the voodoordquo

bull What Old St Stephenrsquos Historical Park Haunted House

When Saturdays from Sept 29 - Oct 27 and Tuesday Oct 30 and Wednesday Oct 31 Open from dusk -11 pm each day

Where St Stephens Historical Park 2056 Old St Stephens

Road St Stephens 36569

bull What Ghost Stories at Rikardrsquos Mill Historical Park

When Friday Oct 12-Saturday Oct 13 from 630 -10 pm each night

Where Rikardrsquos Mill Historical

Park located five miles north of Beatrice on Hwy 265 Admission is $5

bull What Cahawba Spirits Investigation When Friday Oct 19 Tours

begin every half

hour from 7-9 pm Where Old Cahawba

Archaeological Park 9518 Cahaba Road Orrville This attraction is for ages 12 and up Admission is $15

bull What ldquoHear the Dead Speakrdquo

daytime walking tour of Old Cahawba Park

When Sat Oct 20 10 am Where Old Cahawba

Archaeological Park 9518 Cahaba Road Orrville Admission is $6

bull What Thomasville Ghost Walk When Saturday Oct 20 at

6 pm Where Downtown

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UA Opera combines traditions of the genre with new directionBy Lauren CarltonContributing Writer

The University of Alabama Opera Theatrersquos fall scenes program ldquoSomething Old Something New The New and Old of Operardquo creates a marriage between Baroque and con-temporary opera to bring audiences one thrilling operatic experience

The show is comprised of differ-ent scenes arias and songs from Baroque and modern opera as well as musical theatre Under the direction of Paul Houghtaling student mem-bers of UAOT range from freshmen to doctoral students Each is involved in multiple scenes The graduate stu-dents and seniors are also given the additional responsibility of directing individual scenes

One of these students is Alana Sealy a first-year masterrsquos student in vocal performance

Sealy is one of two opera gradu-ate teaching assistants She directs the trio and chorus from Act II Scene I of Henry Purcellrsquos ldquoDido and Aeneasrdquo Directing has been a new challenge for Sealy but she met it head on and is proud of how far her cast has come in the short amount of rehearsal time

ldquoThey definitely have risen to the challengerdquo Sealy said ldquoThey have made it their ownrdquo

Making it their own is a trait of which UAOT is especially proud ldquoSomething Old Something Newrdquo will feature three new compositions two from the first Opera Composition Competition Composers from the University were encouraged to write short one-act operas to be performed by the Opera Theatre last fall The winner and runner-up of this com-petition will have their works per-formed Friday and Sunday

The winning piece Thomas Wilsonrsquos ldquoOnomastrdquo is a five-and-a-half minute long opera with libretto by creative writing student

Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Thursday October 11 2012CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

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COLUMN | GAMING

By Nathan Proctor

Kickstarter an online international funding plat-form for a variety of cre-ative projects has recently seen a burst of growth from one particular inter-est group gamers Trading pre-orders or incentives for funding it allows sup-porters to act as collective publishers which develop-ers claim allow them abso-lute creative control rarely seen working through tra-ditional publishing houses Despite the unprecedented tens of millions poured into projects over the past year Kickstarter may not be the wave of the future as some herald it to be

First brought into the public eye last March by Tim Schafer and Double Fine Production it accu-mulated over $3 million ndash 834 percent of their set goal ndash in support of a vaguely defined return to the point-and-click adventure genre the crowd-sourcing ves-sel has shown its ability to produce serious amounts of money However that $3 million which can hypothetically produce a high-ceiling retro adven-ture game is nowhere near comparable to the budgets driving triple-A games This must temper our expectations

Still these levels of fund-ing are realistic for devel-opers wishing to break the triple-A mold who would benefit from an indepen-dent route of funding and

publication Backing this conceit are hundreds of successfully funded games to date

Kickstarterrsquos strengths are effectively promot-ing the successes facili-tated by the site and burying the majority of projects that fail to meet their goal and receive zero funding Notably the bulk of the most success-ful Kickstarter projects come from developers with meaningful experi-ence projects resurrecting games or series and games selling themselves off nos-talgia None of this is whol-ly unexpected or negative but it does suggest that the Kickstarter platform may vet games in a very simi-lar fashion to the publish-ers it allows developers to escape just with an altered set of standards

What donors myself included donrsquot often real-ize about the system is just how similar their position is to legitimate business investors A donor puts his money behind an idea with the promise of a return If his fundraising goal isnrsquot met money is returned and therersquos no investor loss beyond the failure of the project However once funded the quality of the product its direction ndash without investor oversight ndash and its existence whatso-ever is left in question with-out any real protection

Products thus far pro-duced by the service have been relative successes

and the service had a great deal of its popular reputa-tion hinging on perhaps the highest profile game to be released yet in Faster Than Light a spaceship man-agement simulator which to investorsrsquo and again my glee delivered on its promises However doubts have been shed on the ser-vicersquos most funded project to date OUYA a console meant to provide an open-source gaming platform for your television which brought in over $85 million with much critical specu-lation as to its feasibility and game support A large scale failure from a proj-ect such as this may cast doubt into the still-flowing stream of supports

This is not to say the Kickstarter avenue is with-out its place in the mar-ket Long dead genres and games odd enough or pos-sibly ambitious enough to frighten traditional inves-tors or publishers can test their mettle directly with the gaming public rather than via boardroom specu-lation Therersquos perhaps no better gauge of interest in a concept than people simply putting their money where their mouths are Whether an interesting blip in indus-try history or a long-term side-note attached to inter-esting games for long to come Kickstarter allows gamers to direct the pres-ent and future of game development in an ear-lier and more interesting fashion than ever before

Kickstarter allows developers new avenues to create succeed

Submitted PhotoThe University of Alabama Opera Theatrersquos fall scenes program is comprised of different scenes arias and songs from Baroque and modern operaJM Gamble Though a short piece ldquoOnomastrdquo is a satire that raises questions of societal pressures like fitting in and the fear of not being heard

Wilson is a junior majoring in music composition at the University His goal is to write music for video games so writing for an opera was a bit of a challenge at first He said he had to watch and research operas to prepare for the task of writing one

As opening night approaches Wilson is excited to see his composi-tion come to life

ldquoItrsquos opening up the second half of the showrdquo he said ldquoThatrsquos a pretty big deal [Houghtaling] went above and beyond in directing it I only wrote in a few stage directions I would like it to be open to interpretationrdquo

The decision to pair the incred-ibly modern with the incredibly old was a calculated decision on the part of Houghtaling

ldquoItrsquos very important to show where this art form that we love started and

itrsquos equally important to show where itrsquos goingrdquo Houghtaling said ldquoWersquore doing some very cool things from staged sacred Bach to musical the-atre We actually have more musical theatre in this program than wersquove ever had before in the fallrdquo

Nicole Pietrangelo a junior major-ing in vocal performance is in two of the musical theatre pieces

ldquoItrsquos definitely been funrdquo Pietrangelo said ldquoI feel so comfort-able doing it People will be in for a surpriserdquo

ldquoSomething Old Something Newrdquo will be performed Friday Oct 12 at 730 pm and Sunday Oct 14 at 3 pm in Moody Music Buildingrsquos ChoralOpera Room The space is trans-formed into an intimate theatre set-ting but seating is limited so early arrival is recommended Costumes are by Daniel Whitlow a first year MFA student in costume design Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for general admission They can be pur-chased at uamusictixcom

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday October 11 2012 | Page 7

By Rich RobinsonAssistant News Editor

Former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and current candidate for the same position Roy Moore has come under fire for recent comments he made regarding same-sex marriage

According to an alcom arti-cle Moore said to a group of conservative activists gathered in Fort Payne Ala on Oct 6 ldquosame-sex marriage will be the ultimate destruction of our country because it destroys the very foundation upon which this nation is basedrdquo

In a telephone interview Moore stood by his controver-sial comments and defended his

appearance at a Tea Party rallyldquoI didnrsquot say anything thatrsquos

outside the lawrdquo Moore said ldquoI said that same-sex marriage is against the law Thatrsquos what a judge has to say It is either OK by the law or it is not OK by the lawrdquo

Moore went on to say same-sex marriage violates the Alabama constitution and the federal Defense Of Marriage Act passed in 1996

Members of The University of Alabamarsquos pro-LGBTQ rights community were not pleased with Moorersquos comments

ldquoI personally find Mr Moorersquos statements on same-sex mar-riage to be ludicrous and incred-ibly offensiverdquo Noah Cannon president of Spectrum said ldquoHe

is using tired and faulty rhetoric to further his own homophobia I personally feel this brand of myopic theocracy has no place in our judicial systemrdquo

Moore said his statements were based on precedent and settled state and federal law When asked specifically how same sex-marriage would destroy the ldquovery foundation upon which this nation is basedrdquo as he claimed in his speech Moore offered up an answer based on family life

ldquoThatrsquos because the founda-tion of our country is founded on families homes where man and woman are recognized as the parents of childrenrdquo Moore said ldquoItrsquos an institution which the courts have no authority

Roy Moorersquos comments prompt UA student reactionCW File

over especially when it violates the lawrdquo

Moore rebutted further criti-cism of his view on the issue by saying that if you just rule according to your feelings and not according to the law you destroy the very foundation of what being a judge is all about

ldquoBasically if you destroy the Constitution your country would fallrdquo Moore said ldquoIf you destroy all the laws that yoursquore under yoursquore country would fall it would become a different placerdquo

Moorersquos Democratic oppo-nent Circuit Court Judge Robert Vance could not be reached for comment by press time

Bradley Davidson the execu-tive director of the Alabama Democratic Party felt Moorersquos comments were out of place considering the next Chief Justice could potentially hear a case on the matter of same-sex marriage He also said he under-stood Moorersquos campaign strat-egy of speaking to members of the Tea Party

ldquoThe Tea Party is obviously a part of the Republican Party theyrsquore an active subset of the conservative movementrdquo Davidson said ldquoIf yoursquore run-ning as a partisan judge as a Republican then those are some of your potential voters so I would understand why he would speak to themrdquo

Lauren Jacobs vice president of Spectrum said she was not per-sonally comfort-able with Moore in office

ldquoWhen people say things like this and young LGBTQ people who are listening are lead to believe that there is something wrong with them that they donrsquot deserve rights that they wonrsquot be treated as full and equal citizens and that they have no other options for being a full member of our soci-ety that to me is what is truly

destructive and uncomfortablerdquo Jacobs said ldquoI would like to see politicians consider the weight of the effects their statements may have on young Alabamians watching themrdquo

In the inter-view Moore claimed thatPresident Barack Obama is disre-garding the law of Congress with the 2011 Justice Department deci-sion that the fed-eral government will not defend the Defense of

Marriage Act in courtldquoItrsquos not the job of a presi-

dent to overturn laws passed by Congress that he doesnrsquot likerdquo Moore said ldquoIn fact if you want to get very specific you go back and see where Barack Obama willy-nilly violates the law and says he has a right to do so So if he canrsquot follow the law passed by Congress then he should resign or be impeachedrdquo

ldquoI didnrsquot say anything thatrsquos outside the law I said that

same-sex marriage is against the law

mdash Roy Moore

Siegelman trial judge speaks at Ferg denies Rove connectionBy Rich RobinsonAssistant News Editor

Mark Fuller a University of Alabama graduate and federal judge best known for presiding over the trial of former Gov Don Siegelman spoke to a group of student leaders at the Ferguson Center last night In an address that focused on integrity Fuller also responded to the criticism that made him ldquoinfamousrdquo during the trial of Siegelman and founder of HealthSouth Richard Scrushy

Nick Lambert a graduate assistant who was involved in bringing Fuller to the Capstone for the speech thought it was well worth it

ldquoI think itrsquos real important that we instill integrity in all of our students and teach them to be active members of the community striving to achieve and live by the Capstone Creedrdquo Lambert said

Benjamin Sleight a sopho-more majoring in econom-ics said Fuller was able to connect to the students in attendance

ldquoMost judges are accused of being out of touch with the new generation thatrsquos

rising into the workplacerdquo Sleight said ldquoSure he wasnrsquot familiar with all the twit-ter terms but he seemed to be very in tune what was needed in an integrity-based speech to a student bodyrdquo

Fuller graduated from The University of Alabama with a degree in chemical engi-neering in 1982 and from The University of Alabama School of Law in 1985

Fuller said he got into engineering never intending to pursue it as a career but rather because he did well in math science and chem-istry and thought that engi-neering was a great founda-tion for future endeavors Despite his major choice Fuller said that he always wanted to be a federal judge

After law school Fuller worked at private practice for 11 years and was then appointed as a district attor-ney and served for five years He was appointed to be a United State District Court judge for the Middle District of Alabama by President George W Bush and began work in 2002

Fuller denied in a post-speech interview that he had any connection to the Bush White House when he

was appointedldquoI was involved in the

Republican party before I was appointed but no Irsquove never had any dealings with President Bushrdquo he said

Fuller also denied the widely spread assertion that Karl Rove or others in the Bush administration some-how influenced the trial

ldquoNo I was never contact-ed by anybodyrdquo Fuller said ldquoIrsquove never met Karl Rove never spoken to Karl Roverdquo

The trial took a per-sonal toll on the judge and his family Fuller said his daughter then a UA stu-dent was threatened and US Marshals needed to be called to check on her a few times

Despite how much the trial affected him personally Fuller said he was fair and unbiased during the case

ldquoI thought and I believe that I called that case as fair-ly as I have any other caserdquo Fuller said ldquoI couldnrsquot live with myself if I thought that I had railroaded somebody the government or an indi-vidual defendantrdquo

Melissa Brown and Mazie Bryant contributed to this report

Nelson also responded to the allegation of the authors of the anonymous letter that hazing during the pledge pro-cess had sent pledges to the hospital

ldquoDue to the significant hos-pitalizations and other infrac-

tionsrdquo the anonymous letter said ldquoIt would appear a week-ly suspension is insufficient in order to correct the pledge process at UArdquo

In his statement Nelson said as of Oct 1 six UA stu-dents had been treated at the DCH Regional Medical Center for alcohol poisoning and none were members of greek organizations

ldquoNot one incident was relat-ed to hazingrdquo Nelson said

Brad Fisher the commu-nications director of DCH Regional Medical Center said in the hospitalrsquos 2012 fiscal year Sept 30 2011 to Oct 1 2012 48 people between the ages of 18 and 22 were hospi-talized for alcohol overdoses Because of federal privacy laws Fisher could not report whether the hospitalized were UA students or their conditions on admission to or discharge from the hospital

LETTER FROM PAGE 1

Nelson addresses anonymous letter

Editor | Marquavius BurnettcrimsonwhitesportsgmailcomThursday October 11 2012SPORTS

NEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 8

By Mary Grace ShowfetyStaff Reporter

The only predictable thing about college football is that itrsquos unpredictable Thatrsquos what Nick Saban said this week in his news conference

Saban said that teams are being awarded a bit more credit than they deserve at this point in the season and we saw that over the weekend in particular

In reality there is not a col-lege football fan out there that can dispute either of Sabanrsquos statements At this point all signs point to our coach being dead-on

Since 2008 the Tide has held the same (5-0) undefeated record with a different ending to the story each time So obvi-ously the record is not the best way to predict the future

But with all that has hap-pened since the season began the question looming in the minds of sports fans is ldquoWill it be another year for the SECrdquo and ldquoCan it be another all SEC BCS Championshiprdquo

My answer is yes absolutely and maybe

After last yearrsquos BCS Championship the SEC was truly put under a microscope Of course there were (and still are) those that were opposed to Alabama having a second shot at LSU but it happened anyway

Irsquom not one to count my chickens before they hatch but it seems like itrsquos going to be another major year for the SEC

Letrsquos take a quick look Preseason No 1 USC Trojans lost the spotlight in a 21-14 loss

to Stanford LSU is struggling offensively and suffered the loss to Florida Oklahoma fell to Kansas State in week three Oregon seems to be rolling but still has a few challenges in the coming weeks South Carolina took all dignity away from Georgia last week and Florida State lost a heartbreaker to NC State

As for Michigan and Arkansas they had the unfor-tunate circumstances of play-ing Alabama early We all saw how that turned out

That leaves three teams in the preseason top 10 that have held onto undefeated records Alabama Oregon and South Carolina They have been joined by upstarts West Virginia Kansas State Oregon State and more traditional powers Notre Dame Ohio

State LSU and FloridaFour SEC teams reside in the

top 10 today with three of them ranked in the top four So the outlook is good for the SEC

But Saban said it best College football is unpredict-able And I think we all can agree so is the SEC

In the East Florida and South Carolina face off in two weeks and if that wasnrsquot enough the Gators will also take on Georgia in a game that holds great historical mean-ing for both schools If Georgia can re-evaluate and get back on track this game may pose a threat to Florida as well Oh and South Carolina goes to LSU while Florida has to finish with FSU

If the Tide runs the table and makes it to the SEC Championship game it could

face an undefeated South Carolina or Florida The win-ner would advance to the BCS Championship game

First things first The way I see it Alabama only has two more games with substantial competition Mississippi State and LSU

Considering Mississippi State has played the likes of Auburn Troy and South Alabama thus far it hasnrsquot been truly tested

LSU is most likely a bit flus-tered after last weekrsquos loss But this game holds meaning After all that went on between Alabama and LSU it is sure to be a good game filled with great importance for both teams

The truth of the matter is though this is not the same LSU team that we saw last year It does not pose the same

threat as it did last seasonOf course no one should be

discounted at this point in the game Alabama is the defend-ing national champion holdingthe No 1 slot in both polls Anyand every team has made the Tide its target

Back to that SECChampionship game Letrsquos say South Carolina and Florida play a close game The win-ner remains undefeatedand advances to the SEC Championship The loser could progress through the rest of the season with only one loss and maybe just maybe be in aposition to take on the winner of the SEC Championship in the BCS Championship

Remember though theonly thing that is predictable about college football is that it is unpredictable

SEC teams stand chance of winning BCS Championship for 7th year in a row

By Caroline GazzaraContributing Writer

After losing two road games against Texas AampM and Arkansas the Alabama soccer team is ready to bounce back at home against Mississippi State The Crimson Tide is confident this weekrsquos even matchup will give it the push it needs to win

Though the two away game losses have affected the Tide it has not set Alabama back enough to make it doubt itself Head Coach Todd Bramble isnrsquot letting the past affect

him or his teamldquo[This is] the first weekend

where we have come away without earning any points in the standings so thatrsquos difficult to make sure we

manage this period of adver-sity the right wayrdquo Bramble said ldquoWith every season you have you are going to have to deal with something and yoursquore going to have to over-come somethingrdquo

The Mississippi State game is a surefire way of bouncing back from the losses With an average shot percentage of 0108 the Tide is evenly matched against Mississippi State both statistically and competitively

ldquoFrom a style stand point [Mississippi State is] a lit-tle bit different from usrdquo Bramble said ldquoThey are a

team that defends and coun-ter-attacks a little bit more Wersquore a team that tries to pos-sess the ball a little bit more so itrsquos a contrast in styles but from a competitive stand point itrsquos going to be a really even gamerdquo

Freshman midfielder Abby Lutzenkirchen believes this home game will be a good turning point in the season for the Tide and its fans

ldquoItrsquos going to give us a lot more pride to win on our home field and to give our fans a good game and to sup-port and [make them] want to come out Sunday against

Missourirdquo Lutzenkirchen said

Being that this is the first in a series of four home games the Tide hopes being home will bring it the extra boost it needs to win this game as well as the rest of the sea-son in order to place in the SEC tournament

ldquoTherersquos still five games left therersquos still plenty of soccer to be played and therersquos still plenty of points to be earned toward a place in the conference tourna-ment at the end of the yearrdquo Bramble said

B e i n g h o m e h a s

heightened the playersrsquo enthusiasm to play on Thursday Senior defender Meghan Duffy is excited to play at home and encourage her team to win and play well

ldquo[I want to] make sure that I really encourage everyone on my team and make sure that wersquore all on the same page so then I can help the team and do my part for the whole grouprdquo Duffy said

With an even matchup at hand the Tide plans to have a great game against Mississippi State with hopes of winning the first of its four home game series

Tide hopes to bring home win after even matchupSOCCER

IF YOU GObull What Alabama vs

Mississippi State

bull When Oct 11 7 pm

bull Where Alabama Soccer Complex

COLUMN

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday October 11 2012 | Page 9

Alabama looks to improve on last performanceCROSS COUNTRY

SWIMMING

By Jasmine CannonStaff Reporter

This is a big weekend for Dan Waters and the Alabama

cross country teams as the Crimson Classic is set for Oct 13 at 830 am at Harry Pritchett Running Park

ldquoI think itrsquos a perfect race

By Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

After opening up the sea-son with a sweep of Delta State University the Alabama swim-ming and diving team looks to cap off another sweep against SEC foe Auburn on Friday Oct 12

New head coach Dennis Pursley said he was impressed with how his teamed performed in the season opener but there is still a long road ahead of them

ldquoDelta State will not nearly be the same challenge as Auburn will berdquo Pursley said ldquoI was pleased with just the general spirit and demeanor of the team

They were challenging them-selves to do the best that they could and we sort of developed a culture and certainly donrsquot want to see that changerdquo

Pursley is no stranger to the Capstone and brings a champion-ship pedigree to a team looking for overall consistency The Alabama alumnus has had international success ranging from Australia to most recently the head coach of the United Kingdomrsquos Olympic swimming team

Pursley said he hopes to trans-late some of the success he has had and the teamwork concept back to his alma mater

ldquoThe team concept here had seemed to deteriorate to a degree

in recent yearsrdquo he said ldquoI want to bring back the team-first atti-tude We took John F Kennedyrsquos most famous quote and twisted it a little bit and made it lsquoAsk not what your team can do for you but what you can do for your teamrsquo so I think that is the start in building the type of culture we want to build hererdquo

Teamwork is something the Tide will need when facing what Pursley called one of the most premier swimming and diving teams in the NCAA Despite pull-ing off an upset victory against Auburn in years past Pursley said he knows his team will have their hands full

ldquoTheyrsquore pretty much strong

top to bottom men and womenrdquo he said ldquoBut we donrsquot want to concede anything and we want to be racing to win even if on paper it is a long-shot or not We donrsquot want to walk away from Auburn knowing we could have done bet-ter than we didrdquo

Despite the early season chal-lenge Pursley said he looks to this match as a learning experi-ence for both himself and the team

ldquoObviously our big focus is the SEC championship and NCAA championship later in the sea-sonrdquo he said ldquoWe can learn from every experience by accomplish-ing all our goals Whatever the outcome our mission is to learnrdquo

UA AthleticAlabama Cross Country is set to host the Crimson Classic at the Harry Pritchett Running Park

Bama prepares to cap off 2nd sweep

for this time of the seasonrdquo Waters said ldquoItrsquoll be an oppor-tunity for us to test our fitness at this point Itrsquoll be an oppor-tunity to see a couple of the SEC teams and the regional teams We always look for-ward to running at home to have friends and family out there to watchrdquo

Mississippi State Auburn Tennessee and Mississippi are four of the SEC competitors set to take on the Tide Other schools include Georgia Tech Tulane and Samford

This will be the first compe-tition for Alabama since the Notre Dame Invitational Both the men and womenrsquos teams are looking to improve on their last performances

ldquoI feel like both the menrsquos and womenrsquos teams are at a place where they should have their best performance so far this seasonrdquo Adam Tribble assistance coach for distance runners said ldquoThatrsquos a good place to be The fitness level

for both teams is considerably increased within each Theyrsquore still a young team but theyrsquove progressed a lotrdquo

The teams are prepared and working on running to their full potential

ldquoBoth teams should be able to contend to win both racesrdquo Waters said ldquoIf we can keep everybody on their feet and have a good day and run like wersquore capable of doing then wersquoll be just finerdquo

The youthful teams will be lead by lone senior Elsbeth Denton who will be running in her last Crimson Classic She said the team is very confident heading into Saturdayrsquos race

ldquoWe have to stay calm and be confident in our train-ing and just know that wersquove been training very very wellrdquo Denton said ldquoWe just have to put that in the racerdquo

Coaches believe the Crimson Classic will be a good indicator of where the teams currently stand

ldquoI think this is kind of the first opportunity where wersquore able to really dig down and really get after it and really be able to see a good positive per-formance with the work they put inrdquo Tribble said

Last year the womenrsquos team came in first place for the sec-ond year in a row with five top-25 finishers The men came in fifth place behind Carison Kemei who placed first overall

The Crimson Classic will also feature high school boys and girls runners in a 5k The race will be Alabama cross countryrsquos Power of Pink meet

in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month

This is the Tidersquos last competition before head-ing to Nashville for the SEC championships

IF YOU GObull What Crimson Classic

bull Where Harry Pritchett Running Park

bull When 830 am Oct 13

Page 10 | Thursday October 11 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

By Zac Al-KhateebStaff Reporter

For Alabama head coach Nick Saban Saturdayrsquos game against the Missouri Tigers will present his team with something it hasnrsquot had all season a fresh start

The No 1 Crimson Tide coming off a bye week is looking to see whether the time off has resulted in any refinements in its game after a hard-fought match against Ole Miss

Still Saban said itrsquos not as if his team hasnrsquot played well thus far ndash it just hasnrsquot played

with enough consistencyldquoI think the focus that wersquove

tried to get with our players is this is kind of a new seasonrdquo Saban said ldquoA new opportu-nity to go out and play with more consistency in perfor-mancerdquo

Junior defensive lineman Damion Square said he thinks his team has made good use of its bye week improving in every aspect of the game and cutting down on mis-takes Indeed Square said his defense in particular would need it for Missourirsquos fast-paced offense

The key to success for his

defense Square said was in making sure it controls the game early

ldquoNo matter what they do as a defense wersquove got to come out and set the tonerdquo Square said ldquoAnd if you do that you control the outcome of the game no matter what the offense is trying to put out on the fieldrdquo

Still the team is not focus-ing solely on Missourirsquos no-huddle offense Defensively the Tigers pose some interest-ing matchups as well

Indeed senior center Barrett Jones said one player hersquos had his eye on is junior

defensive lineman Sheldon Richardson Richardson has proved a disruptive force in the Missouri front seven tying for second on the team with 38 tackles and three sacks

ldquoHersquos a very good playerrdquo Jones said ldquoHe plays really hard which I really respect He plays with a lot of intensity and passion and I definitely think hersquos going to be bringing it fastrdquo

Another difficulty Alabama will have to face is a hostile home crowd for the Tigers which are still seeking their first SEC win of the year at 0-3 in the conference

ldquoItrsquos a new environment for usrdquo Saban said ldquoSo itrsquos going to take some maturity on our part to stay focused on the right things We got to be zeroed in on whatrsquos important for us and what it takes for us to go play good footballrdquo

Still with all the potential difficulties the Tide will face against Missouri Jones said more than anything he was just excited to play football especially against teams fresh to the SEC

ldquoI think itrsquos exciting for us to go into a place like Missouri where wersquove never been before and who are new

to our conference and play thererdquo Jones said ldquoItrsquoll just be neat to play against anoth-er teamrdquo

Square shared Jonesrsquo sen-timents saying he was ready for team hungry for its first win to come against such a highly-ranked opponent as Alabama

ldquoOf courserdquo Square said ldquoYou got that target on your back When you play anybody they want to have a great vic-tory against you It can start a lot of good thingsrdquo

Still Square said all his team needs to worry about is its plays not Missouri

Alabama set for trip to new SEC opponent MissouriFOOTBALL

CW | Bryce DentonTop Left Tight end Malcolm Faciane and defensive lineman Dakota Ball work

on their blocking in Wednesdayrsquos practiceBottom Left Linebacker Nico Johnson linebacker Tana Patrick linebacker

Trey DePriest and running back Ben Howell practice tackling WednedayRight Linebacker Brent Calloway and running back Dee Hart run

through a drill at practice

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday October 11 2012 | Page 11

Ghosts of the Black Belt brings tourism to Alabama By Becky RobinsonStaff Reporter

As Halloween draws near many people are in search of spooky events for the season If a ghost story sounds appealing Ghosts of the Black Belt will be offering those and many other haunted attractions for stu-dents and community members to enjoy throughout October

Sponsored by the UA Center for Economic Development Ghosts of the Black Belt offers tourists a night of ghost stories and tours while enhancing the

rural economies of towns in the Black Belt region

Nisa Miranda director of the UA Center for Economic Development said the UACED has been working with rural areas for the past 25 years

ldquoMany of these places have a lot of interesting stories as well as history culture and natural resourcesrdquo Miranda said ldquoTherersquos a lot of folklore and story telling about ghosts in the Black Belt As a result we thought it was a very inter-esting topic to concentrate onrdquo

Ghosts of the Black Belt is

in its second year Many of the events like the Katherine Tucker Windham ghost walk in Thomasville have grown to be so large that they are now fes-tivals Linda Vice the tourism director for rural Southwest Alabama said the UA Honors College played a role in creat-ing some events

ldquoCommunities have to real-ize what their strengths and weaknesses are and pick out those strengths and play to themrdquo Vice said ldquoAnd what wersquove found to be the strength in working with The University

of Alabama is our stories and our traditionsrdquo

Vice said she worked with the Honors College to pro-duce a YouTube series called ldquoAlabama Ghost Trailrdquo The series featured 22 first-person accounts of ghost stories and experiences

Miranda said doing fun events like the Ghosts of the Black Belt allows communities in the 11 Black Belt counties to benefit from the influx of tourists

Both women believe the economic development of the Black Belt region is an

incremental one involving a lot of planning and imagination

ldquoThese are outreaching service projects where we are helping poorer regions of Alabama become more viablerdquo Miranda said ldquoItrsquos a way that shows how The University of Alabama is active in improv-ing the living conditions and economic situations of people outside of Tuscaloosardquo

Some of this yearrsquos Ghosts of the Black Belt attractions include a haunted house at Old St Stephenrsquos Historical Park a ghost hunting investigation in

Cahawba and the Thomasville ghost walk

Vice said most of these events are family-friendly and admission is roughly $5 per event Additionally she said most of the attractions are close enough for UA students to attend

ldquoI really enjoy all of themrdquo Vice said ldquoIn the Black Belt everybody loves ghosts and we figured out why One [rea-son] is the Celtic heritage of the Scots-Irish people and the other is the African tradition with the voodoordquo

bull What Old St Stephenrsquos Historical Park Haunted House

When Saturdays from Sept 29 - Oct 27 and Tuesday Oct 30 and Wednesday Oct 31 Open from dusk -11 pm each day

Where St Stephens Historical Park 2056 Old St Stephens

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bull What Ghost Stories at Rikardrsquos Mill Historical Park

When Friday Oct 12-Saturday Oct 13 from 630 -10 pm each night

Where Rikardrsquos Mill Historical

Park located five miles north of Beatrice on Hwy 265 Admission is $5

bull What Cahawba Spirits Investigation When Friday Oct 19 Tours

begin every half

hour from 7-9 pm Where Old Cahawba

Archaeological Park 9518 Cahaba Road Orrville This attraction is for ages 12 and up Admission is $15

bull What ldquoHear the Dead Speakrdquo

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When Sat Oct 20 10 am Where Old Cahawba

Archaeological Park 9518 Cahaba Road Orrville Admission is $6

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UA Opera combines traditions of the genre with new directionBy Lauren CarltonContributing Writer

The University of Alabama Opera Theatrersquos fall scenes program ldquoSomething Old Something New The New and Old of Operardquo creates a marriage between Baroque and con-temporary opera to bring audiences one thrilling operatic experience

The show is comprised of differ-ent scenes arias and songs from Baroque and modern opera as well as musical theatre Under the direction of Paul Houghtaling student mem-bers of UAOT range from freshmen to doctoral students Each is involved in multiple scenes The graduate stu-dents and seniors are also given the additional responsibility of directing individual scenes

One of these students is Alana Sealy a first-year masterrsquos student in vocal performance

Sealy is one of two opera gradu-ate teaching assistants She directs the trio and chorus from Act II Scene I of Henry Purcellrsquos ldquoDido and Aeneasrdquo Directing has been a new challenge for Sealy but she met it head on and is proud of how far her cast has come in the short amount of rehearsal time

ldquoThey definitely have risen to the challengerdquo Sealy said ldquoThey have made it their ownrdquo

Making it their own is a trait of which UAOT is especially proud ldquoSomething Old Something Newrdquo will feature three new compositions two from the first Opera Composition Competition Composers from the University were encouraged to write short one-act operas to be performed by the Opera Theatre last fall The winner and runner-up of this com-petition will have their works per-formed Friday and Sunday

The winning piece Thomas Wilsonrsquos ldquoOnomastrdquo is a five-and-a-half minute long opera with libretto by creative writing student

Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Thursday October 11 2012CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 12

COLUMN | GAMING

By Nathan Proctor

Kickstarter an online international funding plat-form for a variety of cre-ative projects has recently seen a burst of growth from one particular inter-est group gamers Trading pre-orders or incentives for funding it allows sup-porters to act as collective publishers which develop-ers claim allow them abso-lute creative control rarely seen working through tra-ditional publishing houses Despite the unprecedented tens of millions poured into projects over the past year Kickstarter may not be the wave of the future as some herald it to be

First brought into the public eye last March by Tim Schafer and Double Fine Production it accu-mulated over $3 million ndash 834 percent of their set goal ndash in support of a vaguely defined return to the point-and-click adventure genre the crowd-sourcing ves-sel has shown its ability to produce serious amounts of money However that $3 million which can hypothetically produce a high-ceiling retro adven-ture game is nowhere near comparable to the budgets driving triple-A games This must temper our expectations

Still these levels of fund-ing are realistic for devel-opers wishing to break the triple-A mold who would benefit from an indepen-dent route of funding and

publication Backing this conceit are hundreds of successfully funded games to date

Kickstarterrsquos strengths are effectively promot-ing the successes facili-tated by the site and burying the majority of projects that fail to meet their goal and receive zero funding Notably the bulk of the most success-ful Kickstarter projects come from developers with meaningful experi-ence projects resurrecting games or series and games selling themselves off nos-talgia None of this is whol-ly unexpected or negative but it does suggest that the Kickstarter platform may vet games in a very simi-lar fashion to the publish-ers it allows developers to escape just with an altered set of standards

What donors myself included donrsquot often real-ize about the system is just how similar their position is to legitimate business investors A donor puts his money behind an idea with the promise of a return If his fundraising goal isnrsquot met money is returned and therersquos no investor loss beyond the failure of the project However once funded the quality of the product its direction ndash without investor oversight ndash and its existence whatso-ever is left in question with-out any real protection

Products thus far pro-duced by the service have been relative successes

and the service had a great deal of its popular reputa-tion hinging on perhaps the highest profile game to be released yet in Faster Than Light a spaceship man-agement simulator which to investorsrsquo and again my glee delivered on its promises However doubts have been shed on the ser-vicersquos most funded project to date OUYA a console meant to provide an open-source gaming platform for your television which brought in over $85 million with much critical specu-lation as to its feasibility and game support A large scale failure from a proj-ect such as this may cast doubt into the still-flowing stream of supports

This is not to say the Kickstarter avenue is with-out its place in the mar-ket Long dead genres and games odd enough or pos-sibly ambitious enough to frighten traditional inves-tors or publishers can test their mettle directly with the gaming public rather than via boardroom specu-lation Therersquos perhaps no better gauge of interest in a concept than people simply putting their money where their mouths are Whether an interesting blip in indus-try history or a long-term side-note attached to inter-esting games for long to come Kickstarter allows gamers to direct the pres-ent and future of game development in an ear-lier and more interesting fashion than ever before

Kickstarter allows developers new avenues to create succeed

Submitted PhotoThe University of Alabama Opera Theatrersquos fall scenes program is comprised of different scenes arias and songs from Baroque and modern operaJM Gamble Though a short piece ldquoOnomastrdquo is a satire that raises questions of societal pressures like fitting in and the fear of not being heard

Wilson is a junior majoring in music composition at the University His goal is to write music for video games so writing for an opera was a bit of a challenge at first He said he had to watch and research operas to prepare for the task of writing one

As opening night approaches Wilson is excited to see his composi-tion come to life

ldquoItrsquos opening up the second half of the showrdquo he said ldquoThatrsquos a pretty big deal [Houghtaling] went above and beyond in directing it I only wrote in a few stage directions I would like it to be open to interpretationrdquo

The decision to pair the incred-ibly modern with the incredibly old was a calculated decision on the part of Houghtaling

ldquoItrsquos very important to show where this art form that we love started and

itrsquos equally important to show where itrsquos goingrdquo Houghtaling said ldquoWersquore doing some very cool things from staged sacred Bach to musical the-atre We actually have more musical theatre in this program than wersquove ever had before in the fallrdquo

Nicole Pietrangelo a junior major-ing in vocal performance is in two of the musical theatre pieces

ldquoItrsquos definitely been funrdquo Pietrangelo said ldquoI feel so comfort-able doing it People will be in for a surpriserdquo

ldquoSomething Old Something Newrdquo will be performed Friday Oct 12 at 730 pm and Sunday Oct 14 at 3 pm in Moody Music Buildingrsquos ChoralOpera Room The space is trans-formed into an intimate theatre set-ting but seating is limited so early arrival is recommended Costumes are by Daniel Whitlow a first year MFA student in costume design Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for general admission They can be pur-chased at uamusictixcom

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Editor | Marquavius BurnettcrimsonwhitesportsgmailcomThursday October 11 2012SPORTS

NEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 8

By Mary Grace ShowfetyStaff Reporter

The only predictable thing about college football is that itrsquos unpredictable Thatrsquos what Nick Saban said this week in his news conference

Saban said that teams are being awarded a bit more credit than they deserve at this point in the season and we saw that over the weekend in particular

In reality there is not a col-lege football fan out there that can dispute either of Sabanrsquos statements At this point all signs point to our coach being dead-on

Since 2008 the Tide has held the same (5-0) undefeated record with a different ending to the story each time So obvi-ously the record is not the best way to predict the future

But with all that has hap-pened since the season began the question looming in the minds of sports fans is ldquoWill it be another year for the SECrdquo and ldquoCan it be another all SEC BCS Championshiprdquo

My answer is yes absolutely and maybe

After last yearrsquos BCS Championship the SEC was truly put under a microscope Of course there were (and still are) those that were opposed to Alabama having a second shot at LSU but it happened anyway

Irsquom not one to count my chickens before they hatch but it seems like itrsquos going to be another major year for the SEC

Letrsquos take a quick look Preseason No 1 USC Trojans lost the spotlight in a 21-14 loss

to Stanford LSU is struggling offensively and suffered the loss to Florida Oklahoma fell to Kansas State in week three Oregon seems to be rolling but still has a few challenges in the coming weeks South Carolina took all dignity away from Georgia last week and Florida State lost a heartbreaker to NC State

As for Michigan and Arkansas they had the unfor-tunate circumstances of play-ing Alabama early We all saw how that turned out

That leaves three teams in the preseason top 10 that have held onto undefeated records Alabama Oregon and South Carolina They have been joined by upstarts West Virginia Kansas State Oregon State and more traditional powers Notre Dame Ohio

State LSU and FloridaFour SEC teams reside in the

top 10 today with three of them ranked in the top four So the outlook is good for the SEC

But Saban said it best College football is unpredict-able And I think we all can agree so is the SEC

In the East Florida and South Carolina face off in two weeks and if that wasnrsquot enough the Gators will also take on Georgia in a game that holds great historical mean-ing for both schools If Georgia can re-evaluate and get back on track this game may pose a threat to Florida as well Oh and South Carolina goes to LSU while Florida has to finish with FSU

If the Tide runs the table and makes it to the SEC Championship game it could

face an undefeated South Carolina or Florida The win-ner would advance to the BCS Championship game

First things first The way I see it Alabama only has two more games with substantial competition Mississippi State and LSU

Considering Mississippi State has played the likes of Auburn Troy and South Alabama thus far it hasnrsquot been truly tested

LSU is most likely a bit flus-tered after last weekrsquos loss But this game holds meaning After all that went on between Alabama and LSU it is sure to be a good game filled with great importance for both teams

The truth of the matter is though this is not the same LSU team that we saw last year It does not pose the same

threat as it did last seasonOf course no one should be

discounted at this point in the game Alabama is the defend-ing national champion holdingthe No 1 slot in both polls Anyand every team has made the Tide its target

Back to that SECChampionship game Letrsquos say South Carolina and Florida play a close game The win-ner remains undefeatedand advances to the SEC Championship The loser could progress through the rest of the season with only one loss and maybe just maybe be in aposition to take on the winner of the SEC Championship in the BCS Championship

Remember though theonly thing that is predictable about college football is that it is unpredictable

SEC teams stand chance of winning BCS Championship for 7th year in a row

By Caroline GazzaraContributing Writer

After losing two road games against Texas AampM and Arkansas the Alabama soccer team is ready to bounce back at home against Mississippi State The Crimson Tide is confident this weekrsquos even matchup will give it the push it needs to win

Though the two away game losses have affected the Tide it has not set Alabama back enough to make it doubt itself Head Coach Todd Bramble isnrsquot letting the past affect

him or his teamldquo[This is] the first weekend

where we have come away without earning any points in the standings so thatrsquos difficult to make sure we

manage this period of adver-sity the right wayrdquo Bramble said ldquoWith every season you have you are going to have to deal with something and yoursquore going to have to over-come somethingrdquo

The Mississippi State game is a surefire way of bouncing back from the losses With an average shot percentage of 0108 the Tide is evenly matched against Mississippi State both statistically and competitively

ldquoFrom a style stand point [Mississippi State is] a lit-tle bit different from usrdquo Bramble said ldquoThey are a

team that defends and coun-ter-attacks a little bit more Wersquore a team that tries to pos-sess the ball a little bit more so itrsquos a contrast in styles but from a competitive stand point itrsquos going to be a really even gamerdquo

Freshman midfielder Abby Lutzenkirchen believes this home game will be a good turning point in the season for the Tide and its fans

ldquoItrsquos going to give us a lot more pride to win on our home field and to give our fans a good game and to sup-port and [make them] want to come out Sunday against

Missourirdquo Lutzenkirchen said

Being that this is the first in a series of four home games the Tide hopes being home will bring it the extra boost it needs to win this game as well as the rest of the sea-son in order to place in the SEC tournament

ldquoTherersquos still five games left therersquos still plenty of soccer to be played and therersquos still plenty of points to be earned toward a place in the conference tourna-ment at the end of the yearrdquo Bramble said

B e i n g h o m e h a s

heightened the playersrsquo enthusiasm to play on Thursday Senior defender Meghan Duffy is excited to play at home and encourage her team to win and play well

ldquo[I want to] make sure that I really encourage everyone on my team and make sure that wersquore all on the same page so then I can help the team and do my part for the whole grouprdquo Duffy said

With an even matchup at hand the Tide plans to have a great game against Mississippi State with hopes of winning the first of its four home game series

Tide hopes to bring home win after even matchupSOCCER

IF YOU GObull What Alabama vs

Mississippi State

bull When Oct 11 7 pm

bull Where Alabama Soccer Complex

COLUMN

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday October 11 2012 | Page 9

Alabama looks to improve on last performanceCROSS COUNTRY

SWIMMING

By Jasmine CannonStaff Reporter

This is a big weekend for Dan Waters and the Alabama

cross country teams as the Crimson Classic is set for Oct 13 at 830 am at Harry Pritchett Running Park

ldquoI think itrsquos a perfect race

By Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

After opening up the sea-son with a sweep of Delta State University the Alabama swim-ming and diving team looks to cap off another sweep against SEC foe Auburn on Friday Oct 12

New head coach Dennis Pursley said he was impressed with how his teamed performed in the season opener but there is still a long road ahead of them

ldquoDelta State will not nearly be the same challenge as Auburn will berdquo Pursley said ldquoI was pleased with just the general spirit and demeanor of the team

They were challenging them-selves to do the best that they could and we sort of developed a culture and certainly donrsquot want to see that changerdquo

Pursley is no stranger to the Capstone and brings a champion-ship pedigree to a team looking for overall consistency The Alabama alumnus has had international success ranging from Australia to most recently the head coach of the United Kingdomrsquos Olympic swimming team

Pursley said he hopes to trans-late some of the success he has had and the teamwork concept back to his alma mater

ldquoThe team concept here had seemed to deteriorate to a degree

in recent yearsrdquo he said ldquoI want to bring back the team-first atti-tude We took John F Kennedyrsquos most famous quote and twisted it a little bit and made it lsquoAsk not what your team can do for you but what you can do for your teamrsquo so I think that is the start in building the type of culture we want to build hererdquo

Teamwork is something the Tide will need when facing what Pursley called one of the most premier swimming and diving teams in the NCAA Despite pull-ing off an upset victory against Auburn in years past Pursley said he knows his team will have their hands full

ldquoTheyrsquore pretty much strong

top to bottom men and womenrdquo he said ldquoBut we donrsquot want to concede anything and we want to be racing to win even if on paper it is a long-shot or not We donrsquot want to walk away from Auburn knowing we could have done bet-ter than we didrdquo

Despite the early season chal-lenge Pursley said he looks to this match as a learning experi-ence for both himself and the team

ldquoObviously our big focus is the SEC championship and NCAA championship later in the sea-sonrdquo he said ldquoWe can learn from every experience by accomplish-ing all our goals Whatever the outcome our mission is to learnrdquo

UA AthleticAlabama Cross Country is set to host the Crimson Classic at the Harry Pritchett Running Park

Bama prepares to cap off 2nd sweep

for this time of the seasonrdquo Waters said ldquoItrsquoll be an oppor-tunity for us to test our fitness at this point Itrsquoll be an oppor-tunity to see a couple of the SEC teams and the regional teams We always look for-ward to running at home to have friends and family out there to watchrdquo

Mississippi State Auburn Tennessee and Mississippi are four of the SEC competitors set to take on the Tide Other schools include Georgia Tech Tulane and Samford

This will be the first compe-tition for Alabama since the Notre Dame Invitational Both the men and womenrsquos teams are looking to improve on their last performances

ldquoI feel like both the menrsquos and womenrsquos teams are at a place where they should have their best performance so far this seasonrdquo Adam Tribble assistance coach for distance runners said ldquoThatrsquos a good place to be The fitness level

for both teams is considerably increased within each Theyrsquore still a young team but theyrsquove progressed a lotrdquo

The teams are prepared and working on running to their full potential

ldquoBoth teams should be able to contend to win both racesrdquo Waters said ldquoIf we can keep everybody on their feet and have a good day and run like wersquore capable of doing then wersquoll be just finerdquo

The youthful teams will be lead by lone senior Elsbeth Denton who will be running in her last Crimson Classic She said the team is very confident heading into Saturdayrsquos race

ldquoWe have to stay calm and be confident in our train-ing and just know that wersquove been training very very wellrdquo Denton said ldquoWe just have to put that in the racerdquo

Coaches believe the Crimson Classic will be a good indicator of where the teams currently stand

ldquoI think this is kind of the first opportunity where wersquore able to really dig down and really get after it and really be able to see a good positive per-formance with the work they put inrdquo Tribble said

Last year the womenrsquos team came in first place for the sec-ond year in a row with five top-25 finishers The men came in fifth place behind Carison Kemei who placed first overall

The Crimson Classic will also feature high school boys and girls runners in a 5k The race will be Alabama cross countryrsquos Power of Pink meet

in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month

This is the Tidersquos last competition before head-ing to Nashville for the SEC championships

IF YOU GObull What Crimson Classic

bull Where Harry Pritchett Running Park

bull When 830 am Oct 13

Page 10 | Thursday October 11 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

By Zac Al-KhateebStaff Reporter

For Alabama head coach Nick Saban Saturdayrsquos game against the Missouri Tigers will present his team with something it hasnrsquot had all season a fresh start

The No 1 Crimson Tide coming off a bye week is looking to see whether the time off has resulted in any refinements in its game after a hard-fought match against Ole Miss

Still Saban said itrsquos not as if his team hasnrsquot played well thus far ndash it just hasnrsquot played

with enough consistencyldquoI think the focus that wersquove

tried to get with our players is this is kind of a new seasonrdquo Saban said ldquoA new opportu-nity to go out and play with more consistency in perfor-mancerdquo

Junior defensive lineman Damion Square said he thinks his team has made good use of its bye week improving in every aspect of the game and cutting down on mis-takes Indeed Square said his defense in particular would need it for Missourirsquos fast-paced offense

The key to success for his

defense Square said was in making sure it controls the game early

ldquoNo matter what they do as a defense wersquove got to come out and set the tonerdquo Square said ldquoAnd if you do that you control the outcome of the game no matter what the offense is trying to put out on the fieldrdquo

Still the team is not focus-ing solely on Missourirsquos no-huddle offense Defensively the Tigers pose some interest-ing matchups as well

Indeed senior center Barrett Jones said one player hersquos had his eye on is junior

defensive lineman Sheldon Richardson Richardson has proved a disruptive force in the Missouri front seven tying for second on the team with 38 tackles and three sacks

ldquoHersquos a very good playerrdquo Jones said ldquoHe plays really hard which I really respect He plays with a lot of intensity and passion and I definitely think hersquos going to be bringing it fastrdquo

Another difficulty Alabama will have to face is a hostile home crowd for the Tigers which are still seeking their first SEC win of the year at 0-3 in the conference

ldquoItrsquos a new environment for usrdquo Saban said ldquoSo itrsquos going to take some maturity on our part to stay focused on the right things We got to be zeroed in on whatrsquos important for us and what it takes for us to go play good footballrdquo

Still with all the potential difficulties the Tide will face against Missouri Jones said more than anything he was just excited to play football especially against teams fresh to the SEC

ldquoI think itrsquos exciting for us to go into a place like Missouri where wersquove never been before and who are new

to our conference and play thererdquo Jones said ldquoItrsquoll just be neat to play against anoth-er teamrdquo

Square shared Jonesrsquo sen-timents saying he was ready for team hungry for its first win to come against such a highly-ranked opponent as Alabama

ldquoOf courserdquo Square said ldquoYou got that target on your back When you play anybody they want to have a great vic-tory against you It can start a lot of good thingsrdquo

Still Square said all his team needs to worry about is its plays not Missouri

Alabama set for trip to new SEC opponent MissouriFOOTBALL

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday October 11 2012 | Page 11

Ghosts of the Black Belt brings tourism to Alabama By Becky RobinsonStaff Reporter

As Halloween draws near many people are in search of spooky events for the season If a ghost story sounds appealing Ghosts of the Black Belt will be offering those and many other haunted attractions for stu-dents and community members to enjoy throughout October

Sponsored by the UA Center for Economic Development Ghosts of the Black Belt offers tourists a night of ghost stories and tours while enhancing the

rural economies of towns in the Black Belt region

Nisa Miranda director of the UA Center for Economic Development said the UACED has been working with rural areas for the past 25 years

ldquoMany of these places have a lot of interesting stories as well as history culture and natural resourcesrdquo Miranda said ldquoTherersquos a lot of folklore and story telling about ghosts in the Black Belt As a result we thought it was a very inter-esting topic to concentrate onrdquo

Ghosts of the Black Belt is

in its second year Many of the events like the Katherine Tucker Windham ghost walk in Thomasville have grown to be so large that they are now fes-tivals Linda Vice the tourism director for rural Southwest Alabama said the UA Honors College played a role in creat-ing some events

ldquoCommunities have to real-ize what their strengths and weaknesses are and pick out those strengths and play to themrdquo Vice said ldquoAnd what wersquove found to be the strength in working with The University

of Alabama is our stories and our traditionsrdquo

Vice said she worked with the Honors College to pro-duce a YouTube series called ldquoAlabama Ghost Trailrdquo The series featured 22 first-person accounts of ghost stories and experiences

Miranda said doing fun events like the Ghosts of the Black Belt allows communities in the 11 Black Belt counties to benefit from the influx of tourists

Both women believe the economic development of the Black Belt region is an

incremental one involving a lot of planning and imagination

ldquoThese are outreaching service projects where we are helping poorer regions of Alabama become more viablerdquo Miranda said ldquoItrsquos a way that shows how The University of Alabama is active in improv-ing the living conditions and economic situations of people outside of Tuscaloosardquo

Some of this yearrsquos Ghosts of the Black Belt attractions include a haunted house at Old St Stephenrsquos Historical Park a ghost hunting investigation in

Cahawba and the Thomasville ghost walk

Vice said most of these events are family-friendly and admission is roughly $5 per event Additionally she said most of the attractions are close enough for UA students to attend

ldquoI really enjoy all of themrdquo Vice said ldquoIn the Black Belt everybody loves ghosts and we figured out why One [rea-son] is the Celtic heritage of the Scots-Irish people and the other is the African tradition with the voodoordquo

bull What Old St Stephenrsquos Historical Park Haunted House

When Saturdays from Sept 29 - Oct 27 and Tuesday Oct 30 and Wednesday Oct 31 Open from dusk -11 pm each day

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When Friday Oct 12-Saturday Oct 13 from 630 -10 pm each night

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When Sat Oct 20 10 am Where Old Cahawba

Archaeological Park 9518 Cahaba Road Orrville Admission is $6

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UA Opera combines traditions of the genre with new directionBy Lauren CarltonContributing Writer

The University of Alabama Opera Theatrersquos fall scenes program ldquoSomething Old Something New The New and Old of Operardquo creates a marriage between Baroque and con-temporary opera to bring audiences one thrilling operatic experience

The show is comprised of differ-ent scenes arias and songs from Baroque and modern opera as well as musical theatre Under the direction of Paul Houghtaling student mem-bers of UAOT range from freshmen to doctoral students Each is involved in multiple scenes The graduate stu-dents and seniors are also given the additional responsibility of directing individual scenes

One of these students is Alana Sealy a first-year masterrsquos student in vocal performance

Sealy is one of two opera gradu-ate teaching assistants She directs the trio and chorus from Act II Scene I of Henry Purcellrsquos ldquoDido and Aeneasrdquo Directing has been a new challenge for Sealy but she met it head on and is proud of how far her cast has come in the short amount of rehearsal time

ldquoThey definitely have risen to the challengerdquo Sealy said ldquoThey have made it their ownrdquo

Making it their own is a trait of which UAOT is especially proud ldquoSomething Old Something Newrdquo will feature three new compositions two from the first Opera Composition Competition Composers from the University were encouraged to write short one-act operas to be performed by the Opera Theatre last fall The winner and runner-up of this com-petition will have their works per-formed Friday and Sunday

The winning piece Thomas Wilsonrsquos ldquoOnomastrdquo is a five-and-a-half minute long opera with libretto by creative writing student

Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Thursday October 11 2012CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 12

COLUMN | GAMING

By Nathan Proctor

Kickstarter an online international funding plat-form for a variety of cre-ative projects has recently seen a burst of growth from one particular inter-est group gamers Trading pre-orders or incentives for funding it allows sup-porters to act as collective publishers which develop-ers claim allow them abso-lute creative control rarely seen working through tra-ditional publishing houses Despite the unprecedented tens of millions poured into projects over the past year Kickstarter may not be the wave of the future as some herald it to be

First brought into the public eye last March by Tim Schafer and Double Fine Production it accu-mulated over $3 million ndash 834 percent of their set goal ndash in support of a vaguely defined return to the point-and-click adventure genre the crowd-sourcing ves-sel has shown its ability to produce serious amounts of money However that $3 million which can hypothetically produce a high-ceiling retro adven-ture game is nowhere near comparable to the budgets driving triple-A games This must temper our expectations

Still these levels of fund-ing are realistic for devel-opers wishing to break the triple-A mold who would benefit from an indepen-dent route of funding and

publication Backing this conceit are hundreds of successfully funded games to date

Kickstarterrsquos strengths are effectively promot-ing the successes facili-tated by the site and burying the majority of projects that fail to meet their goal and receive zero funding Notably the bulk of the most success-ful Kickstarter projects come from developers with meaningful experi-ence projects resurrecting games or series and games selling themselves off nos-talgia None of this is whol-ly unexpected or negative but it does suggest that the Kickstarter platform may vet games in a very simi-lar fashion to the publish-ers it allows developers to escape just with an altered set of standards

What donors myself included donrsquot often real-ize about the system is just how similar their position is to legitimate business investors A donor puts his money behind an idea with the promise of a return If his fundraising goal isnrsquot met money is returned and therersquos no investor loss beyond the failure of the project However once funded the quality of the product its direction ndash without investor oversight ndash and its existence whatso-ever is left in question with-out any real protection

Products thus far pro-duced by the service have been relative successes

and the service had a great deal of its popular reputa-tion hinging on perhaps the highest profile game to be released yet in Faster Than Light a spaceship man-agement simulator which to investorsrsquo and again my glee delivered on its promises However doubts have been shed on the ser-vicersquos most funded project to date OUYA a console meant to provide an open-source gaming platform for your television which brought in over $85 million with much critical specu-lation as to its feasibility and game support A large scale failure from a proj-ect such as this may cast doubt into the still-flowing stream of supports

This is not to say the Kickstarter avenue is with-out its place in the mar-ket Long dead genres and games odd enough or pos-sibly ambitious enough to frighten traditional inves-tors or publishers can test their mettle directly with the gaming public rather than via boardroom specu-lation Therersquos perhaps no better gauge of interest in a concept than people simply putting their money where their mouths are Whether an interesting blip in indus-try history or a long-term side-note attached to inter-esting games for long to come Kickstarter allows gamers to direct the pres-ent and future of game development in an ear-lier and more interesting fashion than ever before

Kickstarter allows developers new avenues to create succeed

Submitted PhotoThe University of Alabama Opera Theatrersquos fall scenes program is comprised of different scenes arias and songs from Baroque and modern operaJM Gamble Though a short piece ldquoOnomastrdquo is a satire that raises questions of societal pressures like fitting in and the fear of not being heard

Wilson is a junior majoring in music composition at the University His goal is to write music for video games so writing for an opera was a bit of a challenge at first He said he had to watch and research operas to prepare for the task of writing one

As opening night approaches Wilson is excited to see his composi-tion come to life

ldquoItrsquos opening up the second half of the showrdquo he said ldquoThatrsquos a pretty big deal [Houghtaling] went above and beyond in directing it I only wrote in a few stage directions I would like it to be open to interpretationrdquo

The decision to pair the incred-ibly modern with the incredibly old was a calculated decision on the part of Houghtaling

ldquoItrsquos very important to show where this art form that we love started and

itrsquos equally important to show where itrsquos goingrdquo Houghtaling said ldquoWersquore doing some very cool things from staged sacred Bach to musical the-atre We actually have more musical theatre in this program than wersquove ever had before in the fallrdquo

Nicole Pietrangelo a junior major-ing in vocal performance is in two of the musical theatre pieces

ldquoItrsquos definitely been funrdquo Pietrangelo said ldquoI feel so comfort-able doing it People will be in for a surpriserdquo

ldquoSomething Old Something Newrdquo will be performed Friday Oct 12 at 730 pm and Sunday Oct 14 at 3 pm in Moody Music Buildingrsquos ChoralOpera Room The space is trans-formed into an intimate theatre set-ting but seating is limited so early arrival is recommended Costumes are by Daniel Whitlow a first year MFA student in costume design Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for general admission They can be pur-chased at uamusictixcom

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday October 11 2012 | Page 9

Alabama looks to improve on last performanceCROSS COUNTRY

SWIMMING

By Jasmine CannonStaff Reporter

This is a big weekend for Dan Waters and the Alabama

cross country teams as the Crimson Classic is set for Oct 13 at 830 am at Harry Pritchett Running Park

ldquoI think itrsquos a perfect race

By Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

After opening up the sea-son with a sweep of Delta State University the Alabama swim-ming and diving team looks to cap off another sweep against SEC foe Auburn on Friday Oct 12

New head coach Dennis Pursley said he was impressed with how his teamed performed in the season opener but there is still a long road ahead of them

ldquoDelta State will not nearly be the same challenge as Auburn will berdquo Pursley said ldquoI was pleased with just the general spirit and demeanor of the team

They were challenging them-selves to do the best that they could and we sort of developed a culture and certainly donrsquot want to see that changerdquo

Pursley is no stranger to the Capstone and brings a champion-ship pedigree to a team looking for overall consistency The Alabama alumnus has had international success ranging from Australia to most recently the head coach of the United Kingdomrsquos Olympic swimming team

Pursley said he hopes to trans-late some of the success he has had and the teamwork concept back to his alma mater

ldquoThe team concept here had seemed to deteriorate to a degree

in recent yearsrdquo he said ldquoI want to bring back the team-first atti-tude We took John F Kennedyrsquos most famous quote and twisted it a little bit and made it lsquoAsk not what your team can do for you but what you can do for your teamrsquo so I think that is the start in building the type of culture we want to build hererdquo

Teamwork is something the Tide will need when facing what Pursley called one of the most premier swimming and diving teams in the NCAA Despite pull-ing off an upset victory against Auburn in years past Pursley said he knows his team will have their hands full

ldquoTheyrsquore pretty much strong

top to bottom men and womenrdquo he said ldquoBut we donrsquot want to concede anything and we want to be racing to win even if on paper it is a long-shot or not We donrsquot want to walk away from Auburn knowing we could have done bet-ter than we didrdquo

Despite the early season chal-lenge Pursley said he looks to this match as a learning experi-ence for both himself and the team

ldquoObviously our big focus is the SEC championship and NCAA championship later in the sea-sonrdquo he said ldquoWe can learn from every experience by accomplish-ing all our goals Whatever the outcome our mission is to learnrdquo

UA AthleticAlabama Cross Country is set to host the Crimson Classic at the Harry Pritchett Running Park

Bama prepares to cap off 2nd sweep

for this time of the seasonrdquo Waters said ldquoItrsquoll be an oppor-tunity for us to test our fitness at this point Itrsquoll be an oppor-tunity to see a couple of the SEC teams and the regional teams We always look for-ward to running at home to have friends and family out there to watchrdquo

Mississippi State Auburn Tennessee and Mississippi are four of the SEC competitors set to take on the Tide Other schools include Georgia Tech Tulane and Samford

This will be the first compe-tition for Alabama since the Notre Dame Invitational Both the men and womenrsquos teams are looking to improve on their last performances

ldquoI feel like both the menrsquos and womenrsquos teams are at a place where they should have their best performance so far this seasonrdquo Adam Tribble assistance coach for distance runners said ldquoThatrsquos a good place to be The fitness level

for both teams is considerably increased within each Theyrsquore still a young team but theyrsquove progressed a lotrdquo

The teams are prepared and working on running to their full potential

ldquoBoth teams should be able to contend to win both racesrdquo Waters said ldquoIf we can keep everybody on their feet and have a good day and run like wersquore capable of doing then wersquoll be just finerdquo

The youthful teams will be lead by lone senior Elsbeth Denton who will be running in her last Crimson Classic She said the team is very confident heading into Saturdayrsquos race

ldquoWe have to stay calm and be confident in our train-ing and just know that wersquove been training very very wellrdquo Denton said ldquoWe just have to put that in the racerdquo

Coaches believe the Crimson Classic will be a good indicator of where the teams currently stand

ldquoI think this is kind of the first opportunity where wersquore able to really dig down and really get after it and really be able to see a good positive per-formance with the work they put inrdquo Tribble said

Last year the womenrsquos team came in first place for the sec-ond year in a row with five top-25 finishers The men came in fifth place behind Carison Kemei who placed first overall

The Crimson Classic will also feature high school boys and girls runners in a 5k The race will be Alabama cross countryrsquos Power of Pink meet

in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month

This is the Tidersquos last competition before head-ing to Nashville for the SEC championships

IF YOU GObull What Crimson Classic

bull Where Harry Pritchett Running Park

bull When 830 am Oct 13

Page 10 | Thursday October 11 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

By Zac Al-KhateebStaff Reporter

For Alabama head coach Nick Saban Saturdayrsquos game against the Missouri Tigers will present his team with something it hasnrsquot had all season a fresh start

The No 1 Crimson Tide coming off a bye week is looking to see whether the time off has resulted in any refinements in its game after a hard-fought match against Ole Miss

Still Saban said itrsquos not as if his team hasnrsquot played well thus far ndash it just hasnrsquot played

with enough consistencyldquoI think the focus that wersquove

tried to get with our players is this is kind of a new seasonrdquo Saban said ldquoA new opportu-nity to go out and play with more consistency in perfor-mancerdquo

Junior defensive lineman Damion Square said he thinks his team has made good use of its bye week improving in every aspect of the game and cutting down on mis-takes Indeed Square said his defense in particular would need it for Missourirsquos fast-paced offense

The key to success for his

defense Square said was in making sure it controls the game early

ldquoNo matter what they do as a defense wersquove got to come out and set the tonerdquo Square said ldquoAnd if you do that you control the outcome of the game no matter what the offense is trying to put out on the fieldrdquo

Still the team is not focus-ing solely on Missourirsquos no-huddle offense Defensively the Tigers pose some interest-ing matchups as well

Indeed senior center Barrett Jones said one player hersquos had his eye on is junior

defensive lineman Sheldon Richardson Richardson has proved a disruptive force in the Missouri front seven tying for second on the team with 38 tackles and three sacks

ldquoHersquos a very good playerrdquo Jones said ldquoHe plays really hard which I really respect He plays with a lot of intensity and passion and I definitely think hersquos going to be bringing it fastrdquo

Another difficulty Alabama will have to face is a hostile home crowd for the Tigers which are still seeking their first SEC win of the year at 0-3 in the conference

ldquoItrsquos a new environment for usrdquo Saban said ldquoSo itrsquos going to take some maturity on our part to stay focused on the right things We got to be zeroed in on whatrsquos important for us and what it takes for us to go play good footballrdquo

Still with all the potential difficulties the Tide will face against Missouri Jones said more than anything he was just excited to play football especially against teams fresh to the SEC

ldquoI think itrsquos exciting for us to go into a place like Missouri where wersquove never been before and who are new

to our conference and play thererdquo Jones said ldquoItrsquoll just be neat to play against anoth-er teamrdquo

Square shared Jonesrsquo sen-timents saying he was ready for team hungry for its first win to come against such a highly-ranked opponent as Alabama

ldquoOf courserdquo Square said ldquoYou got that target on your back When you play anybody they want to have a great vic-tory against you It can start a lot of good thingsrdquo

Still Square said all his team needs to worry about is its plays not Missouri

Alabama set for trip to new SEC opponent MissouriFOOTBALL

CW | Bryce DentonTop Left Tight end Malcolm Faciane and defensive lineman Dakota Ball work

on their blocking in Wednesdayrsquos practiceBottom Left Linebacker Nico Johnson linebacker Tana Patrick linebacker

Trey DePriest and running back Ben Howell practice tackling WednedayRight Linebacker Brent Calloway and running back Dee Hart run

through a drill at practice

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday October 11 2012 | Page 11

Ghosts of the Black Belt brings tourism to Alabama By Becky RobinsonStaff Reporter

As Halloween draws near many people are in search of spooky events for the season If a ghost story sounds appealing Ghosts of the Black Belt will be offering those and many other haunted attractions for stu-dents and community members to enjoy throughout October

Sponsored by the UA Center for Economic Development Ghosts of the Black Belt offers tourists a night of ghost stories and tours while enhancing the

rural economies of towns in the Black Belt region

Nisa Miranda director of the UA Center for Economic Development said the UACED has been working with rural areas for the past 25 years

ldquoMany of these places have a lot of interesting stories as well as history culture and natural resourcesrdquo Miranda said ldquoTherersquos a lot of folklore and story telling about ghosts in the Black Belt As a result we thought it was a very inter-esting topic to concentrate onrdquo

Ghosts of the Black Belt is

in its second year Many of the events like the Katherine Tucker Windham ghost walk in Thomasville have grown to be so large that they are now fes-tivals Linda Vice the tourism director for rural Southwest Alabama said the UA Honors College played a role in creat-ing some events

ldquoCommunities have to real-ize what their strengths and weaknesses are and pick out those strengths and play to themrdquo Vice said ldquoAnd what wersquove found to be the strength in working with The University

of Alabama is our stories and our traditionsrdquo

Vice said she worked with the Honors College to pro-duce a YouTube series called ldquoAlabama Ghost Trailrdquo The series featured 22 first-person accounts of ghost stories and experiences

Miranda said doing fun events like the Ghosts of the Black Belt allows communities in the 11 Black Belt counties to benefit from the influx of tourists

Both women believe the economic development of the Black Belt region is an

incremental one involving a lot of planning and imagination

ldquoThese are outreaching service projects where we are helping poorer regions of Alabama become more viablerdquo Miranda said ldquoItrsquos a way that shows how The University of Alabama is active in improv-ing the living conditions and economic situations of people outside of Tuscaloosardquo

Some of this yearrsquos Ghosts of the Black Belt attractions include a haunted house at Old St Stephenrsquos Historical Park a ghost hunting investigation in

Cahawba and the Thomasville ghost walk

Vice said most of these events are family-friendly and admission is roughly $5 per event Additionally she said most of the attractions are close enough for UA students to attend

ldquoI really enjoy all of themrdquo Vice said ldquoIn the Black Belt everybody loves ghosts and we figured out why One [rea-son] is the Celtic heritage of the Scots-Irish people and the other is the African tradition with the voodoordquo

bull What Old St Stephenrsquos Historical Park Haunted House

When Saturdays from Sept 29 - Oct 27 and Tuesday Oct 30 and Wednesday Oct 31 Open from dusk -11 pm each day

Where St Stephens Historical Park 2056 Old St Stephens

Road St Stephens 36569

bull What Ghost Stories at Rikardrsquos Mill Historical Park

When Friday Oct 12-Saturday Oct 13 from 630 -10 pm each night

Where Rikardrsquos Mill Historical

Park located five miles north of Beatrice on Hwy 265 Admission is $5

bull What Cahawba Spirits Investigation When Friday Oct 19 Tours

begin every half

hour from 7-9 pm Where Old Cahawba

Archaeological Park 9518 Cahaba Road Orrville This attraction is for ages 12 and up Admission is $15

bull What ldquoHear the Dead Speakrdquo

daytime walking tour of Old Cahawba Park

When Sat Oct 20 10 am Where Old Cahawba

Archaeological Park 9518 Cahaba Road Orrville Admission is $6

bull What Thomasville Ghost Walk When Saturday Oct 20 at

6 pm Where Downtown

Thomasville admission is $5 per person or $15 per family

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UA Opera combines traditions of the genre with new directionBy Lauren CarltonContributing Writer

The University of Alabama Opera Theatrersquos fall scenes program ldquoSomething Old Something New The New and Old of Operardquo creates a marriage between Baroque and con-temporary opera to bring audiences one thrilling operatic experience

The show is comprised of differ-ent scenes arias and songs from Baroque and modern opera as well as musical theatre Under the direction of Paul Houghtaling student mem-bers of UAOT range from freshmen to doctoral students Each is involved in multiple scenes The graduate stu-dents and seniors are also given the additional responsibility of directing individual scenes

One of these students is Alana Sealy a first-year masterrsquos student in vocal performance

Sealy is one of two opera gradu-ate teaching assistants She directs the trio and chorus from Act II Scene I of Henry Purcellrsquos ldquoDido and Aeneasrdquo Directing has been a new challenge for Sealy but she met it head on and is proud of how far her cast has come in the short amount of rehearsal time

ldquoThey definitely have risen to the challengerdquo Sealy said ldquoThey have made it their ownrdquo

Making it their own is a trait of which UAOT is especially proud ldquoSomething Old Something Newrdquo will feature three new compositions two from the first Opera Composition Competition Composers from the University were encouraged to write short one-act operas to be performed by the Opera Theatre last fall The winner and runner-up of this com-petition will have their works per-formed Friday and Sunday

The winning piece Thomas Wilsonrsquos ldquoOnomastrdquo is a five-and-a-half minute long opera with libretto by creative writing student

Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Thursday October 11 2012CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 12

COLUMN | GAMING

By Nathan Proctor

Kickstarter an online international funding plat-form for a variety of cre-ative projects has recently seen a burst of growth from one particular inter-est group gamers Trading pre-orders or incentives for funding it allows sup-porters to act as collective publishers which develop-ers claim allow them abso-lute creative control rarely seen working through tra-ditional publishing houses Despite the unprecedented tens of millions poured into projects over the past year Kickstarter may not be the wave of the future as some herald it to be

First brought into the public eye last March by Tim Schafer and Double Fine Production it accu-mulated over $3 million ndash 834 percent of their set goal ndash in support of a vaguely defined return to the point-and-click adventure genre the crowd-sourcing ves-sel has shown its ability to produce serious amounts of money However that $3 million which can hypothetically produce a high-ceiling retro adven-ture game is nowhere near comparable to the budgets driving triple-A games This must temper our expectations

Still these levels of fund-ing are realistic for devel-opers wishing to break the triple-A mold who would benefit from an indepen-dent route of funding and

publication Backing this conceit are hundreds of successfully funded games to date

Kickstarterrsquos strengths are effectively promot-ing the successes facili-tated by the site and burying the majority of projects that fail to meet their goal and receive zero funding Notably the bulk of the most success-ful Kickstarter projects come from developers with meaningful experi-ence projects resurrecting games or series and games selling themselves off nos-talgia None of this is whol-ly unexpected or negative but it does suggest that the Kickstarter platform may vet games in a very simi-lar fashion to the publish-ers it allows developers to escape just with an altered set of standards

What donors myself included donrsquot often real-ize about the system is just how similar their position is to legitimate business investors A donor puts his money behind an idea with the promise of a return If his fundraising goal isnrsquot met money is returned and therersquos no investor loss beyond the failure of the project However once funded the quality of the product its direction ndash without investor oversight ndash and its existence whatso-ever is left in question with-out any real protection

Products thus far pro-duced by the service have been relative successes

and the service had a great deal of its popular reputa-tion hinging on perhaps the highest profile game to be released yet in Faster Than Light a spaceship man-agement simulator which to investorsrsquo and again my glee delivered on its promises However doubts have been shed on the ser-vicersquos most funded project to date OUYA a console meant to provide an open-source gaming platform for your television which brought in over $85 million with much critical specu-lation as to its feasibility and game support A large scale failure from a proj-ect such as this may cast doubt into the still-flowing stream of supports

This is not to say the Kickstarter avenue is with-out its place in the mar-ket Long dead genres and games odd enough or pos-sibly ambitious enough to frighten traditional inves-tors or publishers can test their mettle directly with the gaming public rather than via boardroom specu-lation Therersquos perhaps no better gauge of interest in a concept than people simply putting their money where their mouths are Whether an interesting blip in indus-try history or a long-term side-note attached to inter-esting games for long to come Kickstarter allows gamers to direct the pres-ent and future of game development in an ear-lier and more interesting fashion than ever before

Kickstarter allows developers new avenues to create succeed

Submitted PhotoThe University of Alabama Opera Theatrersquos fall scenes program is comprised of different scenes arias and songs from Baroque and modern operaJM Gamble Though a short piece ldquoOnomastrdquo is a satire that raises questions of societal pressures like fitting in and the fear of not being heard

Wilson is a junior majoring in music composition at the University His goal is to write music for video games so writing for an opera was a bit of a challenge at first He said he had to watch and research operas to prepare for the task of writing one

As opening night approaches Wilson is excited to see his composi-tion come to life

ldquoItrsquos opening up the second half of the showrdquo he said ldquoThatrsquos a pretty big deal [Houghtaling] went above and beyond in directing it I only wrote in a few stage directions I would like it to be open to interpretationrdquo

The decision to pair the incred-ibly modern with the incredibly old was a calculated decision on the part of Houghtaling

ldquoItrsquos very important to show where this art form that we love started and

itrsquos equally important to show where itrsquos goingrdquo Houghtaling said ldquoWersquore doing some very cool things from staged sacred Bach to musical the-atre We actually have more musical theatre in this program than wersquove ever had before in the fallrdquo

Nicole Pietrangelo a junior major-ing in vocal performance is in two of the musical theatre pieces

ldquoItrsquos definitely been funrdquo Pietrangelo said ldquoI feel so comfort-able doing it People will be in for a surpriserdquo

ldquoSomething Old Something Newrdquo will be performed Friday Oct 12 at 730 pm and Sunday Oct 14 at 3 pm in Moody Music Buildingrsquos ChoralOpera Room The space is trans-formed into an intimate theatre set-ting but seating is limited so early arrival is recommended Costumes are by Daniel Whitlow a first year MFA student in costume design Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for general admission They can be pur-chased at uamusictixcom

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Page 10 | Thursday October 11 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

By Zac Al-KhateebStaff Reporter

For Alabama head coach Nick Saban Saturdayrsquos game against the Missouri Tigers will present his team with something it hasnrsquot had all season a fresh start

The No 1 Crimson Tide coming off a bye week is looking to see whether the time off has resulted in any refinements in its game after a hard-fought match against Ole Miss

Still Saban said itrsquos not as if his team hasnrsquot played well thus far ndash it just hasnrsquot played

with enough consistencyldquoI think the focus that wersquove

tried to get with our players is this is kind of a new seasonrdquo Saban said ldquoA new opportu-nity to go out and play with more consistency in perfor-mancerdquo

Junior defensive lineman Damion Square said he thinks his team has made good use of its bye week improving in every aspect of the game and cutting down on mis-takes Indeed Square said his defense in particular would need it for Missourirsquos fast-paced offense

The key to success for his

defense Square said was in making sure it controls the game early

ldquoNo matter what they do as a defense wersquove got to come out and set the tonerdquo Square said ldquoAnd if you do that you control the outcome of the game no matter what the offense is trying to put out on the fieldrdquo

Still the team is not focus-ing solely on Missourirsquos no-huddle offense Defensively the Tigers pose some interest-ing matchups as well

Indeed senior center Barrett Jones said one player hersquos had his eye on is junior

defensive lineman Sheldon Richardson Richardson has proved a disruptive force in the Missouri front seven tying for second on the team with 38 tackles and three sacks

ldquoHersquos a very good playerrdquo Jones said ldquoHe plays really hard which I really respect He plays with a lot of intensity and passion and I definitely think hersquos going to be bringing it fastrdquo

Another difficulty Alabama will have to face is a hostile home crowd for the Tigers which are still seeking their first SEC win of the year at 0-3 in the conference

ldquoItrsquos a new environment for usrdquo Saban said ldquoSo itrsquos going to take some maturity on our part to stay focused on the right things We got to be zeroed in on whatrsquos important for us and what it takes for us to go play good footballrdquo

Still with all the potential difficulties the Tide will face against Missouri Jones said more than anything he was just excited to play football especially against teams fresh to the SEC

ldquoI think itrsquos exciting for us to go into a place like Missouri where wersquove never been before and who are new

to our conference and play thererdquo Jones said ldquoItrsquoll just be neat to play against anoth-er teamrdquo

Square shared Jonesrsquo sen-timents saying he was ready for team hungry for its first win to come against such a highly-ranked opponent as Alabama

ldquoOf courserdquo Square said ldquoYou got that target on your back When you play anybody they want to have a great vic-tory against you It can start a lot of good thingsrdquo

Still Square said all his team needs to worry about is its plays not Missouri

Alabama set for trip to new SEC opponent MissouriFOOTBALL

CW | Bryce DentonTop Left Tight end Malcolm Faciane and defensive lineman Dakota Ball work

on their blocking in Wednesdayrsquos practiceBottom Left Linebacker Nico Johnson linebacker Tana Patrick linebacker

Trey DePriest and running back Ben Howell practice tackling WednedayRight Linebacker Brent Calloway and running back Dee Hart run

through a drill at practice

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ORDER IN PERSON ON CAMPUS

Friday October 12 1000 am ndash 400 pm SUPe Store Lobby

Wednesday - Thursday

October 10 - 11 1000 am - 400 pm

Ferguson Plaza

ORDER ONLINE ATbalfourcom

Order your Announcements and Class Rings Pick up your Cap amp Gown and Diploma Frames Photographer will be available to get

your portrait made

THREE DAY EVENT

wwwtheshirtshopbizMon-Fri 7-6pm Sat 9-5pm

Long Sleeve

TEES20 Colors

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday October 11 2012 | Page 11

Ghosts of the Black Belt brings tourism to Alabama By Becky RobinsonStaff Reporter

As Halloween draws near many people are in search of spooky events for the season If a ghost story sounds appealing Ghosts of the Black Belt will be offering those and many other haunted attractions for stu-dents and community members to enjoy throughout October

Sponsored by the UA Center for Economic Development Ghosts of the Black Belt offers tourists a night of ghost stories and tours while enhancing the

rural economies of towns in the Black Belt region

Nisa Miranda director of the UA Center for Economic Development said the UACED has been working with rural areas for the past 25 years

ldquoMany of these places have a lot of interesting stories as well as history culture and natural resourcesrdquo Miranda said ldquoTherersquos a lot of folklore and story telling about ghosts in the Black Belt As a result we thought it was a very inter-esting topic to concentrate onrdquo

Ghosts of the Black Belt is

in its second year Many of the events like the Katherine Tucker Windham ghost walk in Thomasville have grown to be so large that they are now fes-tivals Linda Vice the tourism director for rural Southwest Alabama said the UA Honors College played a role in creat-ing some events

ldquoCommunities have to real-ize what their strengths and weaknesses are and pick out those strengths and play to themrdquo Vice said ldquoAnd what wersquove found to be the strength in working with The University

of Alabama is our stories and our traditionsrdquo

Vice said she worked with the Honors College to pro-duce a YouTube series called ldquoAlabama Ghost Trailrdquo The series featured 22 first-person accounts of ghost stories and experiences

Miranda said doing fun events like the Ghosts of the Black Belt allows communities in the 11 Black Belt counties to benefit from the influx of tourists

Both women believe the economic development of the Black Belt region is an

incremental one involving a lot of planning and imagination

ldquoThese are outreaching service projects where we are helping poorer regions of Alabama become more viablerdquo Miranda said ldquoItrsquos a way that shows how The University of Alabama is active in improv-ing the living conditions and economic situations of people outside of Tuscaloosardquo

Some of this yearrsquos Ghosts of the Black Belt attractions include a haunted house at Old St Stephenrsquos Historical Park a ghost hunting investigation in

Cahawba and the Thomasville ghost walk

Vice said most of these events are family-friendly and admission is roughly $5 per event Additionally she said most of the attractions are close enough for UA students to attend

ldquoI really enjoy all of themrdquo Vice said ldquoIn the Black Belt everybody loves ghosts and we figured out why One [rea-son] is the Celtic heritage of the Scots-Irish people and the other is the African tradition with the voodoordquo

bull What Old St Stephenrsquos Historical Park Haunted House

When Saturdays from Sept 29 - Oct 27 and Tuesday Oct 30 and Wednesday Oct 31 Open from dusk -11 pm each day

Where St Stephens Historical Park 2056 Old St Stephens

Road St Stephens 36569

bull What Ghost Stories at Rikardrsquos Mill Historical Park

When Friday Oct 12-Saturday Oct 13 from 630 -10 pm each night

Where Rikardrsquos Mill Historical

Park located five miles north of Beatrice on Hwy 265 Admission is $5

bull What Cahawba Spirits Investigation When Friday Oct 19 Tours

begin every half

hour from 7-9 pm Where Old Cahawba

Archaeological Park 9518 Cahaba Road Orrville This attraction is for ages 12 and up Admission is $15

bull What ldquoHear the Dead Speakrdquo

daytime walking tour of Old Cahawba Park

When Sat Oct 20 10 am Where Old Cahawba

Archaeological Park 9518 Cahaba Road Orrville Admission is $6

bull What Thomasville Ghost Walk When Saturday Oct 20 at

6 pm Where Downtown

Thomasville admission is $5 per person or $15 per family

IF YOU GO

MARKETPLACE

ANNOUNCEMENTS

DOWNTIMEFun-filled Time WastersCrossword

Sudoku

FREEbull monitored

security system

bull gas log fireplaces

bull fitness rooms

bull 2 resort pools

CALL (205) 544-1977

palisadesapthomescom

1 2 3 bedrooms

3201 Hargrove Road East

Tuscaloosa AL

HOUSING

DEADLINES Classified line ad deadline is the previous business day by 400 pmHow to place a classified For classified line ads visit wwwcwuaedu and click on the classifieds tab For classified display ads call (205) 348-7355 or email cwclassmgrgmailcom for a free consultation The Crimson White is published four days a week (M T W TH) Each classified line ad must run for a minimum of four days and include no less than 16 words

RATESBest Commercial Rates

4-8 days is $50 per word 9 plus days is $35 per wordStudentFaculty Rates

$35 per word You must register with a Crimson Mail address to get this rate If you enter your ad under student rate without a Crimson Mail address your charge will be adjusted to regular price

JOBSChanging

Seasons

507 Hargove Rd E7586119

FREE MONTH

OF TANNING Text TANU to 71441 to win FREE Month of Tanning

Text ldquochicrdquo to 71441 for Buy One Get One Half Off

McNeff Veterinary

Hospital PC6 minutes from Campus wellness exams vaccinations heartworm prevention amp testing grooming amp more

20 discount for all students15 discount for faculty

Call us for details

1600 Greensboro AveTuscaloosa AL 35401

205-345-6767

Todayrsquos Birthday (101112) You can really take ground in your career this year Responsible fi nancial management coupled with a clear plan of where yoursquore going can open unimaginable opportunities New perspectives on wealth allow for greater prosperity Travel and educational exploration expand mind and spiritTo get the advantage check the dayrsquos rating 10 is the easiest day 0 the most challengingAries (Mar 21-April 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Get down to the actual work for the next two days Get your ideas into action without delay Yoursquore gaining respect Pay attention to details Love fl ows both waysTaurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Take more time for play over the next couple of days and be rewarded Or at least take everything with a grain of salt and a good sense of humor Consider all possibilities Question authorityGemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Stay true to your vision and commitments even as you revise them Itrsquos a good time to fi nd a bargain Allow your feet to take you where they wantCancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 6 -- Study the situation for a while Meet with an important client or family member and listen as if yoursquore paying gold for every word Practice something you loveLeo (July 23-Aug 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Tap another source of revenue looking at all possible angles Th e upcoming days are quite profi table (and yoursquore very popular) Donrsquot fall

for a sob story Th ink about the futureVirgo (Aug 23-Sept 22) -- Today is a 5 -- You have extra confi dence starting today Your actions speak louder than words so make them count Gather practical information and advance Remember an important appointmentLibra (Sept 23-Oct 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Yoursquore entering a pensive phase Itrsquos easy to get sidetracked (which can be useful sometimes) Focus on taking actions yoursquore especially qualifi ed for even if it means postponing playScorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Play but remember your budget If it seems too good to be true it may be Consider consequences You have more friends than you realized Follow the rulesSagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Work requires more attention (and is more rewarding) for the next few days Learn so yoursquore stronger and wiser next time Crossing a body of water looks interestingCapricorn (Dec 22-Jan 19) -- Today is a 5 -- Use today and tomorrow to plan the actions for the rest of the year Do the necessary research but donrsquot believe everything you read Keep the money in the bankAquarius (Jan 20-Feb 18) -- Today is a 7 -- Make sure yoursquore linking up with an expert especially around funding Th erersquos power in numbers Provide yourself with what you need but donrsquot get complacent Travel light this timePisces (Feb 19-March 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Let go of stale fantasies Invest in the right tools to save money in the long run Th erersquos a change in plans take care Outdoor walks are especially romantic

HOROSCOPES

Visit wwwcwuaedu and click on the classi eds tab Ad placement is quick and easy

Donrsquot miss out

Be sure to advertise

in our GameDay Magazine

HOME FOR LEASE LUX-URY HOMES FOR LEASE TWO MINUTES FROM UOFA 4 BEDROOM 3 BATH 2200 SQUARE FEET ALL BRICK FRIDGE OVEN RANGE MICROWAVE DISHWASHER SOLID FLOORING - NO CARPET FENCED IN BACKYARD TWO CAR GARAGE PETS ALLOWED $1650 PER MONTH $1650 DEPOSIT CALL CHARLES HOLLI-MAN Prudential Pritchett-Moore Realty (205)792-0887 (205)792-0887

BARTENDING $300 day potential no experience nec-essary Training courses avail-able (800)965-6520 Ext214

CLASSIC COMICS AND ALBUMS large collection of comic books albums movie posters sports memorabilia DVDsCDs beer signs In Skyland Antique Mall 311 Skyland Blvd and Fifth Av-enue Antiques Birmingham Details on Facebook

UA Opera combines traditions of the genre with new directionBy Lauren CarltonContributing Writer

The University of Alabama Opera Theatrersquos fall scenes program ldquoSomething Old Something New The New and Old of Operardquo creates a marriage between Baroque and con-temporary opera to bring audiences one thrilling operatic experience

The show is comprised of differ-ent scenes arias and songs from Baroque and modern opera as well as musical theatre Under the direction of Paul Houghtaling student mem-bers of UAOT range from freshmen to doctoral students Each is involved in multiple scenes The graduate stu-dents and seniors are also given the additional responsibility of directing individual scenes

One of these students is Alana Sealy a first-year masterrsquos student in vocal performance

Sealy is one of two opera gradu-ate teaching assistants She directs the trio and chorus from Act II Scene I of Henry Purcellrsquos ldquoDido and Aeneasrdquo Directing has been a new challenge for Sealy but she met it head on and is proud of how far her cast has come in the short amount of rehearsal time

ldquoThey definitely have risen to the challengerdquo Sealy said ldquoThey have made it their ownrdquo

Making it their own is a trait of which UAOT is especially proud ldquoSomething Old Something Newrdquo will feature three new compositions two from the first Opera Composition Competition Composers from the University were encouraged to write short one-act operas to be performed by the Opera Theatre last fall The winner and runner-up of this com-petition will have their works per-formed Friday and Sunday

The winning piece Thomas Wilsonrsquos ldquoOnomastrdquo is a five-and-a-half minute long opera with libretto by creative writing student

Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Thursday October 11 2012CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 12

COLUMN | GAMING

By Nathan Proctor

Kickstarter an online international funding plat-form for a variety of cre-ative projects has recently seen a burst of growth from one particular inter-est group gamers Trading pre-orders or incentives for funding it allows sup-porters to act as collective publishers which develop-ers claim allow them abso-lute creative control rarely seen working through tra-ditional publishing houses Despite the unprecedented tens of millions poured into projects over the past year Kickstarter may not be the wave of the future as some herald it to be

First brought into the public eye last March by Tim Schafer and Double Fine Production it accu-mulated over $3 million ndash 834 percent of their set goal ndash in support of a vaguely defined return to the point-and-click adventure genre the crowd-sourcing ves-sel has shown its ability to produce serious amounts of money However that $3 million which can hypothetically produce a high-ceiling retro adven-ture game is nowhere near comparable to the budgets driving triple-A games This must temper our expectations

Still these levels of fund-ing are realistic for devel-opers wishing to break the triple-A mold who would benefit from an indepen-dent route of funding and

publication Backing this conceit are hundreds of successfully funded games to date

Kickstarterrsquos strengths are effectively promot-ing the successes facili-tated by the site and burying the majority of projects that fail to meet their goal and receive zero funding Notably the bulk of the most success-ful Kickstarter projects come from developers with meaningful experi-ence projects resurrecting games or series and games selling themselves off nos-talgia None of this is whol-ly unexpected or negative but it does suggest that the Kickstarter platform may vet games in a very simi-lar fashion to the publish-ers it allows developers to escape just with an altered set of standards

What donors myself included donrsquot often real-ize about the system is just how similar their position is to legitimate business investors A donor puts his money behind an idea with the promise of a return If his fundraising goal isnrsquot met money is returned and therersquos no investor loss beyond the failure of the project However once funded the quality of the product its direction ndash without investor oversight ndash and its existence whatso-ever is left in question with-out any real protection

Products thus far pro-duced by the service have been relative successes

and the service had a great deal of its popular reputa-tion hinging on perhaps the highest profile game to be released yet in Faster Than Light a spaceship man-agement simulator which to investorsrsquo and again my glee delivered on its promises However doubts have been shed on the ser-vicersquos most funded project to date OUYA a console meant to provide an open-source gaming platform for your television which brought in over $85 million with much critical specu-lation as to its feasibility and game support A large scale failure from a proj-ect such as this may cast doubt into the still-flowing stream of supports

This is not to say the Kickstarter avenue is with-out its place in the mar-ket Long dead genres and games odd enough or pos-sibly ambitious enough to frighten traditional inves-tors or publishers can test their mettle directly with the gaming public rather than via boardroom specu-lation Therersquos perhaps no better gauge of interest in a concept than people simply putting their money where their mouths are Whether an interesting blip in indus-try history or a long-term side-note attached to inter-esting games for long to come Kickstarter allows gamers to direct the pres-ent and future of game development in an ear-lier and more interesting fashion than ever before

Kickstarter allows developers new avenues to create succeed

Submitted PhotoThe University of Alabama Opera Theatrersquos fall scenes program is comprised of different scenes arias and songs from Baroque and modern operaJM Gamble Though a short piece ldquoOnomastrdquo is a satire that raises questions of societal pressures like fitting in and the fear of not being heard

Wilson is a junior majoring in music composition at the University His goal is to write music for video games so writing for an opera was a bit of a challenge at first He said he had to watch and research operas to prepare for the task of writing one

As opening night approaches Wilson is excited to see his composi-tion come to life

ldquoItrsquos opening up the second half of the showrdquo he said ldquoThatrsquos a pretty big deal [Houghtaling] went above and beyond in directing it I only wrote in a few stage directions I would like it to be open to interpretationrdquo

The decision to pair the incred-ibly modern with the incredibly old was a calculated decision on the part of Houghtaling

ldquoItrsquos very important to show where this art form that we love started and

itrsquos equally important to show where itrsquos goingrdquo Houghtaling said ldquoWersquore doing some very cool things from staged sacred Bach to musical the-atre We actually have more musical theatre in this program than wersquove ever had before in the fallrdquo

Nicole Pietrangelo a junior major-ing in vocal performance is in two of the musical theatre pieces

ldquoItrsquos definitely been funrdquo Pietrangelo said ldquoI feel so comfort-able doing it People will be in for a surpriserdquo

ldquoSomething Old Something Newrdquo will be performed Friday Oct 12 at 730 pm and Sunday Oct 14 at 3 pm in Moody Music Buildingrsquos ChoralOpera Room The space is trans-formed into an intimate theatre set-ting but seating is limited so early arrival is recommended Costumes are by Daniel Whitlow a first year MFA student in costume design Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for general admission They can be pur-chased at uamusictixcom

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday October 11 2012 | Page 11

Ghosts of the Black Belt brings tourism to Alabama By Becky RobinsonStaff Reporter

As Halloween draws near many people are in search of spooky events for the season If a ghost story sounds appealing Ghosts of the Black Belt will be offering those and many other haunted attractions for stu-dents and community members to enjoy throughout October

Sponsored by the UA Center for Economic Development Ghosts of the Black Belt offers tourists a night of ghost stories and tours while enhancing the

rural economies of towns in the Black Belt region

Nisa Miranda director of the UA Center for Economic Development said the UACED has been working with rural areas for the past 25 years

ldquoMany of these places have a lot of interesting stories as well as history culture and natural resourcesrdquo Miranda said ldquoTherersquos a lot of folklore and story telling about ghosts in the Black Belt As a result we thought it was a very inter-esting topic to concentrate onrdquo

Ghosts of the Black Belt is

in its second year Many of the events like the Katherine Tucker Windham ghost walk in Thomasville have grown to be so large that they are now fes-tivals Linda Vice the tourism director for rural Southwest Alabama said the UA Honors College played a role in creat-ing some events

ldquoCommunities have to real-ize what their strengths and weaknesses are and pick out those strengths and play to themrdquo Vice said ldquoAnd what wersquove found to be the strength in working with The University

of Alabama is our stories and our traditionsrdquo

Vice said she worked with the Honors College to pro-duce a YouTube series called ldquoAlabama Ghost Trailrdquo The series featured 22 first-person accounts of ghost stories and experiences

Miranda said doing fun events like the Ghosts of the Black Belt allows communities in the 11 Black Belt counties to benefit from the influx of tourists

Both women believe the economic development of the Black Belt region is an

incremental one involving a lot of planning and imagination

ldquoThese are outreaching service projects where we are helping poorer regions of Alabama become more viablerdquo Miranda said ldquoItrsquos a way that shows how The University of Alabama is active in improv-ing the living conditions and economic situations of people outside of Tuscaloosardquo

Some of this yearrsquos Ghosts of the Black Belt attractions include a haunted house at Old St Stephenrsquos Historical Park a ghost hunting investigation in

Cahawba and the Thomasville ghost walk

Vice said most of these events are family-friendly and admission is roughly $5 per event Additionally she said most of the attractions are close enough for UA students to attend

ldquoI really enjoy all of themrdquo Vice said ldquoIn the Black Belt everybody loves ghosts and we figured out why One [rea-son] is the Celtic heritage of the Scots-Irish people and the other is the African tradition with the voodoordquo

bull What Old St Stephenrsquos Historical Park Haunted House

When Saturdays from Sept 29 - Oct 27 and Tuesday Oct 30 and Wednesday Oct 31 Open from dusk -11 pm each day

Where St Stephens Historical Park 2056 Old St Stephens

Road St Stephens 36569

bull What Ghost Stories at Rikardrsquos Mill Historical Park

When Friday Oct 12-Saturday Oct 13 from 630 -10 pm each night

Where Rikardrsquos Mill Historical

Park located five miles north of Beatrice on Hwy 265 Admission is $5

bull What Cahawba Spirits Investigation When Friday Oct 19 Tours

begin every half

hour from 7-9 pm Where Old Cahawba

Archaeological Park 9518 Cahaba Road Orrville This attraction is for ages 12 and up Admission is $15

bull What ldquoHear the Dead Speakrdquo

daytime walking tour of Old Cahawba Park

When Sat Oct 20 10 am Where Old Cahawba

Archaeological Park 9518 Cahaba Road Orrville Admission is $6

bull What Thomasville Ghost Walk When Saturday Oct 20 at

6 pm Where Downtown

Thomasville admission is $5 per person or $15 per family

IF YOU GO

MARKETPLACE

ANNOUNCEMENTS

DOWNTIMEFun-filled Time WastersCrossword

Sudoku

FREEbull monitored

security system

bull gas log fireplaces

bull fitness rooms

bull 2 resort pools

CALL (205) 544-1977

palisadesapthomescom

1 2 3 bedrooms

3201 Hargrove Road East

Tuscaloosa AL

HOUSING

DEADLINES Classified line ad deadline is the previous business day by 400 pmHow to place a classified For classified line ads visit wwwcwuaedu and click on the classifieds tab For classified display ads call (205) 348-7355 or email cwclassmgrgmailcom for a free consultation The Crimson White is published four days a week (M T W TH) Each classified line ad must run for a minimum of four days and include no less than 16 words

RATESBest Commercial Rates

4-8 days is $50 per word 9 plus days is $35 per wordStudentFaculty Rates

$35 per word You must register with a Crimson Mail address to get this rate If you enter your ad under student rate without a Crimson Mail address your charge will be adjusted to regular price

JOBSChanging

Seasons

507 Hargove Rd E7586119

FREE MONTH

OF TANNING Text TANU to 71441 to win FREE Month of Tanning

Text ldquochicrdquo to 71441 for Buy One Get One Half Off

McNeff Veterinary

Hospital PC6 minutes from Campus wellness exams vaccinations heartworm prevention amp testing grooming amp more

20 discount for all students15 discount for faculty

Call us for details

1600 Greensboro AveTuscaloosa AL 35401

205-345-6767

Todayrsquos Birthday (101112) You can really take ground in your career this year Responsible fi nancial management coupled with a clear plan of where yoursquore going can open unimaginable opportunities New perspectives on wealth allow for greater prosperity Travel and educational exploration expand mind and spiritTo get the advantage check the dayrsquos rating 10 is the easiest day 0 the most challengingAries (Mar 21-April 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Get down to the actual work for the next two days Get your ideas into action without delay Yoursquore gaining respect Pay attention to details Love fl ows both waysTaurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Take more time for play over the next couple of days and be rewarded Or at least take everything with a grain of salt and a good sense of humor Consider all possibilities Question authorityGemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Stay true to your vision and commitments even as you revise them Itrsquos a good time to fi nd a bargain Allow your feet to take you where they wantCancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 6 -- Study the situation for a while Meet with an important client or family member and listen as if yoursquore paying gold for every word Practice something you loveLeo (July 23-Aug 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Tap another source of revenue looking at all possible angles Th e upcoming days are quite profi table (and yoursquore very popular) Donrsquot fall

for a sob story Th ink about the futureVirgo (Aug 23-Sept 22) -- Today is a 5 -- You have extra confi dence starting today Your actions speak louder than words so make them count Gather practical information and advance Remember an important appointmentLibra (Sept 23-Oct 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Yoursquore entering a pensive phase Itrsquos easy to get sidetracked (which can be useful sometimes) Focus on taking actions yoursquore especially qualifi ed for even if it means postponing playScorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Play but remember your budget If it seems too good to be true it may be Consider consequences You have more friends than you realized Follow the rulesSagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Work requires more attention (and is more rewarding) for the next few days Learn so yoursquore stronger and wiser next time Crossing a body of water looks interestingCapricorn (Dec 22-Jan 19) -- Today is a 5 -- Use today and tomorrow to plan the actions for the rest of the year Do the necessary research but donrsquot believe everything you read Keep the money in the bankAquarius (Jan 20-Feb 18) -- Today is a 7 -- Make sure yoursquore linking up with an expert especially around funding Th erersquos power in numbers Provide yourself with what you need but donrsquot get complacent Travel light this timePisces (Feb 19-March 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Let go of stale fantasies Invest in the right tools to save money in the long run Th erersquos a change in plans take care Outdoor walks are especially romantic

HOROSCOPES

Visit wwwcwuaedu and click on the classi eds tab Ad placement is quick and easy

Donrsquot miss out

Be sure to advertise

in our GameDay Magazine

HOME FOR LEASE LUX-URY HOMES FOR LEASE TWO MINUTES FROM UOFA 4 BEDROOM 3 BATH 2200 SQUARE FEET ALL BRICK FRIDGE OVEN RANGE MICROWAVE DISHWASHER SOLID FLOORING - NO CARPET FENCED IN BACKYARD TWO CAR GARAGE PETS ALLOWED $1650 PER MONTH $1650 DEPOSIT CALL CHARLES HOLLI-MAN Prudential Pritchett-Moore Realty (205)792-0887 (205)792-0887

BARTENDING $300 day potential no experience nec-essary Training courses avail-able (800)965-6520 Ext214

CLASSIC COMICS AND ALBUMS large collection of comic books albums movie posters sports memorabilia DVDsCDs beer signs In Skyland Antique Mall 311 Skyland Blvd and Fifth Av-enue Antiques Birmingham Details on Facebook

UA Opera combines traditions of the genre with new directionBy Lauren CarltonContributing Writer

The University of Alabama Opera Theatrersquos fall scenes program ldquoSomething Old Something New The New and Old of Operardquo creates a marriage between Baroque and con-temporary opera to bring audiences one thrilling operatic experience

The show is comprised of differ-ent scenes arias and songs from Baroque and modern opera as well as musical theatre Under the direction of Paul Houghtaling student mem-bers of UAOT range from freshmen to doctoral students Each is involved in multiple scenes The graduate stu-dents and seniors are also given the additional responsibility of directing individual scenes

One of these students is Alana Sealy a first-year masterrsquos student in vocal performance

Sealy is one of two opera gradu-ate teaching assistants She directs the trio and chorus from Act II Scene I of Henry Purcellrsquos ldquoDido and Aeneasrdquo Directing has been a new challenge for Sealy but she met it head on and is proud of how far her cast has come in the short amount of rehearsal time

ldquoThey definitely have risen to the challengerdquo Sealy said ldquoThey have made it their ownrdquo

Making it their own is a trait of which UAOT is especially proud ldquoSomething Old Something Newrdquo will feature three new compositions two from the first Opera Composition Competition Composers from the University were encouraged to write short one-act operas to be performed by the Opera Theatre last fall The winner and runner-up of this com-petition will have their works per-formed Friday and Sunday

The winning piece Thomas Wilsonrsquos ldquoOnomastrdquo is a five-and-a-half minute long opera with libretto by creative writing student

Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Thursday October 11 2012CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 12

COLUMN | GAMING

By Nathan Proctor

Kickstarter an online international funding plat-form for a variety of cre-ative projects has recently seen a burst of growth from one particular inter-est group gamers Trading pre-orders or incentives for funding it allows sup-porters to act as collective publishers which develop-ers claim allow them abso-lute creative control rarely seen working through tra-ditional publishing houses Despite the unprecedented tens of millions poured into projects over the past year Kickstarter may not be the wave of the future as some herald it to be

First brought into the public eye last March by Tim Schafer and Double Fine Production it accu-mulated over $3 million ndash 834 percent of their set goal ndash in support of a vaguely defined return to the point-and-click adventure genre the crowd-sourcing ves-sel has shown its ability to produce serious amounts of money However that $3 million which can hypothetically produce a high-ceiling retro adven-ture game is nowhere near comparable to the budgets driving triple-A games This must temper our expectations

Still these levels of fund-ing are realistic for devel-opers wishing to break the triple-A mold who would benefit from an indepen-dent route of funding and

publication Backing this conceit are hundreds of successfully funded games to date

Kickstarterrsquos strengths are effectively promot-ing the successes facili-tated by the site and burying the majority of projects that fail to meet their goal and receive zero funding Notably the bulk of the most success-ful Kickstarter projects come from developers with meaningful experi-ence projects resurrecting games or series and games selling themselves off nos-talgia None of this is whol-ly unexpected or negative but it does suggest that the Kickstarter platform may vet games in a very simi-lar fashion to the publish-ers it allows developers to escape just with an altered set of standards

What donors myself included donrsquot often real-ize about the system is just how similar their position is to legitimate business investors A donor puts his money behind an idea with the promise of a return If his fundraising goal isnrsquot met money is returned and therersquos no investor loss beyond the failure of the project However once funded the quality of the product its direction ndash without investor oversight ndash and its existence whatso-ever is left in question with-out any real protection

Products thus far pro-duced by the service have been relative successes

and the service had a great deal of its popular reputa-tion hinging on perhaps the highest profile game to be released yet in Faster Than Light a spaceship man-agement simulator which to investorsrsquo and again my glee delivered on its promises However doubts have been shed on the ser-vicersquos most funded project to date OUYA a console meant to provide an open-source gaming platform for your television which brought in over $85 million with much critical specu-lation as to its feasibility and game support A large scale failure from a proj-ect such as this may cast doubt into the still-flowing stream of supports

This is not to say the Kickstarter avenue is with-out its place in the mar-ket Long dead genres and games odd enough or pos-sibly ambitious enough to frighten traditional inves-tors or publishers can test their mettle directly with the gaming public rather than via boardroom specu-lation Therersquos perhaps no better gauge of interest in a concept than people simply putting their money where their mouths are Whether an interesting blip in indus-try history or a long-term side-note attached to inter-esting games for long to come Kickstarter allows gamers to direct the pres-ent and future of game development in an ear-lier and more interesting fashion than ever before

Kickstarter allows developers new avenues to create succeed

Submitted PhotoThe University of Alabama Opera Theatrersquos fall scenes program is comprised of different scenes arias and songs from Baroque and modern operaJM Gamble Though a short piece ldquoOnomastrdquo is a satire that raises questions of societal pressures like fitting in and the fear of not being heard

Wilson is a junior majoring in music composition at the University His goal is to write music for video games so writing for an opera was a bit of a challenge at first He said he had to watch and research operas to prepare for the task of writing one

As opening night approaches Wilson is excited to see his composi-tion come to life

ldquoItrsquos opening up the second half of the showrdquo he said ldquoThatrsquos a pretty big deal [Houghtaling] went above and beyond in directing it I only wrote in a few stage directions I would like it to be open to interpretationrdquo

The decision to pair the incred-ibly modern with the incredibly old was a calculated decision on the part of Houghtaling

ldquoItrsquos very important to show where this art form that we love started and

itrsquos equally important to show where itrsquos goingrdquo Houghtaling said ldquoWersquore doing some very cool things from staged sacred Bach to musical the-atre We actually have more musical theatre in this program than wersquove ever had before in the fallrdquo

Nicole Pietrangelo a junior major-ing in vocal performance is in two of the musical theatre pieces

ldquoItrsquos definitely been funrdquo Pietrangelo said ldquoI feel so comfort-able doing it People will be in for a surpriserdquo

ldquoSomething Old Something Newrdquo will be performed Friday Oct 12 at 730 pm and Sunday Oct 14 at 3 pm in Moody Music Buildingrsquos ChoralOpera Room The space is trans-formed into an intimate theatre set-ting but seating is limited so early arrival is recommended Costumes are by Daniel Whitlow a first year MFA student in costume design Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for general admission They can be pur-chased at uamusictixcom

• CW_101112_a001
• CW_101112_a002
• CW_101112_a003
• CW_101112_a004
• CW_101112_a005
• CW_101112_a006
• CW_101112_a007
• CW_101112_a008
• CW_101112_a009
• CW_101112_a010
• CW_101112_a011
• CW_101112_a012

UA Opera combines traditions of the genre with new directionBy Lauren CarltonContributing Writer

The University of Alabama Opera Theatrersquos fall scenes program ldquoSomething Old Something New The New and Old of Operardquo creates a marriage between Baroque and con-temporary opera to bring audiences one thrilling operatic experience

The show is comprised of differ-ent scenes arias and songs from Baroque and modern opera as well as musical theatre Under the direction of Paul Houghtaling student mem-bers of UAOT range from freshmen to doctoral students Each is involved in multiple scenes The graduate stu-dents and seniors are also given the additional responsibility of directing individual scenes

One of these students is Alana Sealy a first-year masterrsquos student in vocal performance

Sealy is one of two opera gradu-ate teaching assistants She directs the trio and chorus from Act II Scene I of Henry Purcellrsquos ldquoDido and Aeneasrdquo Directing has been a new challenge for Sealy but she met it head on and is proud of how far her cast has come in the short amount of rehearsal time

ldquoThey definitely have risen to the challengerdquo Sealy said ldquoThey have made it their ownrdquo

Making it their own is a trait of which UAOT is especially proud ldquoSomething Old Something Newrdquo will feature three new compositions two from the first Opera Composition Competition Composers from the University were encouraged to write short one-act operas to be performed by the Opera Theatre last fall The winner and runner-up of this com-petition will have their works per-formed Friday and Sunday

The winning piece Thomas Wilsonrsquos ldquoOnomastrdquo is a five-and-a-half minute long opera with libretto by creative writing student

Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Thursday October 11 2012CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 12

COLUMN | GAMING

By Nathan Proctor

Kickstarter an online international funding plat-form for a variety of cre-ative projects has recently seen a burst of growth from one particular inter-est group gamers Trading pre-orders or incentives for funding it allows sup-porters to act as collective publishers which develop-ers claim allow them abso-lute creative control rarely seen working through tra-ditional publishing houses Despite the unprecedented tens of millions poured into projects over the past year Kickstarter may not be the wave of the future as some herald it to be

First brought into the public eye last March by Tim Schafer and Double Fine Production it accu-mulated over $3 million ndash 834 percent of their set goal ndash in support of a vaguely defined return to the point-and-click adventure genre the crowd-sourcing ves-sel has shown its ability to produce serious amounts of money However that $3 million which can hypothetically produce a high-ceiling retro adven-ture game is nowhere near comparable to the budgets driving triple-A games This must temper our expectations

Still these levels of fund-ing are realistic for devel-opers wishing to break the triple-A mold who would benefit from an indepen-dent route of funding and

publication Backing this conceit are hundreds of successfully funded games to date

Kickstarterrsquos strengths are effectively promot-ing the successes facili-tated by the site and burying the majority of projects that fail to meet their goal and receive zero funding Notably the bulk of the most success-ful Kickstarter projects come from developers with meaningful experi-ence projects resurrecting games or series and games selling themselves off nos-talgia None of this is whol-ly unexpected or negative but it does suggest that the Kickstarter platform may vet games in a very simi-lar fashion to the publish-ers it allows developers to escape just with an altered set of standards

What donors myself included donrsquot often real-ize about the system is just how similar their position is to legitimate business investors A donor puts his money behind an idea with the promise of a return If his fundraising goal isnrsquot met money is returned and therersquos no investor loss beyond the failure of the project However once funded the quality of the product its direction ndash without investor oversight ndash and its existence whatso-ever is left in question with-out any real protection

Products thus far pro-duced by the service have been relative successes

and the service had a great deal of its popular reputa-tion hinging on perhaps the highest profile game to be released yet in Faster Than Light a spaceship man-agement simulator which to investorsrsquo and again my glee delivered on its promises However doubts have been shed on the ser-vicersquos most funded project to date OUYA a console meant to provide an open-source gaming platform for your television which brought in over $85 million with much critical specu-lation as to its feasibility and game support A large scale failure from a proj-ect such as this may cast doubt into the still-flowing stream of supports

This is not to say the Kickstarter avenue is with-out its place in the mar-ket Long dead genres and games odd enough or pos-sibly ambitious enough to frighten traditional inves-tors or publishers can test their mettle directly with the gaming public rather than via boardroom specu-lation Therersquos perhaps no better gauge of interest in a concept than people simply putting their money where their mouths are Whether an interesting blip in indus-try history or a long-term side-note attached to inter-esting games for long to come Kickstarter allows gamers to direct the pres-ent and future of game development in an ear-lier and more interesting fashion than ever before

Kickstarter allows developers new avenues to create succeed

Submitted PhotoThe University of Alabama Opera Theatrersquos fall scenes program is comprised of different scenes arias and songs from Baroque and modern operaJM Gamble Though a short piece ldquoOnomastrdquo is a satire that raises questions of societal pressures like fitting in and the fear of not being heard

Wilson is a junior majoring in music composition at the University His goal is to write music for video games so writing for an opera was a bit of a challenge at first He said he had to watch and research operas to prepare for the task of writing one

As opening night approaches Wilson is excited to see his composi-tion come to life

ldquoItrsquos opening up the second half of the showrdquo he said ldquoThatrsquos a pretty big deal [Houghtaling] went above and beyond in directing it I only wrote in a few stage directions I would like it to be open to interpretationrdquo

The decision to pair the incred-ibly modern with the incredibly old was a calculated decision on the part of Houghtaling

ldquoItrsquos very important to show where this art form that we love started and

itrsquos equally important to show where itrsquos goingrdquo Houghtaling said ldquoWersquore doing some very cool things from staged sacred Bach to musical the-atre We actually have more musical theatre in this program than wersquove ever had before in the fallrdquo

Nicole Pietrangelo a junior major-ing in vocal performance is in two of the musical theatre pieces

ldquoItrsquos definitely been funrdquo Pietrangelo said ldquoI feel so comfort-able doing it People will be in for a surpriserdquo

ldquoSomething Old Something Newrdquo will be performed Friday Oct 12 at 730 pm and Sunday Oct 14 at 3 pm in Moody Music Buildingrsquos ChoralOpera Room The space is trans-formed into an intimate theatre set-ting but seating is limited so early arrival is recommended Costumes are by Daniel Whitlow a first year MFA student in costume design Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for general admission They can be pur-chased at uamusictixcom

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