Tuesday December 4 2012 Serving the University of Alabama since 1894 Vol 119 Issue 65

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Opinions 4

Culture 7

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Puzzles 9

Classifieds 9

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SPORTS PAGE 10

One of the stars of the Tidersquos defensive line says he didnrsquot go to NFL because he wants to earn his degree

NICO JOHNSON

CULTURE | TAILGATING

NEWS | SGA

CW Staff

Alabama head softball coach Patrick Murphy will be inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame the organization announced during its annual convention held in Orlando Fla

ldquoCoach Murphy is a deserving inductee into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Famerdquo Mal Moore University of Alabama director of athlet-ics said ldquoPatrick has built one of the best softball pro-grams in the country virtu-ally from the ground up His commitment to his players has extended far beyond sim-ply developing them as excel-lent softball players but has

helped them reach their goals academically and in other facets of their lives I couldnrsquot be more proud of the job that Patrick has done for Alabama over the years He is truly worthy of this honorrdquo

In 15 years as a head coach Murphy has compiled a 772-218 record (779 winning per-centage) and in 14 seasons at Alabama which culminated with its first national cham-pionship last season Murphy

has a 744-198 (789) recordMurphy has guided the

Crimson Tide to eight Womenrsquos College World Series berths including three straight semifinal appearanc-es prior to claiming the first national title in Southeastern Conference softball history in 2012 In addition to his acco-lades at the collegiate level Murphy has also impacted the sport at the youth level in the state of Alabama

ldquoMore important than the success Coach Murphy has earned as our head coach and the impact he has made for our University is the impact he has made on the sport of fastpitch softball in the state of Alabama in the South and nationallyrdquo said Marie Robbins UA associate athletics director and Senior Womenrsquos administrator

Patrick Murphy to be inducted into fastpitch coachrsquos Hall of Fame

CW | Shannon AuvilPatrick Murphy

Coach clenched title redifi ning program

SPORTS | SOFTBALL

By Abbey CrainStaff Reporter

Here at The University of Alabama tradition is used synonymously with our football team Many Alabama football fans keep traditions of their own by traveling with the team wherever they play The SEC Championship in Atlanta Ga this weekend was no exception

B i l l y and Tina K i t c h e n s season ticket holders since 1987 and natives of McDonough Ga have always cho-sen to tail-gate in their RV Billy Kitchens is the cousin of starting quarter-back for The Universityrsquos 1995-1997 team Freddie Kitchens Their lhasa alpso Nick (after Nick Saban) has come to every game with them for the past two years

ldquoI donrsquot think therersquos that big of a difference between home games and bowl games like todayrdquo Tina Kitchens said ldquoDuring a bowl game therersquos a little bit more hype but I think itrsquos always a good time any time you gordquo

The Kitchens prefer the RV treatment at their home turf in Tuscaloosa

where they usually park at Bryce by the softball fields but they were satisfied with their placement dur-ing the SEC Championshipin Atlanta Ga

ldquoTherersquos a lot of times especially the bowl games that they have RV parks close to the venue and theyrsquoll have a bus serviceso we donrsquot have to worryabout driving since we donrsquot tow our carrdquo Tina

K i t c h e n ssaid

Althoughthe major-ity of homegames arespent witha regularfriend groupof two orthree RVsthe Kitchens

enjoy the new friends theymake at bowl games

ldquoOne thing about going to the bowl games therersquos a lot of people wersquove met over the years that we donrsquot usually tailgate with during the home gamesrdquo Tina Kitchens said ldquoWe have our little group we usually tailgate with and get to park together but we love to get to see a lot of new friends at bowl games like todayrdquo

The farthest they have been to tailgate in their RV is California when Alabama played UCLA in 2000

Tailgaters take traditions to SEC title gameRVers brought Alabamarsquos pregame postgame celebration to Georgia

SEE RV PAGE 2

Former EVP taken from Ferg by University Police

ldquoDuring a bowl game therersquos a little bit more hype but I think itrsquos al-

ways a good time any time you go

mdash Tina Kitchens

Avondale Brewing201 41st Stt SouthBirmingham Ala

Blue Pants Brewery500 Lanie0 r Roadr Bldg 1 Suite AMadison Ala

Straight to Ale3200 Leeman Ferry RoadHuntsville Ala

Good People114 14th St SouthBirmingham Ala

Druid City Brewing Company14th StreetTuscaloosa Ala

Back Forty Beer Company200 N 6th StGasden Ala

d

Druid City Brewing Company doesnrsquot look like much on the outside in

the back of the CitiTrends build-ing in the Parkview Shopping Center on 14th Street but the buildingrsquos exterior is no reflec-tion of the creative process brew-ing on the inside

The company a part of the ever-growing craft brewing movement is now open and bringing a little more culture to Tuscaloosa

According to the Brewers Association website the craft brewing industry grew 13 per-cent by volume in 2011 and 15 percent by dollars Despite the trend though craft brewing has been largely inhibited in Alabama by state laws But in the last three years some of these restrictions on the beer industry were changed opening the door a little wider for craft beer lovers

SEE BREWING PAGE 2

By Alexandra Ellsworth | Staff Reporter

BREWED by BAMA

SEE MURPHY PAGE 2

By Rich Robinson Melissa BrownCW Staff

Officers dispatched from the Univesity of Alabama Police Department removed former SGA Executive Vice President Matt Harris from a meeting of the First Year Council Nov 29

ldquoMatt Harris is no longer

the Executive Vice President of the Student Government Associationrdquo SGA Press Secretary Meagan Bryant said in a statement ldquoHe was asked to leave Thursdayrsquos meeting which was only open to First Year Councilors and the Director of FYCrdquo

Cathy Andreen the direc-tor of Media Relations for The University of Alabama confirmed the police were asked to respond to the situation

ldquoUAPD was called to [the]

Ferguson Center regarding an individual who was attending a meeting that he was not autho-rized to attendrdquo Andreen said

No record of arrest existed at the UAPD station The Crimson White requested a copy of the incident report but the request was denied

Harris was previously removed from office Nov 13 due to ldquoperson-al circumstancesrdquo according to an email sent by SGA President Matt Calderone

In an emailed statement Andreen explained the differenc-es between public and nonpub-lic information with regards to UAPD activities

ldquoUAPD posts all IncidentOffense reports on the kiosk in the lobby of the police stationrdquo Andreen said ldquoThese reports document criminal acts or crimi-nal charges and are public infor-mation Individuals may request a printed copy of the information posted on the kiosk but it may

take a week or more to obtain these copiesrdquo

Andreen went on to explain incident reports are internal docu-ments that are part of the infor-mation gathering and information management process

ldquoThey generally involve infor-mation that is non-criminal in nature and they are not public informationrdquo she said

Staff Reporter Madison Roberts contributed to this report

CW FileMatt Harris

Harris escorted from FYC meeting Nov 29

CW | Austin Bigoney Graphic by Sarah Grace Moorehead Photo Illustration by Mackenzie Brown

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ldquoYou get in early and leave laterdquo Billy Kitchens said ldquoI was here at 430 am on Friday morn-ing Itrsquos so easy you get here set up and you donrsquot have to worry about going anywhererdquo

The majority of the Kitchensrsquo time before the game is spent cooking for any friends who stop by Tom Carter a Georgia fan and friend of the Kitchens said that the money they spend just to feed everyone is unreal He said he was excited he got to come down to be in Atlanta and have a place to tailgate

Alabama fans are not the only ones who travel with their team

to bowl games There were plen-ty of Georgia tailgating groups intermingling between the Alabama RVs

Wendell Hutchins an avid Georgia fan has been tailgat-ing with his RV since 1972 After seeing his sisterrsquos RV he knew he had to join in on the tailgat-ing festivities Hutchins said he loves getting to know the oppos-ing fans and makes an attempt

to get along with them at every game

ldquoThere are a lot of lsquoDawgrsquo motor homes that come to every gamerdquo Hutchins said ldquoThe best part about them is that they have bathrooms in them We drink a lot of cold beer so we need a bathroomrdquo

Doug Sharp a friend of Hutchins who was at his tail-gate has been tailgating with

Georgia for the past 20 yearsldquoItrsquos (RVs) more a part of the

culture at Georgiardquo Sharp said ldquoItrsquos all about family But as a general rule we welcome just about everyonerdquo

Near and far fans of all per-suasions came out to support their team in luxury for the SECChampionship complete with good friends good food and a bathroom

RV FROM PAGE 1

RVs traveled to Atlanta with Tide Bulldog fans

ldquoToday fast-pitch soft-ball flourishes through-

out Alabama in the public and private schools during the school year and with multiple travel teams and tournaments throughout the summerrdquo

An Iowa native Murphy was part of the inaugural

season of Alabama softball as an assistant coach and took over as head coach just two seasons into the programrsquos history Since his first year as the head coach for the Tide in 1999 Murphy has guided Alabama to 14 straight NCAA

tournament appearances Since taking the Tide to the postseason in his first year at the helm and the WCWS in his second Alabama has won four SEC regular season titles (2005 2010-12) includ-ing three in a row and four

SEC tournament champion-ships (2003 2005 2010 and 2012)

Murphy will join 58 other members next year when he is inducted into NFCA Hall of Fame at the 2013 NFCA Convention in Orlando Fla

MURPHY FROM PAGE 1

Murphy led team to 14 straight post seasons

Elliott Roberts and Bo Hicks the founders of Druid City Brewing Company said they believe Alabama is making progress but still has a long way to go

ldquoWe were sort of doing the research on thisrdquo Roberts said ldquoIf Alabama had as many breweries per capita as Colorado wersquod have like 140 plus When you think about how we have probably eight or 10 in the state and when you think about how Tuscaloosa doesnrsquot even have one ndash and Tuscaloosa loves beer clearly always has at least in my time here ndash itrsquos just sad We felt like someone was going to do it here and do it well and we thought it might as well be usrdquo

For Hicks the Tuscaloosa beer culture was not some-thing he was sure existed until he visited bars like The Alcove Eganrsquos and Wilhagans and put

on Suds of the South a local beer festival that takes place over spring break

ldquoThatrsquos where I get a lot of my recommendations for beers that I might not know is through talking to different people and being adventurous and trying different beersrdquo Hicks said ldquoYou exchange stories Through the festival and going to places that have a large draft selection you run into some of the like-minded people that really want to try new adventurous things in beer and not just the macro-American stuffrdquo

Druid City Brewing will be Tuscaloosarsquos first brewery since Barrettrsquos Brewpub closed in 1999 and it has received an overwhelmingly positive response so far

ldquoThe reception has been really greatrdquo Roberts said ldquoThe way most people vote is with their wallets and with their taste buds I was joking with Bo the other day that I was sitting in Wilhagans the other day and heard the most beautiful sound in the world ndash

lsquoIrsquoll have another Druid CityrsquordquoRoberts said it is easy to

get people to try the first one because people in Tuscaloosa want support local business

ldquoIf they are like lsquoOh great itrsquos local but itrsquos terriblersquo then it really doesnrsquot do us a lot of goodrdquo he said ldquoSo that was the really awesome part ndash to hear them say lsquoYeah Irsquoll have anotherrsquo It was also cool to hear them want to support Tuscaloosa so muchrdquo

Currently Druid City Brewing offers two beers a pale ale and a wheat beer

Roberts described their pale ale as a something between Sweetwater 420 and a Sierra Nevada Hicks said they also wanted to include a wheat beer to appeal to both ldquobeer nerdsrdquo and the ldquoeveryday personrdquo

ldquoIrsquove always told people that Tuscaloosa is sort of a beer palette incubatorrdquo Hicks said ldquoYou sort of go from drinking Natural Light or macro-American style beers to learning about craft beer So when we were formulating our recipes we were brewing

a wheat because we were try-ing to brew every style pos-sible and because it got such a great reception from our friends who werenrsquot super beer nerds we decided that we would make it It is one I think beer nerds would be happy with but also wonrsquot scare away the customerrdquo

Initially the beers will be available on tap at Wilhagans Eganrsquos The Alcove Downtown Pub and Corks and Tops In the future they hope to expand the business beyond just selling beer on draft to bottling or can-ning their creations They hope to be able to put out 100 to 200 bottle batches in the spring

ldquoWe are looking to do small runs of hand bottled 22 ounce bottles of some rare batch stuff that people can take for giftsrdquo he said ldquoBecause Tuscaloosa is Mecca for a lot of people and a lot of students from out of town might want some to take their parents or somebody else they know that is really into beer culture and say lsquoHey this is where I am and this is what we are doingrsquordquo

Hicks and Roberts said they hope Druid City Brewing can be a gateway for people want-ing to learn to appreciate craft beers

ldquoHopefully by being here we will create an even bigger beer culture and be able to get more people interested in that aspect of it as opposed to peo-ple drinking beer for an end gain to get drunkrdquo Hicks said ldquoWe want people to respect the artisan nature of making the beerrdquo

Rowdy Spradling a senior majoring in criminal justice and craft beer enthusiast said he is excited about the brewery opening for that reason

ldquoI think it is something locals and visitors can try that is unique to Tuscaloosa and I think it is going to be coolrdquo Spradling said ldquoAs a local beer connoisseur it is definitely something to be excited about here in townrdquo

Druid City Brewing Company will host several launch events at Eganrsquos Wilhagans and The Alcove this week to celebrate their opening

BREWING FROM PAGE 1

Druid City Brewing 1st in city since 1999

Breweries in AlabamaAmidst the large corpora-

tions of the American beer culture a grassroots home-brew culture known as craft

brewing began emerging in the 1970s and has continued to grow since According to the Brewers Associationrsquos

website Vermont Oregon Montana Colorado and Maine make up the top five states in breweries per capita Alabama

does not even make their list but that is what local beer enthusiasts in the state hope to change

Avondale Brewing

The Place Avondale Brewing is located in the historic neighborhood of Avondale in Birmingham Ala

The Story The building in Avondale was home to many different businesses over the years ndash a firehouse post office pharmacy bank and brothel Brothers Coby and Hunter Lake founded Avondale in 2011 along with brewmaster Craig Shaw All their beers are named after the folklore of Avondale

Blue Pants Brewery

The Place What began as a family affair in a small building in Madison Ala has grown into a full-fledged busi-ness on Lanier Road

The Story Named after the nicknames of Mike (Pants) and Allison (Blue) Spratley Blue Pants started small With the support of family and friends the brewery has since then grown to produce 15 barrels a month and has moved to a new 10000-square-foot-brewery All their beers are named after different types of pants like Corduroy Rye

Good People

The Place Good People Brewing Company can be found in a former beer distri-bution warehouse located near Railroad Park in Birmingham Ala

The Story Good People did not start out intending to be a business They began brewing in a garage as a hobby After getting requests from people even strangers for their beers the hobby became a business and they have been brewing ldquoales from the heart of Dixierdquo ever since

Straight to Ale

The Place In Huntsville Ala Straight to Ale brews local craft beer and keeps the taproom open seven days a week

The Story After winning a few home-brewing competi-tions Dan Perry and Rick Tarvin decided to make a living out of brewing beers in 2009 On the edge of the Huntsville Municipal Golf Course the brewery pays hom-age to its city by naming the beers according to Huntsvillersquos role in the NASA program

Back Forty Beer Company

The Place This brewery can be found in a former Sears Roebuck appliance repair center in Gadsden Ala

The Story Co-founders Jason Wilson and Zach Folmar teamed up with brewmaster Jamie Ray and together they began brew-ing and bottling beer Their name was inspired by the 40 acres of land furthest from the barn known to be the most chal-lenging to maintain Likewise Alabama has been know as the ldquoback 40rdquo of craft beer in America but Back Forty Beer Company hopes to change that

Editor | Melissa Brownnewsdeskcwuaedu

Tuesday December 4 2012NEWSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 3

By Alan AlexanderContributing Writer

Honors College students met with Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox and other city officials on Monday to propose five municipal planning programs concentrating on improving the functionality of the Strip

PlanFirst is a class out of the Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility centered on a city-student planning initia-tive The course is designed to familiarize the students with general procedure and his-tory of city planning Students then formulate their own ideas for city improvement and work on projects that can be implemented by the city

ldquoThe proposals that I have seen today are very impres-siverdquo Maddox said ldquoThey get down to both short term issues of Strip security and long-term issues concerning land userdquo

The Faccedilade Improvement Program focused on enhancing

the overall appearance of the bars restaurants and busi-nesses along the Strip The proposal suggested enclosing garbage and recycling con-tainers incorporating outdoor seating and landscaping on all corner lots and avoiding the use of blank walls would make the Strip much more attractive

Krysten Harper a senior majoring in political science contributed to the Faccedilade proj-ect and believes simple changes can produce huge differences

ldquoIrsquove lived here four years and the Strip doesnrsquot look like a very welcoming environmentrdquo Harper said ldquoJust removing the dark tint steel bars and mirrors from the windows of businesses would greatly improve the atmosphererdquo

The Urban Village Concept proposed changing the Strip to accommodate more pedes-trians per square mile and increase the purchasing power of the area This would require constructing more mixed-use

buildings and reducing the number of vacant lots

Liz Jasper a junior majoring in management headed up the Urban Village Concept propos-al and said applying this con-cept to the Strip would create a number of benefits

ldquoOther than the obvious mon-etary incentives that an urban village would bring to the Strip taking advantage of all of the dead zones and empty lots would help unify the UA cam-pus and the Striprdquo Jasper said

Other proposals focused on making the area more pedes-trian-friendly by increasing the safety of the streets and sidewalks especially when Tuscaloosa experiences a large influx of people on gamedays

To combat this the proposal suggests making the Strip a pedestrian-only zone on Friday and Saturday nights from 10 pm to 3 am By not allowing cars to travel on a section of the Strip businesses would have more room for outside seating

and pedestrians wouldnrsquot have to worry about traffic

It also calls for a section of the Strip from Frank Thomas Avenue to Gene Stallings Avenue to be rendered as a no-traffic zone A retractable bol-lard system would be installed and redirect traffic to 8th Street and reverse the one-way streets of Red Drew Avenue and Gene Stallings to circumvent the area

Emma Whitaker a senior and one of three civil engineer-ing majors who worked on the traffic proposal said reserv-ing that section of the Strip would be beneficial for both businesses and patrons

ldquoPeople would be less likely to drive to the Strip if this strategy was implementedrdquo Whitaker said ldquoBusinesses would have more room to accommodate more people and residents and visitors wouldnrsquot have to worry about trafficrdquo

Maddox said all of these pro-posals will be taken into con-sideration by the city council

Students Maddox discuss improvements to the Strip

By Madison RobertsStaff Reporter

Next semester The University of Alabama will enforce the official transition from eLearning to Blackboard for every course Some cours-es are already on Blackboard this semester and this change has caused mixed reactions from faculty and students at the University

Alexia Cadle a freshman majoring in telecommunica-tion and film said she likes Blackboard because itrsquos easy to understand

ldquoI like Blackboard because itrsquos an easy way to access your grades and find information

about all of your classes and what is duerdquo Cadle said ldquoI think itrsquos easy to understand and I have never had any prob-lems with it Everything is just easy on Blackboardrdquo

Isabelle Drewelow a French professor and Language Program Director for the Introductory Language Sequence agreed Blackboard is superior to eLearning but is still not a fan of the new system

ldquoYou cannot upload a PowerPoint with pictures I think it has a great infrastruc-ture in the sense that you have the blog the chats the differ-ent things you can use especial-ly when it comes to foreign lan-guages but we canrsquot really use

it because the size and capacity is not enoughrdquo Drewelow said

In Drewelowrsquos French 101 class the students were assigned a Digital Story in which they were required to create a movie or PowerPoint file to upload to Blackboard so other students and the instruc-tor could view it Drewelow said the movie files were too large for Blackboard to handle so she had to create a page on Emodo another file sharing website for this activity

ldquoIn my class we did digital stories and students could not upload a movie file PowerPoint or anything because it was beyond the capacity that Blackboard could holdrdquo

Drewelow said ldquoWe are mov-ing in the right direction but I think there is still a lot of fix-ing to do because it still seems a little too limited as far as file sizes and going back and forth between the different capabilities goesrdquo

Rebekah Ezzell a freshman majoring in marketing said she is pleased with Blackboard but doesnrsquot think itrsquos as effective as it could be

ldquoI like Blackboard but a lot of teachers donrsquot use itrdquo Ezzell said ldquoItrsquos very helpful to know what your grade is in your classes but only a few of my teachers actually take advan-tage of that featurerdquo

With Blackboard comes

new features and new ways to avoid the old-fashioned red ink grading method TurnItIn an element that allows students to submit their papers online and receive peer suggestions as well as instructor feedback and their grade has become popular with many students Ezzell likes TurnItIn because it provides instant feedback but recognizes that it may have a few hiccups because itrsquos tech-nology and ldquotechnology always has problemsrdquo

ldquoI like that I can see my grade and the comments he makes on my paper as soon as the teacher grades itrdquo Ezzell said ldquoI like that I donrsquot have to wait until classrdquo

Some teachers are required to put their courses on eLearn-ing depending on their depart-ment Drewelow said putting her course information on Blackboard is necessary but she probably wouldnrsquot use it ifshe had the choice

ldquoI am required to put my syllabus on Blackboardrdquo Drewelow said ldquoI figure stu-dents know there is informa-tion there so I have to use it Irsquom sure if it improves I would choose to put information there but right now it createsmore headaches and students stress out because their work isnrsquot there when it should be so I probably wouldnrsquot put mystuff there if I had the choicerdquo

Spring semester begins campuswide switch to Blackboard

ldquoTherersquos no doubt that whatrsquos been presented today will make its way forward to our joint task force with UArdquo Maddox said ldquoThis reinforces

some of the same believes that we have and comes with a lot of credibility because these are the students who live at the University every single dayrdquo

CW | Shannon AuvilMayor Walt Maddox asks questions about the PlanFirst proposals The PlanFirst class housed under the Honors College presented to city planners at City Hall Dec 3

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Editor | SoRelle Wyckoffletterscwuaedu

Tuesday December 4 2012OPINIONSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 4

MCT Campus

By Hannah WaidStaff Columnist

My fatherrsquos father had a saying ldquoThese are the most carefree days of your liferdquo He was referring to my fatherrsquos college days And my father has been repeating the same saying to me recently Usually in response to my venting about the stress of due dates and deadlines to which my responseis normally ldquoUh huh sure seems like itrdquo

But when I sit back and truly think about mylife right now compared to what I assume my lifewill look like in the future these truly are some carefree days Now I know the term ldquocarefreerdquo isnot the word most students would use for the lasttwo weeks of the semester But we should remind ourselves that at the end of these next two weeks life will go on

During these next two weeks the first things we may scratch from our busy schedules may be the things most valuable to our survival sleep and food We may live in Starbucks continuallypumping our bodies with caffeine in order to fin-ish a 12-page paper We may fall asleep with ourfaces in our textbooks out of utter exhaustion of studying for a cumulative final We may depend on late night library food as our idea of a three-course meal a bag of chips for an appetizer a protein bar as the meal and candy for dessert

Even though this isnrsquot the picture of an ideal carefree time of life there are many things eas-ily overlooked in the midst of the stress of school For most of us right now the only person we truly have to look out for is ourselves And we are not alone in our sleepless endeavors since college isone of the last places many of our friends will be together in the same place before moving on to graduate schools or future careers Or the fact that it is okay to make mistakes We are not per-fect and will not always be able to make a perfectscore on every paper or every test

One day we will look back on these momentsthat currently seem stressful and unfair and remember the friends who stayed with us at the library until 2 am We will remember the Tuesday night study breaks with our roommates to watch a new episode of a favorite TV show We will remember the friends who celebrated the special moments with us from football games to birthdays to the end of finals

So as you go into these last two weeks of thesemester think to yourself ldquoThese are the most carefree days of my liferdquo Whether you are a fresh-man senior or somewhere in between remember to take time to make the most of these moments inorder to make memories

Hannah Waid is a junior majoring in English Her column runs biweekly on Tuesdays

Make the most of last few carefree days in college

By Lucy CheseldineStaff Columnist

So itrsquos been four months how-ever many days and nights Irsquom not a numbers woman And Irsquove lost track of time Sleep in my life has moved through stages When I was little it was an obligation I didnrsquot want to leave the TV before the 9 orsquoclock water shed When I was growing up it was a necessity to fight off the fatigue produced by an extensive exercise routine And now itrsquos a luxury Itrsquos some-thing I just donrsquot have time for anymore

Whatever month day hour it is itrsquos nearly home time Back to the land of castles A place where the royal wedding was according to people here still big news It was just an excuse for me to have a few drinks To be honest Irsquod all but for-gotten it had even happened A

country with a bit of history and eccentricity A quaint place of green fields and Edwardian tea parties apparently A place still lit-tered with the remnants of Lewis Carrollrsquos hallucinations Look hard enough and Irsquom sure you can find a rabbit hole

At least this is the Great Britain people seem to imagine I will return to In truth Irsquoll be grac-ing the gritty Northern city of Glasgow still intact with its work-ing class attitude and rugged city landscape Itrsquos beautiful but it ainrsquot what Wordsworth was talk-ing about Itrsquos true that the grass is always greener Clicheacuted I know but itrsquos something I have always returned to when traveling

This past semester hasnrsquot just been a college experience Irsquove felt constantly on the move The state tally has made it to six Not too bad to say I nearly drowned in

novels and poems only just about surfacing for air on weekends and holidays But now I have tired feet and am ready for a few weeks of civilisation as I know it

That means moving out of the toy town that is The University of Alabama Moving back to shops and cafeacutes home-cooked food and night clubs The educational system here suits me Constant assessment seems the best way to get students to actually get their teeth into the reading Back home we had one exam at the end of each term and I canrsquot deny that independent study like that lead to a pretty laid-back attitude

But living on a campus is dif-ferent to the city environments I have always lived in And the grand old symbol of America the car is taking its toll on the old waistline I wonrsquot be sorry to have a few Christmas strolls All in all

I feel like Irsquove been through a car wash this semester I came away needing to scrub myself up a bit I paid my fee and closed by eyes At first the hard bristles scrubbed me down a little bit of a culture shock and home sickness Then soap was applied and I began to feel a few of the benefits Now Irsquove been sprayed with clean water settled down and reaped the experience my new environment has to offer Irsquove come out the other side gleam-ing a bit more than when I went in Learned a few things about it all Irsquom ready to head home for a bit

Irsquoll be back in the spring laden with tea bags and some warmer clothes Ready to face the South again Happy holidays yrsquoall

Lucy Cheseldine is an English international student studying English literature Her column runs on Tuesdays

Homeward bound lsquoMoving out of toy town that is the Universityrsquo

By Tarif HaqueStaff Columnist

Last weekend a family friend invited us to herhome I entered the house as I would any other invitation of this sort I took my shoes off and placed them near her door

She greeted me in Bengali my mother tongueand I found a quiet room to read in

In that room we talk in English We go on about how good the food is We wonder what will become of us whether wersquoll ever live up toour parentrsquos grand expectations if wersquoll becomethe doctor or engineer they hoped for and whether a decade from now wersquoll be throwing similar parties filled with Bengali families in the neighborhood

My identity has been fragmented There is a part of me that lives in college immersed in the pinnacle of a Western education and the other that exists within the traditions of my house-hold where sentences are spoken in a mixture of Bengali and English

I tell myself I come to these things for the tra-ditional Bengali dishes food Irsquove come to crave since Irsquove been in college but the truth is din-ner parties like these are a nostalgic reminder of my childhood when my parents would drag my brother and me to these gatherings regularly

It seems our family has traversed all of Alabama to attend these close-knit events For my par-ents assimilation did not come easily Itrsquos been decades since theyrsquove moved to the states but onthe weekends my mother will still cloak herself in a Sari and my father will wear a Punjabi

I am the second generation Irsquove been molded in America by foreign hands I live in a cultural tug-of-war I donrsquot know what will become of me but for now Irsquom comfortable not labeling it

Tarif Haque is a sophomore majoring in comput-er science His column runs on Tuesdays

Differences between my on campus at home self

By Henry DownesStaff Columnist

Legendary Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote ldquoIf there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought ndash not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought we haterdquo

It is the duty of the Supreme Court to uphold this right to free thought for all Americans not just those who are in the major-ity or the ldquosocial mainstreamrdquo However recent hate crime leg-islation ndash such as the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr Hate Crimes Prevention Act ndash have signified a direct threat to this freedom

Hate crimes are defined by the HCPA as ldquothe incidence of vio-lence motivated by the actual or perceived race color religion national origin gender sexual orientation gender identity or dis-ability of the victimrdquo Recent data indicates crimes of this nature have been on the rise with more than 6500 incidents reported in 2009 Whatrsquos more the Bureau of Justice Statistics estimated the true number of incidents could be as much as 31 times that figure

This data in addition to the frightening murders of Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr in 1998 catalyzed a social crusade which forced the collective hands of legislators to produce a tough and inclusive national hate crime

statute Almost immediately how-ever issues were raised by detrac-tors who claimed the HCPA stat-ute violated the US Constitutionrsquos First Amendment ldquofreedom of speechrdquo provisions

When considering the consti-tutional arguments against hate crime legislation in relation to the First Amendment it is critical to understand that penalty-enhance-ment provisions contained in the HCPA expressly and separately criminalize the offenderrsquos motive during the com-mission of a crime

While purpose knowledge neg-ligence and reck-lessness are cat-egorical mental states recognized by the Moral Penal Code in estab-lishing an offenderrsquos responsibility for wrongdoing motive is not list-ed because throughout American case law it has been largely ren-dered irrelevant in relation to sen-tence-enhancement guidelines

To illustrate this point imag-ine a man convicted of murder The jury should and will take into consideration whether the man premeditated the murder (pur-pose) or whether it was simply an accident (negligence or reckless-ness) in applying penalty stan-dards Motive may in fact be used to prove guilt or association but in regards to sentence-enhance-ment it usually should not matter

whether the offense was commit-ted out of greed racial agenda or any other intention

Logistically the only way to prove an offender intentionally selected their victim by gender race or any other factor is to allow for the criminalization of motive Yet the criminalization of motive directly infringes upon the First Amendment in these cases

because no matter how these statutes are phrased they are necessarily con-tent-based

To understand the implications of content-based hate crime statutes on free speech imag-ine that yoursquore a jury member look-ing for evidence of bigoted motive

What could be legally admissible for your analysis Could you take into account the organizations to which a defendant belongs or the lectures theyrsquove attended What about the contents of their book-shelves or their Internet search history Indeed it is hard to imag-ine jurors becoming convinced of a defendantrsquos prejudiced motive ldquobeyond a reasonable doubtrdquo with-out taking into consideration such protected free speech elements which are not specifically related to the hate crime offense

Further given the finding and subsequent application of motive is so complex and occupies a ldquogray areardquo in the law it seems inap-

propriate to expect a group of ordinary and imperfect humans to realistically or accurately make these determinations of a defendantrsquos true motive

In theory the concept that social prejudices inherently necessitate legislative action fundamentally depends on the premise that prejudice is more morally repre-hensible than all other criminal motives Is this accurate Though it might be true to say that racial bias is appalling and inappro-priate it cannot be definitively said that this bias is any more reprehensible that greed spite or pure sadism

Therefore it may be argued that while hate crime laws are well-intentioned and seek to create a more tolerant society on paper in practice they ultimately fail to overcome significant constitu-tional hurdles and set dangerous precedents for the future of civil liberties in this nation

We must air on the side of cau-tion here it is imperative that gov-ernment choose the course that ensures maximum ndash not minimum ndash protection of speech thought and belief

By infringing on freedom of speech hate crime penalty enhancements consequently encroach on the most personal and essential right guaranteed by the Constitution ndash the freedom of thought

Henry Downes is a sophomore majoring in economics His col-umn runs on Tuesdays

Legislation on hate crimes a disservice to 1st Amendment

ldquoWe must air on the side of caution here it is imperative

that government choose the course that ensures

maximum ndash not minimum ndash protection of speech thought

and belief

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday December 4 2012 | Page 5

By Chandler WrightStaff Reporter

Studying abroad can be cost-ly and to alleviate that The University of Alabama offers many scholarship opportuni-ties to students who are inter-ested in saying ldquoRoll Tiderdquo in a far-off locale

ldquoAll students can complete the scholarship application for currently enrolled studentsrdquo said Mary Spiegel executive director of undergraduate admissions ldquoThis applica-tion is found on the studentrsquos myBama account under the academics tabrdquo

Spiegel said this applica-tion screens for scholarships for studying abroad and typi-cally these scholarships are

awarded based on a studentrsquos major and department The deadline for the application was Dec 1

ldquoOnce you are a currently enrolled student you are awarded by the department of the major that you are enrolled inrdquo Spiegel said

Students can also apply to UA Away a scholarship initia-tive created in 2010 in the divi-sion of student affairs that rais-es money to support students in financial need Although it is a three-prong program Sara Hartley assistant to the vice president for external affairs said one part of this is helping students study outside of the Capstone called Study Away

ldquoStudents travel to another country city or university

to study in their academic fieldsrdquo Hartley said ldquoThe Study Abroad Program and the National Student Exchange Program offer these opportuni-ties Scholarships began being awarded last yearrdquo

Hartley said there are fall and spring application dead-lines for UA Away scholarship money and students are judged based on essay questions

ldquoThe UA Away scholarship has two application cyclesrdquo Hartley said ldquoOne deadline is in the fall for students travel-ing away in the spring The sec-ond deadline is in the spring for students traveling in the summer and fall Students are judged primarily on the two essay components of the application We ask them

to identify the correlation between the experience and their educational and pro-fessional goals In addition they are asked to describe their financial need for the scholarshiprdquo

Jessie Ashton a junior major-ing in kinesiology received a UA Away scholarship to go to Ecuador in May 2013

ldquoI went abroad May 2012 and will be going again in May 2013 I didnrsquot receive a scholar-ship for the first trip but just received the Sandee Kirby Witt UA Away Scholarship at the Greek Excellence Awardsrdquo Ashton said ldquoI went through the Panhellenic Scholarships and filled out a few short essays recommendations and basic informationrdquo

Ashton said she thought the application was simple and straightforward making it easy for students to apply and receive a UA Away scholarship

ldquoIt was simple and complete-ly worth it I would do it again in a second and really donrsquot know how it could be any easierrdquo Ashton said ldquoI know Capstone International is always avail-able to help students find ways to fund their trips abroadrdquo

Additionally Spiegel said students with pre-exist-ing scholarship money to help pay for their study abroad programs

ldquoStudents who have schol-arships may use the scholar-ship dollars for study abroad with the approval of their collegeschool scholarship

representativerdquo Spiegel said ldquoThe first step for a stu-dent would be to meet with the Study Abroad office and determine when and what pro-gram they wish to attend and then meet with their collegeschool scholarship representa-tive Once a student has been approved by the Study Abroad office a student can complete the study abroad form that is found under the academics page of their myBama account Students with UA housing scholarships are not able to usetheir housing scholarships for study abroadrdquo

Hartley encourages studentsto look into the range of schol-arship opportunities offered at the Capstone to help students afford studying abroad

Programs work to alleviate study abroad costs

By Jordan CissellStaff Reporter

For Jewish University of Alabama students next week burning the midnight oil holds far more significance than stay-ing up late to study

The Jewish holiday Hanukkah takes place this year from Dec 8 to Dec 16 placing the Universityrsquos exam week squarely in the middle of the holiday period

ldquoI have my menorah and Irsquom going to light the candles each night and sing the songs and say the prayers that go along

with it just like every other yearrdquo said Ben Flax a sopho-more majoring in religious studies and programming vice president for the Hillel Jewish student union ldquoReally the only difference is I wonrsquot be light-ing the candles and singing the songs with my familyrdquo

Sammi Silverman a junior majoring in marketing and Hillelrsquos vice president of public relations said her family will be the most significant absence in her on-campus observation

ldquoI miss being around my family during the holiday and unfortunately we canrsquot really

push anything back because most of the holiday revolves around lighting the menorah at sunset each night of Hanukkah but I get to open my presents when I get homerdquo she said ldquoNot being able to be around my family is the hardest part about being in school for Hanukkah Just imagine yourself in school or taking a final on Christmas ndash that pretty much sums up the feeling for me I imaginerdquo

Silverman said Hillel will be hosting a kickoff party open to both Jewish and non-Jewish students on Saturday Dec 8

Amy Ackerman a sopho-

more majoring in nonprofit management through the New College said she would not be opposed to the University cut-ting the semester schedule off by a week to accommodate Hanukkah observation but does not feel the trimming is necessary

ldquoObviously being out of school to celebrate Christmas is very convenient for everyone else because they can be home with their families and relaxrdquo she said ldquoI would love to celebrate Hanukkah for the full eight days at home but the truth is my fam-ily is going to celebrate when we are all together and it will be just the same for usrdquo

Flax said it would be nearly impossible for the University to schedule around Hanukkah because the Hebrew calendar is based upon the lunar cycle as opposed to the solar-centric Gregorian calendar which means Hanukkahrsquos eight-day period can begin anytime with-in November and December depending on the year

ldquoIrsquove had a Hanukkah before Thanksgiving where I got to spend three days of it with my familyrdquo he said ldquoIrsquove had a two-year Hanukkah because it began at Christmas and stretched into Januaryrdquo

Like Ackerman Flax doesnrsquot view having Hanukkah off from school as too significant of a necessity He said Hanukkah despite the attention it receives is a relatively minor holiday in the Jewish calendar as it is rabbi-created and not outlined in the Torah

Flax said he skips school and travels home to be with family on the more important Torah-mandated holidays like Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur (or Day of Atonement)

ldquoOn the very first day of each class I always approach my professors and give them a piece of paper describing the days I will have to miss and what theyrsquore all aboutrdquo Flax said ldquoUsually theyrsquore pretty good about helping me work

around it Plus Irsquom a religiousstudies major so the professors are usually understandingrdquo

ldquoHanukkah commemorates the victory of the Jews over the Syrio-Greeks in 162 BCE and the rededication of the ancientTemple in Jerusalemrdquo Steven Jacobs Aaron Aronov Chair of Judaic Studies said

Flax said observers light one menorah candle each day for eight days in memory of the one-day supply of oil that miraculously kept the temple lantern burning for eight days

ldquoMost people donrsquot know this but there are actually twotypes of menorahrdquo Flax said ldquoThe ones that stay in the syna-gogue all the time have seven candles and the special ones for Hanukkah have nine can-dles eight for each day of the holiday and one for lighting the other candles And other thanthe fact that the one candle has to be on a different level than the eight others really any-thing goes Mine looks like a 1930s roadsterrdquo

Jewish UA students weigh in on Hanukkah at Capstone

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTSPage 6 | Tuesday December 4 2012

By Chandler WrightStaff Reporter

Student Government Association President Matt Calderone gave his state of the University address Monday night highlighting the projects and initiatives SGA has done thus far this year

ldquoWe have made progressrdquo Calderone said ldquoWersquove come a long way SGA in the past has been through its up and its down There have been times when wersquove been trusted and some times when students have questioned this SGArdquo

Calderone said through sign-in sheets and ACT Card swipes at various events in addition to Twitter and Facebook interaction with stu-dents SGA has reached 16544 students directly

ldquo[The students] have come to our events wersquove talked to them in our officerdquo Calderone said ldquoThese are students who have heard about our need- based scholarships These are students who come into our office on Veterans Day con-cerned about getting around Tuscaloosa when public transit is not in operation Students

are now confident in their SGA and know they can go to their SGA and get help and assistance Wersquove had over 100 ideas to actions funneling through our office We have made progressrdquo

Calderone also mentioned SGArsquos commitment to service through the Sunday service ini-tiative in the office of the vice president of external affairs which he helped create last year before being elected SGA president in addition to mak-ing safety a priority for SGA

ldquoIn the office of external affairs wersquove continued our initiative of service through the Sunday service programrdquo Calderone said ldquoWersquove also made safety a top priority on campus and beyond Wersquove been concerned mostly with safety on the Strip focusing on the connectivity from down-town and the Striprdquo

Calderone said the SGA has started working closely with student groups across campus to address their needs and the perceptions they have about SGA and its programs

ldquoWe wanted to make SGA relevant to every student on campusrdquo Calderone said ldquoI can

confidently stand before you and say that we have accom-plished that goal Wersquove been communicating and collaborat-ing with students Through our UA delegates program wersquove met with 12 different organiza-tions Wersquove talked about their needs financially and other-wise ndash groups that might need a little help With our campus connect initiative in the office of the executive vice presi-dent members of SGA go to different organizations to talk about SGA and what wersquore doing for themrdquo

SGA press secretary Meagan Bryant said she has been com-ing to state of the University addresses since she was a freshman in 2009 Bryant said this provides an opportu-nity to remind campus about all of the projects on which SGA is working

ldquoWith the end of the semes-ter a lot of people think lsquoOh the semester is over and SGA has stopped doing projectsrsquordquo Bryant said ldquoThe state of the University address is a good way to show thatrsquos not true Itrsquos definitely different this year Wersquore continuing to work on various projects and reach out

to students on campus Wersquore all working together really well as a team and reaching outrdquo

SGA Chief of Staff Brennan Johnson echoed Bryantrsquos statement emphasizing how

important the state of the University address is in show-ing students what the SGA is doing for them

ldquoItrsquos important for cam-pus and students to have a

chance to see everything SGA is doing as far as projects andinitiatives so they can see how SGA can help them and what they can get involved inrdquo Johnson said

Calderone delivers state of University address

By Camille CorbettContributing Writer

A handful of UA student groups held a benefit ball for children who go without toys during the holiday season

The Universityrsquos chapter of the NAACP the Beta Eta chapter of Omega Psi Phi and the Kappa Alpha chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha hosted the 12th annual Toy Ball on Dec 2

In addition to collecting toys the $10 entrance fee went toward the purchase of more toys for the Tuscaloosa

One FoundationldquoPart of the money will go

towards the expenses for the event but otherwise wersquoll buy more toys with it No organi-

zations will profit from this eventrdquo said David Daniels President of Omega Psi Phi the founding fraternity of the event

During the ball there was a program hosted by Malcolm Harper the service event chair of Omega Psi Phi and Reale Snorton secretary of the NAACP which highlight-ed the accomplishments of both the Boys and Girls Club and organizations within the university

ldquoThe event had perfor-mances by dancers the Afro

American Gospel Choir and a spoken word artist as well as toys and awards presented to area children for outstand-ing performances during the yearrdquo said Brett Saunders president of the NAACP

In the effort to reach more children this year the Kappa Alpha Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha was added to the group of organizations coordinating the event

ldquoThis year we reformatted the structure of the event by including live entertainment and a tribute to children from

the Boys amp Girls Clubrdquo Jahmir Jones Scholarship Chair for Alpha Phi Alpha said ldquoEach organization sponsored a child from the Boys amp Girls Club based on merit support-ed by Boys amp Girls Director Stephen Millerrdquo

Three awards were given during the program to children within the Boys amp Girls Club who were deemed exemplary

ldquoThese three youth rep-resent all that is right with the youth of todayrdquo Stephen Miller senior director of the

Boys amp Girls Club said ldquoThey are the reason I try to make a difference one child at a timerdquo

The main objective of this event was to bring awareness to needs that the community in and around Tuscaloosa has that organizations within the University may be ableto remedy

ldquoFirst of all we recognize thekids are coming in and raisingawareness about donating and things like that for the student bodyrdquo Daniels said ldquoTry to continue the cycle of social service in the communityrdquo

Campus NAACP holds Toy Ball for underprivileged

ldquoThese three youth represent all that is right with the youth of

today They are the reason I try to make a difference one child at

a time

mdash Stephen Miller

CW | Shannon AuvilSGA President Matt Calderone addresses students at the State of the University address Dec 3

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OPINION

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SPORTS

Page 7

By Kristen FeytContributing Writer

Theatre Tuscaloosa left audi-ence members moved by their opening night performance of ldquoGodspellrdquo as directed by Abe Reybod at the Bean-Brown Theatre on Friday Nov 30

ldquoI felt such a mixture of emotions from the perfor-mancerdquo said Kathleen Starke a freshman at The University of Alabama who attended the show opening night ldquoAt one point I was uplifted by the won-derful musical numbers and the comedy of the play and then I was crying my eyes out from the intimacy of the drama at the end of the showrdquo

ldquoGodspellrdquo written by Stephen Schwartz and John Michael Tebelak tells the story of Jesusrsquo life accord-ing to the book of Matthew in

the Bible The musical begins with the baptism of Jesus and then transitions through para-bles that are told in the Bible accompanied by musical num-bers such as ldquoDay by Dayrdquo and ldquoGod Save the Peoplerdquo

ldquoGodspellrdquo begins with the actors in a classroom-like set-ting in matching uniforms which then changes into a downtown setting with graffiti-covered walls The cast then comes out in brightly colored costumes and begins to sing the number ldquoPrepare Yerdquo an upbeat tune that narrates the baptism of cast members by Gerard Jones who plays John the Baptist

Jesus played by Will Erwin then enters the show and begins telling his followers the parables from the Bible which are enacted by different cast members Following each

parable is a musical number that also teaches a story from the gospel of Matthew The actors used an element of audi-ence participation to make the performance more interactive

ldquoThe entire show was so interactive with the audiencerdquo Devin Valenza a freshman majoring in chemical engi-neering said ldquoThe whole time I was so focused on the show I completely forgot that I was watching a musical I felt like I was a part of the productionrdquo

In the second act ldquoGodspellrdquo takes on a more somber tone in contrast to the first actrsquos cheer-ful and eccentric mood The actors set the scene of the last supper and shows Jesusrsquo good bye to his followers as well as Judasrsquo betrayal

ldquoI could barely watch the final number of Jesusrsquo cruci-fixionrdquo Starke said ldquoIt felt like

I was actually there watching it happen The agony that the actors portrayed is what really made the scene come to liferdquo

The play ends with the actors carrying Jesus off stage and then coming back on to sing the closing song of the production

Dorothy Pieroni who attend-ed the opening night of the musical was very pleased with the production

ldquoGreat performance great singers great costumes I thor-oughly enjoyed itrdquo Pieroni said ldquoThe emotion that they project just everything they did we have a lot of talent in Tuscaloosardquo

ldquoGodspellrdquo runs through Dec 9 at the Bean-Brown Theatre at Shelton State Community College Tickets can be purchased online at wwwtheatretusccom

Theatre Tuscaloosarsquos lsquoGodspellrsquo makes Christrsquos story interactive

By Becky RobinsonStaff Reporter

Most musicians would do anything for the spotlight but not Lena Dice This UA studentrsquos passion for music is a quieter one that began blos-soming in recent months

Dice a junior majoring in psychology was born and raised in Tuscaloosa Finding a love of music at an early age Dice partnered with life-long friend Wright Gatewood to form their group ldquogolight-lyrdquo in May 2012

ldquoWersquove been writing songs together for about four monthsrdquo Dice said ldquoWhen it comes to writing and play-ing my own stuff Irsquom very self-conscious so having [Wright] to bounce ideas off of made it a lot easierrdquo

Dice said when shersquos on stage alone she often feels like she does not know what to do especially since shar-ing music is very personal to her

Both Dice and Gatewood play piano but one day Gatewood picked up a guitar and started to teach himself to play After he showed Dice some of the songs he had been writing the two decided to collaborate and become a duo

ldquoWe just sit down and write what wersquore thinking aboutrdquo Gatewood a junior majoring in music management said ldquoWe donrsquot have a set formula We write together and we write separatelyrdquo

In fact much of golightly is an experiment Dice said she and Gatewood have been playing different instru-ments such as the xylo-phone spoons and kazoo to incorporate into their music

Although Dice has not played her music live many

times she performed with Tom Evanchuck at the Bama Theatre last year She said the experience was amaz-ing and a huge leap from the open mic nights where she started

Dice said she and Gatewood are not necessarily influ-enced by any one genre but relate to the ldquosinger-song-writerrdquo genre most Female artists like Ingrid Michaelson and bands such as Mumford amp Sons or the Civil Wars also play an important role in the pairrsquos writing

Gatewood said he often finds inspiration for songs whenever he takes a walk or goes on a road trip

ldquoWhenever I find myself in a new situation Irsquom always inspired by that new momentrdquo Gatewood said

The duo also finds inspi-ration from the city of Tuscaloosa

ldquoI think it helps being in Tuscaloosa because itrsquos not necessarily a big music town ndash itrsquos known for football ndash but people are very interested in musicrdquo Dice said ldquoAnytime Irsquove seen bands play that I havenrsquot heard about itrsquos always interesting to go see who they are and what kind of music they play If yoursquore in Nashville thatrsquos what everybodyrsquos doing itrsquos not really a surpriserdquo

With an untitled EP set for release in January 2013 Dice and Gatewood are working to build a name for themselves

ldquoWe want to get as much experience playing in front of people as we canrdquo Dice said ldquoWersquore just having fun really Wersquore not starting this to make it big we just enjoy playing togetherrdquo

Golightly can be found on Facebook and on Twitter at wearegolightly

Student duo to release 2013 EP

By Margaret WilbourneContributing Writer

For many college represents not just the struggle to manage extracurricular commitments and academics or to decide a major and minor but also the transition to complete inde-pendence Competition with an ever-increasing global econo-my and a booming technologi-cal age is creating something of a black hole for graduates striv-ing for self-sufficiency

Because of these new strug-gles in the job market 24 per-cent of currently unemployed or underemployed graduates between ages 18-34 have moved in with their parents according

to the Pew Research CenterTraditionally being a ldquoboo-

merang childrdquo has held a nega-tive connotation said Hunter Stewart a freshman majoring in civil engineering

ldquoPersonally yes I see it as something negativerdquo he said ldquoIf I canrsquot support myself on my own Irsquod feel extremely judged and like people would think I canrsquot handle the real worldrdquo

An analysis of the 2011 Current Population Survey reveals 53 percent of gradu-ates with bachelor degrees under the age of 25 were unem-ployed About 26 percent of graduates were overqualified for the median jobs they held such as waitressing For some

however the classic stigma attached to moving back with Mom and Dad has begun to lessen and the meaning of ldquosup-portingrdquo oneself has evolved

ldquoI feel like moving back home after graduation is a good thing because it allows people to save up money and get their bear-ings while workingrdquo Cameron Harvey a freshman majoring in marketing and management said For Harvey heading home after graduation doesnrsquot seem so bad

ldquoMoving back is definitely an option especially if I got a well-paying job in Atlantardquo Harvey said Despite the convenience and chance to get onersquos feet on the ground living with onersquos

parents offers some still can-not justify the move

ldquoMoving back isnrsquot an option for me ndash Irsquom very independentrdquo Emelie Sara Tonitis a senior majoring in secondary educa-tion and language arts said To avoid circumstances that might force her to move home Tonitis made sure to plan ahead

ldquoIf I had chosen an English major then I probably would have had to move back with my dadrdquo she said ldquoBut I chose a major that would help me get a job after I graduatedrdquo

While she is determined to avoid adopting her old address Tonitis does see returning home as an option for others

ldquoIf you have a job and are doing something I donrsquot think itrsquos a bad thingrdquo she said

Students debate moving home after school

COLUMN | HEALTH

By Tricia Vaughan

Dead Week is upon us fel-low scholars and adding a few provisions to your daily diet will naturally improve mental per-formance and productivity

Eggs These power packed foods contain choline a type of B vitamin that is shown to increase memory retention and energizes the body B vitamins can also improve your mood Preparing eggs for breakfast is a quick and good way to kick start a day of tedious studying

Fish nuts and beans Salmon mackeral tuna sardines wal-nuts flaxseeds kidney beans and soy beans are just a few examples All contain main com-ponents of omega-3 fatty acids EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic

acid) two fundamental building blocks of the outer membrane of cells that nerve signals pass through In order to retain infor-mation the cells must create new membranes Omega-3 is essential for the body because the body cannot produce them itself Therefore students must incorporate them in their diet to maintain optimum brain function

A steady balance of omega-6 with omega-3 is also crucial to a healthy diet Omega-6 found in vegetable oils such as soy oil increase inflammation blood clotting and cell creation in the body while omega-3 counteracts these effects Balance within the body is crucial Nuts also con-tain vitamin E which is an anti-oxidant that when consumed in moderation aids in preventing

degenerative diseases Includefish in a meal at least twice aweek (or six ounces) as wellas a handful of nuts and a cupof beans a day in your diet toreceive the benefits of omega 3

Green and cruciferous vege-tables Vegetables such as broc-coli cauliflower kale brusselssprouts and cabbage (althoughnot the most tasty) are highin antioxidants like vitaminC that protect the brain fromfree radicals The free radicalsproduced when cells generateenergy are the waste productsemitted from energy productionand are harmful to the brainAntioxidants can disable freeradicals and protect the brainwhich utilizes 17 percent ofthe bodyrsquos energy Try to addsome to a salad or as a side toany meal

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By Marc TorrenceAssistant Sports Editor

The formula is simple but at times this season has seemed too complicated for Alabama It doomed the Crimson Tide during the teamrsquos only regu-lar season loss against Texas AampM After rallying from a 20-point deficit the Tide had four chances to score from the 6-yard line and elected to throw three times The last pass was intercepted

Saturday though facing an 11-point deficit with every-thing on the line the formula clicked and Alabama went back to what it does best to set up a dramatic finish and a 32-28 win

ldquoWe kind of had that I-would-not-be-denied attitude out there todayrdquo head coach Nick Saban said ldquoIrsquom not say-ing we played our best football game of the year in terms of execution but the way we were able to run the ball especially in the second half was proba-bly the difference in the gamerdquo

To say Alabama ran the ball well in the second half would be an understatement The Crimson Tide amassed 350 rushing yards total with

223 coming in the second half Starter Eddie Lacy was named game MVP running a career-high 181 yards and two touch-downs Freshman TJ Yeldon was right behind him with 153 and a touchdown

From the time Georgia returned a blocked field goal for a touchdown until Amari Cooperrsquos game-winning touch-down grab Alabama called 20 runs and just five passes

The stretch included 12 runs and just one pass ndash an incompletion that drew a pass interference penalty on the first scoring drive following the 11-point deficit ndash that saw Alabama score 15 points to take a four-point lead The sec-ond of the two scoring drives featured seven runs exclu-sively with Lacy and Yeldon sharing duties

ldquoWe had that long drive it about broke me it felt likerdquo guard Anthony Steen said ldquoI couldnrsquot breathe at one point I looked at DJ and he looked at me and we knew we werenrsquot going to give up We were going to do whatever it took to pull off the winrdquo

Itrsquos especially demoralizing for a defense to know exactly whatrsquos coming and not be able

to stop it Alabama swapped out Lacy and Yeldon for much of the night bringing in a fresh body every time the Bulldog defense seemed to have the other figured out

ldquoWhen you run the ball every single down in a drive they might have thrown it oncerdquo Georgia coach Mark Richt said ldquoThey had two drives they might have thrown it once scored a touchdown so that was impressive by their people up front We were just not able to stop itrdquo

It all led to the perfect setup a play-action pass over the top to Cooper that put Alabama up for good The constant grind of the Tidersquos rushing attack caused the Bulldog secondary to creep closer and closer to the line of scrimmage Cooper was left with one-on-one cover-age on the outside and beat his man for the score

ldquoYou knew it was coming eventuallyrdquo center Barrett Jones said

Offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier opened the game with the same look Alabama gave Auburn ndash three and four wide receiver sets at up-tempo no-huddle speed

Only this wasnrsquot Auburn

On Alabamarsquos second drive of the game Nussmeier dialed up two runs that went for 9 and 8 yards respectively His next three calls were passes ndash two incomplete passes and a sack ndash and Alabama was forced to punt

Much of the first half and start of the third quarter went that way for Alabama Fans began to clamor for the return of the run game ndash they had seen this movie before earlier in the year and knew what not trusting them could cost

But it would not be so It was as if Saban could was reading tweets from the field Alabama went almost exclusively to the run and no matter what Georgia did when they knew exactly what was coming it could not stop the punishing ground game of Alabama

ldquoIt makes you proud to be able to block for two great running backs They had that mindset that I will not be deniedrdquo right tackle DJ Fluker said ldquoYou donrsquot put your head down just lsquocause yoursquore down a couple points At the end of the day the score-board donrsquot matter Itrsquos about how much heart you got What are you willing to do for itrdquo

Tide ditches pass game rushes to SEC title

By Jasmine CannonStaff Reporter

This time last year the Alabama womenrsquos basket-ball team had team mem-bers who were not able to play due to NCAA transfer rules The Tide has turned per se and Alabama fans are getting to see a new side of Alabama basketball

Daisha Simmons Briana Hutchen and Brittany Jack have all finally suited up and hit the floor for the Tide while making a big impact on the court and in the locker room

Perhaps the biggest news of last summer was when Simmons and Hutchen announced their departure from Rutgers University and arrival at Alabama Head coach

Wendell Hudson said both were recruited by the Capstone while they were in high school and everything worked out when the two were looking to trans-fer

ldquoThis was one of my top five schools coming out of high schoolrdquo Hutchen said ldquoThe only bad thing I could say about it was that itrsquos so hot When I decided to leave Rutgers I went back to my top five schools I went on my visit here and I felt so dumb because I fell in love with the schoolrdquo

ldquoJust to come here and have a higher role and kind of a leader role itrsquos just been great to have that opportunity especially as a point guardrdquo Simmons said

Simmons has wowed fans with her play as a 5-foot-10-inch point guard The Jersey City

NJ native is leading the Tide in minutes played and proves to be efficient on the court She ranks first on the team in blocks and assists while placing second in rebounds Simmons is also the teamrsquos third leading scorer averaging 127 points a game

ldquoDaisy is a very very good personrdquo Hutchen said ldquoI always tell her that shersquos the best point guard in the nation I tell her that everyday because she really is I know that shersquos going to lead this team to great great places She really is a floor general and we follow behind herrdquo

ldquoWhat sets her apart is that she knows the game of basketballrdquo Hudson said ldquoSome players think about the next play but shersquos always

thinking two or three plays ahead about what to do if this or that happensrdquo

Hutchen is a Baltimore Md native and has also found herself in a leadership role for the Tide As one of the teamrsquos captains ndash along with Simmons and Kaneisha Horn ndash she has started all five games shersquos played in and is averaging near-ly five rebounds a game

Jack a sophomore forward from Suwanee Ga came to Alabama from Samford University Shersquos shown high energy and lots of communica-tion while on the court

ldquoShe gave up a full scholarship at Samford and came here having to work and not really knowing if she was going to get any [play time]rdquo Hudson said

Jack has started one game for Alabama and provides the team flexibility with her ability to play inside and out

Alabamarsquos roster is com-prised of other players who have made their way to the Capstone by way of transfer Jessica Merritt Alicia Mitcham and Meghan Perkins all transferred from junior college before making a

splash at the UniversityAll of these players have

played ample minutes and proved to be fit for SEC compe-tition with their play last sea-son With a plethora of players with multiple skill sets Hudsonsaid he thinks his team has more chemistry than hersquos had before Players agree and theyare ready to compete with thebest

ldquoI know that our success is not by faultrdquo Hutchen said ldquoWersquove worked hard as a team to make sure that we are goingto bring back great things to Alabama basketballrdquo

Three transfers fi nally suiting up for Crimson Tide

CW | Shannon Auvil Photo Illustration by Elizabeth DavisThe Crimson Tide defeated the Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC Cham-pionship Dec 1 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta GA Alabama will face Notre Dame in the BCS title game in Miami Fla Jan 7

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For the past five years stu-dents who have attended The University of Alabama have bared witness to perhaps the greatest collegiate athletic pro-gram of all time Whether it is football softball womenrsquos golf or the always dominant gym-nastics program Alabama ath-letics is unmatched through-out the country

This past weekendrsquos epic win over Georgia in the SEC Championship defined the championship level fight the football team and other pro-grams possess While much of the credit goes to the coaches in their respective programs it is the fans that have made this championship atmosphere what it is today

Not many outside state lines know what it is like to be part of a consistent cham-pionship program Heck not many inside state lines know what it is like to be a consistent champion A team southeast of Tuscaloosa looking for a head coach could tell you that first-hand

But I digressWe are living in an era of

greatness at the Capstone and it is up to Crimson Tide fans especially students to relish it and soak up all the crystal foot-balls diamond-studded rings and wooden NCAA trophies because it has not always been this way and unfortunately will not last forever I can tell you that firsthand

Growing up in a multicul-tural family American football was a foreign concept and was not part of the household But

like many children in Alabama are forced to do when they are young one must pick a side to root for Then Tigers coach Terry Bowden was doing well so I picked Auburn For years and years I rooted against the Crimson Tide and was always happy when they lost

Even when a family member of mine chose to go here I root-ed against the Tide Even when the Tide was supposed to beat then lowly Northern Illinois I cheered through the streets of Tuscaloosa as a bandwagon Huskies fan after the Tide fell in one of the biggest upsets in Crimson Tide history

But after all of the seething hatred I had for a program that was coming off NCAA sanc-tions and that had struggled for years in the early 2000s some-thing about this town and this University completely changed how I viewed Alabama and college football

Some people have an ldquoa-hardquo moment in which they real-ize what theyrsquove been doing wrong all along Mine came in a series of weekends spent in Tuscaloosa even during the

ldquodown yearsrdquo at the Capstone The passion and exuberance displayed by Tide fans even though they knew they had no shot baffled me How could a fan base not give up on their team despite them being ter-rible Why are so many fans still packing out a stadium to watch their team lose

Those questions soon became impossible to find a clear-cut answer to So I chose to embrace the atmosphere for a couple of weekends not knowing what to expect What I discovered was my true col-lege football team and the best fan base in the Southeastern Conference and entire nation

Whether it was the tail-gaters or the pregame rituals Crimson Tide fans were as passionate about their team as major fan bases like the New York Yankees Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Lakers even during rough stretches and I wanted to be a part of it

But now that the football team and other elite Tide pro-grams are once again champi-ons it is now crucial that fans and students like the teams

lsquoCrimson Tide fans are as passionate about their team as major fan basesrsquo

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday December 4 2012 | Page 9

COLUMN

Tide lands 9 players on 2012 Associated Press All-Southeastern Conference TeamCW Staff

The Alabama football team had nine players selected to the Associated Press All-Southeastern Conference Team the AP announced Monday

Four Crimson Tide play-ers garnered first team hon-ors including senior center Barrett Jones senior guard Chance Warmack junior line-backer CJ Mosley and junior

cornerback Dee Milliner Both Jones and Milliner were unan-imous selections

On the second team Alabama was represent-ed by junior tackle DJ Fluker junior quarter-back AJ McCarron junior running back Eddie Lacy and senior nose guard Jesse Williams while senior safety Robert Lester was named honorable mention

FOOTBALL

not get complacent A certain sense of arrogance comes with championships Trust me ndash Irsquom a Yankees fan It is important to remember these teams are special but it is the fans that make this University stand alone when it comes to cham-pionship atmospheres

Despite what happens in the most highly anticipated

championship games in col-lege football history against two traditional powerhouses Crimson Tide fans should rel-ish every second every minuteand every hour from today upuntil kickoff because that is what this athletics program is all about

That is what college football is truly about

ldquoDespite what happens in the most highly anticipated championship games in college football history

against two traditional powerhouses Crimson Tide fans

should relish every second every minute and every hour from today

up until kickoff because that is what this athletics program iss all

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Todayrsquos Birthday (120412) Drink in time alone this year with a journal your thoughts and a cup of tea Plan for what you want and aim high Treat yourself well Care for one who needs it Family comes fi rst and home is where your heart isTo get the advantage check the dayrsquos rating 10 is the easiest day 0 the most challengingAries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Be respectful and listen to anotherrsquos cries Provide information Passion requires commitment Main-tain objectivity Let them know you appreciate the feedback Say how you feel later Postpone travelTaurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Conditions begin to improve with compromise achieved A female sets the tone and pace Donrsquot ask many questions Take coaching from an expert and practice It works outGemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Misunderstandings are likely Nonetheless commit to your passions Consult with a co-worker on a prior-ity Bring in more wealth Postpone a shopping trip Enjoy what you haveCancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Contentment reigns at home On the spot creativity is required and itrsquos fun and random Help others gen-erate necessary funds from available resources Speak from your heartLeo (July 23-Aug 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Intuition enters the picture Donrsquot push too hard Hammer out the details New information dispels old fears Test it before sealing up every-thing A lovely moment is possibleVirgo (Aug 23-Sept 22) -- Today is a 5 -- Your suggestions may not be

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Tuesday December 4 2012SPORTSNEWS

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By Sarah Elizabeth TookerStaff Reporter

If you know anything about The University of Alabama Crimson Tidersquos legendary defensive line chances are you know No 35 Nico Johnson Off the field however most fans do not realize Johnson has his eyes set on more than just another national championship ndash his goal is a degree

ldquoThat was really my only reason for coming back this season knowing anything can happen at any timerdquo Johnson said ldquoI promised my mom I wouldnrsquot leave UA without a degreerdquo

Born in small-town Andalusia Ala Johnson never dreamed he would one day play under head coach Nick Sabanrsquos Crimson Tide In fact sports were the last thing on his mind

ldquoI remember going to camp as a junior thinking I didnrsquot even really care about sports

because I wanted to go into the militaryrdquo Johnson said ldquoWhen Alabama gave me an offer after just four days I had to decide between football or the mili-tary and I chose to take advan-tage of the free degreerdquo

Johnson said one of his favorite memories was when Saban paid him a personal visit to Andalusia With offers from major football pro-grams like Auburn Florida LSU and Georgia Saban hoped to lock in a now very sought-after recruit

ldquoIt was unreal ndash Nick Saban sitting in my actual homerdquo he said ldquoIt was weird and really special all at the same timerdquo

Yet playing for a success-ful football team never caused Johnson to lose focus of the real goal ndash securing a degree to prepare for the unpredictable future of a football player

ldquoYoursquore not guaranteed to play anywhere and in order to be successful why even come

here if you donrsquot finish your degreerdquo he said ldquoYou never know when your last day of football can berdquo

With this driven attitude and the support of his family in mind Johnson began thinking about choosing the right major

ldquoI think I was sitting in my dorm watching lsquo[Law and Order] Special Victims Unitrsquo and thought lsquoI want to do that I want to be able to make a dif-ference in societyrsquordquo he said

A criminal justice degree seemed an odd choice to some of his friends from back home but Johnson said there was no better choice

ldquoI guess I just feel like itrsquos the only thing I can connect with and have an interest for because going through high school I just saw so many friends getting in trouble with the police and at one point I hated the police for itrdquo Johnson said ldquoNow ndash over time the older I got ndash I understood how

difficult it is and the need for policerdquo

Being the only one of his friends to make it out and go to college Johnson said forced him to realize he had to beat the system and do something big with his life

ldquoIrsquom going to try the football thing because I think I have a good chance but I have a degree to fall back onrdquo he said ldquoI want to be a CSI or FBI agent [My juevenile deliquency class] talked about how difficult it is for kids these days and how being raised the right way can make a difference in a childrsquos life or how an abusive parent can even cause a delinquent child I could really connect with it because Irsquod witnessed it growing up by hand or eyerdquo

However at the end of the day being a football player on such a successful team has its perks Johnson said

ldquoIrsquoll miss the tradition of Alabama football and being

able to wear the jersey but really just being around my teammates walking to class or eating at Bryant [Hall] togeth-er is what Irsquoll miss the mostrdquo he said ldquoWhen the crowd cheers for us when our picture comes on the jumbotron it just shows that all your hard work pays offrdquo

With a possible NFL future Johnson said he and his

family would rather focus on the present

ldquoThe thing their most excited for was me getting a degree and anything else that is just extrardquo he said ldquoI came here to get a championship and Irsquove done that twice I came here toget a degree and Irsquoll get that infive months so Irsquod say Alabama is everything it was supposed to live up tordquo

CW Staff

Alabama senior center Barrett Jones was selected as one of six finalists for the 13th annual Rimington Trophy which goes to the nationrsquos most outstanding center the Rimington Trophy committee announced Monday

Jones from Germantown Tenn is joined by Louisvillersquos Mario Benavides Notre Damersquos Braxston Cave Clemsonrsquos Dalton Freeman Southern Californiarsquos Khaled Holmes and Penn Statersquos Matt Stankiewitch as finalists

Jones is the third Crimson

Tide player to be named a final-ist for the Rimington Award joining the ranks of William Vlachos (2011) and Antoine Caldwell (2008)

Jones spent his first two years starting at right guard for Alabama and when the Tide needed a left tackle in 2011 he moved over and won the Outland Trophy for the nationrsquos best offensive line-men In 2012 Alabama needed to replace a three-year starter at center and Jones stepped up once again and has excelled at that position this year

Jones graded out at an aver-age of 908 percent in the Tidersquos

12 regular season games including nine games over 90 percent He had just six missed assignments on 656 plays while anchoring one of the nationrsquos top offensive lines in 49 starts over the last four years

The winner of the Rimington Trophy is selected by deter-mining the consensus All-America center pick from four existing All-America teams including the American Football Coaches Association The Walter Camp Foundation The Sporting News and the Football Writers Association of America The center with the most first team votes will be

determined the winner If thereis a tie with first team votes then the center with the most second team votes will win If there is still a tie the winner will be determined by a major-ity vote from the Rimington Trophy committee

This yearrsquos RimingtonTrophy will be revealed live on ESPNU during the ESPN Red Carpet Show immediatelypreceding The Home Depot College Football Awards airing live from the Atlantic Dance Hall at Disneyrsquos Boardwalk at the Walt Disney World Resorton Thursday Dec 6 beginning at 630 pm (CST)

Center Barrett Jones named Rimington Trophy fi nalist

Pursuit of degree kept Nico Johnson at Alabama

CW | Shannon AuvilNico Johnson speaks with media following the SEC Championship game Dec 1

CW | Austin BigoneyBarrett Jones lines up as center where he is in contention for the Rim-ington Trophy He previously won the Outland Trophy at left tackle

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(Vegetarian)

BURKE

ldquoYou get in early and leave laterdquo Billy Kitchens said ldquoI was here at 430 am on Friday morn-ing Itrsquos so easy you get here set up and you donrsquot have to worry about going anywhererdquo

The majority of the Kitchensrsquo time before the game is spent cooking for any friends who stop by Tom Carter a Georgia fan and friend of the Kitchens said that the money they spend just to feed everyone is unreal He said he was excited he got to come down to be in Atlanta and have a place to tailgate

Alabama fans are not the only ones who travel with their team

to bowl games There were plen-ty of Georgia tailgating groups intermingling between the Alabama RVs

Wendell Hutchins an avid Georgia fan has been tailgat-ing with his RV since 1972 After seeing his sisterrsquos RV he knew he had to join in on the tailgat-ing festivities Hutchins said he loves getting to know the oppos-ing fans and makes an attempt

to get along with them at every game

ldquoThere are a lot of lsquoDawgrsquo motor homes that come to every gamerdquo Hutchins said ldquoThe best part about them is that they have bathrooms in them We drink a lot of cold beer so we need a bathroomrdquo

Doug Sharp a friend of Hutchins who was at his tail-gate has been tailgating with

Georgia for the past 20 yearsldquoItrsquos (RVs) more a part of the

culture at Georgiardquo Sharp said ldquoItrsquos all about family But as a general rule we welcome just about everyonerdquo

Near and far fans of all per-suasions came out to support their team in luxury for the SECChampionship complete with good friends good food and a bathroom

RV FROM PAGE 1

RVs traveled to Atlanta with Tide Bulldog fans

ldquoToday fast-pitch soft-ball flourishes through-

out Alabama in the public and private schools during the school year and with multiple travel teams and tournaments throughout the summerrdquo

An Iowa native Murphy was part of the inaugural

season of Alabama softball as an assistant coach and took over as head coach just two seasons into the programrsquos history Since his first year as the head coach for the Tide in 1999 Murphy has guided Alabama to 14 straight NCAA

tournament appearances Since taking the Tide to the postseason in his first year at the helm and the WCWS in his second Alabama has won four SEC regular season titles (2005 2010-12) includ-ing three in a row and four

SEC tournament champion-ships (2003 2005 2010 and 2012)

Murphy will join 58 other members next year when he is inducted into NFCA Hall of Fame at the 2013 NFCA Convention in Orlando Fla

MURPHY FROM PAGE 1

Murphy led team to 14 straight post seasons

Elliott Roberts and Bo Hicks the founders of Druid City Brewing Company said they believe Alabama is making progress but still has a long way to go

ldquoWe were sort of doing the research on thisrdquo Roberts said ldquoIf Alabama had as many breweries per capita as Colorado wersquod have like 140 plus When you think about how we have probably eight or 10 in the state and when you think about how Tuscaloosa doesnrsquot even have one ndash and Tuscaloosa loves beer clearly always has at least in my time here ndash itrsquos just sad We felt like someone was going to do it here and do it well and we thought it might as well be usrdquo

For Hicks the Tuscaloosa beer culture was not some-thing he was sure existed until he visited bars like The Alcove Eganrsquos and Wilhagans and put

on Suds of the South a local beer festival that takes place over spring break

ldquoThatrsquos where I get a lot of my recommendations for beers that I might not know is through talking to different people and being adventurous and trying different beersrdquo Hicks said ldquoYou exchange stories Through the festival and going to places that have a large draft selection you run into some of the like-minded people that really want to try new adventurous things in beer and not just the macro-American stuffrdquo

Druid City Brewing will be Tuscaloosarsquos first brewery since Barrettrsquos Brewpub closed in 1999 and it has received an overwhelmingly positive response so far

ldquoThe reception has been really greatrdquo Roberts said ldquoThe way most people vote is with their wallets and with their taste buds I was joking with Bo the other day that I was sitting in Wilhagans the other day and heard the most beautiful sound in the world ndash

lsquoIrsquoll have another Druid CityrsquordquoRoberts said it is easy to

get people to try the first one because people in Tuscaloosa want support local business

ldquoIf they are like lsquoOh great itrsquos local but itrsquos terriblersquo then it really doesnrsquot do us a lot of goodrdquo he said ldquoSo that was the really awesome part ndash to hear them say lsquoYeah Irsquoll have anotherrsquo It was also cool to hear them want to support Tuscaloosa so muchrdquo

Currently Druid City Brewing offers two beers a pale ale and a wheat beer

Roberts described their pale ale as a something between Sweetwater 420 and a Sierra Nevada Hicks said they also wanted to include a wheat beer to appeal to both ldquobeer nerdsrdquo and the ldquoeveryday personrdquo

ldquoIrsquove always told people that Tuscaloosa is sort of a beer palette incubatorrdquo Hicks said ldquoYou sort of go from drinking Natural Light or macro-American style beers to learning about craft beer So when we were formulating our recipes we were brewing

a wheat because we were try-ing to brew every style pos-sible and because it got such a great reception from our friends who werenrsquot super beer nerds we decided that we would make it It is one I think beer nerds would be happy with but also wonrsquot scare away the customerrdquo

Initially the beers will be available on tap at Wilhagans Eganrsquos The Alcove Downtown Pub and Corks and Tops In the future they hope to expand the business beyond just selling beer on draft to bottling or can-ning their creations They hope to be able to put out 100 to 200 bottle batches in the spring

ldquoWe are looking to do small runs of hand bottled 22 ounce bottles of some rare batch stuff that people can take for giftsrdquo he said ldquoBecause Tuscaloosa is Mecca for a lot of people and a lot of students from out of town might want some to take their parents or somebody else they know that is really into beer culture and say lsquoHey this is where I am and this is what we are doingrsquordquo

Hicks and Roberts said they hope Druid City Brewing can be a gateway for people want-ing to learn to appreciate craft beers

ldquoHopefully by being here we will create an even bigger beer culture and be able to get more people interested in that aspect of it as opposed to peo-ple drinking beer for an end gain to get drunkrdquo Hicks said ldquoWe want people to respect the artisan nature of making the beerrdquo

Rowdy Spradling a senior majoring in criminal justice and craft beer enthusiast said he is excited about the brewery opening for that reason

ldquoI think it is something locals and visitors can try that is unique to Tuscaloosa and I think it is going to be coolrdquo Spradling said ldquoAs a local beer connoisseur it is definitely something to be excited about here in townrdquo

Druid City Brewing Company will host several launch events at Eganrsquos Wilhagans and The Alcove this week to celebrate their opening

BREWING FROM PAGE 1

Druid City Brewing 1st in city since 1999

Breweries in AlabamaAmidst the large corpora-

tions of the American beer culture a grassroots home-brew culture known as craft

brewing began emerging in the 1970s and has continued to grow since According to the Brewers Associationrsquos

website Vermont Oregon Montana Colorado and Maine make up the top five states in breweries per capita Alabama

does not even make their list but that is what local beer enthusiasts in the state hope to change

Avondale Brewing

The Place Avondale Brewing is located in the historic neighborhood of Avondale in Birmingham Ala

The Story The building in Avondale was home to many different businesses over the years ndash a firehouse post office pharmacy bank and brothel Brothers Coby and Hunter Lake founded Avondale in 2011 along with brewmaster Craig Shaw All their beers are named after the folklore of Avondale

Blue Pants Brewery

The Place What began as a family affair in a small building in Madison Ala has grown into a full-fledged busi-ness on Lanier Road

The Story Named after the nicknames of Mike (Pants) and Allison (Blue) Spratley Blue Pants started small With the support of family and friends the brewery has since then grown to produce 15 barrels a month and has moved to a new 10000-square-foot-brewery All their beers are named after different types of pants like Corduroy Rye

Good People

The Place Good People Brewing Company can be found in a former beer distri-bution warehouse located near Railroad Park in Birmingham Ala

The Story Good People did not start out intending to be a business They began brewing in a garage as a hobby After getting requests from people even strangers for their beers the hobby became a business and they have been brewing ldquoales from the heart of Dixierdquo ever since

Straight to Ale

The Place In Huntsville Ala Straight to Ale brews local craft beer and keeps the taproom open seven days a week

The Story After winning a few home-brewing competi-tions Dan Perry and Rick Tarvin decided to make a living out of brewing beers in 2009 On the edge of the Huntsville Municipal Golf Course the brewery pays hom-age to its city by naming the beers according to Huntsvillersquos role in the NASA program

Back Forty Beer Company

The Place This brewery can be found in a former Sears Roebuck appliance repair center in Gadsden Ala

The Story Co-founders Jason Wilson and Zach Folmar teamed up with brewmaster Jamie Ray and together they began brew-ing and bottling beer Their name was inspired by the 40 acres of land furthest from the barn known to be the most chal-lenging to maintain Likewise Alabama has been know as the ldquoback 40rdquo of craft beer in America but Back Forty Beer Company hopes to change that

Editor | Melissa Brownnewsdeskcwuaedu

Tuesday December 4 2012NEWSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 3

By Alan AlexanderContributing Writer

Honors College students met with Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox and other city officials on Monday to propose five municipal planning programs concentrating on improving the functionality of the Strip

PlanFirst is a class out of the Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility centered on a city-student planning initia-tive The course is designed to familiarize the students with general procedure and his-tory of city planning Students then formulate their own ideas for city improvement and work on projects that can be implemented by the city

ldquoThe proposals that I have seen today are very impres-siverdquo Maddox said ldquoThey get down to both short term issues of Strip security and long-term issues concerning land userdquo

The Faccedilade Improvement Program focused on enhancing

the overall appearance of the bars restaurants and busi-nesses along the Strip The proposal suggested enclosing garbage and recycling con-tainers incorporating outdoor seating and landscaping on all corner lots and avoiding the use of blank walls would make the Strip much more attractive

Krysten Harper a senior majoring in political science contributed to the Faccedilade proj-ect and believes simple changes can produce huge differences

ldquoIrsquove lived here four years and the Strip doesnrsquot look like a very welcoming environmentrdquo Harper said ldquoJust removing the dark tint steel bars and mirrors from the windows of businesses would greatly improve the atmosphererdquo

The Urban Village Concept proposed changing the Strip to accommodate more pedes-trians per square mile and increase the purchasing power of the area This would require constructing more mixed-use

buildings and reducing the number of vacant lots

Liz Jasper a junior majoring in management headed up the Urban Village Concept propos-al and said applying this con-cept to the Strip would create a number of benefits

ldquoOther than the obvious mon-etary incentives that an urban village would bring to the Strip taking advantage of all of the dead zones and empty lots would help unify the UA cam-pus and the Striprdquo Jasper said

Other proposals focused on making the area more pedes-trian-friendly by increasing the safety of the streets and sidewalks especially when Tuscaloosa experiences a large influx of people on gamedays

To combat this the proposal suggests making the Strip a pedestrian-only zone on Friday and Saturday nights from 10 pm to 3 am By not allowing cars to travel on a section of the Strip businesses would have more room for outside seating

and pedestrians wouldnrsquot have to worry about traffic

It also calls for a section of the Strip from Frank Thomas Avenue to Gene Stallings Avenue to be rendered as a no-traffic zone A retractable bol-lard system would be installed and redirect traffic to 8th Street and reverse the one-way streets of Red Drew Avenue and Gene Stallings to circumvent the area

Emma Whitaker a senior and one of three civil engineer-ing majors who worked on the traffic proposal said reserv-ing that section of the Strip would be beneficial for both businesses and patrons

ldquoPeople would be less likely to drive to the Strip if this strategy was implementedrdquo Whitaker said ldquoBusinesses would have more room to accommodate more people and residents and visitors wouldnrsquot have to worry about trafficrdquo

Maddox said all of these pro-posals will be taken into con-sideration by the city council

Students Maddox discuss improvements to the Strip

By Madison RobertsStaff Reporter

Next semester The University of Alabama will enforce the official transition from eLearning to Blackboard for every course Some cours-es are already on Blackboard this semester and this change has caused mixed reactions from faculty and students at the University

Alexia Cadle a freshman majoring in telecommunica-tion and film said she likes Blackboard because itrsquos easy to understand

ldquoI like Blackboard because itrsquos an easy way to access your grades and find information

about all of your classes and what is duerdquo Cadle said ldquoI think itrsquos easy to understand and I have never had any prob-lems with it Everything is just easy on Blackboardrdquo

Isabelle Drewelow a French professor and Language Program Director for the Introductory Language Sequence agreed Blackboard is superior to eLearning but is still not a fan of the new system

ldquoYou cannot upload a PowerPoint with pictures I think it has a great infrastruc-ture in the sense that you have the blog the chats the differ-ent things you can use especial-ly when it comes to foreign lan-guages but we canrsquot really use

it because the size and capacity is not enoughrdquo Drewelow said

In Drewelowrsquos French 101 class the students were assigned a Digital Story in which they were required to create a movie or PowerPoint file to upload to Blackboard so other students and the instruc-tor could view it Drewelow said the movie files were too large for Blackboard to handle so she had to create a page on Emodo another file sharing website for this activity

ldquoIn my class we did digital stories and students could not upload a movie file PowerPoint or anything because it was beyond the capacity that Blackboard could holdrdquo

Drewelow said ldquoWe are mov-ing in the right direction but I think there is still a lot of fix-ing to do because it still seems a little too limited as far as file sizes and going back and forth between the different capabilities goesrdquo

Rebekah Ezzell a freshman majoring in marketing said she is pleased with Blackboard but doesnrsquot think itrsquos as effective as it could be

ldquoI like Blackboard but a lot of teachers donrsquot use itrdquo Ezzell said ldquoItrsquos very helpful to know what your grade is in your classes but only a few of my teachers actually take advan-tage of that featurerdquo

With Blackboard comes

new features and new ways to avoid the old-fashioned red ink grading method TurnItIn an element that allows students to submit their papers online and receive peer suggestions as well as instructor feedback and their grade has become popular with many students Ezzell likes TurnItIn because it provides instant feedback but recognizes that it may have a few hiccups because itrsquos tech-nology and ldquotechnology always has problemsrdquo

ldquoI like that I can see my grade and the comments he makes on my paper as soon as the teacher grades itrdquo Ezzell said ldquoI like that I donrsquot have to wait until classrdquo

Some teachers are required to put their courses on eLearn-ing depending on their depart-ment Drewelow said putting her course information on Blackboard is necessary but she probably wouldnrsquot use it ifshe had the choice

ldquoI am required to put my syllabus on Blackboardrdquo Drewelow said ldquoI figure stu-dents know there is informa-tion there so I have to use it Irsquom sure if it improves I would choose to put information there but right now it createsmore headaches and students stress out because their work isnrsquot there when it should be so I probably wouldnrsquot put mystuff there if I had the choicerdquo

Spring semester begins campuswide switch to Blackboard

ldquoTherersquos no doubt that whatrsquos been presented today will make its way forward to our joint task force with UArdquo Maddox said ldquoThis reinforces

some of the same believes that we have and comes with a lot of credibility because these are the students who live at the University every single dayrdquo

CW | Shannon AuvilMayor Walt Maddox asks questions about the PlanFirst proposals The PlanFirst class housed under the Honors College presented to city planners at City Hall Dec 3

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Editor | SoRelle Wyckoffletterscwuaedu

Tuesday December 4 2012OPINIONSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 4

MCT Campus

By Hannah WaidStaff Columnist

My fatherrsquos father had a saying ldquoThese are the most carefree days of your liferdquo He was referring to my fatherrsquos college days And my father has been repeating the same saying to me recently Usually in response to my venting about the stress of due dates and deadlines to which my responseis normally ldquoUh huh sure seems like itrdquo

But when I sit back and truly think about mylife right now compared to what I assume my lifewill look like in the future these truly are some carefree days Now I know the term ldquocarefreerdquo isnot the word most students would use for the lasttwo weeks of the semester But we should remind ourselves that at the end of these next two weeks life will go on

During these next two weeks the first things we may scratch from our busy schedules may be the things most valuable to our survival sleep and food We may live in Starbucks continuallypumping our bodies with caffeine in order to fin-ish a 12-page paper We may fall asleep with ourfaces in our textbooks out of utter exhaustion of studying for a cumulative final We may depend on late night library food as our idea of a three-course meal a bag of chips for an appetizer a protein bar as the meal and candy for dessert

Even though this isnrsquot the picture of an ideal carefree time of life there are many things eas-ily overlooked in the midst of the stress of school For most of us right now the only person we truly have to look out for is ourselves And we are not alone in our sleepless endeavors since college isone of the last places many of our friends will be together in the same place before moving on to graduate schools or future careers Or the fact that it is okay to make mistakes We are not per-fect and will not always be able to make a perfectscore on every paper or every test

One day we will look back on these momentsthat currently seem stressful and unfair and remember the friends who stayed with us at the library until 2 am We will remember the Tuesday night study breaks with our roommates to watch a new episode of a favorite TV show We will remember the friends who celebrated the special moments with us from football games to birthdays to the end of finals

So as you go into these last two weeks of thesemester think to yourself ldquoThese are the most carefree days of my liferdquo Whether you are a fresh-man senior or somewhere in between remember to take time to make the most of these moments inorder to make memories

Hannah Waid is a junior majoring in English Her column runs biweekly on Tuesdays

Make the most of last few carefree days in college

By Lucy CheseldineStaff Columnist

So itrsquos been four months how-ever many days and nights Irsquom not a numbers woman And Irsquove lost track of time Sleep in my life has moved through stages When I was little it was an obligation I didnrsquot want to leave the TV before the 9 orsquoclock water shed When I was growing up it was a necessity to fight off the fatigue produced by an extensive exercise routine And now itrsquos a luxury Itrsquos some-thing I just donrsquot have time for anymore

Whatever month day hour it is itrsquos nearly home time Back to the land of castles A place where the royal wedding was according to people here still big news It was just an excuse for me to have a few drinks To be honest Irsquod all but for-gotten it had even happened A

country with a bit of history and eccentricity A quaint place of green fields and Edwardian tea parties apparently A place still lit-tered with the remnants of Lewis Carrollrsquos hallucinations Look hard enough and Irsquom sure you can find a rabbit hole

At least this is the Great Britain people seem to imagine I will return to In truth Irsquoll be grac-ing the gritty Northern city of Glasgow still intact with its work-ing class attitude and rugged city landscape Itrsquos beautiful but it ainrsquot what Wordsworth was talk-ing about Itrsquos true that the grass is always greener Clicheacuted I know but itrsquos something I have always returned to when traveling

This past semester hasnrsquot just been a college experience Irsquove felt constantly on the move The state tally has made it to six Not too bad to say I nearly drowned in

novels and poems only just about surfacing for air on weekends and holidays But now I have tired feet and am ready for a few weeks of civilisation as I know it

That means moving out of the toy town that is The University of Alabama Moving back to shops and cafeacutes home-cooked food and night clubs The educational system here suits me Constant assessment seems the best way to get students to actually get their teeth into the reading Back home we had one exam at the end of each term and I canrsquot deny that independent study like that lead to a pretty laid-back attitude

But living on a campus is dif-ferent to the city environments I have always lived in And the grand old symbol of America the car is taking its toll on the old waistline I wonrsquot be sorry to have a few Christmas strolls All in all

I feel like Irsquove been through a car wash this semester I came away needing to scrub myself up a bit I paid my fee and closed by eyes At first the hard bristles scrubbed me down a little bit of a culture shock and home sickness Then soap was applied and I began to feel a few of the benefits Now Irsquove been sprayed with clean water settled down and reaped the experience my new environment has to offer Irsquove come out the other side gleam-ing a bit more than when I went in Learned a few things about it all Irsquom ready to head home for a bit

Irsquoll be back in the spring laden with tea bags and some warmer clothes Ready to face the South again Happy holidays yrsquoall

Lucy Cheseldine is an English international student studying English literature Her column runs on Tuesdays

Homeward bound lsquoMoving out of toy town that is the Universityrsquo

By Tarif HaqueStaff Columnist

Last weekend a family friend invited us to herhome I entered the house as I would any other invitation of this sort I took my shoes off and placed them near her door

She greeted me in Bengali my mother tongueand I found a quiet room to read in

In that room we talk in English We go on about how good the food is We wonder what will become of us whether wersquoll ever live up toour parentrsquos grand expectations if wersquoll becomethe doctor or engineer they hoped for and whether a decade from now wersquoll be throwing similar parties filled with Bengali families in the neighborhood

My identity has been fragmented There is a part of me that lives in college immersed in the pinnacle of a Western education and the other that exists within the traditions of my house-hold where sentences are spoken in a mixture of Bengali and English

I tell myself I come to these things for the tra-ditional Bengali dishes food Irsquove come to crave since Irsquove been in college but the truth is din-ner parties like these are a nostalgic reminder of my childhood when my parents would drag my brother and me to these gatherings regularly

It seems our family has traversed all of Alabama to attend these close-knit events For my par-ents assimilation did not come easily Itrsquos been decades since theyrsquove moved to the states but onthe weekends my mother will still cloak herself in a Sari and my father will wear a Punjabi

I am the second generation Irsquove been molded in America by foreign hands I live in a cultural tug-of-war I donrsquot know what will become of me but for now Irsquom comfortable not labeling it

Tarif Haque is a sophomore majoring in comput-er science His column runs on Tuesdays

Differences between my on campus at home self

By Henry DownesStaff Columnist

Legendary Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote ldquoIf there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought ndash not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought we haterdquo

It is the duty of the Supreme Court to uphold this right to free thought for all Americans not just those who are in the major-ity or the ldquosocial mainstreamrdquo However recent hate crime leg-islation ndash such as the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr Hate Crimes Prevention Act ndash have signified a direct threat to this freedom

Hate crimes are defined by the HCPA as ldquothe incidence of vio-lence motivated by the actual or perceived race color religion national origin gender sexual orientation gender identity or dis-ability of the victimrdquo Recent data indicates crimes of this nature have been on the rise with more than 6500 incidents reported in 2009 Whatrsquos more the Bureau of Justice Statistics estimated the true number of incidents could be as much as 31 times that figure

This data in addition to the frightening murders of Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr in 1998 catalyzed a social crusade which forced the collective hands of legislators to produce a tough and inclusive national hate crime

statute Almost immediately how-ever issues were raised by detrac-tors who claimed the HCPA stat-ute violated the US Constitutionrsquos First Amendment ldquofreedom of speechrdquo provisions

When considering the consti-tutional arguments against hate crime legislation in relation to the First Amendment it is critical to understand that penalty-enhance-ment provisions contained in the HCPA expressly and separately criminalize the offenderrsquos motive during the com-mission of a crime

While purpose knowledge neg-ligence and reck-lessness are cat-egorical mental states recognized by the Moral Penal Code in estab-lishing an offenderrsquos responsibility for wrongdoing motive is not list-ed because throughout American case law it has been largely ren-dered irrelevant in relation to sen-tence-enhancement guidelines

To illustrate this point imag-ine a man convicted of murder The jury should and will take into consideration whether the man premeditated the murder (pur-pose) or whether it was simply an accident (negligence or reckless-ness) in applying penalty stan-dards Motive may in fact be used to prove guilt or association but in regards to sentence-enhance-ment it usually should not matter

whether the offense was commit-ted out of greed racial agenda or any other intention

Logistically the only way to prove an offender intentionally selected their victim by gender race or any other factor is to allow for the criminalization of motive Yet the criminalization of motive directly infringes upon the First Amendment in these cases

because no matter how these statutes are phrased they are necessarily con-tent-based

To understand the implications of content-based hate crime statutes on free speech imag-ine that yoursquore a jury member look-ing for evidence of bigoted motive

What could be legally admissible for your analysis Could you take into account the organizations to which a defendant belongs or the lectures theyrsquove attended What about the contents of their book-shelves or their Internet search history Indeed it is hard to imag-ine jurors becoming convinced of a defendantrsquos prejudiced motive ldquobeyond a reasonable doubtrdquo with-out taking into consideration such protected free speech elements which are not specifically related to the hate crime offense

Further given the finding and subsequent application of motive is so complex and occupies a ldquogray areardquo in the law it seems inap-

propriate to expect a group of ordinary and imperfect humans to realistically or accurately make these determinations of a defendantrsquos true motive

In theory the concept that social prejudices inherently necessitate legislative action fundamentally depends on the premise that prejudice is more morally repre-hensible than all other criminal motives Is this accurate Though it might be true to say that racial bias is appalling and inappro-priate it cannot be definitively said that this bias is any more reprehensible that greed spite or pure sadism

Therefore it may be argued that while hate crime laws are well-intentioned and seek to create a more tolerant society on paper in practice they ultimately fail to overcome significant constitu-tional hurdles and set dangerous precedents for the future of civil liberties in this nation

We must air on the side of cau-tion here it is imperative that gov-ernment choose the course that ensures maximum ndash not minimum ndash protection of speech thought and belief

By infringing on freedom of speech hate crime penalty enhancements consequently encroach on the most personal and essential right guaranteed by the Constitution ndash the freedom of thought

Henry Downes is a sophomore majoring in economics His col-umn runs on Tuesdays

Legislation on hate crimes a disservice to 1st Amendment

ldquoWe must air on the side of caution here it is imperative

that government choose the course that ensures

maximum ndash not minimum ndash protection of speech thought

and belief

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday December 4 2012 | Page 5

By Chandler WrightStaff Reporter

Studying abroad can be cost-ly and to alleviate that The University of Alabama offers many scholarship opportuni-ties to students who are inter-ested in saying ldquoRoll Tiderdquo in a far-off locale

ldquoAll students can complete the scholarship application for currently enrolled studentsrdquo said Mary Spiegel executive director of undergraduate admissions ldquoThis applica-tion is found on the studentrsquos myBama account under the academics tabrdquo

Spiegel said this applica-tion screens for scholarships for studying abroad and typi-cally these scholarships are

awarded based on a studentrsquos major and department The deadline for the application was Dec 1

ldquoOnce you are a currently enrolled student you are awarded by the department of the major that you are enrolled inrdquo Spiegel said

Students can also apply to UA Away a scholarship initia-tive created in 2010 in the divi-sion of student affairs that rais-es money to support students in financial need Although it is a three-prong program Sara Hartley assistant to the vice president for external affairs said one part of this is helping students study outside of the Capstone called Study Away

ldquoStudents travel to another country city or university

to study in their academic fieldsrdquo Hartley said ldquoThe Study Abroad Program and the National Student Exchange Program offer these opportuni-ties Scholarships began being awarded last yearrdquo

Hartley said there are fall and spring application dead-lines for UA Away scholarship money and students are judged based on essay questions

ldquoThe UA Away scholarship has two application cyclesrdquo Hartley said ldquoOne deadline is in the fall for students travel-ing away in the spring The sec-ond deadline is in the spring for students traveling in the summer and fall Students are judged primarily on the two essay components of the application We ask them

to identify the correlation between the experience and their educational and pro-fessional goals In addition they are asked to describe their financial need for the scholarshiprdquo

Jessie Ashton a junior major-ing in kinesiology received a UA Away scholarship to go to Ecuador in May 2013

ldquoI went abroad May 2012 and will be going again in May 2013 I didnrsquot receive a scholar-ship for the first trip but just received the Sandee Kirby Witt UA Away Scholarship at the Greek Excellence Awardsrdquo Ashton said ldquoI went through the Panhellenic Scholarships and filled out a few short essays recommendations and basic informationrdquo

Ashton said she thought the application was simple and straightforward making it easy for students to apply and receive a UA Away scholarship

ldquoIt was simple and complete-ly worth it I would do it again in a second and really donrsquot know how it could be any easierrdquo Ashton said ldquoI know Capstone International is always avail-able to help students find ways to fund their trips abroadrdquo

Additionally Spiegel said students with pre-exist-ing scholarship money to help pay for their study abroad programs

ldquoStudents who have schol-arships may use the scholar-ship dollars for study abroad with the approval of their collegeschool scholarship

representativerdquo Spiegel said ldquoThe first step for a stu-dent would be to meet with the Study Abroad office and determine when and what pro-gram they wish to attend and then meet with their collegeschool scholarship representa-tive Once a student has been approved by the Study Abroad office a student can complete the study abroad form that is found under the academics page of their myBama account Students with UA housing scholarships are not able to usetheir housing scholarships for study abroadrdquo

Hartley encourages studentsto look into the range of schol-arship opportunities offered at the Capstone to help students afford studying abroad

Programs work to alleviate study abroad costs

By Jordan CissellStaff Reporter

For Jewish University of Alabama students next week burning the midnight oil holds far more significance than stay-ing up late to study

The Jewish holiday Hanukkah takes place this year from Dec 8 to Dec 16 placing the Universityrsquos exam week squarely in the middle of the holiday period

ldquoI have my menorah and Irsquom going to light the candles each night and sing the songs and say the prayers that go along

with it just like every other yearrdquo said Ben Flax a sopho-more majoring in religious studies and programming vice president for the Hillel Jewish student union ldquoReally the only difference is I wonrsquot be light-ing the candles and singing the songs with my familyrdquo

Sammi Silverman a junior majoring in marketing and Hillelrsquos vice president of public relations said her family will be the most significant absence in her on-campus observation

ldquoI miss being around my family during the holiday and unfortunately we canrsquot really

push anything back because most of the holiday revolves around lighting the menorah at sunset each night of Hanukkah but I get to open my presents when I get homerdquo she said ldquoNot being able to be around my family is the hardest part about being in school for Hanukkah Just imagine yourself in school or taking a final on Christmas ndash that pretty much sums up the feeling for me I imaginerdquo

Silverman said Hillel will be hosting a kickoff party open to both Jewish and non-Jewish students on Saturday Dec 8

Amy Ackerman a sopho-

more majoring in nonprofit management through the New College said she would not be opposed to the University cut-ting the semester schedule off by a week to accommodate Hanukkah observation but does not feel the trimming is necessary

ldquoObviously being out of school to celebrate Christmas is very convenient for everyone else because they can be home with their families and relaxrdquo she said ldquoI would love to celebrate Hanukkah for the full eight days at home but the truth is my fam-ily is going to celebrate when we are all together and it will be just the same for usrdquo

Flax said it would be nearly impossible for the University to schedule around Hanukkah because the Hebrew calendar is based upon the lunar cycle as opposed to the solar-centric Gregorian calendar which means Hanukkahrsquos eight-day period can begin anytime with-in November and December depending on the year

ldquoIrsquove had a Hanukkah before Thanksgiving where I got to spend three days of it with my familyrdquo he said ldquoIrsquove had a two-year Hanukkah because it began at Christmas and stretched into Januaryrdquo

Like Ackerman Flax doesnrsquot view having Hanukkah off from school as too significant of a necessity He said Hanukkah despite the attention it receives is a relatively minor holiday in the Jewish calendar as it is rabbi-created and not outlined in the Torah

Flax said he skips school and travels home to be with family on the more important Torah-mandated holidays like Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur (or Day of Atonement)

ldquoOn the very first day of each class I always approach my professors and give them a piece of paper describing the days I will have to miss and what theyrsquore all aboutrdquo Flax said ldquoUsually theyrsquore pretty good about helping me work

around it Plus Irsquom a religiousstudies major so the professors are usually understandingrdquo

ldquoHanukkah commemorates the victory of the Jews over the Syrio-Greeks in 162 BCE and the rededication of the ancientTemple in Jerusalemrdquo Steven Jacobs Aaron Aronov Chair of Judaic Studies said

Flax said observers light one menorah candle each day for eight days in memory of the one-day supply of oil that miraculously kept the temple lantern burning for eight days

ldquoMost people donrsquot know this but there are actually twotypes of menorahrdquo Flax said ldquoThe ones that stay in the syna-gogue all the time have seven candles and the special ones for Hanukkah have nine can-dles eight for each day of the holiday and one for lighting the other candles And other thanthe fact that the one candle has to be on a different level than the eight others really any-thing goes Mine looks like a 1930s roadsterrdquo

Jewish UA students weigh in on Hanukkah at Capstone

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By Chandler WrightStaff Reporter

Student Government Association President Matt Calderone gave his state of the University address Monday night highlighting the projects and initiatives SGA has done thus far this year

ldquoWe have made progressrdquo Calderone said ldquoWersquove come a long way SGA in the past has been through its up and its down There have been times when wersquove been trusted and some times when students have questioned this SGArdquo

Calderone said through sign-in sheets and ACT Card swipes at various events in addition to Twitter and Facebook interaction with stu-dents SGA has reached 16544 students directly

ldquo[The students] have come to our events wersquove talked to them in our officerdquo Calderone said ldquoThese are students who have heard about our need- based scholarships These are students who come into our office on Veterans Day con-cerned about getting around Tuscaloosa when public transit is not in operation Students

are now confident in their SGA and know they can go to their SGA and get help and assistance Wersquove had over 100 ideas to actions funneling through our office We have made progressrdquo

Calderone also mentioned SGArsquos commitment to service through the Sunday service ini-tiative in the office of the vice president of external affairs which he helped create last year before being elected SGA president in addition to mak-ing safety a priority for SGA

ldquoIn the office of external affairs wersquove continued our initiative of service through the Sunday service programrdquo Calderone said ldquoWersquove also made safety a top priority on campus and beyond Wersquove been concerned mostly with safety on the Strip focusing on the connectivity from down-town and the Striprdquo

Calderone said the SGA has started working closely with student groups across campus to address their needs and the perceptions they have about SGA and its programs

ldquoWe wanted to make SGA relevant to every student on campusrdquo Calderone said ldquoI can

confidently stand before you and say that we have accom-plished that goal Wersquove been communicating and collaborat-ing with students Through our UA delegates program wersquove met with 12 different organiza-tions Wersquove talked about their needs financially and other-wise ndash groups that might need a little help With our campus connect initiative in the office of the executive vice presi-dent members of SGA go to different organizations to talk about SGA and what wersquore doing for themrdquo

SGA press secretary Meagan Bryant said she has been com-ing to state of the University addresses since she was a freshman in 2009 Bryant said this provides an opportu-nity to remind campus about all of the projects on which SGA is working

ldquoWith the end of the semes-ter a lot of people think lsquoOh the semester is over and SGA has stopped doing projectsrsquordquo Bryant said ldquoThe state of the University address is a good way to show thatrsquos not true Itrsquos definitely different this year Wersquore continuing to work on various projects and reach out

to students on campus Wersquore all working together really well as a team and reaching outrdquo

SGA Chief of Staff Brennan Johnson echoed Bryantrsquos statement emphasizing how

important the state of the University address is in show-ing students what the SGA is doing for them

ldquoItrsquos important for cam-pus and students to have a

chance to see everything SGA is doing as far as projects andinitiatives so they can see how SGA can help them and what they can get involved inrdquo Johnson said

Calderone delivers state of University address

By Camille CorbettContributing Writer

A handful of UA student groups held a benefit ball for children who go without toys during the holiday season

The Universityrsquos chapter of the NAACP the Beta Eta chapter of Omega Psi Phi and the Kappa Alpha chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha hosted the 12th annual Toy Ball on Dec 2

In addition to collecting toys the $10 entrance fee went toward the purchase of more toys for the Tuscaloosa

One FoundationldquoPart of the money will go

towards the expenses for the event but otherwise wersquoll buy more toys with it No organi-

zations will profit from this eventrdquo said David Daniels President of Omega Psi Phi the founding fraternity of the event

During the ball there was a program hosted by Malcolm Harper the service event chair of Omega Psi Phi and Reale Snorton secretary of the NAACP which highlight-ed the accomplishments of both the Boys and Girls Club and organizations within the university

ldquoThe event had perfor-mances by dancers the Afro

American Gospel Choir and a spoken word artist as well as toys and awards presented to area children for outstand-ing performances during the yearrdquo said Brett Saunders president of the NAACP

In the effort to reach more children this year the Kappa Alpha Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha was added to the group of organizations coordinating the event

ldquoThis year we reformatted the structure of the event by including live entertainment and a tribute to children from

the Boys amp Girls Clubrdquo Jahmir Jones Scholarship Chair for Alpha Phi Alpha said ldquoEach organization sponsored a child from the Boys amp Girls Club based on merit support-ed by Boys amp Girls Director Stephen Millerrdquo

Three awards were given during the program to children within the Boys amp Girls Club who were deemed exemplary

ldquoThese three youth rep-resent all that is right with the youth of todayrdquo Stephen Miller senior director of the

Boys amp Girls Club said ldquoThey are the reason I try to make a difference one child at a timerdquo

The main objective of this event was to bring awareness to needs that the community in and around Tuscaloosa has that organizations within the University may be ableto remedy

ldquoFirst of all we recognize thekids are coming in and raisingawareness about donating and things like that for the student bodyrdquo Daniels said ldquoTry to continue the cycle of social service in the communityrdquo

Campus NAACP holds Toy Ball for underprivileged

ldquoThese three youth represent all that is right with the youth of

today They are the reason I try to make a difference one child at

a time

mdash Stephen Miller

CW | Shannon AuvilSGA President Matt Calderone addresses students at the State of the University address Dec 3

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Tuesday December 4 2012CULTURENEWS

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Page 7

By Kristen FeytContributing Writer

Theatre Tuscaloosa left audi-ence members moved by their opening night performance of ldquoGodspellrdquo as directed by Abe Reybod at the Bean-Brown Theatre on Friday Nov 30

ldquoI felt such a mixture of emotions from the perfor-mancerdquo said Kathleen Starke a freshman at The University of Alabama who attended the show opening night ldquoAt one point I was uplifted by the won-derful musical numbers and the comedy of the play and then I was crying my eyes out from the intimacy of the drama at the end of the showrdquo

ldquoGodspellrdquo written by Stephen Schwartz and John Michael Tebelak tells the story of Jesusrsquo life accord-ing to the book of Matthew in

the Bible The musical begins with the baptism of Jesus and then transitions through para-bles that are told in the Bible accompanied by musical num-bers such as ldquoDay by Dayrdquo and ldquoGod Save the Peoplerdquo

ldquoGodspellrdquo begins with the actors in a classroom-like set-ting in matching uniforms which then changes into a downtown setting with graffiti-covered walls The cast then comes out in brightly colored costumes and begins to sing the number ldquoPrepare Yerdquo an upbeat tune that narrates the baptism of cast members by Gerard Jones who plays John the Baptist

Jesus played by Will Erwin then enters the show and begins telling his followers the parables from the Bible which are enacted by different cast members Following each

parable is a musical number that also teaches a story from the gospel of Matthew The actors used an element of audi-ence participation to make the performance more interactive

ldquoThe entire show was so interactive with the audiencerdquo Devin Valenza a freshman majoring in chemical engi-neering said ldquoThe whole time I was so focused on the show I completely forgot that I was watching a musical I felt like I was a part of the productionrdquo

In the second act ldquoGodspellrdquo takes on a more somber tone in contrast to the first actrsquos cheer-ful and eccentric mood The actors set the scene of the last supper and shows Jesusrsquo good bye to his followers as well as Judasrsquo betrayal

ldquoI could barely watch the final number of Jesusrsquo cruci-fixionrdquo Starke said ldquoIt felt like

I was actually there watching it happen The agony that the actors portrayed is what really made the scene come to liferdquo

The play ends with the actors carrying Jesus off stage and then coming back on to sing the closing song of the production

Dorothy Pieroni who attend-ed the opening night of the musical was very pleased with the production

ldquoGreat performance great singers great costumes I thor-oughly enjoyed itrdquo Pieroni said ldquoThe emotion that they project just everything they did we have a lot of talent in Tuscaloosardquo

ldquoGodspellrdquo runs through Dec 9 at the Bean-Brown Theatre at Shelton State Community College Tickets can be purchased online at wwwtheatretusccom

Theatre Tuscaloosarsquos lsquoGodspellrsquo makes Christrsquos story interactive

By Becky RobinsonStaff Reporter

Most musicians would do anything for the spotlight but not Lena Dice This UA studentrsquos passion for music is a quieter one that began blos-soming in recent months

Dice a junior majoring in psychology was born and raised in Tuscaloosa Finding a love of music at an early age Dice partnered with life-long friend Wright Gatewood to form their group ldquogolight-lyrdquo in May 2012

ldquoWersquove been writing songs together for about four monthsrdquo Dice said ldquoWhen it comes to writing and play-ing my own stuff Irsquom very self-conscious so having [Wright] to bounce ideas off of made it a lot easierrdquo

Dice said when shersquos on stage alone she often feels like she does not know what to do especially since shar-ing music is very personal to her

Both Dice and Gatewood play piano but one day Gatewood picked up a guitar and started to teach himself to play After he showed Dice some of the songs he had been writing the two decided to collaborate and become a duo

ldquoWe just sit down and write what wersquore thinking aboutrdquo Gatewood a junior majoring in music management said ldquoWe donrsquot have a set formula We write together and we write separatelyrdquo

In fact much of golightly is an experiment Dice said she and Gatewood have been playing different instru-ments such as the xylo-phone spoons and kazoo to incorporate into their music

Although Dice has not played her music live many

times she performed with Tom Evanchuck at the Bama Theatre last year She said the experience was amaz-ing and a huge leap from the open mic nights where she started

Dice said she and Gatewood are not necessarily influ-enced by any one genre but relate to the ldquosinger-song-writerrdquo genre most Female artists like Ingrid Michaelson and bands such as Mumford amp Sons or the Civil Wars also play an important role in the pairrsquos writing

Gatewood said he often finds inspiration for songs whenever he takes a walk or goes on a road trip

ldquoWhenever I find myself in a new situation Irsquom always inspired by that new momentrdquo Gatewood said

The duo also finds inspi-ration from the city of Tuscaloosa

ldquoI think it helps being in Tuscaloosa because itrsquos not necessarily a big music town ndash itrsquos known for football ndash but people are very interested in musicrdquo Dice said ldquoAnytime Irsquove seen bands play that I havenrsquot heard about itrsquos always interesting to go see who they are and what kind of music they play If yoursquore in Nashville thatrsquos what everybodyrsquos doing itrsquos not really a surpriserdquo

With an untitled EP set for release in January 2013 Dice and Gatewood are working to build a name for themselves

ldquoWe want to get as much experience playing in front of people as we canrdquo Dice said ldquoWersquore just having fun really Wersquore not starting this to make it big we just enjoy playing togetherrdquo

Golightly can be found on Facebook and on Twitter at wearegolightly

Student duo to release 2013 EP

By Margaret WilbourneContributing Writer

For many college represents not just the struggle to manage extracurricular commitments and academics or to decide a major and minor but also the transition to complete inde-pendence Competition with an ever-increasing global econo-my and a booming technologi-cal age is creating something of a black hole for graduates striv-ing for self-sufficiency

Because of these new strug-gles in the job market 24 per-cent of currently unemployed or underemployed graduates between ages 18-34 have moved in with their parents according

to the Pew Research CenterTraditionally being a ldquoboo-

merang childrdquo has held a nega-tive connotation said Hunter Stewart a freshman majoring in civil engineering

ldquoPersonally yes I see it as something negativerdquo he said ldquoIf I canrsquot support myself on my own Irsquod feel extremely judged and like people would think I canrsquot handle the real worldrdquo

An analysis of the 2011 Current Population Survey reveals 53 percent of gradu-ates with bachelor degrees under the age of 25 were unem-ployed About 26 percent of graduates were overqualified for the median jobs they held such as waitressing For some

however the classic stigma attached to moving back with Mom and Dad has begun to lessen and the meaning of ldquosup-portingrdquo oneself has evolved

ldquoI feel like moving back home after graduation is a good thing because it allows people to save up money and get their bear-ings while workingrdquo Cameron Harvey a freshman majoring in marketing and management said For Harvey heading home after graduation doesnrsquot seem so bad

ldquoMoving back is definitely an option especially if I got a well-paying job in Atlantardquo Harvey said Despite the convenience and chance to get onersquos feet on the ground living with onersquos

parents offers some still can-not justify the move

ldquoMoving back isnrsquot an option for me ndash Irsquom very independentrdquo Emelie Sara Tonitis a senior majoring in secondary educa-tion and language arts said To avoid circumstances that might force her to move home Tonitis made sure to plan ahead

ldquoIf I had chosen an English major then I probably would have had to move back with my dadrdquo she said ldquoBut I chose a major that would help me get a job after I graduatedrdquo

While she is determined to avoid adopting her old address Tonitis does see returning home as an option for others

ldquoIf you have a job and are doing something I donrsquot think itrsquos a bad thingrdquo she said

Students debate moving home after school

COLUMN | HEALTH

By Tricia Vaughan

Dead Week is upon us fel-low scholars and adding a few provisions to your daily diet will naturally improve mental per-formance and productivity

Eggs These power packed foods contain choline a type of B vitamin that is shown to increase memory retention and energizes the body B vitamins can also improve your mood Preparing eggs for breakfast is a quick and good way to kick start a day of tedious studying

Fish nuts and beans Salmon mackeral tuna sardines wal-nuts flaxseeds kidney beans and soy beans are just a few examples All contain main com-ponents of omega-3 fatty acids EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic

acid) two fundamental building blocks of the outer membrane of cells that nerve signals pass through In order to retain infor-mation the cells must create new membranes Omega-3 is essential for the body because the body cannot produce them itself Therefore students must incorporate them in their diet to maintain optimum brain function

A steady balance of omega-6 with omega-3 is also crucial to a healthy diet Omega-6 found in vegetable oils such as soy oil increase inflammation blood clotting and cell creation in the body while omega-3 counteracts these effects Balance within the body is crucial Nuts also con-tain vitamin E which is an anti-oxidant that when consumed in moderation aids in preventing

degenerative diseases Includefish in a meal at least twice aweek (or six ounces) as wellas a handful of nuts and a cupof beans a day in your diet toreceive the benefits of omega 3

Green and cruciferous vege-tables Vegetables such as broc-coli cauliflower kale brusselssprouts and cabbage (althoughnot the most tasty) are highin antioxidants like vitaminC that protect the brain fromfree radicals The free radicalsproduced when cells generateenergy are the waste productsemitted from energy productionand are harmful to the brainAntioxidants can disable freeradicals and protect the brainwhich utilizes 17 percent ofthe bodyrsquos energy Try to addsome to a salad or as a side toany meal

Certain foods key to healthy brain activityHERE THEREEVERYWHERE

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By Marc TorrenceAssistant Sports Editor

The formula is simple but at times this season has seemed too complicated for Alabama It doomed the Crimson Tide during the teamrsquos only regu-lar season loss against Texas AampM After rallying from a 20-point deficit the Tide had four chances to score from the 6-yard line and elected to throw three times The last pass was intercepted

Saturday though facing an 11-point deficit with every-thing on the line the formula clicked and Alabama went back to what it does best to set up a dramatic finish and a 32-28 win

ldquoWe kind of had that I-would-not-be-denied attitude out there todayrdquo head coach Nick Saban said ldquoIrsquom not say-ing we played our best football game of the year in terms of execution but the way we were able to run the ball especially in the second half was proba-bly the difference in the gamerdquo

To say Alabama ran the ball well in the second half would be an understatement The Crimson Tide amassed 350 rushing yards total with

223 coming in the second half Starter Eddie Lacy was named game MVP running a career-high 181 yards and two touch-downs Freshman TJ Yeldon was right behind him with 153 and a touchdown

From the time Georgia returned a blocked field goal for a touchdown until Amari Cooperrsquos game-winning touch-down grab Alabama called 20 runs and just five passes

The stretch included 12 runs and just one pass ndash an incompletion that drew a pass interference penalty on the first scoring drive following the 11-point deficit ndash that saw Alabama score 15 points to take a four-point lead The sec-ond of the two scoring drives featured seven runs exclu-sively with Lacy and Yeldon sharing duties

ldquoWe had that long drive it about broke me it felt likerdquo guard Anthony Steen said ldquoI couldnrsquot breathe at one point I looked at DJ and he looked at me and we knew we werenrsquot going to give up We were going to do whatever it took to pull off the winrdquo

Itrsquos especially demoralizing for a defense to know exactly whatrsquos coming and not be able

to stop it Alabama swapped out Lacy and Yeldon for much of the night bringing in a fresh body every time the Bulldog defense seemed to have the other figured out

ldquoWhen you run the ball every single down in a drive they might have thrown it oncerdquo Georgia coach Mark Richt said ldquoThey had two drives they might have thrown it once scored a touchdown so that was impressive by their people up front We were just not able to stop itrdquo

It all led to the perfect setup a play-action pass over the top to Cooper that put Alabama up for good The constant grind of the Tidersquos rushing attack caused the Bulldog secondary to creep closer and closer to the line of scrimmage Cooper was left with one-on-one cover-age on the outside and beat his man for the score

ldquoYou knew it was coming eventuallyrdquo center Barrett Jones said

Offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier opened the game with the same look Alabama gave Auburn ndash three and four wide receiver sets at up-tempo no-huddle speed

Only this wasnrsquot Auburn

On Alabamarsquos second drive of the game Nussmeier dialed up two runs that went for 9 and 8 yards respectively His next three calls were passes ndash two incomplete passes and a sack ndash and Alabama was forced to punt

Much of the first half and start of the third quarter went that way for Alabama Fans began to clamor for the return of the run game ndash they had seen this movie before earlier in the year and knew what not trusting them could cost

But it would not be so It was as if Saban could was reading tweets from the field Alabama went almost exclusively to the run and no matter what Georgia did when they knew exactly what was coming it could not stop the punishing ground game of Alabama

ldquoIt makes you proud to be able to block for two great running backs They had that mindset that I will not be deniedrdquo right tackle DJ Fluker said ldquoYou donrsquot put your head down just lsquocause yoursquore down a couple points At the end of the day the score-board donrsquot matter Itrsquos about how much heart you got What are you willing to do for itrdquo

Tide ditches pass game rushes to SEC title

By Jasmine CannonStaff Reporter

This time last year the Alabama womenrsquos basket-ball team had team mem-bers who were not able to play due to NCAA transfer rules The Tide has turned per se and Alabama fans are getting to see a new side of Alabama basketball

Daisha Simmons Briana Hutchen and Brittany Jack have all finally suited up and hit the floor for the Tide while making a big impact on the court and in the locker room

Perhaps the biggest news of last summer was when Simmons and Hutchen announced their departure from Rutgers University and arrival at Alabama Head coach

Wendell Hudson said both were recruited by the Capstone while they were in high school and everything worked out when the two were looking to trans-fer

ldquoThis was one of my top five schools coming out of high schoolrdquo Hutchen said ldquoThe only bad thing I could say about it was that itrsquos so hot When I decided to leave Rutgers I went back to my top five schools I went on my visit here and I felt so dumb because I fell in love with the schoolrdquo

ldquoJust to come here and have a higher role and kind of a leader role itrsquos just been great to have that opportunity especially as a point guardrdquo Simmons said

Simmons has wowed fans with her play as a 5-foot-10-inch point guard The Jersey City

NJ native is leading the Tide in minutes played and proves to be efficient on the court She ranks first on the team in blocks and assists while placing second in rebounds Simmons is also the teamrsquos third leading scorer averaging 127 points a game

ldquoDaisy is a very very good personrdquo Hutchen said ldquoI always tell her that shersquos the best point guard in the nation I tell her that everyday because she really is I know that shersquos going to lead this team to great great places She really is a floor general and we follow behind herrdquo

ldquoWhat sets her apart is that she knows the game of basketballrdquo Hudson said ldquoSome players think about the next play but shersquos always

thinking two or three plays ahead about what to do if this or that happensrdquo

Hutchen is a Baltimore Md native and has also found herself in a leadership role for the Tide As one of the teamrsquos captains ndash along with Simmons and Kaneisha Horn ndash she has started all five games shersquos played in and is averaging near-ly five rebounds a game

Jack a sophomore forward from Suwanee Ga came to Alabama from Samford University Shersquos shown high energy and lots of communica-tion while on the court

ldquoShe gave up a full scholarship at Samford and came here having to work and not really knowing if she was going to get any [play time]rdquo Hudson said

Jack has started one game for Alabama and provides the team flexibility with her ability to play inside and out

Alabamarsquos roster is com-prised of other players who have made their way to the Capstone by way of transfer Jessica Merritt Alicia Mitcham and Meghan Perkins all transferred from junior college before making a

splash at the UniversityAll of these players have

played ample minutes and proved to be fit for SEC compe-tition with their play last sea-son With a plethora of players with multiple skill sets Hudsonsaid he thinks his team has more chemistry than hersquos had before Players agree and theyare ready to compete with thebest

ldquoI know that our success is not by faultrdquo Hutchen said ldquoWersquove worked hard as a team to make sure that we are goingto bring back great things to Alabama basketballrdquo

Three transfers fi nally suiting up for Crimson Tide

CW | Shannon Auvil Photo Illustration by Elizabeth DavisThe Crimson Tide defeated the Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC Cham-pionship Dec 1 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta GA Alabama will face Notre Dame in the BCS title game in Miami Fla Jan 7

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By Aldo Amato

For the past five years stu-dents who have attended The University of Alabama have bared witness to perhaps the greatest collegiate athletic pro-gram of all time Whether it is football softball womenrsquos golf or the always dominant gym-nastics program Alabama ath-letics is unmatched through-out the country

This past weekendrsquos epic win over Georgia in the SEC Championship defined the championship level fight the football team and other pro-grams possess While much of the credit goes to the coaches in their respective programs it is the fans that have made this championship atmosphere what it is today

Not many outside state lines know what it is like to be part of a consistent cham-pionship program Heck not many inside state lines know what it is like to be a consistent champion A team southeast of Tuscaloosa looking for a head coach could tell you that first-hand

But I digressWe are living in an era of

greatness at the Capstone and it is up to Crimson Tide fans especially students to relish it and soak up all the crystal foot-balls diamond-studded rings and wooden NCAA trophies because it has not always been this way and unfortunately will not last forever I can tell you that firsthand

Growing up in a multicul-tural family American football was a foreign concept and was not part of the household But

like many children in Alabama are forced to do when they are young one must pick a side to root for Then Tigers coach Terry Bowden was doing well so I picked Auburn For years and years I rooted against the Crimson Tide and was always happy when they lost

Even when a family member of mine chose to go here I root-ed against the Tide Even when the Tide was supposed to beat then lowly Northern Illinois I cheered through the streets of Tuscaloosa as a bandwagon Huskies fan after the Tide fell in one of the biggest upsets in Crimson Tide history

But after all of the seething hatred I had for a program that was coming off NCAA sanc-tions and that had struggled for years in the early 2000s some-thing about this town and this University completely changed how I viewed Alabama and college football

Some people have an ldquoa-hardquo moment in which they real-ize what theyrsquove been doing wrong all along Mine came in a series of weekends spent in Tuscaloosa even during the

ldquodown yearsrdquo at the Capstone The passion and exuberance displayed by Tide fans even though they knew they had no shot baffled me How could a fan base not give up on their team despite them being ter-rible Why are so many fans still packing out a stadium to watch their team lose

Those questions soon became impossible to find a clear-cut answer to So I chose to embrace the atmosphere for a couple of weekends not knowing what to expect What I discovered was my true col-lege football team and the best fan base in the Southeastern Conference and entire nation

Whether it was the tail-gaters or the pregame rituals Crimson Tide fans were as passionate about their team as major fan bases like the New York Yankees Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Lakers even during rough stretches and I wanted to be a part of it

But now that the football team and other elite Tide pro-grams are once again champi-ons it is now crucial that fans and students like the teams

lsquoCrimson Tide fans are as passionate about their team as major fan basesrsquo

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday December 4 2012 | Page 9

COLUMN

Tide lands 9 players on 2012 Associated Press All-Southeastern Conference TeamCW Staff

The Alabama football team had nine players selected to the Associated Press All-Southeastern Conference Team the AP announced Monday

Four Crimson Tide play-ers garnered first team hon-ors including senior center Barrett Jones senior guard Chance Warmack junior line-backer CJ Mosley and junior

cornerback Dee Milliner Both Jones and Milliner were unan-imous selections

On the second team Alabama was represent-ed by junior tackle DJ Fluker junior quarter-back AJ McCarron junior running back Eddie Lacy and senior nose guard Jesse Williams while senior safety Robert Lester was named honorable mention

FOOTBALL

not get complacent A certain sense of arrogance comes with championships Trust me ndash Irsquom a Yankees fan It is important to remember these teams are special but it is the fans that make this University stand alone when it comes to cham-pionship atmospheres

Despite what happens in the most highly anticipated

championship games in col-lege football history against two traditional powerhouses Crimson Tide fans should rel-ish every second every minuteand every hour from today upuntil kickoff because that is what this athletics program is all about

That is what college football is truly about

ldquoDespite what happens in the most highly anticipated championship games in college football history

against two traditional powerhouses Crimson Tide fans

should relish every second every minute and every hour from today

up until kickoff because that is what this athletics program iss all

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Todayrsquos Birthday (120412) Drink in time alone this year with a journal your thoughts and a cup of tea Plan for what you want and aim high Treat yourself well Care for one who needs it Family comes fi rst and home is where your heart isTo get the advantage check the dayrsquos rating 10 is the easiest day 0 the most challengingAries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Be respectful and listen to anotherrsquos cries Provide information Passion requires commitment Main-tain objectivity Let them know you appreciate the feedback Say how you feel later Postpone travelTaurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Conditions begin to improve with compromise achieved A female sets the tone and pace Donrsquot ask many questions Take coaching from an expert and practice It works outGemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Misunderstandings are likely Nonetheless commit to your passions Consult with a co-worker on a prior-ity Bring in more wealth Postpone a shopping trip Enjoy what you haveCancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Contentment reigns at home On the spot creativity is required and itrsquos fun and random Help others gen-erate necessary funds from available resources Speak from your heartLeo (July 23-Aug 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Intuition enters the picture Donrsquot push too hard Hammer out the details New information dispels old fears Test it before sealing up every-thing A lovely moment is possibleVirgo (Aug 23-Sept 22) -- Today is a 5 -- Your suggestions may not be

immediately accepted Donrsquot get in-timidated Keep planning Th ere could be a communications breakdown with temporary confusion Postpone a celebration or fi nancial discussionLibra (Sept 23-Oct 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Invest in your infrastructure Obtain the necessary materials Donrsquot celebrate by spending more Make fi nancial talk fun Meticulous planningpays off Positive numbers appear on the balance sheetScorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Take care not to step on toes and connect with the group for public success Itrsquos not a good time to ques-tion authority unless hiring an expertSagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 21) -- Todayis an 8 -- Use the energy others gener-ate Donrsquot gossip about work Postponetravel and expansion It could get tense so relax Keep your head down Get money for improvements nowCapricorn (Dec 22-Jan 19) -- Today is a 6 -- Follow through on your plan Arguing just makes it take longer Minimize fi nancial risks and watch forhidden dangers Work interferes with travel Provide information Enjoy local cuisineAquarius (Jan 20-Feb 18) -- Today is a 7 -- Soak up information and let your partner do the talking Visualize perfection Act on profi table ideas Expect a visitor you havenrsquot seen for some timePisces (Feb 19-March 20) -- Today is a 6 -- You can get whatever you need and easily avoid a mistake Yoursquove earned some rest Others are drawn to you today Bask in the glow Postpone an outing

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Tuesday December 4 2012SPORTSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 10

By Sarah Elizabeth TookerStaff Reporter

If you know anything about The University of Alabama Crimson Tidersquos legendary defensive line chances are you know No 35 Nico Johnson Off the field however most fans do not realize Johnson has his eyes set on more than just another national championship ndash his goal is a degree

ldquoThat was really my only reason for coming back this season knowing anything can happen at any timerdquo Johnson said ldquoI promised my mom I wouldnrsquot leave UA without a degreerdquo

Born in small-town Andalusia Ala Johnson never dreamed he would one day play under head coach Nick Sabanrsquos Crimson Tide In fact sports were the last thing on his mind

ldquoI remember going to camp as a junior thinking I didnrsquot even really care about sports

because I wanted to go into the militaryrdquo Johnson said ldquoWhen Alabama gave me an offer after just four days I had to decide between football or the mili-tary and I chose to take advan-tage of the free degreerdquo

Johnson said one of his favorite memories was when Saban paid him a personal visit to Andalusia With offers from major football pro-grams like Auburn Florida LSU and Georgia Saban hoped to lock in a now very sought-after recruit

ldquoIt was unreal ndash Nick Saban sitting in my actual homerdquo he said ldquoIt was weird and really special all at the same timerdquo

Yet playing for a success-ful football team never caused Johnson to lose focus of the real goal ndash securing a degree to prepare for the unpredictable future of a football player

ldquoYoursquore not guaranteed to play anywhere and in order to be successful why even come

here if you donrsquot finish your degreerdquo he said ldquoYou never know when your last day of football can berdquo

With this driven attitude and the support of his family in mind Johnson began thinking about choosing the right major

ldquoI think I was sitting in my dorm watching lsquo[Law and Order] Special Victims Unitrsquo and thought lsquoI want to do that I want to be able to make a dif-ference in societyrsquordquo he said

A criminal justice degree seemed an odd choice to some of his friends from back home but Johnson said there was no better choice

ldquoI guess I just feel like itrsquos the only thing I can connect with and have an interest for because going through high school I just saw so many friends getting in trouble with the police and at one point I hated the police for itrdquo Johnson said ldquoNow ndash over time the older I got ndash I understood how

difficult it is and the need for policerdquo

Being the only one of his friends to make it out and go to college Johnson said forced him to realize he had to beat the system and do something big with his life

ldquoIrsquom going to try the football thing because I think I have a good chance but I have a degree to fall back onrdquo he said ldquoI want to be a CSI or FBI agent [My juevenile deliquency class] talked about how difficult it is for kids these days and how being raised the right way can make a difference in a childrsquos life or how an abusive parent can even cause a delinquent child I could really connect with it because Irsquod witnessed it growing up by hand or eyerdquo

However at the end of the day being a football player on such a successful team has its perks Johnson said

ldquoIrsquoll miss the tradition of Alabama football and being

able to wear the jersey but really just being around my teammates walking to class or eating at Bryant [Hall] togeth-er is what Irsquoll miss the mostrdquo he said ldquoWhen the crowd cheers for us when our picture comes on the jumbotron it just shows that all your hard work pays offrdquo

With a possible NFL future Johnson said he and his

family would rather focus on the present

ldquoThe thing their most excited for was me getting a degree and anything else that is just extrardquo he said ldquoI came here to get a championship and Irsquove done that twice I came here toget a degree and Irsquoll get that infive months so Irsquod say Alabama is everything it was supposed to live up tordquo

CW Staff

Alabama senior center Barrett Jones was selected as one of six finalists for the 13th annual Rimington Trophy which goes to the nationrsquos most outstanding center the Rimington Trophy committee announced Monday

Jones from Germantown Tenn is joined by Louisvillersquos Mario Benavides Notre Damersquos Braxston Cave Clemsonrsquos Dalton Freeman Southern Californiarsquos Khaled Holmes and Penn Statersquos Matt Stankiewitch as finalists

Jones is the third Crimson

Tide player to be named a final-ist for the Rimington Award joining the ranks of William Vlachos (2011) and Antoine Caldwell (2008)

Jones spent his first two years starting at right guard for Alabama and when the Tide needed a left tackle in 2011 he moved over and won the Outland Trophy for the nationrsquos best offensive line-men In 2012 Alabama needed to replace a three-year starter at center and Jones stepped up once again and has excelled at that position this year

Jones graded out at an aver-age of 908 percent in the Tidersquos

12 regular season games including nine games over 90 percent He had just six missed assignments on 656 plays while anchoring one of the nationrsquos top offensive lines in 49 starts over the last four years

The winner of the Rimington Trophy is selected by deter-mining the consensus All-America center pick from four existing All-America teams including the American Football Coaches Association The Walter Camp Foundation The Sporting News and the Football Writers Association of America The center with the most first team votes will be

determined the winner If thereis a tie with first team votes then the center with the most second team votes will win If there is still a tie the winner will be determined by a major-ity vote from the Rimington Trophy committee

This yearrsquos RimingtonTrophy will be revealed live on ESPNU during the ESPN Red Carpet Show immediatelypreceding The Home Depot College Football Awards airing live from the Atlantic Dance Hall at Disneyrsquos Boardwalk at the Walt Disney World Resorton Thursday Dec 6 beginning at 630 pm (CST)

Center Barrett Jones named Rimington Trophy fi nalist

Pursuit of degree kept Nico Johnson at Alabama

CW | Shannon AuvilNico Johnson speaks with media following the SEC Championship game Dec 1

CW | Austin BigoneyBarrett Jones lines up as center where he is in contention for the Rim-ington Trophy He previously won the Outland Trophy at left tackle

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Editor | Melissa Brownnewsdeskcwuaedu

Tuesday December 4 2012NEWSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 3

By Alan AlexanderContributing Writer

Honors College students met with Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox and other city officials on Monday to propose five municipal planning programs concentrating on improving the functionality of the Strip

PlanFirst is a class out of the Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility centered on a city-student planning initia-tive The course is designed to familiarize the students with general procedure and his-tory of city planning Students then formulate their own ideas for city improvement and work on projects that can be implemented by the city

ldquoThe proposals that I have seen today are very impres-siverdquo Maddox said ldquoThey get down to both short term issues of Strip security and long-term issues concerning land userdquo

The Faccedilade Improvement Program focused on enhancing

the overall appearance of the bars restaurants and busi-nesses along the Strip The proposal suggested enclosing garbage and recycling con-tainers incorporating outdoor seating and landscaping on all corner lots and avoiding the use of blank walls would make the Strip much more attractive

Krysten Harper a senior majoring in political science contributed to the Faccedilade proj-ect and believes simple changes can produce huge differences

ldquoIrsquove lived here four years and the Strip doesnrsquot look like a very welcoming environmentrdquo Harper said ldquoJust removing the dark tint steel bars and mirrors from the windows of businesses would greatly improve the atmosphererdquo

The Urban Village Concept proposed changing the Strip to accommodate more pedes-trians per square mile and increase the purchasing power of the area This would require constructing more mixed-use

buildings and reducing the number of vacant lots

Liz Jasper a junior majoring in management headed up the Urban Village Concept propos-al and said applying this con-cept to the Strip would create a number of benefits

ldquoOther than the obvious mon-etary incentives that an urban village would bring to the Strip taking advantage of all of the dead zones and empty lots would help unify the UA cam-pus and the Striprdquo Jasper said

Other proposals focused on making the area more pedes-trian-friendly by increasing the safety of the streets and sidewalks especially when Tuscaloosa experiences a large influx of people on gamedays

To combat this the proposal suggests making the Strip a pedestrian-only zone on Friday and Saturday nights from 10 pm to 3 am By not allowing cars to travel on a section of the Strip businesses would have more room for outside seating

and pedestrians wouldnrsquot have to worry about traffic

It also calls for a section of the Strip from Frank Thomas Avenue to Gene Stallings Avenue to be rendered as a no-traffic zone A retractable bol-lard system would be installed and redirect traffic to 8th Street and reverse the one-way streets of Red Drew Avenue and Gene Stallings to circumvent the area

Emma Whitaker a senior and one of three civil engineer-ing majors who worked on the traffic proposal said reserv-ing that section of the Strip would be beneficial for both businesses and patrons

ldquoPeople would be less likely to drive to the Strip if this strategy was implementedrdquo Whitaker said ldquoBusinesses would have more room to accommodate more people and residents and visitors wouldnrsquot have to worry about trafficrdquo

Maddox said all of these pro-posals will be taken into con-sideration by the city council

Students Maddox discuss improvements to the Strip

By Madison RobertsStaff Reporter

Next semester The University of Alabama will enforce the official transition from eLearning to Blackboard for every course Some cours-es are already on Blackboard this semester and this change has caused mixed reactions from faculty and students at the University

Alexia Cadle a freshman majoring in telecommunica-tion and film said she likes Blackboard because itrsquos easy to understand

ldquoI like Blackboard because itrsquos an easy way to access your grades and find information

about all of your classes and what is duerdquo Cadle said ldquoI think itrsquos easy to understand and I have never had any prob-lems with it Everything is just easy on Blackboardrdquo

Isabelle Drewelow a French professor and Language Program Director for the Introductory Language Sequence agreed Blackboard is superior to eLearning but is still not a fan of the new system

ldquoYou cannot upload a PowerPoint with pictures I think it has a great infrastruc-ture in the sense that you have the blog the chats the differ-ent things you can use especial-ly when it comes to foreign lan-guages but we canrsquot really use

it because the size and capacity is not enoughrdquo Drewelow said

In Drewelowrsquos French 101 class the students were assigned a Digital Story in which they were required to create a movie or PowerPoint file to upload to Blackboard so other students and the instruc-tor could view it Drewelow said the movie files were too large for Blackboard to handle so she had to create a page on Emodo another file sharing website for this activity

ldquoIn my class we did digital stories and students could not upload a movie file PowerPoint or anything because it was beyond the capacity that Blackboard could holdrdquo

Drewelow said ldquoWe are mov-ing in the right direction but I think there is still a lot of fix-ing to do because it still seems a little too limited as far as file sizes and going back and forth between the different capabilities goesrdquo

Rebekah Ezzell a freshman majoring in marketing said she is pleased with Blackboard but doesnrsquot think itrsquos as effective as it could be

ldquoI like Blackboard but a lot of teachers donrsquot use itrdquo Ezzell said ldquoItrsquos very helpful to know what your grade is in your classes but only a few of my teachers actually take advan-tage of that featurerdquo

With Blackboard comes

new features and new ways to avoid the old-fashioned red ink grading method TurnItIn an element that allows students to submit their papers online and receive peer suggestions as well as instructor feedback and their grade has become popular with many students Ezzell likes TurnItIn because it provides instant feedback but recognizes that it may have a few hiccups because itrsquos tech-nology and ldquotechnology always has problemsrdquo

ldquoI like that I can see my grade and the comments he makes on my paper as soon as the teacher grades itrdquo Ezzell said ldquoI like that I donrsquot have to wait until classrdquo

Some teachers are required to put their courses on eLearn-ing depending on their depart-ment Drewelow said putting her course information on Blackboard is necessary but she probably wouldnrsquot use it ifshe had the choice

ldquoI am required to put my syllabus on Blackboardrdquo Drewelow said ldquoI figure stu-dents know there is informa-tion there so I have to use it Irsquom sure if it improves I would choose to put information there but right now it createsmore headaches and students stress out because their work isnrsquot there when it should be so I probably wouldnrsquot put mystuff there if I had the choicerdquo

Spring semester begins campuswide switch to Blackboard

ldquoTherersquos no doubt that whatrsquos been presented today will make its way forward to our joint task force with UArdquo Maddox said ldquoThis reinforces

some of the same believes that we have and comes with a lot of credibility because these are the students who live at the University every single dayrdquo

CW | Shannon AuvilMayor Walt Maddox asks questions about the PlanFirst proposals The PlanFirst class housed under the Honors College presented to city planners at City Hall Dec 3

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Editor | SoRelle Wyckoffletterscwuaedu

Tuesday December 4 2012OPINIONSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 4

MCT Campus

By Hannah WaidStaff Columnist

My fatherrsquos father had a saying ldquoThese are the most carefree days of your liferdquo He was referring to my fatherrsquos college days And my father has been repeating the same saying to me recently Usually in response to my venting about the stress of due dates and deadlines to which my responseis normally ldquoUh huh sure seems like itrdquo

But when I sit back and truly think about mylife right now compared to what I assume my lifewill look like in the future these truly are some carefree days Now I know the term ldquocarefreerdquo isnot the word most students would use for the lasttwo weeks of the semester But we should remind ourselves that at the end of these next two weeks life will go on

During these next two weeks the first things we may scratch from our busy schedules may be the things most valuable to our survival sleep and food We may live in Starbucks continuallypumping our bodies with caffeine in order to fin-ish a 12-page paper We may fall asleep with ourfaces in our textbooks out of utter exhaustion of studying for a cumulative final We may depend on late night library food as our idea of a three-course meal a bag of chips for an appetizer a protein bar as the meal and candy for dessert

Even though this isnrsquot the picture of an ideal carefree time of life there are many things eas-ily overlooked in the midst of the stress of school For most of us right now the only person we truly have to look out for is ourselves And we are not alone in our sleepless endeavors since college isone of the last places many of our friends will be together in the same place before moving on to graduate schools or future careers Or the fact that it is okay to make mistakes We are not per-fect and will not always be able to make a perfectscore on every paper or every test

One day we will look back on these momentsthat currently seem stressful and unfair and remember the friends who stayed with us at the library until 2 am We will remember the Tuesday night study breaks with our roommates to watch a new episode of a favorite TV show We will remember the friends who celebrated the special moments with us from football games to birthdays to the end of finals

So as you go into these last two weeks of thesemester think to yourself ldquoThese are the most carefree days of my liferdquo Whether you are a fresh-man senior or somewhere in between remember to take time to make the most of these moments inorder to make memories

Hannah Waid is a junior majoring in English Her column runs biweekly on Tuesdays

Make the most of last few carefree days in college

By Lucy CheseldineStaff Columnist

So itrsquos been four months how-ever many days and nights Irsquom not a numbers woman And Irsquove lost track of time Sleep in my life has moved through stages When I was little it was an obligation I didnrsquot want to leave the TV before the 9 orsquoclock water shed When I was growing up it was a necessity to fight off the fatigue produced by an extensive exercise routine And now itrsquos a luxury Itrsquos some-thing I just donrsquot have time for anymore

Whatever month day hour it is itrsquos nearly home time Back to the land of castles A place where the royal wedding was according to people here still big news It was just an excuse for me to have a few drinks To be honest Irsquod all but for-gotten it had even happened A

country with a bit of history and eccentricity A quaint place of green fields and Edwardian tea parties apparently A place still lit-tered with the remnants of Lewis Carrollrsquos hallucinations Look hard enough and Irsquom sure you can find a rabbit hole

At least this is the Great Britain people seem to imagine I will return to In truth Irsquoll be grac-ing the gritty Northern city of Glasgow still intact with its work-ing class attitude and rugged city landscape Itrsquos beautiful but it ainrsquot what Wordsworth was talk-ing about Itrsquos true that the grass is always greener Clicheacuted I know but itrsquos something I have always returned to when traveling

This past semester hasnrsquot just been a college experience Irsquove felt constantly on the move The state tally has made it to six Not too bad to say I nearly drowned in

novels and poems only just about surfacing for air on weekends and holidays But now I have tired feet and am ready for a few weeks of civilisation as I know it

That means moving out of the toy town that is The University of Alabama Moving back to shops and cafeacutes home-cooked food and night clubs The educational system here suits me Constant assessment seems the best way to get students to actually get their teeth into the reading Back home we had one exam at the end of each term and I canrsquot deny that independent study like that lead to a pretty laid-back attitude

But living on a campus is dif-ferent to the city environments I have always lived in And the grand old symbol of America the car is taking its toll on the old waistline I wonrsquot be sorry to have a few Christmas strolls All in all

I feel like Irsquove been through a car wash this semester I came away needing to scrub myself up a bit I paid my fee and closed by eyes At first the hard bristles scrubbed me down a little bit of a culture shock and home sickness Then soap was applied and I began to feel a few of the benefits Now Irsquove been sprayed with clean water settled down and reaped the experience my new environment has to offer Irsquove come out the other side gleam-ing a bit more than when I went in Learned a few things about it all Irsquom ready to head home for a bit

Irsquoll be back in the spring laden with tea bags and some warmer clothes Ready to face the South again Happy holidays yrsquoall

Lucy Cheseldine is an English international student studying English literature Her column runs on Tuesdays

Homeward bound lsquoMoving out of toy town that is the Universityrsquo

By Tarif HaqueStaff Columnist

Last weekend a family friend invited us to herhome I entered the house as I would any other invitation of this sort I took my shoes off and placed them near her door

She greeted me in Bengali my mother tongueand I found a quiet room to read in

In that room we talk in English We go on about how good the food is We wonder what will become of us whether wersquoll ever live up toour parentrsquos grand expectations if wersquoll becomethe doctor or engineer they hoped for and whether a decade from now wersquoll be throwing similar parties filled with Bengali families in the neighborhood

My identity has been fragmented There is a part of me that lives in college immersed in the pinnacle of a Western education and the other that exists within the traditions of my house-hold where sentences are spoken in a mixture of Bengali and English

I tell myself I come to these things for the tra-ditional Bengali dishes food Irsquove come to crave since Irsquove been in college but the truth is din-ner parties like these are a nostalgic reminder of my childhood when my parents would drag my brother and me to these gatherings regularly

It seems our family has traversed all of Alabama to attend these close-knit events For my par-ents assimilation did not come easily Itrsquos been decades since theyrsquove moved to the states but onthe weekends my mother will still cloak herself in a Sari and my father will wear a Punjabi

I am the second generation Irsquove been molded in America by foreign hands I live in a cultural tug-of-war I donrsquot know what will become of me but for now Irsquom comfortable not labeling it

Tarif Haque is a sophomore majoring in comput-er science His column runs on Tuesdays

Differences between my on campus at home self

By Henry DownesStaff Columnist

Legendary Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote ldquoIf there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought ndash not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought we haterdquo

It is the duty of the Supreme Court to uphold this right to free thought for all Americans not just those who are in the major-ity or the ldquosocial mainstreamrdquo However recent hate crime leg-islation ndash such as the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr Hate Crimes Prevention Act ndash have signified a direct threat to this freedom

Hate crimes are defined by the HCPA as ldquothe incidence of vio-lence motivated by the actual or perceived race color religion national origin gender sexual orientation gender identity or dis-ability of the victimrdquo Recent data indicates crimes of this nature have been on the rise with more than 6500 incidents reported in 2009 Whatrsquos more the Bureau of Justice Statistics estimated the true number of incidents could be as much as 31 times that figure

This data in addition to the frightening murders of Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr in 1998 catalyzed a social crusade which forced the collective hands of legislators to produce a tough and inclusive national hate crime

statute Almost immediately how-ever issues were raised by detrac-tors who claimed the HCPA stat-ute violated the US Constitutionrsquos First Amendment ldquofreedom of speechrdquo provisions

When considering the consti-tutional arguments against hate crime legislation in relation to the First Amendment it is critical to understand that penalty-enhance-ment provisions contained in the HCPA expressly and separately criminalize the offenderrsquos motive during the com-mission of a crime

While purpose knowledge neg-ligence and reck-lessness are cat-egorical mental states recognized by the Moral Penal Code in estab-lishing an offenderrsquos responsibility for wrongdoing motive is not list-ed because throughout American case law it has been largely ren-dered irrelevant in relation to sen-tence-enhancement guidelines

To illustrate this point imag-ine a man convicted of murder The jury should and will take into consideration whether the man premeditated the murder (pur-pose) or whether it was simply an accident (negligence or reckless-ness) in applying penalty stan-dards Motive may in fact be used to prove guilt or association but in regards to sentence-enhance-ment it usually should not matter

whether the offense was commit-ted out of greed racial agenda or any other intention

Logistically the only way to prove an offender intentionally selected their victim by gender race or any other factor is to allow for the criminalization of motive Yet the criminalization of motive directly infringes upon the First Amendment in these cases

because no matter how these statutes are phrased they are necessarily con-tent-based

To understand the implications of content-based hate crime statutes on free speech imag-ine that yoursquore a jury member look-ing for evidence of bigoted motive

What could be legally admissible for your analysis Could you take into account the organizations to which a defendant belongs or the lectures theyrsquove attended What about the contents of their book-shelves or their Internet search history Indeed it is hard to imag-ine jurors becoming convinced of a defendantrsquos prejudiced motive ldquobeyond a reasonable doubtrdquo with-out taking into consideration such protected free speech elements which are not specifically related to the hate crime offense

Further given the finding and subsequent application of motive is so complex and occupies a ldquogray areardquo in the law it seems inap-

propriate to expect a group of ordinary and imperfect humans to realistically or accurately make these determinations of a defendantrsquos true motive

In theory the concept that social prejudices inherently necessitate legislative action fundamentally depends on the premise that prejudice is more morally repre-hensible than all other criminal motives Is this accurate Though it might be true to say that racial bias is appalling and inappro-priate it cannot be definitively said that this bias is any more reprehensible that greed spite or pure sadism

Therefore it may be argued that while hate crime laws are well-intentioned and seek to create a more tolerant society on paper in practice they ultimately fail to overcome significant constitu-tional hurdles and set dangerous precedents for the future of civil liberties in this nation

We must air on the side of cau-tion here it is imperative that gov-ernment choose the course that ensures maximum ndash not minimum ndash protection of speech thought and belief

By infringing on freedom of speech hate crime penalty enhancements consequently encroach on the most personal and essential right guaranteed by the Constitution ndash the freedom of thought

Henry Downes is a sophomore majoring in economics His col-umn runs on Tuesdays

Legislation on hate crimes a disservice to 1st Amendment

ldquoWe must air on the side of caution here it is imperative

that government choose the course that ensures

maximum ndash not minimum ndash protection of speech thought

and belief

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday December 4 2012 | Page 5

By Chandler WrightStaff Reporter

Studying abroad can be cost-ly and to alleviate that The University of Alabama offers many scholarship opportuni-ties to students who are inter-ested in saying ldquoRoll Tiderdquo in a far-off locale

ldquoAll students can complete the scholarship application for currently enrolled studentsrdquo said Mary Spiegel executive director of undergraduate admissions ldquoThis applica-tion is found on the studentrsquos myBama account under the academics tabrdquo

Spiegel said this applica-tion screens for scholarships for studying abroad and typi-cally these scholarships are

awarded based on a studentrsquos major and department The deadline for the application was Dec 1

ldquoOnce you are a currently enrolled student you are awarded by the department of the major that you are enrolled inrdquo Spiegel said

Students can also apply to UA Away a scholarship initia-tive created in 2010 in the divi-sion of student affairs that rais-es money to support students in financial need Although it is a three-prong program Sara Hartley assistant to the vice president for external affairs said one part of this is helping students study outside of the Capstone called Study Away

ldquoStudents travel to another country city or university

to study in their academic fieldsrdquo Hartley said ldquoThe Study Abroad Program and the National Student Exchange Program offer these opportuni-ties Scholarships began being awarded last yearrdquo

Hartley said there are fall and spring application dead-lines for UA Away scholarship money and students are judged based on essay questions

ldquoThe UA Away scholarship has two application cyclesrdquo Hartley said ldquoOne deadline is in the fall for students travel-ing away in the spring The sec-ond deadline is in the spring for students traveling in the summer and fall Students are judged primarily on the two essay components of the application We ask them

to identify the correlation between the experience and their educational and pro-fessional goals In addition they are asked to describe their financial need for the scholarshiprdquo

Jessie Ashton a junior major-ing in kinesiology received a UA Away scholarship to go to Ecuador in May 2013

ldquoI went abroad May 2012 and will be going again in May 2013 I didnrsquot receive a scholar-ship for the first trip but just received the Sandee Kirby Witt UA Away Scholarship at the Greek Excellence Awardsrdquo Ashton said ldquoI went through the Panhellenic Scholarships and filled out a few short essays recommendations and basic informationrdquo

Ashton said she thought the application was simple and straightforward making it easy for students to apply and receive a UA Away scholarship

ldquoIt was simple and complete-ly worth it I would do it again in a second and really donrsquot know how it could be any easierrdquo Ashton said ldquoI know Capstone International is always avail-able to help students find ways to fund their trips abroadrdquo

Additionally Spiegel said students with pre-exist-ing scholarship money to help pay for their study abroad programs

ldquoStudents who have schol-arships may use the scholar-ship dollars for study abroad with the approval of their collegeschool scholarship

representativerdquo Spiegel said ldquoThe first step for a stu-dent would be to meet with the Study Abroad office and determine when and what pro-gram they wish to attend and then meet with their collegeschool scholarship representa-tive Once a student has been approved by the Study Abroad office a student can complete the study abroad form that is found under the academics page of their myBama account Students with UA housing scholarships are not able to usetheir housing scholarships for study abroadrdquo

Hartley encourages studentsto look into the range of schol-arship opportunities offered at the Capstone to help students afford studying abroad

Programs work to alleviate study abroad costs

By Jordan CissellStaff Reporter

For Jewish University of Alabama students next week burning the midnight oil holds far more significance than stay-ing up late to study

The Jewish holiday Hanukkah takes place this year from Dec 8 to Dec 16 placing the Universityrsquos exam week squarely in the middle of the holiday period

ldquoI have my menorah and Irsquom going to light the candles each night and sing the songs and say the prayers that go along

with it just like every other yearrdquo said Ben Flax a sopho-more majoring in religious studies and programming vice president for the Hillel Jewish student union ldquoReally the only difference is I wonrsquot be light-ing the candles and singing the songs with my familyrdquo

Sammi Silverman a junior majoring in marketing and Hillelrsquos vice president of public relations said her family will be the most significant absence in her on-campus observation

ldquoI miss being around my family during the holiday and unfortunately we canrsquot really

push anything back because most of the holiday revolves around lighting the menorah at sunset each night of Hanukkah but I get to open my presents when I get homerdquo she said ldquoNot being able to be around my family is the hardest part about being in school for Hanukkah Just imagine yourself in school or taking a final on Christmas ndash that pretty much sums up the feeling for me I imaginerdquo

Silverman said Hillel will be hosting a kickoff party open to both Jewish and non-Jewish students on Saturday Dec 8

Amy Ackerman a sopho-

more majoring in nonprofit management through the New College said she would not be opposed to the University cut-ting the semester schedule off by a week to accommodate Hanukkah observation but does not feel the trimming is necessary

ldquoObviously being out of school to celebrate Christmas is very convenient for everyone else because they can be home with their families and relaxrdquo she said ldquoI would love to celebrate Hanukkah for the full eight days at home but the truth is my fam-ily is going to celebrate when we are all together and it will be just the same for usrdquo

Flax said it would be nearly impossible for the University to schedule around Hanukkah because the Hebrew calendar is based upon the lunar cycle as opposed to the solar-centric Gregorian calendar which means Hanukkahrsquos eight-day period can begin anytime with-in November and December depending on the year

ldquoIrsquove had a Hanukkah before Thanksgiving where I got to spend three days of it with my familyrdquo he said ldquoIrsquove had a two-year Hanukkah because it began at Christmas and stretched into Januaryrdquo

Like Ackerman Flax doesnrsquot view having Hanukkah off from school as too significant of a necessity He said Hanukkah despite the attention it receives is a relatively minor holiday in the Jewish calendar as it is rabbi-created and not outlined in the Torah

Flax said he skips school and travels home to be with family on the more important Torah-mandated holidays like Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur (or Day of Atonement)

ldquoOn the very first day of each class I always approach my professors and give them a piece of paper describing the days I will have to miss and what theyrsquore all aboutrdquo Flax said ldquoUsually theyrsquore pretty good about helping me work

around it Plus Irsquom a religiousstudies major so the professors are usually understandingrdquo

ldquoHanukkah commemorates the victory of the Jews over the Syrio-Greeks in 162 BCE and the rededication of the ancientTemple in Jerusalemrdquo Steven Jacobs Aaron Aronov Chair of Judaic Studies said

Flax said observers light one menorah candle each day for eight days in memory of the one-day supply of oil that miraculously kept the temple lantern burning for eight days

ldquoMost people donrsquot know this but there are actually twotypes of menorahrdquo Flax said ldquoThe ones that stay in the syna-gogue all the time have seven candles and the special ones for Hanukkah have nine can-dles eight for each day of the holiday and one for lighting the other candles And other thanthe fact that the one candle has to be on a different level than the eight others really any-thing goes Mine looks like a 1930s roadsterrdquo

Jewish UA students weigh in on Hanukkah at Capstone

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTSPage 6 | Tuesday December 4 2012

By Chandler WrightStaff Reporter

Student Government Association President Matt Calderone gave his state of the University address Monday night highlighting the projects and initiatives SGA has done thus far this year

ldquoWe have made progressrdquo Calderone said ldquoWersquove come a long way SGA in the past has been through its up and its down There have been times when wersquove been trusted and some times when students have questioned this SGArdquo

Calderone said through sign-in sheets and ACT Card swipes at various events in addition to Twitter and Facebook interaction with stu-dents SGA has reached 16544 students directly

ldquo[The students] have come to our events wersquove talked to them in our officerdquo Calderone said ldquoThese are students who have heard about our need- based scholarships These are students who come into our office on Veterans Day con-cerned about getting around Tuscaloosa when public transit is not in operation Students

are now confident in their SGA and know they can go to their SGA and get help and assistance Wersquove had over 100 ideas to actions funneling through our office We have made progressrdquo

Calderone also mentioned SGArsquos commitment to service through the Sunday service ini-tiative in the office of the vice president of external affairs which he helped create last year before being elected SGA president in addition to mak-ing safety a priority for SGA

ldquoIn the office of external affairs wersquove continued our initiative of service through the Sunday service programrdquo Calderone said ldquoWersquove also made safety a top priority on campus and beyond Wersquove been concerned mostly with safety on the Strip focusing on the connectivity from down-town and the Striprdquo

Calderone said the SGA has started working closely with student groups across campus to address their needs and the perceptions they have about SGA and its programs

ldquoWe wanted to make SGA relevant to every student on campusrdquo Calderone said ldquoI can

confidently stand before you and say that we have accom-plished that goal Wersquove been communicating and collaborat-ing with students Through our UA delegates program wersquove met with 12 different organiza-tions Wersquove talked about their needs financially and other-wise ndash groups that might need a little help With our campus connect initiative in the office of the executive vice presi-dent members of SGA go to different organizations to talk about SGA and what wersquore doing for themrdquo

SGA press secretary Meagan Bryant said she has been com-ing to state of the University addresses since she was a freshman in 2009 Bryant said this provides an opportu-nity to remind campus about all of the projects on which SGA is working

ldquoWith the end of the semes-ter a lot of people think lsquoOh the semester is over and SGA has stopped doing projectsrsquordquo Bryant said ldquoThe state of the University address is a good way to show thatrsquos not true Itrsquos definitely different this year Wersquore continuing to work on various projects and reach out

to students on campus Wersquore all working together really well as a team and reaching outrdquo

SGA Chief of Staff Brennan Johnson echoed Bryantrsquos statement emphasizing how

important the state of the University address is in show-ing students what the SGA is doing for them

ldquoItrsquos important for cam-pus and students to have a

chance to see everything SGA is doing as far as projects andinitiatives so they can see how SGA can help them and what they can get involved inrdquo Johnson said

Calderone delivers state of University address

By Camille CorbettContributing Writer

A handful of UA student groups held a benefit ball for children who go without toys during the holiday season

The Universityrsquos chapter of the NAACP the Beta Eta chapter of Omega Psi Phi and the Kappa Alpha chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha hosted the 12th annual Toy Ball on Dec 2

In addition to collecting toys the $10 entrance fee went toward the purchase of more toys for the Tuscaloosa

One FoundationldquoPart of the money will go

towards the expenses for the event but otherwise wersquoll buy more toys with it No organi-

zations will profit from this eventrdquo said David Daniels President of Omega Psi Phi the founding fraternity of the event

During the ball there was a program hosted by Malcolm Harper the service event chair of Omega Psi Phi and Reale Snorton secretary of the NAACP which highlight-ed the accomplishments of both the Boys and Girls Club and organizations within the university

ldquoThe event had perfor-mances by dancers the Afro

American Gospel Choir and a spoken word artist as well as toys and awards presented to area children for outstand-ing performances during the yearrdquo said Brett Saunders president of the NAACP

In the effort to reach more children this year the Kappa Alpha Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha was added to the group of organizations coordinating the event

ldquoThis year we reformatted the structure of the event by including live entertainment and a tribute to children from

the Boys amp Girls Clubrdquo Jahmir Jones Scholarship Chair for Alpha Phi Alpha said ldquoEach organization sponsored a child from the Boys amp Girls Club based on merit support-ed by Boys amp Girls Director Stephen Millerrdquo

Three awards were given during the program to children within the Boys amp Girls Club who were deemed exemplary

ldquoThese three youth rep-resent all that is right with the youth of todayrdquo Stephen Miller senior director of the

Boys amp Girls Club said ldquoThey are the reason I try to make a difference one child at a timerdquo

The main objective of this event was to bring awareness to needs that the community in and around Tuscaloosa has that organizations within the University may be ableto remedy

ldquoFirst of all we recognize thekids are coming in and raisingawareness about donating and things like that for the student bodyrdquo Daniels said ldquoTry to continue the cycle of social service in the communityrdquo

Campus NAACP holds Toy Ball for underprivileged

ldquoThese three youth represent all that is right with the youth of

today They are the reason I try to make a difference one child at

a time

mdash Stephen Miller

CW | Shannon AuvilSGA President Matt Calderone addresses students at the State of the University address Dec 3

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Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Tuesday December 4 2012CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 7

By Kristen FeytContributing Writer

Theatre Tuscaloosa left audi-ence members moved by their opening night performance of ldquoGodspellrdquo as directed by Abe Reybod at the Bean-Brown Theatre on Friday Nov 30

ldquoI felt such a mixture of emotions from the perfor-mancerdquo said Kathleen Starke a freshman at The University of Alabama who attended the show opening night ldquoAt one point I was uplifted by the won-derful musical numbers and the comedy of the play and then I was crying my eyes out from the intimacy of the drama at the end of the showrdquo

ldquoGodspellrdquo written by Stephen Schwartz and John Michael Tebelak tells the story of Jesusrsquo life accord-ing to the book of Matthew in

the Bible The musical begins with the baptism of Jesus and then transitions through para-bles that are told in the Bible accompanied by musical num-bers such as ldquoDay by Dayrdquo and ldquoGod Save the Peoplerdquo

ldquoGodspellrdquo begins with the actors in a classroom-like set-ting in matching uniforms which then changes into a downtown setting with graffiti-covered walls The cast then comes out in brightly colored costumes and begins to sing the number ldquoPrepare Yerdquo an upbeat tune that narrates the baptism of cast members by Gerard Jones who plays John the Baptist

Jesus played by Will Erwin then enters the show and begins telling his followers the parables from the Bible which are enacted by different cast members Following each

parable is a musical number that also teaches a story from the gospel of Matthew The actors used an element of audi-ence participation to make the performance more interactive

ldquoThe entire show was so interactive with the audiencerdquo Devin Valenza a freshman majoring in chemical engi-neering said ldquoThe whole time I was so focused on the show I completely forgot that I was watching a musical I felt like I was a part of the productionrdquo

In the second act ldquoGodspellrdquo takes on a more somber tone in contrast to the first actrsquos cheer-ful and eccentric mood The actors set the scene of the last supper and shows Jesusrsquo good bye to his followers as well as Judasrsquo betrayal

ldquoI could barely watch the final number of Jesusrsquo cruci-fixionrdquo Starke said ldquoIt felt like

I was actually there watching it happen The agony that the actors portrayed is what really made the scene come to liferdquo

The play ends with the actors carrying Jesus off stage and then coming back on to sing the closing song of the production

Dorothy Pieroni who attend-ed the opening night of the musical was very pleased with the production

ldquoGreat performance great singers great costumes I thor-oughly enjoyed itrdquo Pieroni said ldquoThe emotion that they project just everything they did we have a lot of talent in Tuscaloosardquo

ldquoGodspellrdquo runs through Dec 9 at the Bean-Brown Theatre at Shelton State Community College Tickets can be purchased online at wwwtheatretusccom

Theatre Tuscaloosarsquos lsquoGodspellrsquo makes Christrsquos story interactive

By Becky RobinsonStaff Reporter

Most musicians would do anything for the spotlight but not Lena Dice This UA studentrsquos passion for music is a quieter one that began blos-soming in recent months

Dice a junior majoring in psychology was born and raised in Tuscaloosa Finding a love of music at an early age Dice partnered with life-long friend Wright Gatewood to form their group ldquogolight-lyrdquo in May 2012

ldquoWersquove been writing songs together for about four monthsrdquo Dice said ldquoWhen it comes to writing and play-ing my own stuff Irsquom very self-conscious so having [Wright] to bounce ideas off of made it a lot easierrdquo

Dice said when shersquos on stage alone she often feels like she does not know what to do especially since shar-ing music is very personal to her

Both Dice and Gatewood play piano but one day Gatewood picked up a guitar and started to teach himself to play After he showed Dice some of the songs he had been writing the two decided to collaborate and become a duo

ldquoWe just sit down and write what wersquore thinking aboutrdquo Gatewood a junior majoring in music management said ldquoWe donrsquot have a set formula We write together and we write separatelyrdquo

In fact much of golightly is an experiment Dice said she and Gatewood have been playing different instru-ments such as the xylo-phone spoons and kazoo to incorporate into their music

Although Dice has not played her music live many

times she performed with Tom Evanchuck at the Bama Theatre last year She said the experience was amaz-ing and a huge leap from the open mic nights where she started

Dice said she and Gatewood are not necessarily influ-enced by any one genre but relate to the ldquosinger-song-writerrdquo genre most Female artists like Ingrid Michaelson and bands such as Mumford amp Sons or the Civil Wars also play an important role in the pairrsquos writing

Gatewood said he often finds inspiration for songs whenever he takes a walk or goes on a road trip

ldquoWhenever I find myself in a new situation Irsquom always inspired by that new momentrdquo Gatewood said

The duo also finds inspi-ration from the city of Tuscaloosa

ldquoI think it helps being in Tuscaloosa because itrsquos not necessarily a big music town ndash itrsquos known for football ndash but people are very interested in musicrdquo Dice said ldquoAnytime Irsquove seen bands play that I havenrsquot heard about itrsquos always interesting to go see who they are and what kind of music they play If yoursquore in Nashville thatrsquos what everybodyrsquos doing itrsquos not really a surpriserdquo

With an untitled EP set for release in January 2013 Dice and Gatewood are working to build a name for themselves

ldquoWe want to get as much experience playing in front of people as we canrdquo Dice said ldquoWersquore just having fun really Wersquore not starting this to make it big we just enjoy playing togetherrdquo

Golightly can be found on Facebook and on Twitter at wearegolightly

Student duo to release 2013 EP

By Margaret WilbourneContributing Writer

For many college represents not just the struggle to manage extracurricular commitments and academics or to decide a major and minor but also the transition to complete inde-pendence Competition with an ever-increasing global econo-my and a booming technologi-cal age is creating something of a black hole for graduates striv-ing for self-sufficiency

Because of these new strug-gles in the job market 24 per-cent of currently unemployed or underemployed graduates between ages 18-34 have moved in with their parents according

to the Pew Research CenterTraditionally being a ldquoboo-

merang childrdquo has held a nega-tive connotation said Hunter Stewart a freshman majoring in civil engineering

ldquoPersonally yes I see it as something negativerdquo he said ldquoIf I canrsquot support myself on my own Irsquod feel extremely judged and like people would think I canrsquot handle the real worldrdquo

An analysis of the 2011 Current Population Survey reveals 53 percent of gradu-ates with bachelor degrees under the age of 25 were unem-ployed About 26 percent of graduates were overqualified for the median jobs they held such as waitressing For some

however the classic stigma attached to moving back with Mom and Dad has begun to lessen and the meaning of ldquosup-portingrdquo oneself has evolved

ldquoI feel like moving back home after graduation is a good thing because it allows people to save up money and get their bear-ings while workingrdquo Cameron Harvey a freshman majoring in marketing and management said For Harvey heading home after graduation doesnrsquot seem so bad

ldquoMoving back is definitely an option especially if I got a well-paying job in Atlantardquo Harvey said Despite the convenience and chance to get onersquos feet on the ground living with onersquos

parents offers some still can-not justify the move

ldquoMoving back isnrsquot an option for me ndash Irsquom very independentrdquo Emelie Sara Tonitis a senior majoring in secondary educa-tion and language arts said To avoid circumstances that might force her to move home Tonitis made sure to plan ahead

ldquoIf I had chosen an English major then I probably would have had to move back with my dadrdquo she said ldquoBut I chose a major that would help me get a job after I graduatedrdquo

While she is determined to avoid adopting her old address Tonitis does see returning home as an option for others

ldquoIf you have a job and are doing something I donrsquot think itrsquos a bad thingrdquo she said

Students debate moving home after school

COLUMN | HEALTH

By Tricia Vaughan

Dead Week is upon us fel-low scholars and adding a few provisions to your daily diet will naturally improve mental per-formance and productivity

Eggs These power packed foods contain choline a type of B vitamin that is shown to increase memory retention and energizes the body B vitamins can also improve your mood Preparing eggs for breakfast is a quick and good way to kick start a day of tedious studying

Fish nuts and beans Salmon mackeral tuna sardines wal-nuts flaxseeds kidney beans and soy beans are just a few examples All contain main com-ponents of omega-3 fatty acids EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic

acid) two fundamental building blocks of the outer membrane of cells that nerve signals pass through In order to retain infor-mation the cells must create new membranes Omega-3 is essential for the body because the body cannot produce them itself Therefore students must incorporate them in their diet to maintain optimum brain function

A steady balance of omega-6 with omega-3 is also crucial to a healthy diet Omega-6 found in vegetable oils such as soy oil increase inflammation blood clotting and cell creation in the body while omega-3 counteracts these effects Balance within the body is crucial Nuts also con-tain vitamin E which is an anti-oxidant that when consumed in moderation aids in preventing

degenerative diseases Includefish in a meal at least twice aweek (or six ounces) as wellas a handful of nuts and a cupof beans a day in your diet toreceive the benefits of omega 3

Green and cruciferous vege-tables Vegetables such as broc-coli cauliflower kale brusselssprouts and cabbage (althoughnot the most tasty) are highin antioxidants like vitaminC that protect the brain fromfree radicals The free radicalsproduced when cells generateenergy are the waste productsemitted from energy productionand are harmful to the brainAntioxidants can disable freeradicals and protect the brainwhich utilizes 17 percent ofthe bodyrsquos energy Try to addsome to a salad or as a side toany meal

Certain foods key to healthy brain activityHERE THEREEVERYWHERE

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Page 8 | Tuesday December 4 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

By Marc TorrenceAssistant Sports Editor

The formula is simple but at times this season has seemed too complicated for Alabama It doomed the Crimson Tide during the teamrsquos only regu-lar season loss against Texas AampM After rallying from a 20-point deficit the Tide had four chances to score from the 6-yard line and elected to throw three times The last pass was intercepted

Saturday though facing an 11-point deficit with every-thing on the line the formula clicked and Alabama went back to what it does best to set up a dramatic finish and a 32-28 win

ldquoWe kind of had that I-would-not-be-denied attitude out there todayrdquo head coach Nick Saban said ldquoIrsquom not say-ing we played our best football game of the year in terms of execution but the way we were able to run the ball especially in the second half was proba-bly the difference in the gamerdquo

To say Alabama ran the ball well in the second half would be an understatement The Crimson Tide amassed 350 rushing yards total with

223 coming in the second half Starter Eddie Lacy was named game MVP running a career-high 181 yards and two touch-downs Freshman TJ Yeldon was right behind him with 153 and a touchdown

From the time Georgia returned a blocked field goal for a touchdown until Amari Cooperrsquos game-winning touch-down grab Alabama called 20 runs and just five passes

The stretch included 12 runs and just one pass ndash an incompletion that drew a pass interference penalty on the first scoring drive following the 11-point deficit ndash that saw Alabama score 15 points to take a four-point lead The sec-ond of the two scoring drives featured seven runs exclu-sively with Lacy and Yeldon sharing duties

ldquoWe had that long drive it about broke me it felt likerdquo guard Anthony Steen said ldquoI couldnrsquot breathe at one point I looked at DJ and he looked at me and we knew we werenrsquot going to give up We were going to do whatever it took to pull off the winrdquo

Itrsquos especially demoralizing for a defense to know exactly whatrsquos coming and not be able

to stop it Alabama swapped out Lacy and Yeldon for much of the night bringing in a fresh body every time the Bulldog defense seemed to have the other figured out

ldquoWhen you run the ball every single down in a drive they might have thrown it oncerdquo Georgia coach Mark Richt said ldquoThey had two drives they might have thrown it once scored a touchdown so that was impressive by their people up front We were just not able to stop itrdquo

It all led to the perfect setup a play-action pass over the top to Cooper that put Alabama up for good The constant grind of the Tidersquos rushing attack caused the Bulldog secondary to creep closer and closer to the line of scrimmage Cooper was left with one-on-one cover-age on the outside and beat his man for the score

ldquoYou knew it was coming eventuallyrdquo center Barrett Jones said

Offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier opened the game with the same look Alabama gave Auburn ndash three and four wide receiver sets at up-tempo no-huddle speed

Only this wasnrsquot Auburn

On Alabamarsquos second drive of the game Nussmeier dialed up two runs that went for 9 and 8 yards respectively His next three calls were passes ndash two incomplete passes and a sack ndash and Alabama was forced to punt

Much of the first half and start of the third quarter went that way for Alabama Fans began to clamor for the return of the run game ndash they had seen this movie before earlier in the year and knew what not trusting them could cost

But it would not be so It was as if Saban could was reading tweets from the field Alabama went almost exclusively to the run and no matter what Georgia did when they knew exactly what was coming it could not stop the punishing ground game of Alabama

ldquoIt makes you proud to be able to block for two great running backs They had that mindset that I will not be deniedrdquo right tackle DJ Fluker said ldquoYou donrsquot put your head down just lsquocause yoursquore down a couple points At the end of the day the score-board donrsquot matter Itrsquos about how much heart you got What are you willing to do for itrdquo

Tide ditches pass game rushes to SEC title

By Jasmine CannonStaff Reporter

This time last year the Alabama womenrsquos basket-ball team had team mem-bers who were not able to play due to NCAA transfer rules The Tide has turned per se and Alabama fans are getting to see a new side of Alabama basketball

Daisha Simmons Briana Hutchen and Brittany Jack have all finally suited up and hit the floor for the Tide while making a big impact on the court and in the locker room

Perhaps the biggest news of last summer was when Simmons and Hutchen announced their departure from Rutgers University and arrival at Alabama Head coach

Wendell Hudson said both were recruited by the Capstone while they were in high school and everything worked out when the two were looking to trans-fer

ldquoThis was one of my top five schools coming out of high schoolrdquo Hutchen said ldquoThe only bad thing I could say about it was that itrsquos so hot When I decided to leave Rutgers I went back to my top five schools I went on my visit here and I felt so dumb because I fell in love with the schoolrdquo

ldquoJust to come here and have a higher role and kind of a leader role itrsquos just been great to have that opportunity especially as a point guardrdquo Simmons said

Simmons has wowed fans with her play as a 5-foot-10-inch point guard The Jersey City

NJ native is leading the Tide in minutes played and proves to be efficient on the court She ranks first on the team in blocks and assists while placing second in rebounds Simmons is also the teamrsquos third leading scorer averaging 127 points a game

ldquoDaisy is a very very good personrdquo Hutchen said ldquoI always tell her that shersquos the best point guard in the nation I tell her that everyday because she really is I know that shersquos going to lead this team to great great places She really is a floor general and we follow behind herrdquo

ldquoWhat sets her apart is that she knows the game of basketballrdquo Hudson said ldquoSome players think about the next play but shersquos always

thinking two or three plays ahead about what to do if this or that happensrdquo

Hutchen is a Baltimore Md native and has also found herself in a leadership role for the Tide As one of the teamrsquos captains ndash along with Simmons and Kaneisha Horn ndash she has started all five games shersquos played in and is averaging near-ly five rebounds a game

Jack a sophomore forward from Suwanee Ga came to Alabama from Samford University Shersquos shown high energy and lots of communica-tion while on the court

ldquoShe gave up a full scholarship at Samford and came here having to work and not really knowing if she was going to get any [play time]rdquo Hudson said

Jack has started one game for Alabama and provides the team flexibility with her ability to play inside and out

Alabamarsquos roster is com-prised of other players who have made their way to the Capstone by way of transfer Jessica Merritt Alicia Mitcham and Meghan Perkins all transferred from junior college before making a

splash at the UniversityAll of these players have

played ample minutes and proved to be fit for SEC compe-tition with their play last sea-son With a plethora of players with multiple skill sets Hudsonsaid he thinks his team has more chemistry than hersquos had before Players agree and theyare ready to compete with thebest

ldquoI know that our success is not by faultrdquo Hutchen said ldquoWersquove worked hard as a team to make sure that we are goingto bring back great things to Alabama basketballrdquo

Three transfers fi nally suiting up for Crimson Tide

CW | Shannon Auvil Photo Illustration by Elizabeth DavisThe Crimson Tide defeated the Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC Cham-pionship Dec 1 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta GA Alabama will face Notre Dame in the BCS title game in Miami Fla Jan 7

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By Aldo Amato

For the past five years stu-dents who have attended The University of Alabama have bared witness to perhaps the greatest collegiate athletic pro-gram of all time Whether it is football softball womenrsquos golf or the always dominant gym-nastics program Alabama ath-letics is unmatched through-out the country

This past weekendrsquos epic win over Georgia in the SEC Championship defined the championship level fight the football team and other pro-grams possess While much of the credit goes to the coaches in their respective programs it is the fans that have made this championship atmosphere what it is today

Not many outside state lines know what it is like to be part of a consistent cham-pionship program Heck not many inside state lines know what it is like to be a consistent champion A team southeast of Tuscaloosa looking for a head coach could tell you that first-hand

But I digressWe are living in an era of

greatness at the Capstone and it is up to Crimson Tide fans especially students to relish it and soak up all the crystal foot-balls diamond-studded rings and wooden NCAA trophies because it has not always been this way and unfortunately will not last forever I can tell you that firsthand

Growing up in a multicul-tural family American football was a foreign concept and was not part of the household But

like many children in Alabama are forced to do when they are young one must pick a side to root for Then Tigers coach Terry Bowden was doing well so I picked Auburn For years and years I rooted against the Crimson Tide and was always happy when they lost

Even when a family member of mine chose to go here I root-ed against the Tide Even when the Tide was supposed to beat then lowly Northern Illinois I cheered through the streets of Tuscaloosa as a bandwagon Huskies fan after the Tide fell in one of the biggest upsets in Crimson Tide history

But after all of the seething hatred I had for a program that was coming off NCAA sanc-tions and that had struggled for years in the early 2000s some-thing about this town and this University completely changed how I viewed Alabama and college football

Some people have an ldquoa-hardquo moment in which they real-ize what theyrsquove been doing wrong all along Mine came in a series of weekends spent in Tuscaloosa even during the

ldquodown yearsrdquo at the Capstone The passion and exuberance displayed by Tide fans even though they knew they had no shot baffled me How could a fan base not give up on their team despite them being ter-rible Why are so many fans still packing out a stadium to watch their team lose

Those questions soon became impossible to find a clear-cut answer to So I chose to embrace the atmosphere for a couple of weekends not knowing what to expect What I discovered was my true col-lege football team and the best fan base in the Southeastern Conference and entire nation

Whether it was the tail-gaters or the pregame rituals Crimson Tide fans were as passionate about their team as major fan bases like the New York Yankees Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Lakers even during rough stretches and I wanted to be a part of it

But now that the football team and other elite Tide pro-grams are once again champi-ons it is now crucial that fans and students like the teams

lsquoCrimson Tide fans are as passionate about their team as major fan basesrsquo

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday December 4 2012 | Page 9

COLUMN

Tide lands 9 players on 2012 Associated Press All-Southeastern Conference TeamCW Staff

The Alabama football team had nine players selected to the Associated Press All-Southeastern Conference Team the AP announced Monday

Four Crimson Tide play-ers garnered first team hon-ors including senior center Barrett Jones senior guard Chance Warmack junior line-backer CJ Mosley and junior

cornerback Dee Milliner Both Jones and Milliner were unan-imous selections

On the second team Alabama was represent-ed by junior tackle DJ Fluker junior quarter-back AJ McCarron junior running back Eddie Lacy and senior nose guard Jesse Williams while senior safety Robert Lester was named honorable mention

FOOTBALL

not get complacent A certain sense of arrogance comes with championships Trust me ndash Irsquom a Yankees fan It is important to remember these teams are special but it is the fans that make this University stand alone when it comes to cham-pionship atmospheres

Despite what happens in the most highly anticipated

championship games in col-lege football history against two traditional powerhouses Crimson Tide fans should rel-ish every second every minuteand every hour from today upuntil kickoff because that is what this athletics program is all about

That is what college football is truly about

ldquoDespite what happens in the most highly anticipated championship games in college football history

against two traditional powerhouses Crimson Tide fans

should relish every second every minute and every hour from today

up until kickoff because that is what this athletics program iss all

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Todayrsquos Birthday (120412) Drink in time alone this year with a journal your thoughts and a cup of tea Plan for what you want and aim high Treat yourself well Care for one who needs it Family comes fi rst and home is where your heart isTo get the advantage check the dayrsquos rating 10 is the easiest day 0 the most challengingAries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Be respectful and listen to anotherrsquos cries Provide information Passion requires commitment Main-tain objectivity Let them know you appreciate the feedback Say how you feel later Postpone travelTaurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Conditions begin to improve with compromise achieved A female sets the tone and pace Donrsquot ask many questions Take coaching from an expert and practice It works outGemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Misunderstandings are likely Nonetheless commit to your passions Consult with a co-worker on a prior-ity Bring in more wealth Postpone a shopping trip Enjoy what you haveCancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Contentment reigns at home On the spot creativity is required and itrsquos fun and random Help others gen-erate necessary funds from available resources Speak from your heartLeo (July 23-Aug 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Intuition enters the picture Donrsquot push too hard Hammer out the details New information dispels old fears Test it before sealing up every-thing A lovely moment is possibleVirgo (Aug 23-Sept 22) -- Today is a 5 -- Your suggestions may not be

immediately accepted Donrsquot get in-timidated Keep planning Th ere could be a communications breakdown with temporary confusion Postpone a celebration or fi nancial discussionLibra (Sept 23-Oct 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Invest in your infrastructure Obtain the necessary materials Donrsquot celebrate by spending more Make fi nancial talk fun Meticulous planningpays off Positive numbers appear on the balance sheetScorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Take care not to step on toes and connect with the group for public success Itrsquos not a good time to ques-tion authority unless hiring an expertSagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 21) -- Todayis an 8 -- Use the energy others gener-ate Donrsquot gossip about work Postponetravel and expansion It could get tense so relax Keep your head down Get money for improvements nowCapricorn (Dec 22-Jan 19) -- Today is a 6 -- Follow through on your plan Arguing just makes it take longer Minimize fi nancial risks and watch forhidden dangers Work interferes with travel Provide information Enjoy local cuisineAquarius (Jan 20-Feb 18) -- Today is a 7 -- Soak up information and let your partner do the talking Visualize perfection Act on profi table ideas Expect a visitor you havenrsquot seen for some timePisces (Feb 19-March 20) -- Today is a 6 -- You can get whatever you need and easily avoid a mistake Yoursquove earned some rest Others are drawn to you today Bask in the glow Postpone an outing

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Tuesday December 4 2012SPORTSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 10

By Sarah Elizabeth TookerStaff Reporter

If you know anything about The University of Alabama Crimson Tidersquos legendary defensive line chances are you know No 35 Nico Johnson Off the field however most fans do not realize Johnson has his eyes set on more than just another national championship ndash his goal is a degree

ldquoThat was really my only reason for coming back this season knowing anything can happen at any timerdquo Johnson said ldquoI promised my mom I wouldnrsquot leave UA without a degreerdquo

Born in small-town Andalusia Ala Johnson never dreamed he would one day play under head coach Nick Sabanrsquos Crimson Tide In fact sports were the last thing on his mind

ldquoI remember going to camp as a junior thinking I didnrsquot even really care about sports

because I wanted to go into the militaryrdquo Johnson said ldquoWhen Alabama gave me an offer after just four days I had to decide between football or the mili-tary and I chose to take advan-tage of the free degreerdquo

Johnson said one of his favorite memories was when Saban paid him a personal visit to Andalusia With offers from major football pro-grams like Auburn Florida LSU and Georgia Saban hoped to lock in a now very sought-after recruit

ldquoIt was unreal ndash Nick Saban sitting in my actual homerdquo he said ldquoIt was weird and really special all at the same timerdquo

Yet playing for a success-ful football team never caused Johnson to lose focus of the real goal ndash securing a degree to prepare for the unpredictable future of a football player

ldquoYoursquore not guaranteed to play anywhere and in order to be successful why even come

here if you donrsquot finish your degreerdquo he said ldquoYou never know when your last day of football can berdquo

With this driven attitude and the support of his family in mind Johnson began thinking about choosing the right major

ldquoI think I was sitting in my dorm watching lsquo[Law and Order] Special Victims Unitrsquo and thought lsquoI want to do that I want to be able to make a dif-ference in societyrsquordquo he said

A criminal justice degree seemed an odd choice to some of his friends from back home but Johnson said there was no better choice

ldquoI guess I just feel like itrsquos the only thing I can connect with and have an interest for because going through high school I just saw so many friends getting in trouble with the police and at one point I hated the police for itrdquo Johnson said ldquoNow ndash over time the older I got ndash I understood how

difficult it is and the need for policerdquo

Being the only one of his friends to make it out and go to college Johnson said forced him to realize he had to beat the system and do something big with his life

ldquoIrsquom going to try the football thing because I think I have a good chance but I have a degree to fall back onrdquo he said ldquoI want to be a CSI or FBI agent [My juevenile deliquency class] talked about how difficult it is for kids these days and how being raised the right way can make a difference in a childrsquos life or how an abusive parent can even cause a delinquent child I could really connect with it because Irsquod witnessed it growing up by hand or eyerdquo

However at the end of the day being a football player on such a successful team has its perks Johnson said

ldquoIrsquoll miss the tradition of Alabama football and being

able to wear the jersey but really just being around my teammates walking to class or eating at Bryant [Hall] togeth-er is what Irsquoll miss the mostrdquo he said ldquoWhen the crowd cheers for us when our picture comes on the jumbotron it just shows that all your hard work pays offrdquo

With a possible NFL future Johnson said he and his

family would rather focus on the present

ldquoThe thing their most excited for was me getting a degree and anything else that is just extrardquo he said ldquoI came here to get a championship and Irsquove done that twice I came here toget a degree and Irsquoll get that infive months so Irsquod say Alabama is everything it was supposed to live up tordquo

CW Staff

Alabama senior center Barrett Jones was selected as one of six finalists for the 13th annual Rimington Trophy which goes to the nationrsquos most outstanding center the Rimington Trophy committee announced Monday

Jones from Germantown Tenn is joined by Louisvillersquos Mario Benavides Notre Damersquos Braxston Cave Clemsonrsquos Dalton Freeman Southern Californiarsquos Khaled Holmes and Penn Statersquos Matt Stankiewitch as finalists

Jones is the third Crimson

Tide player to be named a final-ist for the Rimington Award joining the ranks of William Vlachos (2011) and Antoine Caldwell (2008)

Jones spent his first two years starting at right guard for Alabama and when the Tide needed a left tackle in 2011 he moved over and won the Outland Trophy for the nationrsquos best offensive line-men In 2012 Alabama needed to replace a three-year starter at center and Jones stepped up once again and has excelled at that position this year

Jones graded out at an aver-age of 908 percent in the Tidersquos

12 regular season games including nine games over 90 percent He had just six missed assignments on 656 plays while anchoring one of the nationrsquos top offensive lines in 49 starts over the last four years

The winner of the Rimington Trophy is selected by deter-mining the consensus All-America center pick from four existing All-America teams including the American Football Coaches Association The Walter Camp Foundation The Sporting News and the Football Writers Association of America The center with the most first team votes will be

determined the winner If thereis a tie with first team votes then the center with the most second team votes will win If there is still a tie the winner will be determined by a major-ity vote from the Rimington Trophy committee

This yearrsquos RimingtonTrophy will be revealed live on ESPNU during the ESPN Red Carpet Show immediatelypreceding The Home Depot College Football Awards airing live from the Atlantic Dance Hall at Disneyrsquos Boardwalk at the Walt Disney World Resorton Thursday Dec 6 beginning at 630 pm (CST)

Center Barrett Jones named Rimington Trophy fi nalist

Pursuit of degree kept Nico Johnson at Alabama

CW | Shannon AuvilNico Johnson speaks with media following the SEC Championship game Dec 1

CW | Austin BigoneyBarrett Jones lines up as center where he is in contention for the Rim-ington Trophy He previously won the Outland Trophy at left tackle

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Editor | SoRelle Wyckoffletterscwuaedu

Tuesday December 4 2012OPINIONSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 4

MCT Campus

By Hannah WaidStaff Columnist

My fatherrsquos father had a saying ldquoThese are the most carefree days of your liferdquo He was referring to my fatherrsquos college days And my father has been repeating the same saying to me recently Usually in response to my venting about the stress of due dates and deadlines to which my responseis normally ldquoUh huh sure seems like itrdquo

But when I sit back and truly think about mylife right now compared to what I assume my lifewill look like in the future these truly are some carefree days Now I know the term ldquocarefreerdquo isnot the word most students would use for the lasttwo weeks of the semester But we should remind ourselves that at the end of these next two weeks life will go on

During these next two weeks the first things we may scratch from our busy schedules may be the things most valuable to our survival sleep and food We may live in Starbucks continuallypumping our bodies with caffeine in order to fin-ish a 12-page paper We may fall asleep with ourfaces in our textbooks out of utter exhaustion of studying for a cumulative final We may depend on late night library food as our idea of a three-course meal a bag of chips for an appetizer a protein bar as the meal and candy for dessert

Even though this isnrsquot the picture of an ideal carefree time of life there are many things eas-ily overlooked in the midst of the stress of school For most of us right now the only person we truly have to look out for is ourselves And we are not alone in our sleepless endeavors since college isone of the last places many of our friends will be together in the same place before moving on to graduate schools or future careers Or the fact that it is okay to make mistakes We are not per-fect and will not always be able to make a perfectscore on every paper or every test

One day we will look back on these momentsthat currently seem stressful and unfair and remember the friends who stayed with us at the library until 2 am We will remember the Tuesday night study breaks with our roommates to watch a new episode of a favorite TV show We will remember the friends who celebrated the special moments with us from football games to birthdays to the end of finals

So as you go into these last two weeks of thesemester think to yourself ldquoThese are the most carefree days of my liferdquo Whether you are a fresh-man senior or somewhere in between remember to take time to make the most of these moments inorder to make memories

Hannah Waid is a junior majoring in English Her column runs biweekly on Tuesdays

Make the most of last few carefree days in college

By Lucy CheseldineStaff Columnist

So itrsquos been four months how-ever many days and nights Irsquom not a numbers woman And Irsquove lost track of time Sleep in my life has moved through stages When I was little it was an obligation I didnrsquot want to leave the TV before the 9 orsquoclock water shed When I was growing up it was a necessity to fight off the fatigue produced by an extensive exercise routine And now itrsquos a luxury Itrsquos some-thing I just donrsquot have time for anymore

Whatever month day hour it is itrsquos nearly home time Back to the land of castles A place where the royal wedding was according to people here still big news It was just an excuse for me to have a few drinks To be honest Irsquod all but for-gotten it had even happened A

country with a bit of history and eccentricity A quaint place of green fields and Edwardian tea parties apparently A place still lit-tered with the remnants of Lewis Carrollrsquos hallucinations Look hard enough and Irsquom sure you can find a rabbit hole

At least this is the Great Britain people seem to imagine I will return to In truth Irsquoll be grac-ing the gritty Northern city of Glasgow still intact with its work-ing class attitude and rugged city landscape Itrsquos beautiful but it ainrsquot what Wordsworth was talk-ing about Itrsquos true that the grass is always greener Clicheacuted I know but itrsquos something I have always returned to when traveling

This past semester hasnrsquot just been a college experience Irsquove felt constantly on the move The state tally has made it to six Not too bad to say I nearly drowned in

novels and poems only just about surfacing for air on weekends and holidays But now I have tired feet and am ready for a few weeks of civilisation as I know it

That means moving out of the toy town that is The University of Alabama Moving back to shops and cafeacutes home-cooked food and night clubs The educational system here suits me Constant assessment seems the best way to get students to actually get their teeth into the reading Back home we had one exam at the end of each term and I canrsquot deny that independent study like that lead to a pretty laid-back attitude

But living on a campus is dif-ferent to the city environments I have always lived in And the grand old symbol of America the car is taking its toll on the old waistline I wonrsquot be sorry to have a few Christmas strolls All in all

I feel like Irsquove been through a car wash this semester I came away needing to scrub myself up a bit I paid my fee and closed by eyes At first the hard bristles scrubbed me down a little bit of a culture shock and home sickness Then soap was applied and I began to feel a few of the benefits Now Irsquove been sprayed with clean water settled down and reaped the experience my new environment has to offer Irsquove come out the other side gleam-ing a bit more than when I went in Learned a few things about it all Irsquom ready to head home for a bit

Irsquoll be back in the spring laden with tea bags and some warmer clothes Ready to face the South again Happy holidays yrsquoall

Lucy Cheseldine is an English international student studying English literature Her column runs on Tuesdays

Homeward bound lsquoMoving out of toy town that is the Universityrsquo

By Tarif HaqueStaff Columnist

Last weekend a family friend invited us to herhome I entered the house as I would any other invitation of this sort I took my shoes off and placed them near her door

She greeted me in Bengali my mother tongueand I found a quiet room to read in

In that room we talk in English We go on about how good the food is We wonder what will become of us whether wersquoll ever live up toour parentrsquos grand expectations if wersquoll becomethe doctor or engineer they hoped for and whether a decade from now wersquoll be throwing similar parties filled with Bengali families in the neighborhood

My identity has been fragmented There is a part of me that lives in college immersed in the pinnacle of a Western education and the other that exists within the traditions of my house-hold where sentences are spoken in a mixture of Bengali and English

I tell myself I come to these things for the tra-ditional Bengali dishes food Irsquove come to crave since Irsquove been in college but the truth is din-ner parties like these are a nostalgic reminder of my childhood when my parents would drag my brother and me to these gatherings regularly

It seems our family has traversed all of Alabama to attend these close-knit events For my par-ents assimilation did not come easily Itrsquos been decades since theyrsquove moved to the states but onthe weekends my mother will still cloak herself in a Sari and my father will wear a Punjabi

I am the second generation Irsquove been molded in America by foreign hands I live in a cultural tug-of-war I donrsquot know what will become of me but for now Irsquom comfortable not labeling it

Tarif Haque is a sophomore majoring in comput-er science His column runs on Tuesdays

Differences between my on campus at home self

By Henry DownesStaff Columnist

Legendary Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote ldquoIf there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought ndash not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought we haterdquo

It is the duty of the Supreme Court to uphold this right to free thought for all Americans not just those who are in the major-ity or the ldquosocial mainstreamrdquo However recent hate crime leg-islation ndash such as the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr Hate Crimes Prevention Act ndash have signified a direct threat to this freedom

Hate crimes are defined by the HCPA as ldquothe incidence of vio-lence motivated by the actual or perceived race color religion national origin gender sexual orientation gender identity or dis-ability of the victimrdquo Recent data indicates crimes of this nature have been on the rise with more than 6500 incidents reported in 2009 Whatrsquos more the Bureau of Justice Statistics estimated the true number of incidents could be as much as 31 times that figure

This data in addition to the frightening murders of Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr in 1998 catalyzed a social crusade which forced the collective hands of legislators to produce a tough and inclusive national hate crime

statute Almost immediately how-ever issues were raised by detrac-tors who claimed the HCPA stat-ute violated the US Constitutionrsquos First Amendment ldquofreedom of speechrdquo provisions

When considering the consti-tutional arguments against hate crime legislation in relation to the First Amendment it is critical to understand that penalty-enhance-ment provisions contained in the HCPA expressly and separately criminalize the offenderrsquos motive during the com-mission of a crime

While purpose knowledge neg-ligence and reck-lessness are cat-egorical mental states recognized by the Moral Penal Code in estab-lishing an offenderrsquos responsibility for wrongdoing motive is not list-ed because throughout American case law it has been largely ren-dered irrelevant in relation to sen-tence-enhancement guidelines

To illustrate this point imag-ine a man convicted of murder The jury should and will take into consideration whether the man premeditated the murder (pur-pose) or whether it was simply an accident (negligence or reckless-ness) in applying penalty stan-dards Motive may in fact be used to prove guilt or association but in regards to sentence-enhance-ment it usually should not matter

whether the offense was commit-ted out of greed racial agenda or any other intention

Logistically the only way to prove an offender intentionally selected their victim by gender race or any other factor is to allow for the criminalization of motive Yet the criminalization of motive directly infringes upon the First Amendment in these cases

because no matter how these statutes are phrased they are necessarily con-tent-based

To understand the implications of content-based hate crime statutes on free speech imag-ine that yoursquore a jury member look-ing for evidence of bigoted motive

What could be legally admissible for your analysis Could you take into account the organizations to which a defendant belongs or the lectures theyrsquove attended What about the contents of their book-shelves or their Internet search history Indeed it is hard to imag-ine jurors becoming convinced of a defendantrsquos prejudiced motive ldquobeyond a reasonable doubtrdquo with-out taking into consideration such protected free speech elements which are not specifically related to the hate crime offense

Further given the finding and subsequent application of motive is so complex and occupies a ldquogray areardquo in the law it seems inap-

propriate to expect a group of ordinary and imperfect humans to realistically or accurately make these determinations of a defendantrsquos true motive

In theory the concept that social prejudices inherently necessitate legislative action fundamentally depends on the premise that prejudice is more morally repre-hensible than all other criminal motives Is this accurate Though it might be true to say that racial bias is appalling and inappro-priate it cannot be definitively said that this bias is any more reprehensible that greed spite or pure sadism

Therefore it may be argued that while hate crime laws are well-intentioned and seek to create a more tolerant society on paper in practice they ultimately fail to overcome significant constitu-tional hurdles and set dangerous precedents for the future of civil liberties in this nation

We must air on the side of cau-tion here it is imperative that gov-ernment choose the course that ensures maximum ndash not minimum ndash protection of speech thought and belief

By infringing on freedom of speech hate crime penalty enhancements consequently encroach on the most personal and essential right guaranteed by the Constitution ndash the freedom of thought

Henry Downes is a sophomore majoring in economics His col-umn runs on Tuesdays

Legislation on hate crimes a disservice to 1st Amendment

ldquoWe must air on the side of caution here it is imperative

that government choose the course that ensures

maximum ndash not minimum ndash protection of speech thought

and belief

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday December 4 2012 | Page 5

By Chandler WrightStaff Reporter

Studying abroad can be cost-ly and to alleviate that The University of Alabama offers many scholarship opportuni-ties to students who are inter-ested in saying ldquoRoll Tiderdquo in a far-off locale

ldquoAll students can complete the scholarship application for currently enrolled studentsrdquo said Mary Spiegel executive director of undergraduate admissions ldquoThis applica-tion is found on the studentrsquos myBama account under the academics tabrdquo

Spiegel said this applica-tion screens for scholarships for studying abroad and typi-cally these scholarships are

awarded based on a studentrsquos major and department The deadline for the application was Dec 1

ldquoOnce you are a currently enrolled student you are awarded by the department of the major that you are enrolled inrdquo Spiegel said

Students can also apply to UA Away a scholarship initia-tive created in 2010 in the divi-sion of student affairs that rais-es money to support students in financial need Although it is a three-prong program Sara Hartley assistant to the vice president for external affairs said one part of this is helping students study outside of the Capstone called Study Away

ldquoStudents travel to another country city or university

to study in their academic fieldsrdquo Hartley said ldquoThe Study Abroad Program and the National Student Exchange Program offer these opportuni-ties Scholarships began being awarded last yearrdquo

Hartley said there are fall and spring application dead-lines for UA Away scholarship money and students are judged based on essay questions

ldquoThe UA Away scholarship has two application cyclesrdquo Hartley said ldquoOne deadline is in the fall for students travel-ing away in the spring The sec-ond deadline is in the spring for students traveling in the summer and fall Students are judged primarily on the two essay components of the application We ask them

to identify the correlation between the experience and their educational and pro-fessional goals In addition they are asked to describe their financial need for the scholarshiprdquo

Jessie Ashton a junior major-ing in kinesiology received a UA Away scholarship to go to Ecuador in May 2013

ldquoI went abroad May 2012 and will be going again in May 2013 I didnrsquot receive a scholar-ship for the first trip but just received the Sandee Kirby Witt UA Away Scholarship at the Greek Excellence Awardsrdquo Ashton said ldquoI went through the Panhellenic Scholarships and filled out a few short essays recommendations and basic informationrdquo

Ashton said she thought the application was simple and straightforward making it easy for students to apply and receive a UA Away scholarship

ldquoIt was simple and complete-ly worth it I would do it again in a second and really donrsquot know how it could be any easierrdquo Ashton said ldquoI know Capstone International is always avail-able to help students find ways to fund their trips abroadrdquo

Additionally Spiegel said students with pre-exist-ing scholarship money to help pay for their study abroad programs

ldquoStudents who have schol-arships may use the scholar-ship dollars for study abroad with the approval of their collegeschool scholarship

representativerdquo Spiegel said ldquoThe first step for a stu-dent would be to meet with the Study Abroad office and determine when and what pro-gram they wish to attend and then meet with their collegeschool scholarship representa-tive Once a student has been approved by the Study Abroad office a student can complete the study abroad form that is found under the academics page of their myBama account Students with UA housing scholarships are not able to usetheir housing scholarships for study abroadrdquo

Hartley encourages studentsto look into the range of schol-arship opportunities offered at the Capstone to help students afford studying abroad

Programs work to alleviate study abroad costs

By Jordan CissellStaff Reporter

For Jewish University of Alabama students next week burning the midnight oil holds far more significance than stay-ing up late to study

The Jewish holiday Hanukkah takes place this year from Dec 8 to Dec 16 placing the Universityrsquos exam week squarely in the middle of the holiday period

ldquoI have my menorah and Irsquom going to light the candles each night and sing the songs and say the prayers that go along

with it just like every other yearrdquo said Ben Flax a sopho-more majoring in religious studies and programming vice president for the Hillel Jewish student union ldquoReally the only difference is I wonrsquot be light-ing the candles and singing the songs with my familyrdquo

Sammi Silverman a junior majoring in marketing and Hillelrsquos vice president of public relations said her family will be the most significant absence in her on-campus observation

ldquoI miss being around my family during the holiday and unfortunately we canrsquot really

push anything back because most of the holiday revolves around lighting the menorah at sunset each night of Hanukkah but I get to open my presents when I get homerdquo she said ldquoNot being able to be around my family is the hardest part about being in school for Hanukkah Just imagine yourself in school or taking a final on Christmas ndash that pretty much sums up the feeling for me I imaginerdquo

Silverman said Hillel will be hosting a kickoff party open to both Jewish and non-Jewish students on Saturday Dec 8

Amy Ackerman a sopho-

more majoring in nonprofit management through the New College said she would not be opposed to the University cut-ting the semester schedule off by a week to accommodate Hanukkah observation but does not feel the trimming is necessary

ldquoObviously being out of school to celebrate Christmas is very convenient for everyone else because they can be home with their families and relaxrdquo she said ldquoI would love to celebrate Hanukkah for the full eight days at home but the truth is my fam-ily is going to celebrate when we are all together and it will be just the same for usrdquo

Flax said it would be nearly impossible for the University to schedule around Hanukkah because the Hebrew calendar is based upon the lunar cycle as opposed to the solar-centric Gregorian calendar which means Hanukkahrsquos eight-day period can begin anytime with-in November and December depending on the year

ldquoIrsquove had a Hanukkah before Thanksgiving where I got to spend three days of it with my familyrdquo he said ldquoIrsquove had a two-year Hanukkah because it began at Christmas and stretched into Januaryrdquo

Like Ackerman Flax doesnrsquot view having Hanukkah off from school as too significant of a necessity He said Hanukkah despite the attention it receives is a relatively minor holiday in the Jewish calendar as it is rabbi-created and not outlined in the Torah

Flax said he skips school and travels home to be with family on the more important Torah-mandated holidays like Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur (or Day of Atonement)

ldquoOn the very first day of each class I always approach my professors and give them a piece of paper describing the days I will have to miss and what theyrsquore all aboutrdquo Flax said ldquoUsually theyrsquore pretty good about helping me work

around it Plus Irsquom a religiousstudies major so the professors are usually understandingrdquo

ldquoHanukkah commemorates the victory of the Jews over the Syrio-Greeks in 162 BCE and the rededication of the ancientTemple in Jerusalemrdquo Steven Jacobs Aaron Aronov Chair of Judaic Studies said

Flax said observers light one menorah candle each day for eight days in memory of the one-day supply of oil that miraculously kept the temple lantern burning for eight days

ldquoMost people donrsquot know this but there are actually twotypes of menorahrdquo Flax said ldquoThe ones that stay in the syna-gogue all the time have seven candles and the special ones for Hanukkah have nine can-dles eight for each day of the holiday and one for lighting the other candles And other thanthe fact that the one candle has to be on a different level than the eight others really any-thing goes Mine looks like a 1930s roadsterrdquo

Jewish UA students weigh in on Hanukkah at Capstone

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By Chandler WrightStaff Reporter

Student Government Association President Matt Calderone gave his state of the University address Monday night highlighting the projects and initiatives SGA has done thus far this year

ldquoWe have made progressrdquo Calderone said ldquoWersquove come a long way SGA in the past has been through its up and its down There have been times when wersquove been trusted and some times when students have questioned this SGArdquo

Calderone said through sign-in sheets and ACT Card swipes at various events in addition to Twitter and Facebook interaction with stu-dents SGA has reached 16544 students directly

ldquo[The students] have come to our events wersquove talked to them in our officerdquo Calderone said ldquoThese are students who have heard about our need- based scholarships These are students who come into our office on Veterans Day con-cerned about getting around Tuscaloosa when public transit is not in operation Students

are now confident in their SGA and know they can go to their SGA and get help and assistance Wersquove had over 100 ideas to actions funneling through our office We have made progressrdquo

Calderone also mentioned SGArsquos commitment to service through the Sunday service ini-tiative in the office of the vice president of external affairs which he helped create last year before being elected SGA president in addition to mak-ing safety a priority for SGA

ldquoIn the office of external affairs wersquove continued our initiative of service through the Sunday service programrdquo Calderone said ldquoWersquove also made safety a top priority on campus and beyond Wersquove been concerned mostly with safety on the Strip focusing on the connectivity from down-town and the Striprdquo

Calderone said the SGA has started working closely with student groups across campus to address their needs and the perceptions they have about SGA and its programs

ldquoWe wanted to make SGA relevant to every student on campusrdquo Calderone said ldquoI can

confidently stand before you and say that we have accom-plished that goal Wersquove been communicating and collaborat-ing with students Through our UA delegates program wersquove met with 12 different organiza-tions Wersquove talked about their needs financially and other-wise ndash groups that might need a little help With our campus connect initiative in the office of the executive vice presi-dent members of SGA go to different organizations to talk about SGA and what wersquore doing for themrdquo

SGA press secretary Meagan Bryant said she has been com-ing to state of the University addresses since she was a freshman in 2009 Bryant said this provides an opportu-nity to remind campus about all of the projects on which SGA is working

ldquoWith the end of the semes-ter a lot of people think lsquoOh the semester is over and SGA has stopped doing projectsrsquordquo Bryant said ldquoThe state of the University address is a good way to show thatrsquos not true Itrsquos definitely different this year Wersquore continuing to work on various projects and reach out

to students on campus Wersquore all working together really well as a team and reaching outrdquo

SGA Chief of Staff Brennan Johnson echoed Bryantrsquos statement emphasizing how

important the state of the University address is in show-ing students what the SGA is doing for them

ldquoItrsquos important for cam-pus and students to have a

chance to see everything SGA is doing as far as projects andinitiatives so they can see how SGA can help them and what they can get involved inrdquo Johnson said

Calderone delivers state of University address

By Camille CorbettContributing Writer

A handful of UA student groups held a benefit ball for children who go without toys during the holiday season

The Universityrsquos chapter of the NAACP the Beta Eta chapter of Omega Psi Phi and the Kappa Alpha chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha hosted the 12th annual Toy Ball on Dec 2

In addition to collecting toys the $10 entrance fee went toward the purchase of more toys for the Tuscaloosa

One FoundationldquoPart of the money will go

towards the expenses for the event but otherwise wersquoll buy more toys with it No organi-

zations will profit from this eventrdquo said David Daniels President of Omega Psi Phi the founding fraternity of the event

During the ball there was a program hosted by Malcolm Harper the service event chair of Omega Psi Phi and Reale Snorton secretary of the NAACP which highlight-ed the accomplishments of both the Boys and Girls Club and organizations within the university

ldquoThe event had perfor-mances by dancers the Afro

American Gospel Choir and a spoken word artist as well as toys and awards presented to area children for outstand-ing performances during the yearrdquo said Brett Saunders president of the NAACP

In the effort to reach more children this year the Kappa Alpha Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha was added to the group of organizations coordinating the event

ldquoThis year we reformatted the structure of the event by including live entertainment and a tribute to children from

the Boys amp Girls Clubrdquo Jahmir Jones Scholarship Chair for Alpha Phi Alpha said ldquoEach organization sponsored a child from the Boys amp Girls Club based on merit support-ed by Boys amp Girls Director Stephen Millerrdquo

Three awards were given during the program to children within the Boys amp Girls Club who were deemed exemplary

ldquoThese three youth rep-resent all that is right with the youth of todayrdquo Stephen Miller senior director of the

Boys amp Girls Club said ldquoThey are the reason I try to make a difference one child at a timerdquo

The main objective of this event was to bring awareness to needs that the community in and around Tuscaloosa has that organizations within the University may be ableto remedy

ldquoFirst of all we recognize thekids are coming in and raisingawareness about donating and things like that for the student bodyrdquo Daniels said ldquoTry to continue the cycle of social service in the communityrdquo

Campus NAACP holds Toy Ball for underprivileged

ldquoThese three youth represent all that is right with the youth of

today They are the reason I try to make a difference one child at

a time

mdash Stephen Miller

CW | Shannon AuvilSGA President Matt Calderone addresses students at the State of the University address Dec 3

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Tuesday December 4 2012CULTURENEWS

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Page 7

By Kristen FeytContributing Writer

Theatre Tuscaloosa left audi-ence members moved by their opening night performance of ldquoGodspellrdquo as directed by Abe Reybod at the Bean-Brown Theatre on Friday Nov 30

ldquoI felt such a mixture of emotions from the perfor-mancerdquo said Kathleen Starke a freshman at The University of Alabama who attended the show opening night ldquoAt one point I was uplifted by the won-derful musical numbers and the comedy of the play and then I was crying my eyes out from the intimacy of the drama at the end of the showrdquo

ldquoGodspellrdquo written by Stephen Schwartz and John Michael Tebelak tells the story of Jesusrsquo life accord-ing to the book of Matthew in

the Bible The musical begins with the baptism of Jesus and then transitions through para-bles that are told in the Bible accompanied by musical num-bers such as ldquoDay by Dayrdquo and ldquoGod Save the Peoplerdquo

ldquoGodspellrdquo begins with the actors in a classroom-like set-ting in matching uniforms which then changes into a downtown setting with graffiti-covered walls The cast then comes out in brightly colored costumes and begins to sing the number ldquoPrepare Yerdquo an upbeat tune that narrates the baptism of cast members by Gerard Jones who plays John the Baptist

Jesus played by Will Erwin then enters the show and begins telling his followers the parables from the Bible which are enacted by different cast members Following each

parable is a musical number that also teaches a story from the gospel of Matthew The actors used an element of audi-ence participation to make the performance more interactive

ldquoThe entire show was so interactive with the audiencerdquo Devin Valenza a freshman majoring in chemical engi-neering said ldquoThe whole time I was so focused on the show I completely forgot that I was watching a musical I felt like I was a part of the productionrdquo

In the second act ldquoGodspellrdquo takes on a more somber tone in contrast to the first actrsquos cheer-ful and eccentric mood The actors set the scene of the last supper and shows Jesusrsquo good bye to his followers as well as Judasrsquo betrayal

ldquoI could barely watch the final number of Jesusrsquo cruci-fixionrdquo Starke said ldquoIt felt like

I was actually there watching it happen The agony that the actors portrayed is what really made the scene come to liferdquo

The play ends with the actors carrying Jesus off stage and then coming back on to sing the closing song of the production

Dorothy Pieroni who attend-ed the opening night of the musical was very pleased with the production

ldquoGreat performance great singers great costumes I thor-oughly enjoyed itrdquo Pieroni said ldquoThe emotion that they project just everything they did we have a lot of talent in Tuscaloosardquo

ldquoGodspellrdquo runs through Dec 9 at the Bean-Brown Theatre at Shelton State Community College Tickets can be purchased online at wwwtheatretusccom

Theatre Tuscaloosarsquos lsquoGodspellrsquo makes Christrsquos story interactive

By Becky RobinsonStaff Reporter

Most musicians would do anything for the spotlight but not Lena Dice This UA studentrsquos passion for music is a quieter one that began blos-soming in recent months

Dice a junior majoring in psychology was born and raised in Tuscaloosa Finding a love of music at an early age Dice partnered with life-long friend Wright Gatewood to form their group ldquogolight-lyrdquo in May 2012

ldquoWersquove been writing songs together for about four monthsrdquo Dice said ldquoWhen it comes to writing and play-ing my own stuff Irsquom very self-conscious so having [Wright] to bounce ideas off of made it a lot easierrdquo

Dice said when shersquos on stage alone she often feels like she does not know what to do especially since shar-ing music is very personal to her

Both Dice and Gatewood play piano but one day Gatewood picked up a guitar and started to teach himself to play After he showed Dice some of the songs he had been writing the two decided to collaborate and become a duo

ldquoWe just sit down and write what wersquore thinking aboutrdquo Gatewood a junior majoring in music management said ldquoWe donrsquot have a set formula We write together and we write separatelyrdquo

In fact much of golightly is an experiment Dice said she and Gatewood have been playing different instru-ments such as the xylo-phone spoons and kazoo to incorporate into their music

Although Dice has not played her music live many

times she performed with Tom Evanchuck at the Bama Theatre last year She said the experience was amaz-ing and a huge leap from the open mic nights where she started

Dice said she and Gatewood are not necessarily influ-enced by any one genre but relate to the ldquosinger-song-writerrdquo genre most Female artists like Ingrid Michaelson and bands such as Mumford amp Sons or the Civil Wars also play an important role in the pairrsquos writing

Gatewood said he often finds inspiration for songs whenever he takes a walk or goes on a road trip

ldquoWhenever I find myself in a new situation Irsquom always inspired by that new momentrdquo Gatewood said

The duo also finds inspi-ration from the city of Tuscaloosa

ldquoI think it helps being in Tuscaloosa because itrsquos not necessarily a big music town ndash itrsquos known for football ndash but people are very interested in musicrdquo Dice said ldquoAnytime Irsquove seen bands play that I havenrsquot heard about itrsquos always interesting to go see who they are and what kind of music they play If yoursquore in Nashville thatrsquos what everybodyrsquos doing itrsquos not really a surpriserdquo

With an untitled EP set for release in January 2013 Dice and Gatewood are working to build a name for themselves

ldquoWe want to get as much experience playing in front of people as we canrdquo Dice said ldquoWersquore just having fun really Wersquore not starting this to make it big we just enjoy playing togetherrdquo

Golightly can be found on Facebook and on Twitter at wearegolightly

Student duo to release 2013 EP

By Margaret WilbourneContributing Writer

For many college represents not just the struggle to manage extracurricular commitments and academics or to decide a major and minor but also the transition to complete inde-pendence Competition with an ever-increasing global econo-my and a booming technologi-cal age is creating something of a black hole for graduates striv-ing for self-sufficiency

Because of these new strug-gles in the job market 24 per-cent of currently unemployed or underemployed graduates between ages 18-34 have moved in with their parents according

to the Pew Research CenterTraditionally being a ldquoboo-

merang childrdquo has held a nega-tive connotation said Hunter Stewart a freshman majoring in civil engineering

ldquoPersonally yes I see it as something negativerdquo he said ldquoIf I canrsquot support myself on my own Irsquod feel extremely judged and like people would think I canrsquot handle the real worldrdquo

An analysis of the 2011 Current Population Survey reveals 53 percent of gradu-ates with bachelor degrees under the age of 25 were unem-ployed About 26 percent of graduates were overqualified for the median jobs they held such as waitressing For some

however the classic stigma attached to moving back with Mom and Dad has begun to lessen and the meaning of ldquosup-portingrdquo oneself has evolved

ldquoI feel like moving back home after graduation is a good thing because it allows people to save up money and get their bear-ings while workingrdquo Cameron Harvey a freshman majoring in marketing and management said For Harvey heading home after graduation doesnrsquot seem so bad

ldquoMoving back is definitely an option especially if I got a well-paying job in Atlantardquo Harvey said Despite the convenience and chance to get onersquos feet on the ground living with onersquos

parents offers some still can-not justify the move

ldquoMoving back isnrsquot an option for me ndash Irsquom very independentrdquo Emelie Sara Tonitis a senior majoring in secondary educa-tion and language arts said To avoid circumstances that might force her to move home Tonitis made sure to plan ahead

ldquoIf I had chosen an English major then I probably would have had to move back with my dadrdquo she said ldquoBut I chose a major that would help me get a job after I graduatedrdquo

While she is determined to avoid adopting her old address Tonitis does see returning home as an option for others

ldquoIf you have a job and are doing something I donrsquot think itrsquos a bad thingrdquo she said

Students debate moving home after school

COLUMN | HEALTH

By Tricia Vaughan

Dead Week is upon us fel-low scholars and adding a few provisions to your daily diet will naturally improve mental per-formance and productivity

Eggs These power packed foods contain choline a type of B vitamin that is shown to increase memory retention and energizes the body B vitamins can also improve your mood Preparing eggs for breakfast is a quick and good way to kick start a day of tedious studying

Fish nuts and beans Salmon mackeral tuna sardines wal-nuts flaxseeds kidney beans and soy beans are just a few examples All contain main com-ponents of omega-3 fatty acids EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic

acid) two fundamental building blocks of the outer membrane of cells that nerve signals pass through In order to retain infor-mation the cells must create new membranes Omega-3 is essential for the body because the body cannot produce them itself Therefore students must incorporate them in their diet to maintain optimum brain function

A steady balance of omega-6 with omega-3 is also crucial to a healthy diet Omega-6 found in vegetable oils such as soy oil increase inflammation blood clotting and cell creation in the body while omega-3 counteracts these effects Balance within the body is crucial Nuts also con-tain vitamin E which is an anti-oxidant that when consumed in moderation aids in preventing

degenerative diseases Includefish in a meal at least twice aweek (or six ounces) as wellas a handful of nuts and a cupof beans a day in your diet toreceive the benefits of omega 3

Green and cruciferous vege-tables Vegetables such as broc-coli cauliflower kale brusselssprouts and cabbage (althoughnot the most tasty) are highin antioxidants like vitaminC that protect the brain fromfree radicals The free radicalsproduced when cells generateenergy are the waste productsemitted from energy productionand are harmful to the brainAntioxidants can disable freeradicals and protect the brainwhich utilizes 17 percent ofthe bodyrsquos energy Try to addsome to a salad or as a side toany meal

Certain foods key to healthy brain activityHERE THEREEVERYWHERE

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By Marc TorrenceAssistant Sports Editor

The formula is simple but at times this season has seemed too complicated for Alabama It doomed the Crimson Tide during the teamrsquos only regu-lar season loss against Texas AampM After rallying from a 20-point deficit the Tide had four chances to score from the 6-yard line and elected to throw three times The last pass was intercepted

Saturday though facing an 11-point deficit with every-thing on the line the formula clicked and Alabama went back to what it does best to set up a dramatic finish and a 32-28 win

ldquoWe kind of had that I-would-not-be-denied attitude out there todayrdquo head coach Nick Saban said ldquoIrsquom not say-ing we played our best football game of the year in terms of execution but the way we were able to run the ball especially in the second half was proba-bly the difference in the gamerdquo

To say Alabama ran the ball well in the second half would be an understatement The Crimson Tide amassed 350 rushing yards total with

223 coming in the second half Starter Eddie Lacy was named game MVP running a career-high 181 yards and two touch-downs Freshman TJ Yeldon was right behind him with 153 and a touchdown

From the time Georgia returned a blocked field goal for a touchdown until Amari Cooperrsquos game-winning touch-down grab Alabama called 20 runs and just five passes

The stretch included 12 runs and just one pass ndash an incompletion that drew a pass interference penalty on the first scoring drive following the 11-point deficit ndash that saw Alabama score 15 points to take a four-point lead The sec-ond of the two scoring drives featured seven runs exclu-sively with Lacy and Yeldon sharing duties

ldquoWe had that long drive it about broke me it felt likerdquo guard Anthony Steen said ldquoI couldnrsquot breathe at one point I looked at DJ and he looked at me and we knew we werenrsquot going to give up We were going to do whatever it took to pull off the winrdquo

Itrsquos especially demoralizing for a defense to know exactly whatrsquos coming and not be able

to stop it Alabama swapped out Lacy and Yeldon for much of the night bringing in a fresh body every time the Bulldog defense seemed to have the other figured out

ldquoWhen you run the ball every single down in a drive they might have thrown it oncerdquo Georgia coach Mark Richt said ldquoThey had two drives they might have thrown it once scored a touchdown so that was impressive by their people up front We were just not able to stop itrdquo

It all led to the perfect setup a play-action pass over the top to Cooper that put Alabama up for good The constant grind of the Tidersquos rushing attack caused the Bulldog secondary to creep closer and closer to the line of scrimmage Cooper was left with one-on-one cover-age on the outside and beat his man for the score

ldquoYou knew it was coming eventuallyrdquo center Barrett Jones said

Offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier opened the game with the same look Alabama gave Auburn ndash three and four wide receiver sets at up-tempo no-huddle speed

Only this wasnrsquot Auburn

On Alabamarsquos second drive of the game Nussmeier dialed up two runs that went for 9 and 8 yards respectively His next three calls were passes ndash two incomplete passes and a sack ndash and Alabama was forced to punt

Much of the first half and start of the third quarter went that way for Alabama Fans began to clamor for the return of the run game ndash they had seen this movie before earlier in the year and knew what not trusting them could cost

But it would not be so It was as if Saban could was reading tweets from the field Alabama went almost exclusively to the run and no matter what Georgia did when they knew exactly what was coming it could not stop the punishing ground game of Alabama

ldquoIt makes you proud to be able to block for two great running backs They had that mindset that I will not be deniedrdquo right tackle DJ Fluker said ldquoYou donrsquot put your head down just lsquocause yoursquore down a couple points At the end of the day the score-board donrsquot matter Itrsquos about how much heart you got What are you willing to do for itrdquo

Tide ditches pass game rushes to SEC title

By Jasmine CannonStaff Reporter

This time last year the Alabama womenrsquos basket-ball team had team mem-bers who were not able to play due to NCAA transfer rules The Tide has turned per se and Alabama fans are getting to see a new side of Alabama basketball

Daisha Simmons Briana Hutchen and Brittany Jack have all finally suited up and hit the floor for the Tide while making a big impact on the court and in the locker room

Perhaps the biggest news of last summer was when Simmons and Hutchen announced their departure from Rutgers University and arrival at Alabama Head coach

Wendell Hudson said both were recruited by the Capstone while they were in high school and everything worked out when the two were looking to trans-fer

ldquoThis was one of my top five schools coming out of high schoolrdquo Hutchen said ldquoThe only bad thing I could say about it was that itrsquos so hot When I decided to leave Rutgers I went back to my top five schools I went on my visit here and I felt so dumb because I fell in love with the schoolrdquo

ldquoJust to come here and have a higher role and kind of a leader role itrsquos just been great to have that opportunity especially as a point guardrdquo Simmons said

Simmons has wowed fans with her play as a 5-foot-10-inch point guard The Jersey City

NJ native is leading the Tide in minutes played and proves to be efficient on the court She ranks first on the team in blocks and assists while placing second in rebounds Simmons is also the teamrsquos third leading scorer averaging 127 points a game

ldquoDaisy is a very very good personrdquo Hutchen said ldquoI always tell her that shersquos the best point guard in the nation I tell her that everyday because she really is I know that shersquos going to lead this team to great great places She really is a floor general and we follow behind herrdquo

ldquoWhat sets her apart is that she knows the game of basketballrdquo Hudson said ldquoSome players think about the next play but shersquos always

thinking two or three plays ahead about what to do if this or that happensrdquo

Hutchen is a Baltimore Md native and has also found herself in a leadership role for the Tide As one of the teamrsquos captains ndash along with Simmons and Kaneisha Horn ndash she has started all five games shersquos played in and is averaging near-ly five rebounds a game

Jack a sophomore forward from Suwanee Ga came to Alabama from Samford University Shersquos shown high energy and lots of communica-tion while on the court

ldquoShe gave up a full scholarship at Samford and came here having to work and not really knowing if she was going to get any [play time]rdquo Hudson said

Jack has started one game for Alabama and provides the team flexibility with her ability to play inside and out

Alabamarsquos roster is com-prised of other players who have made their way to the Capstone by way of transfer Jessica Merritt Alicia Mitcham and Meghan Perkins all transferred from junior college before making a

splash at the UniversityAll of these players have

played ample minutes and proved to be fit for SEC compe-tition with their play last sea-son With a plethora of players with multiple skill sets Hudsonsaid he thinks his team has more chemistry than hersquos had before Players agree and theyare ready to compete with thebest

ldquoI know that our success is not by faultrdquo Hutchen said ldquoWersquove worked hard as a team to make sure that we are goingto bring back great things to Alabama basketballrdquo

Three transfers fi nally suiting up for Crimson Tide

CW | Shannon Auvil Photo Illustration by Elizabeth DavisThe Crimson Tide defeated the Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC Cham-pionship Dec 1 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta GA Alabama will face Notre Dame in the BCS title game in Miami Fla Jan 7

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By Aldo Amato

For the past five years stu-dents who have attended The University of Alabama have bared witness to perhaps the greatest collegiate athletic pro-gram of all time Whether it is football softball womenrsquos golf or the always dominant gym-nastics program Alabama ath-letics is unmatched through-out the country

This past weekendrsquos epic win over Georgia in the SEC Championship defined the championship level fight the football team and other pro-grams possess While much of the credit goes to the coaches in their respective programs it is the fans that have made this championship atmosphere what it is today

Not many outside state lines know what it is like to be part of a consistent cham-pionship program Heck not many inside state lines know what it is like to be a consistent champion A team southeast of Tuscaloosa looking for a head coach could tell you that first-hand

But I digressWe are living in an era of

greatness at the Capstone and it is up to Crimson Tide fans especially students to relish it and soak up all the crystal foot-balls diamond-studded rings and wooden NCAA trophies because it has not always been this way and unfortunately will not last forever I can tell you that firsthand

Growing up in a multicul-tural family American football was a foreign concept and was not part of the household But

like many children in Alabama are forced to do when they are young one must pick a side to root for Then Tigers coach Terry Bowden was doing well so I picked Auburn For years and years I rooted against the Crimson Tide and was always happy when they lost

Even when a family member of mine chose to go here I root-ed against the Tide Even when the Tide was supposed to beat then lowly Northern Illinois I cheered through the streets of Tuscaloosa as a bandwagon Huskies fan after the Tide fell in one of the biggest upsets in Crimson Tide history

But after all of the seething hatred I had for a program that was coming off NCAA sanc-tions and that had struggled for years in the early 2000s some-thing about this town and this University completely changed how I viewed Alabama and college football

Some people have an ldquoa-hardquo moment in which they real-ize what theyrsquove been doing wrong all along Mine came in a series of weekends spent in Tuscaloosa even during the

ldquodown yearsrdquo at the Capstone The passion and exuberance displayed by Tide fans even though they knew they had no shot baffled me How could a fan base not give up on their team despite them being ter-rible Why are so many fans still packing out a stadium to watch their team lose

Those questions soon became impossible to find a clear-cut answer to So I chose to embrace the atmosphere for a couple of weekends not knowing what to expect What I discovered was my true col-lege football team and the best fan base in the Southeastern Conference and entire nation

Whether it was the tail-gaters or the pregame rituals Crimson Tide fans were as passionate about their team as major fan bases like the New York Yankees Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Lakers even during rough stretches and I wanted to be a part of it

But now that the football team and other elite Tide pro-grams are once again champi-ons it is now crucial that fans and students like the teams

lsquoCrimson Tide fans are as passionate about their team as major fan basesrsquo

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday December 4 2012 | Page 9

COLUMN

Tide lands 9 players on 2012 Associated Press All-Southeastern Conference TeamCW Staff

The Alabama football team had nine players selected to the Associated Press All-Southeastern Conference Team the AP announced Monday

Four Crimson Tide play-ers garnered first team hon-ors including senior center Barrett Jones senior guard Chance Warmack junior line-backer CJ Mosley and junior

cornerback Dee Milliner Both Jones and Milliner were unan-imous selections

On the second team Alabama was represent-ed by junior tackle DJ Fluker junior quarter-back AJ McCarron junior running back Eddie Lacy and senior nose guard Jesse Williams while senior safety Robert Lester was named honorable mention

FOOTBALL

not get complacent A certain sense of arrogance comes with championships Trust me ndash Irsquom a Yankees fan It is important to remember these teams are special but it is the fans that make this University stand alone when it comes to cham-pionship atmospheres

Despite what happens in the most highly anticipated

championship games in col-lege football history against two traditional powerhouses Crimson Tide fans should rel-ish every second every minuteand every hour from today upuntil kickoff because that is what this athletics program is all about

That is what college football is truly about

ldquoDespite what happens in the most highly anticipated championship games in college football history

against two traditional powerhouses Crimson Tide fans

should relish every second every minute and every hour from today

up until kickoff because that is what this athletics program iss all

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Todayrsquos Birthday (120412) Drink in time alone this year with a journal your thoughts and a cup of tea Plan for what you want and aim high Treat yourself well Care for one who needs it Family comes fi rst and home is where your heart isTo get the advantage check the dayrsquos rating 10 is the easiest day 0 the most challengingAries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Be respectful and listen to anotherrsquos cries Provide information Passion requires commitment Main-tain objectivity Let them know you appreciate the feedback Say how you feel later Postpone travelTaurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Conditions begin to improve with compromise achieved A female sets the tone and pace Donrsquot ask many questions Take coaching from an expert and practice It works outGemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Misunderstandings are likely Nonetheless commit to your passions Consult with a co-worker on a prior-ity Bring in more wealth Postpone a shopping trip Enjoy what you haveCancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Contentment reigns at home On the spot creativity is required and itrsquos fun and random Help others gen-erate necessary funds from available resources Speak from your heartLeo (July 23-Aug 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Intuition enters the picture Donrsquot push too hard Hammer out the details New information dispels old fears Test it before sealing up every-thing A lovely moment is possibleVirgo (Aug 23-Sept 22) -- Today is a 5 -- Your suggestions may not be

immediately accepted Donrsquot get in-timidated Keep planning Th ere could be a communications breakdown with temporary confusion Postpone a celebration or fi nancial discussionLibra (Sept 23-Oct 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Invest in your infrastructure Obtain the necessary materials Donrsquot celebrate by spending more Make fi nancial talk fun Meticulous planningpays off Positive numbers appear on the balance sheetScorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Take care not to step on toes and connect with the group for public success Itrsquos not a good time to ques-tion authority unless hiring an expertSagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 21) -- Todayis an 8 -- Use the energy others gener-ate Donrsquot gossip about work Postponetravel and expansion It could get tense so relax Keep your head down Get money for improvements nowCapricorn (Dec 22-Jan 19) -- Today is a 6 -- Follow through on your plan Arguing just makes it take longer Minimize fi nancial risks and watch forhidden dangers Work interferes with travel Provide information Enjoy local cuisineAquarius (Jan 20-Feb 18) -- Today is a 7 -- Soak up information and let your partner do the talking Visualize perfection Act on profi table ideas Expect a visitor you havenrsquot seen for some timePisces (Feb 19-March 20) -- Today is a 6 -- You can get whatever you need and easily avoid a mistake Yoursquove earned some rest Others are drawn to you today Bask in the glow Postpone an outing

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Tuesday December 4 2012SPORTSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 10

By Sarah Elizabeth TookerStaff Reporter

If you know anything about The University of Alabama Crimson Tidersquos legendary defensive line chances are you know No 35 Nico Johnson Off the field however most fans do not realize Johnson has his eyes set on more than just another national championship ndash his goal is a degree

ldquoThat was really my only reason for coming back this season knowing anything can happen at any timerdquo Johnson said ldquoI promised my mom I wouldnrsquot leave UA without a degreerdquo

Born in small-town Andalusia Ala Johnson never dreamed he would one day play under head coach Nick Sabanrsquos Crimson Tide In fact sports were the last thing on his mind

ldquoI remember going to camp as a junior thinking I didnrsquot even really care about sports

because I wanted to go into the militaryrdquo Johnson said ldquoWhen Alabama gave me an offer after just four days I had to decide between football or the mili-tary and I chose to take advan-tage of the free degreerdquo

Johnson said one of his favorite memories was when Saban paid him a personal visit to Andalusia With offers from major football pro-grams like Auburn Florida LSU and Georgia Saban hoped to lock in a now very sought-after recruit

ldquoIt was unreal ndash Nick Saban sitting in my actual homerdquo he said ldquoIt was weird and really special all at the same timerdquo

Yet playing for a success-ful football team never caused Johnson to lose focus of the real goal ndash securing a degree to prepare for the unpredictable future of a football player

ldquoYoursquore not guaranteed to play anywhere and in order to be successful why even come

here if you donrsquot finish your degreerdquo he said ldquoYou never know when your last day of football can berdquo

With this driven attitude and the support of his family in mind Johnson began thinking about choosing the right major

ldquoI think I was sitting in my dorm watching lsquo[Law and Order] Special Victims Unitrsquo and thought lsquoI want to do that I want to be able to make a dif-ference in societyrsquordquo he said

A criminal justice degree seemed an odd choice to some of his friends from back home but Johnson said there was no better choice

ldquoI guess I just feel like itrsquos the only thing I can connect with and have an interest for because going through high school I just saw so many friends getting in trouble with the police and at one point I hated the police for itrdquo Johnson said ldquoNow ndash over time the older I got ndash I understood how

difficult it is and the need for policerdquo

Being the only one of his friends to make it out and go to college Johnson said forced him to realize he had to beat the system and do something big with his life

ldquoIrsquom going to try the football thing because I think I have a good chance but I have a degree to fall back onrdquo he said ldquoI want to be a CSI or FBI agent [My juevenile deliquency class] talked about how difficult it is for kids these days and how being raised the right way can make a difference in a childrsquos life or how an abusive parent can even cause a delinquent child I could really connect with it because Irsquod witnessed it growing up by hand or eyerdquo

However at the end of the day being a football player on such a successful team has its perks Johnson said

ldquoIrsquoll miss the tradition of Alabama football and being

able to wear the jersey but really just being around my teammates walking to class or eating at Bryant [Hall] togeth-er is what Irsquoll miss the mostrdquo he said ldquoWhen the crowd cheers for us when our picture comes on the jumbotron it just shows that all your hard work pays offrdquo

With a possible NFL future Johnson said he and his

family would rather focus on the present

ldquoThe thing their most excited for was me getting a degree and anything else that is just extrardquo he said ldquoI came here to get a championship and Irsquove done that twice I came here toget a degree and Irsquoll get that infive months so Irsquod say Alabama is everything it was supposed to live up tordquo

CW Staff

Alabama senior center Barrett Jones was selected as one of six finalists for the 13th annual Rimington Trophy which goes to the nationrsquos most outstanding center the Rimington Trophy committee announced Monday

Jones from Germantown Tenn is joined by Louisvillersquos Mario Benavides Notre Damersquos Braxston Cave Clemsonrsquos Dalton Freeman Southern Californiarsquos Khaled Holmes and Penn Statersquos Matt Stankiewitch as finalists

Jones is the third Crimson

Tide player to be named a final-ist for the Rimington Award joining the ranks of William Vlachos (2011) and Antoine Caldwell (2008)

Jones spent his first two years starting at right guard for Alabama and when the Tide needed a left tackle in 2011 he moved over and won the Outland Trophy for the nationrsquos best offensive line-men In 2012 Alabama needed to replace a three-year starter at center and Jones stepped up once again and has excelled at that position this year

Jones graded out at an aver-age of 908 percent in the Tidersquos

12 regular season games including nine games over 90 percent He had just six missed assignments on 656 plays while anchoring one of the nationrsquos top offensive lines in 49 starts over the last four years

The winner of the Rimington Trophy is selected by deter-mining the consensus All-America center pick from four existing All-America teams including the American Football Coaches Association The Walter Camp Foundation The Sporting News and the Football Writers Association of America The center with the most first team votes will be

determined the winner If thereis a tie with first team votes then the center with the most second team votes will win If there is still a tie the winner will be determined by a major-ity vote from the Rimington Trophy committee

This yearrsquos RimingtonTrophy will be revealed live on ESPNU during the ESPN Red Carpet Show immediatelypreceding The Home Depot College Football Awards airing live from the Atlantic Dance Hall at Disneyrsquos Boardwalk at the Walt Disney World Resorton Thursday Dec 6 beginning at 630 pm (CST)

Center Barrett Jones named Rimington Trophy fi nalist

Pursuit of degree kept Nico Johnson at Alabama

CW | Shannon AuvilNico Johnson speaks with media following the SEC Championship game Dec 1

CW | Austin BigoneyBarrett Jones lines up as center where he is in contention for the Rim-ington Trophy He previously won the Outland Trophy at left tackle

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday December 4 2012 | Page 5

By Chandler WrightStaff Reporter

Studying abroad can be cost-ly and to alleviate that The University of Alabama offers many scholarship opportuni-ties to students who are inter-ested in saying ldquoRoll Tiderdquo in a far-off locale

ldquoAll students can complete the scholarship application for currently enrolled studentsrdquo said Mary Spiegel executive director of undergraduate admissions ldquoThis applica-tion is found on the studentrsquos myBama account under the academics tabrdquo

Spiegel said this applica-tion screens for scholarships for studying abroad and typi-cally these scholarships are

awarded based on a studentrsquos major and department The deadline for the application was Dec 1

ldquoOnce you are a currently enrolled student you are awarded by the department of the major that you are enrolled inrdquo Spiegel said

Students can also apply to UA Away a scholarship initia-tive created in 2010 in the divi-sion of student affairs that rais-es money to support students in financial need Although it is a three-prong program Sara Hartley assistant to the vice president for external affairs said one part of this is helping students study outside of the Capstone called Study Away

ldquoStudents travel to another country city or university

to study in their academic fieldsrdquo Hartley said ldquoThe Study Abroad Program and the National Student Exchange Program offer these opportuni-ties Scholarships began being awarded last yearrdquo

Hartley said there are fall and spring application dead-lines for UA Away scholarship money and students are judged based on essay questions

ldquoThe UA Away scholarship has two application cyclesrdquo Hartley said ldquoOne deadline is in the fall for students travel-ing away in the spring The sec-ond deadline is in the spring for students traveling in the summer and fall Students are judged primarily on the two essay components of the application We ask them

to identify the correlation between the experience and their educational and pro-fessional goals In addition they are asked to describe their financial need for the scholarshiprdquo

Jessie Ashton a junior major-ing in kinesiology received a UA Away scholarship to go to Ecuador in May 2013

ldquoI went abroad May 2012 and will be going again in May 2013 I didnrsquot receive a scholar-ship for the first trip but just received the Sandee Kirby Witt UA Away Scholarship at the Greek Excellence Awardsrdquo Ashton said ldquoI went through the Panhellenic Scholarships and filled out a few short essays recommendations and basic informationrdquo

Ashton said she thought the application was simple and straightforward making it easy for students to apply and receive a UA Away scholarship

ldquoIt was simple and complete-ly worth it I would do it again in a second and really donrsquot know how it could be any easierrdquo Ashton said ldquoI know Capstone International is always avail-able to help students find ways to fund their trips abroadrdquo

Additionally Spiegel said students with pre-exist-ing scholarship money to help pay for their study abroad programs

ldquoStudents who have schol-arships may use the scholar-ship dollars for study abroad with the approval of their collegeschool scholarship

representativerdquo Spiegel said ldquoThe first step for a stu-dent would be to meet with the Study Abroad office and determine when and what pro-gram they wish to attend and then meet with their collegeschool scholarship representa-tive Once a student has been approved by the Study Abroad office a student can complete the study abroad form that is found under the academics page of their myBama account Students with UA housing scholarships are not able to usetheir housing scholarships for study abroadrdquo

Hartley encourages studentsto look into the range of schol-arship opportunities offered at the Capstone to help students afford studying abroad

Programs work to alleviate study abroad costs

By Jordan CissellStaff Reporter

For Jewish University of Alabama students next week burning the midnight oil holds far more significance than stay-ing up late to study

The Jewish holiday Hanukkah takes place this year from Dec 8 to Dec 16 placing the Universityrsquos exam week squarely in the middle of the holiday period

ldquoI have my menorah and Irsquom going to light the candles each night and sing the songs and say the prayers that go along

with it just like every other yearrdquo said Ben Flax a sopho-more majoring in religious studies and programming vice president for the Hillel Jewish student union ldquoReally the only difference is I wonrsquot be light-ing the candles and singing the songs with my familyrdquo

Sammi Silverman a junior majoring in marketing and Hillelrsquos vice president of public relations said her family will be the most significant absence in her on-campus observation

ldquoI miss being around my family during the holiday and unfortunately we canrsquot really

push anything back because most of the holiday revolves around lighting the menorah at sunset each night of Hanukkah but I get to open my presents when I get homerdquo she said ldquoNot being able to be around my family is the hardest part about being in school for Hanukkah Just imagine yourself in school or taking a final on Christmas ndash that pretty much sums up the feeling for me I imaginerdquo

Silverman said Hillel will be hosting a kickoff party open to both Jewish and non-Jewish students on Saturday Dec 8

Amy Ackerman a sopho-

more majoring in nonprofit management through the New College said she would not be opposed to the University cut-ting the semester schedule off by a week to accommodate Hanukkah observation but does not feel the trimming is necessary

ldquoObviously being out of school to celebrate Christmas is very convenient for everyone else because they can be home with their families and relaxrdquo she said ldquoI would love to celebrate Hanukkah for the full eight days at home but the truth is my fam-ily is going to celebrate when we are all together and it will be just the same for usrdquo

Flax said it would be nearly impossible for the University to schedule around Hanukkah because the Hebrew calendar is based upon the lunar cycle as opposed to the solar-centric Gregorian calendar which means Hanukkahrsquos eight-day period can begin anytime with-in November and December depending on the year

ldquoIrsquove had a Hanukkah before Thanksgiving where I got to spend three days of it with my familyrdquo he said ldquoIrsquove had a two-year Hanukkah because it began at Christmas and stretched into Januaryrdquo

Like Ackerman Flax doesnrsquot view having Hanukkah off from school as too significant of a necessity He said Hanukkah despite the attention it receives is a relatively minor holiday in the Jewish calendar as it is rabbi-created and not outlined in the Torah

Flax said he skips school and travels home to be with family on the more important Torah-mandated holidays like Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur (or Day of Atonement)

ldquoOn the very first day of each class I always approach my professors and give them a piece of paper describing the days I will have to miss and what theyrsquore all aboutrdquo Flax said ldquoUsually theyrsquore pretty good about helping me work

around it Plus Irsquom a religiousstudies major so the professors are usually understandingrdquo

ldquoHanukkah commemorates the victory of the Jews over the Syrio-Greeks in 162 BCE and the rededication of the ancientTemple in Jerusalemrdquo Steven Jacobs Aaron Aronov Chair of Judaic Studies said

Flax said observers light one menorah candle each day for eight days in memory of the one-day supply of oil that miraculously kept the temple lantern burning for eight days

ldquoMost people donrsquot know this but there are actually twotypes of menorahrdquo Flax said ldquoThe ones that stay in the syna-gogue all the time have seven candles and the special ones for Hanukkah have nine can-dles eight for each day of the holiday and one for lighting the other candles And other thanthe fact that the one candle has to be on a different level than the eight others really any-thing goes Mine looks like a 1930s roadsterrdquo

Jewish UA students weigh in on Hanukkah at Capstone

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTSPage 6 | Tuesday December 4 2012

By Chandler WrightStaff Reporter

Student Government Association President Matt Calderone gave his state of the University address Monday night highlighting the projects and initiatives SGA has done thus far this year

ldquoWe have made progressrdquo Calderone said ldquoWersquove come a long way SGA in the past has been through its up and its down There have been times when wersquove been trusted and some times when students have questioned this SGArdquo

Calderone said through sign-in sheets and ACT Card swipes at various events in addition to Twitter and Facebook interaction with stu-dents SGA has reached 16544 students directly

ldquo[The students] have come to our events wersquove talked to them in our officerdquo Calderone said ldquoThese are students who have heard about our need- based scholarships These are students who come into our office on Veterans Day con-cerned about getting around Tuscaloosa when public transit is not in operation Students

are now confident in their SGA and know they can go to their SGA and get help and assistance Wersquove had over 100 ideas to actions funneling through our office We have made progressrdquo

Calderone also mentioned SGArsquos commitment to service through the Sunday service ini-tiative in the office of the vice president of external affairs which he helped create last year before being elected SGA president in addition to mak-ing safety a priority for SGA

ldquoIn the office of external affairs wersquove continued our initiative of service through the Sunday service programrdquo Calderone said ldquoWersquove also made safety a top priority on campus and beyond Wersquove been concerned mostly with safety on the Strip focusing on the connectivity from down-town and the Striprdquo

Calderone said the SGA has started working closely with student groups across campus to address their needs and the perceptions they have about SGA and its programs

ldquoWe wanted to make SGA relevant to every student on campusrdquo Calderone said ldquoI can

confidently stand before you and say that we have accom-plished that goal Wersquove been communicating and collaborat-ing with students Through our UA delegates program wersquove met with 12 different organiza-tions Wersquove talked about their needs financially and other-wise ndash groups that might need a little help With our campus connect initiative in the office of the executive vice presi-dent members of SGA go to different organizations to talk about SGA and what wersquore doing for themrdquo

SGA press secretary Meagan Bryant said she has been com-ing to state of the University addresses since she was a freshman in 2009 Bryant said this provides an opportu-nity to remind campus about all of the projects on which SGA is working

ldquoWith the end of the semes-ter a lot of people think lsquoOh the semester is over and SGA has stopped doing projectsrsquordquo Bryant said ldquoThe state of the University address is a good way to show thatrsquos not true Itrsquos definitely different this year Wersquore continuing to work on various projects and reach out

to students on campus Wersquore all working together really well as a team and reaching outrdquo

SGA Chief of Staff Brennan Johnson echoed Bryantrsquos statement emphasizing how

important the state of the University address is in show-ing students what the SGA is doing for them

ldquoItrsquos important for cam-pus and students to have a

chance to see everything SGA is doing as far as projects andinitiatives so they can see how SGA can help them and what they can get involved inrdquo Johnson said

Calderone delivers state of University address

By Camille CorbettContributing Writer

A handful of UA student groups held a benefit ball for children who go without toys during the holiday season

The Universityrsquos chapter of the NAACP the Beta Eta chapter of Omega Psi Phi and the Kappa Alpha chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha hosted the 12th annual Toy Ball on Dec 2

In addition to collecting toys the $10 entrance fee went toward the purchase of more toys for the Tuscaloosa

One FoundationldquoPart of the money will go

towards the expenses for the event but otherwise wersquoll buy more toys with it No organi-

zations will profit from this eventrdquo said David Daniels President of Omega Psi Phi the founding fraternity of the event

During the ball there was a program hosted by Malcolm Harper the service event chair of Omega Psi Phi and Reale Snorton secretary of the NAACP which highlight-ed the accomplishments of both the Boys and Girls Club and organizations within the university

ldquoThe event had perfor-mances by dancers the Afro

American Gospel Choir and a spoken word artist as well as toys and awards presented to area children for outstand-ing performances during the yearrdquo said Brett Saunders president of the NAACP

In the effort to reach more children this year the Kappa Alpha Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha was added to the group of organizations coordinating the event

ldquoThis year we reformatted the structure of the event by including live entertainment and a tribute to children from

the Boys amp Girls Clubrdquo Jahmir Jones Scholarship Chair for Alpha Phi Alpha said ldquoEach organization sponsored a child from the Boys amp Girls Club based on merit support-ed by Boys amp Girls Director Stephen Millerrdquo

Three awards were given during the program to children within the Boys amp Girls Club who were deemed exemplary

ldquoThese three youth rep-resent all that is right with the youth of todayrdquo Stephen Miller senior director of the

Boys amp Girls Club said ldquoThey are the reason I try to make a difference one child at a timerdquo

The main objective of this event was to bring awareness to needs that the community in and around Tuscaloosa has that organizations within the University may be ableto remedy

ldquoFirst of all we recognize thekids are coming in and raisingawareness about donating and things like that for the student bodyrdquo Daniels said ldquoTry to continue the cycle of social service in the communityrdquo

Campus NAACP holds Toy Ball for underprivileged

ldquoThese three youth represent all that is right with the youth of

today They are the reason I try to make a difference one child at

a time

mdash Stephen Miller

CW | Shannon AuvilSGA President Matt Calderone addresses students at the State of the University address Dec 3

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Tuesday December 4 2012CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 7

By Kristen FeytContributing Writer

Theatre Tuscaloosa left audi-ence members moved by their opening night performance of ldquoGodspellrdquo as directed by Abe Reybod at the Bean-Brown Theatre on Friday Nov 30

ldquoI felt such a mixture of emotions from the perfor-mancerdquo said Kathleen Starke a freshman at The University of Alabama who attended the show opening night ldquoAt one point I was uplifted by the won-derful musical numbers and the comedy of the play and then I was crying my eyes out from the intimacy of the drama at the end of the showrdquo

ldquoGodspellrdquo written by Stephen Schwartz and John Michael Tebelak tells the story of Jesusrsquo life accord-ing to the book of Matthew in

the Bible The musical begins with the baptism of Jesus and then transitions through para-bles that are told in the Bible accompanied by musical num-bers such as ldquoDay by Dayrdquo and ldquoGod Save the Peoplerdquo

ldquoGodspellrdquo begins with the actors in a classroom-like set-ting in matching uniforms which then changes into a downtown setting with graffiti-covered walls The cast then comes out in brightly colored costumes and begins to sing the number ldquoPrepare Yerdquo an upbeat tune that narrates the baptism of cast members by Gerard Jones who plays John the Baptist

Jesus played by Will Erwin then enters the show and begins telling his followers the parables from the Bible which are enacted by different cast members Following each

parable is a musical number that also teaches a story from the gospel of Matthew The actors used an element of audi-ence participation to make the performance more interactive

ldquoThe entire show was so interactive with the audiencerdquo Devin Valenza a freshman majoring in chemical engi-neering said ldquoThe whole time I was so focused on the show I completely forgot that I was watching a musical I felt like I was a part of the productionrdquo

In the second act ldquoGodspellrdquo takes on a more somber tone in contrast to the first actrsquos cheer-ful and eccentric mood The actors set the scene of the last supper and shows Jesusrsquo good bye to his followers as well as Judasrsquo betrayal

ldquoI could barely watch the final number of Jesusrsquo cruci-fixionrdquo Starke said ldquoIt felt like

I was actually there watching it happen The agony that the actors portrayed is what really made the scene come to liferdquo

The play ends with the actors carrying Jesus off stage and then coming back on to sing the closing song of the production

Dorothy Pieroni who attend-ed the opening night of the musical was very pleased with the production

ldquoGreat performance great singers great costumes I thor-oughly enjoyed itrdquo Pieroni said ldquoThe emotion that they project just everything they did we have a lot of talent in Tuscaloosardquo

ldquoGodspellrdquo runs through Dec 9 at the Bean-Brown Theatre at Shelton State Community College Tickets can be purchased online at wwwtheatretusccom

Theatre Tuscaloosarsquos lsquoGodspellrsquo makes Christrsquos story interactive

By Becky RobinsonStaff Reporter

Most musicians would do anything for the spotlight but not Lena Dice This UA studentrsquos passion for music is a quieter one that began blos-soming in recent months

Dice a junior majoring in psychology was born and raised in Tuscaloosa Finding a love of music at an early age Dice partnered with life-long friend Wright Gatewood to form their group ldquogolight-lyrdquo in May 2012

ldquoWersquove been writing songs together for about four monthsrdquo Dice said ldquoWhen it comes to writing and play-ing my own stuff Irsquom very self-conscious so having [Wright] to bounce ideas off of made it a lot easierrdquo

Dice said when shersquos on stage alone she often feels like she does not know what to do especially since shar-ing music is very personal to her

Both Dice and Gatewood play piano but one day Gatewood picked up a guitar and started to teach himself to play After he showed Dice some of the songs he had been writing the two decided to collaborate and become a duo

ldquoWe just sit down and write what wersquore thinking aboutrdquo Gatewood a junior majoring in music management said ldquoWe donrsquot have a set formula We write together and we write separatelyrdquo

In fact much of golightly is an experiment Dice said she and Gatewood have been playing different instru-ments such as the xylo-phone spoons and kazoo to incorporate into their music

Although Dice has not played her music live many

times she performed with Tom Evanchuck at the Bama Theatre last year She said the experience was amaz-ing and a huge leap from the open mic nights where she started

Dice said she and Gatewood are not necessarily influ-enced by any one genre but relate to the ldquosinger-song-writerrdquo genre most Female artists like Ingrid Michaelson and bands such as Mumford amp Sons or the Civil Wars also play an important role in the pairrsquos writing

Gatewood said he often finds inspiration for songs whenever he takes a walk or goes on a road trip

ldquoWhenever I find myself in a new situation Irsquom always inspired by that new momentrdquo Gatewood said

The duo also finds inspi-ration from the city of Tuscaloosa

ldquoI think it helps being in Tuscaloosa because itrsquos not necessarily a big music town ndash itrsquos known for football ndash but people are very interested in musicrdquo Dice said ldquoAnytime Irsquove seen bands play that I havenrsquot heard about itrsquos always interesting to go see who they are and what kind of music they play If yoursquore in Nashville thatrsquos what everybodyrsquos doing itrsquos not really a surpriserdquo

With an untitled EP set for release in January 2013 Dice and Gatewood are working to build a name for themselves

ldquoWe want to get as much experience playing in front of people as we canrdquo Dice said ldquoWersquore just having fun really Wersquore not starting this to make it big we just enjoy playing togetherrdquo

Golightly can be found on Facebook and on Twitter at wearegolightly

Student duo to release 2013 EP

By Margaret WilbourneContributing Writer

For many college represents not just the struggle to manage extracurricular commitments and academics or to decide a major and minor but also the transition to complete inde-pendence Competition with an ever-increasing global econo-my and a booming technologi-cal age is creating something of a black hole for graduates striv-ing for self-sufficiency

Because of these new strug-gles in the job market 24 per-cent of currently unemployed or underemployed graduates between ages 18-34 have moved in with their parents according

to the Pew Research CenterTraditionally being a ldquoboo-

merang childrdquo has held a nega-tive connotation said Hunter Stewart a freshman majoring in civil engineering

ldquoPersonally yes I see it as something negativerdquo he said ldquoIf I canrsquot support myself on my own Irsquod feel extremely judged and like people would think I canrsquot handle the real worldrdquo

An analysis of the 2011 Current Population Survey reveals 53 percent of gradu-ates with bachelor degrees under the age of 25 were unem-ployed About 26 percent of graduates were overqualified for the median jobs they held such as waitressing For some

however the classic stigma attached to moving back with Mom and Dad has begun to lessen and the meaning of ldquosup-portingrdquo oneself has evolved

ldquoI feel like moving back home after graduation is a good thing because it allows people to save up money and get their bear-ings while workingrdquo Cameron Harvey a freshman majoring in marketing and management said For Harvey heading home after graduation doesnrsquot seem so bad

ldquoMoving back is definitely an option especially if I got a well-paying job in Atlantardquo Harvey said Despite the convenience and chance to get onersquos feet on the ground living with onersquos

parents offers some still can-not justify the move

ldquoMoving back isnrsquot an option for me ndash Irsquom very independentrdquo Emelie Sara Tonitis a senior majoring in secondary educa-tion and language arts said To avoid circumstances that might force her to move home Tonitis made sure to plan ahead

ldquoIf I had chosen an English major then I probably would have had to move back with my dadrdquo she said ldquoBut I chose a major that would help me get a job after I graduatedrdquo

While she is determined to avoid adopting her old address Tonitis does see returning home as an option for others

ldquoIf you have a job and are doing something I donrsquot think itrsquos a bad thingrdquo she said

Students debate moving home after school

COLUMN | HEALTH

By Tricia Vaughan

Dead Week is upon us fel-low scholars and adding a few provisions to your daily diet will naturally improve mental per-formance and productivity

Eggs These power packed foods contain choline a type of B vitamin that is shown to increase memory retention and energizes the body B vitamins can also improve your mood Preparing eggs for breakfast is a quick and good way to kick start a day of tedious studying

Fish nuts and beans Salmon mackeral tuna sardines wal-nuts flaxseeds kidney beans and soy beans are just a few examples All contain main com-ponents of omega-3 fatty acids EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic

acid) two fundamental building blocks of the outer membrane of cells that nerve signals pass through In order to retain infor-mation the cells must create new membranes Omega-3 is essential for the body because the body cannot produce them itself Therefore students must incorporate them in their diet to maintain optimum brain function

A steady balance of omega-6 with omega-3 is also crucial to a healthy diet Omega-6 found in vegetable oils such as soy oil increase inflammation blood clotting and cell creation in the body while omega-3 counteracts these effects Balance within the body is crucial Nuts also con-tain vitamin E which is an anti-oxidant that when consumed in moderation aids in preventing

degenerative diseases Includefish in a meal at least twice aweek (or six ounces) as wellas a handful of nuts and a cupof beans a day in your diet toreceive the benefits of omega 3

Green and cruciferous vege-tables Vegetables such as broc-coli cauliflower kale brusselssprouts and cabbage (althoughnot the most tasty) are highin antioxidants like vitaminC that protect the brain fromfree radicals The free radicalsproduced when cells generateenergy are the waste productsemitted from energy productionand are harmful to the brainAntioxidants can disable freeradicals and protect the brainwhich utilizes 17 percent ofthe bodyrsquos energy Try to addsome to a salad or as a side toany meal

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By Marc TorrenceAssistant Sports Editor

The formula is simple but at times this season has seemed too complicated for Alabama It doomed the Crimson Tide during the teamrsquos only regu-lar season loss against Texas AampM After rallying from a 20-point deficit the Tide had four chances to score from the 6-yard line and elected to throw three times The last pass was intercepted

Saturday though facing an 11-point deficit with every-thing on the line the formula clicked and Alabama went back to what it does best to set up a dramatic finish and a 32-28 win

ldquoWe kind of had that I-would-not-be-denied attitude out there todayrdquo head coach Nick Saban said ldquoIrsquom not say-ing we played our best football game of the year in terms of execution but the way we were able to run the ball especially in the second half was proba-bly the difference in the gamerdquo

To say Alabama ran the ball well in the second half would be an understatement The Crimson Tide amassed 350 rushing yards total with

223 coming in the second half Starter Eddie Lacy was named game MVP running a career-high 181 yards and two touch-downs Freshman TJ Yeldon was right behind him with 153 and a touchdown

From the time Georgia returned a blocked field goal for a touchdown until Amari Cooperrsquos game-winning touch-down grab Alabama called 20 runs and just five passes

The stretch included 12 runs and just one pass ndash an incompletion that drew a pass interference penalty on the first scoring drive following the 11-point deficit ndash that saw Alabama score 15 points to take a four-point lead The sec-ond of the two scoring drives featured seven runs exclu-sively with Lacy and Yeldon sharing duties

ldquoWe had that long drive it about broke me it felt likerdquo guard Anthony Steen said ldquoI couldnrsquot breathe at one point I looked at DJ and he looked at me and we knew we werenrsquot going to give up We were going to do whatever it took to pull off the winrdquo

Itrsquos especially demoralizing for a defense to know exactly whatrsquos coming and not be able

to stop it Alabama swapped out Lacy and Yeldon for much of the night bringing in a fresh body every time the Bulldog defense seemed to have the other figured out

ldquoWhen you run the ball every single down in a drive they might have thrown it oncerdquo Georgia coach Mark Richt said ldquoThey had two drives they might have thrown it once scored a touchdown so that was impressive by their people up front We were just not able to stop itrdquo

It all led to the perfect setup a play-action pass over the top to Cooper that put Alabama up for good The constant grind of the Tidersquos rushing attack caused the Bulldog secondary to creep closer and closer to the line of scrimmage Cooper was left with one-on-one cover-age on the outside and beat his man for the score

ldquoYou knew it was coming eventuallyrdquo center Barrett Jones said

Offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier opened the game with the same look Alabama gave Auburn ndash three and four wide receiver sets at up-tempo no-huddle speed

Only this wasnrsquot Auburn

On Alabamarsquos second drive of the game Nussmeier dialed up two runs that went for 9 and 8 yards respectively His next three calls were passes ndash two incomplete passes and a sack ndash and Alabama was forced to punt

Much of the first half and start of the third quarter went that way for Alabama Fans began to clamor for the return of the run game ndash they had seen this movie before earlier in the year and knew what not trusting them could cost

But it would not be so It was as if Saban could was reading tweets from the field Alabama went almost exclusively to the run and no matter what Georgia did when they knew exactly what was coming it could not stop the punishing ground game of Alabama

ldquoIt makes you proud to be able to block for two great running backs They had that mindset that I will not be deniedrdquo right tackle DJ Fluker said ldquoYou donrsquot put your head down just lsquocause yoursquore down a couple points At the end of the day the score-board donrsquot matter Itrsquos about how much heart you got What are you willing to do for itrdquo

Tide ditches pass game rushes to SEC title

By Jasmine CannonStaff Reporter

This time last year the Alabama womenrsquos basket-ball team had team mem-bers who were not able to play due to NCAA transfer rules The Tide has turned per se and Alabama fans are getting to see a new side of Alabama basketball

Daisha Simmons Briana Hutchen and Brittany Jack have all finally suited up and hit the floor for the Tide while making a big impact on the court and in the locker room

Perhaps the biggest news of last summer was when Simmons and Hutchen announced their departure from Rutgers University and arrival at Alabama Head coach

Wendell Hudson said both were recruited by the Capstone while they were in high school and everything worked out when the two were looking to trans-fer

ldquoThis was one of my top five schools coming out of high schoolrdquo Hutchen said ldquoThe only bad thing I could say about it was that itrsquos so hot When I decided to leave Rutgers I went back to my top five schools I went on my visit here and I felt so dumb because I fell in love with the schoolrdquo

ldquoJust to come here and have a higher role and kind of a leader role itrsquos just been great to have that opportunity especially as a point guardrdquo Simmons said

Simmons has wowed fans with her play as a 5-foot-10-inch point guard The Jersey City

NJ native is leading the Tide in minutes played and proves to be efficient on the court She ranks first on the team in blocks and assists while placing second in rebounds Simmons is also the teamrsquos third leading scorer averaging 127 points a game

ldquoDaisy is a very very good personrdquo Hutchen said ldquoI always tell her that shersquos the best point guard in the nation I tell her that everyday because she really is I know that shersquos going to lead this team to great great places She really is a floor general and we follow behind herrdquo

ldquoWhat sets her apart is that she knows the game of basketballrdquo Hudson said ldquoSome players think about the next play but shersquos always

thinking two or three plays ahead about what to do if this or that happensrdquo

Hutchen is a Baltimore Md native and has also found herself in a leadership role for the Tide As one of the teamrsquos captains ndash along with Simmons and Kaneisha Horn ndash she has started all five games shersquos played in and is averaging near-ly five rebounds a game

Jack a sophomore forward from Suwanee Ga came to Alabama from Samford University Shersquos shown high energy and lots of communica-tion while on the court

ldquoShe gave up a full scholarship at Samford and came here having to work and not really knowing if she was going to get any [play time]rdquo Hudson said

Jack has started one game for Alabama and provides the team flexibility with her ability to play inside and out

Alabamarsquos roster is com-prised of other players who have made their way to the Capstone by way of transfer Jessica Merritt Alicia Mitcham and Meghan Perkins all transferred from junior college before making a

splash at the UniversityAll of these players have

played ample minutes and proved to be fit for SEC compe-tition with their play last sea-son With a plethora of players with multiple skill sets Hudsonsaid he thinks his team has more chemistry than hersquos had before Players agree and theyare ready to compete with thebest

ldquoI know that our success is not by faultrdquo Hutchen said ldquoWersquove worked hard as a team to make sure that we are goingto bring back great things to Alabama basketballrdquo

Three transfers fi nally suiting up for Crimson Tide

CW | Shannon Auvil Photo Illustration by Elizabeth DavisThe Crimson Tide defeated the Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC Cham-pionship Dec 1 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta GA Alabama will face Notre Dame in the BCS title game in Miami Fla Jan 7

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By Aldo Amato

For the past five years stu-dents who have attended The University of Alabama have bared witness to perhaps the greatest collegiate athletic pro-gram of all time Whether it is football softball womenrsquos golf or the always dominant gym-nastics program Alabama ath-letics is unmatched through-out the country

This past weekendrsquos epic win over Georgia in the SEC Championship defined the championship level fight the football team and other pro-grams possess While much of the credit goes to the coaches in their respective programs it is the fans that have made this championship atmosphere what it is today

Not many outside state lines know what it is like to be part of a consistent cham-pionship program Heck not many inside state lines know what it is like to be a consistent champion A team southeast of Tuscaloosa looking for a head coach could tell you that first-hand

But I digressWe are living in an era of

greatness at the Capstone and it is up to Crimson Tide fans especially students to relish it and soak up all the crystal foot-balls diamond-studded rings and wooden NCAA trophies because it has not always been this way and unfortunately will not last forever I can tell you that firsthand

Growing up in a multicul-tural family American football was a foreign concept and was not part of the household But

like many children in Alabama are forced to do when they are young one must pick a side to root for Then Tigers coach Terry Bowden was doing well so I picked Auburn For years and years I rooted against the Crimson Tide and was always happy when they lost

Even when a family member of mine chose to go here I root-ed against the Tide Even when the Tide was supposed to beat then lowly Northern Illinois I cheered through the streets of Tuscaloosa as a bandwagon Huskies fan after the Tide fell in one of the biggest upsets in Crimson Tide history

But after all of the seething hatred I had for a program that was coming off NCAA sanc-tions and that had struggled for years in the early 2000s some-thing about this town and this University completely changed how I viewed Alabama and college football

Some people have an ldquoa-hardquo moment in which they real-ize what theyrsquove been doing wrong all along Mine came in a series of weekends spent in Tuscaloosa even during the

ldquodown yearsrdquo at the Capstone The passion and exuberance displayed by Tide fans even though they knew they had no shot baffled me How could a fan base not give up on their team despite them being ter-rible Why are so many fans still packing out a stadium to watch their team lose

Those questions soon became impossible to find a clear-cut answer to So I chose to embrace the atmosphere for a couple of weekends not knowing what to expect What I discovered was my true col-lege football team and the best fan base in the Southeastern Conference and entire nation

Whether it was the tail-gaters or the pregame rituals Crimson Tide fans were as passionate about their team as major fan bases like the New York Yankees Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Lakers even during rough stretches and I wanted to be a part of it

But now that the football team and other elite Tide pro-grams are once again champi-ons it is now crucial that fans and students like the teams

lsquoCrimson Tide fans are as passionate about their team as major fan basesrsquo

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday December 4 2012 | Page 9

COLUMN

Tide lands 9 players on 2012 Associated Press All-Southeastern Conference TeamCW Staff

The Alabama football team had nine players selected to the Associated Press All-Southeastern Conference Team the AP announced Monday

Four Crimson Tide play-ers garnered first team hon-ors including senior center Barrett Jones senior guard Chance Warmack junior line-backer CJ Mosley and junior

cornerback Dee Milliner Both Jones and Milliner were unan-imous selections

On the second team Alabama was represent-ed by junior tackle DJ Fluker junior quarter-back AJ McCarron junior running back Eddie Lacy and senior nose guard Jesse Williams while senior safety Robert Lester was named honorable mention

FOOTBALL

not get complacent A certain sense of arrogance comes with championships Trust me ndash Irsquom a Yankees fan It is important to remember these teams are special but it is the fans that make this University stand alone when it comes to cham-pionship atmospheres

Despite what happens in the most highly anticipated

championship games in col-lege football history against two traditional powerhouses Crimson Tide fans should rel-ish every second every minuteand every hour from today upuntil kickoff because that is what this athletics program is all about

That is what college football is truly about

ldquoDespite what happens in the most highly anticipated championship games in college football history

against two traditional powerhouses Crimson Tide fans

should relish every second every minute and every hour from today

up until kickoff because that is what this athletics program iss all

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Todayrsquos Birthday (120412) Drink in time alone this year with a journal your thoughts and a cup of tea Plan for what you want and aim high Treat yourself well Care for one who needs it Family comes fi rst and home is where your heart isTo get the advantage check the dayrsquos rating 10 is the easiest day 0 the most challengingAries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Be respectful and listen to anotherrsquos cries Provide information Passion requires commitment Main-tain objectivity Let them know you appreciate the feedback Say how you feel later Postpone travelTaurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Conditions begin to improve with compromise achieved A female sets the tone and pace Donrsquot ask many questions Take coaching from an expert and practice It works outGemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Misunderstandings are likely Nonetheless commit to your passions Consult with a co-worker on a prior-ity Bring in more wealth Postpone a shopping trip Enjoy what you haveCancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Contentment reigns at home On the spot creativity is required and itrsquos fun and random Help others gen-erate necessary funds from available resources Speak from your heartLeo (July 23-Aug 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Intuition enters the picture Donrsquot push too hard Hammer out the details New information dispels old fears Test it before sealing up every-thing A lovely moment is possibleVirgo (Aug 23-Sept 22) -- Today is a 5 -- Your suggestions may not be

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By Sarah Elizabeth TookerStaff Reporter

If you know anything about The University of Alabama Crimson Tidersquos legendary defensive line chances are you know No 35 Nico Johnson Off the field however most fans do not realize Johnson has his eyes set on more than just another national championship ndash his goal is a degree

ldquoThat was really my only reason for coming back this season knowing anything can happen at any timerdquo Johnson said ldquoI promised my mom I wouldnrsquot leave UA without a degreerdquo

Born in small-town Andalusia Ala Johnson never dreamed he would one day play under head coach Nick Sabanrsquos Crimson Tide In fact sports were the last thing on his mind

ldquoI remember going to camp as a junior thinking I didnrsquot even really care about sports

because I wanted to go into the militaryrdquo Johnson said ldquoWhen Alabama gave me an offer after just four days I had to decide between football or the mili-tary and I chose to take advan-tage of the free degreerdquo

Johnson said one of his favorite memories was when Saban paid him a personal visit to Andalusia With offers from major football pro-grams like Auburn Florida LSU and Georgia Saban hoped to lock in a now very sought-after recruit

ldquoIt was unreal ndash Nick Saban sitting in my actual homerdquo he said ldquoIt was weird and really special all at the same timerdquo

Yet playing for a success-ful football team never caused Johnson to lose focus of the real goal ndash securing a degree to prepare for the unpredictable future of a football player

ldquoYoursquore not guaranteed to play anywhere and in order to be successful why even come

here if you donrsquot finish your degreerdquo he said ldquoYou never know when your last day of football can berdquo

With this driven attitude and the support of his family in mind Johnson began thinking about choosing the right major

ldquoI think I was sitting in my dorm watching lsquo[Law and Order] Special Victims Unitrsquo and thought lsquoI want to do that I want to be able to make a dif-ference in societyrsquordquo he said

A criminal justice degree seemed an odd choice to some of his friends from back home but Johnson said there was no better choice

ldquoI guess I just feel like itrsquos the only thing I can connect with and have an interest for because going through high school I just saw so many friends getting in trouble with the police and at one point I hated the police for itrdquo Johnson said ldquoNow ndash over time the older I got ndash I understood how

difficult it is and the need for policerdquo

Being the only one of his friends to make it out and go to college Johnson said forced him to realize he had to beat the system and do something big with his life

ldquoIrsquom going to try the football thing because I think I have a good chance but I have a degree to fall back onrdquo he said ldquoI want to be a CSI or FBI agent [My juevenile deliquency class] talked about how difficult it is for kids these days and how being raised the right way can make a difference in a childrsquos life or how an abusive parent can even cause a delinquent child I could really connect with it because Irsquod witnessed it growing up by hand or eyerdquo

However at the end of the day being a football player on such a successful team has its perks Johnson said

ldquoIrsquoll miss the tradition of Alabama football and being

able to wear the jersey but really just being around my teammates walking to class or eating at Bryant [Hall] togeth-er is what Irsquoll miss the mostrdquo he said ldquoWhen the crowd cheers for us when our picture comes on the jumbotron it just shows that all your hard work pays offrdquo

With a possible NFL future Johnson said he and his

family would rather focus on the present

ldquoThe thing their most excited for was me getting a degree and anything else that is just extrardquo he said ldquoI came here to get a championship and Irsquove done that twice I came here toget a degree and Irsquoll get that infive months so Irsquod say Alabama is everything it was supposed to live up tordquo

CW Staff

Alabama senior center Barrett Jones was selected as one of six finalists for the 13th annual Rimington Trophy which goes to the nationrsquos most outstanding center the Rimington Trophy committee announced Monday

Jones from Germantown Tenn is joined by Louisvillersquos Mario Benavides Notre Damersquos Braxston Cave Clemsonrsquos Dalton Freeman Southern Californiarsquos Khaled Holmes and Penn Statersquos Matt Stankiewitch as finalists

Jones is the third Crimson

Tide player to be named a final-ist for the Rimington Award joining the ranks of William Vlachos (2011) and Antoine Caldwell (2008)

Jones spent his first two years starting at right guard for Alabama and when the Tide needed a left tackle in 2011 he moved over and won the Outland Trophy for the nationrsquos best offensive line-men In 2012 Alabama needed to replace a three-year starter at center and Jones stepped up once again and has excelled at that position this year

Jones graded out at an aver-age of 908 percent in the Tidersquos

12 regular season games including nine games over 90 percent He had just six missed assignments on 656 plays while anchoring one of the nationrsquos top offensive lines in 49 starts over the last four years

The winner of the Rimington Trophy is selected by deter-mining the consensus All-America center pick from four existing All-America teams including the American Football Coaches Association The Walter Camp Foundation The Sporting News and the Football Writers Association of America The center with the most first team votes will be

determined the winner If thereis a tie with first team votes then the center with the most second team votes will win If there is still a tie the winner will be determined by a major-ity vote from the Rimington Trophy committee

This yearrsquos RimingtonTrophy will be revealed live on ESPNU during the ESPN Red Carpet Show immediatelypreceding The Home Depot College Football Awards airing live from the Atlantic Dance Hall at Disneyrsquos Boardwalk at the Walt Disney World Resorton Thursday Dec 6 beginning at 630 pm (CST)

Center Barrett Jones named Rimington Trophy fi nalist

Pursuit of degree kept Nico Johnson at Alabama

CW | Shannon AuvilNico Johnson speaks with media following the SEC Championship game Dec 1

CW | Austin BigoneyBarrett Jones lines up as center where he is in contention for the Rim-ington Trophy He previously won the Outland Trophy at left tackle

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTSPage 6 | Tuesday December 4 2012

By Chandler WrightStaff Reporter

Student Government Association President Matt Calderone gave his state of the University address Monday night highlighting the projects and initiatives SGA has done thus far this year

ldquoWe have made progressrdquo Calderone said ldquoWersquove come a long way SGA in the past has been through its up and its down There have been times when wersquove been trusted and some times when students have questioned this SGArdquo

Calderone said through sign-in sheets and ACT Card swipes at various events in addition to Twitter and Facebook interaction with stu-dents SGA has reached 16544 students directly

ldquo[The students] have come to our events wersquove talked to them in our officerdquo Calderone said ldquoThese are students who have heard about our need- based scholarships These are students who come into our office on Veterans Day con-cerned about getting around Tuscaloosa when public transit is not in operation Students

are now confident in their SGA and know they can go to their SGA and get help and assistance Wersquove had over 100 ideas to actions funneling through our office We have made progressrdquo

Calderone also mentioned SGArsquos commitment to service through the Sunday service ini-tiative in the office of the vice president of external affairs which he helped create last year before being elected SGA president in addition to mak-ing safety a priority for SGA

ldquoIn the office of external affairs wersquove continued our initiative of service through the Sunday service programrdquo Calderone said ldquoWersquove also made safety a top priority on campus and beyond Wersquove been concerned mostly with safety on the Strip focusing on the connectivity from down-town and the Striprdquo

Calderone said the SGA has started working closely with student groups across campus to address their needs and the perceptions they have about SGA and its programs

ldquoWe wanted to make SGA relevant to every student on campusrdquo Calderone said ldquoI can

confidently stand before you and say that we have accom-plished that goal Wersquove been communicating and collaborat-ing with students Through our UA delegates program wersquove met with 12 different organiza-tions Wersquove talked about their needs financially and other-wise ndash groups that might need a little help With our campus connect initiative in the office of the executive vice presi-dent members of SGA go to different organizations to talk about SGA and what wersquore doing for themrdquo

SGA press secretary Meagan Bryant said she has been com-ing to state of the University addresses since she was a freshman in 2009 Bryant said this provides an opportu-nity to remind campus about all of the projects on which SGA is working

ldquoWith the end of the semes-ter a lot of people think lsquoOh the semester is over and SGA has stopped doing projectsrsquordquo Bryant said ldquoThe state of the University address is a good way to show thatrsquos not true Itrsquos definitely different this year Wersquore continuing to work on various projects and reach out

to students on campus Wersquore all working together really well as a team and reaching outrdquo

SGA Chief of Staff Brennan Johnson echoed Bryantrsquos statement emphasizing how

important the state of the University address is in show-ing students what the SGA is doing for them

ldquoItrsquos important for cam-pus and students to have a

chance to see everything SGA is doing as far as projects andinitiatives so they can see how SGA can help them and what they can get involved inrdquo Johnson said

Calderone delivers state of University address

By Camille CorbettContributing Writer

A handful of UA student groups held a benefit ball for children who go without toys during the holiday season

The Universityrsquos chapter of the NAACP the Beta Eta chapter of Omega Psi Phi and the Kappa Alpha chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha hosted the 12th annual Toy Ball on Dec 2

In addition to collecting toys the $10 entrance fee went toward the purchase of more toys for the Tuscaloosa

One FoundationldquoPart of the money will go

towards the expenses for the event but otherwise wersquoll buy more toys with it No organi-

zations will profit from this eventrdquo said David Daniels President of Omega Psi Phi the founding fraternity of the event

During the ball there was a program hosted by Malcolm Harper the service event chair of Omega Psi Phi and Reale Snorton secretary of the NAACP which highlight-ed the accomplishments of both the Boys and Girls Club and organizations within the university

ldquoThe event had perfor-mances by dancers the Afro

American Gospel Choir and a spoken word artist as well as toys and awards presented to area children for outstand-ing performances during the yearrdquo said Brett Saunders president of the NAACP

In the effort to reach more children this year the Kappa Alpha Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha was added to the group of organizations coordinating the event

ldquoThis year we reformatted the structure of the event by including live entertainment and a tribute to children from

the Boys amp Girls Clubrdquo Jahmir Jones Scholarship Chair for Alpha Phi Alpha said ldquoEach organization sponsored a child from the Boys amp Girls Club based on merit support-ed by Boys amp Girls Director Stephen Millerrdquo

Three awards were given during the program to children within the Boys amp Girls Club who were deemed exemplary

ldquoThese three youth rep-resent all that is right with the youth of todayrdquo Stephen Miller senior director of the

Boys amp Girls Club said ldquoThey are the reason I try to make a difference one child at a timerdquo

The main objective of this event was to bring awareness to needs that the community in and around Tuscaloosa has that organizations within the University may be ableto remedy

ldquoFirst of all we recognize thekids are coming in and raisingawareness about donating and things like that for the student bodyrdquo Daniels said ldquoTry to continue the cycle of social service in the communityrdquo

Campus NAACP holds Toy Ball for underprivileged

ldquoThese three youth represent all that is right with the youth of

today They are the reason I try to make a difference one child at

a time

mdash Stephen Miller

CW | Shannon AuvilSGA President Matt Calderone addresses students at the State of the University address Dec 3

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OPINION

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Page 7

By Kristen FeytContributing Writer

Theatre Tuscaloosa left audi-ence members moved by their opening night performance of ldquoGodspellrdquo as directed by Abe Reybod at the Bean-Brown Theatre on Friday Nov 30

ldquoI felt such a mixture of emotions from the perfor-mancerdquo said Kathleen Starke a freshman at The University of Alabama who attended the show opening night ldquoAt one point I was uplifted by the won-derful musical numbers and the comedy of the play and then I was crying my eyes out from the intimacy of the drama at the end of the showrdquo

ldquoGodspellrdquo written by Stephen Schwartz and John Michael Tebelak tells the story of Jesusrsquo life accord-ing to the book of Matthew in

the Bible The musical begins with the baptism of Jesus and then transitions through para-bles that are told in the Bible accompanied by musical num-bers such as ldquoDay by Dayrdquo and ldquoGod Save the Peoplerdquo

ldquoGodspellrdquo begins with the actors in a classroom-like set-ting in matching uniforms which then changes into a downtown setting with graffiti-covered walls The cast then comes out in brightly colored costumes and begins to sing the number ldquoPrepare Yerdquo an upbeat tune that narrates the baptism of cast members by Gerard Jones who plays John the Baptist

Jesus played by Will Erwin then enters the show and begins telling his followers the parables from the Bible which are enacted by different cast members Following each

parable is a musical number that also teaches a story from the gospel of Matthew The actors used an element of audi-ence participation to make the performance more interactive

ldquoThe entire show was so interactive with the audiencerdquo Devin Valenza a freshman majoring in chemical engi-neering said ldquoThe whole time I was so focused on the show I completely forgot that I was watching a musical I felt like I was a part of the productionrdquo

In the second act ldquoGodspellrdquo takes on a more somber tone in contrast to the first actrsquos cheer-ful and eccentric mood The actors set the scene of the last supper and shows Jesusrsquo good bye to his followers as well as Judasrsquo betrayal

ldquoI could barely watch the final number of Jesusrsquo cruci-fixionrdquo Starke said ldquoIt felt like

I was actually there watching it happen The agony that the actors portrayed is what really made the scene come to liferdquo

The play ends with the actors carrying Jesus off stage and then coming back on to sing the closing song of the production

Dorothy Pieroni who attend-ed the opening night of the musical was very pleased with the production

ldquoGreat performance great singers great costumes I thor-oughly enjoyed itrdquo Pieroni said ldquoThe emotion that they project just everything they did we have a lot of talent in Tuscaloosardquo

ldquoGodspellrdquo runs through Dec 9 at the Bean-Brown Theatre at Shelton State Community College Tickets can be purchased online at wwwtheatretusccom

Theatre Tuscaloosarsquos lsquoGodspellrsquo makes Christrsquos story interactive

By Becky RobinsonStaff Reporter

Most musicians would do anything for the spotlight but not Lena Dice This UA studentrsquos passion for music is a quieter one that began blos-soming in recent months

Dice a junior majoring in psychology was born and raised in Tuscaloosa Finding a love of music at an early age Dice partnered with life-long friend Wright Gatewood to form their group ldquogolight-lyrdquo in May 2012

ldquoWersquove been writing songs together for about four monthsrdquo Dice said ldquoWhen it comes to writing and play-ing my own stuff Irsquom very self-conscious so having [Wright] to bounce ideas off of made it a lot easierrdquo

Dice said when shersquos on stage alone she often feels like she does not know what to do especially since shar-ing music is very personal to her

Both Dice and Gatewood play piano but one day Gatewood picked up a guitar and started to teach himself to play After he showed Dice some of the songs he had been writing the two decided to collaborate and become a duo

ldquoWe just sit down and write what wersquore thinking aboutrdquo Gatewood a junior majoring in music management said ldquoWe donrsquot have a set formula We write together and we write separatelyrdquo

In fact much of golightly is an experiment Dice said she and Gatewood have been playing different instru-ments such as the xylo-phone spoons and kazoo to incorporate into their music

Although Dice has not played her music live many

times she performed with Tom Evanchuck at the Bama Theatre last year She said the experience was amaz-ing and a huge leap from the open mic nights where she started

Dice said she and Gatewood are not necessarily influ-enced by any one genre but relate to the ldquosinger-song-writerrdquo genre most Female artists like Ingrid Michaelson and bands such as Mumford amp Sons or the Civil Wars also play an important role in the pairrsquos writing

Gatewood said he often finds inspiration for songs whenever he takes a walk or goes on a road trip

ldquoWhenever I find myself in a new situation Irsquom always inspired by that new momentrdquo Gatewood said

The duo also finds inspi-ration from the city of Tuscaloosa

ldquoI think it helps being in Tuscaloosa because itrsquos not necessarily a big music town ndash itrsquos known for football ndash but people are very interested in musicrdquo Dice said ldquoAnytime Irsquove seen bands play that I havenrsquot heard about itrsquos always interesting to go see who they are and what kind of music they play If yoursquore in Nashville thatrsquos what everybodyrsquos doing itrsquos not really a surpriserdquo

With an untitled EP set for release in January 2013 Dice and Gatewood are working to build a name for themselves

ldquoWe want to get as much experience playing in front of people as we canrdquo Dice said ldquoWersquore just having fun really Wersquore not starting this to make it big we just enjoy playing togetherrdquo

Golightly can be found on Facebook and on Twitter at wearegolightly

Student duo to release 2013 EP

By Margaret WilbourneContributing Writer

For many college represents not just the struggle to manage extracurricular commitments and academics or to decide a major and minor but also the transition to complete inde-pendence Competition with an ever-increasing global econo-my and a booming technologi-cal age is creating something of a black hole for graduates striv-ing for self-sufficiency

Because of these new strug-gles in the job market 24 per-cent of currently unemployed or underemployed graduates between ages 18-34 have moved in with their parents according

to the Pew Research CenterTraditionally being a ldquoboo-

merang childrdquo has held a nega-tive connotation said Hunter Stewart a freshman majoring in civil engineering

ldquoPersonally yes I see it as something negativerdquo he said ldquoIf I canrsquot support myself on my own Irsquod feel extremely judged and like people would think I canrsquot handle the real worldrdquo

An analysis of the 2011 Current Population Survey reveals 53 percent of gradu-ates with bachelor degrees under the age of 25 were unem-ployed About 26 percent of graduates were overqualified for the median jobs they held such as waitressing For some

however the classic stigma attached to moving back with Mom and Dad has begun to lessen and the meaning of ldquosup-portingrdquo oneself has evolved

ldquoI feel like moving back home after graduation is a good thing because it allows people to save up money and get their bear-ings while workingrdquo Cameron Harvey a freshman majoring in marketing and management said For Harvey heading home after graduation doesnrsquot seem so bad

ldquoMoving back is definitely an option especially if I got a well-paying job in Atlantardquo Harvey said Despite the convenience and chance to get onersquos feet on the ground living with onersquos

parents offers some still can-not justify the move

ldquoMoving back isnrsquot an option for me ndash Irsquom very independentrdquo Emelie Sara Tonitis a senior majoring in secondary educa-tion and language arts said To avoid circumstances that might force her to move home Tonitis made sure to plan ahead

ldquoIf I had chosen an English major then I probably would have had to move back with my dadrdquo she said ldquoBut I chose a major that would help me get a job after I graduatedrdquo

While she is determined to avoid adopting her old address Tonitis does see returning home as an option for others

ldquoIf you have a job and are doing something I donrsquot think itrsquos a bad thingrdquo she said

Students debate moving home after school

COLUMN | HEALTH

By Tricia Vaughan

Dead Week is upon us fel-low scholars and adding a few provisions to your daily diet will naturally improve mental per-formance and productivity

Eggs These power packed foods contain choline a type of B vitamin that is shown to increase memory retention and energizes the body B vitamins can also improve your mood Preparing eggs for breakfast is a quick and good way to kick start a day of tedious studying

Fish nuts and beans Salmon mackeral tuna sardines wal-nuts flaxseeds kidney beans and soy beans are just a few examples All contain main com-ponents of omega-3 fatty acids EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic

acid) two fundamental building blocks of the outer membrane of cells that nerve signals pass through In order to retain infor-mation the cells must create new membranes Omega-3 is essential for the body because the body cannot produce them itself Therefore students must incorporate them in their diet to maintain optimum brain function

A steady balance of omega-6 with omega-3 is also crucial to a healthy diet Omega-6 found in vegetable oils such as soy oil increase inflammation blood clotting and cell creation in the body while omega-3 counteracts these effects Balance within the body is crucial Nuts also con-tain vitamin E which is an anti-oxidant that when consumed in moderation aids in preventing

degenerative diseases Includefish in a meal at least twice aweek (or six ounces) as wellas a handful of nuts and a cupof beans a day in your diet toreceive the benefits of omega 3

Green and cruciferous vege-tables Vegetables such as broc-coli cauliflower kale brusselssprouts and cabbage (althoughnot the most tasty) are highin antioxidants like vitaminC that protect the brain fromfree radicals The free radicalsproduced when cells generateenergy are the waste productsemitted from energy productionand are harmful to the brainAntioxidants can disable freeradicals and protect the brainwhich utilizes 17 percent ofthe bodyrsquos energy Try to addsome to a salad or as a side toany meal

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By Marc TorrenceAssistant Sports Editor

The formula is simple but at times this season has seemed too complicated for Alabama It doomed the Crimson Tide during the teamrsquos only regu-lar season loss against Texas AampM After rallying from a 20-point deficit the Tide had four chances to score from the 6-yard line and elected to throw three times The last pass was intercepted

Saturday though facing an 11-point deficit with every-thing on the line the formula clicked and Alabama went back to what it does best to set up a dramatic finish and a 32-28 win

ldquoWe kind of had that I-would-not-be-denied attitude out there todayrdquo head coach Nick Saban said ldquoIrsquom not say-ing we played our best football game of the year in terms of execution but the way we were able to run the ball especially in the second half was proba-bly the difference in the gamerdquo

To say Alabama ran the ball well in the second half would be an understatement The Crimson Tide amassed 350 rushing yards total with

223 coming in the second half Starter Eddie Lacy was named game MVP running a career-high 181 yards and two touch-downs Freshman TJ Yeldon was right behind him with 153 and a touchdown

From the time Georgia returned a blocked field goal for a touchdown until Amari Cooperrsquos game-winning touch-down grab Alabama called 20 runs and just five passes

The stretch included 12 runs and just one pass ndash an incompletion that drew a pass interference penalty on the first scoring drive following the 11-point deficit ndash that saw Alabama score 15 points to take a four-point lead The sec-ond of the two scoring drives featured seven runs exclu-sively with Lacy and Yeldon sharing duties

ldquoWe had that long drive it about broke me it felt likerdquo guard Anthony Steen said ldquoI couldnrsquot breathe at one point I looked at DJ and he looked at me and we knew we werenrsquot going to give up We were going to do whatever it took to pull off the winrdquo

Itrsquos especially demoralizing for a defense to know exactly whatrsquos coming and not be able

to stop it Alabama swapped out Lacy and Yeldon for much of the night bringing in a fresh body every time the Bulldog defense seemed to have the other figured out

ldquoWhen you run the ball every single down in a drive they might have thrown it oncerdquo Georgia coach Mark Richt said ldquoThey had two drives they might have thrown it once scored a touchdown so that was impressive by their people up front We were just not able to stop itrdquo

It all led to the perfect setup a play-action pass over the top to Cooper that put Alabama up for good The constant grind of the Tidersquos rushing attack caused the Bulldog secondary to creep closer and closer to the line of scrimmage Cooper was left with one-on-one cover-age on the outside and beat his man for the score

ldquoYou knew it was coming eventuallyrdquo center Barrett Jones said

Offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier opened the game with the same look Alabama gave Auburn ndash three and four wide receiver sets at up-tempo no-huddle speed

Only this wasnrsquot Auburn

On Alabamarsquos second drive of the game Nussmeier dialed up two runs that went for 9 and 8 yards respectively His next three calls were passes ndash two incomplete passes and a sack ndash and Alabama was forced to punt

Much of the first half and start of the third quarter went that way for Alabama Fans began to clamor for the return of the run game ndash they had seen this movie before earlier in the year and knew what not trusting them could cost

But it would not be so It was as if Saban could was reading tweets from the field Alabama went almost exclusively to the run and no matter what Georgia did when they knew exactly what was coming it could not stop the punishing ground game of Alabama

ldquoIt makes you proud to be able to block for two great running backs They had that mindset that I will not be deniedrdquo right tackle DJ Fluker said ldquoYou donrsquot put your head down just lsquocause yoursquore down a couple points At the end of the day the score-board donrsquot matter Itrsquos about how much heart you got What are you willing to do for itrdquo

Tide ditches pass game rushes to SEC title

By Jasmine CannonStaff Reporter

This time last year the Alabama womenrsquos basket-ball team had team mem-bers who were not able to play due to NCAA transfer rules The Tide has turned per se and Alabama fans are getting to see a new side of Alabama basketball

Daisha Simmons Briana Hutchen and Brittany Jack have all finally suited up and hit the floor for the Tide while making a big impact on the court and in the locker room

Perhaps the biggest news of last summer was when Simmons and Hutchen announced their departure from Rutgers University and arrival at Alabama Head coach

Wendell Hudson said both were recruited by the Capstone while they were in high school and everything worked out when the two were looking to trans-fer

ldquoThis was one of my top five schools coming out of high schoolrdquo Hutchen said ldquoThe only bad thing I could say about it was that itrsquos so hot When I decided to leave Rutgers I went back to my top five schools I went on my visit here and I felt so dumb because I fell in love with the schoolrdquo

ldquoJust to come here and have a higher role and kind of a leader role itrsquos just been great to have that opportunity especially as a point guardrdquo Simmons said

Simmons has wowed fans with her play as a 5-foot-10-inch point guard The Jersey City

NJ native is leading the Tide in minutes played and proves to be efficient on the court She ranks first on the team in blocks and assists while placing second in rebounds Simmons is also the teamrsquos third leading scorer averaging 127 points a game

ldquoDaisy is a very very good personrdquo Hutchen said ldquoI always tell her that shersquos the best point guard in the nation I tell her that everyday because she really is I know that shersquos going to lead this team to great great places She really is a floor general and we follow behind herrdquo

ldquoWhat sets her apart is that she knows the game of basketballrdquo Hudson said ldquoSome players think about the next play but shersquos always

thinking two or three plays ahead about what to do if this or that happensrdquo

Hutchen is a Baltimore Md native and has also found herself in a leadership role for the Tide As one of the teamrsquos captains ndash along with Simmons and Kaneisha Horn ndash she has started all five games shersquos played in and is averaging near-ly five rebounds a game

Jack a sophomore forward from Suwanee Ga came to Alabama from Samford University Shersquos shown high energy and lots of communica-tion while on the court

ldquoShe gave up a full scholarship at Samford and came here having to work and not really knowing if she was going to get any [play time]rdquo Hudson said

Jack has started one game for Alabama and provides the team flexibility with her ability to play inside and out

Alabamarsquos roster is com-prised of other players who have made their way to the Capstone by way of transfer Jessica Merritt Alicia Mitcham and Meghan Perkins all transferred from junior college before making a

splash at the UniversityAll of these players have

played ample minutes and proved to be fit for SEC compe-tition with their play last sea-son With a plethora of players with multiple skill sets Hudsonsaid he thinks his team has more chemistry than hersquos had before Players agree and theyare ready to compete with thebest

ldquoI know that our success is not by faultrdquo Hutchen said ldquoWersquove worked hard as a team to make sure that we are goingto bring back great things to Alabama basketballrdquo

Three transfers fi nally suiting up for Crimson Tide

CW | Shannon Auvil Photo Illustration by Elizabeth DavisThe Crimson Tide defeated the Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC Cham-pionship Dec 1 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta GA Alabama will face Notre Dame in the BCS title game in Miami Fla Jan 7

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For the past five years stu-dents who have attended The University of Alabama have bared witness to perhaps the greatest collegiate athletic pro-gram of all time Whether it is football softball womenrsquos golf or the always dominant gym-nastics program Alabama ath-letics is unmatched through-out the country

This past weekendrsquos epic win over Georgia in the SEC Championship defined the championship level fight the football team and other pro-grams possess While much of the credit goes to the coaches in their respective programs it is the fans that have made this championship atmosphere what it is today

Not many outside state lines know what it is like to be part of a consistent cham-pionship program Heck not many inside state lines know what it is like to be a consistent champion A team southeast of Tuscaloosa looking for a head coach could tell you that first-hand

But I digressWe are living in an era of

greatness at the Capstone and it is up to Crimson Tide fans especially students to relish it and soak up all the crystal foot-balls diamond-studded rings and wooden NCAA trophies because it has not always been this way and unfortunately will not last forever I can tell you that firsthand

Growing up in a multicul-tural family American football was a foreign concept and was not part of the household But

like many children in Alabama are forced to do when they are young one must pick a side to root for Then Tigers coach Terry Bowden was doing well so I picked Auburn For years and years I rooted against the Crimson Tide and was always happy when they lost

Even when a family member of mine chose to go here I root-ed against the Tide Even when the Tide was supposed to beat then lowly Northern Illinois I cheered through the streets of Tuscaloosa as a bandwagon Huskies fan after the Tide fell in one of the biggest upsets in Crimson Tide history

But after all of the seething hatred I had for a program that was coming off NCAA sanc-tions and that had struggled for years in the early 2000s some-thing about this town and this University completely changed how I viewed Alabama and college football

Some people have an ldquoa-hardquo moment in which they real-ize what theyrsquove been doing wrong all along Mine came in a series of weekends spent in Tuscaloosa even during the

ldquodown yearsrdquo at the Capstone The passion and exuberance displayed by Tide fans even though they knew they had no shot baffled me How could a fan base not give up on their team despite them being ter-rible Why are so many fans still packing out a stadium to watch their team lose

Those questions soon became impossible to find a clear-cut answer to So I chose to embrace the atmosphere for a couple of weekends not knowing what to expect What I discovered was my true col-lege football team and the best fan base in the Southeastern Conference and entire nation

Whether it was the tail-gaters or the pregame rituals Crimson Tide fans were as passionate about their team as major fan bases like the New York Yankees Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Lakers even during rough stretches and I wanted to be a part of it

But now that the football team and other elite Tide pro-grams are once again champi-ons it is now crucial that fans and students like the teams

lsquoCrimson Tide fans are as passionate about their team as major fan basesrsquo

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday December 4 2012 | Page 9

COLUMN

Tide lands 9 players on 2012 Associated Press All-Southeastern Conference TeamCW Staff

The Alabama football team had nine players selected to the Associated Press All-Southeastern Conference Team the AP announced Monday

Four Crimson Tide play-ers garnered first team hon-ors including senior center Barrett Jones senior guard Chance Warmack junior line-backer CJ Mosley and junior

cornerback Dee Milliner Both Jones and Milliner were unan-imous selections

On the second team Alabama was represent-ed by junior tackle DJ Fluker junior quarter-back AJ McCarron junior running back Eddie Lacy and senior nose guard Jesse Williams while senior safety Robert Lester was named honorable mention

FOOTBALL

not get complacent A certain sense of arrogance comes with championships Trust me ndash Irsquom a Yankees fan It is important to remember these teams are special but it is the fans that make this University stand alone when it comes to cham-pionship atmospheres

Despite what happens in the most highly anticipated

championship games in col-lege football history against two traditional powerhouses Crimson Tide fans should rel-ish every second every minuteand every hour from today upuntil kickoff because that is what this athletics program is all about

That is what college football is truly about

ldquoDespite what happens in the most highly anticipated championship games in college football history

against two traditional powerhouses Crimson Tide fans

should relish every second every minute and every hour from today

up until kickoff because that is what this athletics program iss all

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Todayrsquos Birthday (120412) Drink in time alone this year with a journal your thoughts and a cup of tea Plan for what you want and aim high Treat yourself well Care for one who needs it Family comes fi rst and home is where your heart isTo get the advantage check the dayrsquos rating 10 is the easiest day 0 the most challengingAries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Be respectful and listen to anotherrsquos cries Provide information Passion requires commitment Main-tain objectivity Let them know you appreciate the feedback Say how you feel later Postpone travelTaurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Conditions begin to improve with compromise achieved A female sets the tone and pace Donrsquot ask many questions Take coaching from an expert and practice It works outGemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Misunderstandings are likely Nonetheless commit to your passions Consult with a co-worker on a prior-ity Bring in more wealth Postpone a shopping trip Enjoy what you haveCancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Contentment reigns at home On the spot creativity is required and itrsquos fun and random Help others gen-erate necessary funds from available resources Speak from your heartLeo (July 23-Aug 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Intuition enters the picture Donrsquot push too hard Hammer out the details New information dispels old fears Test it before sealing up every-thing A lovely moment is possibleVirgo (Aug 23-Sept 22) -- Today is a 5 -- Your suggestions may not be

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By Sarah Elizabeth TookerStaff Reporter

If you know anything about The University of Alabama Crimson Tidersquos legendary defensive line chances are you know No 35 Nico Johnson Off the field however most fans do not realize Johnson has his eyes set on more than just another national championship ndash his goal is a degree

ldquoThat was really my only reason for coming back this season knowing anything can happen at any timerdquo Johnson said ldquoI promised my mom I wouldnrsquot leave UA without a degreerdquo

Born in small-town Andalusia Ala Johnson never dreamed he would one day play under head coach Nick Sabanrsquos Crimson Tide In fact sports were the last thing on his mind

ldquoI remember going to camp as a junior thinking I didnrsquot even really care about sports

because I wanted to go into the militaryrdquo Johnson said ldquoWhen Alabama gave me an offer after just four days I had to decide between football or the mili-tary and I chose to take advan-tage of the free degreerdquo

Johnson said one of his favorite memories was when Saban paid him a personal visit to Andalusia With offers from major football pro-grams like Auburn Florida LSU and Georgia Saban hoped to lock in a now very sought-after recruit

ldquoIt was unreal ndash Nick Saban sitting in my actual homerdquo he said ldquoIt was weird and really special all at the same timerdquo

Yet playing for a success-ful football team never caused Johnson to lose focus of the real goal ndash securing a degree to prepare for the unpredictable future of a football player

ldquoYoursquore not guaranteed to play anywhere and in order to be successful why even come

here if you donrsquot finish your degreerdquo he said ldquoYou never know when your last day of football can berdquo

With this driven attitude and the support of his family in mind Johnson began thinking about choosing the right major

ldquoI think I was sitting in my dorm watching lsquo[Law and Order] Special Victims Unitrsquo and thought lsquoI want to do that I want to be able to make a dif-ference in societyrsquordquo he said

A criminal justice degree seemed an odd choice to some of his friends from back home but Johnson said there was no better choice

ldquoI guess I just feel like itrsquos the only thing I can connect with and have an interest for because going through high school I just saw so many friends getting in trouble with the police and at one point I hated the police for itrdquo Johnson said ldquoNow ndash over time the older I got ndash I understood how

difficult it is and the need for policerdquo

Being the only one of his friends to make it out and go to college Johnson said forced him to realize he had to beat the system and do something big with his life

ldquoIrsquom going to try the football thing because I think I have a good chance but I have a degree to fall back onrdquo he said ldquoI want to be a CSI or FBI agent [My juevenile deliquency class] talked about how difficult it is for kids these days and how being raised the right way can make a difference in a childrsquos life or how an abusive parent can even cause a delinquent child I could really connect with it because Irsquod witnessed it growing up by hand or eyerdquo

However at the end of the day being a football player on such a successful team has its perks Johnson said

ldquoIrsquoll miss the tradition of Alabama football and being

able to wear the jersey but really just being around my teammates walking to class or eating at Bryant [Hall] togeth-er is what Irsquoll miss the mostrdquo he said ldquoWhen the crowd cheers for us when our picture comes on the jumbotron it just shows that all your hard work pays offrdquo

With a possible NFL future Johnson said he and his

family would rather focus on the present

ldquoThe thing their most excited for was me getting a degree and anything else that is just extrardquo he said ldquoI came here to get a championship and Irsquove done that twice I came here toget a degree and Irsquoll get that infive months so Irsquod say Alabama is everything it was supposed to live up tordquo

CW Staff

Alabama senior center Barrett Jones was selected as one of six finalists for the 13th annual Rimington Trophy which goes to the nationrsquos most outstanding center the Rimington Trophy committee announced Monday

Jones from Germantown Tenn is joined by Louisvillersquos Mario Benavides Notre Damersquos Braxston Cave Clemsonrsquos Dalton Freeman Southern Californiarsquos Khaled Holmes and Penn Statersquos Matt Stankiewitch as finalists

Jones is the third Crimson

Tide player to be named a final-ist for the Rimington Award joining the ranks of William Vlachos (2011) and Antoine Caldwell (2008)

Jones spent his first two years starting at right guard for Alabama and when the Tide needed a left tackle in 2011 he moved over and won the Outland Trophy for the nationrsquos best offensive line-men In 2012 Alabama needed to replace a three-year starter at center and Jones stepped up once again and has excelled at that position this year

Jones graded out at an aver-age of 908 percent in the Tidersquos

12 regular season games including nine games over 90 percent He had just six missed assignments on 656 plays while anchoring one of the nationrsquos top offensive lines in 49 starts over the last four years

The winner of the Rimington Trophy is selected by deter-mining the consensus All-America center pick from four existing All-America teams including the American Football Coaches Association The Walter Camp Foundation The Sporting News and the Football Writers Association of America The center with the most first team votes will be

determined the winner If thereis a tie with first team votes then the center with the most second team votes will win If there is still a tie the winner will be determined by a major-ity vote from the Rimington Trophy committee

This yearrsquos RimingtonTrophy will be revealed live on ESPNU during the ESPN Red Carpet Show immediatelypreceding The Home Depot College Football Awards airing live from the Atlantic Dance Hall at Disneyrsquos Boardwalk at the Walt Disney World Resorton Thursday Dec 6 beginning at 630 pm (CST)

Center Barrett Jones named Rimington Trophy fi nalist

Pursuit of degree kept Nico Johnson at Alabama

CW | Shannon AuvilNico Johnson speaks with media following the SEC Championship game Dec 1

CW | Austin BigoneyBarrett Jones lines up as center where he is in contention for the Rim-ington Trophy He previously won the Outland Trophy at left tackle

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Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Tuesday December 4 2012CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 7

By Kristen FeytContributing Writer

Theatre Tuscaloosa left audi-ence members moved by their opening night performance of ldquoGodspellrdquo as directed by Abe Reybod at the Bean-Brown Theatre on Friday Nov 30

ldquoI felt such a mixture of emotions from the perfor-mancerdquo said Kathleen Starke a freshman at The University of Alabama who attended the show opening night ldquoAt one point I was uplifted by the won-derful musical numbers and the comedy of the play and then I was crying my eyes out from the intimacy of the drama at the end of the showrdquo

ldquoGodspellrdquo written by Stephen Schwartz and John Michael Tebelak tells the story of Jesusrsquo life accord-ing to the book of Matthew in

the Bible The musical begins with the baptism of Jesus and then transitions through para-bles that are told in the Bible accompanied by musical num-bers such as ldquoDay by Dayrdquo and ldquoGod Save the Peoplerdquo

ldquoGodspellrdquo begins with the actors in a classroom-like set-ting in matching uniforms which then changes into a downtown setting with graffiti-covered walls The cast then comes out in brightly colored costumes and begins to sing the number ldquoPrepare Yerdquo an upbeat tune that narrates the baptism of cast members by Gerard Jones who plays John the Baptist

Jesus played by Will Erwin then enters the show and begins telling his followers the parables from the Bible which are enacted by different cast members Following each

parable is a musical number that also teaches a story from the gospel of Matthew The actors used an element of audi-ence participation to make the performance more interactive

ldquoThe entire show was so interactive with the audiencerdquo Devin Valenza a freshman majoring in chemical engi-neering said ldquoThe whole time I was so focused on the show I completely forgot that I was watching a musical I felt like I was a part of the productionrdquo

In the second act ldquoGodspellrdquo takes on a more somber tone in contrast to the first actrsquos cheer-ful and eccentric mood The actors set the scene of the last supper and shows Jesusrsquo good bye to his followers as well as Judasrsquo betrayal

ldquoI could barely watch the final number of Jesusrsquo cruci-fixionrdquo Starke said ldquoIt felt like

I was actually there watching it happen The agony that the actors portrayed is what really made the scene come to liferdquo

The play ends with the actors carrying Jesus off stage and then coming back on to sing the closing song of the production

Dorothy Pieroni who attend-ed the opening night of the musical was very pleased with the production

ldquoGreat performance great singers great costumes I thor-oughly enjoyed itrdquo Pieroni said ldquoThe emotion that they project just everything they did we have a lot of talent in Tuscaloosardquo

ldquoGodspellrdquo runs through Dec 9 at the Bean-Brown Theatre at Shelton State Community College Tickets can be purchased online at wwwtheatretusccom

Theatre Tuscaloosarsquos lsquoGodspellrsquo makes Christrsquos story interactive

By Becky RobinsonStaff Reporter

Most musicians would do anything for the spotlight but not Lena Dice This UA studentrsquos passion for music is a quieter one that began blos-soming in recent months

Dice a junior majoring in psychology was born and raised in Tuscaloosa Finding a love of music at an early age Dice partnered with life-long friend Wright Gatewood to form their group ldquogolight-lyrdquo in May 2012

ldquoWersquove been writing songs together for about four monthsrdquo Dice said ldquoWhen it comes to writing and play-ing my own stuff Irsquom very self-conscious so having [Wright] to bounce ideas off of made it a lot easierrdquo

Dice said when shersquos on stage alone she often feels like she does not know what to do especially since shar-ing music is very personal to her

Both Dice and Gatewood play piano but one day Gatewood picked up a guitar and started to teach himself to play After he showed Dice some of the songs he had been writing the two decided to collaborate and become a duo

ldquoWe just sit down and write what wersquore thinking aboutrdquo Gatewood a junior majoring in music management said ldquoWe donrsquot have a set formula We write together and we write separatelyrdquo

In fact much of golightly is an experiment Dice said she and Gatewood have been playing different instru-ments such as the xylo-phone spoons and kazoo to incorporate into their music

Although Dice has not played her music live many

times she performed with Tom Evanchuck at the Bama Theatre last year She said the experience was amaz-ing and a huge leap from the open mic nights where she started

Dice said she and Gatewood are not necessarily influ-enced by any one genre but relate to the ldquosinger-song-writerrdquo genre most Female artists like Ingrid Michaelson and bands such as Mumford amp Sons or the Civil Wars also play an important role in the pairrsquos writing

Gatewood said he often finds inspiration for songs whenever he takes a walk or goes on a road trip

ldquoWhenever I find myself in a new situation Irsquom always inspired by that new momentrdquo Gatewood said

The duo also finds inspi-ration from the city of Tuscaloosa

ldquoI think it helps being in Tuscaloosa because itrsquos not necessarily a big music town ndash itrsquos known for football ndash but people are very interested in musicrdquo Dice said ldquoAnytime Irsquove seen bands play that I havenrsquot heard about itrsquos always interesting to go see who they are and what kind of music they play If yoursquore in Nashville thatrsquos what everybodyrsquos doing itrsquos not really a surpriserdquo

With an untitled EP set for release in January 2013 Dice and Gatewood are working to build a name for themselves

ldquoWe want to get as much experience playing in front of people as we canrdquo Dice said ldquoWersquore just having fun really Wersquore not starting this to make it big we just enjoy playing togetherrdquo

Golightly can be found on Facebook and on Twitter at wearegolightly

Student duo to release 2013 EP

By Margaret WilbourneContributing Writer

For many college represents not just the struggle to manage extracurricular commitments and academics or to decide a major and minor but also the transition to complete inde-pendence Competition with an ever-increasing global econo-my and a booming technologi-cal age is creating something of a black hole for graduates striv-ing for self-sufficiency

Because of these new strug-gles in the job market 24 per-cent of currently unemployed or underemployed graduates between ages 18-34 have moved in with their parents according

to the Pew Research CenterTraditionally being a ldquoboo-

merang childrdquo has held a nega-tive connotation said Hunter Stewart a freshman majoring in civil engineering

ldquoPersonally yes I see it as something negativerdquo he said ldquoIf I canrsquot support myself on my own Irsquod feel extremely judged and like people would think I canrsquot handle the real worldrdquo

An analysis of the 2011 Current Population Survey reveals 53 percent of gradu-ates with bachelor degrees under the age of 25 were unem-ployed About 26 percent of graduates were overqualified for the median jobs they held such as waitressing For some

however the classic stigma attached to moving back with Mom and Dad has begun to lessen and the meaning of ldquosup-portingrdquo oneself has evolved

ldquoI feel like moving back home after graduation is a good thing because it allows people to save up money and get their bear-ings while workingrdquo Cameron Harvey a freshman majoring in marketing and management said For Harvey heading home after graduation doesnrsquot seem so bad

ldquoMoving back is definitely an option especially if I got a well-paying job in Atlantardquo Harvey said Despite the convenience and chance to get onersquos feet on the ground living with onersquos

parents offers some still can-not justify the move

ldquoMoving back isnrsquot an option for me ndash Irsquom very independentrdquo Emelie Sara Tonitis a senior majoring in secondary educa-tion and language arts said To avoid circumstances that might force her to move home Tonitis made sure to plan ahead

ldquoIf I had chosen an English major then I probably would have had to move back with my dadrdquo she said ldquoBut I chose a major that would help me get a job after I graduatedrdquo

While she is determined to avoid adopting her old address Tonitis does see returning home as an option for others

ldquoIf you have a job and are doing something I donrsquot think itrsquos a bad thingrdquo she said

Students debate moving home after school

COLUMN | HEALTH

By Tricia Vaughan

Dead Week is upon us fel-low scholars and adding a few provisions to your daily diet will naturally improve mental per-formance and productivity

Eggs These power packed foods contain choline a type of B vitamin that is shown to increase memory retention and energizes the body B vitamins can also improve your mood Preparing eggs for breakfast is a quick and good way to kick start a day of tedious studying

Fish nuts and beans Salmon mackeral tuna sardines wal-nuts flaxseeds kidney beans and soy beans are just a few examples All contain main com-ponents of omega-3 fatty acids EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic

acid) two fundamental building blocks of the outer membrane of cells that nerve signals pass through In order to retain infor-mation the cells must create new membranes Omega-3 is essential for the body because the body cannot produce them itself Therefore students must incorporate them in their diet to maintain optimum brain function

A steady balance of omega-6 with omega-3 is also crucial to a healthy diet Omega-6 found in vegetable oils such as soy oil increase inflammation blood clotting and cell creation in the body while omega-3 counteracts these effects Balance within the body is crucial Nuts also con-tain vitamin E which is an anti-oxidant that when consumed in moderation aids in preventing

degenerative diseases Includefish in a meal at least twice aweek (or six ounces) as wellas a handful of nuts and a cupof beans a day in your diet toreceive the benefits of omega 3

Green and cruciferous vege-tables Vegetables such as broc-coli cauliflower kale brusselssprouts and cabbage (althoughnot the most tasty) are highin antioxidants like vitaminC that protect the brain fromfree radicals The free radicalsproduced when cells generateenergy are the waste productsemitted from energy productionand are harmful to the brainAntioxidants can disable freeradicals and protect the brainwhich utilizes 17 percent ofthe bodyrsquos energy Try to addsome to a salad or as a side toany meal

Certain foods key to healthy brain activityHERE THEREEVERYWHERE

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Page 8 | Tuesday December 4 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

By Marc TorrenceAssistant Sports Editor

The formula is simple but at times this season has seemed too complicated for Alabama It doomed the Crimson Tide during the teamrsquos only regu-lar season loss against Texas AampM After rallying from a 20-point deficit the Tide had four chances to score from the 6-yard line and elected to throw three times The last pass was intercepted

Saturday though facing an 11-point deficit with every-thing on the line the formula clicked and Alabama went back to what it does best to set up a dramatic finish and a 32-28 win

ldquoWe kind of had that I-would-not-be-denied attitude out there todayrdquo head coach Nick Saban said ldquoIrsquom not say-ing we played our best football game of the year in terms of execution but the way we were able to run the ball especially in the second half was proba-bly the difference in the gamerdquo

To say Alabama ran the ball well in the second half would be an understatement The Crimson Tide amassed 350 rushing yards total with

223 coming in the second half Starter Eddie Lacy was named game MVP running a career-high 181 yards and two touch-downs Freshman TJ Yeldon was right behind him with 153 and a touchdown

From the time Georgia returned a blocked field goal for a touchdown until Amari Cooperrsquos game-winning touch-down grab Alabama called 20 runs and just five passes

The stretch included 12 runs and just one pass ndash an incompletion that drew a pass interference penalty on the first scoring drive following the 11-point deficit ndash that saw Alabama score 15 points to take a four-point lead The sec-ond of the two scoring drives featured seven runs exclu-sively with Lacy and Yeldon sharing duties

ldquoWe had that long drive it about broke me it felt likerdquo guard Anthony Steen said ldquoI couldnrsquot breathe at one point I looked at DJ and he looked at me and we knew we werenrsquot going to give up We were going to do whatever it took to pull off the winrdquo

Itrsquos especially demoralizing for a defense to know exactly whatrsquos coming and not be able

to stop it Alabama swapped out Lacy and Yeldon for much of the night bringing in a fresh body every time the Bulldog defense seemed to have the other figured out

ldquoWhen you run the ball every single down in a drive they might have thrown it oncerdquo Georgia coach Mark Richt said ldquoThey had two drives they might have thrown it once scored a touchdown so that was impressive by their people up front We were just not able to stop itrdquo

It all led to the perfect setup a play-action pass over the top to Cooper that put Alabama up for good The constant grind of the Tidersquos rushing attack caused the Bulldog secondary to creep closer and closer to the line of scrimmage Cooper was left with one-on-one cover-age on the outside and beat his man for the score

ldquoYou knew it was coming eventuallyrdquo center Barrett Jones said

Offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier opened the game with the same look Alabama gave Auburn ndash three and four wide receiver sets at up-tempo no-huddle speed

Only this wasnrsquot Auburn

On Alabamarsquos second drive of the game Nussmeier dialed up two runs that went for 9 and 8 yards respectively His next three calls were passes ndash two incomplete passes and a sack ndash and Alabama was forced to punt

Much of the first half and start of the third quarter went that way for Alabama Fans began to clamor for the return of the run game ndash they had seen this movie before earlier in the year and knew what not trusting them could cost

But it would not be so It was as if Saban could was reading tweets from the field Alabama went almost exclusively to the run and no matter what Georgia did when they knew exactly what was coming it could not stop the punishing ground game of Alabama

ldquoIt makes you proud to be able to block for two great running backs They had that mindset that I will not be deniedrdquo right tackle DJ Fluker said ldquoYou donrsquot put your head down just lsquocause yoursquore down a couple points At the end of the day the score-board donrsquot matter Itrsquos about how much heart you got What are you willing to do for itrdquo

Tide ditches pass game rushes to SEC title

By Jasmine CannonStaff Reporter

This time last year the Alabama womenrsquos basket-ball team had team mem-bers who were not able to play due to NCAA transfer rules The Tide has turned per se and Alabama fans are getting to see a new side of Alabama basketball

Daisha Simmons Briana Hutchen and Brittany Jack have all finally suited up and hit the floor for the Tide while making a big impact on the court and in the locker room

Perhaps the biggest news of last summer was when Simmons and Hutchen announced their departure from Rutgers University and arrival at Alabama Head coach

Wendell Hudson said both were recruited by the Capstone while they were in high school and everything worked out when the two were looking to trans-fer

ldquoThis was one of my top five schools coming out of high schoolrdquo Hutchen said ldquoThe only bad thing I could say about it was that itrsquos so hot When I decided to leave Rutgers I went back to my top five schools I went on my visit here and I felt so dumb because I fell in love with the schoolrdquo

ldquoJust to come here and have a higher role and kind of a leader role itrsquos just been great to have that opportunity especially as a point guardrdquo Simmons said

Simmons has wowed fans with her play as a 5-foot-10-inch point guard The Jersey City

NJ native is leading the Tide in minutes played and proves to be efficient on the court She ranks first on the team in blocks and assists while placing second in rebounds Simmons is also the teamrsquos third leading scorer averaging 127 points a game

ldquoDaisy is a very very good personrdquo Hutchen said ldquoI always tell her that shersquos the best point guard in the nation I tell her that everyday because she really is I know that shersquos going to lead this team to great great places She really is a floor general and we follow behind herrdquo

ldquoWhat sets her apart is that she knows the game of basketballrdquo Hudson said ldquoSome players think about the next play but shersquos always

thinking two or three plays ahead about what to do if this or that happensrdquo

Hutchen is a Baltimore Md native and has also found herself in a leadership role for the Tide As one of the teamrsquos captains ndash along with Simmons and Kaneisha Horn ndash she has started all five games shersquos played in and is averaging near-ly five rebounds a game

Jack a sophomore forward from Suwanee Ga came to Alabama from Samford University Shersquos shown high energy and lots of communica-tion while on the court

ldquoShe gave up a full scholarship at Samford and came here having to work and not really knowing if she was going to get any [play time]rdquo Hudson said

Jack has started one game for Alabama and provides the team flexibility with her ability to play inside and out

Alabamarsquos roster is com-prised of other players who have made their way to the Capstone by way of transfer Jessica Merritt Alicia Mitcham and Meghan Perkins all transferred from junior college before making a

splash at the UniversityAll of these players have

played ample minutes and proved to be fit for SEC compe-tition with their play last sea-son With a plethora of players with multiple skill sets Hudsonsaid he thinks his team has more chemistry than hersquos had before Players agree and theyare ready to compete with thebest

ldquoI know that our success is not by faultrdquo Hutchen said ldquoWersquove worked hard as a team to make sure that we are goingto bring back great things to Alabama basketballrdquo

Three transfers fi nally suiting up for Crimson Tide

CW | Shannon Auvil Photo Illustration by Elizabeth DavisThe Crimson Tide defeated the Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC Cham-pionship Dec 1 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta GA Alabama will face Notre Dame in the BCS title game in Miami Fla Jan 7

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By Aldo Amato

For the past five years stu-dents who have attended The University of Alabama have bared witness to perhaps the greatest collegiate athletic pro-gram of all time Whether it is football softball womenrsquos golf or the always dominant gym-nastics program Alabama ath-letics is unmatched through-out the country

This past weekendrsquos epic win over Georgia in the SEC Championship defined the championship level fight the football team and other pro-grams possess While much of the credit goes to the coaches in their respective programs it is the fans that have made this championship atmosphere what it is today

Not many outside state lines know what it is like to be part of a consistent cham-pionship program Heck not many inside state lines know what it is like to be a consistent champion A team southeast of Tuscaloosa looking for a head coach could tell you that first-hand

But I digressWe are living in an era of

greatness at the Capstone and it is up to Crimson Tide fans especially students to relish it and soak up all the crystal foot-balls diamond-studded rings and wooden NCAA trophies because it has not always been this way and unfortunately will not last forever I can tell you that firsthand

Growing up in a multicul-tural family American football was a foreign concept and was not part of the household But

like many children in Alabama are forced to do when they are young one must pick a side to root for Then Tigers coach Terry Bowden was doing well so I picked Auburn For years and years I rooted against the Crimson Tide and was always happy when they lost

Even when a family member of mine chose to go here I root-ed against the Tide Even when the Tide was supposed to beat then lowly Northern Illinois I cheered through the streets of Tuscaloosa as a bandwagon Huskies fan after the Tide fell in one of the biggest upsets in Crimson Tide history

But after all of the seething hatred I had for a program that was coming off NCAA sanc-tions and that had struggled for years in the early 2000s some-thing about this town and this University completely changed how I viewed Alabama and college football

Some people have an ldquoa-hardquo moment in which they real-ize what theyrsquove been doing wrong all along Mine came in a series of weekends spent in Tuscaloosa even during the

ldquodown yearsrdquo at the Capstone The passion and exuberance displayed by Tide fans even though they knew they had no shot baffled me How could a fan base not give up on their team despite them being ter-rible Why are so many fans still packing out a stadium to watch their team lose

Those questions soon became impossible to find a clear-cut answer to So I chose to embrace the atmosphere for a couple of weekends not knowing what to expect What I discovered was my true col-lege football team and the best fan base in the Southeastern Conference and entire nation

Whether it was the tail-gaters or the pregame rituals Crimson Tide fans were as passionate about their team as major fan bases like the New York Yankees Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Lakers even during rough stretches and I wanted to be a part of it

But now that the football team and other elite Tide pro-grams are once again champi-ons it is now crucial that fans and students like the teams

lsquoCrimson Tide fans are as passionate about their team as major fan basesrsquo

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday December 4 2012 | Page 9

COLUMN

Tide lands 9 players on 2012 Associated Press All-Southeastern Conference TeamCW Staff

The Alabama football team had nine players selected to the Associated Press All-Southeastern Conference Team the AP announced Monday

Four Crimson Tide play-ers garnered first team hon-ors including senior center Barrett Jones senior guard Chance Warmack junior line-backer CJ Mosley and junior

cornerback Dee Milliner Both Jones and Milliner were unan-imous selections

On the second team Alabama was represent-ed by junior tackle DJ Fluker junior quarter-back AJ McCarron junior running back Eddie Lacy and senior nose guard Jesse Williams while senior safety Robert Lester was named honorable mention

FOOTBALL

not get complacent A certain sense of arrogance comes with championships Trust me ndash Irsquom a Yankees fan It is important to remember these teams are special but it is the fans that make this University stand alone when it comes to cham-pionship atmospheres

Despite what happens in the most highly anticipated

championship games in col-lege football history against two traditional powerhouses Crimson Tide fans should rel-ish every second every minuteand every hour from today upuntil kickoff because that is what this athletics program is all about

That is what college football is truly about

ldquoDespite what happens in the most highly anticipated championship games in college football history

against two traditional powerhouses Crimson Tide fans

should relish every second every minute and every hour from today

up until kickoff because that is what this athletics program iss all

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Todayrsquos Birthday (120412) Drink in time alone this year with a journal your thoughts and a cup of tea Plan for what you want and aim high Treat yourself well Care for one who needs it Family comes fi rst and home is where your heart isTo get the advantage check the dayrsquos rating 10 is the easiest day 0 the most challengingAries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Be respectful and listen to anotherrsquos cries Provide information Passion requires commitment Main-tain objectivity Let them know you appreciate the feedback Say how you feel later Postpone travelTaurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Conditions begin to improve with compromise achieved A female sets the tone and pace Donrsquot ask many questions Take coaching from an expert and practice It works outGemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Misunderstandings are likely Nonetheless commit to your passions Consult with a co-worker on a prior-ity Bring in more wealth Postpone a shopping trip Enjoy what you haveCancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Contentment reigns at home On the spot creativity is required and itrsquos fun and random Help others gen-erate necessary funds from available resources Speak from your heartLeo (July 23-Aug 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Intuition enters the picture Donrsquot push too hard Hammer out the details New information dispels old fears Test it before sealing up every-thing A lovely moment is possibleVirgo (Aug 23-Sept 22) -- Today is a 5 -- Your suggestions may not be

immediately accepted Donrsquot get in-timidated Keep planning Th ere could be a communications breakdown with temporary confusion Postpone a celebration or fi nancial discussionLibra (Sept 23-Oct 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Invest in your infrastructure Obtain the necessary materials Donrsquot celebrate by spending more Make fi nancial talk fun Meticulous planningpays off Positive numbers appear on the balance sheetScorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Take care not to step on toes and connect with the group for public success Itrsquos not a good time to ques-tion authority unless hiring an expertSagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 21) -- Todayis an 8 -- Use the energy others gener-ate Donrsquot gossip about work Postponetravel and expansion It could get tense so relax Keep your head down Get money for improvements nowCapricorn (Dec 22-Jan 19) -- Today is a 6 -- Follow through on your plan Arguing just makes it take longer Minimize fi nancial risks and watch forhidden dangers Work interferes with travel Provide information Enjoy local cuisineAquarius (Jan 20-Feb 18) -- Today is a 7 -- Soak up information and let your partner do the talking Visualize perfection Act on profi table ideas Expect a visitor you havenrsquot seen for some timePisces (Feb 19-March 20) -- Today is a 6 -- You can get whatever you need and easily avoid a mistake Yoursquove earned some rest Others are drawn to you today Bask in the glow Postpone an outing

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Tuesday December 4 2012SPORTSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 10

By Sarah Elizabeth TookerStaff Reporter

If you know anything about The University of Alabama Crimson Tidersquos legendary defensive line chances are you know No 35 Nico Johnson Off the field however most fans do not realize Johnson has his eyes set on more than just another national championship ndash his goal is a degree

ldquoThat was really my only reason for coming back this season knowing anything can happen at any timerdquo Johnson said ldquoI promised my mom I wouldnrsquot leave UA without a degreerdquo

Born in small-town Andalusia Ala Johnson never dreamed he would one day play under head coach Nick Sabanrsquos Crimson Tide In fact sports were the last thing on his mind

ldquoI remember going to camp as a junior thinking I didnrsquot even really care about sports

because I wanted to go into the militaryrdquo Johnson said ldquoWhen Alabama gave me an offer after just four days I had to decide between football or the mili-tary and I chose to take advan-tage of the free degreerdquo

Johnson said one of his favorite memories was when Saban paid him a personal visit to Andalusia With offers from major football pro-grams like Auburn Florida LSU and Georgia Saban hoped to lock in a now very sought-after recruit

ldquoIt was unreal ndash Nick Saban sitting in my actual homerdquo he said ldquoIt was weird and really special all at the same timerdquo

Yet playing for a success-ful football team never caused Johnson to lose focus of the real goal ndash securing a degree to prepare for the unpredictable future of a football player

ldquoYoursquore not guaranteed to play anywhere and in order to be successful why even come

here if you donrsquot finish your degreerdquo he said ldquoYou never know when your last day of football can berdquo

With this driven attitude and the support of his family in mind Johnson began thinking about choosing the right major

ldquoI think I was sitting in my dorm watching lsquo[Law and Order] Special Victims Unitrsquo and thought lsquoI want to do that I want to be able to make a dif-ference in societyrsquordquo he said

A criminal justice degree seemed an odd choice to some of his friends from back home but Johnson said there was no better choice

ldquoI guess I just feel like itrsquos the only thing I can connect with and have an interest for because going through high school I just saw so many friends getting in trouble with the police and at one point I hated the police for itrdquo Johnson said ldquoNow ndash over time the older I got ndash I understood how

difficult it is and the need for policerdquo

Being the only one of his friends to make it out and go to college Johnson said forced him to realize he had to beat the system and do something big with his life

ldquoIrsquom going to try the football thing because I think I have a good chance but I have a degree to fall back onrdquo he said ldquoI want to be a CSI or FBI agent [My juevenile deliquency class] talked about how difficult it is for kids these days and how being raised the right way can make a difference in a childrsquos life or how an abusive parent can even cause a delinquent child I could really connect with it because Irsquod witnessed it growing up by hand or eyerdquo

However at the end of the day being a football player on such a successful team has its perks Johnson said

ldquoIrsquoll miss the tradition of Alabama football and being

able to wear the jersey but really just being around my teammates walking to class or eating at Bryant [Hall] togeth-er is what Irsquoll miss the mostrdquo he said ldquoWhen the crowd cheers for us when our picture comes on the jumbotron it just shows that all your hard work pays offrdquo

With a possible NFL future Johnson said he and his

family would rather focus on the present

ldquoThe thing their most excited for was me getting a degree and anything else that is just extrardquo he said ldquoI came here to get a championship and Irsquove done that twice I came here toget a degree and Irsquoll get that infive months so Irsquod say Alabama is everything it was supposed to live up tordquo

CW Staff

Alabama senior center Barrett Jones was selected as one of six finalists for the 13th annual Rimington Trophy which goes to the nationrsquos most outstanding center the Rimington Trophy committee announced Monday

Jones from Germantown Tenn is joined by Louisvillersquos Mario Benavides Notre Damersquos Braxston Cave Clemsonrsquos Dalton Freeman Southern Californiarsquos Khaled Holmes and Penn Statersquos Matt Stankiewitch as finalists

Jones is the third Crimson

Tide player to be named a final-ist for the Rimington Award joining the ranks of William Vlachos (2011) and Antoine Caldwell (2008)

Jones spent his first two years starting at right guard for Alabama and when the Tide needed a left tackle in 2011 he moved over and won the Outland Trophy for the nationrsquos best offensive line-men In 2012 Alabama needed to replace a three-year starter at center and Jones stepped up once again and has excelled at that position this year

Jones graded out at an aver-age of 908 percent in the Tidersquos

12 regular season games including nine games over 90 percent He had just six missed assignments on 656 plays while anchoring one of the nationrsquos top offensive lines in 49 starts over the last four years

The winner of the Rimington Trophy is selected by deter-mining the consensus All-America center pick from four existing All-America teams including the American Football Coaches Association The Walter Camp Foundation The Sporting News and the Football Writers Association of America The center with the most first team votes will be

determined the winner If thereis a tie with first team votes then the center with the most second team votes will win If there is still a tie the winner will be determined by a major-ity vote from the Rimington Trophy committee

This yearrsquos RimingtonTrophy will be revealed live on ESPNU during the ESPN Red Carpet Show immediatelypreceding The Home Depot College Football Awards airing live from the Atlantic Dance Hall at Disneyrsquos Boardwalk at the Walt Disney World Resorton Thursday Dec 6 beginning at 630 pm (CST)

Center Barrett Jones named Rimington Trophy fi nalist

Pursuit of degree kept Nico Johnson at Alabama

CW | Shannon AuvilNico Johnson speaks with media following the SEC Championship game Dec 1

CW | Austin BigoneyBarrett Jones lines up as center where he is in contention for the Rim-ington Trophy He previously won the Outland Trophy at left tackle

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Page 8 | Tuesday December 4 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

By Marc TorrenceAssistant Sports Editor

The formula is simple but at times this season has seemed too complicated for Alabama It doomed the Crimson Tide during the teamrsquos only regu-lar season loss against Texas AampM After rallying from a 20-point deficit the Tide had four chances to score from the 6-yard line and elected to throw three times The last pass was intercepted

Saturday though facing an 11-point deficit with every-thing on the line the formula clicked and Alabama went back to what it does best to set up a dramatic finish and a 32-28 win

ldquoWe kind of had that I-would-not-be-denied attitude out there todayrdquo head coach Nick Saban said ldquoIrsquom not say-ing we played our best football game of the year in terms of execution but the way we were able to run the ball especially in the second half was proba-bly the difference in the gamerdquo

To say Alabama ran the ball well in the second half would be an understatement The Crimson Tide amassed 350 rushing yards total with

223 coming in the second half Starter Eddie Lacy was named game MVP running a career-high 181 yards and two touch-downs Freshman TJ Yeldon was right behind him with 153 and a touchdown

From the time Georgia returned a blocked field goal for a touchdown until Amari Cooperrsquos game-winning touch-down grab Alabama called 20 runs and just five passes

The stretch included 12 runs and just one pass ndash an incompletion that drew a pass interference penalty on the first scoring drive following the 11-point deficit ndash that saw Alabama score 15 points to take a four-point lead The sec-ond of the two scoring drives featured seven runs exclu-sively with Lacy and Yeldon sharing duties

ldquoWe had that long drive it about broke me it felt likerdquo guard Anthony Steen said ldquoI couldnrsquot breathe at one point I looked at DJ and he looked at me and we knew we werenrsquot going to give up We were going to do whatever it took to pull off the winrdquo

Itrsquos especially demoralizing for a defense to know exactly whatrsquos coming and not be able

to stop it Alabama swapped out Lacy and Yeldon for much of the night bringing in a fresh body every time the Bulldog defense seemed to have the other figured out

ldquoWhen you run the ball every single down in a drive they might have thrown it oncerdquo Georgia coach Mark Richt said ldquoThey had two drives they might have thrown it once scored a touchdown so that was impressive by their people up front We were just not able to stop itrdquo

It all led to the perfect setup a play-action pass over the top to Cooper that put Alabama up for good The constant grind of the Tidersquos rushing attack caused the Bulldog secondary to creep closer and closer to the line of scrimmage Cooper was left with one-on-one cover-age on the outside and beat his man for the score

ldquoYou knew it was coming eventuallyrdquo center Barrett Jones said

Offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier opened the game with the same look Alabama gave Auburn ndash three and four wide receiver sets at up-tempo no-huddle speed

Only this wasnrsquot Auburn

On Alabamarsquos second drive of the game Nussmeier dialed up two runs that went for 9 and 8 yards respectively His next three calls were passes ndash two incomplete passes and a sack ndash and Alabama was forced to punt

Much of the first half and start of the third quarter went that way for Alabama Fans began to clamor for the return of the run game ndash they had seen this movie before earlier in the year and knew what not trusting them could cost

But it would not be so It was as if Saban could was reading tweets from the field Alabama went almost exclusively to the run and no matter what Georgia did when they knew exactly what was coming it could not stop the punishing ground game of Alabama

ldquoIt makes you proud to be able to block for two great running backs They had that mindset that I will not be deniedrdquo right tackle DJ Fluker said ldquoYou donrsquot put your head down just lsquocause yoursquore down a couple points At the end of the day the score-board donrsquot matter Itrsquos about how much heart you got What are you willing to do for itrdquo

Tide ditches pass game rushes to SEC title

By Jasmine CannonStaff Reporter

This time last year the Alabama womenrsquos basket-ball team had team mem-bers who were not able to play due to NCAA transfer rules The Tide has turned per se and Alabama fans are getting to see a new side of Alabama basketball

Daisha Simmons Briana Hutchen and Brittany Jack have all finally suited up and hit the floor for the Tide while making a big impact on the court and in the locker room

Perhaps the biggest news of last summer was when Simmons and Hutchen announced their departure from Rutgers University and arrival at Alabama Head coach

Wendell Hudson said both were recruited by the Capstone while they were in high school and everything worked out when the two were looking to trans-fer

ldquoThis was one of my top five schools coming out of high schoolrdquo Hutchen said ldquoThe only bad thing I could say about it was that itrsquos so hot When I decided to leave Rutgers I went back to my top five schools I went on my visit here and I felt so dumb because I fell in love with the schoolrdquo

ldquoJust to come here and have a higher role and kind of a leader role itrsquos just been great to have that opportunity especially as a point guardrdquo Simmons said

Simmons has wowed fans with her play as a 5-foot-10-inch point guard The Jersey City

NJ native is leading the Tide in minutes played and proves to be efficient on the court She ranks first on the team in blocks and assists while placing second in rebounds Simmons is also the teamrsquos third leading scorer averaging 127 points a game

ldquoDaisy is a very very good personrdquo Hutchen said ldquoI always tell her that shersquos the best point guard in the nation I tell her that everyday because she really is I know that shersquos going to lead this team to great great places She really is a floor general and we follow behind herrdquo

ldquoWhat sets her apart is that she knows the game of basketballrdquo Hudson said ldquoSome players think about the next play but shersquos always

thinking two or three plays ahead about what to do if this or that happensrdquo

Hutchen is a Baltimore Md native and has also found herself in a leadership role for the Tide As one of the teamrsquos captains ndash along with Simmons and Kaneisha Horn ndash she has started all five games shersquos played in and is averaging near-ly five rebounds a game

Jack a sophomore forward from Suwanee Ga came to Alabama from Samford University Shersquos shown high energy and lots of communica-tion while on the court

ldquoShe gave up a full scholarship at Samford and came here having to work and not really knowing if she was going to get any [play time]rdquo Hudson said

Jack has started one game for Alabama and provides the team flexibility with her ability to play inside and out

Alabamarsquos roster is com-prised of other players who have made their way to the Capstone by way of transfer Jessica Merritt Alicia Mitcham and Meghan Perkins all transferred from junior college before making a

splash at the UniversityAll of these players have

played ample minutes and proved to be fit for SEC compe-tition with their play last sea-son With a plethora of players with multiple skill sets Hudsonsaid he thinks his team has more chemistry than hersquos had before Players agree and theyare ready to compete with thebest

ldquoI know that our success is not by faultrdquo Hutchen said ldquoWersquove worked hard as a team to make sure that we are goingto bring back great things to Alabama basketballrdquo

Three transfers fi nally suiting up for Crimson Tide

CW | Shannon Auvil Photo Illustration by Elizabeth DavisThe Crimson Tide defeated the Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC Cham-pionship Dec 1 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta GA Alabama will face Notre Dame in the BCS title game in Miami Fla Jan 7

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By Aldo Amato

For the past five years stu-dents who have attended The University of Alabama have bared witness to perhaps the greatest collegiate athletic pro-gram of all time Whether it is football softball womenrsquos golf or the always dominant gym-nastics program Alabama ath-letics is unmatched through-out the country

This past weekendrsquos epic win over Georgia in the SEC Championship defined the championship level fight the football team and other pro-grams possess While much of the credit goes to the coaches in their respective programs it is the fans that have made this championship atmosphere what it is today

Not many outside state lines know what it is like to be part of a consistent cham-pionship program Heck not many inside state lines know what it is like to be a consistent champion A team southeast of Tuscaloosa looking for a head coach could tell you that first-hand

But I digressWe are living in an era of

greatness at the Capstone and it is up to Crimson Tide fans especially students to relish it and soak up all the crystal foot-balls diamond-studded rings and wooden NCAA trophies because it has not always been this way and unfortunately will not last forever I can tell you that firsthand

Growing up in a multicul-tural family American football was a foreign concept and was not part of the household But

like many children in Alabama are forced to do when they are young one must pick a side to root for Then Tigers coach Terry Bowden was doing well so I picked Auburn For years and years I rooted against the Crimson Tide and was always happy when they lost

Even when a family member of mine chose to go here I root-ed against the Tide Even when the Tide was supposed to beat then lowly Northern Illinois I cheered through the streets of Tuscaloosa as a bandwagon Huskies fan after the Tide fell in one of the biggest upsets in Crimson Tide history

But after all of the seething hatred I had for a program that was coming off NCAA sanc-tions and that had struggled for years in the early 2000s some-thing about this town and this University completely changed how I viewed Alabama and college football

Some people have an ldquoa-hardquo moment in which they real-ize what theyrsquove been doing wrong all along Mine came in a series of weekends spent in Tuscaloosa even during the

ldquodown yearsrdquo at the Capstone The passion and exuberance displayed by Tide fans even though they knew they had no shot baffled me How could a fan base not give up on their team despite them being ter-rible Why are so many fans still packing out a stadium to watch their team lose

Those questions soon became impossible to find a clear-cut answer to So I chose to embrace the atmosphere for a couple of weekends not knowing what to expect What I discovered was my true col-lege football team and the best fan base in the Southeastern Conference and entire nation

Whether it was the tail-gaters or the pregame rituals Crimson Tide fans were as passionate about their team as major fan bases like the New York Yankees Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Lakers even during rough stretches and I wanted to be a part of it

But now that the football team and other elite Tide pro-grams are once again champi-ons it is now crucial that fans and students like the teams

lsquoCrimson Tide fans are as passionate about their team as major fan basesrsquo

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday December 4 2012 | Page 9

COLUMN

Tide lands 9 players on 2012 Associated Press All-Southeastern Conference TeamCW Staff

The Alabama football team had nine players selected to the Associated Press All-Southeastern Conference Team the AP announced Monday

Four Crimson Tide play-ers garnered first team hon-ors including senior center Barrett Jones senior guard Chance Warmack junior line-backer CJ Mosley and junior

cornerback Dee Milliner Both Jones and Milliner were unan-imous selections

On the second team Alabama was represent-ed by junior tackle DJ Fluker junior quarter-back AJ McCarron junior running back Eddie Lacy and senior nose guard Jesse Williams while senior safety Robert Lester was named honorable mention

FOOTBALL

not get complacent A certain sense of arrogance comes with championships Trust me ndash Irsquom a Yankees fan It is important to remember these teams are special but it is the fans that make this University stand alone when it comes to cham-pionship atmospheres

Despite what happens in the most highly anticipated

championship games in col-lege football history against two traditional powerhouses Crimson Tide fans should rel-ish every second every minuteand every hour from today upuntil kickoff because that is what this athletics program is all about

That is what college football is truly about

ldquoDespite what happens in the most highly anticipated championship games in college football history

against two traditional powerhouses Crimson Tide fans

should relish every second every minute and every hour from today

up until kickoff because that is what this athletics program iss all

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Todayrsquos Birthday (120412) Drink in time alone this year with a journal your thoughts and a cup of tea Plan for what you want and aim high Treat yourself well Care for one who needs it Family comes fi rst and home is where your heart isTo get the advantage check the dayrsquos rating 10 is the easiest day 0 the most challengingAries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Be respectful and listen to anotherrsquos cries Provide information Passion requires commitment Main-tain objectivity Let them know you appreciate the feedback Say how you feel later Postpone travelTaurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Conditions begin to improve with compromise achieved A female sets the tone and pace Donrsquot ask many questions Take coaching from an expert and practice It works outGemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Misunderstandings are likely Nonetheless commit to your passions Consult with a co-worker on a prior-ity Bring in more wealth Postpone a shopping trip Enjoy what you haveCancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Contentment reigns at home On the spot creativity is required and itrsquos fun and random Help others gen-erate necessary funds from available resources Speak from your heartLeo (July 23-Aug 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Intuition enters the picture Donrsquot push too hard Hammer out the details New information dispels old fears Test it before sealing up every-thing A lovely moment is possibleVirgo (Aug 23-Sept 22) -- Today is a 5 -- Your suggestions may not be

immediately accepted Donrsquot get in-timidated Keep planning Th ere could be a communications breakdown with temporary confusion Postpone a celebration or fi nancial discussionLibra (Sept 23-Oct 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Invest in your infrastructure Obtain the necessary materials Donrsquot celebrate by spending more Make fi nancial talk fun Meticulous planningpays off Positive numbers appear on the balance sheetScorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Take care not to step on toes and connect with the group for public success Itrsquos not a good time to ques-tion authority unless hiring an expertSagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 21) -- Todayis an 8 -- Use the energy others gener-ate Donrsquot gossip about work Postponetravel and expansion It could get tense so relax Keep your head down Get money for improvements nowCapricorn (Dec 22-Jan 19) -- Today is a 6 -- Follow through on your plan Arguing just makes it take longer Minimize fi nancial risks and watch forhidden dangers Work interferes with travel Provide information Enjoy local cuisineAquarius (Jan 20-Feb 18) -- Today is a 7 -- Soak up information and let your partner do the talking Visualize perfection Act on profi table ideas Expect a visitor you havenrsquot seen for some timePisces (Feb 19-March 20) -- Today is a 6 -- You can get whatever you need and easily avoid a mistake Yoursquove earned some rest Others are drawn to you today Bask in the glow Postpone an outing

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Tuesday December 4 2012SPORTSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 10

By Sarah Elizabeth TookerStaff Reporter

If you know anything about The University of Alabama Crimson Tidersquos legendary defensive line chances are you know No 35 Nico Johnson Off the field however most fans do not realize Johnson has his eyes set on more than just another national championship ndash his goal is a degree

ldquoThat was really my only reason for coming back this season knowing anything can happen at any timerdquo Johnson said ldquoI promised my mom I wouldnrsquot leave UA without a degreerdquo

Born in small-town Andalusia Ala Johnson never dreamed he would one day play under head coach Nick Sabanrsquos Crimson Tide In fact sports were the last thing on his mind

ldquoI remember going to camp as a junior thinking I didnrsquot even really care about sports

because I wanted to go into the militaryrdquo Johnson said ldquoWhen Alabama gave me an offer after just four days I had to decide between football or the mili-tary and I chose to take advan-tage of the free degreerdquo

Johnson said one of his favorite memories was when Saban paid him a personal visit to Andalusia With offers from major football pro-grams like Auburn Florida LSU and Georgia Saban hoped to lock in a now very sought-after recruit

ldquoIt was unreal ndash Nick Saban sitting in my actual homerdquo he said ldquoIt was weird and really special all at the same timerdquo

Yet playing for a success-ful football team never caused Johnson to lose focus of the real goal ndash securing a degree to prepare for the unpredictable future of a football player

ldquoYoursquore not guaranteed to play anywhere and in order to be successful why even come

here if you donrsquot finish your degreerdquo he said ldquoYou never know when your last day of football can berdquo

With this driven attitude and the support of his family in mind Johnson began thinking about choosing the right major

ldquoI think I was sitting in my dorm watching lsquo[Law and Order] Special Victims Unitrsquo and thought lsquoI want to do that I want to be able to make a dif-ference in societyrsquordquo he said

A criminal justice degree seemed an odd choice to some of his friends from back home but Johnson said there was no better choice

ldquoI guess I just feel like itrsquos the only thing I can connect with and have an interest for because going through high school I just saw so many friends getting in trouble with the police and at one point I hated the police for itrdquo Johnson said ldquoNow ndash over time the older I got ndash I understood how

difficult it is and the need for policerdquo

Being the only one of his friends to make it out and go to college Johnson said forced him to realize he had to beat the system and do something big with his life

ldquoIrsquom going to try the football thing because I think I have a good chance but I have a degree to fall back onrdquo he said ldquoI want to be a CSI or FBI agent [My juevenile deliquency class] talked about how difficult it is for kids these days and how being raised the right way can make a difference in a childrsquos life or how an abusive parent can even cause a delinquent child I could really connect with it because Irsquod witnessed it growing up by hand or eyerdquo

However at the end of the day being a football player on such a successful team has its perks Johnson said

ldquoIrsquoll miss the tradition of Alabama football and being

able to wear the jersey but really just being around my teammates walking to class or eating at Bryant [Hall] togeth-er is what Irsquoll miss the mostrdquo he said ldquoWhen the crowd cheers for us when our picture comes on the jumbotron it just shows that all your hard work pays offrdquo

With a possible NFL future Johnson said he and his

family would rather focus on the present

ldquoThe thing their most excited for was me getting a degree and anything else that is just extrardquo he said ldquoI came here to get a championship and Irsquove done that twice I came here toget a degree and Irsquoll get that infive months so Irsquod say Alabama is everything it was supposed to live up tordquo

CW Staff

Alabama senior center Barrett Jones was selected as one of six finalists for the 13th annual Rimington Trophy which goes to the nationrsquos most outstanding center the Rimington Trophy committee announced Monday

Jones from Germantown Tenn is joined by Louisvillersquos Mario Benavides Notre Damersquos Braxston Cave Clemsonrsquos Dalton Freeman Southern Californiarsquos Khaled Holmes and Penn Statersquos Matt Stankiewitch as finalists

Jones is the third Crimson

Tide player to be named a final-ist for the Rimington Award joining the ranks of William Vlachos (2011) and Antoine Caldwell (2008)

Jones spent his first two years starting at right guard for Alabama and when the Tide needed a left tackle in 2011 he moved over and won the Outland Trophy for the nationrsquos best offensive line-men In 2012 Alabama needed to replace a three-year starter at center and Jones stepped up once again and has excelled at that position this year

Jones graded out at an aver-age of 908 percent in the Tidersquos

12 regular season games including nine games over 90 percent He had just six missed assignments on 656 plays while anchoring one of the nationrsquos top offensive lines in 49 starts over the last four years

The winner of the Rimington Trophy is selected by deter-mining the consensus All-America center pick from four existing All-America teams including the American Football Coaches Association The Walter Camp Foundation The Sporting News and the Football Writers Association of America The center with the most first team votes will be

determined the winner If thereis a tie with first team votes then the center with the most second team votes will win If there is still a tie the winner will be determined by a major-ity vote from the Rimington Trophy committee

This yearrsquos RimingtonTrophy will be revealed live on ESPNU during the ESPN Red Carpet Show immediatelypreceding The Home Depot College Football Awards airing live from the Atlantic Dance Hall at Disneyrsquos Boardwalk at the Walt Disney World Resorton Thursday Dec 6 beginning at 630 pm (CST)

Center Barrett Jones named Rimington Trophy fi nalist

Pursuit of degree kept Nico Johnson at Alabama

CW | Shannon AuvilNico Johnson speaks with media following the SEC Championship game Dec 1

CW | Austin BigoneyBarrett Jones lines up as center where he is in contention for the Rim-ington Trophy He previously won the Outland Trophy at left tackle

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By Aldo Amato

For the past five years stu-dents who have attended The University of Alabama have bared witness to perhaps the greatest collegiate athletic pro-gram of all time Whether it is football softball womenrsquos golf or the always dominant gym-nastics program Alabama ath-letics is unmatched through-out the country

This past weekendrsquos epic win over Georgia in the SEC Championship defined the championship level fight the football team and other pro-grams possess While much of the credit goes to the coaches in their respective programs it is the fans that have made this championship atmosphere what it is today

Not many outside state lines know what it is like to be part of a consistent cham-pionship program Heck not many inside state lines know what it is like to be a consistent champion A team southeast of Tuscaloosa looking for a head coach could tell you that first-hand

But I digressWe are living in an era of

greatness at the Capstone and it is up to Crimson Tide fans especially students to relish it and soak up all the crystal foot-balls diamond-studded rings and wooden NCAA trophies because it has not always been this way and unfortunately will not last forever I can tell you that firsthand

Growing up in a multicul-tural family American football was a foreign concept and was not part of the household But

like many children in Alabama are forced to do when they are young one must pick a side to root for Then Tigers coach Terry Bowden was doing well so I picked Auburn For years and years I rooted against the Crimson Tide and was always happy when they lost

Even when a family member of mine chose to go here I root-ed against the Tide Even when the Tide was supposed to beat then lowly Northern Illinois I cheered through the streets of Tuscaloosa as a bandwagon Huskies fan after the Tide fell in one of the biggest upsets in Crimson Tide history

But after all of the seething hatred I had for a program that was coming off NCAA sanc-tions and that had struggled for years in the early 2000s some-thing about this town and this University completely changed how I viewed Alabama and college football

Some people have an ldquoa-hardquo moment in which they real-ize what theyrsquove been doing wrong all along Mine came in a series of weekends spent in Tuscaloosa even during the

ldquodown yearsrdquo at the Capstone The passion and exuberance displayed by Tide fans even though they knew they had no shot baffled me How could a fan base not give up on their team despite them being ter-rible Why are so many fans still packing out a stadium to watch their team lose

Those questions soon became impossible to find a clear-cut answer to So I chose to embrace the atmosphere for a couple of weekends not knowing what to expect What I discovered was my true col-lege football team and the best fan base in the Southeastern Conference and entire nation

Whether it was the tail-gaters or the pregame rituals Crimson Tide fans were as passionate about their team as major fan bases like the New York Yankees Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Lakers even during rough stretches and I wanted to be a part of it

But now that the football team and other elite Tide pro-grams are once again champi-ons it is now crucial that fans and students like the teams

lsquoCrimson Tide fans are as passionate about their team as major fan basesrsquo

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday December 4 2012 | Page 9

COLUMN

Tide lands 9 players on 2012 Associated Press All-Southeastern Conference TeamCW Staff

The Alabama football team had nine players selected to the Associated Press All-Southeastern Conference Team the AP announced Monday

Four Crimson Tide play-ers garnered first team hon-ors including senior center Barrett Jones senior guard Chance Warmack junior line-backer CJ Mosley and junior

cornerback Dee Milliner Both Jones and Milliner were unan-imous selections

On the second team Alabama was represent-ed by junior tackle DJ Fluker junior quarter-back AJ McCarron junior running back Eddie Lacy and senior nose guard Jesse Williams while senior safety Robert Lester was named honorable mention

FOOTBALL

not get complacent A certain sense of arrogance comes with championships Trust me ndash Irsquom a Yankees fan It is important to remember these teams are special but it is the fans that make this University stand alone when it comes to cham-pionship atmospheres

Despite what happens in the most highly anticipated

championship games in col-lege football history against two traditional powerhouses Crimson Tide fans should rel-ish every second every minuteand every hour from today upuntil kickoff because that is what this athletics program is all about

That is what college football is truly about

ldquoDespite what happens in the most highly anticipated championship games in college football history

against two traditional powerhouses Crimson Tide fans

should relish every second every minute and every hour from today

up until kickoff because that is what this athletics program iss all

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Tuesday December 4 2012SPORTSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 10

By Sarah Elizabeth TookerStaff Reporter

If you know anything about The University of Alabama Crimson Tidersquos legendary defensive line chances are you know No 35 Nico Johnson Off the field however most fans do not realize Johnson has his eyes set on more than just another national championship ndash his goal is a degree

ldquoThat was really my only reason for coming back this season knowing anything can happen at any timerdquo Johnson said ldquoI promised my mom I wouldnrsquot leave UA without a degreerdquo

Born in small-town Andalusia Ala Johnson never dreamed he would one day play under head coach Nick Sabanrsquos Crimson Tide In fact sports were the last thing on his mind

ldquoI remember going to camp as a junior thinking I didnrsquot even really care about sports

because I wanted to go into the militaryrdquo Johnson said ldquoWhen Alabama gave me an offer after just four days I had to decide between football or the mili-tary and I chose to take advan-tage of the free degreerdquo

Johnson said one of his favorite memories was when Saban paid him a personal visit to Andalusia With offers from major football pro-grams like Auburn Florida LSU and Georgia Saban hoped to lock in a now very sought-after recruit

ldquoIt was unreal ndash Nick Saban sitting in my actual homerdquo he said ldquoIt was weird and really special all at the same timerdquo

Yet playing for a success-ful football team never caused Johnson to lose focus of the real goal ndash securing a degree to prepare for the unpredictable future of a football player

ldquoYoursquore not guaranteed to play anywhere and in order to be successful why even come

here if you donrsquot finish your degreerdquo he said ldquoYou never know when your last day of football can berdquo

With this driven attitude and the support of his family in mind Johnson began thinking about choosing the right major

ldquoI think I was sitting in my dorm watching lsquo[Law and Order] Special Victims Unitrsquo and thought lsquoI want to do that I want to be able to make a dif-ference in societyrsquordquo he said

A criminal justice degree seemed an odd choice to some of his friends from back home but Johnson said there was no better choice

ldquoI guess I just feel like itrsquos the only thing I can connect with and have an interest for because going through high school I just saw so many friends getting in trouble with the police and at one point I hated the police for itrdquo Johnson said ldquoNow ndash over time the older I got ndash I understood how

difficult it is and the need for policerdquo

Being the only one of his friends to make it out and go to college Johnson said forced him to realize he had to beat the system and do something big with his life

ldquoIrsquom going to try the football thing because I think I have a good chance but I have a degree to fall back onrdquo he said ldquoI want to be a CSI or FBI agent [My juevenile deliquency class] talked about how difficult it is for kids these days and how being raised the right way can make a difference in a childrsquos life or how an abusive parent can even cause a delinquent child I could really connect with it because Irsquod witnessed it growing up by hand or eyerdquo

However at the end of the day being a football player on such a successful team has its perks Johnson said

ldquoIrsquoll miss the tradition of Alabama football and being

able to wear the jersey but really just being around my teammates walking to class or eating at Bryant [Hall] togeth-er is what Irsquoll miss the mostrdquo he said ldquoWhen the crowd cheers for us when our picture comes on the jumbotron it just shows that all your hard work pays offrdquo

With a possible NFL future Johnson said he and his

family would rather focus on the present

ldquoThe thing their most excited for was me getting a degree and anything else that is just extrardquo he said ldquoI came here to get a championship and Irsquove done that twice I came here toget a degree and Irsquoll get that infive months so Irsquod say Alabama is everything it was supposed to live up tordquo

CW Staff

Alabama senior center Barrett Jones was selected as one of six finalists for the 13th annual Rimington Trophy which goes to the nationrsquos most outstanding center the Rimington Trophy committee announced Monday

Jones from Germantown Tenn is joined by Louisvillersquos Mario Benavides Notre Damersquos Braxston Cave Clemsonrsquos Dalton Freeman Southern Californiarsquos Khaled Holmes and Penn Statersquos Matt Stankiewitch as finalists

Jones is the third Crimson

Tide player to be named a final-ist for the Rimington Award joining the ranks of William Vlachos (2011) and Antoine Caldwell (2008)

Jones spent his first two years starting at right guard for Alabama and when the Tide needed a left tackle in 2011 he moved over and won the Outland Trophy for the nationrsquos best offensive line-men In 2012 Alabama needed to replace a three-year starter at center and Jones stepped up once again and has excelled at that position this year

Jones graded out at an aver-age of 908 percent in the Tidersquos

12 regular season games including nine games over 90 percent He had just six missed assignments on 656 plays while anchoring one of the nationrsquos top offensive lines in 49 starts over the last four years

The winner of the Rimington Trophy is selected by deter-mining the consensus All-America center pick from four existing All-America teams including the American Football Coaches Association The Walter Camp Foundation The Sporting News and the Football Writers Association of America The center with the most first team votes will be

determined the winner If thereis a tie with first team votes then the center with the most second team votes will win If there is still a tie the winner will be determined by a major-ity vote from the Rimington Trophy committee

This yearrsquos RimingtonTrophy will be revealed live on ESPNU during the ESPN Red Carpet Show immediatelypreceding The Home Depot College Football Awards airing live from the Atlantic Dance Hall at Disneyrsquos Boardwalk at the Walt Disney World Resorton Thursday Dec 6 beginning at 630 pm (CST)

Center Barrett Jones named Rimington Trophy fi nalist

Pursuit of degree kept Nico Johnson at Alabama

CW | Shannon AuvilNico Johnson speaks with media following the SEC Championship game Dec 1

CW | Austin BigoneyBarrett Jones lines up as center where he is in contention for the Rim-ington Trophy He previously won the Outland Trophy at left tackle

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OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 10

By Sarah Elizabeth TookerStaff Reporter

If you know anything about The University of Alabama Crimson Tidersquos legendary defensive line chances are you know No 35 Nico Johnson Off the field however most fans do not realize Johnson has his eyes set on more than just another national championship ndash his goal is a degree

ldquoThat was really my only reason for coming back this season knowing anything can happen at any timerdquo Johnson said ldquoI promised my mom I wouldnrsquot leave UA without a degreerdquo

Born in small-town Andalusia Ala Johnson never dreamed he would one day play under head coach Nick Sabanrsquos Crimson Tide In fact sports were the last thing on his mind

ldquoI remember going to camp as a junior thinking I didnrsquot even really care about sports

because I wanted to go into the militaryrdquo Johnson said ldquoWhen Alabama gave me an offer after just four days I had to decide between football or the mili-tary and I chose to take advan-tage of the free degreerdquo

Johnson said one of his favorite memories was when Saban paid him a personal visit to Andalusia With offers from major football pro-grams like Auburn Florida LSU and Georgia Saban hoped to lock in a now very sought-after recruit

ldquoIt was unreal ndash Nick Saban sitting in my actual homerdquo he said ldquoIt was weird and really special all at the same timerdquo

Yet playing for a success-ful football team never caused Johnson to lose focus of the real goal ndash securing a degree to prepare for the unpredictable future of a football player

ldquoYoursquore not guaranteed to play anywhere and in order to be successful why even come

here if you donrsquot finish your degreerdquo he said ldquoYou never know when your last day of football can berdquo

With this driven attitude and the support of his family in mind Johnson began thinking about choosing the right major

ldquoI think I was sitting in my dorm watching lsquo[Law and Order] Special Victims Unitrsquo and thought lsquoI want to do that I want to be able to make a dif-ference in societyrsquordquo he said

A criminal justice degree seemed an odd choice to some of his friends from back home but Johnson said there was no better choice

ldquoI guess I just feel like itrsquos the only thing I can connect with and have an interest for because going through high school I just saw so many friends getting in trouble with the police and at one point I hated the police for itrdquo Johnson said ldquoNow ndash over time the older I got ndash I understood how

difficult it is and the need for policerdquo

Being the only one of his friends to make it out and go to college Johnson said forced him to realize he had to beat the system and do something big with his life

ldquoIrsquom going to try the football thing because I think I have a good chance but I have a degree to fall back onrdquo he said ldquoI want to be a CSI or FBI agent [My juevenile deliquency class] talked about how difficult it is for kids these days and how being raised the right way can make a difference in a childrsquos life or how an abusive parent can even cause a delinquent child I could really connect with it because Irsquod witnessed it growing up by hand or eyerdquo

However at the end of the day being a football player on such a successful team has its perks Johnson said

ldquoIrsquoll miss the tradition of Alabama football and being

able to wear the jersey but really just being around my teammates walking to class or eating at Bryant [Hall] togeth-er is what Irsquoll miss the mostrdquo he said ldquoWhen the crowd cheers for us when our picture comes on the jumbotron it just shows that all your hard work pays offrdquo

With a possible NFL future Johnson said he and his

family would rather focus on the present

ldquoThe thing their most excited for was me getting a degree and anything else that is just extrardquo he said ldquoI came here to get a championship and Irsquove done that twice I came here toget a degree and Irsquoll get that infive months so Irsquod say Alabama is everything it was supposed to live up tordquo

CW Staff

Alabama senior center Barrett Jones was selected as one of six finalists for the 13th annual Rimington Trophy which goes to the nationrsquos most outstanding center the Rimington Trophy committee announced Monday

Jones from Germantown Tenn is joined by Louisvillersquos Mario Benavides Notre Damersquos Braxston Cave Clemsonrsquos Dalton Freeman Southern Californiarsquos Khaled Holmes and Penn Statersquos Matt Stankiewitch as finalists

Jones is the third Crimson

Tide player to be named a final-ist for the Rimington Award joining the ranks of William Vlachos (2011) and Antoine Caldwell (2008)

Jones spent his first two years starting at right guard for Alabama and when the Tide needed a left tackle in 2011 he moved over and won the Outland Trophy for the nationrsquos best offensive line-men In 2012 Alabama needed to replace a three-year starter at center and Jones stepped up once again and has excelled at that position this year

Jones graded out at an aver-age of 908 percent in the Tidersquos

12 regular season games including nine games over 90 percent He had just six missed assignments on 656 plays while anchoring one of the nationrsquos top offensive lines in 49 starts over the last four years

The winner of the Rimington Trophy is selected by deter-mining the consensus All-America center pick from four existing All-America teams including the American Football Coaches Association The Walter Camp Foundation The Sporting News and the Football Writers Association of America The center with the most first team votes will be

determined the winner If thereis a tie with first team votes then the center with the most second team votes will win If there is still a tie the winner will be determined by a major-ity vote from the Rimington Trophy committee

This yearrsquos RimingtonTrophy will be revealed live on ESPNU during the ESPN Red Carpet Show immediatelypreceding The Home Depot College Football Awards airing live from the Atlantic Dance Hall at Disneyrsquos Boardwalk at the Walt Disney World Resorton Thursday Dec 6 beginning at 630 pm (CST)

Center Barrett Jones named Rimington Trophy fi nalist

Pursuit of degree kept Nico Johnson at Alabama

CW | Shannon AuvilNico Johnson speaks with media following the SEC Championship game Dec 1

CW | Austin BigoneyBarrett Jones lines up as center where he is in contention for the Rim-ington Trophy He previously won the Outland Trophy at left tackle

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