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By Zac Al-KhateebSports Reporter
Despite the University of Alabama cheer-leading squad winning the 2011 National Championship, the Alabama Athletic Department will not be paying for the team’s national championship rings. In a statement released to The Tuscaloosa News, Doug Walker, associate director of the athletics department, said this action results from a long-standing policy at the University of Alabama that doesn’t view cheerleading as an NCAA-sanctioned sport. “The University of Alabama congratulates our cheerleader squad on winning the UCA Cheerleading Competition,” Walker said. “The athletics department typically awards rings to intercollegiate athletic teams. The rules, policies and guidelines governing the roles and activities of cheerleaders have been constant for the past several years and were in place before the squad participated in the UCA event.” In a 2010 federal court decision, U.S. District Judge Stefan Underhill ruled that cheerlead-ing was not considered a sport under Title IX. “Competitive cheer may, sometime in the
CORRECTION In the Jan. 31 edition of The Crimson White, a quote was inaccurately attributed to Phil Burgin; the quote in question should have been attributed to Xavier Burgin. In the same edi-tion, men who had recently become members of Omega Psi Phi were referred to as becom-ing “dogs,” but in a formal setting, they should have been referred to as becoming Men of Omega. The Crimson White regrets the errors and is happy to set the record straight.
By William EvansSenior Staff Reporter
Vandals have continued to damage the second floor of Ridgecrest South residence hall, South Tower, since last semester, residents said. “They put paint on the wall, soap on the wall, stuff on the rug, they hit out 80 percent of the ceiling tiles and pull out the metal frames that keep them up,” said Meaghan Stuski, a freshman majoring in advertising who lives on the second floor of Ridgecrest, South Tower. The search for the culprit(s) is ongoing as Housing and Residential Communities implores students to stop the vandalism by reporting any activity to HRC or the University of Alabama Police Department, Alicia Browne, associate director of information and communication for HRC, said in an e-mailed statement.
Students approve constitution rewrite
Vandalism continues at Ridgecrest
UA denies cheer squad title rings
By Kelsey SteinLifestyles Editor
Starting Friday, local blog-gers and Twitter users buzzed about a potential upcoming concert at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. Birmingham-based promoter Red Mountain Entertainment officially announced the venue’s sched-ule for its opening weekend on Monday, proving the rumors true. The Avett Brothers with spe-cial guest Band of Horses will perform Friday, April 1, fol-lowed by Patti LaBelle and The O’Jays on Saturday, April 2. The shows are part of the inaugural Coca-Cola Concert Series. Originally, Kenny Chesney and Uncle Kracker were set to perform the opening concert at the venue, but a scheduling con-flict moved the show to May 25.
The Ferguson Center staff and the Student Government Assciation are collaborat-ing with Red Mountain Entertainment to put on the performance by The Avett Brothers and Band of Horses. “With 33,000 students, we wanted to book bands that would appeal to students and that play at a lot of colleges,” said Red Mountain Entertainment’s Gary Weinberger. “We want to let students know right away that we’re sensitive to their needs.” A main goal behind plan-ning the show is to create a relationship with the city of Tuscaloosa and maintain the already established rela-tionship with Red Mountain Entertainment, said Heather Roberts, a program assis-tant with the Ferguson
By Will TuckerNews Editor
The student body passed the Student Government Association’s rewritten con-stitution 92.28 percent to 7.72 percent in a referendum vote Tuesday. The vote capped months of work and com-promise by members of the SGA Constitution Revison
Committee. 2,228 students voted in the special election. “We’re very pleased with the results of today’s referendum,” SGA President James Fowler said in an e-mailed statement after voting closed. “Today, we enter a new era of student government, and our highest ideals will guide the way. I’m confident in that fact.” The vote’s turnout represented around 7.6 per-
cent of enrolled students. By comparison, more than 7,900 students voted in last spring’s SGA elections, representing more than 27 percent of the enrolled student body. “At any level of government, it’s often hard to raise aware-ness for a special election, but the vote today shows that stu-dents care about their SGA’s governing documents and care about renewing student self-
government for generations to come.” Fowler said. According to SGA Attorney General Ryan Sprinkle, the changes brought in by the new constitution will start to have an immediate effect on campus. “Today, students overwhelm-ingly chose a new path for stu-dent government,” he said in an e-mailed statement. “Immediately, this campus will see new guidelines govern-
ing the spring SGA elections and 2011-12 judicial board and First Year Council selections,” he said Ian Sams, SGA communica-tions director, said he believes students can expect to see a better student government. “It’s exciting that the stu-dents overwhelmingly asked to change the constitution today,”
Amphitheater opening shows announced
• 92% Yes• 8% No• 2,228 total votes• 7.6% student voter turnout
VOTE RESULTS
“I think the fact that the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater was able to attract a
fairly big indie band is encouraging.“
– J. Scott Cloud, graduate student, secondary
education language arts
“I think it’s great that they are bringing a variety to the amphithe-ater (like AB and Kenny Chesney later) to attract different tastes.”
– Kayla Lisenby, senior, anthropology
See DAMAGES, page 2
See CONCERT, page 5
See RINGS, page 5
See SGA, page 2
APRIL 1 APRIL 2 APRIL 15 MAY 25
The Avett Brothers, Band of Horses
Patti LaBelle, The O’Jays
Sugarland Kenny Chesney
Submitted PhotoAlabama competing at the College Cheerlead-ing National Championship in Orlando, Fl.
CW | Drew Hoover
thelmagazine.comThe Avett Brothers will perform the opening concert at the Tuscaloosa Amphithe-ater with special guest Band of Horses.
STUDENT REACTIONS
LIFESTYLES 66Author to speak on race in Alabama
AMPHITHEATER LINEUP
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What: Lecture in French by Francine D’Amour
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Sams said. “I think what we’re going to see is a much more efficient and effective SGA in the future because of the stron-ger separation of powers and the ways we’ve empowered the students to take part in each branch of government.” Sams said the constitution provides more opportunities to all students from all groups on campus to be involved and to lead. “It allows any student with the desire to have a voice to step up and take a position of promi-
“We are encouraging stu-dents to stand up and tell us if they know anything,” she said. HRC institutes in its con-tracts with students a clause for what Browne called ‘group billing,’ which distributes the cost of the damages to the surrounding residents if the perpetrator(s) responsible is left undiscovered. “Damages not attributable to an individual are covered by all students, as stipulated
DAMAGESContinued from page 1
SGAContinued from page 1
in the housing contract, just like damage done to any pub-lic setting in a city or town,” she said. Otherwise, the person(s) responsible for the damage will bear the brunt of the expenses. “We expect full restitution from any student found caus-ing damage in a residence hall and the opportunity to live in campus housing may be revoked,” she said. Browne said in addition to walking an extra set of rounds each night, resident advisers have been asked to talk to their residents about the van-dalism either in floor meet-
ings or one-on-one. “In our floor meetings, they tell us don’t do stupid stuff because everyone will have to pay,” said Andrea Easley, a freshman majoring in public relations. Easley said she has not seen the vandalism in progress but has heard residents brag about it. “You know a lot of times if they’re intoxicated—all of them,” she said. Taylor Robinson, a fresh-man majoring in interior design, said before the close of last semester, a sheet was clipped to a bulletin board asking residents what New
Year’s resolutions they had planned. She said one entry read, “Not having $10,000 worth of damage.” Slight damages have spread to the second floor of the North Tower, but none to the extent of the South Tower, residents said. “The bulletin board was torn down,” Neely Smith, a freshman majoring in civil engineering who lives in the North Tower of the second floor, said about the degree of damage to her hall. Browne said HRC hopes to instill a sense of common decency in residents by devel-oping programs focusing on
the topics of “Civility and Community Responsibility.” She said students are the best impediment to further acts of vandalism. “Students are our best allies at patrolling and hold-ing each other accountable for poor behavior,” she said. “Ultimately, students deter-mine to a great extent the nature of life in their commu-nity. We want our residents to make clear that this behavior is not acceptable, and they will not be a party to it and will report what they know about vandalism to the staff.”
nence and power in the SGA,” Sams said. This particular aspect of the new constitution could be put to the test as soon as April, with the upcoming SGA elections. “New officers will emerge in April, and a new government will take effect,” Sprinkle said. “Students have shown that they’re eager to strengthen their voice on campus. Ratifying this constitution codifies trans-parency and inclusivity and creates a more functional and accountable student govern-ment.” David Wilson, an SGA senator who sat on the Constitutional Revision Committee, said the
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new constitution will affect the elections. “There is going to be a change to the rules,” he said. “For exam-ple, the executive vice president is very different. That aspect, the people who were interested in the past might not be inter-ested and want to run for it now since it is so different. Same thing with running for senate.”. As a senator, Wilson said he was excited about the changes to his branch of the SGA gov-ernment. “I think that is going to have great, incredible implications for the legislative branch,” Wilson said. “I think it will have even more positive things that we have foreseen. I’m ecstatic that this has passed tonight.”Students had mixed opinions about the new SGA constitution. “I think it’s long overdue,” said Asher Elbein, a freshman in New College. “It should set the University on less of a spe-cial-interest path and more of a reform-oriented path.” Nicholas Janzen, a junior majoring in political science, said he is not surprised the new constitution passed. “I don’t think it’s going to do anything different,” Janzen said. “Independents don’t care about the SGA. Greeks do.” “The SGA is so heavily majority greek that they can be governed by any rules they want but if the student body isn’t involved; it doesn’t matter what rules they have.” For Fowler, though, the con-stitution represents a signature accomplishment for his term as president. “This is a prime achievement not only for the SGA, but also for our campus as a whole,” he said. William Evans and Katherine Martin contributed to this report.
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By Ashley Rucker Contributing Writer
Victor Deng is one of 4,000 young orphans who came to America in 2001 to escape from the civil war in their homeland of Sudan. Monday night, Deng shared his personal story and offered his encouragement to other young people at the Ferguson Theater’s showing of “Lost Boys of the Sudan,” a documentary about the 20,000 Sudanese children who lost their parents in the civil war. “I stayed in Atlanta for two years before I came to Birmingham,” Deng said. Deng said the language bar-rier was the most difficult part of coming to the U.S., even though he knew some English. “It was a big culture shock to me,” Deng said. “When I was in school in Kenya, I could
speak some English, but when I went home I had to speak in my native tongue.” Deng said being the only Sudanese person in Birmingham made him feel lonely and was the only thing he didn’t like about being in Alabama. However, he said he found something he enjoyed that he never got in Atlanta. “One thing I like about Birmingham is that it’s smaller than Atlanta,” Deng said. “It is quiet here and the people here are so friendly.” Deng said he plans to go back to Sudan someday to take what he learned in America and use it to help his people in his vil-lage. “If Sudan becomes a nation, I need to go integrate my people,” Deng said. “The first priority when I go back is to open my own business and hire Sudanese
people so they may have jobs to support their families.” Recently, the Sudanese peo-ple voted in a referendum to make southern Sudan a sepa-rate nation and end the 21 years of war that has devastated mil-lions of Sudanese. This will give Deng the opportunity to go back to his country to help the people he left behind. Deng said he hopes the film shows American youth that if they want something bad enough, there is nothing that can stop you from reaching their goals. Deng’s life has seen change in Birmingham. He is now 23 years old and married to a Sudanese woman. They have a baby girl. “The thing I want [young peo-ple] to learn is to never give up,” Deng said. “Life is full of chal-lenges, and they have to be com-mitted to face these challenges.”
Sudanese ‘lost boy’ tells story of migration to U.S.
By Bethany BlairStaff Reporter
Each day, students flock to the Student Recreation Center to participate in its group exercise classes; stu-dents can kickbox, cycle, and even tone their hips, butts and guts. But the Rec is offering its members another set of classes including belly danc-ing, therapeutic yoga and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. These classes, called the Discovery Series, cost between $40-$99 per person and meet weekly, lasting anywhere from four weeks until April 27 during the spring semester, accord-ing to the Rec Center’s web-site. Leigh Darilek, manager of Group Exercise and Non-credit Instruction, said the Discovery Series classes serve as another non-credit extra-curricular opportunity for stu-dents, faculty and Rec mem-bers. She said class structure and consistent attendance differentiate between the Discovery Series and regular-ly scheduled group exercise. Darilek said the main ben-efit of attending a Discovery Series is that it’s the same people every week, and they can progress at a faster dif-ferent rate than with drop-in classes where you have all dif-ferent levels and people every week. “For example, with belly dance, they can learn the moves and really progress into an advanced piece of choreography because it’s the same group,” she said. “Whereas, if belly dance was drop-in, the progression would be much slower and more focused on working out because the instructor needs to meet the needs of all par-ticipants. Discovery Series
are based on learning a skill versus getting a workout.” The Discovery Series’ wide variety of classes attracts fac-ulty and staff, students and Rec members from around campus who are interested in learning these skills, Darilek said. “It’s a really good mixture of
students and faculty and staff and members – both male and female,” Darilek said. “Belly dance has been one of our most popular and attracts women of all ages. The mar-tial arts varieties tend to attract more males. One of our newer Discovery Series, Body Blast, seems to attract lots of faculty and staff. Another newer Discovery Series, Dare 2 Dance, has really pulled in a great mixture of women and men, mostly students.” Kristen Stockdale, the Dare 2 Dance instructor, agreed that her class draws in most-ly students. Her eight-week class, which is mostly cho-reography-based, is geared toward both dance majors and people who love danc-ing. Stockdale teaches the technique and fundamentals of hip hop, lyrical, lyrical hip hop and jazz style dancing throughout her class. While mainstream hip-hop is the primary focus, Stockdale said she tries to broaden her students’ hori-zons by introducing them to music on the cutting edge. “I use mainstream hip-hop mostly,” Stockdale said. “I tend to focus on what’s hot, but also what they haven’t heard yet. I want them to be
excited about what they’re dancing to.” Along with helping partici-pants perfect their dancing, Stockdale said group exercise forges friendships and helps students connect with one another. “I think the more classes you try and go to, the more
people you’re going to meet,” Stockdale said. “I know that’s true for my hip-hop class – they’re like a little family and they even get together out-side of class.” For more information about Discovery Series schedules, times and costs, visit the Rec Center’s website at urec.sa.ua.edu/fitness_discovery-series.cfm.
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“I tend to focus on what’s hot, but also what they haven’t heard yet. I want them to be excited about what they’re dancing to.”
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By John Anselmo
Nov. 6, 2012 is a long way down the road. 644 days to be exact. But it is never too early to talk about the next presidential elec-tion. With declarations of candi-dacy sure to headline the month of February, the GOP will need to be diligent in finding their man to face Obama in 2012. Scanning the frontrunners at this point, President Obama can call off the moving vans until January 2017. Honestly, outside of switching Gingrich for McCain, what is so different about the 2012 GOP slate? None of the candidates bring anything new to the table. Let’s look at a few hopefuls. Mitt Romney, the favorite for the GOP nod since the close of the ’08 cam-paign, has more than a few prob-lems he will have to hurdle. Massachusetts passed a health care law during his governorship, which promised affordable cover-age for all residents of the Bay State. Great for the GOP, huh? Maybe he can use it as a GOP counter to the Democrats health care bill. Not so fast, my friend. The Massachusetts reforms and the Affordable Health Care Act are very much alike. After the 2006 “reforms,” Massachusetts resi-dents pay the highest health insurance premiums for a fam-ily of four. No affordable access to health care found here. You know proponents of these man-dates must be thinking “Please, can’t we just repeal the laws of
economics?” The unpopular Affordable Health Care Act, as everyone knows, has been repealed in the House, after it was the key issue in the 2010 midterm elections. This repeal is the result of the efforts of the new GOP majority. So wait, the said frontrunner championed a state-level, lit-eral cloned version of last year’s health care bill? Sounds like another GOP disaster to me. Shouldn’t the challenging party be quelling the rise of candidates like Romney who endorsed a vir-tual copy of the chief legislative achievement of the incumbent? One would think so, especially when the law is taking such a bruising in the courts. We can go down the list and profile each GOP hopeful, but that would be a real waste of time. They are virtually all the same. Almost all of the candidates that have served in Congress have some skeleton in the closet today’s Republican voter base will find unacceptable. Outside of two projected candidates, all voted for some version of the bailout, whether it was TARP or the auto bailouts. If the GOP wants to retake the big house on Pennsylvania Avenue, they best shape up in a big way. Sure it is very early, but in times like these, the ear-lier the better. The Republicans do have one thing on their side. The Obama administration looks more like the Bush administra-tion every day. Whether it be Afghanistan or Iran on the foreign
policy front, or the cold shoul-der to Social Security reform and other fiscal catastrophes, the White House hasn’t changed much. The massive corporations still rule the roost, deepening their ties with the bureaucrats, ensuring they will be taken care of the next time they flop. The nominal gross domestic product and the consumer price index are at all-time highs, and we have at best limited signs of growth. High unemployment and record prices don’t sound like avenues to prosperity. All of the economic events of the past three years have debunked the policy prescription we are told will pull us from this awful rut. Is the gov-ernment spending-equals-growth gimmick finally proving to be a failure? Sure seems like it. If the GOP wants to take the White House in 2012, they need fresh ideas, not the same we have seen from Washington for so long. The last two administra-tions have employed failed poli-cies that voters should simply not accept for another four years. “The last eight years of failed pol-icies” that the Obama campaign preached about have now become the policies of the last 10 years. So GOP, be most mindful and careful before hopping on the bandwagons that are tempting you to board. We all know what the next eight years could look like.
John Anselmo is a senior major-ing in economics. His column runs biweekly on Wednesdays.
By Wesley Vaughn
In the next few weeks, we will find out who has put their name in the running for SGA presi-dent. It will soon become clear who has been prop-erly vetted and groomed and the competitor who has the supreme irratio-nality and intrepidness to butt heads for control of campus politics.
Current SGA President James Fowler has laid a successful groundwork for his successors to build on, much better than many presidents before him. It takes an enormous amount of patience and determination to chip at historic campus strongholds for the goal of improving all of campus, and Fowler has done that. Now, we need someone who can pick up that torch and carry it farther than it has ever been taken at this university. Capstonians, we need a leader to fly us into the danger zone. Before Senator John McCain disfigured the term maverick, the identity of a live-by-the-seat-of-the-pants individual conjured images of someone who knew no boundaries and never held a predetermined agenda. Like Tom Cruise, we need a straight shooter with a daredevil attitude who will occasionally buzz a tower on a flyby. Especially at a university dominated by tra-dition, we need a leader who asks “why not?” before seeking compromises on issues. The limits of our SGA and student body are self-created and self-sustained; they are not rules and laws to live by. Kenny Loggins, in his cheesy montage theme song, nails it, “You’ll never know what you can do, until you get it up as high as you can go.” The aircraft carrier is out at sea and the fighter jet is prepped; it is time to lift off and quench the need for speed. To do that, a larger focus on communication is a must. There is a distinct difference between transparency and engagement. The SGA can open up its documents and whatever else to students, but that has no purpose without an active push to educate all students about what the SGA actually does on a daily basis. The SGA needs a communicator in office who will strive for openness during the entire pro-cess of governing and not just during the time for publicity. The SGA simply cannot claim to be important if most students do not know what it does or how it affects them. Most students do not care, of course, bu t that should not mean the SGA has no reason to reach out to them. Governments govern all, not just those who care. We need a leader who understands all of this. One who can capitalize on the momentum of the current administration. One who can stand up to those who may stymie campus progress. One who all students are willing to be his or her wingman anytime. Wesley Vaughn is a junior majoring in public relations and political science. His column runs on Wednesdays.
The next SGA president should be a maverick
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By Cliff Sims
When I opened the Jan. 27 issue of The Crimson White, the article titled “Open Internet means more innova-tion” immediately caught my eye. Michael Patrick’s biweekly opinion column offered a flippant vilifica-tion of Internet service providers. Patrick declared Barack Obama and the Federal Communications Commission are saviors of the Internet for stepping in to stop tyrannical ISPs from blocking web-sites and keeping them from offer-ing Internet “fast lanes” to certain companies. I realize that this issue involves technologies not easily explained, but I implore you to read on. You don’t need to totally grasp the tech-nologies in play to understand the importance of the Internet to us all and to be able to see the profound implications that this government regulation could have on our future. I will quickly lay out several rea-sons why net neutrality is simply unacceptable and must be stopped. First of all, the FCC simply does not have the legal authority to reg-ulate the Internet. In April 2010, a Federal Appeals Court made this clear when they struck down the FCC’s claim that they have jurisdic-tion over the Internet. Then, in November 2010, a bill was introduced in Congress that would reclassify the Internet as a telecommunications service, simi-lar to telephone companies, thereby placing it under FCC control. This reclassification was overwhelm-ingly opposed, even by the then Democrat-controlled Congress. I suppose we could stop there, but we all know that lack of legal
authority never stopped a decent bureaucrat. So what does the FCC mean when it says that it wants to keep ISP’s from “prioritizing content” and creating Internet “fast lanes”? The capacity of the Internet is not limitless. Only a limited amount of data can flow through at a given time. Advances in technologies are now allowing this data to be analyzed as it’s being sent. This is great because important data that requires a lot of bandwidth, such as live streaming video, can be prioritized to flow through first while less important data, like spam, is given lower priority. This common sense process can optimize user experience and also opens up the Internet to new technologies that could revolutionize our lives. For example, if you needed an emergency surgery but couldn’t get to the ideal doctor, new innovations could allow that ideal surgeon to direct the operation from anywhere in the world, through live video streaming, in real-time, over the Internet. This is just one example of the limitless potential of Internet technologies that wouldn’t be pos-sible with net neutrality. Under this innovation-killing reg-ulation, ISP’s would not be allowed to give your surgery’s transmis-sion the “fast lane” it would need to stream instantly at a high enough quality by giving it priority over far less important Internet activity. Well, what if Internet Service Providers block websites I like to visit or censor free speech? Protecting consumers can be an important role of government. However, ISP’s want to make money by providing access to the Internet to consumers. If they don’t provide
a high quality product, consumers won’t buy it. There just is not a valid motivation for ISP’s to arbitrarily block websites, as the FCC would have us believe, because this would cause them to lose money by con-sumers cancelling their service. The idea of net neutrality came from a University of Illinois commu-nications professor named Robert McChesney. In an August 2009 inter-view with a website called Socialist Project, he said, “The ultimate goal is to get rid of the media capitalists in the phone and cable companies and to divest them from control.” That description, from the mouth of the man who invented the idea, has nothing to do with protecting con-sumers. It does, however, have every-thing to do with the government seizing control of one of the few sec-tors of our economy that has shown sustained, exponential growth. Net neutrality is a perfect example of what Ronald Reagan meant when he said, “The government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.” Do we want the government getting its regulatory fingers on the most powerful medium ever invented or do we want a true “open Internet,” free to grow as it has since its birth, unhindered by pointless government oversight? Net neutral-ity can be summed up as the govern-ment trying to “correct” a problem that doesn’t even exist. They need to stay out of the way and let the most innovative sector of our economy continue to thrive.
Cliff Sims is a senior majoring in political science.
Net neutrality squashes innovationBy Mallory Meissner
There is less than one week remaining until applications for honor societies are due (Feb. 6). There are many benefits to membership in honor societies, including service, networking and scholarship opportunities. But this year, honor societies are striving to add another element to the mix—diversity. Honor societies exist not only to award mem-bers for previous accomplishments, but also to foster continued achievements. One of the most valuable ways this occurs is by bringing people from different backgrounds together to achieve common goals. For this to occur, members need to be from various sectors of campus, represent-ing diverse majors and campus organizations. We need you to apply to make this a reality. Still, some people might be apprehensive about applying. As the selections chair for Mortar Board, a senior honorary, I want to ensure appli-cants that the selections process will be con-ducted with the utmost level of integrity. All applicants are given due consideration and much time has been spent to create an ethical systemfor candidate selection. The new classes of honor societies will represent the entire University pop-ulation, not just select groups. Now, I charge you to make one of the best deci-sions of your college career, apply to be a mem-ber of an honor society. Ask yourself these ques-tions: Do you want to serve the University and Tuscaloosa community? Do you want to apply for scholarships? Do you want to network with other students? Do you have something unique to con-tribute? If so, there is a place for you in an honor society. This year, as the names of new inductees are read, I hope to see a few names I recognize, butalso many that I don’t. I hope to meet the new class and see unlimited opportunities for next year. But most of all, I want to see a dedicated membership of diverse individuals.
Mallory Meissner is a senior majoring in financeand dance and the vice president of Mortar Board.
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For those who are still look-ing for something to do this spring break, the Student Recreation Center is offering two spring break trips for stu-dents who enjoy outdoor recre-ation. “We actually have two spring break trips going this year,” said Lance Haynie, pro-gram coordinator of Outdoor Recreation. “There is one to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to go backpack-ing and the other to Indian Creek, Utah for rock climbing.” Derek DeBruin, a gradu-ate assistant for Outdoor Recreation, was involved in the trip last year to the Sipsey
Wilderness Area, about two hours north of Tuscaloosa in the Bankhead National Forest. “Last year, we went hiking, canoeing and rock climbing at the wilderness area,” he said. DeBruin was involved last year as a troop leader and said their trip there lasted about four days. “I thought it was a great opportunity for students to experience the wilderness in their own state through par-ticipation in a variety of activi-ties,” he said. Haynie said Sipsey offers many different opportunities for adventure and there were six participants who went with last year. Throughout the year, the Rec offers a host of other trips catering to all interests, and
there are more to come this semester. The next trip is a jour-ney to Rocktown, Ga. to par-ticipate in bouldering atop Pigeon Mountain in northwest Georgia. The following one is whitewater paddling in the Nantahala River, N.C., and par-ticipating in a rafting class. Those trips will occur in April and they cost $50 and $100 respectively. The trips are not limited to students. Those who want to bring a friend can do so by pay-ing a fee for non-students. Haynie said they selected these destinations for the upcoming trips to offer a vari-ety of activities and locations from which to choose. “We know that not all par-ticipants enjoy the same type
of spring break experience, so we attempt to be as creative as possible,” he said. “I anticipate that both of these trips will be opportuni-ties for students to experience the beauty and refreshing sim-plicity of an excursion to the wild areas of our nation,” he said. The trip to the mountains will take place from March 13 to 17 and will cost $100 for students and $125 for non-students. The Indian Creek, Utah trip is $250 for students and $275 for non-students. Registration for both trips ends on March 10 and more information about how to sign up can be found by stop-ping by the Rec or urec.ua.edu. “Participants can expect to have a great time on both of these trips,” Haynie said.
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The UA application for Apple products is expected to launch sometime this semester, University Relations officials said. The app, originally announced in April 2010, is the product of a collaboration of the University and Blackboard Mobile, and at the time of release, will be compatible only with the iPhone and the iPod touch. “Development work began in July 2010, once all legal agree-ments were in place with Apple and professional services from Blackboard were finalized.” Assistant Vice President for University Relations Deborah Lane said. “The development and test-ing phases are now nearly complete, and we expect to be able to launch the app later this spring,” Lane said. “The development process for apps for Blackberrys and Androids will begin when this version is finalized.” Student Government Association President pro tem-pore David Wilson, one of a few students who were allowed to test the product over the winter holidays, said the current plan is to release to app during or before spring break. “It’s a great app,” Wilson
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• The Smokies trip will cost $100 and the Indian Creek trip will cost $250.
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said. “It features campus maps, the directory, course informa-tion and class schedules, ath-letics and news about events on campus.” “I’m excited about it. Not for myself, but for the campus as a whole,” said Elliott Bell, a Blackberry-owning freshman majoring in history. “Although I wouldn’t exactly call myself a Luddite, my phone is mostly for calls and texts.”
Center whose primary responsi-bility is planning the concert. “The city wants [the amphi-theater] to be as much a part of the university community as the Tuscaloosa community,” she said. Roberts, a UA alumna, said they are working to give stu-dents interested in event plan-ning and concert production an opportunity to participate in the process of organizing shows at the venue. Red Mountain handled the contracting and is promoting the show, while a team of graduate assistants selected the artists by researching which bands in the right price range were available, as well as what genres students prefer. “It’s more affordable for us, and it’s a way for them [Red Mountain] to partner with the University,” Roberts said. The Tuscaloosa Amphitheater has a seating capacity of approx-imately 7,470 reserved seats. The University is purchasing a block of tickets for students, while the rest of the tickets will be
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available to the general public for $33 each, Weinberger said. Student tickets will be avail-able for $10 each, with pro-ceeds going to a scholarship fund. Though the starting date for sales is undecided, students will be able to pur-chase tickets at the Ferguson Center, Roberts said. Tickets for the general pub-lic for both shows will go on sale Saturday, Feb. 12, at 10 a.m. through the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater Box Office and Ticketmaster.com, or by phone at 800-745-3000. “We’re definitely excited that the University gets to be a part of the opening show and that students get to be some of the first to attend an event there,” Roberts said. Though this is the only event the University is cur-rently helping to plan, Roberts said she hopes to plan more shows in the future, with the Ferguson Center staff serv-ing as a liaison between the University and the amphithe-ater. For more information about the amphitheater and upcoming events, visit tusca-loosaamphitheater.com.
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future, qualify as a sport under Title IX,” Underhill said after his ruling. “Today, however, the activity is still too under-developed and disorganized to be treated as offering genuine varsity athletics participation for students.” A.J. Buckner, a four-year starter and the only senior on the team, said he was “pretty depressed” but not surprised when he heard Alabama would not buy the team national championship rings. Aside from that, Buckner said he feels worse about what he considers a lack of support from Alabama during his time on the cheerleading squad. “When we won [the champi-onship], everybody went nuts,” Buckner said. “Everyone just wanted to congratulate us. Our university doesn’t understand how we represent the univer-sity. I don’t understand why the University doesn’t brag that we have another No. 1 team.” Buckner said that when the cheerleading squad tried to compete in the UCA Cheerleading Competition last year, the University almost barred them from competing. “Last year, they said, ‘You’re not doing it,’” Buckner said. “Luckily, we had a ton of alum-ni send e-mails, and they saw how important it was, and they let us compete.” Buckner said other teams are shown much more support by their schools than Alabama. “We received a bid to come compete from the UCA,” Buckner said. “When we were there, you look around and saw schools that definitely
didn’t receive bids, but their schools supported them enough to pay for them to come. It’s kind of sad to see how schools who aren’t as good as us get so much more support.” The University of Alabama Athletic Department could not be reached for comment.
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[email protected] Alabama author Wayne Greenhaw will be on campus tonight to discuss his new-est book, “Fighting the Devil in Dixie: How Civil Rights Activists Took on the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama.” The lecture will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library in Mary Bryant Hall, with a reception in Greenhaw’s honor in the lobby starting at 5 p.m. and continuing after the lecture. Guests are invited to buy copies of the book, have them signed, interact one-on-one with Greenhaw and enjoy some refreshments. “He’s one of those people that you’ll meet him and you’ll remember it forever, even if you haven’t read his books,” said Jessica Lacher-Feldman, curator of rare books and spe-cial collections for Hoole. “I just think this is one of those times where people will really enjoy themselves, remember it for a long time and talk about it later.” Tonight’s lecture marks the second time Greenhaw has been on campus this school year. In November, he was the keynote speaker for the opening of an exhibit honor-ing the hundredth birthday of
The College of Arts and Sciences’ School of Music will begin the 2011 lineup of celeb-rity musicians tonight with world-renowned trombonist Joseph Alessi. Alessi will perform in the Moody Music Building Concert Hall. The concert is at 7:30 p.m. and student tickets are $7. Alessi is an active soloist, recitalist and chamber music performer. The California native was appointed prin-cipal trombone of the New York Philharmonic in 1985. He is currently on the faculty of the Julliard School and has an extensive discography.
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• What: Alabama author Wayne Greenhaw to speak
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Montgomery’s city ordinance forcing segregation of races on public transportation uncon-stitutional. Greenhaw was working as a journalist, cov-ering the events as they hap-pened. “It’s… a look at a very specif-ic time in Alabama’s history,”
Lacher-Feldman said. “He isn’t just some professor from a high school. It’s somebody who went through it, experienced it, wit-nessed it and had to maneuver in these worlds.” Since graduating from the University, Greenhaw has written 22 books and numer-
his mentor William Bradford Huie, another Alabama alum-nus. “It wasn’t like he was lectur-ing or talking down to us,” said Jamie Burke, a senior major-ing in American studies who attended the talk in November. “We were just part of his everyday reminiscing about his experiences. It was really enjoyable to feel comfortable with him in that setting.” Along with Greenhaw, Lacher-Feldman said there should be a “very, very, very special guest” introducing him, giving students an infor-mal setting in which to hear about Alabama’s history from two people who lived through it. According to Greenhaw’s website, “Fighting the Devil in Dixie” chronicles what hap-pened in Montgomery after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled
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Tuscaloosa Music Diary: Blaine Duncan, one of Druid City’s fi nest musicians
By Trey Irby
Note: The Tuscaloosa Music Diary is an ongoing series of discussions about interesting and great local artists, which I hope exposes you to some-one whose stuff you’ve never heard.
Blaine Duncan accidentally introduced me to Tuscaloosa’s music scene. Back in August 2009, I was assigned to write a story about a band that I had never listened to before. The band was called Blaine Duncan and the Lookers, and I was to be given a CD and then write a story within a week, adding an interview to the mix. Needless to say, I was nervous as hell. Even in the manufactured form of an interview, it’s hard to fake liking music. You either enjoy it or you don’t, and it tends to show to the art-ist if you don’t like his music. Eighteen months later, I can admit in the honest com-pany of this paper that I feel Duncan is one of the finest musicians this city has right now. Those 18 months proved to be enough time to where I
can feel detached enough to admit that. Duncan released an album with the Lookers in 2009, a debut record that shockingly holds well today. That sounds facetious, but an accelerated culture doesn’t tend to breed lasting achievement. If anything, “I Don’t Smoke Dope with Satan (Because He Left Me At The Mall)” rings truer with the divisive announcement of Kenny Chesney perform-ing at the new Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. In the song, Duncan derides Chesney in fiery response to the massive popularity of so-called “pop country,” the genre produc-ing Taylor Swift’s singles and Carrie Underwood’s down-home good looks. Duncan’s strength has always been his songwriting, even if credit belongs to the men behind him. However, even compared to 18 months earlier, at least two of the mem-bers (drummer Mikey Oswalt and lead guitarist Ham Bagby) have left amicably. The band’s lineup — lead guitarist David Phillips, bassist Kendall Rich and drummer Adam Ridgway
— is the most constant it has been in months, but Duncan’s really the centerpiece. Duncan’s haggard voice leads every song, and his feel-ings are usually present, even when he readily admits that he isn’t the song’s protago-nist. I remember overhear-ing a person say that, “the music is great but the singer’s voice sucks,” in reference to the Lookers live, and I never found that comparison fair. Then again, I realize that the tattered Southern life that is the theme of Duncan’s solo and band work may just hit me more. After all, punk rock is filled with loads of terrible singers and loads more great songs. While Duncan would describe his work as a more energetic jolt of country, rebellion is one of the universal punk rock tenets we as a culture still have. It is not broken by the presence of technology, but by hating our dads and the egregious behavior of our sur-roundings. Duncan’s voice could sound like Yoko Ono or William Hung, and the songwriting and music would still come
• What: Blaine Duncan and the Lookers with The Only Sons
• Where: Egan’s Bar
• When: Feb. 5, 9 p.m.
• Cost: Free
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out because the voice really doesn’t matter. The haggard-ness adds to the performance, no doubt, but great songs are also great songs. They tend to be hard to screw up. That alternative culture and mix of desire for the awesome parts of the past without the bullroar of that same past will always stay a universal theme of great songwriting that hits a certain group of kids and adults. And Duncan hits that vein in spades. Blaine Duncan and the Lookers will be performing with The Only Sons at Egan’s on Feb. 5 starting at 9 p.m. There is no cover, and the bar is 21 and up.
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ous articles and has won many prestigious awards. Lacher-Feldman said she thinks tonight will be a great oppor-tunity for students to not only learn something about their state’s history but also to learn about the process of writing. “There are authors and then there are writers – he is a writ-er,” she said. “He has made his living for decades and decades by writing everything from magazine and newspaper arti-cles to whole books to plays.” Besides coming to cam-pus to discuss his new book, Greenhaw will be bringing some of his personal first edi-tion copies of his other books to donate to the Alabama Collection of the W.S. Hoole Special Collections library. The Alabama Collection, which houses books byAlabama authors, books about Alabama and books published in Alabama, aims to be the best and most well-rounded source for anyone interested in or researching Alabama lit-erature and history. “Anything he writes he puts his heart and soul into it, and that has to come across on the pages,” Burke said. “So anyone who reads his books will definitely get a good read, and anyone who comes to his speech is definitely going to be entertained and get a lot of good stories out of it.”
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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 6 -- It’s adventure time both in love and career. Let your creativity flow and carry you away. Work hard at playing, and play hard at work. Then rest.Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- The new moon feeds your soul, for romance and creative play. Younger people look up to you as a teacher and mentor. Share generously with them.Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Home is where your heart is. Today’s a beautiful day to nurture your space. Keep it nice and tidy, and it will serve you well. Then enjoy the peace.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Tweet away. Share. It’s time to communicate. You’re liked and fol-lowed. Give something of value. Then write just for yourself. You can always use a pseudonym.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- There’s a lot of activity around money and possessions today. Be mindful of possible scams. Get out of the house and play with friends some-where beautiful.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is an 8 -- The new moon is in your sign today. Be open to love, and explore your cre-ative impulses. Listen to your heart and spring into action. It’s your lucky day.Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Even if you feel like being alone, it doesn’t mean you can’t be productive. Find creativity in solitude. Follow your private inspiration.
By Seth BowmanContributing Writer
The 34th-ranked Alabama men’s tennis team began the dual match season past week-end by traveling to Austin, Texas, for the ITA Kick-Off Weekend. The team was pitted to compete against No. 29 Rice and No. 39 Hawaii playing at Penick-Allison Tennis Center. Alabama had a down perfor-mance opening the event as the men’s tennis team fell to Rice 4-1 in its dual match opener. “We didn’t play poorly, we were just a bit anxious I think,” said head coach Billy Pate. “It
was our first match out, and Rice already had three matches under their belt so that didn’t help us out. They were a tough team, and I felt we were evenly matched. We started to rally back there at the end, but it was too late.” The Owls earned two wins in doubles starting with senior Oscar Podlewski and sopho-more Harry Fowler getting an 8-2 victory over sophomore Ian Chadwell and freshman Daniil Proskura. The second win for Rice came at the hands of junior Sam Garforth-Bles and sophomore Peter Frank outlasting senior
Trey Walston and sophomore Jarryd Botha, winning 8-4. Despite dropping five sets in singles competition, the bright spot for the Crimson Tide was junior Ricky Doverspike. Not only did he earn the Tide’s only victories for the day, but he also continued to build and grow per-sonally. “It was great for him to get the wins,” Pate said. “It is great for his confidence and can really help him to continue to build a strong mentality.” Amidst the first day losses, Doverspike and junior Vikram Reddy defeated juniors Michael Nuesslein and Christian Saravia
8-5 in doubles. Doverspike also won in singles, defeating Rice’s Fowler 6-3, 6-1. On the second day, Doverspike continued his domi-nance by defeating Hawaii’s Leo Rosenburg 6-1, 6-4. Although winning in singles, Doverspike and teammate Reddy lost to Hawaii seniors Daniel Llarenas and Jeremy Tweedt 8-4. The Tide played well overall, winning six sets in singles lead-ing them to a 4-0 sweep of the Hawaii Warriors. “The guys had a sense of urgency going out there against Hawaii,” Pate said. “They were a bit upset after that first day,
and they wanted to go out there and really prove themselves. They certainly built some confi-dence.” As the Tide prepares to take on Troy and Furman this Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Pate wants to continue to focus on what it takes to get better. “We’re concerned with pro-cess oriented goals,” he said. “Every competition and event will have its ups and its downs. It’s how you manage those ups and downs that can make or break you. Whether we win or we lose, we are not going to let that dictate what we do next.”
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TODAY
THURSDAY
• Men’s Basketball vs Mississippi State: 7 p.m.
• Women’s Basketball at Mississippi State: 7 p.m.
SPORTS this week
Tide sweeps Hawaii, struggles with Rice
Decision time for Alabama prospectsNATIONAL SIGNING DAY
MEN’S TENNIS
• Follow @CWSports on twitter for up-to-the-minute updates about Alabama commitments.
• Go to gameday.ua.edu for insight on the developing recruiting class from recruiting blogger Will Heimenz.
• Watch ESPNU from 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. to see the biggest recruits make their deci-sions on national television.
• Periodically check Rivals.com, Scout.com or ESPN.com to see who has commit-ted where and which school has the best class.
WAYS TO FOLLOW SIGNING DAY:
Cyrus Kouandjio, OL- Rivals Ranking: No. 4 overall, No. 1 offensive line-man- Top choices: Alabama, Auburn
Jeoffrey Pagan, DERivals ranking: No. 42 overall, No. 4 defensive endTop choices: Alabama, Georgia
Robenson Therezie, DBRivals ranking: No. 17 safetyTop choices: Alabama, Auburn (currently commit-ted to Auburn)
Isaiah Crowell, RBRivals ranking: No. 23 overall, No. 4 running backTop choices: Alabama, Georgia
Nickolas Brassell, WRRivals ranking: No. 51 overall, No. 7 wide receiverTop choices: Alabama, Ole Miss
LaMichael Fanning, DTRivals ranking: No. 25 defensive tackle Top choices: Alabama, Auburn (currently commit-ted to Alabama)
Brent Calloway, LBRivals ranking: No. 38 overall, No. 5 linebackerTop choices: Alabama, Auburn (currently commit-ted to Auburn)
Gabe Wright, DTRivals ranking: No. 141 overall, No. 13 defensive tackleTop choices: Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee
* No. 1 recruit RB Jadeveon Clowney, who is deciding between Alabama and South Carolina, will not make his deci-sion until after Signing Day.
RECRUITS TO KEEP AN EYE ON
1. Alabama 21 2,352
2. Texas 22 2,322
3. Florida State 25 2,293
4. LSU 22 2,224
5. Auburn 23 2,147
No. of recruits Points
TOP RECRUITING CLASS
