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NEWS | NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS PART TWO

NEWS | DRUG RAIDS

NEWS | ART

By Marc TorrenceAssistant Sports Editor

The Alabama menrsquos basketball team will face the Auburn Tigers at 6 pm in Coleman Coliseum and more than just an in-state rivalry and revenge for an early February loss will be on the line

The Crimson Tidersquos loss at

LSU last Saturday left Alabamarsquos chances at a second straight NCAA tournament berth hanging by a thread

Before the loss ESPNrsquos Joe Lunardi listed Alabama in the ldquonext four outrdquo group in his NCAA tournament projections In the lat-est RPI rating which was released Monday the Crimson Tide dropped three spots from 59-62 putting it squarely on the bubble

ldquoCertainly I think Alabamarsquos on the outside looking in right nowrdquo

said Jeff Goodman a national college basketball writer for CBSSportscom ldquoYou can deal with resume losses but right now bad losses which is kind of what that is even though LSUrsquos gotten better isnrsquot going to help their sit-uation of being on the right side of the bubblerdquo

Itrsquos a situation Alabama has faced before under head coach Anthony Grant In 2011 Grantrsquos second year on the job the Crimson Tide won the SEC West

but early season losses to Seton Hall Iowa and St Peterrsquos doomed what chances Alabama had at reaching the big dance Last year however the Crimson Tide over-came a four-game losing streak in conference play and finished strong to clinch a berth in the tournament

Unfortunately for Alabama 2013 looks to be shaping up a lot like 2011

By Alexandra EllsworthStaff Reporter

Kristy Randle is 42 years old and spends five days a week liv-ing on a boat with her husband and her 15-year-old son who is in high school Cynthia Blake is 30 worked in various restau-rants for more than a decade and married a man with two special needs sons The two women are both sacrificing time and money to come back to the University and try to earn degrees and from balancing time between their families and their stud-ies to bridg-ing the age gap between themselves and their classmates they face daily chal-lenges shared by the 2323 other non-traditional students on the Capstonersquos campus

ldquoNow I am just really tired because I have been burning the candle at both endsrdquo Randle said ldquoMy family took our first vacation in four years and I think I did more schoolwork than I did hikingrdquo

Financially there is also the challenge of juggling the bills to pay for school and taking care of her family

ldquoThe simple act of cooking dinner and having dinner as a family has been hardrdquo Randle said ldquoWe live on a 35-foot boat Everyone in my household is

a full-time student I have the 15-year-old over here doing schoolwork Gene is over there doing schoolwork and I am doing schoolwork and itrsquos a sandwich and Ramen noodle nightrdquo

But the Randles try to make Saturday night a family night when they are back at home in Springville Ala

ldquoAbout a year ago my 15 year-old said to me lsquoMom do you realize that we have eaten more processed foods since you have been back in college than we have my entire lifersquo Thatrsquos

the day I realized that I was kind of sucking as a momrdquo Randle said ldquoSo now we make it a point on Saturday nights when we go back to Springville that the dining room gets cleaned off

and Gene and I get in the kitch-en and we have a really good sit-down meal together And because we are going so much during the week we donrsquot get to sit-down and have conversa-tions every night like we used to but on Saturdays we dordquo

Another challenge non-tradi-tional students can face is fitting in with their classmates who are several years their junior

ldquoWhen I first started it was weird because I was in a class-room full of people my sisterrsquos age and I was like okay what do I say to these people who are 10 years younger than merdquo Randle said

Non-traditional students describe families sacrifi ces

March Madness hopes fading fast

CW | Shannon AuvilAlabamarsquos bleak tournament hopes hinge on successs against Auburn at home and convincing wins to close out seasonSEE BASKETBALL PAGE 8

By Megan MillerStaff Reporter

The brushstrokes of a handful of UA art students in a classroom in Woods Hall are transforming the way the models volunteering for the figure drawing class see themselves as the students explore creativity and various

drawing techniquesldquoAs a woman I have this

mental picture of myself and itrsquos hard to see myself from anyone elsersquos perspectiverdquo said Teri Hasemeyer a model for the class and senior major-ing in journalism and dance ldquoLiterally seeing what other people see about my physical body helps me to have a realis-tic image of what I really look like to people and to be hon-est it is beautiful It has been encouraging and enlightening

in that wayrdquoAnne Herbert instructor

of the class and graduate stu-dent describes the class as one that seeks to develop visual acuity and self-expression in

relationship to drawing the human figure

During the classes Herbert said students will learn how to draw figures using correct pro-portions and anatomy

ldquoA greater emphasis is placed on creativity expres-sion and sensitivity to the arrangement of visual ele-ments as they seek to cap-ture the vitality of a figurerdquo Herbert said

While the class is comprised mostly of live drawing exercis-es using a model Herbert said the class also explores materi-als process and concept

ldquoIn addition critiques and class discussions will take place throughout the course to

provide feedback growth and respectful dialoguerdquo Herbert said ldquoThe class is fast paced and fun and a lot of explora-tions into materials and tech-niques are possible when the subject of drawing is decidedrdquo

Ally Mabry a junior major-ing in digital media and print-making currently enrolled in the class said she had been excited to take figure drawing since she was a freshman

Figure drawing class allows students to learn techniques anatomy

SEE DRAWING PAGE 7

ldquoLiterally seeing what other people see about my physical body helps me to have a realistic image of what I really look like to people and to be hon-est it is beautiful It has been encouraging and enlightening in that way

mdash Teri Hasemeyer

SEE STUDENTS PAGE 3

ldquoI was like okay what do I say to these people who are 10 years younger than me

mdash Kristy Randle

National writers note Bamarsquos slim chances

Randle Blake give up more than most

Nude models give artists live subjects

CW | Shannon Auvil

Matt Larkin vice president of Students for Sensible

Drug Policy addressed about 35 attendees at a meet-

ing Monday night at the Ferg

Despite reports that a UAPD officer removed signs from

Palmer Hall advertising a meet-ing of the Alabama Chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy Monday afternoon about 35 people gathered that night in the Ferguson Center to discuss plans for a student rally in retali-ation to the Feb 19 arrest of 61 UA students on drug charges

Joe Hoffsommer the president of SSDP said the group does not condone or condemn marijuana

use They just want to amend the zero-tolerance policy on drugs

ldquoWe were an inactive group but after the recent drug raids we want to become active againrdquo Hoffsommer said ldquoWe think there should be some steps taken and we donrsquot agree with the pro-ceedings of the law enforcement We understand they were doing their job but our main stance is that we donrsquot think substance abuse especially in the case of cannabis is a criminal issue itrsquos

more of a health care issuerdquoMatt Larkin vice president

of SSDP proposed a solution to what punishment he believes would be fair

ldquoInstead of arresting drug users cops should take away whatever substance it was and refer them to a rehab centerrdquo Larkin said ldquoIt should be more of a rehabilitation compassionate stance than a criminal stancerdquo

By Adrienne Burch and Madison Roberts | CW Staff

Arrests spark discourseStudents say offi cer removed fl iers for meeting from dorms

SEE FLIERS PAGE 2

Photo Illustration by CW | Mackenzie Brown

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By Adrienne BurchAssistant News Editor

A 73-year-old retired University of Alabama faculty member was found dead in her home in The Highlands neigh-borhood on Sunday afternoon

Kate Ragsdale was the vic-tim of a homicide The inves-tigation by the Tuscaloosa Police Department is still ongoing

Ragsdale was employed at the University from 1979 until her retirement in

2006 Ragsdale worked in the Business Library and in 1987 was made plan-ning officer with the library administration

ldquoKate Ragsdale played a key role in the growth and development of the

University Libraries in her long career as a planning offi-cer and had remained actively involved with the UA Retiree Association since her retire-ment in 2006 Our thoughts and prayers are with her fam-ily and friends during this

difficult timerdquo Deborah Lane associate vice president for University Relations said in a statement on Monday

Ragsdale was awarded the University of Alabama Library Leadership Boardrsquos Faculty Award in 2004

Retired University professor found dead in The Highlands neighborhood home allegedly murdered

One idea that was proposed at the meeting was getting a petition of students who were for changing the policy and working with the administra-tion about equalizing the penal-ties for alcohol and drugs

ldquoWe donrsquot want to sound like a bunch of hippies who want to sit around and smoke doperdquo Hoffsommer said ldquoThatrsquos not

what we are We donrsquot want to give law enforcement any ammo against usrdquo

SSDP is currently in the process of getting a permit so they can legally protest or rally on campus and they have a Facebook page to promote the movement

Several witnesses saw UAPD officers taking down signs advertising Mondayrsquos meet-ing of the Alabama Chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy

Frank Thagard 2010 UA alumnus said he was in the

basement of Palmer Hall which houses the Mallet Assembly on Sunday evening when an officer approached him and his friends about the flier

ldquoAt first I thought he was going to tell us to stop playing music because we were being too loud or something but as he came closer I saw he had in his hand a flierrdquo Thagard said

He said he noticed the flier said something about a meeting about the drug busts that hap-pened recently

ldquoHe told us that hersquod been going around from dorm to

dorm pulling them down and asked us if we knew who put them uprdquo Thagard said ldquoWe didnrsquot and told him we didnrsquotrdquo

Thagard was not the only per-son who witnessed UAPD offi-cers taking down the fliers

Eric Jesse a sophomore said he was standing outside of a dorm on Friday night when a he saw an officer leaving Paty and approaching his building

ldquoHe proceeded to walk into the buildingrdquo Jesse said ldquoI then looked through the window and saw he had removed one of the posters about the meeting

regarding last weekrsquos arrestsrdquoJesse said after the officer left

his building he started to head off into the direction of the next dorm

ldquoI assume he proceeded to do the samerdquo Jesse said

Henry Perkins a senior majoring in anthropology said he also witnessed signs being torn down

ldquoI donrsquot want my home to be invaded by police everrdquo Perkins said ldquoI have protested before I will protest againrdquoAnna Waters and Will Tucker contributed to this report

FLIERS FROM PAGE 1

Students against zero-tolerance policy

From MCT Campus

EVANSTON Ill mdash Responding to pressure from a student alliance Northwestern University has established a commit-tee to investigate the history of John Evans a university founder connected to one of the worst massacres of Native Americans in the

countryrsquos historyJohn Evans mdash the name-

sake of the city of Evanston mdash was territorial governor of Colorado in 1864 when a mili-tia of about 700 men attacked a temporary village of Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho peo-ple at Sand Creek According to the National Park Service the soldiers killed 165 to 200 Native Americans about two-

thirds of them women chil-dren and elderly

Known as the Sand Creek Massacre it is considered one of the worst acts of genocide in the countryrsquos history

According to the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance at Northwestern the univer-sity has ignored that part of Evansrsquo history

In a statement Provost Daniel Linzer said ldquoThe year 2014 will mark the 150th anni-versary of Sand Creek so it is appropriate to assess how and what we report about John Evans as part of our institu-tional history and if and in what way we should continue to recognize his contributions to the university

Evans was a railroad

magnate who had a vested interest in train lines runningthrough Colorado The com-mittee will look into whether Northwestern received finan-cial support from Evans that ldquocould be attributed to wealthhe obtained as a result of policies and practices he pur-sued while territorial gov-ernor regarding the Native American populations thererdquo

Northwestern University to probe founderrsquos link to Native American genocide in 1864 Sand Creek Massacre

By Madison RobertsStaff Reporter

Over the past decade there has been a major shift on The University of Alabama campus from traditional to suite-style dorms

The University no longer builds traditional dorms like Tutwiler and Paty where stu-dents share a single room with another student and live in an entire building of the same gen-der Instead the University has built numerous luxury suite-style dorms like Ridgecrest Riverside Lakeside and the lat-est Presidential Village where each student gets his or her own room shares a bathroom with one other student and shares a common area with a kitchenette with the rest of their suite

Some students find this shift to living in suite-style dorms limits them from making friends because there isnrsquot as much of a need to talk to people on their hall

ldquoI have a friend who goes to UGA where living in a suite-style dorm as a freshman is unheard ofrdquo Emily Messer a freshman majoring in English

said ldquoWhen I visited her I noticed how many friends she had made on her hall and I was really jealous because the only people I know on my hall are my RA and the people who live in the suite with merdquo

Alexis Browning a freshman majoring in psychology said she thinks the reason people who live in suite-style dorms donrsquot make friends on their hall is because suite-style housing pro-motes an introverted environ-ment

ldquoBy allowing people to have their own room they have the ability to just lock themselves away and they arenrsquot forced to go out and meet peoplerdquo Browning said ldquoI never thought I would be thankful for living in Tutwiler but I definitely am There is always something going on and therersquos never really a moment where I am sitting in my room alonerdquo

However students who choose to live in the traditional dorms left on campus are not always fond of their environment

Abby Ruffin a freshman majoring in French said when she first signed up to live in Tutwiler she thought she would

make friends but said she feels out of place because she isnrsquot in a sorority

ldquoI first thought living in Tutwiler would be a really good experience because itrsquos all girls and traditional so I thought I would make a lot of friends but I honestly havenrsquotrdquo Ruffin said ldquoIrsquom not in a sorority so I live a different life than most of the girls on my hall and I guess that bothers them Also Tutwiler is absolutely disgusting If I could do this all over again I would definitely want to live in a suite-style dorm but oh well you live and you learnrdquo

Trey Clifton a freshman majoring in political sci-ence said he enjoys living in Ridgecrest because it gives him space to study and he likes not having to depend on a room-mate

ldquoI am a very clean person and I like having my own space where I donrsquot have to worry about someone elsersquos messrdquo Clifton said ldquoIt makes me feel more independent and I think having a roommate would just create a lot of arguments I would rather just live alone There are other ways to make

friends like joining a fraternity or a student organizationrdquo

Jack Mitchell a freshman majoring in business lives in Paty and said he wishes he had more privacy

ldquoI like it because it has ben-efited me socially but some-times I just need space to blast music and block out the world and my roommate doesnrsquot understand thatrdquo Mitchell said ldquoHe never leaves the roomrdquo

Browning thinks all stu-

dents should have to live in traditional housing at some point in their lifetime

ldquoI think it should be manda-tory for students to live in tra-ditional residence halls their freshman yearrdquo Browning said ldquoThatrsquos what our parents did thatrsquos what Irsquom doing and it defi-nitely hasnrsquot hurt me Yeah itrsquos kind of disgusting and you have to wear shower shoes but itrsquos such a great experience to have and itrsquos where Irsquove made my best friendsrdquo

Assistant Editors | Chandler Wright and Adrienne Burchnewsdeskcwuaedu

Tuesday February 26 2013NEWSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

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Some students question shift to suite-style dorms

By Ben ClarkContributing Writer

As members of the digi-tal generation most would believe todayrsquos college stu-dents no longer read for plea-sure mostly because of the growth of technology in their lifetimes Classic novels now have movie adaptations that can be watched and breaking news can be read in a tweet of less than 140 characters

However according to a recent survey students still want to read for pleasure but instead of technology getting in the way studentsrsquo class-work is preventing them from doing outside reading The survey which was released by College amp Research Libraries polled more than 700 stu-dents at Gustavus Adolphus College along with librarians from all over the country

While 93 percent of the students polled agreed they read for pleasure more than 77 percent of those same stu-dents said they didnrsquot have time for recreational reading because they had too much class-assigned reading

Many students at The University of Alabama match the findings of the survey

While the University itself boasts a growing population of over 33000 students the Honors College book club has

just five consistent membersErica Schumann a sopho-

more majoring in history and anthropology who is a mem-ber of the book club said she feels it is difficult for college students to find time to read for pleasure

ldquoIrsquove never been able to bal-ance my reading very well Sometimes my classwork suf-fers because I get really into a book and canrsquot focus on any-thing else until I finish it or sometimes I wonrsquot read for enjoyment for weeks because

I get overwhelmed by my classesrdquo Schumann said

While the members of the book club maintain their read-ing by meeting at least once a month other students outside of the club find it even harder to find extra time to read

Maggie Leverette a sopho-more majoring in finance said she believes even if she joined a book club she wouldnrsquot have time to read

ldquoSince I started college Irsquove found that my desire to read has decreased just because I

got out of the habit of read-ing all the time and I have so much reading for class that I donrsquot want to read for fun any-morerdquo Leverette said

Some students feel the problem of having to choose between class reading and reading for pleasure could be solved simply by profes-sors working together when assigning readings which would prevent overwhelm-ing students Candace Hill a junior majoring in English understands the struggle of

too much class readingldquoI read around a total of 30

novels last semester alone Several of them were 400-600 pages Not only does that leave little time to analyze the material in-depth but it also eliminates the possibility of outside readingrdquo Hill said

However time has not changed the curriculum or what is required of professors

Ash Bowen a professor in the English department said she believes things havenrsquot changed since he was in college

ldquoWhen I was an undergrad-uate majoring in English I typically had no time for plea-sure reading Taking 15 hours of literature courses ndash with each course having around seven novels on the the sylla-bus for a total of 35 novels in a single semester ndash certainly cut down the time I had for extra readingrdquo Bowen said

Although it has affected the way he teaches his course

ldquoBut at the same time I have to maintain the integrity of the course the University and my position and assign the material that needs to be coveredrdquo he said ldquoI simply do my best to ensure that the readings are in small enough chunks that students donrsquot feel overwhelmed and are still getting the necessary works coveredrdquo

Students fi nd it diffi cult to read for pleasure

CW | Alaina ClarkA recent College amp Research Libraries study found that students try to fi nd time to read for pleasure

CW | Pete PajorA Paty resident watches TV in his room

Blake said itrsquos easier in classes for her major

ldquoIn my journalism classes I do better but when I had classes outside my major and minors it was kind of hard because we had less common groundrdquo she said

Despite the age gap between herself and other students Randle said she has found everyone in her classes so far to be great

ldquoThe first couple of days of a new class are always awkward but when you get a couple of weeks into classes and theyrsquore asking me questions and I am asking them questions and you cultivate a friendshiprdquo she said

Students who had classes with Randle said it was not uncomfortable to have some-one older as a classmate They agreed that Randle was hard-working and great to work with

ldquoI love the idea of people com-ing back to school I think itrsquos very respectablerdquo Kassondra Marshall a junior majoring in public relations said ldquoI really enjoyed working with and get-ting to know Kristy I admired her story and her attitude

toward school She inspired me to work harder and really want to understand how to write for our PR classrdquo

Laura Monroe a senior majoring in journalism also said Randle was inspiring to her and Randlersquos different per-spective on life was beneficial when editing Monroersquos stories

ldquoHaving Kristy in my class didnrsquot really change the way I experienced the course so I wouldnrsquot say that it caused any-thing to be differentrdquo Monroe said ldquoWe worked together often during the class and edit-ed each otherrsquos papers a few times She is a few years older than me and has a family of her own but Kristy is just like every other student She is here to get an education that will help her reach her dreamsrdquo

Cassandra Nelson a first year masterrsquos student majoring in lit-erature said she admired non-traditional students for their work ethic and dedication to return to school

ldquoI think itrsquos great that they have the opportunity to go back to college and pursue their dreams and goalsrdquo Nelson said ldquoPersonally I kind of admire them for going back to college at that stage in their lives I know if I already had a steady job and a family you could not pay me to go back to college So I think

itrsquos really admirable that they are willing to work so hard to achieve their goals or dreamsrdquo

Nelson also found it easy to get along with older students in her classes

ldquoUsually because of their age and experience they provided a different take and insight on things that the rest of the class never would have thought ofrdquo she said

Randle said it was sometimes funny to find herself the same age or even older than some of her professors

ldquoI have to catch myselfrdquo she said ldquoSometimes itrsquos hard for me to remember to call some of my professors who are younger than me Dr or Mrs And I signed up for Dr Robertsrsquo ethics class last semester and had to drop it because I had too much other stuff going on with my research And [Dr Roberts] was like lsquoBut I was really looking forward to having someone my own in age in a class for oncersquordquo

Randle and Blake opted to return to campus and com-plete their degrees rather than pursuing one online but the University does offer online options for adult students age 25 and older through the New College Life Track program

ldquoWe serve students at a dis-tance so they can finish up in their own time and not be bound

by semestersrdquo Ana Schuber the Life Track program man-ager said ldquoThey only have to come to campus one time for orientationrdquo

Schuber said any other visits to campus would be optional They offer weekend courses though for those who wish to have more interaction

Currently Life Track has 300 to 350 students Students in the program can pick an area of depth study such as Literature Art and Society Science Technology and Culture Leadership Studies Community Studies as well as Self-Designed areas Upon completion of the program they earn a Bachelors of Science or a Bachelors of Arts from The University of Alabama

For Alexis Barton Life Track was a life-changing experience Barton entered the program at age 25 in 2006 She graduated in May 2010 and said she appreci-ated the flexibility the program gave her

ldquoWhen you do something you think you canrsquot do the beliefs you hold about your own abili-ties changerdquo she said ldquoYour dreams shift Possibilities emerge that you didnrsquot see before The supportive envi-ronment and the mentoring relationships Irsquove benefited from helped me believe that

a degree was not out of reach and the freedom to explore scholarly research at my own pace deepened my intellectual curiosityrdquo

B a r t o n c u r r e n t l y works in Birmingham for SameChicDifferentDaycom a popular blog she recently launched

William Carter graduated from the University through Life Track at age 49 and went on to get his masterrsquos degree

ldquoI got my masters in two yearsrdquo he said ldquoThat tells me this is a worthwhile programrdquo

Online classes did not appeal to Blake though who prefers a classroom setting

ldquoI donrsquot do very well online because I donrsquot have enough discipline to do itrdquo Blake said

However Randle said she loves online classes

ldquoIf I could have finished both of my degrees degree online I would haverdquo she said ldquoWhere else can you get a study and get a degree in your pajamas drinking coffeerdquo

But Randlersquos two areas of dis-cipline were not offered online

ldquoI could have gone some-where else I guess and gotten it through some ABC or XYZ University but I wanted a mean-ingful educationrdquo she said ldquoAnd that is what I am getting at Alabamardquo

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By Brad ErthalSenior Staff Columnist

Last week various state and local agencies the US Marshalls and this University wasted an enormous amount of scarce resources in an appar-ently successful attempt to damage the lives of 74 of our fellow citizens (61 of them stu-dents) for no good reason

In this way they betrayed the various public trusts which are the nominal reasons for their employment For this they will receive their 30 pieces of silver in the ongoing War on Drug Users assuming the West Alabama Narcotics Task Force can keep track of it The over-time checks will be signed and the officers are already patting themselves on the backs

If I had been tasked with drug enforcement in Alabama and had been caught spending any time on something other than catching meth cooks I would die of the shame I do not mean this glibly I would have a difficult time showing my face in public

But somehow rather than being wracked with remorse for burning truckloads of taxpayer money in pursuit of harmless users of a relatively benign drug our leaders are proud

The chief of the Tuscaloosa Police Department Steven Anderson reinforced unfor-tunate stereotypes about Alabama law enforcementrsquos critical thinking skills by affirming ldquoit is still illegal to possess [marijuana] sell it distribute it in the state of Alabama Therefore it is against the law We are still going to enforce the law no matter how harmless people think it isrdquo

Littering is also illegal in this state and yet people do it all the time You canrsquot walk outside in our fair city without stepping on a cigarette butt The police could spend their time stak-ing out public places waiting for litter bugs and citing them as soon as they throw a ciga-rette to the ground They donrsquot do this because they are busy Law enforcement has limited resources and chooses which crimes are worth pursuing and which are not

Thus it is surreal to hear Mr Anderson tell us that some-thing is illegal and therefore multiple law enforcement agencies needed to hire crimi-nal informants in a two month coordinated effort to pursue people violating a specific stat-ute ldquoIt is illegal so it must be stoppedrdquo sounds more like the catchphrase of an obsessive-compulsive vigilante than the utterance of a professional

UA President and temper-ance movement throwback

Judy Bonner crowed about the Universityrsquos attempts to protect students from ldquochoices about substance abuse that can have such a significant and nega-tive impact on their lives and others including their fami-lies their friends other stu-dents and this Universityrdquo I copied and pasted that from the email lest I be accused of misquoting her

This ignores the obvious fact that the major negative impacts from marijuana are precisely the arrest and subse-quent penalization of average citizens not the direct effects of the drug Young people in col-lege or not tend to experimentWe arbitrarily burden some of those experimenters with crim-inal records

Others both randomly and in nefarious systematic ways walk away with no adverse consequences The result is a country in which the last threePresidents have all admitted to marijuana use while a sig-nificant proportion of the adultpopulation is incarcerated for the same crime and many more face significant legal and pro-fessional consequences

Instead of helping to per-petuate this incredibly stupid system the University should drop its zero-tolerance policy and do whatrsquos right for its stu-dents The Task Force has been increasing its number of cases without producing many more defendants pre-sumably because they can ruin peoplersquos lives with drug arrests even without getting convic-tions Rather than rewarding the police for shoddy work the University should take no action to deprive these studentsof their educations

Some of you are planning to protest but I sense that the message might be vague While I support full legalization of marijuana and as a Colorado native I got to vote for such a measure last year I am doubt-ful that that will soon be accom-plished in Alabama Instead letyour rallying cry be to protect your fellow students from the harm caused by overzealous and senseless enforcement of a silly law

Brad Erthal is a doctoral stu-dent in economics His columnruns on Tuesdays

University should not reward police overreach

DRUG POLICY

CULTURE

By Lucy CheseldineStaff Columnist

On one of my regular tea breaks this week I stumbled across an interesting BBC Radio 4 program The familiar voices were weighing the ben-efits of gaining practical expe-rience alongside degree cours-es This is something America does much better than the UK

Most college students here are encouraged to spend their summers gaining work expe-rience or undertaking intern-ships There are also many more opportunities to gain experience in an industry as part of your college courses or

in exchange for college cred-it This means US students come off their degree program already having gone some way to building up their resumes and knowing more directly the industry they want to start

working inThe UK seems to take a dif-

ferent angle English education has an obsession for specialis-ing We are immediately out of sixth form and already being asked to choose one subject to study to spend the next three years pouring out our mind body and soul over Thatrsquos all well and good for gaining in-depth knowledge and I by no means object to the English university system ndash indeed I am proud of our institutions

However it does pose the problem that we have little dia-logue between the arts and sci-ences It also leaves little room for British degree courses to

merge with practical experi-ence Because our studies are so specific we tend to keep our education within the realms of the university

I have found that placements and encouragement to gain experience are much more part of the American way Perhaps this is because education here is partly based on prepara-tion for industry something British institutions do not yet acknowledge to such an extent Or indeed tend not to be so con-cerned with There is nowhere near as much encouragement to get hands-on work alongside your degree as there is here

I spent another of my daily

tea breaks researching and applying for summer intern-ships here in the US which of course turned into more of an extended and complicated few hours of sifting through incomprehensible application processes than a break Irsquom in two minds I admire the United Statesrsquo emphasis on constantly looking to gain practical expe-rience But after all the hours spent applying I just hope it isnrsquot blighting the main focus of college students college At the end of the day we are here to make use of our institution and benefit from the resources it offers as much as we can

Perhaps my mother has it

right After retiring she has begun an art degree They offer her an intellectually directed education in art history along-side a practical course in mak-ing art itself The course offersthe best of both worlds

I have no answers to this dilemma But any which way you look at it the job market just tells us to grab anything and everything we can that might help us along the way Just keep moving Thatrsquos what I have been telling myself

Lucy Cheseldine is an Englishinternational student studyingEnglish literature Her columnruns weekly on Tuesdays

Differences between American and English universities must be recognized

By John BrinkerhoffOpinion Editor

It seems two of the most cited statistics in the smoking ban debate are the percentage of UA smokers climbs from 6 percent freshman year to 16 percent senior year and 58 percent of students support a campuswide smoking ban

If true and correctly obtained these statistics which were collected in a Health and Wellness Survey last spring are telling However a quick look into this survey reveals they were not correctly obtained and as a result are certainly not an accurate representation of student opinion

Regardless of each indi-vidualrsquos personal views on the issue however one thing which everyone should agree on is that the debate should be grounded in truth The survey in which these numbers were obtained makes a mockery of this premise It seeks to per-suade students rather than obtain their opinion

Before asking about the ban the survey stated

ldquoAccording to the Surgeon Generalrsquos 2010 report on second-hand smoke

There is no safe level of secondhand smoke Breathing even a little sec-ondhand smoke can be

dangerousNearly 50000 deaths each

year are attributed to sec-ondhand smoke and thou-sands of affected people suffer from heart and lung disease due to exposurerdquoThe statement is true how-

ever it is also something any-one over the age of 5 already knows Itrsquos only effect is to clearly stake out the position of ban supporters which bias-es the student population and misleads them into believing that there is a ldquorightrdquo answer to these supposed opinion-based questions

Even more egregious is the wording of the actual smoking ban question which stated

ldquoAs a leading institution in higher learning in the country The University of Alabama promotes a healthy environment that is conducive to academic excellence and general well-being

In order to further the Universityrsquos commitment to the health of the University would you be in favor of The University of Alabama becoming a smoke-free campusrdquoBy any scientific standard

this is biasing to the sample population It is designed to manipulate students into believing that if they do not support a ldquosmoke-free cam-pusrdquo then they are against the general health and pur-suit of excellence at Alabama This bias would be particular-ly effective on freshmen who may be more apt to lie about their smoking habits to fit in line with this ldquocommitmentrdquo

That the University which prides itself on the quality of its research would approve and disseminate such a biased joke of a survey is absolutely shameful

There is nothing wrong with collecting student opin-ions for a debate over policy change There is also noth-ing wrong with presenting expert opinions such as the Surgeon General to craft an argument

There is plenty wrong with mixing the two especially when the selected opinions all favor one side The results are tainted and cannot be seriously used in any discus-sion regarding the future of

smoking on campusIf the University is serious

about this issue and if sup-porters of the ban are confi-dent that students truly are tired of secondhand smoke then there should be no issue with commissioning a new survey that adheres to some modicum of objectivity and scientific standards

Do not demean the gravity of this debate by asking lead-ing questions Do not waste the time of students by giv-ing them a worthless survey with an agenda Do not insult the intellectual integrity of this University by touting the flawed results of this survey as valid

Instead work with both sides to create a survey that truly measures student opin-ion If understanding how to do so without shoving per-sonal biases down the throats of survey-takers proves too difficult then seek assistance from faculty researchers who actually know how to craft opinion surveys

This campus deserves another Health and Wellness Survey It needs to be done well and it needs to be done right

John Brinkerhoff is the opin-ion editor of The Crimson White His column runs weekly

UA smoking ban debate founded on falsehoodsSMOKING BAN

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

John Brinkerhoff

Brad Erthal

Lucy Cheseldine

CW | Kevin Pabst

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday February 26 2013 | Page 5

By Tori LinvilleContributing Writer

Students organizations and others connected with The University of Alabama interest-ed in using University vehicles instead of their own can access vans and other vehicles through the Fleet Services of the Universityrsquos Driver Safety and Vehicle Management Program

Those looking to operate a University vehicle can do so after qualifying for driver requirements filling out the Application for Use of a State Owned Automobile and paying a rental charge Fleet Services provides options of a sedan a

seven passenger mini-van a 12 passenger van or a cargo van

Driver requirements include a minimum age of 21 no less than three years of driving experience a valid driverrsquos license signed authorization allowing the University to access the

driverrsquos Motor Vehicle Record and completion of an online training program

Once the paperwork is filed and the driver is cleared Fleet Services provides the vehicle to be rented The daily rates for renting sedans seven passen-ger vans and 12 passenger vans are $49 $59 and $79 respectively

Bob Pugh director of Risk Management said the vans

are typically new and theyrsquore well maintained

ldquoThey have the current equip-ment in the way of traction con-trol stability control airbags theyrsquore more crash-worthy than the older vansrdquo Pugh said ldquoWe know the history of the vans ndash we know if the van has had the oil changed the brakes checked the tires checked air pressure headlights windshield wipers ndash all the little things so when you go to pick it up to take it on a trip itrsquos ready to gordquo

Organizations such as vari-ous sports clubs like womenrsquos rugby and even the equestrian club use the well-serviced vans to their advantage Coordinator of Sports Clubs Wyant Boreson explained the process of paperwork students have

to undertakeldquoThe [students] turn in the

request form theyrsquoll give it to me Irsquoll fill out the necessary accounting information and Irsquoll send that to Fleet Servicesrdquo Boreson said ldquoWe make sure the students fill out the MVR form as well with their informa-tion and Irsquoll send that to Risk Management and then the stu-dent is notified of the required online training course It really just helps the time process and if therersquos missing informa-tion I act as the contact for Risk Managementrdquo

In addition to efficient time management and coordination Fleet Services aims to provide excellent customer service Barbara Grimes office associ-ate at the Community Service

Center saidldquoWersquoll sometimes go and pick

up the vans at 6 in the morningbefore Fleet Services is even open keep them for a week and return them with no problemsrdquoGrimes said ldquoThey work very well with us on our reserva-tions even if we have to make a last-minute change the directorwill try to work with us in solv-ing the problemsrdquo

Along with the vans Fleet Services provides the Universityrsquos Driver Safety and Vehicle Management Program rents out other vehicles includ-ing cars golf and utility carts garbage trucks and even bucket trucks

For more information about the Fleet Services visit fleetuaedu

From sedans to vans students can rent UA vehiclesldquoWersquoll sometimes go and pick up the vans at 6 in the morning be-

fore Fleet Services is even open keep them for a week and return them with no problems They work very well with us on our reser-

vations even if we have to make a last-minute change the director will try to work with us in solving the problems

mdash Barbara Grimes

Black Student Union hosts Andre TaylorBy Camille CorbettContributing Writer

The first black president of the National Alumni Association challenged mem-bers of The University of Alabamarsquos Black Student Union to facilitate and enhance the academic suc-cess of black students during the annual Black State of the Union address on Monday night

President Andre Taylor addressed members of the Black Student Union an orga-nization that focuses on black student empowerment within the University The purpose of this event was to recog-nize the progress that black students on this campus have made within the past year

ldquoYou know how the presi-dent has a state of union for the entire United States well this event is an address focus-ing on the African-American community of campusrdquo senior Kyle Fraizer vice pres-ident of the Black Student Union said

The overall message of this event was one to focus more on goals that are already in the Black Student Union

ldquoThe theme of my presen-tation is obstacles and oppor-tunities something you are moving toward and becoming like Itrsquos really just what you think about the mostrdquo Taylor said

Kayla James president of the Black Student Union said they started the event in con-junction with the NAACP

ldquoItrsquos really an annual event to talk about how far wersquove come and the problems that we face todayrdquo James said

This event also serves as a venue for older black stu-dents on campus to try to influence students within the University

ldquoItrsquos to get minority stu-dents involved but by using a different perspective than we usually use Itrsquos more like alumni trying to influence student mindsrdquo Fraizer said

Black students also use this address as a way to become knowledgeable and

understand ways to improve race relations on campus

ldquoI was able to learn more and to be more aware about race relations on this cam-pus and what we can do to improve the state of African-Americans on this cam-pusrdquo Kimiko McKenzie a sophomore majoring in biology said

Kaiya Arroyo secretary of the Black Student Union said Taylorrsquos address also served

to inspire black students on campus

ldquoEvery year we try to uplift our students and bring in a speaker who understands what itrsquos like to be a student at UA and we just try to help our students be inspired even though itrsquos kind of late within the school year we believe February is a great time to reflect and still have the abil-ity to change what we desire to changerdquo Arroyo said

CW | Shannon AuviThe National Alumni Associationrsquos fi rst black president Andre Taylor

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348-RIDE anticipates 22 increase in passengersBy Colby Leopard and Justin HeckCW Staff

348-RIDE and 348-RIDE Express projected to have 170128 total riders in 2013 an increase of 22 percent from last year when the program had a combined total of 137214 rid-ers up from 120332 total riders in 2011

348-RIDE began in November 2007 as an on-demand service provided by the UA Transit Department that transports students around campus and neighboring areas after Crimson Ride night hours end at 10 pm The program began with three eight-passenger vans and carried 626 riders in the first two months

Now 348-RIDE has a fleet

of nine 12-passenger vans 12 drivers and three dispatchers

Ralph Clayton direc-tor of transit services at the University of Alabama said the focus of 348-RIDE has expand-ed from its original purpose

ldquoThe primary focus of 348-RIDE is academic in nature

but it has expanded We realize that not all students just need a ride to go the libraryrdquo Clayton said ldquoWe try to support the overall safety of our studentsrdquo

348-RIDE is typically busiest during the weekend

ldquoOn weekdays we aver-age 300 or 400 passengers per nightrdquo Clayton said ldquoOn Friday and Saturday we aver-age about 700 or even up to 1000 passengers per nightrdquo

In order to deal with the increased volume of calls on the weekends the UA Transit Department and SGA worked together to create 348-RIDE Express in 2009

ldquoThe SGA is the one that came up with the model for 348-RIDE Express in order to help relieve some of the stress on the regular 348-RIDE We

found that a number of stu-dents wanted to go to the same locationsrdquo Clayton said

348-RIDE Express runs a fixed route around campus from 9 pm to 330 am from Thursday until Sunday

Although most students feel 348-RIDE is an overall helpful system some have had issues getting through to the dispatch-ers Luke Kiszla a sophomore majoring in history and the-atre said he has encountered this problem several times

ldquoThe main trouble is getting through the automated sys-temrdquo Kiszla said ldquoOnce I talk to a dispatcher theyrsquore so help-

ful at getting me a ride The automated system is just hard to navigate sometimesrdquo

Kiszla said he has used 348-RIDE to get home from bars downtown after his band plays He said he believes that 348-RIDE could benefit from link-ing Google maps a mobile GPS device to the dispatchers

Ultimately Kiszla believes 348-RIDE is an important resource on campus that pro-motes student safety and is also a partial solution to the lack of parking spaces on cam-pus

ldquoItrsquos a good system over-all Itrsquos helped me and my

friends make safe choices fol-lowing partiesrdquo Kiszla saidldquoIf only the parking situa-tion was better in town Iwouldnrsquot have to worry aboutleaving my car when I take348-RIDErdquo

Students can also log onto 348rideuaedu with theirmyBama username and pass-word to select a pick-up anddrop-off location

Apps to request rides from348-RIDE are available on iOSand Android smartphonesldquoRideCellrdquo is available in theiTunes App Store and ldquoUAlabama 348Riderdquo is availablein the Google Play Store

By Alex EigelContributing Writer

Jorge Ortiz-Sotelo chair-man of the Peruvian Institute of Politics and Economics will be delivering a lecture titled ldquoDefeating the Shining Path A Lesson in Combating Terrorism in Perurdquo from 3 to 430 pm Tuesday in 205 Gorgas Library

Ortiz-Sotelo will be speaking on his experience as a Peruvian marine in the final battles between the military forces of Peru in the late 1980s and the capture of the leader of the Shining Path Movement

ldquoHe will give students an inside look at someone who participated in a long war to suppress the Shining Path and improve liferdquo said history pro-fessor Lawrence Clayton a close friend of Ortiz-Sotelorsquos

ldquoHe was involved in a defin-ing moment in modern Peru He has occupied some pretty important posts in Peru He was the head in commission of the settlement of a longtime border dispute between Peru and Ecuador and has been involved in different levels of diplomacyrdquo

Together Clayton and Ortiz-Sotelo meet on a regular basis to write about the history of maritime across the Americas

As chairman of the Peruvian Institute of Politics and Economics Ortiz-Sotelo is the brains behind a think tank that produces paper on issues of national importance that affect the course of national politics and international relations Clayton said

Among his numerous accom-plishments and responsibili-ties Ortiz-Sotelo is also the

editor of an international jour-nal and works in several orga-nizations with members across Latin America and Europe

While visiting the University Ortiz-Sotelo will also be lectur-ing privately in different class-es on the relations between Peru and Cuba The lecture held in 205 Gorgas Tuesday is free and open to the public

History department to host head of Peruvian think tank

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Shining Path A Lesson in Combating Terrorism in Perursquo lecture

bull When Tuesday3 - 430 pm

bull Where 205 Gorgas

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projected for 2013

bull 137214 total riders in 2012

bull 120332 total riders in 2011

The UA Student Recruitment Team serves as host to

prospective students and student athletes through resident

hall tours lunches phone blitzes informational sessions

gameday activities etc

Members of this team will provide guidance and offer

insight to students and their families regarding campus

life student involvement athletics and

the enrollment process

MANDATORY CONVOCATIONWe will discuss the selction process

Monday February 25 and Wednesday February 27 at 800 pm in Room 159 (Auditorium) of Russel Hall

APPLICATION DEADLINE

1ST ROUND INTERVIEWS MARCH 11-152ND ROUND INTERVIEWS MARCH 18-22

FRIDAY MARCH 1ST AT 5PM

For more information and to download the application please visithttpgobamauaeduuastudentrecruitmentteam

2013 - 2014 SELECTIONS

You have the option to attend Monday night OR Wednesday night-you do not have to attend both but attendance at one IS MANDATORY

Failure to attend one of the convocations will result in automatic disqualification of the applicant

Research paper due soon and you havenrsquot started Librarians are always available to help with developing

your topic fi nding resources and citing sources

R E S E A R C H R E S C U EDrop-in Research Help

University LibrariesSpecial Research Rescue

Hours AvailableMon - Thurs 4-6pm

Gorgas Library1st Floor Information Desk

February 18 - April 25

wwwlibuaedu

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Tuesday February 26 2013CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

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Page 7

Union Confederate documents held in Hoole LibraryBy Deanne WinslettStaff Reporter

From its beginning in 1948 the W S Hoole Special Collections Library has been home to thousands of books manuscripts photos and more dating back as far as the 15th century

Many other collections each with an independent focus also contribute to the history archived at the University of Alabama Two of the main collections contribute to the archiving of Southern and Alabama history the WS Hoole Collection and the AS Williams Collection

ldquoThe WS Hoole Collection and the AS Williams Collection are similar in that both support the study of Southern history and culturerdquo associate dean for special collections Mary Paluzzi said

The AS Williams Collection took root in Amelia Gayle Gorgas library in 2010 after being donated to University of Alabama Libraries More than 20000 pamphlets and tran-scripts from the late 17th cen-tury to 2009 comprise to the col-lection

ldquoThe Williams Collection developed as the private col-lection of Mr A S Williams III and as such is a more focused collection with strength in studies on US Presidents and the Civil War studies including both Union and Confederate resourcesrdquo Paluzzi said

While the Williams Collection focuses specifically on south-ern history Hoole Special Collections has a wide variety of less concentrated material

ldquoOver 75 years the Hoole Collection has evolved to sup-port a broader range of sub-jects with strength in Alabama

including books diaries manu-scripts and maps detailing the history culture and lives of Alabamiansrdquo Paluzzi said

With the upkeep of such his-torical documents comes strict-er rules for users In addition to the standard food and drink ban no ink pens are allowed inside Only pencils may be brought near the items and used for notes or observations

ldquoWe also go and get things for you rather than having you browse the shelvesrdquo said Jessica Lacher-Feldman WS Hoole Special Collections Curator of Rare Books and Special Collections

To further prevent damage and wear Special Collections keeps items in acid-free boxes and stores them in a climate-controlled area accessible only to staff

ldquoOur stacks area is secure and climate controlled and is

an environment that is meant to keep rare materials safe secure and away from environ-mental factors that can harm themrdquo Lacher-Feldman said

While Special Collections takes extensive measures to protect historical items the collection itself is still open to public viewing Whether for scholastic purposes or per-sonal curiosity the items kept safe within Special Collections are available with the aid of the staff

ldquoThe books are accessible to the public and students faculty and staff who are always wel-come in Special Collectionsrdquo Lacher-Feldman said

With thousands of texts pic-tures manuscripts newspa-pers and more available Hoole Special Collections has become a key part of the University of Alabama Libraries as well as Alabamarsquos history

CW | Alaina ClarkHoole houses rare works including ldquoSmokerdquo by Amy Pirkle (top left)

By Francie JohnsonContributing Writer

Tuscaloosa band Shod Shirby has a typical five-part lineup comprised of a vocalist guitarist bassist drummer and pianist Whatrsquos not so typical is that all five of these positions are fulfilled by only two people

ldquoWe really wanted to see what our limits are and how far the two of us can gordquo said Dustin Grammer the bandrsquos guitarist and bassist ldquoWe just want to see how far as two

guys we can push thingsrdquoGrammer and Trent Parker

the bandrsquos vocalist pianist and drummer have lived in Tuscaloosa their entire lives The two friends formed Shod Shirby in August 2012

ldquoWersquove been playing since we were about 10 years oldrdquo Parker said ldquoWersquove always been around music together but wersquove never actually played in a band together until late last yearrdquo

Shod Shirbyrsquos first release a self-titled six-song EP dropped

on Feb 5 Parker and Grammer recorded all of the vocals and instrumentals for the EP except for the song ldquoNot Todayrdquo which features Grammerrsquos wife Erica Grammer on backup vocals

Throughout the recording process Grammer and Parker faced the challenge of creating a full-band sound with just two people

ldquoWe were having to learn recording equipment we werenrsquot familiar withrdquo Parker said ldquoIt was hard mixing the sound the whole thing was just difficultrdquo

To create the illusion of a full band in their EP Grammer and Parker first recorded the differ-ent vocals and instrumentation of each song individually and then they layered the tracks to form the final songs This process was repeated for every song on the EP

The band has encountered other obstacles in addition to recording such as gaining exposure in the small town of Tuscaloosa

ldquoAs opposed to doing cover songs or playing things that

are more familiar itrsquos harder to get more attention when yoursquore writing your own songsrdquo Grammer said ldquoItrsquos not something people can just hear around town or pick up on the radio everydayrdquo

Parker and Grammer try to distinguish themselves from other Tuscaloosa bands by creating a sound that is purely their own Shod Shirby has a predominantly Southern-rock vibe but the band incorporates a variety of influences into its music refusing to be classified as simply one genre

ldquoWe want to be differentrdquo Parker said ldquoWersquore a little tired of hearing the same things around town We want to do it in our own wayrdquo

Grammer and Parker draw musical inspiration from their own life experiences aiming to write music that their audi-ence can identify with They wrote a not-yet-released track entitled ldquoDown Rains the Firerdquo as a tribute to the United States Military This is a topic that hits close to home for Grammer a member of the Navy Reserve

ldquoIf you take a regular person [someone who] just puts on their boots and goes to work thatrsquos who we want to relate tordquo Parker said ldquo[We want to relate to] people who make the sacrificesrdquo

ldquoDown Rains the Firerdquo will be a part of Shod Shirbyrsquos upcom-ing album ldquoDriftwoodrdquo which the band expects to release in late spring or early summer

The two band members agree that Shod Shirby hasnrsquot been an easy project but the

music itself provides all themotivation they need to keepgoing

ldquoWe want to reach peoplejust put a smile on somebodyrsquos face or put a tune in their headrdquoParker said ldquoWe really likeplaying we really like musicand when you love doing some-thing that much you might aswell do itrdquo

For more informationabout Shod Shirby visit thebandrsquos Facebook page atfacebookcomShodShirby

Tuscaloosa natives band together to form Southern rock duo

ldquoSpecial Collections allows us to look into the lives of those who came before us and begin to understand what their world was likerdquo Lacher-Feldman said

For more information on W

S Hoole Special Collections and the collections within the UA libraries visit wwwlibuaedu or visit W S Hoole Special Collections on the second floor of Mary Harmon Bryant Hall

ldquoIrsquom really happy with how the class is going this semes-terrdquo Mabry said ldquoAnne makes

the atmosphere relaxed and constructive and we can all appreciate each otherrsquos differ-ent drawing techniquesrdquo

Mabry said her expecta-tions were completely differ-ent coming into the class and have changed significantly from the start of the semester

ldquoI expected to create more detailed drawings but this class focuses on creating movement and mood in a piecerdquo Mabry said ldquoItrsquos push-ing me out of my comfort zone and Irsquom really appreciative for thatrdquo

In addition to being pushed out of her comfort zone Mabry said she also gets to experiment with other forms of art

ldquoIn the past week alone Irsquove learned how to use India Ink to capture a figure and Irsquove taped charcoal to the end of a stick to draw withrdquo Mabry said ldquoItrsquos always exciting and therersquos always something unexpected to tryrdquo

Hasemeyer found a list-ing on the Facebook page for dance majors looking for mod-els for the class

ldquoI have really enjoyed the experience because I am not much of an artist so I enjoy being a part of the art as the subjectrdquo she said

Hasemeyer said being a model for the class has pushed her out of her comfort zone but the students have made it easier to be comfortable

ldquoI think that students come in ready to learn while expressing their own take on the assignmentrdquo Hasemeyer said ldquoI think that they also see me the model as just a sub-ject or a body which honestly makes it a little easier to get out of my comfort zonerdquo

Krystal Campbell another model for the class said the students are professional and serious which makes the environment comfortable and relaxed

ldquoThe students are very tal-ented and I have the opportu-nity to see a side of the UA pop-ulation you forget exists if you arenrsquot an art majorrdquo Campbell said ldquoI encourage anyone who gets a chance to do itrdquo

DRAWING FROM PAGE 1

Art pushes students out of comfort zones

CW | Jingyu WanTrent Parker and Dustin Grammer play music in their studio

Page 8 | Tuesday February 26 2013 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

By Marquavius BurnettSports Editor

Throughout her career Marissa Gutierrez has been the exception to the rule of injured gymnasts

But after suffering an ankle injury on Feb 22 against Arkansas Gutierrez is likely to miss the No 4 Crimson Tidersquos upcoming meet versus the No 6 UCLA Bruins

Gutierrez competes on the vault balance beam and floor exercise for the Tide and has been a strong competitor for much of the season She land-ed awkwardly on her ankle during her first tumbling pass in the floor exercise Friday

ldquoSometimes ankle sprains can be five days sometimes it can be five monthsrdquo head coach Sarah Patterson said ldquoMy experience is you just donrsquot know until you see how a person respondsrdquo

Patterson said Gutierrez is currently wearing a walking

boot and will more than likely have to wear ankle tape when she returns to action

Patterson said the nature of gymnastics makes resting the ankles paramount

ldquoWhen you see our sport itrsquos not the difference of just run-ning up and downrdquo Patterson said ldquoYoursquove got to be able to push off of it Itrsquos got to be 100 percent to do the event she does and like she does

ldquoIrsquoll probably say that the last few weeks of her career shersquoll be wearing tape on her ankle She never has I donrsquot think Irsquove ever even seen her in ankle taperdquo

Teammates are rallying behind Gutierrez and every-one is stepping up to fill the holes she left

ldquoWersquore all stepping up and the freshmen have done a great job of stepping up in practice this weekrdquo Sarah DeMeo said ldquoWersquore going to need them this weekrdquo

Tide remains No 4 in the rankings

The Alabama gymnas-tics team retained its No 4 national ranking after posting its second-highest score and highest road score of the sea-son at Arkansas last Friday Feb 22

Starting this week rank-ings are decided by Regional Qualifying Score a formula which takes a teamrsquos top three road scores its next three highest scores home or away drops the high score and aver-ages the remaining five

By RQS Oklahoma moved up to the No 1 spot while pre-vious No 1 Florida dropped to second Michigan remained in third and LSU jumped the UCLA Bruins to claim the fifth spot The Tide will take on the No 6 Bruins this Friday at home before closing out its regular season against the No 1 Sooners March 15 In between Alabama travels to No 5 LSU

Gutierrez likely to miss next gymnastics meetGYMNASTICS

BASEBALL

SOFTBALLWOMENrsquoS GOLF

CW | Shannon AuvilMarissa Gutierrez landed awkwardly in Fridayrsquos meet against Arkansas and sprained her ankle

CW Staff

For the second time in three weeks Alabama out-fielder Haylie McCleney has been named the Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week

McCleney also led the team in hits and runs scored for the third consecutive week The Morris Ala native bat-ted 611 (11-for-18) with nine runs two doubles a home run nine RBIs and four sto-len bases

McCleney was named the

Easton Bama Bash tourna-ment MVP She had four multi-hit performances in the six-game week including three games with three hits The rookie scored at least one run and reached base in all but one game

In the Bama Bash opener McCleney batted 3-for-3 scored four runs drove in six and hit a home run against Western Illinois McCleney opened the week with a 3-for-4 outing at the plate against UAB then posted another three-hit day against Iowa

After three weeks McCleney is batting 604 with 24 runs 32 hits three home runs 14 RBIs and 15 stolen bases

Alabama will play six games in four days this week all at Rhoads Stadium The Crimson Tide will open the week against Samford on Wednesday Feb 27 before playing its make-up game against South Alabama on Thursday The Tide will then welcome Iowa State and St Johnrsquos for the Easton Classic this weekend

McCleney named SEC Freshman of the Week Bama Bash MVP

By Kevin ConnellContributing Writer

The Alabama baseball team returns home to Sewell-Thomas Stadium to play the Samford Bulldogs Tuesday in the first game of a four-game home stint

The Crimson Tide (6-1) con-tinued to make waves this past weekend in Boca Raton Fla where it took the first two games of the series against the Florida Atlantic Owls before dropping its first game of the season in the series finale

on SundayldquoI thought our team overall

was really prepared and played extremely well particularly Friday night We played a real-ly good left-handed pitcher that was Pitcher of the Year last year in their conferencerdquo head coach Mitch Gaspard said

Through seven games of the season Gaspard said he now has an idea of what kind of a team he is working with this season

ldquoTheyrsquore very competitive They play with really good energy good focus each day

and thatrsquos a good sign as we move forward into the seasonrdquo he said ldquoJust the team overall I like where theyrsquore at I like their focus I like the way they play the game And if they con-tinue to do that itrsquos going to be a team thatrsquos just going to con-tinue to get better as we move through the seasonrdquo

The team will try to rebound from the loss to Florida Atlantic when it takes on a Samford team that the Tide swept two games to none in the season series last year

Gaspard said the Tide knows

Bulldogs (5-4) can be a tough team to beat and they arenrsquot about to overlook them

ldquoThey have a tremendous outfielder and pitcher for them that really has been the cata-lyst for their team the last cou-ple yearsrdquo he said ldquo[Samford head coach] Casey Dunnrsquos done a really nice job with their program We know itrsquos going to be a real competitive game and wersquore looking forward to getting back on the field again tomorrow nightrdquo

Gaspard said pitching has been the key to the teamrsquos

success so far this season after the Tide posted three quality starts against Florida Atlantic over the weekend

Sophomore left-hander Taylor Guilbeau (1-0) will look to continue the solid pitch-ing for Alabama as he makes his second start of the season Tuesday Guilbeau allowed just one run on three hits and two walks in five innings of work in a 10-8 victory over then-No 21 Southern Miss last week

The Tide will also look for freshman center fielder Georgie Salem to maintain his

current form at the plate afterleading the team with a 538 batting average in the Florida Atlantic series

ldquo[He had] a lot of quality at bats from Tuesday through Sundayrdquo Gaspard said ldquoHersquos that guy up top where wersquore expecting him to give those tough at bats for us to get us going and let those other guys see pitches throughout the gamerdquo

First pitch is scheduled for 605 pm Tuesday The two teams will meet again later this season on March 19 at Samford

Tide looks to win 4 games at home after 1st season loss

Round 2 of Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Championship postponedCW Staff

Damaging overnight weath-er in the New Orleans area contributed to the cancel-lation of Mondayrsquos second round of the 2013 Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Golf Championship Play will resume on Feb 26 at 8 am with

a shotgun start for the final round

During the night severe thun-derstorms brought high winds nearly three inches of rain and dime-sized hail to the course The clean-up for Tuesdayrsquos sec-ond round has begun

For updated informa-tion on the Allstate Sugar

Bowl Intercollegiate Golf Championship visit the tour-nament page located on the Tulane womenrsquos golf homepage at TulaneGreenWavecom or golfstatcom

Alabama will be playing with Florida and Southern California in Tuesdayrsquos second and final round

Alabama suffered five non conference losses with the low point being back-to-back loss-es to Tulane and Mercer The Crimson Tide has put together a 10-4 record in conference play since then but the Southeastern Conference may be as weak as it has ever been so there havenrsquot been many quality wins to come by Conversely losses to LSU and Auburn look worse than they would in years past

ldquoItrsquos certainly not a good loss at this point in the yearrdquo said Dan Wolken who covers college basketball for USA Today ldquoThey really needed to rack up some big wins in the SEC and the reality of the situation this year is that the SEC doesnrsquot offer a lot of high quality wins If you miss against Missouri and you miss against Florida then yoursquore basically playing games against other bubble teamsrdquo

Florida and Missouri are the only SEC teams that appear to be locked in for the NCAA tour-nament right now Lunardi list-ed Ole Miss as one of his ldquolast four inrdquo teams and Kentucky as one of his ldquolast four outrdquo before this weekendrsquos action

Alabama still has a chance to prove itself however After fac-ing Auburn the Crimson Tide will travel to Florida for a crucial Saturday game that will be tele-vised on ESPN Then it will take on Ole Miss in Oxford Miss before finishing out the season at home against Georgia The SEC tournament awaits after where winning means an auto-matic NCAA tournament berth

While the outlook currently looks bleak there is still some

hope for AlabamaldquoThey need to beat Florida

certainlyrdquo Wolken said ldquoThey also have Ole Miss coming up which would help Itrsquos a mov-ing target The thing about these discussions is itrsquos so hard to gauge because itrsquos a moving target It depends on what other teams in other leagues dordquo

Goodman however thinks Alabama could still get in the tournament without beating the Gators

ldquoYoursquore not supposed to win the one at Florida anyway Theyrsquore probably not going to win it They win it theyrsquore in great shaperdquo he said ldquoItrsquos prob-ably going to take them sweep-ing the rest of them and then winning at least one [SEC] tour-nament gamerdquo

Many Alabama fans will call for Grantrsquos job if he fails to make the tournament for the third time in four years The former VCU head coach and Florida assistant is making almost $2 million a year and currently has only a first-round tournament exit on his resume

Both Goodwin and Wolken were quick to dismiss the notion of Grant losing his job or even being on the hot seat if he misses the tournament Grant inherited a severe talent defi-ciency and has recruited well during his time in Tuscaloosa And barring a disastrous finish Alabama will post 20 wins for the third straight season

ldquoYou have to kind of judge it against the historical standardrdquo Wolken said ldquoWhat kind of pro-gram does Alabama expect to be expect to have Based on all of the factors that you typically look at in determining what expectations should be Alabama is a program that should prob-ably go to the NCAA tourna-ment three out of five years

something along those linesrdquoGoodwin also pointed to

Grantrsquos handling of disciplin-ary issues like suspending JaMychal Green and Tony Mitchell during the heart of last seasonrsquos run

ldquoIrsquom still an Anthony Grant fan Hersquos high-integrity He never self-promotes He coaches those kids up He makes those kids better as peoplerdquo Goodwin said ldquoI think hersquos one of the best people Irsquove ever met doing this job Has a lot of integrity gets his kids to play hard I donrsquot think he took over a program with a ton of talent - he had his work cut out for him But I still think hersquos the right guy for that jobrdquo

Grant as many coaches would says he is taking things one game at a time even with just four games remaining on the season An Auburn loss would after all crush whatever tournament hopes Alabama has left

ldquoThis game we have tomor-row is the most important game of the seasonrdquo he said ldquoI canrsquot see any farther than tomorrow Thatrsquos my total focus and we just have to take care of our-selves and take care of the game thatrsquos in front of usrdquo

Senior guard Andrew Steele echoed his coachrsquos sentiments Beating Auburn is the first step to getting Alabama back in the tournament picture

ldquoIn terms of the selection committee and all that we canrsquot control what they decide But we can decide how we come out and play each gamerdquo Steele said ldquoOur next game is Auburn so if we canrsquot get prepared to play those guys then we donrsquot really have a chance at any other thing that we try to do Itrsquos the next game so itrsquos the most important onerdquo

BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 1

Experts say calls for Grantrsquos job not fair

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Regardless of what others think of the Alabama womenrsquos basketball team Shafontaye Meyers said she believes in them The team may not be the best yet but she said she is confident her team can become something better

ldquoI have to get better as a player and we have to get bet-ter as a teamrdquo Meyers said ldquoItrsquos a good feeling when you know you want to improve more as a teamrdquo

Standing 5 feet 8 inches the junior has a few seasons under her belt Though this is the first year she has started her freshman and sophomore years helped her become the player that she is and help her guide the team

ldquoI want to be more of a role

model [than a leader]rdquo Meyers said ldquoI try to step up when we fall I want to be a role model for the teamrdquo

In high school Meyers was ranked 13th in the nation in 2010 in scoring averaging 292 points her senior year

The native Alabamian has been with the Crimson Tide for three years and each year she has proved herself once more that she is a leader This year alone has been her big-gest year so far Meyers has bested herself points-wise by scoring a record 23 points against Auburn in January

Though she claims shersquos not the leader of the team she is the one the team looks to in order to make the shots they need to make Her three-point shooting average 302 percent her field goal shooting average is 325 percent and her free

throw average is 704 percentCoach Wendell Hudson

relies heavily on her shots because Meyers is willing to take the shots no one wants to take

ldquoShafontaye Meyers is a big shot takerrdquo Hudson said ldquoShe might not make them but therersquos no question that itrsquos going to be a good shot She steps and makes those shots Everybody looks at the final score and what I look at is what got us to that pointrdquo

Like Hudson the team looks to one of its top players to help bring them together Even though the Tide is on an eight-game losing streak Meyersrsquo goal is to help the team come together to become one syn-chronized unit

ldquoI think we need to come togetherrdquo Meyers said ldquoWersquore not always together

Sometimes we play together but we quit before we can really come together We are letting ourselves get in the way of the game but itrsquos a team thing and we sometimes forget about thatrdquo

Hudsonrsquos go-to girl doesnrsquot feel the intense pressure some athletes may feel With her team around her she knows that she can accomplish what needs to be done

ldquoI guess Irsquom used to it by now because I know that we have to get [the shots]rdquo Meyers said ldquoWhen you have to get the shots you have to get them You donrsquot feel the pressure because in the end yoursquore going to come through cause you have help from everybodyrdquo

In a league with fierce com-petitors Meyers knows that enjoying the game is the most

important factor of all Though the losing streak weighs heav-ily on her mind enjoying the game with her team is the overall goal for any game

ldquoI want to have fun and I want to enjoy the gamerdquo Meyers said ldquoWhen yoursquore together as a team itrsquos always fun Itrsquos a good thing for the team to have funrdquo

Meyersrsquo time at Alabama has helped her become a bet-ter player not only individual-ly but she has also helped the team become a better team

ldquoShe has made herself a complete playerrdquo Hudson said ldquoShersquos playing well She came off the bench and had that spark that we neededrdquo

Her motto is to give it all that shersquos got and though the sea-son is about to come to a close shersquos inspired to keep going for her team and for the fans

ldquoI like to give it all I gotrdquo Meyers said ldquoI know Irsquom doing it for the audience and [they] are my inspiration I know because of that they are help-ing me get to where I am nowrdquo

By Zac Al-Khateeb

Anyone who has ever par-ticipated in athletic competi-tion knows teams often follow trends Teams seem to ride highs and lows but rarely have an ldquoaveragerdquo part of a season

Those kinds of trends can be seen when a basketball team puts together a ridiculous string of 3-point shots when a quar-terback just canrsquot seem to miss his receivers or when a base-ball team just makes the game miserable for opposing pitchers

With that said for every team experiencing a high another team experiences a low and

once that low period starts it never seems to stop Sometimes a teamrsquos string of losses isnrsquot so much a reflection of poor play but the fact theyrsquore simply stuck in a rut

Donrsquot believe me Look at the Alabama baseball team last year After the Tide start-ed with a 4-3 record last sea-

son it never once put a string of more than two consecutive wins together for the rest of the season

But it wasnrsquot because of poor play The team was simply stuck in a mindset of losing and once a team finds itself in that state of mind itrsquos exceptionally diffi-cult to escape

That is something that Alabama will have to watch out for this year Still it looks as if the Tide has started the season out on the right foot going 6-0 and beating a top-25 team in Southern Miss before losing to Florida Atlantic in a series fina-le Sunday

Irsquom not saying Alabamarsquos season is suddenly in jeopardy or anything but winning and losing are both contagious to a team Now that Alabamarsquos experienced its first loss of the season it needs to make sure it can overcome it and continue winning

Still that shouldnrsquot be too

hard for the Tide which did start off the season with an impressive string of victories Even the loss to Florida Atlantic wasnrsquot that bad as the Tide had already beaten the Owls twice in the series

Alabama has a chance to start another winning streak tonight when it plays the Samford Bulldogs at home If the Tide shows up with a good attitude ready to put the loss behind them it could be the start of another win streak However if the Tide still has its mind in Boca Raton Fla then it could experience yet another loss

Thatrsquos the nature of sports sometimes One loss turns into two two into three three into four and so on What marks a truly competitive team isnrsquot who has the most talent Rather itrsquos the team that has the right mindset at the right time in the right place

If Alabama wants to be com-petitive this year itrsquos going to have to learn to keep that right mindset the entire sea-son something it was appar-ently unsuccessful with last season Alabama has already proven it can handle success Now it just needs to prove it can handle losing as well

To start a new win streak Crimson Tide must avoid negative mindset after loss

Editor | Marquavius BurnettcrimsonwhitesportsgmailcomTuesday February 26 2013SPORTS

NEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

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WOMENrsquoS BASKETBALL

Despite criticisms Meyers believes in her team

CW | Shannon AuvilShafontaye is a lsquobig shot takerrsquo according to Wendell Hudson

COLUMN

ldquo If the Tide shows up with a good attitude ready to put the loss behind them it could be the start of another win streak However if the Tide

still has its mind in Boca Raton Fla then it could experience yet another loss

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A 73-year-old retired University of Alabama faculty member was found dead in her home in The Highlands neigh-borhood on Sunday afternoon

Kate Ragsdale was the vic-tim of a homicide The inves-tigation by the Tuscaloosa Police Department is still ongoing

Ragsdale was employed at the University from 1979 until her retirement in

2006 Ragsdale worked in the Business Library and in 1987 was made plan-ning officer with the library administration

ldquoKate Ragsdale played a key role in the growth and development of the

University Libraries in her long career as a planning offi-cer and had remained actively involved with the UA Retiree Association since her retire-ment in 2006 Our thoughts and prayers are with her fam-ily and friends during this

difficult timerdquo Deborah Lane associate vice president for University Relations said in a statement on Monday

Ragsdale was awarded the University of Alabama Library Leadership Boardrsquos Faculty Award in 2004

Retired University professor found dead in The Highlands neighborhood home allegedly murdered

One idea that was proposed at the meeting was getting a petition of students who were for changing the policy and working with the administra-tion about equalizing the penal-ties for alcohol and drugs

ldquoWe donrsquot want to sound like a bunch of hippies who want to sit around and smoke doperdquo Hoffsommer said ldquoThatrsquos not

what we are We donrsquot want to give law enforcement any ammo against usrdquo

SSDP is currently in the process of getting a permit so they can legally protest or rally on campus and they have a Facebook page to promote the movement

Several witnesses saw UAPD officers taking down signs advertising Mondayrsquos meet-ing of the Alabama Chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy

Frank Thagard 2010 UA alumnus said he was in the

basement of Palmer Hall which houses the Mallet Assembly on Sunday evening when an officer approached him and his friends about the flier

ldquoAt first I thought he was going to tell us to stop playing music because we were being too loud or something but as he came closer I saw he had in his hand a flierrdquo Thagard said

He said he noticed the flier said something about a meeting about the drug busts that hap-pened recently

ldquoHe told us that hersquod been going around from dorm to

dorm pulling them down and asked us if we knew who put them uprdquo Thagard said ldquoWe didnrsquot and told him we didnrsquotrdquo

Thagard was not the only per-son who witnessed UAPD offi-cers taking down the fliers

Eric Jesse a sophomore said he was standing outside of a dorm on Friday night when a he saw an officer leaving Paty and approaching his building

ldquoHe proceeded to walk into the buildingrdquo Jesse said ldquoI then looked through the window and saw he had removed one of the posters about the meeting

regarding last weekrsquos arrestsrdquoJesse said after the officer left

his building he started to head off into the direction of the next dorm

ldquoI assume he proceeded to do the samerdquo Jesse said

Henry Perkins a senior majoring in anthropology said he also witnessed signs being torn down

ldquoI donrsquot want my home to be invaded by police everrdquo Perkins said ldquoI have protested before I will protest againrdquoAnna Waters and Will Tucker contributed to this report

FLIERS FROM PAGE 1

Students against zero-tolerance policy

From MCT Campus

EVANSTON Ill mdash Responding to pressure from a student alliance Northwestern University has established a commit-tee to investigate the history of John Evans a university founder connected to one of the worst massacres of Native Americans in the

countryrsquos historyJohn Evans mdash the name-

sake of the city of Evanston mdash was territorial governor of Colorado in 1864 when a mili-tia of about 700 men attacked a temporary village of Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho peo-ple at Sand Creek According to the National Park Service the soldiers killed 165 to 200 Native Americans about two-

thirds of them women chil-dren and elderly

Known as the Sand Creek Massacre it is considered one of the worst acts of genocide in the countryrsquos history

According to the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance at Northwestern the univer-sity has ignored that part of Evansrsquo history

In a statement Provost Daniel Linzer said ldquoThe year 2014 will mark the 150th anni-versary of Sand Creek so it is appropriate to assess how and what we report about John Evans as part of our institu-tional history and if and in what way we should continue to recognize his contributions to the university

Evans was a railroad

magnate who had a vested interest in train lines runningthrough Colorado The com-mittee will look into whether Northwestern received finan-cial support from Evans that ldquocould be attributed to wealthhe obtained as a result of policies and practices he pur-sued while territorial gov-ernor regarding the Native American populations thererdquo

Northwestern University to probe founderrsquos link to Native American genocide in 1864 Sand Creek Massacre

By Madison RobertsStaff Reporter

Over the past decade there has been a major shift on The University of Alabama campus from traditional to suite-style dorms

The University no longer builds traditional dorms like Tutwiler and Paty where stu-dents share a single room with another student and live in an entire building of the same gen-der Instead the University has built numerous luxury suite-style dorms like Ridgecrest Riverside Lakeside and the lat-est Presidential Village where each student gets his or her own room shares a bathroom with one other student and shares a common area with a kitchenette with the rest of their suite

Some students find this shift to living in suite-style dorms limits them from making friends because there isnrsquot as much of a need to talk to people on their hall

ldquoI have a friend who goes to UGA where living in a suite-style dorm as a freshman is unheard ofrdquo Emily Messer a freshman majoring in English

said ldquoWhen I visited her I noticed how many friends she had made on her hall and I was really jealous because the only people I know on my hall are my RA and the people who live in the suite with merdquo

Alexis Browning a freshman majoring in psychology said she thinks the reason people who live in suite-style dorms donrsquot make friends on their hall is because suite-style housing pro-motes an introverted environ-ment

ldquoBy allowing people to have their own room they have the ability to just lock themselves away and they arenrsquot forced to go out and meet peoplerdquo Browning said ldquoI never thought I would be thankful for living in Tutwiler but I definitely am There is always something going on and therersquos never really a moment where I am sitting in my room alonerdquo

However students who choose to live in the traditional dorms left on campus are not always fond of their environment

Abby Ruffin a freshman majoring in French said when she first signed up to live in Tutwiler she thought she would

make friends but said she feels out of place because she isnrsquot in a sorority

ldquoI first thought living in Tutwiler would be a really good experience because itrsquos all girls and traditional so I thought I would make a lot of friends but I honestly havenrsquotrdquo Ruffin said ldquoIrsquom not in a sorority so I live a different life than most of the girls on my hall and I guess that bothers them Also Tutwiler is absolutely disgusting If I could do this all over again I would definitely want to live in a suite-style dorm but oh well you live and you learnrdquo

Trey Clifton a freshman majoring in political sci-ence said he enjoys living in Ridgecrest because it gives him space to study and he likes not having to depend on a room-mate

ldquoI am a very clean person and I like having my own space where I donrsquot have to worry about someone elsersquos messrdquo Clifton said ldquoIt makes me feel more independent and I think having a roommate would just create a lot of arguments I would rather just live alone There are other ways to make

friends like joining a fraternity or a student organizationrdquo

Jack Mitchell a freshman majoring in business lives in Paty and said he wishes he had more privacy

ldquoI like it because it has ben-efited me socially but some-times I just need space to blast music and block out the world and my roommate doesnrsquot understand thatrdquo Mitchell said ldquoHe never leaves the roomrdquo

Browning thinks all stu-

dents should have to live in traditional housing at some point in their lifetime

ldquoI think it should be manda-tory for students to live in tra-ditional residence halls their freshman yearrdquo Browning said ldquoThatrsquos what our parents did thatrsquos what Irsquom doing and it defi-nitely hasnrsquot hurt me Yeah itrsquos kind of disgusting and you have to wear shower shoes but itrsquos such a great experience to have and itrsquos where Irsquove made my best friendsrdquo

Assistant Editors | Chandler Wright and Adrienne Burchnewsdeskcwuaedu

Tuesday February 26 2013NEWSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 3

Some students question shift to suite-style dorms

By Ben ClarkContributing Writer

As members of the digi-tal generation most would believe todayrsquos college stu-dents no longer read for plea-sure mostly because of the growth of technology in their lifetimes Classic novels now have movie adaptations that can be watched and breaking news can be read in a tweet of less than 140 characters

However according to a recent survey students still want to read for pleasure but instead of technology getting in the way studentsrsquo class-work is preventing them from doing outside reading The survey which was released by College amp Research Libraries polled more than 700 stu-dents at Gustavus Adolphus College along with librarians from all over the country

While 93 percent of the students polled agreed they read for pleasure more than 77 percent of those same stu-dents said they didnrsquot have time for recreational reading because they had too much class-assigned reading

Many students at The University of Alabama match the findings of the survey

While the University itself boasts a growing population of over 33000 students the Honors College book club has

just five consistent membersErica Schumann a sopho-

more majoring in history and anthropology who is a mem-ber of the book club said she feels it is difficult for college students to find time to read for pleasure

ldquoIrsquove never been able to bal-ance my reading very well Sometimes my classwork suf-fers because I get really into a book and canrsquot focus on any-thing else until I finish it or sometimes I wonrsquot read for enjoyment for weeks because

I get overwhelmed by my classesrdquo Schumann said

While the members of the book club maintain their read-ing by meeting at least once a month other students outside of the club find it even harder to find extra time to read

Maggie Leverette a sopho-more majoring in finance said she believes even if she joined a book club she wouldnrsquot have time to read

ldquoSince I started college Irsquove found that my desire to read has decreased just because I

got out of the habit of read-ing all the time and I have so much reading for class that I donrsquot want to read for fun any-morerdquo Leverette said

Some students feel the problem of having to choose between class reading and reading for pleasure could be solved simply by profes-sors working together when assigning readings which would prevent overwhelm-ing students Candace Hill a junior majoring in English understands the struggle of

too much class readingldquoI read around a total of 30

novels last semester alone Several of them were 400-600 pages Not only does that leave little time to analyze the material in-depth but it also eliminates the possibility of outside readingrdquo Hill said

However time has not changed the curriculum or what is required of professors

Ash Bowen a professor in the English department said she believes things havenrsquot changed since he was in college

ldquoWhen I was an undergrad-uate majoring in English I typically had no time for plea-sure reading Taking 15 hours of literature courses ndash with each course having around seven novels on the the sylla-bus for a total of 35 novels in a single semester ndash certainly cut down the time I had for extra readingrdquo Bowen said

Although it has affected the way he teaches his course

ldquoBut at the same time I have to maintain the integrity of the course the University and my position and assign the material that needs to be coveredrdquo he said ldquoI simply do my best to ensure that the readings are in small enough chunks that students donrsquot feel overwhelmed and are still getting the necessary works coveredrdquo

Students fi nd it diffi cult to read for pleasure

CW | Alaina ClarkA recent College amp Research Libraries study found that students try to fi nd time to read for pleasure

CW | Pete PajorA Paty resident watches TV in his room

Blake said itrsquos easier in classes for her major

ldquoIn my journalism classes I do better but when I had classes outside my major and minors it was kind of hard because we had less common groundrdquo she said

Despite the age gap between herself and other students Randle said she has found everyone in her classes so far to be great

ldquoThe first couple of days of a new class are always awkward but when you get a couple of weeks into classes and theyrsquore asking me questions and I am asking them questions and you cultivate a friendshiprdquo she said

Students who had classes with Randle said it was not uncomfortable to have some-one older as a classmate They agreed that Randle was hard-working and great to work with

ldquoI love the idea of people com-ing back to school I think itrsquos very respectablerdquo Kassondra Marshall a junior majoring in public relations said ldquoI really enjoyed working with and get-ting to know Kristy I admired her story and her attitude

toward school She inspired me to work harder and really want to understand how to write for our PR classrdquo

Laura Monroe a senior majoring in journalism also said Randle was inspiring to her and Randlersquos different per-spective on life was beneficial when editing Monroersquos stories

ldquoHaving Kristy in my class didnrsquot really change the way I experienced the course so I wouldnrsquot say that it caused any-thing to be differentrdquo Monroe said ldquoWe worked together often during the class and edit-ed each otherrsquos papers a few times She is a few years older than me and has a family of her own but Kristy is just like every other student She is here to get an education that will help her reach her dreamsrdquo

Cassandra Nelson a first year masterrsquos student majoring in lit-erature said she admired non-traditional students for their work ethic and dedication to return to school

ldquoI think itrsquos great that they have the opportunity to go back to college and pursue their dreams and goalsrdquo Nelson said ldquoPersonally I kind of admire them for going back to college at that stage in their lives I know if I already had a steady job and a family you could not pay me to go back to college So I think

itrsquos really admirable that they are willing to work so hard to achieve their goals or dreamsrdquo

Nelson also found it easy to get along with older students in her classes

ldquoUsually because of their age and experience they provided a different take and insight on things that the rest of the class never would have thought ofrdquo she said

Randle said it was sometimes funny to find herself the same age or even older than some of her professors

ldquoI have to catch myselfrdquo she said ldquoSometimes itrsquos hard for me to remember to call some of my professors who are younger than me Dr or Mrs And I signed up for Dr Robertsrsquo ethics class last semester and had to drop it because I had too much other stuff going on with my research And [Dr Roberts] was like lsquoBut I was really looking forward to having someone my own in age in a class for oncersquordquo

Randle and Blake opted to return to campus and com-plete their degrees rather than pursuing one online but the University does offer online options for adult students age 25 and older through the New College Life Track program

ldquoWe serve students at a dis-tance so they can finish up in their own time and not be bound

by semestersrdquo Ana Schuber the Life Track program man-ager said ldquoThey only have to come to campus one time for orientationrdquo

Schuber said any other visits to campus would be optional They offer weekend courses though for those who wish to have more interaction

Currently Life Track has 300 to 350 students Students in the program can pick an area of depth study such as Literature Art and Society Science Technology and Culture Leadership Studies Community Studies as well as Self-Designed areas Upon completion of the program they earn a Bachelors of Science or a Bachelors of Arts from The University of Alabama

For Alexis Barton Life Track was a life-changing experience Barton entered the program at age 25 in 2006 She graduated in May 2010 and said she appreci-ated the flexibility the program gave her

ldquoWhen you do something you think you canrsquot do the beliefs you hold about your own abili-ties changerdquo she said ldquoYour dreams shift Possibilities emerge that you didnrsquot see before The supportive envi-ronment and the mentoring relationships Irsquove benefited from helped me believe that

a degree was not out of reach and the freedom to explore scholarly research at my own pace deepened my intellectual curiosityrdquo

B a r t o n c u r r e n t l y works in Birmingham for SameChicDifferentDaycom a popular blog she recently launched

William Carter graduated from the University through Life Track at age 49 and went on to get his masterrsquos degree

ldquoI got my masters in two yearsrdquo he said ldquoThat tells me this is a worthwhile programrdquo

Online classes did not appeal to Blake though who prefers a classroom setting

ldquoI donrsquot do very well online because I donrsquot have enough discipline to do itrdquo Blake said

However Randle said she loves online classes

ldquoIf I could have finished both of my degrees degree online I would haverdquo she said ldquoWhere else can you get a study and get a degree in your pajamas drinking coffeerdquo

But Randlersquos two areas of dis-cipline were not offered online

ldquoI could have gone some-where else I guess and gotten it through some ABC or XYZ University but I wanted a mean-ingful educationrdquo she said ldquoAnd that is what I am getting at Alabamardquo

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Tuesday February 26 2013OPINIONSNEWS

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SPORTS

Page 4

EDITORIAL BOARD

Will Tucker Editor-in-ChiefAshley Chaffin Managing Editor

Stephen Dethrage Production EditorMackenzie Brown Visuals Editor

Melissa Brown Online EditorAlex Clark Community Manager

Ashanka Kumari Chief Copy EditorJohn Brinkerhoff Opinions Editor

WE WELCOME YOUR OPINIONSLetters to the editor must be less than 500 words and guest columns less

than 700 Send submissions to letterscwuaedu Submissions must include the authorrsquos name year major and daytime phone number Phone numbers

are for verification and will not be published

TWEET AT USTheCrimsonWhite

The Crimson White reserves the right to edit all guest columns and

letters to the editor

By Brad ErthalSenior Staff Columnist

Last week various state and local agencies the US Marshalls and this University wasted an enormous amount of scarce resources in an appar-ently successful attempt to damage the lives of 74 of our fellow citizens (61 of them stu-dents) for no good reason

In this way they betrayed the various public trusts which are the nominal reasons for their employment For this they will receive their 30 pieces of silver in the ongoing War on Drug Users assuming the West Alabama Narcotics Task Force can keep track of it The over-time checks will be signed and the officers are already patting themselves on the backs

If I had been tasked with drug enforcement in Alabama and had been caught spending any time on something other than catching meth cooks I would die of the shame I do not mean this glibly I would have a difficult time showing my face in public

But somehow rather than being wracked with remorse for burning truckloads of taxpayer money in pursuit of harmless users of a relatively benign drug our leaders are proud

The chief of the Tuscaloosa Police Department Steven Anderson reinforced unfor-tunate stereotypes about Alabama law enforcementrsquos critical thinking skills by affirming ldquoit is still illegal to possess [marijuana] sell it distribute it in the state of Alabama Therefore it is against the law We are still going to enforce the law no matter how harmless people think it isrdquo

Littering is also illegal in this state and yet people do it all the time You canrsquot walk outside in our fair city without stepping on a cigarette butt The police could spend their time stak-ing out public places waiting for litter bugs and citing them as soon as they throw a ciga-rette to the ground They donrsquot do this because they are busy Law enforcement has limited resources and chooses which crimes are worth pursuing and which are not

Thus it is surreal to hear Mr Anderson tell us that some-thing is illegal and therefore multiple law enforcement agencies needed to hire crimi-nal informants in a two month coordinated effort to pursue people violating a specific stat-ute ldquoIt is illegal so it must be stoppedrdquo sounds more like the catchphrase of an obsessive-compulsive vigilante than the utterance of a professional

UA President and temper-ance movement throwback

Judy Bonner crowed about the Universityrsquos attempts to protect students from ldquochoices about substance abuse that can have such a significant and nega-tive impact on their lives and others including their fami-lies their friends other stu-dents and this Universityrdquo I copied and pasted that from the email lest I be accused of misquoting her

This ignores the obvious fact that the major negative impacts from marijuana are precisely the arrest and subse-quent penalization of average citizens not the direct effects of the drug Young people in col-lege or not tend to experimentWe arbitrarily burden some of those experimenters with crim-inal records

Others both randomly and in nefarious systematic ways walk away with no adverse consequences The result is a country in which the last threePresidents have all admitted to marijuana use while a sig-nificant proportion of the adultpopulation is incarcerated for the same crime and many more face significant legal and pro-fessional consequences

Instead of helping to per-petuate this incredibly stupid system the University should drop its zero-tolerance policy and do whatrsquos right for its stu-dents The Task Force has been increasing its number of cases without producing many more defendants pre-sumably because they can ruin peoplersquos lives with drug arrests even without getting convic-tions Rather than rewarding the police for shoddy work the University should take no action to deprive these studentsof their educations

Some of you are planning to protest but I sense that the message might be vague While I support full legalization of marijuana and as a Colorado native I got to vote for such a measure last year I am doubt-ful that that will soon be accom-plished in Alabama Instead letyour rallying cry be to protect your fellow students from the harm caused by overzealous and senseless enforcement of a silly law

Brad Erthal is a doctoral stu-dent in economics His columnruns on Tuesdays

University should not reward police overreach

DRUG POLICY

CULTURE

By Lucy CheseldineStaff Columnist

On one of my regular tea breaks this week I stumbled across an interesting BBC Radio 4 program The familiar voices were weighing the ben-efits of gaining practical expe-rience alongside degree cours-es This is something America does much better than the UK

Most college students here are encouraged to spend their summers gaining work expe-rience or undertaking intern-ships There are also many more opportunities to gain experience in an industry as part of your college courses or

in exchange for college cred-it This means US students come off their degree program already having gone some way to building up their resumes and knowing more directly the industry they want to start

working inThe UK seems to take a dif-

ferent angle English education has an obsession for specialis-ing We are immediately out of sixth form and already being asked to choose one subject to study to spend the next three years pouring out our mind body and soul over Thatrsquos all well and good for gaining in-depth knowledge and I by no means object to the English university system ndash indeed I am proud of our institutions

However it does pose the problem that we have little dia-logue between the arts and sci-ences It also leaves little room for British degree courses to

merge with practical experi-ence Because our studies are so specific we tend to keep our education within the realms of the university

I have found that placements and encouragement to gain experience are much more part of the American way Perhaps this is because education here is partly based on prepara-tion for industry something British institutions do not yet acknowledge to such an extent Or indeed tend not to be so con-cerned with There is nowhere near as much encouragement to get hands-on work alongside your degree as there is here

I spent another of my daily

tea breaks researching and applying for summer intern-ships here in the US which of course turned into more of an extended and complicated few hours of sifting through incomprehensible application processes than a break Irsquom in two minds I admire the United Statesrsquo emphasis on constantly looking to gain practical expe-rience But after all the hours spent applying I just hope it isnrsquot blighting the main focus of college students college At the end of the day we are here to make use of our institution and benefit from the resources it offers as much as we can

Perhaps my mother has it

right After retiring she has begun an art degree They offer her an intellectually directed education in art history along-side a practical course in mak-ing art itself The course offersthe best of both worlds

I have no answers to this dilemma But any which way you look at it the job market just tells us to grab anything and everything we can that might help us along the way Just keep moving Thatrsquos what I have been telling myself

Lucy Cheseldine is an Englishinternational student studyingEnglish literature Her columnruns weekly on Tuesdays

Differences between American and English universities must be recognized

By John BrinkerhoffOpinion Editor

It seems two of the most cited statistics in the smoking ban debate are the percentage of UA smokers climbs from 6 percent freshman year to 16 percent senior year and 58 percent of students support a campuswide smoking ban

If true and correctly obtained these statistics which were collected in a Health and Wellness Survey last spring are telling However a quick look into this survey reveals they were not correctly obtained and as a result are certainly not an accurate representation of student opinion

Regardless of each indi-vidualrsquos personal views on the issue however one thing which everyone should agree on is that the debate should be grounded in truth The survey in which these numbers were obtained makes a mockery of this premise It seeks to per-suade students rather than obtain their opinion

Before asking about the ban the survey stated

ldquoAccording to the Surgeon Generalrsquos 2010 report on second-hand smoke

There is no safe level of secondhand smoke Breathing even a little sec-ondhand smoke can be

dangerousNearly 50000 deaths each

year are attributed to sec-ondhand smoke and thou-sands of affected people suffer from heart and lung disease due to exposurerdquoThe statement is true how-

ever it is also something any-one over the age of 5 already knows Itrsquos only effect is to clearly stake out the position of ban supporters which bias-es the student population and misleads them into believing that there is a ldquorightrdquo answer to these supposed opinion-based questions

Even more egregious is the wording of the actual smoking ban question which stated

ldquoAs a leading institution in higher learning in the country The University of Alabama promotes a healthy environment that is conducive to academic excellence and general well-being

In order to further the Universityrsquos commitment to the health of the University would you be in favor of The University of Alabama becoming a smoke-free campusrdquoBy any scientific standard

this is biasing to the sample population It is designed to manipulate students into believing that if they do not support a ldquosmoke-free cam-pusrdquo then they are against the general health and pur-suit of excellence at Alabama This bias would be particular-ly effective on freshmen who may be more apt to lie about their smoking habits to fit in line with this ldquocommitmentrdquo

That the University which prides itself on the quality of its research would approve and disseminate such a biased joke of a survey is absolutely shameful

There is nothing wrong with collecting student opin-ions for a debate over policy change There is also noth-ing wrong with presenting expert opinions such as the Surgeon General to craft an argument

There is plenty wrong with mixing the two especially when the selected opinions all favor one side The results are tainted and cannot be seriously used in any discus-sion regarding the future of

smoking on campusIf the University is serious

about this issue and if sup-porters of the ban are confi-dent that students truly are tired of secondhand smoke then there should be no issue with commissioning a new survey that adheres to some modicum of objectivity and scientific standards

Do not demean the gravity of this debate by asking lead-ing questions Do not waste the time of students by giv-ing them a worthless survey with an agenda Do not insult the intellectual integrity of this University by touting the flawed results of this survey as valid

Instead work with both sides to create a survey that truly measures student opin-ion If understanding how to do so without shoving per-sonal biases down the throats of survey-takers proves too difficult then seek assistance from faculty researchers who actually know how to craft opinion surveys

This campus deserves another Health and Wellness Survey It needs to be done well and it needs to be done right

John Brinkerhoff is the opin-ion editor of The Crimson White His column runs weekly

UA smoking ban debate founded on falsehoodsSMOKING BAN

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

John Brinkerhoff

Brad Erthal

Lucy Cheseldine

CW | Kevin Pabst

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday February 26 2013 | Page 5

By Tori LinvilleContributing Writer

Students organizations and others connected with The University of Alabama interest-ed in using University vehicles instead of their own can access vans and other vehicles through the Fleet Services of the Universityrsquos Driver Safety and Vehicle Management Program

Those looking to operate a University vehicle can do so after qualifying for driver requirements filling out the Application for Use of a State Owned Automobile and paying a rental charge Fleet Services provides options of a sedan a

seven passenger mini-van a 12 passenger van or a cargo van

Driver requirements include a minimum age of 21 no less than three years of driving experience a valid driverrsquos license signed authorization allowing the University to access the

driverrsquos Motor Vehicle Record and completion of an online training program

Once the paperwork is filed and the driver is cleared Fleet Services provides the vehicle to be rented The daily rates for renting sedans seven passen-ger vans and 12 passenger vans are $49 $59 and $79 respectively

Bob Pugh director of Risk Management said the vans

are typically new and theyrsquore well maintained

ldquoThey have the current equip-ment in the way of traction con-trol stability control airbags theyrsquore more crash-worthy than the older vansrdquo Pugh said ldquoWe know the history of the vans ndash we know if the van has had the oil changed the brakes checked the tires checked air pressure headlights windshield wipers ndash all the little things so when you go to pick it up to take it on a trip itrsquos ready to gordquo

Organizations such as vari-ous sports clubs like womenrsquos rugby and even the equestrian club use the well-serviced vans to their advantage Coordinator of Sports Clubs Wyant Boreson explained the process of paperwork students have

to undertakeldquoThe [students] turn in the

request form theyrsquoll give it to me Irsquoll fill out the necessary accounting information and Irsquoll send that to Fleet Servicesrdquo Boreson said ldquoWe make sure the students fill out the MVR form as well with their informa-tion and Irsquoll send that to Risk Management and then the stu-dent is notified of the required online training course It really just helps the time process and if therersquos missing informa-tion I act as the contact for Risk Managementrdquo

In addition to efficient time management and coordination Fleet Services aims to provide excellent customer service Barbara Grimes office associ-ate at the Community Service

Center saidldquoWersquoll sometimes go and pick

up the vans at 6 in the morningbefore Fleet Services is even open keep them for a week and return them with no problemsrdquoGrimes said ldquoThey work very well with us on our reserva-tions even if we have to make a last-minute change the directorwill try to work with us in solv-ing the problemsrdquo

Along with the vans Fleet Services provides the Universityrsquos Driver Safety and Vehicle Management Program rents out other vehicles includ-ing cars golf and utility carts garbage trucks and even bucket trucks

For more information about the Fleet Services visit fleetuaedu

From sedans to vans students can rent UA vehiclesldquoWersquoll sometimes go and pick up the vans at 6 in the morning be-

fore Fleet Services is even open keep them for a week and return them with no problems They work very well with us on our reser-

vations even if we have to make a last-minute change the director will try to work with us in solving the problems

mdash Barbara Grimes

Black Student Union hosts Andre TaylorBy Camille CorbettContributing Writer

The first black president of the National Alumni Association challenged mem-bers of The University of Alabamarsquos Black Student Union to facilitate and enhance the academic suc-cess of black students during the annual Black State of the Union address on Monday night

President Andre Taylor addressed members of the Black Student Union an orga-nization that focuses on black student empowerment within the University The purpose of this event was to recog-nize the progress that black students on this campus have made within the past year

ldquoYou know how the presi-dent has a state of union for the entire United States well this event is an address focus-ing on the African-American community of campusrdquo senior Kyle Fraizer vice pres-ident of the Black Student Union said

The overall message of this event was one to focus more on goals that are already in the Black Student Union

ldquoThe theme of my presen-tation is obstacles and oppor-tunities something you are moving toward and becoming like Itrsquos really just what you think about the mostrdquo Taylor said

Kayla James president of the Black Student Union said they started the event in con-junction with the NAACP

ldquoItrsquos really an annual event to talk about how far wersquove come and the problems that we face todayrdquo James said

This event also serves as a venue for older black stu-dents on campus to try to influence students within the University

ldquoItrsquos to get minority stu-dents involved but by using a different perspective than we usually use Itrsquos more like alumni trying to influence student mindsrdquo Fraizer said

Black students also use this address as a way to become knowledgeable and

understand ways to improve race relations on campus

ldquoI was able to learn more and to be more aware about race relations on this cam-pus and what we can do to improve the state of African-Americans on this cam-pusrdquo Kimiko McKenzie a sophomore majoring in biology said

Kaiya Arroyo secretary of the Black Student Union said Taylorrsquos address also served

to inspire black students on campus

ldquoEvery year we try to uplift our students and bring in a speaker who understands what itrsquos like to be a student at UA and we just try to help our students be inspired even though itrsquos kind of late within the school year we believe February is a great time to reflect and still have the abil-ity to change what we desire to changerdquo Arroyo said

CW | Shannon AuviThe National Alumni Associationrsquos fi rst black president Andre Taylor

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348-RIDE anticipates 22 increase in passengersBy Colby Leopard and Justin HeckCW Staff

348-RIDE and 348-RIDE Express projected to have 170128 total riders in 2013 an increase of 22 percent from last year when the program had a combined total of 137214 rid-ers up from 120332 total riders in 2011

348-RIDE began in November 2007 as an on-demand service provided by the UA Transit Department that transports students around campus and neighboring areas after Crimson Ride night hours end at 10 pm The program began with three eight-passenger vans and carried 626 riders in the first two months

Now 348-RIDE has a fleet

of nine 12-passenger vans 12 drivers and three dispatchers

Ralph Clayton direc-tor of transit services at the University of Alabama said the focus of 348-RIDE has expand-ed from its original purpose

ldquoThe primary focus of 348-RIDE is academic in nature

but it has expanded We realize that not all students just need a ride to go the libraryrdquo Clayton said ldquoWe try to support the overall safety of our studentsrdquo

348-RIDE is typically busiest during the weekend

ldquoOn weekdays we aver-age 300 or 400 passengers per nightrdquo Clayton said ldquoOn Friday and Saturday we aver-age about 700 or even up to 1000 passengers per nightrdquo

In order to deal with the increased volume of calls on the weekends the UA Transit Department and SGA worked together to create 348-RIDE Express in 2009

ldquoThe SGA is the one that came up with the model for 348-RIDE Express in order to help relieve some of the stress on the regular 348-RIDE We

found that a number of stu-dents wanted to go to the same locationsrdquo Clayton said

348-RIDE Express runs a fixed route around campus from 9 pm to 330 am from Thursday until Sunday

Although most students feel 348-RIDE is an overall helpful system some have had issues getting through to the dispatch-ers Luke Kiszla a sophomore majoring in history and the-atre said he has encountered this problem several times

ldquoThe main trouble is getting through the automated sys-temrdquo Kiszla said ldquoOnce I talk to a dispatcher theyrsquore so help-

ful at getting me a ride The automated system is just hard to navigate sometimesrdquo

Kiszla said he has used 348-RIDE to get home from bars downtown after his band plays He said he believes that 348-RIDE could benefit from link-ing Google maps a mobile GPS device to the dispatchers

Ultimately Kiszla believes 348-RIDE is an important resource on campus that pro-motes student safety and is also a partial solution to the lack of parking spaces on cam-pus

ldquoItrsquos a good system over-all Itrsquos helped me and my

friends make safe choices fol-lowing partiesrdquo Kiszla saidldquoIf only the parking situa-tion was better in town Iwouldnrsquot have to worry aboutleaving my car when I take348-RIDErdquo

Students can also log onto 348rideuaedu with theirmyBama username and pass-word to select a pick-up anddrop-off location

Apps to request rides from348-RIDE are available on iOSand Android smartphonesldquoRideCellrdquo is available in theiTunes App Store and ldquoUAlabama 348Riderdquo is availablein the Google Play Store

By Alex EigelContributing Writer

Jorge Ortiz-Sotelo chair-man of the Peruvian Institute of Politics and Economics will be delivering a lecture titled ldquoDefeating the Shining Path A Lesson in Combating Terrorism in Perurdquo from 3 to 430 pm Tuesday in 205 Gorgas Library

Ortiz-Sotelo will be speaking on his experience as a Peruvian marine in the final battles between the military forces of Peru in the late 1980s and the capture of the leader of the Shining Path Movement

ldquoHe will give students an inside look at someone who participated in a long war to suppress the Shining Path and improve liferdquo said history pro-fessor Lawrence Clayton a close friend of Ortiz-Sotelorsquos

ldquoHe was involved in a defin-ing moment in modern Peru He has occupied some pretty important posts in Peru He was the head in commission of the settlement of a longtime border dispute between Peru and Ecuador and has been involved in different levels of diplomacyrdquo

Together Clayton and Ortiz-Sotelo meet on a regular basis to write about the history of maritime across the Americas

As chairman of the Peruvian Institute of Politics and Economics Ortiz-Sotelo is the brains behind a think tank that produces paper on issues of national importance that affect the course of national politics and international relations Clayton said

Among his numerous accom-plishments and responsibili-ties Ortiz-Sotelo is also the

editor of an international jour-nal and works in several orga-nizations with members across Latin America and Europe

While visiting the University Ortiz-Sotelo will also be lectur-ing privately in different class-es on the relations between Peru and Cuba The lecture held in 205 Gorgas Tuesday is free and open to the public

History department to host head of Peruvian think tank

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projected for 2013

bull 137214 total riders in 2012

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Members of this team will provide guidance and offer

insight to students and their families regarding campus

life student involvement athletics and

the enrollment process

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Monday February 25 and Wednesday February 27 at 800 pm in Room 159 (Auditorium) of Russel Hall

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1ST ROUND INTERVIEWS MARCH 11-152ND ROUND INTERVIEWS MARCH 18-22

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For more information and to download the application please visithttpgobamauaeduuastudentrecruitmentteam

2013 - 2014 SELECTIONS

You have the option to attend Monday night OR Wednesday night-you do not have to attend both but attendance at one IS MANDATORY

Failure to attend one of the convocations will result in automatic disqualification of the applicant

Research paper due soon and you havenrsquot started Librarians are always available to help with developing

your topic fi nding resources and citing sources

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Hours AvailableMon - Thurs 4-6pm

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February 18 - April 25

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Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Tuesday February 26 2013CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 7

Union Confederate documents held in Hoole LibraryBy Deanne WinslettStaff Reporter

From its beginning in 1948 the W S Hoole Special Collections Library has been home to thousands of books manuscripts photos and more dating back as far as the 15th century

Many other collections each with an independent focus also contribute to the history archived at the University of Alabama Two of the main collections contribute to the archiving of Southern and Alabama history the WS Hoole Collection and the AS Williams Collection

ldquoThe WS Hoole Collection and the AS Williams Collection are similar in that both support the study of Southern history and culturerdquo associate dean for special collections Mary Paluzzi said

The AS Williams Collection took root in Amelia Gayle Gorgas library in 2010 after being donated to University of Alabama Libraries More than 20000 pamphlets and tran-scripts from the late 17th cen-tury to 2009 comprise to the col-lection

ldquoThe Williams Collection developed as the private col-lection of Mr A S Williams III and as such is a more focused collection with strength in studies on US Presidents and the Civil War studies including both Union and Confederate resourcesrdquo Paluzzi said

While the Williams Collection focuses specifically on south-ern history Hoole Special Collections has a wide variety of less concentrated material

ldquoOver 75 years the Hoole Collection has evolved to sup-port a broader range of sub-jects with strength in Alabama

including books diaries manu-scripts and maps detailing the history culture and lives of Alabamiansrdquo Paluzzi said

With the upkeep of such his-torical documents comes strict-er rules for users In addition to the standard food and drink ban no ink pens are allowed inside Only pencils may be brought near the items and used for notes or observations

ldquoWe also go and get things for you rather than having you browse the shelvesrdquo said Jessica Lacher-Feldman WS Hoole Special Collections Curator of Rare Books and Special Collections

To further prevent damage and wear Special Collections keeps items in acid-free boxes and stores them in a climate-controlled area accessible only to staff

ldquoOur stacks area is secure and climate controlled and is

an environment that is meant to keep rare materials safe secure and away from environ-mental factors that can harm themrdquo Lacher-Feldman said

While Special Collections takes extensive measures to protect historical items the collection itself is still open to public viewing Whether for scholastic purposes or per-sonal curiosity the items kept safe within Special Collections are available with the aid of the staff

ldquoThe books are accessible to the public and students faculty and staff who are always wel-come in Special Collectionsrdquo Lacher-Feldman said

With thousands of texts pic-tures manuscripts newspa-pers and more available Hoole Special Collections has become a key part of the University of Alabama Libraries as well as Alabamarsquos history

CW | Alaina ClarkHoole houses rare works including ldquoSmokerdquo by Amy Pirkle (top left)

By Francie JohnsonContributing Writer

Tuscaloosa band Shod Shirby has a typical five-part lineup comprised of a vocalist guitarist bassist drummer and pianist Whatrsquos not so typical is that all five of these positions are fulfilled by only two people

ldquoWe really wanted to see what our limits are and how far the two of us can gordquo said Dustin Grammer the bandrsquos guitarist and bassist ldquoWe just want to see how far as two

guys we can push thingsrdquoGrammer and Trent Parker

the bandrsquos vocalist pianist and drummer have lived in Tuscaloosa their entire lives The two friends formed Shod Shirby in August 2012

ldquoWersquove been playing since we were about 10 years oldrdquo Parker said ldquoWersquove always been around music together but wersquove never actually played in a band together until late last yearrdquo

Shod Shirbyrsquos first release a self-titled six-song EP dropped

on Feb 5 Parker and Grammer recorded all of the vocals and instrumentals for the EP except for the song ldquoNot Todayrdquo which features Grammerrsquos wife Erica Grammer on backup vocals

Throughout the recording process Grammer and Parker faced the challenge of creating a full-band sound with just two people

ldquoWe were having to learn recording equipment we werenrsquot familiar withrdquo Parker said ldquoIt was hard mixing the sound the whole thing was just difficultrdquo

To create the illusion of a full band in their EP Grammer and Parker first recorded the differ-ent vocals and instrumentation of each song individually and then they layered the tracks to form the final songs This process was repeated for every song on the EP

The band has encountered other obstacles in addition to recording such as gaining exposure in the small town of Tuscaloosa

ldquoAs opposed to doing cover songs or playing things that

are more familiar itrsquos harder to get more attention when yoursquore writing your own songsrdquo Grammer said ldquoItrsquos not something people can just hear around town or pick up on the radio everydayrdquo

Parker and Grammer try to distinguish themselves from other Tuscaloosa bands by creating a sound that is purely their own Shod Shirby has a predominantly Southern-rock vibe but the band incorporates a variety of influences into its music refusing to be classified as simply one genre

ldquoWe want to be differentrdquo Parker said ldquoWersquore a little tired of hearing the same things around town We want to do it in our own wayrdquo

Grammer and Parker draw musical inspiration from their own life experiences aiming to write music that their audi-ence can identify with They wrote a not-yet-released track entitled ldquoDown Rains the Firerdquo as a tribute to the United States Military This is a topic that hits close to home for Grammer a member of the Navy Reserve

ldquoIf you take a regular person [someone who] just puts on their boots and goes to work thatrsquos who we want to relate tordquo Parker said ldquo[We want to relate to] people who make the sacrificesrdquo

ldquoDown Rains the Firerdquo will be a part of Shod Shirbyrsquos upcom-ing album ldquoDriftwoodrdquo which the band expects to release in late spring or early summer

The two band members agree that Shod Shirby hasnrsquot been an easy project but the

music itself provides all themotivation they need to keepgoing

ldquoWe want to reach peoplejust put a smile on somebodyrsquos face or put a tune in their headrdquoParker said ldquoWe really likeplaying we really like musicand when you love doing some-thing that much you might aswell do itrdquo

For more informationabout Shod Shirby visit thebandrsquos Facebook page atfacebookcomShodShirby

Tuscaloosa natives band together to form Southern rock duo

ldquoSpecial Collections allows us to look into the lives of those who came before us and begin to understand what their world was likerdquo Lacher-Feldman said

For more information on W

S Hoole Special Collections and the collections within the UA libraries visit wwwlibuaedu or visit W S Hoole Special Collections on the second floor of Mary Harmon Bryant Hall

ldquoIrsquom really happy with how the class is going this semes-terrdquo Mabry said ldquoAnne makes

the atmosphere relaxed and constructive and we can all appreciate each otherrsquos differ-ent drawing techniquesrdquo

Mabry said her expecta-tions were completely differ-ent coming into the class and have changed significantly from the start of the semester

ldquoI expected to create more detailed drawings but this class focuses on creating movement and mood in a piecerdquo Mabry said ldquoItrsquos push-ing me out of my comfort zone and Irsquom really appreciative for thatrdquo

In addition to being pushed out of her comfort zone Mabry said she also gets to experiment with other forms of art

ldquoIn the past week alone Irsquove learned how to use India Ink to capture a figure and Irsquove taped charcoal to the end of a stick to draw withrdquo Mabry said ldquoItrsquos always exciting and therersquos always something unexpected to tryrdquo

Hasemeyer found a list-ing on the Facebook page for dance majors looking for mod-els for the class

ldquoI have really enjoyed the experience because I am not much of an artist so I enjoy being a part of the art as the subjectrdquo she said

Hasemeyer said being a model for the class has pushed her out of her comfort zone but the students have made it easier to be comfortable

ldquoI think that students come in ready to learn while expressing their own take on the assignmentrdquo Hasemeyer said ldquoI think that they also see me the model as just a sub-ject or a body which honestly makes it a little easier to get out of my comfort zonerdquo

Krystal Campbell another model for the class said the students are professional and serious which makes the environment comfortable and relaxed

ldquoThe students are very tal-ented and I have the opportu-nity to see a side of the UA pop-ulation you forget exists if you arenrsquot an art majorrdquo Campbell said ldquoI encourage anyone who gets a chance to do itrdquo

DRAWING FROM PAGE 1

Art pushes students out of comfort zones

CW | Jingyu WanTrent Parker and Dustin Grammer play music in their studio

Page 8 | Tuesday February 26 2013 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

By Marquavius BurnettSports Editor

Throughout her career Marissa Gutierrez has been the exception to the rule of injured gymnasts

But after suffering an ankle injury on Feb 22 against Arkansas Gutierrez is likely to miss the No 4 Crimson Tidersquos upcoming meet versus the No 6 UCLA Bruins

Gutierrez competes on the vault balance beam and floor exercise for the Tide and has been a strong competitor for much of the season She land-ed awkwardly on her ankle during her first tumbling pass in the floor exercise Friday

ldquoSometimes ankle sprains can be five days sometimes it can be five monthsrdquo head coach Sarah Patterson said ldquoMy experience is you just donrsquot know until you see how a person respondsrdquo

Patterson said Gutierrez is currently wearing a walking

boot and will more than likely have to wear ankle tape when she returns to action

Patterson said the nature of gymnastics makes resting the ankles paramount

ldquoWhen you see our sport itrsquos not the difference of just run-ning up and downrdquo Patterson said ldquoYoursquove got to be able to push off of it Itrsquos got to be 100 percent to do the event she does and like she does

ldquoIrsquoll probably say that the last few weeks of her career shersquoll be wearing tape on her ankle She never has I donrsquot think Irsquove ever even seen her in ankle taperdquo

Teammates are rallying behind Gutierrez and every-one is stepping up to fill the holes she left

ldquoWersquore all stepping up and the freshmen have done a great job of stepping up in practice this weekrdquo Sarah DeMeo said ldquoWersquore going to need them this weekrdquo

Tide remains No 4 in the rankings

The Alabama gymnas-tics team retained its No 4 national ranking after posting its second-highest score and highest road score of the sea-son at Arkansas last Friday Feb 22

Starting this week rank-ings are decided by Regional Qualifying Score a formula which takes a teamrsquos top three road scores its next three highest scores home or away drops the high score and aver-ages the remaining five

By RQS Oklahoma moved up to the No 1 spot while pre-vious No 1 Florida dropped to second Michigan remained in third and LSU jumped the UCLA Bruins to claim the fifth spot The Tide will take on the No 6 Bruins this Friday at home before closing out its regular season against the No 1 Sooners March 15 In between Alabama travels to No 5 LSU

Gutierrez likely to miss next gymnastics meetGYMNASTICS

BASEBALL

SOFTBALLWOMENrsquoS GOLF

CW | Shannon AuvilMarissa Gutierrez landed awkwardly in Fridayrsquos meet against Arkansas and sprained her ankle

CW Staff

For the second time in three weeks Alabama out-fielder Haylie McCleney has been named the Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week

McCleney also led the team in hits and runs scored for the third consecutive week The Morris Ala native bat-ted 611 (11-for-18) with nine runs two doubles a home run nine RBIs and four sto-len bases

McCleney was named the

Easton Bama Bash tourna-ment MVP She had four multi-hit performances in the six-game week including three games with three hits The rookie scored at least one run and reached base in all but one game

In the Bama Bash opener McCleney batted 3-for-3 scored four runs drove in six and hit a home run against Western Illinois McCleney opened the week with a 3-for-4 outing at the plate against UAB then posted another three-hit day against Iowa

After three weeks McCleney is batting 604 with 24 runs 32 hits three home runs 14 RBIs and 15 stolen bases

Alabama will play six games in four days this week all at Rhoads Stadium The Crimson Tide will open the week against Samford on Wednesday Feb 27 before playing its make-up game against South Alabama on Thursday The Tide will then welcome Iowa State and St Johnrsquos for the Easton Classic this weekend

McCleney named SEC Freshman of the Week Bama Bash MVP

By Kevin ConnellContributing Writer

The Alabama baseball team returns home to Sewell-Thomas Stadium to play the Samford Bulldogs Tuesday in the first game of a four-game home stint

The Crimson Tide (6-1) con-tinued to make waves this past weekend in Boca Raton Fla where it took the first two games of the series against the Florida Atlantic Owls before dropping its first game of the season in the series finale

on SundayldquoI thought our team overall

was really prepared and played extremely well particularly Friday night We played a real-ly good left-handed pitcher that was Pitcher of the Year last year in their conferencerdquo head coach Mitch Gaspard said

Through seven games of the season Gaspard said he now has an idea of what kind of a team he is working with this season

ldquoTheyrsquore very competitive They play with really good energy good focus each day

and thatrsquos a good sign as we move forward into the seasonrdquo he said ldquoJust the team overall I like where theyrsquore at I like their focus I like the way they play the game And if they con-tinue to do that itrsquos going to be a team thatrsquos just going to con-tinue to get better as we move through the seasonrdquo

The team will try to rebound from the loss to Florida Atlantic when it takes on a Samford team that the Tide swept two games to none in the season series last year

Gaspard said the Tide knows

Bulldogs (5-4) can be a tough team to beat and they arenrsquot about to overlook them

ldquoThey have a tremendous outfielder and pitcher for them that really has been the cata-lyst for their team the last cou-ple yearsrdquo he said ldquo[Samford head coach] Casey Dunnrsquos done a really nice job with their program We know itrsquos going to be a real competitive game and wersquore looking forward to getting back on the field again tomorrow nightrdquo

Gaspard said pitching has been the key to the teamrsquos

success so far this season after the Tide posted three quality starts against Florida Atlantic over the weekend

Sophomore left-hander Taylor Guilbeau (1-0) will look to continue the solid pitch-ing for Alabama as he makes his second start of the season Tuesday Guilbeau allowed just one run on three hits and two walks in five innings of work in a 10-8 victory over then-No 21 Southern Miss last week

The Tide will also look for freshman center fielder Georgie Salem to maintain his

current form at the plate afterleading the team with a 538 batting average in the Florida Atlantic series

ldquo[He had] a lot of quality at bats from Tuesday through Sundayrdquo Gaspard said ldquoHersquos that guy up top where wersquore expecting him to give those tough at bats for us to get us going and let those other guys see pitches throughout the gamerdquo

First pitch is scheduled for 605 pm Tuesday The two teams will meet again later this season on March 19 at Samford

Tide looks to win 4 games at home after 1st season loss

Round 2 of Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Championship postponedCW Staff

Damaging overnight weath-er in the New Orleans area contributed to the cancel-lation of Mondayrsquos second round of the 2013 Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Golf Championship Play will resume on Feb 26 at 8 am with

a shotgun start for the final round

During the night severe thun-derstorms brought high winds nearly three inches of rain and dime-sized hail to the course The clean-up for Tuesdayrsquos sec-ond round has begun

For updated informa-tion on the Allstate Sugar

Bowl Intercollegiate Golf Championship visit the tour-nament page located on the Tulane womenrsquos golf homepage at TulaneGreenWavecom or golfstatcom

Alabama will be playing with Florida and Southern California in Tuesdayrsquos second and final round

Alabama suffered five non conference losses with the low point being back-to-back loss-es to Tulane and Mercer The Crimson Tide has put together a 10-4 record in conference play since then but the Southeastern Conference may be as weak as it has ever been so there havenrsquot been many quality wins to come by Conversely losses to LSU and Auburn look worse than they would in years past

ldquoItrsquos certainly not a good loss at this point in the yearrdquo said Dan Wolken who covers college basketball for USA Today ldquoThey really needed to rack up some big wins in the SEC and the reality of the situation this year is that the SEC doesnrsquot offer a lot of high quality wins If you miss against Missouri and you miss against Florida then yoursquore basically playing games against other bubble teamsrdquo

Florida and Missouri are the only SEC teams that appear to be locked in for the NCAA tour-nament right now Lunardi list-ed Ole Miss as one of his ldquolast four inrdquo teams and Kentucky as one of his ldquolast four outrdquo before this weekendrsquos action

Alabama still has a chance to prove itself however After fac-ing Auburn the Crimson Tide will travel to Florida for a crucial Saturday game that will be tele-vised on ESPN Then it will take on Ole Miss in Oxford Miss before finishing out the season at home against Georgia The SEC tournament awaits after where winning means an auto-matic NCAA tournament berth

While the outlook currently looks bleak there is still some

hope for AlabamaldquoThey need to beat Florida

certainlyrdquo Wolken said ldquoThey also have Ole Miss coming up which would help Itrsquos a mov-ing target The thing about these discussions is itrsquos so hard to gauge because itrsquos a moving target It depends on what other teams in other leagues dordquo

Goodman however thinks Alabama could still get in the tournament without beating the Gators

ldquoYoursquore not supposed to win the one at Florida anyway Theyrsquore probably not going to win it They win it theyrsquore in great shaperdquo he said ldquoItrsquos prob-ably going to take them sweep-ing the rest of them and then winning at least one [SEC] tour-nament gamerdquo

Many Alabama fans will call for Grantrsquos job if he fails to make the tournament for the third time in four years The former VCU head coach and Florida assistant is making almost $2 million a year and currently has only a first-round tournament exit on his resume

Both Goodwin and Wolken were quick to dismiss the notion of Grant losing his job or even being on the hot seat if he misses the tournament Grant inherited a severe talent defi-ciency and has recruited well during his time in Tuscaloosa And barring a disastrous finish Alabama will post 20 wins for the third straight season

ldquoYou have to kind of judge it against the historical standardrdquo Wolken said ldquoWhat kind of pro-gram does Alabama expect to be expect to have Based on all of the factors that you typically look at in determining what expectations should be Alabama is a program that should prob-ably go to the NCAA tourna-ment three out of five years

something along those linesrdquoGoodwin also pointed to

Grantrsquos handling of disciplin-ary issues like suspending JaMychal Green and Tony Mitchell during the heart of last seasonrsquos run

ldquoIrsquom still an Anthony Grant fan Hersquos high-integrity He never self-promotes He coaches those kids up He makes those kids better as peoplerdquo Goodwin said ldquoI think hersquos one of the best people Irsquove ever met doing this job Has a lot of integrity gets his kids to play hard I donrsquot think he took over a program with a ton of talent - he had his work cut out for him But I still think hersquos the right guy for that jobrdquo

Grant as many coaches would says he is taking things one game at a time even with just four games remaining on the season An Auburn loss would after all crush whatever tournament hopes Alabama has left

ldquoThis game we have tomor-row is the most important game of the seasonrdquo he said ldquoI canrsquot see any farther than tomorrow Thatrsquos my total focus and we just have to take care of our-selves and take care of the game thatrsquos in front of usrdquo

Senior guard Andrew Steele echoed his coachrsquos sentiments Beating Auburn is the first step to getting Alabama back in the tournament picture

ldquoIn terms of the selection committee and all that we canrsquot control what they decide But we can decide how we come out and play each gamerdquo Steele said ldquoOur next game is Auburn so if we canrsquot get prepared to play those guys then we donrsquot really have a chance at any other thing that we try to do Itrsquos the next game so itrsquos the most important onerdquo

BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 1

Experts say calls for Grantrsquos job not fair

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday February 26 2013 | Page 9

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JOBSTodayrsquos Birthday (022613) Constant monitoring gets you ahead fi nancially this year Group eff orts advance the furthest Fix your place up for happy times at home until summer when your playful side gets sparked to pur-sue art travel culture or a romantic adventure Dream muses inspireTo get the advantage check the dayrsquos rating 10 is the easiest day 0 the most challengingAries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Allow yourself more quiet time this month You may as well tell the truth it saves hassle Stick to old rules and your schedule to avoid misunder-standings Th ink before speakingTaurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Dress for power and practice success Watch for short tempers if yoursquore going to be late for a family aff air (or just be on time) Group activities go wellGemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 7 -- For the next month itrsquos easier to advance your agenda especially by lis-tening to other peoplersquos considerations and taking actions to support them Work smarter and make more moneyCancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 7 -- You overcome new challenges and set ambitious goals to further you career A glitch in the communication could rain on your parade Donrsquot take it personallyLeo (July 23-Aug 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Itrsquos becoming easier to save not just now but for the next month Itrsquos also easier to make money Off er a calming voice to a loved one Rediscover a gift or talent that you haveVirgo (Aug 23-Sept 22) -- Today is

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By Caroline GazzaraStaff Reporter

Regardless of what others think of the Alabama womenrsquos basketball team Shafontaye Meyers said she believes in them The team may not be the best yet but she said she is confident her team can become something better

ldquoI have to get better as a player and we have to get bet-ter as a teamrdquo Meyers said ldquoItrsquos a good feeling when you know you want to improve more as a teamrdquo

Standing 5 feet 8 inches the junior has a few seasons under her belt Though this is the first year she has started her freshman and sophomore years helped her become the player that she is and help her guide the team

ldquoI want to be more of a role

model [than a leader]rdquo Meyers said ldquoI try to step up when we fall I want to be a role model for the teamrdquo

In high school Meyers was ranked 13th in the nation in 2010 in scoring averaging 292 points her senior year

The native Alabamian has been with the Crimson Tide for three years and each year she has proved herself once more that she is a leader This year alone has been her big-gest year so far Meyers has bested herself points-wise by scoring a record 23 points against Auburn in January

Though she claims shersquos not the leader of the team she is the one the team looks to in order to make the shots they need to make Her three-point shooting average 302 percent her field goal shooting average is 325 percent and her free

throw average is 704 percentCoach Wendell Hudson

relies heavily on her shots because Meyers is willing to take the shots no one wants to take

ldquoShafontaye Meyers is a big shot takerrdquo Hudson said ldquoShe might not make them but therersquos no question that itrsquos going to be a good shot She steps and makes those shots Everybody looks at the final score and what I look at is what got us to that pointrdquo

Like Hudson the team looks to one of its top players to help bring them together Even though the Tide is on an eight-game losing streak Meyersrsquo goal is to help the team come together to become one syn-chronized unit

ldquoI think we need to come togetherrdquo Meyers said ldquoWersquore not always together

Sometimes we play together but we quit before we can really come together We are letting ourselves get in the way of the game but itrsquos a team thing and we sometimes forget about thatrdquo

Hudsonrsquos go-to girl doesnrsquot feel the intense pressure some athletes may feel With her team around her she knows that she can accomplish what needs to be done

ldquoI guess Irsquom used to it by now because I know that we have to get [the shots]rdquo Meyers said ldquoWhen you have to get the shots you have to get them You donrsquot feel the pressure because in the end yoursquore going to come through cause you have help from everybodyrdquo

In a league with fierce com-petitors Meyers knows that enjoying the game is the most

important factor of all Though the losing streak weighs heav-ily on her mind enjoying the game with her team is the overall goal for any game

ldquoI want to have fun and I want to enjoy the gamerdquo Meyers said ldquoWhen yoursquore together as a team itrsquos always fun Itrsquos a good thing for the team to have funrdquo

Meyersrsquo time at Alabama has helped her become a bet-ter player not only individual-ly but she has also helped the team become a better team

ldquoShe has made herself a complete playerrdquo Hudson said ldquoShersquos playing well She came off the bench and had that spark that we neededrdquo

Her motto is to give it all that shersquos got and though the sea-son is about to come to a close shersquos inspired to keep going for her team and for the fans

ldquoI like to give it all I gotrdquo Meyers said ldquoI know Irsquom doing it for the audience and [they] are my inspiration I know because of that they are help-ing me get to where I am nowrdquo

By Zac Al-Khateeb

Anyone who has ever par-ticipated in athletic competi-tion knows teams often follow trends Teams seem to ride highs and lows but rarely have an ldquoaveragerdquo part of a season

Those kinds of trends can be seen when a basketball team puts together a ridiculous string of 3-point shots when a quar-terback just canrsquot seem to miss his receivers or when a base-ball team just makes the game miserable for opposing pitchers

With that said for every team experiencing a high another team experiences a low and

once that low period starts it never seems to stop Sometimes a teamrsquos string of losses isnrsquot so much a reflection of poor play but the fact theyrsquore simply stuck in a rut

Donrsquot believe me Look at the Alabama baseball team last year After the Tide start-ed with a 4-3 record last sea-

son it never once put a string of more than two consecutive wins together for the rest of the season

But it wasnrsquot because of poor play The team was simply stuck in a mindset of losing and once a team finds itself in that state of mind itrsquos exceptionally diffi-cult to escape

That is something that Alabama will have to watch out for this year Still it looks as if the Tide has started the season out on the right foot going 6-0 and beating a top-25 team in Southern Miss before losing to Florida Atlantic in a series fina-le Sunday

Irsquom not saying Alabamarsquos season is suddenly in jeopardy or anything but winning and losing are both contagious to a team Now that Alabamarsquos experienced its first loss of the season it needs to make sure it can overcome it and continue winning

Still that shouldnrsquot be too

hard for the Tide which did start off the season with an impressive string of victories Even the loss to Florida Atlantic wasnrsquot that bad as the Tide had already beaten the Owls twice in the series

Alabama has a chance to start another winning streak tonight when it plays the Samford Bulldogs at home If the Tide shows up with a good attitude ready to put the loss behind them it could be the start of another win streak However if the Tide still has its mind in Boca Raton Fla then it could experience yet another loss

Thatrsquos the nature of sports sometimes One loss turns into two two into three three into four and so on What marks a truly competitive team isnrsquot who has the most talent Rather itrsquos the team that has the right mindset at the right time in the right place

If Alabama wants to be com-petitive this year itrsquos going to have to learn to keep that right mindset the entire sea-son something it was appar-ently unsuccessful with last season Alabama has already proven it can handle success Now it just needs to prove it can handle losing as well

To start a new win streak Crimson Tide must avoid negative mindset after loss

Editor | Marquavius BurnettcrimsonwhitesportsgmailcomTuesday February 26 2013SPORTS

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OPINION

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WOMENrsquoS BASKETBALL

Despite criticisms Meyers believes in her team

CW | Shannon AuvilShafontaye is a lsquobig shot takerrsquo according to Wendell Hudson

COLUMN

ldquo If the Tide shows up with a good attitude ready to put the loss behind them it could be the start of another win streak However if the Tide

still has its mind in Boca Raton Fla then it could experience yet another loss

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By Madison RobertsStaff Reporter

Over the past decade there has been a major shift on The University of Alabama campus from traditional to suite-style dorms

The University no longer builds traditional dorms like Tutwiler and Paty where stu-dents share a single room with another student and live in an entire building of the same gen-der Instead the University has built numerous luxury suite-style dorms like Ridgecrest Riverside Lakeside and the lat-est Presidential Village where each student gets his or her own room shares a bathroom with one other student and shares a common area with a kitchenette with the rest of their suite

Some students find this shift to living in suite-style dorms limits them from making friends because there isnrsquot as much of a need to talk to people on their hall

ldquoI have a friend who goes to UGA where living in a suite-style dorm as a freshman is unheard ofrdquo Emily Messer a freshman majoring in English

said ldquoWhen I visited her I noticed how many friends she had made on her hall and I was really jealous because the only people I know on my hall are my RA and the people who live in the suite with merdquo

Alexis Browning a freshman majoring in psychology said she thinks the reason people who live in suite-style dorms donrsquot make friends on their hall is because suite-style housing pro-motes an introverted environ-ment

ldquoBy allowing people to have their own room they have the ability to just lock themselves away and they arenrsquot forced to go out and meet peoplerdquo Browning said ldquoI never thought I would be thankful for living in Tutwiler but I definitely am There is always something going on and therersquos never really a moment where I am sitting in my room alonerdquo

However students who choose to live in the traditional dorms left on campus are not always fond of their environment

Abby Ruffin a freshman majoring in French said when she first signed up to live in Tutwiler she thought she would

make friends but said she feels out of place because she isnrsquot in a sorority

ldquoI first thought living in Tutwiler would be a really good experience because itrsquos all girls and traditional so I thought I would make a lot of friends but I honestly havenrsquotrdquo Ruffin said ldquoIrsquom not in a sorority so I live a different life than most of the girls on my hall and I guess that bothers them Also Tutwiler is absolutely disgusting If I could do this all over again I would definitely want to live in a suite-style dorm but oh well you live and you learnrdquo

Trey Clifton a freshman majoring in political sci-ence said he enjoys living in Ridgecrest because it gives him space to study and he likes not having to depend on a room-mate

ldquoI am a very clean person and I like having my own space where I donrsquot have to worry about someone elsersquos messrdquo Clifton said ldquoIt makes me feel more independent and I think having a roommate would just create a lot of arguments I would rather just live alone There are other ways to make

friends like joining a fraternity or a student organizationrdquo

Jack Mitchell a freshman majoring in business lives in Paty and said he wishes he had more privacy

ldquoI like it because it has ben-efited me socially but some-times I just need space to blast music and block out the world and my roommate doesnrsquot understand thatrdquo Mitchell said ldquoHe never leaves the roomrdquo

Browning thinks all stu-

dents should have to live in traditional housing at some point in their lifetime

ldquoI think it should be manda-tory for students to live in tra-ditional residence halls their freshman yearrdquo Browning said ldquoThatrsquos what our parents did thatrsquos what Irsquom doing and it defi-nitely hasnrsquot hurt me Yeah itrsquos kind of disgusting and you have to wear shower shoes but itrsquos such a great experience to have and itrsquos where Irsquove made my best friendsrdquo

Assistant Editors | Chandler Wright and Adrienne Burchnewsdeskcwuaedu

Tuesday February 26 2013NEWSNEWS

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Page 3

Some students question shift to suite-style dorms

By Ben ClarkContributing Writer

As members of the digi-tal generation most would believe todayrsquos college stu-dents no longer read for plea-sure mostly because of the growth of technology in their lifetimes Classic novels now have movie adaptations that can be watched and breaking news can be read in a tweet of less than 140 characters

However according to a recent survey students still want to read for pleasure but instead of technology getting in the way studentsrsquo class-work is preventing them from doing outside reading The survey which was released by College amp Research Libraries polled more than 700 stu-dents at Gustavus Adolphus College along with librarians from all over the country

While 93 percent of the students polled agreed they read for pleasure more than 77 percent of those same stu-dents said they didnrsquot have time for recreational reading because they had too much class-assigned reading

Many students at The University of Alabama match the findings of the survey

While the University itself boasts a growing population of over 33000 students the Honors College book club has

just five consistent membersErica Schumann a sopho-

more majoring in history and anthropology who is a mem-ber of the book club said she feels it is difficult for college students to find time to read for pleasure

ldquoIrsquove never been able to bal-ance my reading very well Sometimes my classwork suf-fers because I get really into a book and canrsquot focus on any-thing else until I finish it or sometimes I wonrsquot read for enjoyment for weeks because

I get overwhelmed by my classesrdquo Schumann said

While the members of the book club maintain their read-ing by meeting at least once a month other students outside of the club find it even harder to find extra time to read

Maggie Leverette a sopho-more majoring in finance said she believes even if she joined a book club she wouldnrsquot have time to read

ldquoSince I started college Irsquove found that my desire to read has decreased just because I

got out of the habit of read-ing all the time and I have so much reading for class that I donrsquot want to read for fun any-morerdquo Leverette said

Some students feel the problem of having to choose between class reading and reading for pleasure could be solved simply by profes-sors working together when assigning readings which would prevent overwhelm-ing students Candace Hill a junior majoring in English understands the struggle of

too much class readingldquoI read around a total of 30

novels last semester alone Several of them were 400-600 pages Not only does that leave little time to analyze the material in-depth but it also eliminates the possibility of outside readingrdquo Hill said

However time has not changed the curriculum or what is required of professors

Ash Bowen a professor in the English department said she believes things havenrsquot changed since he was in college

ldquoWhen I was an undergrad-uate majoring in English I typically had no time for plea-sure reading Taking 15 hours of literature courses ndash with each course having around seven novels on the the sylla-bus for a total of 35 novels in a single semester ndash certainly cut down the time I had for extra readingrdquo Bowen said

Although it has affected the way he teaches his course

ldquoBut at the same time I have to maintain the integrity of the course the University and my position and assign the material that needs to be coveredrdquo he said ldquoI simply do my best to ensure that the readings are in small enough chunks that students donrsquot feel overwhelmed and are still getting the necessary works coveredrdquo

Students fi nd it diffi cult to read for pleasure

CW | Alaina ClarkA recent College amp Research Libraries study found that students try to fi nd time to read for pleasure

CW | Pete PajorA Paty resident watches TV in his room

Blake said itrsquos easier in classes for her major

ldquoIn my journalism classes I do better but when I had classes outside my major and minors it was kind of hard because we had less common groundrdquo she said

Despite the age gap between herself and other students Randle said she has found everyone in her classes so far to be great

ldquoThe first couple of days of a new class are always awkward but when you get a couple of weeks into classes and theyrsquore asking me questions and I am asking them questions and you cultivate a friendshiprdquo she said

Students who had classes with Randle said it was not uncomfortable to have some-one older as a classmate They agreed that Randle was hard-working and great to work with

ldquoI love the idea of people com-ing back to school I think itrsquos very respectablerdquo Kassondra Marshall a junior majoring in public relations said ldquoI really enjoyed working with and get-ting to know Kristy I admired her story and her attitude

toward school She inspired me to work harder and really want to understand how to write for our PR classrdquo

Laura Monroe a senior majoring in journalism also said Randle was inspiring to her and Randlersquos different per-spective on life was beneficial when editing Monroersquos stories

ldquoHaving Kristy in my class didnrsquot really change the way I experienced the course so I wouldnrsquot say that it caused any-thing to be differentrdquo Monroe said ldquoWe worked together often during the class and edit-ed each otherrsquos papers a few times She is a few years older than me and has a family of her own but Kristy is just like every other student She is here to get an education that will help her reach her dreamsrdquo

Cassandra Nelson a first year masterrsquos student majoring in lit-erature said she admired non-traditional students for their work ethic and dedication to return to school

ldquoI think itrsquos great that they have the opportunity to go back to college and pursue their dreams and goalsrdquo Nelson said ldquoPersonally I kind of admire them for going back to college at that stage in their lives I know if I already had a steady job and a family you could not pay me to go back to college So I think

itrsquos really admirable that they are willing to work so hard to achieve their goals or dreamsrdquo

Nelson also found it easy to get along with older students in her classes

ldquoUsually because of their age and experience they provided a different take and insight on things that the rest of the class never would have thought ofrdquo she said

Randle said it was sometimes funny to find herself the same age or even older than some of her professors

ldquoI have to catch myselfrdquo she said ldquoSometimes itrsquos hard for me to remember to call some of my professors who are younger than me Dr or Mrs And I signed up for Dr Robertsrsquo ethics class last semester and had to drop it because I had too much other stuff going on with my research And [Dr Roberts] was like lsquoBut I was really looking forward to having someone my own in age in a class for oncersquordquo

Randle and Blake opted to return to campus and com-plete their degrees rather than pursuing one online but the University does offer online options for adult students age 25 and older through the New College Life Track program

ldquoWe serve students at a dis-tance so they can finish up in their own time and not be bound

by semestersrdquo Ana Schuber the Life Track program man-ager said ldquoThey only have to come to campus one time for orientationrdquo

Schuber said any other visits to campus would be optional They offer weekend courses though for those who wish to have more interaction

Currently Life Track has 300 to 350 students Students in the program can pick an area of depth study such as Literature Art and Society Science Technology and Culture Leadership Studies Community Studies as well as Self-Designed areas Upon completion of the program they earn a Bachelors of Science or a Bachelors of Arts from The University of Alabama

For Alexis Barton Life Track was a life-changing experience Barton entered the program at age 25 in 2006 She graduated in May 2010 and said she appreci-ated the flexibility the program gave her

ldquoWhen you do something you think you canrsquot do the beliefs you hold about your own abili-ties changerdquo she said ldquoYour dreams shift Possibilities emerge that you didnrsquot see before The supportive envi-ronment and the mentoring relationships Irsquove benefited from helped me believe that

a degree was not out of reach and the freedom to explore scholarly research at my own pace deepened my intellectual curiosityrdquo

B a r t o n c u r r e n t l y works in Birmingham for SameChicDifferentDaycom a popular blog she recently launched

William Carter graduated from the University through Life Track at age 49 and went on to get his masterrsquos degree

ldquoI got my masters in two yearsrdquo he said ldquoThat tells me this is a worthwhile programrdquo

Online classes did not appeal to Blake though who prefers a classroom setting

ldquoI donrsquot do very well online because I donrsquot have enough discipline to do itrdquo Blake said

However Randle said she loves online classes

ldquoIf I could have finished both of my degrees degree online I would haverdquo she said ldquoWhere else can you get a study and get a degree in your pajamas drinking coffeerdquo

But Randlersquos two areas of dis-cipline were not offered online

ldquoI could have gone some-where else I guess and gotten it through some ABC or XYZ University but I wanted a mean-ingful educationrdquo she said ldquoAnd that is what I am getting at Alabamardquo

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By Brad ErthalSenior Staff Columnist

Last week various state and local agencies the US Marshalls and this University wasted an enormous amount of scarce resources in an appar-ently successful attempt to damage the lives of 74 of our fellow citizens (61 of them stu-dents) for no good reason

In this way they betrayed the various public trusts which are the nominal reasons for their employment For this they will receive their 30 pieces of silver in the ongoing War on Drug Users assuming the West Alabama Narcotics Task Force can keep track of it The over-time checks will be signed and the officers are already patting themselves on the backs

If I had been tasked with drug enforcement in Alabama and had been caught spending any time on something other than catching meth cooks I would die of the shame I do not mean this glibly I would have a difficult time showing my face in public

But somehow rather than being wracked with remorse for burning truckloads of taxpayer money in pursuit of harmless users of a relatively benign drug our leaders are proud

The chief of the Tuscaloosa Police Department Steven Anderson reinforced unfor-tunate stereotypes about Alabama law enforcementrsquos critical thinking skills by affirming ldquoit is still illegal to possess [marijuana] sell it distribute it in the state of Alabama Therefore it is against the law We are still going to enforce the law no matter how harmless people think it isrdquo

Littering is also illegal in this state and yet people do it all the time You canrsquot walk outside in our fair city without stepping on a cigarette butt The police could spend their time stak-ing out public places waiting for litter bugs and citing them as soon as they throw a ciga-rette to the ground They donrsquot do this because they are busy Law enforcement has limited resources and chooses which crimes are worth pursuing and which are not

Thus it is surreal to hear Mr Anderson tell us that some-thing is illegal and therefore multiple law enforcement agencies needed to hire crimi-nal informants in a two month coordinated effort to pursue people violating a specific stat-ute ldquoIt is illegal so it must be stoppedrdquo sounds more like the catchphrase of an obsessive-compulsive vigilante than the utterance of a professional

UA President and temper-ance movement throwback

Judy Bonner crowed about the Universityrsquos attempts to protect students from ldquochoices about substance abuse that can have such a significant and nega-tive impact on their lives and others including their fami-lies their friends other stu-dents and this Universityrdquo I copied and pasted that from the email lest I be accused of misquoting her

This ignores the obvious fact that the major negative impacts from marijuana are precisely the arrest and subse-quent penalization of average citizens not the direct effects of the drug Young people in col-lege or not tend to experimentWe arbitrarily burden some of those experimenters with crim-inal records

Others both randomly and in nefarious systematic ways walk away with no adverse consequences The result is a country in which the last threePresidents have all admitted to marijuana use while a sig-nificant proportion of the adultpopulation is incarcerated for the same crime and many more face significant legal and pro-fessional consequences

Instead of helping to per-petuate this incredibly stupid system the University should drop its zero-tolerance policy and do whatrsquos right for its stu-dents The Task Force has been increasing its number of cases without producing many more defendants pre-sumably because they can ruin peoplersquos lives with drug arrests even without getting convic-tions Rather than rewarding the police for shoddy work the University should take no action to deprive these studentsof their educations

Some of you are planning to protest but I sense that the message might be vague While I support full legalization of marijuana and as a Colorado native I got to vote for such a measure last year I am doubt-ful that that will soon be accom-plished in Alabama Instead letyour rallying cry be to protect your fellow students from the harm caused by overzealous and senseless enforcement of a silly law

Brad Erthal is a doctoral stu-dent in economics His columnruns on Tuesdays

University should not reward police overreach

DRUG POLICY

CULTURE

By Lucy CheseldineStaff Columnist

On one of my regular tea breaks this week I stumbled across an interesting BBC Radio 4 program The familiar voices were weighing the ben-efits of gaining practical expe-rience alongside degree cours-es This is something America does much better than the UK

Most college students here are encouraged to spend their summers gaining work expe-rience or undertaking intern-ships There are also many more opportunities to gain experience in an industry as part of your college courses or

in exchange for college cred-it This means US students come off their degree program already having gone some way to building up their resumes and knowing more directly the industry they want to start

working inThe UK seems to take a dif-

ferent angle English education has an obsession for specialis-ing We are immediately out of sixth form and already being asked to choose one subject to study to spend the next three years pouring out our mind body and soul over Thatrsquos all well and good for gaining in-depth knowledge and I by no means object to the English university system ndash indeed I am proud of our institutions

However it does pose the problem that we have little dia-logue between the arts and sci-ences It also leaves little room for British degree courses to

merge with practical experi-ence Because our studies are so specific we tend to keep our education within the realms of the university

I have found that placements and encouragement to gain experience are much more part of the American way Perhaps this is because education here is partly based on prepara-tion for industry something British institutions do not yet acknowledge to such an extent Or indeed tend not to be so con-cerned with There is nowhere near as much encouragement to get hands-on work alongside your degree as there is here

I spent another of my daily

tea breaks researching and applying for summer intern-ships here in the US which of course turned into more of an extended and complicated few hours of sifting through incomprehensible application processes than a break Irsquom in two minds I admire the United Statesrsquo emphasis on constantly looking to gain practical expe-rience But after all the hours spent applying I just hope it isnrsquot blighting the main focus of college students college At the end of the day we are here to make use of our institution and benefit from the resources it offers as much as we can

Perhaps my mother has it

right After retiring she has begun an art degree They offer her an intellectually directed education in art history along-side a practical course in mak-ing art itself The course offersthe best of both worlds

I have no answers to this dilemma But any which way you look at it the job market just tells us to grab anything and everything we can that might help us along the way Just keep moving Thatrsquos what I have been telling myself

Lucy Cheseldine is an Englishinternational student studyingEnglish literature Her columnruns weekly on Tuesdays

Differences between American and English universities must be recognized

By John BrinkerhoffOpinion Editor

It seems two of the most cited statistics in the smoking ban debate are the percentage of UA smokers climbs from 6 percent freshman year to 16 percent senior year and 58 percent of students support a campuswide smoking ban

If true and correctly obtained these statistics which were collected in a Health and Wellness Survey last spring are telling However a quick look into this survey reveals they were not correctly obtained and as a result are certainly not an accurate representation of student opinion

Regardless of each indi-vidualrsquos personal views on the issue however one thing which everyone should agree on is that the debate should be grounded in truth The survey in which these numbers were obtained makes a mockery of this premise It seeks to per-suade students rather than obtain their opinion

Before asking about the ban the survey stated

ldquoAccording to the Surgeon Generalrsquos 2010 report on second-hand smoke

There is no safe level of secondhand smoke Breathing even a little sec-ondhand smoke can be

dangerousNearly 50000 deaths each

year are attributed to sec-ondhand smoke and thou-sands of affected people suffer from heart and lung disease due to exposurerdquoThe statement is true how-

ever it is also something any-one over the age of 5 already knows Itrsquos only effect is to clearly stake out the position of ban supporters which bias-es the student population and misleads them into believing that there is a ldquorightrdquo answer to these supposed opinion-based questions

Even more egregious is the wording of the actual smoking ban question which stated

ldquoAs a leading institution in higher learning in the country The University of Alabama promotes a healthy environment that is conducive to academic excellence and general well-being

In order to further the Universityrsquos commitment to the health of the University would you be in favor of The University of Alabama becoming a smoke-free campusrdquoBy any scientific standard

this is biasing to the sample population It is designed to manipulate students into believing that if they do not support a ldquosmoke-free cam-pusrdquo then they are against the general health and pur-suit of excellence at Alabama This bias would be particular-ly effective on freshmen who may be more apt to lie about their smoking habits to fit in line with this ldquocommitmentrdquo

That the University which prides itself on the quality of its research would approve and disseminate such a biased joke of a survey is absolutely shameful

There is nothing wrong with collecting student opin-ions for a debate over policy change There is also noth-ing wrong with presenting expert opinions such as the Surgeon General to craft an argument

There is plenty wrong with mixing the two especially when the selected opinions all favor one side The results are tainted and cannot be seriously used in any discus-sion regarding the future of

smoking on campusIf the University is serious

about this issue and if sup-porters of the ban are confi-dent that students truly are tired of secondhand smoke then there should be no issue with commissioning a new survey that adheres to some modicum of objectivity and scientific standards

Do not demean the gravity of this debate by asking lead-ing questions Do not waste the time of students by giv-ing them a worthless survey with an agenda Do not insult the intellectual integrity of this University by touting the flawed results of this survey as valid

Instead work with both sides to create a survey that truly measures student opin-ion If understanding how to do so without shoving per-sonal biases down the throats of survey-takers proves too difficult then seek assistance from faculty researchers who actually know how to craft opinion surveys

This campus deserves another Health and Wellness Survey It needs to be done well and it needs to be done right

John Brinkerhoff is the opin-ion editor of The Crimson White His column runs weekly

UA smoking ban debate founded on falsehoodsSMOKING BAN

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

John Brinkerhoff

Brad Erthal

Lucy Cheseldine

CW | Kevin Pabst

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday February 26 2013 | Page 5

By Tori LinvilleContributing Writer

Students organizations and others connected with The University of Alabama interest-ed in using University vehicles instead of their own can access vans and other vehicles through the Fleet Services of the Universityrsquos Driver Safety and Vehicle Management Program

Those looking to operate a University vehicle can do so after qualifying for driver requirements filling out the Application for Use of a State Owned Automobile and paying a rental charge Fleet Services provides options of a sedan a

seven passenger mini-van a 12 passenger van or a cargo van

Driver requirements include a minimum age of 21 no less than three years of driving experience a valid driverrsquos license signed authorization allowing the University to access the

driverrsquos Motor Vehicle Record and completion of an online training program

Once the paperwork is filed and the driver is cleared Fleet Services provides the vehicle to be rented The daily rates for renting sedans seven passen-ger vans and 12 passenger vans are $49 $59 and $79 respectively

Bob Pugh director of Risk Management said the vans

are typically new and theyrsquore well maintained

ldquoThey have the current equip-ment in the way of traction con-trol stability control airbags theyrsquore more crash-worthy than the older vansrdquo Pugh said ldquoWe know the history of the vans ndash we know if the van has had the oil changed the brakes checked the tires checked air pressure headlights windshield wipers ndash all the little things so when you go to pick it up to take it on a trip itrsquos ready to gordquo

Organizations such as vari-ous sports clubs like womenrsquos rugby and even the equestrian club use the well-serviced vans to their advantage Coordinator of Sports Clubs Wyant Boreson explained the process of paperwork students have

to undertakeldquoThe [students] turn in the

request form theyrsquoll give it to me Irsquoll fill out the necessary accounting information and Irsquoll send that to Fleet Servicesrdquo Boreson said ldquoWe make sure the students fill out the MVR form as well with their informa-tion and Irsquoll send that to Risk Management and then the stu-dent is notified of the required online training course It really just helps the time process and if therersquos missing informa-tion I act as the contact for Risk Managementrdquo

In addition to efficient time management and coordination Fleet Services aims to provide excellent customer service Barbara Grimes office associ-ate at the Community Service

Center saidldquoWersquoll sometimes go and pick

up the vans at 6 in the morningbefore Fleet Services is even open keep them for a week and return them with no problemsrdquoGrimes said ldquoThey work very well with us on our reserva-tions even if we have to make a last-minute change the directorwill try to work with us in solv-ing the problemsrdquo

Along with the vans Fleet Services provides the Universityrsquos Driver Safety and Vehicle Management Program rents out other vehicles includ-ing cars golf and utility carts garbage trucks and even bucket trucks

For more information about the Fleet Services visit fleetuaedu

From sedans to vans students can rent UA vehiclesldquoWersquoll sometimes go and pick up the vans at 6 in the morning be-

fore Fleet Services is even open keep them for a week and return them with no problems They work very well with us on our reser-

vations even if we have to make a last-minute change the director will try to work with us in solving the problems

mdash Barbara Grimes

Black Student Union hosts Andre TaylorBy Camille CorbettContributing Writer

The first black president of the National Alumni Association challenged mem-bers of The University of Alabamarsquos Black Student Union to facilitate and enhance the academic suc-cess of black students during the annual Black State of the Union address on Monday night

President Andre Taylor addressed members of the Black Student Union an orga-nization that focuses on black student empowerment within the University The purpose of this event was to recog-nize the progress that black students on this campus have made within the past year

ldquoYou know how the presi-dent has a state of union for the entire United States well this event is an address focus-ing on the African-American community of campusrdquo senior Kyle Fraizer vice pres-ident of the Black Student Union said

The overall message of this event was one to focus more on goals that are already in the Black Student Union

ldquoThe theme of my presen-tation is obstacles and oppor-tunities something you are moving toward and becoming like Itrsquos really just what you think about the mostrdquo Taylor said

Kayla James president of the Black Student Union said they started the event in con-junction with the NAACP

ldquoItrsquos really an annual event to talk about how far wersquove come and the problems that we face todayrdquo James said

This event also serves as a venue for older black stu-dents on campus to try to influence students within the University

ldquoItrsquos to get minority stu-dents involved but by using a different perspective than we usually use Itrsquos more like alumni trying to influence student mindsrdquo Fraizer said

Black students also use this address as a way to become knowledgeable and

understand ways to improve race relations on campus

ldquoI was able to learn more and to be more aware about race relations on this cam-pus and what we can do to improve the state of African-Americans on this cam-pusrdquo Kimiko McKenzie a sophomore majoring in biology said

Kaiya Arroyo secretary of the Black Student Union said Taylorrsquos address also served

to inspire black students on campus

ldquoEvery year we try to uplift our students and bring in a speaker who understands what itrsquos like to be a student at UA and we just try to help our students be inspired even though itrsquos kind of late within the school year we believe February is a great time to reflect and still have the abil-ity to change what we desire to changerdquo Arroyo said

CW | Shannon AuviThe National Alumni Associationrsquos fi rst black president Andre Taylor

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348-RIDE anticipates 22 increase in passengersBy Colby Leopard and Justin HeckCW Staff

348-RIDE and 348-RIDE Express projected to have 170128 total riders in 2013 an increase of 22 percent from last year when the program had a combined total of 137214 rid-ers up from 120332 total riders in 2011

348-RIDE began in November 2007 as an on-demand service provided by the UA Transit Department that transports students around campus and neighboring areas after Crimson Ride night hours end at 10 pm The program began with three eight-passenger vans and carried 626 riders in the first two months

Now 348-RIDE has a fleet

of nine 12-passenger vans 12 drivers and three dispatchers

Ralph Clayton direc-tor of transit services at the University of Alabama said the focus of 348-RIDE has expand-ed from its original purpose

ldquoThe primary focus of 348-RIDE is academic in nature

but it has expanded We realize that not all students just need a ride to go the libraryrdquo Clayton said ldquoWe try to support the overall safety of our studentsrdquo

348-RIDE is typically busiest during the weekend

ldquoOn weekdays we aver-age 300 or 400 passengers per nightrdquo Clayton said ldquoOn Friday and Saturday we aver-age about 700 or even up to 1000 passengers per nightrdquo

In order to deal with the increased volume of calls on the weekends the UA Transit Department and SGA worked together to create 348-RIDE Express in 2009

ldquoThe SGA is the one that came up with the model for 348-RIDE Express in order to help relieve some of the stress on the regular 348-RIDE We

found that a number of stu-dents wanted to go to the same locationsrdquo Clayton said

348-RIDE Express runs a fixed route around campus from 9 pm to 330 am from Thursday until Sunday

Although most students feel 348-RIDE is an overall helpful system some have had issues getting through to the dispatch-ers Luke Kiszla a sophomore majoring in history and the-atre said he has encountered this problem several times

ldquoThe main trouble is getting through the automated sys-temrdquo Kiszla said ldquoOnce I talk to a dispatcher theyrsquore so help-

ful at getting me a ride The automated system is just hard to navigate sometimesrdquo

Kiszla said he has used 348-RIDE to get home from bars downtown after his band plays He said he believes that 348-RIDE could benefit from link-ing Google maps a mobile GPS device to the dispatchers

Ultimately Kiszla believes 348-RIDE is an important resource on campus that pro-motes student safety and is also a partial solution to the lack of parking spaces on cam-pus

ldquoItrsquos a good system over-all Itrsquos helped me and my

friends make safe choices fol-lowing partiesrdquo Kiszla saidldquoIf only the parking situa-tion was better in town Iwouldnrsquot have to worry aboutleaving my car when I take348-RIDErdquo

Students can also log onto 348rideuaedu with theirmyBama username and pass-word to select a pick-up anddrop-off location

Apps to request rides from348-RIDE are available on iOSand Android smartphonesldquoRideCellrdquo is available in theiTunes App Store and ldquoUAlabama 348Riderdquo is availablein the Google Play Store

By Alex EigelContributing Writer

Jorge Ortiz-Sotelo chair-man of the Peruvian Institute of Politics and Economics will be delivering a lecture titled ldquoDefeating the Shining Path A Lesson in Combating Terrorism in Perurdquo from 3 to 430 pm Tuesday in 205 Gorgas Library

Ortiz-Sotelo will be speaking on his experience as a Peruvian marine in the final battles between the military forces of Peru in the late 1980s and the capture of the leader of the Shining Path Movement

ldquoHe will give students an inside look at someone who participated in a long war to suppress the Shining Path and improve liferdquo said history pro-fessor Lawrence Clayton a close friend of Ortiz-Sotelorsquos

ldquoHe was involved in a defin-ing moment in modern Peru He has occupied some pretty important posts in Peru He was the head in commission of the settlement of a longtime border dispute between Peru and Ecuador and has been involved in different levels of diplomacyrdquo

Together Clayton and Ortiz-Sotelo meet on a regular basis to write about the history of maritime across the Americas

As chairman of the Peruvian Institute of Politics and Economics Ortiz-Sotelo is the brains behind a think tank that produces paper on issues of national importance that affect the course of national politics and international relations Clayton said

Among his numerous accom-plishments and responsibili-ties Ortiz-Sotelo is also the

editor of an international jour-nal and works in several orga-nizations with members across Latin America and Europe

While visiting the University Ortiz-Sotelo will also be lectur-ing privately in different class-es on the relations between Peru and Cuba The lecture held in 205 Gorgas Tuesday is free and open to the public

History department to host head of Peruvian think tank

IF YOU GObull What lsquoDefeating the

Shining Path A Lesson in Combating Terrorism in Perursquo lecture

bull When Tuesday3 - 430 pm

bull Where 205 Gorgas

FAST FACTSbull 170128 total riders

projected for 2013

bull 137214 total riders in 2012

bull 120332 total riders in 2011

The UA Student Recruitment Team serves as host to

prospective students and student athletes through resident

hall tours lunches phone blitzes informational sessions

gameday activities etc

Members of this team will provide guidance and offer

insight to students and their families regarding campus

life student involvement athletics and

the enrollment process

MANDATORY CONVOCATIONWe will discuss the selction process

Monday February 25 and Wednesday February 27 at 800 pm in Room 159 (Auditorium) of Russel Hall

APPLICATION DEADLINE

1ST ROUND INTERVIEWS MARCH 11-152ND ROUND INTERVIEWS MARCH 18-22

FRIDAY MARCH 1ST AT 5PM

For more information and to download the application please visithttpgobamauaeduuastudentrecruitmentteam

2013 - 2014 SELECTIONS

You have the option to attend Monday night OR Wednesday night-you do not have to attend both but attendance at one IS MANDATORY

Failure to attend one of the convocations will result in automatic disqualification of the applicant

Research paper due soon and you havenrsquot started Librarians are always available to help with developing

your topic fi nding resources and citing sources

R E S E A R C H R E S C U EDrop-in Research Help

University LibrariesSpecial Research Rescue

Hours AvailableMon - Thurs 4-6pm

Gorgas Library1st Floor Information Desk

February 18 - April 25

wwwlibuaedu

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Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Tuesday February 26 2013CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 7

Union Confederate documents held in Hoole LibraryBy Deanne WinslettStaff Reporter

From its beginning in 1948 the W S Hoole Special Collections Library has been home to thousands of books manuscripts photos and more dating back as far as the 15th century

Many other collections each with an independent focus also contribute to the history archived at the University of Alabama Two of the main collections contribute to the archiving of Southern and Alabama history the WS Hoole Collection and the AS Williams Collection

ldquoThe WS Hoole Collection and the AS Williams Collection are similar in that both support the study of Southern history and culturerdquo associate dean for special collections Mary Paluzzi said

The AS Williams Collection took root in Amelia Gayle Gorgas library in 2010 after being donated to University of Alabama Libraries More than 20000 pamphlets and tran-scripts from the late 17th cen-tury to 2009 comprise to the col-lection

ldquoThe Williams Collection developed as the private col-lection of Mr A S Williams III and as such is a more focused collection with strength in studies on US Presidents and the Civil War studies including both Union and Confederate resourcesrdquo Paluzzi said

While the Williams Collection focuses specifically on south-ern history Hoole Special Collections has a wide variety of less concentrated material

ldquoOver 75 years the Hoole Collection has evolved to sup-port a broader range of sub-jects with strength in Alabama

including books diaries manu-scripts and maps detailing the history culture and lives of Alabamiansrdquo Paluzzi said

With the upkeep of such his-torical documents comes strict-er rules for users In addition to the standard food and drink ban no ink pens are allowed inside Only pencils may be brought near the items and used for notes or observations

ldquoWe also go and get things for you rather than having you browse the shelvesrdquo said Jessica Lacher-Feldman WS Hoole Special Collections Curator of Rare Books and Special Collections

To further prevent damage and wear Special Collections keeps items in acid-free boxes and stores them in a climate-controlled area accessible only to staff

ldquoOur stacks area is secure and climate controlled and is

an environment that is meant to keep rare materials safe secure and away from environ-mental factors that can harm themrdquo Lacher-Feldman said

While Special Collections takes extensive measures to protect historical items the collection itself is still open to public viewing Whether for scholastic purposes or per-sonal curiosity the items kept safe within Special Collections are available with the aid of the staff

ldquoThe books are accessible to the public and students faculty and staff who are always wel-come in Special Collectionsrdquo Lacher-Feldman said

With thousands of texts pic-tures manuscripts newspa-pers and more available Hoole Special Collections has become a key part of the University of Alabama Libraries as well as Alabamarsquos history

CW | Alaina ClarkHoole houses rare works including ldquoSmokerdquo by Amy Pirkle (top left)

By Francie JohnsonContributing Writer

Tuscaloosa band Shod Shirby has a typical five-part lineup comprised of a vocalist guitarist bassist drummer and pianist Whatrsquos not so typical is that all five of these positions are fulfilled by only two people

ldquoWe really wanted to see what our limits are and how far the two of us can gordquo said Dustin Grammer the bandrsquos guitarist and bassist ldquoWe just want to see how far as two

guys we can push thingsrdquoGrammer and Trent Parker

the bandrsquos vocalist pianist and drummer have lived in Tuscaloosa their entire lives The two friends formed Shod Shirby in August 2012

ldquoWersquove been playing since we were about 10 years oldrdquo Parker said ldquoWersquove always been around music together but wersquove never actually played in a band together until late last yearrdquo

Shod Shirbyrsquos first release a self-titled six-song EP dropped

on Feb 5 Parker and Grammer recorded all of the vocals and instrumentals for the EP except for the song ldquoNot Todayrdquo which features Grammerrsquos wife Erica Grammer on backup vocals

Throughout the recording process Grammer and Parker faced the challenge of creating a full-band sound with just two people

ldquoWe were having to learn recording equipment we werenrsquot familiar withrdquo Parker said ldquoIt was hard mixing the sound the whole thing was just difficultrdquo

To create the illusion of a full band in their EP Grammer and Parker first recorded the differ-ent vocals and instrumentation of each song individually and then they layered the tracks to form the final songs This process was repeated for every song on the EP

The band has encountered other obstacles in addition to recording such as gaining exposure in the small town of Tuscaloosa

ldquoAs opposed to doing cover songs or playing things that

are more familiar itrsquos harder to get more attention when yoursquore writing your own songsrdquo Grammer said ldquoItrsquos not something people can just hear around town or pick up on the radio everydayrdquo

Parker and Grammer try to distinguish themselves from other Tuscaloosa bands by creating a sound that is purely their own Shod Shirby has a predominantly Southern-rock vibe but the band incorporates a variety of influences into its music refusing to be classified as simply one genre

ldquoWe want to be differentrdquo Parker said ldquoWersquore a little tired of hearing the same things around town We want to do it in our own wayrdquo

Grammer and Parker draw musical inspiration from their own life experiences aiming to write music that their audi-ence can identify with They wrote a not-yet-released track entitled ldquoDown Rains the Firerdquo as a tribute to the United States Military This is a topic that hits close to home for Grammer a member of the Navy Reserve

ldquoIf you take a regular person [someone who] just puts on their boots and goes to work thatrsquos who we want to relate tordquo Parker said ldquo[We want to relate to] people who make the sacrificesrdquo

ldquoDown Rains the Firerdquo will be a part of Shod Shirbyrsquos upcom-ing album ldquoDriftwoodrdquo which the band expects to release in late spring or early summer

The two band members agree that Shod Shirby hasnrsquot been an easy project but the

music itself provides all themotivation they need to keepgoing

ldquoWe want to reach peoplejust put a smile on somebodyrsquos face or put a tune in their headrdquoParker said ldquoWe really likeplaying we really like musicand when you love doing some-thing that much you might aswell do itrdquo

For more informationabout Shod Shirby visit thebandrsquos Facebook page atfacebookcomShodShirby

Tuscaloosa natives band together to form Southern rock duo

ldquoSpecial Collections allows us to look into the lives of those who came before us and begin to understand what their world was likerdquo Lacher-Feldman said

For more information on W

S Hoole Special Collections and the collections within the UA libraries visit wwwlibuaedu or visit W S Hoole Special Collections on the second floor of Mary Harmon Bryant Hall

ldquoIrsquom really happy with how the class is going this semes-terrdquo Mabry said ldquoAnne makes

the atmosphere relaxed and constructive and we can all appreciate each otherrsquos differ-ent drawing techniquesrdquo

Mabry said her expecta-tions were completely differ-ent coming into the class and have changed significantly from the start of the semester

ldquoI expected to create more detailed drawings but this class focuses on creating movement and mood in a piecerdquo Mabry said ldquoItrsquos push-ing me out of my comfort zone and Irsquom really appreciative for thatrdquo

In addition to being pushed out of her comfort zone Mabry said she also gets to experiment with other forms of art

ldquoIn the past week alone Irsquove learned how to use India Ink to capture a figure and Irsquove taped charcoal to the end of a stick to draw withrdquo Mabry said ldquoItrsquos always exciting and therersquos always something unexpected to tryrdquo

Hasemeyer found a list-ing on the Facebook page for dance majors looking for mod-els for the class

ldquoI have really enjoyed the experience because I am not much of an artist so I enjoy being a part of the art as the subjectrdquo she said

Hasemeyer said being a model for the class has pushed her out of her comfort zone but the students have made it easier to be comfortable

ldquoI think that students come in ready to learn while expressing their own take on the assignmentrdquo Hasemeyer said ldquoI think that they also see me the model as just a sub-ject or a body which honestly makes it a little easier to get out of my comfort zonerdquo

Krystal Campbell another model for the class said the students are professional and serious which makes the environment comfortable and relaxed

ldquoThe students are very tal-ented and I have the opportu-nity to see a side of the UA pop-ulation you forget exists if you arenrsquot an art majorrdquo Campbell said ldquoI encourage anyone who gets a chance to do itrdquo

DRAWING FROM PAGE 1

Art pushes students out of comfort zones

CW | Jingyu WanTrent Parker and Dustin Grammer play music in their studio

Page 8 | Tuesday February 26 2013 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

By Marquavius BurnettSports Editor

Throughout her career Marissa Gutierrez has been the exception to the rule of injured gymnasts

But after suffering an ankle injury on Feb 22 against Arkansas Gutierrez is likely to miss the No 4 Crimson Tidersquos upcoming meet versus the No 6 UCLA Bruins

Gutierrez competes on the vault balance beam and floor exercise for the Tide and has been a strong competitor for much of the season She land-ed awkwardly on her ankle during her first tumbling pass in the floor exercise Friday

ldquoSometimes ankle sprains can be five days sometimes it can be five monthsrdquo head coach Sarah Patterson said ldquoMy experience is you just donrsquot know until you see how a person respondsrdquo

Patterson said Gutierrez is currently wearing a walking

boot and will more than likely have to wear ankle tape when she returns to action

Patterson said the nature of gymnastics makes resting the ankles paramount

ldquoWhen you see our sport itrsquos not the difference of just run-ning up and downrdquo Patterson said ldquoYoursquove got to be able to push off of it Itrsquos got to be 100 percent to do the event she does and like she does

ldquoIrsquoll probably say that the last few weeks of her career shersquoll be wearing tape on her ankle She never has I donrsquot think Irsquove ever even seen her in ankle taperdquo

Teammates are rallying behind Gutierrez and every-one is stepping up to fill the holes she left

ldquoWersquore all stepping up and the freshmen have done a great job of stepping up in practice this weekrdquo Sarah DeMeo said ldquoWersquore going to need them this weekrdquo

Tide remains No 4 in the rankings

The Alabama gymnas-tics team retained its No 4 national ranking after posting its second-highest score and highest road score of the sea-son at Arkansas last Friday Feb 22

Starting this week rank-ings are decided by Regional Qualifying Score a formula which takes a teamrsquos top three road scores its next three highest scores home or away drops the high score and aver-ages the remaining five

By RQS Oklahoma moved up to the No 1 spot while pre-vious No 1 Florida dropped to second Michigan remained in third and LSU jumped the UCLA Bruins to claim the fifth spot The Tide will take on the No 6 Bruins this Friday at home before closing out its regular season against the No 1 Sooners March 15 In between Alabama travels to No 5 LSU

Gutierrez likely to miss next gymnastics meetGYMNASTICS

BASEBALL

SOFTBALLWOMENrsquoS GOLF

CW | Shannon AuvilMarissa Gutierrez landed awkwardly in Fridayrsquos meet against Arkansas and sprained her ankle

CW Staff

For the second time in three weeks Alabama out-fielder Haylie McCleney has been named the Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week

McCleney also led the team in hits and runs scored for the third consecutive week The Morris Ala native bat-ted 611 (11-for-18) with nine runs two doubles a home run nine RBIs and four sto-len bases

McCleney was named the

Easton Bama Bash tourna-ment MVP She had four multi-hit performances in the six-game week including three games with three hits The rookie scored at least one run and reached base in all but one game

In the Bama Bash opener McCleney batted 3-for-3 scored four runs drove in six and hit a home run against Western Illinois McCleney opened the week with a 3-for-4 outing at the plate against UAB then posted another three-hit day against Iowa

After three weeks McCleney is batting 604 with 24 runs 32 hits three home runs 14 RBIs and 15 stolen bases

Alabama will play six games in four days this week all at Rhoads Stadium The Crimson Tide will open the week against Samford on Wednesday Feb 27 before playing its make-up game against South Alabama on Thursday The Tide will then welcome Iowa State and St Johnrsquos for the Easton Classic this weekend

McCleney named SEC Freshman of the Week Bama Bash MVP

By Kevin ConnellContributing Writer

The Alabama baseball team returns home to Sewell-Thomas Stadium to play the Samford Bulldogs Tuesday in the first game of a four-game home stint

The Crimson Tide (6-1) con-tinued to make waves this past weekend in Boca Raton Fla where it took the first two games of the series against the Florida Atlantic Owls before dropping its first game of the season in the series finale

on SundayldquoI thought our team overall

was really prepared and played extremely well particularly Friday night We played a real-ly good left-handed pitcher that was Pitcher of the Year last year in their conferencerdquo head coach Mitch Gaspard said

Through seven games of the season Gaspard said he now has an idea of what kind of a team he is working with this season

ldquoTheyrsquore very competitive They play with really good energy good focus each day

and thatrsquos a good sign as we move forward into the seasonrdquo he said ldquoJust the team overall I like where theyrsquore at I like their focus I like the way they play the game And if they con-tinue to do that itrsquos going to be a team thatrsquos just going to con-tinue to get better as we move through the seasonrdquo

The team will try to rebound from the loss to Florida Atlantic when it takes on a Samford team that the Tide swept two games to none in the season series last year

Gaspard said the Tide knows

Bulldogs (5-4) can be a tough team to beat and they arenrsquot about to overlook them

ldquoThey have a tremendous outfielder and pitcher for them that really has been the cata-lyst for their team the last cou-ple yearsrdquo he said ldquo[Samford head coach] Casey Dunnrsquos done a really nice job with their program We know itrsquos going to be a real competitive game and wersquore looking forward to getting back on the field again tomorrow nightrdquo

Gaspard said pitching has been the key to the teamrsquos

success so far this season after the Tide posted three quality starts against Florida Atlantic over the weekend

Sophomore left-hander Taylor Guilbeau (1-0) will look to continue the solid pitch-ing for Alabama as he makes his second start of the season Tuesday Guilbeau allowed just one run on three hits and two walks in five innings of work in a 10-8 victory over then-No 21 Southern Miss last week

The Tide will also look for freshman center fielder Georgie Salem to maintain his

current form at the plate afterleading the team with a 538 batting average in the Florida Atlantic series

ldquo[He had] a lot of quality at bats from Tuesday through Sundayrdquo Gaspard said ldquoHersquos that guy up top where wersquore expecting him to give those tough at bats for us to get us going and let those other guys see pitches throughout the gamerdquo

First pitch is scheduled for 605 pm Tuesday The two teams will meet again later this season on March 19 at Samford

Tide looks to win 4 games at home after 1st season loss

Round 2 of Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Championship postponedCW Staff

Damaging overnight weath-er in the New Orleans area contributed to the cancel-lation of Mondayrsquos second round of the 2013 Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Golf Championship Play will resume on Feb 26 at 8 am with

a shotgun start for the final round

During the night severe thun-derstorms brought high winds nearly three inches of rain and dime-sized hail to the course The clean-up for Tuesdayrsquos sec-ond round has begun

For updated informa-tion on the Allstate Sugar

Bowl Intercollegiate Golf Championship visit the tour-nament page located on the Tulane womenrsquos golf homepage at TulaneGreenWavecom or golfstatcom

Alabama will be playing with Florida and Southern California in Tuesdayrsquos second and final round

Alabama suffered five non conference losses with the low point being back-to-back loss-es to Tulane and Mercer The Crimson Tide has put together a 10-4 record in conference play since then but the Southeastern Conference may be as weak as it has ever been so there havenrsquot been many quality wins to come by Conversely losses to LSU and Auburn look worse than they would in years past

ldquoItrsquos certainly not a good loss at this point in the yearrdquo said Dan Wolken who covers college basketball for USA Today ldquoThey really needed to rack up some big wins in the SEC and the reality of the situation this year is that the SEC doesnrsquot offer a lot of high quality wins If you miss against Missouri and you miss against Florida then yoursquore basically playing games against other bubble teamsrdquo

Florida and Missouri are the only SEC teams that appear to be locked in for the NCAA tour-nament right now Lunardi list-ed Ole Miss as one of his ldquolast four inrdquo teams and Kentucky as one of his ldquolast four outrdquo before this weekendrsquos action

Alabama still has a chance to prove itself however After fac-ing Auburn the Crimson Tide will travel to Florida for a crucial Saturday game that will be tele-vised on ESPN Then it will take on Ole Miss in Oxford Miss before finishing out the season at home against Georgia The SEC tournament awaits after where winning means an auto-matic NCAA tournament berth

While the outlook currently looks bleak there is still some

hope for AlabamaldquoThey need to beat Florida

certainlyrdquo Wolken said ldquoThey also have Ole Miss coming up which would help Itrsquos a mov-ing target The thing about these discussions is itrsquos so hard to gauge because itrsquos a moving target It depends on what other teams in other leagues dordquo

Goodman however thinks Alabama could still get in the tournament without beating the Gators

ldquoYoursquore not supposed to win the one at Florida anyway Theyrsquore probably not going to win it They win it theyrsquore in great shaperdquo he said ldquoItrsquos prob-ably going to take them sweep-ing the rest of them and then winning at least one [SEC] tour-nament gamerdquo

Many Alabama fans will call for Grantrsquos job if he fails to make the tournament for the third time in four years The former VCU head coach and Florida assistant is making almost $2 million a year and currently has only a first-round tournament exit on his resume

Both Goodwin and Wolken were quick to dismiss the notion of Grant losing his job or even being on the hot seat if he misses the tournament Grant inherited a severe talent defi-ciency and has recruited well during his time in Tuscaloosa And barring a disastrous finish Alabama will post 20 wins for the third straight season

ldquoYou have to kind of judge it against the historical standardrdquo Wolken said ldquoWhat kind of pro-gram does Alabama expect to be expect to have Based on all of the factors that you typically look at in determining what expectations should be Alabama is a program that should prob-ably go to the NCAA tourna-ment three out of five years

something along those linesrdquoGoodwin also pointed to

Grantrsquos handling of disciplin-ary issues like suspending JaMychal Green and Tony Mitchell during the heart of last seasonrsquos run

ldquoIrsquom still an Anthony Grant fan Hersquos high-integrity He never self-promotes He coaches those kids up He makes those kids better as peoplerdquo Goodwin said ldquoI think hersquos one of the best people Irsquove ever met doing this job Has a lot of integrity gets his kids to play hard I donrsquot think he took over a program with a ton of talent - he had his work cut out for him But I still think hersquos the right guy for that jobrdquo

Grant as many coaches would says he is taking things one game at a time even with just four games remaining on the season An Auburn loss would after all crush whatever tournament hopes Alabama has left

ldquoThis game we have tomor-row is the most important game of the seasonrdquo he said ldquoI canrsquot see any farther than tomorrow Thatrsquos my total focus and we just have to take care of our-selves and take care of the game thatrsquos in front of usrdquo

Senior guard Andrew Steele echoed his coachrsquos sentiments Beating Auburn is the first step to getting Alabama back in the tournament picture

ldquoIn terms of the selection committee and all that we canrsquot control what they decide But we can decide how we come out and play each gamerdquo Steele said ldquoOur next game is Auburn so if we canrsquot get prepared to play those guys then we donrsquot really have a chance at any other thing that we try to do Itrsquos the next game so itrsquos the most important onerdquo

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Experts say calls for Grantrsquos job not fair

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By Caroline GazzaraStaff Reporter

Regardless of what others think of the Alabama womenrsquos basketball team Shafontaye Meyers said she believes in them The team may not be the best yet but she said she is confident her team can become something better

ldquoI have to get better as a player and we have to get bet-ter as a teamrdquo Meyers said ldquoItrsquos a good feeling when you know you want to improve more as a teamrdquo

Standing 5 feet 8 inches the junior has a few seasons under her belt Though this is the first year she has started her freshman and sophomore years helped her become the player that she is and help her guide the team

ldquoI want to be more of a role

model [than a leader]rdquo Meyers said ldquoI try to step up when we fall I want to be a role model for the teamrdquo

In high school Meyers was ranked 13th in the nation in 2010 in scoring averaging 292 points her senior year

The native Alabamian has been with the Crimson Tide for three years and each year she has proved herself once more that she is a leader This year alone has been her big-gest year so far Meyers has bested herself points-wise by scoring a record 23 points against Auburn in January

Though she claims shersquos not the leader of the team she is the one the team looks to in order to make the shots they need to make Her three-point shooting average 302 percent her field goal shooting average is 325 percent and her free

throw average is 704 percentCoach Wendell Hudson

relies heavily on her shots because Meyers is willing to take the shots no one wants to take

ldquoShafontaye Meyers is a big shot takerrdquo Hudson said ldquoShe might not make them but therersquos no question that itrsquos going to be a good shot She steps and makes those shots Everybody looks at the final score and what I look at is what got us to that pointrdquo

Like Hudson the team looks to one of its top players to help bring them together Even though the Tide is on an eight-game losing streak Meyersrsquo goal is to help the team come together to become one syn-chronized unit

ldquoI think we need to come togetherrdquo Meyers said ldquoWersquore not always together

Sometimes we play together but we quit before we can really come together We are letting ourselves get in the way of the game but itrsquos a team thing and we sometimes forget about thatrdquo

Hudsonrsquos go-to girl doesnrsquot feel the intense pressure some athletes may feel With her team around her she knows that she can accomplish what needs to be done

ldquoI guess Irsquom used to it by now because I know that we have to get [the shots]rdquo Meyers said ldquoWhen you have to get the shots you have to get them You donrsquot feel the pressure because in the end yoursquore going to come through cause you have help from everybodyrdquo

In a league with fierce com-petitors Meyers knows that enjoying the game is the most

important factor of all Though the losing streak weighs heav-ily on her mind enjoying the game with her team is the overall goal for any game

ldquoI want to have fun and I want to enjoy the gamerdquo Meyers said ldquoWhen yoursquore together as a team itrsquos always fun Itrsquos a good thing for the team to have funrdquo

Meyersrsquo time at Alabama has helped her become a bet-ter player not only individual-ly but she has also helped the team become a better team

ldquoShe has made herself a complete playerrdquo Hudson said ldquoShersquos playing well She came off the bench and had that spark that we neededrdquo

Her motto is to give it all that shersquos got and though the sea-son is about to come to a close shersquos inspired to keep going for her team and for the fans

ldquoI like to give it all I gotrdquo Meyers said ldquoI know Irsquom doing it for the audience and [they] are my inspiration I know because of that they are help-ing me get to where I am nowrdquo

By Zac Al-Khateeb

Anyone who has ever par-ticipated in athletic competi-tion knows teams often follow trends Teams seem to ride highs and lows but rarely have an ldquoaveragerdquo part of a season

Those kinds of trends can be seen when a basketball team puts together a ridiculous string of 3-point shots when a quar-terback just canrsquot seem to miss his receivers or when a base-ball team just makes the game miserable for opposing pitchers

With that said for every team experiencing a high another team experiences a low and

once that low period starts it never seems to stop Sometimes a teamrsquos string of losses isnrsquot so much a reflection of poor play but the fact theyrsquore simply stuck in a rut

Donrsquot believe me Look at the Alabama baseball team last year After the Tide start-ed with a 4-3 record last sea-

son it never once put a string of more than two consecutive wins together for the rest of the season

But it wasnrsquot because of poor play The team was simply stuck in a mindset of losing and once a team finds itself in that state of mind itrsquos exceptionally diffi-cult to escape

That is something that Alabama will have to watch out for this year Still it looks as if the Tide has started the season out on the right foot going 6-0 and beating a top-25 team in Southern Miss before losing to Florida Atlantic in a series fina-le Sunday

Irsquom not saying Alabamarsquos season is suddenly in jeopardy or anything but winning and losing are both contagious to a team Now that Alabamarsquos experienced its first loss of the season it needs to make sure it can overcome it and continue winning

Still that shouldnrsquot be too

hard for the Tide which did start off the season with an impressive string of victories Even the loss to Florida Atlantic wasnrsquot that bad as the Tide had already beaten the Owls twice in the series

Alabama has a chance to start another winning streak tonight when it plays the Samford Bulldogs at home If the Tide shows up with a good attitude ready to put the loss behind them it could be the start of another win streak However if the Tide still has its mind in Boca Raton Fla then it could experience yet another loss

Thatrsquos the nature of sports sometimes One loss turns into two two into three three into four and so on What marks a truly competitive team isnrsquot who has the most talent Rather itrsquos the team that has the right mindset at the right time in the right place

If Alabama wants to be com-petitive this year itrsquos going to have to learn to keep that right mindset the entire sea-son something it was appar-ently unsuccessful with last season Alabama has already proven it can handle success Now it just needs to prove it can handle losing as well

To start a new win streak Crimson Tide must avoid negative mindset after loss

Editor | Marquavius BurnettcrimsonwhitesportsgmailcomTuesday February 26 2013SPORTS

NEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

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WOMENrsquoS BASKETBALL

Despite criticisms Meyers believes in her team

CW | Shannon AuvilShafontaye is a lsquobig shot takerrsquo according to Wendell Hudson

COLUMN

ldquo If the Tide shows up with a good attitude ready to put the loss behind them it could be the start of another win streak However if the Tide

still has its mind in Boca Raton Fla then it could experience yet another loss

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Editor | John Brinkerhoffletterscwuaedu

Tuesday February 26 2013OPINIONSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 4

EDITORIAL BOARD

Will Tucker Editor-in-ChiefAshley Chaffin Managing Editor

Stephen Dethrage Production EditorMackenzie Brown Visuals Editor

Melissa Brown Online EditorAlex Clark Community Manager

Ashanka Kumari Chief Copy EditorJohn Brinkerhoff Opinions Editor

WE WELCOME YOUR OPINIONSLetters to the editor must be less than 500 words and guest columns less

than 700 Send submissions to letterscwuaedu Submissions must include the authorrsquos name year major and daytime phone number Phone numbers

are for verification and will not be published

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The Crimson White reserves the right to edit all guest columns and

letters to the editor

By Brad ErthalSenior Staff Columnist

Last week various state and local agencies the US Marshalls and this University wasted an enormous amount of scarce resources in an appar-ently successful attempt to damage the lives of 74 of our fellow citizens (61 of them stu-dents) for no good reason

In this way they betrayed the various public trusts which are the nominal reasons for their employment For this they will receive their 30 pieces of silver in the ongoing War on Drug Users assuming the West Alabama Narcotics Task Force can keep track of it The over-time checks will be signed and the officers are already patting themselves on the backs

If I had been tasked with drug enforcement in Alabama and had been caught spending any time on something other than catching meth cooks I would die of the shame I do not mean this glibly I would have a difficult time showing my face in public

But somehow rather than being wracked with remorse for burning truckloads of taxpayer money in pursuit of harmless users of a relatively benign drug our leaders are proud

The chief of the Tuscaloosa Police Department Steven Anderson reinforced unfor-tunate stereotypes about Alabama law enforcementrsquos critical thinking skills by affirming ldquoit is still illegal to possess [marijuana] sell it distribute it in the state of Alabama Therefore it is against the law We are still going to enforce the law no matter how harmless people think it isrdquo

Littering is also illegal in this state and yet people do it all the time You canrsquot walk outside in our fair city without stepping on a cigarette butt The police could spend their time stak-ing out public places waiting for litter bugs and citing them as soon as they throw a ciga-rette to the ground They donrsquot do this because they are busy Law enforcement has limited resources and chooses which crimes are worth pursuing and which are not

Thus it is surreal to hear Mr Anderson tell us that some-thing is illegal and therefore multiple law enforcement agencies needed to hire crimi-nal informants in a two month coordinated effort to pursue people violating a specific stat-ute ldquoIt is illegal so it must be stoppedrdquo sounds more like the catchphrase of an obsessive-compulsive vigilante than the utterance of a professional

UA President and temper-ance movement throwback

Judy Bonner crowed about the Universityrsquos attempts to protect students from ldquochoices about substance abuse that can have such a significant and nega-tive impact on their lives and others including their fami-lies their friends other stu-dents and this Universityrdquo I copied and pasted that from the email lest I be accused of misquoting her

This ignores the obvious fact that the major negative impacts from marijuana are precisely the arrest and subse-quent penalization of average citizens not the direct effects of the drug Young people in col-lege or not tend to experimentWe arbitrarily burden some of those experimenters with crim-inal records

Others both randomly and in nefarious systematic ways walk away with no adverse consequences The result is a country in which the last threePresidents have all admitted to marijuana use while a sig-nificant proportion of the adultpopulation is incarcerated for the same crime and many more face significant legal and pro-fessional consequences

Instead of helping to per-petuate this incredibly stupid system the University should drop its zero-tolerance policy and do whatrsquos right for its stu-dents The Task Force has been increasing its number of cases without producing many more defendants pre-sumably because they can ruin peoplersquos lives with drug arrests even without getting convic-tions Rather than rewarding the police for shoddy work the University should take no action to deprive these studentsof their educations

Some of you are planning to protest but I sense that the message might be vague While I support full legalization of marijuana and as a Colorado native I got to vote for such a measure last year I am doubt-ful that that will soon be accom-plished in Alabama Instead letyour rallying cry be to protect your fellow students from the harm caused by overzealous and senseless enforcement of a silly law

Brad Erthal is a doctoral stu-dent in economics His columnruns on Tuesdays

University should not reward police overreach

DRUG POLICY

CULTURE

By Lucy CheseldineStaff Columnist

On one of my regular tea breaks this week I stumbled across an interesting BBC Radio 4 program The familiar voices were weighing the ben-efits of gaining practical expe-rience alongside degree cours-es This is something America does much better than the UK

Most college students here are encouraged to spend their summers gaining work expe-rience or undertaking intern-ships There are also many more opportunities to gain experience in an industry as part of your college courses or

in exchange for college cred-it This means US students come off their degree program already having gone some way to building up their resumes and knowing more directly the industry they want to start

working inThe UK seems to take a dif-

ferent angle English education has an obsession for specialis-ing We are immediately out of sixth form and already being asked to choose one subject to study to spend the next three years pouring out our mind body and soul over Thatrsquos all well and good for gaining in-depth knowledge and I by no means object to the English university system ndash indeed I am proud of our institutions

However it does pose the problem that we have little dia-logue between the arts and sci-ences It also leaves little room for British degree courses to

merge with practical experi-ence Because our studies are so specific we tend to keep our education within the realms of the university

I have found that placements and encouragement to gain experience are much more part of the American way Perhaps this is because education here is partly based on prepara-tion for industry something British institutions do not yet acknowledge to such an extent Or indeed tend not to be so con-cerned with There is nowhere near as much encouragement to get hands-on work alongside your degree as there is here

I spent another of my daily

tea breaks researching and applying for summer intern-ships here in the US which of course turned into more of an extended and complicated few hours of sifting through incomprehensible application processes than a break Irsquom in two minds I admire the United Statesrsquo emphasis on constantly looking to gain practical expe-rience But after all the hours spent applying I just hope it isnrsquot blighting the main focus of college students college At the end of the day we are here to make use of our institution and benefit from the resources it offers as much as we can

Perhaps my mother has it

right After retiring she has begun an art degree They offer her an intellectually directed education in art history along-side a practical course in mak-ing art itself The course offersthe best of both worlds

I have no answers to this dilemma But any which way you look at it the job market just tells us to grab anything and everything we can that might help us along the way Just keep moving Thatrsquos what I have been telling myself

Lucy Cheseldine is an Englishinternational student studyingEnglish literature Her columnruns weekly on Tuesdays

Differences between American and English universities must be recognized

By John BrinkerhoffOpinion Editor

It seems two of the most cited statistics in the smoking ban debate are the percentage of UA smokers climbs from 6 percent freshman year to 16 percent senior year and 58 percent of students support a campuswide smoking ban

If true and correctly obtained these statistics which were collected in a Health and Wellness Survey last spring are telling However a quick look into this survey reveals they were not correctly obtained and as a result are certainly not an accurate representation of student opinion

Regardless of each indi-vidualrsquos personal views on the issue however one thing which everyone should agree on is that the debate should be grounded in truth The survey in which these numbers were obtained makes a mockery of this premise It seeks to per-suade students rather than obtain their opinion

Before asking about the ban the survey stated

ldquoAccording to the Surgeon Generalrsquos 2010 report on second-hand smoke

There is no safe level of secondhand smoke Breathing even a little sec-ondhand smoke can be

dangerousNearly 50000 deaths each

year are attributed to sec-ondhand smoke and thou-sands of affected people suffer from heart and lung disease due to exposurerdquoThe statement is true how-

ever it is also something any-one over the age of 5 already knows Itrsquos only effect is to clearly stake out the position of ban supporters which bias-es the student population and misleads them into believing that there is a ldquorightrdquo answer to these supposed opinion-based questions

Even more egregious is the wording of the actual smoking ban question which stated

ldquoAs a leading institution in higher learning in the country The University of Alabama promotes a healthy environment that is conducive to academic excellence and general well-being

In order to further the Universityrsquos commitment to the health of the University would you be in favor of The University of Alabama becoming a smoke-free campusrdquoBy any scientific standard

this is biasing to the sample population It is designed to manipulate students into believing that if they do not support a ldquosmoke-free cam-pusrdquo then they are against the general health and pur-suit of excellence at Alabama This bias would be particular-ly effective on freshmen who may be more apt to lie about their smoking habits to fit in line with this ldquocommitmentrdquo

That the University which prides itself on the quality of its research would approve and disseminate such a biased joke of a survey is absolutely shameful

There is nothing wrong with collecting student opin-ions for a debate over policy change There is also noth-ing wrong with presenting expert opinions such as the Surgeon General to craft an argument

There is plenty wrong with mixing the two especially when the selected opinions all favor one side The results are tainted and cannot be seriously used in any discus-sion regarding the future of

smoking on campusIf the University is serious

about this issue and if sup-porters of the ban are confi-dent that students truly are tired of secondhand smoke then there should be no issue with commissioning a new survey that adheres to some modicum of objectivity and scientific standards

Do not demean the gravity of this debate by asking lead-ing questions Do not waste the time of students by giv-ing them a worthless survey with an agenda Do not insult the intellectual integrity of this University by touting the flawed results of this survey as valid

Instead work with both sides to create a survey that truly measures student opin-ion If understanding how to do so without shoving per-sonal biases down the throats of survey-takers proves too difficult then seek assistance from faculty researchers who actually know how to craft opinion surveys

This campus deserves another Health and Wellness Survey It needs to be done well and it needs to be done right

John Brinkerhoff is the opin-ion editor of The Crimson White His column runs weekly

UA smoking ban debate founded on falsehoodsSMOKING BAN

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

John Brinkerhoff

Brad Erthal

Lucy Cheseldine

CW | Kevin Pabst

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday February 26 2013 | Page 5

By Tori LinvilleContributing Writer

Students organizations and others connected with The University of Alabama interest-ed in using University vehicles instead of their own can access vans and other vehicles through the Fleet Services of the Universityrsquos Driver Safety and Vehicle Management Program

Those looking to operate a University vehicle can do so after qualifying for driver requirements filling out the Application for Use of a State Owned Automobile and paying a rental charge Fleet Services provides options of a sedan a

seven passenger mini-van a 12 passenger van or a cargo van

Driver requirements include a minimum age of 21 no less than three years of driving experience a valid driverrsquos license signed authorization allowing the University to access the

driverrsquos Motor Vehicle Record and completion of an online training program

Once the paperwork is filed and the driver is cleared Fleet Services provides the vehicle to be rented The daily rates for renting sedans seven passen-ger vans and 12 passenger vans are $49 $59 and $79 respectively

Bob Pugh director of Risk Management said the vans

are typically new and theyrsquore well maintained

ldquoThey have the current equip-ment in the way of traction con-trol stability control airbags theyrsquore more crash-worthy than the older vansrdquo Pugh said ldquoWe know the history of the vans ndash we know if the van has had the oil changed the brakes checked the tires checked air pressure headlights windshield wipers ndash all the little things so when you go to pick it up to take it on a trip itrsquos ready to gordquo

Organizations such as vari-ous sports clubs like womenrsquos rugby and even the equestrian club use the well-serviced vans to their advantage Coordinator of Sports Clubs Wyant Boreson explained the process of paperwork students have

to undertakeldquoThe [students] turn in the

request form theyrsquoll give it to me Irsquoll fill out the necessary accounting information and Irsquoll send that to Fleet Servicesrdquo Boreson said ldquoWe make sure the students fill out the MVR form as well with their informa-tion and Irsquoll send that to Risk Management and then the stu-dent is notified of the required online training course It really just helps the time process and if therersquos missing informa-tion I act as the contact for Risk Managementrdquo

In addition to efficient time management and coordination Fleet Services aims to provide excellent customer service Barbara Grimes office associ-ate at the Community Service

Center saidldquoWersquoll sometimes go and pick

up the vans at 6 in the morningbefore Fleet Services is even open keep them for a week and return them with no problemsrdquoGrimes said ldquoThey work very well with us on our reserva-tions even if we have to make a last-minute change the directorwill try to work with us in solv-ing the problemsrdquo

Along with the vans Fleet Services provides the Universityrsquos Driver Safety and Vehicle Management Program rents out other vehicles includ-ing cars golf and utility carts garbage trucks and even bucket trucks

For more information about the Fleet Services visit fleetuaedu

From sedans to vans students can rent UA vehiclesldquoWersquoll sometimes go and pick up the vans at 6 in the morning be-

fore Fleet Services is even open keep them for a week and return them with no problems They work very well with us on our reser-

vations even if we have to make a last-minute change the director will try to work with us in solving the problems

mdash Barbara Grimes

Black Student Union hosts Andre TaylorBy Camille CorbettContributing Writer

The first black president of the National Alumni Association challenged mem-bers of The University of Alabamarsquos Black Student Union to facilitate and enhance the academic suc-cess of black students during the annual Black State of the Union address on Monday night

President Andre Taylor addressed members of the Black Student Union an orga-nization that focuses on black student empowerment within the University The purpose of this event was to recog-nize the progress that black students on this campus have made within the past year

ldquoYou know how the presi-dent has a state of union for the entire United States well this event is an address focus-ing on the African-American community of campusrdquo senior Kyle Fraizer vice pres-ident of the Black Student Union said

The overall message of this event was one to focus more on goals that are already in the Black Student Union

ldquoThe theme of my presen-tation is obstacles and oppor-tunities something you are moving toward and becoming like Itrsquos really just what you think about the mostrdquo Taylor said

Kayla James president of the Black Student Union said they started the event in con-junction with the NAACP

ldquoItrsquos really an annual event to talk about how far wersquove come and the problems that we face todayrdquo James said

This event also serves as a venue for older black stu-dents on campus to try to influence students within the University

ldquoItrsquos to get minority stu-dents involved but by using a different perspective than we usually use Itrsquos more like alumni trying to influence student mindsrdquo Fraizer said

Black students also use this address as a way to become knowledgeable and

understand ways to improve race relations on campus

ldquoI was able to learn more and to be more aware about race relations on this cam-pus and what we can do to improve the state of African-Americans on this cam-pusrdquo Kimiko McKenzie a sophomore majoring in biology said

Kaiya Arroyo secretary of the Black Student Union said Taylorrsquos address also served

to inspire black students on campus

ldquoEvery year we try to uplift our students and bring in a speaker who understands what itrsquos like to be a student at UA and we just try to help our students be inspired even though itrsquos kind of late within the school year we believe February is a great time to reflect and still have the abil-ity to change what we desire to changerdquo Arroyo said

CW | Shannon AuviThe National Alumni Associationrsquos fi rst black president Andre Taylor

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348-RIDE anticipates 22 increase in passengersBy Colby Leopard and Justin HeckCW Staff

348-RIDE and 348-RIDE Express projected to have 170128 total riders in 2013 an increase of 22 percent from last year when the program had a combined total of 137214 rid-ers up from 120332 total riders in 2011

348-RIDE began in November 2007 as an on-demand service provided by the UA Transit Department that transports students around campus and neighboring areas after Crimson Ride night hours end at 10 pm The program began with three eight-passenger vans and carried 626 riders in the first two months

Now 348-RIDE has a fleet

of nine 12-passenger vans 12 drivers and three dispatchers

Ralph Clayton direc-tor of transit services at the University of Alabama said the focus of 348-RIDE has expand-ed from its original purpose

ldquoThe primary focus of 348-RIDE is academic in nature

but it has expanded We realize that not all students just need a ride to go the libraryrdquo Clayton said ldquoWe try to support the overall safety of our studentsrdquo

348-RIDE is typically busiest during the weekend

ldquoOn weekdays we aver-age 300 or 400 passengers per nightrdquo Clayton said ldquoOn Friday and Saturday we aver-age about 700 or even up to 1000 passengers per nightrdquo

In order to deal with the increased volume of calls on the weekends the UA Transit Department and SGA worked together to create 348-RIDE Express in 2009

ldquoThe SGA is the one that came up with the model for 348-RIDE Express in order to help relieve some of the stress on the regular 348-RIDE We

found that a number of stu-dents wanted to go to the same locationsrdquo Clayton said

348-RIDE Express runs a fixed route around campus from 9 pm to 330 am from Thursday until Sunday

Although most students feel 348-RIDE is an overall helpful system some have had issues getting through to the dispatch-ers Luke Kiszla a sophomore majoring in history and the-atre said he has encountered this problem several times

ldquoThe main trouble is getting through the automated sys-temrdquo Kiszla said ldquoOnce I talk to a dispatcher theyrsquore so help-

ful at getting me a ride The automated system is just hard to navigate sometimesrdquo

Kiszla said he has used 348-RIDE to get home from bars downtown after his band plays He said he believes that 348-RIDE could benefit from link-ing Google maps a mobile GPS device to the dispatchers

Ultimately Kiszla believes 348-RIDE is an important resource on campus that pro-motes student safety and is also a partial solution to the lack of parking spaces on cam-pus

ldquoItrsquos a good system over-all Itrsquos helped me and my

friends make safe choices fol-lowing partiesrdquo Kiszla saidldquoIf only the parking situa-tion was better in town Iwouldnrsquot have to worry aboutleaving my car when I take348-RIDErdquo

Students can also log onto 348rideuaedu with theirmyBama username and pass-word to select a pick-up anddrop-off location

Apps to request rides from348-RIDE are available on iOSand Android smartphonesldquoRideCellrdquo is available in theiTunes App Store and ldquoUAlabama 348Riderdquo is availablein the Google Play Store

By Alex EigelContributing Writer

Jorge Ortiz-Sotelo chair-man of the Peruvian Institute of Politics and Economics will be delivering a lecture titled ldquoDefeating the Shining Path A Lesson in Combating Terrorism in Perurdquo from 3 to 430 pm Tuesday in 205 Gorgas Library

Ortiz-Sotelo will be speaking on his experience as a Peruvian marine in the final battles between the military forces of Peru in the late 1980s and the capture of the leader of the Shining Path Movement

ldquoHe will give students an inside look at someone who participated in a long war to suppress the Shining Path and improve liferdquo said history pro-fessor Lawrence Clayton a close friend of Ortiz-Sotelorsquos

ldquoHe was involved in a defin-ing moment in modern Peru He has occupied some pretty important posts in Peru He was the head in commission of the settlement of a longtime border dispute between Peru and Ecuador and has been involved in different levels of diplomacyrdquo

Together Clayton and Ortiz-Sotelo meet on a regular basis to write about the history of maritime across the Americas

As chairman of the Peruvian Institute of Politics and Economics Ortiz-Sotelo is the brains behind a think tank that produces paper on issues of national importance that affect the course of national politics and international relations Clayton said

Among his numerous accom-plishments and responsibili-ties Ortiz-Sotelo is also the

editor of an international jour-nal and works in several orga-nizations with members across Latin America and Europe

While visiting the University Ortiz-Sotelo will also be lectur-ing privately in different class-es on the relations between Peru and Cuba The lecture held in 205 Gorgas Tuesday is free and open to the public

History department to host head of Peruvian think tank

IF YOU GObull What lsquoDefeating the

Shining Path A Lesson in Combating Terrorism in Perursquo lecture

bull When Tuesday3 - 430 pm

bull Where 205 Gorgas

FAST FACTSbull 170128 total riders

projected for 2013

bull 137214 total riders in 2012

bull 120332 total riders in 2011

The UA Student Recruitment Team serves as host to

prospective students and student athletes through resident

hall tours lunches phone blitzes informational sessions

gameday activities etc

Members of this team will provide guidance and offer

insight to students and their families regarding campus

life student involvement athletics and

the enrollment process

MANDATORY CONVOCATIONWe will discuss the selction process

Monday February 25 and Wednesday February 27 at 800 pm in Room 159 (Auditorium) of Russel Hall

APPLICATION DEADLINE

1ST ROUND INTERVIEWS MARCH 11-152ND ROUND INTERVIEWS MARCH 18-22

FRIDAY MARCH 1ST AT 5PM

For more information and to download the application please visithttpgobamauaeduuastudentrecruitmentteam

2013 - 2014 SELECTIONS

You have the option to attend Monday night OR Wednesday night-you do not have to attend both but attendance at one IS MANDATORY

Failure to attend one of the convocations will result in automatic disqualification of the applicant

Research paper due soon and you havenrsquot started Librarians are always available to help with developing

your topic fi nding resources and citing sources

R E S E A R C H R E S C U EDrop-in Research Help

University LibrariesSpecial Research Rescue

Hours AvailableMon - Thurs 4-6pm

Gorgas Library1st Floor Information Desk

February 18 - April 25

wwwlibuaedu

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Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Tuesday February 26 2013CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 7

Union Confederate documents held in Hoole LibraryBy Deanne WinslettStaff Reporter

From its beginning in 1948 the W S Hoole Special Collections Library has been home to thousands of books manuscripts photos and more dating back as far as the 15th century

Many other collections each with an independent focus also contribute to the history archived at the University of Alabama Two of the main collections contribute to the archiving of Southern and Alabama history the WS Hoole Collection and the AS Williams Collection

ldquoThe WS Hoole Collection and the AS Williams Collection are similar in that both support the study of Southern history and culturerdquo associate dean for special collections Mary Paluzzi said

The AS Williams Collection took root in Amelia Gayle Gorgas library in 2010 after being donated to University of Alabama Libraries More than 20000 pamphlets and tran-scripts from the late 17th cen-tury to 2009 comprise to the col-lection

ldquoThe Williams Collection developed as the private col-lection of Mr A S Williams III and as such is a more focused collection with strength in studies on US Presidents and the Civil War studies including both Union and Confederate resourcesrdquo Paluzzi said

While the Williams Collection focuses specifically on south-ern history Hoole Special Collections has a wide variety of less concentrated material

ldquoOver 75 years the Hoole Collection has evolved to sup-port a broader range of sub-jects with strength in Alabama

including books diaries manu-scripts and maps detailing the history culture and lives of Alabamiansrdquo Paluzzi said

With the upkeep of such his-torical documents comes strict-er rules for users In addition to the standard food and drink ban no ink pens are allowed inside Only pencils may be brought near the items and used for notes or observations

ldquoWe also go and get things for you rather than having you browse the shelvesrdquo said Jessica Lacher-Feldman WS Hoole Special Collections Curator of Rare Books and Special Collections

To further prevent damage and wear Special Collections keeps items in acid-free boxes and stores them in a climate-controlled area accessible only to staff

ldquoOur stacks area is secure and climate controlled and is

an environment that is meant to keep rare materials safe secure and away from environ-mental factors that can harm themrdquo Lacher-Feldman said

While Special Collections takes extensive measures to protect historical items the collection itself is still open to public viewing Whether for scholastic purposes or per-sonal curiosity the items kept safe within Special Collections are available with the aid of the staff

ldquoThe books are accessible to the public and students faculty and staff who are always wel-come in Special Collectionsrdquo Lacher-Feldman said

With thousands of texts pic-tures manuscripts newspa-pers and more available Hoole Special Collections has become a key part of the University of Alabama Libraries as well as Alabamarsquos history

CW | Alaina ClarkHoole houses rare works including ldquoSmokerdquo by Amy Pirkle (top left)

By Francie JohnsonContributing Writer

Tuscaloosa band Shod Shirby has a typical five-part lineup comprised of a vocalist guitarist bassist drummer and pianist Whatrsquos not so typical is that all five of these positions are fulfilled by only two people

ldquoWe really wanted to see what our limits are and how far the two of us can gordquo said Dustin Grammer the bandrsquos guitarist and bassist ldquoWe just want to see how far as two

guys we can push thingsrdquoGrammer and Trent Parker

the bandrsquos vocalist pianist and drummer have lived in Tuscaloosa their entire lives The two friends formed Shod Shirby in August 2012

ldquoWersquove been playing since we were about 10 years oldrdquo Parker said ldquoWersquove always been around music together but wersquove never actually played in a band together until late last yearrdquo

Shod Shirbyrsquos first release a self-titled six-song EP dropped

on Feb 5 Parker and Grammer recorded all of the vocals and instrumentals for the EP except for the song ldquoNot Todayrdquo which features Grammerrsquos wife Erica Grammer on backup vocals

Throughout the recording process Grammer and Parker faced the challenge of creating a full-band sound with just two people

ldquoWe were having to learn recording equipment we werenrsquot familiar withrdquo Parker said ldquoIt was hard mixing the sound the whole thing was just difficultrdquo

To create the illusion of a full band in their EP Grammer and Parker first recorded the differ-ent vocals and instrumentation of each song individually and then they layered the tracks to form the final songs This process was repeated for every song on the EP

The band has encountered other obstacles in addition to recording such as gaining exposure in the small town of Tuscaloosa

ldquoAs opposed to doing cover songs or playing things that

are more familiar itrsquos harder to get more attention when yoursquore writing your own songsrdquo Grammer said ldquoItrsquos not something people can just hear around town or pick up on the radio everydayrdquo

Parker and Grammer try to distinguish themselves from other Tuscaloosa bands by creating a sound that is purely their own Shod Shirby has a predominantly Southern-rock vibe but the band incorporates a variety of influences into its music refusing to be classified as simply one genre

ldquoWe want to be differentrdquo Parker said ldquoWersquore a little tired of hearing the same things around town We want to do it in our own wayrdquo

Grammer and Parker draw musical inspiration from their own life experiences aiming to write music that their audi-ence can identify with They wrote a not-yet-released track entitled ldquoDown Rains the Firerdquo as a tribute to the United States Military This is a topic that hits close to home for Grammer a member of the Navy Reserve

ldquoIf you take a regular person [someone who] just puts on their boots and goes to work thatrsquos who we want to relate tordquo Parker said ldquo[We want to relate to] people who make the sacrificesrdquo

ldquoDown Rains the Firerdquo will be a part of Shod Shirbyrsquos upcom-ing album ldquoDriftwoodrdquo which the band expects to release in late spring or early summer

The two band members agree that Shod Shirby hasnrsquot been an easy project but the

music itself provides all themotivation they need to keepgoing

ldquoWe want to reach peoplejust put a smile on somebodyrsquos face or put a tune in their headrdquoParker said ldquoWe really likeplaying we really like musicand when you love doing some-thing that much you might aswell do itrdquo

For more informationabout Shod Shirby visit thebandrsquos Facebook page atfacebookcomShodShirby

Tuscaloosa natives band together to form Southern rock duo

ldquoSpecial Collections allows us to look into the lives of those who came before us and begin to understand what their world was likerdquo Lacher-Feldman said

For more information on W

S Hoole Special Collections and the collections within the UA libraries visit wwwlibuaedu or visit W S Hoole Special Collections on the second floor of Mary Harmon Bryant Hall

ldquoIrsquom really happy with how the class is going this semes-terrdquo Mabry said ldquoAnne makes

the atmosphere relaxed and constructive and we can all appreciate each otherrsquos differ-ent drawing techniquesrdquo

Mabry said her expecta-tions were completely differ-ent coming into the class and have changed significantly from the start of the semester

ldquoI expected to create more detailed drawings but this class focuses on creating movement and mood in a piecerdquo Mabry said ldquoItrsquos push-ing me out of my comfort zone and Irsquom really appreciative for thatrdquo

In addition to being pushed out of her comfort zone Mabry said she also gets to experiment with other forms of art

ldquoIn the past week alone Irsquove learned how to use India Ink to capture a figure and Irsquove taped charcoal to the end of a stick to draw withrdquo Mabry said ldquoItrsquos always exciting and therersquos always something unexpected to tryrdquo

Hasemeyer found a list-ing on the Facebook page for dance majors looking for mod-els for the class

ldquoI have really enjoyed the experience because I am not much of an artist so I enjoy being a part of the art as the subjectrdquo she said

Hasemeyer said being a model for the class has pushed her out of her comfort zone but the students have made it easier to be comfortable

ldquoI think that students come in ready to learn while expressing their own take on the assignmentrdquo Hasemeyer said ldquoI think that they also see me the model as just a sub-ject or a body which honestly makes it a little easier to get out of my comfort zonerdquo

Krystal Campbell another model for the class said the students are professional and serious which makes the environment comfortable and relaxed

ldquoThe students are very tal-ented and I have the opportu-nity to see a side of the UA pop-ulation you forget exists if you arenrsquot an art majorrdquo Campbell said ldquoI encourage anyone who gets a chance to do itrdquo

DRAWING FROM PAGE 1

Art pushes students out of comfort zones

CW | Jingyu WanTrent Parker and Dustin Grammer play music in their studio

Page 8 | Tuesday February 26 2013 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

By Marquavius BurnettSports Editor

Throughout her career Marissa Gutierrez has been the exception to the rule of injured gymnasts

But after suffering an ankle injury on Feb 22 against Arkansas Gutierrez is likely to miss the No 4 Crimson Tidersquos upcoming meet versus the No 6 UCLA Bruins

Gutierrez competes on the vault balance beam and floor exercise for the Tide and has been a strong competitor for much of the season She land-ed awkwardly on her ankle during her first tumbling pass in the floor exercise Friday

ldquoSometimes ankle sprains can be five days sometimes it can be five monthsrdquo head coach Sarah Patterson said ldquoMy experience is you just donrsquot know until you see how a person respondsrdquo

Patterson said Gutierrez is currently wearing a walking

boot and will more than likely have to wear ankle tape when she returns to action

Patterson said the nature of gymnastics makes resting the ankles paramount

ldquoWhen you see our sport itrsquos not the difference of just run-ning up and downrdquo Patterson said ldquoYoursquove got to be able to push off of it Itrsquos got to be 100 percent to do the event she does and like she does

ldquoIrsquoll probably say that the last few weeks of her career shersquoll be wearing tape on her ankle She never has I donrsquot think Irsquove ever even seen her in ankle taperdquo

Teammates are rallying behind Gutierrez and every-one is stepping up to fill the holes she left

ldquoWersquore all stepping up and the freshmen have done a great job of stepping up in practice this weekrdquo Sarah DeMeo said ldquoWersquore going to need them this weekrdquo

Tide remains No 4 in the rankings

The Alabama gymnas-tics team retained its No 4 national ranking after posting its second-highest score and highest road score of the sea-son at Arkansas last Friday Feb 22

Starting this week rank-ings are decided by Regional Qualifying Score a formula which takes a teamrsquos top three road scores its next three highest scores home or away drops the high score and aver-ages the remaining five

By RQS Oklahoma moved up to the No 1 spot while pre-vious No 1 Florida dropped to second Michigan remained in third and LSU jumped the UCLA Bruins to claim the fifth spot The Tide will take on the No 6 Bruins this Friday at home before closing out its regular season against the No 1 Sooners March 15 In between Alabama travels to No 5 LSU

Gutierrez likely to miss next gymnastics meetGYMNASTICS

BASEBALL

SOFTBALLWOMENrsquoS GOLF

CW | Shannon AuvilMarissa Gutierrez landed awkwardly in Fridayrsquos meet against Arkansas and sprained her ankle

CW Staff

For the second time in three weeks Alabama out-fielder Haylie McCleney has been named the Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week

McCleney also led the team in hits and runs scored for the third consecutive week The Morris Ala native bat-ted 611 (11-for-18) with nine runs two doubles a home run nine RBIs and four sto-len bases

McCleney was named the

Easton Bama Bash tourna-ment MVP She had four multi-hit performances in the six-game week including three games with three hits The rookie scored at least one run and reached base in all but one game

In the Bama Bash opener McCleney batted 3-for-3 scored four runs drove in six and hit a home run against Western Illinois McCleney opened the week with a 3-for-4 outing at the plate against UAB then posted another three-hit day against Iowa

After three weeks McCleney is batting 604 with 24 runs 32 hits three home runs 14 RBIs and 15 stolen bases

Alabama will play six games in four days this week all at Rhoads Stadium The Crimson Tide will open the week against Samford on Wednesday Feb 27 before playing its make-up game against South Alabama on Thursday The Tide will then welcome Iowa State and St Johnrsquos for the Easton Classic this weekend

McCleney named SEC Freshman of the Week Bama Bash MVP

By Kevin ConnellContributing Writer

The Alabama baseball team returns home to Sewell-Thomas Stadium to play the Samford Bulldogs Tuesday in the first game of a four-game home stint

The Crimson Tide (6-1) con-tinued to make waves this past weekend in Boca Raton Fla where it took the first two games of the series against the Florida Atlantic Owls before dropping its first game of the season in the series finale

on SundayldquoI thought our team overall

was really prepared and played extremely well particularly Friday night We played a real-ly good left-handed pitcher that was Pitcher of the Year last year in their conferencerdquo head coach Mitch Gaspard said

Through seven games of the season Gaspard said he now has an idea of what kind of a team he is working with this season

ldquoTheyrsquore very competitive They play with really good energy good focus each day

and thatrsquos a good sign as we move forward into the seasonrdquo he said ldquoJust the team overall I like where theyrsquore at I like their focus I like the way they play the game And if they con-tinue to do that itrsquos going to be a team thatrsquos just going to con-tinue to get better as we move through the seasonrdquo

The team will try to rebound from the loss to Florida Atlantic when it takes on a Samford team that the Tide swept two games to none in the season series last year

Gaspard said the Tide knows

Bulldogs (5-4) can be a tough team to beat and they arenrsquot about to overlook them

ldquoThey have a tremendous outfielder and pitcher for them that really has been the cata-lyst for their team the last cou-ple yearsrdquo he said ldquo[Samford head coach] Casey Dunnrsquos done a really nice job with their program We know itrsquos going to be a real competitive game and wersquore looking forward to getting back on the field again tomorrow nightrdquo

Gaspard said pitching has been the key to the teamrsquos

success so far this season after the Tide posted three quality starts against Florida Atlantic over the weekend

Sophomore left-hander Taylor Guilbeau (1-0) will look to continue the solid pitch-ing for Alabama as he makes his second start of the season Tuesday Guilbeau allowed just one run on three hits and two walks in five innings of work in a 10-8 victory over then-No 21 Southern Miss last week

The Tide will also look for freshman center fielder Georgie Salem to maintain his

current form at the plate afterleading the team with a 538 batting average in the Florida Atlantic series

ldquo[He had] a lot of quality at bats from Tuesday through Sundayrdquo Gaspard said ldquoHersquos that guy up top where wersquore expecting him to give those tough at bats for us to get us going and let those other guys see pitches throughout the gamerdquo

First pitch is scheduled for 605 pm Tuesday The two teams will meet again later this season on March 19 at Samford

Tide looks to win 4 games at home after 1st season loss

Round 2 of Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Championship postponedCW Staff

Damaging overnight weath-er in the New Orleans area contributed to the cancel-lation of Mondayrsquos second round of the 2013 Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Golf Championship Play will resume on Feb 26 at 8 am with

a shotgun start for the final round

During the night severe thun-derstorms brought high winds nearly three inches of rain and dime-sized hail to the course The clean-up for Tuesdayrsquos sec-ond round has begun

For updated informa-tion on the Allstate Sugar

Bowl Intercollegiate Golf Championship visit the tour-nament page located on the Tulane womenrsquos golf homepage at TulaneGreenWavecom or golfstatcom

Alabama will be playing with Florida and Southern California in Tuesdayrsquos second and final round

Alabama suffered five non conference losses with the low point being back-to-back loss-es to Tulane and Mercer The Crimson Tide has put together a 10-4 record in conference play since then but the Southeastern Conference may be as weak as it has ever been so there havenrsquot been many quality wins to come by Conversely losses to LSU and Auburn look worse than they would in years past

ldquoItrsquos certainly not a good loss at this point in the yearrdquo said Dan Wolken who covers college basketball for USA Today ldquoThey really needed to rack up some big wins in the SEC and the reality of the situation this year is that the SEC doesnrsquot offer a lot of high quality wins If you miss against Missouri and you miss against Florida then yoursquore basically playing games against other bubble teamsrdquo

Florida and Missouri are the only SEC teams that appear to be locked in for the NCAA tour-nament right now Lunardi list-ed Ole Miss as one of his ldquolast four inrdquo teams and Kentucky as one of his ldquolast four outrdquo before this weekendrsquos action

Alabama still has a chance to prove itself however After fac-ing Auburn the Crimson Tide will travel to Florida for a crucial Saturday game that will be tele-vised on ESPN Then it will take on Ole Miss in Oxford Miss before finishing out the season at home against Georgia The SEC tournament awaits after where winning means an auto-matic NCAA tournament berth

While the outlook currently looks bleak there is still some

hope for AlabamaldquoThey need to beat Florida

certainlyrdquo Wolken said ldquoThey also have Ole Miss coming up which would help Itrsquos a mov-ing target The thing about these discussions is itrsquos so hard to gauge because itrsquos a moving target It depends on what other teams in other leagues dordquo

Goodman however thinks Alabama could still get in the tournament without beating the Gators

ldquoYoursquore not supposed to win the one at Florida anyway Theyrsquore probably not going to win it They win it theyrsquore in great shaperdquo he said ldquoItrsquos prob-ably going to take them sweep-ing the rest of them and then winning at least one [SEC] tour-nament gamerdquo

Many Alabama fans will call for Grantrsquos job if he fails to make the tournament for the third time in four years The former VCU head coach and Florida assistant is making almost $2 million a year and currently has only a first-round tournament exit on his resume

Both Goodwin and Wolken were quick to dismiss the notion of Grant losing his job or even being on the hot seat if he misses the tournament Grant inherited a severe talent defi-ciency and has recruited well during his time in Tuscaloosa And barring a disastrous finish Alabama will post 20 wins for the third straight season

ldquoYou have to kind of judge it against the historical standardrdquo Wolken said ldquoWhat kind of pro-gram does Alabama expect to be expect to have Based on all of the factors that you typically look at in determining what expectations should be Alabama is a program that should prob-ably go to the NCAA tourna-ment three out of five years

something along those linesrdquoGoodwin also pointed to

Grantrsquos handling of disciplin-ary issues like suspending JaMychal Green and Tony Mitchell during the heart of last seasonrsquos run

ldquoIrsquom still an Anthony Grant fan Hersquos high-integrity He never self-promotes He coaches those kids up He makes those kids better as peoplerdquo Goodwin said ldquoI think hersquos one of the best people Irsquove ever met doing this job Has a lot of integrity gets his kids to play hard I donrsquot think he took over a program with a ton of talent - he had his work cut out for him But I still think hersquos the right guy for that jobrdquo

Grant as many coaches would says he is taking things one game at a time even with just four games remaining on the season An Auburn loss would after all crush whatever tournament hopes Alabama has left

ldquoThis game we have tomor-row is the most important game of the seasonrdquo he said ldquoI canrsquot see any farther than tomorrow Thatrsquos my total focus and we just have to take care of our-selves and take care of the game thatrsquos in front of usrdquo

Senior guard Andrew Steele echoed his coachrsquos sentiments Beating Auburn is the first step to getting Alabama back in the tournament picture

ldquoIn terms of the selection committee and all that we canrsquot control what they decide But we can decide how we come out and play each gamerdquo Steele said ldquoOur next game is Auburn so if we canrsquot get prepared to play those guys then we donrsquot really have a chance at any other thing that we try to do Itrsquos the next game so itrsquos the most important onerdquo

BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 1

Experts say calls for Grantrsquos job not fair

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By Caroline GazzaraStaff Reporter

Regardless of what others think of the Alabama womenrsquos basketball team Shafontaye Meyers said she believes in them The team may not be the best yet but she said she is confident her team can become something better

ldquoI have to get better as a player and we have to get bet-ter as a teamrdquo Meyers said ldquoItrsquos a good feeling when you know you want to improve more as a teamrdquo

Standing 5 feet 8 inches the junior has a few seasons under her belt Though this is the first year she has started her freshman and sophomore years helped her become the player that she is and help her guide the team

ldquoI want to be more of a role

model [than a leader]rdquo Meyers said ldquoI try to step up when we fall I want to be a role model for the teamrdquo

In high school Meyers was ranked 13th in the nation in 2010 in scoring averaging 292 points her senior year

The native Alabamian has been with the Crimson Tide for three years and each year she has proved herself once more that she is a leader This year alone has been her big-gest year so far Meyers has bested herself points-wise by scoring a record 23 points against Auburn in January

Though she claims shersquos not the leader of the team she is the one the team looks to in order to make the shots they need to make Her three-point shooting average 302 percent her field goal shooting average is 325 percent and her free

throw average is 704 percentCoach Wendell Hudson

relies heavily on her shots because Meyers is willing to take the shots no one wants to take

ldquoShafontaye Meyers is a big shot takerrdquo Hudson said ldquoShe might not make them but therersquos no question that itrsquos going to be a good shot She steps and makes those shots Everybody looks at the final score and what I look at is what got us to that pointrdquo

Like Hudson the team looks to one of its top players to help bring them together Even though the Tide is on an eight-game losing streak Meyersrsquo goal is to help the team come together to become one syn-chronized unit

ldquoI think we need to come togetherrdquo Meyers said ldquoWersquore not always together

Sometimes we play together but we quit before we can really come together We are letting ourselves get in the way of the game but itrsquos a team thing and we sometimes forget about thatrdquo

Hudsonrsquos go-to girl doesnrsquot feel the intense pressure some athletes may feel With her team around her she knows that she can accomplish what needs to be done

ldquoI guess Irsquom used to it by now because I know that we have to get [the shots]rdquo Meyers said ldquoWhen you have to get the shots you have to get them You donrsquot feel the pressure because in the end yoursquore going to come through cause you have help from everybodyrdquo

In a league with fierce com-petitors Meyers knows that enjoying the game is the most

important factor of all Though the losing streak weighs heav-ily on her mind enjoying the game with her team is the overall goal for any game

ldquoI want to have fun and I want to enjoy the gamerdquo Meyers said ldquoWhen yoursquore together as a team itrsquos always fun Itrsquos a good thing for the team to have funrdquo

Meyersrsquo time at Alabama has helped her become a bet-ter player not only individual-ly but she has also helped the team become a better team

ldquoShe has made herself a complete playerrdquo Hudson said ldquoShersquos playing well She came off the bench and had that spark that we neededrdquo

Her motto is to give it all that shersquos got and though the sea-son is about to come to a close shersquos inspired to keep going for her team and for the fans

ldquoI like to give it all I gotrdquo Meyers said ldquoI know Irsquom doing it for the audience and [they] are my inspiration I know because of that they are help-ing me get to where I am nowrdquo

By Zac Al-Khateeb

Anyone who has ever par-ticipated in athletic competi-tion knows teams often follow trends Teams seem to ride highs and lows but rarely have an ldquoaveragerdquo part of a season

Those kinds of trends can be seen when a basketball team puts together a ridiculous string of 3-point shots when a quar-terback just canrsquot seem to miss his receivers or when a base-ball team just makes the game miserable for opposing pitchers

With that said for every team experiencing a high another team experiences a low and

once that low period starts it never seems to stop Sometimes a teamrsquos string of losses isnrsquot so much a reflection of poor play but the fact theyrsquore simply stuck in a rut

Donrsquot believe me Look at the Alabama baseball team last year After the Tide start-ed with a 4-3 record last sea-

son it never once put a string of more than two consecutive wins together for the rest of the season

But it wasnrsquot because of poor play The team was simply stuck in a mindset of losing and once a team finds itself in that state of mind itrsquos exceptionally diffi-cult to escape

That is something that Alabama will have to watch out for this year Still it looks as if the Tide has started the season out on the right foot going 6-0 and beating a top-25 team in Southern Miss before losing to Florida Atlantic in a series fina-le Sunday

Irsquom not saying Alabamarsquos season is suddenly in jeopardy or anything but winning and losing are both contagious to a team Now that Alabamarsquos experienced its first loss of the season it needs to make sure it can overcome it and continue winning

Still that shouldnrsquot be too

hard for the Tide which did start off the season with an impressive string of victories Even the loss to Florida Atlantic wasnrsquot that bad as the Tide had already beaten the Owls twice in the series

Alabama has a chance to start another winning streak tonight when it plays the Samford Bulldogs at home If the Tide shows up with a good attitude ready to put the loss behind them it could be the start of another win streak However if the Tide still has its mind in Boca Raton Fla then it could experience yet another loss

Thatrsquos the nature of sports sometimes One loss turns into two two into three three into four and so on What marks a truly competitive team isnrsquot who has the most talent Rather itrsquos the team that has the right mindset at the right time in the right place

If Alabama wants to be com-petitive this year itrsquos going to have to learn to keep that right mindset the entire sea-son something it was appar-ently unsuccessful with last season Alabama has already proven it can handle success Now it just needs to prove it can handle losing as well

To start a new win streak Crimson Tide must avoid negative mindset after loss

Editor | Marquavius BurnettcrimsonwhitesportsgmailcomTuesday February 26 2013SPORTS

NEWS

OPINION

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Page 10

WOMENrsquoS BASKETBALL

Despite criticisms Meyers believes in her team

CW | Shannon AuvilShafontaye is a lsquobig shot takerrsquo according to Wendell Hudson

COLUMN

ldquo If the Tide shows up with a good attitude ready to put the loss behind them it could be the start of another win streak However if the Tide

still has its mind in Boca Raton Fla then it could experience yet another loss

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday February 26 2013 | Page 5

By Tori LinvilleContributing Writer

Students organizations and others connected with The University of Alabama interest-ed in using University vehicles instead of their own can access vans and other vehicles through the Fleet Services of the Universityrsquos Driver Safety and Vehicle Management Program

Those looking to operate a University vehicle can do so after qualifying for driver requirements filling out the Application for Use of a State Owned Automobile and paying a rental charge Fleet Services provides options of a sedan a

seven passenger mini-van a 12 passenger van or a cargo van

Driver requirements include a minimum age of 21 no less than three years of driving experience a valid driverrsquos license signed authorization allowing the University to access the

driverrsquos Motor Vehicle Record and completion of an online training program

Once the paperwork is filed and the driver is cleared Fleet Services provides the vehicle to be rented The daily rates for renting sedans seven passen-ger vans and 12 passenger vans are $49 $59 and $79 respectively

Bob Pugh director of Risk Management said the vans

are typically new and theyrsquore well maintained

ldquoThey have the current equip-ment in the way of traction con-trol stability control airbags theyrsquore more crash-worthy than the older vansrdquo Pugh said ldquoWe know the history of the vans ndash we know if the van has had the oil changed the brakes checked the tires checked air pressure headlights windshield wipers ndash all the little things so when you go to pick it up to take it on a trip itrsquos ready to gordquo

Organizations such as vari-ous sports clubs like womenrsquos rugby and even the equestrian club use the well-serviced vans to their advantage Coordinator of Sports Clubs Wyant Boreson explained the process of paperwork students have

to undertakeldquoThe [students] turn in the

request form theyrsquoll give it to me Irsquoll fill out the necessary accounting information and Irsquoll send that to Fleet Servicesrdquo Boreson said ldquoWe make sure the students fill out the MVR form as well with their informa-tion and Irsquoll send that to Risk Management and then the stu-dent is notified of the required online training course It really just helps the time process and if therersquos missing informa-tion I act as the contact for Risk Managementrdquo

In addition to efficient time management and coordination Fleet Services aims to provide excellent customer service Barbara Grimes office associ-ate at the Community Service

Center saidldquoWersquoll sometimes go and pick

up the vans at 6 in the morningbefore Fleet Services is even open keep them for a week and return them with no problemsrdquoGrimes said ldquoThey work very well with us on our reserva-tions even if we have to make a last-minute change the directorwill try to work with us in solv-ing the problemsrdquo

Along with the vans Fleet Services provides the Universityrsquos Driver Safety and Vehicle Management Program rents out other vehicles includ-ing cars golf and utility carts garbage trucks and even bucket trucks

For more information about the Fleet Services visit fleetuaedu

From sedans to vans students can rent UA vehiclesldquoWersquoll sometimes go and pick up the vans at 6 in the morning be-

fore Fleet Services is even open keep them for a week and return them with no problems They work very well with us on our reser-

vations even if we have to make a last-minute change the director will try to work with us in solving the problems

mdash Barbara Grimes

Black Student Union hosts Andre TaylorBy Camille CorbettContributing Writer

The first black president of the National Alumni Association challenged mem-bers of The University of Alabamarsquos Black Student Union to facilitate and enhance the academic suc-cess of black students during the annual Black State of the Union address on Monday night

President Andre Taylor addressed members of the Black Student Union an orga-nization that focuses on black student empowerment within the University The purpose of this event was to recog-nize the progress that black students on this campus have made within the past year

ldquoYou know how the presi-dent has a state of union for the entire United States well this event is an address focus-ing on the African-American community of campusrdquo senior Kyle Fraizer vice pres-ident of the Black Student Union said

The overall message of this event was one to focus more on goals that are already in the Black Student Union

ldquoThe theme of my presen-tation is obstacles and oppor-tunities something you are moving toward and becoming like Itrsquos really just what you think about the mostrdquo Taylor said

Kayla James president of the Black Student Union said they started the event in con-junction with the NAACP

ldquoItrsquos really an annual event to talk about how far wersquove come and the problems that we face todayrdquo James said

This event also serves as a venue for older black stu-dents on campus to try to influence students within the University

ldquoItrsquos to get minority stu-dents involved but by using a different perspective than we usually use Itrsquos more like alumni trying to influence student mindsrdquo Fraizer said

Black students also use this address as a way to become knowledgeable and

understand ways to improve race relations on campus

ldquoI was able to learn more and to be more aware about race relations on this cam-pus and what we can do to improve the state of African-Americans on this cam-pusrdquo Kimiko McKenzie a sophomore majoring in biology said

Kaiya Arroyo secretary of the Black Student Union said Taylorrsquos address also served

to inspire black students on campus

ldquoEvery year we try to uplift our students and bring in a speaker who understands what itrsquos like to be a student at UA and we just try to help our students be inspired even though itrsquos kind of late within the school year we believe February is a great time to reflect and still have the abil-ity to change what we desire to changerdquo Arroyo said

CW | Shannon AuviThe National Alumni Associationrsquos fi rst black president Andre Taylor

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348-RIDE anticipates 22 increase in passengersBy Colby Leopard and Justin HeckCW Staff

348-RIDE and 348-RIDE Express projected to have 170128 total riders in 2013 an increase of 22 percent from last year when the program had a combined total of 137214 rid-ers up from 120332 total riders in 2011

348-RIDE began in November 2007 as an on-demand service provided by the UA Transit Department that transports students around campus and neighboring areas after Crimson Ride night hours end at 10 pm The program began with three eight-passenger vans and carried 626 riders in the first two months

Now 348-RIDE has a fleet

of nine 12-passenger vans 12 drivers and three dispatchers

Ralph Clayton direc-tor of transit services at the University of Alabama said the focus of 348-RIDE has expand-ed from its original purpose

ldquoThe primary focus of 348-RIDE is academic in nature

but it has expanded We realize that not all students just need a ride to go the libraryrdquo Clayton said ldquoWe try to support the overall safety of our studentsrdquo

348-RIDE is typically busiest during the weekend

ldquoOn weekdays we aver-age 300 or 400 passengers per nightrdquo Clayton said ldquoOn Friday and Saturday we aver-age about 700 or even up to 1000 passengers per nightrdquo

In order to deal with the increased volume of calls on the weekends the UA Transit Department and SGA worked together to create 348-RIDE Express in 2009

ldquoThe SGA is the one that came up with the model for 348-RIDE Express in order to help relieve some of the stress on the regular 348-RIDE We

found that a number of stu-dents wanted to go to the same locationsrdquo Clayton said

348-RIDE Express runs a fixed route around campus from 9 pm to 330 am from Thursday until Sunday

Although most students feel 348-RIDE is an overall helpful system some have had issues getting through to the dispatch-ers Luke Kiszla a sophomore majoring in history and the-atre said he has encountered this problem several times

ldquoThe main trouble is getting through the automated sys-temrdquo Kiszla said ldquoOnce I talk to a dispatcher theyrsquore so help-

ful at getting me a ride The automated system is just hard to navigate sometimesrdquo

Kiszla said he has used 348-RIDE to get home from bars downtown after his band plays He said he believes that 348-RIDE could benefit from link-ing Google maps a mobile GPS device to the dispatchers

Ultimately Kiszla believes 348-RIDE is an important resource on campus that pro-motes student safety and is also a partial solution to the lack of parking spaces on cam-pus

ldquoItrsquos a good system over-all Itrsquos helped me and my

friends make safe choices fol-lowing partiesrdquo Kiszla saidldquoIf only the parking situa-tion was better in town Iwouldnrsquot have to worry aboutleaving my car when I take348-RIDErdquo

Students can also log onto 348rideuaedu with theirmyBama username and pass-word to select a pick-up anddrop-off location

Apps to request rides from348-RIDE are available on iOSand Android smartphonesldquoRideCellrdquo is available in theiTunes App Store and ldquoUAlabama 348Riderdquo is availablein the Google Play Store

By Alex EigelContributing Writer

Jorge Ortiz-Sotelo chair-man of the Peruvian Institute of Politics and Economics will be delivering a lecture titled ldquoDefeating the Shining Path A Lesson in Combating Terrorism in Perurdquo from 3 to 430 pm Tuesday in 205 Gorgas Library

Ortiz-Sotelo will be speaking on his experience as a Peruvian marine in the final battles between the military forces of Peru in the late 1980s and the capture of the leader of the Shining Path Movement

ldquoHe will give students an inside look at someone who participated in a long war to suppress the Shining Path and improve liferdquo said history pro-fessor Lawrence Clayton a close friend of Ortiz-Sotelorsquos

ldquoHe was involved in a defin-ing moment in modern Peru He has occupied some pretty important posts in Peru He was the head in commission of the settlement of a longtime border dispute between Peru and Ecuador and has been involved in different levels of diplomacyrdquo

Together Clayton and Ortiz-Sotelo meet on a regular basis to write about the history of maritime across the Americas

As chairman of the Peruvian Institute of Politics and Economics Ortiz-Sotelo is the brains behind a think tank that produces paper on issues of national importance that affect the course of national politics and international relations Clayton said

Among his numerous accom-plishments and responsibili-ties Ortiz-Sotelo is also the

editor of an international jour-nal and works in several orga-nizations with members across Latin America and Europe

While visiting the University Ortiz-Sotelo will also be lectur-ing privately in different class-es on the relations between Peru and Cuba The lecture held in 205 Gorgas Tuesday is free and open to the public

History department to host head of Peruvian think tank

IF YOU GObull What lsquoDefeating the

Shining Path A Lesson in Combating Terrorism in Perursquo lecture

bull When Tuesday3 - 430 pm

bull Where 205 Gorgas

FAST FACTSbull 170128 total riders

projected for 2013

bull 137214 total riders in 2012

bull 120332 total riders in 2011

The UA Student Recruitment Team serves as host to

prospective students and student athletes through resident

hall tours lunches phone blitzes informational sessions

gameday activities etc

Members of this team will provide guidance and offer

insight to students and their families regarding campus

life student involvement athletics and

the enrollment process

MANDATORY CONVOCATIONWe will discuss the selction process

Monday February 25 and Wednesday February 27 at 800 pm in Room 159 (Auditorium) of Russel Hall

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For more information and to download the application please visithttpgobamauaeduuastudentrecruitmentteam

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You have the option to attend Monday night OR Wednesday night-you do not have to attend both but attendance at one IS MANDATORY

Failure to attend one of the convocations will result in automatic disqualification of the applicant

Research paper due soon and you havenrsquot started Librarians are always available to help with developing

your topic fi nding resources and citing sources

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Union Confederate documents held in Hoole LibraryBy Deanne WinslettStaff Reporter

From its beginning in 1948 the W S Hoole Special Collections Library has been home to thousands of books manuscripts photos and more dating back as far as the 15th century

Many other collections each with an independent focus also contribute to the history archived at the University of Alabama Two of the main collections contribute to the archiving of Southern and Alabama history the WS Hoole Collection and the AS Williams Collection

ldquoThe WS Hoole Collection and the AS Williams Collection are similar in that both support the study of Southern history and culturerdquo associate dean for special collections Mary Paluzzi said

The AS Williams Collection took root in Amelia Gayle Gorgas library in 2010 after being donated to University of Alabama Libraries More than 20000 pamphlets and tran-scripts from the late 17th cen-tury to 2009 comprise to the col-lection

ldquoThe Williams Collection developed as the private col-lection of Mr A S Williams III and as such is a more focused collection with strength in studies on US Presidents and the Civil War studies including both Union and Confederate resourcesrdquo Paluzzi said

While the Williams Collection focuses specifically on south-ern history Hoole Special Collections has a wide variety of less concentrated material

ldquoOver 75 years the Hoole Collection has evolved to sup-port a broader range of sub-jects with strength in Alabama

including books diaries manu-scripts and maps detailing the history culture and lives of Alabamiansrdquo Paluzzi said

With the upkeep of such his-torical documents comes strict-er rules for users In addition to the standard food and drink ban no ink pens are allowed inside Only pencils may be brought near the items and used for notes or observations

ldquoWe also go and get things for you rather than having you browse the shelvesrdquo said Jessica Lacher-Feldman WS Hoole Special Collections Curator of Rare Books and Special Collections

To further prevent damage and wear Special Collections keeps items in acid-free boxes and stores them in a climate-controlled area accessible only to staff

ldquoOur stacks area is secure and climate controlled and is

an environment that is meant to keep rare materials safe secure and away from environ-mental factors that can harm themrdquo Lacher-Feldman said

While Special Collections takes extensive measures to protect historical items the collection itself is still open to public viewing Whether for scholastic purposes or per-sonal curiosity the items kept safe within Special Collections are available with the aid of the staff

ldquoThe books are accessible to the public and students faculty and staff who are always wel-come in Special Collectionsrdquo Lacher-Feldman said

With thousands of texts pic-tures manuscripts newspa-pers and more available Hoole Special Collections has become a key part of the University of Alabama Libraries as well as Alabamarsquos history

CW | Alaina ClarkHoole houses rare works including ldquoSmokerdquo by Amy Pirkle (top left)

By Francie JohnsonContributing Writer

Tuscaloosa band Shod Shirby has a typical five-part lineup comprised of a vocalist guitarist bassist drummer and pianist Whatrsquos not so typical is that all five of these positions are fulfilled by only two people

ldquoWe really wanted to see what our limits are and how far the two of us can gordquo said Dustin Grammer the bandrsquos guitarist and bassist ldquoWe just want to see how far as two

guys we can push thingsrdquoGrammer and Trent Parker

the bandrsquos vocalist pianist and drummer have lived in Tuscaloosa their entire lives The two friends formed Shod Shirby in August 2012

ldquoWersquove been playing since we were about 10 years oldrdquo Parker said ldquoWersquove always been around music together but wersquove never actually played in a band together until late last yearrdquo

Shod Shirbyrsquos first release a self-titled six-song EP dropped

on Feb 5 Parker and Grammer recorded all of the vocals and instrumentals for the EP except for the song ldquoNot Todayrdquo which features Grammerrsquos wife Erica Grammer on backup vocals

Throughout the recording process Grammer and Parker faced the challenge of creating a full-band sound with just two people

ldquoWe were having to learn recording equipment we werenrsquot familiar withrdquo Parker said ldquoIt was hard mixing the sound the whole thing was just difficultrdquo

To create the illusion of a full band in their EP Grammer and Parker first recorded the differ-ent vocals and instrumentation of each song individually and then they layered the tracks to form the final songs This process was repeated for every song on the EP

The band has encountered other obstacles in addition to recording such as gaining exposure in the small town of Tuscaloosa

ldquoAs opposed to doing cover songs or playing things that

are more familiar itrsquos harder to get more attention when yoursquore writing your own songsrdquo Grammer said ldquoItrsquos not something people can just hear around town or pick up on the radio everydayrdquo

Parker and Grammer try to distinguish themselves from other Tuscaloosa bands by creating a sound that is purely their own Shod Shirby has a predominantly Southern-rock vibe but the band incorporates a variety of influences into its music refusing to be classified as simply one genre

ldquoWe want to be differentrdquo Parker said ldquoWersquore a little tired of hearing the same things around town We want to do it in our own wayrdquo

Grammer and Parker draw musical inspiration from their own life experiences aiming to write music that their audi-ence can identify with They wrote a not-yet-released track entitled ldquoDown Rains the Firerdquo as a tribute to the United States Military This is a topic that hits close to home for Grammer a member of the Navy Reserve

ldquoIf you take a regular person [someone who] just puts on their boots and goes to work thatrsquos who we want to relate tordquo Parker said ldquo[We want to relate to] people who make the sacrificesrdquo

ldquoDown Rains the Firerdquo will be a part of Shod Shirbyrsquos upcom-ing album ldquoDriftwoodrdquo which the band expects to release in late spring or early summer

The two band members agree that Shod Shirby hasnrsquot been an easy project but the

music itself provides all themotivation they need to keepgoing

ldquoWe want to reach peoplejust put a smile on somebodyrsquos face or put a tune in their headrdquoParker said ldquoWe really likeplaying we really like musicand when you love doing some-thing that much you might aswell do itrdquo

For more informationabout Shod Shirby visit thebandrsquos Facebook page atfacebookcomShodShirby

Tuscaloosa natives band together to form Southern rock duo

ldquoSpecial Collections allows us to look into the lives of those who came before us and begin to understand what their world was likerdquo Lacher-Feldman said

For more information on W

S Hoole Special Collections and the collections within the UA libraries visit wwwlibuaedu or visit W S Hoole Special Collections on the second floor of Mary Harmon Bryant Hall

ldquoIrsquom really happy with how the class is going this semes-terrdquo Mabry said ldquoAnne makes

the atmosphere relaxed and constructive and we can all appreciate each otherrsquos differ-ent drawing techniquesrdquo

Mabry said her expecta-tions were completely differ-ent coming into the class and have changed significantly from the start of the semester

ldquoI expected to create more detailed drawings but this class focuses on creating movement and mood in a piecerdquo Mabry said ldquoItrsquos push-ing me out of my comfort zone and Irsquom really appreciative for thatrdquo

In addition to being pushed out of her comfort zone Mabry said she also gets to experiment with other forms of art

ldquoIn the past week alone Irsquove learned how to use India Ink to capture a figure and Irsquove taped charcoal to the end of a stick to draw withrdquo Mabry said ldquoItrsquos always exciting and therersquos always something unexpected to tryrdquo

Hasemeyer found a list-ing on the Facebook page for dance majors looking for mod-els for the class

ldquoI have really enjoyed the experience because I am not much of an artist so I enjoy being a part of the art as the subjectrdquo she said

Hasemeyer said being a model for the class has pushed her out of her comfort zone but the students have made it easier to be comfortable

ldquoI think that students come in ready to learn while expressing their own take on the assignmentrdquo Hasemeyer said ldquoI think that they also see me the model as just a sub-ject or a body which honestly makes it a little easier to get out of my comfort zonerdquo

Krystal Campbell another model for the class said the students are professional and serious which makes the environment comfortable and relaxed

ldquoThe students are very tal-ented and I have the opportu-nity to see a side of the UA pop-ulation you forget exists if you arenrsquot an art majorrdquo Campbell said ldquoI encourage anyone who gets a chance to do itrdquo

DRAWING FROM PAGE 1

Art pushes students out of comfort zones

CW | Jingyu WanTrent Parker and Dustin Grammer play music in their studio

Page 8 | Tuesday February 26 2013 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

By Marquavius BurnettSports Editor

Throughout her career Marissa Gutierrez has been the exception to the rule of injured gymnasts

But after suffering an ankle injury on Feb 22 against Arkansas Gutierrez is likely to miss the No 4 Crimson Tidersquos upcoming meet versus the No 6 UCLA Bruins

Gutierrez competes on the vault balance beam and floor exercise for the Tide and has been a strong competitor for much of the season She land-ed awkwardly on her ankle during her first tumbling pass in the floor exercise Friday

ldquoSometimes ankle sprains can be five days sometimes it can be five monthsrdquo head coach Sarah Patterson said ldquoMy experience is you just donrsquot know until you see how a person respondsrdquo

Patterson said Gutierrez is currently wearing a walking

boot and will more than likely have to wear ankle tape when she returns to action

Patterson said the nature of gymnastics makes resting the ankles paramount

ldquoWhen you see our sport itrsquos not the difference of just run-ning up and downrdquo Patterson said ldquoYoursquove got to be able to push off of it Itrsquos got to be 100 percent to do the event she does and like she does

ldquoIrsquoll probably say that the last few weeks of her career shersquoll be wearing tape on her ankle She never has I donrsquot think Irsquove ever even seen her in ankle taperdquo

Teammates are rallying behind Gutierrez and every-one is stepping up to fill the holes she left

ldquoWersquore all stepping up and the freshmen have done a great job of stepping up in practice this weekrdquo Sarah DeMeo said ldquoWersquore going to need them this weekrdquo

Tide remains No 4 in the rankings

The Alabama gymnas-tics team retained its No 4 national ranking after posting its second-highest score and highest road score of the sea-son at Arkansas last Friday Feb 22

Starting this week rank-ings are decided by Regional Qualifying Score a formula which takes a teamrsquos top three road scores its next three highest scores home or away drops the high score and aver-ages the remaining five

By RQS Oklahoma moved up to the No 1 spot while pre-vious No 1 Florida dropped to second Michigan remained in third and LSU jumped the UCLA Bruins to claim the fifth spot The Tide will take on the No 6 Bruins this Friday at home before closing out its regular season against the No 1 Sooners March 15 In between Alabama travels to No 5 LSU

Gutierrez likely to miss next gymnastics meetGYMNASTICS

BASEBALL

SOFTBALLWOMENrsquoS GOLF

CW | Shannon AuvilMarissa Gutierrez landed awkwardly in Fridayrsquos meet against Arkansas and sprained her ankle

CW Staff

For the second time in three weeks Alabama out-fielder Haylie McCleney has been named the Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week

McCleney also led the team in hits and runs scored for the third consecutive week The Morris Ala native bat-ted 611 (11-for-18) with nine runs two doubles a home run nine RBIs and four sto-len bases

McCleney was named the

Easton Bama Bash tourna-ment MVP She had four multi-hit performances in the six-game week including three games with three hits The rookie scored at least one run and reached base in all but one game

In the Bama Bash opener McCleney batted 3-for-3 scored four runs drove in six and hit a home run against Western Illinois McCleney opened the week with a 3-for-4 outing at the plate against UAB then posted another three-hit day against Iowa

After three weeks McCleney is batting 604 with 24 runs 32 hits three home runs 14 RBIs and 15 stolen bases

Alabama will play six games in four days this week all at Rhoads Stadium The Crimson Tide will open the week against Samford on Wednesday Feb 27 before playing its make-up game against South Alabama on Thursday The Tide will then welcome Iowa State and St Johnrsquos for the Easton Classic this weekend

McCleney named SEC Freshman of the Week Bama Bash MVP

By Kevin ConnellContributing Writer

The Alabama baseball team returns home to Sewell-Thomas Stadium to play the Samford Bulldogs Tuesday in the first game of a four-game home stint

The Crimson Tide (6-1) con-tinued to make waves this past weekend in Boca Raton Fla where it took the first two games of the series against the Florida Atlantic Owls before dropping its first game of the season in the series finale

on SundayldquoI thought our team overall

was really prepared and played extremely well particularly Friday night We played a real-ly good left-handed pitcher that was Pitcher of the Year last year in their conferencerdquo head coach Mitch Gaspard said

Through seven games of the season Gaspard said he now has an idea of what kind of a team he is working with this season

ldquoTheyrsquore very competitive They play with really good energy good focus each day

and thatrsquos a good sign as we move forward into the seasonrdquo he said ldquoJust the team overall I like where theyrsquore at I like their focus I like the way they play the game And if they con-tinue to do that itrsquos going to be a team thatrsquos just going to con-tinue to get better as we move through the seasonrdquo

The team will try to rebound from the loss to Florida Atlantic when it takes on a Samford team that the Tide swept two games to none in the season series last year

Gaspard said the Tide knows

Bulldogs (5-4) can be a tough team to beat and they arenrsquot about to overlook them

ldquoThey have a tremendous outfielder and pitcher for them that really has been the cata-lyst for their team the last cou-ple yearsrdquo he said ldquo[Samford head coach] Casey Dunnrsquos done a really nice job with their program We know itrsquos going to be a real competitive game and wersquore looking forward to getting back on the field again tomorrow nightrdquo

Gaspard said pitching has been the key to the teamrsquos

success so far this season after the Tide posted three quality starts against Florida Atlantic over the weekend

Sophomore left-hander Taylor Guilbeau (1-0) will look to continue the solid pitch-ing for Alabama as he makes his second start of the season Tuesday Guilbeau allowed just one run on three hits and two walks in five innings of work in a 10-8 victory over then-No 21 Southern Miss last week

The Tide will also look for freshman center fielder Georgie Salem to maintain his

current form at the plate afterleading the team with a 538 batting average in the Florida Atlantic series

ldquo[He had] a lot of quality at bats from Tuesday through Sundayrdquo Gaspard said ldquoHersquos that guy up top where wersquore expecting him to give those tough at bats for us to get us going and let those other guys see pitches throughout the gamerdquo

First pitch is scheduled for 605 pm Tuesday The two teams will meet again later this season on March 19 at Samford

Tide looks to win 4 games at home after 1st season loss

Round 2 of Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Championship postponedCW Staff

Damaging overnight weath-er in the New Orleans area contributed to the cancel-lation of Mondayrsquos second round of the 2013 Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Golf Championship Play will resume on Feb 26 at 8 am with

a shotgun start for the final round

During the night severe thun-derstorms brought high winds nearly three inches of rain and dime-sized hail to the course The clean-up for Tuesdayrsquos sec-ond round has begun

For updated informa-tion on the Allstate Sugar

Bowl Intercollegiate Golf Championship visit the tour-nament page located on the Tulane womenrsquos golf homepage at TulaneGreenWavecom or golfstatcom

Alabama will be playing with Florida and Southern California in Tuesdayrsquos second and final round

Alabama suffered five non conference losses with the low point being back-to-back loss-es to Tulane and Mercer The Crimson Tide has put together a 10-4 record in conference play since then but the Southeastern Conference may be as weak as it has ever been so there havenrsquot been many quality wins to come by Conversely losses to LSU and Auburn look worse than they would in years past

ldquoItrsquos certainly not a good loss at this point in the yearrdquo said Dan Wolken who covers college basketball for USA Today ldquoThey really needed to rack up some big wins in the SEC and the reality of the situation this year is that the SEC doesnrsquot offer a lot of high quality wins If you miss against Missouri and you miss against Florida then yoursquore basically playing games against other bubble teamsrdquo

Florida and Missouri are the only SEC teams that appear to be locked in for the NCAA tour-nament right now Lunardi list-ed Ole Miss as one of his ldquolast four inrdquo teams and Kentucky as one of his ldquolast four outrdquo before this weekendrsquos action

Alabama still has a chance to prove itself however After fac-ing Auburn the Crimson Tide will travel to Florida for a crucial Saturday game that will be tele-vised on ESPN Then it will take on Ole Miss in Oxford Miss before finishing out the season at home against Georgia The SEC tournament awaits after where winning means an auto-matic NCAA tournament berth

While the outlook currently looks bleak there is still some

hope for AlabamaldquoThey need to beat Florida

certainlyrdquo Wolken said ldquoThey also have Ole Miss coming up which would help Itrsquos a mov-ing target The thing about these discussions is itrsquos so hard to gauge because itrsquos a moving target It depends on what other teams in other leagues dordquo

Goodman however thinks Alabama could still get in the tournament without beating the Gators

ldquoYoursquore not supposed to win the one at Florida anyway Theyrsquore probably not going to win it They win it theyrsquore in great shaperdquo he said ldquoItrsquos prob-ably going to take them sweep-ing the rest of them and then winning at least one [SEC] tour-nament gamerdquo

Many Alabama fans will call for Grantrsquos job if he fails to make the tournament for the third time in four years The former VCU head coach and Florida assistant is making almost $2 million a year and currently has only a first-round tournament exit on his resume

Both Goodwin and Wolken were quick to dismiss the notion of Grant losing his job or even being on the hot seat if he misses the tournament Grant inherited a severe talent defi-ciency and has recruited well during his time in Tuscaloosa And barring a disastrous finish Alabama will post 20 wins for the third straight season

ldquoYou have to kind of judge it against the historical standardrdquo Wolken said ldquoWhat kind of pro-gram does Alabama expect to be expect to have Based on all of the factors that you typically look at in determining what expectations should be Alabama is a program that should prob-ably go to the NCAA tourna-ment three out of five years

something along those linesrdquoGoodwin also pointed to

Grantrsquos handling of disciplin-ary issues like suspending JaMychal Green and Tony Mitchell during the heart of last seasonrsquos run

ldquoIrsquom still an Anthony Grant fan Hersquos high-integrity He never self-promotes He coaches those kids up He makes those kids better as peoplerdquo Goodwin said ldquoI think hersquos one of the best people Irsquove ever met doing this job Has a lot of integrity gets his kids to play hard I donrsquot think he took over a program with a ton of talent - he had his work cut out for him But I still think hersquos the right guy for that jobrdquo

Grant as many coaches would says he is taking things one game at a time even with just four games remaining on the season An Auburn loss would after all crush whatever tournament hopes Alabama has left

ldquoThis game we have tomor-row is the most important game of the seasonrdquo he said ldquoI canrsquot see any farther than tomorrow Thatrsquos my total focus and we just have to take care of our-selves and take care of the game thatrsquos in front of usrdquo

Senior guard Andrew Steele echoed his coachrsquos sentiments Beating Auburn is the first step to getting Alabama back in the tournament picture

ldquoIn terms of the selection committee and all that we canrsquot control what they decide But we can decide how we come out and play each gamerdquo Steele said ldquoOur next game is Auburn so if we canrsquot get prepared to play those guys then we donrsquot really have a chance at any other thing that we try to do Itrsquos the next game so itrsquos the most important onerdquo

BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 1

Experts say calls for Grantrsquos job not fair

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday February 26 2013 | Page 9

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Regardless of what others think of the Alabama womenrsquos basketball team Shafontaye Meyers said she believes in them The team may not be the best yet but she said she is confident her team can become something better

ldquoI have to get better as a player and we have to get bet-ter as a teamrdquo Meyers said ldquoItrsquos a good feeling when you know you want to improve more as a teamrdquo

Standing 5 feet 8 inches the junior has a few seasons under her belt Though this is the first year she has started her freshman and sophomore years helped her become the player that she is and help her guide the team

ldquoI want to be more of a role

model [than a leader]rdquo Meyers said ldquoI try to step up when we fall I want to be a role model for the teamrdquo

In high school Meyers was ranked 13th in the nation in 2010 in scoring averaging 292 points her senior year

The native Alabamian has been with the Crimson Tide for three years and each year she has proved herself once more that she is a leader This year alone has been her big-gest year so far Meyers has bested herself points-wise by scoring a record 23 points against Auburn in January

Though she claims shersquos not the leader of the team she is the one the team looks to in order to make the shots they need to make Her three-point shooting average 302 percent her field goal shooting average is 325 percent and her free

throw average is 704 percentCoach Wendell Hudson

relies heavily on her shots because Meyers is willing to take the shots no one wants to take

ldquoShafontaye Meyers is a big shot takerrdquo Hudson said ldquoShe might not make them but therersquos no question that itrsquos going to be a good shot She steps and makes those shots Everybody looks at the final score and what I look at is what got us to that pointrdquo

Like Hudson the team looks to one of its top players to help bring them together Even though the Tide is on an eight-game losing streak Meyersrsquo goal is to help the team come together to become one syn-chronized unit

ldquoI think we need to come togetherrdquo Meyers said ldquoWersquore not always together

Sometimes we play together but we quit before we can really come together We are letting ourselves get in the way of the game but itrsquos a team thing and we sometimes forget about thatrdquo

Hudsonrsquos go-to girl doesnrsquot feel the intense pressure some athletes may feel With her team around her she knows that she can accomplish what needs to be done

ldquoI guess Irsquom used to it by now because I know that we have to get [the shots]rdquo Meyers said ldquoWhen you have to get the shots you have to get them You donrsquot feel the pressure because in the end yoursquore going to come through cause you have help from everybodyrdquo

In a league with fierce com-petitors Meyers knows that enjoying the game is the most

important factor of all Though the losing streak weighs heav-ily on her mind enjoying the game with her team is the overall goal for any game

ldquoI want to have fun and I want to enjoy the gamerdquo Meyers said ldquoWhen yoursquore together as a team itrsquos always fun Itrsquos a good thing for the team to have funrdquo

Meyersrsquo time at Alabama has helped her become a bet-ter player not only individual-ly but she has also helped the team become a better team

ldquoShe has made herself a complete playerrdquo Hudson said ldquoShersquos playing well She came off the bench and had that spark that we neededrdquo

Her motto is to give it all that shersquos got and though the sea-son is about to come to a close shersquos inspired to keep going for her team and for the fans

ldquoI like to give it all I gotrdquo Meyers said ldquoI know Irsquom doing it for the audience and [they] are my inspiration I know because of that they are help-ing me get to where I am nowrdquo

By Zac Al-Khateeb

Anyone who has ever par-ticipated in athletic competi-tion knows teams often follow trends Teams seem to ride highs and lows but rarely have an ldquoaveragerdquo part of a season

Those kinds of trends can be seen when a basketball team puts together a ridiculous string of 3-point shots when a quar-terback just canrsquot seem to miss his receivers or when a base-ball team just makes the game miserable for opposing pitchers

With that said for every team experiencing a high another team experiences a low and

once that low period starts it never seems to stop Sometimes a teamrsquos string of losses isnrsquot so much a reflection of poor play but the fact theyrsquore simply stuck in a rut

Donrsquot believe me Look at the Alabama baseball team last year After the Tide start-ed with a 4-3 record last sea-

son it never once put a string of more than two consecutive wins together for the rest of the season

But it wasnrsquot because of poor play The team was simply stuck in a mindset of losing and once a team finds itself in that state of mind itrsquos exceptionally diffi-cult to escape

That is something that Alabama will have to watch out for this year Still it looks as if the Tide has started the season out on the right foot going 6-0 and beating a top-25 team in Southern Miss before losing to Florida Atlantic in a series fina-le Sunday

Irsquom not saying Alabamarsquos season is suddenly in jeopardy or anything but winning and losing are both contagious to a team Now that Alabamarsquos experienced its first loss of the season it needs to make sure it can overcome it and continue winning

Still that shouldnrsquot be too

hard for the Tide which did start off the season with an impressive string of victories Even the loss to Florida Atlantic wasnrsquot that bad as the Tide had already beaten the Owls twice in the series

Alabama has a chance to start another winning streak tonight when it plays the Samford Bulldogs at home If the Tide shows up with a good attitude ready to put the loss behind them it could be the start of another win streak However if the Tide still has its mind in Boca Raton Fla then it could experience yet another loss

Thatrsquos the nature of sports sometimes One loss turns into two two into three three into four and so on What marks a truly competitive team isnrsquot who has the most talent Rather itrsquos the team that has the right mindset at the right time in the right place

If Alabama wants to be com-petitive this year itrsquos going to have to learn to keep that right mindset the entire sea-son something it was appar-ently unsuccessful with last season Alabama has already proven it can handle success Now it just needs to prove it can handle losing as well

To start a new win streak Crimson Tide must avoid negative mindset after loss

Editor | Marquavius BurnettcrimsonwhitesportsgmailcomTuesday February 26 2013SPORTS

NEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 10

WOMENrsquoS BASKETBALL

Despite criticisms Meyers believes in her team

CW | Shannon AuvilShafontaye is a lsquobig shot takerrsquo according to Wendell Hudson

COLUMN

ldquo If the Tide shows up with a good attitude ready to put the loss behind them it could be the start of another win streak However if the Tide

still has its mind in Boca Raton Fla then it could experience yet another loss

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTSPage 6 | Tuesday February 26 2013

348-RIDE anticipates 22 increase in passengersBy Colby Leopard and Justin HeckCW Staff

348-RIDE and 348-RIDE Express projected to have 170128 total riders in 2013 an increase of 22 percent from last year when the program had a combined total of 137214 rid-ers up from 120332 total riders in 2011

348-RIDE began in November 2007 as an on-demand service provided by the UA Transit Department that transports students around campus and neighboring areas after Crimson Ride night hours end at 10 pm The program began with three eight-passenger vans and carried 626 riders in the first two months

Now 348-RIDE has a fleet

of nine 12-passenger vans 12 drivers and three dispatchers

Ralph Clayton direc-tor of transit services at the University of Alabama said the focus of 348-RIDE has expand-ed from its original purpose

ldquoThe primary focus of 348-RIDE is academic in nature

but it has expanded We realize that not all students just need a ride to go the libraryrdquo Clayton said ldquoWe try to support the overall safety of our studentsrdquo

348-RIDE is typically busiest during the weekend

ldquoOn weekdays we aver-age 300 or 400 passengers per nightrdquo Clayton said ldquoOn Friday and Saturday we aver-age about 700 or even up to 1000 passengers per nightrdquo

In order to deal with the increased volume of calls on the weekends the UA Transit Department and SGA worked together to create 348-RIDE Express in 2009

ldquoThe SGA is the one that came up with the model for 348-RIDE Express in order to help relieve some of the stress on the regular 348-RIDE We

found that a number of stu-dents wanted to go to the same locationsrdquo Clayton said

348-RIDE Express runs a fixed route around campus from 9 pm to 330 am from Thursday until Sunday

Although most students feel 348-RIDE is an overall helpful system some have had issues getting through to the dispatch-ers Luke Kiszla a sophomore majoring in history and the-atre said he has encountered this problem several times

ldquoThe main trouble is getting through the automated sys-temrdquo Kiszla said ldquoOnce I talk to a dispatcher theyrsquore so help-

ful at getting me a ride The automated system is just hard to navigate sometimesrdquo

Kiszla said he has used 348-RIDE to get home from bars downtown after his band plays He said he believes that 348-RIDE could benefit from link-ing Google maps a mobile GPS device to the dispatchers

Ultimately Kiszla believes 348-RIDE is an important resource on campus that pro-motes student safety and is also a partial solution to the lack of parking spaces on cam-pus

ldquoItrsquos a good system over-all Itrsquos helped me and my

friends make safe choices fol-lowing partiesrdquo Kiszla saidldquoIf only the parking situa-tion was better in town Iwouldnrsquot have to worry aboutleaving my car when I take348-RIDErdquo

Students can also log onto 348rideuaedu with theirmyBama username and pass-word to select a pick-up anddrop-off location

Apps to request rides from348-RIDE are available on iOSand Android smartphonesldquoRideCellrdquo is available in theiTunes App Store and ldquoUAlabama 348Riderdquo is availablein the Google Play Store

By Alex EigelContributing Writer

Jorge Ortiz-Sotelo chair-man of the Peruvian Institute of Politics and Economics will be delivering a lecture titled ldquoDefeating the Shining Path A Lesson in Combating Terrorism in Perurdquo from 3 to 430 pm Tuesday in 205 Gorgas Library

Ortiz-Sotelo will be speaking on his experience as a Peruvian marine in the final battles between the military forces of Peru in the late 1980s and the capture of the leader of the Shining Path Movement

ldquoHe will give students an inside look at someone who participated in a long war to suppress the Shining Path and improve liferdquo said history pro-fessor Lawrence Clayton a close friend of Ortiz-Sotelorsquos

ldquoHe was involved in a defin-ing moment in modern Peru He has occupied some pretty important posts in Peru He was the head in commission of the settlement of a longtime border dispute between Peru and Ecuador and has been involved in different levels of diplomacyrdquo

Together Clayton and Ortiz-Sotelo meet on a regular basis to write about the history of maritime across the Americas

As chairman of the Peruvian Institute of Politics and Economics Ortiz-Sotelo is the brains behind a think tank that produces paper on issues of national importance that affect the course of national politics and international relations Clayton said

Among his numerous accom-plishments and responsibili-ties Ortiz-Sotelo is also the

editor of an international jour-nal and works in several orga-nizations with members across Latin America and Europe

While visiting the University Ortiz-Sotelo will also be lectur-ing privately in different class-es on the relations between Peru and Cuba The lecture held in 205 Gorgas Tuesday is free and open to the public

History department to host head of Peruvian think tank

IF YOU GObull What lsquoDefeating the

Shining Path A Lesson in Combating Terrorism in Perursquo lecture

bull When Tuesday3 - 430 pm

bull Where 205 Gorgas

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projected for 2013

bull 137214 total riders in 2012

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The UA Student Recruitment Team serves as host to

prospective students and student athletes through resident

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Members of this team will provide guidance and offer

insight to students and their families regarding campus

life student involvement athletics and

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You have the option to attend Monday night OR Wednesday night-you do not have to attend both but attendance at one IS MANDATORY

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Research paper due soon and you havenrsquot started Librarians are always available to help with developing

your topic fi nding resources and citing sources

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Tuesday February 26 2013CULTURENEWS

OPINION

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Page 7

Union Confederate documents held in Hoole LibraryBy Deanne WinslettStaff Reporter

From its beginning in 1948 the W S Hoole Special Collections Library has been home to thousands of books manuscripts photos and more dating back as far as the 15th century

Many other collections each with an independent focus also contribute to the history archived at the University of Alabama Two of the main collections contribute to the archiving of Southern and Alabama history the WS Hoole Collection and the AS Williams Collection

ldquoThe WS Hoole Collection and the AS Williams Collection are similar in that both support the study of Southern history and culturerdquo associate dean for special collections Mary Paluzzi said

The AS Williams Collection took root in Amelia Gayle Gorgas library in 2010 after being donated to University of Alabama Libraries More than 20000 pamphlets and tran-scripts from the late 17th cen-tury to 2009 comprise to the col-lection

ldquoThe Williams Collection developed as the private col-lection of Mr A S Williams III and as such is a more focused collection with strength in studies on US Presidents and the Civil War studies including both Union and Confederate resourcesrdquo Paluzzi said

While the Williams Collection focuses specifically on south-ern history Hoole Special Collections has a wide variety of less concentrated material

ldquoOver 75 years the Hoole Collection has evolved to sup-port a broader range of sub-jects with strength in Alabama

including books diaries manu-scripts and maps detailing the history culture and lives of Alabamiansrdquo Paluzzi said

With the upkeep of such his-torical documents comes strict-er rules for users In addition to the standard food and drink ban no ink pens are allowed inside Only pencils may be brought near the items and used for notes or observations

ldquoWe also go and get things for you rather than having you browse the shelvesrdquo said Jessica Lacher-Feldman WS Hoole Special Collections Curator of Rare Books and Special Collections

To further prevent damage and wear Special Collections keeps items in acid-free boxes and stores them in a climate-controlled area accessible only to staff

ldquoOur stacks area is secure and climate controlled and is

an environment that is meant to keep rare materials safe secure and away from environ-mental factors that can harm themrdquo Lacher-Feldman said

While Special Collections takes extensive measures to protect historical items the collection itself is still open to public viewing Whether for scholastic purposes or per-sonal curiosity the items kept safe within Special Collections are available with the aid of the staff

ldquoThe books are accessible to the public and students faculty and staff who are always wel-come in Special Collectionsrdquo Lacher-Feldman said

With thousands of texts pic-tures manuscripts newspa-pers and more available Hoole Special Collections has become a key part of the University of Alabama Libraries as well as Alabamarsquos history

CW | Alaina ClarkHoole houses rare works including ldquoSmokerdquo by Amy Pirkle (top left)

By Francie JohnsonContributing Writer

Tuscaloosa band Shod Shirby has a typical five-part lineup comprised of a vocalist guitarist bassist drummer and pianist Whatrsquos not so typical is that all five of these positions are fulfilled by only two people

ldquoWe really wanted to see what our limits are and how far the two of us can gordquo said Dustin Grammer the bandrsquos guitarist and bassist ldquoWe just want to see how far as two

guys we can push thingsrdquoGrammer and Trent Parker

the bandrsquos vocalist pianist and drummer have lived in Tuscaloosa their entire lives The two friends formed Shod Shirby in August 2012

ldquoWersquove been playing since we were about 10 years oldrdquo Parker said ldquoWersquove always been around music together but wersquove never actually played in a band together until late last yearrdquo

Shod Shirbyrsquos first release a self-titled six-song EP dropped

on Feb 5 Parker and Grammer recorded all of the vocals and instrumentals for the EP except for the song ldquoNot Todayrdquo which features Grammerrsquos wife Erica Grammer on backup vocals

Throughout the recording process Grammer and Parker faced the challenge of creating a full-band sound with just two people

ldquoWe were having to learn recording equipment we werenrsquot familiar withrdquo Parker said ldquoIt was hard mixing the sound the whole thing was just difficultrdquo

To create the illusion of a full band in their EP Grammer and Parker first recorded the differ-ent vocals and instrumentation of each song individually and then they layered the tracks to form the final songs This process was repeated for every song on the EP

The band has encountered other obstacles in addition to recording such as gaining exposure in the small town of Tuscaloosa

ldquoAs opposed to doing cover songs or playing things that

are more familiar itrsquos harder to get more attention when yoursquore writing your own songsrdquo Grammer said ldquoItrsquos not something people can just hear around town or pick up on the radio everydayrdquo

Parker and Grammer try to distinguish themselves from other Tuscaloosa bands by creating a sound that is purely their own Shod Shirby has a predominantly Southern-rock vibe but the band incorporates a variety of influences into its music refusing to be classified as simply one genre

ldquoWe want to be differentrdquo Parker said ldquoWersquore a little tired of hearing the same things around town We want to do it in our own wayrdquo

Grammer and Parker draw musical inspiration from their own life experiences aiming to write music that their audi-ence can identify with They wrote a not-yet-released track entitled ldquoDown Rains the Firerdquo as a tribute to the United States Military This is a topic that hits close to home for Grammer a member of the Navy Reserve

ldquoIf you take a regular person [someone who] just puts on their boots and goes to work thatrsquos who we want to relate tordquo Parker said ldquo[We want to relate to] people who make the sacrificesrdquo

ldquoDown Rains the Firerdquo will be a part of Shod Shirbyrsquos upcom-ing album ldquoDriftwoodrdquo which the band expects to release in late spring or early summer

The two band members agree that Shod Shirby hasnrsquot been an easy project but the

music itself provides all themotivation they need to keepgoing

ldquoWe want to reach peoplejust put a smile on somebodyrsquos face or put a tune in their headrdquoParker said ldquoWe really likeplaying we really like musicand when you love doing some-thing that much you might aswell do itrdquo

For more informationabout Shod Shirby visit thebandrsquos Facebook page atfacebookcomShodShirby

Tuscaloosa natives band together to form Southern rock duo

ldquoSpecial Collections allows us to look into the lives of those who came before us and begin to understand what their world was likerdquo Lacher-Feldman said

For more information on W

S Hoole Special Collections and the collections within the UA libraries visit wwwlibuaedu or visit W S Hoole Special Collections on the second floor of Mary Harmon Bryant Hall

ldquoIrsquom really happy with how the class is going this semes-terrdquo Mabry said ldquoAnne makes

the atmosphere relaxed and constructive and we can all appreciate each otherrsquos differ-ent drawing techniquesrdquo

Mabry said her expecta-tions were completely differ-ent coming into the class and have changed significantly from the start of the semester

ldquoI expected to create more detailed drawings but this class focuses on creating movement and mood in a piecerdquo Mabry said ldquoItrsquos push-ing me out of my comfort zone and Irsquom really appreciative for thatrdquo

In addition to being pushed out of her comfort zone Mabry said she also gets to experiment with other forms of art

ldquoIn the past week alone Irsquove learned how to use India Ink to capture a figure and Irsquove taped charcoal to the end of a stick to draw withrdquo Mabry said ldquoItrsquos always exciting and therersquos always something unexpected to tryrdquo

Hasemeyer found a list-ing on the Facebook page for dance majors looking for mod-els for the class

ldquoI have really enjoyed the experience because I am not much of an artist so I enjoy being a part of the art as the subjectrdquo she said

Hasemeyer said being a model for the class has pushed her out of her comfort zone but the students have made it easier to be comfortable

ldquoI think that students come in ready to learn while expressing their own take on the assignmentrdquo Hasemeyer said ldquoI think that they also see me the model as just a sub-ject or a body which honestly makes it a little easier to get out of my comfort zonerdquo

Krystal Campbell another model for the class said the students are professional and serious which makes the environment comfortable and relaxed

ldquoThe students are very tal-ented and I have the opportu-nity to see a side of the UA pop-ulation you forget exists if you arenrsquot an art majorrdquo Campbell said ldquoI encourage anyone who gets a chance to do itrdquo

DRAWING FROM PAGE 1

Art pushes students out of comfort zones

CW | Jingyu WanTrent Parker and Dustin Grammer play music in their studio

Page 8 | Tuesday February 26 2013 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

By Marquavius BurnettSports Editor

Throughout her career Marissa Gutierrez has been the exception to the rule of injured gymnasts

But after suffering an ankle injury on Feb 22 against Arkansas Gutierrez is likely to miss the No 4 Crimson Tidersquos upcoming meet versus the No 6 UCLA Bruins

Gutierrez competes on the vault balance beam and floor exercise for the Tide and has been a strong competitor for much of the season She land-ed awkwardly on her ankle during her first tumbling pass in the floor exercise Friday

ldquoSometimes ankle sprains can be five days sometimes it can be five monthsrdquo head coach Sarah Patterson said ldquoMy experience is you just donrsquot know until you see how a person respondsrdquo

Patterson said Gutierrez is currently wearing a walking

boot and will more than likely have to wear ankle tape when she returns to action

Patterson said the nature of gymnastics makes resting the ankles paramount

ldquoWhen you see our sport itrsquos not the difference of just run-ning up and downrdquo Patterson said ldquoYoursquove got to be able to push off of it Itrsquos got to be 100 percent to do the event she does and like she does

ldquoIrsquoll probably say that the last few weeks of her career shersquoll be wearing tape on her ankle She never has I donrsquot think Irsquove ever even seen her in ankle taperdquo

Teammates are rallying behind Gutierrez and every-one is stepping up to fill the holes she left

ldquoWersquore all stepping up and the freshmen have done a great job of stepping up in practice this weekrdquo Sarah DeMeo said ldquoWersquore going to need them this weekrdquo

Tide remains No 4 in the rankings

The Alabama gymnas-tics team retained its No 4 national ranking after posting its second-highest score and highest road score of the sea-son at Arkansas last Friday Feb 22

Starting this week rank-ings are decided by Regional Qualifying Score a formula which takes a teamrsquos top three road scores its next three highest scores home or away drops the high score and aver-ages the remaining five

By RQS Oklahoma moved up to the No 1 spot while pre-vious No 1 Florida dropped to second Michigan remained in third and LSU jumped the UCLA Bruins to claim the fifth spot The Tide will take on the No 6 Bruins this Friday at home before closing out its regular season against the No 1 Sooners March 15 In between Alabama travels to No 5 LSU

Gutierrez likely to miss next gymnastics meetGYMNASTICS

BASEBALL

SOFTBALLWOMENrsquoS GOLF

CW | Shannon AuvilMarissa Gutierrez landed awkwardly in Fridayrsquos meet against Arkansas and sprained her ankle

CW Staff

For the second time in three weeks Alabama out-fielder Haylie McCleney has been named the Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week

McCleney also led the team in hits and runs scored for the third consecutive week The Morris Ala native bat-ted 611 (11-for-18) with nine runs two doubles a home run nine RBIs and four sto-len bases

McCleney was named the

Easton Bama Bash tourna-ment MVP She had four multi-hit performances in the six-game week including three games with three hits The rookie scored at least one run and reached base in all but one game

In the Bama Bash opener McCleney batted 3-for-3 scored four runs drove in six and hit a home run against Western Illinois McCleney opened the week with a 3-for-4 outing at the plate against UAB then posted another three-hit day against Iowa

After three weeks McCleney is batting 604 with 24 runs 32 hits three home runs 14 RBIs and 15 stolen bases

Alabama will play six games in four days this week all at Rhoads Stadium The Crimson Tide will open the week against Samford on Wednesday Feb 27 before playing its make-up game against South Alabama on Thursday The Tide will then welcome Iowa State and St Johnrsquos for the Easton Classic this weekend

McCleney named SEC Freshman of the Week Bama Bash MVP

By Kevin ConnellContributing Writer

The Alabama baseball team returns home to Sewell-Thomas Stadium to play the Samford Bulldogs Tuesday in the first game of a four-game home stint

The Crimson Tide (6-1) con-tinued to make waves this past weekend in Boca Raton Fla where it took the first two games of the series against the Florida Atlantic Owls before dropping its first game of the season in the series finale

on SundayldquoI thought our team overall

was really prepared and played extremely well particularly Friday night We played a real-ly good left-handed pitcher that was Pitcher of the Year last year in their conferencerdquo head coach Mitch Gaspard said

Through seven games of the season Gaspard said he now has an idea of what kind of a team he is working with this season

ldquoTheyrsquore very competitive They play with really good energy good focus each day

and thatrsquos a good sign as we move forward into the seasonrdquo he said ldquoJust the team overall I like where theyrsquore at I like their focus I like the way they play the game And if they con-tinue to do that itrsquos going to be a team thatrsquos just going to con-tinue to get better as we move through the seasonrdquo

The team will try to rebound from the loss to Florida Atlantic when it takes on a Samford team that the Tide swept two games to none in the season series last year

Gaspard said the Tide knows

Bulldogs (5-4) can be a tough team to beat and they arenrsquot about to overlook them

ldquoThey have a tremendous outfielder and pitcher for them that really has been the cata-lyst for their team the last cou-ple yearsrdquo he said ldquo[Samford head coach] Casey Dunnrsquos done a really nice job with their program We know itrsquos going to be a real competitive game and wersquore looking forward to getting back on the field again tomorrow nightrdquo

Gaspard said pitching has been the key to the teamrsquos

success so far this season after the Tide posted three quality starts against Florida Atlantic over the weekend

Sophomore left-hander Taylor Guilbeau (1-0) will look to continue the solid pitch-ing for Alabama as he makes his second start of the season Tuesday Guilbeau allowed just one run on three hits and two walks in five innings of work in a 10-8 victory over then-No 21 Southern Miss last week

The Tide will also look for freshman center fielder Georgie Salem to maintain his

current form at the plate afterleading the team with a 538 batting average in the Florida Atlantic series

ldquo[He had] a lot of quality at bats from Tuesday through Sundayrdquo Gaspard said ldquoHersquos that guy up top where wersquore expecting him to give those tough at bats for us to get us going and let those other guys see pitches throughout the gamerdquo

First pitch is scheduled for 605 pm Tuesday The two teams will meet again later this season on March 19 at Samford

Tide looks to win 4 games at home after 1st season loss

Round 2 of Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Championship postponedCW Staff

Damaging overnight weath-er in the New Orleans area contributed to the cancel-lation of Mondayrsquos second round of the 2013 Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Golf Championship Play will resume on Feb 26 at 8 am with

a shotgun start for the final round

During the night severe thun-derstorms brought high winds nearly three inches of rain and dime-sized hail to the course The clean-up for Tuesdayrsquos sec-ond round has begun

For updated informa-tion on the Allstate Sugar

Bowl Intercollegiate Golf Championship visit the tour-nament page located on the Tulane womenrsquos golf homepage at TulaneGreenWavecom or golfstatcom

Alabama will be playing with Florida and Southern California in Tuesdayrsquos second and final round

Alabama suffered five non conference losses with the low point being back-to-back loss-es to Tulane and Mercer The Crimson Tide has put together a 10-4 record in conference play since then but the Southeastern Conference may be as weak as it has ever been so there havenrsquot been many quality wins to come by Conversely losses to LSU and Auburn look worse than they would in years past

ldquoItrsquos certainly not a good loss at this point in the yearrdquo said Dan Wolken who covers college basketball for USA Today ldquoThey really needed to rack up some big wins in the SEC and the reality of the situation this year is that the SEC doesnrsquot offer a lot of high quality wins If you miss against Missouri and you miss against Florida then yoursquore basically playing games against other bubble teamsrdquo

Florida and Missouri are the only SEC teams that appear to be locked in for the NCAA tour-nament right now Lunardi list-ed Ole Miss as one of his ldquolast four inrdquo teams and Kentucky as one of his ldquolast four outrdquo before this weekendrsquos action

Alabama still has a chance to prove itself however After fac-ing Auburn the Crimson Tide will travel to Florida for a crucial Saturday game that will be tele-vised on ESPN Then it will take on Ole Miss in Oxford Miss before finishing out the season at home against Georgia The SEC tournament awaits after where winning means an auto-matic NCAA tournament berth

While the outlook currently looks bleak there is still some

hope for AlabamaldquoThey need to beat Florida

certainlyrdquo Wolken said ldquoThey also have Ole Miss coming up which would help Itrsquos a mov-ing target The thing about these discussions is itrsquos so hard to gauge because itrsquos a moving target It depends on what other teams in other leagues dordquo

Goodman however thinks Alabama could still get in the tournament without beating the Gators

ldquoYoursquore not supposed to win the one at Florida anyway Theyrsquore probably not going to win it They win it theyrsquore in great shaperdquo he said ldquoItrsquos prob-ably going to take them sweep-ing the rest of them and then winning at least one [SEC] tour-nament gamerdquo

Many Alabama fans will call for Grantrsquos job if he fails to make the tournament for the third time in four years The former VCU head coach and Florida assistant is making almost $2 million a year and currently has only a first-round tournament exit on his resume

Both Goodwin and Wolken were quick to dismiss the notion of Grant losing his job or even being on the hot seat if he misses the tournament Grant inherited a severe talent defi-ciency and has recruited well during his time in Tuscaloosa And barring a disastrous finish Alabama will post 20 wins for the third straight season

ldquoYou have to kind of judge it against the historical standardrdquo Wolken said ldquoWhat kind of pro-gram does Alabama expect to be expect to have Based on all of the factors that you typically look at in determining what expectations should be Alabama is a program that should prob-ably go to the NCAA tourna-ment three out of five years

something along those linesrdquoGoodwin also pointed to

Grantrsquos handling of disciplin-ary issues like suspending JaMychal Green and Tony Mitchell during the heart of last seasonrsquos run

ldquoIrsquom still an Anthony Grant fan Hersquos high-integrity He never self-promotes He coaches those kids up He makes those kids better as peoplerdquo Goodwin said ldquoI think hersquos one of the best people Irsquove ever met doing this job Has a lot of integrity gets his kids to play hard I donrsquot think he took over a program with a ton of talent - he had his work cut out for him But I still think hersquos the right guy for that jobrdquo

Grant as many coaches would says he is taking things one game at a time even with just four games remaining on the season An Auburn loss would after all crush whatever tournament hopes Alabama has left

ldquoThis game we have tomor-row is the most important game of the seasonrdquo he said ldquoI canrsquot see any farther than tomorrow Thatrsquos my total focus and we just have to take care of our-selves and take care of the game thatrsquos in front of usrdquo

Senior guard Andrew Steele echoed his coachrsquos sentiments Beating Auburn is the first step to getting Alabama back in the tournament picture

ldquoIn terms of the selection committee and all that we canrsquot control what they decide But we can decide how we come out and play each gamerdquo Steele said ldquoOur next game is Auburn so if we canrsquot get prepared to play those guys then we donrsquot really have a chance at any other thing that we try to do Itrsquos the next game so itrsquos the most important onerdquo

BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 1

Experts say calls for Grantrsquos job not fair

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday February 26 2013 | Page 9

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By Caroline GazzaraStaff Reporter

Regardless of what others think of the Alabama womenrsquos basketball team Shafontaye Meyers said she believes in them The team may not be the best yet but she said she is confident her team can become something better

ldquoI have to get better as a player and we have to get bet-ter as a teamrdquo Meyers said ldquoItrsquos a good feeling when you know you want to improve more as a teamrdquo

Standing 5 feet 8 inches the junior has a few seasons under her belt Though this is the first year she has started her freshman and sophomore years helped her become the player that she is and help her guide the team

ldquoI want to be more of a role

model [than a leader]rdquo Meyers said ldquoI try to step up when we fall I want to be a role model for the teamrdquo

In high school Meyers was ranked 13th in the nation in 2010 in scoring averaging 292 points her senior year

The native Alabamian has been with the Crimson Tide for three years and each year she has proved herself once more that she is a leader This year alone has been her big-gest year so far Meyers has bested herself points-wise by scoring a record 23 points against Auburn in January

Though she claims shersquos not the leader of the team she is the one the team looks to in order to make the shots they need to make Her three-point shooting average 302 percent her field goal shooting average is 325 percent and her free

throw average is 704 percentCoach Wendell Hudson

relies heavily on her shots because Meyers is willing to take the shots no one wants to take

ldquoShafontaye Meyers is a big shot takerrdquo Hudson said ldquoShe might not make them but therersquos no question that itrsquos going to be a good shot She steps and makes those shots Everybody looks at the final score and what I look at is what got us to that pointrdquo

Like Hudson the team looks to one of its top players to help bring them together Even though the Tide is on an eight-game losing streak Meyersrsquo goal is to help the team come together to become one syn-chronized unit

ldquoI think we need to come togetherrdquo Meyers said ldquoWersquore not always together

Sometimes we play together but we quit before we can really come together We are letting ourselves get in the way of the game but itrsquos a team thing and we sometimes forget about thatrdquo

Hudsonrsquos go-to girl doesnrsquot feel the intense pressure some athletes may feel With her team around her she knows that she can accomplish what needs to be done

ldquoI guess Irsquom used to it by now because I know that we have to get [the shots]rdquo Meyers said ldquoWhen you have to get the shots you have to get them You donrsquot feel the pressure because in the end yoursquore going to come through cause you have help from everybodyrdquo

In a league with fierce com-petitors Meyers knows that enjoying the game is the most

important factor of all Though the losing streak weighs heav-ily on her mind enjoying the game with her team is the overall goal for any game

ldquoI want to have fun and I want to enjoy the gamerdquo Meyers said ldquoWhen yoursquore together as a team itrsquos always fun Itrsquos a good thing for the team to have funrdquo

Meyersrsquo time at Alabama has helped her become a bet-ter player not only individual-ly but she has also helped the team become a better team

ldquoShe has made herself a complete playerrdquo Hudson said ldquoShersquos playing well She came off the bench and had that spark that we neededrdquo

Her motto is to give it all that shersquos got and though the sea-son is about to come to a close shersquos inspired to keep going for her team and for the fans

ldquoI like to give it all I gotrdquo Meyers said ldquoI know Irsquom doing it for the audience and [they] are my inspiration I know because of that they are help-ing me get to where I am nowrdquo

By Zac Al-Khateeb

Anyone who has ever par-ticipated in athletic competi-tion knows teams often follow trends Teams seem to ride highs and lows but rarely have an ldquoaveragerdquo part of a season

Those kinds of trends can be seen when a basketball team puts together a ridiculous string of 3-point shots when a quar-terback just canrsquot seem to miss his receivers or when a base-ball team just makes the game miserable for opposing pitchers

With that said for every team experiencing a high another team experiences a low and

once that low period starts it never seems to stop Sometimes a teamrsquos string of losses isnrsquot so much a reflection of poor play but the fact theyrsquore simply stuck in a rut

Donrsquot believe me Look at the Alabama baseball team last year After the Tide start-ed with a 4-3 record last sea-

son it never once put a string of more than two consecutive wins together for the rest of the season

But it wasnrsquot because of poor play The team was simply stuck in a mindset of losing and once a team finds itself in that state of mind itrsquos exceptionally diffi-cult to escape

That is something that Alabama will have to watch out for this year Still it looks as if the Tide has started the season out on the right foot going 6-0 and beating a top-25 team in Southern Miss before losing to Florida Atlantic in a series fina-le Sunday

Irsquom not saying Alabamarsquos season is suddenly in jeopardy or anything but winning and losing are both contagious to a team Now that Alabamarsquos experienced its first loss of the season it needs to make sure it can overcome it and continue winning

Still that shouldnrsquot be too

hard for the Tide which did start off the season with an impressive string of victories Even the loss to Florida Atlantic wasnrsquot that bad as the Tide had already beaten the Owls twice in the series

Alabama has a chance to start another winning streak tonight when it plays the Samford Bulldogs at home If the Tide shows up with a good attitude ready to put the loss behind them it could be the start of another win streak However if the Tide still has its mind in Boca Raton Fla then it could experience yet another loss

Thatrsquos the nature of sports sometimes One loss turns into two two into three three into four and so on What marks a truly competitive team isnrsquot who has the most talent Rather itrsquos the team that has the right mindset at the right time in the right place

If Alabama wants to be com-petitive this year itrsquos going to have to learn to keep that right mindset the entire sea-son something it was appar-ently unsuccessful with last season Alabama has already proven it can handle success Now it just needs to prove it can handle losing as well

To start a new win streak Crimson Tide must avoid negative mindset after loss

Editor | Marquavius BurnettcrimsonwhitesportsgmailcomTuesday February 26 2013SPORTS

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OPINION

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Despite criticisms Meyers believes in her team

CW | Shannon AuvilShafontaye is a lsquobig shot takerrsquo according to Wendell Hudson

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ldquo If the Tide shows up with a good attitude ready to put the loss behind them it could be the start of another win streak However if the Tide

still has its mind in Boca Raton Fla then it could experience yet another loss

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Union Confederate documents held in Hoole LibraryBy Deanne WinslettStaff Reporter

From its beginning in 1948 the W S Hoole Special Collections Library has been home to thousands of books manuscripts photos and more dating back as far as the 15th century

Many other collections each with an independent focus also contribute to the history archived at the University of Alabama Two of the main collections contribute to the archiving of Southern and Alabama history the WS Hoole Collection and the AS Williams Collection

ldquoThe WS Hoole Collection and the AS Williams Collection are similar in that both support the study of Southern history and culturerdquo associate dean for special collections Mary Paluzzi said

The AS Williams Collection took root in Amelia Gayle Gorgas library in 2010 after being donated to University of Alabama Libraries More than 20000 pamphlets and tran-scripts from the late 17th cen-tury to 2009 comprise to the col-lection

ldquoThe Williams Collection developed as the private col-lection of Mr A S Williams III and as such is a more focused collection with strength in studies on US Presidents and the Civil War studies including both Union and Confederate resourcesrdquo Paluzzi said

While the Williams Collection focuses specifically on south-ern history Hoole Special Collections has a wide variety of less concentrated material

ldquoOver 75 years the Hoole Collection has evolved to sup-port a broader range of sub-jects with strength in Alabama

including books diaries manu-scripts and maps detailing the history culture and lives of Alabamiansrdquo Paluzzi said

With the upkeep of such his-torical documents comes strict-er rules for users In addition to the standard food and drink ban no ink pens are allowed inside Only pencils may be brought near the items and used for notes or observations

ldquoWe also go and get things for you rather than having you browse the shelvesrdquo said Jessica Lacher-Feldman WS Hoole Special Collections Curator of Rare Books and Special Collections

To further prevent damage and wear Special Collections keeps items in acid-free boxes and stores them in a climate-controlled area accessible only to staff

ldquoOur stacks area is secure and climate controlled and is

an environment that is meant to keep rare materials safe secure and away from environ-mental factors that can harm themrdquo Lacher-Feldman said

While Special Collections takes extensive measures to protect historical items the collection itself is still open to public viewing Whether for scholastic purposes or per-sonal curiosity the items kept safe within Special Collections are available with the aid of the staff

ldquoThe books are accessible to the public and students faculty and staff who are always wel-come in Special Collectionsrdquo Lacher-Feldman said

With thousands of texts pic-tures manuscripts newspa-pers and more available Hoole Special Collections has become a key part of the University of Alabama Libraries as well as Alabamarsquos history

CW | Alaina ClarkHoole houses rare works including ldquoSmokerdquo by Amy Pirkle (top left)

By Francie JohnsonContributing Writer

Tuscaloosa band Shod Shirby has a typical five-part lineup comprised of a vocalist guitarist bassist drummer and pianist Whatrsquos not so typical is that all five of these positions are fulfilled by only two people

ldquoWe really wanted to see what our limits are and how far the two of us can gordquo said Dustin Grammer the bandrsquos guitarist and bassist ldquoWe just want to see how far as two

guys we can push thingsrdquoGrammer and Trent Parker

the bandrsquos vocalist pianist and drummer have lived in Tuscaloosa their entire lives The two friends formed Shod Shirby in August 2012

ldquoWersquove been playing since we were about 10 years oldrdquo Parker said ldquoWersquove always been around music together but wersquove never actually played in a band together until late last yearrdquo

Shod Shirbyrsquos first release a self-titled six-song EP dropped

on Feb 5 Parker and Grammer recorded all of the vocals and instrumentals for the EP except for the song ldquoNot Todayrdquo which features Grammerrsquos wife Erica Grammer on backup vocals

Throughout the recording process Grammer and Parker faced the challenge of creating a full-band sound with just two people

ldquoWe were having to learn recording equipment we werenrsquot familiar withrdquo Parker said ldquoIt was hard mixing the sound the whole thing was just difficultrdquo

To create the illusion of a full band in their EP Grammer and Parker first recorded the differ-ent vocals and instrumentation of each song individually and then they layered the tracks to form the final songs This process was repeated for every song on the EP

The band has encountered other obstacles in addition to recording such as gaining exposure in the small town of Tuscaloosa

ldquoAs opposed to doing cover songs or playing things that

are more familiar itrsquos harder to get more attention when yoursquore writing your own songsrdquo Grammer said ldquoItrsquos not something people can just hear around town or pick up on the radio everydayrdquo

Parker and Grammer try to distinguish themselves from other Tuscaloosa bands by creating a sound that is purely their own Shod Shirby has a predominantly Southern-rock vibe but the band incorporates a variety of influences into its music refusing to be classified as simply one genre

ldquoWe want to be differentrdquo Parker said ldquoWersquore a little tired of hearing the same things around town We want to do it in our own wayrdquo

Grammer and Parker draw musical inspiration from their own life experiences aiming to write music that their audi-ence can identify with They wrote a not-yet-released track entitled ldquoDown Rains the Firerdquo as a tribute to the United States Military This is a topic that hits close to home for Grammer a member of the Navy Reserve

ldquoIf you take a regular person [someone who] just puts on their boots and goes to work thatrsquos who we want to relate tordquo Parker said ldquo[We want to relate to] people who make the sacrificesrdquo

ldquoDown Rains the Firerdquo will be a part of Shod Shirbyrsquos upcom-ing album ldquoDriftwoodrdquo which the band expects to release in late spring or early summer

The two band members agree that Shod Shirby hasnrsquot been an easy project but the

music itself provides all themotivation they need to keepgoing

ldquoWe want to reach peoplejust put a smile on somebodyrsquos face or put a tune in their headrdquoParker said ldquoWe really likeplaying we really like musicand when you love doing some-thing that much you might aswell do itrdquo

For more informationabout Shod Shirby visit thebandrsquos Facebook page atfacebookcomShodShirby

Tuscaloosa natives band together to form Southern rock duo

ldquoSpecial Collections allows us to look into the lives of those who came before us and begin to understand what their world was likerdquo Lacher-Feldman said

For more information on W

S Hoole Special Collections and the collections within the UA libraries visit wwwlibuaedu or visit W S Hoole Special Collections on the second floor of Mary Harmon Bryant Hall

ldquoIrsquom really happy with how the class is going this semes-terrdquo Mabry said ldquoAnne makes

the atmosphere relaxed and constructive and we can all appreciate each otherrsquos differ-ent drawing techniquesrdquo

Mabry said her expecta-tions were completely differ-ent coming into the class and have changed significantly from the start of the semester

ldquoI expected to create more detailed drawings but this class focuses on creating movement and mood in a piecerdquo Mabry said ldquoItrsquos push-ing me out of my comfort zone and Irsquom really appreciative for thatrdquo

In addition to being pushed out of her comfort zone Mabry said she also gets to experiment with other forms of art

ldquoIn the past week alone Irsquove learned how to use India Ink to capture a figure and Irsquove taped charcoal to the end of a stick to draw withrdquo Mabry said ldquoItrsquos always exciting and therersquos always something unexpected to tryrdquo

Hasemeyer found a list-ing on the Facebook page for dance majors looking for mod-els for the class

ldquoI have really enjoyed the experience because I am not much of an artist so I enjoy being a part of the art as the subjectrdquo she said

Hasemeyer said being a model for the class has pushed her out of her comfort zone but the students have made it easier to be comfortable

ldquoI think that students come in ready to learn while expressing their own take on the assignmentrdquo Hasemeyer said ldquoI think that they also see me the model as just a sub-ject or a body which honestly makes it a little easier to get out of my comfort zonerdquo

Krystal Campbell another model for the class said the students are professional and serious which makes the environment comfortable and relaxed

ldquoThe students are very tal-ented and I have the opportu-nity to see a side of the UA pop-ulation you forget exists if you arenrsquot an art majorrdquo Campbell said ldquoI encourage anyone who gets a chance to do itrdquo

DRAWING FROM PAGE 1

Art pushes students out of comfort zones

CW | Jingyu WanTrent Parker and Dustin Grammer play music in their studio

Page 8 | Tuesday February 26 2013 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

By Marquavius BurnettSports Editor

Throughout her career Marissa Gutierrez has been the exception to the rule of injured gymnasts

But after suffering an ankle injury on Feb 22 against Arkansas Gutierrez is likely to miss the No 4 Crimson Tidersquos upcoming meet versus the No 6 UCLA Bruins

Gutierrez competes on the vault balance beam and floor exercise for the Tide and has been a strong competitor for much of the season She land-ed awkwardly on her ankle during her first tumbling pass in the floor exercise Friday

ldquoSometimes ankle sprains can be five days sometimes it can be five monthsrdquo head coach Sarah Patterson said ldquoMy experience is you just donrsquot know until you see how a person respondsrdquo

Patterson said Gutierrez is currently wearing a walking

boot and will more than likely have to wear ankle tape when she returns to action

Patterson said the nature of gymnastics makes resting the ankles paramount

ldquoWhen you see our sport itrsquos not the difference of just run-ning up and downrdquo Patterson said ldquoYoursquove got to be able to push off of it Itrsquos got to be 100 percent to do the event she does and like she does

ldquoIrsquoll probably say that the last few weeks of her career shersquoll be wearing tape on her ankle She never has I donrsquot think Irsquove ever even seen her in ankle taperdquo

Teammates are rallying behind Gutierrez and every-one is stepping up to fill the holes she left

ldquoWersquore all stepping up and the freshmen have done a great job of stepping up in practice this weekrdquo Sarah DeMeo said ldquoWersquore going to need them this weekrdquo

Tide remains No 4 in the rankings

The Alabama gymnas-tics team retained its No 4 national ranking after posting its second-highest score and highest road score of the sea-son at Arkansas last Friday Feb 22

Starting this week rank-ings are decided by Regional Qualifying Score a formula which takes a teamrsquos top three road scores its next three highest scores home or away drops the high score and aver-ages the remaining five

By RQS Oklahoma moved up to the No 1 spot while pre-vious No 1 Florida dropped to second Michigan remained in third and LSU jumped the UCLA Bruins to claim the fifth spot The Tide will take on the No 6 Bruins this Friday at home before closing out its regular season against the No 1 Sooners March 15 In between Alabama travels to No 5 LSU

Gutierrez likely to miss next gymnastics meetGYMNASTICS

BASEBALL

SOFTBALLWOMENrsquoS GOLF

CW | Shannon AuvilMarissa Gutierrez landed awkwardly in Fridayrsquos meet against Arkansas and sprained her ankle

CW Staff

For the second time in three weeks Alabama out-fielder Haylie McCleney has been named the Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week

McCleney also led the team in hits and runs scored for the third consecutive week The Morris Ala native bat-ted 611 (11-for-18) with nine runs two doubles a home run nine RBIs and four sto-len bases

McCleney was named the

Easton Bama Bash tourna-ment MVP She had four multi-hit performances in the six-game week including three games with three hits The rookie scored at least one run and reached base in all but one game

In the Bama Bash opener McCleney batted 3-for-3 scored four runs drove in six and hit a home run against Western Illinois McCleney opened the week with a 3-for-4 outing at the plate against UAB then posted another three-hit day against Iowa

After three weeks McCleney is batting 604 with 24 runs 32 hits three home runs 14 RBIs and 15 stolen bases

Alabama will play six games in four days this week all at Rhoads Stadium The Crimson Tide will open the week against Samford on Wednesday Feb 27 before playing its make-up game against South Alabama on Thursday The Tide will then welcome Iowa State and St Johnrsquos for the Easton Classic this weekend

McCleney named SEC Freshman of the Week Bama Bash MVP

By Kevin ConnellContributing Writer

The Alabama baseball team returns home to Sewell-Thomas Stadium to play the Samford Bulldogs Tuesday in the first game of a four-game home stint

The Crimson Tide (6-1) con-tinued to make waves this past weekend in Boca Raton Fla where it took the first two games of the series against the Florida Atlantic Owls before dropping its first game of the season in the series finale

on SundayldquoI thought our team overall

was really prepared and played extremely well particularly Friday night We played a real-ly good left-handed pitcher that was Pitcher of the Year last year in their conferencerdquo head coach Mitch Gaspard said

Through seven games of the season Gaspard said he now has an idea of what kind of a team he is working with this season

ldquoTheyrsquore very competitive They play with really good energy good focus each day

and thatrsquos a good sign as we move forward into the seasonrdquo he said ldquoJust the team overall I like where theyrsquore at I like their focus I like the way they play the game And if they con-tinue to do that itrsquos going to be a team thatrsquos just going to con-tinue to get better as we move through the seasonrdquo

The team will try to rebound from the loss to Florida Atlantic when it takes on a Samford team that the Tide swept two games to none in the season series last year

Gaspard said the Tide knows

Bulldogs (5-4) can be a tough team to beat and they arenrsquot about to overlook them

ldquoThey have a tremendous outfielder and pitcher for them that really has been the cata-lyst for their team the last cou-ple yearsrdquo he said ldquo[Samford head coach] Casey Dunnrsquos done a really nice job with their program We know itrsquos going to be a real competitive game and wersquore looking forward to getting back on the field again tomorrow nightrdquo

Gaspard said pitching has been the key to the teamrsquos

success so far this season after the Tide posted three quality starts against Florida Atlantic over the weekend

Sophomore left-hander Taylor Guilbeau (1-0) will look to continue the solid pitch-ing for Alabama as he makes his second start of the season Tuesday Guilbeau allowed just one run on three hits and two walks in five innings of work in a 10-8 victory over then-No 21 Southern Miss last week

The Tide will also look for freshman center fielder Georgie Salem to maintain his

current form at the plate afterleading the team with a 538 batting average in the Florida Atlantic series

ldquo[He had] a lot of quality at bats from Tuesday through Sundayrdquo Gaspard said ldquoHersquos that guy up top where wersquore expecting him to give those tough at bats for us to get us going and let those other guys see pitches throughout the gamerdquo

First pitch is scheduled for 605 pm Tuesday The two teams will meet again later this season on March 19 at Samford

Tide looks to win 4 games at home after 1st season loss

Round 2 of Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Championship postponedCW Staff

Damaging overnight weath-er in the New Orleans area contributed to the cancel-lation of Mondayrsquos second round of the 2013 Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Golf Championship Play will resume on Feb 26 at 8 am with

a shotgun start for the final round

During the night severe thun-derstorms brought high winds nearly three inches of rain and dime-sized hail to the course The clean-up for Tuesdayrsquos sec-ond round has begun

For updated informa-tion on the Allstate Sugar

Bowl Intercollegiate Golf Championship visit the tour-nament page located on the Tulane womenrsquos golf homepage at TulaneGreenWavecom or golfstatcom

Alabama will be playing with Florida and Southern California in Tuesdayrsquos second and final round

Alabama suffered five non conference losses with the low point being back-to-back loss-es to Tulane and Mercer The Crimson Tide has put together a 10-4 record in conference play since then but the Southeastern Conference may be as weak as it has ever been so there havenrsquot been many quality wins to come by Conversely losses to LSU and Auburn look worse than they would in years past

ldquoItrsquos certainly not a good loss at this point in the yearrdquo said Dan Wolken who covers college basketball for USA Today ldquoThey really needed to rack up some big wins in the SEC and the reality of the situation this year is that the SEC doesnrsquot offer a lot of high quality wins If you miss against Missouri and you miss against Florida then yoursquore basically playing games against other bubble teamsrdquo

Florida and Missouri are the only SEC teams that appear to be locked in for the NCAA tour-nament right now Lunardi list-ed Ole Miss as one of his ldquolast four inrdquo teams and Kentucky as one of his ldquolast four outrdquo before this weekendrsquos action

Alabama still has a chance to prove itself however After fac-ing Auburn the Crimson Tide will travel to Florida for a crucial Saturday game that will be tele-vised on ESPN Then it will take on Ole Miss in Oxford Miss before finishing out the season at home against Georgia The SEC tournament awaits after where winning means an auto-matic NCAA tournament berth

While the outlook currently looks bleak there is still some

hope for AlabamaldquoThey need to beat Florida

certainlyrdquo Wolken said ldquoThey also have Ole Miss coming up which would help Itrsquos a mov-ing target The thing about these discussions is itrsquos so hard to gauge because itrsquos a moving target It depends on what other teams in other leagues dordquo

Goodman however thinks Alabama could still get in the tournament without beating the Gators

ldquoYoursquore not supposed to win the one at Florida anyway Theyrsquore probably not going to win it They win it theyrsquore in great shaperdquo he said ldquoItrsquos prob-ably going to take them sweep-ing the rest of them and then winning at least one [SEC] tour-nament gamerdquo

Many Alabama fans will call for Grantrsquos job if he fails to make the tournament for the third time in four years The former VCU head coach and Florida assistant is making almost $2 million a year and currently has only a first-round tournament exit on his resume

Both Goodwin and Wolken were quick to dismiss the notion of Grant losing his job or even being on the hot seat if he misses the tournament Grant inherited a severe talent defi-ciency and has recruited well during his time in Tuscaloosa And barring a disastrous finish Alabama will post 20 wins for the third straight season

ldquoYou have to kind of judge it against the historical standardrdquo Wolken said ldquoWhat kind of pro-gram does Alabama expect to be expect to have Based on all of the factors that you typically look at in determining what expectations should be Alabama is a program that should prob-ably go to the NCAA tourna-ment three out of five years

something along those linesrdquoGoodwin also pointed to

Grantrsquos handling of disciplin-ary issues like suspending JaMychal Green and Tony Mitchell during the heart of last seasonrsquos run

ldquoIrsquom still an Anthony Grant fan Hersquos high-integrity He never self-promotes He coaches those kids up He makes those kids better as peoplerdquo Goodwin said ldquoI think hersquos one of the best people Irsquove ever met doing this job Has a lot of integrity gets his kids to play hard I donrsquot think he took over a program with a ton of talent - he had his work cut out for him But I still think hersquos the right guy for that jobrdquo

Grant as many coaches would says he is taking things one game at a time even with just four games remaining on the season An Auburn loss would after all crush whatever tournament hopes Alabama has left

ldquoThis game we have tomor-row is the most important game of the seasonrdquo he said ldquoI canrsquot see any farther than tomorrow Thatrsquos my total focus and we just have to take care of our-selves and take care of the game thatrsquos in front of usrdquo

Senior guard Andrew Steele echoed his coachrsquos sentiments Beating Auburn is the first step to getting Alabama back in the tournament picture

ldquoIn terms of the selection committee and all that we canrsquot control what they decide But we can decide how we come out and play each gamerdquo Steele said ldquoOur next game is Auburn so if we canrsquot get prepared to play those guys then we donrsquot really have a chance at any other thing that we try to do Itrsquos the next game so itrsquos the most important onerdquo

BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 1

Experts say calls for Grantrsquos job not fair

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By Caroline GazzaraStaff Reporter

Regardless of what others think of the Alabama womenrsquos basketball team Shafontaye Meyers said she believes in them The team may not be the best yet but she said she is confident her team can become something better

ldquoI have to get better as a player and we have to get bet-ter as a teamrdquo Meyers said ldquoItrsquos a good feeling when you know you want to improve more as a teamrdquo

Standing 5 feet 8 inches the junior has a few seasons under her belt Though this is the first year she has started her freshman and sophomore years helped her become the player that she is and help her guide the team

ldquoI want to be more of a role

model [than a leader]rdquo Meyers said ldquoI try to step up when we fall I want to be a role model for the teamrdquo

In high school Meyers was ranked 13th in the nation in 2010 in scoring averaging 292 points her senior year

The native Alabamian has been with the Crimson Tide for three years and each year she has proved herself once more that she is a leader This year alone has been her big-gest year so far Meyers has bested herself points-wise by scoring a record 23 points against Auburn in January

Though she claims shersquos not the leader of the team she is the one the team looks to in order to make the shots they need to make Her three-point shooting average 302 percent her field goal shooting average is 325 percent and her free

throw average is 704 percentCoach Wendell Hudson

relies heavily on her shots because Meyers is willing to take the shots no one wants to take

ldquoShafontaye Meyers is a big shot takerrdquo Hudson said ldquoShe might not make them but therersquos no question that itrsquos going to be a good shot She steps and makes those shots Everybody looks at the final score and what I look at is what got us to that pointrdquo

Like Hudson the team looks to one of its top players to help bring them together Even though the Tide is on an eight-game losing streak Meyersrsquo goal is to help the team come together to become one syn-chronized unit

ldquoI think we need to come togetherrdquo Meyers said ldquoWersquore not always together

Sometimes we play together but we quit before we can really come together We are letting ourselves get in the way of the game but itrsquos a team thing and we sometimes forget about thatrdquo

Hudsonrsquos go-to girl doesnrsquot feel the intense pressure some athletes may feel With her team around her she knows that she can accomplish what needs to be done

ldquoI guess Irsquom used to it by now because I know that we have to get [the shots]rdquo Meyers said ldquoWhen you have to get the shots you have to get them You donrsquot feel the pressure because in the end yoursquore going to come through cause you have help from everybodyrdquo

In a league with fierce com-petitors Meyers knows that enjoying the game is the most

important factor of all Though the losing streak weighs heav-ily on her mind enjoying the game with her team is the overall goal for any game

ldquoI want to have fun and I want to enjoy the gamerdquo Meyers said ldquoWhen yoursquore together as a team itrsquos always fun Itrsquos a good thing for the team to have funrdquo

Meyersrsquo time at Alabama has helped her become a bet-ter player not only individual-ly but she has also helped the team become a better team

ldquoShe has made herself a complete playerrdquo Hudson said ldquoShersquos playing well She came off the bench and had that spark that we neededrdquo

Her motto is to give it all that shersquos got and though the sea-son is about to come to a close shersquos inspired to keep going for her team and for the fans

ldquoI like to give it all I gotrdquo Meyers said ldquoI know Irsquom doing it for the audience and [they] are my inspiration I know because of that they are help-ing me get to where I am nowrdquo

By Zac Al-Khateeb

Anyone who has ever par-ticipated in athletic competi-tion knows teams often follow trends Teams seem to ride highs and lows but rarely have an ldquoaveragerdquo part of a season

Those kinds of trends can be seen when a basketball team puts together a ridiculous string of 3-point shots when a quar-terback just canrsquot seem to miss his receivers or when a base-ball team just makes the game miserable for opposing pitchers

With that said for every team experiencing a high another team experiences a low and

once that low period starts it never seems to stop Sometimes a teamrsquos string of losses isnrsquot so much a reflection of poor play but the fact theyrsquore simply stuck in a rut

Donrsquot believe me Look at the Alabama baseball team last year After the Tide start-ed with a 4-3 record last sea-

son it never once put a string of more than two consecutive wins together for the rest of the season

But it wasnrsquot because of poor play The team was simply stuck in a mindset of losing and once a team finds itself in that state of mind itrsquos exceptionally diffi-cult to escape

That is something that Alabama will have to watch out for this year Still it looks as if the Tide has started the season out on the right foot going 6-0 and beating a top-25 team in Southern Miss before losing to Florida Atlantic in a series fina-le Sunday

Irsquom not saying Alabamarsquos season is suddenly in jeopardy or anything but winning and losing are both contagious to a team Now that Alabamarsquos experienced its first loss of the season it needs to make sure it can overcome it and continue winning

Still that shouldnrsquot be too

hard for the Tide which did start off the season with an impressive string of victories Even the loss to Florida Atlantic wasnrsquot that bad as the Tide had already beaten the Owls twice in the series

Alabama has a chance to start another winning streak tonight when it plays the Samford Bulldogs at home If the Tide shows up with a good attitude ready to put the loss behind them it could be the start of another win streak However if the Tide still has its mind in Boca Raton Fla then it could experience yet another loss

Thatrsquos the nature of sports sometimes One loss turns into two two into three three into four and so on What marks a truly competitive team isnrsquot who has the most talent Rather itrsquos the team that has the right mindset at the right time in the right place

If Alabama wants to be com-petitive this year itrsquos going to have to learn to keep that right mindset the entire sea-son something it was appar-ently unsuccessful with last season Alabama has already proven it can handle success Now it just needs to prove it can handle losing as well

To start a new win streak Crimson Tide must avoid negative mindset after loss

Editor | Marquavius BurnettcrimsonwhitesportsgmailcomTuesday February 26 2013SPORTS

NEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 10

WOMENrsquoS BASKETBALL

Despite criticisms Meyers believes in her team

CW | Shannon AuvilShafontaye is a lsquobig shot takerrsquo according to Wendell Hudson

COLUMN

ldquo If the Tide shows up with a good attitude ready to put the loss behind them it could be the start of another win streak However if the Tide

still has its mind in Boca Raton Fla then it could experience yet another loss

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Page 8 | Tuesday February 26 2013 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

By Marquavius BurnettSports Editor

Throughout her career Marissa Gutierrez has been the exception to the rule of injured gymnasts

But after suffering an ankle injury on Feb 22 against Arkansas Gutierrez is likely to miss the No 4 Crimson Tidersquos upcoming meet versus the No 6 UCLA Bruins

Gutierrez competes on the vault balance beam and floor exercise for the Tide and has been a strong competitor for much of the season She land-ed awkwardly on her ankle during her first tumbling pass in the floor exercise Friday

ldquoSometimes ankle sprains can be five days sometimes it can be five monthsrdquo head coach Sarah Patterson said ldquoMy experience is you just donrsquot know until you see how a person respondsrdquo

Patterson said Gutierrez is currently wearing a walking

boot and will more than likely have to wear ankle tape when she returns to action

Patterson said the nature of gymnastics makes resting the ankles paramount

ldquoWhen you see our sport itrsquos not the difference of just run-ning up and downrdquo Patterson said ldquoYoursquove got to be able to push off of it Itrsquos got to be 100 percent to do the event she does and like she does

ldquoIrsquoll probably say that the last few weeks of her career shersquoll be wearing tape on her ankle She never has I donrsquot think Irsquove ever even seen her in ankle taperdquo

Teammates are rallying behind Gutierrez and every-one is stepping up to fill the holes she left

ldquoWersquore all stepping up and the freshmen have done a great job of stepping up in practice this weekrdquo Sarah DeMeo said ldquoWersquore going to need them this weekrdquo

Tide remains No 4 in the rankings

The Alabama gymnas-tics team retained its No 4 national ranking after posting its second-highest score and highest road score of the sea-son at Arkansas last Friday Feb 22

Starting this week rank-ings are decided by Regional Qualifying Score a formula which takes a teamrsquos top three road scores its next three highest scores home or away drops the high score and aver-ages the remaining five

By RQS Oklahoma moved up to the No 1 spot while pre-vious No 1 Florida dropped to second Michigan remained in third and LSU jumped the UCLA Bruins to claim the fifth spot The Tide will take on the No 6 Bruins this Friday at home before closing out its regular season against the No 1 Sooners March 15 In between Alabama travels to No 5 LSU

Gutierrez likely to miss next gymnastics meetGYMNASTICS

BASEBALL

SOFTBALLWOMENrsquoS GOLF

CW | Shannon AuvilMarissa Gutierrez landed awkwardly in Fridayrsquos meet against Arkansas and sprained her ankle

CW Staff

For the second time in three weeks Alabama out-fielder Haylie McCleney has been named the Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week

McCleney also led the team in hits and runs scored for the third consecutive week The Morris Ala native bat-ted 611 (11-for-18) with nine runs two doubles a home run nine RBIs and four sto-len bases

McCleney was named the

Easton Bama Bash tourna-ment MVP She had four multi-hit performances in the six-game week including three games with three hits The rookie scored at least one run and reached base in all but one game

In the Bama Bash opener McCleney batted 3-for-3 scored four runs drove in six and hit a home run against Western Illinois McCleney opened the week with a 3-for-4 outing at the plate against UAB then posted another three-hit day against Iowa

After three weeks McCleney is batting 604 with 24 runs 32 hits three home runs 14 RBIs and 15 stolen bases

Alabama will play six games in four days this week all at Rhoads Stadium The Crimson Tide will open the week against Samford on Wednesday Feb 27 before playing its make-up game against South Alabama on Thursday The Tide will then welcome Iowa State and St Johnrsquos for the Easton Classic this weekend

McCleney named SEC Freshman of the Week Bama Bash MVP

By Kevin ConnellContributing Writer

The Alabama baseball team returns home to Sewell-Thomas Stadium to play the Samford Bulldogs Tuesday in the first game of a four-game home stint

The Crimson Tide (6-1) con-tinued to make waves this past weekend in Boca Raton Fla where it took the first two games of the series against the Florida Atlantic Owls before dropping its first game of the season in the series finale

on SundayldquoI thought our team overall

was really prepared and played extremely well particularly Friday night We played a real-ly good left-handed pitcher that was Pitcher of the Year last year in their conferencerdquo head coach Mitch Gaspard said

Through seven games of the season Gaspard said he now has an idea of what kind of a team he is working with this season

ldquoTheyrsquore very competitive They play with really good energy good focus each day

and thatrsquos a good sign as we move forward into the seasonrdquo he said ldquoJust the team overall I like where theyrsquore at I like their focus I like the way they play the game And if they con-tinue to do that itrsquos going to be a team thatrsquos just going to con-tinue to get better as we move through the seasonrdquo

The team will try to rebound from the loss to Florida Atlantic when it takes on a Samford team that the Tide swept two games to none in the season series last year

Gaspard said the Tide knows

Bulldogs (5-4) can be a tough team to beat and they arenrsquot about to overlook them

ldquoThey have a tremendous outfielder and pitcher for them that really has been the cata-lyst for their team the last cou-ple yearsrdquo he said ldquo[Samford head coach] Casey Dunnrsquos done a really nice job with their program We know itrsquos going to be a real competitive game and wersquore looking forward to getting back on the field again tomorrow nightrdquo

Gaspard said pitching has been the key to the teamrsquos

success so far this season after the Tide posted three quality starts against Florida Atlantic over the weekend

Sophomore left-hander Taylor Guilbeau (1-0) will look to continue the solid pitch-ing for Alabama as he makes his second start of the season Tuesday Guilbeau allowed just one run on three hits and two walks in five innings of work in a 10-8 victory over then-No 21 Southern Miss last week

The Tide will also look for freshman center fielder Georgie Salem to maintain his

current form at the plate afterleading the team with a 538 batting average in the Florida Atlantic series

ldquo[He had] a lot of quality at bats from Tuesday through Sundayrdquo Gaspard said ldquoHersquos that guy up top where wersquore expecting him to give those tough at bats for us to get us going and let those other guys see pitches throughout the gamerdquo

First pitch is scheduled for 605 pm Tuesday The two teams will meet again later this season on March 19 at Samford

Tide looks to win 4 games at home after 1st season loss

Round 2 of Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Championship postponedCW Staff

Damaging overnight weath-er in the New Orleans area contributed to the cancel-lation of Mondayrsquos second round of the 2013 Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Golf Championship Play will resume on Feb 26 at 8 am with

a shotgun start for the final round

During the night severe thun-derstorms brought high winds nearly three inches of rain and dime-sized hail to the course The clean-up for Tuesdayrsquos sec-ond round has begun

For updated informa-tion on the Allstate Sugar

Bowl Intercollegiate Golf Championship visit the tour-nament page located on the Tulane womenrsquos golf homepage at TulaneGreenWavecom or golfstatcom

Alabama will be playing with Florida and Southern California in Tuesdayrsquos second and final round

Alabama suffered five non conference losses with the low point being back-to-back loss-es to Tulane and Mercer The Crimson Tide has put together a 10-4 record in conference play since then but the Southeastern Conference may be as weak as it has ever been so there havenrsquot been many quality wins to come by Conversely losses to LSU and Auburn look worse than they would in years past

ldquoItrsquos certainly not a good loss at this point in the yearrdquo said Dan Wolken who covers college basketball for USA Today ldquoThey really needed to rack up some big wins in the SEC and the reality of the situation this year is that the SEC doesnrsquot offer a lot of high quality wins If you miss against Missouri and you miss against Florida then yoursquore basically playing games against other bubble teamsrdquo

Florida and Missouri are the only SEC teams that appear to be locked in for the NCAA tour-nament right now Lunardi list-ed Ole Miss as one of his ldquolast four inrdquo teams and Kentucky as one of his ldquolast four outrdquo before this weekendrsquos action

Alabama still has a chance to prove itself however After fac-ing Auburn the Crimson Tide will travel to Florida for a crucial Saturday game that will be tele-vised on ESPN Then it will take on Ole Miss in Oxford Miss before finishing out the season at home against Georgia The SEC tournament awaits after where winning means an auto-matic NCAA tournament berth

While the outlook currently looks bleak there is still some

hope for AlabamaldquoThey need to beat Florida

certainlyrdquo Wolken said ldquoThey also have Ole Miss coming up which would help Itrsquos a mov-ing target The thing about these discussions is itrsquos so hard to gauge because itrsquos a moving target It depends on what other teams in other leagues dordquo

Goodman however thinks Alabama could still get in the tournament without beating the Gators

ldquoYoursquore not supposed to win the one at Florida anyway Theyrsquore probably not going to win it They win it theyrsquore in great shaperdquo he said ldquoItrsquos prob-ably going to take them sweep-ing the rest of them and then winning at least one [SEC] tour-nament gamerdquo

Many Alabama fans will call for Grantrsquos job if he fails to make the tournament for the third time in four years The former VCU head coach and Florida assistant is making almost $2 million a year and currently has only a first-round tournament exit on his resume

Both Goodwin and Wolken were quick to dismiss the notion of Grant losing his job or even being on the hot seat if he misses the tournament Grant inherited a severe talent defi-ciency and has recruited well during his time in Tuscaloosa And barring a disastrous finish Alabama will post 20 wins for the third straight season

ldquoYou have to kind of judge it against the historical standardrdquo Wolken said ldquoWhat kind of pro-gram does Alabama expect to be expect to have Based on all of the factors that you typically look at in determining what expectations should be Alabama is a program that should prob-ably go to the NCAA tourna-ment three out of five years

something along those linesrdquoGoodwin also pointed to

Grantrsquos handling of disciplin-ary issues like suspending JaMychal Green and Tony Mitchell during the heart of last seasonrsquos run

ldquoIrsquom still an Anthony Grant fan Hersquos high-integrity He never self-promotes He coaches those kids up He makes those kids better as peoplerdquo Goodwin said ldquoI think hersquos one of the best people Irsquove ever met doing this job Has a lot of integrity gets his kids to play hard I donrsquot think he took over a program with a ton of talent - he had his work cut out for him But I still think hersquos the right guy for that jobrdquo

Grant as many coaches would says he is taking things one game at a time even with just four games remaining on the season An Auburn loss would after all crush whatever tournament hopes Alabama has left

ldquoThis game we have tomor-row is the most important game of the seasonrdquo he said ldquoI canrsquot see any farther than tomorrow Thatrsquos my total focus and we just have to take care of our-selves and take care of the game thatrsquos in front of usrdquo

Senior guard Andrew Steele echoed his coachrsquos sentiments Beating Auburn is the first step to getting Alabama back in the tournament picture

ldquoIn terms of the selection committee and all that we canrsquot control what they decide But we can decide how we come out and play each gamerdquo Steele said ldquoOur next game is Auburn so if we canrsquot get prepared to play those guys then we donrsquot really have a chance at any other thing that we try to do Itrsquos the next game so itrsquos the most important onerdquo

BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 1

Experts say calls for Grantrsquos job not fair

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By Caroline GazzaraStaff Reporter

Regardless of what others think of the Alabama womenrsquos basketball team Shafontaye Meyers said she believes in them The team may not be the best yet but she said she is confident her team can become something better

ldquoI have to get better as a player and we have to get bet-ter as a teamrdquo Meyers said ldquoItrsquos a good feeling when you know you want to improve more as a teamrdquo

Standing 5 feet 8 inches the junior has a few seasons under her belt Though this is the first year she has started her freshman and sophomore years helped her become the player that she is and help her guide the team

ldquoI want to be more of a role

model [than a leader]rdquo Meyers said ldquoI try to step up when we fall I want to be a role model for the teamrdquo

In high school Meyers was ranked 13th in the nation in 2010 in scoring averaging 292 points her senior year

The native Alabamian has been with the Crimson Tide for three years and each year she has proved herself once more that she is a leader This year alone has been her big-gest year so far Meyers has bested herself points-wise by scoring a record 23 points against Auburn in January

Though she claims shersquos not the leader of the team she is the one the team looks to in order to make the shots they need to make Her three-point shooting average 302 percent her field goal shooting average is 325 percent and her free

throw average is 704 percentCoach Wendell Hudson

relies heavily on her shots because Meyers is willing to take the shots no one wants to take

ldquoShafontaye Meyers is a big shot takerrdquo Hudson said ldquoShe might not make them but therersquos no question that itrsquos going to be a good shot She steps and makes those shots Everybody looks at the final score and what I look at is what got us to that pointrdquo

Like Hudson the team looks to one of its top players to help bring them together Even though the Tide is on an eight-game losing streak Meyersrsquo goal is to help the team come together to become one syn-chronized unit

ldquoI think we need to come togetherrdquo Meyers said ldquoWersquore not always together

Sometimes we play together but we quit before we can really come together We are letting ourselves get in the way of the game but itrsquos a team thing and we sometimes forget about thatrdquo

Hudsonrsquos go-to girl doesnrsquot feel the intense pressure some athletes may feel With her team around her she knows that she can accomplish what needs to be done

ldquoI guess Irsquom used to it by now because I know that we have to get [the shots]rdquo Meyers said ldquoWhen you have to get the shots you have to get them You donrsquot feel the pressure because in the end yoursquore going to come through cause you have help from everybodyrdquo

In a league with fierce com-petitors Meyers knows that enjoying the game is the most

important factor of all Though the losing streak weighs heav-ily on her mind enjoying the game with her team is the overall goal for any game

ldquoI want to have fun and I want to enjoy the gamerdquo Meyers said ldquoWhen yoursquore together as a team itrsquos always fun Itrsquos a good thing for the team to have funrdquo

Meyersrsquo time at Alabama has helped her become a bet-ter player not only individual-ly but she has also helped the team become a better team

ldquoShe has made herself a complete playerrdquo Hudson said ldquoShersquos playing well She came off the bench and had that spark that we neededrdquo

Her motto is to give it all that shersquos got and though the sea-son is about to come to a close shersquos inspired to keep going for her team and for the fans

ldquoI like to give it all I gotrdquo Meyers said ldquoI know Irsquom doing it for the audience and [they] are my inspiration I know because of that they are help-ing me get to where I am nowrdquo

By Zac Al-Khateeb

Anyone who has ever par-ticipated in athletic competi-tion knows teams often follow trends Teams seem to ride highs and lows but rarely have an ldquoaveragerdquo part of a season

Those kinds of trends can be seen when a basketball team puts together a ridiculous string of 3-point shots when a quar-terback just canrsquot seem to miss his receivers or when a base-ball team just makes the game miserable for opposing pitchers

With that said for every team experiencing a high another team experiences a low and

once that low period starts it never seems to stop Sometimes a teamrsquos string of losses isnrsquot so much a reflection of poor play but the fact theyrsquore simply stuck in a rut

Donrsquot believe me Look at the Alabama baseball team last year After the Tide start-ed with a 4-3 record last sea-

son it never once put a string of more than two consecutive wins together for the rest of the season

But it wasnrsquot because of poor play The team was simply stuck in a mindset of losing and once a team finds itself in that state of mind itrsquos exceptionally diffi-cult to escape

That is something that Alabama will have to watch out for this year Still it looks as if the Tide has started the season out on the right foot going 6-0 and beating a top-25 team in Southern Miss before losing to Florida Atlantic in a series fina-le Sunday

Irsquom not saying Alabamarsquos season is suddenly in jeopardy or anything but winning and losing are both contagious to a team Now that Alabamarsquos experienced its first loss of the season it needs to make sure it can overcome it and continue winning

Still that shouldnrsquot be too

hard for the Tide which did start off the season with an impressive string of victories Even the loss to Florida Atlantic wasnrsquot that bad as the Tide had already beaten the Owls twice in the series

Alabama has a chance to start another winning streak tonight when it plays the Samford Bulldogs at home If the Tide shows up with a good attitude ready to put the loss behind them it could be the start of another win streak However if the Tide still has its mind in Boca Raton Fla then it could experience yet another loss

Thatrsquos the nature of sports sometimes One loss turns into two two into three three into four and so on What marks a truly competitive team isnrsquot who has the most talent Rather itrsquos the team that has the right mindset at the right time in the right place

If Alabama wants to be com-petitive this year itrsquos going to have to learn to keep that right mindset the entire sea-son something it was appar-ently unsuccessful with last season Alabama has already proven it can handle success Now it just needs to prove it can handle losing as well

To start a new win streak Crimson Tide must avoid negative mindset after loss

Editor | Marquavius BurnettcrimsonwhitesportsgmailcomTuesday February 26 2013SPORTS

NEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 10

WOMENrsquoS BASKETBALL

Despite criticisms Meyers believes in her team

CW | Shannon AuvilShafontaye is a lsquobig shot takerrsquo according to Wendell Hudson

COLUMN

ldquo If the Tide shows up with a good attitude ready to put the loss behind them it could be the start of another win streak However if the Tide

still has its mind in Boca Raton Fla then it could experience yet another loss

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By Caroline GazzaraStaff Reporter

Regardless of what others think of the Alabama womenrsquos basketball team Shafontaye Meyers said she believes in them The team may not be the best yet but she said she is confident her team can become something better

ldquoI have to get better as a player and we have to get bet-ter as a teamrdquo Meyers said ldquoItrsquos a good feeling when you know you want to improve more as a teamrdquo

Standing 5 feet 8 inches the junior has a few seasons under her belt Though this is the first year she has started her freshman and sophomore years helped her become the player that she is and help her guide the team

ldquoI want to be more of a role

model [than a leader]rdquo Meyers said ldquoI try to step up when we fall I want to be a role model for the teamrdquo

In high school Meyers was ranked 13th in the nation in 2010 in scoring averaging 292 points her senior year

The native Alabamian has been with the Crimson Tide for three years and each year she has proved herself once more that she is a leader This year alone has been her big-gest year so far Meyers has bested herself points-wise by scoring a record 23 points against Auburn in January

Though she claims shersquos not the leader of the team she is the one the team looks to in order to make the shots they need to make Her three-point shooting average 302 percent her field goal shooting average is 325 percent and her free

throw average is 704 percentCoach Wendell Hudson

relies heavily on her shots because Meyers is willing to take the shots no one wants to take

ldquoShafontaye Meyers is a big shot takerrdquo Hudson said ldquoShe might not make them but therersquos no question that itrsquos going to be a good shot She steps and makes those shots Everybody looks at the final score and what I look at is what got us to that pointrdquo

Like Hudson the team looks to one of its top players to help bring them together Even though the Tide is on an eight-game losing streak Meyersrsquo goal is to help the team come together to become one syn-chronized unit

ldquoI think we need to come togetherrdquo Meyers said ldquoWersquore not always together

Sometimes we play together but we quit before we can really come together We are letting ourselves get in the way of the game but itrsquos a team thing and we sometimes forget about thatrdquo

Hudsonrsquos go-to girl doesnrsquot feel the intense pressure some athletes may feel With her team around her she knows that she can accomplish what needs to be done

ldquoI guess Irsquom used to it by now because I know that we have to get [the shots]rdquo Meyers said ldquoWhen you have to get the shots you have to get them You donrsquot feel the pressure because in the end yoursquore going to come through cause you have help from everybodyrdquo

In a league with fierce com-petitors Meyers knows that enjoying the game is the most

important factor of all Though the losing streak weighs heav-ily on her mind enjoying the game with her team is the overall goal for any game

ldquoI want to have fun and I want to enjoy the gamerdquo Meyers said ldquoWhen yoursquore together as a team itrsquos always fun Itrsquos a good thing for the team to have funrdquo

Meyersrsquo time at Alabama has helped her become a bet-ter player not only individual-ly but she has also helped the team become a better team

ldquoShe has made herself a complete playerrdquo Hudson said ldquoShersquos playing well She came off the bench and had that spark that we neededrdquo

Her motto is to give it all that shersquos got and though the sea-son is about to come to a close shersquos inspired to keep going for her team and for the fans

ldquoI like to give it all I gotrdquo Meyers said ldquoI know Irsquom doing it for the audience and [they] are my inspiration I know because of that they are help-ing me get to where I am nowrdquo

By Zac Al-Khateeb

Anyone who has ever par-ticipated in athletic competi-tion knows teams often follow trends Teams seem to ride highs and lows but rarely have an ldquoaveragerdquo part of a season

Those kinds of trends can be seen when a basketball team puts together a ridiculous string of 3-point shots when a quar-terback just canrsquot seem to miss his receivers or when a base-ball team just makes the game miserable for opposing pitchers

With that said for every team experiencing a high another team experiences a low and

once that low period starts it never seems to stop Sometimes a teamrsquos string of losses isnrsquot so much a reflection of poor play but the fact theyrsquore simply stuck in a rut

Donrsquot believe me Look at the Alabama baseball team last year After the Tide start-ed with a 4-3 record last sea-

son it never once put a string of more than two consecutive wins together for the rest of the season

But it wasnrsquot because of poor play The team was simply stuck in a mindset of losing and once a team finds itself in that state of mind itrsquos exceptionally diffi-cult to escape

That is something that Alabama will have to watch out for this year Still it looks as if the Tide has started the season out on the right foot going 6-0 and beating a top-25 team in Southern Miss before losing to Florida Atlantic in a series fina-le Sunday

Irsquom not saying Alabamarsquos season is suddenly in jeopardy or anything but winning and losing are both contagious to a team Now that Alabamarsquos experienced its first loss of the season it needs to make sure it can overcome it and continue winning

Still that shouldnrsquot be too

hard for the Tide which did start off the season with an impressive string of victories Even the loss to Florida Atlantic wasnrsquot that bad as the Tide had already beaten the Owls twice in the series

Alabama has a chance to start another winning streak tonight when it plays the Samford Bulldogs at home If the Tide shows up with a good attitude ready to put the loss behind them it could be the start of another win streak However if the Tide still has its mind in Boca Raton Fla then it could experience yet another loss

Thatrsquos the nature of sports sometimes One loss turns into two two into three three into four and so on What marks a truly competitive team isnrsquot who has the most talent Rather itrsquos the team that has the right mindset at the right time in the right place

If Alabama wants to be com-petitive this year itrsquos going to have to learn to keep that right mindset the entire sea-son something it was appar-ently unsuccessful with last season Alabama has already proven it can handle success Now it just needs to prove it can handle losing as well

To start a new win streak Crimson Tide must avoid negative mindset after loss

Editor | Marquavius BurnettcrimsonwhitesportsgmailcomTuesday February 26 2013SPORTS

NEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 10

WOMENrsquoS BASKETBALL

Despite criticisms Meyers believes in her team

CW | Shannon AuvilShafontaye is a lsquobig shot takerrsquo according to Wendell Hudson

COLUMN

ldquo If the Tide shows up with a good attitude ready to put the loss behind them it could be the start of another win streak However if the Tide

still has its mind in Boca Raton Fla then it could experience yet another loss

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By Caroline GazzaraStaff Reporter

Regardless of what others think of the Alabama womenrsquos basketball team Shafontaye Meyers said she believes in them The team may not be the best yet but she said she is confident her team can become something better

ldquoI have to get better as a player and we have to get bet-ter as a teamrdquo Meyers said ldquoItrsquos a good feeling when you know you want to improve more as a teamrdquo

Standing 5 feet 8 inches the junior has a few seasons under her belt Though this is the first year she has started her freshman and sophomore years helped her become the player that she is and help her guide the team

ldquoI want to be more of a role

model [than a leader]rdquo Meyers said ldquoI try to step up when we fall I want to be a role model for the teamrdquo

In high school Meyers was ranked 13th in the nation in 2010 in scoring averaging 292 points her senior year

The native Alabamian has been with the Crimson Tide for three years and each year she has proved herself once more that she is a leader This year alone has been her big-gest year so far Meyers has bested herself points-wise by scoring a record 23 points against Auburn in January

Though she claims shersquos not the leader of the team she is the one the team looks to in order to make the shots they need to make Her three-point shooting average 302 percent her field goal shooting average is 325 percent and her free

throw average is 704 percentCoach Wendell Hudson

relies heavily on her shots because Meyers is willing to take the shots no one wants to take

ldquoShafontaye Meyers is a big shot takerrdquo Hudson said ldquoShe might not make them but therersquos no question that itrsquos going to be a good shot She steps and makes those shots Everybody looks at the final score and what I look at is what got us to that pointrdquo

Like Hudson the team looks to one of its top players to help bring them together Even though the Tide is on an eight-game losing streak Meyersrsquo goal is to help the team come together to become one syn-chronized unit

ldquoI think we need to come togetherrdquo Meyers said ldquoWersquore not always together

Sometimes we play together but we quit before we can really come together We are letting ourselves get in the way of the game but itrsquos a team thing and we sometimes forget about thatrdquo

Hudsonrsquos go-to girl doesnrsquot feel the intense pressure some athletes may feel With her team around her she knows that she can accomplish what needs to be done

ldquoI guess Irsquom used to it by now because I know that we have to get [the shots]rdquo Meyers said ldquoWhen you have to get the shots you have to get them You donrsquot feel the pressure because in the end yoursquore going to come through cause you have help from everybodyrdquo

In a league with fierce com-petitors Meyers knows that enjoying the game is the most

important factor of all Though the losing streak weighs heav-ily on her mind enjoying the game with her team is the overall goal for any game

ldquoI want to have fun and I want to enjoy the gamerdquo Meyers said ldquoWhen yoursquore together as a team itrsquos always fun Itrsquos a good thing for the team to have funrdquo

Meyersrsquo time at Alabama has helped her become a bet-ter player not only individual-ly but she has also helped the team become a better team

ldquoShe has made herself a complete playerrdquo Hudson said ldquoShersquos playing well She came off the bench and had that spark that we neededrdquo

Her motto is to give it all that shersquos got and though the sea-son is about to come to a close shersquos inspired to keep going for her team and for the fans

ldquoI like to give it all I gotrdquo Meyers said ldquoI know Irsquom doing it for the audience and [they] are my inspiration I know because of that they are help-ing me get to where I am nowrdquo

By Zac Al-Khateeb

Anyone who has ever par-ticipated in athletic competi-tion knows teams often follow trends Teams seem to ride highs and lows but rarely have an ldquoaveragerdquo part of a season

Those kinds of trends can be seen when a basketball team puts together a ridiculous string of 3-point shots when a quar-terback just canrsquot seem to miss his receivers or when a base-ball team just makes the game miserable for opposing pitchers

With that said for every team experiencing a high another team experiences a low and

once that low period starts it never seems to stop Sometimes a teamrsquos string of losses isnrsquot so much a reflection of poor play but the fact theyrsquore simply stuck in a rut

Donrsquot believe me Look at the Alabama baseball team last year After the Tide start-ed with a 4-3 record last sea-

son it never once put a string of more than two consecutive wins together for the rest of the season

But it wasnrsquot because of poor play The team was simply stuck in a mindset of losing and once a team finds itself in that state of mind itrsquos exceptionally diffi-cult to escape

That is something that Alabama will have to watch out for this year Still it looks as if the Tide has started the season out on the right foot going 6-0 and beating a top-25 team in Southern Miss before losing to Florida Atlantic in a series fina-le Sunday

Irsquom not saying Alabamarsquos season is suddenly in jeopardy or anything but winning and losing are both contagious to a team Now that Alabamarsquos experienced its first loss of the season it needs to make sure it can overcome it and continue winning

Still that shouldnrsquot be too

hard for the Tide which did start off the season with an impressive string of victories Even the loss to Florida Atlantic wasnrsquot that bad as the Tide had already beaten the Owls twice in the series

Alabama has a chance to start another winning streak tonight when it plays the Samford Bulldogs at home If the Tide shows up with a good attitude ready to put the loss behind them it could be the start of another win streak However if the Tide still has its mind in Boca Raton Fla then it could experience yet another loss

Thatrsquos the nature of sports sometimes One loss turns into two two into three three into four and so on What marks a truly competitive team isnrsquot who has the most talent Rather itrsquos the team that has the right mindset at the right time in the right place

If Alabama wants to be com-petitive this year itrsquos going to have to learn to keep that right mindset the entire sea-son something it was appar-ently unsuccessful with last season Alabama has already proven it can handle success Now it just needs to prove it can handle losing as well

To start a new win streak Crimson Tide must avoid negative mindset after loss

Editor | Marquavius BurnettcrimsonwhitesportsgmailcomTuesday February 26 2013SPORTS

NEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 10

WOMENrsquoS BASKETBALL

Despite criticisms Meyers believes in her team

CW | Shannon AuvilShafontaye is a lsquobig shot takerrsquo according to Wendell Hudson

COLUMN

ldquo If the Tide shows up with a good attitude ready to put the loss behind them it could be the start of another win streak However if the Tide

still has its mind in Boca Raton Fla then it could experience yet another loss

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