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LIFESTYLES PAGE 14UA president choice must engage students

OUR VIEW

By Brett HudsonSenior Sports Reporterbbhudson@crimson.ua.edu@Brett_Hudson

All season long, the Alabama men’s bas-ketball team talked extensively about con-trolling its own destiny and only controlling what it can control. In reality, when the last day of the reg-ular season came along, Alabama had no control over their seed in the Southeastern Conference tournament and were forced to sit idly by and watch as Tennessee took a first-round bye away from the Crimson Tide, leaving Alabama to face South Carolina in the first round. If Alabama were able to avenge the ear-lier loss to the Gamecocks, they would have the tough task of playing Florida the very next day. The Gators would be coming off of a bye. If Alabama were to beat the Gators, the No. 1 seed in the SEC tournament and a likely No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament, Kentucky, will await them, barring an upset. With the treacherous waters ahead of the team, head coach Anthony Grant is trying to keep his team focused on the “one day at a time” mentality. “We know the situation – it’s not like it’s going to catch us by surprise,” Grant said.

By Courtney StinsonStaff Reporter crt.stinson@gmail.com

The third annual Druid City Arts Festival, a celebration of local music, art and storytelling in downtown Tuscaloosa, will take place on March 24. This year, a Kickoff Week of free on-

By Marquavius BurnettSports Editorcrimsonwhitesports@gmail.com@Marq_Burnett

The University of Alabama held its annual pro day for former Crimson Tide players Wednesday with 12 draft-eligible players par-ticipating and all 32 NFL teams in attendance. Kevin Colbert, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ general manager, and Ruston Webster, the Tennessee Titans’ general manager, were a couple of the notable attendees. Alabama head coach Nick Saban said he was impressed with the turnout of NFL scouts and the way the players have developed. “The three things that we do

No bye gives Tide tough run to title

Arts awareness week to precede annual festival

FOOTBALL

Alabama stars shine for scouts

CW | Shannon AuvilSophomore Trevor Releford starts a fast break against Auburn.

Kentucky (30-1, 16-0)• Projected the overall No. 1

seed in the tournament• South (Atlanta) • Key Wins: Kentucky has

wins over two other pro-jected No. 1 seeds in North Carolina and Kansas. Kentucky was the only undefeated team in SEC play.Key Losses: Kentucky’s only blemish on its record was a loss to Indiana via a last-second three-pointer.

Florida (22-9, 10-6)• Projected No. 5 seed

• West (Phoenix)• Key Wins: Florida can boast

wins over Florida State, Vanderbilt and Alabama, all likely tournament teams.

• Key Losses: Florida’s worst loss came to in-conference rival Georgia. The Gators lost 76-62. Florida also suf-fered a non-conference loss to Rutgers in over-time, 85-83.

Vanderbilt (21-10, 10-6)• Projected No. 6 seed

East (Boston)• Key Wins: Vanderbilt beat

Alabama, Marquette and Florida during the season, all of which are projected to be tournament teams.

• Key Losses: Vanderbilt started the season with a bad out-of-conference loss against Cleveland State, as well as a loss to Indiana State during mid-season.

Mississippi State (21-10, 8-8)• Projected No. 11 seed• West (Phoenix)• Key Wins: The Bulldogs’

biggest win of the season came against a non-confer-ence opponent in the West Virginia Mountaineers. Mississippi State also had big wins against Alabama and Vanderbilt.

• Key Losses: MSU suffered an early 68-58 loss to Akron in non-conference play. The Bulldogs also suffered bad losses to SEC opponents Georgia, Auburn and Ole Miss.

Southeastern Conference teams in NCAA TournamentThe following projections are based on ESPN’s Joe Lunardi.

By Taylor Holland and Jonathan ReedThe Crimson White

There has not yet been any discussion about the search for Robert Witt’s per-manent successor, said Kellee Reinhart, spokeswoman for the Board of Trustees. “Each process is tailored to the needs of the specific circumstances,” Reinhart said. When Andrew Sorenson stepped down as University of Alabama president to become president at the University of

South Carolina in 2002, a presidential search committee was formed to find his replacement, and Barry Mason, the for-mer dean of the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, was named interim president. Sorenson left UA on April 30, and the 21-member search committee met for the first time on Sept. 19. The group was comprised of two system trustees, 10 fac-ulty members, two students and seven alumni. In mid-January, the search commit-tee delivered a list of candidates to then-Chancellor Malcolm Portera, who released the list to the public. The next step, Reinhart said at the time, “includes on-campus interviews with faculty, stu-dents, staff and community leaders.”

SEC tournament road looks challenging for the young Alabama team

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No deadline set in search for president

for our players here is help them develop personally, let them have more success in their life and be involved in the program and make good choices and deci-sions,” Saban said. “We want

them to develop a career off the field by graduating from school, which we have had pretty good success [at].”

Don’ta High-tower works out for NFL scouts at UA’s Pro Day.

UA Athletics

Pro Day showcases 12 draft-eligible players

SEE PRO DAY PAGE 8

campus arts awareness events will precede the festival from March 19 to 22. Creative Campus worked in conjunction with the Student Government Association in order to put on the events leading up to DCAF. Peyton Falkenburg, SGA director of program-ming and advancement, said he is glad for the arts to gain more visual repre-sentation on campus. “It’s great to have some-thing focused on the arts,” said Falkenburg. “That’s [an area] that’s sometimes overlooked.”

Kickoff week raises awareness of DCAF

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Board of Trustees has no established timetable for naming top administrator

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Former Tuskegee Airman talks ‘Red Tails’ inspiration

Retired USAF

Lt. Col. Herbert

E. Carter worked di-rectly with “Red Tails”

movie producer

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By Mazie BryantStaff Reportermrbryant@crimson.ua.edu

Social prejudice and indi-vidual determination were the focus of conversation for Col. Herbert Carter, an original member of the 99th Squadron and the Tuskegee Airmen, on Wednesday in the Ferguson Center Theatre. The Black Faculty and Staff Association of the University of Alabama hosted the event “An Evening with a Red Tail” that addressed the physical, psycho-logical and social obstacles the

Tuskegee Airmen faced during the 1940s. The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of 18- to 26-year-olds who served as the nation’s first black military airmen during World War II. Before and after successfully serving in the United States Air Force, these pilots had to overcome racial segregation and prejudice. “These men were the foun-dation of the Civil Rights Movement,” said Col. Roosevelt Lewis, a 26-year veteran of the United States Air Force, Tuskegee University graduate and guest speaker for the night. “Before Martin Luther King, before Rosa Parks, there were

WWII pilot helped Lucas with movie

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WITT FROM PAGE 1

Other schools shed light on Presidental search

When the interviews were completed, Portera planned to make his recom-mendations to the Board of Trustees, who would then meet publicly to elect the next president of the University, Reinhart said in a Jan. 15, 2003 article in The Crimson White. On Jan. 17, the Board announced that Witt was the sole finalist for the position, and on Jan. 22, Witt made remarks and fielded questions from the UA commu-nity at Bryant Conference Center. The Board of Trustees named Witt the University’s 36th president on Jan. 27 and also announced they had consid-ered more than 150 candidates for the position. Other universities follow similar pro-cedures for naming a president, and the process can take a year or longer. The process to select Auburn presi-dent Jay Gogue took about a year, Auburn Director of Public Affairs Brian Keeter said. Auburn’s selection process is spearheaded by the Board of Trustees, with the help of advisory committees at

the trustees’ discretion. “In the last presidential search, stu-dent and faculty representatives were members of the search and selection committee,” Keeter said. The University of Florida Board of Trustees selects their president with input from students and other members of the UF community, said Ron Wayne, the news desk editor of the UF News Bureau. Wayne said the board’s search com-mittee solicits applications and reviews them, narrowing the list to finalists who visit the campus to meet with students and faculty. Students play a large role in the selection process at Florida, Wayne said. “The Student Government presi-dent is a voting member of the Board of Trustees,” Wayne said. “Also, top candidates typically meet with student groups and in forums for students.”

and it could try to evade that pres-sure by entering talks,” Netanyahu said Friday during a visit to Canada, according to a report by the Jerusalem Post. The U.S. was the first to develop and so far is the only nation to have used a nuclear weapon against an enemy. Israel is widely believed to possess nuclear weapons but never has offi-cially admitted that it does. Iran has said it is developing a nuclear capability for peaceful pur-poses, not for weapons. On Saturday, Iran declared a 64 per-cent turnout in parliamentary elec-tions, close to the estimates that the country’s leaders had projected in the weeks leading up to the vote, the first since 2009, according to reports. Iranian officials said more than 26 million votes had been counted.

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the Tuskegee Airmen that excelled in what they never thought they’d do before.” Carter left his rural hometown in Mississippi to play football for the for-mer Tuskegee Institute. He became interested in fly-ing after the Civilian Pilot Training Act was instated by President Franklin Roosevelt, encouraging universities to train qualified students to receive their pilot’s license. Tuskegee, a historic black university, was among the several universities included in the program. However, the military was not prepared to include black members among its ranks. “No commander from Burma to England wanted an all-black fighter squad-ron,” Carter said. “They said it would cause problems. No one wanted to take orders from a black commander.” The men were finally accepted into the war as close tactical ground sup-port for the allied forces in North Africa and Italy. Carter’s 99th Squadron flew in air-to-air combat for the first time against the German Luftwaffe over Anzio Beach, Italy in 1944. They shot down 18 German planes, transform-ing the racial boundaries within the United States mili-tary.

“They could no longer use the myth that the black man couldn’t fly or fight,” Carter said. “They said the black man was lazy, lackadaisical and had neither the physical or psychological qualities of a leader. But what a great day that was.” The Tuskegee Airmen ulti-mately achieved their goal of the desegregation of the armed forces with President Harry Truman’s Executive Order 9981. However, America continued segre-gation years after the men returned from war. “It was interesting to see how large of an effect Col. Carter and the Tuskegee Airmen had on the military,” said Connor King, a sopho-more in the UA Air Force ROTC program. “They really influenced the whole sys-tem.” Today, Carter can see the progress from the changes his squadron encouraged. “Now, the armed forces are the most diversified group of people you’ve ever seen in your life,” Carter said. “The pigmentation of your skin or the coarseness of your hair doesn’t matter. If you’re human, if you’re alive and breathing, if you pass the test, you can join the military.” However, he promotes determination and hard work to become successful. “If you don’t take opportu-nities and capitalize on them, your life will be no better than the preparation it took you to get there,” Carter said.

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Tuskegee Airman talks “Red Tails”

By Eric YaronContributing Writer

April 14 marks the 100th anniversary of the RMS Titanic sinking, an anniver-sary University of Alabama graduate Julie Williams has an intimate family knowledge of. Williams spoke to an assem-bly of more than forty stu-dents and faculty members in Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library on Wednesday about her lat-est book, “A Rare Titanic Family.” A miraculous tale of survival, “A Rare Titanic Family” tells the story of Williams’ great uncle, Albert Caldwell, who survived the notorious shipwreck. Only one out of every four families who boarded the Titanic stayed together dur-ing the ship’s sinking, a group Caldwell, his first wife Sylvia and their son Alden were very lucky to be a part of. Thanks to his chance friend-ship with a group of men who worked in the engine room of

the Titanic, Caldwell was able to find refuge on a lifeboat and escape the tragic sinking of the ship without so much as having to touch the frigid waters where so many of his shipmates lost their lives. “He was such a happy per-son,” Williams said. “Always so joyous and so jolly. He had a second chance at life when he was 26, and he took it.” As if surviving the ship-wreck with his family still intact wasn’t rare enough, the journey that brought Caldwell and his young family from the heartland of the United States to the middle of the Atlantic Ocean more closely resembles a Hollywood movie than the story of the Titanic itself. After fleeing Bangkok, Siam from the Presbyterian Church, Caldwell traveled from southeast Asia to central Europe in a desperate attempt to preserve the health of his wife and infant son. At first, the family intend-ed to sail back to the United States aboard the RMS

Author speaks on family who survived Titanic

Carpathia, the same ship that would eventually rescue them after the shipwreck, but when Caldwell found an advertise-ment for the Titanic, they decided to make the journey home in luxury and style. The Caldwells traveled through Italy, up into France

and, eventually, to Great Britain, wher e they would board the same ship that a baggage handler famously told Sylvia that not even God could sink. Williams served as presi-dent of the American Journal ism Historians

Association from 2008 to 2009, has had several of her aca-demic and historical texts pub-lished and currently teaches journalism and mass com-munications on a part-time basis at Samford University in Birmingham. She will speak again about

the story of her great uncle, leading up to the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, including a speaking engage-ment at the United States National Archive on April 13. The book is available now in the University Supply Store or online.

By William EvansSenior Staff Reporterwjevans@crimson.ua.edu

The Student Health Center added six new examination rooms and a nurse’s station to expedite patient care in light of the student body’s rapid growth, said David Brown, nursing supervisor at the SHC. “One of the first things we looked at was, ‘What can we do because the population of the campus is rising?’” he said of himself and his nursing col-leagues. Their question has been answered in the form of a lengthened hallway, which stretches into a space that was once outside shrubbery and a sidewalk. “This area was just nothing,” said Derek Cassels, a gradu-ate assistant at the SHC, as he passed by the new nurse’s sta-tion at the end of the hallway. The station contains neces-sary office equipment to help quicken patient care and assist physicians. The SHC does not have a partnership with the College of Nursing but does employ a small, selective group of nursing students who work as nurse technicians, Brown said in an emailed statement. The renovations began in late

spring 2011 and ended in early fall. The six new examination rooms contain the same medi-cal instruments and capabilities as the other examination rooms in place prior to the renovations, Brown said. Student traffic to the SHC has increased as the student body has rocketed past 31,000 since the Fall 2011 semester. More patients usually means more paperwork, but with the renova-tions came a database of com-puterized medical records to cut down on paper and save time. “Instead of pulling up paper charts, we can have patients’ past histories,” Cassels said. “It’s just more efficient as far as having everything together.” In addition to expanding the general population wait-ing room at the entrance, the SHC has added one doctor, going from two to three, to its nightly rounds. Working hours on weekdays have gone from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, Brown said. “We’re getting out a little bet-ter,” he said before adding that the night shift can drag on for hours past the official closing time. “We’re here until we get to see all of the patients.” Brown said the University has

Student Health Center adds new rooms to accomodate growth

started discussing the advan-tages of constructing a satel-lite health center to facilitate patient care and ease the work-load on the SHC’s staff. “The satellite office was merely a suggestion to com-pensate for the increased stu-dent enrollment,” he said in an emailed statement. “An expan-sion of the previous building is more likely if the decision is made to enlarge due to insuffi-cient capacity.” “I foresee us doing more,” he said of the potential for future

renovations. “We’ve been here in this building for only five to six years. We used to be at Russell Hall.” The SHC also has a full phar-macy and medical lab. The lat-ter is shared with the University Medical Center next door, which serves the West Alabama com-munity. “We share it with the University Medical Center because, otherwise, it would be like having two fire depart-ments that cover the same area,” Brown said.

CW | Mitchell HughesRenovations included the addition of Hall 5, featuring a nurses station and suite of exam rooms.

CW | Mitchell HugheJulie Williams (left) talks about her new book (right) “A Rare Titanic Family” at Gorgas on Wednesday.

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As a history major, I have learned that great change is more of a weath-ering process than an overnight fix, and only after years of time will we have two stark points of comparison. However, as a journalism major, I have learned a feeling of hope in the idea that change can occur, and I will be able to see that change’s byprod-ucts. So, perhaps I let the journalism half of my double major, and the hope that comes along with it, get the better of me this time. I convinced myself in the past weeks that this Student Government Association election would be ground-breaking. Not only would we have the chance to see an underground politi-cal organization thrown off its pedes-tal of power, but we would see women on this campus move into SGA posi-tions that have seldom been inhabited by females. After not being backed by the Machine for positions on the execu-tive council of SGA, two women decided to run against the Machine anyway. The lack of endorsements did not surprise them, or me; while women typically receive Machine endorsements, it is almost always for the position of executive secretary. But what upset me more is the lack of support for these women from the very organizations that should have supported them the most. Two “old row” sorority members were defeated at the hands of the very organizations they are so proud to be a part of. And as a member of the sorority system, it’s hard for me to understand why a group of organizations so proud of their sisterhood, history and strength on this campus help feed into yet

another year of all-male candidates. As women, we are a minority in SGA, despite being a majority on this campus. And just as other com-munities come together to support individuals trying to break set stan-dards, we should have done the same in order to initiate change and be part of something that women all over this University would be proud of. This is not to say that females should automatically vote for females because they share that similarity; this is to say that sororities who are a part of the Machine should seri-ously consider who and what they are voting for. This is also not about the Advance UA candidates losing and the Machine candidates winning; it is about how incredibly disconcerting it is to see fellow females hold back the potential of our feminine strength on this campus simply because they were told (or, ahem, “advised”) whom to vote for. As a woman, I am ashamed that two strong and intelligent people – who were not only exceptionally qualified, but also knowledgeable about their sought positions – were defeated because the Machine and the sorori-ties that pay into the Machine did not support them. And personally, after the amount of dues we pay, I would expect a little more support. But, per-haps sororities care more about their membership to their club machine than their own members. In saying this, I congratulate all winners of the 2012 SGA elections. And in the spirit of continuing to be hopeful, I look forward to seeing your platforms carried out. But, as my history professors have taught me very well, change does not happen overnight. Women have attended this University for almost 120 years, and we are still almost entirely confined to executive secre-tary and appointed positions in SGA. Maybe it will only take a few more rounds of hopeful women to see the pride and respect we deserve in stu-dent government.

SoRelle Wyckoff is the opinions editor of The Crimson White.

By Xavier Burgin@XLNB

I recently won The Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award. It’s rec-ognized nationwide and is consid-ered to be the highest honor at UA. I believe a round of applause is in order. Thank you. Thank you. I hate each and every one of you despica-ble, vile husks of humanity. Excuse me; I was just channeling my inner Charlie Sheen before I begin this article. A few weeks ago, columnist and friend Evan Ward criticized UA’s Premier Awards in his article “Students should be less competi-tive” as “contrivances” which “reveal a campus population made up of indi-viduals consumed by a mad desire to elevate themselves over others in any way they can.” This was just a small piece in his larger argument against students striving to achieve temporary recognition without gain-ing the genuine knowledge an educa-tion grants us. He’s not wrong, but let me indulge you in an alternative look into this conundrum of competi-tiveness and success. I grew up in Columbus, Miss., a small, rural town an hour away from Tuscaloosa. Columbus days were slow and lethargic, its citizens stuck in a never-ending bout of nos-talgia. My friends lived from day to day, unable to imagine life beyond their quiet existence. I lived across the road from an abandoned barn. I hated its state of decay and how everyone forsook it as a dead relic. I didn’t want that to become me. I didn’t want to become this place, where life fades into banality. I want-ed validation. I wanted to live, rather than exist. I have been pushed to excel ever since I was old enough to warrant my grandmother breaking a branch from a tree to use as a switch. I was taught possibility, the art of ambi-tion, the necessity of success. I grew up understanding hard work does not guarantee success, but success never comes without hard work. I’ve learned to work twice as hard

as the individual beside me. To chisel the path toward my future with more detail than those who surround me. I did this by not only gaining the genu-ine knowledge an education grants, but also by taking the knowledge and applying it with more vigor than my peers. I do not look for recogni-tion; recognition enjoys my company because I strive for it in my everyday life. If you read the bio of every individ-ual who won a Premier Award, you’ll come to respect a student who put in the long hours necessary to excel in his or her craft. These are students whose work ethic deserve more than the label of contrivances. This is not to say success is my only peer. The Blackburn Institute never chose me when I applied in the past. The McNair Scholarship called me to be interviewed three times in three years and denied me each time because film is not considered enough of an academic endeavor. I didn’t even receive an honorable mention for USA Today’s All-USA Academic Team. “Portrait of the Storm,” the film I made that won the first national 3D competition for students, was completely rejected by an independent film festival. Still, I wake up the next day and push for-ward. When I look back at my time here, I know I wouldn’t be in the position I am now if I wasn’t competitive, if I didn’t push myself harder than oth-ers. More so, college is just as much about building your resume to land that position in graduate school or get your dream job as it is gaining knowledge. It doesn’t matter if you’re the best in your craft if no one is will-ing to give you a chance because of your lack of credentials. Take this from Evan’s column: College is about learning your desired field to the best of your abil-ity. Take this from mine: While you learn your desired field to the best of your ability, there is nothing wrong with being recognized for it.

Xavier Burgin is a senior in New College studying film production.

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Women underrepresented, yet unsupportive in SGA politics

Students should always strive to be more competitive

Wide range of student opinions must be heard in president search “Apathetic” is a word thrown around regularly to describe UA students, and indeed, young Americans in 2012. We are, allegedly, a generation bloated with self-absorption and lacking in attention span, too wrapped up in tweets and Facebook posts to understand the world unfolding right around us. Some would look to Tuesday’s Student Government Association elec-tion results as a reflection of that apathy. With political activity at its highest in years (a whopping 16 candidates vied for executive office), turnout remained disappoint-ingly low, with about one third of the campus taking the time to cast an online ballot. Campus politics have been a common topic this year on the CW’s pages, at lunch tables and in classrooms. Still, that conversation did not translate into dramatic voter turnout. More than 20,000 students chose not to vote on Tuesday. Many of them learned about corrupt campus politics that

led seven SGA officials to resign last fall, and they chose not to vote. They learned about the inner workings of the Machine and watched the secretive group develop into a normal part of conversation, and they chose not to vote. They had as many as three options in some executive offices, including president, and they chose not to vote. Are they apathetic? About student government, maybe. But those 20,000 students are undoubtedly engaged in many aspects of campus life. They are developing new initia-tives in the Honors College Assembly, organizing philan-thropic events in their greek organizations and hosting massively attended events through Creative Campus. They are vying for leader-ship roles in groups like the Blackburn Institute, honor societies and Mallet Assembly. They are giving back to the city of Tuscaloosa and hosting video game conventions in the Ferg. Those 20,000 also have a voice.

Too often, we try to align the function of our student gov-ernment with the function of city, state and national gov-ernments. We say that stu-dents who don’t vote are not performing their civic duty and are disengaged, apathetic or irresponsible. It’s not true. Apathy toward the SGA does not equate to apathy toward the University of Alabama and the student experience. We all have a dif-ferent set of interests and motivations, and not all of them align with the activities of the SGA. Despite our broad differenc-es, there is an impending deci-sion that will affect each of us dramatically – the selection

of the University’s next presi-dent. In the next few weeks, the Board of Trustees will launch a national search for the person who will have the final say over the academic, physical and cultural changes to our University in the com-ing years. This is a choice that will affect not only our college experience, but also the value of our University of Alabama degree long after we gradu-ate. Such a critical choice requires a diversity of opinion. Currently, the SGA president is ordained to serve as the stu-dent representative to the UA system board of trustees. SGA executives have much easier access to administrators than the average student. But their voice is not our voice, as they represent a narrow section of campus guided by an even narrower political hand, the Machine. UA leaders exist across the cultural spectrum, and the Board of Trustees should make a concerted effort to bring these leaders to the table to allow them input.

Students understand better than any administrator how decisions made in a board-room affect campus life. Yearly, we choose to make a pageant of the SGA elec-tion, on the CW’s front page, on our social media accounts and across our campus. But a selection is forthcoming that will have a deep and last-ing impact on all of our lives. The Crimson White will pro-vide detailed coverage of the University’s plans to select our next leader. We hope that students will follow the pro-cess closely and engage when-ever possible. We have the potential to have 31,000 voices heard in the selection of our SGA presi-dent. Currently, we formally have one voice in Board of Trustees decisions that affect everything from tuition rates to who will guide this campus. If they won’t make a space for us at the table, let’s make room for ourselves.

Our View is the consensus of the editorial board.

Trustees, administrators should recognize student engagement takes many forms

“Students understand better than any administrator how decisions made in a board-room affect campus life.

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and Mauter strive to teach a his-tory lesson through pictures. When choosing pictures for her sections of the book, Mauter chose photographs to trigger people’s memories. She included old pho-tos of structures still standing and mixed in images of buildings no longer present. However, she said she didn’t include these images as a lamentation of what we have lost. “We wanted to maintain the theme and reflect on the history,” Mauter said. “There is an underly-ing theme of ‘look at what house we no longer have and what we do.’” With their contracts signed in September and the book on sale Jan. 9, the authors have engrossed themselves in the study of Tuscaloosa for the past few

months. After the whirlwind expe-rience of publishing a book, thetwo are happy to have a finishedproduct. Amaki found the research pro-cess to be an eye-opening experi-ence, saying she especially enjoyedlearning about the institution thatis her employer and found it inter-esting how politically-minded thestudent body was until around1960. While Amaki admits publish-ing a historical book is hard workthat required more than a fewall-nighters , she gleamed withexcitement as she talked about thecity of Tuscaloosa and her overallexperience. “It’s just the nature of the beast,”Amaki said. “But like anything else,the more familiar you become witha place, the better you understand.”

6 Thursday, March 8, 2012 NEWS The Crimson White

By Anna Price OlsonContributing Writer

In their newly published book, “Images of America: Tuscaloosa,” Amalia K. Amaki and Katherine Mauter explore the city from its roots as the first southwest settle-ment along the Black Warrior River to the Tuscaloosa of the 1960s. The authors present more than 200 vintage images in the photo-caption book, which capture the unique character of Tuscaloosa in order to preserve the local heri-tage and share its history. As part of Arcadia Publishing’s Images of America series, the carefully cho-sen images illustrate the past that shaped the community today. Arcadia, a publishing company out of South Carolina known for publishing the stories of cities through photographs, contact-ed Amaki last June asking her to tell the story of Tuscaloosa. While Amaki is not a native of Tuscaloosa, she is a professor of art history at the University of Alabama. She views the study as a historical perspective on objects and translates this idea to historic preservation. After her first contact with the publisher, Amaki began to search for a native of Tuscaloosa to be her partner in this project. Her search led her to Katherine Mauter, exec-utive director of the Tuscaloosa County Preservation Society. “It’s too easy to overlook points of a city when you are not from the city,” Amaki said. Together, the authors recog-nized that some people living in Tuscaloosa don’t know their own history. In order to educate the people, they use pictures to travel back to when the city was founded to demonstrate what actually hap-pened over the years. Through what Mauter calls a “grown-up picture book,” Amaki

By Ashanka KumariStaff Reporterakkumari@crimson.ua.edu

David A. Francko, associate provost and dean of the graduate school, said that having the power to make a positive difference to the lives of many graduate students and faculty is immensely gratifying. “Coming to the University of Alabama was a wonderful opportunity to help an already strong university become even stronger and more student-centered with regard to gradu-ate education, research and outreach to the state and nation,” Francko said. “Being able to shake the hands of record numbers of students each commencement as they walk across the stage to receive their graduate degree makes it all worthwhile.” Since Francko was first appointed to his position as dean in August 2006, the graduate school has seen an increase of nearly 1,000 stu-dents, said John Schmitt, associate graduate dean and assistant to the executive vice presi-dent and provost. “In a time when many graduate schools across the U.S. are seeing enrollment decreas-es, the number of graduate students at UA has actually increased by 20 percent over the last three years,” Schmitt said. “UA currently has 4,774 graduate students.” Along with enrollment, Francko is also con-cerned about graduate students remaining in school and completing their degrees, Schmitt said. “Dean Francko has placed great empha-sis on graduate school retention and gradu-ation rates, which is partly due to the major increases he has brought about in gradu-ate student financial support,” Schmitt said. “Assistantship and fellowship programs have grown markedly, and he has increased the graduate student research and travel support fund from approximately $75,000 six years ago to a projected $500,000 this year.” Natalie Adams, assistant dean of the gradu-ate school, said Francko has done well in build-ing the reputation of UA’s graduate school. “Under his leadership, we have cre-ated two nationally recognized programs

targeting gradu-ate students: The Graduate Parent Support for graduate students who must juggle family and school respon-sibilities, and Tide Together, a mentoring pro-gram for gradu-

ate students,” Adams said. Francko was also instrumental in the pro-gram to provide graduate student healthcare insurance for the first time, Schmitt said. “Francko has placed UA among the top graduate schools in the U.S. for making graduate education accessible to students from diverse backgrounds, to first-generation graduate students and to graduate students with dependent children,” Schmitt said. “He is one of the most student-friendly people with whom I have had the pleasure to work, and his goal is always graduate student success.” Francko is not only an effective dean but also continues to teach a class every semes-ter and works as an active resear cher, Adams said. “He has an open door policy and emulates personally the mission of UA’s graduate school to be a student-friendly, student-centered graduate school,” Adams said. As dean, Francko oversees more than 100 graduate degree programs and works to advo-cate for graduate education on and off cam-pus. “We are well on the way to becoming one of the preeminent student-centered graduate schools in the Southeast, a destination school of choice for the best and brightest graduate students across the U.S. and internationally and are now considered one of the nation’s leaders among the 50 flagship university campuses in creating a welcoming and inclu-sive graduate student community,” Francko said. “The future of UA’s graduate programs, like the University as a whole, is virtually unlimited.”

By Jessica RuffinContributing Writer

Although they may be intelligent, hardworking and motivated, for some students the option to study abroad just doesn’t exist—they can’t afford the expensive venture. Vice president of Student Affairs and vice provost Dr. Mark Nelson was determined to change this and is now on

his way to doing so with the UA Away Scholarship pro-gram. “I know firsthand the value of traveling abroad,” Nelson said. “It’s an experience that can’t be described or com-pared to any other kind of learning expedition.” The UA Away Scholarship program is a brainchild of Nelson’s and operates as an initiative that enables

students to travel to a foreign country with financial aid from the University. Morris Middleton, the head of fundraising for the pro-gram, believes it is important because it gives deserving students the chance to travel overseas that otherwise may not be able to afford it. “Our vision for this is to draw from all divisions of the University to provide

Dean Franko oversees growth in grad school

Pictures show city’s history

UA Away offers students opportunities to go abroadstudents with the opportunity to do three things internation-ally: study, work and volun-teer abroad,” Middleton said. Middleton said he believes that in doing these three things: students will become better global citizens. This is an idea that Middleton insists is a necessity for students in today’s world. “What we’re trying to do is equip students to be good global citizens because when you graduate, you’re going to competing in a world market for jobs,” Middleton said. Nelson also stressed the importance of being a good global citizen, saying it is

one of the primary priorities of the program. However, he stressed it as being just one of the many benefits that study-ing abroad can give you. Studies have shown that students who study abroad are more likely to be a better, more engaged student when they return, Nelson said. UA Away will put this study to the test on March 10, when they send six students to Guatemala on the program’s scholarship. As a part of the Community Service Center’s Alternative Break program, the students will participate in service learning projects.

For UA student Nicholas Kelly, the trip to Guatemala will be more than just his first study-abroad experience; it will also be his first time outside of the United States. Kelly, a junior majoring in exercise science, believes this experience will be beneficial to him, as well as those that he meets overseas. “I absolutely love learning from every situation and per-son I come in contact with,” Kelly said in a press release. “It allows me to grow as a citi-zen and a human being, but it also allows me to teach others so they can make a difference in others’ lives as well.”

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‘IMAGES OF AMERICA: TUSCALOOSA’

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Katherine Mauter and Ama-lia Amaki, seated, are the authors of “Images of America: Tusca-loosa.”

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By Morgan UptonSports Reportersmupton@crimson.ua.edu@Morgan_U

The No. 1 Alabama softball team closed its 10-game home stretch with a 7-3 win over Samford Wednesday. With the win, Alabama improved to 18-0. The Crimson Tide’s offense got off to a fast start on the night, as first baseman Cassie Reilly-Boccia blasted a two-run home run to give Bama an early lead. Reilly-Boccia said the Tide put emphasis on starting fast against Samford. “We say we want to come out and have a sense of urgency,” Reilly-Boccia said. “We defi-nitely did that in the first inning. [Kayla Braud] gets on third base. Any time there’s a runner on third and less than two outs, we want to try to score. We were just really happy to get that first run and make a statement.” After a one-run third inning, an RBI bunt from Courtney Conley in the fourth left the bases loaded for Jadyn Spencer.

Spencer followed up with a two-RBI single to spark a four-run inning, lengthening Alabama’s lead to 7-0. The Tide defense also stepped up, posting its sixth errorless game of the season. Still, three Samford runs in the sixth inning kept freshman pitcher Leslie Jury from pitching a scoreless game. “Leslie did a really good job,” head coach Patrick Murphy said. “She got unlucky in the sixth. They hit a couple of good pitches, in our mind, and got enough bat on it for base hits, but I thought the defense was really good.” Murphy used 16 out of Alabama’s 20 players in the game, allowing players to get time in before beginning confer-ence play. “I was hoping to get 20 out of 20, but that’s the way it goes sometimes,” Murphy said. “I was trying to get everybody an at-bat or some defensive work just to get live pitching.” Braud said the extra game time for the team would be ben-eficial down the stretch.

“I think its great, especially this year,” Braud said. “It shows how much depth and talent we have on this team. [Jadyn Spencer] went in for me in a pressure situ-ation and came through. That’s exactly what we need. Down the road, when we play tough games in high-pressure situations, she’s going to be ready because she played today, and that goes for everybody else.” Alabama will begin Southeastern Conference play Friday at 5 p.m., as they travel to take on Kentucky in Lexington. Reilly-Boccia said SEC games bring a different type of thrill. “SEC is one of the most excit-ing times,” Reilly-Boccia said. “I remember my freshman year, experiencing it for the first time. You can definitely tell we’re still playing Alabama softball, but there’s a different feel in the air when you step on the field against an SEC team. I think everyone’s really excited.” With five SEC teams ranked in the top 25, Murphy said the Tide can’t take any game for granted. “Anybody in the league can

By Miranda MurphySports Reportermjmurphy2@crimson.ua.edu

On August 7, 2011, the University of Alabama’s club hockey team traveled to New Jersey. This trip was not for a game, but for the funeral of a beloved teammate, David Mosier. The team set a goal during that trip to return to New Jersey in March for the American Collegiate Hockey Association’s Division III National Championships. On Feb. 18, the Frozen Tide made their goal come to life when they defeated the University of Richmond in the ACHA Regional Tournament to earn a spot in the national cham-

pionships on March 14-17. “David had a special place in all of our hearts the whole year,” head coach Mike Quenneville said. “It’s almost like he made this happen. It means a lot to all of us.” The Frozen Tide will partici-pate in the national champion-ship for the first time since the program began six years ago. “I think it’s huge, not just for this team, but for anyone who’s ever been a part of Alabama hockey,” club president Ryan Barletta said. “It’s been a goal for a number of years now, and to finally see it come through, especially in my senior year, has been a big deal.” The Frozen Tide will face California University of Pennsylvania, Hope College

and California State University- Northridge in Pool B, with the winner advancing to the semi-finals. Alabama played two of the schools already this season,

losing to Hope College 7-1 on Oct. 13 and defeating California State-Northridge 5-4 on Nov. 12. “I think it’s a pretty big deal that we’ve faced two of the three teams before,” Barletta said. “Familiarity with your

opponent always helps. You know what you can do and what you shouldn’t be doing.” The team qualified for the ACHA Division III Regional Tournament for the fourth time in program history and defeated Christopher Newport University 7-1 and the University of Richmond 5-3 to advance to the national championships on Feb. 17-18. “The players had the biggest smiles on their faces when we won,” Quenneville said. “We sing Rammer Jammer after we win, and after we beat Richmond, it could have knocked down walls, it was so loud. These guys are really happy to go to nationals.” Quenneville said the team has come together throughout the season through the ups and

downs the team has faced. “There’s a good mix of veteran leadership and young guys who light the fire under us,” team captain Christian Edge said. “There’s a good mix of person-alities and a lot of special things about this team.” Quenneville said the team is going to keep playing the same way that got them to nationals. “We need to stay out of the penalty box and eliminate the little mistakes that we make,” Quenneville said. “As long as we control the puck, I think we will do well, though.” The Frozen Tide will com-pete in the ACHA National Championships on March 14-17 in Vineland, N.J. The games will be broadcasted online for free at fasthockey.com.

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SPORTS this weekend

FRIDAY

SUNDAY

SATURDAY

• Women’s Gymnastics vs. Missouri: 7:30 p.m.

• Baseball vs. East Carolina: 6:05 p.m.

• Softball vs. Kentucky: 5 p.m. @ Kentucky

• Baseball vs. Louisville: 4:05 p.m.

• Softball vs. Kentucky: Noon @ Kentucky

• Baseball vs. Oral Roberts: 2:05 p.m.

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Alabama defeats Samford, looks to SEC

HOCKEY

Frozen Tide keeps promise to return to New Jersey

beat anybody else at any time,” Murphy said. “If you’re not pre-pared, not ready to play that day, you can get beat.” Murphy also said play-ing at Kentucky will

bring its own challenges. “We’re playing in their con-ditions,” he said. “It’s going be cold, probably windy. They’re glad they’re home the first week-end in March.”

“David had a special place in all of our hearts the whole year. It’s almost like he made this happen.

It means a lot to all of us.”

— Mike Quenneville

Freshman Les-lie Jury pitches against Sam-ford Wednes-day evening.The University of Alabama women’s softball team played at Rhoads Stadium in Tuscaloosa.

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With five wins and seven losses, the Crimson Tide baseball team has seen some struggles in the non confer-ence portion of the schedule. Now, Alabama has only five

non conference games left to establish momentum before beginning play in one of col-legiate baseball’s toughest conference, the Southeastern Conference. Three of the five take place this weekend, when Alabama will host the DRASH Alabama Baseball Classic. The tourna-ment features East Carolina,

Louisville and Oral Roberts alongside the Tide. “We were trying to put together the most competi-tive tournament that we felt we could, and we did a good job of that,” head coach Mitch Gaspard said. “East Carolina is a year-in, year-out regional team and a traditional top-25, top-30 team. Louisville, right

now, is ranked No. 15 in the country. They were in the World Series three years ago. “The biggest secret of the bunch is Oral Roberts. Oral Roberts plays really good baseball. They were in a super regional a few years back and a regional team every year. This tournament will prob-ably be the best tournament

By Marc TorrenceSports Reporter@marctorrencemarctorrence@gmail.com

The most recent wave of con-ference realignment saw the SEC add two new teams begin-ning this past Fall Texas A&M and Missouri. For Missouri, they will get their first taste of SEC action this weekend. The No. 4 Alabama gymnas-tics team will welcome the No. 14 Tigers to Coleman Coliseum this weekend, and while it’s not officially an SEC meet, it will mark the first time the Tide and Tigers have squared off in any sport since the addition was announced. “I know they’re really excited to come down and experience the magic of Coleman Coliseum,” junior Ashley Sledge said. “I’m sure they’re going to come down here ready to do their jobs as much as we want to do ours.” While the Tigers were added to the SEC with football and men’s basketball in mind,

Missouri brings in a strong team on the gymnastics front – adding to the already impressive list of gymnastics teams in the confer-ence. “It gives us another strong team,” head coach Sarah Patterson said. “It just makes our conference stronger.” Sledge is excited about the Tigers joining the conference. Columbia, Mo. is about two-and-a-half hours from her hometown of Fairfield Heights, Ill. She also knows many of the Tiger gym-nasts and has talked to them about competing in the SEC. “I’m excited,” she said. “I real-ly like a lot of the Mizzou girls, and hopefully, we’ll be able to compete at Mizzou because I live closer to there than here. My family would be able to come to that meet, of course.”

Tide, Tigers unite for tornado relief

For the second home meet in a row, the Tide will be competing in more than just a gymnastics

competition. Friday’s meet will be a torna-do relief meet in memory of the lives and homes lost duringlast spring’s deadly storms. On April 27, an EF4 tornado hit Tuscaloosa, and just a few weeks later, an EF5 tornado struck Joplin, Mo., just four hours from Missouri’s campus. “How often do you have two tornadoes that hit around two campuses?” Sledge asked. “It’ll be really good that we’re all working for a really close cause to our hearts.” Alabama sophomore Ria Domier, along with many other UA athletes, worked with Convoy of Hope to help begin the rebuilding process immedi-ately after the storms. She says the meet will be a reminder of how far both communities have come, as well as the work that remains to be done. “This meet should be seen as a celebration of how far we’ve come since then,” Domier said. “A celebration of how our com-munity banded together and

BASEBALL

GYMNASTICS

Weekend tournament brings challenges for Tide

Tide ready to host soon-to-be SEC member Missouri

in the country this weekend.” In preparation for the big time tournament, the Tide has been looking at making some changes in the starting pitch-ing staff. “This could be a weekend where we could change some things up,” Gaspard said. “The problem is our starting pitch-ing isn’t going deep enough into games. The pitch counts are right where we want them; they just aren’t getting deep enough into games, and it’s hurting our bullpen.” Up to this point in the sea-son, Alabama had made very few pitching changes, staying with freshman Taylor Gilbeau for Friday starts, junior Charley Sullivan for Saturday starts and freshman Justin Kamplain for Sunday starts. Freshman Spencer Turnbull has started both of Alabama’s Tuesday games, and Case Nixon started the Tide’s only Wednesday game thus far in the season. Gaspard did assert that Sullivan’s spot in the rotation is safe, however. “He comes in everyday and fills the strike zone,” fresh-man catcher Ben Moore said. “I think he’s been our most consistent starter.” Sullivan, however, does not think anyone has a safe spot

in the rotation and sees a few teammates who could assert themselves as regular start-ers. “We may see [fellow] junior Trey Pilkington get his first start of the season,” Sullivan said. “We may see Kamplain again, depending on the matchups, with how many left-handers and right-hand-ers are in the lineup.” With uncertainty in the starting rotation and the revolving door at the left field, right field and designated hitter spots continuing on, it would be easy to let that affect on-field performance. In response, senior first baseman and designated hit-ter Jon Kelton was quick to bring up the 2010 season, when designated hitters cycled in and out all season long and the Tide made it to the Clemson Super Regional. “We’re focusing on the team,” Kelton said. The smaller aspects of base-ball are also weighing heavily on the team in its preparation. “Coach Gaspard tells us to eliminate the scoreboard,” Kelton said. “We need to focus on getting good at-bats and throwing strikes, and the big-ger things, like winning, will take care of themselves.”

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Photo by Amelia J. BrackinSophomore Diandra Milliner competes on the beam in Alabama’s Power of Pink Meet against Arkansas.

helped out those in need. And also, just to bring more aware-ness to the fact that things aren’t perfect right now.” ReadBAMARead, a founda-tion started by Alabama assis-tant coach Dana Duckworth, will receive a check for over

$12,000 prior to the start of the meet. The charity was started to replace books lost in the April 27 tornadoes. Tuscaloosa Toyota partnered with the foundation to donate $200 for each 9.8 scored by a Tide gymnast during the team’s first three home meets.

“While it’s all about gymnas-tics and putting on a great show and welcoming them to the SEC, you can always use athletics for a greater good,” Patterson said. “That’s what this is all about.”

“We have to focus on today.” With the mentality well installed, Alabama will now turn all of their attention to the Gamecocks, who beat the Tide 56-54 in Columbia, S.C., on Jan. 25. South Carolina was able to beat Alabama at their own game in the first meeting. Alabama shot 10 percent better from the floor and held South Carolina to a .161 3-point shooting perfor-mance, as well as getting more free throw attempts and more rebounds. “They played with great energy,” Grant said. “I thought throughout the game, their energy was probably better than ours. They rebounded the ball really well and played more aggressively on both ends of the floor.” Senior forward JaMychal Green added, “I think we lost because we didn’t play as a team.

We didn’t have the togetherness that we need to have.” Grant said a lack of effort would not be acceptable in the rematch this afternoon. “We’re not a very good bas-ketball team at all when we don’t play with energy,” Grant said. There have been times when Alabama was not very good when trying to play against a 2-3 zone defense, a defense that South Carolina can play well. “When teams run zone, that takes away a lot of things I’m good at, like getting in the lane and penetration,” sophomore point guard Trevor Releford said. “But, like Coach Grant says, I still have to take those chanc-es.” South Carolina will occasion-ally deploy a 2-3 matchup zone, which combines the concept of zone that the Tide has had trou-ble breaking at times, with the on-ball pressure associated with man-to-man defense. “Their defense is all over the place,” Releford said. “They might come at you and double-team you; you never know. You have to take what you can get.”

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Momentum key for Tide in title hunt

PRO DAY FROM PAGE 1

Kirkpatrick, others show off for pros

Draf t -e l ig ib le p lay-ers who participated were John Michael Boswell, Josh Chapman, Nick Gentry, Darius Hanks, Jerrell Harris, Phelon Jones, Dre Kirkpatrick, Alfred McCullough, DeQuan Menzie,

Brad Smelley, William Vlachos and Alex Watkins. Mark Barron, Trent Richardson, Courtney Upshaw and Marquis Maze did not par-ticipate on Wednesday and will hold a pro day on Thursday, March 29, on the Alabama campus. Barron, Richardson and Upshaw are all projected as first-round picks by ESPN’s Mel Kiper and Todd McShay. Players started the day in

the weight room, where their weight, height, standing broad jump, vertical jump and bench press were checked. After the weight room, players moved to the indoor football facil-ity, where they completed the 40-yard dash, agility testing and position-specific drills. Kirkpatrick, a 6-foot-2, 186-pound defensive back, declared for the draft as a junior. His stock has dipped after his

recent run-in with the law. Kirkpatrick is projected as a first round pick by ESPN’s Mel Kiper and Todd McShay. Kirkpatrick said he felt he answered questions regarding his size and skill during the event. “My size was a big question,” Kirkpatrick said. “People want-ed to know if I could move with my size, and [proving] that was one of the goals. That was

something that I needed to go out there and prove to people. I feel that I did a great job of try-ing to achieve it.” “Consistency and technique is what he needs to continue to work on, but it has noth-ing to do with physical skill,” Saban said. “I think people are going to recognize that and say, ‘This is the kind of guy we are going to work to develop, and he can be a really good player.’

Matchups are a big issue in the NFL, sometimes in terms of thebig receivers, and he can matchup very well against those kind of guys.” The NFL Draft will be held April 26 through 28 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The 2012 football team begins spring practice Friday, and the 2012 A-Day Game is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 14.

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By Zac Al-Khateeb

As the spring semester is at its halfway point, I think now is a good time to take a look back and enjoy the highlights of the sports season thus far. If you think I missed some-thing, contact me at zialkhateeb@crimson.ua.edu or follow me at @ZacAlKhateeb and let me know what you think. So, with that in mind, let’s take a look at some of the more memorable highlights of the semester so far: The good, the bad and the unforgettable.

Bama basketball marked by inconsistency

I know this is more of a months-long pro-cess, but Alabama’s rollercoaster of a season has had fans wondering whether they should cheer for joy or give up in exasperation. Coming out of the break with just under half its schedule completed, the Alabama Crimson Tide opened up the new year with a string of

impressive wins over Georgia Tech and con-ference foes Georgia and LSU, quickly fol-lowed by a four-game skid that had many won-dering if the Tide was truly a contender for the NCAA Tournament. The Tide picked its game up yet again, but suspensions to JaMychal Green, Trevor Releford, Tony Mitchell and Andrew Steele sent the Tide reeling into the rest of its schedule, uncertain of its future. With only five games remaining in its sched-ule, Alabama’s NCAA hopes seemed bleak. Then, all Alabama did was pull off a four-game win streak to put it right back into contention for March Madness. I just wish they’d make up their mind on how they want to play.

Jack Blankenship steals the show

Jack Blankenship, or as he’s more affec-tionately known, “the Alabama face guy,” has become somewhat of a mini-celebrity on campus. I’m sure by now, everyone has seen Blankenship’s mug somewhere on campus, whether in person, as a huge cardboard cut-

out or maybe even on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” Blankenship took the nation by storm with his method of distracting opponents by holding up a huge cutout of himself making a goofy face. Blankenship made headlines with the face against Florida, and soon, the rest of the nation was caught up in a firestorm of cov-erage. Wow.

Power of Pink Meet inspires, enthralls fans

One of the more memorable highlights of the season came in mid-February when the Alabama gymnastics team hosted its annual Power of Pink meet against Arkansas. The meet transcended another typical gymnas-tics meet (if you can call them typical) and helped raise awareness for the fight against breast cancer. The Tide dominated, posting its second-highest score of the season to that point. But the most inspiring moment hap-pened before the meet began, when each of the 18 Alabama gymnasts was introduced with

a breast cancer survivor.

Football wins another national championship, of sorts

Who didn’t get caught up in the National Signing Day hoopla? I’m not ashamed to say that I was right in the middle of it. And why wouldn’t I be? Head coach Nick Saban brought in another stellar recruiting class, the poten-tial cornerstone of what may be Alabama’s next championship team. Tons of stories sur-rounded NSD, as fans wondered whether safety Landon Collins would honor his com-mitment to Alabama or go with his mother’s wishes and attend LSU. People were even excited over Adam Griffith, the No. 2 kicker in the nation, according to Rivals. Still, it’s always a big deal with Saban on the recruit-ing trail, and he didn’t disappoint. He brought in all the positions Alabama needed to fill en route to winning yet another No. 1 recruiting class. With the class, Alabama football won its second national championship of the year.

By Billy WhyteContributing Writer

After losing their first two SEC matches, the Alabama men’s tennis team looks to bounce back strong this Friday in their SEC home opener against the No. 17 LSU Tigers. A rain delay Friday forced the Crimson Tide to play back-to-back games last weekend, where they fell 5-1 to Mississippi State and 6-1 to Ole Miss. Head coach Billy Pate said it will be important to come back strong and defend their home turf. “We threw a lot at State, emotionally and physi-cally, and we didn’t have as much left against Ole Miss” Pate said. “This weekend, we need to defend our home turf. The guys feel like these are winnable matches, and it’s just important to keep things in per-spective and bounce back.” Against LSU, Pate said it is crucial for the Tide to play well from start to finish and make fewer simple mistakes. “We need to play a complete match, and that is probably the biggest thing, from start to finish,” Pate said. “Play a complete match with poise and good energy, use the home crowd, not make silly mistakes and not stand in our own way.” Pate said he believes starting off strong in the dou-bles match will help set the tone early against LSU.

“You play for an hour, maybe more, for one point, but that one point is huge and is a wild momentum swing,” Pate said. “If you win it, you feel a lot better, and if you lose it, you kind of get your back into a wall, and you have to really come out fighting and take a few more chances.” After a close loss against LSU last year, Pate said he is looking forward to settling the score this year at home. “We had a couple matches with them that were battles last year, and we feel like we kind of blew one in Baton Rouge, so we would like to return the favor,” Pate said. “We feel like it should be a really close match, and it’s about who is going to play well, but it’s going to be good to have that fan support and the crowd.” This sentiment is not lost on the players. Senior Ricky Doverspike said the team cannot wait to avenge last year’s loss. “Last year was such a devastating loss and such a close match,” Doverspike said. “It came down to a couple really close points, and everyone still has that lingering in their heads, so everyone is fired up. LSU is really highly ranked right now, so we can jump on them, and that will boost our ranking up as well, so this is a perfect time to play them. We don’t see them as necessarily overrated, but we know we have the tools to beat them.”

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By Abbey Crain Contributing Writer

The Actor’s Charitable Theater will debut their pro-duction of “The Color Purple” at the Bama Theatre on Friday at 7:30 p.m. According to the cast, it will be well worth it to stay in Tuscaloosa during spring break to experience Tuscaloosa’s first all African-American cast in almost a decade. “It’s going to be monumen-tal because it’s something that has never been done in Tuscaloosa,” said Myiesha Duff, a third grade teach-er at Tuscaloosa Central Elementary who plays the lead, Celie. “It’s something that’s usually done in larger cit-ies.” D i r e c t o r Joey Lay began the Actor ’s C h a r i t a b l e Theater with his then-fiancé. It was started to give those not normally exposed to theatre a chance to per-form and to give back to local charities in the community. He has directed over 100 musicals and says this is the “biggest show [he] has tack-led in a long time.” He fell in love with “The Color Purple” when he saw it on Broadway and bought the soundtrack. “The Color Purple” was developed from the novel by Alice Walker and then transposed to film by Steven Spielberg. The action occurs over two sisters’ lives, follow-ing them from ages 14 to 60. “I like the message of hope and love and the message of overcoming adversity,” said

Erika Evans, who works in the UA College of Education and plays Sophia. “I think it will provide [the audience] with a night of entertainment. It will be thought-provoking, and they’ll leave with mixed emotions about the way that

some of the c h a r a c t e r s were treat-ed, but in the end, it’s a happy end-ing.” The mes-sage even m a n a g e s to have an affect on the younger cast

members. “It brings tears of joy to your eyes, that’s how great it is,” said Makyrah Starks, a seventh-grader at Riverside Middle School. The show runs from Friday to Tuesday. Opening night is almost sold out, and the director recommends pre-ordering tickets. Seats are assigned and range from $12-$20. You can reserve tickets online at theactonline.com. “I think everyone should take the time, even if they’ve never seen the movie or the Broadway play, just to see what it’s about,” Duff said.

By Becky RobinsonContributing Writer

While most students who plan to go to the beach this spring break will probably spend most of their time on the sand relaxing, there will also be plenty of time spent having fun after the sun goes down. Many popular spring break destinations for Alabama students have spe-cial music events aimed just for college students looking for entertainment. Should you find yourself in Gulf Shores, there are events at the 21-and-up Cohiba Dunes Cigar Bar showcas-ing upcoming artists. Their Hip-Hop Spring Break Jam on Tuesday will feature Mod Towne Revival, a band that combines hip-hop and blues with a flair of funk. There will be an $8 cover with doors opening at 8:30 p.m. and the show beginning at 10:30 p.m. On March 15, New Orleans jam band Gravy will play at Cohiba Dunes with special guest Lee Yankee. Doors will open at 8:30 p.m., and the show will start at 10:30 p.m. with a $15 cover. If Panama City Beach is your destination of choice, Spinnaker Beach Club and Club La Vela will be offer-ing several music events. Spinnaker Beach Club will host a two-day concert featuring country artist Luke Bryan. The shows will be Tuesday and Wednesday, starting at 4 p.m. on both days, with free tickets dis-tributed on a first-come, first-serve basis. Spinnaker Beach Club will also feature a 700-foot-long, 45-foot-high zip line for the adventurous. If you’re looking for more of a party scene, Club La Vela, the largest nightclub in the United States, will be featuring indie-pop group

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The Cataracts on Tuesday. The show starts at 7 p.m. with tickets for $20 that can be purchased on their website. Atlanta rapper Yung Chris is also stopping by Club La Vela for a free show on Monday. About an hour down the road, Destin’s The Swamp will host The Circuit from Sunday to Wednesday, allowing beach-goers many opportuni-

ties to see a performance. Kontraband will also per-form in Destin on Friday and Saturday. If you’re lucky, you may even walk into The Swamp during one of their foam parties. If you are looking for a mel-lower atmosphere, Destin is home to the famous res-taurant The Red Bar, which attracts many beach-goers

with their good food and live music. In addition to serving food, The Red Bar features musi-cians playing on certain nights. Wednesday through Saturday you can catch The Red Bar Jazz Band, which plays from 6 to 11 p.m. On Sundays, Dread Clampitt is the featured act, playing from 12 to 3 p.m. and 7 to 11 p.m.

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By Will EdwardsStaff Reporterwgedwards@crimson.ua.edu

Mountain biking is not some-thing that typically comes to mind when one thinks of Tuscaloosa, but this area has shown that it has much to offer for bikers of all ability. Two local parks, Sokol Park and Lake Lurleen State Park, offer a variety of mountain bike trails for those wishing to expand their outdoor adven-tures. Richard Russell, president of the West Alabama Mountain Biking Association, said the parks are continuously adding on more trails. “We do all the mapping out there,” Russell said. “It started out pretty poorly, designed 20 years ago, but we’re constantly working on making them bet-ter.” There are over 12 miles of winding trails at Sokol Park, featuring over 50 intersections, which Russell said is both the best and the worst part of the

biking routes at Sokol. “The intersections make it a little confusing out there, but they also mean you can do many variations and never do the same thing twice,” Russell said. All of these intersections

allow for the biking trails to be on a smaller parcel of land. Even if a biker gets lost along the way, one is never more than a mile away from the parking lot. Russell said that aspect allows people to feel more at ease with trying out a new

riding place. Additionally, Russell said the park and its trails have a historical value. The area used to hold portions of the Partlow Home for the Mentally Deficient. Russell named a trail they recently finished “Della Raye” in remembrance of a former resident of Partlow. “We like to name the trails after either something histori-cal or after some kind of land-mark,” Russell said. “We found remnants of an old dam out there and named a trail after it.” The trails at Sokol Park range from easy to difficult. The trail named “Lagoon” is one that Russell said is a begin-ner trail, and one of the most difficult is aptly named “Death by Concrete.” Boasting more than 30 named trails, Sokol Park is gaining traction in the sport of mountain biking and attracting riders from all over the state. After a period of 10 years without a race, the West

Alabama Mountain Biking Association decided in 2011 to begin holding an annual race. The race, called “Revenge of the Black Warrior,” had a large turnout in both 2011 and 2012 and earned success. Russell said he hopes to continue the race and possibly add more races throughout the year. “It’s a fun place to race,” Russell said. “It’s been called a rollercoaster ride because

of all of its sudden ups and downs.” Lake Lurleen State Park offers over 20 miles of biking trails, and Russell said the upkeep on those trails is left largely to WAMBA. In both Sokol Park and Lake Lurleen State Park, Russell said WAMBA works closely with the Tuscaloosa Parks and Recreation Department to keep the trails running smoothly.

By Billy Whyte

A word of advice for every-one: Set aside every Thursday night at 9 p.m. for the rest of the spring semester. Seriously, leave the time slot open. Make no other plans. Because that’s when you are going to need to watch “Awake,” a brand new show from NBC that is one of the most original, fascinating and clever television shows I have ever seen. I understand why you might not believe me at first; every new television show is way over-hyped and has inane fans who will argue to the death about how it’s the greatest thing ever. I remember hearing how “Terra

Nova” and “FlashForward” were amazing new shows des-tined to be the next “Lost,” and both were cancelled after a season. And since “Awake” has only just recently premiered the pilot, it might seem absurd that I would give the show such high praise. And for 99.9 percent of shows, you would be correct, but “Awake” is that rare exception. Still not convinced? OK, let’s use our imaginations for a sec-ond. Imagine you are a detec-tive who was in a violent car crash with your wife and son, and your son didn’t survive the crash. Your wife is trying to get you to move out of your house in an attempt to move on with your lives, and when you refuse,

she starts repainting the house as a coping mechanism to start fresh. Your long-time partner at work is transferred to a dif-ferent precinct, and you are assigned a new, rookie partner to solve crimes with. You have a confrontational, department-recommended psychiatrist trying to help with you with your issues since the accident. Especially with the issue that the toxicology report says you were drinking the night of the accident, which you don’t remember at all and refuse to believe. This is the reality you are living in. Or is it? Now, let’s say that every time you go to sleep, you wake up in the morning to

find that your wife isn’t there anymore. Instead, you get out of bed every morning and eat breakfast with your son. Your wife died in the car accident, and your son had survived. Your son begins taking up tennis again because it was your wife’s favorite sport, and it’s his way of still being able to connect with his mom. His tennis coach is an attractive woman who seems to be a natural at filling the moth-erly figure void in your son’s life. You go to work and solve crimes with the same partner you have always had. Your department-recommended psychiatrist is a sweet lady trying to help you move past all your issues. This is the reality you are living in until

you wake up again. Then you are back to the reality where your wife is alive and your son is dead. Essentially, you are living two realities at once, and you don’t know in which one you are awake and which one you are asleep. This doesn’t stop your two psychiatrists from trying to convince you that their reality is real and the other one is fake. Sometimes, you even forget which reality you are in and can only tell the difference by the wristband you are wearing, as you wear a red one in the reality with your wife and a green one in the reality with your son. It also doesn’t help that the reali-ties start to blend together, with

clues and facts from your cases crossing over into each reality. Sometimes, this helps solving the cases, and other times, it just makes your life even more confusing. This is the life of Michael Britton, brilliantly portrayed by Jason Isaacs, and the amaz-ing, mind-bending premise of “Awake.” It takes the standard cop-procedural type of show and gives it a compelling back-ground and epic twist. It might be too complicated, depressing or confusing for some viewers to get into, but after one episode, I’m already hooked to this poten-tially once-in-a-lifetime kind of show that everyone should give a shot. Still need convincing?

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By Walker Donaldson

March begins what is truly the doldrums of film sea-son. It is three months until the summer blockbusters re-crowd theaters, and with the end of the awards sea-son culminating in a rather uneventful Academy Awards, most Oscar-worthy films won’t have previews for a few months. Hollywood continues its trend of releasing great films during a short period of the year and filling the rest of the year with mindless entertain-ment and the occasional good film. Remakes and movies based on books are becom-ing all too popular, and turn-ing films into 3D may be this generation’s attempt at turn-ing black and white films into color films. The nosedive into a tedious annual period of silver screen suck does not signal the end for spending an evening watching a film, but perhaps it does indicate a need to fre-quent the Cobb Theater less (at least until the final install-ment of the Batman trilogy graces the screen in July) and consider other film options. It is easy to fall into a pat-tern when watching film and

not take risks by trying new styles, genres or categories. We all fall prey to this mind-set that, whether it is film, literature, music or other fine arts, there is some comfort in maintaining the status quo and not diversifying our cul-tural palettes. This is by no means a criticism or new rev-elation, but because no film worth reviewing is premier-ing this week, it gives me an opportunity to talk about a category few people are will-ing to try – documentary. With a few exceptions, doc-umentaries are never com-mercial successes. They are often screened in independent theaters or film festivals, and many go straight to DVD. It is an unfamiliar territory for most moviegoers. Aside from sound editing or sound mix-ing, there is not a category at the Academy Awards that is more overlooked. The films that are nomi-nated are almost always good, but they did not screen across America. Perhaps it is the inundation in middle school history classes of monotonous documentaries with titles like “The History Channel Presents” that has clouded our ability to see the merits of documentary.

There is a perception that, because part of the intention of documentaries is to edu-cate, they are boring. This is not true. The firefights in “Restrepo,” a film about com-bat in Afghanistan, are not shot on a Hollywood lot but in Afghanistan. This is the beau-ty of documentary. Stories are not created – they are merely filmed. The importance of docu-mentary in film cannot be understated. Literature and fictional movies can tell great stories, but in many respects, documentary is in a league of its own. No other fine art allows you to know the char-acters and stories the way documentary does. Characters in the stories told by documentaries are not fictional representations of individuals, and writers do not create their stories. As mainstream film appears to become increasingly more repetitive and obnoxious, documentary holds fast. The stories that can be told are not disappearing, but are being created every day. Documentary film does not just offer the opportunity to learn something new, it offers commentary on our culture and our values.

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Week of events leads up to festival

The schedule of free arts awareness events will begin on Monday from 12 to 2 p.m. with a creative writing and spoken word reading at the Ferguson Promenade, for which Creative Campus is now accepting and reviewing submissions on its website. Tuesday, Alpha Psi Omega, a theatre honor society, will put on a guerrilla-style per-formance from 7 to 10 p.m. at

Manderson Landing Park. Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., studio art majors will participate in a live art cre-ation in the cherry tree grove at the corner of University and Stadium Drive next to Bruno Library. While the art-ists are working, students will have the chance to watch them create and listen to live poetry reading. Ashton Huggins, a sopho-more majoring in studio art, said the live art creation is a great opportunity for artists to share their work and per-spectives on art. “I think art is all about

interpretation, and each per-son has a different interpre-tation of it,” Huggins said. The on-campus portion of the arts celebration will culminate in a poetry march Thursday at 7 p.m. Student poets will recite original poetry as they lead the march, which will begin at KD Park on Hackberry Lane and will end at Maxwell Hall, where there will be a poetry creation following the march. Creative Campus will also present a Music Crawl on Friday, March 23, which will be the official after-party of the Tuscaloosa Get Up

b e n e f i t h o st e d by wellthatscool.com. Music Crawl will showcase local bands and will take place at Tuscaloosa venues The Jupiter, Bo’s, Coppertop and Green Bar. Bands will begin performing at 10:30 p.m. Kirkland Back, SGA sena-tor for the College of Arts and Sciences, organized the week of events with the hope that it will raise awareness for art and artists at UA. “I felt like there was so much art that never exited the building it was created in,” she said. “I felt that if I gave people’s art the

opportunity to be larger than their class [assignment], they would take advantage of it.” Junior American studies major Leslie Grant said the incorporation of on-campus events would likely increase attendance and participation at Druid City Arts Festival. “I think it’s definitely a good way to try to get more students involved if you do stuff on campus. I think they’ll definitely see an increase in people,” she said. Ben Pockstaller, a sopho-more majoring in journalism, attended the arts festival last year and said that Kickoff

Week will be a good preview for this year’s DCAF. “I think it will be a great way for everyone to see what the festival is going to be like this year and that it will be a unique and fun experience for everyone who attends,” he said. Druid City Arts Festival will take place on Saturday, March 24 in Government Plaza in downtown Tuscaloosa from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. This event is open to all ages and is free to the public. More information about Kickoff Week events is available at uacreativecam-pus.org.

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LIFESTYLESPage 16• Thursday,

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THURSDAY

• Gemma Ray: Green Bar, 10 p.m.

• ACT presents the Color Purple: The Bama Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

LIFESTYLESthis weekend

• Xpress Night: Starbucks, 6 p.m.

• Naked Gods, The Diamond Center: Green Bar, 10 p.m.

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Spring Break

A week away from school is just what every Alabama student could use right now, and we’re all in luck with spring break only a day away. This week, the Scene has got your spring break wardrobe all figured out. From the beach to a day around town to a night out at the clubs, here are some of our fashion experts’ favorite looks for next week. We’ve selected looks that have been popular on the runways this season, such as bold colors and bright patterns. The best part of every piece on this page is that all can be pur-chased at either Target or Forever 21, both online and in the stores. This break, make sure your days are filled with good clothes and good times.

• Erik the Red and the Dudley-Do-Right Brigade, Mike Compton: Green Bar, 9:30 p.m.

• ACT presents the Color Purple: The Bama Theatre, 2 and 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY

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Prices and images of clothing courtesy of Target and Forever 21. Background images courtesy of Wikimedia Commons