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Tuesday, January 17, 2012 Serving the University of Alabama since 1894 Vol. 118, Issue 70
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By Marc TorrenceSports Reporter@marctorrence
When senior gymnast Ashley Priess stepped onto the floor for Alabama’s final
round of the night, she knew it would take a great routine to seal the Tide win. Competing in her first meet since ankle surgery forced her to sit out the 2011 season, Priess nailed it. She posted a 9.9 score in the floor exercise to give Alabama the win on opening night over the Georgia Gym Dogs, 196.475 to 196.325. With freshman Lora Leigh Frost scoring a 9.35 on her floor routine, it was up to Priess to close out the match. And Alabama head coach Sarah Patterson wanted it that way. “When [assistant coach David Patterson] and I were making up the lineup at the end, I said, ‘If it comes down to the end, I want Priess to anchor us on floor,’” Patterson said. “I wanted her experience, I wanted her com-petitiveness and I knew she would win it for us.” It took a comeback for Alabama to capture its first win of the season. Through two rota-tions, the Tide found itself down 98.325 to 98.175 after suffering two falls on the uneven
bars by Kaitlyn Clark and Sarah DeMeo. “I am so proud of our team tonight,” Patterson said. “That’s a great rivalry out there, a great Georgia team. And we had a great score when you think that we counted a fall. I’m proud of our ladies for coming back and not giving up.” But Patterson prefers to get the mistakes out early in the season. “You could tell it was our first meet. We had some jitters, we had a couple of little fresh-man mistakes,” Patterson said. “We probably benefited more from the way the evening transpired than if we had gone out and been perfect.” Senior Geralen Stack-Eaton wowed the crowd of 14,501 early on when she scored a 10 on the vault. It was Alabama’s first per-fect score since Ashley Miles in the 2005 NCAA championships. Miles was in Coleman Coliseum on the broadcast for WVUA-TV. “I was actually shocked myself. I didn’t know it was 10 worthy,” Stack-Eaton said. “I was just excited when I stuck it, but I wasn’t expecting a 10 at all.” “In comparison to the other vaults, it was perfect,” Patterson said. “But Geralen will never tell you it was perfect.”
Gymnast returns with a vengeance Senior Ashley Priess seals Tide win in season opener after coming off yearlong ankle injury
By Rich RobinsonStaff Reporter
University of Alabama System Chancellor Malcolm Portera announced Monday that he would be stepping down after nearly 10 years of holding the position. “The time is right for a transition in leadership for the state’s largest system of higher education,” Portera said in a statement. The board of trustees, headed by President Pro Tempore Paul Bryant Jr., will be tasked with finding a suc-cessor to Portera, who will stay on in his current position until a replace-ment is announced. “We accept Mac’s decision to retire with reluctance, and we thank him for his exemplary record and the valu-able contributions he has made to our campuses and the state of Alabama,”
By Alexandra Ellsworth Senior Staff Reporter
Bar hoppers and partygoers will not need to wander far for a late night snack with a new 24-hour res-taurant option coming to the Strip. Waffle House will be opening soon on University Blvd. between Crimson Cafe and Smoothie King. Waffle House will share the build-ing with the Dixie, which will reopen under its former name, the Jupiter. Kelly Thrasher, Waffle House spokesperson, says the Waffle House is scheduled to open at the end of this month or early February, and they look forward to being a suc-cessful part of the UA community. “Waffle House is excited to be part of the University of Alabama’s cam-pus,” she said. “Students and fac-ulty at our other campus locations have been very welcoming and were eager to come eat with us.” Waffle House will keep the same hours and prices as other Waffle House locations, Thrasher said. The addition of Waffle House is not the only change to the location.
The Jupiter has undergone a major renovation and Jeremiah Jones, owner and manager of the bar, said it is really a new place. “You really can’t fathom the changes,” he said. “Everything there is to serve the customers. We wanted it to look neat, clean and effi-cient.” Jones said he decided to change the name of the bar from the Dixie back to the Jupiter to entice people to come in and see the changes. Jupiter was the name when two college fraternity brothers first opened the bar in 2002. Jones later changed the name to the Dixie when he became the owner. Jones said he had a lot of people ask him about the name change and
asked him to change it back to the Jupiter. However, he didn’t really like the name the Jupiter, and said he didn’t consider changing it until Kenny Chesney and Dierks Bentley, who played at the Jupiter in the past, said they preferred the old name. “Two famous musicians asked about the name changes and said they like the Jupiter,” Jones said. “I realized then that it meant some-thing not only to the people who went there, but also to the artists who played there.” Jones said he hopes the Waffle House will drum up more business for the Jupiter, which he said would be opening soon.
By Taylor HollandNews Editor
The University of Alabama, fresh off its foot-ball team’s historic shutout against LSU last week, will celebrate its fourteenth national championship on Saturday in Bryant-Denny Stadium. The event, which is free to the public, is sched-uled to start at 2 p.m. and will last about an hour, according to a press release from UA. Head coach Nick Saban and the 2011 team will be in attendance. “I’m excited to celebrate our latest title because I didn’t go to New Orleans,” said Koury Young, a sophomore majoring in nursing. Fans attending the celebration can access the stadium via the lower bowl entrances by enter-ing through gates 10 through 13 and 16 through 19. They also can access gates 5 and 21 for the upper levels and on the west side of the stadium.
UA students with a valid UA Action Card can access the field for the event through gate 31, located at the southeast side of the stadium. The first 1,000 general public fans that wish to watchthe event from the field will be allowed to entervia gate 30. All gates will open at 12 p.m., accord-ing to a UA press release.
See GYMNASTICS, page 10
System chancellor to leave positionPortera guided UA, UAB and UAHduring decade of drastic growth
Fans, team to commemoratenational title in Bryant-Denny
Scattered, Covered, Stripped
Ashley Priess scored a 9.850
on her beam routine against
Georgia on Friday night.
CW | Katie Bennett
BCS Championship win brings exposure to Bama
See CHANCELLOR, page 2 See WAFFLE, page 7
See CELEBRATION, page 2See WINNING, page 5
William EvansSenior Staff Reporter
Success draws attention. Two BCS national championship titles in the space of three years does more than raise the status of the Crimson Tide football team. The University expects financial and academic benefits due to its national exposure on the gridiron. Economic research indicates a college’s sports success can boost the quality and number of students who apply to that col-lege. “For college administrators, sports is kind of like the front porch of a universi-ty,” said Jaren Pope, assistant professor in the department of economics at Brigham
CW | John Michael SimpsonSGA Director of Program and Advancement Peyton Falkenberg and SGA president Stephen Swinson cheer on the Tide.
Chancellor Malcolm Portera
Bryant said in a statement. “His legacy is o u t s t a n d i n g by every mea-sure.” P o r t e r a worked for a decade at the Capstone in various aca-demic and a d m i n i s t r a -tive positions before spend-
ing six years as Vice Chancellor for External Affairs for the UA system. He then served as the president of Mississippi State University from 1998 to 2001 and was named as chan-cellor of the University of Alabama System in 2002.
• What: BCS Championship Celebration
• Where: Bryant-Denny Stadium
• When: Jan. 21, 2 p.m.
• Cost: Free
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Following the Tide’s last national champi-onship, Saban directly addressed the thou-sands of fans who braved cool temperatures to celebrate the team’s victory. “I want everybody here to know, this is not the end. This is the beginning,” Saban told fans in 2010. “This team, our fans, our athlet-ics administration has proven that we know what it takes, and we’re going to build on that in the future with the players that we have coming back next year and the future players that are building our program into the greatest and the most consistent win-ning program in the country.” Josh McWhorter, a junior majoring in accounting, said he was excited to attend another championship celebration. “I definitely plan on being there on Saturday,” McWhorter said. “I’m hoping to be on the field for the celebration, so I’ll be in line bright and early.”
Kaehler Roth, a freshman majoring in chemistry, said he was excited UA had planned a celebration and that he hoped there would be a parade in future years. “A parade would be nice because pro teams do it,” Roth said. “It would be neat to see a college team do the same. Regardless, I know that just about all of Tuscaloosa is excited for Saturday. It should be a great time.” The first 30,000 fans entering the stadium will receive a poster of the championship team. Fans will also be allowed an oppor-tunity to have a photo taken with the BCS Coaches’ Trophy in the south end zone plaza starting at noon. Stadium concessions will be available in multiple locations in the lower level of the stadium, but food vendors will not be locat-ed on the Quad. Officially licensed national championship products, apparel and more will be available for purchase outside the stadium and in the SUPe Store. The event will be held regardless of weath-er conditions, the press release stated.
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When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
What: Zen Buddhist Priest and Poet Norman Fischer
Where: Bloom Hillel Center
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The University of Alabama Community Service Center and several student organizations are hosting a Hands on Tuscaloosa service day in honor of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Saturday, Jan. 21, from 9 a.m. to noon. UA students will have the opportunity to work on projects including tornado disaster relief and working with city schools. Volunteers will dis-perse around the city to work with community partners and local nonprofit organizations.
Registration for the event is currently availableon the CSC website, volunteer.ua.edu, throughthe Hands on Tuscaloosa link. All studentsinterested in participating must pre-registerby noon on Friday, Jan. 20. Check-in will beginat 9 a.m. the day of the event in the UA StudentRecreation Center pool parking lot. Servicewill last until noon with a lunch served after-ward at the Recreation Center. Transportationwill be provided to all service locations.
Hands on Tuscaloosa to be held in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Huntsman ends GOP bid, endorses Romney
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Jon Huntsman dropped his struggling campaign for the 2012 Republican presiden-tial nomination Monday and endorsed rival Mitt Romney. The former governor of Utah and ambassador to China bowed to the inevitable, hastening the end of a belea-guered campaign that had lit-tle money, next to no popular support and no prospect for significant gains in any states coming up on the primary cal-endar. “Today I am suspending my campaign for the presidency,” Huntsman said. “I believe it is now time for our party to unite around the candidate best equipped to defeat Barack Obama. Despite our differences and the space between us on some of the issues, I believe that candidate is Mitt Romney.” Romney didn’t attend the hastily arranged event. Huntsman, 51, was joined by his wife, Mary Kaye, his daughters and his father at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center, the site of a GOP can-didate debate Monday night. He went out criticizing unnamed rivals and others for the attack ads that have flood-ed the airwaves in Iowa, New Hampshire and now South Carolina. “This race has degenerated
into an onslaught of negative and personal attacks not wor-thy of the American people,” he said. “At its core, the Republican Party is a party of ideas, but the current toxic forum of our political discourse does not help our cause. It is just one of the many reasons why the American people have lost trust in their elected leaders.” A favorite of many edito-rial pages – The State, South Carolina’s largest newspaper, which McClatchy Newspapers owns, endorsed him only Sunday – Huntsman long tout-ed his conservative credentials as a tax-cutting governor. But he never caught on with the conservatives who dominate the party, for several reasons.First, his acceptance of President Barack Obama’s nomination to serve as ambas-sador to China – along with praise for Obama at the time – made him suspect to zealous anti-Obama conservatives. Second, his low-key demean-or rendered him all but invis-ible in the nationally televised debates that have dominated the campaign. Third, his statement that he believes that human activity contributes to global warm-ing – “I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy.” – was out of line with conservative orthodoxy.
“My wife Olivia and I want to thank the Board of Trustees for giving us the opportu-nity to lead what I believe to be one of this country’s finest university systems,” Portera said. “It has been a pleasure to serve with the outstanding people who govern our sys-tem, and I believe that our Board of Trustees is due a great deal of credit for the successes we have enjoyed.” During his time as chancellor, the sys-tem has seen record growth. Since he took over in 2002, the System has increased from 45,000 students to 57,000. Over that same period, the total operating budget for the UA System campuses and its affiliates more than doubled. Portera also served as interim presi-dent at both the University of Alabama at Birmingham and more recently, the University of Alabama at Huntsville.
University of Alabama President Robert Witt also released a statement about Portera’s decision to retire. “Chancellor Mac Portera has been a vision-ary and highly effective academic leader,” Witt said. “The University of Alabama System has made extraordinary progress under his leadership and that progress will be his legacy.” “It is almost unheard of for somebody to be the head of one of the important insti-tutions of higher learning in the country for ten years,” Vice President for System Relations Kellee Reinhart said. “We fully look forward to a smooth and seamless tran-sition.” The chancellor search is slightly different than the search for a president of a univer-sity, but the board of trustees will still lead the efforts. Reinhart said more information will soon be released on the search. Portera said he plans to continue to live in Tuscaloosa and has a desire to teach in the future.
CELEBRATIONContinued from page 1
CHANCELLORContinued from page 1
Jonathan Dyer/The Island Packet/MCTFormer Republican Presidential candidate Jon Huntsman greets the crowd as he arrives at the Skull Creek Boathouse on South Carolinaʼs Hilton Head Island on Saturday, January 14, 2012.
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The Wikimedia Foundation, operator of the popular online encyclopedia Wikimedia, announced on Monday it would “black out” its site in protest of the federal Stop Online Piracy Act filed by Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, in the United States House of Representatives last fall and the PROTECTIP Act, the bill’s counter-part in the United States Senate. According to a letter by Sue Gardner, Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director, the site shutdown—effective from 11 p.m. Tuesday to 11 p.m. Wednesday— will be the first time English Wikipedia has made a public protest of this nature. “It is the opinion of the English Wikimedia
community that both of these bills, if passed, would be devastating to the free and open web,” she said. “My hope is that when Wikipedia shuts down on January 18, people will under-stand that we’re doing it for our readers. We support everyone’s right to freedom of thought and freedom of expression.” If passed, SOPA would allow the U.S. Department of Justice and copyright holders the ability to seek court orders against web-sites accused of enabling or facilitating copy-right infringement, according to Wikipedia’s own entry on the Act. Opponents have said it violates the First Amendment and amounts to Internet censorship.
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By Caroline MurrayStaff Reporter
Actor Charlie Sheen donat-ed $25,000 to the Tuscaloosa Disaster Relief fund, making good on his promise to raise money for Tuscaloosa after he visited the disaster-stricken city in May, according to the Associated Press. Sheen created a fundrais-ing website after visiting Tuscaloosa just days after the April 27 tornado. The website, Torpedoes Against Tornados, raised $10,000 in PayPal dona-tions in the several months it was accepting donations. Sheen made a personal dona-
tion of $15,000 to bring the total to $25,000, according to the Associated Press. Don Staley, director of the Tuscaloosa sports and tour-ism commission, spent the day with Sheen when he visited Tuscaloosa. He said he was not surprised Sheen followed through with his promised donation. “He was grounded, sincere and compassionate,” Staley said. “I found out later people were bashing him, but what I saw was a guy that really want-ed to be here and help.” David Harris, a recent Alabama graduate who asked Sheen to visit Tuscaloosa via Twitter, also spent the day
Charlie Sheen donates $25,000 to tornado reliefFormer ‘Two and a Half Men’ star makes good on promise to help Tuscaloosa following April storm
Zen Buddhist priest, poet hosts interfaith events• Tuesday, January 17:3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. – Compassion: Intercultural Community Conversation Ferguson Center 2nd Floor, Crossroads Lounge
7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. – Poetry reading from “Conflict” and other selectionsInteractive reading, conversation, book sale/signing Gorgas 205
• Wednesday, January 18:6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. – Meditation and Discussion “Judaism, Catholicism, Buddhism: Intersections of Spirituality” Bloom Hillel Center
EVENT INFORMATIONBy Jordan Cissell
Contributing Writer
Zen Buddhist priest and poet Norman Fischer is taking a step beyond simply enlisting the monk and the rabbi for a walk into the proverbial bar. Instead he is bringing interfaith dialogue and understanding to a more substantial stage with his visit to the University of Alabama this week. Fischer will lead a number of meditation sessions, poetry readings and cultural discus-sions today through Thursday, Jan. 19. The events, sponsored by Creative Campus, are all free and open to the public. The series begins today with a meditation session at the Riverside Community Center from 9 until 10:30 a.m. Fischer will then lead a discussion ses-sion entitled “Compassion: Intercultural Community Conversation” from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Crossroads Lounge, followed by an interactive poetry read-ing from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in Gorgas Room 205.
Fischer will round out his UA visit with an interfaith medita-tion and discussion session called “Judaism, Catholicism, Buddhism: Intersections of Spirituality” from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday at the Bloom Hillel Student Center and anoth-er meditation meeting Thursday from 8:30 to 10 a.m. at the Riverside Community Center. Fischer’s visit follows the recent release of his newest publication, “Conflict,” which is comprised of one long poem in book format and will provide much of the material for this evening’s reading. This is not the first time Fischer has come to the University. According to Creative Campus coordinator Alexis Clark, he last interacted with UA students in September of 2008, following the release of his book “Sailing Home,” a Buddhist interpretation of Homer’s “Odyssey.” “Creative Campus is not all about repeating events,” Clark said, “but we received a strong level of interest in Fischer’s last visit. We knew this was a rela-
tionship we wanted to build upon. Clark said reaction surveys following Fischer’s last string of presentations displayed “over-whelming positive results,” with a majority of students convey-ing interest in more information on Eastern religion and further interaction with Fischer, specifi-cally. Hank Lazer, Creative Campus executive director and personal friend of Fischer, attributes the outpouring of student interest to the priest’s inviting personality. “Norman is a very approach-able, down-to-earth person,” Lazer said. “He has a great sense of humor, and he is a very good listener – he is genuinely curi-ous about what students think.” Two such students, Creative Campus interns Rachel Ahrnsen and Emma Fick, said Fischer’s visit presents a unique opportu-nity for the promotion of greater understanding in the Tuscaloosa religious community. They have been the driving force behind Wednesday’s “Intersections of Spirituality” program and other interfaith initiatives held in con-
junction with Fischer’s series. “My boss pulled me aside one day and said, ‘You’re really Catholic; you and Emma figure out something special to do with Mr. Fischer’s visit,’” Arhsnen said. “So Emma, who is Jewish, and I got together to brainstorm some ways of getting some inter-faith discussion between St. Francis [University Parrish] and Hillel, along with Mr. Fischer’s Buddhist teachings.” According to Arhnsen, St. Francis and Hillel have collabo-rated for a special event in which Hillel students will have the opportunity to be guests at St. Francis for mass and dinner, fol-lowed by a discussion and medi-tation session led by Fischer. “It’ll be a really cool chance for students to broaden their minds, especially in the South where people aren’t always exposed to different religions and cultures,” she said. Lazer feels Fischer’s gather-ings are ideal for students inter-ested in learning about Eastern religion and culture in a secure, no-pressure environment. “Norman’s non-dogmatic
practice of Zen does not threat-en one’s personal beliefs,” he said. “It is a non-cloistered spiri-tuality practice for people look-ing to be engaged by new ideas.” Lazer encouraged all inter-ested students to attend. “The main thing I would say is, ‘Go.’ As a student, you don’t have many opportunities like this,” he said. “Some things you learn you may not realize the importance of until years down
the road.” Clark shared Lazer’s enthu-siasm for the benefits of atten-dance, advising students plan-ning to attend a mediation ses-sion to bring a pillow or cushion to sit on and reserve a spot by calling (205) 348-7884. “I encourage everyone to come and bring an open mind, a willingness to look inside and a pillow if you have bad knees,” she said.
with Sheen when he was in Tuscaloosa. Harris said when
Sheen didn’t go through with his pledge to organize celebrity
fundraising events he doubted Sheen would make the dona-tion he promised. “There was a story done two or three months ago about how he came to Tuscaloosa and made all these promises for the celebrity baseball game and concert and none of it hap-pened,” Harris said. “I thought he was going to just go away.” Sheen toured the devastation in Tuscaloosa on May 2 with a caravan of national media out-lets following his every move. “I want to bring the attention of the world down here and generate relief efforts that are fast and furious,” he told The Crimson White. “If [my being here] is a distraction for one
minute for someone that lost their home or their loved one…then I think that’s a good thing.Distractions aren’t always bad,especially in times of absolute turmoil and crisis like this.” Staley said the time Sheen spent with the people of Tuscaloosa was as valuable as his monetary donation. “During that time, only a few days out from the tornado, everything was still an open nerve,” Staley said. “People needed any little bit of com-fort they could get. He bought up every battery at Best Buy and every flashlight at K-Martand gave away stuff, but what he really did was put smiles on people’s faces.”
CW|Daniel RothCharlie Sheen with Mayor Walt Maddox during his visit to Tuscaloosa.
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As Americans, it is an instinctive reaction to feel that limitations on personal choices violate our rights. This sort of knee-jerk response isn’t necessarily bad; it defines us as a nation of individuals who deeply believe in freedom, and who ques-tion and/or fight any entity that seeks to take that freedom away. But we often forget that such freedom is not unlimited, for it comes with a very important and often unrecognized caveat. We have a right to do what we choose, however we choose to do it, as long as our own actions do not infringe upon the rights of others. In gen-eral, we have freedom of choice. But we could not legally choose to assault another person, for instance, because such an action violates the rights of the other indi-vidual. This issue comes into play when dealing with smoking in public areas, an issue that has recently been addressed on this campus. The previous sentence probably elicited that same instinctive rejec-tion as discussed above, but smok-ing is an activity that when done in the presence of others who are not willingly involved, is a violation of peoples’ rights. Smoking is not a healthy habit. This is a universally accepted truth, as is the fact that even secondhand smoke is harmful. The byproduct of one individual’s choice to smoke contains a host of harmful sub-stances unrecognizable and unpro-nounceable to most people out-side of the chemistry department. Among other things, exposure to these chemicals can cause heart disease, lung cancer, low birth weights, a host of other lung ill-nesses and even eventually death.
When one person walking in a public area lights up, their second-hand smoke invariably reaches the lungs of a bystander. This indi-vidual has just unwillingly inhaled a poison that was produced by the smoker. This is a small yet com-mon occurrence. It happens every day, with no noticeable health det-riments for most individuals. But inhalation of secondhand smoke has a cumulative effect. The results may not appear in a year, or even 10. Many individuals will never experience serious health effects as a direct result of secondhand smoke, but that does not mean they have not been harmed. Secondhand smoke is a violation of individuals’ right to their own health. It is a series of small, almost unnoticeable assaults on oth-ers’ well-being. And, despite their minuteness, are still violations of individual rights. If someone were walking in a public place, spraying a can con-taining a chemical that would not cause immediate damage, but was nevertheless a poison, they would be arrested. And we would think nothing of this arrest unless we were applauding it. Smoking in public areas is tantamount to the previous action. And while smok-ing is an activity that has been ingrained into our culture, its social acceptability does not make this analogy any less true. I have nothing against individu-als who smoke. I believe strongly in personal freedom. What one person chooses to do with their own body is their business, and if some individuals are not bothered by secondhand smoke, and will-ingly choose to be around individu-als who are smoking, that is also a personal choice. But the University of Alabama contains thousands of
people who do not want to smoke, who do not want to inhale second-hand smoke, and who do not want to walk around campus perpetually holding their breaths. The activity of smoking in public should not be condoned, because it violates the balance between per-sonal rights and the rights of oth-ers. Yes, an individual has the free-dom to harm his or her own body, but that individual does not have the right to force similar harm upon another. Colleges and even entire states throughout the nation have rec-ognized this. It is time that the University does as well. Smoking in public areas should be disallowed. At the very least, the University could designate specific areas that are the only public places people are allowed to light up, as these places could be avoided by those who do not want to inhale second-hand smoke. Smokers have a right to smoke. But all non-smokers have just as much of a right to their health. Banning or controlling smoking in public areas would then be an act of protecting rights rather than vio-lating them. It is time such action is taken. Those who choose to smoke could still do so on private property and those who choose not to could walk around campus confident that their well-being is not being undermined. One person’s rights end where another person’s rights start. Or, as Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court more colorfully put it, “The right to swing my fist ends where the other man’s nose begins.”
Michaela Thurston is a freshmen majoring in computer science.
By John Davis@JohnMcLeodDavis
The Crimson White is looking for a new copy editor. A paid position is available, but we also have several volunteers. I like people to understand what they’re getting into, so the following is what I consider to be the five stages of life as a copy editor. Experiences may vary.
Stage One: Doing your job, and genuinely caring.
Like most jobs, people tend to put forth more effort than is really needed, or at least more than their col-leagues, in the beginning. Eager to impress, the rookies read every story and page first, write thoughtful, engag-ing headlines and generally behave in a manner that, in an ideal world, we’d all strive for. Much like the honeymoon phase of any new relation-ship, though, it does not (and to a degree cannot possi-bly) last.
Stage Two: Getting increasingly frustrated at a writer’s inability to improve his or her writing.
The telltale sign of a copy editor reaching this stage is mumbling. It’s to no one in particular – in fact, the mumbling varies from a small prayer to long, detailed obscenities – but it always follows certain themes: “Did you even bother to read this before you submit-ted it?” “Oh my God.” “Do you not understand that this will be printed 15,000 times?” The individual hasn’t given up hope (not yet, at least). One of the upsides of this stage is a superiority complex caused by an occupation that does nothing but correct other people’s mistakes.
Stage Three: Questioning why you do the job as you hit the keyboard harder and harder with every correction.
The chief difference between stages two and three isn’t necessarily related to the amount of time spent on the job. No, the evolution from two to three is most often associated with the personal knowledge of the writers you edit most frequently and their personal accomplish-ments. There will be instances in which you will re-write the first paragraph of a story for every single article a spe-cific person writes, only to find out that this person is now interning at The Washington Post. Whereas, before the copy editor simply mumbled, during Stage Three the newsroom is filled with shouts of rage and cries of anguish mixed in with the ever-loud-er click-clack of the keyboard as you slam your fingers down with the collective fury of every man, woman and child who has ever read Strunk and White.
Stage Four: Existential despair
You’ve stopped doing your job because, unfortunately, the desk you’re currently slamming your head against doesn’t have a monitor on it. You swear to confront the writer the next time you see him, but when he does show his face in the newsroom you quietly brood and then announce to the rest of the room how terrible he is once he’s gone. This stage goes beyond simply questioning why you do this. At this point, it doesn’t matter – you can’t stop, because if you stop then the story will still be wrong, but you also know the next day will present even more stories with even more egregious errors. This stage doesn’t last as long as the others, but what it lacks in duration it makes up for in sheer intensity.
Stage Five: Quiet reserve and acceptance of your role in life.
What time does the bar close?
John Davis is the Chief Copy Editor of The Crimson White. If you are interested in joining the copy desk, email John at [email protected].
By: Drew Springall
Like many of you, I read Mr. Gaddis’ column “America has a responsibility to all,” and maybe unlike many of you, I am worried about what his article was advocat-ing. His article is nothing but a half-masked call to invade Syria in order to put an end to the human rights abuses. Mr. Gaddis, how many American lives are you willing to trade for Syrian lives? America has tried your idea in the past and, believe it or not, it hasn’t always worked out for us. Vietnam, Granada, Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iraq are all places where we traded American lives overseas to help another country’s popu-lation, with no advantage to us. Instead of worrying about a foreign country halfway around the world, why don’t you take a minute and look around at things that you could advocate for right here in our own country. What about the current attempt at Internet censorship through SOPA/PIPA? What about the police abuses against the Occupy Wall Street groups? What about the NDAA, which allows the administration to hold American citizens indefinitely without trial? Now I understand none of these pull at the heart-strings of the reader quite as well as the murder of Syrians (although the story of Iraq vet Scott Olson being shot in the head with a 40mm tear gas grenade at Occupy Oakland does have a similar ring to it), but they all have a direct impact here at home that don’t involve sending other people overseas to get shot at. Mr. Gaddis, if you really do believe that “the U.S. facili-tates the important role of policing the world” as much as your article says, there is something that you can do to participate in that role. I know of a couple of recruiters right off of campus that would be more than willing to put you in a position to help these people firsthand.
Drew Springall is a junior majoring in computer science.
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Mitt Romney’s tenure as the head of Bain Capital, a Boston financial firm, has rightfully come under scrutiny as he campaigns to become the Republican nominee for president. Media, voters and other politicians should be expect-ed to question and critique the records of presidential candidates, whether those candidates have spent their careers in the private sector or public office. That’s how we identify the candidates who have consistently displayed sound judgment, and who can be trusted to campaign for and responsibly govern as president of the United States. So the protests of Republican opinion leaders, who have recoiled at attempts by other Republican candidates like Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry to criticize Romney’s career, ring hollow. Romney has made his business background a central part of his campaign, open-ing it up to criticism from his rivals across the political spectrum. It isn’t an apostasy for free-market capitalists to believe that a busi-nessman can make bad decisions. Fortunately for Mitt Romney, he doesn’t appear to have made any politically significant blunder as head of Bain. His opponents have been hammering his record for over a week without making a dent in his poll numbers. And he has a depth of executive experience beyond Bain Capital that should make Republican voters more com-fortable envisioning him as their candidate for the White House. Mitt Romney’s most politically significant service managing a
large enterprise, though, does not come from his time as a corporate CEO, governor of Massachusetts or even head of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, although he handled the games especially well. It comes from his experience at the top of his cur-rent campaign, which has moved through the early primary process with remarkable discipline and consistent results. Sure, running a presidential campaign does not qualify some-one to be president, despite the assertions of Barack Obama who, in 2008, had few other notable experiences to mention. But run-ning a primary campaign well does indicate that a candidate can be trusted to run a strong campaign in the general election, something Romney’s Republican rivals seem incapable of doing. Newt Gingrich opened the door on attacking Romney’s record at Bain, before indicating he would stop criticizing his rival’s private-sector experience, before the former speaker began attacking Romney again. Rick Perry’s cam-paign quickly turned into one of the fastest shooting stars in recent American political history, and now appears headed for an end in South Carolina. Jon Huntsman dropped out yesterday after essentially run-ning a Republican primary cam-paign against the Republican Party. Earlier, Michelle Bachman left the race after failing to capitalize on the initial energy and enthusi-asm behind her campaign. Hermain Cain dropped out after damaging allegations about inappropriate sexual relationships emerged. And Rick Santorum has failed to see any meaningful, lasting bump from
his surprise finish in Iowa. Meanwhile, Romney has moved from state to state, winning first place in both Iowa and New Hampshire and leading the polls in South Carolina and Florida. He has avoided making mistakes on the campaign trail, built a large and effective campaign operation and communicated a clear and consis-tent message. At times Romney has seemed reduced by his inability to capture a larger percentage of the vote against the cast of characters run-ning against him. It is hard to score an impressive win against unim-pressive competitors. But while Romney may be running against a troupe of erratic and unseri-ous contenders, it is important to remember that Romney himself is a very serious candidate. Political campaigns are enor-mous undertakings. President Obama’s re-election campaign could raise up to a billion dollars. It is easy for campaigns to overex-tend themselves, fall off message or become engulfed by internal divi-sions. Of the current Republican candidates, Mitt Romney is the only one to lead a campaign that has largely avoided these pitfalls. His ability to portray himself as a competent and responsible presi-dential prospect has propelled his success in the early primaries. He is seen as the best candidate to beat President Obama because he is the best candidate. That’s why he will likely continue to sweep his Republican opponents, and hope-fully go on to be competitive against President Obama next November.
Tray Smith is the special projects editor of The Crimson White.
Mitt Romney the strongest candidate
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Young University. “People like to gather around and talk about college football, and people talking about it is likely to spill over into a high school student’s experience.” Pope co-authored a study in 2008 examining the corre-lation between college sports success and indirect benefits brought to colleges because of their top-performing football or basketball programs. The top 20 football colleges and top 16 basketball colleges both experienced a two to eight per-cent increase in applications in the years studied. Why? Athletics can play a central role in solidifying a college’s reputation, which prospective students often take into account to choose a college. “Athletics is one instrument that institutions of higher edu-cation have at their disposal that can be used to directly affect reputation and the prominence of their schools,” the study’s results read. “Our results suggest that sports success can affect the number of incoming applications, and through a school’s selectivity, the quality of the incoming class.” More so than private uni-versities, public universities in the study showed a trend of raising enrollment numbers after successful football sea-sons. In 2003, when Mike Shula stepped into his short-lived tenure as head football coach, the University had 20,333 undergraduate students enrolled. In 2006, Shula’s last season before being relieved of his position due to a dis-appointing win-loss record, enrollment stood at 23,878. In 2007, when Nick Saban assumed leadership, UA boasted 25,580 undergrads. In 2011, that number increased to 31,747 after four straight win-ning football seasons. To look at the correlation from a different angle, in 2003, the University received just over 8,100 applications, accord-ing to an emailed statement from Mary Spiegel, execu-
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CW | John Michael SimpsonTide cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick celebrates with fans after the BCS Championship game win against LSU.
tive director of undergradu-ate admissions. In 2011, after four winning football seasons under Saban, more than 22,000 applications were received. The freshman class enroll-ment has jumped from 3,075 in 2003 to 5,772 in 2011, and the quality of the entering class, based on ACT scores and high school GPAs, has never been better. “Our recruiters emphasize all aspects of the University
from our excellent academ-ics to our beautiful campus,” Mary Speigel, executive direc-tor of undergraduate admis-sions said. “Having the nation-al champion football team is certainly a positive for those looking for a university that stands for excellence in both academics and athletics.” Rosanna Guadagno, assis-tant professor of psychology, said the national champion-ship victory in New Orleans will certainly bring in more students to the Capstone. “Based on the data we’ve collected, I would definitely predict student enrollment would go up because students who are fans of Alabama feel better about themselves when
we win,” she said. “They do something called basking in reflective glory. “I think the students who were already heavy duty UA fans were going to come here anyways, but winning the national championship will draw middle-of-the-road fans in. The fans who aren’t so invested in the team will change their behavior.” However, Pope said funnel-ing money into athletics pro-
grams is not the best method to attract students to a college because college sports exhibit the characteristics of a zero-sum game. If, say, Auburn University spends millions to update its football train-ing facilities, the University has to respond in kind to remain competitive. Thus, neither university gains a competitive edge, only a com-petitive equilibrium, when the money spent could have been earmarked for academic improvements. “College sports has the same sort of flavor as an arms race,” he said. “It’s not clear how good of an investment athletics are for universities.”
Having the national champion football team is certainly a positive for those looking for a university that stands for excellence in both academics and athletics.
— Mary Speigel, executive director of undergraduate admissions
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By Jasmine CannonSenior Staff Reporter
The Tide took care of business at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome Monday, and the city of New Orleans brought in hundreds of millions of dollars in the process. Experts estimate about half a billion dollars flowed into the city’s econ-omy during the week of the BCS Championship Game. “It was an excellent turnout, and I think peo-ple will be very, very happy [financially],” James Richardson, LSU economics professor, said. “There are estimates of having an impact of 500 million dollars over that short period of time.” The expected total is more than the $412.4 mil-lion economic impact New Orleans saw in 2008 when it hosted the Sugar Bowl and National Championship game. That was the first year the city hosted two Bowl Championship Series games. The economic impact of the bowl games goes towards supporting jobs and tax revenues from sales and hotels that support the state and local government, but Richardson said there is also more than just an economic advantage. “The other impact you’re having is [the bowl games] bring a certain notoriety to New Orleans,” he said. “It makes people aware of it, and you get some great pictures on TV at night in terms of the riverfront and downtown area. In that sense, there’s an advertising value that’s hard to put a value on.” While the BCS Championship Game was the main event, there were other noted sporting events that took place in The Big Easy in the past month. The New Orleans Bowl took place Dec. 17, but the big week of events started with
the All State Sugar Bowl between Michigan and Virginia Tech. The New Orleans Saints also began their run for a Super Bowl at home two days before the championship game. Having thousands of people hit the New Orleans streets is nothing new to those who call the city home. Professor Moore said the city is used to the big crowd, and that Mardi Gras brings in about three times as many people. Nevertheless, the city had a plan in place to prepare for the week. “The city administration, under the leadership of Mayor Mitch Landrieu, conducted a series of table top exercises to review the events and city services necessary to support the events,” said Mark Romig, CEO of New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation. “Communication amongst various departments was stressed and realized, and the implementation plan was put into place. We know how to handle large crowds and we believe we accomplished our goals of ensuring a safe and fun environment for our visitors.” It’s been years since Hurricane Katrina rav-aged through the city, and it’s getting back to being a top tourist attraction, especially in the sports world. Romig said the city has an outline of events planned for the next couple of years. “We have entered an historic and unprec-edented period in our history – more national and international events than we believe any American city has hosted in a short period of time,” Romig said. The Men’s College Basketball Final Four will be held in New Orleans this year, and the wom-en’s next year. New Orleans is set to host the Super Bowl, Sugar Bowl and SEC Tournament in 2013, along with annual festivals such as Mardi Gras and Essence Music Festival.
Championship boosts New Orleans economy
By Sam GerardContributing Writer
Three University of Alabama professors in the College of Community Health Sciences have been named Distinguished Fellows by the American Psychiatric Association for their com-mendable work in the field of mental health. Lori Lynne Davis, Thaddeus P. Ulzen and Lloyda Broomes Williamson earned this honor for their in-depth work and
experience in the field of psy-chiatric care and studies. Ulzen is a professor and chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine and Interim Dean of the College of Community
Health Sciences at UA. Ulzen attended the University of Ghana Medical School. Williamson is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She has worked in
the fields of community men-tal health, intensive residen-tial facility for child and ado-lescents, private practice and as a consultant for a state hos-pital and a residential facility for girls in the juvenile justice system. Williamson and Ulzen both work with Tuscaloosa area patients through the Betty Shirley Clinic at the University Medical Center on the cor-ner of University Blvd. and 5th Avenue East. Davis is an affiliate professor at CCHS
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine. “I take opportunities to also discuss strengths and resourc-es individuals may have in those same health areas that may contribute some relief to those areas of emotional problems,” said Williamson said, who has had an in-depth career researching psychologi-cal activity in young people, families and children. “These members have achieved distinction in spe-cial areas of psychiatry and
possess depth of knowledge and breadth of skills that are recognized and highly respected,” said Alabama Psychiatric Physicians Association President Dr. David D. Harwood in a press release. “Carrying these marks of distinction not only elevates the professional, but it also elevates the profession itself.” Davis, Williamson and Ulzen will be formally recognized at the APA’s 165th annual meet-ing in Philadelphia this May.
UA psychiatric professors earn national accoladesThese members have achieved distinction in special areas of psychiatry and possess depth of knowledge and breadth of skills that are recognized and highly respected
— Dr. David D. Harwood
New Orleans’ plethora of at-tractions, like the French Quarter and Bourbon Street, drew in thousands of visitors for the BCS Championship Game.
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WEDNESDAY
• BAH Presents: Martha, Marcy, May Marlene – The Bama Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
• Open Mic Night: Green Bar, 9 p.m.
• The Revivalists with special guests Betsy Kingston and The Crown: Green Bar, 10 p.m.• Chinchillionairres: The Filling Station, 9 p.m.• The Fab Four: The Bama Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
LIFESTYLESthis week
By Erich Hilkert
If you’re thinking of seeing the much-talked-about spy movie “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” that just opened because you like James Bond, you might want to head in the other direction and try another spy movie. Maybe the one with a certain promi-nent member of the Church of Scientology. However, if you’re in the game for a cerebral spy movie that plays out like a chess match, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” is probably what you’re looking for. This is the movie adaptation of the classic John LeCarre Cold War era spy novel. Five years after its publication, the book became a television miniseries starring Alec Guinness. The miniseries was roughly five hours long and still couldn’t manage to keep all the details from the labyrinthine book. So as you can imagine, the movie is forced to cut out quite a few details. For better or for worse, the audience is given a seri-ously condensed version of the story. “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” is a period piece, but one that both-ers to capture the fine details. Director Tomas Alfredson did a fine job in his previous film, “Let the Right One In.” In it, Alfredson not only brought a fresh take to what had seemed to become an outdated genre, vampire films, but he also cap-tured the cold setting of Sweden and fine details of a small town perfectly. In “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” some shots are given a grainy texture that captures a sort of 1970s feel, a time when the Cold War was still a serious
matter. Alfredson brings muted colors to shots of gloomy, over-cast days in London. The film opens with Control, played by John Hurt, giving orders to Jim Prideaux to go to Budapest. Control is the boss of “The Circus,” or MI6, and he believes the group has a mole in their ranks acting as a double agent for Russia. Bill is to go to Budapest to find more clues about which agent is the mole. Control gives code names to the three prime suspects and provides two other pos-sible suspects. Percy Alleline is dubbed “Tinker,” Bill Haydon is “Tailor,” and Roy Bland is “Soldier.” After the opening scenes, George Smiley is secret-ly given the charge to figure out what happened in Budapest and gain more clues in solving the mystery of the double agent. Gary Oldman is outstanding in the role of George Smiley. There is a scene in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” that cap-tures the nature of spies: “We loners are good watchers,” a character tells a young boy. This is precisely what Oldman captures in this film. Smiley is a character who must watch oth-ers carefully, but who also con-stantly mulls over their conver-sations in his head, thinks over the fine details and reflects on past actions. Oldman captures the small nuances of Smiley—the spy trying on a glove or per-fectly remembering the details of a lighter lost twenty years before. “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” isn’t an action-packed spy movie or an edge-of-your-seat thriller, but it has plenty of plot twists and a main character who is much more likely to be a real
spy than the spies you would find in blockbuster action mov-ies. “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” is a spy movie that is involving and contains refreshing bits of realism that most espionage films lack.
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“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
Submitted PhotoGary Oldman shines in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.”
Mis-matched china will add eclectic fl air to dining experi-ences.
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Draught beers can be expected to peak in popu-larity, especially in atypical recipes.
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“People may stop by Waffle House and see the Jupiter’s marque and see someone they like is playing and come in,” Jones said. Even with all the benefits, Waffle House could bring problems, Mary Kathryn Patterson, a sophomore major-ing in public relations, said. “Waffle House kind of has a reputation for housing drunks late at night, and being so close to the bars, I could see the potential for a lot of fights or at least some conflict,” she said. Cathy Andreen, director of media relations for the University of Alabama, said
UA had no comment on poten-tial downsides to Waffle House coming to the Strip because the Dixie is not a UA-owned property. Regardless, Jones said he also hopes Waffle House will be able to bridge the gap between downtown Tuscaloosa and the Strip. “Places like Innisfree and Moe’s Original BBQ have begun to bridge that gap, and I hope that the Waffle House will serve as a retail anchor and continue to help bridge the gap,” he said. For more information about the Jupiter contact Jeremiah Jones at 205-248-6611. For more information about Waffle House, email Kelly Thrasher at [email protected].
WAFFLEContinued from page 1
By Avery Driggers
2011 Food Trends
1. Foraging elBulli, the world’s top restaurant for a record five times according to Restaurant Magazine, handed down its crown to Copenhagen’s NOMA. NOMA and Chef Rene Redzepi took eating local to a whole new level thanks to his empha-sis on foraging for local ingredi-ents. Freed from the confines of Whole Foods, chefs around the world started scouring their streets, woods and backyards for the perfect plants for their seasonal salads.
2. Macaroons Macaroons had been slowly creeping into American bak-eries for years, but when the Parisian granddaddy of all macaroon shops (Ladurée) opened a New York location, it was clear that macaroons were here to stay. Some have writ-ten them off as just another cupcake trend, and they very well may be. However, these tricky little boogers are tricki-er to make and decidedly more expensive when made right. In 2012, with the market saturated with poor macaroon imitations, be sure to save your money and spring for only the truly excep-tional ones.
3. Gluten-Free Diets The “Gluten-free” trend didn’t start in 2011. The diet had been around for years for those that had gluten intoler-ance, but the gluten-free band-wagon grew exponentially last year, with even people that were not gluten-intolerant hop-ping onboard. Restaurants and bakeries now regularly offer gluten-free options, and all sorts of gluten-free products are now manufactured, includ-
ing brownies, cereals and even beer.
4. Bacon Bacon, by itself, is hardly a trend. However, what started as a simple, fatty and delicious breakfast side has been trans-formed, and even distorted, into things that bacon was perhaps never meant to be. For better or for worse, bacon showed up on menus around the country in savory and sweet dishes, vodkas and even swine-themed wrapping paper. The world may never tire of pork belly, but will bacon-flavored floss make it to 2012? Who knows, maybe King Curtis was really on to some-thing.
5. Smart Phone Food Apps
With approximately 44 per-cent of Americans owning smartphones, and 100 percent of them eating, the explo-sion of food related apps was bound to happen. Groupon and Scoutmob apps allow smart phone users to buy and use food-related deals and cou-pons. There are even apps that keep tabs on food trucks, give restaurant recommendations based on chefs’ tips, and will give you complete nutritional information. Maybe 2012 will give us the app that lets you immediately eat the food on your Pinterest board.
2012 Food Trends
1. Affordable sous-vide The Modernist Cuisine cookbook catapulted the sous vide movement, a movement that has reached nearly every high-end chef and restaurant in America, but probably not yourself or anyone else you know. That’s because not many people are willing to spend
$300, $400, or $800 on a sous vide machine, even if it will perfect-ly poach your eggs. Sous vide is a method of cooking food sealed in airtight plastic bags in a water bath for a long time at temperatures much lower than normally used for cooking. The result may take a lot longer, but the end product is never overcooked and always juicier – or so they say. The exotic and mysterious sous vide machine will hopefully become a little less mysterious and a little less pricey in 2012 as demand for it continues to rise.
2. On-tap Experiments Draught beers are not going away anytime soon. That being said, more and more bars and restaurants are experimenting with taps – what you can do with them and what’s coming out of them. The bartenders at New York Czech restaurant Hospoda are pouring normal beers into completely different textures and tastes by play-ing with taps. And why stop at beer? Mario Batali’s Birreria even has wine on tap. Instead of pouring wine from bottles, Birreria pours wine glasses from huge barrels, wasting far less wine. Whatever is left over at the end of a night is just kept until the next day instead of being poured down a drain. Chicago’s Bull & Bear even has self-serve taps to get customers to try more beers.
3. Fast-Casual Asian The restaurant industry was hit especially hard with the last few years’ economy blues. But one sector that has flourished is “fast casual” – restaurants that don’t offer full table ser-vice but offer a higher quality of food and atmosphere than regular fast food places (think Taziki’s, Jason’s Deli and Zoe’s). Traditional fast food
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A look at food, diet trends past, present and future
markets like burgers, pizza and Mexican are already insanely competitive and don’t offer a lot of room for growth. The fast-casual Asian food market, how-ever, is still widely untapped, so be looking for a lot of interest-ing action happening there.
4. Moonshine Moonshine? Yes, moonshine. If Boardwalk Empire doesn’t make you think it’s cool, then an episode of Moonshiners will (and I’m being only slightly sarcastic). It’s just like making your own beer, only completely different and potentially lethal. If you have a liquor license and are paying taxes on your distilled drink, then it’s called White Dog or Corn Whisky, not moonshine. To quote epicuri-ous.com, “Let’s leave the moni-ker to those brave souls who make it illegally in a mountain
still under the light of a silvery moon.”
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By Ashley ChaffinLifestyles Editor
This semester’s Bama Art House Series kicked off last week with the film Melancholia. For anyone who missed the first film, here is the list of films showing throughout this semester at The Bama Theatre. The screenings are at 7:30 p.m., and are $7 for general admis-sion, $6 for students and $5 for seniors.
Jan. 17: Martha Marcy May MarleneGenre: Drama/Thriller Starring: Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson and John HawkesRotten Tomatoes: 88 percent of critics and 77 percent of view-ers recommended the film
Following her escape from a cult and its leader, Martha
seeks the help of her older sis-ter but refuses to explain her disappearance. Her paranoia causes the line between her reality and her delusions to blur as she tries to reclaim a normal life.
Jan. 24: BellflowerGenre: Action/DramaStarring: Evan Glodell, Tyler Dawson and Jessie WisemanRotten Tomatoes: 72 percent of critics and 67 percent of view-ers recommended the film Preparing for a world in which an imaginary gang will pre-vail, two friends spend their time building flame-throwers and weapons of mass destruc-tion in anticipation of a global apocalypse.
Jan. 31: The Other F WordGenre: Documentary/Comedy/Drama Starring: Tony Adolescent, Art Alexakis, Rob Chaos
Rotten Tomatoes: 76 percent of critics and 89 percent of viewers recommend this film. This documentary features prominent punk rockers as they take the paternal role for their children. Notable names include Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus, the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea and Rise Against’s Tim McIlarth.
Feb. 7: The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975Genre: DocumentaryStarring: Angela Davis, Stokely Carmichael and Bobby SealeRotten Tomatoes: 91 percent of critics and 82 percent of viewers recommend this film Footage of the Black Power Movement as shot and com-piled by Swedish journalists who visited America dur-ing this famous period of American history.
Feb. 14: CarnageGenre: Comedy/Drama Staring: Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet and Christoph WaltzRotten Tomatoes: 68 percent of critics and 75 percent of view-ers recommend this film
Three Hollywood favorites star in this film about two sets of parents who meet after their sons fight on the playground.
Feb. 21: A Dangerous MethodGenre: Drama/Thriller Starring: Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley, Viggo MortensenRotten Tomatoes: 76 percent of critics and 58 percent of view-ers recommend this film A film explores the relation-ship between the foundation of psychoanalysis and Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung as they take on an impossible case in Sabina Spielrein.
Bama Art House screens fi rst fi lm in winter series
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As Alabama’s football pro-gram has reasserted itself as a national power in recent years, the coaching carousel has made stops in Tuscaloosa sev-eral times, including one this off-season. UA’s assistant head coach and outside linebackers coach Sal Sunseri left the pro-gram to fill the defensive coor-dinator spot for the Tennessee Volunteers. Sunseri became the second Alabama coach to leave after the championship season. He followed former offensive coor-dinator Jim McElwain, who recently accepted his first head coaching job at Colorado State. Defensive coordinator Kirby Smart was rumored to have been a candidate for the now-filled head coaching vacancies at Ole Miss, Penn State, Texas A&M and North Carolina. Sunseri left a big footprint on the Crimson Tide program-he coached 2011 BCS National Championship Game Defensive MVP Courtney Upshaw and Jerrell Harris, who added seven tackles against LSU on Jan. 9. Harris was also key in shutting down the option attack run by Jordan Jefferson that had some success in the Nov. 5 meeting. “Sal is an outstanding coach and really did an excellent job with each and every responsi-bility he had while he was here at the University of Alabama,” Alabama Head Coach Nick Saban said in a statement. “Although we hate to see Sal go, we understand this is an opportunity for him to grow in this profession and take on the role of defensive coordinator.” Sunseri was named Recruiter of the Year by recruiting web-site 247Sports.com, and in the recruiting class of 2011, Sunseri plucked Trey Depriest away from the home-state Ohio State Buckeyes, paving the way for the Tide to collect the No. 1 recruiting class in the country according to 247Sports.com
and Rivals.com. One example of Sunseri’s recruiting prowess was the signing of Reggie Ragland, four-star linebacker in the Class of 2012 from Madison, Ala. When Ragland learned about Sunseri leaving for Tennessee, Ragland tweeted, “He will always be my favorite coach. I understand what he had to do, it’s just business.” In another tweet, Ragland addressed accusations of ill feelings toward Sunseri for leaving Alabama for a rival. “All these people saying I’m mad about Coach Sal leaving, I’m not mad,” he tweeted. “I’m happy for him and his [family]. He did what he had to do so Coach, good luck!!!” In a statement, Tennessee head coach Derek Dooley applauded Sunseri for all he could bring to the Volunteers’ program. “Sal has had unparalleled success over the last decade in not only contributing to team and unit success, but also in his ability to motivate and develop elite individual talent,” Dooley said. “His com-bination of defensive knowl-edge, recruiting success, high-energy personality, ability to connect with players and per-sonal intewgrity and character make him an exceptional fit for Tennessee.” Sunseri’s departure put his youngest son, Vinnie, in a tough situation. Vinnie, who just completed his freshman season with the Tide as a key special teams player and defensive reserve, released a statement after Tennessee offi-cials officially announced Sal Sunseri as their next defensive coordinator. “I love my dad, this is a great opportunity and I’m really happy for him,” Vinnie Sunseri said. “In terms of my status, the University of Alabama is the place for me and that is what my heart and my mind tells me. This is my home and there is no place else I’d rather be. I’ll root for him every day of the year except for the Third Saturday in October.”
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CW | Amelia BrackinRight: Assistant head coach Sal Sunseri stands fi eld side in the 2010 game against Mis-sissippi state.
CW | Drew HooverBelow: Sal Sunseri’s son, Vinnie, 3, prepares to assist Nick Perry, 27, take down a Tennessee player.
• Named recruiter of the year by 247sports.com• Coached 2011 BCS National Championship game Defensive MVP Courtney Upshaw• Coached under Saban at LSU• Recruits wish him luck, say there are no hard feelings
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• Men’s Basketball vs Vanderbilt: 6 p.m.• Women’s Basketball vs Florida: 6 p.m., Gainesville, Fla.
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• Men’s Basketball vs Kentucky: 11 a.m., Lexington, Ky.
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PLAYER OF THE GAME
JaMychal Green scored 14 points on 6-of-13 shooting with three assists and three blocks. It was Green’s second start since returning from a shoulder injury. His 14 points moved him past Rod Grizzard on the Tide’s all-time scoring list.
KEY MOMENT
Down 51-50, Alabama threw the ball inside to senior forward JaMychal Green. Green went one-on-one with Mississippi State’s Renardo Sidney; contact came, but no foul was called. The Bulldogs hit a 3-pointer after that to put the game away.
THE DIFFERENCE
Alabama held a three-point lead, 48-45, with less than three minutes to play before Mississippi State’s Dee Bost hit his second 3-pointer of the game to tie it up at 48 with 2:27 left. Less than a minute later, Bost nailed another 3-pointer to put the Bulldogs up three, 51-48, with 1:35 left. Alabama pulled back within one but could not overcome Bost’s shooting.
52Alabama
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BY THE NUMBERS
10 | Number of total lead changes.
1,492 | Number of points JaMychal Green has scored so far during his four-year career, making him 15th all-time at Alabama.
1 | JaMychal Green was the only Alabama player to score in double figures with 14 points.
2 | Number of 3-pointers Bulldog guard Dee Bost made in the final three minutes of the game. The Bulldogs had only made one before that point.
11 | Alabama shot 11.1 percent from the 3-point line against the Bulldogs. Alabama is shooting 27% percent from behind the arc this season.
6 | Mississippi State grabbed six more rebounds than Alabama, which led to 12 second-chance points.
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GYMNASTICSContinued from page 1
Tide drops close one to conference rival Mississippi State
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Junior Ashley Sledge com-peted in her first all-around on Friday night, posting a score of 39.45. Sledge hadn’t compet-ed in an all-around since her junior year in high school, but enjoyed the challenge, calling the experience “absolutely wonderful. I haven’t done all-around since I was a junior in high school. I love to do all-around.” The meet will be replayed on Jan. 19 at 5:30 p.m. on ESPNU and on Jan. 22 at 6 p.m. on ESPN2. Alabama’s next meet will be next week, when it will travel to State College, Pennsylvania to take on the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Michigan State Spartans.
The UA gymnas-tics team suffered two falls on the uneven bars, but senior Geralen Stack-Eaton scored a 10 on the vault.
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