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NEWS PAGE 6

Outreach program can teach anyone to play

COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL

By John McPhail and Angie BartletCW Staff

Allegations of corruption in the process of selecting freshmen to serve in the First Year Council was a flash point of conflict last year that eventually brought down then-Student Government President Grant Cochran and other SGA leaders

This year the SGA has vowed not to have a repeat performance and has put safeguards in place that they say will not allow human interference or corruption of applications to occur

ldquoLast yearrsquos applications were done on paper but this year they are done entire-ly online leaving no chance for them to be alteredrdquo Meagan Bryant SGA press secretary said

Last year members of the SGA manip-ulated the paper applications by altering

applicantsrsquo g r a d e point aver-ages and m a r k -ing some a p p l i c a -t i o n s w h i c h were sup-posed to be grad-

ed blindly and without student names attached to them with stars to indicate their preferable status

Former FYC member Zack Freeman who served on the scoring committee last year admitted to witnessing conversa-tions between other members on what scores to give each applicant

During the selection process a few scoring committee members were alter-ing applications until 417 am accord-ing to SGA records Those members had been changing GPAs and applications to make them high enough based on the SGA Code of Laws Eligibility to ensure an interview

This year 860 applications were turned in a vast increase from last yearrsquos record-setting 600 applications Ninety-eight students will be interviewed to fill the 50 open seats

ldquoAs a previous member of FYC myself I am thrilled to see all that the new first year council will accomplish this yearrdquo Mackenzie Perpich FYC director said ldquoFYC is a great opportunity for a fresh-man to really get involved with SGA and make a difference in the freshman classrdquo

Over 800 candidates reviewed for FYC

NEWS | FIRST YEAR COUNCIL

SEE FYC PAGE 7

SGA vows to avoid repeat of last yearrsquos scandal

ldquoLast yearrsquos applications were done on paper but this

year they are done entirely online leaving no chance for

them to be altered

mdash Meagan Bryant

By Judah MartinContributing Writer

Alabama Appleseed a non-profit legal advocacy organiza-tion based in Montgomery col-laborated with The University of Alabama Womensrsquo Resource Center on Wednesday after-noon for a event titled ldquoEffects of HB 56 One Year Laterrdquo

Alabama Appleseed is home to Welcoming Alabama the

state affiliate of Welcoming America a national organi-zation that seeks to promote unity between American-born citizens and immigrants

To kick off its Welcoming Week the organization teamed up with the WRC to host the immigration relat-ed event in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month The panel was the WRCrsquos first cele-bration event since the launch of their ldquoWomen Who Daredrdquo poster campaign a month-long celebration of accomplished Latina women on Monday

The Effects of HB 56 panel was led by Shay Farley the legal director of Alabama Appleseed and Zayne Smith an Immigration Policy Fellow for the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice The Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice is a group created by Alabama Appleseed and 60 additional community partners that aims to ensure social legal and civic rights for immigrants in Alabama

HB 56 panel talks about lawrsquos impact NEWS | HB 56

Event marks 1-year anniversary of law

NEWS | MILLION DOLLAR BAND

100Y E A R S

ndash OF ndash

MDB

More than 500 alumni of one of the largest student organizations

at The University of Alabama will take the field at Bryant-Denny Stadium Saturday during the halftime show of the Florida Atlantic game

The alumni are all previ-ous members of Million Dollar Band and will entertain the crowd this weekend during their Centennial Celebration the apex event memorializing the bandrsquos

100th anniversaryldquoThe Million Dollar Band is

such an integral part of the spir-it at this universityrdquo said Ken Ozzello director of the Million Dollar Band ldquoAnybody that has been a director realizes that they are just a steward of this great institutionrdquo

The alumni will play a med-ley of songs from different eras of the Million Dollar Bandrsquos history alongside the current band members

ldquoWe are excited to have our alumni on campus to celebrate such a momentous occasionrdquo Ozzello said

The Million Dollar Band offi-cially became an organization in 1912 under the direction of Gustave Wittig as a military orga-nization to help with the training of troops Ozzello said There are several theories about where the name Million Dollar Band first originated

However according to the 1948

football media guide the most commonly accepted theory dates back to 1922 with a comment made by Alabama alumnus and sports trainer WC ldquoChamprdquo Pickens

The legend goes that after a 33-7 Alabama loss to Georgia Tech an Atlanta sports writer asked Pickens ldquoYou donrsquot have much of a team what do you have at Alabamardquo

THE LEGEND GOES THAT AFTER A 33-7 ALABAMA LOSS TO GEORGIA TECH AN ATLANTA SPORTS WRITER

ASKED [ALABAMA ALUMNUS AND SPORTS TRAINER WC ldquoCHAMPrdquo] PICKENS ldquoYOU DONrsquoT HAVE MUCH

OF A TEAM WHAT DO YOU HAVE AT ALABAMArdquo

PICKENS REPLIEDldquoA MILLION DOLLAR BANDrdquo

By Adrienne Burch | Staff Reporter

SEE MDB PAGE 2

By Zac Al-KhateebStaff Reporter

The Alabama defense has been making steady improve-ments in many aspects of its game throughout the season in pass coverage run defense and forcing turnovers

Two areas the Tide has shown particular improve-ment in has been its penetra-tion at the line of scrimmage and passing rushing

In Alabamarsquos first game against Michigan the Tide defense only accumulated five tackles for loss and one sack and was not credited with a quar-terback pressure on Denard Robinson The following week against Western Kentucky Alabamarsquos statistics improved in every category with six tack-les for loss three sacks and four quarterback hurries

It was against Arkansas how-ever that the most growth was seen in the defensersquos pass rush-ing abilities ndash 10 tackles for loss three quarterback hurries and four sacks ndash putting Alabama

at a total of 21 tackles for loss seven quarterback hurries and eight sacks on the season

This time last year the Alabama defense only had 15 tackles for loss four sacks and 11 quarterback hurries Still sophomore linebacker Adrian Hubbard said his teamrsquos suc-cess in penetrating into oppos-ing offensesrsquo backfields has only made his teammates play harder

ldquoThis is football in the SECrdquo Hubbard said ldquoAround here Alabamarsquos assignment football and you have to do your best at all times Because someonersquos

waiting behind you to take your spot

ldquoYou have to go into it with a game plan hellip We try to execute all our game plans the same way You donrsquot want to be that guy that messes up because that could be a touchdown or a big playrdquo

It seems as if Hubbard has taken his own message to heart tying for second on the team with two tackles for loss and one sack Hubbardrsquos play has not gone unnoticed by head coach Nick Saban either

Tide showing improvement in pass rushing quarterback pressureSPORTS | FOOTBALL

CW | Jingyu WanLinebacker Xzavier Dickson sacks Western Kentuckyrsquos quarterback Kawaun Jakes

Defense posts better numbers each week

CW | Caitlin TrotterThe staff of Alabama Appleseed a non-profi t devoted to fi ghting in justice in Alabama led an interactive discussion Wednesday afternoon exploring the effects of HB 56 on women and childrenSEE HB 56 PAGE 2

SEE FOOTBALL PAGE 7

CW | Caitlin Trotter

ldquoThe ultimate goal was to get people talking about their perception of immigrants in their communityrdquo Smith said ldquoI think it went well because people were honestrdquo

People in attendance were invited to participate by watch-ing a video of individuals hold-ing pro-immigration signs Afterward they were asked to participate in a group discus-sion and provide information about their own racial back-ground

ldquoI was kind of pleasantly surprised to find that it was a discussionrdquo said Bethany Womack a PhD student in the School of Social Work ldquoThis is probably the most diverse group of people Irsquove had the opportunity to participate in a discussion with [at the University] I think it helps me understand a little more aboutthe context of the community and some of the opportunities and challenges that social agen-cies have in providing servicerdquo

Wanda Burton the peer education coordinator for the WRC feels Appleseedrsquos most important goals were accom-plished during the panel

ldquoI definitely feel this accom-plished our goal because we wanted to open a discussion about the immigration policy but we wanted to also educaterdquoBurton said

Farley said Appleseed plans to make stops in Birmingham and Auburn before concluding its Welcoming Week

The grouprsquos focus is on pro-viding service events along with arts culture and dialoguesessions

ldquoWhat we want to do now isto engage more targeted dis-cussions about peoplersquos per-ceptions and beliefs and opin-ions about immigration and immigrantsrdquo Farley said ldquoOur main thing is just to help com-munities start talking because we believe that once you start breaking down barriers only then can we fully appreciate one anotherrdquo

Farley also said she thought it was a beautiful thing when people respected and trusted each other enough to open up about what they believe

On Friday Sept 21 AlabamaAppleseed will work with Somos Tuskaloosa and the UA Law School to host Pantry Stock 2012 to collect food itemsand other supplies The event will take place from 5 to 7 pm at Snow Hinton Park

ldquoPeople can come by drop off some food help out victims of natural disaster and share in a sense of communityrdquo Smith said

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BakeRoasted Pork LoinChicken TendersGarden BurgerYellow RiceSouthwest Garbanzo Bean

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SteakPortobello Mushroom

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(Vegetarian)

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Grilled BBQ TurkeyHamburgerFettuccine AlfredoSteamed BroccoliGarlic Mashed PotatoesOatmeal CookiesCapri Vegetable Blend

(Vegetarian)

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FRIDAY

What Softball National Championship Celebration

Where Rhoads Stadium

When 8 pm

What Million Dollar Band Centennial Celebration

Where Moody Music Building

When 8 pm

What ACT Presents ldquoThe Jel-lybean Conspiracyrdquo

Where The Bama Theatre

When 730 pm

TODAYWhat Technical and

Engineering Career Fair

Where Bryant Conference Center

When 11 am - 4 pm

What Homegrown Alabama Farmerrsquos Market

Where Canterbury Episco-pal Chapel

When 3 - 6 pm

What French Film Series

Where The French House

When 7 - 9 pm

WEEKEND

What Crimson Tide vs Florida Atlantic

Where Bryant-Denny Stadium

When Saturday 400 pm

What Student Affairs Expo and Jazz Brunch

Where Fresh Foods Company in the Ferguson Center

When Sunday 10 am - 1 pm

What 6th Annual Dog Splash

Where Recreation Center Outdoor Pool Complex

When Sunday 1 - 5 pm

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HB 56 FROM PAGE 1

Alabama Appleseed says panel a success

Pickens replied ldquoA Million Dollar Bandrdquo

Pickens is said to have received the idea for the name from the bandrsquos fundrais-ing efforts to raise money to attend away games Thus the name was coined and the rest is history

The Million Dollar Band has grown to over more than mem-bers making it the largest stu-dent organization on campus

More than 25000 students have played in the band over the last 100 years

ldquoIf you came to the football game 80 years ago the band would have still been hererdquo Ozzello said ldquoItrsquos one of those enduring traditions of the Universityrdquo

In 2003 the band received the Sudler Trophy the national championship for collegiate marching bands which a school can only win once Sports Illustrated has also listed the Million Dollar Band as one of the top college bands in the nation

To kick off the Centennial

Celebration this summer mem-bers of the band traveled to Italy to take part in a 10-day tour where they marched on the streets of Florence and played in concert halls throughout the country

Junior clarinet player Danielle Drews said she feels the Million Dollar Band plays a big role on campus

ldquoWe help get people excit-ed about the games with the lsquoElephant Stomprsquordquo Drews said ldquoWithout the band the atmo-sphere at football games would not be the samerdquo

The celebration will begin Friday Sept 21 with a perfor-

mance by the Alabama Wind Ensemble and the Million Dollar Band beginning at 8 pm featuring band directors from the past 100 years The performance will be followed by a formal Centennial Gala

showcasing exhibits and photo-graphs from the bandrsquos history

Also Friday night a commem-orative print done by Action Sports celebrating 100 years will be unveiled to the public and available for purchase

Sophomore baritone player Amy Ackerman said she would not want to be anywhere else but in the BAMA spell-out dur-ing the pre-game

ldquoThe MDB is a fam-ilyrdquo Ackerman said ldquoEveryone involved with the MDB has so much passion wants to be there and understands what an honor it is to be part of such an amaz-ing organizationrdquo

Ackerman said she had no idea when joining the band that she would be a part of such a special year

ldquoOccasions like this hap-pen once in a lifetime if yoursquore luckyrdquo she said

From MCT Campus

ATLANTA mdash Mitt Romney pushed back Wednesday against claims that hersquos written off half the country and said he can better improve the lot of poor Americans

ldquoThe question of this cam-paign is not who cares about the

poor and middle classrdquo Romney said his voice rising ldquoThe ques-tion is who can help the poor and middle class I can he canrsquot he couldnrsquot in four yearsrdquo The crowd of nearly 1000 roared its approval

In a 23-minute speech at a fundraiser at the Marriott Marquis in downtown Atlanta

the Republican presidential hopeful several times appeared to answer criticisms that arose from a video shot in May

In the video Romney said 47 percent of the country pay no net income taxes support Obama and ldquobelieve that they are victimsrdquo

Romney referenced the

downtrodden often to high-light the perceived failures of the Obama economy and to show empathy for their plight ldquoThis is going to be an election of a very stark choicerdquo Romney said ldquoThe question is going to be who is better equipped and has better direction in mind to help the people of Americardquo

Romney vows to help lsquopoor and middle classrsquo

MDB FROM PAGE 1

MDB celebrates 100 years on the fi eld

Editor | Melissa Brownnewsdeskcwuaedu

Thursday September 20 2012NEWSNEWS

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By Melissa BrownNews Editor

Over 1400 student tick-ets went unused during the Western Kentucky game on Sept 8 resulting in many stu-dents receiving 15 penalty points to their student ticket account

According to a Student Government Association press release 767 of the 1400 tickets were donated after 5 pm on the Friday before Gameday

Students can receive a donated ticket up until half-time of the game but will still

receive 15 penalty points if they cannot use the last-min-ute ticket Meagan Bryant SGA press secretary advises students to be mindful of the policy

ldquoSGA encourages students to remove themselves from the donation list if they do not want to receive a ticket after a certain pointrdquo Bryant said

The donation list can be found under the ldquomyticketsrdquo section of myBama Students who receive a donated ticket but canrsquot use it can donate the ticket back and receive a 5 penalty

Though some students

who receive a donated ticket after the start of the game may have already made plans to be elsewhere they must donate the ticket back and receive a 5 penalty point or receive 15 points for not using the ticket

ldquoSGA wants to give every student the opportunity to attend each game and it is for that reason that we allow tickets to be awarded to those on the waiting list all the way until halftime of the gamerdquo Joe Hart chief justice for SGA said

Students who incur three or more points this fall will be

ineligible to receive post-sea-son tickets or tickets for the 2013 regular and postseason

Sarah Hughes a senior majoring in political sci-ence donated her ticket on the Saturday morning of Gameday and received a 5 point penalty

ldquoI find it odd that we get penalized for donating our tickets when all wersquore doing is helping students who donrsquot have tickets to get into the gamerdquo Hughes said ldquoDonating our tickets is bet-ter than not going at all because it helps ensure that the stadium wonrsquot be empty

I donrsquot think we should be penalized for thatrdquo

Jessica Goodman a junior majoring in public relations thinks the penalty point sys-tem is a logical way to help students without tickets

ldquoIf you have tickets and donrsquot use them there is always someone who would want it and may not have got-ten one from the donation pool because you just decid-ed to forgo donating and not go at allrdquo Goodman said ldquoSo I get why the system exists I think some of the rules and regulations of it are annoying and that it should be alteredrdquo

Goodman also said if students donate a ticket before kickoff then there is no need for a penalty at all

Students can also pay to upgrade their ticket to sell or use for a non-student and receive one penalty point

Tyler Howard a sopho-more majoring in econom-ics couldnrsquot attend the game because of work but managed to sell his ticket

ldquoHonestly things come up and if yoursquore going to skip one football game against a team no onersquos ever heard of then I donrsquot think that should stay with yourdquo Howard said

CW | Whitney Hendrix

At WKU game 84 percent of tickets went unused

Editor | SoRelle Wyckoffletterscwuaedu

Thursday September 20 2012OPINIONSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

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EDITORIAL BOARDWill Tucker Editor-in-Chief

Ashley Chaffin Managing EditorStephen Dethrage Production

EditorMackenzie Brown Visuals Editor

Tray Smith Online EditorAlex Clark Community ManagerAshanka Kumari Chief Copy

EditorSoRelle Wyckoff Opinions Editor

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than 800 words) or a letter to the editor to letterscwuaedu

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

letters to the editor

CW | Jingyu Wan

YOUR VIEWS IN RESPONSE TO

ldquoSuite-style dorms attractive but illogical lonelyrdquo

ldquoI have been worried about our students missing out on these important college

experiences ever since we started build-ing these apartment-style dormsrdquo

ldquoCompletely agree I had to look elsewhere for the sense of community my freshman year The system in place is great for re-cruitment but forces students to look else-

where on campus Introverted students can get left in the dustrdquo

ndashDaniel MacguirendashDaniel Shannahan

Alabamarsquos new Starbucks Ingenious or excessive Refl ecting on FYC scandal 1 year later

By Amber PattersonStaff Columnist

Every morning on The University of Alabama cam-pus students witness an abun-dance of common factors packed buses deadlocked traf-fic sleep deprived students glued to their iPods and the infamous Starbucks line in the Ferguson Center That line usu-ally stretches across the front entrance of the Ferg and even wraps around the help desk or goes out of the door around exam time

Personally being a caffeine addict and Starbucks junkie I understand the craving for the rich taste only Starbucks drinks seem to offer So like my fellow caffeine-driven students I was thrilled to hear that the

University decided to expand and move Starbucks down-stairs This would cut down the traffic jams on the second floor of the Ferg because there will be more than one place for stu-dents to congregate and will prevent students from standing in line for 30 minutes or more waiting on a drink that takes less than 10 minutes to make

Although I was elated about this new addition to the University I recently read the impending Starbucks is set to be the biggest one in the nation I have become accus-tomed to the fact that here at the University everything is big and extravagant From our football program to our greek houses or ldquopalacesrdquo as I call them bigger is always the way to go but that does not always

equal betterThe University always strives

to be the best but where do we draw the line As I stated pre-viously caffeine and I share a close relationship but I do not want my tuition to fund an out-let that distributes it I would rather see it go toward parking spots better dorms and aca-demic purposes ndash things that are vital and actual problems at the University

Business expansion is a characteristic of our constant-ly changing US society and having corporate vendors like Starbucks is convenient to stu-dents and I am sure helps the University financially Yet this is probably not needed with tuition rising seven percent and student population reaching a record high We have crossed

the line of excessiveThere are more than 10 cities

I can name off the top of my head that are bigger than Tuscaloosa and contain larger populations than our campus so I see no need for the University to have the biggest Starbucks in the United States To be clear I am not against the movement of Starbucks In fact I plan to stay a regular customer as long as my wallet allows me The move downstairs is a great location and is an efficient solution to a common annoyance on campus but building the biggest in the United States is a clear example of putting want before neces-sity

Amber Patterson is a sopho-more majoring in marketing and public relations Her col-umn runs on Thursday

Romneyrsquos recent remarks show lsquodisdain apathyrsquoBy Nathan JamesStaff Columnist

Mother Jones released a video Monday show-ing remarks made by Mitt Romney at a private fund-raiser These remarks which Romney did not realize were being taped tell us more about his character than he perhaps would like

Here is an excerpt from Romneyrsquos comments

ldquoThere are 47 percent of people who will vote for the president no matter what All right there are 47 per-cent who are with him who are dependent upon govern-ment who believe that they are victims who believe the government has a responsi-bility to care for them who believe that they are entitled to health care to food to housing to you-name-itrdquo

So many parts of this state-ment are offensive that itrsquos difficult to even know where to begin Romney who has worked so hard to brand himself as an ldquoeverymanrdquo as someone who understands and cares for the plight of the average American has shown more disdain and apa-thy through these remarks than many of his harshest critics would have dared to suggest

First of all Romney appears to be suggesting that basic human needs are discretion-ary I donrsquot know about you but I find it reasonable to think that yes people do have a right to eat and be shel-tered from the elements We are in a time of dire financial crisis when many Americans lack the means to secure food and housing and Romney appears to be implying that

food stamps and aid to the homeless constitute some kind of entitlement

In addition to this Romneyrsquos remarks are astoundingly presumptuous He supposes that the bulk of Obamarsquos support comes from the impoverished and that Obamarsquos main appeal comes in the form of handouts He fails to even acknowledge the possibility that some will vote democrat because they support universal healthcare or proportionate tax burdens on the rich or the right for homosexuals to marry

But perhaps the most note-worthy aspect of this state-ment is the supposition that anyone who does not pay income tax ndash the 47 percent Romney refers to ndash are enti-tled and dependent upon the government There isnrsquot suf-ficient space in this article

to explore all the statistical fallacies in this premise but I hope most will agree with me when I suggest that the poorer half of America is not mewling at Washingtonrsquos teat

I personally represent one of the nearly 150 million Americans who do not pay income taxes My father can-not work and my familyrsquos resultant financial situation exempts us from the respon-sibility of taxation However I do not consider myself ldquodependentrdquo on the govern-ment and I donrsquot believe that Irsquom a ldquovictimrdquo who is entitled to recompense

Romneyrsquos right about one thing though I wonrsquot be vot-ing for him this November

Nathan James is a sopho-more majoring in public rela-tions His column runs on Thursday

By Tray SmithOnline Editor

One year ago this Sunday Grant Cochran resigned as The University of Alabamarsquos Student Government Association president He was the first SGA president to resign in over 60 years and stepped down in the midst of an investigation into the selec-tion process for the SGArsquos First Year Council a freshman lead-ership forum within the stu-dent government

I was one of the lead Crimson White reporters on the story and I was tasked with unearth-ing the details behind the FYC scandal The ensuing course of events taught me a lot about reporting but I also learned a lot about the fallacy of some of my own narrow mindsets and the impact those mindsets can have on other people

As a freshman I served on FYC and as a member of the CW editorial board my sophomore year I forged a consensus against endorsing Cochranrsquos opponent in that yearrsquos SGA election It was the second election cycle in a row in which the CW did not endorse an SGA presidential contender which surprised many who expected the edito-rial board to live up to its long history of endorsing the non-Machine candidate

Grant Cochran was a good candidate though and he had an admirable track record of SGA service and a solid plat-form for what he hoped to accomplish in office The story that came out in the days lead-ing up to and the months fol-lowing his resignation is best understood not as an indict-ment against him but as a crude reminder of the corrupt-ing influences of power and the disastrous consequences of the senseless divides that still exist in too many parts of our campus

We now know that as SGA officials screened FYC appli-cations they changed at least one applicantrsquos Grade Point Average and that applications were marked to ensure that candidates from certain greek houses were selected In the end six more SGA officials stepped down as the investiga-tion continued

The details of that investi-gation were tucked away in the vaults of the Universityrsquos Judicial Affairs office so we do not really know who did what

It is doubtful though that Cochran or any of the others did anything that had never been previously done They may have been sloppier at it the process may have been more blatantly biased But the First Year Council was created by greeks in the SGA and for

years it was used as a tool to breed more greeks for SGA involvement

FYC-gate brought the appall-ing details of that cycle to light but it was the inevitable result of a broader culture that pits certain students against one another the moment they step on campus Viewing the scandal in this context does not excuse the wrongdoing that was committed but illus-trates the consequences that occur when we start to think it is acceptable to elevate our-selves and people like us over peers who are different

Ironically student leaders who act on that mentality end up hurting the students they are most trying to help Greek students stacking the cards against non-greek students have a pretty disparaging view of their own community if they think its members cannot suc-ceed through fair and open competition Students who do rightfully deserve a place in premier programs suffer the most when a process unfairly corrupted in their favor taints their accomplishments The same would be true of any student group that received unmerited privilege

As a greek Crimson White reporter though sometimes I felt that these larger lessons were lost in the flurry of arti-cles we produced in the after-math of the FYC scandal Too often our stories were seen as fitting into the same tired nar-rative of The Crimson White against the student govern-ment and we were seen as overenthusiastic reporters try-ing to break the next story

The reality on our end was far more complicated as I assume it probably was for many of the individuals inside the SGA Calling fellow stu-dents many of whom I knew well to ask why they gave up their lofty student government office and repeatedly asking University administrators for more information was hardly a fun exercise

The result though is a story we can all learn from ndash even those of us who helped write it

Tray Smith is the Online Editor of The Crimson White His column runs on Thursday

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 20 2012 | Page 5

By Chandler WrightContributing Writer

Twelve UA students will be traveling this October to Salisbury High School in Salisbury NC to facilitate the Heritage Panel a co-educa-tional anti-bullying program created by the Young Womenrsquos Christian Association of Central Alabama

ldquoThe YWCA will do a train-ing in Birmingham for the UA studentsrdquo said Aaron Brazelton executive direc-tor of the Heritage Panel at the University ldquoWe will then travel to Salisbury and train 25 student leaders in the Heritage Panel curriculum and building an inclusive com-munityrdquo

Holley Jackson YWCA Coordinator of AmeriCorps and Social Justice said the Heritage Panel is a two-day

social justice training where students are encouraged to tell a story of a time when they witnessed perpetrated or were a victim of discrimi-nation or bullying and how they will learn from that expe-rience

ldquoHeritage Panel really focuses the students on seeing each other past what we look like on the outsiderdquo Jackson said ldquoWe have students share personal stories and get to know each other on a new level to show that everyone goes through trials and trib-ulations making some days harder than othersrdquo

Brazelton a sophomore majoring in international rela-tions and secondary educa-tion said he hopes the UA stu-dents will serve as a Heritage Panel for our campus

ldquoHopefully [the UA leaders] will come back and

be a beacon of change for our communityrdquo Brazelton said ldquoThe YWCA is going to teach them how to address certain problems and how to deal with those problems and then how to go out and help other people deal with those prob-lemsrdquo

Jackson said the Heritage Panel tries to create an open environment in high schools where students rally together and take a stand against dis-crimination and bullying

ldquoAfter we go through these

seminars and workshops with the students they are then placed back into their school and they are ambassadors for the Heritage Panel pro-gramrdquo Brazelton said ldquoWhen there are possible inflamma-tory issues that are happening within the school the school can utilize those students that have already been trained and they will sit at a table and talk about the issues with students from the student bodyrdquo

Avis Williams principal of Salisbury High School said by developing these studentsrsquo leadership and relationship skills they will become a valuable asset to inclusivity at Salisbury

ldquoWith over 900 students I would love to impact them all but we will start with 25 and then allow the students to model what they have learned as well and serve as

UA students to travel to NC to combat bullyingambassadorsrdquo Williams said ldquoI have spoken to many of my students and parents and they are excited about the fact that this is a student-centered effortrdquo

Jackson said the YWCA conducts reports at the end of each school year about the Heritage Panel curricu-lum and found that there is a large impact on the school climate because the panelists share what they learn with their group of friends and the knowledge spreads through-out the school

ldquoCommunication is so vitalrdquo Williams said ldquoStudents are accustomed to tweeting or

texting rather than talking Many stereotypes are a result of a lack of understandingrdquo

Williams said students are more receptive when the information is coming from someone closer to their age and hopes her students look up to Brazelton and the other UA facilitators

ldquoSalisbury High School is a very diverse school and I believe that students need to be taught tolerance and empa-thyrdquo he said ldquoI believe that programs like the Heritage Panel will give our young people a toolkit to help them thrive despite any challenges that they may facerdquo

ldquoCommunication is so vital Stu-dents are accustomed to tweeting

or texting rather than talking Many stereotypes are a result of a

lack of understanding

mdash Avis Williams

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTSPage 6 | Thursday September 20 2012

By Ashanka KumariChief Copy Editor

The Community Music School offers an alternative to students interested in tak-ing instrumental or vocal les-sons without pursuing a music degree

A branch of the College of Arts and Sciences the Community Music School is the outreach program for The University of Alabama School of Music Jane Weigel coordi-nator of the Community Music School said

ldquoWe offer private lessons in just about any Western

orchestra instrument band instrument piano organ and the natural voicerdquo Weigel said ldquoWe offer classes that are for adult strings and anyone can enjoy including faculty UA stu-dents and people in the commu-nityrdquo

Created in the early 1980s the Community Music School is an accredited member of the National Guild for Community Arts Education and offers classes to students of all ages and levels of ability

Cynthia Simpson a senior majoring in horn performance works as a desk assistant for the Community Music School

Music program open to all students

By Katherine LangnerContributing Writer

John Hardman President and CEO of the Carter Center will visit The University of Alabama Friday to speak with students about his leadership experience

The event co-sponsored by the Blackburn Institute and the Honorrsquos College is located in Mary Hewell Alston Hall in Room 30 and will begin at 2 pm

The event is open to all UA students regardless of involve-ment in either the Blackburn Institute or the Honorrsquos College

Mary Lee Caldwell the coordinator of the Blackburn Institute helped organize the upcoming lecture with Hardman

ldquoWe encourage all students to attendrdquo Caldwell said ldquoThis is something that all UA students would be able to learn fromrdquo

Known as a philanthropist and global human rights leader Hardmanrsquos personal work with the Carter Center first launched in 1989 when he led the program to Reduce Global Tobacco Use Through his commitment there he then became the centerrsquos

representative for the WorldHealth Organizationrsquos Tobaccoand Health Program a yearlater He rose to become the cen-terrsquos president and CEO in 2007

ldquoWe came across[Hardmanrsquos] name as a leaderin his field and recieved a rec-ommendation from a former UAadministratorrdquo Caldwell saidldquoThat put him on our radar andonce we read about the workhe has done independently andfor the Carter Center we reallywanted to reach out to him Weare very excited to give our stu-dents this opportunity and tooffer this to all university stu-dentsrdquo

Katie Jackson a financemajor with a concentration inglobal business and a Frenchminor became involved withthe Blackburn Institute inMarch

ldquoI couldnrsquot be more excitedto hear [Hardman] speak thisFridayrdquo Jackson said ldquoNot onlyis his position with the CarterCenter something that greatlyinterests me with regards to mymajor but he is also an incred-ibly interesting person with awealth of knowledge in a vari-ety of areasrdquo

Human rights group CEO to speak Friday

teaches private horn lessons and a music enrichment class for fourth and fifth grade stu-dents at the Tuscaloosa Magnet School

ldquoMusic training is so valuable for people of all agesrdquo Simpson said ldquoIrsquom especially proud to work with this organizationrdquo

Parents are given the oppor-tunity to expose their chil-dren to music through the Community Music Schoolrsquos Kindermusik program from birth to age seven Weigel said

ldquoWe have newborns enrolled in our Kindermusik program middle and high school kids in our Chamber Strings and

Tuscaloosa Youth Orchestra ensembles and adults through their 70s taking lessons and participating in the Adult Strings programrdquo Simpson said ldquoMusic lessons do so much for the learning and develop-ment of young children and the Adult Strings program is such a treat for many older adultsrdquo

The Adult Strings program founded and taught by music education instructor Anne C Witt offers classes for adults interested in learning violin viola cello or string bass at beginner intermediate and advanced levels At the end of each semester students in the

Adult Strings program give a short informal concert

ldquoI love the mixture of people we have in the classes ndash from undergraduates to 80 and olderrdquo Witt said ldquoWorking with adults has greatly enriched my life and added significantly to my enjoyment of teachingrdquo

Students cannot receive aca-demic credit for classes taken through the Community Music School and no UA students are required to take the classes Witt said

The majority of classes are offered in the Moody Music Building or other locations on the UA campus with few

off-campus classes Weigel saidEveryone is required to owntheir own instruments exceptin the Kindermusik area

On Sunday Oct 28 theCommunity Music School willhost ldquoHalloween in Ozrdquo a car-nival fundraiser to assist inraising money to provide schol-arship funding for the commu-nity Weigel said The event willbe at the Moody Music Buildingfrom 2 to 4 pm

ldquoThere will be people dressedas characters from the Wizardof Oz and there is a costumeparaderdquo Weigel said ldquoItrsquos apretty fun couple of hours forthe communityrdquo

CW | Caitlin TrotterAndrew Magee a mechanical engineering PhD student plays the viola in the adult strings class offered on campus

Community Music School offers group private lessons

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 20 2012 | Page 7

UA selects 7 students to advance toward RhodesBy the end of the process 2 winners will be chosen from each district for a total of 32 national scholarsBy Madison RobertsContributing Writer

Seven University of Alabama students have been endorsed to move forward to the next round of the nation-ally competitive American Rhodes Scholarships pro-gram

The Rhodes Scholarship is a prestigious fellowship award-ed to 32 students from over 300 American universities every year The winners receive full financial support to pursue a degree at Oxford University in the United Kingdom

ldquoThe Rhodes Scholarship is a huge honor because of the few spots available and the fierce competition for [it]rdquo said Brad Tuggle a former Rhodes Scholar and current campus representative for the scholarship ldquoThe Rhodes Scholarships are considered ndash both within the academy and within popular culture ndash the highest academic honor a US college student can earnrdquo

Cecil J Rhodes founded the scholarship in 1904 According to Rhodesrsquos will there are four official criteria to be eligible for the scholarship including ldquoliterary and scholastic attain-ments energy to use onersquos tal-ents to the full as exemplified by fondness for and success in sports truth courage devo-tion to duty sympathy for and protection of the weak kind-liness unselfishness and fel-lowship moral force of char-acter and instincts to lead and to take an interest in onersquos fellow beingsrdquo

ldquoBeyond these official cri-teria there are some unoffi-cial ones that we use on cam-pus to gauge a candidatersquos

possibility of successrdquo Tuggle said ldquoThese include a near-perfect GPA extensive schol-arly activity the ability to hold high-level intellectual conversations in an interview setting a record of focused extracurricular activities and five to eight professors willing to write extraordinary letters of recommendationrdquo

John Burke who is involved in interviewing the candi-dates for the scholarship said although anyone can be nomi-nated not everyone will make it through the process

ldquoAnybody can name any-body but I can assure that nobody is going to go forward in this process unless they are at the top of the heaprdquo Burke said

The nomineesrsquo applica-tion due Sept 1 included a personal statement resume transcript and five to eight let-ters of recommendation After submitting the application the students engaged in a person-al consultation and on-campus interview with the Committee of Prestige Scholarships and Awards who then chose students to represent the University at the district level

However students who receive endorsement can decide whether to represent The University of Alabama or their home state If the students choose University representation they will be

competing against other students in their district from Alabama Florida and Tennessee

Candidates must submit their application to compete at the district level by Oct 3 After close review of the appli-cations the district commit-tees will invite approximately 15 students for district inter-views in November

Two winners are chosen from each district to make up the 32 national Rhodes Scholars

Senior Hannah Hicks majoring in philosophy and religious studies was recent-ly endorsed to move forward in the scholarship process She worked on her applica-tion over the summer and has already finished her applica-tion for the district committee

ldquoBeing nominated for this scholarship is an assurance that sometimes even the radi-cals free-thinkers and weirdos have their dayrdquo Hicks said

As a former Rhodesrsquo scholar Tuggle can attest to how won-derful this opportunity actu-ally will be for the students if they win

ldquoAll in all my two years at Oxford were the most idyllic challenging fruitful and stimu-lating years of my entire liferdquo Tuggle said ldquoThe experience continues to affect everything I do both professionally and personallyrdquo

By Sarah RobinsonContributing Writer

On Sept 20 four greek organizations will host the Wings of Hope philanthropy event on Sigma Nursquos front lawn

The event which is hosted by Sigma Nu Delta Delta Delta Zeta Beta Tau and Alpha Delta Pi will be held from 330 to 630 pm Wings of Hope will include a live performance from Doctors and Lawyers a wing-eating contest and Red Bull Girls handing out free materials

Event sponsor Buffalo Philrsquos is donating 2000 wings which will be used in the wing-eating contest

Sponsors Red Bull Guy Harvey and American Fishing Tackle Co are donat-ing gear as prizes for contest winners

Guy Harvey T-shirts will be available for sale at the event Proceeds will go toward the Guy Harvey Ocean founda-tion

Julian Reed Hailey chair of Sigma Nu Philanthropy said having big name spon-sors and four greek organi-

zations hosting will bring in large crowd He encourages students to attend

ldquoI feel it is important for people to attend because all proceeds are going toward two great causesrdquo Hailey said ldquoIt will also be a great timerdquo

Jordan Ross vice presi-dent of the Zeta Beta Tau Psi chapter said the Wings for Hope event will be ldquomegardquo and will benefit the charities

ldquoWe will be able to donate a significant amount of money to these great causesrdquo Ross said

ldquo All in all my two years at Oxford were the most idyllic challeng-ing fruitful and stimulating years of my entire life The experi-ence continues to affect everything I do both professionally and

personally

mdash Brad Tuggle

Greek philanthropy event to help Ocean Foundation

Justice group hopes to unite campus on freedomSteve Moakler headlines Fridayrsquos benefi t concert for Alabama International Justice Mission

By Megan MillerContributing Writer

Artists Caleb Sigler and Charity Vance will per-form the opening acts to headliner Steve Moakler at Alabama International Justice Missionrsquos benefit concert this Friday

Alabama International Justice Mission is a faith-based organization that exists to serve IJM through raising awareness of traf-ficking and slavery and raising funds for their mis-sions

The concert will be held at Capstone Church on University Boulevard at 8 pm as part of its annual Fall Justice Week

ldquoWe are extremely com-mitted to integrity in our fundraisers as we under-stand that literally every dollar goes toward rescue and rehabilitation opera-tions for the oppressed worldwiderdquo Darby Hess the vice president of Alabama IJM said

Moakler created his own nonprofit organization in 2011 called Free the Birds which funds freedom and restoration for women and children who have been exploited by human sex trafficking

Free the Birds partners with Love146 an organiza-tion dedicated to after-care and restoration of those who have been involved in trafficking in order to pre-vent the victims from being cycled back into slavery

ldquoI emailed his agent Tim and then we met him at the concert where we found out Steve has his own ministry to benefit after care for traf-ficking victimsrdquo Josh Sigler president of Alabama IJM said ldquoIt was at that point we realized that it had to be him to playrdquo

Hess said Alabama IJM is still in awe of how perfectly Moakler fit as their per-former

ldquoWe are honored to have himrdquo Hess said ldquoNot only is he incredibly talented musically but he shares the same heart for justicerdquo

Other events for Justice Week include a daily bake sale in the Ferguson Center until Sept 21 from 11 am to 2 pm a screening of ldquoCall + Responserdquo in Lloyd Room 38

on Wednesday Sept 19 at 8 pm and a speech from IJM Peru Affiliate at the Kappa Alpha Theta house at 7 pm on Thursday Sept 20

ldquoWe feel all the events of Justice Week are equally as important as the concertrdquo Josh Sigler said ldquoThere are people coming from lit-erally all over the world to share their storiesrdquo

Hess said she sees the event as another opportuni-ty to celebrate her genera-tionrsquos involvement in reach-ing out to the oppressed

ldquoI look forward to seeing this concert unite students from all areas of campus for one cause freedomrdquo she said ldquoWe all value human life and at this point in his-tory there are 27 million enslaved Those two facts combined should compel us to actrdquo

Tickets for the concert are $10 and can be purchased at the door All proceeds col-lected from the concert go directly to the IJM head-quarters

ldquo I look forward to seeing this concert unite students from all areas of campus for one cause freedom

mdash Darby Hess

The amount of seats is allotted by dorm much like states are allotted seats to the US House of Representatives so the larger dorms hold more seats For example Tutwiler which has over 900 women in it will have nine seats while Lakeside East a much small-er dorm will only have one seat

ldquoAnother change made

this year is that FYC director Mackenzie Perpich will sit in on the interviews though she does not hold a deciding vote as to who gets the posi-tionrdquo Bryant said

The selection committee consists of two members of the executive board two from the senate two from judicial and one from stu-dent housing

Bryant said the chance to be interviewed is based on GPA dorm college major and the studentsrsquo answers to three general questions

ldquoI am very pleased with the SGA First Year Council

application and interview process thus farrdquo SGA President Matt Calderone said ldquoThe selection pro-cess includes input from the three branches of SGA The Residence Hall Association UA Student Affairs and for-mer SGA First Year Council members in order to identify the most excellent students from this yearrsquos freshmen classrdquo

The interviews are taking place this week Students going through the interview for seats will find out if they have been selected to serve on Sept 23 at 5 pm

ldquoAdrian always has had real good pass rush abilityrdquo Saban said ldquoHe knows what hersquos doing hersquos confident hersquos playing hard Hersquos really an effective player and hersquos done a pretty good job in every one of the games so farrdquo

Still Alabamarsquos pass rush has done more than simply terrorize opposing quar-terbacks Itrsquos also helped Alabamarsquos offensive line in its own pass blocking skills This was most evident in

the Western Kentucky and Arkansas games when it gave up six and zero sacks respectively

S o p h o m o r e Cy r u s Kouandjio said going up against his own defense in practice every week has helped the offensive line tremendously with its pass blocking

ldquoThey do thatrdquo Kouandjio said ldquoThey make us go one on ones in practice every day just so we donrsquot get too used to the scout team Theyrsquore goodrdquo

One of the things Kouandjio said made his defensersquos pass rush so potent was the dif-ferent playing styles of

players like Hubbard and Xzavier Dickson Between the two they have two sacks and 35 tackles for loss

H u b b a r d e c h o e d Kouandjiorsquos sentiments about his defensersquos versatility in the pass rush with six defensive players turning in at least one sack so far this season Still Hubbard said what makes his teammates truly great are not their differences but the thing they all have in common

ldquoOur mindsetrsquos the samerdquo Hubbard said ldquoWe get out there every play Hard work is what I pride my guys on Outside linebackers those are my guysrdquo

FOOTBALL FROM PAGE 1

Defense continues to make improvements

FYC FROM PAGE 1

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By Deanne WinslettStaff Reporter

Whether prepping for a per-formance or directing from behind the scenes senior musical theatre major Tommy Walker is up for the challenge Walker first discovered his interest in musical theatre in the fourth grade and began with shows in high school

ldquoI was like I have to do thisrdquo Walker said ldquoOnce I started there was really no turning back Itrsquos a great vehicle to har-ness the creativity you have building inside of yourdquo

Walker became very involved in his high school the-atre department and developed his skills as a performer there as well as in the local commu-nity theatre He was also intro-duced to directing during his junior year of high school His theatre teacher at the time left unexpectedly leaving Walker and a staff of performers with no director for their upcoming performance of ldquoThe Fall of the House of Usherrdquo Walkerrsquos classmates elected him to take

over the directing position and thus he made his directing debut

ldquoYou have to be the battery and you have to keep the gears movingrdquo Walker said ldquoYou have to build the characters and build the show ldquoItrsquos a very creative process Thatrsquos why I love directingrdquo

Walker said he never had any doubt that he wanted to con-tinue with musical theatre as a degree and so he auditioned for a spot within the majorrsquos pro-gram Ten candidates are cho-sen each year to be accepted

into the musical theatre major via an audition process which takes place at the beginning of the year

ldquoYou have to audition to be able to major in musical the-atrerdquo Walker said ldquoThey only accept about 10 to 12 a year You have to bring a monologue and you have to bring two songsrdquo

While prep-ping for his audition Walker o v e r h e a r d another hopeful singing one of the same songs that he had come prepared with himself He quickly switched the song with one of his back-ups that he had brought but he did not feel as prepared with the replacement song

ldquoOut of the two songs they picked which one they wanted you to come back and sing for real later in the audition pro-cessrdquo he said ldquoAnd which song did they pick The one I didnrsquot rehearse of courserdquo

Contrary to Walkerrsquos doubt in song choice the panel decid-ed to make Walker one of a few musical theatre majors He was accepted into the program and has since been working to build his resume

ldquoI can see Tommy on Broadway easily but as a teacher I would be thrilled to

study with himrdquo Sherri Ryan Sparkman High School theatre director said ldquoThis is a gifted young man and no matter what he decides to do with his life he will touch each person he

encounters in a positive won-derful wayrdquo

Ryan first met Walker when he was a stage technician for a production of ldquoNonsenserdquo when he was first starting out She later became the theatre director at his high school and was able to watch as Walker grew as a performer She said she has never seen

someone commit to a character the way that Walker does

ldquoFor such a tiny walk on he was so dedicated and funny from the beginningrdquo Ryan said ldquoHe went on to play Pseudolous in lsquoFunny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forumrsquo win in his category of singing and acting at the state Trumbauer Festival and look what he has now done at Alabamardquo

Walker ultimately wants to teach theatre and he has been collecting experience to help him toward that goal He has participated in a variety of the-atre programs including work-ing in theatre summer camps and participating in theatre education programs at schools Walker also held the position of president last year in Alpha Psi Omega the UA theatre honor society He still sits as a chair this year and helps produce APOrsquos Guerilla Theatre events

Guerrilla Theatre held once a month in the Allen Bales Theatre performs a total of 10 skits per show with each individual segment consisting of no more than ten minutes

Guerrilla Theatre has received positive feedback from the cam-pus community Walker said

ldquoItrsquos a very SNL-type thingrdquo Walker said ldquoYou can get up there and do almost anything for 10 minutesrdquo

In addition to APO involve-ment Walker currently teach-es theatre at the Tuscaloosa Magnet School balanced with preparing for his perfor-mance role in the upcoming UA Theatre Department pro-duction ldquoFoolsrdquo and doing the prep work for a play he will be directing next semester

Walker is currently finish-ing his senior year With the majority of his required cred-its out of the way he only has a handful of classes left before he graduates He plans to finish by taking part-time hours next semester and simultaneously traveling in search of post-graduation work

ldquoPeople like to think that there are starving actors and yes there are somerdquo he said ldquoBut if you put the work in and commit to it then yoursquoll get thererdquo

Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Thursday September 20 2012CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 8

CW | Caitlin TrotterTommy Walker

ldquoYou have to be the battery and you have to keep the gears moving You have to

build the characters and build the show

mdash Tommy Walker

In theatre program student stands out as director

By Tara MassoulehContributing Writer

Students interested in progressive issues will have the opportunity to meet and greet with other like-minded students as well as enjoy refreshments at the Progressive Potluck this Saturday Sept 22 from 7 to 930 pm hosted by the Mallet Assembly

The Progressive Potluck ndash or ldquoProgLuckrdquo as it is called by its founders ndash is an oppor-tunity for students who are interested in progressive causes to share in food and fellowship while discussing a myriad of issues such as LGBTQA rights environmen-tal policy alternative energy real food universal health-care and increased sensitiv-ity toward non-religious indi-viduals

Lin Wang a sophomore majoring in human rights law who serves as president of Alabama Atheists and Agnostics and a host for the event defined progressive issues as those that are ldquocon-cerned with a change for the betterrdquo

ldquoProgressive issues dif-ferentiate from other social issues through the ideas of reform and activism as well as a gradual approach toward opening minds and opportu-nitiesrdquo Wang said

Participation in previ-ous Progessive Potlucks has consisted of members from organizations such as College Democrats UA Environmental Council Alabama Atheists and Agnostics and Spectrum and Apwonjo Alabama but all students interested are wel-come to attend

This year Progessive Potluckrsquos hosts are making an effort to emphasize that the event is open to both greek and non-greek members of The University of Alabama community Wang said the Progessive Potluckrsquos audi-ence traditionally has not included many greeks but she said its hosts would ldquolike to open it up more because there are greeks who do have progressive ideals and we would like to tap into thatrdquo

The Progressive Potluck hopes to transcend bound-aries of race sex religious belief and party affiliation in order to unite a strong com-munity of young people moti-vated to take action for posi-tive change

The Progressive Potluck has expanded in its member-ship over the years with one of the keys to this growth being

Progressive Potluck brings together UA activist groups

its advertising through social media such as Facebook groups Sam Gerard a soph-omore majoring in political science and history serves as Membership Director of College Democrats and Liaison Officer for Alabama Atheists and Agnostics two of the major groups

sponsoring the eventGerard said the potluck

is attracting participants through joint efforts of many of the associated groups who have been making regular Facebook posts inviting more and more people to come

The event poses an oppor-tunity for students to meet

like-minded peers early in the year with whom they can collaborate on upcoming projects to improve social awareness in the UA commu-nity Through the Progressive Potluck students are able to engage in valuable network-ing learn more about other organizations and make meaningful friendships with students holding similar val-ues

ldquoWe hope to create a stron-ger progressive coalition and networking frame with the progressive potlucksrdquo Gerard said ldquoAnd of course to eat tasty vittlesrdquo

Mallet hosts opportunity for students from progressive groups to network learn about student organizations

CW | Austin BigoneyMallet members and friends congregate outside Palmer Hall Wednesday

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 20 2012 | Page 9

By Nathan Proctor

Mainstream sports games catch a lot of flak Theyrsquore often classified as money-grubbing over-serialized over-saturated yearly roster updates for ldquobrordquo gamers Now the trendy busi-ness model pushing out a game per league per year is flawed however thatrsquos a spiel for anoth-er column What I argue is that the Maddens and FIFAs of the world arenrsquot all that distant from the serious hardcore gam-ing world In fact they may be closer than you realize

The genre itself is first defined by the world of sport Sports are reliant upon careful-ly crafted and often highly com-plex plans then to be executed and react fluidly to the strategic intentions of others Simply put itrsquos about more than just speed and muscle (therersquos a reason Nick Saban makes $562 million a year) With all that in mind it seems a simple transition into the world of strategy And some do play the main suite of sports games in that manner not to mention the scores of sports simulation products found in PC gaming

Though accessibility can often be misinterpreted as a threat to a very protective and possessive gamer culture the fact that a game of NCAA Football can reward a well-timed succession of jukes or button taps and a precise game plan or extensive recruiting plan in a similar endorphin-pumping fashion effectively reflects the strengths of the sports them-selves and is an impressive bit of design The twitch-based tendencies demanded in these games are often not horrible ways of emulating an athletersquos required reaction time and have long been key in action-oriented games

However what keeps a mix of current sports games on my

shelf are their innate role-play-ing tendencies Escapism drives the success of gaming and com-petitive sports alike And what better way to push this further than to place you in the very shoes of a professional athlete in a fully realized simulation of the sport Be it bringing up a young goaltender playing from the small-time Ontario Hockey League into a high pressure NHL game 7 in his hometown earning Plymouth Argyle an importable promotion into the English Premier League or sim-ply creating your own Iron Bowl legacy these systems facilitate and do their best to inspire the same storytelling that have long given crosstown rivalries real meaning and made southern football more than just a game

Dedicated gamers and sports nuts arenrsquot all that far apart or necessarily mutually exclusive Some play games for the adren-aline rush and action where others may be more enthused with the underlying num-bers no different than sports fanatics Living a space opera through Commander Sheppard isnrsquot that distant from following your crafty six-foot point guard from the NBA D-League into the hall of fame And truly dress-ing in the gear of your favorite athlete is no less ldquonerdyrdquo than cosplaying as your favorite Final Fantasy or anime character just perhaps a bit less Japanese

For some sports will never truly interest them and itrsquos likely sports games never will either That is fair and anyone with a gripe regarding the EA Sports monolith likely has a point However the sporting cul-ture and corresponding games have earned their place along-side products more specifically targeting gamers Their flex-ibility and aptitude for captur-ing their sports is uncanny In short sports games deserve your respect

COLUMN | GAMING

Sports games provide escape realistic graphics

By Courtney StinsonStaff Reporter

As part of Crossroads Community Centerrsquos yearlong ldquoUA is Culturerdquo initiative The University of Alabama will be celebrating different cultures each month starting with observing Hispanic Heritage Month until Oct 15

Crossroads director Beverly Hawk said Hispanic Heritage Month offers students more than simply a look at another culture It will also provide students with Latino perspec-tives on American culture and how preconceived notions of other cultures are changed through experience

ldquoWe all have a lot of assump-tions about each other before we meet one another and when we meet one another we come away with different experiencesrdquo Hawk said

One of the goals of Hispanic Heritage Month is to expose students to new cultures so they can learn to engage with people of other cultures in an increasingly globalized world

ldquoThatrsquos how [the University gets] to be the big interna-tional University that we arerdquo Hawk said ldquoOur students can interact with people all over the world so that they are pre-pared for their global futures for their whole lives Thatrsquos what college life is forrdquo

For students who come from different cultures the salute to international culture is an effort to make them feel that their culture is appreciated and contributes to the makeup of UArsquos culture as a whole

ldquoObserving [Hispanic Heritage Month] declares that the culture is a part of the school people from that culture feel connected [to UA culture] and that they feel their culture is honored and respectedrdquo Hawk said

Haley Flanagan a junior majoring in public relations and minoring in Spanish stud-ied in Spain during the spring Hispanic Heritage Month is

UA celebrates Hispanic culturea chance for her to share her experiences with Spanish cul-ture with other students

ldquoI really want to promote dif-ferent cultures because I had such a great time [in Spain]rdquo Flanagan said ldquoI want to show other people that experi-encerdquo

In conjunction with Hispanic Heritage Month Crossroads is partnering with other campus organizations to promote Latino culture through film screenings panel discus-sions and other events

Discussion topics for Hispanic Heritage Month will include ldquoIntersections of Queer and Hispanic Identitiesrdquo ldquoThe Effects of HB 56 on Women and Families One Year Laterrdquo

and ldquoReflections on Culture Health Care and Spirituality in Inquitos Perurdquo

Crossroads graduate assis-tant Juan Pablo Black Romero came to the University from

Ecuador and said these types of discussions will give stu-dents a better grasp of the issues facing the Latino com-munity particu-larly issues like immigration

S t u d e n t s will also be able to engage

with Latino culture through the lenses of documentary films The Womenrsquos Resource Center College of Education and Department of American Studies will screen ldquoPrecious Knowledgerdquo a documen-tary about the elimination of

ethnic studies programs in Tuscon Ariz and the fight to keep these programs alive There will also be a screening of ldquoRomanticordquo a documenta-ry about a Mexican musician who returns home after years of playing in San Francisco only to find that to support his family he must return to the United States

The Womenrsquos Resource Centerrsquos monthly Everywoman Book Club will also have a Latino focus There will be lunch and a conversation with author Lila Quintero Weaver about her book ldquoDarkroom A Memoir in Black and Whiterdquo which is about her upbringing in a racially seg-regated Alabama after her immigration to America from Argentina

For more information on Hispanic Heritage Month and a schedule of events visit crossroadsuaedu

ldquoOur students can interact with people all over the world so that they are

prepared for their global futures for their whole

lives Thatrsquos what college life is for

mdash Beverly Hawk

Page 10 | Thursday September 20 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

By Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

After an impressive showing at the Duke Fab Four Invite the Alabama womenrsquos tennis team is looking for another strong showing at the Furman Fall Classic this weekend

Despite being early in the fall season womenrsquos tennis head coach Jenny Mainz said she was impressed overall with her teamrsquos performance in its first live match setting The Tide accounted for 14 victories at the Duke Fab Four Invite

ldquoThe tournament was a great starting pointrdquo she said ldquoIt was a good first tournament with steep competition Saw a lot of good things and a lot of things we have to go back to the drawing board with but the main things are matchesrdquo

The Tide rel ied

heavily on its leader and num-ber one slot player junior Mary Anne Macfarlane Mainz said Macfarlane proved why she is a natural leader by winning and com-peting in both her singles and dou-bles play matches

ldquoThe thing is with Mary Anne is that she is very consistentrdquo Mainz said ldquoThe way she conducts herself com-petes and trains Her standards are very high and are very high with her teammates For her to be out there on the court push-ing everyone not only makes her better but everyone around her betterrdquo

While Macfarlane has emerged as the Tidersquos team leader this season Mainz said sophomore Emily Zabor

has impressed her early and could be in line for a breakout season

ldquoI think Emily Zabor will be one of the most improved play-ers that ever goes through this pro-gramrdquo she said ldquoShe definitely has leadership capabilities and is even keel both on and off the court

I will definitely be counting on Zabor for big things including this yearrdquo

The Tide is sending five players to the Furman Fall Classic at Furman University in Greenville SC Macfarlane sophomores Yasmeen Ebada and Emily Zabor and fresh-men Maya Jansen and Natalia Maynetto will be facing SEC opponents Vanderbilt South

Carolina and Tennessee along with non-conference opponents North Carolina Florida State Clemson and tournament host Furman

ldquoWersquore going to get kind of a preview of a lot of the con-ference schoolsrdquo Mainz said ldquoItrsquos going to be a real evenly matched tournamentrdquo

Mainz said the teamrsquos man-tra is to get better every day and that she is more focused on how the team executes rather than specifically looking for wins

ldquoI keep emphasizing that the outcome will take care of itselfrdquo she said ldquoWersquove just got to keep doing the right things to get better especially in the fallrdquo

Alabama looks to improve at Furman Fall Classic

CW FileAlabama womenrsquos tennis team looks to continue its success at the Furman Fall Classic

By David MarshburnContributing Writer

Although the champion-ship might not commence for another eight months The University of Alabama menrsquos golf team will get its first real test of the season when it travels to Atlanta Ga to com-pete in the PINGGolfweek Preview Five players will tee off Sunday Sept 23 complet-ing their final round Tuesday Sept 25

Capital City Clubrsquos Crabapple Golf Course hosts the weekend tournament as well as the 2013 NCAA cham-pionship and will provide the Crimson Tide with a taste of what its stiffest competition has to offer The tournament field features several teams that pose a serious challenge to the Tidersquos title hopes this year

Ranked No 1 in the latest Golf Coaches Association of America poll Alabama will square off against the nationrsquos best teams Texas California UCLA and Washington round

out the pollrsquos top five teams Other notable opponents include SEC heavyweights Arkansas Georgia and Texas AampM

ldquoOur coach does a great job planning our schedulerdquo said junior Bobby Wyatt Alabamarsquos top individual performer in its last tournament ldquoOur team always plays the best competi-tion around and wersquore looking forward to this tournamentrdquo

The Crimson Tide fin-ished third in its first match of the season at the Carpet Collegiate Classic topped only by Georgia and defend-ing national champion The University of Texas

ldquoWe looked like we were running in mudrdquo Alabama head coach Jay Seawell said ldquoItrsquos a new team and a new year and we just need to con-tinue to find our identityrdquo

Although the Tide enters the season as a top-ranked team the players realize they have room for improvement Because golf can be a frus-trating game the team mem-bers say they need to work

on patience as well as mental toughness

One of many strengths Seawellrsquos players possess is their ability to crank far drives from the tee box When play-ing on a course with long fairways and tall roughs due to recent rains such a skill should prove advantageous for Alabama

ldquoWe have three solid play-ers and possible first-team All Americans who play well every timerdquo Seawell said ldquoAll of them need to be sharp and a fourth guy will need to step up Wersquore still not sure who that isrdquo

With a lengthy season still remaining a win for the Tide this weekend would make a resounding statement to the rest of the nation Wyatt said a victory will build some much needed momentum that could carry his team through the fall and into the spring

ldquoWe just want to keep get-ting betterrdquo Wyatt said ldquoIf we improve week by week then wersquoll be right where we want to be by the championshiprdquo

The Tide comes out swinging

ldquoItrsquos going to be a real evenly matched

tournament

mdash Jenny Mainz

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Tide to battle UGA BulldogsBy Mary Grace ShowfetyStaff Reporter

Alabamarsquos volleyball team is eager to get back on the court after a recent loss to Tennessee dropped the Tide to No 2 in the SEC Western Division

ldquoAfter every game we try to focus on what we can do better and right now wersquore just getting prepared for Georgiardquo fresh-man Kryssi Daniels said ldquoWersquore letting go of the Tennessee game because today is a new dayrdquo

Daniels leads the SEC in aces with 29 this year ranking her No 5 in the nation Georgia remains unbeaten (4-0) at home but the outside hitter said the Crimson Tide is confident about going on the road

Last season the Tide was vic-torious in both meetings with the Bulldogs dropping one set Head coach Ed Allen said this

year the two teams are very much alike in a few areas

ldquoIt will be a challenging week-end because both teams we play are very similar to us and with a similar talent levelrdquo Allen said ldquoWith both realizing the impor-tance of winning those matches against teams that are compa-rable in ability we really expect that itrsquos going to be a tough weekendrdquo

Alabama (12-2 1-1 SEC) and Georgia (7-4 1-1 SEC) are young teams both in the process of rebuilding Like the Tide the Bulldogs did not have the season they hoped for last year finish-ing 11-19 with a 7-13 SEC record

Setter Sierra Wilson said though the Tide does not intend to make any serious changes there are different things to con-sider when playing on the road

ldquoA lot of away travel is based on getting your mind right and getting to a place where you can

create your own energyrdquo Wilson said ldquoSo I think right now wersquore more focused on mental tough-ness and sustaining energyrdquo

Wilson was named SEC Volleyball Freshman of the Week Monday as she continues to lead the conference with 1142 assists per set this season

Allen said the Tide has devel-oped a great deal of consistency ndash something the team has made a priority this season ndash but there is still progress to be made

ldquoWersquore looking to get better defensively at the netrdquo Allen said ldquoI think wersquore growing as far as the game is concerned in understanding whatrsquos happen-ing and now but our ability to execute after we find ourselves in the right place is going to be the next focal pointrdquo

After a weekend away the Tide will return to Foster Auditorium Friday Sept 28 to take on Ole Miss

By Caroline GazzaraContributing Writer

The Alabama soccer team is preparing for a challenging home game Friday against the Georgia Bulldogs after two disappointing results against Tennessee and LSU on the road Though a loss against Tennessee and double overtime tie against LSU still lin-ger in its mind the Tide is not focusing on the past but instead on the upcoming match

ldquoEvery weekend is different obviously with just the different opponents and each team plays differentlyrdquo defender Ashley Willis said ldquoWe have to forget the last weekend and know that there is a lot of season left and just keep plugging away and keep staying positiverdquo

Alabamarsquos 5-1-1 record

including its 0-1-1 start to confer-ence play has the Tide ranked fourth in the SEC West The slight setbacks at both away games have rattled the team a bit but confi-dence and composure are still the number-one focus for the Tide

ldquoWe need to score goals obvi-ously but we need to find a way to get a second goalrdquo head coach Todd Bramble said ldquoWe only scored one goal in each of those games and we came out of it with a loss and a tie The lesson that we learned from this weekend is that scoring one goal against a good SEC team isnrsquot going to be good enoughrdquo

With that in mind Alabamarsquos forward Pia Rijsdijk believes com-posure is key to success The game might get hectic but staying posi-tive and under control are the best way to score and win the game

ldquoI am always trying to be composed and trying to be con-fident when wersquore under pres-surerdquo Rijsdijk said ldquo[I want] to have that calm and show that to my teammatesrdquo

Although its shot percentage has drastically decreased since its season-high of 308 percent against UAB to 037 percent against LSU Alabama has been devoted to working on scoring and increas-ing that percentage

ldquoWe definitely fought hard as a team on Sunday but unfortu-nately we ended up with a tierdquo Rijsdijk said ldquoThose little details wersquove been working on this week will definitely show this weekend and then wersquoll hopefully get a win out of thatrdquo

The home game against Georgia should bring the confidence boost Alabama needs to win The Tide

will have the support of its fans and home-field advantage that it hopes will pull it through

ldquoAlthough we leave this past weekend displeased with the results that we got wersquore not com-pletely unhappy with our perfor-mancerdquo Bramble said ldquoWe canrsquot let that affect our confidence when we continue to come out and per-form the same way we have Being at home will help make that differ-ence for us in getting a win this weekendrdquo

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ldquoThe ultimate goal was to get people talking about their perception of immigrants in their communityrdquo Smith said ldquoI think it went well because people were honestrdquo

People in attendance were invited to participate by watch-ing a video of individuals hold-ing pro-immigration signs Afterward they were asked to participate in a group discus-sion and provide information about their own racial back-ground

ldquoI was kind of pleasantly surprised to find that it was a discussionrdquo said Bethany Womack a PhD student in the School of Social Work ldquoThis is probably the most diverse group of people Irsquove had the opportunity to participate in a discussion with [at the University] I think it helps me understand a little more aboutthe context of the community and some of the opportunities and challenges that social agen-cies have in providing servicerdquo

Wanda Burton the peer education coordinator for the WRC feels Appleseedrsquos most important goals were accom-plished during the panel

ldquoI definitely feel this accom-plished our goal because we wanted to open a discussion about the immigration policy but we wanted to also educaterdquoBurton said

Farley said Appleseed plans to make stops in Birmingham and Auburn before concluding its Welcoming Week

The grouprsquos focus is on pro-viding service events along with arts culture and dialoguesessions

ldquoWhat we want to do now isto engage more targeted dis-cussions about peoplersquos per-ceptions and beliefs and opin-ions about immigration and immigrantsrdquo Farley said ldquoOur main thing is just to help com-munities start talking because we believe that once you start breaking down barriers only then can we fully appreciate one anotherrdquo

Farley also said she thought it was a beautiful thing when people respected and trusted each other enough to open up about what they believe

On Friday Sept 21 AlabamaAppleseed will work with Somos Tuskaloosa and the UA Law School to host Pantry Stock 2012 to collect food itemsand other supplies The event will take place from 5 to 7 pm at Snow Hinton Park

ldquoPeople can come by drop off some food help out victims of natural disaster and share in a sense of communityrdquo Smith said

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Alabama Appleseed says panel a success

Pickens replied ldquoA Million Dollar Bandrdquo

Pickens is said to have received the idea for the name from the bandrsquos fundrais-ing efforts to raise money to attend away games Thus the name was coined and the rest is history

The Million Dollar Band has grown to over more than mem-bers making it the largest stu-dent organization on campus

More than 25000 students have played in the band over the last 100 years

ldquoIf you came to the football game 80 years ago the band would have still been hererdquo Ozzello said ldquoItrsquos one of those enduring traditions of the Universityrdquo

In 2003 the band received the Sudler Trophy the national championship for collegiate marching bands which a school can only win once Sports Illustrated has also listed the Million Dollar Band as one of the top college bands in the nation

To kick off the Centennial

Celebration this summer mem-bers of the band traveled to Italy to take part in a 10-day tour where they marched on the streets of Florence and played in concert halls throughout the country

Junior clarinet player Danielle Drews said she feels the Million Dollar Band plays a big role on campus

ldquoWe help get people excit-ed about the games with the lsquoElephant Stomprsquordquo Drews said ldquoWithout the band the atmo-sphere at football games would not be the samerdquo

The celebration will begin Friday Sept 21 with a perfor-

mance by the Alabama Wind Ensemble and the Million Dollar Band beginning at 8 pm featuring band directors from the past 100 years The performance will be followed by a formal Centennial Gala

showcasing exhibits and photo-graphs from the bandrsquos history

Also Friday night a commem-orative print done by Action Sports celebrating 100 years will be unveiled to the public and available for purchase

Sophomore baritone player Amy Ackerman said she would not want to be anywhere else but in the BAMA spell-out dur-ing the pre-game

ldquoThe MDB is a fam-ilyrdquo Ackerman said ldquoEveryone involved with the MDB has so much passion wants to be there and understands what an honor it is to be part of such an amaz-ing organizationrdquo

Ackerman said she had no idea when joining the band that she would be a part of such a special year

ldquoOccasions like this hap-pen once in a lifetime if yoursquore luckyrdquo she said

From MCT Campus

ATLANTA mdash Mitt Romney pushed back Wednesday against claims that hersquos written off half the country and said he can better improve the lot of poor Americans

ldquoThe question of this cam-paign is not who cares about the

poor and middle classrdquo Romney said his voice rising ldquoThe ques-tion is who can help the poor and middle class I can he canrsquot he couldnrsquot in four yearsrdquo The crowd of nearly 1000 roared its approval

In a 23-minute speech at a fundraiser at the Marriott Marquis in downtown Atlanta

the Republican presidential hopeful several times appeared to answer criticisms that arose from a video shot in May

In the video Romney said 47 percent of the country pay no net income taxes support Obama and ldquobelieve that they are victimsrdquo

Romney referenced the

downtrodden often to high-light the perceived failures of the Obama economy and to show empathy for their plight ldquoThis is going to be an election of a very stark choicerdquo Romney said ldquoThe question is going to be who is better equipped and has better direction in mind to help the people of Americardquo

Romney vows to help lsquopoor and middle classrsquo

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Over 1400 student tick-ets went unused during the Western Kentucky game on Sept 8 resulting in many stu-dents receiving 15 penalty points to their student ticket account

According to a Student Government Association press release 767 of the 1400 tickets were donated after 5 pm on the Friday before Gameday

Students can receive a donated ticket up until half-time of the game but will still

receive 15 penalty points if they cannot use the last-min-ute ticket Meagan Bryant SGA press secretary advises students to be mindful of the policy

ldquoSGA encourages students to remove themselves from the donation list if they do not want to receive a ticket after a certain pointrdquo Bryant said

The donation list can be found under the ldquomyticketsrdquo section of myBama Students who receive a donated ticket but canrsquot use it can donate the ticket back and receive a 5 penalty

Though some students

who receive a donated ticket after the start of the game may have already made plans to be elsewhere they must donate the ticket back and receive a 5 penalty point or receive 15 points for not using the ticket

ldquoSGA wants to give every student the opportunity to attend each game and it is for that reason that we allow tickets to be awarded to those on the waiting list all the way until halftime of the gamerdquo Joe Hart chief justice for SGA said

Students who incur three or more points this fall will be

ineligible to receive post-sea-son tickets or tickets for the 2013 regular and postseason

Sarah Hughes a senior majoring in political sci-ence donated her ticket on the Saturday morning of Gameday and received a 5 point penalty

ldquoI find it odd that we get penalized for donating our tickets when all wersquore doing is helping students who donrsquot have tickets to get into the gamerdquo Hughes said ldquoDonating our tickets is bet-ter than not going at all because it helps ensure that the stadium wonrsquot be empty

I donrsquot think we should be penalized for thatrdquo

Jessica Goodman a junior majoring in public relations thinks the penalty point sys-tem is a logical way to help students without tickets

ldquoIf you have tickets and donrsquot use them there is always someone who would want it and may not have got-ten one from the donation pool because you just decid-ed to forgo donating and not go at allrdquo Goodman said ldquoSo I get why the system exists I think some of the rules and regulations of it are annoying and that it should be alteredrdquo

Goodman also said if students donate a ticket before kickoff then there is no need for a penalty at all

Students can also pay to upgrade their ticket to sell or use for a non-student and receive one penalty point

Tyler Howard a sopho-more majoring in econom-ics couldnrsquot attend the game because of work but managed to sell his ticket

ldquoHonestly things come up and if yoursquore going to skip one football game against a team no onersquos ever heard of then I donrsquot think that should stay with yourdquo Howard said

CW | Whitney Hendrix

At WKU game 84 percent of tickets went unused

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YOUR VIEWS IN RESPONSE TO

ldquoSuite-style dorms attractive but illogical lonelyrdquo

ldquoI have been worried about our students missing out on these important college

experiences ever since we started build-ing these apartment-style dormsrdquo

ldquoCompletely agree I had to look elsewhere for the sense of community my freshman year The system in place is great for re-cruitment but forces students to look else-

where on campus Introverted students can get left in the dustrdquo

ndashDaniel MacguirendashDaniel Shannahan

Alabamarsquos new Starbucks Ingenious or excessive Refl ecting on FYC scandal 1 year later

By Amber PattersonStaff Columnist

Every morning on The University of Alabama cam-pus students witness an abun-dance of common factors packed buses deadlocked traf-fic sleep deprived students glued to their iPods and the infamous Starbucks line in the Ferguson Center That line usu-ally stretches across the front entrance of the Ferg and even wraps around the help desk or goes out of the door around exam time

Personally being a caffeine addict and Starbucks junkie I understand the craving for the rich taste only Starbucks drinks seem to offer So like my fellow caffeine-driven students I was thrilled to hear that the

University decided to expand and move Starbucks down-stairs This would cut down the traffic jams on the second floor of the Ferg because there will be more than one place for stu-dents to congregate and will prevent students from standing in line for 30 minutes or more waiting on a drink that takes less than 10 minutes to make

Although I was elated about this new addition to the University I recently read the impending Starbucks is set to be the biggest one in the nation I have become accus-tomed to the fact that here at the University everything is big and extravagant From our football program to our greek houses or ldquopalacesrdquo as I call them bigger is always the way to go but that does not always

equal betterThe University always strives

to be the best but where do we draw the line As I stated pre-viously caffeine and I share a close relationship but I do not want my tuition to fund an out-let that distributes it I would rather see it go toward parking spots better dorms and aca-demic purposes ndash things that are vital and actual problems at the University

Business expansion is a characteristic of our constant-ly changing US society and having corporate vendors like Starbucks is convenient to stu-dents and I am sure helps the University financially Yet this is probably not needed with tuition rising seven percent and student population reaching a record high We have crossed

the line of excessiveThere are more than 10 cities

I can name off the top of my head that are bigger than Tuscaloosa and contain larger populations than our campus so I see no need for the University to have the biggest Starbucks in the United States To be clear I am not against the movement of Starbucks In fact I plan to stay a regular customer as long as my wallet allows me The move downstairs is a great location and is an efficient solution to a common annoyance on campus but building the biggest in the United States is a clear example of putting want before neces-sity

Amber Patterson is a sopho-more majoring in marketing and public relations Her col-umn runs on Thursday

Romneyrsquos recent remarks show lsquodisdain apathyrsquoBy Nathan JamesStaff Columnist

Mother Jones released a video Monday show-ing remarks made by Mitt Romney at a private fund-raiser These remarks which Romney did not realize were being taped tell us more about his character than he perhaps would like

Here is an excerpt from Romneyrsquos comments

ldquoThere are 47 percent of people who will vote for the president no matter what All right there are 47 per-cent who are with him who are dependent upon govern-ment who believe that they are victims who believe the government has a responsi-bility to care for them who believe that they are entitled to health care to food to housing to you-name-itrdquo

So many parts of this state-ment are offensive that itrsquos difficult to even know where to begin Romney who has worked so hard to brand himself as an ldquoeverymanrdquo as someone who understands and cares for the plight of the average American has shown more disdain and apa-thy through these remarks than many of his harshest critics would have dared to suggest

First of all Romney appears to be suggesting that basic human needs are discretion-ary I donrsquot know about you but I find it reasonable to think that yes people do have a right to eat and be shel-tered from the elements We are in a time of dire financial crisis when many Americans lack the means to secure food and housing and Romney appears to be implying that

food stamps and aid to the homeless constitute some kind of entitlement

In addition to this Romneyrsquos remarks are astoundingly presumptuous He supposes that the bulk of Obamarsquos support comes from the impoverished and that Obamarsquos main appeal comes in the form of handouts He fails to even acknowledge the possibility that some will vote democrat because they support universal healthcare or proportionate tax burdens on the rich or the right for homosexuals to marry

But perhaps the most note-worthy aspect of this state-ment is the supposition that anyone who does not pay income tax ndash the 47 percent Romney refers to ndash are enti-tled and dependent upon the government There isnrsquot suf-ficient space in this article

to explore all the statistical fallacies in this premise but I hope most will agree with me when I suggest that the poorer half of America is not mewling at Washingtonrsquos teat

I personally represent one of the nearly 150 million Americans who do not pay income taxes My father can-not work and my familyrsquos resultant financial situation exempts us from the respon-sibility of taxation However I do not consider myself ldquodependentrdquo on the govern-ment and I donrsquot believe that Irsquom a ldquovictimrdquo who is entitled to recompense

Romneyrsquos right about one thing though I wonrsquot be vot-ing for him this November

Nathan James is a sopho-more majoring in public rela-tions His column runs on Thursday

By Tray SmithOnline Editor

One year ago this Sunday Grant Cochran resigned as The University of Alabamarsquos Student Government Association president He was the first SGA president to resign in over 60 years and stepped down in the midst of an investigation into the selec-tion process for the SGArsquos First Year Council a freshman lead-ership forum within the stu-dent government

I was one of the lead Crimson White reporters on the story and I was tasked with unearth-ing the details behind the FYC scandal The ensuing course of events taught me a lot about reporting but I also learned a lot about the fallacy of some of my own narrow mindsets and the impact those mindsets can have on other people

As a freshman I served on FYC and as a member of the CW editorial board my sophomore year I forged a consensus against endorsing Cochranrsquos opponent in that yearrsquos SGA election It was the second election cycle in a row in which the CW did not endorse an SGA presidential contender which surprised many who expected the edito-rial board to live up to its long history of endorsing the non-Machine candidate

Grant Cochran was a good candidate though and he had an admirable track record of SGA service and a solid plat-form for what he hoped to accomplish in office The story that came out in the days lead-ing up to and the months fol-lowing his resignation is best understood not as an indict-ment against him but as a crude reminder of the corrupt-ing influences of power and the disastrous consequences of the senseless divides that still exist in too many parts of our campus

We now know that as SGA officials screened FYC appli-cations they changed at least one applicantrsquos Grade Point Average and that applications were marked to ensure that candidates from certain greek houses were selected In the end six more SGA officials stepped down as the investiga-tion continued

The details of that investi-gation were tucked away in the vaults of the Universityrsquos Judicial Affairs office so we do not really know who did what

It is doubtful though that Cochran or any of the others did anything that had never been previously done They may have been sloppier at it the process may have been more blatantly biased But the First Year Council was created by greeks in the SGA and for

years it was used as a tool to breed more greeks for SGA involvement

FYC-gate brought the appall-ing details of that cycle to light but it was the inevitable result of a broader culture that pits certain students against one another the moment they step on campus Viewing the scandal in this context does not excuse the wrongdoing that was committed but illus-trates the consequences that occur when we start to think it is acceptable to elevate our-selves and people like us over peers who are different

Ironically student leaders who act on that mentality end up hurting the students they are most trying to help Greek students stacking the cards against non-greek students have a pretty disparaging view of their own community if they think its members cannot suc-ceed through fair and open competition Students who do rightfully deserve a place in premier programs suffer the most when a process unfairly corrupted in their favor taints their accomplishments The same would be true of any student group that received unmerited privilege

As a greek Crimson White reporter though sometimes I felt that these larger lessons were lost in the flurry of arti-cles we produced in the after-math of the FYC scandal Too often our stories were seen as fitting into the same tired nar-rative of The Crimson White against the student govern-ment and we were seen as overenthusiastic reporters try-ing to break the next story

The reality on our end was far more complicated as I assume it probably was for many of the individuals inside the SGA Calling fellow stu-dents many of whom I knew well to ask why they gave up their lofty student government office and repeatedly asking University administrators for more information was hardly a fun exercise

The result though is a story we can all learn from ndash even those of us who helped write it

Tray Smith is the Online Editor of The Crimson White His column runs on Thursday

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 20 2012 | Page 5

By Chandler WrightContributing Writer

Twelve UA students will be traveling this October to Salisbury High School in Salisbury NC to facilitate the Heritage Panel a co-educa-tional anti-bullying program created by the Young Womenrsquos Christian Association of Central Alabama

ldquoThe YWCA will do a train-ing in Birmingham for the UA studentsrdquo said Aaron Brazelton executive direc-tor of the Heritage Panel at the University ldquoWe will then travel to Salisbury and train 25 student leaders in the Heritage Panel curriculum and building an inclusive com-munityrdquo

Holley Jackson YWCA Coordinator of AmeriCorps and Social Justice said the Heritage Panel is a two-day

social justice training where students are encouraged to tell a story of a time when they witnessed perpetrated or were a victim of discrimi-nation or bullying and how they will learn from that expe-rience

ldquoHeritage Panel really focuses the students on seeing each other past what we look like on the outsiderdquo Jackson said ldquoWe have students share personal stories and get to know each other on a new level to show that everyone goes through trials and trib-ulations making some days harder than othersrdquo

Brazelton a sophomore majoring in international rela-tions and secondary educa-tion said he hopes the UA stu-dents will serve as a Heritage Panel for our campus

ldquoHopefully [the UA leaders] will come back and

be a beacon of change for our communityrdquo Brazelton said ldquoThe YWCA is going to teach them how to address certain problems and how to deal with those problems and then how to go out and help other people deal with those prob-lemsrdquo

Jackson said the Heritage Panel tries to create an open environment in high schools where students rally together and take a stand against dis-crimination and bullying

ldquoAfter we go through these

seminars and workshops with the students they are then placed back into their school and they are ambassadors for the Heritage Panel pro-gramrdquo Brazelton said ldquoWhen there are possible inflamma-tory issues that are happening within the school the school can utilize those students that have already been trained and they will sit at a table and talk about the issues with students from the student bodyrdquo

Avis Williams principal of Salisbury High School said by developing these studentsrsquo leadership and relationship skills they will become a valuable asset to inclusivity at Salisbury

ldquoWith over 900 students I would love to impact them all but we will start with 25 and then allow the students to model what they have learned as well and serve as

UA students to travel to NC to combat bullyingambassadorsrdquo Williams said ldquoI have spoken to many of my students and parents and they are excited about the fact that this is a student-centered effortrdquo

Jackson said the YWCA conducts reports at the end of each school year about the Heritage Panel curricu-lum and found that there is a large impact on the school climate because the panelists share what they learn with their group of friends and the knowledge spreads through-out the school

ldquoCommunication is so vitalrdquo Williams said ldquoStudents are accustomed to tweeting or

texting rather than talking Many stereotypes are a result of a lack of understandingrdquo

Williams said students are more receptive when the information is coming from someone closer to their age and hopes her students look up to Brazelton and the other UA facilitators

ldquoSalisbury High School is a very diverse school and I believe that students need to be taught tolerance and empa-thyrdquo he said ldquoI believe that programs like the Heritage Panel will give our young people a toolkit to help them thrive despite any challenges that they may facerdquo

ldquoCommunication is so vital Stu-dents are accustomed to tweeting

or texting rather than talking Many stereotypes are a result of a

lack of understanding

mdash Avis Williams

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By Ashanka KumariChief Copy Editor

The Community Music School offers an alternative to students interested in tak-ing instrumental or vocal les-sons without pursuing a music degree

A branch of the College of Arts and Sciences the Community Music School is the outreach program for The University of Alabama School of Music Jane Weigel coordi-nator of the Community Music School said

ldquoWe offer private lessons in just about any Western

orchestra instrument band instrument piano organ and the natural voicerdquo Weigel said ldquoWe offer classes that are for adult strings and anyone can enjoy including faculty UA stu-dents and people in the commu-nityrdquo

Created in the early 1980s the Community Music School is an accredited member of the National Guild for Community Arts Education and offers classes to students of all ages and levels of ability

Cynthia Simpson a senior majoring in horn performance works as a desk assistant for the Community Music School

Music program open to all students

By Katherine LangnerContributing Writer

John Hardman President and CEO of the Carter Center will visit The University of Alabama Friday to speak with students about his leadership experience

The event co-sponsored by the Blackburn Institute and the Honorrsquos College is located in Mary Hewell Alston Hall in Room 30 and will begin at 2 pm

The event is open to all UA students regardless of involve-ment in either the Blackburn Institute or the Honorrsquos College

Mary Lee Caldwell the coordinator of the Blackburn Institute helped organize the upcoming lecture with Hardman

ldquoWe encourage all students to attendrdquo Caldwell said ldquoThis is something that all UA students would be able to learn fromrdquo

Known as a philanthropist and global human rights leader Hardmanrsquos personal work with the Carter Center first launched in 1989 when he led the program to Reduce Global Tobacco Use Through his commitment there he then became the centerrsquos

representative for the WorldHealth Organizationrsquos Tobaccoand Health Program a yearlater He rose to become the cen-terrsquos president and CEO in 2007

ldquoWe came across[Hardmanrsquos] name as a leaderin his field and recieved a rec-ommendation from a former UAadministratorrdquo Caldwell saidldquoThat put him on our radar andonce we read about the workhe has done independently andfor the Carter Center we reallywanted to reach out to him Weare very excited to give our stu-dents this opportunity and tooffer this to all university stu-dentsrdquo

Katie Jackson a financemajor with a concentration inglobal business and a Frenchminor became involved withthe Blackburn Institute inMarch

ldquoI couldnrsquot be more excitedto hear [Hardman] speak thisFridayrdquo Jackson said ldquoNot onlyis his position with the CarterCenter something that greatlyinterests me with regards to mymajor but he is also an incred-ibly interesting person with awealth of knowledge in a vari-ety of areasrdquo

Human rights group CEO to speak Friday

teaches private horn lessons and a music enrichment class for fourth and fifth grade stu-dents at the Tuscaloosa Magnet School

ldquoMusic training is so valuable for people of all agesrdquo Simpson said ldquoIrsquom especially proud to work with this organizationrdquo

Parents are given the oppor-tunity to expose their chil-dren to music through the Community Music Schoolrsquos Kindermusik program from birth to age seven Weigel said

ldquoWe have newborns enrolled in our Kindermusik program middle and high school kids in our Chamber Strings and

Tuscaloosa Youth Orchestra ensembles and adults through their 70s taking lessons and participating in the Adult Strings programrdquo Simpson said ldquoMusic lessons do so much for the learning and develop-ment of young children and the Adult Strings program is such a treat for many older adultsrdquo

The Adult Strings program founded and taught by music education instructor Anne C Witt offers classes for adults interested in learning violin viola cello or string bass at beginner intermediate and advanced levels At the end of each semester students in the

Adult Strings program give a short informal concert

ldquoI love the mixture of people we have in the classes ndash from undergraduates to 80 and olderrdquo Witt said ldquoWorking with adults has greatly enriched my life and added significantly to my enjoyment of teachingrdquo

Students cannot receive aca-demic credit for classes taken through the Community Music School and no UA students are required to take the classes Witt said

The majority of classes are offered in the Moody Music Building or other locations on the UA campus with few

off-campus classes Weigel saidEveryone is required to owntheir own instruments exceptin the Kindermusik area

On Sunday Oct 28 theCommunity Music School willhost ldquoHalloween in Ozrdquo a car-nival fundraiser to assist inraising money to provide schol-arship funding for the commu-nity Weigel said The event willbe at the Moody Music Buildingfrom 2 to 4 pm

ldquoThere will be people dressedas characters from the Wizardof Oz and there is a costumeparaderdquo Weigel said ldquoItrsquos apretty fun couple of hours forthe communityrdquo

CW | Caitlin TrotterAndrew Magee a mechanical engineering PhD student plays the viola in the adult strings class offered on campus

Community Music School offers group private lessons

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 20 2012 | Page 7

UA selects 7 students to advance toward RhodesBy the end of the process 2 winners will be chosen from each district for a total of 32 national scholarsBy Madison RobertsContributing Writer

Seven University of Alabama students have been endorsed to move forward to the next round of the nation-ally competitive American Rhodes Scholarships pro-gram

The Rhodes Scholarship is a prestigious fellowship award-ed to 32 students from over 300 American universities every year The winners receive full financial support to pursue a degree at Oxford University in the United Kingdom

ldquoThe Rhodes Scholarship is a huge honor because of the few spots available and the fierce competition for [it]rdquo said Brad Tuggle a former Rhodes Scholar and current campus representative for the scholarship ldquoThe Rhodes Scholarships are considered ndash both within the academy and within popular culture ndash the highest academic honor a US college student can earnrdquo

Cecil J Rhodes founded the scholarship in 1904 According to Rhodesrsquos will there are four official criteria to be eligible for the scholarship including ldquoliterary and scholastic attain-ments energy to use onersquos tal-ents to the full as exemplified by fondness for and success in sports truth courage devo-tion to duty sympathy for and protection of the weak kind-liness unselfishness and fel-lowship moral force of char-acter and instincts to lead and to take an interest in onersquos fellow beingsrdquo

ldquoBeyond these official cri-teria there are some unoffi-cial ones that we use on cam-pus to gauge a candidatersquos

possibility of successrdquo Tuggle said ldquoThese include a near-perfect GPA extensive schol-arly activity the ability to hold high-level intellectual conversations in an interview setting a record of focused extracurricular activities and five to eight professors willing to write extraordinary letters of recommendationrdquo

John Burke who is involved in interviewing the candi-dates for the scholarship said although anyone can be nomi-nated not everyone will make it through the process

ldquoAnybody can name any-body but I can assure that nobody is going to go forward in this process unless they are at the top of the heaprdquo Burke said

The nomineesrsquo applica-tion due Sept 1 included a personal statement resume transcript and five to eight let-ters of recommendation After submitting the application the students engaged in a person-al consultation and on-campus interview with the Committee of Prestige Scholarships and Awards who then chose students to represent the University at the district level

However students who receive endorsement can decide whether to represent The University of Alabama or their home state If the students choose University representation they will be

competing against other students in their district from Alabama Florida and Tennessee

Candidates must submit their application to compete at the district level by Oct 3 After close review of the appli-cations the district commit-tees will invite approximately 15 students for district inter-views in November

Two winners are chosen from each district to make up the 32 national Rhodes Scholars

Senior Hannah Hicks majoring in philosophy and religious studies was recent-ly endorsed to move forward in the scholarship process She worked on her applica-tion over the summer and has already finished her applica-tion for the district committee

ldquoBeing nominated for this scholarship is an assurance that sometimes even the radi-cals free-thinkers and weirdos have their dayrdquo Hicks said

As a former Rhodesrsquo scholar Tuggle can attest to how won-derful this opportunity actu-ally will be for the students if they win

ldquoAll in all my two years at Oxford were the most idyllic challenging fruitful and stimu-lating years of my entire liferdquo Tuggle said ldquoThe experience continues to affect everything I do both professionally and personallyrdquo

By Sarah RobinsonContributing Writer

On Sept 20 four greek organizations will host the Wings of Hope philanthropy event on Sigma Nursquos front lawn

The event which is hosted by Sigma Nu Delta Delta Delta Zeta Beta Tau and Alpha Delta Pi will be held from 330 to 630 pm Wings of Hope will include a live performance from Doctors and Lawyers a wing-eating contest and Red Bull Girls handing out free materials

Event sponsor Buffalo Philrsquos is donating 2000 wings which will be used in the wing-eating contest

Sponsors Red Bull Guy Harvey and American Fishing Tackle Co are donat-ing gear as prizes for contest winners

Guy Harvey T-shirts will be available for sale at the event Proceeds will go toward the Guy Harvey Ocean founda-tion

Julian Reed Hailey chair of Sigma Nu Philanthropy said having big name spon-sors and four greek organi-

zations hosting will bring in large crowd He encourages students to attend

ldquoI feel it is important for people to attend because all proceeds are going toward two great causesrdquo Hailey said ldquoIt will also be a great timerdquo

Jordan Ross vice presi-dent of the Zeta Beta Tau Psi chapter said the Wings for Hope event will be ldquomegardquo and will benefit the charities

ldquoWe will be able to donate a significant amount of money to these great causesrdquo Ross said

ldquo All in all my two years at Oxford were the most idyllic challeng-ing fruitful and stimulating years of my entire life The experi-ence continues to affect everything I do both professionally and

personally

mdash Brad Tuggle

Greek philanthropy event to help Ocean Foundation

Justice group hopes to unite campus on freedomSteve Moakler headlines Fridayrsquos benefi t concert for Alabama International Justice Mission

By Megan MillerContributing Writer

Artists Caleb Sigler and Charity Vance will per-form the opening acts to headliner Steve Moakler at Alabama International Justice Missionrsquos benefit concert this Friday

Alabama International Justice Mission is a faith-based organization that exists to serve IJM through raising awareness of traf-ficking and slavery and raising funds for their mis-sions

The concert will be held at Capstone Church on University Boulevard at 8 pm as part of its annual Fall Justice Week

ldquoWe are extremely com-mitted to integrity in our fundraisers as we under-stand that literally every dollar goes toward rescue and rehabilitation opera-tions for the oppressed worldwiderdquo Darby Hess the vice president of Alabama IJM said

Moakler created his own nonprofit organization in 2011 called Free the Birds which funds freedom and restoration for women and children who have been exploited by human sex trafficking

Free the Birds partners with Love146 an organiza-tion dedicated to after-care and restoration of those who have been involved in trafficking in order to pre-vent the victims from being cycled back into slavery

ldquoI emailed his agent Tim and then we met him at the concert where we found out Steve has his own ministry to benefit after care for traf-ficking victimsrdquo Josh Sigler president of Alabama IJM said ldquoIt was at that point we realized that it had to be him to playrdquo

Hess said Alabama IJM is still in awe of how perfectly Moakler fit as their per-former

ldquoWe are honored to have himrdquo Hess said ldquoNot only is he incredibly talented musically but he shares the same heart for justicerdquo

Other events for Justice Week include a daily bake sale in the Ferguson Center until Sept 21 from 11 am to 2 pm a screening of ldquoCall + Responserdquo in Lloyd Room 38

on Wednesday Sept 19 at 8 pm and a speech from IJM Peru Affiliate at the Kappa Alpha Theta house at 7 pm on Thursday Sept 20

ldquoWe feel all the events of Justice Week are equally as important as the concertrdquo Josh Sigler said ldquoThere are people coming from lit-erally all over the world to share their storiesrdquo

Hess said she sees the event as another opportuni-ty to celebrate her genera-tionrsquos involvement in reach-ing out to the oppressed

ldquoI look forward to seeing this concert unite students from all areas of campus for one cause freedomrdquo she said ldquoWe all value human life and at this point in his-tory there are 27 million enslaved Those two facts combined should compel us to actrdquo

Tickets for the concert are $10 and can be purchased at the door All proceeds col-lected from the concert go directly to the IJM head-quarters

ldquo I look forward to seeing this concert unite students from all areas of campus for one cause freedom

mdash Darby Hess

The amount of seats is allotted by dorm much like states are allotted seats to the US House of Representatives so the larger dorms hold more seats For example Tutwiler which has over 900 women in it will have nine seats while Lakeside East a much small-er dorm will only have one seat

ldquoAnother change made

this year is that FYC director Mackenzie Perpich will sit in on the interviews though she does not hold a deciding vote as to who gets the posi-tionrdquo Bryant said

The selection committee consists of two members of the executive board two from the senate two from judicial and one from stu-dent housing

Bryant said the chance to be interviewed is based on GPA dorm college major and the studentsrsquo answers to three general questions

ldquoI am very pleased with the SGA First Year Council

application and interview process thus farrdquo SGA President Matt Calderone said ldquoThe selection pro-cess includes input from the three branches of SGA The Residence Hall Association UA Student Affairs and for-mer SGA First Year Council members in order to identify the most excellent students from this yearrsquos freshmen classrdquo

The interviews are taking place this week Students going through the interview for seats will find out if they have been selected to serve on Sept 23 at 5 pm

ldquoAdrian always has had real good pass rush abilityrdquo Saban said ldquoHe knows what hersquos doing hersquos confident hersquos playing hard Hersquos really an effective player and hersquos done a pretty good job in every one of the games so farrdquo

Still Alabamarsquos pass rush has done more than simply terrorize opposing quar-terbacks Itrsquos also helped Alabamarsquos offensive line in its own pass blocking skills This was most evident in

the Western Kentucky and Arkansas games when it gave up six and zero sacks respectively

S o p h o m o r e Cy r u s Kouandjio said going up against his own defense in practice every week has helped the offensive line tremendously with its pass blocking

ldquoThey do thatrdquo Kouandjio said ldquoThey make us go one on ones in practice every day just so we donrsquot get too used to the scout team Theyrsquore goodrdquo

One of the things Kouandjio said made his defensersquos pass rush so potent was the dif-ferent playing styles of

players like Hubbard and Xzavier Dickson Between the two they have two sacks and 35 tackles for loss

H u b b a r d e c h o e d Kouandjiorsquos sentiments about his defensersquos versatility in the pass rush with six defensive players turning in at least one sack so far this season Still Hubbard said what makes his teammates truly great are not their differences but the thing they all have in common

ldquoOur mindsetrsquos the samerdquo Hubbard said ldquoWe get out there every play Hard work is what I pride my guys on Outside linebackers those are my guysrdquo

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Whether prepping for a per-formance or directing from behind the scenes senior musical theatre major Tommy Walker is up for the challenge Walker first discovered his interest in musical theatre in the fourth grade and began with shows in high school

ldquoI was like I have to do thisrdquo Walker said ldquoOnce I started there was really no turning back Itrsquos a great vehicle to har-ness the creativity you have building inside of yourdquo

Walker became very involved in his high school the-atre department and developed his skills as a performer there as well as in the local commu-nity theatre He was also intro-duced to directing during his junior year of high school His theatre teacher at the time left unexpectedly leaving Walker and a staff of performers with no director for their upcoming performance of ldquoThe Fall of the House of Usherrdquo Walkerrsquos classmates elected him to take

over the directing position and thus he made his directing debut

ldquoYou have to be the battery and you have to keep the gears movingrdquo Walker said ldquoYou have to build the characters and build the show ldquoItrsquos a very creative process Thatrsquos why I love directingrdquo

Walker said he never had any doubt that he wanted to con-tinue with musical theatre as a degree and so he auditioned for a spot within the majorrsquos pro-gram Ten candidates are cho-sen each year to be accepted

into the musical theatre major via an audition process which takes place at the beginning of the year

ldquoYou have to audition to be able to major in musical the-atrerdquo Walker said ldquoThey only accept about 10 to 12 a year You have to bring a monologue and you have to bring two songsrdquo

While prep-ping for his audition Walker o v e r h e a r d another hopeful singing one of the same songs that he had come prepared with himself He quickly switched the song with one of his back-ups that he had brought but he did not feel as prepared with the replacement song

ldquoOut of the two songs they picked which one they wanted you to come back and sing for real later in the audition pro-cessrdquo he said ldquoAnd which song did they pick The one I didnrsquot rehearse of courserdquo

Contrary to Walkerrsquos doubt in song choice the panel decid-ed to make Walker one of a few musical theatre majors He was accepted into the program and has since been working to build his resume

ldquoI can see Tommy on Broadway easily but as a teacher I would be thrilled to

study with himrdquo Sherri Ryan Sparkman High School theatre director said ldquoThis is a gifted young man and no matter what he decides to do with his life he will touch each person he

encounters in a positive won-derful wayrdquo

Ryan first met Walker when he was a stage technician for a production of ldquoNonsenserdquo when he was first starting out She later became the theatre director at his high school and was able to watch as Walker grew as a performer She said she has never seen

someone commit to a character the way that Walker does

ldquoFor such a tiny walk on he was so dedicated and funny from the beginningrdquo Ryan said ldquoHe went on to play Pseudolous in lsquoFunny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forumrsquo win in his category of singing and acting at the state Trumbauer Festival and look what he has now done at Alabamardquo

Walker ultimately wants to teach theatre and he has been collecting experience to help him toward that goal He has participated in a variety of the-atre programs including work-ing in theatre summer camps and participating in theatre education programs at schools Walker also held the position of president last year in Alpha Psi Omega the UA theatre honor society He still sits as a chair this year and helps produce APOrsquos Guerilla Theatre events

Guerrilla Theatre held once a month in the Allen Bales Theatre performs a total of 10 skits per show with each individual segment consisting of no more than ten minutes

Guerrilla Theatre has received positive feedback from the cam-pus community Walker said

ldquoItrsquos a very SNL-type thingrdquo Walker said ldquoYou can get up there and do almost anything for 10 minutesrdquo

In addition to APO involve-ment Walker currently teach-es theatre at the Tuscaloosa Magnet School balanced with preparing for his perfor-mance role in the upcoming UA Theatre Department pro-duction ldquoFoolsrdquo and doing the prep work for a play he will be directing next semester

Walker is currently finish-ing his senior year With the majority of his required cred-its out of the way he only has a handful of classes left before he graduates He plans to finish by taking part-time hours next semester and simultaneously traveling in search of post-graduation work

ldquoPeople like to think that there are starving actors and yes there are somerdquo he said ldquoBut if you put the work in and commit to it then yoursquoll get thererdquo

Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Thursday September 20 2012CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 8

CW | Caitlin TrotterTommy Walker

ldquoYou have to be the battery and you have to keep the gears moving You have to

build the characters and build the show

mdash Tommy Walker

In theatre program student stands out as director

By Tara MassoulehContributing Writer

Students interested in progressive issues will have the opportunity to meet and greet with other like-minded students as well as enjoy refreshments at the Progressive Potluck this Saturday Sept 22 from 7 to 930 pm hosted by the Mallet Assembly

The Progressive Potluck ndash or ldquoProgLuckrdquo as it is called by its founders ndash is an oppor-tunity for students who are interested in progressive causes to share in food and fellowship while discussing a myriad of issues such as LGBTQA rights environmen-tal policy alternative energy real food universal health-care and increased sensitiv-ity toward non-religious indi-viduals

Lin Wang a sophomore majoring in human rights law who serves as president of Alabama Atheists and Agnostics and a host for the event defined progressive issues as those that are ldquocon-cerned with a change for the betterrdquo

ldquoProgressive issues dif-ferentiate from other social issues through the ideas of reform and activism as well as a gradual approach toward opening minds and opportu-nitiesrdquo Wang said

Participation in previ-ous Progessive Potlucks has consisted of members from organizations such as College Democrats UA Environmental Council Alabama Atheists and Agnostics and Spectrum and Apwonjo Alabama but all students interested are wel-come to attend

This year Progessive Potluckrsquos hosts are making an effort to emphasize that the event is open to both greek and non-greek members of The University of Alabama community Wang said the Progessive Potluckrsquos audi-ence traditionally has not included many greeks but she said its hosts would ldquolike to open it up more because there are greeks who do have progressive ideals and we would like to tap into thatrdquo

The Progressive Potluck hopes to transcend bound-aries of race sex religious belief and party affiliation in order to unite a strong com-munity of young people moti-vated to take action for posi-tive change

The Progressive Potluck has expanded in its member-ship over the years with one of the keys to this growth being

Progressive Potluck brings together UA activist groups

its advertising through social media such as Facebook groups Sam Gerard a soph-omore majoring in political science and history serves as Membership Director of College Democrats and Liaison Officer for Alabama Atheists and Agnostics two of the major groups

sponsoring the eventGerard said the potluck

is attracting participants through joint efforts of many of the associated groups who have been making regular Facebook posts inviting more and more people to come

The event poses an oppor-tunity for students to meet

like-minded peers early in the year with whom they can collaborate on upcoming projects to improve social awareness in the UA commu-nity Through the Progressive Potluck students are able to engage in valuable network-ing learn more about other organizations and make meaningful friendships with students holding similar val-ues

ldquoWe hope to create a stron-ger progressive coalition and networking frame with the progressive potlucksrdquo Gerard said ldquoAnd of course to eat tasty vittlesrdquo

Mallet hosts opportunity for students from progressive groups to network learn about student organizations

CW | Austin BigoneyMallet members and friends congregate outside Palmer Hall Wednesday

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 20 2012 | Page 9

By Nathan Proctor

Mainstream sports games catch a lot of flak Theyrsquore often classified as money-grubbing over-serialized over-saturated yearly roster updates for ldquobrordquo gamers Now the trendy busi-ness model pushing out a game per league per year is flawed however thatrsquos a spiel for anoth-er column What I argue is that the Maddens and FIFAs of the world arenrsquot all that distant from the serious hardcore gam-ing world In fact they may be closer than you realize

The genre itself is first defined by the world of sport Sports are reliant upon careful-ly crafted and often highly com-plex plans then to be executed and react fluidly to the strategic intentions of others Simply put itrsquos about more than just speed and muscle (therersquos a reason Nick Saban makes $562 million a year) With all that in mind it seems a simple transition into the world of strategy And some do play the main suite of sports games in that manner not to mention the scores of sports simulation products found in PC gaming

Though accessibility can often be misinterpreted as a threat to a very protective and possessive gamer culture the fact that a game of NCAA Football can reward a well-timed succession of jukes or button taps and a precise game plan or extensive recruiting plan in a similar endorphin-pumping fashion effectively reflects the strengths of the sports them-selves and is an impressive bit of design The twitch-based tendencies demanded in these games are often not horrible ways of emulating an athletersquos required reaction time and have long been key in action-oriented games

However what keeps a mix of current sports games on my

shelf are their innate role-play-ing tendencies Escapism drives the success of gaming and com-petitive sports alike And what better way to push this further than to place you in the very shoes of a professional athlete in a fully realized simulation of the sport Be it bringing up a young goaltender playing from the small-time Ontario Hockey League into a high pressure NHL game 7 in his hometown earning Plymouth Argyle an importable promotion into the English Premier League or sim-ply creating your own Iron Bowl legacy these systems facilitate and do their best to inspire the same storytelling that have long given crosstown rivalries real meaning and made southern football more than just a game

Dedicated gamers and sports nuts arenrsquot all that far apart or necessarily mutually exclusive Some play games for the adren-aline rush and action where others may be more enthused with the underlying num-bers no different than sports fanatics Living a space opera through Commander Sheppard isnrsquot that distant from following your crafty six-foot point guard from the NBA D-League into the hall of fame And truly dress-ing in the gear of your favorite athlete is no less ldquonerdyrdquo than cosplaying as your favorite Final Fantasy or anime character just perhaps a bit less Japanese

For some sports will never truly interest them and itrsquos likely sports games never will either That is fair and anyone with a gripe regarding the EA Sports monolith likely has a point However the sporting cul-ture and corresponding games have earned their place along-side products more specifically targeting gamers Their flex-ibility and aptitude for captur-ing their sports is uncanny In short sports games deserve your respect

COLUMN | GAMING

Sports games provide escape realistic graphics

By Courtney StinsonStaff Reporter

As part of Crossroads Community Centerrsquos yearlong ldquoUA is Culturerdquo initiative The University of Alabama will be celebrating different cultures each month starting with observing Hispanic Heritage Month until Oct 15

Crossroads director Beverly Hawk said Hispanic Heritage Month offers students more than simply a look at another culture It will also provide students with Latino perspec-tives on American culture and how preconceived notions of other cultures are changed through experience

ldquoWe all have a lot of assump-tions about each other before we meet one another and when we meet one another we come away with different experiencesrdquo Hawk said

One of the goals of Hispanic Heritage Month is to expose students to new cultures so they can learn to engage with people of other cultures in an increasingly globalized world

ldquoThatrsquos how [the University gets] to be the big interna-tional University that we arerdquo Hawk said ldquoOur students can interact with people all over the world so that they are pre-pared for their global futures for their whole lives Thatrsquos what college life is forrdquo

For students who come from different cultures the salute to international culture is an effort to make them feel that their culture is appreciated and contributes to the makeup of UArsquos culture as a whole

ldquoObserving [Hispanic Heritage Month] declares that the culture is a part of the school people from that culture feel connected [to UA culture] and that they feel their culture is honored and respectedrdquo Hawk said

Haley Flanagan a junior majoring in public relations and minoring in Spanish stud-ied in Spain during the spring Hispanic Heritage Month is

UA celebrates Hispanic culturea chance for her to share her experiences with Spanish cul-ture with other students

ldquoI really want to promote dif-ferent cultures because I had such a great time [in Spain]rdquo Flanagan said ldquoI want to show other people that experi-encerdquo

In conjunction with Hispanic Heritage Month Crossroads is partnering with other campus organizations to promote Latino culture through film screenings panel discus-sions and other events

Discussion topics for Hispanic Heritage Month will include ldquoIntersections of Queer and Hispanic Identitiesrdquo ldquoThe Effects of HB 56 on Women and Families One Year Laterrdquo

and ldquoReflections on Culture Health Care and Spirituality in Inquitos Perurdquo

Crossroads graduate assis-tant Juan Pablo Black Romero came to the University from

Ecuador and said these types of discussions will give stu-dents a better grasp of the issues facing the Latino com-munity particu-larly issues like immigration

S t u d e n t s will also be able to engage

with Latino culture through the lenses of documentary films The Womenrsquos Resource Center College of Education and Department of American Studies will screen ldquoPrecious Knowledgerdquo a documen-tary about the elimination of

ethnic studies programs in Tuscon Ariz and the fight to keep these programs alive There will also be a screening of ldquoRomanticordquo a documenta-ry about a Mexican musician who returns home after years of playing in San Francisco only to find that to support his family he must return to the United States

The Womenrsquos Resource Centerrsquos monthly Everywoman Book Club will also have a Latino focus There will be lunch and a conversation with author Lila Quintero Weaver about her book ldquoDarkroom A Memoir in Black and Whiterdquo which is about her upbringing in a racially seg-regated Alabama after her immigration to America from Argentina

For more information on Hispanic Heritage Month and a schedule of events visit crossroadsuaedu

ldquoOur students can interact with people all over the world so that they are

prepared for their global futures for their whole

lives Thatrsquos what college life is for

mdash Beverly Hawk

Page 10 | Thursday September 20 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

By Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

After an impressive showing at the Duke Fab Four Invite the Alabama womenrsquos tennis team is looking for another strong showing at the Furman Fall Classic this weekend

Despite being early in the fall season womenrsquos tennis head coach Jenny Mainz said she was impressed overall with her teamrsquos performance in its first live match setting The Tide accounted for 14 victories at the Duke Fab Four Invite

ldquoThe tournament was a great starting pointrdquo she said ldquoIt was a good first tournament with steep competition Saw a lot of good things and a lot of things we have to go back to the drawing board with but the main things are matchesrdquo

The Tide rel ied

heavily on its leader and num-ber one slot player junior Mary Anne Macfarlane Mainz said Macfarlane proved why she is a natural leader by winning and com-peting in both her singles and dou-bles play matches

ldquoThe thing is with Mary Anne is that she is very consistentrdquo Mainz said ldquoThe way she conducts herself com-petes and trains Her standards are very high and are very high with her teammates For her to be out there on the court push-ing everyone not only makes her better but everyone around her betterrdquo

While Macfarlane has emerged as the Tidersquos team leader this season Mainz said sophomore Emily Zabor

has impressed her early and could be in line for a breakout season

ldquoI think Emily Zabor will be one of the most improved play-ers that ever goes through this pro-gramrdquo she said ldquoShe definitely has leadership capabilities and is even keel both on and off the court

I will definitely be counting on Zabor for big things including this yearrdquo

The Tide is sending five players to the Furman Fall Classic at Furman University in Greenville SC Macfarlane sophomores Yasmeen Ebada and Emily Zabor and fresh-men Maya Jansen and Natalia Maynetto will be facing SEC opponents Vanderbilt South

Carolina and Tennessee along with non-conference opponents North Carolina Florida State Clemson and tournament host Furman

ldquoWersquore going to get kind of a preview of a lot of the con-ference schoolsrdquo Mainz said ldquoItrsquos going to be a real evenly matched tournamentrdquo

Mainz said the teamrsquos man-tra is to get better every day and that she is more focused on how the team executes rather than specifically looking for wins

ldquoI keep emphasizing that the outcome will take care of itselfrdquo she said ldquoWersquove just got to keep doing the right things to get better especially in the fallrdquo

Alabama looks to improve at Furman Fall Classic

CW FileAlabama womenrsquos tennis team looks to continue its success at the Furman Fall Classic

By David MarshburnContributing Writer

Although the champion-ship might not commence for another eight months The University of Alabama menrsquos golf team will get its first real test of the season when it travels to Atlanta Ga to com-pete in the PINGGolfweek Preview Five players will tee off Sunday Sept 23 complet-ing their final round Tuesday Sept 25

Capital City Clubrsquos Crabapple Golf Course hosts the weekend tournament as well as the 2013 NCAA cham-pionship and will provide the Crimson Tide with a taste of what its stiffest competition has to offer The tournament field features several teams that pose a serious challenge to the Tidersquos title hopes this year

Ranked No 1 in the latest Golf Coaches Association of America poll Alabama will square off against the nationrsquos best teams Texas California UCLA and Washington round

out the pollrsquos top five teams Other notable opponents include SEC heavyweights Arkansas Georgia and Texas AampM

ldquoOur coach does a great job planning our schedulerdquo said junior Bobby Wyatt Alabamarsquos top individual performer in its last tournament ldquoOur team always plays the best competi-tion around and wersquore looking forward to this tournamentrdquo

The Crimson Tide fin-ished third in its first match of the season at the Carpet Collegiate Classic topped only by Georgia and defend-ing national champion The University of Texas

ldquoWe looked like we were running in mudrdquo Alabama head coach Jay Seawell said ldquoItrsquos a new team and a new year and we just need to con-tinue to find our identityrdquo

Although the Tide enters the season as a top-ranked team the players realize they have room for improvement Because golf can be a frus-trating game the team mem-bers say they need to work

on patience as well as mental toughness

One of many strengths Seawellrsquos players possess is their ability to crank far drives from the tee box When play-ing on a course with long fairways and tall roughs due to recent rains such a skill should prove advantageous for Alabama

ldquoWe have three solid play-ers and possible first-team All Americans who play well every timerdquo Seawell said ldquoAll of them need to be sharp and a fourth guy will need to step up Wersquore still not sure who that isrdquo

With a lengthy season still remaining a win for the Tide this weekend would make a resounding statement to the rest of the nation Wyatt said a victory will build some much needed momentum that could carry his team through the fall and into the spring

ldquoWe just want to keep get-ting betterrdquo Wyatt said ldquoIf we improve week by week then wersquoll be right where we want to be by the championshiprdquo

The Tide comes out swinging

ldquoItrsquos going to be a real evenly matched

tournament

mdash Jenny Mainz

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Todayrsquos Birthday (092012) A new three-year phase of research and communications develops and two eclipses smile upon your career this year Keep to your budget and your nest egg grows Nurture friendships Water your garden with love and constancyTo get the advantage check the dayrsquos rating 10 is the easiest day 0 the most challengingAries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 6 -- Enter the adventure watch out for surprises and potential collisions and advance to the next level Watch the big picture for the next few days Being thrift y is a virtue nowTaurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Donrsquot move your money around Others look to you for advice but you donrsquot need to give it all away Project a refi ned image Itrsquos okay to ask questions Schedule carefullyGemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Donrsquot let anybody pressure you into doing anything Take your sweet time to do whatrsquos right and negotiate where needed Keep communication channels openCancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Your ideas are fl owing well now Focus on your work today and tomorrow Th ink a bit more about what your partner wants Romance may be involvedLeo (July 23-Aug 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Yoursquore very persuasive and extremely creative now Donrsquot be fooled by imitations no matter how real they look Have a good time but donrsquot max out the credit cardsVirgo (Aug 23-Sept 22) -- Today is an 8 -- You donrsquot have to do it all but you

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Tide to battle UGA BulldogsBy Mary Grace ShowfetyStaff Reporter

Alabamarsquos volleyball team is eager to get back on the court after a recent loss to Tennessee dropped the Tide to No 2 in the SEC Western Division

ldquoAfter every game we try to focus on what we can do better and right now wersquore just getting prepared for Georgiardquo fresh-man Kryssi Daniels said ldquoWersquore letting go of the Tennessee game because today is a new dayrdquo

Daniels leads the SEC in aces with 29 this year ranking her No 5 in the nation Georgia remains unbeaten (4-0) at home but the outside hitter said the Crimson Tide is confident about going on the road

Last season the Tide was vic-torious in both meetings with the Bulldogs dropping one set Head coach Ed Allen said this

year the two teams are very much alike in a few areas

ldquoIt will be a challenging week-end because both teams we play are very similar to us and with a similar talent levelrdquo Allen said ldquoWith both realizing the impor-tance of winning those matches against teams that are compa-rable in ability we really expect that itrsquos going to be a tough weekendrdquo

Alabama (12-2 1-1 SEC) and Georgia (7-4 1-1 SEC) are young teams both in the process of rebuilding Like the Tide the Bulldogs did not have the season they hoped for last year finish-ing 11-19 with a 7-13 SEC record

Setter Sierra Wilson said though the Tide does not intend to make any serious changes there are different things to con-sider when playing on the road

ldquoA lot of away travel is based on getting your mind right and getting to a place where you can

create your own energyrdquo Wilson said ldquoSo I think right now wersquore more focused on mental tough-ness and sustaining energyrdquo

Wilson was named SEC Volleyball Freshman of the Week Monday as she continues to lead the conference with 1142 assists per set this season

Allen said the Tide has devel-oped a great deal of consistency ndash something the team has made a priority this season ndash but there is still progress to be made

ldquoWersquore looking to get better defensively at the netrdquo Allen said ldquoI think wersquore growing as far as the game is concerned in understanding whatrsquos happen-ing and now but our ability to execute after we find ourselves in the right place is going to be the next focal pointrdquo

After a weekend away the Tide will return to Foster Auditorium Friday Sept 28 to take on Ole Miss

By Caroline GazzaraContributing Writer

The Alabama soccer team is preparing for a challenging home game Friday against the Georgia Bulldogs after two disappointing results against Tennessee and LSU on the road Though a loss against Tennessee and double overtime tie against LSU still lin-ger in its mind the Tide is not focusing on the past but instead on the upcoming match

ldquoEvery weekend is different obviously with just the different opponents and each team plays differentlyrdquo defender Ashley Willis said ldquoWe have to forget the last weekend and know that there is a lot of season left and just keep plugging away and keep staying positiverdquo

Alabamarsquos 5-1-1 record

including its 0-1-1 start to confer-ence play has the Tide ranked fourth in the SEC West The slight setbacks at both away games have rattled the team a bit but confi-dence and composure are still the number-one focus for the Tide

ldquoWe need to score goals obvi-ously but we need to find a way to get a second goalrdquo head coach Todd Bramble said ldquoWe only scored one goal in each of those games and we came out of it with a loss and a tie The lesson that we learned from this weekend is that scoring one goal against a good SEC team isnrsquot going to be good enoughrdquo

With that in mind Alabamarsquos forward Pia Rijsdijk believes com-posure is key to success The game might get hectic but staying posi-tive and under control are the best way to score and win the game

ldquoI am always trying to be composed and trying to be con-fident when wersquore under pres-surerdquo Rijsdijk said ldquo[I want] to have that calm and show that to my teammatesrdquo

Although its shot percentage has drastically decreased since its season-high of 308 percent against UAB to 037 percent against LSU Alabama has been devoted to working on scoring and increas-ing that percentage

ldquoWe definitely fought hard as a team on Sunday but unfortu-nately we ended up with a tierdquo Rijsdijk said ldquoThose little details wersquove been working on this week will definitely show this weekend and then wersquoll hopefully get a win out of thatrdquo

The home game against Georgia should bring the confidence boost Alabama needs to win The Tide

will have the support of its fans and home-field advantage that it hopes will pull it through

ldquoAlthough we leave this past weekend displeased with the results that we got wersquore not com-pletely unhappy with our perfor-mancerdquo Bramble said ldquoWe canrsquot let that affect our confidence when we continue to come out and per-form the same way we have Being at home will help make that differ-ence for us in getting a win this weekendrdquo

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By Melissa BrownNews Editor

Over 1400 student tick-ets went unused during the Western Kentucky game on Sept 8 resulting in many stu-dents receiving 15 penalty points to their student ticket account

According to a Student Government Association press release 767 of the 1400 tickets were donated after 5 pm on the Friday before Gameday

Students can receive a donated ticket up until half-time of the game but will still

receive 15 penalty points if they cannot use the last-min-ute ticket Meagan Bryant SGA press secretary advises students to be mindful of the policy

ldquoSGA encourages students to remove themselves from the donation list if they do not want to receive a ticket after a certain pointrdquo Bryant said

The donation list can be found under the ldquomyticketsrdquo section of myBama Students who receive a donated ticket but canrsquot use it can donate the ticket back and receive a 5 penalty

Though some students

who receive a donated ticket after the start of the game may have already made plans to be elsewhere they must donate the ticket back and receive a 5 penalty point or receive 15 points for not using the ticket

ldquoSGA wants to give every student the opportunity to attend each game and it is for that reason that we allow tickets to be awarded to those on the waiting list all the way until halftime of the gamerdquo Joe Hart chief justice for SGA said

Students who incur three or more points this fall will be

ineligible to receive post-sea-son tickets or tickets for the 2013 regular and postseason

Sarah Hughes a senior majoring in political sci-ence donated her ticket on the Saturday morning of Gameday and received a 5 point penalty

ldquoI find it odd that we get penalized for donating our tickets when all wersquore doing is helping students who donrsquot have tickets to get into the gamerdquo Hughes said ldquoDonating our tickets is bet-ter than not going at all because it helps ensure that the stadium wonrsquot be empty

I donrsquot think we should be penalized for thatrdquo

Jessica Goodman a junior majoring in public relations thinks the penalty point sys-tem is a logical way to help students without tickets

ldquoIf you have tickets and donrsquot use them there is always someone who would want it and may not have got-ten one from the donation pool because you just decid-ed to forgo donating and not go at allrdquo Goodman said ldquoSo I get why the system exists I think some of the rules and regulations of it are annoying and that it should be alteredrdquo

Goodman also said if students donate a ticket before kickoff then there is no need for a penalty at all

Students can also pay to upgrade their ticket to sell or use for a non-student and receive one penalty point

Tyler Howard a sopho-more majoring in econom-ics couldnrsquot attend the game because of work but managed to sell his ticket

ldquoHonestly things come up and if yoursquore going to skip one football game against a team no onersquos ever heard of then I donrsquot think that should stay with yourdquo Howard said

CW | Whitney Hendrix

At WKU game 84 percent of tickets went unused

Editor | SoRelle Wyckoffletterscwuaedu

Thursday September 20 2012OPINIONSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

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EDITORIAL BOARDWill Tucker Editor-in-Chief

Ashley Chaffin Managing EditorStephen Dethrage Production

EditorMackenzie Brown Visuals Editor

Tray Smith Online EditorAlex Clark Community ManagerAshanka Kumari Chief Copy

EditorSoRelle Wyckoff Opinions Editor

GOT AN OPINIONSubmit a guest column (no more

than 800 words) or a letter to the editor to letterscwuaedu

GOT A STORY IDEAcwuaedusubmit-your-idea

TWEET AT USTheCrimsonWhite

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

letters to the editor

CW | Jingyu Wan

YOUR VIEWS IN RESPONSE TO

ldquoSuite-style dorms attractive but illogical lonelyrdquo

ldquoI have been worried about our students missing out on these important college

experiences ever since we started build-ing these apartment-style dormsrdquo

ldquoCompletely agree I had to look elsewhere for the sense of community my freshman year The system in place is great for re-cruitment but forces students to look else-

where on campus Introverted students can get left in the dustrdquo

ndashDaniel MacguirendashDaniel Shannahan

Alabamarsquos new Starbucks Ingenious or excessive Refl ecting on FYC scandal 1 year later

By Amber PattersonStaff Columnist

Every morning on The University of Alabama cam-pus students witness an abun-dance of common factors packed buses deadlocked traf-fic sleep deprived students glued to their iPods and the infamous Starbucks line in the Ferguson Center That line usu-ally stretches across the front entrance of the Ferg and even wraps around the help desk or goes out of the door around exam time

Personally being a caffeine addict and Starbucks junkie I understand the craving for the rich taste only Starbucks drinks seem to offer So like my fellow caffeine-driven students I was thrilled to hear that the

University decided to expand and move Starbucks down-stairs This would cut down the traffic jams on the second floor of the Ferg because there will be more than one place for stu-dents to congregate and will prevent students from standing in line for 30 minutes or more waiting on a drink that takes less than 10 minutes to make

Although I was elated about this new addition to the University I recently read the impending Starbucks is set to be the biggest one in the nation I have become accus-tomed to the fact that here at the University everything is big and extravagant From our football program to our greek houses or ldquopalacesrdquo as I call them bigger is always the way to go but that does not always

equal betterThe University always strives

to be the best but where do we draw the line As I stated pre-viously caffeine and I share a close relationship but I do not want my tuition to fund an out-let that distributes it I would rather see it go toward parking spots better dorms and aca-demic purposes ndash things that are vital and actual problems at the University

Business expansion is a characteristic of our constant-ly changing US society and having corporate vendors like Starbucks is convenient to stu-dents and I am sure helps the University financially Yet this is probably not needed with tuition rising seven percent and student population reaching a record high We have crossed

the line of excessiveThere are more than 10 cities

I can name off the top of my head that are bigger than Tuscaloosa and contain larger populations than our campus so I see no need for the University to have the biggest Starbucks in the United States To be clear I am not against the movement of Starbucks In fact I plan to stay a regular customer as long as my wallet allows me The move downstairs is a great location and is an efficient solution to a common annoyance on campus but building the biggest in the United States is a clear example of putting want before neces-sity

Amber Patterson is a sopho-more majoring in marketing and public relations Her col-umn runs on Thursday

Romneyrsquos recent remarks show lsquodisdain apathyrsquoBy Nathan JamesStaff Columnist

Mother Jones released a video Monday show-ing remarks made by Mitt Romney at a private fund-raiser These remarks which Romney did not realize were being taped tell us more about his character than he perhaps would like

Here is an excerpt from Romneyrsquos comments

ldquoThere are 47 percent of people who will vote for the president no matter what All right there are 47 per-cent who are with him who are dependent upon govern-ment who believe that they are victims who believe the government has a responsi-bility to care for them who believe that they are entitled to health care to food to housing to you-name-itrdquo

So many parts of this state-ment are offensive that itrsquos difficult to even know where to begin Romney who has worked so hard to brand himself as an ldquoeverymanrdquo as someone who understands and cares for the plight of the average American has shown more disdain and apa-thy through these remarks than many of his harshest critics would have dared to suggest

First of all Romney appears to be suggesting that basic human needs are discretion-ary I donrsquot know about you but I find it reasonable to think that yes people do have a right to eat and be shel-tered from the elements We are in a time of dire financial crisis when many Americans lack the means to secure food and housing and Romney appears to be implying that

food stamps and aid to the homeless constitute some kind of entitlement

In addition to this Romneyrsquos remarks are astoundingly presumptuous He supposes that the bulk of Obamarsquos support comes from the impoverished and that Obamarsquos main appeal comes in the form of handouts He fails to even acknowledge the possibility that some will vote democrat because they support universal healthcare or proportionate tax burdens on the rich or the right for homosexuals to marry

But perhaps the most note-worthy aspect of this state-ment is the supposition that anyone who does not pay income tax ndash the 47 percent Romney refers to ndash are enti-tled and dependent upon the government There isnrsquot suf-ficient space in this article

to explore all the statistical fallacies in this premise but I hope most will agree with me when I suggest that the poorer half of America is not mewling at Washingtonrsquos teat

I personally represent one of the nearly 150 million Americans who do not pay income taxes My father can-not work and my familyrsquos resultant financial situation exempts us from the respon-sibility of taxation However I do not consider myself ldquodependentrdquo on the govern-ment and I donrsquot believe that Irsquom a ldquovictimrdquo who is entitled to recompense

Romneyrsquos right about one thing though I wonrsquot be vot-ing for him this November

Nathan James is a sopho-more majoring in public rela-tions His column runs on Thursday

By Tray SmithOnline Editor

One year ago this Sunday Grant Cochran resigned as The University of Alabamarsquos Student Government Association president He was the first SGA president to resign in over 60 years and stepped down in the midst of an investigation into the selec-tion process for the SGArsquos First Year Council a freshman lead-ership forum within the stu-dent government

I was one of the lead Crimson White reporters on the story and I was tasked with unearth-ing the details behind the FYC scandal The ensuing course of events taught me a lot about reporting but I also learned a lot about the fallacy of some of my own narrow mindsets and the impact those mindsets can have on other people

As a freshman I served on FYC and as a member of the CW editorial board my sophomore year I forged a consensus against endorsing Cochranrsquos opponent in that yearrsquos SGA election It was the second election cycle in a row in which the CW did not endorse an SGA presidential contender which surprised many who expected the edito-rial board to live up to its long history of endorsing the non-Machine candidate

Grant Cochran was a good candidate though and he had an admirable track record of SGA service and a solid plat-form for what he hoped to accomplish in office The story that came out in the days lead-ing up to and the months fol-lowing his resignation is best understood not as an indict-ment against him but as a crude reminder of the corrupt-ing influences of power and the disastrous consequences of the senseless divides that still exist in too many parts of our campus

We now know that as SGA officials screened FYC appli-cations they changed at least one applicantrsquos Grade Point Average and that applications were marked to ensure that candidates from certain greek houses were selected In the end six more SGA officials stepped down as the investiga-tion continued

The details of that investi-gation were tucked away in the vaults of the Universityrsquos Judicial Affairs office so we do not really know who did what

It is doubtful though that Cochran or any of the others did anything that had never been previously done They may have been sloppier at it the process may have been more blatantly biased But the First Year Council was created by greeks in the SGA and for

years it was used as a tool to breed more greeks for SGA involvement

FYC-gate brought the appall-ing details of that cycle to light but it was the inevitable result of a broader culture that pits certain students against one another the moment they step on campus Viewing the scandal in this context does not excuse the wrongdoing that was committed but illus-trates the consequences that occur when we start to think it is acceptable to elevate our-selves and people like us over peers who are different

Ironically student leaders who act on that mentality end up hurting the students they are most trying to help Greek students stacking the cards against non-greek students have a pretty disparaging view of their own community if they think its members cannot suc-ceed through fair and open competition Students who do rightfully deserve a place in premier programs suffer the most when a process unfairly corrupted in their favor taints their accomplishments The same would be true of any student group that received unmerited privilege

As a greek Crimson White reporter though sometimes I felt that these larger lessons were lost in the flurry of arti-cles we produced in the after-math of the FYC scandal Too often our stories were seen as fitting into the same tired nar-rative of The Crimson White against the student govern-ment and we were seen as overenthusiastic reporters try-ing to break the next story

The reality on our end was far more complicated as I assume it probably was for many of the individuals inside the SGA Calling fellow stu-dents many of whom I knew well to ask why they gave up their lofty student government office and repeatedly asking University administrators for more information was hardly a fun exercise

The result though is a story we can all learn from ndash even those of us who helped write it

Tray Smith is the Online Editor of The Crimson White His column runs on Thursday

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 20 2012 | Page 5

By Chandler WrightContributing Writer

Twelve UA students will be traveling this October to Salisbury High School in Salisbury NC to facilitate the Heritage Panel a co-educa-tional anti-bullying program created by the Young Womenrsquos Christian Association of Central Alabama

ldquoThe YWCA will do a train-ing in Birmingham for the UA studentsrdquo said Aaron Brazelton executive direc-tor of the Heritage Panel at the University ldquoWe will then travel to Salisbury and train 25 student leaders in the Heritage Panel curriculum and building an inclusive com-munityrdquo

Holley Jackson YWCA Coordinator of AmeriCorps and Social Justice said the Heritage Panel is a two-day

social justice training where students are encouraged to tell a story of a time when they witnessed perpetrated or were a victim of discrimi-nation or bullying and how they will learn from that expe-rience

ldquoHeritage Panel really focuses the students on seeing each other past what we look like on the outsiderdquo Jackson said ldquoWe have students share personal stories and get to know each other on a new level to show that everyone goes through trials and trib-ulations making some days harder than othersrdquo

Brazelton a sophomore majoring in international rela-tions and secondary educa-tion said he hopes the UA stu-dents will serve as a Heritage Panel for our campus

ldquoHopefully [the UA leaders] will come back and

be a beacon of change for our communityrdquo Brazelton said ldquoThe YWCA is going to teach them how to address certain problems and how to deal with those problems and then how to go out and help other people deal with those prob-lemsrdquo

Jackson said the Heritage Panel tries to create an open environment in high schools where students rally together and take a stand against dis-crimination and bullying

ldquoAfter we go through these

seminars and workshops with the students they are then placed back into their school and they are ambassadors for the Heritage Panel pro-gramrdquo Brazelton said ldquoWhen there are possible inflamma-tory issues that are happening within the school the school can utilize those students that have already been trained and they will sit at a table and talk about the issues with students from the student bodyrdquo

Avis Williams principal of Salisbury High School said by developing these studentsrsquo leadership and relationship skills they will become a valuable asset to inclusivity at Salisbury

ldquoWith over 900 students I would love to impact them all but we will start with 25 and then allow the students to model what they have learned as well and serve as

UA students to travel to NC to combat bullyingambassadorsrdquo Williams said ldquoI have spoken to many of my students and parents and they are excited about the fact that this is a student-centered effortrdquo

Jackson said the YWCA conducts reports at the end of each school year about the Heritage Panel curricu-lum and found that there is a large impact on the school climate because the panelists share what they learn with their group of friends and the knowledge spreads through-out the school

ldquoCommunication is so vitalrdquo Williams said ldquoStudents are accustomed to tweeting or

texting rather than talking Many stereotypes are a result of a lack of understandingrdquo

Williams said students are more receptive when the information is coming from someone closer to their age and hopes her students look up to Brazelton and the other UA facilitators

ldquoSalisbury High School is a very diverse school and I believe that students need to be taught tolerance and empa-thyrdquo he said ldquoI believe that programs like the Heritage Panel will give our young people a toolkit to help them thrive despite any challenges that they may facerdquo

ldquoCommunication is so vital Stu-dents are accustomed to tweeting

or texting rather than talking Many stereotypes are a result of a

lack of understanding

mdash Avis Williams

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTSPage 6 | Thursday September 20 2012

By Ashanka KumariChief Copy Editor

The Community Music School offers an alternative to students interested in tak-ing instrumental or vocal les-sons without pursuing a music degree

A branch of the College of Arts and Sciences the Community Music School is the outreach program for The University of Alabama School of Music Jane Weigel coordi-nator of the Community Music School said

ldquoWe offer private lessons in just about any Western

orchestra instrument band instrument piano organ and the natural voicerdquo Weigel said ldquoWe offer classes that are for adult strings and anyone can enjoy including faculty UA stu-dents and people in the commu-nityrdquo

Created in the early 1980s the Community Music School is an accredited member of the National Guild for Community Arts Education and offers classes to students of all ages and levels of ability

Cynthia Simpson a senior majoring in horn performance works as a desk assistant for the Community Music School

Music program open to all students

By Katherine LangnerContributing Writer

John Hardman President and CEO of the Carter Center will visit The University of Alabama Friday to speak with students about his leadership experience

The event co-sponsored by the Blackburn Institute and the Honorrsquos College is located in Mary Hewell Alston Hall in Room 30 and will begin at 2 pm

The event is open to all UA students regardless of involve-ment in either the Blackburn Institute or the Honorrsquos College

Mary Lee Caldwell the coordinator of the Blackburn Institute helped organize the upcoming lecture with Hardman

ldquoWe encourage all students to attendrdquo Caldwell said ldquoThis is something that all UA students would be able to learn fromrdquo

Known as a philanthropist and global human rights leader Hardmanrsquos personal work with the Carter Center first launched in 1989 when he led the program to Reduce Global Tobacco Use Through his commitment there he then became the centerrsquos

representative for the WorldHealth Organizationrsquos Tobaccoand Health Program a yearlater He rose to become the cen-terrsquos president and CEO in 2007

ldquoWe came across[Hardmanrsquos] name as a leaderin his field and recieved a rec-ommendation from a former UAadministratorrdquo Caldwell saidldquoThat put him on our radar andonce we read about the workhe has done independently andfor the Carter Center we reallywanted to reach out to him Weare very excited to give our stu-dents this opportunity and tooffer this to all university stu-dentsrdquo

Katie Jackson a financemajor with a concentration inglobal business and a Frenchminor became involved withthe Blackburn Institute inMarch

ldquoI couldnrsquot be more excitedto hear [Hardman] speak thisFridayrdquo Jackson said ldquoNot onlyis his position with the CarterCenter something that greatlyinterests me with regards to mymajor but he is also an incred-ibly interesting person with awealth of knowledge in a vari-ety of areasrdquo

Human rights group CEO to speak Friday

teaches private horn lessons and a music enrichment class for fourth and fifth grade stu-dents at the Tuscaloosa Magnet School

ldquoMusic training is so valuable for people of all agesrdquo Simpson said ldquoIrsquom especially proud to work with this organizationrdquo

Parents are given the oppor-tunity to expose their chil-dren to music through the Community Music Schoolrsquos Kindermusik program from birth to age seven Weigel said

ldquoWe have newborns enrolled in our Kindermusik program middle and high school kids in our Chamber Strings and

Tuscaloosa Youth Orchestra ensembles and adults through their 70s taking lessons and participating in the Adult Strings programrdquo Simpson said ldquoMusic lessons do so much for the learning and develop-ment of young children and the Adult Strings program is such a treat for many older adultsrdquo

The Adult Strings program founded and taught by music education instructor Anne C Witt offers classes for adults interested in learning violin viola cello or string bass at beginner intermediate and advanced levels At the end of each semester students in the

Adult Strings program give a short informal concert

ldquoI love the mixture of people we have in the classes ndash from undergraduates to 80 and olderrdquo Witt said ldquoWorking with adults has greatly enriched my life and added significantly to my enjoyment of teachingrdquo

Students cannot receive aca-demic credit for classes taken through the Community Music School and no UA students are required to take the classes Witt said

The majority of classes are offered in the Moody Music Building or other locations on the UA campus with few

off-campus classes Weigel saidEveryone is required to owntheir own instruments exceptin the Kindermusik area

On Sunday Oct 28 theCommunity Music School willhost ldquoHalloween in Ozrdquo a car-nival fundraiser to assist inraising money to provide schol-arship funding for the commu-nity Weigel said The event willbe at the Moody Music Buildingfrom 2 to 4 pm

ldquoThere will be people dressedas characters from the Wizardof Oz and there is a costumeparaderdquo Weigel said ldquoItrsquos apretty fun couple of hours forthe communityrdquo

CW | Caitlin TrotterAndrew Magee a mechanical engineering PhD student plays the viola in the adult strings class offered on campus

Community Music School offers group private lessons

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 20 2012 | Page 7

UA selects 7 students to advance toward RhodesBy the end of the process 2 winners will be chosen from each district for a total of 32 national scholarsBy Madison RobertsContributing Writer

Seven University of Alabama students have been endorsed to move forward to the next round of the nation-ally competitive American Rhodes Scholarships pro-gram

The Rhodes Scholarship is a prestigious fellowship award-ed to 32 students from over 300 American universities every year The winners receive full financial support to pursue a degree at Oxford University in the United Kingdom

ldquoThe Rhodes Scholarship is a huge honor because of the few spots available and the fierce competition for [it]rdquo said Brad Tuggle a former Rhodes Scholar and current campus representative for the scholarship ldquoThe Rhodes Scholarships are considered ndash both within the academy and within popular culture ndash the highest academic honor a US college student can earnrdquo

Cecil J Rhodes founded the scholarship in 1904 According to Rhodesrsquos will there are four official criteria to be eligible for the scholarship including ldquoliterary and scholastic attain-ments energy to use onersquos tal-ents to the full as exemplified by fondness for and success in sports truth courage devo-tion to duty sympathy for and protection of the weak kind-liness unselfishness and fel-lowship moral force of char-acter and instincts to lead and to take an interest in onersquos fellow beingsrdquo

ldquoBeyond these official cri-teria there are some unoffi-cial ones that we use on cam-pus to gauge a candidatersquos

possibility of successrdquo Tuggle said ldquoThese include a near-perfect GPA extensive schol-arly activity the ability to hold high-level intellectual conversations in an interview setting a record of focused extracurricular activities and five to eight professors willing to write extraordinary letters of recommendationrdquo

John Burke who is involved in interviewing the candi-dates for the scholarship said although anyone can be nomi-nated not everyone will make it through the process

ldquoAnybody can name any-body but I can assure that nobody is going to go forward in this process unless they are at the top of the heaprdquo Burke said

The nomineesrsquo applica-tion due Sept 1 included a personal statement resume transcript and five to eight let-ters of recommendation After submitting the application the students engaged in a person-al consultation and on-campus interview with the Committee of Prestige Scholarships and Awards who then chose students to represent the University at the district level

However students who receive endorsement can decide whether to represent The University of Alabama or their home state If the students choose University representation they will be

competing against other students in their district from Alabama Florida and Tennessee

Candidates must submit their application to compete at the district level by Oct 3 After close review of the appli-cations the district commit-tees will invite approximately 15 students for district inter-views in November

Two winners are chosen from each district to make up the 32 national Rhodes Scholars

Senior Hannah Hicks majoring in philosophy and religious studies was recent-ly endorsed to move forward in the scholarship process She worked on her applica-tion over the summer and has already finished her applica-tion for the district committee

ldquoBeing nominated for this scholarship is an assurance that sometimes even the radi-cals free-thinkers and weirdos have their dayrdquo Hicks said

As a former Rhodesrsquo scholar Tuggle can attest to how won-derful this opportunity actu-ally will be for the students if they win

ldquoAll in all my two years at Oxford were the most idyllic challenging fruitful and stimu-lating years of my entire liferdquo Tuggle said ldquoThe experience continues to affect everything I do both professionally and personallyrdquo

By Sarah RobinsonContributing Writer

On Sept 20 four greek organizations will host the Wings of Hope philanthropy event on Sigma Nursquos front lawn

The event which is hosted by Sigma Nu Delta Delta Delta Zeta Beta Tau and Alpha Delta Pi will be held from 330 to 630 pm Wings of Hope will include a live performance from Doctors and Lawyers a wing-eating contest and Red Bull Girls handing out free materials

Event sponsor Buffalo Philrsquos is donating 2000 wings which will be used in the wing-eating contest

Sponsors Red Bull Guy Harvey and American Fishing Tackle Co are donat-ing gear as prizes for contest winners

Guy Harvey T-shirts will be available for sale at the event Proceeds will go toward the Guy Harvey Ocean founda-tion

Julian Reed Hailey chair of Sigma Nu Philanthropy said having big name spon-sors and four greek organi-

zations hosting will bring in large crowd He encourages students to attend

ldquoI feel it is important for people to attend because all proceeds are going toward two great causesrdquo Hailey said ldquoIt will also be a great timerdquo

Jordan Ross vice presi-dent of the Zeta Beta Tau Psi chapter said the Wings for Hope event will be ldquomegardquo and will benefit the charities

ldquoWe will be able to donate a significant amount of money to these great causesrdquo Ross said

ldquo All in all my two years at Oxford were the most idyllic challeng-ing fruitful and stimulating years of my entire life The experi-ence continues to affect everything I do both professionally and

personally

mdash Brad Tuggle

Greek philanthropy event to help Ocean Foundation

Justice group hopes to unite campus on freedomSteve Moakler headlines Fridayrsquos benefi t concert for Alabama International Justice Mission

By Megan MillerContributing Writer

Artists Caleb Sigler and Charity Vance will per-form the opening acts to headliner Steve Moakler at Alabama International Justice Missionrsquos benefit concert this Friday

Alabama International Justice Mission is a faith-based organization that exists to serve IJM through raising awareness of traf-ficking and slavery and raising funds for their mis-sions

The concert will be held at Capstone Church on University Boulevard at 8 pm as part of its annual Fall Justice Week

ldquoWe are extremely com-mitted to integrity in our fundraisers as we under-stand that literally every dollar goes toward rescue and rehabilitation opera-tions for the oppressed worldwiderdquo Darby Hess the vice president of Alabama IJM said

Moakler created his own nonprofit organization in 2011 called Free the Birds which funds freedom and restoration for women and children who have been exploited by human sex trafficking

Free the Birds partners with Love146 an organiza-tion dedicated to after-care and restoration of those who have been involved in trafficking in order to pre-vent the victims from being cycled back into slavery

ldquoI emailed his agent Tim and then we met him at the concert where we found out Steve has his own ministry to benefit after care for traf-ficking victimsrdquo Josh Sigler president of Alabama IJM said ldquoIt was at that point we realized that it had to be him to playrdquo

Hess said Alabama IJM is still in awe of how perfectly Moakler fit as their per-former

ldquoWe are honored to have himrdquo Hess said ldquoNot only is he incredibly talented musically but he shares the same heart for justicerdquo

Other events for Justice Week include a daily bake sale in the Ferguson Center until Sept 21 from 11 am to 2 pm a screening of ldquoCall + Responserdquo in Lloyd Room 38

on Wednesday Sept 19 at 8 pm and a speech from IJM Peru Affiliate at the Kappa Alpha Theta house at 7 pm on Thursday Sept 20

ldquoWe feel all the events of Justice Week are equally as important as the concertrdquo Josh Sigler said ldquoThere are people coming from lit-erally all over the world to share their storiesrdquo

Hess said she sees the event as another opportuni-ty to celebrate her genera-tionrsquos involvement in reach-ing out to the oppressed

ldquoI look forward to seeing this concert unite students from all areas of campus for one cause freedomrdquo she said ldquoWe all value human life and at this point in his-tory there are 27 million enslaved Those two facts combined should compel us to actrdquo

Tickets for the concert are $10 and can be purchased at the door All proceeds col-lected from the concert go directly to the IJM head-quarters

ldquo I look forward to seeing this concert unite students from all areas of campus for one cause freedom

mdash Darby Hess

The amount of seats is allotted by dorm much like states are allotted seats to the US House of Representatives so the larger dorms hold more seats For example Tutwiler which has over 900 women in it will have nine seats while Lakeside East a much small-er dorm will only have one seat

ldquoAnother change made

this year is that FYC director Mackenzie Perpich will sit in on the interviews though she does not hold a deciding vote as to who gets the posi-tionrdquo Bryant said

The selection committee consists of two members of the executive board two from the senate two from judicial and one from stu-dent housing

Bryant said the chance to be interviewed is based on GPA dorm college major and the studentsrsquo answers to three general questions

ldquoI am very pleased with the SGA First Year Council

application and interview process thus farrdquo SGA President Matt Calderone said ldquoThe selection pro-cess includes input from the three branches of SGA The Residence Hall Association UA Student Affairs and for-mer SGA First Year Council members in order to identify the most excellent students from this yearrsquos freshmen classrdquo

The interviews are taking place this week Students going through the interview for seats will find out if they have been selected to serve on Sept 23 at 5 pm

ldquoAdrian always has had real good pass rush abilityrdquo Saban said ldquoHe knows what hersquos doing hersquos confident hersquos playing hard Hersquos really an effective player and hersquos done a pretty good job in every one of the games so farrdquo

Still Alabamarsquos pass rush has done more than simply terrorize opposing quar-terbacks Itrsquos also helped Alabamarsquos offensive line in its own pass blocking skills This was most evident in

the Western Kentucky and Arkansas games when it gave up six and zero sacks respectively

S o p h o m o r e Cy r u s Kouandjio said going up against his own defense in practice every week has helped the offensive line tremendously with its pass blocking

ldquoThey do thatrdquo Kouandjio said ldquoThey make us go one on ones in practice every day just so we donrsquot get too used to the scout team Theyrsquore goodrdquo

One of the things Kouandjio said made his defensersquos pass rush so potent was the dif-ferent playing styles of

players like Hubbard and Xzavier Dickson Between the two they have two sacks and 35 tackles for loss

H u b b a r d e c h o e d Kouandjiorsquos sentiments about his defensersquos versatility in the pass rush with six defensive players turning in at least one sack so far this season Still Hubbard said what makes his teammates truly great are not their differences but the thing they all have in common

ldquoOur mindsetrsquos the samerdquo Hubbard said ldquoWe get out there every play Hard work is what I pride my guys on Outside linebackers those are my guysrdquo

FOOTBALL FROM PAGE 1

Defense continues to make improvements

FYC FROM PAGE 1

SGA makes changes to FYC applications

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By Deanne WinslettStaff Reporter

Whether prepping for a per-formance or directing from behind the scenes senior musical theatre major Tommy Walker is up for the challenge Walker first discovered his interest in musical theatre in the fourth grade and began with shows in high school

ldquoI was like I have to do thisrdquo Walker said ldquoOnce I started there was really no turning back Itrsquos a great vehicle to har-ness the creativity you have building inside of yourdquo

Walker became very involved in his high school the-atre department and developed his skills as a performer there as well as in the local commu-nity theatre He was also intro-duced to directing during his junior year of high school His theatre teacher at the time left unexpectedly leaving Walker and a staff of performers with no director for their upcoming performance of ldquoThe Fall of the House of Usherrdquo Walkerrsquos classmates elected him to take

over the directing position and thus he made his directing debut

ldquoYou have to be the battery and you have to keep the gears movingrdquo Walker said ldquoYou have to build the characters and build the show ldquoItrsquos a very creative process Thatrsquos why I love directingrdquo

Walker said he never had any doubt that he wanted to con-tinue with musical theatre as a degree and so he auditioned for a spot within the majorrsquos pro-gram Ten candidates are cho-sen each year to be accepted

into the musical theatre major via an audition process which takes place at the beginning of the year

ldquoYou have to audition to be able to major in musical the-atrerdquo Walker said ldquoThey only accept about 10 to 12 a year You have to bring a monologue and you have to bring two songsrdquo

While prep-ping for his audition Walker o v e r h e a r d another hopeful singing one of the same songs that he had come prepared with himself He quickly switched the song with one of his back-ups that he had brought but he did not feel as prepared with the replacement song

ldquoOut of the two songs they picked which one they wanted you to come back and sing for real later in the audition pro-cessrdquo he said ldquoAnd which song did they pick The one I didnrsquot rehearse of courserdquo

Contrary to Walkerrsquos doubt in song choice the panel decid-ed to make Walker one of a few musical theatre majors He was accepted into the program and has since been working to build his resume

ldquoI can see Tommy on Broadway easily but as a teacher I would be thrilled to

study with himrdquo Sherri Ryan Sparkman High School theatre director said ldquoThis is a gifted young man and no matter what he decides to do with his life he will touch each person he

encounters in a positive won-derful wayrdquo

Ryan first met Walker when he was a stage technician for a production of ldquoNonsenserdquo when he was first starting out She later became the theatre director at his high school and was able to watch as Walker grew as a performer She said she has never seen

someone commit to a character the way that Walker does

ldquoFor such a tiny walk on he was so dedicated and funny from the beginningrdquo Ryan said ldquoHe went on to play Pseudolous in lsquoFunny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forumrsquo win in his category of singing and acting at the state Trumbauer Festival and look what he has now done at Alabamardquo

Walker ultimately wants to teach theatre and he has been collecting experience to help him toward that goal He has participated in a variety of the-atre programs including work-ing in theatre summer camps and participating in theatre education programs at schools Walker also held the position of president last year in Alpha Psi Omega the UA theatre honor society He still sits as a chair this year and helps produce APOrsquos Guerilla Theatre events

Guerrilla Theatre held once a month in the Allen Bales Theatre performs a total of 10 skits per show with each individual segment consisting of no more than ten minutes

Guerrilla Theatre has received positive feedback from the cam-pus community Walker said

ldquoItrsquos a very SNL-type thingrdquo Walker said ldquoYou can get up there and do almost anything for 10 minutesrdquo

In addition to APO involve-ment Walker currently teach-es theatre at the Tuscaloosa Magnet School balanced with preparing for his perfor-mance role in the upcoming UA Theatre Department pro-duction ldquoFoolsrdquo and doing the prep work for a play he will be directing next semester

Walker is currently finish-ing his senior year With the majority of his required cred-its out of the way he only has a handful of classes left before he graduates He plans to finish by taking part-time hours next semester and simultaneously traveling in search of post-graduation work

ldquoPeople like to think that there are starving actors and yes there are somerdquo he said ldquoBut if you put the work in and commit to it then yoursquoll get thererdquo

Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Thursday September 20 2012CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 8

CW | Caitlin TrotterTommy Walker

ldquoYou have to be the battery and you have to keep the gears moving You have to

build the characters and build the show

mdash Tommy Walker

In theatre program student stands out as director

By Tara MassoulehContributing Writer

Students interested in progressive issues will have the opportunity to meet and greet with other like-minded students as well as enjoy refreshments at the Progressive Potluck this Saturday Sept 22 from 7 to 930 pm hosted by the Mallet Assembly

The Progressive Potluck ndash or ldquoProgLuckrdquo as it is called by its founders ndash is an oppor-tunity for students who are interested in progressive causes to share in food and fellowship while discussing a myriad of issues such as LGBTQA rights environmen-tal policy alternative energy real food universal health-care and increased sensitiv-ity toward non-religious indi-viduals

Lin Wang a sophomore majoring in human rights law who serves as president of Alabama Atheists and Agnostics and a host for the event defined progressive issues as those that are ldquocon-cerned with a change for the betterrdquo

ldquoProgressive issues dif-ferentiate from other social issues through the ideas of reform and activism as well as a gradual approach toward opening minds and opportu-nitiesrdquo Wang said

Participation in previ-ous Progessive Potlucks has consisted of members from organizations such as College Democrats UA Environmental Council Alabama Atheists and Agnostics and Spectrum and Apwonjo Alabama but all students interested are wel-come to attend

This year Progessive Potluckrsquos hosts are making an effort to emphasize that the event is open to both greek and non-greek members of The University of Alabama community Wang said the Progessive Potluckrsquos audi-ence traditionally has not included many greeks but she said its hosts would ldquolike to open it up more because there are greeks who do have progressive ideals and we would like to tap into thatrdquo

The Progressive Potluck hopes to transcend bound-aries of race sex religious belief and party affiliation in order to unite a strong com-munity of young people moti-vated to take action for posi-tive change

The Progressive Potluck has expanded in its member-ship over the years with one of the keys to this growth being

Progressive Potluck brings together UA activist groups

its advertising through social media such as Facebook groups Sam Gerard a soph-omore majoring in political science and history serves as Membership Director of College Democrats and Liaison Officer for Alabama Atheists and Agnostics two of the major groups

sponsoring the eventGerard said the potluck

is attracting participants through joint efforts of many of the associated groups who have been making regular Facebook posts inviting more and more people to come

The event poses an oppor-tunity for students to meet

like-minded peers early in the year with whom they can collaborate on upcoming projects to improve social awareness in the UA commu-nity Through the Progressive Potluck students are able to engage in valuable network-ing learn more about other organizations and make meaningful friendships with students holding similar val-ues

ldquoWe hope to create a stron-ger progressive coalition and networking frame with the progressive potlucksrdquo Gerard said ldquoAnd of course to eat tasty vittlesrdquo

Mallet hosts opportunity for students from progressive groups to network learn about student organizations

CW | Austin BigoneyMallet members and friends congregate outside Palmer Hall Wednesday

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bull Where Palmer Hall (home of the Mallet Assembly)

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 20 2012 | Page 9

By Nathan Proctor

Mainstream sports games catch a lot of flak Theyrsquore often classified as money-grubbing over-serialized over-saturated yearly roster updates for ldquobrordquo gamers Now the trendy busi-ness model pushing out a game per league per year is flawed however thatrsquos a spiel for anoth-er column What I argue is that the Maddens and FIFAs of the world arenrsquot all that distant from the serious hardcore gam-ing world In fact they may be closer than you realize

The genre itself is first defined by the world of sport Sports are reliant upon careful-ly crafted and often highly com-plex plans then to be executed and react fluidly to the strategic intentions of others Simply put itrsquos about more than just speed and muscle (therersquos a reason Nick Saban makes $562 million a year) With all that in mind it seems a simple transition into the world of strategy And some do play the main suite of sports games in that manner not to mention the scores of sports simulation products found in PC gaming

Though accessibility can often be misinterpreted as a threat to a very protective and possessive gamer culture the fact that a game of NCAA Football can reward a well-timed succession of jukes or button taps and a precise game plan or extensive recruiting plan in a similar endorphin-pumping fashion effectively reflects the strengths of the sports them-selves and is an impressive bit of design The twitch-based tendencies demanded in these games are often not horrible ways of emulating an athletersquos required reaction time and have long been key in action-oriented games

However what keeps a mix of current sports games on my

shelf are their innate role-play-ing tendencies Escapism drives the success of gaming and com-petitive sports alike And what better way to push this further than to place you in the very shoes of a professional athlete in a fully realized simulation of the sport Be it bringing up a young goaltender playing from the small-time Ontario Hockey League into a high pressure NHL game 7 in his hometown earning Plymouth Argyle an importable promotion into the English Premier League or sim-ply creating your own Iron Bowl legacy these systems facilitate and do their best to inspire the same storytelling that have long given crosstown rivalries real meaning and made southern football more than just a game

Dedicated gamers and sports nuts arenrsquot all that far apart or necessarily mutually exclusive Some play games for the adren-aline rush and action where others may be more enthused with the underlying num-bers no different than sports fanatics Living a space opera through Commander Sheppard isnrsquot that distant from following your crafty six-foot point guard from the NBA D-League into the hall of fame And truly dress-ing in the gear of your favorite athlete is no less ldquonerdyrdquo than cosplaying as your favorite Final Fantasy or anime character just perhaps a bit less Japanese

For some sports will never truly interest them and itrsquos likely sports games never will either That is fair and anyone with a gripe regarding the EA Sports monolith likely has a point However the sporting cul-ture and corresponding games have earned their place along-side products more specifically targeting gamers Their flex-ibility and aptitude for captur-ing their sports is uncanny In short sports games deserve your respect

COLUMN | GAMING

Sports games provide escape realistic graphics

By Courtney StinsonStaff Reporter

As part of Crossroads Community Centerrsquos yearlong ldquoUA is Culturerdquo initiative The University of Alabama will be celebrating different cultures each month starting with observing Hispanic Heritage Month until Oct 15

Crossroads director Beverly Hawk said Hispanic Heritage Month offers students more than simply a look at another culture It will also provide students with Latino perspec-tives on American culture and how preconceived notions of other cultures are changed through experience

ldquoWe all have a lot of assump-tions about each other before we meet one another and when we meet one another we come away with different experiencesrdquo Hawk said

One of the goals of Hispanic Heritage Month is to expose students to new cultures so they can learn to engage with people of other cultures in an increasingly globalized world

ldquoThatrsquos how [the University gets] to be the big interna-tional University that we arerdquo Hawk said ldquoOur students can interact with people all over the world so that they are pre-pared for their global futures for their whole lives Thatrsquos what college life is forrdquo

For students who come from different cultures the salute to international culture is an effort to make them feel that their culture is appreciated and contributes to the makeup of UArsquos culture as a whole

ldquoObserving [Hispanic Heritage Month] declares that the culture is a part of the school people from that culture feel connected [to UA culture] and that they feel their culture is honored and respectedrdquo Hawk said

Haley Flanagan a junior majoring in public relations and minoring in Spanish stud-ied in Spain during the spring Hispanic Heritage Month is

UA celebrates Hispanic culturea chance for her to share her experiences with Spanish cul-ture with other students

ldquoI really want to promote dif-ferent cultures because I had such a great time [in Spain]rdquo Flanagan said ldquoI want to show other people that experi-encerdquo

In conjunction with Hispanic Heritage Month Crossroads is partnering with other campus organizations to promote Latino culture through film screenings panel discus-sions and other events

Discussion topics for Hispanic Heritage Month will include ldquoIntersections of Queer and Hispanic Identitiesrdquo ldquoThe Effects of HB 56 on Women and Families One Year Laterrdquo

and ldquoReflections on Culture Health Care and Spirituality in Inquitos Perurdquo

Crossroads graduate assis-tant Juan Pablo Black Romero came to the University from

Ecuador and said these types of discussions will give stu-dents a better grasp of the issues facing the Latino com-munity particu-larly issues like immigration

S t u d e n t s will also be able to engage

with Latino culture through the lenses of documentary films The Womenrsquos Resource Center College of Education and Department of American Studies will screen ldquoPrecious Knowledgerdquo a documen-tary about the elimination of

ethnic studies programs in Tuscon Ariz and the fight to keep these programs alive There will also be a screening of ldquoRomanticordquo a documenta-ry about a Mexican musician who returns home after years of playing in San Francisco only to find that to support his family he must return to the United States

The Womenrsquos Resource Centerrsquos monthly Everywoman Book Club will also have a Latino focus There will be lunch and a conversation with author Lila Quintero Weaver about her book ldquoDarkroom A Memoir in Black and Whiterdquo which is about her upbringing in a racially seg-regated Alabama after her immigration to America from Argentina

For more information on Hispanic Heritage Month and a schedule of events visit crossroadsuaedu

ldquoOur students can interact with people all over the world so that they are

prepared for their global futures for their whole

lives Thatrsquos what college life is for

mdash Beverly Hawk

Page 10 | Thursday September 20 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

By Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

After an impressive showing at the Duke Fab Four Invite the Alabama womenrsquos tennis team is looking for another strong showing at the Furman Fall Classic this weekend

Despite being early in the fall season womenrsquos tennis head coach Jenny Mainz said she was impressed overall with her teamrsquos performance in its first live match setting The Tide accounted for 14 victories at the Duke Fab Four Invite

ldquoThe tournament was a great starting pointrdquo she said ldquoIt was a good first tournament with steep competition Saw a lot of good things and a lot of things we have to go back to the drawing board with but the main things are matchesrdquo

The Tide rel ied

heavily on its leader and num-ber one slot player junior Mary Anne Macfarlane Mainz said Macfarlane proved why she is a natural leader by winning and com-peting in both her singles and dou-bles play matches

ldquoThe thing is with Mary Anne is that she is very consistentrdquo Mainz said ldquoThe way she conducts herself com-petes and trains Her standards are very high and are very high with her teammates For her to be out there on the court push-ing everyone not only makes her better but everyone around her betterrdquo

While Macfarlane has emerged as the Tidersquos team leader this season Mainz said sophomore Emily Zabor

has impressed her early and could be in line for a breakout season

ldquoI think Emily Zabor will be one of the most improved play-ers that ever goes through this pro-gramrdquo she said ldquoShe definitely has leadership capabilities and is even keel both on and off the court

I will definitely be counting on Zabor for big things including this yearrdquo

The Tide is sending five players to the Furman Fall Classic at Furman University in Greenville SC Macfarlane sophomores Yasmeen Ebada and Emily Zabor and fresh-men Maya Jansen and Natalia Maynetto will be facing SEC opponents Vanderbilt South

Carolina and Tennessee along with non-conference opponents North Carolina Florida State Clemson and tournament host Furman

ldquoWersquore going to get kind of a preview of a lot of the con-ference schoolsrdquo Mainz said ldquoItrsquos going to be a real evenly matched tournamentrdquo

Mainz said the teamrsquos man-tra is to get better every day and that she is more focused on how the team executes rather than specifically looking for wins

ldquoI keep emphasizing that the outcome will take care of itselfrdquo she said ldquoWersquove just got to keep doing the right things to get better especially in the fallrdquo

Alabama looks to improve at Furman Fall Classic

CW FileAlabama womenrsquos tennis team looks to continue its success at the Furman Fall Classic

By David MarshburnContributing Writer

Although the champion-ship might not commence for another eight months The University of Alabama menrsquos golf team will get its first real test of the season when it travels to Atlanta Ga to com-pete in the PINGGolfweek Preview Five players will tee off Sunday Sept 23 complet-ing their final round Tuesday Sept 25

Capital City Clubrsquos Crabapple Golf Course hosts the weekend tournament as well as the 2013 NCAA cham-pionship and will provide the Crimson Tide with a taste of what its stiffest competition has to offer The tournament field features several teams that pose a serious challenge to the Tidersquos title hopes this year

Ranked No 1 in the latest Golf Coaches Association of America poll Alabama will square off against the nationrsquos best teams Texas California UCLA and Washington round

out the pollrsquos top five teams Other notable opponents include SEC heavyweights Arkansas Georgia and Texas AampM

ldquoOur coach does a great job planning our schedulerdquo said junior Bobby Wyatt Alabamarsquos top individual performer in its last tournament ldquoOur team always plays the best competi-tion around and wersquore looking forward to this tournamentrdquo

The Crimson Tide fin-ished third in its first match of the season at the Carpet Collegiate Classic topped only by Georgia and defend-ing national champion The University of Texas

ldquoWe looked like we were running in mudrdquo Alabama head coach Jay Seawell said ldquoItrsquos a new team and a new year and we just need to con-tinue to find our identityrdquo

Although the Tide enters the season as a top-ranked team the players realize they have room for improvement Because golf can be a frus-trating game the team mem-bers say they need to work

on patience as well as mental toughness

One of many strengths Seawellrsquos players possess is their ability to crank far drives from the tee box When play-ing on a course with long fairways and tall roughs due to recent rains such a skill should prove advantageous for Alabama

ldquoWe have three solid play-ers and possible first-team All Americans who play well every timerdquo Seawell said ldquoAll of them need to be sharp and a fourth guy will need to step up Wersquore still not sure who that isrdquo

With a lengthy season still remaining a win for the Tide this weekend would make a resounding statement to the rest of the nation Wyatt said a victory will build some much needed momentum that could carry his team through the fall and into the spring

ldquoWe just want to keep get-ting betterrdquo Wyatt said ldquoIf we improve week by week then wersquoll be right where we want to be by the championshiprdquo

The Tide comes out swinging

ldquoItrsquos going to be a real evenly matched

tournament

mdash Jenny Mainz

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Tide to battle UGA BulldogsBy Mary Grace ShowfetyStaff Reporter

Alabamarsquos volleyball team is eager to get back on the court after a recent loss to Tennessee dropped the Tide to No 2 in the SEC Western Division

ldquoAfter every game we try to focus on what we can do better and right now wersquore just getting prepared for Georgiardquo fresh-man Kryssi Daniels said ldquoWersquore letting go of the Tennessee game because today is a new dayrdquo

Daniels leads the SEC in aces with 29 this year ranking her No 5 in the nation Georgia remains unbeaten (4-0) at home but the outside hitter said the Crimson Tide is confident about going on the road

Last season the Tide was vic-torious in both meetings with the Bulldogs dropping one set Head coach Ed Allen said this

year the two teams are very much alike in a few areas

ldquoIt will be a challenging week-end because both teams we play are very similar to us and with a similar talent levelrdquo Allen said ldquoWith both realizing the impor-tance of winning those matches against teams that are compa-rable in ability we really expect that itrsquos going to be a tough weekendrdquo

Alabama (12-2 1-1 SEC) and Georgia (7-4 1-1 SEC) are young teams both in the process of rebuilding Like the Tide the Bulldogs did not have the season they hoped for last year finish-ing 11-19 with a 7-13 SEC record

Setter Sierra Wilson said though the Tide does not intend to make any serious changes there are different things to con-sider when playing on the road

ldquoA lot of away travel is based on getting your mind right and getting to a place where you can

create your own energyrdquo Wilson said ldquoSo I think right now wersquore more focused on mental tough-ness and sustaining energyrdquo

Wilson was named SEC Volleyball Freshman of the Week Monday as she continues to lead the conference with 1142 assists per set this season

Allen said the Tide has devel-oped a great deal of consistency ndash something the team has made a priority this season ndash but there is still progress to be made

ldquoWersquore looking to get better defensively at the netrdquo Allen said ldquoI think wersquore growing as far as the game is concerned in understanding whatrsquos happen-ing and now but our ability to execute after we find ourselves in the right place is going to be the next focal pointrdquo

After a weekend away the Tide will return to Foster Auditorium Friday Sept 28 to take on Ole Miss

By Caroline GazzaraContributing Writer

The Alabama soccer team is preparing for a challenging home game Friday against the Georgia Bulldogs after two disappointing results against Tennessee and LSU on the road Though a loss against Tennessee and double overtime tie against LSU still lin-ger in its mind the Tide is not focusing on the past but instead on the upcoming match

ldquoEvery weekend is different obviously with just the different opponents and each team plays differentlyrdquo defender Ashley Willis said ldquoWe have to forget the last weekend and know that there is a lot of season left and just keep plugging away and keep staying positiverdquo

Alabamarsquos 5-1-1 record

including its 0-1-1 start to confer-ence play has the Tide ranked fourth in the SEC West The slight setbacks at both away games have rattled the team a bit but confi-dence and composure are still the number-one focus for the Tide

ldquoWe need to score goals obvi-ously but we need to find a way to get a second goalrdquo head coach Todd Bramble said ldquoWe only scored one goal in each of those games and we came out of it with a loss and a tie The lesson that we learned from this weekend is that scoring one goal against a good SEC team isnrsquot going to be good enoughrdquo

With that in mind Alabamarsquos forward Pia Rijsdijk believes com-posure is key to success The game might get hectic but staying posi-tive and under control are the best way to score and win the game

ldquoI am always trying to be composed and trying to be con-fident when wersquore under pres-surerdquo Rijsdijk said ldquo[I want] to have that calm and show that to my teammatesrdquo

Although its shot percentage has drastically decreased since its season-high of 308 percent against UAB to 037 percent against LSU Alabama has been devoted to working on scoring and increas-ing that percentage

ldquoWe definitely fought hard as a team on Sunday but unfortu-nately we ended up with a tierdquo Rijsdijk said ldquoThose little details wersquove been working on this week will definitely show this weekend and then wersquoll hopefully get a win out of thatrdquo

The home game against Georgia should bring the confidence boost Alabama needs to win The Tide

will have the support of its fans and home-field advantage that it hopes will pull it through

ldquoAlthough we leave this past weekend displeased with the results that we got wersquore not com-pletely unhappy with our perfor-mancerdquo Bramble said ldquoWe canrsquot let that affect our confidence when we continue to come out and per-form the same way we have Being at home will help make that differ-ence for us in getting a win this weekendrdquo

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Thursday September 20 2012OPINIONSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

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YOUR VIEWS IN RESPONSE TO

ldquoSuite-style dorms attractive but illogical lonelyrdquo

ldquoI have been worried about our students missing out on these important college

experiences ever since we started build-ing these apartment-style dormsrdquo

ldquoCompletely agree I had to look elsewhere for the sense of community my freshman year The system in place is great for re-cruitment but forces students to look else-

where on campus Introverted students can get left in the dustrdquo

ndashDaniel MacguirendashDaniel Shannahan

Alabamarsquos new Starbucks Ingenious or excessive Refl ecting on FYC scandal 1 year later

By Amber PattersonStaff Columnist

Every morning on The University of Alabama cam-pus students witness an abun-dance of common factors packed buses deadlocked traf-fic sleep deprived students glued to their iPods and the infamous Starbucks line in the Ferguson Center That line usu-ally stretches across the front entrance of the Ferg and even wraps around the help desk or goes out of the door around exam time

Personally being a caffeine addict and Starbucks junkie I understand the craving for the rich taste only Starbucks drinks seem to offer So like my fellow caffeine-driven students I was thrilled to hear that the

University decided to expand and move Starbucks down-stairs This would cut down the traffic jams on the second floor of the Ferg because there will be more than one place for stu-dents to congregate and will prevent students from standing in line for 30 minutes or more waiting on a drink that takes less than 10 minutes to make

Although I was elated about this new addition to the University I recently read the impending Starbucks is set to be the biggest one in the nation I have become accus-tomed to the fact that here at the University everything is big and extravagant From our football program to our greek houses or ldquopalacesrdquo as I call them bigger is always the way to go but that does not always

equal betterThe University always strives

to be the best but where do we draw the line As I stated pre-viously caffeine and I share a close relationship but I do not want my tuition to fund an out-let that distributes it I would rather see it go toward parking spots better dorms and aca-demic purposes ndash things that are vital and actual problems at the University

Business expansion is a characteristic of our constant-ly changing US society and having corporate vendors like Starbucks is convenient to stu-dents and I am sure helps the University financially Yet this is probably not needed with tuition rising seven percent and student population reaching a record high We have crossed

the line of excessiveThere are more than 10 cities

I can name off the top of my head that are bigger than Tuscaloosa and contain larger populations than our campus so I see no need for the University to have the biggest Starbucks in the United States To be clear I am not against the movement of Starbucks In fact I plan to stay a regular customer as long as my wallet allows me The move downstairs is a great location and is an efficient solution to a common annoyance on campus but building the biggest in the United States is a clear example of putting want before neces-sity

Amber Patterson is a sopho-more majoring in marketing and public relations Her col-umn runs on Thursday

Romneyrsquos recent remarks show lsquodisdain apathyrsquoBy Nathan JamesStaff Columnist

Mother Jones released a video Monday show-ing remarks made by Mitt Romney at a private fund-raiser These remarks which Romney did not realize were being taped tell us more about his character than he perhaps would like

Here is an excerpt from Romneyrsquos comments

ldquoThere are 47 percent of people who will vote for the president no matter what All right there are 47 per-cent who are with him who are dependent upon govern-ment who believe that they are victims who believe the government has a responsi-bility to care for them who believe that they are entitled to health care to food to housing to you-name-itrdquo

So many parts of this state-ment are offensive that itrsquos difficult to even know where to begin Romney who has worked so hard to brand himself as an ldquoeverymanrdquo as someone who understands and cares for the plight of the average American has shown more disdain and apa-thy through these remarks than many of his harshest critics would have dared to suggest

First of all Romney appears to be suggesting that basic human needs are discretion-ary I donrsquot know about you but I find it reasonable to think that yes people do have a right to eat and be shel-tered from the elements We are in a time of dire financial crisis when many Americans lack the means to secure food and housing and Romney appears to be implying that

food stamps and aid to the homeless constitute some kind of entitlement

In addition to this Romneyrsquos remarks are astoundingly presumptuous He supposes that the bulk of Obamarsquos support comes from the impoverished and that Obamarsquos main appeal comes in the form of handouts He fails to even acknowledge the possibility that some will vote democrat because they support universal healthcare or proportionate tax burdens on the rich or the right for homosexuals to marry

But perhaps the most note-worthy aspect of this state-ment is the supposition that anyone who does not pay income tax ndash the 47 percent Romney refers to ndash are enti-tled and dependent upon the government There isnrsquot suf-ficient space in this article

to explore all the statistical fallacies in this premise but I hope most will agree with me when I suggest that the poorer half of America is not mewling at Washingtonrsquos teat

I personally represent one of the nearly 150 million Americans who do not pay income taxes My father can-not work and my familyrsquos resultant financial situation exempts us from the respon-sibility of taxation However I do not consider myself ldquodependentrdquo on the govern-ment and I donrsquot believe that Irsquom a ldquovictimrdquo who is entitled to recompense

Romneyrsquos right about one thing though I wonrsquot be vot-ing for him this November

Nathan James is a sopho-more majoring in public rela-tions His column runs on Thursday

By Tray SmithOnline Editor

One year ago this Sunday Grant Cochran resigned as The University of Alabamarsquos Student Government Association president He was the first SGA president to resign in over 60 years and stepped down in the midst of an investigation into the selec-tion process for the SGArsquos First Year Council a freshman lead-ership forum within the stu-dent government

I was one of the lead Crimson White reporters on the story and I was tasked with unearth-ing the details behind the FYC scandal The ensuing course of events taught me a lot about reporting but I also learned a lot about the fallacy of some of my own narrow mindsets and the impact those mindsets can have on other people

As a freshman I served on FYC and as a member of the CW editorial board my sophomore year I forged a consensus against endorsing Cochranrsquos opponent in that yearrsquos SGA election It was the second election cycle in a row in which the CW did not endorse an SGA presidential contender which surprised many who expected the edito-rial board to live up to its long history of endorsing the non-Machine candidate

Grant Cochran was a good candidate though and he had an admirable track record of SGA service and a solid plat-form for what he hoped to accomplish in office The story that came out in the days lead-ing up to and the months fol-lowing his resignation is best understood not as an indict-ment against him but as a crude reminder of the corrupt-ing influences of power and the disastrous consequences of the senseless divides that still exist in too many parts of our campus

We now know that as SGA officials screened FYC appli-cations they changed at least one applicantrsquos Grade Point Average and that applications were marked to ensure that candidates from certain greek houses were selected In the end six more SGA officials stepped down as the investiga-tion continued

The details of that investi-gation were tucked away in the vaults of the Universityrsquos Judicial Affairs office so we do not really know who did what

It is doubtful though that Cochran or any of the others did anything that had never been previously done They may have been sloppier at it the process may have been more blatantly biased But the First Year Council was created by greeks in the SGA and for

years it was used as a tool to breed more greeks for SGA involvement

FYC-gate brought the appall-ing details of that cycle to light but it was the inevitable result of a broader culture that pits certain students against one another the moment they step on campus Viewing the scandal in this context does not excuse the wrongdoing that was committed but illus-trates the consequences that occur when we start to think it is acceptable to elevate our-selves and people like us over peers who are different

Ironically student leaders who act on that mentality end up hurting the students they are most trying to help Greek students stacking the cards against non-greek students have a pretty disparaging view of their own community if they think its members cannot suc-ceed through fair and open competition Students who do rightfully deserve a place in premier programs suffer the most when a process unfairly corrupted in their favor taints their accomplishments The same would be true of any student group that received unmerited privilege

As a greek Crimson White reporter though sometimes I felt that these larger lessons were lost in the flurry of arti-cles we produced in the after-math of the FYC scandal Too often our stories were seen as fitting into the same tired nar-rative of The Crimson White against the student govern-ment and we were seen as overenthusiastic reporters try-ing to break the next story

The reality on our end was far more complicated as I assume it probably was for many of the individuals inside the SGA Calling fellow stu-dents many of whom I knew well to ask why they gave up their lofty student government office and repeatedly asking University administrators for more information was hardly a fun exercise

The result though is a story we can all learn from ndash even those of us who helped write it

Tray Smith is the Online Editor of The Crimson White His column runs on Thursday

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 20 2012 | Page 5

By Chandler WrightContributing Writer

Twelve UA students will be traveling this October to Salisbury High School in Salisbury NC to facilitate the Heritage Panel a co-educa-tional anti-bullying program created by the Young Womenrsquos Christian Association of Central Alabama

ldquoThe YWCA will do a train-ing in Birmingham for the UA studentsrdquo said Aaron Brazelton executive direc-tor of the Heritage Panel at the University ldquoWe will then travel to Salisbury and train 25 student leaders in the Heritage Panel curriculum and building an inclusive com-munityrdquo

Holley Jackson YWCA Coordinator of AmeriCorps and Social Justice said the Heritage Panel is a two-day

social justice training where students are encouraged to tell a story of a time when they witnessed perpetrated or were a victim of discrimi-nation or bullying and how they will learn from that expe-rience

ldquoHeritage Panel really focuses the students on seeing each other past what we look like on the outsiderdquo Jackson said ldquoWe have students share personal stories and get to know each other on a new level to show that everyone goes through trials and trib-ulations making some days harder than othersrdquo

Brazelton a sophomore majoring in international rela-tions and secondary educa-tion said he hopes the UA stu-dents will serve as a Heritage Panel for our campus

ldquoHopefully [the UA leaders] will come back and

be a beacon of change for our communityrdquo Brazelton said ldquoThe YWCA is going to teach them how to address certain problems and how to deal with those problems and then how to go out and help other people deal with those prob-lemsrdquo

Jackson said the Heritage Panel tries to create an open environment in high schools where students rally together and take a stand against dis-crimination and bullying

ldquoAfter we go through these

seminars and workshops with the students they are then placed back into their school and they are ambassadors for the Heritage Panel pro-gramrdquo Brazelton said ldquoWhen there are possible inflamma-tory issues that are happening within the school the school can utilize those students that have already been trained and they will sit at a table and talk about the issues with students from the student bodyrdquo

Avis Williams principal of Salisbury High School said by developing these studentsrsquo leadership and relationship skills they will become a valuable asset to inclusivity at Salisbury

ldquoWith over 900 students I would love to impact them all but we will start with 25 and then allow the students to model what they have learned as well and serve as

UA students to travel to NC to combat bullyingambassadorsrdquo Williams said ldquoI have spoken to many of my students and parents and they are excited about the fact that this is a student-centered effortrdquo

Jackson said the YWCA conducts reports at the end of each school year about the Heritage Panel curricu-lum and found that there is a large impact on the school climate because the panelists share what they learn with their group of friends and the knowledge spreads through-out the school

ldquoCommunication is so vitalrdquo Williams said ldquoStudents are accustomed to tweeting or

texting rather than talking Many stereotypes are a result of a lack of understandingrdquo

Williams said students are more receptive when the information is coming from someone closer to their age and hopes her students look up to Brazelton and the other UA facilitators

ldquoSalisbury High School is a very diverse school and I believe that students need to be taught tolerance and empa-thyrdquo he said ldquoI believe that programs like the Heritage Panel will give our young people a toolkit to help them thrive despite any challenges that they may facerdquo

ldquoCommunication is so vital Stu-dents are accustomed to tweeting

or texting rather than talking Many stereotypes are a result of a

lack of understanding

mdash Avis Williams

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTSPage 6 | Thursday September 20 2012

By Ashanka KumariChief Copy Editor

The Community Music School offers an alternative to students interested in tak-ing instrumental or vocal les-sons without pursuing a music degree

A branch of the College of Arts and Sciences the Community Music School is the outreach program for The University of Alabama School of Music Jane Weigel coordi-nator of the Community Music School said

ldquoWe offer private lessons in just about any Western

orchestra instrument band instrument piano organ and the natural voicerdquo Weigel said ldquoWe offer classes that are for adult strings and anyone can enjoy including faculty UA stu-dents and people in the commu-nityrdquo

Created in the early 1980s the Community Music School is an accredited member of the National Guild for Community Arts Education and offers classes to students of all ages and levels of ability

Cynthia Simpson a senior majoring in horn performance works as a desk assistant for the Community Music School

Music program open to all students

By Katherine LangnerContributing Writer

John Hardman President and CEO of the Carter Center will visit The University of Alabama Friday to speak with students about his leadership experience

The event co-sponsored by the Blackburn Institute and the Honorrsquos College is located in Mary Hewell Alston Hall in Room 30 and will begin at 2 pm

The event is open to all UA students regardless of involve-ment in either the Blackburn Institute or the Honorrsquos College

Mary Lee Caldwell the coordinator of the Blackburn Institute helped organize the upcoming lecture with Hardman

ldquoWe encourage all students to attendrdquo Caldwell said ldquoThis is something that all UA students would be able to learn fromrdquo

Known as a philanthropist and global human rights leader Hardmanrsquos personal work with the Carter Center first launched in 1989 when he led the program to Reduce Global Tobacco Use Through his commitment there he then became the centerrsquos

representative for the WorldHealth Organizationrsquos Tobaccoand Health Program a yearlater He rose to become the cen-terrsquos president and CEO in 2007

ldquoWe came across[Hardmanrsquos] name as a leaderin his field and recieved a rec-ommendation from a former UAadministratorrdquo Caldwell saidldquoThat put him on our radar andonce we read about the workhe has done independently andfor the Carter Center we reallywanted to reach out to him Weare very excited to give our stu-dents this opportunity and tooffer this to all university stu-dentsrdquo

Katie Jackson a financemajor with a concentration inglobal business and a Frenchminor became involved withthe Blackburn Institute inMarch

ldquoI couldnrsquot be more excitedto hear [Hardman] speak thisFridayrdquo Jackson said ldquoNot onlyis his position with the CarterCenter something that greatlyinterests me with regards to mymajor but he is also an incred-ibly interesting person with awealth of knowledge in a vari-ety of areasrdquo

Human rights group CEO to speak Friday

teaches private horn lessons and a music enrichment class for fourth and fifth grade stu-dents at the Tuscaloosa Magnet School

ldquoMusic training is so valuable for people of all agesrdquo Simpson said ldquoIrsquom especially proud to work with this organizationrdquo

Parents are given the oppor-tunity to expose their chil-dren to music through the Community Music Schoolrsquos Kindermusik program from birth to age seven Weigel said

ldquoWe have newborns enrolled in our Kindermusik program middle and high school kids in our Chamber Strings and

Tuscaloosa Youth Orchestra ensembles and adults through their 70s taking lessons and participating in the Adult Strings programrdquo Simpson said ldquoMusic lessons do so much for the learning and develop-ment of young children and the Adult Strings program is such a treat for many older adultsrdquo

The Adult Strings program founded and taught by music education instructor Anne C Witt offers classes for adults interested in learning violin viola cello or string bass at beginner intermediate and advanced levels At the end of each semester students in the

Adult Strings program give a short informal concert

ldquoI love the mixture of people we have in the classes ndash from undergraduates to 80 and olderrdquo Witt said ldquoWorking with adults has greatly enriched my life and added significantly to my enjoyment of teachingrdquo

Students cannot receive aca-demic credit for classes taken through the Community Music School and no UA students are required to take the classes Witt said

The majority of classes are offered in the Moody Music Building or other locations on the UA campus with few

off-campus classes Weigel saidEveryone is required to owntheir own instruments exceptin the Kindermusik area

On Sunday Oct 28 theCommunity Music School willhost ldquoHalloween in Ozrdquo a car-nival fundraiser to assist inraising money to provide schol-arship funding for the commu-nity Weigel said The event willbe at the Moody Music Buildingfrom 2 to 4 pm

ldquoThere will be people dressedas characters from the Wizardof Oz and there is a costumeparaderdquo Weigel said ldquoItrsquos apretty fun couple of hours forthe communityrdquo

CW | Caitlin TrotterAndrew Magee a mechanical engineering PhD student plays the viola in the adult strings class offered on campus

Community Music School offers group private lessons

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 20 2012 | Page 7

UA selects 7 students to advance toward RhodesBy the end of the process 2 winners will be chosen from each district for a total of 32 national scholarsBy Madison RobertsContributing Writer

Seven University of Alabama students have been endorsed to move forward to the next round of the nation-ally competitive American Rhodes Scholarships pro-gram

The Rhodes Scholarship is a prestigious fellowship award-ed to 32 students from over 300 American universities every year The winners receive full financial support to pursue a degree at Oxford University in the United Kingdom

ldquoThe Rhodes Scholarship is a huge honor because of the few spots available and the fierce competition for [it]rdquo said Brad Tuggle a former Rhodes Scholar and current campus representative for the scholarship ldquoThe Rhodes Scholarships are considered ndash both within the academy and within popular culture ndash the highest academic honor a US college student can earnrdquo

Cecil J Rhodes founded the scholarship in 1904 According to Rhodesrsquos will there are four official criteria to be eligible for the scholarship including ldquoliterary and scholastic attain-ments energy to use onersquos tal-ents to the full as exemplified by fondness for and success in sports truth courage devo-tion to duty sympathy for and protection of the weak kind-liness unselfishness and fel-lowship moral force of char-acter and instincts to lead and to take an interest in onersquos fellow beingsrdquo

ldquoBeyond these official cri-teria there are some unoffi-cial ones that we use on cam-pus to gauge a candidatersquos

possibility of successrdquo Tuggle said ldquoThese include a near-perfect GPA extensive schol-arly activity the ability to hold high-level intellectual conversations in an interview setting a record of focused extracurricular activities and five to eight professors willing to write extraordinary letters of recommendationrdquo

John Burke who is involved in interviewing the candi-dates for the scholarship said although anyone can be nomi-nated not everyone will make it through the process

ldquoAnybody can name any-body but I can assure that nobody is going to go forward in this process unless they are at the top of the heaprdquo Burke said

The nomineesrsquo applica-tion due Sept 1 included a personal statement resume transcript and five to eight let-ters of recommendation After submitting the application the students engaged in a person-al consultation and on-campus interview with the Committee of Prestige Scholarships and Awards who then chose students to represent the University at the district level

However students who receive endorsement can decide whether to represent The University of Alabama or their home state If the students choose University representation they will be

competing against other students in their district from Alabama Florida and Tennessee

Candidates must submit their application to compete at the district level by Oct 3 After close review of the appli-cations the district commit-tees will invite approximately 15 students for district inter-views in November

Two winners are chosen from each district to make up the 32 national Rhodes Scholars

Senior Hannah Hicks majoring in philosophy and religious studies was recent-ly endorsed to move forward in the scholarship process She worked on her applica-tion over the summer and has already finished her applica-tion for the district committee

ldquoBeing nominated for this scholarship is an assurance that sometimes even the radi-cals free-thinkers and weirdos have their dayrdquo Hicks said

As a former Rhodesrsquo scholar Tuggle can attest to how won-derful this opportunity actu-ally will be for the students if they win

ldquoAll in all my two years at Oxford were the most idyllic challenging fruitful and stimu-lating years of my entire liferdquo Tuggle said ldquoThe experience continues to affect everything I do both professionally and personallyrdquo

By Sarah RobinsonContributing Writer

On Sept 20 four greek organizations will host the Wings of Hope philanthropy event on Sigma Nursquos front lawn

The event which is hosted by Sigma Nu Delta Delta Delta Zeta Beta Tau and Alpha Delta Pi will be held from 330 to 630 pm Wings of Hope will include a live performance from Doctors and Lawyers a wing-eating contest and Red Bull Girls handing out free materials

Event sponsor Buffalo Philrsquos is donating 2000 wings which will be used in the wing-eating contest

Sponsors Red Bull Guy Harvey and American Fishing Tackle Co are donat-ing gear as prizes for contest winners

Guy Harvey T-shirts will be available for sale at the event Proceeds will go toward the Guy Harvey Ocean founda-tion

Julian Reed Hailey chair of Sigma Nu Philanthropy said having big name spon-sors and four greek organi-

zations hosting will bring in large crowd He encourages students to attend

ldquoI feel it is important for people to attend because all proceeds are going toward two great causesrdquo Hailey said ldquoIt will also be a great timerdquo

Jordan Ross vice presi-dent of the Zeta Beta Tau Psi chapter said the Wings for Hope event will be ldquomegardquo and will benefit the charities

ldquoWe will be able to donate a significant amount of money to these great causesrdquo Ross said

ldquo All in all my two years at Oxford were the most idyllic challeng-ing fruitful and stimulating years of my entire life The experi-ence continues to affect everything I do both professionally and

personally

mdash Brad Tuggle

Greek philanthropy event to help Ocean Foundation

Justice group hopes to unite campus on freedomSteve Moakler headlines Fridayrsquos benefi t concert for Alabama International Justice Mission

By Megan MillerContributing Writer

Artists Caleb Sigler and Charity Vance will per-form the opening acts to headliner Steve Moakler at Alabama International Justice Missionrsquos benefit concert this Friday

Alabama International Justice Mission is a faith-based organization that exists to serve IJM through raising awareness of traf-ficking and slavery and raising funds for their mis-sions

The concert will be held at Capstone Church on University Boulevard at 8 pm as part of its annual Fall Justice Week

ldquoWe are extremely com-mitted to integrity in our fundraisers as we under-stand that literally every dollar goes toward rescue and rehabilitation opera-tions for the oppressed worldwiderdquo Darby Hess the vice president of Alabama IJM said

Moakler created his own nonprofit organization in 2011 called Free the Birds which funds freedom and restoration for women and children who have been exploited by human sex trafficking

Free the Birds partners with Love146 an organiza-tion dedicated to after-care and restoration of those who have been involved in trafficking in order to pre-vent the victims from being cycled back into slavery

ldquoI emailed his agent Tim and then we met him at the concert where we found out Steve has his own ministry to benefit after care for traf-ficking victimsrdquo Josh Sigler president of Alabama IJM said ldquoIt was at that point we realized that it had to be him to playrdquo

Hess said Alabama IJM is still in awe of how perfectly Moakler fit as their per-former

ldquoWe are honored to have himrdquo Hess said ldquoNot only is he incredibly talented musically but he shares the same heart for justicerdquo

Other events for Justice Week include a daily bake sale in the Ferguson Center until Sept 21 from 11 am to 2 pm a screening of ldquoCall + Responserdquo in Lloyd Room 38

on Wednesday Sept 19 at 8 pm and a speech from IJM Peru Affiliate at the Kappa Alpha Theta house at 7 pm on Thursday Sept 20

ldquoWe feel all the events of Justice Week are equally as important as the concertrdquo Josh Sigler said ldquoThere are people coming from lit-erally all over the world to share their storiesrdquo

Hess said she sees the event as another opportuni-ty to celebrate her genera-tionrsquos involvement in reach-ing out to the oppressed

ldquoI look forward to seeing this concert unite students from all areas of campus for one cause freedomrdquo she said ldquoWe all value human life and at this point in his-tory there are 27 million enslaved Those two facts combined should compel us to actrdquo

Tickets for the concert are $10 and can be purchased at the door All proceeds col-lected from the concert go directly to the IJM head-quarters

ldquo I look forward to seeing this concert unite students from all areas of campus for one cause freedom

mdash Darby Hess

The amount of seats is allotted by dorm much like states are allotted seats to the US House of Representatives so the larger dorms hold more seats For example Tutwiler which has over 900 women in it will have nine seats while Lakeside East a much small-er dorm will only have one seat

ldquoAnother change made

this year is that FYC director Mackenzie Perpich will sit in on the interviews though she does not hold a deciding vote as to who gets the posi-tionrdquo Bryant said

The selection committee consists of two members of the executive board two from the senate two from judicial and one from stu-dent housing

Bryant said the chance to be interviewed is based on GPA dorm college major and the studentsrsquo answers to three general questions

ldquoI am very pleased with the SGA First Year Council

application and interview process thus farrdquo SGA President Matt Calderone said ldquoThe selection pro-cess includes input from the three branches of SGA The Residence Hall Association UA Student Affairs and for-mer SGA First Year Council members in order to identify the most excellent students from this yearrsquos freshmen classrdquo

The interviews are taking place this week Students going through the interview for seats will find out if they have been selected to serve on Sept 23 at 5 pm

ldquoAdrian always has had real good pass rush abilityrdquo Saban said ldquoHe knows what hersquos doing hersquos confident hersquos playing hard Hersquos really an effective player and hersquos done a pretty good job in every one of the games so farrdquo

Still Alabamarsquos pass rush has done more than simply terrorize opposing quar-terbacks Itrsquos also helped Alabamarsquos offensive line in its own pass blocking skills This was most evident in

the Western Kentucky and Arkansas games when it gave up six and zero sacks respectively

S o p h o m o r e Cy r u s Kouandjio said going up against his own defense in practice every week has helped the offensive line tremendously with its pass blocking

ldquoThey do thatrdquo Kouandjio said ldquoThey make us go one on ones in practice every day just so we donrsquot get too used to the scout team Theyrsquore goodrdquo

One of the things Kouandjio said made his defensersquos pass rush so potent was the dif-ferent playing styles of

players like Hubbard and Xzavier Dickson Between the two they have two sacks and 35 tackles for loss

H u b b a r d e c h o e d Kouandjiorsquos sentiments about his defensersquos versatility in the pass rush with six defensive players turning in at least one sack so far this season Still Hubbard said what makes his teammates truly great are not their differences but the thing they all have in common

ldquoOur mindsetrsquos the samerdquo Hubbard said ldquoWe get out there every play Hard work is what I pride my guys on Outside linebackers those are my guysrdquo

FOOTBALL FROM PAGE 1

Defense continues to make improvements

FYC FROM PAGE 1

SGA makes changes to FYC applications

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By Deanne WinslettStaff Reporter

Whether prepping for a per-formance or directing from behind the scenes senior musical theatre major Tommy Walker is up for the challenge Walker first discovered his interest in musical theatre in the fourth grade and began with shows in high school

ldquoI was like I have to do thisrdquo Walker said ldquoOnce I started there was really no turning back Itrsquos a great vehicle to har-ness the creativity you have building inside of yourdquo

Walker became very involved in his high school the-atre department and developed his skills as a performer there as well as in the local commu-nity theatre He was also intro-duced to directing during his junior year of high school His theatre teacher at the time left unexpectedly leaving Walker and a staff of performers with no director for their upcoming performance of ldquoThe Fall of the House of Usherrdquo Walkerrsquos classmates elected him to take

over the directing position and thus he made his directing debut

ldquoYou have to be the battery and you have to keep the gears movingrdquo Walker said ldquoYou have to build the characters and build the show ldquoItrsquos a very creative process Thatrsquos why I love directingrdquo

Walker said he never had any doubt that he wanted to con-tinue with musical theatre as a degree and so he auditioned for a spot within the majorrsquos pro-gram Ten candidates are cho-sen each year to be accepted

into the musical theatre major via an audition process which takes place at the beginning of the year

ldquoYou have to audition to be able to major in musical the-atrerdquo Walker said ldquoThey only accept about 10 to 12 a year You have to bring a monologue and you have to bring two songsrdquo

While prep-ping for his audition Walker o v e r h e a r d another hopeful singing one of the same songs that he had come prepared with himself He quickly switched the song with one of his back-ups that he had brought but he did not feel as prepared with the replacement song

ldquoOut of the two songs they picked which one they wanted you to come back and sing for real later in the audition pro-cessrdquo he said ldquoAnd which song did they pick The one I didnrsquot rehearse of courserdquo

Contrary to Walkerrsquos doubt in song choice the panel decid-ed to make Walker one of a few musical theatre majors He was accepted into the program and has since been working to build his resume

ldquoI can see Tommy on Broadway easily but as a teacher I would be thrilled to

study with himrdquo Sherri Ryan Sparkman High School theatre director said ldquoThis is a gifted young man and no matter what he decides to do with his life he will touch each person he

encounters in a positive won-derful wayrdquo

Ryan first met Walker when he was a stage technician for a production of ldquoNonsenserdquo when he was first starting out She later became the theatre director at his high school and was able to watch as Walker grew as a performer She said she has never seen

someone commit to a character the way that Walker does

ldquoFor such a tiny walk on he was so dedicated and funny from the beginningrdquo Ryan said ldquoHe went on to play Pseudolous in lsquoFunny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forumrsquo win in his category of singing and acting at the state Trumbauer Festival and look what he has now done at Alabamardquo

Walker ultimately wants to teach theatre and he has been collecting experience to help him toward that goal He has participated in a variety of the-atre programs including work-ing in theatre summer camps and participating in theatre education programs at schools Walker also held the position of president last year in Alpha Psi Omega the UA theatre honor society He still sits as a chair this year and helps produce APOrsquos Guerilla Theatre events

Guerrilla Theatre held once a month in the Allen Bales Theatre performs a total of 10 skits per show with each individual segment consisting of no more than ten minutes

Guerrilla Theatre has received positive feedback from the cam-pus community Walker said

ldquoItrsquos a very SNL-type thingrdquo Walker said ldquoYou can get up there and do almost anything for 10 minutesrdquo

In addition to APO involve-ment Walker currently teach-es theatre at the Tuscaloosa Magnet School balanced with preparing for his perfor-mance role in the upcoming UA Theatre Department pro-duction ldquoFoolsrdquo and doing the prep work for a play he will be directing next semester

Walker is currently finish-ing his senior year With the majority of his required cred-its out of the way he only has a handful of classes left before he graduates He plans to finish by taking part-time hours next semester and simultaneously traveling in search of post-graduation work

ldquoPeople like to think that there are starving actors and yes there are somerdquo he said ldquoBut if you put the work in and commit to it then yoursquoll get thererdquo

Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Thursday September 20 2012CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 8

CW | Caitlin TrotterTommy Walker

ldquoYou have to be the battery and you have to keep the gears moving You have to

build the characters and build the show

mdash Tommy Walker

In theatre program student stands out as director

By Tara MassoulehContributing Writer

Students interested in progressive issues will have the opportunity to meet and greet with other like-minded students as well as enjoy refreshments at the Progressive Potluck this Saturday Sept 22 from 7 to 930 pm hosted by the Mallet Assembly

The Progressive Potluck ndash or ldquoProgLuckrdquo as it is called by its founders ndash is an oppor-tunity for students who are interested in progressive causes to share in food and fellowship while discussing a myriad of issues such as LGBTQA rights environmen-tal policy alternative energy real food universal health-care and increased sensitiv-ity toward non-religious indi-viduals

Lin Wang a sophomore majoring in human rights law who serves as president of Alabama Atheists and Agnostics and a host for the event defined progressive issues as those that are ldquocon-cerned with a change for the betterrdquo

ldquoProgressive issues dif-ferentiate from other social issues through the ideas of reform and activism as well as a gradual approach toward opening minds and opportu-nitiesrdquo Wang said

Participation in previ-ous Progessive Potlucks has consisted of members from organizations such as College Democrats UA Environmental Council Alabama Atheists and Agnostics and Spectrum and Apwonjo Alabama but all students interested are wel-come to attend

This year Progessive Potluckrsquos hosts are making an effort to emphasize that the event is open to both greek and non-greek members of The University of Alabama community Wang said the Progessive Potluckrsquos audi-ence traditionally has not included many greeks but she said its hosts would ldquolike to open it up more because there are greeks who do have progressive ideals and we would like to tap into thatrdquo

The Progressive Potluck hopes to transcend bound-aries of race sex religious belief and party affiliation in order to unite a strong com-munity of young people moti-vated to take action for posi-tive change

The Progressive Potluck has expanded in its member-ship over the years with one of the keys to this growth being

Progressive Potluck brings together UA activist groups

its advertising through social media such as Facebook groups Sam Gerard a soph-omore majoring in political science and history serves as Membership Director of College Democrats and Liaison Officer for Alabama Atheists and Agnostics two of the major groups

sponsoring the eventGerard said the potluck

is attracting participants through joint efforts of many of the associated groups who have been making regular Facebook posts inviting more and more people to come

The event poses an oppor-tunity for students to meet

like-minded peers early in the year with whom they can collaborate on upcoming projects to improve social awareness in the UA commu-nity Through the Progressive Potluck students are able to engage in valuable network-ing learn more about other organizations and make meaningful friendships with students holding similar val-ues

ldquoWe hope to create a stron-ger progressive coalition and networking frame with the progressive potlucksrdquo Gerard said ldquoAnd of course to eat tasty vittlesrdquo

Mallet hosts opportunity for students from progressive groups to network learn about student organizations

CW | Austin BigoneyMallet members and friends congregate outside Palmer Hall Wednesday

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bull Where Palmer Hall (home of the Mallet Assembly)

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 20 2012 | Page 9

By Nathan Proctor

Mainstream sports games catch a lot of flak Theyrsquore often classified as money-grubbing over-serialized over-saturated yearly roster updates for ldquobrordquo gamers Now the trendy busi-ness model pushing out a game per league per year is flawed however thatrsquos a spiel for anoth-er column What I argue is that the Maddens and FIFAs of the world arenrsquot all that distant from the serious hardcore gam-ing world In fact they may be closer than you realize

The genre itself is first defined by the world of sport Sports are reliant upon careful-ly crafted and often highly com-plex plans then to be executed and react fluidly to the strategic intentions of others Simply put itrsquos about more than just speed and muscle (therersquos a reason Nick Saban makes $562 million a year) With all that in mind it seems a simple transition into the world of strategy And some do play the main suite of sports games in that manner not to mention the scores of sports simulation products found in PC gaming

Though accessibility can often be misinterpreted as a threat to a very protective and possessive gamer culture the fact that a game of NCAA Football can reward a well-timed succession of jukes or button taps and a precise game plan or extensive recruiting plan in a similar endorphin-pumping fashion effectively reflects the strengths of the sports them-selves and is an impressive bit of design The twitch-based tendencies demanded in these games are often not horrible ways of emulating an athletersquos required reaction time and have long been key in action-oriented games

However what keeps a mix of current sports games on my

shelf are their innate role-play-ing tendencies Escapism drives the success of gaming and com-petitive sports alike And what better way to push this further than to place you in the very shoes of a professional athlete in a fully realized simulation of the sport Be it bringing up a young goaltender playing from the small-time Ontario Hockey League into a high pressure NHL game 7 in his hometown earning Plymouth Argyle an importable promotion into the English Premier League or sim-ply creating your own Iron Bowl legacy these systems facilitate and do their best to inspire the same storytelling that have long given crosstown rivalries real meaning and made southern football more than just a game

Dedicated gamers and sports nuts arenrsquot all that far apart or necessarily mutually exclusive Some play games for the adren-aline rush and action where others may be more enthused with the underlying num-bers no different than sports fanatics Living a space opera through Commander Sheppard isnrsquot that distant from following your crafty six-foot point guard from the NBA D-League into the hall of fame And truly dress-ing in the gear of your favorite athlete is no less ldquonerdyrdquo than cosplaying as your favorite Final Fantasy or anime character just perhaps a bit less Japanese

For some sports will never truly interest them and itrsquos likely sports games never will either That is fair and anyone with a gripe regarding the EA Sports monolith likely has a point However the sporting cul-ture and corresponding games have earned their place along-side products more specifically targeting gamers Their flex-ibility and aptitude for captur-ing their sports is uncanny In short sports games deserve your respect

COLUMN | GAMING

Sports games provide escape realistic graphics

By Courtney StinsonStaff Reporter

As part of Crossroads Community Centerrsquos yearlong ldquoUA is Culturerdquo initiative The University of Alabama will be celebrating different cultures each month starting with observing Hispanic Heritage Month until Oct 15

Crossroads director Beverly Hawk said Hispanic Heritage Month offers students more than simply a look at another culture It will also provide students with Latino perspec-tives on American culture and how preconceived notions of other cultures are changed through experience

ldquoWe all have a lot of assump-tions about each other before we meet one another and when we meet one another we come away with different experiencesrdquo Hawk said

One of the goals of Hispanic Heritage Month is to expose students to new cultures so they can learn to engage with people of other cultures in an increasingly globalized world

ldquoThatrsquos how [the University gets] to be the big interna-tional University that we arerdquo Hawk said ldquoOur students can interact with people all over the world so that they are pre-pared for their global futures for their whole lives Thatrsquos what college life is forrdquo

For students who come from different cultures the salute to international culture is an effort to make them feel that their culture is appreciated and contributes to the makeup of UArsquos culture as a whole

ldquoObserving [Hispanic Heritage Month] declares that the culture is a part of the school people from that culture feel connected [to UA culture] and that they feel their culture is honored and respectedrdquo Hawk said

Haley Flanagan a junior majoring in public relations and minoring in Spanish stud-ied in Spain during the spring Hispanic Heritage Month is

UA celebrates Hispanic culturea chance for her to share her experiences with Spanish cul-ture with other students

ldquoI really want to promote dif-ferent cultures because I had such a great time [in Spain]rdquo Flanagan said ldquoI want to show other people that experi-encerdquo

In conjunction with Hispanic Heritage Month Crossroads is partnering with other campus organizations to promote Latino culture through film screenings panel discus-sions and other events

Discussion topics for Hispanic Heritage Month will include ldquoIntersections of Queer and Hispanic Identitiesrdquo ldquoThe Effects of HB 56 on Women and Families One Year Laterrdquo

and ldquoReflections on Culture Health Care and Spirituality in Inquitos Perurdquo

Crossroads graduate assis-tant Juan Pablo Black Romero came to the University from

Ecuador and said these types of discussions will give stu-dents a better grasp of the issues facing the Latino com-munity particu-larly issues like immigration

S t u d e n t s will also be able to engage

with Latino culture through the lenses of documentary films The Womenrsquos Resource Center College of Education and Department of American Studies will screen ldquoPrecious Knowledgerdquo a documen-tary about the elimination of

ethnic studies programs in Tuscon Ariz and the fight to keep these programs alive There will also be a screening of ldquoRomanticordquo a documenta-ry about a Mexican musician who returns home after years of playing in San Francisco only to find that to support his family he must return to the United States

The Womenrsquos Resource Centerrsquos monthly Everywoman Book Club will also have a Latino focus There will be lunch and a conversation with author Lila Quintero Weaver about her book ldquoDarkroom A Memoir in Black and Whiterdquo which is about her upbringing in a racially seg-regated Alabama after her immigration to America from Argentina

For more information on Hispanic Heritage Month and a schedule of events visit crossroadsuaedu

ldquoOur students can interact with people all over the world so that they are

prepared for their global futures for their whole

lives Thatrsquos what college life is for

mdash Beverly Hawk

Page 10 | Thursday September 20 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

By Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

After an impressive showing at the Duke Fab Four Invite the Alabama womenrsquos tennis team is looking for another strong showing at the Furman Fall Classic this weekend

Despite being early in the fall season womenrsquos tennis head coach Jenny Mainz said she was impressed overall with her teamrsquos performance in its first live match setting The Tide accounted for 14 victories at the Duke Fab Four Invite

ldquoThe tournament was a great starting pointrdquo she said ldquoIt was a good first tournament with steep competition Saw a lot of good things and a lot of things we have to go back to the drawing board with but the main things are matchesrdquo

The Tide rel ied

heavily on its leader and num-ber one slot player junior Mary Anne Macfarlane Mainz said Macfarlane proved why she is a natural leader by winning and com-peting in both her singles and dou-bles play matches

ldquoThe thing is with Mary Anne is that she is very consistentrdquo Mainz said ldquoThe way she conducts herself com-petes and trains Her standards are very high and are very high with her teammates For her to be out there on the court push-ing everyone not only makes her better but everyone around her betterrdquo

While Macfarlane has emerged as the Tidersquos team leader this season Mainz said sophomore Emily Zabor

has impressed her early and could be in line for a breakout season

ldquoI think Emily Zabor will be one of the most improved play-ers that ever goes through this pro-gramrdquo she said ldquoShe definitely has leadership capabilities and is even keel both on and off the court

I will definitely be counting on Zabor for big things including this yearrdquo

The Tide is sending five players to the Furman Fall Classic at Furman University in Greenville SC Macfarlane sophomores Yasmeen Ebada and Emily Zabor and fresh-men Maya Jansen and Natalia Maynetto will be facing SEC opponents Vanderbilt South

Carolina and Tennessee along with non-conference opponents North Carolina Florida State Clemson and tournament host Furman

ldquoWersquore going to get kind of a preview of a lot of the con-ference schoolsrdquo Mainz said ldquoItrsquos going to be a real evenly matched tournamentrdquo

Mainz said the teamrsquos man-tra is to get better every day and that she is more focused on how the team executes rather than specifically looking for wins

ldquoI keep emphasizing that the outcome will take care of itselfrdquo she said ldquoWersquove just got to keep doing the right things to get better especially in the fallrdquo

Alabama looks to improve at Furman Fall Classic

CW FileAlabama womenrsquos tennis team looks to continue its success at the Furman Fall Classic

By David MarshburnContributing Writer

Although the champion-ship might not commence for another eight months The University of Alabama menrsquos golf team will get its first real test of the season when it travels to Atlanta Ga to com-pete in the PINGGolfweek Preview Five players will tee off Sunday Sept 23 complet-ing their final round Tuesday Sept 25

Capital City Clubrsquos Crabapple Golf Course hosts the weekend tournament as well as the 2013 NCAA cham-pionship and will provide the Crimson Tide with a taste of what its stiffest competition has to offer The tournament field features several teams that pose a serious challenge to the Tidersquos title hopes this year

Ranked No 1 in the latest Golf Coaches Association of America poll Alabama will square off against the nationrsquos best teams Texas California UCLA and Washington round

out the pollrsquos top five teams Other notable opponents include SEC heavyweights Arkansas Georgia and Texas AampM

ldquoOur coach does a great job planning our schedulerdquo said junior Bobby Wyatt Alabamarsquos top individual performer in its last tournament ldquoOur team always plays the best competi-tion around and wersquore looking forward to this tournamentrdquo

The Crimson Tide fin-ished third in its first match of the season at the Carpet Collegiate Classic topped only by Georgia and defend-ing national champion The University of Texas

ldquoWe looked like we were running in mudrdquo Alabama head coach Jay Seawell said ldquoItrsquos a new team and a new year and we just need to con-tinue to find our identityrdquo

Although the Tide enters the season as a top-ranked team the players realize they have room for improvement Because golf can be a frus-trating game the team mem-bers say they need to work

on patience as well as mental toughness

One of many strengths Seawellrsquos players possess is their ability to crank far drives from the tee box When play-ing on a course with long fairways and tall roughs due to recent rains such a skill should prove advantageous for Alabama

ldquoWe have three solid play-ers and possible first-team All Americans who play well every timerdquo Seawell said ldquoAll of them need to be sharp and a fourth guy will need to step up Wersquore still not sure who that isrdquo

With a lengthy season still remaining a win for the Tide this weekend would make a resounding statement to the rest of the nation Wyatt said a victory will build some much needed momentum that could carry his team through the fall and into the spring

ldquoWe just want to keep get-ting betterrdquo Wyatt said ldquoIf we improve week by week then wersquoll be right where we want to be by the championshiprdquo

The Tide comes out swinging

ldquoItrsquos going to be a real evenly matched

tournament

mdash Jenny Mainz

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Tide to battle UGA BulldogsBy Mary Grace ShowfetyStaff Reporter

Alabamarsquos volleyball team is eager to get back on the court after a recent loss to Tennessee dropped the Tide to No 2 in the SEC Western Division

ldquoAfter every game we try to focus on what we can do better and right now wersquore just getting prepared for Georgiardquo fresh-man Kryssi Daniels said ldquoWersquore letting go of the Tennessee game because today is a new dayrdquo

Daniels leads the SEC in aces with 29 this year ranking her No 5 in the nation Georgia remains unbeaten (4-0) at home but the outside hitter said the Crimson Tide is confident about going on the road

Last season the Tide was vic-torious in both meetings with the Bulldogs dropping one set Head coach Ed Allen said this

year the two teams are very much alike in a few areas

ldquoIt will be a challenging week-end because both teams we play are very similar to us and with a similar talent levelrdquo Allen said ldquoWith both realizing the impor-tance of winning those matches against teams that are compa-rable in ability we really expect that itrsquos going to be a tough weekendrdquo

Alabama (12-2 1-1 SEC) and Georgia (7-4 1-1 SEC) are young teams both in the process of rebuilding Like the Tide the Bulldogs did not have the season they hoped for last year finish-ing 11-19 with a 7-13 SEC record

Setter Sierra Wilson said though the Tide does not intend to make any serious changes there are different things to con-sider when playing on the road

ldquoA lot of away travel is based on getting your mind right and getting to a place where you can

create your own energyrdquo Wilson said ldquoSo I think right now wersquore more focused on mental tough-ness and sustaining energyrdquo

Wilson was named SEC Volleyball Freshman of the Week Monday as she continues to lead the conference with 1142 assists per set this season

Allen said the Tide has devel-oped a great deal of consistency ndash something the team has made a priority this season ndash but there is still progress to be made

ldquoWersquore looking to get better defensively at the netrdquo Allen said ldquoI think wersquore growing as far as the game is concerned in understanding whatrsquos happen-ing and now but our ability to execute after we find ourselves in the right place is going to be the next focal pointrdquo

After a weekend away the Tide will return to Foster Auditorium Friday Sept 28 to take on Ole Miss

By Caroline GazzaraContributing Writer

The Alabama soccer team is preparing for a challenging home game Friday against the Georgia Bulldogs after two disappointing results against Tennessee and LSU on the road Though a loss against Tennessee and double overtime tie against LSU still lin-ger in its mind the Tide is not focusing on the past but instead on the upcoming match

ldquoEvery weekend is different obviously with just the different opponents and each team plays differentlyrdquo defender Ashley Willis said ldquoWe have to forget the last weekend and know that there is a lot of season left and just keep plugging away and keep staying positiverdquo

Alabamarsquos 5-1-1 record

including its 0-1-1 start to confer-ence play has the Tide ranked fourth in the SEC West The slight setbacks at both away games have rattled the team a bit but confi-dence and composure are still the number-one focus for the Tide

ldquoWe need to score goals obvi-ously but we need to find a way to get a second goalrdquo head coach Todd Bramble said ldquoWe only scored one goal in each of those games and we came out of it with a loss and a tie The lesson that we learned from this weekend is that scoring one goal against a good SEC team isnrsquot going to be good enoughrdquo

With that in mind Alabamarsquos forward Pia Rijsdijk believes com-posure is key to success The game might get hectic but staying posi-tive and under control are the best way to score and win the game

ldquoI am always trying to be composed and trying to be con-fident when wersquore under pres-surerdquo Rijsdijk said ldquo[I want] to have that calm and show that to my teammatesrdquo

Although its shot percentage has drastically decreased since its season-high of 308 percent against UAB to 037 percent against LSU Alabama has been devoted to working on scoring and increas-ing that percentage

ldquoWe definitely fought hard as a team on Sunday but unfortu-nately we ended up with a tierdquo Rijsdijk said ldquoThose little details wersquove been working on this week will definitely show this weekend and then wersquoll hopefully get a win out of thatrdquo

The home game against Georgia should bring the confidence boost Alabama needs to win The Tide

will have the support of its fans and home-field advantage that it hopes will pull it through

ldquoAlthough we leave this past weekend displeased with the results that we got wersquore not com-pletely unhappy with our perfor-mancerdquo Bramble said ldquoWe canrsquot let that affect our confidence when we continue to come out and per-form the same way we have Being at home will help make that differ-ence for us in getting a win this weekendrdquo

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 20 2012 | Page 5

By Chandler WrightContributing Writer

Twelve UA students will be traveling this October to Salisbury High School in Salisbury NC to facilitate the Heritage Panel a co-educa-tional anti-bullying program created by the Young Womenrsquos Christian Association of Central Alabama

ldquoThe YWCA will do a train-ing in Birmingham for the UA studentsrdquo said Aaron Brazelton executive direc-tor of the Heritage Panel at the University ldquoWe will then travel to Salisbury and train 25 student leaders in the Heritage Panel curriculum and building an inclusive com-munityrdquo

Holley Jackson YWCA Coordinator of AmeriCorps and Social Justice said the Heritage Panel is a two-day

social justice training where students are encouraged to tell a story of a time when they witnessed perpetrated or were a victim of discrimi-nation or bullying and how they will learn from that expe-rience

ldquoHeritage Panel really focuses the students on seeing each other past what we look like on the outsiderdquo Jackson said ldquoWe have students share personal stories and get to know each other on a new level to show that everyone goes through trials and trib-ulations making some days harder than othersrdquo

Brazelton a sophomore majoring in international rela-tions and secondary educa-tion said he hopes the UA stu-dents will serve as a Heritage Panel for our campus

ldquoHopefully [the UA leaders] will come back and

be a beacon of change for our communityrdquo Brazelton said ldquoThe YWCA is going to teach them how to address certain problems and how to deal with those problems and then how to go out and help other people deal with those prob-lemsrdquo

Jackson said the Heritage Panel tries to create an open environment in high schools where students rally together and take a stand against dis-crimination and bullying

ldquoAfter we go through these

seminars and workshops with the students they are then placed back into their school and they are ambassadors for the Heritage Panel pro-gramrdquo Brazelton said ldquoWhen there are possible inflamma-tory issues that are happening within the school the school can utilize those students that have already been trained and they will sit at a table and talk about the issues with students from the student bodyrdquo

Avis Williams principal of Salisbury High School said by developing these studentsrsquo leadership and relationship skills they will become a valuable asset to inclusivity at Salisbury

ldquoWith over 900 students I would love to impact them all but we will start with 25 and then allow the students to model what they have learned as well and serve as

UA students to travel to NC to combat bullyingambassadorsrdquo Williams said ldquoI have spoken to many of my students and parents and they are excited about the fact that this is a student-centered effortrdquo

Jackson said the YWCA conducts reports at the end of each school year about the Heritage Panel curricu-lum and found that there is a large impact on the school climate because the panelists share what they learn with their group of friends and the knowledge spreads through-out the school

ldquoCommunication is so vitalrdquo Williams said ldquoStudents are accustomed to tweeting or

texting rather than talking Many stereotypes are a result of a lack of understandingrdquo

Williams said students are more receptive when the information is coming from someone closer to their age and hopes her students look up to Brazelton and the other UA facilitators

ldquoSalisbury High School is a very diverse school and I believe that students need to be taught tolerance and empa-thyrdquo he said ldquoI believe that programs like the Heritage Panel will give our young people a toolkit to help them thrive despite any challenges that they may facerdquo

ldquoCommunication is so vital Stu-dents are accustomed to tweeting

or texting rather than talking Many stereotypes are a result of a

lack of understanding

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By Ashanka KumariChief Copy Editor

The Community Music School offers an alternative to students interested in tak-ing instrumental or vocal les-sons without pursuing a music degree

A branch of the College of Arts and Sciences the Community Music School is the outreach program for The University of Alabama School of Music Jane Weigel coordi-nator of the Community Music School said

ldquoWe offer private lessons in just about any Western

orchestra instrument band instrument piano organ and the natural voicerdquo Weigel said ldquoWe offer classes that are for adult strings and anyone can enjoy including faculty UA stu-dents and people in the commu-nityrdquo

Created in the early 1980s the Community Music School is an accredited member of the National Guild for Community Arts Education and offers classes to students of all ages and levels of ability

Cynthia Simpson a senior majoring in horn performance works as a desk assistant for the Community Music School

Music program open to all students

By Katherine LangnerContributing Writer

John Hardman President and CEO of the Carter Center will visit The University of Alabama Friday to speak with students about his leadership experience

The event co-sponsored by the Blackburn Institute and the Honorrsquos College is located in Mary Hewell Alston Hall in Room 30 and will begin at 2 pm

The event is open to all UA students regardless of involve-ment in either the Blackburn Institute or the Honorrsquos College

Mary Lee Caldwell the coordinator of the Blackburn Institute helped organize the upcoming lecture with Hardman

ldquoWe encourage all students to attendrdquo Caldwell said ldquoThis is something that all UA students would be able to learn fromrdquo

Known as a philanthropist and global human rights leader Hardmanrsquos personal work with the Carter Center first launched in 1989 when he led the program to Reduce Global Tobacco Use Through his commitment there he then became the centerrsquos

representative for the WorldHealth Organizationrsquos Tobaccoand Health Program a yearlater He rose to become the cen-terrsquos president and CEO in 2007

ldquoWe came across[Hardmanrsquos] name as a leaderin his field and recieved a rec-ommendation from a former UAadministratorrdquo Caldwell saidldquoThat put him on our radar andonce we read about the workhe has done independently andfor the Carter Center we reallywanted to reach out to him Weare very excited to give our stu-dents this opportunity and tooffer this to all university stu-dentsrdquo

Katie Jackson a financemajor with a concentration inglobal business and a Frenchminor became involved withthe Blackburn Institute inMarch

ldquoI couldnrsquot be more excitedto hear [Hardman] speak thisFridayrdquo Jackson said ldquoNot onlyis his position with the CarterCenter something that greatlyinterests me with regards to mymajor but he is also an incred-ibly interesting person with awealth of knowledge in a vari-ety of areasrdquo

Human rights group CEO to speak Friday

teaches private horn lessons and a music enrichment class for fourth and fifth grade stu-dents at the Tuscaloosa Magnet School

ldquoMusic training is so valuable for people of all agesrdquo Simpson said ldquoIrsquom especially proud to work with this organizationrdquo

Parents are given the oppor-tunity to expose their chil-dren to music through the Community Music Schoolrsquos Kindermusik program from birth to age seven Weigel said

ldquoWe have newborns enrolled in our Kindermusik program middle and high school kids in our Chamber Strings and

Tuscaloosa Youth Orchestra ensembles and adults through their 70s taking lessons and participating in the Adult Strings programrdquo Simpson said ldquoMusic lessons do so much for the learning and develop-ment of young children and the Adult Strings program is such a treat for many older adultsrdquo

The Adult Strings program founded and taught by music education instructor Anne C Witt offers classes for adults interested in learning violin viola cello or string bass at beginner intermediate and advanced levels At the end of each semester students in the

Adult Strings program give a short informal concert

ldquoI love the mixture of people we have in the classes ndash from undergraduates to 80 and olderrdquo Witt said ldquoWorking with adults has greatly enriched my life and added significantly to my enjoyment of teachingrdquo

Students cannot receive aca-demic credit for classes taken through the Community Music School and no UA students are required to take the classes Witt said

The majority of classes are offered in the Moody Music Building or other locations on the UA campus with few

off-campus classes Weigel saidEveryone is required to owntheir own instruments exceptin the Kindermusik area

On Sunday Oct 28 theCommunity Music School willhost ldquoHalloween in Ozrdquo a car-nival fundraiser to assist inraising money to provide schol-arship funding for the commu-nity Weigel said The event willbe at the Moody Music Buildingfrom 2 to 4 pm

ldquoThere will be people dressedas characters from the Wizardof Oz and there is a costumeparaderdquo Weigel said ldquoItrsquos apretty fun couple of hours forthe communityrdquo

CW | Caitlin TrotterAndrew Magee a mechanical engineering PhD student plays the viola in the adult strings class offered on campus

Community Music School offers group private lessons

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 20 2012 | Page 7

UA selects 7 students to advance toward RhodesBy the end of the process 2 winners will be chosen from each district for a total of 32 national scholarsBy Madison RobertsContributing Writer

Seven University of Alabama students have been endorsed to move forward to the next round of the nation-ally competitive American Rhodes Scholarships pro-gram

The Rhodes Scholarship is a prestigious fellowship award-ed to 32 students from over 300 American universities every year The winners receive full financial support to pursue a degree at Oxford University in the United Kingdom

ldquoThe Rhodes Scholarship is a huge honor because of the few spots available and the fierce competition for [it]rdquo said Brad Tuggle a former Rhodes Scholar and current campus representative for the scholarship ldquoThe Rhodes Scholarships are considered ndash both within the academy and within popular culture ndash the highest academic honor a US college student can earnrdquo

Cecil J Rhodes founded the scholarship in 1904 According to Rhodesrsquos will there are four official criteria to be eligible for the scholarship including ldquoliterary and scholastic attain-ments energy to use onersquos tal-ents to the full as exemplified by fondness for and success in sports truth courage devo-tion to duty sympathy for and protection of the weak kind-liness unselfishness and fel-lowship moral force of char-acter and instincts to lead and to take an interest in onersquos fellow beingsrdquo

ldquoBeyond these official cri-teria there are some unoffi-cial ones that we use on cam-pus to gauge a candidatersquos

possibility of successrdquo Tuggle said ldquoThese include a near-perfect GPA extensive schol-arly activity the ability to hold high-level intellectual conversations in an interview setting a record of focused extracurricular activities and five to eight professors willing to write extraordinary letters of recommendationrdquo

John Burke who is involved in interviewing the candi-dates for the scholarship said although anyone can be nomi-nated not everyone will make it through the process

ldquoAnybody can name any-body but I can assure that nobody is going to go forward in this process unless they are at the top of the heaprdquo Burke said

The nomineesrsquo applica-tion due Sept 1 included a personal statement resume transcript and five to eight let-ters of recommendation After submitting the application the students engaged in a person-al consultation and on-campus interview with the Committee of Prestige Scholarships and Awards who then chose students to represent the University at the district level

However students who receive endorsement can decide whether to represent The University of Alabama or their home state If the students choose University representation they will be

competing against other students in their district from Alabama Florida and Tennessee

Candidates must submit their application to compete at the district level by Oct 3 After close review of the appli-cations the district commit-tees will invite approximately 15 students for district inter-views in November

Two winners are chosen from each district to make up the 32 national Rhodes Scholars

Senior Hannah Hicks majoring in philosophy and religious studies was recent-ly endorsed to move forward in the scholarship process She worked on her applica-tion over the summer and has already finished her applica-tion for the district committee

ldquoBeing nominated for this scholarship is an assurance that sometimes even the radi-cals free-thinkers and weirdos have their dayrdquo Hicks said

As a former Rhodesrsquo scholar Tuggle can attest to how won-derful this opportunity actu-ally will be for the students if they win

ldquoAll in all my two years at Oxford were the most idyllic challenging fruitful and stimu-lating years of my entire liferdquo Tuggle said ldquoThe experience continues to affect everything I do both professionally and personallyrdquo

By Sarah RobinsonContributing Writer

On Sept 20 four greek organizations will host the Wings of Hope philanthropy event on Sigma Nursquos front lawn

The event which is hosted by Sigma Nu Delta Delta Delta Zeta Beta Tau and Alpha Delta Pi will be held from 330 to 630 pm Wings of Hope will include a live performance from Doctors and Lawyers a wing-eating contest and Red Bull Girls handing out free materials

Event sponsor Buffalo Philrsquos is donating 2000 wings which will be used in the wing-eating contest

Sponsors Red Bull Guy Harvey and American Fishing Tackle Co are donat-ing gear as prizes for contest winners

Guy Harvey T-shirts will be available for sale at the event Proceeds will go toward the Guy Harvey Ocean founda-tion

Julian Reed Hailey chair of Sigma Nu Philanthropy said having big name spon-sors and four greek organi-

zations hosting will bring in large crowd He encourages students to attend

ldquoI feel it is important for people to attend because all proceeds are going toward two great causesrdquo Hailey said ldquoIt will also be a great timerdquo

Jordan Ross vice presi-dent of the Zeta Beta Tau Psi chapter said the Wings for Hope event will be ldquomegardquo and will benefit the charities

ldquoWe will be able to donate a significant amount of money to these great causesrdquo Ross said

ldquo All in all my two years at Oxford were the most idyllic challeng-ing fruitful and stimulating years of my entire life The experi-ence continues to affect everything I do both professionally and

personally

mdash Brad Tuggle

Greek philanthropy event to help Ocean Foundation

Justice group hopes to unite campus on freedomSteve Moakler headlines Fridayrsquos benefi t concert for Alabama International Justice Mission

By Megan MillerContributing Writer

Artists Caleb Sigler and Charity Vance will per-form the opening acts to headliner Steve Moakler at Alabama International Justice Missionrsquos benefit concert this Friday

Alabama International Justice Mission is a faith-based organization that exists to serve IJM through raising awareness of traf-ficking and slavery and raising funds for their mis-sions

The concert will be held at Capstone Church on University Boulevard at 8 pm as part of its annual Fall Justice Week

ldquoWe are extremely com-mitted to integrity in our fundraisers as we under-stand that literally every dollar goes toward rescue and rehabilitation opera-tions for the oppressed worldwiderdquo Darby Hess the vice president of Alabama IJM said

Moakler created his own nonprofit organization in 2011 called Free the Birds which funds freedom and restoration for women and children who have been exploited by human sex trafficking

Free the Birds partners with Love146 an organiza-tion dedicated to after-care and restoration of those who have been involved in trafficking in order to pre-vent the victims from being cycled back into slavery

ldquoI emailed his agent Tim and then we met him at the concert where we found out Steve has his own ministry to benefit after care for traf-ficking victimsrdquo Josh Sigler president of Alabama IJM said ldquoIt was at that point we realized that it had to be him to playrdquo

Hess said Alabama IJM is still in awe of how perfectly Moakler fit as their per-former

ldquoWe are honored to have himrdquo Hess said ldquoNot only is he incredibly talented musically but he shares the same heart for justicerdquo

Other events for Justice Week include a daily bake sale in the Ferguson Center until Sept 21 from 11 am to 2 pm a screening of ldquoCall + Responserdquo in Lloyd Room 38

on Wednesday Sept 19 at 8 pm and a speech from IJM Peru Affiliate at the Kappa Alpha Theta house at 7 pm on Thursday Sept 20

ldquoWe feel all the events of Justice Week are equally as important as the concertrdquo Josh Sigler said ldquoThere are people coming from lit-erally all over the world to share their storiesrdquo

Hess said she sees the event as another opportuni-ty to celebrate her genera-tionrsquos involvement in reach-ing out to the oppressed

ldquoI look forward to seeing this concert unite students from all areas of campus for one cause freedomrdquo she said ldquoWe all value human life and at this point in his-tory there are 27 million enslaved Those two facts combined should compel us to actrdquo

Tickets for the concert are $10 and can be purchased at the door All proceeds col-lected from the concert go directly to the IJM head-quarters

ldquo I look forward to seeing this concert unite students from all areas of campus for one cause freedom

mdash Darby Hess

The amount of seats is allotted by dorm much like states are allotted seats to the US House of Representatives so the larger dorms hold more seats For example Tutwiler which has over 900 women in it will have nine seats while Lakeside East a much small-er dorm will only have one seat

ldquoAnother change made

this year is that FYC director Mackenzie Perpich will sit in on the interviews though she does not hold a deciding vote as to who gets the posi-tionrdquo Bryant said

The selection committee consists of two members of the executive board two from the senate two from judicial and one from stu-dent housing

Bryant said the chance to be interviewed is based on GPA dorm college major and the studentsrsquo answers to three general questions

ldquoI am very pleased with the SGA First Year Council

application and interview process thus farrdquo SGA President Matt Calderone said ldquoThe selection pro-cess includes input from the three branches of SGA The Residence Hall Association UA Student Affairs and for-mer SGA First Year Council members in order to identify the most excellent students from this yearrsquos freshmen classrdquo

The interviews are taking place this week Students going through the interview for seats will find out if they have been selected to serve on Sept 23 at 5 pm

ldquoAdrian always has had real good pass rush abilityrdquo Saban said ldquoHe knows what hersquos doing hersquos confident hersquos playing hard Hersquos really an effective player and hersquos done a pretty good job in every one of the games so farrdquo

Still Alabamarsquos pass rush has done more than simply terrorize opposing quar-terbacks Itrsquos also helped Alabamarsquos offensive line in its own pass blocking skills This was most evident in

the Western Kentucky and Arkansas games when it gave up six and zero sacks respectively

S o p h o m o r e Cy r u s Kouandjio said going up against his own defense in practice every week has helped the offensive line tremendously with its pass blocking

ldquoThey do thatrdquo Kouandjio said ldquoThey make us go one on ones in practice every day just so we donrsquot get too used to the scout team Theyrsquore goodrdquo

One of the things Kouandjio said made his defensersquos pass rush so potent was the dif-ferent playing styles of

players like Hubbard and Xzavier Dickson Between the two they have two sacks and 35 tackles for loss

H u b b a r d e c h o e d Kouandjiorsquos sentiments about his defensersquos versatility in the pass rush with six defensive players turning in at least one sack so far this season Still Hubbard said what makes his teammates truly great are not their differences but the thing they all have in common

ldquoOur mindsetrsquos the samerdquo Hubbard said ldquoWe get out there every play Hard work is what I pride my guys on Outside linebackers those are my guysrdquo

FOOTBALL FROM PAGE 1

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By Deanne WinslettStaff Reporter

Whether prepping for a per-formance or directing from behind the scenes senior musical theatre major Tommy Walker is up for the challenge Walker first discovered his interest in musical theatre in the fourth grade and began with shows in high school

ldquoI was like I have to do thisrdquo Walker said ldquoOnce I started there was really no turning back Itrsquos a great vehicle to har-ness the creativity you have building inside of yourdquo

Walker became very involved in his high school the-atre department and developed his skills as a performer there as well as in the local commu-nity theatre He was also intro-duced to directing during his junior year of high school His theatre teacher at the time left unexpectedly leaving Walker and a staff of performers with no director for their upcoming performance of ldquoThe Fall of the House of Usherrdquo Walkerrsquos classmates elected him to take

over the directing position and thus he made his directing debut

ldquoYou have to be the battery and you have to keep the gears movingrdquo Walker said ldquoYou have to build the characters and build the show ldquoItrsquos a very creative process Thatrsquos why I love directingrdquo

Walker said he never had any doubt that he wanted to con-tinue with musical theatre as a degree and so he auditioned for a spot within the majorrsquos pro-gram Ten candidates are cho-sen each year to be accepted

into the musical theatre major via an audition process which takes place at the beginning of the year

ldquoYou have to audition to be able to major in musical the-atrerdquo Walker said ldquoThey only accept about 10 to 12 a year You have to bring a monologue and you have to bring two songsrdquo

While prep-ping for his audition Walker o v e r h e a r d another hopeful singing one of the same songs that he had come prepared with himself He quickly switched the song with one of his back-ups that he had brought but he did not feel as prepared with the replacement song

ldquoOut of the two songs they picked which one they wanted you to come back and sing for real later in the audition pro-cessrdquo he said ldquoAnd which song did they pick The one I didnrsquot rehearse of courserdquo

Contrary to Walkerrsquos doubt in song choice the panel decid-ed to make Walker one of a few musical theatre majors He was accepted into the program and has since been working to build his resume

ldquoI can see Tommy on Broadway easily but as a teacher I would be thrilled to

study with himrdquo Sherri Ryan Sparkman High School theatre director said ldquoThis is a gifted young man and no matter what he decides to do with his life he will touch each person he

encounters in a positive won-derful wayrdquo

Ryan first met Walker when he was a stage technician for a production of ldquoNonsenserdquo when he was first starting out She later became the theatre director at his high school and was able to watch as Walker grew as a performer She said she has never seen

someone commit to a character the way that Walker does

ldquoFor such a tiny walk on he was so dedicated and funny from the beginningrdquo Ryan said ldquoHe went on to play Pseudolous in lsquoFunny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forumrsquo win in his category of singing and acting at the state Trumbauer Festival and look what he has now done at Alabamardquo

Walker ultimately wants to teach theatre and he has been collecting experience to help him toward that goal He has participated in a variety of the-atre programs including work-ing in theatre summer camps and participating in theatre education programs at schools Walker also held the position of president last year in Alpha Psi Omega the UA theatre honor society He still sits as a chair this year and helps produce APOrsquos Guerilla Theatre events

Guerrilla Theatre held once a month in the Allen Bales Theatre performs a total of 10 skits per show with each individual segment consisting of no more than ten minutes

Guerrilla Theatre has received positive feedback from the cam-pus community Walker said

ldquoItrsquos a very SNL-type thingrdquo Walker said ldquoYou can get up there and do almost anything for 10 minutesrdquo

In addition to APO involve-ment Walker currently teach-es theatre at the Tuscaloosa Magnet School balanced with preparing for his perfor-mance role in the upcoming UA Theatre Department pro-duction ldquoFoolsrdquo and doing the prep work for a play he will be directing next semester

Walker is currently finish-ing his senior year With the majority of his required cred-its out of the way he only has a handful of classes left before he graduates He plans to finish by taking part-time hours next semester and simultaneously traveling in search of post-graduation work

ldquoPeople like to think that there are starving actors and yes there are somerdquo he said ldquoBut if you put the work in and commit to it then yoursquoll get thererdquo

Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Thursday September 20 2012CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 8

CW | Caitlin TrotterTommy Walker

ldquoYou have to be the battery and you have to keep the gears moving You have to

build the characters and build the show

mdash Tommy Walker

In theatre program student stands out as director

By Tara MassoulehContributing Writer

Students interested in progressive issues will have the opportunity to meet and greet with other like-minded students as well as enjoy refreshments at the Progressive Potluck this Saturday Sept 22 from 7 to 930 pm hosted by the Mallet Assembly

The Progressive Potluck ndash or ldquoProgLuckrdquo as it is called by its founders ndash is an oppor-tunity for students who are interested in progressive causes to share in food and fellowship while discussing a myriad of issues such as LGBTQA rights environmen-tal policy alternative energy real food universal health-care and increased sensitiv-ity toward non-religious indi-viduals

Lin Wang a sophomore majoring in human rights law who serves as president of Alabama Atheists and Agnostics and a host for the event defined progressive issues as those that are ldquocon-cerned with a change for the betterrdquo

ldquoProgressive issues dif-ferentiate from other social issues through the ideas of reform and activism as well as a gradual approach toward opening minds and opportu-nitiesrdquo Wang said

Participation in previ-ous Progessive Potlucks has consisted of members from organizations such as College Democrats UA Environmental Council Alabama Atheists and Agnostics and Spectrum and Apwonjo Alabama but all students interested are wel-come to attend

This year Progessive Potluckrsquos hosts are making an effort to emphasize that the event is open to both greek and non-greek members of The University of Alabama community Wang said the Progessive Potluckrsquos audi-ence traditionally has not included many greeks but she said its hosts would ldquolike to open it up more because there are greeks who do have progressive ideals and we would like to tap into thatrdquo

The Progressive Potluck hopes to transcend bound-aries of race sex religious belief and party affiliation in order to unite a strong com-munity of young people moti-vated to take action for posi-tive change

The Progressive Potluck has expanded in its member-ship over the years with one of the keys to this growth being

Progressive Potluck brings together UA activist groups

its advertising through social media such as Facebook groups Sam Gerard a soph-omore majoring in political science and history serves as Membership Director of College Democrats and Liaison Officer for Alabama Atheists and Agnostics two of the major groups

sponsoring the eventGerard said the potluck

is attracting participants through joint efforts of many of the associated groups who have been making regular Facebook posts inviting more and more people to come

The event poses an oppor-tunity for students to meet

like-minded peers early in the year with whom they can collaborate on upcoming projects to improve social awareness in the UA commu-nity Through the Progressive Potluck students are able to engage in valuable network-ing learn more about other organizations and make meaningful friendships with students holding similar val-ues

ldquoWe hope to create a stron-ger progressive coalition and networking frame with the progressive potlucksrdquo Gerard said ldquoAnd of course to eat tasty vittlesrdquo

Mallet hosts opportunity for students from progressive groups to network learn about student organizations

CW | Austin BigoneyMallet members and friends congregate outside Palmer Hall Wednesday

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 20 2012 | Page 9

By Nathan Proctor

Mainstream sports games catch a lot of flak Theyrsquore often classified as money-grubbing over-serialized over-saturated yearly roster updates for ldquobrordquo gamers Now the trendy busi-ness model pushing out a game per league per year is flawed however thatrsquos a spiel for anoth-er column What I argue is that the Maddens and FIFAs of the world arenrsquot all that distant from the serious hardcore gam-ing world In fact they may be closer than you realize

The genre itself is first defined by the world of sport Sports are reliant upon careful-ly crafted and often highly com-plex plans then to be executed and react fluidly to the strategic intentions of others Simply put itrsquos about more than just speed and muscle (therersquos a reason Nick Saban makes $562 million a year) With all that in mind it seems a simple transition into the world of strategy And some do play the main suite of sports games in that manner not to mention the scores of sports simulation products found in PC gaming

Though accessibility can often be misinterpreted as a threat to a very protective and possessive gamer culture the fact that a game of NCAA Football can reward a well-timed succession of jukes or button taps and a precise game plan or extensive recruiting plan in a similar endorphin-pumping fashion effectively reflects the strengths of the sports them-selves and is an impressive bit of design The twitch-based tendencies demanded in these games are often not horrible ways of emulating an athletersquos required reaction time and have long been key in action-oriented games

However what keeps a mix of current sports games on my

shelf are their innate role-play-ing tendencies Escapism drives the success of gaming and com-petitive sports alike And what better way to push this further than to place you in the very shoes of a professional athlete in a fully realized simulation of the sport Be it bringing up a young goaltender playing from the small-time Ontario Hockey League into a high pressure NHL game 7 in his hometown earning Plymouth Argyle an importable promotion into the English Premier League or sim-ply creating your own Iron Bowl legacy these systems facilitate and do their best to inspire the same storytelling that have long given crosstown rivalries real meaning and made southern football more than just a game

Dedicated gamers and sports nuts arenrsquot all that far apart or necessarily mutually exclusive Some play games for the adren-aline rush and action where others may be more enthused with the underlying num-bers no different than sports fanatics Living a space opera through Commander Sheppard isnrsquot that distant from following your crafty six-foot point guard from the NBA D-League into the hall of fame And truly dress-ing in the gear of your favorite athlete is no less ldquonerdyrdquo than cosplaying as your favorite Final Fantasy or anime character just perhaps a bit less Japanese

For some sports will never truly interest them and itrsquos likely sports games never will either That is fair and anyone with a gripe regarding the EA Sports monolith likely has a point However the sporting cul-ture and corresponding games have earned their place along-side products more specifically targeting gamers Their flex-ibility and aptitude for captur-ing their sports is uncanny In short sports games deserve your respect

COLUMN | GAMING

Sports games provide escape realistic graphics

By Courtney StinsonStaff Reporter

As part of Crossroads Community Centerrsquos yearlong ldquoUA is Culturerdquo initiative The University of Alabama will be celebrating different cultures each month starting with observing Hispanic Heritage Month until Oct 15

Crossroads director Beverly Hawk said Hispanic Heritage Month offers students more than simply a look at another culture It will also provide students with Latino perspec-tives on American culture and how preconceived notions of other cultures are changed through experience

ldquoWe all have a lot of assump-tions about each other before we meet one another and when we meet one another we come away with different experiencesrdquo Hawk said

One of the goals of Hispanic Heritage Month is to expose students to new cultures so they can learn to engage with people of other cultures in an increasingly globalized world

ldquoThatrsquos how [the University gets] to be the big interna-tional University that we arerdquo Hawk said ldquoOur students can interact with people all over the world so that they are pre-pared for their global futures for their whole lives Thatrsquos what college life is forrdquo

For students who come from different cultures the salute to international culture is an effort to make them feel that their culture is appreciated and contributes to the makeup of UArsquos culture as a whole

ldquoObserving [Hispanic Heritage Month] declares that the culture is a part of the school people from that culture feel connected [to UA culture] and that they feel their culture is honored and respectedrdquo Hawk said

Haley Flanagan a junior majoring in public relations and minoring in Spanish stud-ied in Spain during the spring Hispanic Heritage Month is

UA celebrates Hispanic culturea chance for her to share her experiences with Spanish cul-ture with other students

ldquoI really want to promote dif-ferent cultures because I had such a great time [in Spain]rdquo Flanagan said ldquoI want to show other people that experi-encerdquo

In conjunction with Hispanic Heritage Month Crossroads is partnering with other campus organizations to promote Latino culture through film screenings panel discus-sions and other events

Discussion topics for Hispanic Heritage Month will include ldquoIntersections of Queer and Hispanic Identitiesrdquo ldquoThe Effects of HB 56 on Women and Families One Year Laterrdquo

and ldquoReflections on Culture Health Care and Spirituality in Inquitos Perurdquo

Crossroads graduate assis-tant Juan Pablo Black Romero came to the University from

Ecuador and said these types of discussions will give stu-dents a better grasp of the issues facing the Latino com-munity particu-larly issues like immigration

S t u d e n t s will also be able to engage

with Latino culture through the lenses of documentary films The Womenrsquos Resource Center College of Education and Department of American Studies will screen ldquoPrecious Knowledgerdquo a documen-tary about the elimination of

ethnic studies programs in Tuscon Ariz and the fight to keep these programs alive There will also be a screening of ldquoRomanticordquo a documenta-ry about a Mexican musician who returns home after years of playing in San Francisco only to find that to support his family he must return to the United States

The Womenrsquos Resource Centerrsquos monthly Everywoman Book Club will also have a Latino focus There will be lunch and a conversation with author Lila Quintero Weaver about her book ldquoDarkroom A Memoir in Black and Whiterdquo which is about her upbringing in a racially seg-regated Alabama after her immigration to America from Argentina

For more information on Hispanic Heritage Month and a schedule of events visit crossroadsuaedu

ldquoOur students can interact with people all over the world so that they are

prepared for their global futures for their whole

lives Thatrsquos what college life is for

mdash Beverly Hawk

Page 10 | Thursday September 20 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

By Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

After an impressive showing at the Duke Fab Four Invite the Alabama womenrsquos tennis team is looking for another strong showing at the Furman Fall Classic this weekend

Despite being early in the fall season womenrsquos tennis head coach Jenny Mainz said she was impressed overall with her teamrsquos performance in its first live match setting The Tide accounted for 14 victories at the Duke Fab Four Invite

ldquoThe tournament was a great starting pointrdquo she said ldquoIt was a good first tournament with steep competition Saw a lot of good things and a lot of things we have to go back to the drawing board with but the main things are matchesrdquo

The Tide rel ied

heavily on its leader and num-ber one slot player junior Mary Anne Macfarlane Mainz said Macfarlane proved why she is a natural leader by winning and com-peting in both her singles and dou-bles play matches

ldquoThe thing is with Mary Anne is that she is very consistentrdquo Mainz said ldquoThe way she conducts herself com-petes and trains Her standards are very high and are very high with her teammates For her to be out there on the court push-ing everyone not only makes her better but everyone around her betterrdquo

While Macfarlane has emerged as the Tidersquos team leader this season Mainz said sophomore Emily Zabor

has impressed her early and could be in line for a breakout season

ldquoI think Emily Zabor will be one of the most improved play-ers that ever goes through this pro-gramrdquo she said ldquoShe definitely has leadership capabilities and is even keel both on and off the court

I will definitely be counting on Zabor for big things including this yearrdquo

The Tide is sending five players to the Furman Fall Classic at Furman University in Greenville SC Macfarlane sophomores Yasmeen Ebada and Emily Zabor and fresh-men Maya Jansen and Natalia Maynetto will be facing SEC opponents Vanderbilt South

Carolina and Tennessee along with non-conference opponents North Carolina Florida State Clemson and tournament host Furman

ldquoWersquore going to get kind of a preview of a lot of the con-ference schoolsrdquo Mainz said ldquoItrsquos going to be a real evenly matched tournamentrdquo

Mainz said the teamrsquos man-tra is to get better every day and that she is more focused on how the team executes rather than specifically looking for wins

ldquoI keep emphasizing that the outcome will take care of itselfrdquo she said ldquoWersquove just got to keep doing the right things to get better especially in the fallrdquo

Alabama looks to improve at Furman Fall Classic

CW FileAlabama womenrsquos tennis team looks to continue its success at the Furman Fall Classic

By David MarshburnContributing Writer

Although the champion-ship might not commence for another eight months The University of Alabama menrsquos golf team will get its first real test of the season when it travels to Atlanta Ga to com-pete in the PINGGolfweek Preview Five players will tee off Sunday Sept 23 complet-ing their final round Tuesday Sept 25

Capital City Clubrsquos Crabapple Golf Course hosts the weekend tournament as well as the 2013 NCAA cham-pionship and will provide the Crimson Tide with a taste of what its stiffest competition has to offer The tournament field features several teams that pose a serious challenge to the Tidersquos title hopes this year

Ranked No 1 in the latest Golf Coaches Association of America poll Alabama will square off against the nationrsquos best teams Texas California UCLA and Washington round

out the pollrsquos top five teams Other notable opponents include SEC heavyweights Arkansas Georgia and Texas AampM

ldquoOur coach does a great job planning our schedulerdquo said junior Bobby Wyatt Alabamarsquos top individual performer in its last tournament ldquoOur team always plays the best competi-tion around and wersquore looking forward to this tournamentrdquo

The Crimson Tide fin-ished third in its first match of the season at the Carpet Collegiate Classic topped only by Georgia and defend-ing national champion The University of Texas

ldquoWe looked like we were running in mudrdquo Alabama head coach Jay Seawell said ldquoItrsquos a new team and a new year and we just need to con-tinue to find our identityrdquo

Although the Tide enters the season as a top-ranked team the players realize they have room for improvement Because golf can be a frus-trating game the team mem-bers say they need to work

on patience as well as mental toughness

One of many strengths Seawellrsquos players possess is their ability to crank far drives from the tee box When play-ing on a course with long fairways and tall roughs due to recent rains such a skill should prove advantageous for Alabama

ldquoWe have three solid play-ers and possible first-team All Americans who play well every timerdquo Seawell said ldquoAll of them need to be sharp and a fourth guy will need to step up Wersquore still not sure who that isrdquo

With a lengthy season still remaining a win for the Tide this weekend would make a resounding statement to the rest of the nation Wyatt said a victory will build some much needed momentum that could carry his team through the fall and into the spring

ldquoWe just want to keep get-ting betterrdquo Wyatt said ldquoIf we improve week by week then wersquoll be right where we want to be by the championshiprdquo

The Tide comes out swinging

ldquoItrsquos going to be a real evenly matched

tournament

mdash Jenny Mainz

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Page 12 | Thursday September 20 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

Tide to battle UGA BulldogsBy Mary Grace ShowfetyStaff Reporter

Alabamarsquos volleyball team is eager to get back on the court after a recent loss to Tennessee dropped the Tide to No 2 in the SEC Western Division

ldquoAfter every game we try to focus on what we can do better and right now wersquore just getting prepared for Georgiardquo fresh-man Kryssi Daniels said ldquoWersquore letting go of the Tennessee game because today is a new dayrdquo

Daniels leads the SEC in aces with 29 this year ranking her No 5 in the nation Georgia remains unbeaten (4-0) at home but the outside hitter said the Crimson Tide is confident about going on the road

Last season the Tide was vic-torious in both meetings with the Bulldogs dropping one set Head coach Ed Allen said this

year the two teams are very much alike in a few areas

ldquoIt will be a challenging week-end because both teams we play are very similar to us and with a similar talent levelrdquo Allen said ldquoWith both realizing the impor-tance of winning those matches against teams that are compa-rable in ability we really expect that itrsquos going to be a tough weekendrdquo

Alabama (12-2 1-1 SEC) and Georgia (7-4 1-1 SEC) are young teams both in the process of rebuilding Like the Tide the Bulldogs did not have the season they hoped for last year finish-ing 11-19 with a 7-13 SEC record

Setter Sierra Wilson said though the Tide does not intend to make any serious changes there are different things to con-sider when playing on the road

ldquoA lot of away travel is based on getting your mind right and getting to a place where you can

create your own energyrdquo Wilson said ldquoSo I think right now wersquore more focused on mental tough-ness and sustaining energyrdquo

Wilson was named SEC Volleyball Freshman of the Week Monday as she continues to lead the conference with 1142 assists per set this season

Allen said the Tide has devel-oped a great deal of consistency ndash something the team has made a priority this season ndash but there is still progress to be made

ldquoWersquore looking to get better defensively at the netrdquo Allen said ldquoI think wersquore growing as far as the game is concerned in understanding whatrsquos happen-ing and now but our ability to execute after we find ourselves in the right place is going to be the next focal pointrdquo

After a weekend away the Tide will return to Foster Auditorium Friday Sept 28 to take on Ole Miss

By Caroline GazzaraContributing Writer

The Alabama soccer team is preparing for a challenging home game Friday against the Georgia Bulldogs after two disappointing results against Tennessee and LSU on the road Though a loss against Tennessee and double overtime tie against LSU still lin-ger in its mind the Tide is not focusing on the past but instead on the upcoming match

ldquoEvery weekend is different obviously with just the different opponents and each team plays differentlyrdquo defender Ashley Willis said ldquoWe have to forget the last weekend and know that there is a lot of season left and just keep plugging away and keep staying positiverdquo

Alabamarsquos 5-1-1 record

including its 0-1-1 start to confer-ence play has the Tide ranked fourth in the SEC West The slight setbacks at both away games have rattled the team a bit but confi-dence and composure are still the number-one focus for the Tide

ldquoWe need to score goals obvi-ously but we need to find a way to get a second goalrdquo head coach Todd Bramble said ldquoWe only scored one goal in each of those games and we came out of it with a loss and a tie The lesson that we learned from this weekend is that scoring one goal against a good SEC team isnrsquot going to be good enoughrdquo

With that in mind Alabamarsquos forward Pia Rijsdijk believes com-posure is key to success The game might get hectic but staying posi-tive and under control are the best way to score and win the game

ldquoI am always trying to be composed and trying to be con-fident when wersquore under pres-surerdquo Rijsdijk said ldquo[I want] to have that calm and show that to my teammatesrdquo

Although its shot percentage has drastically decreased since its season-high of 308 percent against UAB to 037 percent against LSU Alabama has been devoted to working on scoring and increas-ing that percentage

ldquoWe definitely fought hard as a team on Sunday but unfortu-nately we ended up with a tierdquo Rijsdijk said ldquoThose little details wersquove been working on this week will definitely show this weekend and then wersquoll hopefully get a win out of thatrdquo

The home game against Georgia should bring the confidence boost Alabama needs to win The Tide

will have the support of its fans and home-field advantage that it hopes will pull it through

ldquoAlthough we leave this past weekend displeased with the results that we got wersquore not com-pletely unhappy with our perfor-mancerdquo Bramble said ldquoWe canrsquot let that affect our confidence when we continue to come out and per-form the same way we have Being at home will help make that differ-ence for us in getting a win this weekendrdquo

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTSPage 6 | Thursday September 20 2012

By Ashanka KumariChief Copy Editor

The Community Music School offers an alternative to students interested in tak-ing instrumental or vocal les-sons without pursuing a music degree

A branch of the College of Arts and Sciences the Community Music School is the outreach program for The University of Alabama School of Music Jane Weigel coordi-nator of the Community Music School said

ldquoWe offer private lessons in just about any Western

orchestra instrument band instrument piano organ and the natural voicerdquo Weigel said ldquoWe offer classes that are for adult strings and anyone can enjoy including faculty UA stu-dents and people in the commu-nityrdquo

Created in the early 1980s the Community Music School is an accredited member of the National Guild for Community Arts Education and offers classes to students of all ages and levels of ability

Cynthia Simpson a senior majoring in horn performance works as a desk assistant for the Community Music School

Music program open to all students

By Katherine LangnerContributing Writer

John Hardman President and CEO of the Carter Center will visit The University of Alabama Friday to speak with students about his leadership experience

The event co-sponsored by the Blackburn Institute and the Honorrsquos College is located in Mary Hewell Alston Hall in Room 30 and will begin at 2 pm

The event is open to all UA students regardless of involve-ment in either the Blackburn Institute or the Honorrsquos College

Mary Lee Caldwell the coordinator of the Blackburn Institute helped organize the upcoming lecture with Hardman

ldquoWe encourage all students to attendrdquo Caldwell said ldquoThis is something that all UA students would be able to learn fromrdquo

Known as a philanthropist and global human rights leader Hardmanrsquos personal work with the Carter Center first launched in 1989 when he led the program to Reduce Global Tobacco Use Through his commitment there he then became the centerrsquos

representative for the WorldHealth Organizationrsquos Tobaccoand Health Program a yearlater He rose to become the cen-terrsquos president and CEO in 2007

ldquoWe came across[Hardmanrsquos] name as a leaderin his field and recieved a rec-ommendation from a former UAadministratorrdquo Caldwell saidldquoThat put him on our radar andonce we read about the workhe has done independently andfor the Carter Center we reallywanted to reach out to him Weare very excited to give our stu-dents this opportunity and tooffer this to all university stu-dentsrdquo

Katie Jackson a financemajor with a concentration inglobal business and a Frenchminor became involved withthe Blackburn Institute inMarch

ldquoI couldnrsquot be more excitedto hear [Hardman] speak thisFridayrdquo Jackson said ldquoNot onlyis his position with the CarterCenter something that greatlyinterests me with regards to mymajor but he is also an incred-ibly interesting person with awealth of knowledge in a vari-ety of areasrdquo

Human rights group CEO to speak Friday

teaches private horn lessons and a music enrichment class for fourth and fifth grade stu-dents at the Tuscaloosa Magnet School

ldquoMusic training is so valuable for people of all agesrdquo Simpson said ldquoIrsquom especially proud to work with this organizationrdquo

Parents are given the oppor-tunity to expose their chil-dren to music through the Community Music Schoolrsquos Kindermusik program from birth to age seven Weigel said

ldquoWe have newborns enrolled in our Kindermusik program middle and high school kids in our Chamber Strings and

Tuscaloosa Youth Orchestra ensembles and adults through their 70s taking lessons and participating in the Adult Strings programrdquo Simpson said ldquoMusic lessons do so much for the learning and develop-ment of young children and the Adult Strings program is such a treat for many older adultsrdquo

The Adult Strings program founded and taught by music education instructor Anne C Witt offers classes for adults interested in learning violin viola cello or string bass at beginner intermediate and advanced levels At the end of each semester students in the

Adult Strings program give a short informal concert

ldquoI love the mixture of people we have in the classes ndash from undergraduates to 80 and olderrdquo Witt said ldquoWorking with adults has greatly enriched my life and added significantly to my enjoyment of teachingrdquo

Students cannot receive aca-demic credit for classes taken through the Community Music School and no UA students are required to take the classes Witt said

The majority of classes are offered in the Moody Music Building or other locations on the UA campus with few

off-campus classes Weigel saidEveryone is required to owntheir own instruments exceptin the Kindermusik area

On Sunday Oct 28 theCommunity Music School willhost ldquoHalloween in Ozrdquo a car-nival fundraiser to assist inraising money to provide schol-arship funding for the commu-nity Weigel said The event willbe at the Moody Music Buildingfrom 2 to 4 pm

ldquoThere will be people dressedas characters from the Wizardof Oz and there is a costumeparaderdquo Weigel said ldquoItrsquos apretty fun couple of hours forthe communityrdquo

CW | Caitlin TrotterAndrew Magee a mechanical engineering PhD student plays the viola in the adult strings class offered on campus

Community Music School offers group private lessons

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 20 2012 | Page 7

UA selects 7 students to advance toward RhodesBy the end of the process 2 winners will be chosen from each district for a total of 32 national scholarsBy Madison RobertsContributing Writer

Seven University of Alabama students have been endorsed to move forward to the next round of the nation-ally competitive American Rhodes Scholarships pro-gram

The Rhodes Scholarship is a prestigious fellowship award-ed to 32 students from over 300 American universities every year The winners receive full financial support to pursue a degree at Oxford University in the United Kingdom

ldquoThe Rhodes Scholarship is a huge honor because of the few spots available and the fierce competition for [it]rdquo said Brad Tuggle a former Rhodes Scholar and current campus representative for the scholarship ldquoThe Rhodes Scholarships are considered ndash both within the academy and within popular culture ndash the highest academic honor a US college student can earnrdquo

Cecil J Rhodes founded the scholarship in 1904 According to Rhodesrsquos will there are four official criteria to be eligible for the scholarship including ldquoliterary and scholastic attain-ments energy to use onersquos tal-ents to the full as exemplified by fondness for and success in sports truth courage devo-tion to duty sympathy for and protection of the weak kind-liness unselfishness and fel-lowship moral force of char-acter and instincts to lead and to take an interest in onersquos fellow beingsrdquo

ldquoBeyond these official cri-teria there are some unoffi-cial ones that we use on cam-pus to gauge a candidatersquos

possibility of successrdquo Tuggle said ldquoThese include a near-perfect GPA extensive schol-arly activity the ability to hold high-level intellectual conversations in an interview setting a record of focused extracurricular activities and five to eight professors willing to write extraordinary letters of recommendationrdquo

John Burke who is involved in interviewing the candi-dates for the scholarship said although anyone can be nomi-nated not everyone will make it through the process

ldquoAnybody can name any-body but I can assure that nobody is going to go forward in this process unless they are at the top of the heaprdquo Burke said

The nomineesrsquo applica-tion due Sept 1 included a personal statement resume transcript and five to eight let-ters of recommendation After submitting the application the students engaged in a person-al consultation and on-campus interview with the Committee of Prestige Scholarships and Awards who then chose students to represent the University at the district level

However students who receive endorsement can decide whether to represent The University of Alabama or their home state If the students choose University representation they will be

competing against other students in their district from Alabama Florida and Tennessee

Candidates must submit their application to compete at the district level by Oct 3 After close review of the appli-cations the district commit-tees will invite approximately 15 students for district inter-views in November

Two winners are chosen from each district to make up the 32 national Rhodes Scholars

Senior Hannah Hicks majoring in philosophy and religious studies was recent-ly endorsed to move forward in the scholarship process She worked on her applica-tion over the summer and has already finished her applica-tion for the district committee

ldquoBeing nominated for this scholarship is an assurance that sometimes even the radi-cals free-thinkers and weirdos have their dayrdquo Hicks said

As a former Rhodesrsquo scholar Tuggle can attest to how won-derful this opportunity actu-ally will be for the students if they win

ldquoAll in all my two years at Oxford were the most idyllic challenging fruitful and stimu-lating years of my entire liferdquo Tuggle said ldquoThe experience continues to affect everything I do both professionally and personallyrdquo

By Sarah RobinsonContributing Writer

On Sept 20 four greek organizations will host the Wings of Hope philanthropy event on Sigma Nursquos front lawn

The event which is hosted by Sigma Nu Delta Delta Delta Zeta Beta Tau and Alpha Delta Pi will be held from 330 to 630 pm Wings of Hope will include a live performance from Doctors and Lawyers a wing-eating contest and Red Bull Girls handing out free materials

Event sponsor Buffalo Philrsquos is donating 2000 wings which will be used in the wing-eating contest

Sponsors Red Bull Guy Harvey and American Fishing Tackle Co are donat-ing gear as prizes for contest winners

Guy Harvey T-shirts will be available for sale at the event Proceeds will go toward the Guy Harvey Ocean founda-tion

Julian Reed Hailey chair of Sigma Nu Philanthropy said having big name spon-sors and four greek organi-

zations hosting will bring in large crowd He encourages students to attend

ldquoI feel it is important for people to attend because all proceeds are going toward two great causesrdquo Hailey said ldquoIt will also be a great timerdquo

Jordan Ross vice presi-dent of the Zeta Beta Tau Psi chapter said the Wings for Hope event will be ldquomegardquo and will benefit the charities

ldquoWe will be able to donate a significant amount of money to these great causesrdquo Ross said

ldquo All in all my two years at Oxford were the most idyllic challeng-ing fruitful and stimulating years of my entire life The experi-ence continues to affect everything I do both professionally and

personally

mdash Brad Tuggle

Greek philanthropy event to help Ocean Foundation

Justice group hopes to unite campus on freedomSteve Moakler headlines Fridayrsquos benefi t concert for Alabama International Justice Mission

By Megan MillerContributing Writer

Artists Caleb Sigler and Charity Vance will per-form the opening acts to headliner Steve Moakler at Alabama International Justice Missionrsquos benefit concert this Friday

Alabama International Justice Mission is a faith-based organization that exists to serve IJM through raising awareness of traf-ficking and slavery and raising funds for their mis-sions

The concert will be held at Capstone Church on University Boulevard at 8 pm as part of its annual Fall Justice Week

ldquoWe are extremely com-mitted to integrity in our fundraisers as we under-stand that literally every dollar goes toward rescue and rehabilitation opera-tions for the oppressed worldwiderdquo Darby Hess the vice president of Alabama IJM said

Moakler created his own nonprofit organization in 2011 called Free the Birds which funds freedom and restoration for women and children who have been exploited by human sex trafficking

Free the Birds partners with Love146 an organiza-tion dedicated to after-care and restoration of those who have been involved in trafficking in order to pre-vent the victims from being cycled back into slavery

ldquoI emailed his agent Tim and then we met him at the concert where we found out Steve has his own ministry to benefit after care for traf-ficking victimsrdquo Josh Sigler president of Alabama IJM said ldquoIt was at that point we realized that it had to be him to playrdquo

Hess said Alabama IJM is still in awe of how perfectly Moakler fit as their per-former

ldquoWe are honored to have himrdquo Hess said ldquoNot only is he incredibly talented musically but he shares the same heart for justicerdquo

Other events for Justice Week include a daily bake sale in the Ferguson Center until Sept 21 from 11 am to 2 pm a screening of ldquoCall + Responserdquo in Lloyd Room 38

on Wednesday Sept 19 at 8 pm and a speech from IJM Peru Affiliate at the Kappa Alpha Theta house at 7 pm on Thursday Sept 20

ldquoWe feel all the events of Justice Week are equally as important as the concertrdquo Josh Sigler said ldquoThere are people coming from lit-erally all over the world to share their storiesrdquo

Hess said she sees the event as another opportuni-ty to celebrate her genera-tionrsquos involvement in reach-ing out to the oppressed

ldquoI look forward to seeing this concert unite students from all areas of campus for one cause freedomrdquo she said ldquoWe all value human life and at this point in his-tory there are 27 million enslaved Those two facts combined should compel us to actrdquo

Tickets for the concert are $10 and can be purchased at the door All proceeds col-lected from the concert go directly to the IJM head-quarters

ldquo I look forward to seeing this concert unite students from all areas of campus for one cause freedom

mdash Darby Hess

The amount of seats is allotted by dorm much like states are allotted seats to the US House of Representatives so the larger dorms hold more seats For example Tutwiler which has over 900 women in it will have nine seats while Lakeside East a much small-er dorm will only have one seat

ldquoAnother change made

this year is that FYC director Mackenzie Perpich will sit in on the interviews though she does not hold a deciding vote as to who gets the posi-tionrdquo Bryant said

The selection committee consists of two members of the executive board two from the senate two from judicial and one from stu-dent housing

Bryant said the chance to be interviewed is based on GPA dorm college major and the studentsrsquo answers to three general questions

ldquoI am very pleased with the SGA First Year Council

application and interview process thus farrdquo SGA President Matt Calderone said ldquoThe selection pro-cess includes input from the three branches of SGA The Residence Hall Association UA Student Affairs and for-mer SGA First Year Council members in order to identify the most excellent students from this yearrsquos freshmen classrdquo

The interviews are taking place this week Students going through the interview for seats will find out if they have been selected to serve on Sept 23 at 5 pm

ldquoAdrian always has had real good pass rush abilityrdquo Saban said ldquoHe knows what hersquos doing hersquos confident hersquos playing hard Hersquos really an effective player and hersquos done a pretty good job in every one of the games so farrdquo

Still Alabamarsquos pass rush has done more than simply terrorize opposing quar-terbacks Itrsquos also helped Alabamarsquos offensive line in its own pass blocking skills This was most evident in

the Western Kentucky and Arkansas games when it gave up six and zero sacks respectively

S o p h o m o r e Cy r u s Kouandjio said going up against his own defense in practice every week has helped the offensive line tremendously with its pass blocking

ldquoThey do thatrdquo Kouandjio said ldquoThey make us go one on ones in practice every day just so we donrsquot get too used to the scout team Theyrsquore goodrdquo

One of the things Kouandjio said made his defensersquos pass rush so potent was the dif-ferent playing styles of

players like Hubbard and Xzavier Dickson Between the two they have two sacks and 35 tackles for loss

H u b b a r d e c h o e d Kouandjiorsquos sentiments about his defensersquos versatility in the pass rush with six defensive players turning in at least one sack so far this season Still Hubbard said what makes his teammates truly great are not their differences but the thing they all have in common

ldquoOur mindsetrsquos the samerdquo Hubbard said ldquoWe get out there every play Hard work is what I pride my guys on Outside linebackers those are my guysrdquo

FOOTBALL FROM PAGE 1

Defense continues to make improvements

FYC FROM PAGE 1

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By Deanne WinslettStaff Reporter

Whether prepping for a per-formance or directing from behind the scenes senior musical theatre major Tommy Walker is up for the challenge Walker first discovered his interest in musical theatre in the fourth grade and began with shows in high school

ldquoI was like I have to do thisrdquo Walker said ldquoOnce I started there was really no turning back Itrsquos a great vehicle to har-ness the creativity you have building inside of yourdquo

Walker became very involved in his high school the-atre department and developed his skills as a performer there as well as in the local commu-nity theatre He was also intro-duced to directing during his junior year of high school His theatre teacher at the time left unexpectedly leaving Walker and a staff of performers with no director for their upcoming performance of ldquoThe Fall of the House of Usherrdquo Walkerrsquos classmates elected him to take

over the directing position and thus he made his directing debut

ldquoYou have to be the battery and you have to keep the gears movingrdquo Walker said ldquoYou have to build the characters and build the show ldquoItrsquos a very creative process Thatrsquos why I love directingrdquo

Walker said he never had any doubt that he wanted to con-tinue with musical theatre as a degree and so he auditioned for a spot within the majorrsquos pro-gram Ten candidates are cho-sen each year to be accepted

into the musical theatre major via an audition process which takes place at the beginning of the year

ldquoYou have to audition to be able to major in musical the-atrerdquo Walker said ldquoThey only accept about 10 to 12 a year You have to bring a monologue and you have to bring two songsrdquo

While prep-ping for his audition Walker o v e r h e a r d another hopeful singing one of the same songs that he had come prepared with himself He quickly switched the song with one of his back-ups that he had brought but he did not feel as prepared with the replacement song

ldquoOut of the two songs they picked which one they wanted you to come back and sing for real later in the audition pro-cessrdquo he said ldquoAnd which song did they pick The one I didnrsquot rehearse of courserdquo

Contrary to Walkerrsquos doubt in song choice the panel decid-ed to make Walker one of a few musical theatre majors He was accepted into the program and has since been working to build his resume

ldquoI can see Tommy on Broadway easily but as a teacher I would be thrilled to

study with himrdquo Sherri Ryan Sparkman High School theatre director said ldquoThis is a gifted young man and no matter what he decides to do with his life he will touch each person he

encounters in a positive won-derful wayrdquo

Ryan first met Walker when he was a stage technician for a production of ldquoNonsenserdquo when he was first starting out She later became the theatre director at his high school and was able to watch as Walker grew as a performer She said she has never seen

someone commit to a character the way that Walker does

ldquoFor such a tiny walk on he was so dedicated and funny from the beginningrdquo Ryan said ldquoHe went on to play Pseudolous in lsquoFunny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forumrsquo win in his category of singing and acting at the state Trumbauer Festival and look what he has now done at Alabamardquo

Walker ultimately wants to teach theatre and he has been collecting experience to help him toward that goal He has participated in a variety of the-atre programs including work-ing in theatre summer camps and participating in theatre education programs at schools Walker also held the position of president last year in Alpha Psi Omega the UA theatre honor society He still sits as a chair this year and helps produce APOrsquos Guerilla Theatre events

Guerrilla Theatre held once a month in the Allen Bales Theatre performs a total of 10 skits per show with each individual segment consisting of no more than ten minutes

Guerrilla Theatre has received positive feedback from the cam-pus community Walker said

ldquoItrsquos a very SNL-type thingrdquo Walker said ldquoYou can get up there and do almost anything for 10 minutesrdquo

In addition to APO involve-ment Walker currently teach-es theatre at the Tuscaloosa Magnet School balanced with preparing for his perfor-mance role in the upcoming UA Theatre Department pro-duction ldquoFoolsrdquo and doing the prep work for a play he will be directing next semester

Walker is currently finish-ing his senior year With the majority of his required cred-its out of the way he only has a handful of classes left before he graduates He plans to finish by taking part-time hours next semester and simultaneously traveling in search of post-graduation work

ldquoPeople like to think that there are starving actors and yes there are somerdquo he said ldquoBut if you put the work in and commit to it then yoursquoll get thererdquo

Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Thursday September 20 2012CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 8

CW | Caitlin TrotterTommy Walker

ldquoYou have to be the battery and you have to keep the gears moving You have to

build the characters and build the show

mdash Tommy Walker

In theatre program student stands out as director

By Tara MassoulehContributing Writer

Students interested in progressive issues will have the opportunity to meet and greet with other like-minded students as well as enjoy refreshments at the Progressive Potluck this Saturday Sept 22 from 7 to 930 pm hosted by the Mallet Assembly

The Progressive Potluck ndash or ldquoProgLuckrdquo as it is called by its founders ndash is an oppor-tunity for students who are interested in progressive causes to share in food and fellowship while discussing a myriad of issues such as LGBTQA rights environmen-tal policy alternative energy real food universal health-care and increased sensitiv-ity toward non-religious indi-viduals

Lin Wang a sophomore majoring in human rights law who serves as president of Alabama Atheists and Agnostics and a host for the event defined progressive issues as those that are ldquocon-cerned with a change for the betterrdquo

ldquoProgressive issues dif-ferentiate from other social issues through the ideas of reform and activism as well as a gradual approach toward opening minds and opportu-nitiesrdquo Wang said

Participation in previ-ous Progessive Potlucks has consisted of members from organizations such as College Democrats UA Environmental Council Alabama Atheists and Agnostics and Spectrum and Apwonjo Alabama but all students interested are wel-come to attend

This year Progessive Potluckrsquos hosts are making an effort to emphasize that the event is open to both greek and non-greek members of The University of Alabama community Wang said the Progessive Potluckrsquos audi-ence traditionally has not included many greeks but she said its hosts would ldquolike to open it up more because there are greeks who do have progressive ideals and we would like to tap into thatrdquo

The Progressive Potluck hopes to transcend bound-aries of race sex religious belief and party affiliation in order to unite a strong com-munity of young people moti-vated to take action for posi-tive change

The Progressive Potluck has expanded in its member-ship over the years with one of the keys to this growth being

Progressive Potluck brings together UA activist groups

its advertising through social media such as Facebook groups Sam Gerard a soph-omore majoring in political science and history serves as Membership Director of College Democrats and Liaison Officer for Alabama Atheists and Agnostics two of the major groups

sponsoring the eventGerard said the potluck

is attracting participants through joint efforts of many of the associated groups who have been making regular Facebook posts inviting more and more people to come

The event poses an oppor-tunity for students to meet

like-minded peers early in the year with whom they can collaborate on upcoming projects to improve social awareness in the UA commu-nity Through the Progressive Potluck students are able to engage in valuable network-ing learn more about other organizations and make meaningful friendships with students holding similar val-ues

ldquoWe hope to create a stron-ger progressive coalition and networking frame with the progressive potlucksrdquo Gerard said ldquoAnd of course to eat tasty vittlesrdquo

Mallet hosts opportunity for students from progressive groups to network learn about student organizations

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 20 2012 | Page 9

By Nathan Proctor

Mainstream sports games catch a lot of flak Theyrsquore often classified as money-grubbing over-serialized over-saturated yearly roster updates for ldquobrordquo gamers Now the trendy busi-ness model pushing out a game per league per year is flawed however thatrsquos a spiel for anoth-er column What I argue is that the Maddens and FIFAs of the world arenrsquot all that distant from the serious hardcore gam-ing world In fact they may be closer than you realize

The genre itself is first defined by the world of sport Sports are reliant upon careful-ly crafted and often highly com-plex plans then to be executed and react fluidly to the strategic intentions of others Simply put itrsquos about more than just speed and muscle (therersquos a reason Nick Saban makes $562 million a year) With all that in mind it seems a simple transition into the world of strategy And some do play the main suite of sports games in that manner not to mention the scores of sports simulation products found in PC gaming

Though accessibility can often be misinterpreted as a threat to a very protective and possessive gamer culture the fact that a game of NCAA Football can reward a well-timed succession of jukes or button taps and a precise game plan or extensive recruiting plan in a similar endorphin-pumping fashion effectively reflects the strengths of the sports them-selves and is an impressive bit of design The twitch-based tendencies demanded in these games are often not horrible ways of emulating an athletersquos required reaction time and have long been key in action-oriented games

However what keeps a mix of current sports games on my

shelf are their innate role-play-ing tendencies Escapism drives the success of gaming and com-petitive sports alike And what better way to push this further than to place you in the very shoes of a professional athlete in a fully realized simulation of the sport Be it bringing up a young goaltender playing from the small-time Ontario Hockey League into a high pressure NHL game 7 in his hometown earning Plymouth Argyle an importable promotion into the English Premier League or sim-ply creating your own Iron Bowl legacy these systems facilitate and do their best to inspire the same storytelling that have long given crosstown rivalries real meaning and made southern football more than just a game

Dedicated gamers and sports nuts arenrsquot all that far apart or necessarily mutually exclusive Some play games for the adren-aline rush and action where others may be more enthused with the underlying num-bers no different than sports fanatics Living a space opera through Commander Sheppard isnrsquot that distant from following your crafty six-foot point guard from the NBA D-League into the hall of fame And truly dress-ing in the gear of your favorite athlete is no less ldquonerdyrdquo than cosplaying as your favorite Final Fantasy or anime character just perhaps a bit less Japanese

For some sports will never truly interest them and itrsquos likely sports games never will either That is fair and anyone with a gripe regarding the EA Sports monolith likely has a point However the sporting cul-ture and corresponding games have earned their place along-side products more specifically targeting gamers Their flex-ibility and aptitude for captur-ing their sports is uncanny In short sports games deserve your respect

COLUMN | GAMING

Sports games provide escape realistic graphics

By Courtney StinsonStaff Reporter

As part of Crossroads Community Centerrsquos yearlong ldquoUA is Culturerdquo initiative The University of Alabama will be celebrating different cultures each month starting with observing Hispanic Heritage Month until Oct 15

Crossroads director Beverly Hawk said Hispanic Heritage Month offers students more than simply a look at another culture It will also provide students with Latino perspec-tives on American culture and how preconceived notions of other cultures are changed through experience

ldquoWe all have a lot of assump-tions about each other before we meet one another and when we meet one another we come away with different experiencesrdquo Hawk said

One of the goals of Hispanic Heritage Month is to expose students to new cultures so they can learn to engage with people of other cultures in an increasingly globalized world

ldquoThatrsquos how [the University gets] to be the big interna-tional University that we arerdquo Hawk said ldquoOur students can interact with people all over the world so that they are pre-pared for their global futures for their whole lives Thatrsquos what college life is forrdquo

For students who come from different cultures the salute to international culture is an effort to make them feel that their culture is appreciated and contributes to the makeup of UArsquos culture as a whole

ldquoObserving [Hispanic Heritage Month] declares that the culture is a part of the school people from that culture feel connected [to UA culture] and that they feel their culture is honored and respectedrdquo Hawk said

Haley Flanagan a junior majoring in public relations and minoring in Spanish stud-ied in Spain during the spring Hispanic Heritage Month is

UA celebrates Hispanic culturea chance for her to share her experiences with Spanish cul-ture with other students

ldquoI really want to promote dif-ferent cultures because I had such a great time [in Spain]rdquo Flanagan said ldquoI want to show other people that experi-encerdquo

In conjunction with Hispanic Heritage Month Crossroads is partnering with other campus organizations to promote Latino culture through film screenings panel discus-sions and other events

Discussion topics for Hispanic Heritage Month will include ldquoIntersections of Queer and Hispanic Identitiesrdquo ldquoThe Effects of HB 56 on Women and Families One Year Laterrdquo

and ldquoReflections on Culture Health Care and Spirituality in Inquitos Perurdquo

Crossroads graduate assis-tant Juan Pablo Black Romero came to the University from

Ecuador and said these types of discussions will give stu-dents a better grasp of the issues facing the Latino com-munity particu-larly issues like immigration

S t u d e n t s will also be able to engage

with Latino culture through the lenses of documentary films The Womenrsquos Resource Center College of Education and Department of American Studies will screen ldquoPrecious Knowledgerdquo a documen-tary about the elimination of

ethnic studies programs in Tuscon Ariz and the fight to keep these programs alive There will also be a screening of ldquoRomanticordquo a documenta-ry about a Mexican musician who returns home after years of playing in San Francisco only to find that to support his family he must return to the United States

The Womenrsquos Resource Centerrsquos monthly Everywoman Book Club will also have a Latino focus There will be lunch and a conversation with author Lila Quintero Weaver about her book ldquoDarkroom A Memoir in Black and Whiterdquo which is about her upbringing in a racially seg-regated Alabama after her immigration to America from Argentina

For more information on Hispanic Heritage Month and a schedule of events visit crossroadsuaedu

ldquoOur students can interact with people all over the world so that they are

prepared for their global futures for their whole

lives Thatrsquos what college life is for

mdash Beverly Hawk

Page 10 | Thursday September 20 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

By Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

After an impressive showing at the Duke Fab Four Invite the Alabama womenrsquos tennis team is looking for another strong showing at the Furman Fall Classic this weekend

Despite being early in the fall season womenrsquos tennis head coach Jenny Mainz said she was impressed overall with her teamrsquos performance in its first live match setting The Tide accounted for 14 victories at the Duke Fab Four Invite

ldquoThe tournament was a great starting pointrdquo she said ldquoIt was a good first tournament with steep competition Saw a lot of good things and a lot of things we have to go back to the drawing board with but the main things are matchesrdquo

The Tide rel ied

heavily on its leader and num-ber one slot player junior Mary Anne Macfarlane Mainz said Macfarlane proved why she is a natural leader by winning and com-peting in both her singles and dou-bles play matches

ldquoThe thing is with Mary Anne is that she is very consistentrdquo Mainz said ldquoThe way she conducts herself com-petes and trains Her standards are very high and are very high with her teammates For her to be out there on the court push-ing everyone not only makes her better but everyone around her betterrdquo

While Macfarlane has emerged as the Tidersquos team leader this season Mainz said sophomore Emily Zabor

has impressed her early and could be in line for a breakout season

ldquoI think Emily Zabor will be one of the most improved play-ers that ever goes through this pro-gramrdquo she said ldquoShe definitely has leadership capabilities and is even keel both on and off the court

I will definitely be counting on Zabor for big things including this yearrdquo

The Tide is sending five players to the Furman Fall Classic at Furman University in Greenville SC Macfarlane sophomores Yasmeen Ebada and Emily Zabor and fresh-men Maya Jansen and Natalia Maynetto will be facing SEC opponents Vanderbilt South

Carolina and Tennessee along with non-conference opponents North Carolina Florida State Clemson and tournament host Furman

ldquoWersquore going to get kind of a preview of a lot of the con-ference schoolsrdquo Mainz said ldquoItrsquos going to be a real evenly matched tournamentrdquo

Mainz said the teamrsquos man-tra is to get better every day and that she is more focused on how the team executes rather than specifically looking for wins

ldquoI keep emphasizing that the outcome will take care of itselfrdquo she said ldquoWersquove just got to keep doing the right things to get better especially in the fallrdquo

Alabama looks to improve at Furman Fall Classic

CW FileAlabama womenrsquos tennis team looks to continue its success at the Furman Fall Classic

By David MarshburnContributing Writer

Although the champion-ship might not commence for another eight months The University of Alabama menrsquos golf team will get its first real test of the season when it travels to Atlanta Ga to com-pete in the PINGGolfweek Preview Five players will tee off Sunday Sept 23 complet-ing their final round Tuesday Sept 25

Capital City Clubrsquos Crabapple Golf Course hosts the weekend tournament as well as the 2013 NCAA cham-pionship and will provide the Crimson Tide with a taste of what its stiffest competition has to offer The tournament field features several teams that pose a serious challenge to the Tidersquos title hopes this year

Ranked No 1 in the latest Golf Coaches Association of America poll Alabama will square off against the nationrsquos best teams Texas California UCLA and Washington round

out the pollrsquos top five teams Other notable opponents include SEC heavyweights Arkansas Georgia and Texas AampM

ldquoOur coach does a great job planning our schedulerdquo said junior Bobby Wyatt Alabamarsquos top individual performer in its last tournament ldquoOur team always plays the best competi-tion around and wersquore looking forward to this tournamentrdquo

The Crimson Tide fin-ished third in its first match of the season at the Carpet Collegiate Classic topped only by Georgia and defend-ing national champion The University of Texas

ldquoWe looked like we were running in mudrdquo Alabama head coach Jay Seawell said ldquoItrsquos a new team and a new year and we just need to con-tinue to find our identityrdquo

Although the Tide enters the season as a top-ranked team the players realize they have room for improvement Because golf can be a frus-trating game the team mem-bers say they need to work

on patience as well as mental toughness

One of many strengths Seawellrsquos players possess is their ability to crank far drives from the tee box When play-ing on a course with long fairways and tall roughs due to recent rains such a skill should prove advantageous for Alabama

ldquoWe have three solid play-ers and possible first-team All Americans who play well every timerdquo Seawell said ldquoAll of them need to be sharp and a fourth guy will need to step up Wersquore still not sure who that isrdquo

With a lengthy season still remaining a win for the Tide this weekend would make a resounding statement to the rest of the nation Wyatt said a victory will build some much needed momentum that could carry his team through the fall and into the spring

ldquoWe just want to keep get-ting betterrdquo Wyatt said ldquoIf we improve week by week then wersquoll be right where we want to be by the championshiprdquo

The Tide comes out swinging

ldquoItrsquos going to be a real evenly matched

tournament

mdash Jenny Mainz

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Tide to battle UGA BulldogsBy Mary Grace ShowfetyStaff Reporter

Alabamarsquos volleyball team is eager to get back on the court after a recent loss to Tennessee dropped the Tide to No 2 in the SEC Western Division

ldquoAfter every game we try to focus on what we can do better and right now wersquore just getting prepared for Georgiardquo fresh-man Kryssi Daniels said ldquoWersquore letting go of the Tennessee game because today is a new dayrdquo

Daniels leads the SEC in aces with 29 this year ranking her No 5 in the nation Georgia remains unbeaten (4-0) at home but the outside hitter said the Crimson Tide is confident about going on the road

Last season the Tide was vic-torious in both meetings with the Bulldogs dropping one set Head coach Ed Allen said this

year the two teams are very much alike in a few areas

ldquoIt will be a challenging week-end because both teams we play are very similar to us and with a similar talent levelrdquo Allen said ldquoWith both realizing the impor-tance of winning those matches against teams that are compa-rable in ability we really expect that itrsquos going to be a tough weekendrdquo

Alabama (12-2 1-1 SEC) and Georgia (7-4 1-1 SEC) are young teams both in the process of rebuilding Like the Tide the Bulldogs did not have the season they hoped for last year finish-ing 11-19 with a 7-13 SEC record

Setter Sierra Wilson said though the Tide does not intend to make any serious changes there are different things to con-sider when playing on the road

ldquoA lot of away travel is based on getting your mind right and getting to a place where you can

create your own energyrdquo Wilson said ldquoSo I think right now wersquore more focused on mental tough-ness and sustaining energyrdquo

Wilson was named SEC Volleyball Freshman of the Week Monday as she continues to lead the conference with 1142 assists per set this season

Allen said the Tide has devel-oped a great deal of consistency ndash something the team has made a priority this season ndash but there is still progress to be made

ldquoWersquore looking to get better defensively at the netrdquo Allen said ldquoI think wersquore growing as far as the game is concerned in understanding whatrsquos happen-ing and now but our ability to execute after we find ourselves in the right place is going to be the next focal pointrdquo

After a weekend away the Tide will return to Foster Auditorium Friday Sept 28 to take on Ole Miss

By Caroline GazzaraContributing Writer

The Alabama soccer team is preparing for a challenging home game Friday against the Georgia Bulldogs after two disappointing results against Tennessee and LSU on the road Though a loss against Tennessee and double overtime tie against LSU still lin-ger in its mind the Tide is not focusing on the past but instead on the upcoming match

ldquoEvery weekend is different obviously with just the different opponents and each team plays differentlyrdquo defender Ashley Willis said ldquoWe have to forget the last weekend and know that there is a lot of season left and just keep plugging away and keep staying positiverdquo

Alabamarsquos 5-1-1 record

including its 0-1-1 start to confer-ence play has the Tide ranked fourth in the SEC West The slight setbacks at both away games have rattled the team a bit but confi-dence and composure are still the number-one focus for the Tide

ldquoWe need to score goals obvi-ously but we need to find a way to get a second goalrdquo head coach Todd Bramble said ldquoWe only scored one goal in each of those games and we came out of it with a loss and a tie The lesson that we learned from this weekend is that scoring one goal against a good SEC team isnrsquot going to be good enoughrdquo

With that in mind Alabamarsquos forward Pia Rijsdijk believes com-posure is key to success The game might get hectic but staying posi-tive and under control are the best way to score and win the game

ldquoI am always trying to be composed and trying to be con-fident when wersquore under pres-surerdquo Rijsdijk said ldquo[I want] to have that calm and show that to my teammatesrdquo

Although its shot percentage has drastically decreased since its season-high of 308 percent against UAB to 037 percent against LSU Alabama has been devoted to working on scoring and increas-ing that percentage

ldquoWe definitely fought hard as a team on Sunday but unfortu-nately we ended up with a tierdquo Rijsdijk said ldquoThose little details wersquove been working on this week will definitely show this weekend and then wersquoll hopefully get a win out of thatrdquo

The home game against Georgia should bring the confidence boost Alabama needs to win The Tide

will have the support of its fans and home-field advantage that it hopes will pull it through

ldquoAlthough we leave this past weekend displeased with the results that we got wersquore not com-pletely unhappy with our perfor-mancerdquo Bramble said ldquoWe canrsquot let that affect our confidence when we continue to come out and per-form the same way we have Being at home will help make that differ-ence for us in getting a win this weekendrdquo

WOMENrsquoS VOLLEYBALL

SOCCER

Composure confi dence lsquostill the number-one focusrsquo

IF YOU GObull What UA vs UGA

bull When 7 pm Friday Sept 21

bull Where Alabama soccer complex

CW | Jingyu WanAlabamarsquos soccer team looks to get its fi rst conference win against Georgia on Friday

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 20 2012 | Page 7

UA selects 7 students to advance toward RhodesBy the end of the process 2 winners will be chosen from each district for a total of 32 national scholarsBy Madison RobertsContributing Writer

Seven University of Alabama students have been endorsed to move forward to the next round of the nation-ally competitive American Rhodes Scholarships pro-gram

The Rhodes Scholarship is a prestigious fellowship award-ed to 32 students from over 300 American universities every year The winners receive full financial support to pursue a degree at Oxford University in the United Kingdom

ldquoThe Rhodes Scholarship is a huge honor because of the few spots available and the fierce competition for [it]rdquo said Brad Tuggle a former Rhodes Scholar and current campus representative for the scholarship ldquoThe Rhodes Scholarships are considered ndash both within the academy and within popular culture ndash the highest academic honor a US college student can earnrdquo

Cecil J Rhodes founded the scholarship in 1904 According to Rhodesrsquos will there are four official criteria to be eligible for the scholarship including ldquoliterary and scholastic attain-ments energy to use onersquos tal-ents to the full as exemplified by fondness for and success in sports truth courage devo-tion to duty sympathy for and protection of the weak kind-liness unselfishness and fel-lowship moral force of char-acter and instincts to lead and to take an interest in onersquos fellow beingsrdquo

ldquoBeyond these official cri-teria there are some unoffi-cial ones that we use on cam-pus to gauge a candidatersquos

possibility of successrdquo Tuggle said ldquoThese include a near-perfect GPA extensive schol-arly activity the ability to hold high-level intellectual conversations in an interview setting a record of focused extracurricular activities and five to eight professors willing to write extraordinary letters of recommendationrdquo

John Burke who is involved in interviewing the candi-dates for the scholarship said although anyone can be nomi-nated not everyone will make it through the process

ldquoAnybody can name any-body but I can assure that nobody is going to go forward in this process unless they are at the top of the heaprdquo Burke said

The nomineesrsquo applica-tion due Sept 1 included a personal statement resume transcript and five to eight let-ters of recommendation After submitting the application the students engaged in a person-al consultation and on-campus interview with the Committee of Prestige Scholarships and Awards who then chose students to represent the University at the district level

However students who receive endorsement can decide whether to represent The University of Alabama or their home state If the students choose University representation they will be

competing against other students in their district from Alabama Florida and Tennessee

Candidates must submit their application to compete at the district level by Oct 3 After close review of the appli-cations the district commit-tees will invite approximately 15 students for district inter-views in November

Two winners are chosen from each district to make up the 32 national Rhodes Scholars

Senior Hannah Hicks majoring in philosophy and religious studies was recent-ly endorsed to move forward in the scholarship process She worked on her applica-tion over the summer and has already finished her applica-tion for the district committee

ldquoBeing nominated for this scholarship is an assurance that sometimes even the radi-cals free-thinkers and weirdos have their dayrdquo Hicks said

As a former Rhodesrsquo scholar Tuggle can attest to how won-derful this opportunity actu-ally will be for the students if they win

ldquoAll in all my two years at Oxford were the most idyllic challenging fruitful and stimu-lating years of my entire liferdquo Tuggle said ldquoThe experience continues to affect everything I do both professionally and personallyrdquo

By Sarah RobinsonContributing Writer

On Sept 20 four greek organizations will host the Wings of Hope philanthropy event on Sigma Nursquos front lawn

The event which is hosted by Sigma Nu Delta Delta Delta Zeta Beta Tau and Alpha Delta Pi will be held from 330 to 630 pm Wings of Hope will include a live performance from Doctors and Lawyers a wing-eating contest and Red Bull Girls handing out free materials

Event sponsor Buffalo Philrsquos is donating 2000 wings which will be used in the wing-eating contest

Sponsors Red Bull Guy Harvey and American Fishing Tackle Co are donat-ing gear as prizes for contest winners

Guy Harvey T-shirts will be available for sale at the event Proceeds will go toward the Guy Harvey Ocean founda-tion

Julian Reed Hailey chair of Sigma Nu Philanthropy said having big name spon-sors and four greek organi-

zations hosting will bring in large crowd He encourages students to attend

ldquoI feel it is important for people to attend because all proceeds are going toward two great causesrdquo Hailey said ldquoIt will also be a great timerdquo

Jordan Ross vice presi-dent of the Zeta Beta Tau Psi chapter said the Wings for Hope event will be ldquomegardquo and will benefit the charities

ldquoWe will be able to donate a significant amount of money to these great causesrdquo Ross said

ldquo All in all my two years at Oxford were the most idyllic challeng-ing fruitful and stimulating years of my entire life The experi-ence continues to affect everything I do both professionally and

personally

mdash Brad Tuggle

Greek philanthropy event to help Ocean Foundation

Justice group hopes to unite campus on freedomSteve Moakler headlines Fridayrsquos benefi t concert for Alabama International Justice Mission

By Megan MillerContributing Writer

Artists Caleb Sigler and Charity Vance will per-form the opening acts to headliner Steve Moakler at Alabama International Justice Missionrsquos benefit concert this Friday

Alabama International Justice Mission is a faith-based organization that exists to serve IJM through raising awareness of traf-ficking and slavery and raising funds for their mis-sions

The concert will be held at Capstone Church on University Boulevard at 8 pm as part of its annual Fall Justice Week

ldquoWe are extremely com-mitted to integrity in our fundraisers as we under-stand that literally every dollar goes toward rescue and rehabilitation opera-tions for the oppressed worldwiderdquo Darby Hess the vice president of Alabama IJM said

Moakler created his own nonprofit organization in 2011 called Free the Birds which funds freedom and restoration for women and children who have been exploited by human sex trafficking

Free the Birds partners with Love146 an organiza-tion dedicated to after-care and restoration of those who have been involved in trafficking in order to pre-vent the victims from being cycled back into slavery

ldquoI emailed his agent Tim and then we met him at the concert where we found out Steve has his own ministry to benefit after care for traf-ficking victimsrdquo Josh Sigler president of Alabama IJM said ldquoIt was at that point we realized that it had to be him to playrdquo

Hess said Alabama IJM is still in awe of how perfectly Moakler fit as their per-former

ldquoWe are honored to have himrdquo Hess said ldquoNot only is he incredibly talented musically but he shares the same heart for justicerdquo

Other events for Justice Week include a daily bake sale in the Ferguson Center until Sept 21 from 11 am to 2 pm a screening of ldquoCall + Responserdquo in Lloyd Room 38

on Wednesday Sept 19 at 8 pm and a speech from IJM Peru Affiliate at the Kappa Alpha Theta house at 7 pm on Thursday Sept 20

ldquoWe feel all the events of Justice Week are equally as important as the concertrdquo Josh Sigler said ldquoThere are people coming from lit-erally all over the world to share their storiesrdquo

Hess said she sees the event as another opportuni-ty to celebrate her genera-tionrsquos involvement in reach-ing out to the oppressed

ldquoI look forward to seeing this concert unite students from all areas of campus for one cause freedomrdquo she said ldquoWe all value human life and at this point in his-tory there are 27 million enslaved Those two facts combined should compel us to actrdquo

Tickets for the concert are $10 and can be purchased at the door All proceeds col-lected from the concert go directly to the IJM head-quarters

ldquo I look forward to seeing this concert unite students from all areas of campus for one cause freedom

mdash Darby Hess

The amount of seats is allotted by dorm much like states are allotted seats to the US House of Representatives so the larger dorms hold more seats For example Tutwiler which has over 900 women in it will have nine seats while Lakeside East a much small-er dorm will only have one seat

ldquoAnother change made

this year is that FYC director Mackenzie Perpich will sit in on the interviews though she does not hold a deciding vote as to who gets the posi-tionrdquo Bryant said

The selection committee consists of two members of the executive board two from the senate two from judicial and one from stu-dent housing

Bryant said the chance to be interviewed is based on GPA dorm college major and the studentsrsquo answers to three general questions

ldquoI am very pleased with the SGA First Year Council

application and interview process thus farrdquo SGA President Matt Calderone said ldquoThe selection pro-cess includes input from the three branches of SGA The Residence Hall Association UA Student Affairs and for-mer SGA First Year Council members in order to identify the most excellent students from this yearrsquos freshmen classrdquo

The interviews are taking place this week Students going through the interview for seats will find out if they have been selected to serve on Sept 23 at 5 pm

ldquoAdrian always has had real good pass rush abilityrdquo Saban said ldquoHe knows what hersquos doing hersquos confident hersquos playing hard Hersquos really an effective player and hersquos done a pretty good job in every one of the games so farrdquo

Still Alabamarsquos pass rush has done more than simply terrorize opposing quar-terbacks Itrsquos also helped Alabamarsquos offensive line in its own pass blocking skills This was most evident in

the Western Kentucky and Arkansas games when it gave up six and zero sacks respectively

S o p h o m o r e Cy r u s Kouandjio said going up against his own defense in practice every week has helped the offensive line tremendously with its pass blocking

ldquoThey do thatrdquo Kouandjio said ldquoThey make us go one on ones in practice every day just so we donrsquot get too used to the scout team Theyrsquore goodrdquo

One of the things Kouandjio said made his defensersquos pass rush so potent was the dif-ferent playing styles of

players like Hubbard and Xzavier Dickson Between the two they have two sacks and 35 tackles for loss

H u b b a r d e c h o e d Kouandjiorsquos sentiments about his defensersquos versatility in the pass rush with six defensive players turning in at least one sack so far this season Still Hubbard said what makes his teammates truly great are not their differences but the thing they all have in common

ldquoOur mindsetrsquos the samerdquo Hubbard said ldquoWe get out there every play Hard work is what I pride my guys on Outside linebackers those are my guysrdquo

FOOTBALL FROM PAGE 1

Defense continues to make improvements

FYC FROM PAGE 1

SGA makes changes to FYC applications

Sigma Nu Tri-Delt ZBT ADPi host wing contest

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By Deanne WinslettStaff Reporter

Whether prepping for a per-formance or directing from behind the scenes senior musical theatre major Tommy Walker is up for the challenge Walker first discovered his interest in musical theatre in the fourth grade and began with shows in high school

ldquoI was like I have to do thisrdquo Walker said ldquoOnce I started there was really no turning back Itrsquos a great vehicle to har-ness the creativity you have building inside of yourdquo

Walker became very involved in his high school the-atre department and developed his skills as a performer there as well as in the local commu-nity theatre He was also intro-duced to directing during his junior year of high school His theatre teacher at the time left unexpectedly leaving Walker and a staff of performers with no director for their upcoming performance of ldquoThe Fall of the House of Usherrdquo Walkerrsquos classmates elected him to take

over the directing position and thus he made his directing debut

ldquoYou have to be the battery and you have to keep the gears movingrdquo Walker said ldquoYou have to build the characters and build the show ldquoItrsquos a very creative process Thatrsquos why I love directingrdquo

Walker said he never had any doubt that he wanted to con-tinue with musical theatre as a degree and so he auditioned for a spot within the majorrsquos pro-gram Ten candidates are cho-sen each year to be accepted

into the musical theatre major via an audition process which takes place at the beginning of the year

ldquoYou have to audition to be able to major in musical the-atrerdquo Walker said ldquoThey only accept about 10 to 12 a year You have to bring a monologue and you have to bring two songsrdquo

While prep-ping for his audition Walker o v e r h e a r d another hopeful singing one of the same songs that he had come prepared with himself He quickly switched the song with one of his back-ups that he had brought but he did not feel as prepared with the replacement song

ldquoOut of the two songs they picked which one they wanted you to come back and sing for real later in the audition pro-cessrdquo he said ldquoAnd which song did they pick The one I didnrsquot rehearse of courserdquo

Contrary to Walkerrsquos doubt in song choice the panel decid-ed to make Walker one of a few musical theatre majors He was accepted into the program and has since been working to build his resume

ldquoI can see Tommy on Broadway easily but as a teacher I would be thrilled to

study with himrdquo Sherri Ryan Sparkman High School theatre director said ldquoThis is a gifted young man and no matter what he decides to do with his life he will touch each person he

encounters in a positive won-derful wayrdquo

Ryan first met Walker when he was a stage technician for a production of ldquoNonsenserdquo when he was first starting out She later became the theatre director at his high school and was able to watch as Walker grew as a performer She said she has never seen

someone commit to a character the way that Walker does

ldquoFor such a tiny walk on he was so dedicated and funny from the beginningrdquo Ryan said ldquoHe went on to play Pseudolous in lsquoFunny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forumrsquo win in his category of singing and acting at the state Trumbauer Festival and look what he has now done at Alabamardquo

Walker ultimately wants to teach theatre and he has been collecting experience to help him toward that goal He has participated in a variety of the-atre programs including work-ing in theatre summer camps and participating in theatre education programs at schools Walker also held the position of president last year in Alpha Psi Omega the UA theatre honor society He still sits as a chair this year and helps produce APOrsquos Guerilla Theatre events

Guerrilla Theatre held once a month in the Allen Bales Theatre performs a total of 10 skits per show with each individual segment consisting of no more than ten minutes

Guerrilla Theatre has received positive feedback from the cam-pus community Walker said

ldquoItrsquos a very SNL-type thingrdquo Walker said ldquoYou can get up there and do almost anything for 10 minutesrdquo

In addition to APO involve-ment Walker currently teach-es theatre at the Tuscaloosa Magnet School balanced with preparing for his perfor-mance role in the upcoming UA Theatre Department pro-duction ldquoFoolsrdquo and doing the prep work for a play he will be directing next semester

Walker is currently finish-ing his senior year With the majority of his required cred-its out of the way he only has a handful of classes left before he graduates He plans to finish by taking part-time hours next semester and simultaneously traveling in search of post-graduation work

ldquoPeople like to think that there are starving actors and yes there are somerdquo he said ldquoBut if you put the work in and commit to it then yoursquoll get thererdquo

Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Thursday September 20 2012CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 8

CW | Caitlin TrotterTommy Walker

ldquoYou have to be the battery and you have to keep the gears moving You have to

build the characters and build the show

mdash Tommy Walker

In theatre program student stands out as director

By Tara MassoulehContributing Writer

Students interested in progressive issues will have the opportunity to meet and greet with other like-minded students as well as enjoy refreshments at the Progressive Potluck this Saturday Sept 22 from 7 to 930 pm hosted by the Mallet Assembly

The Progressive Potluck ndash or ldquoProgLuckrdquo as it is called by its founders ndash is an oppor-tunity for students who are interested in progressive causes to share in food and fellowship while discussing a myriad of issues such as LGBTQA rights environmen-tal policy alternative energy real food universal health-care and increased sensitiv-ity toward non-religious indi-viduals

Lin Wang a sophomore majoring in human rights law who serves as president of Alabama Atheists and Agnostics and a host for the event defined progressive issues as those that are ldquocon-cerned with a change for the betterrdquo

ldquoProgressive issues dif-ferentiate from other social issues through the ideas of reform and activism as well as a gradual approach toward opening minds and opportu-nitiesrdquo Wang said

Participation in previ-ous Progessive Potlucks has consisted of members from organizations such as College Democrats UA Environmental Council Alabama Atheists and Agnostics and Spectrum and Apwonjo Alabama but all students interested are wel-come to attend

This year Progessive Potluckrsquos hosts are making an effort to emphasize that the event is open to both greek and non-greek members of The University of Alabama community Wang said the Progessive Potluckrsquos audi-ence traditionally has not included many greeks but she said its hosts would ldquolike to open it up more because there are greeks who do have progressive ideals and we would like to tap into thatrdquo

The Progressive Potluck hopes to transcend bound-aries of race sex religious belief and party affiliation in order to unite a strong com-munity of young people moti-vated to take action for posi-tive change

The Progressive Potluck has expanded in its member-ship over the years with one of the keys to this growth being

Progressive Potluck brings together UA activist groups

its advertising through social media such as Facebook groups Sam Gerard a soph-omore majoring in political science and history serves as Membership Director of College Democrats and Liaison Officer for Alabama Atheists and Agnostics two of the major groups

sponsoring the eventGerard said the potluck

is attracting participants through joint efforts of many of the associated groups who have been making regular Facebook posts inviting more and more people to come

The event poses an oppor-tunity for students to meet

like-minded peers early in the year with whom they can collaborate on upcoming projects to improve social awareness in the UA commu-nity Through the Progressive Potluck students are able to engage in valuable network-ing learn more about other organizations and make meaningful friendships with students holding similar val-ues

ldquoWe hope to create a stron-ger progressive coalition and networking frame with the progressive potlucksrdquo Gerard said ldquoAnd of course to eat tasty vittlesrdquo

Mallet hosts opportunity for students from progressive groups to network learn about student organizations

CW | Austin BigoneyMallet members and friends congregate outside Palmer Hall Wednesday

IF YOU GObull What Progressive

Potluck

bull When 7 to 930 pm Saturday Sept 22

bull Where Palmer Hall (home of the Mallet Assembly)

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 20 2012 | Page 9

By Nathan Proctor

Mainstream sports games catch a lot of flak Theyrsquore often classified as money-grubbing over-serialized over-saturated yearly roster updates for ldquobrordquo gamers Now the trendy busi-ness model pushing out a game per league per year is flawed however thatrsquos a spiel for anoth-er column What I argue is that the Maddens and FIFAs of the world arenrsquot all that distant from the serious hardcore gam-ing world In fact they may be closer than you realize

The genre itself is first defined by the world of sport Sports are reliant upon careful-ly crafted and often highly com-plex plans then to be executed and react fluidly to the strategic intentions of others Simply put itrsquos about more than just speed and muscle (therersquos a reason Nick Saban makes $562 million a year) With all that in mind it seems a simple transition into the world of strategy And some do play the main suite of sports games in that manner not to mention the scores of sports simulation products found in PC gaming

Though accessibility can often be misinterpreted as a threat to a very protective and possessive gamer culture the fact that a game of NCAA Football can reward a well-timed succession of jukes or button taps and a precise game plan or extensive recruiting plan in a similar endorphin-pumping fashion effectively reflects the strengths of the sports them-selves and is an impressive bit of design The twitch-based tendencies demanded in these games are often not horrible ways of emulating an athletersquos required reaction time and have long been key in action-oriented games

However what keeps a mix of current sports games on my

shelf are their innate role-play-ing tendencies Escapism drives the success of gaming and com-petitive sports alike And what better way to push this further than to place you in the very shoes of a professional athlete in a fully realized simulation of the sport Be it bringing up a young goaltender playing from the small-time Ontario Hockey League into a high pressure NHL game 7 in his hometown earning Plymouth Argyle an importable promotion into the English Premier League or sim-ply creating your own Iron Bowl legacy these systems facilitate and do their best to inspire the same storytelling that have long given crosstown rivalries real meaning and made southern football more than just a game

Dedicated gamers and sports nuts arenrsquot all that far apart or necessarily mutually exclusive Some play games for the adren-aline rush and action where others may be more enthused with the underlying num-bers no different than sports fanatics Living a space opera through Commander Sheppard isnrsquot that distant from following your crafty six-foot point guard from the NBA D-League into the hall of fame And truly dress-ing in the gear of your favorite athlete is no less ldquonerdyrdquo than cosplaying as your favorite Final Fantasy or anime character just perhaps a bit less Japanese

For some sports will never truly interest them and itrsquos likely sports games never will either That is fair and anyone with a gripe regarding the EA Sports monolith likely has a point However the sporting cul-ture and corresponding games have earned their place along-side products more specifically targeting gamers Their flex-ibility and aptitude for captur-ing their sports is uncanny In short sports games deserve your respect

COLUMN | GAMING

Sports games provide escape realistic graphics

By Courtney StinsonStaff Reporter

As part of Crossroads Community Centerrsquos yearlong ldquoUA is Culturerdquo initiative The University of Alabama will be celebrating different cultures each month starting with observing Hispanic Heritage Month until Oct 15

Crossroads director Beverly Hawk said Hispanic Heritage Month offers students more than simply a look at another culture It will also provide students with Latino perspec-tives on American culture and how preconceived notions of other cultures are changed through experience

ldquoWe all have a lot of assump-tions about each other before we meet one another and when we meet one another we come away with different experiencesrdquo Hawk said

One of the goals of Hispanic Heritage Month is to expose students to new cultures so they can learn to engage with people of other cultures in an increasingly globalized world

ldquoThatrsquos how [the University gets] to be the big interna-tional University that we arerdquo Hawk said ldquoOur students can interact with people all over the world so that they are pre-pared for their global futures for their whole lives Thatrsquos what college life is forrdquo

For students who come from different cultures the salute to international culture is an effort to make them feel that their culture is appreciated and contributes to the makeup of UArsquos culture as a whole

ldquoObserving [Hispanic Heritage Month] declares that the culture is a part of the school people from that culture feel connected [to UA culture] and that they feel their culture is honored and respectedrdquo Hawk said

Haley Flanagan a junior majoring in public relations and minoring in Spanish stud-ied in Spain during the spring Hispanic Heritage Month is

UA celebrates Hispanic culturea chance for her to share her experiences with Spanish cul-ture with other students

ldquoI really want to promote dif-ferent cultures because I had such a great time [in Spain]rdquo Flanagan said ldquoI want to show other people that experi-encerdquo

In conjunction with Hispanic Heritage Month Crossroads is partnering with other campus organizations to promote Latino culture through film screenings panel discus-sions and other events

Discussion topics for Hispanic Heritage Month will include ldquoIntersections of Queer and Hispanic Identitiesrdquo ldquoThe Effects of HB 56 on Women and Families One Year Laterrdquo

and ldquoReflections on Culture Health Care and Spirituality in Inquitos Perurdquo

Crossroads graduate assis-tant Juan Pablo Black Romero came to the University from

Ecuador and said these types of discussions will give stu-dents a better grasp of the issues facing the Latino com-munity particu-larly issues like immigration

S t u d e n t s will also be able to engage

with Latino culture through the lenses of documentary films The Womenrsquos Resource Center College of Education and Department of American Studies will screen ldquoPrecious Knowledgerdquo a documen-tary about the elimination of

ethnic studies programs in Tuscon Ariz and the fight to keep these programs alive There will also be a screening of ldquoRomanticordquo a documenta-ry about a Mexican musician who returns home after years of playing in San Francisco only to find that to support his family he must return to the United States

The Womenrsquos Resource Centerrsquos monthly Everywoman Book Club will also have a Latino focus There will be lunch and a conversation with author Lila Quintero Weaver about her book ldquoDarkroom A Memoir in Black and Whiterdquo which is about her upbringing in a racially seg-regated Alabama after her immigration to America from Argentina

For more information on Hispanic Heritage Month and a schedule of events visit crossroadsuaedu

ldquoOur students can interact with people all over the world so that they are

prepared for their global futures for their whole

lives Thatrsquos what college life is for

mdash Beverly Hawk

Page 10 | Thursday September 20 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

By Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

After an impressive showing at the Duke Fab Four Invite the Alabama womenrsquos tennis team is looking for another strong showing at the Furman Fall Classic this weekend

Despite being early in the fall season womenrsquos tennis head coach Jenny Mainz said she was impressed overall with her teamrsquos performance in its first live match setting The Tide accounted for 14 victories at the Duke Fab Four Invite

ldquoThe tournament was a great starting pointrdquo she said ldquoIt was a good first tournament with steep competition Saw a lot of good things and a lot of things we have to go back to the drawing board with but the main things are matchesrdquo

The Tide rel ied

heavily on its leader and num-ber one slot player junior Mary Anne Macfarlane Mainz said Macfarlane proved why she is a natural leader by winning and com-peting in both her singles and dou-bles play matches

ldquoThe thing is with Mary Anne is that she is very consistentrdquo Mainz said ldquoThe way she conducts herself com-petes and trains Her standards are very high and are very high with her teammates For her to be out there on the court push-ing everyone not only makes her better but everyone around her betterrdquo

While Macfarlane has emerged as the Tidersquos team leader this season Mainz said sophomore Emily Zabor

has impressed her early and could be in line for a breakout season

ldquoI think Emily Zabor will be one of the most improved play-ers that ever goes through this pro-gramrdquo she said ldquoShe definitely has leadership capabilities and is even keel both on and off the court

I will definitely be counting on Zabor for big things including this yearrdquo

The Tide is sending five players to the Furman Fall Classic at Furman University in Greenville SC Macfarlane sophomores Yasmeen Ebada and Emily Zabor and fresh-men Maya Jansen and Natalia Maynetto will be facing SEC opponents Vanderbilt South

Carolina and Tennessee along with non-conference opponents North Carolina Florida State Clemson and tournament host Furman

ldquoWersquore going to get kind of a preview of a lot of the con-ference schoolsrdquo Mainz said ldquoItrsquos going to be a real evenly matched tournamentrdquo

Mainz said the teamrsquos man-tra is to get better every day and that she is more focused on how the team executes rather than specifically looking for wins

ldquoI keep emphasizing that the outcome will take care of itselfrdquo she said ldquoWersquove just got to keep doing the right things to get better especially in the fallrdquo

Alabama looks to improve at Furman Fall Classic

CW FileAlabama womenrsquos tennis team looks to continue its success at the Furman Fall Classic

By David MarshburnContributing Writer

Although the champion-ship might not commence for another eight months The University of Alabama menrsquos golf team will get its first real test of the season when it travels to Atlanta Ga to com-pete in the PINGGolfweek Preview Five players will tee off Sunday Sept 23 complet-ing their final round Tuesday Sept 25

Capital City Clubrsquos Crabapple Golf Course hosts the weekend tournament as well as the 2013 NCAA cham-pionship and will provide the Crimson Tide with a taste of what its stiffest competition has to offer The tournament field features several teams that pose a serious challenge to the Tidersquos title hopes this year

Ranked No 1 in the latest Golf Coaches Association of America poll Alabama will square off against the nationrsquos best teams Texas California UCLA and Washington round

out the pollrsquos top five teams Other notable opponents include SEC heavyweights Arkansas Georgia and Texas AampM

ldquoOur coach does a great job planning our schedulerdquo said junior Bobby Wyatt Alabamarsquos top individual performer in its last tournament ldquoOur team always plays the best competi-tion around and wersquore looking forward to this tournamentrdquo

The Crimson Tide fin-ished third in its first match of the season at the Carpet Collegiate Classic topped only by Georgia and defend-ing national champion The University of Texas

ldquoWe looked like we were running in mudrdquo Alabama head coach Jay Seawell said ldquoItrsquos a new team and a new year and we just need to con-tinue to find our identityrdquo

Although the Tide enters the season as a top-ranked team the players realize they have room for improvement Because golf can be a frus-trating game the team mem-bers say they need to work

on patience as well as mental toughness

One of many strengths Seawellrsquos players possess is their ability to crank far drives from the tee box When play-ing on a course with long fairways and tall roughs due to recent rains such a skill should prove advantageous for Alabama

ldquoWe have three solid play-ers and possible first-team All Americans who play well every timerdquo Seawell said ldquoAll of them need to be sharp and a fourth guy will need to step up Wersquore still not sure who that isrdquo

With a lengthy season still remaining a win for the Tide this weekend would make a resounding statement to the rest of the nation Wyatt said a victory will build some much needed momentum that could carry his team through the fall and into the spring

ldquoWe just want to keep get-ting betterrdquo Wyatt said ldquoIf we improve week by week then wersquoll be right where we want to be by the championshiprdquo

The Tide comes out swinging

ldquoItrsquos going to be a real evenly matched

tournament

mdash Jenny Mainz

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Tide to battle UGA BulldogsBy Mary Grace ShowfetyStaff Reporter

Alabamarsquos volleyball team is eager to get back on the court after a recent loss to Tennessee dropped the Tide to No 2 in the SEC Western Division

ldquoAfter every game we try to focus on what we can do better and right now wersquore just getting prepared for Georgiardquo fresh-man Kryssi Daniels said ldquoWersquore letting go of the Tennessee game because today is a new dayrdquo

Daniels leads the SEC in aces with 29 this year ranking her No 5 in the nation Georgia remains unbeaten (4-0) at home but the outside hitter said the Crimson Tide is confident about going on the road

Last season the Tide was vic-torious in both meetings with the Bulldogs dropping one set Head coach Ed Allen said this

year the two teams are very much alike in a few areas

ldquoIt will be a challenging week-end because both teams we play are very similar to us and with a similar talent levelrdquo Allen said ldquoWith both realizing the impor-tance of winning those matches against teams that are compa-rable in ability we really expect that itrsquos going to be a tough weekendrdquo

Alabama (12-2 1-1 SEC) and Georgia (7-4 1-1 SEC) are young teams both in the process of rebuilding Like the Tide the Bulldogs did not have the season they hoped for last year finish-ing 11-19 with a 7-13 SEC record

Setter Sierra Wilson said though the Tide does not intend to make any serious changes there are different things to con-sider when playing on the road

ldquoA lot of away travel is based on getting your mind right and getting to a place where you can

create your own energyrdquo Wilson said ldquoSo I think right now wersquore more focused on mental tough-ness and sustaining energyrdquo

Wilson was named SEC Volleyball Freshman of the Week Monday as she continues to lead the conference with 1142 assists per set this season

Allen said the Tide has devel-oped a great deal of consistency ndash something the team has made a priority this season ndash but there is still progress to be made

ldquoWersquore looking to get better defensively at the netrdquo Allen said ldquoI think wersquore growing as far as the game is concerned in understanding whatrsquos happen-ing and now but our ability to execute after we find ourselves in the right place is going to be the next focal pointrdquo

After a weekend away the Tide will return to Foster Auditorium Friday Sept 28 to take on Ole Miss

By Caroline GazzaraContributing Writer

The Alabama soccer team is preparing for a challenging home game Friday against the Georgia Bulldogs after two disappointing results against Tennessee and LSU on the road Though a loss against Tennessee and double overtime tie against LSU still lin-ger in its mind the Tide is not focusing on the past but instead on the upcoming match

ldquoEvery weekend is different obviously with just the different opponents and each team plays differentlyrdquo defender Ashley Willis said ldquoWe have to forget the last weekend and know that there is a lot of season left and just keep plugging away and keep staying positiverdquo

Alabamarsquos 5-1-1 record

including its 0-1-1 start to confer-ence play has the Tide ranked fourth in the SEC West The slight setbacks at both away games have rattled the team a bit but confi-dence and composure are still the number-one focus for the Tide

ldquoWe need to score goals obvi-ously but we need to find a way to get a second goalrdquo head coach Todd Bramble said ldquoWe only scored one goal in each of those games and we came out of it with a loss and a tie The lesson that we learned from this weekend is that scoring one goal against a good SEC team isnrsquot going to be good enoughrdquo

With that in mind Alabamarsquos forward Pia Rijsdijk believes com-posure is key to success The game might get hectic but staying posi-tive and under control are the best way to score and win the game

ldquoI am always trying to be composed and trying to be con-fident when wersquore under pres-surerdquo Rijsdijk said ldquo[I want] to have that calm and show that to my teammatesrdquo

Although its shot percentage has drastically decreased since its season-high of 308 percent against UAB to 037 percent against LSU Alabama has been devoted to working on scoring and increas-ing that percentage

ldquoWe definitely fought hard as a team on Sunday but unfortu-nately we ended up with a tierdquo Rijsdijk said ldquoThose little details wersquove been working on this week will definitely show this weekend and then wersquoll hopefully get a win out of thatrdquo

The home game against Georgia should bring the confidence boost Alabama needs to win The Tide

will have the support of its fans and home-field advantage that it hopes will pull it through

ldquoAlthough we leave this past weekend displeased with the results that we got wersquore not com-pletely unhappy with our perfor-mancerdquo Bramble said ldquoWe canrsquot let that affect our confidence when we continue to come out and per-form the same way we have Being at home will help make that differ-ence for us in getting a win this weekendrdquo

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By Deanne WinslettStaff Reporter

Whether prepping for a per-formance or directing from behind the scenes senior musical theatre major Tommy Walker is up for the challenge Walker first discovered his interest in musical theatre in the fourth grade and began with shows in high school

ldquoI was like I have to do thisrdquo Walker said ldquoOnce I started there was really no turning back Itrsquos a great vehicle to har-ness the creativity you have building inside of yourdquo

Walker became very involved in his high school the-atre department and developed his skills as a performer there as well as in the local commu-nity theatre He was also intro-duced to directing during his junior year of high school His theatre teacher at the time left unexpectedly leaving Walker and a staff of performers with no director for their upcoming performance of ldquoThe Fall of the House of Usherrdquo Walkerrsquos classmates elected him to take

over the directing position and thus he made his directing debut

ldquoYou have to be the battery and you have to keep the gears movingrdquo Walker said ldquoYou have to build the characters and build the show ldquoItrsquos a very creative process Thatrsquos why I love directingrdquo

Walker said he never had any doubt that he wanted to con-tinue with musical theatre as a degree and so he auditioned for a spot within the majorrsquos pro-gram Ten candidates are cho-sen each year to be accepted

into the musical theatre major via an audition process which takes place at the beginning of the year

ldquoYou have to audition to be able to major in musical the-atrerdquo Walker said ldquoThey only accept about 10 to 12 a year You have to bring a monologue and you have to bring two songsrdquo

While prep-ping for his audition Walker o v e r h e a r d another hopeful singing one of the same songs that he had come prepared with himself He quickly switched the song with one of his back-ups that he had brought but he did not feel as prepared with the replacement song

ldquoOut of the two songs they picked which one they wanted you to come back and sing for real later in the audition pro-cessrdquo he said ldquoAnd which song did they pick The one I didnrsquot rehearse of courserdquo

Contrary to Walkerrsquos doubt in song choice the panel decid-ed to make Walker one of a few musical theatre majors He was accepted into the program and has since been working to build his resume

ldquoI can see Tommy on Broadway easily but as a teacher I would be thrilled to

study with himrdquo Sherri Ryan Sparkman High School theatre director said ldquoThis is a gifted young man and no matter what he decides to do with his life he will touch each person he

encounters in a positive won-derful wayrdquo

Ryan first met Walker when he was a stage technician for a production of ldquoNonsenserdquo when he was first starting out She later became the theatre director at his high school and was able to watch as Walker grew as a performer She said she has never seen

someone commit to a character the way that Walker does

ldquoFor such a tiny walk on he was so dedicated and funny from the beginningrdquo Ryan said ldquoHe went on to play Pseudolous in lsquoFunny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forumrsquo win in his category of singing and acting at the state Trumbauer Festival and look what he has now done at Alabamardquo

Walker ultimately wants to teach theatre and he has been collecting experience to help him toward that goal He has participated in a variety of the-atre programs including work-ing in theatre summer camps and participating in theatre education programs at schools Walker also held the position of president last year in Alpha Psi Omega the UA theatre honor society He still sits as a chair this year and helps produce APOrsquos Guerilla Theatre events

Guerrilla Theatre held once a month in the Allen Bales Theatre performs a total of 10 skits per show with each individual segment consisting of no more than ten minutes

Guerrilla Theatre has received positive feedback from the cam-pus community Walker said

ldquoItrsquos a very SNL-type thingrdquo Walker said ldquoYou can get up there and do almost anything for 10 minutesrdquo

In addition to APO involve-ment Walker currently teach-es theatre at the Tuscaloosa Magnet School balanced with preparing for his perfor-mance role in the upcoming UA Theatre Department pro-duction ldquoFoolsrdquo and doing the prep work for a play he will be directing next semester

Walker is currently finish-ing his senior year With the majority of his required cred-its out of the way he only has a handful of classes left before he graduates He plans to finish by taking part-time hours next semester and simultaneously traveling in search of post-graduation work

ldquoPeople like to think that there are starving actors and yes there are somerdquo he said ldquoBut if you put the work in and commit to it then yoursquoll get thererdquo

Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Thursday September 20 2012CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 8

CW | Caitlin TrotterTommy Walker

ldquoYou have to be the battery and you have to keep the gears moving You have to

build the characters and build the show

mdash Tommy Walker

In theatre program student stands out as director

By Tara MassoulehContributing Writer

Students interested in progressive issues will have the opportunity to meet and greet with other like-minded students as well as enjoy refreshments at the Progressive Potluck this Saturday Sept 22 from 7 to 930 pm hosted by the Mallet Assembly

The Progressive Potluck ndash or ldquoProgLuckrdquo as it is called by its founders ndash is an oppor-tunity for students who are interested in progressive causes to share in food and fellowship while discussing a myriad of issues such as LGBTQA rights environmen-tal policy alternative energy real food universal health-care and increased sensitiv-ity toward non-religious indi-viduals

Lin Wang a sophomore majoring in human rights law who serves as president of Alabama Atheists and Agnostics and a host for the event defined progressive issues as those that are ldquocon-cerned with a change for the betterrdquo

ldquoProgressive issues dif-ferentiate from other social issues through the ideas of reform and activism as well as a gradual approach toward opening minds and opportu-nitiesrdquo Wang said

Participation in previ-ous Progessive Potlucks has consisted of members from organizations such as College Democrats UA Environmental Council Alabama Atheists and Agnostics and Spectrum and Apwonjo Alabama but all students interested are wel-come to attend

This year Progessive Potluckrsquos hosts are making an effort to emphasize that the event is open to both greek and non-greek members of The University of Alabama community Wang said the Progessive Potluckrsquos audi-ence traditionally has not included many greeks but she said its hosts would ldquolike to open it up more because there are greeks who do have progressive ideals and we would like to tap into thatrdquo

The Progressive Potluck hopes to transcend bound-aries of race sex religious belief and party affiliation in order to unite a strong com-munity of young people moti-vated to take action for posi-tive change

The Progressive Potluck has expanded in its member-ship over the years with one of the keys to this growth being

Progressive Potluck brings together UA activist groups

its advertising through social media such as Facebook groups Sam Gerard a soph-omore majoring in political science and history serves as Membership Director of College Democrats and Liaison Officer for Alabama Atheists and Agnostics two of the major groups

sponsoring the eventGerard said the potluck

is attracting participants through joint efforts of many of the associated groups who have been making regular Facebook posts inviting more and more people to come

The event poses an oppor-tunity for students to meet

like-minded peers early in the year with whom they can collaborate on upcoming projects to improve social awareness in the UA commu-nity Through the Progressive Potluck students are able to engage in valuable network-ing learn more about other organizations and make meaningful friendships with students holding similar val-ues

ldquoWe hope to create a stron-ger progressive coalition and networking frame with the progressive potlucksrdquo Gerard said ldquoAnd of course to eat tasty vittlesrdquo

Mallet hosts opportunity for students from progressive groups to network learn about student organizations

CW | Austin BigoneyMallet members and friends congregate outside Palmer Hall Wednesday

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 20 2012 | Page 9

By Nathan Proctor

Mainstream sports games catch a lot of flak Theyrsquore often classified as money-grubbing over-serialized over-saturated yearly roster updates for ldquobrordquo gamers Now the trendy busi-ness model pushing out a game per league per year is flawed however thatrsquos a spiel for anoth-er column What I argue is that the Maddens and FIFAs of the world arenrsquot all that distant from the serious hardcore gam-ing world In fact they may be closer than you realize

The genre itself is first defined by the world of sport Sports are reliant upon careful-ly crafted and often highly com-plex plans then to be executed and react fluidly to the strategic intentions of others Simply put itrsquos about more than just speed and muscle (therersquos a reason Nick Saban makes $562 million a year) With all that in mind it seems a simple transition into the world of strategy And some do play the main suite of sports games in that manner not to mention the scores of sports simulation products found in PC gaming

Though accessibility can often be misinterpreted as a threat to a very protective and possessive gamer culture the fact that a game of NCAA Football can reward a well-timed succession of jukes or button taps and a precise game plan or extensive recruiting plan in a similar endorphin-pumping fashion effectively reflects the strengths of the sports them-selves and is an impressive bit of design The twitch-based tendencies demanded in these games are often not horrible ways of emulating an athletersquos required reaction time and have long been key in action-oriented games

However what keeps a mix of current sports games on my

shelf are their innate role-play-ing tendencies Escapism drives the success of gaming and com-petitive sports alike And what better way to push this further than to place you in the very shoes of a professional athlete in a fully realized simulation of the sport Be it bringing up a young goaltender playing from the small-time Ontario Hockey League into a high pressure NHL game 7 in his hometown earning Plymouth Argyle an importable promotion into the English Premier League or sim-ply creating your own Iron Bowl legacy these systems facilitate and do their best to inspire the same storytelling that have long given crosstown rivalries real meaning and made southern football more than just a game

Dedicated gamers and sports nuts arenrsquot all that far apart or necessarily mutually exclusive Some play games for the adren-aline rush and action where others may be more enthused with the underlying num-bers no different than sports fanatics Living a space opera through Commander Sheppard isnrsquot that distant from following your crafty six-foot point guard from the NBA D-League into the hall of fame And truly dress-ing in the gear of your favorite athlete is no less ldquonerdyrdquo than cosplaying as your favorite Final Fantasy or anime character just perhaps a bit less Japanese

For some sports will never truly interest them and itrsquos likely sports games never will either That is fair and anyone with a gripe regarding the EA Sports monolith likely has a point However the sporting cul-ture and corresponding games have earned their place along-side products more specifically targeting gamers Their flex-ibility and aptitude for captur-ing their sports is uncanny In short sports games deserve your respect

COLUMN | GAMING

Sports games provide escape realistic graphics

By Courtney StinsonStaff Reporter

As part of Crossroads Community Centerrsquos yearlong ldquoUA is Culturerdquo initiative The University of Alabama will be celebrating different cultures each month starting with observing Hispanic Heritage Month until Oct 15

Crossroads director Beverly Hawk said Hispanic Heritage Month offers students more than simply a look at another culture It will also provide students with Latino perspec-tives on American culture and how preconceived notions of other cultures are changed through experience

ldquoWe all have a lot of assump-tions about each other before we meet one another and when we meet one another we come away with different experiencesrdquo Hawk said

One of the goals of Hispanic Heritage Month is to expose students to new cultures so they can learn to engage with people of other cultures in an increasingly globalized world

ldquoThatrsquos how [the University gets] to be the big interna-tional University that we arerdquo Hawk said ldquoOur students can interact with people all over the world so that they are pre-pared for their global futures for their whole lives Thatrsquos what college life is forrdquo

For students who come from different cultures the salute to international culture is an effort to make them feel that their culture is appreciated and contributes to the makeup of UArsquos culture as a whole

ldquoObserving [Hispanic Heritage Month] declares that the culture is a part of the school people from that culture feel connected [to UA culture] and that they feel their culture is honored and respectedrdquo Hawk said

Haley Flanagan a junior majoring in public relations and minoring in Spanish stud-ied in Spain during the spring Hispanic Heritage Month is

UA celebrates Hispanic culturea chance for her to share her experiences with Spanish cul-ture with other students

ldquoI really want to promote dif-ferent cultures because I had such a great time [in Spain]rdquo Flanagan said ldquoI want to show other people that experi-encerdquo

In conjunction with Hispanic Heritage Month Crossroads is partnering with other campus organizations to promote Latino culture through film screenings panel discus-sions and other events

Discussion topics for Hispanic Heritage Month will include ldquoIntersections of Queer and Hispanic Identitiesrdquo ldquoThe Effects of HB 56 on Women and Families One Year Laterrdquo

and ldquoReflections on Culture Health Care and Spirituality in Inquitos Perurdquo

Crossroads graduate assis-tant Juan Pablo Black Romero came to the University from

Ecuador and said these types of discussions will give stu-dents a better grasp of the issues facing the Latino com-munity particu-larly issues like immigration

S t u d e n t s will also be able to engage

with Latino culture through the lenses of documentary films The Womenrsquos Resource Center College of Education and Department of American Studies will screen ldquoPrecious Knowledgerdquo a documen-tary about the elimination of

ethnic studies programs in Tuscon Ariz and the fight to keep these programs alive There will also be a screening of ldquoRomanticordquo a documenta-ry about a Mexican musician who returns home after years of playing in San Francisco only to find that to support his family he must return to the United States

The Womenrsquos Resource Centerrsquos monthly Everywoman Book Club will also have a Latino focus There will be lunch and a conversation with author Lila Quintero Weaver about her book ldquoDarkroom A Memoir in Black and Whiterdquo which is about her upbringing in a racially seg-regated Alabama after her immigration to America from Argentina

For more information on Hispanic Heritage Month and a schedule of events visit crossroadsuaedu

ldquoOur students can interact with people all over the world so that they are

prepared for their global futures for their whole

lives Thatrsquos what college life is for

mdash Beverly Hawk

Page 10 | Thursday September 20 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

By Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

After an impressive showing at the Duke Fab Four Invite the Alabama womenrsquos tennis team is looking for another strong showing at the Furman Fall Classic this weekend

Despite being early in the fall season womenrsquos tennis head coach Jenny Mainz said she was impressed overall with her teamrsquos performance in its first live match setting The Tide accounted for 14 victories at the Duke Fab Four Invite

ldquoThe tournament was a great starting pointrdquo she said ldquoIt was a good first tournament with steep competition Saw a lot of good things and a lot of things we have to go back to the drawing board with but the main things are matchesrdquo

The Tide rel ied

heavily on its leader and num-ber one slot player junior Mary Anne Macfarlane Mainz said Macfarlane proved why she is a natural leader by winning and com-peting in both her singles and dou-bles play matches

ldquoThe thing is with Mary Anne is that she is very consistentrdquo Mainz said ldquoThe way she conducts herself com-petes and trains Her standards are very high and are very high with her teammates For her to be out there on the court push-ing everyone not only makes her better but everyone around her betterrdquo

While Macfarlane has emerged as the Tidersquos team leader this season Mainz said sophomore Emily Zabor

has impressed her early and could be in line for a breakout season

ldquoI think Emily Zabor will be one of the most improved play-ers that ever goes through this pro-gramrdquo she said ldquoShe definitely has leadership capabilities and is even keel both on and off the court

I will definitely be counting on Zabor for big things including this yearrdquo

The Tide is sending five players to the Furman Fall Classic at Furman University in Greenville SC Macfarlane sophomores Yasmeen Ebada and Emily Zabor and fresh-men Maya Jansen and Natalia Maynetto will be facing SEC opponents Vanderbilt South

Carolina and Tennessee along with non-conference opponents North Carolina Florida State Clemson and tournament host Furman

ldquoWersquore going to get kind of a preview of a lot of the con-ference schoolsrdquo Mainz said ldquoItrsquos going to be a real evenly matched tournamentrdquo

Mainz said the teamrsquos man-tra is to get better every day and that she is more focused on how the team executes rather than specifically looking for wins

ldquoI keep emphasizing that the outcome will take care of itselfrdquo she said ldquoWersquove just got to keep doing the right things to get better especially in the fallrdquo

Alabama looks to improve at Furman Fall Classic

CW FileAlabama womenrsquos tennis team looks to continue its success at the Furman Fall Classic

By David MarshburnContributing Writer

Although the champion-ship might not commence for another eight months The University of Alabama menrsquos golf team will get its first real test of the season when it travels to Atlanta Ga to com-pete in the PINGGolfweek Preview Five players will tee off Sunday Sept 23 complet-ing their final round Tuesday Sept 25

Capital City Clubrsquos Crabapple Golf Course hosts the weekend tournament as well as the 2013 NCAA cham-pionship and will provide the Crimson Tide with a taste of what its stiffest competition has to offer The tournament field features several teams that pose a serious challenge to the Tidersquos title hopes this year

Ranked No 1 in the latest Golf Coaches Association of America poll Alabama will square off against the nationrsquos best teams Texas California UCLA and Washington round

out the pollrsquos top five teams Other notable opponents include SEC heavyweights Arkansas Georgia and Texas AampM

ldquoOur coach does a great job planning our schedulerdquo said junior Bobby Wyatt Alabamarsquos top individual performer in its last tournament ldquoOur team always plays the best competi-tion around and wersquore looking forward to this tournamentrdquo

The Crimson Tide fin-ished third in its first match of the season at the Carpet Collegiate Classic topped only by Georgia and defend-ing national champion The University of Texas

ldquoWe looked like we were running in mudrdquo Alabama head coach Jay Seawell said ldquoItrsquos a new team and a new year and we just need to con-tinue to find our identityrdquo

Although the Tide enters the season as a top-ranked team the players realize they have room for improvement Because golf can be a frus-trating game the team mem-bers say they need to work

on patience as well as mental toughness

One of many strengths Seawellrsquos players possess is their ability to crank far drives from the tee box When play-ing on a course with long fairways and tall roughs due to recent rains such a skill should prove advantageous for Alabama

ldquoWe have three solid play-ers and possible first-team All Americans who play well every timerdquo Seawell said ldquoAll of them need to be sharp and a fourth guy will need to step up Wersquore still not sure who that isrdquo

With a lengthy season still remaining a win for the Tide this weekend would make a resounding statement to the rest of the nation Wyatt said a victory will build some much needed momentum that could carry his team through the fall and into the spring

ldquoWe just want to keep get-ting betterrdquo Wyatt said ldquoIf we improve week by week then wersquoll be right where we want to be by the championshiprdquo

The Tide comes out swinging

ldquoItrsquos going to be a real evenly matched

tournament

mdash Jenny Mainz

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Tide to battle UGA BulldogsBy Mary Grace ShowfetyStaff Reporter

Alabamarsquos volleyball team is eager to get back on the court after a recent loss to Tennessee dropped the Tide to No 2 in the SEC Western Division

ldquoAfter every game we try to focus on what we can do better and right now wersquore just getting prepared for Georgiardquo fresh-man Kryssi Daniels said ldquoWersquore letting go of the Tennessee game because today is a new dayrdquo

Daniels leads the SEC in aces with 29 this year ranking her No 5 in the nation Georgia remains unbeaten (4-0) at home but the outside hitter said the Crimson Tide is confident about going on the road

Last season the Tide was vic-torious in both meetings with the Bulldogs dropping one set Head coach Ed Allen said this

year the two teams are very much alike in a few areas

ldquoIt will be a challenging week-end because both teams we play are very similar to us and with a similar talent levelrdquo Allen said ldquoWith both realizing the impor-tance of winning those matches against teams that are compa-rable in ability we really expect that itrsquos going to be a tough weekendrdquo

Alabama (12-2 1-1 SEC) and Georgia (7-4 1-1 SEC) are young teams both in the process of rebuilding Like the Tide the Bulldogs did not have the season they hoped for last year finish-ing 11-19 with a 7-13 SEC record

Setter Sierra Wilson said though the Tide does not intend to make any serious changes there are different things to con-sider when playing on the road

ldquoA lot of away travel is based on getting your mind right and getting to a place where you can

create your own energyrdquo Wilson said ldquoSo I think right now wersquore more focused on mental tough-ness and sustaining energyrdquo

Wilson was named SEC Volleyball Freshman of the Week Monday as she continues to lead the conference with 1142 assists per set this season

Allen said the Tide has devel-oped a great deal of consistency ndash something the team has made a priority this season ndash but there is still progress to be made

ldquoWersquore looking to get better defensively at the netrdquo Allen said ldquoI think wersquore growing as far as the game is concerned in understanding whatrsquos happen-ing and now but our ability to execute after we find ourselves in the right place is going to be the next focal pointrdquo

After a weekend away the Tide will return to Foster Auditorium Friday Sept 28 to take on Ole Miss

By Caroline GazzaraContributing Writer

The Alabama soccer team is preparing for a challenging home game Friday against the Georgia Bulldogs after two disappointing results against Tennessee and LSU on the road Though a loss against Tennessee and double overtime tie against LSU still lin-ger in its mind the Tide is not focusing on the past but instead on the upcoming match

ldquoEvery weekend is different obviously with just the different opponents and each team plays differentlyrdquo defender Ashley Willis said ldquoWe have to forget the last weekend and know that there is a lot of season left and just keep plugging away and keep staying positiverdquo

Alabamarsquos 5-1-1 record

including its 0-1-1 start to confer-ence play has the Tide ranked fourth in the SEC West The slight setbacks at both away games have rattled the team a bit but confi-dence and composure are still the number-one focus for the Tide

ldquoWe need to score goals obvi-ously but we need to find a way to get a second goalrdquo head coach Todd Bramble said ldquoWe only scored one goal in each of those games and we came out of it with a loss and a tie The lesson that we learned from this weekend is that scoring one goal against a good SEC team isnrsquot going to be good enoughrdquo

With that in mind Alabamarsquos forward Pia Rijsdijk believes com-posure is key to success The game might get hectic but staying posi-tive and under control are the best way to score and win the game

ldquoI am always trying to be composed and trying to be con-fident when wersquore under pres-surerdquo Rijsdijk said ldquo[I want] to have that calm and show that to my teammatesrdquo

Although its shot percentage has drastically decreased since its season-high of 308 percent against UAB to 037 percent against LSU Alabama has been devoted to working on scoring and increas-ing that percentage

ldquoWe definitely fought hard as a team on Sunday but unfortu-nately we ended up with a tierdquo Rijsdijk said ldquoThose little details wersquove been working on this week will definitely show this weekend and then wersquoll hopefully get a win out of thatrdquo

The home game against Georgia should bring the confidence boost Alabama needs to win The Tide

will have the support of its fans and home-field advantage that it hopes will pull it through

ldquoAlthough we leave this past weekend displeased with the results that we got wersquore not com-pletely unhappy with our perfor-mancerdquo Bramble said ldquoWe canrsquot let that affect our confidence when we continue to come out and per-form the same way we have Being at home will help make that differ-ence for us in getting a win this weekendrdquo

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 20 2012 | Page 9

By Nathan Proctor

Mainstream sports games catch a lot of flak Theyrsquore often classified as money-grubbing over-serialized over-saturated yearly roster updates for ldquobrordquo gamers Now the trendy busi-ness model pushing out a game per league per year is flawed however thatrsquos a spiel for anoth-er column What I argue is that the Maddens and FIFAs of the world arenrsquot all that distant from the serious hardcore gam-ing world In fact they may be closer than you realize

The genre itself is first defined by the world of sport Sports are reliant upon careful-ly crafted and often highly com-plex plans then to be executed and react fluidly to the strategic intentions of others Simply put itrsquos about more than just speed and muscle (therersquos a reason Nick Saban makes $562 million a year) With all that in mind it seems a simple transition into the world of strategy And some do play the main suite of sports games in that manner not to mention the scores of sports simulation products found in PC gaming

Though accessibility can often be misinterpreted as a threat to a very protective and possessive gamer culture the fact that a game of NCAA Football can reward a well-timed succession of jukes or button taps and a precise game plan or extensive recruiting plan in a similar endorphin-pumping fashion effectively reflects the strengths of the sports them-selves and is an impressive bit of design The twitch-based tendencies demanded in these games are often not horrible ways of emulating an athletersquos required reaction time and have long been key in action-oriented games

However what keeps a mix of current sports games on my

shelf are their innate role-play-ing tendencies Escapism drives the success of gaming and com-petitive sports alike And what better way to push this further than to place you in the very shoes of a professional athlete in a fully realized simulation of the sport Be it bringing up a young goaltender playing from the small-time Ontario Hockey League into a high pressure NHL game 7 in his hometown earning Plymouth Argyle an importable promotion into the English Premier League or sim-ply creating your own Iron Bowl legacy these systems facilitate and do their best to inspire the same storytelling that have long given crosstown rivalries real meaning and made southern football more than just a game

Dedicated gamers and sports nuts arenrsquot all that far apart or necessarily mutually exclusive Some play games for the adren-aline rush and action where others may be more enthused with the underlying num-bers no different than sports fanatics Living a space opera through Commander Sheppard isnrsquot that distant from following your crafty six-foot point guard from the NBA D-League into the hall of fame And truly dress-ing in the gear of your favorite athlete is no less ldquonerdyrdquo than cosplaying as your favorite Final Fantasy or anime character just perhaps a bit less Japanese

For some sports will never truly interest them and itrsquos likely sports games never will either That is fair and anyone with a gripe regarding the EA Sports monolith likely has a point However the sporting cul-ture and corresponding games have earned their place along-side products more specifically targeting gamers Their flex-ibility and aptitude for captur-ing their sports is uncanny In short sports games deserve your respect

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Sports games provide escape realistic graphics

By Courtney StinsonStaff Reporter

As part of Crossroads Community Centerrsquos yearlong ldquoUA is Culturerdquo initiative The University of Alabama will be celebrating different cultures each month starting with observing Hispanic Heritage Month until Oct 15

Crossroads director Beverly Hawk said Hispanic Heritage Month offers students more than simply a look at another culture It will also provide students with Latino perspec-tives on American culture and how preconceived notions of other cultures are changed through experience

ldquoWe all have a lot of assump-tions about each other before we meet one another and when we meet one another we come away with different experiencesrdquo Hawk said

One of the goals of Hispanic Heritage Month is to expose students to new cultures so they can learn to engage with people of other cultures in an increasingly globalized world

ldquoThatrsquos how [the University gets] to be the big interna-tional University that we arerdquo Hawk said ldquoOur students can interact with people all over the world so that they are pre-pared for their global futures for their whole lives Thatrsquos what college life is forrdquo

For students who come from different cultures the salute to international culture is an effort to make them feel that their culture is appreciated and contributes to the makeup of UArsquos culture as a whole

ldquoObserving [Hispanic Heritage Month] declares that the culture is a part of the school people from that culture feel connected [to UA culture] and that they feel their culture is honored and respectedrdquo Hawk said

Haley Flanagan a junior majoring in public relations and minoring in Spanish stud-ied in Spain during the spring Hispanic Heritage Month is

UA celebrates Hispanic culturea chance for her to share her experiences with Spanish cul-ture with other students

ldquoI really want to promote dif-ferent cultures because I had such a great time [in Spain]rdquo Flanagan said ldquoI want to show other people that experi-encerdquo

In conjunction with Hispanic Heritage Month Crossroads is partnering with other campus organizations to promote Latino culture through film screenings panel discus-sions and other events

Discussion topics for Hispanic Heritage Month will include ldquoIntersections of Queer and Hispanic Identitiesrdquo ldquoThe Effects of HB 56 on Women and Families One Year Laterrdquo

and ldquoReflections on Culture Health Care and Spirituality in Inquitos Perurdquo

Crossroads graduate assis-tant Juan Pablo Black Romero came to the University from

Ecuador and said these types of discussions will give stu-dents a better grasp of the issues facing the Latino com-munity particu-larly issues like immigration

S t u d e n t s will also be able to engage

with Latino culture through the lenses of documentary films The Womenrsquos Resource Center College of Education and Department of American Studies will screen ldquoPrecious Knowledgerdquo a documen-tary about the elimination of

ethnic studies programs in Tuscon Ariz and the fight to keep these programs alive There will also be a screening of ldquoRomanticordquo a documenta-ry about a Mexican musician who returns home after years of playing in San Francisco only to find that to support his family he must return to the United States

The Womenrsquos Resource Centerrsquos monthly Everywoman Book Club will also have a Latino focus There will be lunch and a conversation with author Lila Quintero Weaver about her book ldquoDarkroom A Memoir in Black and Whiterdquo which is about her upbringing in a racially seg-regated Alabama after her immigration to America from Argentina

For more information on Hispanic Heritage Month and a schedule of events visit crossroadsuaedu

ldquoOur students can interact with people all over the world so that they are

prepared for their global futures for their whole

lives Thatrsquos what college life is for

mdash Beverly Hawk

Page 10 | Thursday September 20 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

By Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

After an impressive showing at the Duke Fab Four Invite the Alabama womenrsquos tennis team is looking for another strong showing at the Furman Fall Classic this weekend

Despite being early in the fall season womenrsquos tennis head coach Jenny Mainz said she was impressed overall with her teamrsquos performance in its first live match setting The Tide accounted for 14 victories at the Duke Fab Four Invite

ldquoThe tournament was a great starting pointrdquo she said ldquoIt was a good first tournament with steep competition Saw a lot of good things and a lot of things we have to go back to the drawing board with but the main things are matchesrdquo

The Tide rel ied

heavily on its leader and num-ber one slot player junior Mary Anne Macfarlane Mainz said Macfarlane proved why she is a natural leader by winning and com-peting in both her singles and dou-bles play matches

ldquoThe thing is with Mary Anne is that she is very consistentrdquo Mainz said ldquoThe way she conducts herself com-petes and trains Her standards are very high and are very high with her teammates For her to be out there on the court push-ing everyone not only makes her better but everyone around her betterrdquo

While Macfarlane has emerged as the Tidersquos team leader this season Mainz said sophomore Emily Zabor

has impressed her early and could be in line for a breakout season

ldquoI think Emily Zabor will be one of the most improved play-ers that ever goes through this pro-gramrdquo she said ldquoShe definitely has leadership capabilities and is even keel both on and off the court

I will definitely be counting on Zabor for big things including this yearrdquo

The Tide is sending five players to the Furman Fall Classic at Furman University in Greenville SC Macfarlane sophomores Yasmeen Ebada and Emily Zabor and fresh-men Maya Jansen and Natalia Maynetto will be facing SEC opponents Vanderbilt South

Carolina and Tennessee along with non-conference opponents North Carolina Florida State Clemson and tournament host Furman

ldquoWersquore going to get kind of a preview of a lot of the con-ference schoolsrdquo Mainz said ldquoItrsquos going to be a real evenly matched tournamentrdquo

Mainz said the teamrsquos man-tra is to get better every day and that she is more focused on how the team executes rather than specifically looking for wins

ldquoI keep emphasizing that the outcome will take care of itselfrdquo she said ldquoWersquove just got to keep doing the right things to get better especially in the fallrdquo

Alabama looks to improve at Furman Fall Classic

CW FileAlabama womenrsquos tennis team looks to continue its success at the Furman Fall Classic

By David MarshburnContributing Writer

Although the champion-ship might not commence for another eight months The University of Alabama menrsquos golf team will get its first real test of the season when it travels to Atlanta Ga to com-pete in the PINGGolfweek Preview Five players will tee off Sunday Sept 23 complet-ing their final round Tuesday Sept 25

Capital City Clubrsquos Crabapple Golf Course hosts the weekend tournament as well as the 2013 NCAA cham-pionship and will provide the Crimson Tide with a taste of what its stiffest competition has to offer The tournament field features several teams that pose a serious challenge to the Tidersquos title hopes this year

Ranked No 1 in the latest Golf Coaches Association of America poll Alabama will square off against the nationrsquos best teams Texas California UCLA and Washington round

out the pollrsquos top five teams Other notable opponents include SEC heavyweights Arkansas Georgia and Texas AampM

ldquoOur coach does a great job planning our schedulerdquo said junior Bobby Wyatt Alabamarsquos top individual performer in its last tournament ldquoOur team always plays the best competi-tion around and wersquore looking forward to this tournamentrdquo

The Crimson Tide fin-ished third in its first match of the season at the Carpet Collegiate Classic topped only by Georgia and defend-ing national champion The University of Texas

ldquoWe looked like we were running in mudrdquo Alabama head coach Jay Seawell said ldquoItrsquos a new team and a new year and we just need to con-tinue to find our identityrdquo

Although the Tide enters the season as a top-ranked team the players realize they have room for improvement Because golf can be a frus-trating game the team mem-bers say they need to work

on patience as well as mental toughness

One of many strengths Seawellrsquos players possess is their ability to crank far drives from the tee box When play-ing on a course with long fairways and tall roughs due to recent rains such a skill should prove advantageous for Alabama

ldquoWe have three solid play-ers and possible first-team All Americans who play well every timerdquo Seawell said ldquoAll of them need to be sharp and a fourth guy will need to step up Wersquore still not sure who that isrdquo

With a lengthy season still remaining a win for the Tide this weekend would make a resounding statement to the rest of the nation Wyatt said a victory will build some much needed momentum that could carry his team through the fall and into the spring

ldquoWe just want to keep get-ting betterrdquo Wyatt said ldquoIf we improve week by week then wersquoll be right where we want to be by the championshiprdquo

The Tide comes out swinging

ldquoItrsquos going to be a real evenly matched

tournament

mdash Jenny Mainz

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Page 12 | Thursday September 20 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

Tide to battle UGA BulldogsBy Mary Grace ShowfetyStaff Reporter

Alabamarsquos volleyball team is eager to get back on the court after a recent loss to Tennessee dropped the Tide to No 2 in the SEC Western Division

ldquoAfter every game we try to focus on what we can do better and right now wersquore just getting prepared for Georgiardquo fresh-man Kryssi Daniels said ldquoWersquore letting go of the Tennessee game because today is a new dayrdquo

Daniels leads the SEC in aces with 29 this year ranking her No 5 in the nation Georgia remains unbeaten (4-0) at home but the outside hitter said the Crimson Tide is confident about going on the road

Last season the Tide was vic-torious in both meetings with the Bulldogs dropping one set Head coach Ed Allen said this

year the two teams are very much alike in a few areas

ldquoIt will be a challenging week-end because both teams we play are very similar to us and with a similar talent levelrdquo Allen said ldquoWith both realizing the impor-tance of winning those matches against teams that are compa-rable in ability we really expect that itrsquos going to be a tough weekendrdquo

Alabama (12-2 1-1 SEC) and Georgia (7-4 1-1 SEC) are young teams both in the process of rebuilding Like the Tide the Bulldogs did not have the season they hoped for last year finish-ing 11-19 with a 7-13 SEC record

Setter Sierra Wilson said though the Tide does not intend to make any serious changes there are different things to con-sider when playing on the road

ldquoA lot of away travel is based on getting your mind right and getting to a place where you can

create your own energyrdquo Wilson said ldquoSo I think right now wersquore more focused on mental tough-ness and sustaining energyrdquo

Wilson was named SEC Volleyball Freshman of the Week Monday as she continues to lead the conference with 1142 assists per set this season

Allen said the Tide has devel-oped a great deal of consistency ndash something the team has made a priority this season ndash but there is still progress to be made

ldquoWersquore looking to get better defensively at the netrdquo Allen said ldquoI think wersquore growing as far as the game is concerned in understanding whatrsquos happen-ing and now but our ability to execute after we find ourselves in the right place is going to be the next focal pointrdquo

After a weekend away the Tide will return to Foster Auditorium Friday Sept 28 to take on Ole Miss

By Caroline GazzaraContributing Writer

The Alabama soccer team is preparing for a challenging home game Friday against the Georgia Bulldogs after two disappointing results against Tennessee and LSU on the road Though a loss against Tennessee and double overtime tie against LSU still lin-ger in its mind the Tide is not focusing on the past but instead on the upcoming match

ldquoEvery weekend is different obviously with just the different opponents and each team plays differentlyrdquo defender Ashley Willis said ldquoWe have to forget the last weekend and know that there is a lot of season left and just keep plugging away and keep staying positiverdquo

Alabamarsquos 5-1-1 record

including its 0-1-1 start to confer-ence play has the Tide ranked fourth in the SEC West The slight setbacks at both away games have rattled the team a bit but confi-dence and composure are still the number-one focus for the Tide

ldquoWe need to score goals obvi-ously but we need to find a way to get a second goalrdquo head coach Todd Bramble said ldquoWe only scored one goal in each of those games and we came out of it with a loss and a tie The lesson that we learned from this weekend is that scoring one goal against a good SEC team isnrsquot going to be good enoughrdquo

With that in mind Alabamarsquos forward Pia Rijsdijk believes com-posure is key to success The game might get hectic but staying posi-tive and under control are the best way to score and win the game

ldquoI am always trying to be composed and trying to be con-fident when wersquore under pres-surerdquo Rijsdijk said ldquo[I want] to have that calm and show that to my teammatesrdquo

Although its shot percentage has drastically decreased since its season-high of 308 percent against UAB to 037 percent against LSU Alabama has been devoted to working on scoring and increas-ing that percentage

ldquoWe definitely fought hard as a team on Sunday but unfortu-nately we ended up with a tierdquo Rijsdijk said ldquoThose little details wersquove been working on this week will definitely show this weekend and then wersquoll hopefully get a win out of thatrdquo

The home game against Georgia should bring the confidence boost Alabama needs to win The Tide

will have the support of its fans and home-field advantage that it hopes will pull it through

ldquoAlthough we leave this past weekend displeased with the results that we got wersquore not com-pletely unhappy with our perfor-mancerdquo Bramble said ldquoWe canrsquot let that affect our confidence when we continue to come out and per-form the same way we have Being at home will help make that differ-ence for us in getting a win this weekendrdquo

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Page 10 | Thursday September 20 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

By Aldo AmatoStaff Reporter

After an impressive showing at the Duke Fab Four Invite the Alabama womenrsquos tennis team is looking for another strong showing at the Furman Fall Classic this weekend

Despite being early in the fall season womenrsquos tennis head coach Jenny Mainz said she was impressed overall with her teamrsquos performance in its first live match setting The Tide accounted for 14 victories at the Duke Fab Four Invite

ldquoThe tournament was a great starting pointrdquo she said ldquoIt was a good first tournament with steep competition Saw a lot of good things and a lot of things we have to go back to the drawing board with but the main things are matchesrdquo

The Tide rel ied

heavily on its leader and num-ber one slot player junior Mary Anne Macfarlane Mainz said Macfarlane proved why she is a natural leader by winning and com-peting in both her singles and dou-bles play matches

ldquoThe thing is with Mary Anne is that she is very consistentrdquo Mainz said ldquoThe way she conducts herself com-petes and trains Her standards are very high and are very high with her teammates For her to be out there on the court push-ing everyone not only makes her better but everyone around her betterrdquo

While Macfarlane has emerged as the Tidersquos team leader this season Mainz said sophomore Emily Zabor

has impressed her early and could be in line for a breakout season

ldquoI think Emily Zabor will be one of the most improved play-ers that ever goes through this pro-gramrdquo she said ldquoShe definitely has leadership capabilities and is even keel both on and off the court

I will definitely be counting on Zabor for big things including this yearrdquo

The Tide is sending five players to the Furman Fall Classic at Furman University in Greenville SC Macfarlane sophomores Yasmeen Ebada and Emily Zabor and fresh-men Maya Jansen and Natalia Maynetto will be facing SEC opponents Vanderbilt South

Carolina and Tennessee along with non-conference opponents North Carolina Florida State Clemson and tournament host Furman

ldquoWersquore going to get kind of a preview of a lot of the con-ference schoolsrdquo Mainz said ldquoItrsquos going to be a real evenly matched tournamentrdquo

Mainz said the teamrsquos man-tra is to get better every day and that she is more focused on how the team executes rather than specifically looking for wins

ldquoI keep emphasizing that the outcome will take care of itselfrdquo she said ldquoWersquove just got to keep doing the right things to get better especially in the fallrdquo

Alabama looks to improve at Furman Fall Classic

CW FileAlabama womenrsquos tennis team looks to continue its success at the Furman Fall Classic

By David MarshburnContributing Writer

Although the champion-ship might not commence for another eight months The University of Alabama menrsquos golf team will get its first real test of the season when it travels to Atlanta Ga to com-pete in the PINGGolfweek Preview Five players will tee off Sunday Sept 23 complet-ing their final round Tuesday Sept 25

Capital City Clubrsquos Crabapple Golf Course hosts the weekend tournament as well as the 2013 NCAA cham-pionship and will provide the Crimson Tide with a taste of what its stiffest competition has to offer The tournament field features several teams that pose a serious challenge to the Tidersquos title hopes this year

Ranked No 1 in the latest Golf Coaches Association of America poll Alabama will square off against the nationrsquos best teams Texas California UCLA and Washington round

out the pollrsquos top five teams Other notable opponents include SEC heavyweights Arkansas Georgia and Texas AampM

ldquoOur coach does a great job planning our schedulerdquo said junior Bobby Wyatt Alabamarsquos top individual performer in its last tournament ldquoOur team always plays the best competi-tion around and wersquore looking forward to this tournamentrdquo

The Crimson Tide fin-ished third in its first match of the season at the Carpet Collegiate Classic topped only by Georgia and defend-ing national champion The University of Texas

ldquoWe looked like we were running in mudrdquo Alabama head coach Jay Seawell said ldquoItrsquos a new team and a new year and we just need to con-tinue to find our identityrdquo

Although the Tide enters the season as a top-ranked team the players realize they have room for improvement Because golf can be a frus-trating game the team mem-bers say they need to work

on patience as well as mental toughness

One of many strengths Seawellrsquos players possess is their ability to crank far drives from the tee box When play-ing on a course with long fairways and tall roughs due to recent rains such a skill should prove advantageous for Alabama

ldquoWe have three solid play-ers and possible first-team All Americans who play well every timerdquo Seawell said ldquoAll of them need to be sharp and a fourth guy will need to step up Wersquore still not sure who that isrdquo

With a lengthy season still remaining a win for the Tide this weekend would make a resounding statement to the rest of the nation Wyatt said a victory will build some much needed momentum that could carry his team through the fall and into the spring

ldquoWe just want to keep get-ting betterrdquo Wyatt said ldquoIf we improve week by week then wersquoll be right where we want to be by the championshiprdquo

The Tide comes out swinging

ldquoItrsquos going to be a real evenly matched

tournament

mdash Jenny Mainz

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Alabama for 23 years Elrod

XVroad to fifteen

you with us

game day advertisingnow available

Donrsquot miss out

Be sure to advertise

in our GameDay Magazine

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 20 2012 | Page 11

Advertise in the Crimson Whitersquos Classi ed Market-place Visit wwwcwuaedu and click on the classi eds tab and look for the place new ad button Low cost highly ef-fective ads available in print and online

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ACROSS1 Former Astros

Arsquos and Metsmanager Art

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13 ldquoSkip me thistime thanksrdquo

15 Princess onceallied withHercules

16 Each17 Mattress brand18 Finished19 Laugh-a-minute

type20 GM compact that

replaced theCobalt

23 Soft spreads24 Asserted25 Teams of fliers28 Loss by 1 say29 Opposite of 1-

Down30 BC Lionsrsquo org33 School-to-be34 Does some

impromptusinging

36 Mineral in a wallperhaps

37 Super Bowlhighlights formany

38 Dortmundrsquosregion

39 Itrsquos a wrap41 ldquoVanilla Skyrdquo

actress44 Prepare for a

bath47 Hobbyistrsquos

cutting brand48 Ocean holiday51 Student aid52 Beatles meter

maid53 Stirs up55 DOD branch56 Drsquoback for one57 Diplomat58 Eyelid concern59 Part of CBS

Abbr60 Email button

DOWN1 Opposite of 29-

Across2 The UAE has

been a memberof it since 1967

3 Cavalry carriers4 Georgersquos mom

on ldquoSeinfeldrdquo5 Make public6 Dessert preceder7 How backroom

deals areconducted

8 Desert dangers9 Ed of ldquoApollo 13rdquo

10 __ den11 Drink in a belt12 Chose14 ldquoDonrsquot throw that

awayrdquo21 ldquoApollo 13rdquo

director Howard22 Sounds near the

ears25 __ of invincibility26 Song-holding

gadget27 2011 Masters

champSchwartzel

30 Like an etcherrsquosacid

31 38-Across spouse32 Emmy winner Kay34 Aloe targets35 With a smile on

onersquos face38 Speed Wagons

eg39 Stable40 Lawsuits41 Frolic42 Vehicle pulled by

bovines

43 72 for 18 often44 Passing grade

that wonrsquot pleaseparents

45 Words of defeat

46 Sordid49 Seine summers50 North Carolina

school54 Pink Floyd

guitarist Barrett

Wednesdayrsquos Puzzle Solved

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can provide the information needed and be a hero Open your heart to your family now Plan a quiet evening at home with people you loveLibra (Sept 23-Oct 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Let the love games begin Sharing intimacy and appreciation is more important than winning the gold Get in touch with those who want to hear from you Suspend criticism Off er encouragement insteadScorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21) -- Today is a 9 -- Your past work speaks well for you Itrsquos all right to bask in the glory but donrsquot lose your perspective just to get more Creativity is required when answering tough questionsSagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 21) -- Today is a 6 -- Yoursquore extra charming and you like it Welcome any challenges and donrsquot give up Creativity is required and readily available Ideas are everywhere Use themCapricorn (Dec 22-Jan 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Put off procrastination for a few days at least Absorb the deeper meaning of the new information that impels a change in plans Plug a fi nancial leak Exercise restraintAquarius (Jan 20-Feb 18) -- Today is an 8 -- Your popularity increases Friends think yoursquore great but donrsquot take them for granted Consider your own points for a debate Itrsquos not a good time to shop as it could crash your cash fl owPisces (Feb 19-March 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Advance your career today and tomorrow with a little help from your friends Donrsquot throw your money away until aft er now You can handle a tough interrogation

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Page 12 | Thursday September 20 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

Tide to battle UGA BulldogsBy Mary Grace ShowfetyStaff Reporter

Alabamarsquos volleyball team is eager to get back on the court after a recent loss to Tennessee dropped the Tide to No 2 in the SEC Western Division

ldquoAfter every game we try to focus on what we can do better and right now wersquore just getting prepared for Georgiardquo fresh-man Kryssi Daniels said ldquoWersquore letting go of the Tennessee game because today is a new dayrdquo

Daniels leads the SEC in aces with 29 this year ranking her No 5 in the nation Georgia remains unbeaten (4-0) at home but the outside hitter said the Crimson Tide is confident about going on the road

Last season the Tide was vic-torious in both meetings with the Bulldogs dropping one set Head coach Ed Allen said this

year the two teams are very much alike in a few areas

ldquoIt will be a challenging week-end because both teams we play are very similar to us and with a similar talent levelrdquo Allen said ldquoWith both realizing the impor-tance of winning those matches against teams that are compa-rable in ability we really expect that itrsquos going to be a tough weekendrdquo

Alabama (12-2 1-1 SEC) and Georgia (7-4 1-1 SEC) are young teams both in the process of rebuilding Like the Tide the Bulldogs did not have the season they hoped for last year finish-ing 11-19 with a 7-13 SEC record

Setter Sierra Wilson said though the Tide does not intend to make any serious changes there are different things to con-sider when playing on the road

ldquoA lot of away travel is based on getting your mind right and getting to a place where you can

create your own energyrdquo Wilson said ldquoSo I think right now wersquore more focused on mental tough-ness and sustaining energyrdquo

Wilson was named SEC Volleyball Freshman of the Week Monday as she continues to lead the conference with 1142 assists per set this season

Allen said the Tide has devel-oped a great deal of consistency ndash something the team has made a priority this season ndash but there is still progress to be made

ldquoWersquore looking to get better defensively at the netrdquo Allen said ldquoI think wersquore growing as far as the game is concerned in understanding whatrsquos happen-ing and now but our ability to execute after we find ourselves in the right place is going to be the next focal pointrdquo

After a weekend away the Tide will return to Foster Auditorium Friday Sept 28 to take on Ole Miss

By Caroline GazzaraContributing Writer

The Alabama soccer team is preparing for a challenging home game Friday against the Georgia Bulldogs after two disappointing results against Tennessee and LSU on the road Though a loss against Tennessee and double overtime tie against LSU still lin-ger in its mind the Tide is not focusing on the past but instead on the upcoming match

ldquoEvery weekend is different obviously with just the different opponents and each team plays differentlyrdquo defender Ashley Willis said ldquoWe have to forget the last weekend and know that there is a lot of season left and just keep plugging away and keep staying positiverdquo

Alabamarsquos 5-1-1 record

including its 0-1-1 start to confer-ence play has the Tide ranked fourth in the SEC West The slight setbacks at both away games have rattled the team a bit but confi-dence and composure are still the number-one focus for the Tide

ldquoWe need to score goals obvi-ously but we need to find a way to get a second goalrdquo head coach Todd Bramble said ldquoWe only scored one goal in each of those games and we came out of it with a loss and a tie The lesson that we learned from this weekend is that scoring one goal against a good SEC team isnrsquot going to be good enoughrdquo

With that in mind Alabamarsquos forward Pia Rijsdijk believes com-posure is key to success The game might get hectic but staying posi-tive and under control are the best way to score and win the game

ldquoI am always trying to be composed and trying to be con-fident when wersquore under pres-surerdquo Rijsdijk said ldquo[I want] to have that calm and show that to my teammatesrdquo

Although its shot percentage has drastically decreased since its season-high of 308 percent against UAB to 037 percent against LSU Alabama has been devoted to working on scoring and increas-ing that percentage

ldquoWe definitely fought hard as a team on Sunday but unfortu-nately we ended up with a tierdquo Rijsdijk said ldquoThose little details wersquove been working on this week will definitely show this weekend and then wersquoll hopefully get a win out of thatrdquo

The home game against Georgia should bring the confidence boost Alabama needs to win The Tide

will have the support of its fans and home-field advantage that it hopes will pull it through

ldquoAlthough we leave this past weekend displeased with the results that we got wersquore not com-pletely unhappy with our perfor-mancerdquo Bramble said ldquoWe canrsquot let that affect our confidence when we continue to come out and per-form the same way we have Being at home will help make that differ-ence for us in getting a win this weekendrdquo

WOMENrsquoS VOLLEYBALL

SOCCER

Composure confi dence lsquostill the number-one focusrsquo

IF YOU GObull What UA vs UGA

bull When 7 pm Friday Sept 21

bull Where Alabama soccer complex

CW | Jingyu WanAlabamarsquos soccer team looks to get its fi rst conference win against Georgia on Friday

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday September 20 2012 | Page 11

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DOWNTIMEFun-filled Time Wasters

ACROSS1 Former Astros

Arsquos and Metsmanager Art

5 ArabianPeninsula title

9 Nonpaying railrider

13 ldquoSkip me thistime thanksrdquo

15 Princess onceallied withHercules

16 Each17 Mattress brand18 Finished19 Laugh-a-minute

type20 GM compact that

replaced theCobalt

23 Soft spreads24 Asserted25 Teams of fliers28 Loss by 1 say29 Opposite of 1-

Down30 BC Lionsrsquo org33 School-to-be34 Does some

impromptusinging

36 Mineral in a wallperhaps

37 Super Bowlhighlights formany

38 Dortmundrsquosregion

39 Itrsquos a wrap41 ldquoVanilla Skyrdquo

actress44 Prepare for a

bath47 Hobbyistrsquos

cutting brand48 Ocean holiday51 Student aid52 Beatles meter

maid53 Stirs up55 DOD branch56 Drsquoback for one57 Diplomat58 Eyelid concern59 Part of CBS

Abbr60 Email button

DOWN1 Opposite of 29-

Across2 The UAE has

been a memberof it since 1967

3 Cavalry carriers4 Georgersquos mom

on ldquoSeinfeldrdquo5 Make public6 Dessert preceder7 How backroom

deals areconducted

8 Desert dangers9 Ed of ldquoApollo 13rdquo

10 __ den11 Drink in a belt12 Chose14 ldquoDonrsquot throw that

awayrdquo21 ldquoApollo 13rdquo

director Howard22 Sounds near the

ears25 __ of invincibility26 Song-holding

gadget27 2011 Masters

champSchwartzel

30 Like an etcherrsquosacid

31 38-Across spouse32 Emmy winner Kay34 Aloe targets35 With a smile on

onersquos face38 Speed Wagons

eg39 Stable40 Lawsuits41 Frolic42 Vehicle pulled by

bovines

43 72 for 18 often44 Passing grade

that wonrsquot pleaseparents

45 Words of defeat

46 Sordid49 Seine summers50 North Carolina

school54 Pink Floyd

guitarist Barrett

Wednesdayrsquos Puzzle Solved

By Steven J St John 92012

(c)2012 Tribune Media Services Inc 92012

Crossword

Sudoku

FREEbull monitored

security system

bull gas log fireplaces

bull fitness rooms

bull 2 resort pools

CALL (205) 544-1977

palisadesapthomescom

1 2 3 bedrooms

3201 Hargrove Road East

Tuscaloosa AL

ANNOUNCEMENTSANNOUNCEMENTSHOUSING

DEADLINES Classified line ad deadline is the previous business day by 400 pmHow to place a classified For classified line ads visit wwwcwuaedu and click on the classifieds tab For classified display ads call (205) 348-7355 or email cwclassmgrgmailcom for a free consultation The Crimson White is published four days a week (M T W TH) Each classified line ad must run for a minimum of four days and include no less than 16 words

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McNeff Veterinary

Hospital PC6 minutes from Campus wellness exams vaccinations heartworm prevention amp testing grooming amp more

20 discount for all students15 discount for faculty

Call us for details

1600 Greensboro AveTuscaloosa AL 35401

205-345-6767

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Todayrsquos Birthday (092012) A new three-year phase of research and communications develops and two eclipses smile upon your career this year Keep to your budget and your nest egg grows Nurture friendships Water your garden with love and constancyTo get the advantage check the dayrsquos rating 10 is the easiest day 0 the most challengingAries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 6 -- Enter the adventure watch out for surprises and potential collisions and advance to the next level Watch the big picture for the next few days Being thrift y is a virtue nowTaurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Donrsquot move your money around Others look to you for advice but you donrsquot need to give it all away Project a refi ned image Itrsquos okay to ask questions Schedule carefullyGemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Donrsquot let anybody pressure you into doing anything Take your sweet time to do whatrsquos right and negotiate where needed Keep communication channels openCancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Your ideas are fl owing well now Focus on your work today and tomorrow Th ink a bit more about what your partner wants Romance may be involvedLeo (July 23-Aug 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Yoursquore very persuasive and extremely creative now Donrsquot be fooled by imitations no matter how real they look Have a good time but donrsquot max out the credit cardsVirgo (Aug 23-Sept 22) -- Today is an 8 -- You donrsquot have to do it all but you

can provide the information needed and be a hero Open your heart to your family now Plan a quiet evening at home with people you loveLibra (Sept 23-Oct 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Let the love games begin Sharing intimacy and appreciation is more important than winning the gold Get in touch with those who want to hear from you Suspend criticism Off er encouragement insteadScorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21) -- Today is a 9 -- Your past work speaks well for you Itrsquos all right to bask in the glory but donrsquot lose your perspective just to get more Creativity is required when answering tough questionsSagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 21) -- Today is a 6 -- Yoursquore extra charming and you like it Welcome any challenges and donrsquot give up Creativity is required and readily available Ideas are everywhere Use themCapricorn (Dec 22-Jan 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Put off procrastination for a few days at least Absorb the deeper meaning of the new information that impels a change in plans Plug a fi nancial leak Exercise restraintAquarius (Jan 20-Feb 18) -- Today is an 8 -- Your popularity increases Friends think yoursquore great but donrsquot take them for granted Consider your own points for a debate Itrsquos not a good time to shop as it could crash your cash fl owPisces (Feb 19-March 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Advance your career today and tomorrow with a little help from your friends Donrsquot throw your money away until aft er now You can handle a tough interrogation

HOROSCOPES

Classi ed display ads get re-sults Call your Crimson White ad representative today to nd out how the Crimson White can help you create new business opportunities Call (205) 348-7355 or cwclassmgrgmailcom

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now available

Advertise in the Crimson Whitersquos Classi ed Market-place Visit wwwcwuaedu and click on the classi eds tab and look for the place new ad button Low cost highly effective ads available in print and online

Visit wwwcwuaedu and click on the classi eds tab Ad placement is quick and easy

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Be sure to advertise

in our GameDay Magazine

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12 OFF FIRST Month s Rent- Spacious 2 bedroom 2 bath $700 Close to Midtown amp Campus COURT WOODS 1600 Veterans Memorial Pkwy Call Denise 556-6200 wwwdelviewcom

CAMPUS 3-4 BEDROOM HOUSES very nice avail-able now Lease and deposit required No pets Call (205) 752-1277

ROOM FOR SUBLEASE Female roommate need-ed In a 5br3ba house $570 month walking dis-

tance from campus 15 utilities (512)296-7502

HIRING Servers and Kitchen StaffFor Bryant Denny Stadium$10 Hour and Up for Servers$8 hour and up for utilitycooks dependent on experi-enceCheck out our AD on Craig-slistPosting ID 3172239525

BARTENDING $300 day potential no experience nec-essary Training courses avail-able (800)965-6520 Ext214

CLASSIC COMICS AND ALBUMS large collection of comic books albums movie posters sports memorabilia DVDsCDs beer signs In Skyland Antique Mall 311 Skyland Blvd and Fifth Av-enue Antiques Birmingham Details on Facebook

Page 12 | Thursday September 20 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

Tide to battle UGA BulldogsBy Mary Grace ShowfetyStaff Reporter

Alabamarsquos volleyball team is eager to get back on the court after a recent loss to Tennessee dropped the Tide to No 2 in the SEC Western Division

ldquoAfter every game we try to focus on what we can do better and right now wersquore just getting prepared for Georgiardquo fresh-man Kryssi Daniels said ldquoWersquore letting go of the Tennessee game because today is a new dayrdquo

Daniels leads the SEC in aces with 29 this year ranking her No 5 in the nation Georgia remains unbeaten (4-0) at home but the outside hitter said the Crimson Tide is confident about going on the road

Last season the Tide was vic-torious in both meetings with the Bulldogs dropping one set Head coach Ed Allen said this

year the two teams are very much alike in a few areas

ldquoIt will be a challenging week-end because both teams we play are very similar to us and with a similar talent levelrdquo Allen said ldquoWith both realizing the impor-tance of winning those matches against teams that are compa-rable in ability we really expect that itrsquos going to be a tough weekendrdquo

Alabama (12-2 1-1 SEC) and Georgia (7-4 1-1 SEC) are young teams both in the process of rebuilding Like the Tide the Bulldogs did not have the season they hoped for last year finish-ing 11-19 with a 7-13 SEC record

Setter Sierra Wilson said though the Tide does not intend to make any serious changes there are different things to con-sider when playing on the road

ldquoA lot of away travel is based on getting your mind right and getting to a place where you can

create your own energyrdquo Wilson said ldquoSo I think right now wersquore more focused on mental tough-ness and sustaining energyrdquo

Wilson was named SEC Volleyball Freshman of the Week Monday as she continues to lead the conference with 1142 assists per set this season

Allen said the Tide has devel-oped a great deal of consistency ndash something the team has made a priority this season ndash but there is still progress to be made

ldquoWersquore looking to get better defensively at the netrdquo Allen said ldquoI think wersquore growing as far as the game is concerned in understanding whatrsquos happen-ing and now but our ability to execute after we find ourselves in the right place is going to be the next focal pointrdquo

After a weekend away the Tide will return to Foster Auditorium Friday Sept 28 to take on Ole Miss

By Caroline GazzaraContributing Writer

The Alabama soccer team is preparing for a challenging home game Friday against the Georgia Bulldogs after two disappointing results against Tennessee and LSU on the road Though a loss against Tennessee and double overtime tie against LSU still lin-ger in its mind the Tide is not focusing on the past but instead on the upcoming match

ldquoEvery weekend is different obviously with just the different opponents and each team plays differentlyrdquo defender Ashley Willis said ldquoWe have to forget the last weekend and know that there is a lot of season left and just keep plugging away and keep staying positiverdquo

Alabamarsquos 5-1-1 record

including its 0-1-1 start to confer-ence play has the Tide ranked fourth in the SEC West The slight setbacks at both away games have rattled the team a bit but confi-dence and composure are still the number-one focus for the Tide

ldquoWe need to score goals obvi-ously but we need to find a way to get a second goalrdquo head coach Todd Bramble said ldquoWe only scored one goal in each of those games and we came out of it with a loss and a tie The lesson that we learned from this weekend is that scoring one goal against a good SEC team isnrsquot going to be good enoughrdquo

With that in mind Alabamarsquos forward Pia Rijsdijk believes com-posure is key to success The game might get hectic but staying posi-tive and under control are the best way to score and win the game

ldquoI am always trying to be composed and trying to be con-fident when wersquore under pres-surerdquo Rijsdijk said ldquo[I want] to have that calm and show that to my teammatesrdquo

Although its shot percentage has drastically decreased since its season-high of 308 percent against UAB to 037 percent against LSU Alabama has been devoted to working on scoring and increas-ing that percentage

ldquoWe definitely fought hard as a team on Sunday but unfortu-nately we ended up with a tierdquo Rijsdijk said ldquoThose little details wersquove been working on this week will definitely show this weekend and then wersquoll hopefully get a win out of thatrdquo

The home game against Georgia should bring the confidence boost Alabama needs to win The Tide

will have the support of its fans and home-field advantage that it hopes will pull it through

ldquoAlthough we leave this past weekend displeased with the results that we got wersquore not com-pletely unhappy with our perfor-mancerdquo Bramble said ldquoWe canrsquot let that affect our confidence when we continue to come out and per-form the same way we have Being at home will help make that differ-ence for us in getting a win this weekendrdquo

WOMENrsquoS VOLLEYBALL

SOCCER

Composure confi dence lsquostill the number-one focusrsquo

IF YOU GObull What UA vs UGA

bull When 7 pm Friday Sept 21

bull Where Alabama soccer complex

CW | Jingyu WanAlabamarsquos soccer team looks to get its fi rst conference win against Georgia on Friday

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Page 12 | Thursday September 20 2012 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS

Tide to battle UGA BulldogsBy Mary Grace ShowfetyStaff Reporter

Alabamarsquos volleyball team is eager to get back on the court after a recent loss to Tennessee dropped the Tide to No 2 in the SEC Western Division

ldquoAfter every game we try to focus on what we can do better and right now wersquore just getting prepared for Georgiardquo fresh-man Kryssi Daniels said ldquoWersquore letting go of the Tennessee game because today is a new dayrdquo

Daniels leads the SEC in aces with 29 this year ranking her No 5 in the nation Georgia remains unbeaten (4-0) at home but the outside hitter said the Crimson Tide is confident about going on the road

Last season the Tide was vic-torious in both meetings with the Bulldogs dropping one set Head coach Ed Allen said this

year the two teams are very much alike in a few areas

ldquoIt will be a challenging week-end because both teams we play are very similar to us and with a similar talent levelrdquo Allen said ldquoWith both realizing the impor-tance of winning those matches against teams that are compa-rable in ability we really expect that itrsquos going to be a tough weekendrdquo

Alabama (12-2 1-1 SEC) and Georgia (7-4 1-1 SEC) are young teams both in the process of rebuilding Like the Tide the Bulldogs did not have the season they hoped for last year finish-ing 11-19 with a 7-13 SEC record

Setter Sierra Wilson said though the Tide does not intend to make any serious changes there are different things to con-sider when playing on the road

ldquoA lot of away travel is based on getting your mind right and getting to a place where you can

create your own energyrdquo Wilson said ldquoSo I think right now wersquore more focused on mental tough-ness and sustaining energyrdquo

Wilson was named SEC Volleyball Freshman of the Week Monday as she continues to lead the conference with 1142 assists per set this season

Allen said the Tide has devel-oped a great deal of consistency ndash something the team has made a priority this season ndash but there is still progress to be made

ldquoWersquore looking to get better defensively at the netrdquo Allen said ldquoI think wersquore growing as far as the game is concerned in understanding whatrsquos happen-ing and now but our ability to execute after we find ourselves in the right place is going to be the next focal pointrdquo

After a weekend away the Tide will return to Foster Auditorium Friday Sept 28 to take on Ole Miss

By Caroline GazzaraContributing Writer

The Alabama soccer team is preparing for a challenging home game Friday against the Georgia Bulldogs after two disappointing results against Tennessee and LSU on the road Though a loss against Tennessee and double overtime tie against LSU still lin-ger in its mind the Tide is not focusing on the past but instead on the upcoming match

ldquoEvery weekend is different obviously with just the different opponents and each team plays differentlyrdquo defender Ashley Willis said ldquoWe have to forget the last weekend and know that there is a lot of season left and just keep plugging away and keep staying positiverdquo

Alabamarsquos 5-1-1 record

including its 0-1-1 start to confer-ence play has the Tide ranked fourth in the SEC West The slight setbacks at both away games have rattled the team a bit but confi-dence and composure are still the number-one focus for the Tide

ldquoWe need to score goals obvi-ously but we need to find a way to get a second goalrdquo head coach Todd Bramble said ldquoWe only scored one goal in each of those games and we came out of it with a loss and a tie The lesson that we learned from this weekend is that scoring one goal against a good SEC team isnrsquot going to be good enoughrdquo

With that in mind Alabamarsquos forward Pia Rijsdijk believes com-posure is key to success The game might get hectic but staying posi-tive and under control are the best way to score and win the game

ldquoI am always trying to be composed and trying to be con-fident when wersquore under pres-surerdquo Rijsdijk said ldquo[I want] to have that calm and show that to my teammatesrdquo

Although its shot percentage has drastically decreased since its season-high of 308 percent against UAB to 037 percent against LSU Alabama has been devoted to working on scoring and increas-ing that percentage

ldquoWe definitely fought hard as a team on Sunday but unfortu-nately we ended up with a tierdquo Rijsdijk said ldquoThose little details wersquove been working on this week will definitely show this weekend and then wersquoll hopefully get a win out of thatrdquo

The home game against Georgia should bring the confidence boost Alabama needs to win The Tide

will have the support of its fans and home-field advantage that it hopes will pull it through

ldquoAlthough we leave this past weekend displeased with the results that we got wersquore not com-pletely unhappy with our perfor-mancerdquo Bramble said ldquoWe canrsquot let that affect our confidence when we continue to come out and per-form the same way we have Being at home will help make that differ-ence for us in getting a win this weekendrdquo

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Composure confi dence lsquostill the number-one focusrsquo

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CW | Jingyu WanAlabamarsquos soccer team looks to get its fi rst conference win against Georgia on Friday

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