By Angie Bartelt

Contributing Writer
A random ticket drawn
from a hat could get you
either a feast or a meager
portion at the Community
Service Centers fifth annu-
al Hunger Banquet this
Wednesday. At 7:30 p.m. in
the Ferguson Center ball-
room, the CSC hopes to put
state, national and world-
wide hunger issues into per-
spective for students who
participate.
Many of the students at
The University of Alabama
are extremely fortunate to
have access to an adequate
amount of food, as well as the
privilege to choose what we
eat, and it is easy to take this
for granted, Lisa Bochey,
director of hunger and home-
lessness at the CSC, said in
a press release. I think the
Hunger Banquet is the per-
fect event for students to gain
a new perspective on these
issues and hopefully become
motivated to do something to
help.
At the banquet, students
will be given a ticket that
divides the attendees into
different groups that repre-
sent worldwide income lev-
els. The income levels will
determine the makeup of
the meal students receive,
communicating what people
who live in a certain income
bracket can afford to eat.
The banquets purpose
is to shed light on hunger
issues, like the fact that
many people around the
world survive on less than $1
a day.
Students will understand
during this banquet that hun-
ger and food security are not
only a problem worldwide
but also in their own commu-
nities, Wahnee Sherman,
director of the CSC, said.
The banquet will bring
something different to the
table this year, Sherman
said. The CSC will add a sec-
tion of categories where the
students will be divided spe-
cifically by Alabama hunger
security statistics.
This will add a new
dynamic to the meals
because of statewide food
security issues, which
includes UA students and
thousands of members of the
Alabama community who
struggle to bring food home
and have adequate nutrition
intake.
Sherman hopes this will
bring the issue home for
all participants because
the global issue is of great
concern, but connecting
the students to their own
friends, and possibly family,
may drive them to take their
own stand in helping starv-
ing people from Alabama to
Africa.
When it first premiered
about 90 minutes before the
Western Kentucky game,
a compilation of home
videos of Alabama fans
celebrating the Tides 2011
BCS national championship
win was met with cheers
from those already in the
stadium mostly students
filling up the student section.
As the song Some Nights
by the band Fun. played in
the background, the fans in
the video danced, twirled
their shirts over their heads
and ran around screaming.
Built by Passion, over-
layed text on the video
read. Built by You. Built by
Bama.
Despite its popularity
among students, the video
disappeared from the sta-
diums pre-game lineup after
the Ole Miss game on Sept.
29.
Associ ate Athl eti cs
Director Milton Overton said
the way production deci-
sions for the lineup of videos
are made is based on wheth-
er they meet four criteria.
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Mojo Trio to perform at Woodstock Festival Arts Center
By Mary Kathryn Patterson
Contributing Writer
Mojo Trio, a popular band
among bar venues, is set to per-
form at the Woodstock Festival
Arts Center in Woodstock, Ala.,
on Saturday, Nov. 17, at 9 p.m.
The band is made up of three
members, including guitarist
Joey Laycock, drummer Ricky
Burch and bassist Micah Hill.
Each member in the band sings,
in addition to performing his
own instrument. Hill said the
band has a diverse lineup that
gets people moving every time
they play.
We play anything from clas-
sic rock to modern country,
Hill said. We like to make sure
everyone who comes to see us
has a good time.
Sheila Gunter, a representa-
tive for the Woodstock Festival
Arts Center, said they had heard
from several people requesting
a show with Mojo Trio.
It was actually Hwy 5s front
man, Bryan Parks, along with a
few customers, who suggested
we approach Mojo Trio about
performing, Gunter said. We
are always on the lookout for a
good band to perform here, and
Mojo graciously accepted.
Hill said when Mojo Trio is in
the area, they typically play at
Rhythm and Brews downtown,
as well as other bars and ven-
ues near Birmingham.
We play all over where any-
one will have us, Hill said. We
love trying out new venues to
get our music out there.
Gunter said she hopes Mojo
Trios popularity in Tuscaloosa
will motivate people to make
the 30 to 40 minute trip to
Woodstock.
We definitely hope to draw
some of the music lovers from
Tuscaloosa, Gunter said.
Eventually, we hope to have
bands such as Mojo Trio every
weekend and to also help other
lesser-known bands develop a
following.
CULTURE | LOCAL MUSIC
NEWS | TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND FILM
Band often headlines
Tuscaloosa venues
Director of Seinfeld episodes to teach spring TCF production class
By Morgan Reames
Contributing Writer
The Department of
Telecommunication and Film is
giving one student the opportu-
nity to write, produce and direct
his or her own original script
with an Emmy award-winning
television director they just
have to impress him first.
Tom Cherones, a UA gradu-
ate and Tuscaloosa native, is a
television director best known
for directing more than 80 epi-
sodes of Seinfeld. He has
also directed episodes of many
other shows, including Ellen,
NewsRadio and Desperate
Housewives.
The TCF department is
accepting student submissions
of a short drama or comedy
script approximately 30 min-
utes in length. After the Dec. 7
deadline, Cherones will select
the winning script to be used
in Capstone Video Project 2013,
a production class for TCF
students.
All submitted scripts will
be sent to him over Christmas
break, and he chooses the one
he wants to produce, Glenda
Cantrell-Williams, the chair of
the TCF department, said. He
judges the scripts himself and
sometimes brings in indus-
try people or gets advice from
cohorts.
The winner of the competi-
tion will assist Cherones in edit-
ing, shooting and producing his
or her original work. The pro-
duction will take place on site
in Tuscaloosa during the spring
semester.
Cherones will visit the
University in April to instruct
students in the class, alongside
Tom Assari, the production
designer for Seinfeld.
They will learn what its
like to work on a profession-
al-type set from people who
have achieved great success,
Cantrell-Williams said.
The Capstone class, TCF
442, will take place over the
course of four weeks in April.
Applicants are restricted to
production students who have
taken TCF 100, at least two pro-
duction classes and have a 2.0
GPA or higher.
The deadline to apply for the
class has been extended to this
Friday, Nov. 16.
Anyone can apply to be
accepted. They need experience
filming, editing and [to] be able
to shoot, Mary Lou Cox, TCF
administrative assistant, said.
UA student with best
script will direct pilot
Submitted
Mojo Trio typically play at Rhythm and Brews in downtown Tuscaloosa.
SEE TRIO PAGE 2
SEE TCF PAGE 2
Photo Illustration by Daniel Roth

The students may come in

knowing how to shoot a
camera, but Mr. Cherones
will help them to make the
shot better.
Glenda Cantrell-Williams
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What: Homegrown Alabama
Farmers Market
Where: Canterbury
Episcopal Chapel Lawn
When: 3 5 p.m.
What: Battle of the Branches:
Intramurals
Where: Presidential Park
When: 4 8 p.m.
What: Shenanigans and Beer
Comedy Showcase
Where: Green Bar
When: 8 p.m.
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What: Spanish Scrabble
Tournament
Where: Lloyd Hall
When: 6:30 p.m.
What: The Death Penalty
from a Social Justice
Perspective
Where: 111 ten Hoor Hall
When: 6 7 p.m.
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Where: 1 B.B. Comer
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Cherones will work
with the students on mas-
tering the basics of film
production.
The students may come
in knowing how to shoot a
camera, but Mr. Cherones
will help them to make
the shot better, Cantrell-
Williams said. He really
works with the students on
pacing. When you work in
such a short time frame, it
really pushes their limits.
During the four weeks,
students will finish an entire
production from start to
finish.
At the end, there will be a
wrap party, and there may be
some polishing thats done,
but its a finished product,
Cantrell-Williams said.
The finished production
will be used beyond the
classroom and submitted to
various film festivals, Cox
said. Although the spring
class is for TCF students
only, any student can submit
a script to the competition
and audition to play a role in
the final production.
The class is restricted
to production students,
Cantrell-Williams said. But
anyone can audition to play
a part in the film to be an
extra to be a star.
TCF FROM PAGE 1
Students will create
episode in 4 weeks
The arts center was start-
ed about a year and a half
ago by Richard Hinson, who
saw potential in a large
warehouse behind his other
business in Woodstock
called Cabins and Covers,
Gunter said.
He envisioned the ware-
house as a perfect structure
for a multi-faceted venue
and restaurant, Gunter
said.
Since then, the arts cen-
ter has attracted lots of
supporters from around
the area. The arts center
has hosted several arts
and crafts shows and a
bike ride for charity. It also
has regular karaoke, open
mic and comedy nights.
Additionally, there is a res-
taurant in the venue called
Junction Caf, which serves
as a meat and three place
for lunch, and for dinner, it
turns into a sports bar and
grill atmosphere.
Gunter said there are still
many plans for the arts cen-
ter.
The Woodstock Cultural
Art Foundation, our non-
profit organization, will
help local children receive
art, music and writing
classes not offered in pub-
lic school, Gunter said.
We also hope to spon-
sor a Back to Woodstock
festival in August to coin-
cide with the original
Woodstock Festival. It will
last three days and offer
a wide variety of music
and activities.
TRIO FROM PAGE 1
Requests from band,
fans land trio festival
MCT Campus
WASHINGTON The bur-
geoning sex scandal that has
swept up retired Army Gen. David
Petraeus, his biographer, Paula
Broadwell, and now Petraeus
successor as the U.S. commander
in Afghanistan, Marine Gen. John
Allen, is alarming the small cadre
of women advisers who enjoy
extraordinary access to top gen-
erals based on their expertise and
scholarship.
Often coming from non-mili-
tary backgrounds, these womens
work has informed U.S. policy in
Iraq and Afghanistan for more
than a decade, offering fresh
ideas on topics such as local
governance, human rights, rule
of law and counterinsurgency,
with an ability to challenge the
commanders from a position of
independence.
Now they fear that leaders
who have learned to rely on their
advice might restrict women from
their inner circles to avoid the
appearance of impropriety. It was
a measure of their concern that
none of the women interviewed
for this story was willing to attach
her name to her remarks.
One of the things I worry
about is that they, in their con-
cern either to protect themselves
from this kind of event or from
the appearance of something
wrong, might think twice about
putting a female in that kind of
environment again, said one
former adviser to Petraeus and
other officers. And therefore,
theyd fall back and be enclosed
by the system again.
For Petraeus, such women
included Kimberly Kagan, a
military historian who heads the
Institute for the Study of War, and
Emma Sky, a British cross-cultur-
al specialist and current fellow at
Yale who also advised Gen. Ray
Odierno when he was command-
er of U.S. forces in Iraq.
Other senior commanders also
bought into the idea of including
outsiders free radicals, as
one woman put it in their brain
trusts.
Former Time magazine jour-
nalist Sally Donnelly was a
special assistant to Adm. Mike
Mullen, former chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Marine
Gen. James Mattis, currently
the head of Central Command,
the Tampa, Fla.-based military
group that Petraeus and Allen
also commanded. Sarah Chayes,
an Afghanistan specialist and for-
mer journalist, also served as a
special assistant to Mullen.
Catherine Dale, a national
security reform expert with the
Congressional Research Service,
advised Gen. David Rodriguez,
former commander of forces in
Afghanistan. Others are involved
in the current planning for poten-
tial operations in Africa.
The phenomenon complete
with names was remark-
able enough to be noted in an
academic journal, Review of
International Studies, last year
under the headline, Gendered
practices of counterinsurgency.
Less commented upon has
been the increasingly visible
presence of women white, mid-
dle-class, educated women in
the U.S. Department of Defense
and in security-related think
tanks, wrote the author, Laleh
Khalili. This rise of a particular
category of women, espousing a
particular species of feminism,
is itself indicative of a kind of
femininity which is comfortable
with, and in fact positively values,
breaking through security spaces
coded as masculine.
Whether or not they agreed
with the academics take on their
small movement, the women con-
ceded that it wasnt easy to gain
acceptance, even after it became
de rigueur to have a civilian
adviser on a generals staff.
Youre female, youre civilian
and youve never served, one
former special adviser to senior
officers said. Thats the troika
that could raise suspicions about
what value you could possibly
add.
In most cases, several women
said, they served as bridges,
connecting top commanders with
issues concerning the civilian
populations in their areas of oper-
ations, whether Baghdad, Kabul
or Washington.
Some said they carried them-
selves modestly by nature and
didnt think twice about their
mostly male environment; others
said they took pains to overcom-
pensate for their femininity in
the battle theater by avoiding a
flirtatious tone of voice, dressing
unobtrusively and not making
too much eye contact.
Among this panel of serious
women academics and analysts,
there is a special bitterness about
Broadwell, whom many accused
of relying on sex appeal rather
than expertise for entry into the
exclusive generals club.
Theyre also disappointed
in Petraeus for giving so much
access to a young woman whom
others in his circle spotted imme-
diately as ill-equipped to write
the definitive biography of a man
considered a national hero.
The crime of it was to give her
the inferred expertise of an insid-
er when everyone else had to earn
that status, said one longtime
Petraeus adviser. They werent
just resentful that she wore tight
tops they were resentful that
she was given a status she didnt
deserve.
The stories abound Broadwell
wore a halter top to meet a senior
commander at the Pentagon, she
was given research tasks and job
interviews for which she wasnt
qualified, she presented herself
as a journalist while serving on
a panel at the prestigious Aspen
Ideas Festival, a gathering of top
thinkers from around the globe.
To other women, some of whom
tried to mentor her, Broadwell
turned on the charm to hide the
fact that she was way out of her
league.
Before the identity of the
Florida socialite whos also
embroiled in the scandal was
revealed, at least one longtime
Petraeus adviser was embar-
rassed to get emails from col-
leagues asking whether she was
the other woman who reported-
ly received threatening messages
from Broadwell.
That, she said, is the risk to
other women in the field when
one woman squanders her cov-
eted entry into the world of the
security establishments mighti-
est decision-makers. Access and
trust are key, she said, to making
such relationships work.
Women worry scandal surrounding Petraeus affair will hurt their future roles as advisers to military leaders
MCT Campus
They call it pre-gaming,
and it usually involves chug-
ging cheap alcoholic drinks
before heading out to a bar,
club or sporting event.
While addiction experts
estimate that 65 percent to 75
percent of college-age youths
engage in such boozy behavior,
a Swiss study concludes that
such pre-loaded evenings
are far more likely to end in
blackouts, unprotected sex,
unplanned drug use or injury.
Pre-drinking is a perni-
cious drinking pattern, said
coauthor Florian Labhart, a
researcher at Addiction Info
Switzerland, in Lausanne.
Excessive consumption and
adverse consequences are
not simply related to the type
of people who pre-drink but
rather to the practice of pre-
drinking itself.
The study, to be pub-
lished in an upcoming issue
of Alcoholism: Clinical &
Experimental Research, exam-
ined the drinking habits of
more than 250 Swiss students.
For five weeks, the test
subjects were surveyed via
Internet and cellphone text
messages. Each Thursday,
Friday and Saturday night,
the students were questioned
hourly about how many drinks
they had just consumed.
Researchers found that
when students drank prior
to going to a bar or club, they
drank more than they would
otherwise.
This increased drinking
was associated with a greater
likelihood of blackouts, hang-
overs, absences from work or
school or alcohol poisoning.
Pre-drinkers were also found
to engage more often in unin-
tended drug use, unsafe sex,
drunken driving or violent
behavior.
The study found that while
students who drank only at a
bar or club stood an 18 percent
chance of experiencing nega-
tive consequences, students
who drank beforehand stood
a 24 percent chance of seeing
their evening end in mishap.
Study authors cited several
motivations for pre-drinking.
Reasons given for pre-
drinking include saving
money, getting in the mood for
partying, becoming intoxicat-
ed and socializing with friends
or facilitating contacts with
potential sexual partners, the
authors wrote.
Youth who pre-party more likely to
have unprotected sex, drug use
IF YOU GO...
What: Mojo Trio to
perform at Woodstock
Festival Arts Center
Where: Woodstock
Festival Art Center in
Woodstock. Ala.
When: Saturday, Nov.
17 at 9 p.m.
Editor | Melissa Brown
newsdesk@cw.ua.edu
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
NEWS
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OPINION
CULTURE
SPORTS
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By Mazie Bryant
Assistant News Editor
In a lecture to The University
of Alabama community on
Wednesday, Nov. 14, activist Gary
Drinkard will convey his person-
al experience with a place most
people hope to never even think
about death row.
The University will host exon-
erated state death row survivor
Drinkard in a lecture titled The
Death Penalty from a Social
Justice Perspective on campus
in ten Hoor Hall, Room 111, at 6
p.m. on Wednesday.
Drinkard was sentenced to be
executed in 1995 for the murder
and robbery of a Decatur, Ala.,
automotive junk dealer. He was
a member of Project Hope to
Abolish the Death Penalty while
incarcerated at the Holman
Correctional Facility in Atmore,
Ala. During his lecture, he will
be accompanied by Joanne
Terrell, a death penalty mitiga-
tor and School of Social Work
faculty member, to speak to the
UA community about his case,
life on death row, life after death
row and the effects of the death
penalty.
The event will be sponsored
by the School of Social Work and
the UA Arise Citizens Policy
Project. Alabama Arise is a non-
profit organization that works to
create and change policies of the
Alabama Legislature for the ben-
efit of vulnerable populations of
Alabama, Kimberly Burrow, vice
president of the campus chapter
of the institution, said.
Previously, the UA chapter of
the organization hosted world-
renowned scholar Katherine
Newman in a lecture about the
evolution of taxation in the United
States. However, the group decid-
ed on the death penalty as the
focus of their November event.
We worked to bring this
event to campus because the
death penalty is a priority issue
of our parent organization in
Montgomery, Burrow said. We
support the repeal of it, because
not only is it inhumane, it dispro-
portionately affects poor people
and people of color.
Burrow said the event is impor-
tant in connecting students to the
community around them.
It is important for students
to attend this event to raise
their awareness of the inher-
ent problems in the death pen-
alty, Burrow said. Its relevant
because students should be
involved in the social issues that
affect their community.
Megan Knauss, president of
the UA chapter of Alabama Arise,
said she hopes the speaker will
evoke change from his listeners.
I think its incredibly impor-
tant for UA students to be
informed of important issues
such as the death penalty that
affect both our country and our
state, in particular, Knauss said.
The speech offers students an
opportunity to learn about the
death penalty from multiple per-
spectives. We hope that the event
will inspire students to learn
more about this social issue,
which has a significant impact
at every level of our society, as
well as actions they can take to
move our state closer to achiev-
ing a moratorium on the death
penalty.
A reception catered by Full
Moon Bar-B-Que will follow
the lecture.
Freed activist to discuss life after death row
By Colby Leopard
Staff Reporter
Now that Roy Moore has been
re-elected as chief justice of the
Alabama State Supreme Court,
some people at The University
of Alabama are asking, What
comes next?
[Moore] could alleviate some
peoples concerns, depending on
how he conducts himself start-
ing in January, said Bill Stewart,
professor emeritus of the politi-
cal science department. Maybe
hell surprise people and keep
a low profile. I think it would be
refreshing for him to not be the
source of news.
Moore built his reputation
as a judge on his belief that the
Ten Commandments are the
foundation of the United States
Constitution. Upon his election as
chief justice in 2000, Moore placed
a 2.5 ton granite monument of
the Ten Commandments in the
Central Rotunda of the Alabama
Supreme Court Building.
Following a lawsuit, federal judge
Myron Thompson ordered Moore
to remove the monument from
the building. Moore refused.
Ultimately, the monument was
removed from the building, and
Moore was removed from office.
Stewart, the former chair of
the political science department,
said he believes Moores election
is not going to be detrimental to
the state because the other eight
Supreme Court justices will keep
him in check. He also said Moore
deserves the opportunity to hold
the position of chief justice again
because he won the election fairly.
The Conservative, religious
environment in Alabama and
the fact that [Moore] had the
R brand, which is so popular
in Alabama, helped make quite
a few people in Alabama vote
for him because he was on the
Republican ticket, even though
they personally were not that
enthusiastic about his religious
views, Stewart said.
Andy Branton, a sophomore
from Coxey, Ala., is not as opti-
mistic that Moore will serve his
term handing down unbiased
judgments.
I like to think that people
can change their ways, and I say
all the time that people can,
Branton said. But if I was Roy
Moore, I would look at my re-elec-
tion knowing that the people of
Alabama know what I have done
in the past, and they support it -
thats why I was re-elected. He has
no reason to change, other than
the fact that Im sure he doesnt
want to lose his job again.
Branton and Stewart both said
Moores re-election is in part
a product of Alabamians cast-
ing straight-party votes for the
Republicans. Stewart said the sec-
retary of states office will release
statistics related to straight-party
tickets on Nov. 26, but he antici-
pates the numbers to be telling.
Stewart also said Democratic
Party challenger Bob Vance lost
the election because of the weak-
ness of the party in Alabama.
I feel like the Democratic Party
is to be faulted, Stewart said.
The Democratic Party doesnt
function like a political party, and
the Republican Party does func-
tion like a political party. They
come up with viable candidates
for office, they frequently fund
their campaigns and give the
candidates technical advice they
need to win.
Daniel Connors, a senior from
Enterprise, Ala., said he believes
Moore was re-elected because
many Alabamians dont educate
themselves on the candidates
running for office.
I feel like, just like any other
election, voters are unedu-
cated, especially when it comes
to options on voting straight
ticket, Connors said. It gives
[Republicans] the advantage,
because Alabama has always
been a Conservative state, so
people will always vote straight
Republican, even though they
dont actually know who they are
voting for.
Stewart: Moore will be kept in check
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By Sophia Fazal
Staff Columnist
Life without a cellphone
seems stupid. As a young
college girl with more anxi-
ety than even a dinosaur
could take on, I just see
red flags and danger every-
where, and not having a way
to speed dial Daddy, UAPD
or my sister is just danger-
ous. But, realistically, is
becoming a Luddite more
plausible than we all think?
Over the weekend, a close
guy friend of mine lost his
cellphone. Not surprising,
considering last Saturday,
but what is surprising is his
reluctance to get a new one.
The iPhone 5 has just hit
the shelves, and its unbe-
lievable. Life as we know it
is run by that little box of
metal and glass we carry
in the palm of our hands.
Personally, mine syncs data
onto my laptop and iPad;
that way, Ill never miss a
thing. So, why not just go
get another one?
Well, Ive learned a little
something from the aim-
less frat boy whos trying to
outsmart the newly trendy
old-fashioned hipsters by
becoming a Luddite. Not
having a phone is power-
ful. It makes the rest of the
world run on your time, not
theirs.
Interestingly, Warren
Buffet doesnt carry one, and
hes one of the most success-
ful men in the world. And,
according to Bloomberg
Businessweek, neither does
Mikhail Prokhorov, Russian
billionaire and owner of the
New Jersey Nets.
The idea of not having a
cellphone seems simpler
than is even imaginable.
If you dont have a phone,
youre not worrying about
where it is, whos going
to call or whats going to
happen next.
The best part is that
youre more engaging. Ive
been trying to go phoneless.
Actually, Im lying what I
have been doing is trying to
use my phone less.
I deleted some useless
appsAngry Birds and
Stars Warsand even broke
down times of when I would
use my phone and when I
wouldnt. And it worked. I
got more done today than I
could ever imagine. I wasnt
lost or stressed out or even
surprisingly out of touch. I
also had a few very mean-
ingful conversations that
probably would never have
happened with me com-
pletely besotted over my
email for five minutes.
Nomophobia, or no-
mobile-phobia, is the arbi-
trary diagnostic term for
being afraid of not hav-
ing your cellphone. Dont
believe me? Google it. And
while youre at it, look up
cellphones and brain
cancer too. And thats
not even the worst part.
According to the Huffington
Post, 15 percent of people
answer their phones during
sex. Really?
Having a phone to orga-
nize your life isnt always
organizing your life. Ive
learned that I was always a
little distracted. The glori-
fication of the phone comes
from the glorification of
being busy, when actually,
its clearly overrated.
Yesterday, I had lunch out-
side. I took a break from my
metal box and ran with my
puppy instead. I also wrote
this article, two papers and
had time for light reading.
What did you do?
Sophia Fazal is a senior
majoring in anthropology.
Her column runs biweekly
on Wednesdays.
Editor | SoRelle Wyckoff
letters@cw.ua.edu
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
OPINIONS
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OPINION
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SPORTS
Page 4
On Monday, the CW ran
a column written by Ms.
Tori Lee demanding that
bike riders abstain from
using the sidewalks around
campus. As a longtime bike
rider myself, Id like to point
out that this isnt possible.
There are several places
on campus where bike lanes
do not exist (SEC Quad,
south end of Engineering
Row, parts of University
Boulevard, Hackberry
Lane between Campus
Drive and the biology
building, to name a few),
and in the places they do
exist, they are often occu-
pied by University vehicles
and delivery services who
decide theyre actually
parking spots. (If you do
not believe me on this, go
out to the Quad on Friday
morning during tailgate
setup and look where every
single vehicle involved is
parked.)
In many of these situa-
tions, it is truly unsafe to
use the road it is not a
matter of whether one feels
safe or not, but a matter of
physics. Bikes are innately
incapable of moving at car
speeds. Even world record
holders working with state-
of-the-art equipment are
not capable of going much
faster than 30 mph in a non-
sprint setting, and most
of the cyclists on campus
decidedly do not fall into
this category. Many cars
on campus are not driven
by people used to working
around cyclists and looking
out for them, and the truth
of the matter is, if a car and
a cyclist collide, the cyclist
always loses possibly a
limb or a life.
While were on the sub-
ject, lets talk about some
ways pedestrians can help
themselves: first, do not
walk in a group that takes
up the entire sidewalk.
This creates a problem for
other pedestrians, as well
as cyclists, and it should
honestly be a fined legal
offense, just like driving in
a pack of cars that takes up
both sides of the road would
be. Imagine a dotted line
splitting the sidewalk down
the middle. (Some side-
walks here have one con-
veniently printed; perhaps
you can practice on these
first.) Dont step to the left
of this line unless you need
to get around something in
your way, and dont let your
drunk friends do it, either.
Second, even if you are
walking by yourself, stay
to the right, much as you
would when driving a car
on the street. This gives
me room to pass you with-
out hurting you, as it does
for other motorists when
driving a car on a two-lane
street. (Crazy how that
works, isnt it?)
And some tips for drivers:
first, for the love of all that
is holy, use your freaking
turn signal. If I am trying
to cross the road with the
light, but cant tell whether
you intend to go straight
and leave me alone or turn
and run over me, it can
result in frustration for both
of us and possibly injury to
me. Your job as a motorist
is to give the right of way to
those using nonmotorized
transportation and to give
us the information we need
to interact with you safely.
If you havent used the
turn signal since passing
your drivers test and have
thus forgotten its location,
it is generally to the left of
the steering wheel, on the
steering column. Push up
to indicate a right turn, and
down for left.
Second, do not stop in
crosswalks. Ever. If I am
having to swing out into
oncoming traffic because
the nose of your vehicle
is occupying my path of
travel, there is a problem.
You should be stopped at
or behind the white line,
which is usually several
feet behind the crosswalk.
If you pull up to check for
a turn, you should be ready
to commit to that turn and
go once you have space to
do so. (Dont pull up if it is
obvious that you wont have
adequate space for a while.
Use your turn signal that
again! to indicate that you
need to be let in, instead of
trying to physically force
your way through.)
Third, be aware. Most
traffic accidents involv-
ing a bicycle also involve a
driver who didnt even see
the cyclist. This is a college
campus; there will be bik-
ers. Watch out for us. (And
try not to splash us when it
rains.)
I do not own a car, and
probably will not for at least
the remainder of this year. I
choose biking over walking
for several reasons: There
are distances that would
require more than 10 min-
utes walking between many
of my classes, I can use my
bike to get to places off cam-
pus as well, the gears make
hills a bit more tolerable,
it helps me stay fit, and I
can get home and out of the
cold, heat or rain faster at
the end of the day.
I dont intend to give it
up simply because some
people on this campus dont
understand how to safe-
ly interact with cyclists.
Everyone should not suf-
fer from the stupidity of a
few. If you follow the simple
guidelines Ive outlined in
this letter, you shouldnt
have a problem with me or
most of the other cyclists
around. As a final note, it
isnt fair to assume that
simply because something
(walking to class) works for
you, it will work just fine for
everyone. (I quote: If you
are too afraid to ride your
bike in traffic, join the rest
of us in walking to class.)
Danelle M. Pecht is a
junior majoring in chemi-
cal engineering and
chemistry.
In response to: Bikers
must follow University
policies
By Tarif Haque
Staff Columnist
I dont sleep at night.
Its a common annoyance
possibly chronic, sometimes
tragic. I want to shut down
but cant. My thoughts will
not be still. How do you stop
thinking?
Its unclear what I think
about exactly my mind
wanders and settles. I pick
apart my day, think about a
problem I encountered on a
test, plan what Im going to
do when I finally get out of
this place.
Some nights I do sleep,
but I dont realize Ive slept.
I still feel awake. Its all
rather confusing and hard
to articulate when I think
about it.
Usually, my dreams are
vivid. Most of the time, I
can make decisions in my
dreams. In literature, its
called lucid dreaming I
call it not sleeping at all.
Its a bizarre world where
anything goes and youre
in control of it all. Imagine
awaking from a near-death
experience you narrowly
avoided and going to class
an hour later.
The worst part of it all is
when I become completely
aware before awaking. My
rational conscious comes
alive in a deluded cos-
mos. My muscles are still
weak, and I feel temporar-
ily paralyzed before I physi-
cally awake, searching for
peace in a demented exis-
tence where things sparkle,
and you relive the trauma
ingrained in your memories.
Google tells me its called
sleep paralysis.
My mother used to always
tell me not to speak of my
dreams. She would tell
me to recite Arabic verses
from the Quran, from the
surah An-Nas. The trans-
lation is fairly straightfor-
ward: I seek refuge in the
lord of mankind from
the evil of the retreating
whisperer who whispers
into the hearts of mankind.
Across cultures, dreams
have always been seen from
a spiritual perspective to one
degree or another. There
seems to be no explana-
tion as to why our thoughts
manifest in the way they do
at night. Many of us retreat
to Godif we believe in one
when our subconscious
takes advantage of us.
Beneath this body lies
something beyond my con-
trol. There is something in
me, an internal conflict I
cannot shake. No one knows
what goes on in the crevices
of my neurons.
Sleeping is like death. No
one knows what will happen
when we pass over to the
other side. The idea of not
knowing what we will see
each night is much the same.
Quite often, Im afraid
to go to sleep at night, so I
occupy myself with writing.
I need to know someone is
listening. On paper, I can
plan what will happen.
My sleep patterns have
been peculiar for several
years now. Its possible Im
going mad, but I dont dwell
on it. Reality has become
perpetual, sleepless delir-
ium. Im always tired, but I
cant do anything about it.
Maybe Im blowing it all
out of proportion. On occa-
sion, I will crash after I
arrive back at my dorm
and slip into a deep dream
within moments. I guess I do
sleep, just in the wrong way.
I suppose this is the way
it is. Everyone has their
own struggle. Mine is I dont
know how to sleep any-
more, that I feel exhausted
in my bones every waking
moment.
Its a mad world, but we
must keep dreaming. After
all, we dont have a choice.
Tarif Haque is a sopho-
more majoring in computer
science. His column runs
weekly.
Irregularities in sleep patterns create unsettling feeling
By Hannah Waid
Staff Columnist
If you are reading this arti-
cle, congratulations. You are
reading one of the few news-
papers in Alabama that has
not decreased its print publi-
cation. The City of Tuscaloosa
has remained faithful in its
newspaper publication with
The Crimson White and The
Tuscaloosa News.
With newspapers in
Birmingham, Huntsville and
Mobile dropping to delivery
on only three days a week,
The Tuscaloosa News has
taken steps to fill the void,
including covering more
news in the Birmingham area,
which allows them to begin
delivering to Birmingham
locations.
We live in a world where
technology is thriving, and
traditional publishing is
declining. People are trading
print for online news. The
book publishing industry is
on the decline, and major pub-
lishers Penguin and Random
House have had to merge in
order to prosper in todays
competitive publishing world.
As we place more empha-
sis on technology, we begin
to create a society dependent
upon machines a generation
dependent upon machines.
Weve all heard the horrifying
surveys of people choosing to
go a week without brushing
their teeth rather than a day
without their phone. It is as if
we have defined ourselves as
the iGeneration.
As much as I love my
phone, it sometimes takes the
place of some necessities in
life. Phone calls can replace
personal interactions, and
texting can replace phone
calls. Even further, Twitter
and Facebook statuses can
eliminate a reason to catch
up with a friend over a cup
of coffee.
But there are great things
about technology, too. During
Hurricane Sandy and its after-
math, people were encour-
aged to save their time and
battery power by using social
media to update friends and
family on their statuses.
So, while the romantic in
me cringes at a world where
text messages replace hand-
written letters, and swiping
your finger through an elec-
tronic book or newspaper
replaces flipping through
pages of a hard copy, technol-
ogy can help us in hard times.
Whats important is whether
we allow ourselves to be
dependent in times of need or
times of want.
Hannah Waid is a freshman
majoring in journalism and
English. Her column runs
biweekly.
Our society should use changing technology for benets other than convenience
We should take some time away from our cellphones
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
MCT CAMPUS
By Katherine Langner
Contributing Writer
The University of Alabamas under-
graduate accounting program is
ranked 18th in the country, according
to Public Accounting Reports 2012
Annual Professors Survey.
The program jumped two spots
from the 2011 survey.
Peter Johnson, an assistant pro-
fessor in the Culverhouse School of
Accountancy, said he expects the
University to continue to move up the
list.
The School of Accountancy has
been consistently ranked in the top
25, and, I believe, over the next 3 to 5
years, we will see our program reach
the top 10, Johnson said.
Johnson credits the success of the
program to multiple attributes, such
as the students in the program.
Our students are motivated and
excited to learn about the business
community and the field of accoun-
tancy, Johnson said. We have stu-
dents from across the U.S., and they
are able to work together to achieve
success. Our diversity fosters an
inclusive learning environment,
which prepares our students to deal
with global issues and the ability to
flourish in an ever-changing business
climate.
Accounting students are privy
to leadership organizations like
the National Association of Black
Accountants and business fraternity
Beta Alpha Psi, which has earned the
Superior Chapter honor for several
years.
The University of Alabamas chap-
ter of NABA is the third largest in
the country, and Beta Alpha Psi regu-
larly arranges career fairs to provide
opportunities for students to work
with professionals in the industry.
We have some of the top busi-
ness professionals visit our campus
every semester, and these profession-
als interact with our students on a
personal level, Johnson said. This
interaction gives our students a strong
sense of the challenges and opportu-
nities they will face upon graduation
and what key characteristics to devel-
op to meet those challenges.
Johnson said Culverhouses pro-
fessors greatly contribute to the pro-
grams success; many hold years of
professional experience in addition to
academic qualifications.
The most important attribute of
our faculty is their love for the stu-
dents and sincere desire for their
success, Johnson said. We want
our students to not only excel in the
classroom, but be ready to enter
the workforce on day one with their
unique skill set and preparation for
leadership.
One accounting student about to
enter the workforce is senior Lauren
Whitten, who is excited about the pro-
grams recent accolades.
I am so grateful and so excited to
be a student of an accounting pro-
gram that is ranked within the top 20
programs nationally, Whitten said. I
am so proud to be a part of a program
that has prepared me for success.
Michelle Claiborne, a junior major-
ing in accounting, also spoke highly of
the accounting program.
It is a very challenging, yet
rewarding program, Claiborne said.
For that reason, I think it is incred-
ibly worthy of its increase in ranking.
All of the accounting professors and
advisors really take care of [their] stu-
dents.
Claiborne said the increase in rank-
ing means a lot to her because it draws
more attention to the Universitys
accounting program and will be an
asset to graduating students.
This will attract more accounting
professionals here looking for poten-
tial upper level accounting majors for
internships and as possible employ-
ees, Claiborne said. It gives me an
even greater chance of graduating
with a job lined up.
NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Wednesday, November 14, 2012 | Page 5
UA accounting
program ranked
18th in country
By Kelsey Zokan
Contributing Writer
Fall on the campus of
The University of Alabama
means that attention is sol-
idly fixed on the Crimson
Tide football team, but
another team of students,
the Diabetes Education
Team, will vie for attention
and awareness today with
several on-campus events
held to observe World
Diabetes Day.
[The] Diabetes Education
Teams mission is to raise
awareness about diabe-
tes prevention in under-
served areas, Koushik
Kasanagottu, the president
of UAs Diabetes Education
Team, or DiET, said. We are
very involved in Tuscaloosa
County, as well as the cam-
pus, in promoting a healthy
and active lifestyle.
Kasanagottus team is
working to raise aware-
ness today with an event
on the Quad from noon to
4 p.m. Rebecca Kelly, direc-
tor of Health Promotion and
Wellness, said reducing the
risk of diabetes is critical for
the health and wellbeing of
many.
The day unfolds with the
introduction of the first ever
UA Blue Man, the students
own signature character
that will make appearances
throughout the day on cam-
pus, Kelly said. Students
and employees will recog-
nize the event at a large tent
that will be placed in front
of Gorgas Library. The day
will culminate with the for-
mation of a blue circle at 3:30
p.m. on the Quad by the par-
ticipants in the days event.
Kelly said DiET hopes
the event will allow the UA
campus to become fully
informed about the key
tenets that lead to this life-
changing but often pre-
ventable disease.
The event will include
campus and commu-
nity partners and allow
individuals to learn more
about what diabetes is, how
to prevent and manage it,
share resources linked to
healthy eating and exercise,
provide risk assessments
and meet others engaged
in learning more or sharing
more information about dia-
betes care, prevention and a
cure, Kelly said.
Healthy eating, exercise
and stress management
are three key tenets that
decrease the chances of dia-
betes.
One in nine Alabamians
have diabetes. This com-
pletely surprised me when
I first heard this fact,
Kasanagottu said. Making
small changes, like not
drinking sugary drinks or
eating grilled instead of
fried meat, makes a huge
difference.
Kelly said approximately
400 UA students are diag-
nosed with Type 1 diabetes,
and 400 or more faculty and
staff suffer as well, mainly
from Type 2 diabetes.
Type 2 is more prevent-
able, and adults can reduce
their risk by 58 percent if
they will lose up to 10 per-
cent of their weight and
exercise five days, 30 or
more minutes each day,
Kelly said. Recreation and
healthy eating are such
valuable lifestyle behaviors,
and through the inclusion of
these, individuals can pre-
vent or delay the onset of
diabetes, specifically Type 2
diabetes.
DiET to host diabetes awareness event
CW | Austin Bigoney
Sergeant David Scott answers questions about his reinlistment following a ceremony Monday morning. The ceremony is one of
several events celebrating Veterans Day this week.
IF YOU GO...
What: Diabetes
awareness event
When: Noon - 4 p.m.
Where: The Quad in
front of Gorgas
Student Sergeant David Scott re-enlists after Veterans Day
Overton said the pre-game
elements must be helping our
teams win by creating a home
field advantage [by making the
venue a] loud, intimidating envi-
ronment for opponents, making
sure fans have a great gameday
experience, making sure we over-
deliver on sponsor obligations
and representing the University
of Alabama with class.
Overton said taking the video
out of the pregame lineup was
not a production decision tar-
geted at the specific video. He
said many of the videos played in
the stadium are not consistently
kept in the lineup.
A variety of production ele-
ments are added each year to
every sports venue and adjust-
ed throughout the year in an
effort to keep content fresh and
updated, Overton said. Very
few production elements remain
consistent and [are] considered
tradition, like Sweet Home
Alabama.
However, the athletic depart-
ment does do its best to cater to
students and meet their wants
and needs when it comes to
supporting Alabamas athletic
teams, Overton said.
We survey our fans to collect
their fan experience feedback
and make adjustments accord-
ingly in an effort to continue to
improve their experience cheer-
ing on the Crimson Tide, he
said.
Many students dont have a
clue why the video was removed
from the big screen; they just
wish it wasnt.
I am all about tradition, and
I dont think they should have
started something if they were
going to take it away mid-sea-
son, Caitlin Baggett, a freshman
majoring in kinesiology, said.
Will Powell, a freshman major-
ing in business, agreed with
Baggett.
I really liked that song. I think
it got the whole crowd excited,
and I feel like a lot of people
looked forward to it, Powell
said. A big reason I would go
into the game early was to see
that video.
Powell also said he thought the
video brought more to the table
than just firing up the fans.
The video showed the many
different people who pull for the
Tide, and how its about com-
munity in a college town like
Tuscaloosa, and how Tide fans
all over the world can be a part of
that community, Powell said. I
honestly have no idea why they
would have taken it away. Maybe
they got tired of it, or maybe it
was a liability. Whatever it was,
I wish the video would come
back.
Baggett has similar feelings
toward the removal of the video
and wishes her family could have
seen it this past weekend at the
Texas A&M game.
I was kind of upset to find out
that they had taken the video
away. I was looking forward to
my grandparents seeing it when
they came to the game, Baggett
said.
Not all students disagree with
the athletic departments deci-
sion. Abby White, a freshman
majoring in engineering, likes
the videos that are consistent
and traditional better than the
Some Nights video.
I dont remember it that
much. I dont even remember
when they stopped playing it,
and I get just as pumped up for
games as I did before, White
said.
Michael Moore, a freshman
majoring in biology and psychol-
ogy, said although he enjoyed
the video and what it stood for,
he didnt even realize the video
was missing until someone men-
tioned it to him.
Ill be honest, I didnt notice
it was really gone until someone
mentioned it, Moore said. I saw
it in the stadium a few games
back, so Im just confused as to
why they took it away.
NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Page 6 | Wednesday, November 14, 2012
By Taylor Veazey
Contributing Writer
The University of Alabama
chapter of the National
Alliance on Mental Illness is
collecting student essay sub-
missions until Nov. 30 for its
third annual Mental Health
Monologues event.
Mental Health Monologues
is a project that gives stu-
dents a chance to share their
personal experiences with
mental illness by submitting
anonymous essays. Student
actors then perform the
essays as monologues in a
theatrical setting.
We want to get positive
messages about how people
deal with mental illnesses
from day to day and what
thats like, Becca Kastner, a
third-year graduate student
studying clinical psychology,
said.
NAMIs main goals are to
promote education, support
and advocacy for mental
health issues.
We do a variety of activi-
ties every year to reach those
three goals and to reach out
to the community, Kastner
said.
The Mental Health
Monologues event is the
biggest event that NAMI-
UA does on campus. This
years theme
i s Erase
the Stigma,
and Kastner
hopes the
event will pro-
mote discus-
sion of mental
illness among
students.
We hope
to turn the
monol ogues
into dialogues
and make it OK to talk about
these issues, she said.
Abby Jones, a third-year
graduate theatre student who
serves as artistic director for
the event,
f eel s the
actors have a
greater sense
of responsi-
bility because
of the real
stories they
are telling.
We focus
on the daily
struggle of
mental ill-
ness, she
said. We hope to give people
a hope for finding a way to
live with that struggle and
make peace with it.
Jones said they try to
match each actor with the
right essay for them, but not
all actors are from the the-
atre department.
Everyone thats doing it
is passionate about it, and
thats whats coming off,
Jones said.
Wyley Shreves, a third-
year doctorate student
studying clinical psychology,
has been an actor for Mental
Health Monologues for the
past two years. He said the
event is a powerful experi-
ence for him.
Its easy to read about
these illnesses in a book, but
to hear it in real life is very
different, Shreves said.
There are people all around
you living with these issues.
Shreves said he hopes to
bring the humanity to mental
illness as he performs.
Once you know what they
go through, you start to see
the realism of it, he said. I
hope to portray that to the
audience.
For more information
or to submit an essay,
go to www.surveymon-
key. com/s/8NJWS2D or
contact rmkastner@crimson.
ua.edu.
By Katie Davis
Contributing Writer
Up til Dawn, a student-
run organization at The
University of Alabama that
raises money for the St. Jude
Childrens Research Hospital
in Memphis, Tenn., will raise
awareness for its cause
through many fundraisers
throughout the week.
Up til Dawn began on cam-
pus in 2006 to raise awareness
and funds for the pediatric
hospital that searches for
cures for childhood cancer and
other catastrophic diseases.
The organization has raised
$113,303.86 in the six years
since it has been established
on campus.
Reid Zelinka, a fresh-
man from Memphis major-
ing in nursing, said there
is a point of pride in hav-
ing St. Jude as part of
her hometown.
St. Jude has, of course,
always been very close to my
heart. And I know that its a
big deal in our community
back home, but it is really
great to know that it reaches
further than
that, Zelinka
said. The fact
that St. Jude
has inspired
people and
organizations
all over to
want to help
is just beyond
fantastic.
The orga-
nization will
be at the
F e r g u s o n
Center every
day this week from 11 a.m. to
1 p.m., providing information
about St. Jude and hosting a
raffle for a football signed by
Crimson Tide quarterback
AJ McCarron.
Additionally, Up til Dawn
will host several fundraisers
throughout the week.
On Wednesday from 5
to 8 p.m., customers of the
Northport Chick-fil-A can
donate 10 per-
cent of their
purchase to
the organi-
zation upon
presentati on
of a flyer that
will be dis-
tributed at
the Ferguson
Center table
on Wednesday.
Up til Dawn
will also host
a fundraiser at
Zoes Kitchen
in Bryant-Denny Stadium from
4 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, receiv-
ing 15 percent of the sales.
Friday, from 8 to 10 a.m.,
members of the group will
distribute hot chocolate and
information about St. Jude
Hospital in front of Reese
Phifer Hall.
Throughout the year, we
raise funds and awareness
for St. Jude in various ways,
but the biggest aspect of Up
til Dawn is the letter writ-
ing campaign that we hold in
the spring, Lindsey Green,
a junior majoring in public
relations and the executive
director for Up til Dawn, said.
Teams of students usu-
ally sponsored by student
organizations compete by
addressing pre-written letters
to friends, family and neigh-
bors. The grand finale is an
event that, this year, will be
in the Zone in Bryant-Denny
Stadium on March 7 from 7
to 10 p.m. There will be food,
music, activities and prizes
for students.
To get involved with
Up til Dawn, email
uauptildawn2012@gmail.com.
St. Jude organization to host awareness week
Up til Dawn celebrates 6th year of shedding light on childhood cancer with events on, around campus
St. Jude has, of course, always
been very close to my heart.
And I know that its a big deal
in our community back home,
but it is really great to know
that it reaches further than
that.
Reid Zelinka
Students to share their stories through Monologues
Actors will perform submitted experiences, promote support for issues surrounding mental health

We focus on the daily

struggle of mental illness. We
hope to give people a hope
for finding a way to live with
that struggle and make peace
with it.
Tom Whackenburg
By Sarah Elizabeth Tooker
Staff Reporter
Jerry Leachman, a former
UA linebacker under famed
Coach Bear Bryant, and
his wife Holly will speak to
students, faculty and staff
this Wednesday evening at
the Zone in Bryant-Denny
Stadium. The Leachmans
will be hosted by The
Huddle, a faith-based stu-
dent organization.
The Huddle brings in dif-
ferent Christian speakers
once a semester to share
their stories with college
students, Lissa Handley
Tyson, a student founder of
the group, said. Alabama
Gov. Robert Bentley came
and spoke to the group in
March.
The goal is to have no
stereotype or certain kind of
ministry but a collection of
students who want to learn
more about what it looks
like to surrender their life
to follow Christ from well-
known people in our state
and country, Tyson said.
Jerry Leachman, who has
spoken all over the country
to various prayer groups
and was also the NFL chap-
lain for the Washington
Redskins for 15 years, will
share his story at 7:30 p.m.
in the Zone. In addition to
working as an NFL chap-
lain, Leachman established
and directed a childrens
mission relief effort in
Moscow.
Holly Leachman, who has
been mentioned in both
Hillary Clintons and Laura
Bushs books for her influ-
ence in their lives, will hold
a girls time at the Kappa
Kappa Gamma sorority
house at 9 p.m.
She will talk about time-
less treasures to strength-
en your heart, Tyson said,
discussing lessons gleaned
from Scripture that students
can apply to their lives
today.
Students make a lot of
life-changing decisions
while on campus that can
impact their lives for the
better or worse, Holly
Leachman said. We want
to be an encouragement
and inspiration to students
while were there, and were
looking forward to visiting
our old campus once again.
Former Crimson Tide linebacker to speak in stadium about faith
Faith-based student organization The Huddle will host Jerry Leachman, who played for Bear Bryant
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Students can get involved
and use the information that
they have learned and put
that into action to help the
hungry, Sherman said.
The banquet, based on
Oxfam Americas hunger
relief campaign, is open to
any student who signs up
online for the event. Two
hundred students are cur-
rently signed up to par-
ticipate in the event, which
Lane McLelland, assistant
director of New College, will
facilitate.
For more information,
visit the Community Service
Center at 346 Ferguson
Center or online.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
CULTURE
NEWS
OPINION
CULTURE
SPORTS
Page 7
By Ashanka Kumari
For my entire life, Halloween
and Thanksgiving have never
been the reason why the months
of October and November are
special. For me, these months sig-
nify a time to reflect on the pre-
vious year and welcome the next
one. This sounds like New Years,
and in some ways, it is, but what
Im talking about is Diwali.
Perhaps the best known of
all Indian festivals, Diwali is the
festival of lights. It is called this
because the common practice is
to light candles or small oil lamps,
called diyas, and place them
around the home. The festival is
a five-day celebration that occurs
on the fifteenth day of the Hindu
month of Kartika, which occurs
during October or November and
varies from year to year.
Diwali means something dif-
ferent to people across the world.
For those from North India, like
my parents, Diwali celebrates the
Prince Rama and his wife Sitas
return to their palace in Ayodhya
after they were banished by
their father, the King. According
to the story, Rama and Sita were
exiled for 14 years before Sita
was kidnapped by the 10-headed
demon, Ravana. Eventually, with
the help of the monkey warrior,
Hanuman, Rama rescued his
wife. The people of Ayodhya lit
diyas in rows to help guide Rama
and Sita back home. On their
return, Rama was crowned king.
The term Diwali actually means
rows of lighted lamps.
Diwali is similar in thought
to New Years, but it reminds
me of Christmas. Unlike most
Americans, I dont celebrate
Christmas. For my family and
others like mine, Diwali fills this
role. This is the time of year when
my family exchanges gifts, eats a
special meal, worships Lakshmi,
the goddess of wealth and good
fortune, and honors Ganesh, the
god of wisdom and good luck.
Although I didnt get to see my
parents Tuesday, I will see them
soon and celebrate belatedly.
Until then, Happy Diwali!
COLUMN | CULTURE
By Jordan Cissell
Heres the neat thing about
local act Callooh! Callay!s new
album TALK: its equally
compelling at a speaker-rattling
blast as it is in low-volume ambi-
ence. If that strikes you as dubi-
ous, think about it for a second
chances are, you havent rele-
gated Deep Purple to a whisper
or cranked America up around
11 anytime lately. TALK is of
Dark Side of the Moon-caliber
volume versatility.
Really, versatility sums up
the nature of the entire album.
These songs almost beg to
be listened to over and over
again not only at different
volumes but also through dif-
ferent modes of conveyance, in
different frames of mind, with
different areas of focus through
each listen. Theres too much
going on not to. The record is
dense with layers of inescap-
able sound.
Heres what Adam Morrow,
the bands lead singer and
guitarist, has to say about the
new music: I think we just
lucked out with bits in the
music that, to me, really cre-
ate a space, somewhere I feel I
could stay for a while. But thats
just me.
Get ready to scooch on over,
Mr. Morrow, and make some
room for more. TALK pres-
ents listeners with so much to
explore that theyre going to
want to stay awhile and then
come back to discover even
more.
David Burkhalters alien
calibration of oscillating synth
that introduces Talker, the
albums first track, fades away
as the song steadily builds into
a Joshua Tree-era-U2 cre-
scendo of Morrows pointed
guitar and Bowen Robertsons
powerful drums.
Perhaps the most instantly
likeable song on the record is
the up-tempo Ladyfingers.
This tune rides along on its
fuzzed-out riff, occasionally
kind of lifted out of the muck,
as Morrow puts it, by his My
Morning Jackets Jim James-
does-Radioheads Thom Yorke
falsetto howl in the chorus.
Its a fitting song title, seeing
as a ladys fingers contribute so
thoroughly to the records sea
of straticulated sound. Natalie
Jensens bass lines cant be pla-
cated. See Stereoface, where
Jensens bass jumps and moves,
spiriting song and listener along
an Underground Groove-road,
while organ floats overhead,
and drums crash alongside.
At select points, Jensens
looping bass line and
Robertsons concise drum-
ming team with spooky, ethe-
real echoes to make Throwing
Stones read like the younger,
rowdier Tuscaloosan cousin
of some stuff on Radioheads
King of Limbs. Until the last
minute of the song, that is,
when the band launches into
full-throttle were talkin Neil
Young & Crazy Horse full-throt-
tle pedal- and effect-based
sonic savagery. Callooh! Callay!
sure knows how to keep a body
guessing.
But one things for sure:
TALKs 10 tracks, with all
their diverse layers, sound like
they belong together somehow,
if only loosely.
I think the only unified
theme is the space between
things that we think, how we
portray them and how they
are received, Morrow said.
Theres at least a little of that
in every song. Theres wish-
ing for communication. Theres
being daunted by it.
The band is not afraid to
find a direction and explore
it. TALK sounds darker
and heavier than 2010 debut
Sasprilluh Champagne. One
gets the impression, listening
to the new record, that these
guys arent experimenting just
for the heck of it. Theyre mov-
ing; theyre searching. Take
it back/if I could, Morrow
laments on Stereoface. Dont
stop now, man. It sounds like
youre on the right track.
COLUMN | MUSIC
By Margaret Wilbourne
Contributing Writer
For the next month, the mas-
ter of arts thesis work of two UA
graduate students will be show-
cased in the Universitys Sella-
Granata Art Gallery in a new
exhibition called Face Value.
The two students, James
Davis and Andy Pruett, said the
name of the exhibit came from
the work within, as well as from
the pair of artists.
We arrived at the title based
on our general personalities
what you see is what you get,
Davis, a second year masters
student studying ceramics said.
The show approaches art
in a formalist manner, which
emphasizes a pieces overall
appearance rather than other
aspects, such as content.
Face Value is a great
vehicle to present glimpses
of the real world with few
clues as to where they exist
as geographical locations but
evoke the viewer to build up
these spaces that maybe they
thought they may have wit-
nessed somewhere with their
own specific details, Pruett, a
second year graduate student
studying photography, said.
Davis ceramics and draw-
ings will be featured alongside
Pruetts photography, each on a
separate wall of the gallery.
James and I discussed a col-
laborative piece, Pruett said.
It just didnt fit in a way that
would exemplify the very best
of our intent.
Although the work will be
displayed separately, Davis and
Pruett share a similar approach
to art: both concentrate on com-
position. This will be their first
show together but not necessar-
ily their first group effort.
We do collaborate on
some extravagant bar napkin
drawings on the regular, Pruett
said. Thats an entire body of
work on its own.
The self-described Southern
gentlemen met in the spring
semester of their graduate stud-
ies in 2011 and have been good
friends since. They share inter-
ests in the same topics, especial-
ly the South, which Davis said
constantly keeps him laughing.
Something Alabama has
offered me is the spectacle of
football, he said. It seems like
a religion, and most people are
okay with that comparison. It
baffles me.
While some may think of foot-
ball as a religion, others consid-
er it an art, a focus Davis and
Pruitt said they share.
Prior to his graduate studies,
Davis made and fired ceramics
in a Japanese-style wooden kiln,
a process which takes a mini-
mum of seven days and a crew
of people to keep the kiln going.
It was kind of like a week-
long camping trip that had
a fire that was 2,400 degrees
Fahrenheit and a log splitter
that never stopped. Davis has
since left the Japanese meth-
ods behind for an electric kiln
but continues to fire functional
ceramics.
Pruett is a graduate of the
Savannah College of Art and
Design, where he received a
bachelors of fine arts in photog-
raphy. He said his career began
when he received his first cam-
era from his father.
There is something about a
camera and the document that
it makes with each release of
the shutter that is just magical,
Pruett said. The power of a pho-
tograph is mesmerizing to me.
For students interested in
meeting the artists, there will
be an artist-hosted reception
from 6 - 8 pm on Thursday, Nov.
15.
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Callooh! Callay! releases new, compelling album The meaning of Diwali
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COLUMN
Loss to Texas A&M Aggies may have been best for Crimson Tide in long run
By Aldo Amato
It finally happened on
Saturday. Our run as the unde-
feated kings of the SEC West
came to a screeching halt at
the hands of Johnny Football
& Co. and the Crimson Tide
faithful had to come to the
sudden realization that our
national title hopes were all
but gone.
And you know what? Thats
just fine because not all was
lost on Saturday, starting with
the opponent the Tide faced.
Before the season, Texas
A&M was supposed to be the
rookie punching bag of the
SEC West in their first year.
Obviously, they had differ-
ent plans, only narrowly los-
ing to Florida and LSU, while
putting up a generous
number of points against the
rest of the West, something
many of the teams in the divi-
sion have struggled to do this
season.
The Aggies have estab-
lished a fearless group led
by pint-sized quarterback
Johnny Manziel, comparable
to Tim Tebow with a dash of
Michael Vick speed. Manziel
stifled a Crimson Tide team,
making them look like a group
of lost puppies whenever he
bounced outside of the pocket.
He has brought the art of the
mobile quarterback back to
the SEC and has established
himself as a true threat, some-
thing the Tide seemed to have
underestimated.
In a league chockfull of
power-running games and
bland offenses, the Aggies
stand alone with their up-
tempo system, an approach
not seen since Urban Meyer
left Florida in 2010. The quick
screens and read options
posed problems for the Tide
defense, who thought they
had seen the worst of it after
crushing Ole Misss up-tempo
style.
But what the Tides new
SEC West rival has brought
to the table is the no-huddle,
in-motion style offense that
Oregon has used to crush
teams in the Pac-12 and
beyond. Much of the Tides
stout defensive line had not
seen an offense that fast-
paced in a while, if ever, which
is why losing to Texas A&M
might have been the best
thing that could have hap-
pened to the Tide this year.
Not only will they have to
face the up-tempo pace year in
and year out from now on, the
Tide will also have an advan-
tage over the rest of the coun-
try if Oregon or
Kansas State
continueto be
sucessful in the
next few years.
One thing is
sure about Nick
Saban-coached
teams: theyre
fast learners.
Just look at
the result of
the 2009 SEC
Champi onshi p
after the Tide
fell short to Tim Tebow in
2008. Florida was still running
their spread-option attack
that killed the Tide a year
earlier. But, after a few key
adjustments, Alabama was
able to prepare for it and pre-
vailed.
Texas A&M now gives the
Tide a formi-
dable opponent
to prepare for
each year if they
ever plan to get
out of the West
u n s c a t h e d .
Whi l e LSU
prepares their
offense well,
it is quite one-
d i me n s i o n a l
c o m p a r e d
to what the
Aggi es run,
especially with a quarter-
back like Manziel guiding the
no-huddle.
The spread offense is the
offense of the future, despite
those who still swear by the
running game. A&M figured
that out before the season
and was not afraid to bring it
to the defensive haven known
as the SEC, and look what has
happened: success.
The only way the Tide will
be able to get better is by pre-
paring for different schemes
and different sets each week.
The Aggies are just the type
of rival to help the Tide get
back to the national champi-
onship and stifle the finesse
spread offenses that seem to
appear there each year.
So, dont be discouraged
by the loss; be happy the
Tide spotted the Aggies a
win. Because, after this year,
it wont be as easy to be
Johnny Football.
Former Alabama athlete Brooke Pancake joins RGIII on this years NCAA Todays Top 10, 1st UA female golfer to make the list
CW Staff
Former Alabama womens
golfer Brooke Pancake was
recently selected for the
NCAA Todays Top 10 Award,
which recognizes student-
athletes who completed their
athletics eligibility during
the 2011-12 academic year
and succeeded in their sport,
in the classroom and in the
community.
What a tremendous honor
for Brooke, UA head coach
Mic Potter said. She accom-
plished so much while she
was at Alabama and was
critical to our success both
last season and throughout
her career. She was a great
ambassador for our program
and exactly what you want
in a student-athlete, both on
and off the course.
Pancakes honors during
her four years at Alabama
include graduating with a 4.0
GPA with a major in market-
ing, as well as being select-
ed to represent the United
States on the 2012 Curtis Cup
team.
She was
a two- ti me
first-team All-
American and
was honored
as the top wom-
ens collegiate
golfer with the
2012 Honda
Sports Award.
P a n c a k e
received the
Roy F. Kramer
Award as the
top femal e
student-athlete in the
Southeastern Conference
her senior year while lead-
ing the Crimson Tide to
the programs first NCAA
Championship. She was
also named the Capital One
Academic All-American of
the Year in the at-large divi-
sion.
During her senior year, the
Chattanooga, Tenn., native
led the Crimson
Tide with a
72.52 scoring
average, a score
ranked sixth
nationally. She
finished her
career with a
73.08 scoring
average the
best among
all Tide golf-
ers who have
finished their
careers.
Pancake is the 11th
Alabama athlete to receive
this honor and the first since
Kayla Hoffman (gymnastics)
last year.
Brooke Pancake is joined
by nine other athletes in 2012,
including Nick Amuchastegui
(Stanford/wrestling), Miles
Batty (BYU/cross country),
Ashley Brignac (Louisiana
Lafayette/softball), Micah
Davis (Delta State/football),
Robert Griffin III (Baylor/
football), Stacey Hagensen
(Pacific Lutheran/softball),
Lindsay Lettow (Central
Missouri/track and field),
Liz Phillips (Washington
University St. Louis/cross
country) and Wendy Trott
(Georgia/swimming and div-
ing). Award recipients will
be recognized in January
at the NCAA Convention in
Grapevine, Texas.
Alabamas previous NCAA
Top VIII (now Top 10) recipi-
ents include: Randy Hall
(football/1975), Steadman
Shealy (football/1980),
Meredith Willard (gymnas-
tics/1997), Andre Pickens
(gymnastics/2002), Kristin
Sterner (gymnastics/2003),
DeMeco Ryans (football/2006),
Beth Mallory (track and
field/2007), Brittany Rogers
(softball/2009), Greg McElroy
(football/2011) and Kayla
Hoffman (gymnastics/2012).
SPORTS IN BRIEF
What a tremendous honor for
Brooke. She accomplished so
much while she was at Alabama
and was critical to our success
both last season and throughout
her career.
Mic Potter

One thing is sure about

Nick Saban-coached teams:
theyre fast learners.
UA Athletic
Brooke Pancake, a two-time rst team All-American golfer for UA.
NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Wednesday, November 14, 2012 | Page 9
By Manal Yousif
Contributing Writer
The Alabama volleyball
team will host South Carolina
on Friday, Nov. 16.
The Crimson Tide has
bounced back, resulting in
a two-match win streak.
Coach Ed Allen said he was
impressed with his squads
week- to- week i mprove-
ment. Going into Alabamas
final games, easier battles
approach.
The schedule certainly
stacks up and is friendlier
towards the end of the sea-
son, so we clearly have every
opportunity to be favorable if
we play to our potential. That
itself creates momentum
and, obviously, winning.
Allen said.
Allen also spoke on fresh-
man Laura Steiner and her
development this season.
She is the most consis-
tent freshman that we have,
Allen said. She is versatile,
and we can play her on both
sides.
Steiner was recently
named SEC Freshman of the
Week.
I was really surprised, but
it is awesome
to be recog-
nized in that
way, Steiner
said.
She is 12th
in the SEC,
with 3.12 kills
per set and
a .206 hitting
per cent age.
This is the
second time
she has received this honor
in her first collegiate year.
Last Friday, Steiner recorded
a career-high of 20 kills, dem-
onstrating her outstanding
leadership and poise against
the Wildcats. With the sea-
son winding down, making
it count is all the Tide is
pushing for.
We have two weeks left,
and we are trying to get the
home stretch by taking care
of our last four games and
[will] hopefully continue the
streak of wins, Steiner said.
The mai n
thi ngs are
knowing and
believing you
can win.
As she
faces South
Carolina this
weekend for
the second
time this sea-
son, she will
have momen-
tum on her side. Steiner led
the way in the last matchup,
with 14 kills for the Tide.
South Carolina is 15-12 and
3-12 in the SEC. The Tide
defeated the Gamecocks on
the road in their last meet-
ing, 3-1. For Alabama to
keep the drive alive, they
have to remember key tips
toward their opponents. The
Gamecocks are 8-0 when
they win the blocking bat-
tle. They win the battle by
averages of 2.06 and 1.61.
Also, South Carolina has
seven active freshmen who
are playing with the level
of competitiveness that
matches the freshmen for
Alabama. Freshman Jenna
Allen of the Gamecocks con-
tributed three kills in their
match against the Tennessee
Volunteers last Sunday. One
of those kills capped a three-
point run midway through
the first set. Still learning
to perfect their craft, the
South Carolina volleyball
team will come out with
intensity.
Matches will begin at 7
p.m. in Foster Auditorium.
The Alabama volleyball
team will also play their
final home game Sunday vs.
Auburn at 1 p.m.
Tide looks to keep streak alive against Gamecocks
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Page 10
Tide goes back to basics in practice after loss to A&M
By Alexis Paine
Staff Reporter
Missed tackles plagued
Alabamas defense during
Saturdays game against the
Texas A&M Aggies. Safety
Robert Lester said he cannot
remember a game when the
Tide missed as many as they
did this past weekend.
Lester said the Tide needs
to return to its fundamen-
tals in preparation for future
opponents this season. The
Tide watches film after each
game in order to learn from
their mistakes. This game
will be no different, the
senior said.
We come in, and we try
to execute and fix those mis-
takes, Lester said. There
are a lot of mistakes we can
learn from this game, and
theres a lot of mistakes
we can learn from the next
game.
In order to bounce back,
the team will need to achieve
their goals, the safety said,
including eliminating missed
tackles and mental errors.
Lester said the Tide defense,
who led college football in
third down defense before the
game against the Louisiana
State University Tigers, must
be able to get off the field on
third down.
It falls back to executing
and doing what we need to
do, especially on third down,
to get off the field, Lester
said. These past two weeks
have been intense. Theyve
been fighting for those third
downs, and they got them.
Lester said in order to
improve execution, the
team will be watching more
film and better preparing
for their opponents. The
players are taking it upon
themselves to do these
things as well as what the
coaches are asking of them.
The results of this increased
preparation will be visible on
the field, the senior said.
Tide using last year as
motivation
Both Lester and quarter-
back AJ McCarron said the
position the Tide was in last
year has no effect on the
team this year.
Last year was last year
whole new year, McCarron
said. Like I said, all we can
do is control, what we can
control and thats the next,
what? Three, four games we
have on the schedule. See
what happens, and then go
from there.
Neither McCarron nor
Lester is looking at other
teams games. They are only
focusing on what the Tide
can accomplish. Lester said
the team is concentrated
on achieving their goals for
the season and winning the
games left on this years
schedule.
We want to stay excited
because the seasons not over
yet, Lester said. We still
have a lot to fight for, a lot to
play for, and theres a lot to
accomplish out there, no mat-
ter what happens the rest of
the season.
McCarron said the mood of
the team has remained posi-
tive despite the loss to the
Aggies.
Thats one good thing
about this team. You cant
worry about things happen-
ing in the past. You cant
control that. So, we have
to move on. We have to win
out, take care of business
and just control what we
can control.
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At practice on Tuesday, Crimson Tide looked to hone fundamentals such as tackling in the open eld and eliminating mental errors.