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CULTURE | FORMER STUDENTS

By AlexandraEllsworth

Staff Reporter

Three weeks ago,photographer MillerMobley was sittingin a room at the Ritz

Carlton Hotel in New YorkCity with Quentin Tarantinoand Jamie Foxx. A fewweeks before that, he waswith the man who inventedthe Frappuccino. A monthago, he was with AmandaSeyfried and her hairstylist,

and two years ago, he wasa University of Alabamastudent.

Its just fun meetingpeople, Mobley said. Ihave had opportunities tomeet people who have donethings, like Heidi Klumand the guy who inventedthe Frappuccino. [Takingportraits] is getting intotheir world for a moment,and walking away with thatlittle memory, which usuallycomes in the form ofa photograph.

The 26 year-oldTuscaloosa native movedto New York City in 2011 topursue a career in photog-

raphy and has since shotportraits of many celebritiesfor editorial and advertis-ing clients like ESPN TheMagazine, The HollywoodReporter, TLC Network andothers.

Recently, Mobleys workwas featured on the coverof TIME Magazine. It wasthe first time in history anarticle for time.com wasconverted to a story for themagazine.

By Colby LeopardStaff Reporter

As some U.S. veterans strug-gle with the logistics of payingfor school with the GI Bill, TheUniversity of Alabama is offer-ing a safe haven by guarantee-ing to cover the tuition costs ofin- and out-of-state veterans.

According to the Chapter 339/11 GI Bill, theU.S. governmentwill cover thefull, in-state costof a public col-lege or univer-sity for honor-ably discharged

service men andwomen. Someveterans, how-ever, are facingissues with residency laws,which is leading to the GI Billnot covering their full tuition,leaving veterans to pay forschool themselves.

David Blair, The Universityof Alabamas director of vet-eran and military affairs, saidthat UA veteran students willnever have to worry about thisproblem.

[The GI Bill issue] doesnot come into play with ourstudents here at UA. TheUniversity has elected to be

an unlimited Yellow Ribbonschool, Blair said.

As such, The University ofAlabama provides veteranstudents with scholarships tocover the full cost of tuition for

both in-state and out-of-statestudents, regardless of howmuch tuition the GI Bill covers.

When a veteran, servicemember or dependent is eli-gible to receive the Post 9/11GI Bill at the 100% rate thenthey are automatically eligibleto receive the Yellow RibbonScholarship, Blair said. Thiscomes into play when a stu-

dent is in anOut-of-StateResidency sta-tus. UA hasagreed to beunlimited forthis program,so if you meet

the criteria,UA has agreedto pay for halfof the out-of-

state cost and the VA picks upthe other half.

Will Suclupe, a U.S. Armyveteran and UA student, hasbeen using the Chapter 33 9/11GI Bill to pay for school sincebeing released from activeduty in 2009.

Personally, I think it pro-vides a great opportunity,Suclupe said. Its allowedme the privilege to completemy undergraduate degreeand now begin my graduateprogram.

Miller Mobley, Photo Illustration by CW | Mackenzie Brown

Far Left:Quentin

Tarantino andJamie Foxx, takenfor The HollywoodReporter

Left: PSY, takenfor The HollywoodReporter

Below: Heidi Klum,taken for The Hol-lywood Reporter

Miller Mobley

NEWS | G.I. BILL

UAs policies anaid to veteransFull Yellow Ribbonstatus covers cost

CW | Austin Bigoney

Anthony Steen during the 2012 BCS National Championship

By Marquavius BurnettSports Editor

There was only oneAlabama offensive linemanthat did not commit a penaltyor allow a sack all season.

No, its not the Rimington

Award winner Barrett Jones.Not Chance Warmack, whois widely considered theCrimson Tides best lineman.Its not even D.J. Fluker, thevocal leader of the bunch,or Cyrus Kouandjio whois charged with protectingquarterback AJ McCarronsblindside.

Returning seniorAnthony Steennot to be ignoredSenior to stabilize

offensive line in 2013

By Courtney StinsonStaff Reporter

Campus MovieFest, theworlds largest student film fes-tival, is returning for its 6th yearat The University of Alabama.The Universitys aspiring film-makers will get the chance toprove themselves with a five-minute film that they will shoot

and edit in one week.Registration for CMF began

Monday and will last untilTuesday, Jan. 22. After beingequipped with a Panasonic HDcamcorder and a laptop withAdobe Creative Suite 6, partici-pants will have a week to shootand edit their movie.

Once the films are complet-ed and turned in by Monday,Jan. 28, they will be judgedby a panel of University stu-dents, staff and faculty in thecategories of Best Picture, Best

Drama, Best Comedy and theCMF Elfenworks Social JusticeCategory. The top films will beshowcased Jan. 31 at 7:30 p.m. inthe Ferguson Center Ballroom.

Both veteran filmmakers andnovices can get in on the film-making action with access tonecessary equipment. CMF par-ticipant and CMF Silver TripodAward Winner Connor Simpson,a senior majoring in film, said thestory is the most important ele-ment of the films. Simpson saidparticipants can gain enough

technical knowledge to producea quality video through a day ofwatching YouTube tutorials, sothey should not be intimidatedby limited editing experience.

The camera and laptop arejust tools to help get your ideasacross. Story is king, Simpsonsaid. Of course, you need tobe proficient with the essentialfilmmaking tools, but having agreat idea is the most importantpart.

Campus MovieFest returns for 6th year at UAStudents have oneweek to produce film

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CULTURE | CAMPUS MOVIEFEST

UA stepped up to the plateand said, We value these

students and we want themhere!

David Blair

SEE VETERANS PAGE 2

SEE MOVIEFEST PAGE 9

SEE STEEN PAGE 9

SEE MOBLEY PAGE 6

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Student hit by Crimson Ride bus

A University of Alabamastudent was hit by a CrimsonRide bus in the Lakeside areaof campus Monday evening.

UA spokeswoman CathyAndreen said UAPD respond-ed to the accident involving astudent pedestrian and a busaround 6:20 p.m.

The student who was hit bythe bus was taken to the hospi-tal where he was checked andreleased, Andreen said.

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Alabama announced ninestudent-athletes have begunclasses at the University andwill be eligible to participatein spring practice with theCrimson Tide football team in2013.

The January enrolleesinclude quarterback CooperBateman (Murray, Utah/Cottonwood), offensive line-man Leon Brown (Riverdale,Md./Parkdale/ASA College),quarterback Luke Del Rio(Highlands Ranch, Colo./

Valor Christian), wide receiv-er Raheeem Falkins (NewOrleans, La./G.W. Carver),running back Derrick Henry(Yulee, Fla./Yulee), offen-sive lineman Brandon Hill(Collierville, Tenn./St.Georges/Hargrave MilitaryAcademy), tight end O.J.Howard (Prattville, Ala./Autauga Academy), quar-terback Parker McLeod(Marietta, Ga./Walton) anddefensive back Jai Miller(Valley Grande, Ala./Selma).

Two of the highest-rankedprospects include Henry andHoward. Henry is a five-starprospect that is ranked as theNo. 1 athlete by ESPN.com and

247Sports and the No. 4 run-ning back by and Scout.com.He is ninth in the ESPN150 and12th in the Top247. Howard isthe No. 1 tight end nationallyby Rivals.com, 247Sports andScout.com while ranking sec-ond by ESPN. He is No. 7 in theRivals100, 20th in the Top247and 45th in the ESPN150.

2013 Alabama JanuaryEnrollees:

Cooper Bateman QB 6-3 202Fr. Murray, Utah/Cottonwood

Leon Brown OL 6-6 313 Jr.Riverdale, Md./Parkdale/ASA

CollegeLuke Del Rio QB 6-2 200 Fr.Highlands Ranch, Colo./ValorChristian

Raheem Falkins WR 6-4 195Fr. New Orleans, La./G.W.Carver

Derrick Henry RB 6-3 242 Fr.Yulee, Fla./Yulee

Brandon Hill OL 6-6 350Fr. Collierville, Tenn./St.Georges/Hargrave MilitaryAcad.

O.J. Howard TE 6-5 225Fr. Prattville, Ala./AutaugaAcademy

Parker McLeod QB 6-3 190Fr. Marietta, Ga./Walton

Jai Miller DB 6-3 210 Fr.Valley Grande, Ala./Selma

Footballs January enrollees begin classes at Alabama

Suclupe said, in addition topaying the full cost of tuition atthe University, the bill pays forsome living expenses, such ashousing.

Im on, like most veteranstudents, the Chapter 33 Post9/11 G.I. Bill, Suclupe said.This benefit pays 100% in-

state tuition and fees, providesa book stipend of $1,000.00 ayear, provides a monthly basicallowance for housing, stipendat the pay rate of a Sergeant

(E-5) with dependents, andother small allowances such astest fees and so forth.

Blair said the Universitybecame an unlimited YellowRibbon school two years agoto show veterans apprecia-tion and to set an example forother public schools across thecountry.

The University decidedto be unlimited in order to beVeteran and Military Friendly.This step is tremendous andhas given many of our students

an opportunity to come to UAwhere otherwise they wouldnot have been able to afford theout-of-pocket costs, Blair said.UA stepped up to the plate and

said, We value these studentsand we want them here!

The University of Alabamatakes pride in its treatment ofservice men and women, aswell as their dependents, Blairsaid.

I think its awesome, andwith all the new programsand services we provide atUA, a student Veteran, ServiceMember, or Dependent canfeel good about coming hereand knowing that UA under-stands the sacrifices they have

made, Blair said. Its all aboutdoing what is right. Leadingthe Way-Making a Differenceis our motto here at the VMAoffice.

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UA takes steps towelcome veterans

MCT Campus

ST. LOUIS -- A longtimeemployee of Stevens Instituteof Business & Arts was shotby a student in a dispute overfinancial aid Tuesday after-noon, police said.

The student then shot him-self in a stairwell.

Both men were in surgery at3 p.m. CST and St. Louis PoliceChief Sam Dotson said he washopeful they would surviveafter the shooting, which hap-pened about 2 p.m.

Authorities said the victim,

in his late 40s, was shot in thechest with a handgun by a stu-dent in a fourth-floor office,police said. The suspectedshooter then went to a stair-well between the third andfourth floors and shot himself.Dotson said a gun was foundwith the man.

The suspected shooter wasan on-again, off-again studentfor the past four years, Dotsonsaid. Police initially said theman was in his 20s but latersaid he was in his mid-30s.Dotson said the student wasfamiliar to faculty and to thevictim.

This did not appear to berandom, Dotson said. Itappeared to be targeted.

The shooting victim isbelieved to be Greg Elsenrath,financial aid director at thecollege. Police gave the vic-tims first name as Greg andsaid the victim was a financialaid administrator, and numer-ous posts by students andadministrators identified himas the victim.

A bio of Elsenrath on thecolleges website said he hadworked in the field for morethan 15 years and takes aspecial interest in providingindividualized assistance tostudents and parents.

A police source identified

the injured shooter as SeanJohnson, 34, of the 5300 block

of Cote Brilliante Avenue.Johnson was put on proba-tion in 2011 after slashing aman with a box cutter. Courtrecords from the case indicateJohnson had mental healthissues and was on prescribedmedication.

Johnsons probation wasrevoked in May and a warrantwas issued for his arrest. Thereason isnt clear.

Late Tuesday afternoon,a large contingent of policeand SWAT officers were atJohnsons home on CoteBrilliante. The road was closed

between Union Boulevard andArlington Avenue.A neighbor, Lakeisha

Cummings, 22, said she hadseen Johnson walking upand down the streets in theirneighborhood, often runningto the store for his mother.Known as Miss Kim, sheoperates a day care. She alsohelps feed needy families andhas taken in children in need,adopting several.

Neighbors described thesuspect the same way: quietand harmless, known to havelearning disabilities, alwaysseen walking up and down thestreet.

Authorities surrounded theStevens Institute Tuesdayafternoon after police got theinitial calls about the shoot-ing. A police helicopter flewoverhead. A SWAT team andpolice dogs moved throughthe building, finding no otherinjured people and no othersuspects. The college cur-rently has about 180 students.About 40-50 people were inthe building at the time of theshooting, police said.

Angae Lowery, ofCollinsville, said she drove tothe school after she receiveda text message Tuesdayafternoon from her daughter,Britanee Jones, a student at

Stevens.The text said, Someones

shooting. Please help me,Lowery said. I didnt knowwhat to do. I was so scared.

As police secured the build-ing, Lowery stood near thepolice tape near tears. Afterpolice released the studentsand employees from the build-ing, Jones declined to conductinterviews with reporters butdid say she was in a fashionmanagement class when sheheard the first shots.

Jameelah Tatum, 27, ofSt. Louis, attends the schooland also owns a boutique,House of Glam, located across

Washington from the school.Tatum said she has beenattending interior designclasses there for four years.She said she stepped outsideher shop and saw one of theschools employees run out ofthe front door and prevent twoyoung women from entering.

And then I saw police carafter police car start pullingup, Tatum said.

Tatum said she had plannedto visit the school later in theday, to ask some questions ofone of the teachers.

I go over there just aboutevery day, Tatum said. Butthis is discouraging. I guessthis can happen anywhere, butIve got one semester left andIm thinking about finishing upthrough independent study.

The school announced on itsFacebook page that it wouldclose for a week, until Jan. 22at 8 a.m.

There was a police pres-ence at St. Louis UniversityHospital, where the suspectwas taken. An investigatorbrought a bag of clothing inan evidence bag from thehospital and locked it in thetrunk of a police car.

He was a productive mem-ber of society when he wastaking his medication, andstruggled when he didnt,

Eric Barnhart, his attorney,said Tuesday.

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By Taylor VeazeyContributing Writer

The Blackburn Institute, anrganization that develops aetwork of leaders that worko understand and solve issuesn the state of Alabama, is

accepting nominations for its013 class until Jan. 30.

Mary Lee Caldwell, coor-inator for the Blackburn

nstitute, said they are lookingor 25-30 students who are pas-

sionate about improving theuality of life for Alabamians.The Blackburn Institute

accepts students at all stag-s of their academic career,ncluding graduate and doc-oral students, as long as theyave one full year left at theniversity. Students are not

equired to be from the state

f Alabama, but rather have an

interest in making Alabama abetter place for its citizens.

Whether theyre from asmall town or a big city, we

hope they will go back to theirhome and make a difference inthe state, Philip Westbrook,director of the BlackburnInstitute, said.

Westbrook said membersenter a learning curriculumand have a first-hand under-standing with issues like edu-cation, health care, workforcedevelopment and criminal

justice in Alabama.Solving issues can some-

times create a negative envi-ronment, Westbrook said.We want students to experi-ence the issues from multipleperspectives in order to avoidthat negativity.

John L. Blackburn, founder

of the Blackburn Institute,

served The University ofAlabama for 30 years, withmultiple roles including deanof students. Blackburn washired by The University ofAlabama in 1956 and becamean integral part of the racialintegration of students oncampus.

People forget that the uni-versity opened the doors thatday, even though there were

people that tried to stop it,

Westbrook said. Part of hislegacy was building relation-ships with students and devel-oping leaders that could con-

tinue to solve issues like that.Part of Blackburns visionstatement for the insti-tute includes the need forethical leaders to help buildgood communities throughoutthe state of Alabama.

Upon graduation from theUniversity, each Blackburnmember becomes a fellow,and joins a network of 366fellows living in 26 states andfive foreign countries.

Ben Foster, a second-yeargraduate student in theMBA program, entered theBlackburn Institute during thespring of his freshman year.

Over the years Ive beenable to network with older

people that went through

before me, Foster said. NowI can network with youngerstudents on campus with me.

Now, as a fellow, he still

attends Blackburn events oncampus. He said it is impor-tant to always socialize withthis network of people.

It helps me with my per-sonal mission and calling inmy life, Foster said. I knowI have people that I can call tohelp start a project of my own.

Foster said the most valu-able thing about his Blackburnexperience is the rich relation-ships he has built and the abil-ity to talk about issues thatBlackburn focuses on.

You can bridge a lot of

gaps if youre able to sit downand have a conversation withpeople, Foster said.

To make a nomination,

submit the students name,CWID (optional) and emailaddress no later than January30, 2013 to [email protected] fax them to 205.348.5928.Students may nominatethemselves or be nominatedby a faculty or staff mem-ber at the University. Allnominated candidates will beinvited to attend an interestsession to learn more aboutthe organization andcommitments. Nominationsare due before 4:45 PM onJanuary 30, 2013.

Blackburn accepting nominations for 2013 class

By Ashley TrippStaff Reporter

During the holiday break,labama Greek Missions took

3 UA students on a missionrip to Leon, Nicaragua, to vol-nteer in Trapichito, an isolat-d village with a population of

about 200.Margaret Coats, former vice

resident of Alabama Greekissions, said each morning

he group had a day camp pro-ram for the 100 kids in theeighborhood; in the after-oons the team would workn a construction project for aamily.

We built a home for a familyf six, Coats said. The mater-al grandparents took care

of their daughters three kidswhile the daughter workedin the city to provide for thefamily.

Coats said the group of 13bonded more than any othermission team shes been on.

This trip was the best mis-sion trip Ive ever participatedin, Coats said. We enjoyedworking in the village and

playing with the kids, but wealso enjoyed getting to visitthe nearby volcano and takinga day trip to the beach.

David Dent, a junior major-ing in business manage-ment, said the mission tripwas a growing experience foreveryone that went.

The trip was an amaz-ing experience allowing us

to build relationships withpeople we would never comeacross in everyday life, Dentsaid. I would strongly recom-mend going on a trip like this. Icannot wait to go back and seeeveryone in Trapichito again.

Myreete Wolford, market-ing director of Alabama GreekMissions, said the future isbright for AGM as the group

expands.There is always a posi-

tion available for anyoneto get involved in AlabamaGreek Missions whether youare going on the trip or not,Wolford said. The more wego, the more houses we planto build, and soon we will beable to bring Greek Row toTrapichito.

Wolford said AGM wouldbe doing a lot of fundrais-ing to get the UA communityinvolved it the process.

In the future we also hopeto hold AGM spring retreatweekends for AGM membersto get out of Tuscaloosa torelax and think, Wolford said.We will also be doing toydonations before Christmas

and an Angel Tree to sponsora child in Nicaragua.

Wolford said AGM is evenlooking into making its tripnext year involve a medicalmission as well. Registrationfor the next mission trip willbe up on the Alabama GreekMissions website within thenext few weeks.

Students build home in Nicaragua

Whether theyre from asmall town or a big city, we

hope they will go back totheir home and make adifference in the state.

Phillip Westbrook


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By Amber PattersonStaff Columnist

Growing up in the DeepSouth, there are certain themesI am accustomed to: extremeheat, soul food, accents andracism. We usually treat rac-ism as if it is a secret of theSouth that we are not supposedto let get out. Granted, I wontever fully grasp the true impactof racism, but I know it is stillalive. Yes, I said it; racism stillexists in the South, as well asin the United States generally.Unfortunately, it is a topic thatrarely is approached effec-

tively and continues to remainproblematic, especially for theSouth.

Despite the fact that class-rooms are places of enlighten-ment and learning, they failto properly address slavery.Uncomfortable is not the wordI could use to describe beingthe only African American stu-dent in a history class wherethe topic of discussion is slav-ery. One thing that never failedin all of my history classes was

the screening of some moviedealing with slavery that wouldrequire a permission slip. Itseems as if teachers rely uponHollywood to help studentsfully grasp the time of slavery.

The recent release of theQuentin Tarantinos film,Django Unchained, isHollywoods newest attempt attackling the subject of racism.The film has been criticized forits use of the N-word and add-ing comedy to a sensitive timein American history. But hon-estly, Hollywood has alreadydone so much concerning thetopic of slavery; Tarantinomight as well add some humorto it and make it a western.

It was refreshing to see amovie that integrated actualhistory with this fictional hero.The use of the N-word is a partof the environment of that time,just like the violent scenes ofslaves being whipped. Societyknows the environment wascruel for slaves at the time.This movie simply builds fromthat reality instead of pretend-ing audiences will be surprisedby it.

The classic Hollywood depic-tion of slavery is usually strict-ly concerned with showing thecruelty and the anguish. Yes, itwas a horrible time and there

are stories that need to be told.If directors want to put thesestories on the big screen, thatis their right as artists, but adirector that does not stickwith the traditional biopic formof movies dealing with slaveryshould not be criticized.

Movies like Amista andRoots are great movies andgive the viewer what theyexpect; a movie that tells astory of strength and persever-ance. But we are talking about

Quentin Tarantino, direc-tor of movies like Kill Bill,Inglorious Basterds andPulp Fiction. He is not knownfor stories that tug at the heartstrings. He is controversial,he doesnt sugar coat, and hepushes boundaries. Despitehis track record, his approachsuddenly becomes problematicbecause he puts the issues ofrace in a western and uses theN-word; he has all of suddencrossed the line?

The setting of the movie isthe antebellum South, specifi-cally Mississippi. He did notpurposely put the N-word in

movie just for reactions; duringthat time it was a part of thesouthern dialect. He is one ofthe few directors who has beenable to take topics like raceand turn it into a love story ora western and produce a filmthat makes sense.

Amber Patterson is a sopho-more double majoring in pub-lic relations and marketing.

Her column runs weekly onWednesdays.

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It should be okay to choose not to attend collegeBy Zachary McCannStaff Columnist

When one attends a col-ege without any intentionf furthering their academicursuits, they are doing a dis-

service not only to themselvesut to the college community

as a whole. The opportunityo learn from people whoave dedicated their lives to

studying their fields shoulde viewed as an honor, not aight.

College was never intendedo be a trade school. It appears,owever, that colleges areeing treated as such at an

ncreasing rate. Certainlysome jobs require specialized

raining before it is possibleo enter into the work force(engineers, teachers, lawyers,

tc.), but the list is limited; notvery job requires specializedraining. Nobody should findhemselves in school becausehey are attempting to makehemselves more marketable,r because they were sup-osed to go.Unfortunately, many people

put themselves in situationswhere they feel they have toattend college. We live in anation where an undergradu-ate education has becomethe new standard, and many,including myself, never eventhought of not going to col-lege as a viable option. Despite

this reality, training occurs onthe job for many, if not most,careers.

Real-world experience isthe best teacher. For manyindividuals, it does not makesense to attend college. Collegeis expensive, time-consumingand stressful. The time spent atthe University could be betterspent gaining experience andmaking connections instead of

having to deal with the extrastress of the college life.

The view of college thatmany people hold is that it isfor some reason mandatory inorder to be a successful andproductive member of society,but this is simply not the case.In fact, many people receivedegrees that are in no wayrelated to their career. A largenumber of the degrees peoplereceive will be nothing morethan decorations for a house infuture years, while the knowl-edge and experience gainedfrom getting the degree arenever put to any practical use.

We need to honestly assessthe real reasons we are decid-ed to attend school. It is impos-

sible that every student at theUniversity intends to pursue acareer that requires exhaus-tive training in a specific field.Are we really here to learn andexpand our minds? Or are wehere for some other reason?

In several of my classes,when asked by professors whatstudents want to do, they havelittle or no clue of their plansafter school. In my first two

years here at the University,that seemed like an acceptable

response. Now I am starting totake senior-level classes, andstill, students seem to have noidea what direction in whichthey want to take their lives.

It seems to me that thesepeople did not attend TheUniversity of Alabama withthe intention of broadeningtheir minds or increasing theircapacity for thought; they arehere merely because theythought it would give theman extra couple of years todelay the inevitable decision ofchoosing a path for their lives.

Not having a college educa-tion should not be shameful.In many instances, degrees

are frivolous, and in somecases completely impractical.Getting a degree should be achoice to expand your mindand broaden your horizons, notsomething you do just becauseyou are able to do so.

Zachary McCann is a juniormajoring in philosophy. Hiscolumn runs biweekly onWednesdays.

Alabama should rethinkrenovations on campusBy Johnathan SpeerSenior Staff Columnist

How many of us have askedwhat direction our Universityis taking? During my tenureon this campus, Ive witnesseda dazzling array of construc-tion and renovation. Werevolutionized South campusliving, building massive suite-style dorms, each with theirown individualized apart-ment space. A pristine man-made lake majestically off-sets Lakeside, and each newacademic building is regallydesigned with columns invok-ing the rich, cultured heritage

the University aims to inspireand maintain.

In addition, we offer enoughtrendy eateries to rivalMidtown Plaza. However,what is the price of these ren-ovations and improvementsbeyond concrete, contractorsand temporarily inconvenientparking arrangements? I willtell you; it is a loss of the aca-demic and communal integ-rity of our university and anincreasing cost burden foreach succeeding generation ofstudents.

How many of us, at a stateuniversity, can afford a cam-pus apartment for four or

five thousand or more asemester when its amenitiesdo not even offer a kitchen?Where do we place studentswhen they cannot afford theseoptions and we continue tobuild more of the same build-ings with yearly rising costs?

We confidently and proud-ly display new Subways,Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts,and mini Buffalo Phils, butwhat of affordable dininghalls for every freshman com-pelled to buy a meal plan atfifteen hundred per semes-ter? Many of our buildings arebeautiful and majestic, andour lawns roll with lush and

well-trimmed verdant greens,but save for our Saturdays inthe fall, our campus has nospirit it offers attractionsdesigned to amaze spectatorsand ensnare gullible potentialstudents.

Every dollar we spendon new attractions erodesthe fabric of our commu-nity and teaches our campus

community that fashionabletrend outweighs integrity, andwe are increasingly willing topay the cost. Instead of mas-sive hotels with no life andlarge, unused plasma TVsand ballrooms; build larger,more affordable traditional-style dorms which foster com-munity and decrease individu-al cost. So what if you sacrificethe convenience of your ownroom or bathroom?

Leave your room and gomeet your community. Youmay discover something orsomeone valuable and inter-esting if you burst your neatlittle bubble, and those of us

with siblings will tell you thatsharing a bathroom is not theend of the world.

In lieu of symbolizing cul-ture and academic prowesswith our domed buildingsand graceful columns, investin graduate programs whichstrengthen our academicquality and attract high-cali-ber professors and students.Our competition at UGA andUF can certainly lay claim tostrong undergraduate andgraduate level programs, andI do not speak merely to thenumber of high test scores oftheir students.

So if we must build, con-

struct dorms so that the RAsin Tutwiler Hall do not sleep inrenovated utility closets andRAs in Ridgecrest ResidentialComplex do not share a roomwith the students they mustguide. If you must renovate,renovate our rules so thatclass size is not dictated bythe maximum occupancy ofa room, but by the maximumnumber of students who canlearn well.

Convenience and beautydoes not equate to quality; itcosts more than we think andshould be willing to spend.While The University ofAlabama is most certainly not

alone in pursuit of these newfashions, we are not helping tomake the cost or quality of lifeand education at the collegelevel worth what we sacrificein dollars or time.

John Speer is a graduate stu-dent majoring in secondaryeducation. His column runsweekly on Wednesdays.

Zachary McCann

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Criticism of Tarantinos take on slavery too harshDear Alabama Students,

Alumni, and Fans,As a recent University of

Notre Dame alumnus, I wouldlike to thank all of you for beinga great group of college foot-ball fans. From the momentI boarded my plane, I lookedaround to see houndstoothand crimson in a few seats. Iwas initially wary, expectingthe Crimson Tide fans to bearrogant. I could understandpride for a great team and pro-gram, but arrogance I feared,for it would make my weekenda whole lot worse.

Yet it was not so. TheAlabama fans saw my ND

sweatshirt (flying from theNorth necessitated it) andthey gave a smile and a nod.We all knew that we headedto the same place, to cheerfor two great college footballprograms in the championshipgame. Once in the Miami area,my siblings and I discoveredthat there were quite a fewBama fans at our hotel. Aftertalking to just a few, I found allof them to be awesome people.

They all were willing to talk,

have fun and share stories offootball teams. I asked a fewabout the elephant mascotand the houndstooth. Theyanswered, sometimes with asmile, recounting traditionsmore recent, but just as unify-ing, as the traditions of Rudyand the Gipper.

Even during and after thegame, all the fans I encoun-tered were very respectful andcivil. They were a few crimsonwearers in the ND section.Once the game ended (andsome before the 0:00 showed),they either moved to the Bamasection or let the Irish fansexit before celebrating.

I thank you, the studentsand all the fans I met in Miami,whether it be on tours of thecity, at the tailgates or at thehotel. Thank you for being agreat example of courteouscollege football fans, to my fel-low Irish fans and myself.Thank you,Bill Shields

Bill Shields is an alumnus othe University of Notre Dame

from the class of 2012.

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By Sarah RobinsonContributing Writer

Als Pals Mentoring Programis searching for UA student vol-unteers to mentor elementaryschool children for the springsemester.

Star Bloom, the programdirector for Als Pals, said theafter-school program has lim-ited the number of mentees toassure each child is accommo-dated but still needs at least 80new volunteers.

Bloom said those seriouslyinterested should be willingto commit every Wednesdayor Thursday afternoon of thesemester to spending time with

the at-risk youth. UA studentswill serve at McKenzie CourtCommunity Center or OakdalePrimary School, helping kidswith homework, improv-ing their reading and mathskills with hands-on activi-ties and games and practicingrecreational activities.

The children becomeattached to university studentsthey are working with, Bloomsaid. They are extremely dis-appointed when they dontcome.

Carey Wood, a sophomoremajoring in marketing, startedas a mentor his freshmen yearand is now a student leader atOakland.

When you walk in the door,every kid you smile at smilesback. They adore you, Woodsaid. Its refreshing to take abreak from the college sceneand be in an environment likethat.

Karolyn Perry, a sophomoremajoring in finance, said she

realized how much of a differ-ence she was making in hermentees life when she saw himin the mall unexpectedly.

He ran up to me, and intro-duced me to his family, Perrysaid. They were enthralled,because I guess he was tellingthem what we did every week.The family thanked me.

Savannah Senicz, a

sophomore majoring in biol-ogy, was considering changingher major to education whenshe decided toget involved withAls Pals. Seniczsaid she wantedto fulfill her curi-osity of work-

ing with kidsin a classroomand enjoyed itso much thatshe decidedto become astudent lead-er. When her10-year-old mentee left the pro-gram to enter middle school,she said it was hard for both of

them to say goodbye.When I had to tell her bye,

she got really upset, Seniczsaid. Shewrote me a lotof sweet stuff,and told mehow importantI was to her.

V i v i a nSpearman, as o p h o m o r emajoring ine l e m e n t a r ye d u c a t i o n ,volunt eer edwith school

children before she began hercollege career.

We as college students

can change kids lives just byspending a few hours withthem a week, Spearman said.

All agreed that UA studentsshould join the Als Pals team.

One person might not beable to change the world com-pletely, but its definitely astart, Perry said.

Anyone interested in becom-ing an Als Pals mentor canapply online at www.volunteer.ua.edu or by visiting the com-munity service center, whichcan be found in Room 346 ofthe Ferguson Center. They mayalso visit Blooms office, whichis Room 355G, for more infor-mation. Als Pals will considerapplicants until Jan. 18.

Volunteers needed for after-school program

By Madison RobertsStaff Reporter

The regular stresses of lifeat The University of Alabamadont seem to be enough for atleast one group of students. Forthe student entrepreneurs whoturn their passions and hob-bies into profitable businesses,their ideas simply cant wait.

Kaitlyn Trimmer, a seniormajoring in nursing, beganThe Whole Yarn Thing,a business where she cro-chets beanies, Kindle andtablet covers, head warmersand scarves and sells themthrough Facebook and friends.Although her business started

in Tuscaloosa, her clientelenow includes customers fromTexas, Colorado and Florida.Trimmer began crochetingwhen she was eight.

I saw a head warmer onPinterest and got the idea tomake head warmers, scarvesand beanies and found a coupleof patterns for each, Trimmersaid. I consider this a businessin the making. I dont have any

patents or anything, but I have

had really great feedback.John Pounders, a sophomore

majoring in economics and biol-ogy on the pre-med track, andhis fiancee Natalee Briscoe, ajunior majoring in public rela-tions, started a photographybusiness calledThe ClassicP h o t o g r a p h yCompany lastFebruary afterBriscoes mombought a digitalcamera. Now,the couple isphotographingweddings, seniorpictures and

other events.Calvin Ross,

a sophomore majoring in tele-communication and film, is inthe process of starting a pho-tography and video businesscalled InvadersFromNowherewith his brother Kevin.

We are now starting a busi-ness doing photos and videosfor people. The idea came uplast month and is in progress

now, Ross said. We want to

do photo and video shoots forpeople, as well as video proj-ects like music videos or shortfilm.

As a senior in college,Trimmer is at a point whereshe is fully prepared for her

future; it has notbeen difficult tobalance school-work and herbusiness.

I balance mytime the sameway an athlete,band member orany other personwho has mul-tiple things to do

does, Trimmersaid. I do a little

of each (crochet, study, work,school) everyday. I always putschool first, but I have beenblessed to be able to manage itall.

Ross said he has not foundhis business start-up to be tootroublesome and has been ableto balance his work as well.

I actually think that it isnt

that difficult, especially if you

have the passion for what youare doing, Ross said. Thehardest thing is time manage-ment. A few sleepless nightswill occur, but if you love it,want it, desire it, you will pushthrough it.

Pounders, on the other hand,is knee-deep in studying, andBriscoe said he rarely has timeto sleep, so he has not found asmuch time for his photographycompany as he had hoped.

I have turned away a coupleof weddings already becauseI dont have time, Pounderssaid. Obviously school comesfirst for me. I am pre-med, andphotography is great, but it is

kind of on the back-burner.Briscoe said she invests more

time in the business because ithas helped build her resumeand will help her get jobs in thefuture. She plans to continue towork with this business aftercollege.

I think thats really goingto help my portfolio for try-ing to get hired outside of col-lege, Briscoe said. With PR,

I try to keep my options open

with what I want to do in thefuture and part of that is beingable to say I can event plan:heres what I have done. I cando professional things: hereis my evidence, and I can dophotography: heres my busi-ness, Sometimes that seals thedeal.

The business has taughtPounders about the behind-the-scenes work it takes to runa company.

I figured out tax structures,I went up and set up a busi-ness license. I set up pricelists, costs, cost of goods sold,worked major spreadsheetsand learned a lot of legal stuff,

Pounders said. I was able tosee how my curriculum relatedto our business so it was reallycool to see how that was setup.

Similar to Pounders, Rosssaid he benefits from learn-ing the ins and outs of owner-ship by actually running it asopposed to learning about itfrom a textbook.

We want to learn how to run

a business, so we are going to

learn by doing it, Ross said.Another plus is that we workfor ourselves. Weve alreadyexperienced how it feels to dosomething we dont like forsomebody we hardly care for.We want to be our own boss.

Starting a business is notcheap and requires hefty fund-ing. Pounders said their start-up costs were $10,000, but saidit was worth it because photog-raphy is such a high-paying job.

Obviously the income wasgreat, especially with photog-raphy, Pounders said. Youput a lot of time into it, but inone chunk we would make$1,000 profit.

Trimmer agreed that hav-ing this additional source ofincome has helped pay offher expenses as a Universitystudent.

I am a full-time student andI also do work study, but it justisnt enough, Trimmer said.By making these products Ihave been able to pay all of mybills, go home when I need toand still buy groceries.

When you walk in the door,

every kid you smile at, smiles

back. They adore you.

Carey Wood

The hardest thing is timemanagement. A few sleepless

nights will occur, but if youlove it, want it, desire it, you

will push through it.

Calvin Ross

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More than 40 years of good later, Good Rats still have good to give listenersBy Jordan Cissell

Theres no surprise moreleasant than a rock n rollurprise, and its been awhileince a rock n roll band sur-rised me as pleasantly as

Good Rats did last week, whenran across the Long Island-ased act on a fluke. Ive had

a hard time getting enoughince.

I had the opportunity theother night to talk with PeppiMarchello, lead vocalist, song-writer and only consistentmember throughout the bands40-plus year existence. We talk-ed about a lot of stuff, but onething persistently made itselfvery clear: Marchellos love formaking music. Hes passionate,

hes hilarious, most of all hesauthentic, and the band has afunny, interesting story. Butthese guys were and are all

about the music, and I want youto go give em a listen. So con-

sider the following a startingpoint for your own explorationof Good Rats seamless, diverseblend of rock, jazz, metal, bigband and sweat:

The band kicked thingsoff on their 1969 record TheGood Rats with a psychedelicgarage rock attack in the veinof the 13th Floor Elevators or theMoving Sidewalks, with chug-ging organ, heavy drum-drivengrooves and Marchellos punc-tuated rasp (imagine HowlinRain vocalist Ethan Miller withmore range and a handful ofcough drops) motivating trackslike The Hobo and GottaGet Back. The latter includesa short, mad stretch of bluesy

harmonica by Marchello. Hisrebel yell on Joey Ferraripaints as sincere and compel-ling a portrait of the blue-collar

everyman as any Springsteenhit.

But not every song in thecatalogues a three-minute bar-stool burner. Check out Forthe Sake of Anyone, also fromThe Good Rats, in which apoignant Marchello solilo-quy, accompanied by funeraldirge drumming, erupts intostraight-ahead rock n rollbefore mellowing into ananachronistic combo of heral-dic horns and ethereal harmo-nies with another tear-jerkingtalk sequence tacked on theend for good measure.

On the title track of 1974sTasty, Marchello humor-ously explains past membersdismissals with Cole Porterwordplay while the band lays

down a jazzy lounge groove.Guitarists John The CatGatto and Mickey (Peppisbrother) Marchello duel in

epic Mahavishnu Orchestra-jazz-rock virtuosity on Klash-

Ka-Bob and Ratcity inBlue, from Tasty and 1976sRatcity in Blue, respectively.Two minutes into the former,the band launches into soar-ing a cappella harmony GoodRats were doing the Fleet Foxesthing a decade before the old-est of the Foxes had even comeinto being.

Oh, and they can do ballads,too. Songwriter, from Tasty,is Marchellos sort-of-folk-rocktake on Foreigners Juke BoxHero or Breads Guitar Manfor the lyricist in the fam-ily. Tender Birth Comes to UsAll, from the 1979 album ofthe same name, extrapolates anewborns novel perspective on

life to adulthoods changes andchallenges. Marchellos rangeand control especially shine inAdvertisement in the Voice,

a compelling call for compan-ionship from Ratcity. It could

run the risk of coming off asinsincere in the hands of anoth-er act, but these guys nail it.

If youre still not convinced,check out Writing the Pagesand The Room, which togeth-er constitute a spooky prog-rock vignette of Adolf Hitlersfinal living seconds and cosmicjudgment, respectively. Heavystuff for a raucous bar bandfrom the City. Phone your oto-laryngologist immediately ifthe guitar solos piercing, sus-tained intro note at 2:34 of TheRoom doesnt peel you off theedge of your seat.

Dont go thinking GoodRats are resting on these lau-rels. Marchello, 68, says the

band still does 90 dates a year,playing three hours straightat every gig. They releasedBlue Collar Rats (The Lost

Archives) last April, a collection including new cut Boo

Boom and 19 previously unreleased tracks from the late 70sand early 80s. And Marchellotold me Friday hes spentrecent months putting together24 new songs slated for 2013release.

The new cuts will includeWhy the World Should Lovethe United States of America,which Marchello plans torelease in conjunction with amusic video compiled from various YouTube clips and send topoliticians and media personalities across the nation. (Italkin everybody from RusLimbaugh to Al Sharpton,Marchello said.)

Heres hoping everybod

gives it a listen. If nothing else,itll be real dudes doing rearock n roll. Im not sure theresmuch more you could ask for.

I pretty much fell out of mychair when the they told methe story would be in the maga-zine, Mobley said.

Mobley said his originalassignment about genomesequencing in kids was intend-

ed only for time.com.I was pretty proud of how it

turned out, he said.But Mobley never imagined

it being anything more. Threeweeks after the story was pub-lished, Mobley said he got a callfrom the photo editor of TIMEsaying theyd like to put thestory in the magazine and want-ed Mobley to shoot it.

Next thing I know, we areat a studio downtown, Mobleysaid. They brought in sevenmodel babies, 30 different kindsof diapers and a baby handler.It was a seven-hour shoot and itwas pretty crazy.

The story was pushed backmultiple times because break-ing news, but on December 24,Mobleys photo was on the coverof TIME.

It was huge for me, Mobley

said. One lesson I learned isthat you never know wheresomething is going to take you.You have to ask yourself, is thissomething I want to do? I couldhave taken other opportunities,but I didnt, and this one led tothe cover of TIME.

Jonathan Woods, photo edi-tor of time.com, hired Mobleyfor the story from a roster of 20

photographers.It wasnt a sexy story so to

speak, Woods said. We werebeginning to look for a photog-rapher who could visualize thescience part of the story but becreative and use light beauti-fully and effectively. It becameincreasingly apparent thatMiller was the best choice forthe job.

Woods said he had not hadthe privilege of working with

a lot of photographers yetbecause he had only been thephoto editor at time.com for sixmonths, but he said Mobley setthe bar high for future potentialemployees.

I dont know that Ive evermet someone who is so easy-going, Woods said. He workswell with Jana, his wife, and heis cool under pressure. That will

serve him well in the future.There is a lot to be said aboutsomeone like that in this field ofwork with tight deadlines. Hehas a good vision and he is verymeticulous when it comes to hislighting.

For Mobley and his wife Jana,New York City has been theirdream city for a long time. Theymade it a reality two years agowhen Mobley left his studies atThe University of Alabama in

favor of career in the Big Apple.Mobley signed with Redux

Pictures, and for a year he justshot stories filtered for NewYork.

It was great and I am verythankful but I knew I wantedmore, he said. I felt like Ineeded to be in New York to dothat.

Mobley described himself as a

terrible student, but it was dur-ing his time at the Universitywhen he really discovered hewanted to be a photographer.

Freshman year, I realized Iwanted to be a photographerand it was all I did, he said. Ididnt go to class, and I thinkI was even failing my photog-raphy class. But I got enoughwork that I decided to leaveschool. I felt like educationwould always be there, but that

I needed to seize this opportu-nity and go full-force with myphotography.

Although Miller learnedmany of his skills with a cam-era from teaching himself andexperimenting, he said his timeas a UA student opened his eyesto what he wanted to do with hislife.

At the University, I found

what it was that I wanted towith photography, and that wasportraits, he said. A teachershowed me a book about them,and at that moment I knewwhat I wanted my place inphotography to be.

Despite the potential risks ofleaving school and moving toNew York, Mobley and his wifenever doubted that it was theright choice.

Mobleys wife, Jana, who

helps with the day-to-day opera-tions and shoots, said that shehas been 100 percent (on board)from the beginning.

The last two years here havebeen the best two years of ourlives, Jana Mobley said. Wenever know what is going tohappen, and we like it that way.Our future isnt laid out, butweve learned to enjoy it.

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By Becky RobinsonStaff Reporter

Creative Campuss new zine,Art-let, designed to showcasestudent artwork and creativ-ity, generated conversationsaround campus following itsfirst publication during finalsweek last semester, accord-ing to one of the projectsdesigners.

Ally Mabry, a junior major-ing in digital media and print-making, designed the logo forthe zine. She said she realized

the magazine was a successwhen a barista at Java Citybegan talking about Art-let.

I was really stunned by theamount of excitement I sawin response to the first issue,Mabry said.

Katharine Buckley, a sopho-more majoring in studio art,said the idea of Art-let camefrom a Creative Campus internwho was studying abroad inItaly over the summer.

She found these wonderfullittle booklets in the subway thatshowcased art, Buckley said.

We went from there, trying totranslate that to the Universityscampus and how we could makeit work. We really wanted ourmain goal to make accessibilityto student creativity effortless.

Zines began as a way of self-publication for very specificideas or topics that were outof the mainstream culture.They are often small bookscontaining photocopies ofdrawings, handwritten textsand are intended for limitedcirculation.

The initial main thoughtbehind Art-let was that we

could create this quirky littlepamphlet filled with studentart and writing and post themin places where people are mostlikely to be waiting, like librar-ies, bus stops and the StudentHealth Center, Mabry said.

Its a treat for student artiststo get their work published andhanded out around campus andits an equal treat for studentsto pick up an Art-let and beexposed to cool work created bytheir peers.

Shannon Thacker, a juniormajoring in printmaking, hadthree pieces of work twoprints and one painting fea-tured in the premiere issue ofArt-let.

I found out about Art-let from some friends, and Ithought it sounded awesome, soI submitted my work, Thackersaid.

Thacker said her works,Peach Pit, Campfire and

Untitled were inspired by herobservation and abstraction of

nature.Connor Fox, a sophomore

majoring in public relations,worked on the Art-let zineand was also enthusiasticabout the zines success.

There is an immense

amount of talent on this cam-pus that deserves to be recog-nized, and I think students areappreciative and supportive ofArt-lets purpose to bring thiswork into the limelight, Foxsaid.

Copies of Art-let can befound on campus in libraries,dorms, the SHC and certainbuildings like Woods and Lloyd.Creative Campus is working tohave the zine available at busstops for their next issue.

Mabry said Creative Campusis currently designing the sec-ond issue of Art-let, which shehopes to have run by the end ofJanuary.

Students can submit their

work to Art-let regardlessof their major. A submission

form is available on CreativeCampus website at creative-campus.ua.edu/project/art-let.Students are then encouragedto email [email protected] 56 photos of their work or34 pages of writing.

Arts Council of Tuscaloosa to hostjuried competition for photography

By Tricia VaughanContributing Writer

The tenth annual DoubleExposure Juried PhotographyExhibit put on by The Arts

Council of Tuscaloosa willdisplay the works of Alabamaphotographers in junior andadult divisions at the BamaTheatre Jan. 17 through Feb.17.

The competitionspon-sored by Harrison Galleriesand American Shutterbugis open solely to Alabamaresidents and evalu-ates the original works of

photographers takenwithin the past two years.Submissions must be previ-ously undisclosed in a BamaTheatre Gallery and theimages selected to appear in

the exhibit are chosen fromdigital discs submitted.

Photographers must sub-mit a CD, application and feefor the first round of judg-ing. Those accepted into theexhibit are posted on ourwebsite in December, KevinLedgewood, publicist forArts and Humanities Councilof Tuscaloosa County, Inc.,said. Framed works are

then brought to our office inJanuary, the show is hung,and the second round of

judging takes place that willdetermine the winners.

The closing reception, at

which time the winners areannounced, will take placeSunday, Feb. 17 from 2 p.m.to 3:30 p.m. Awards for theadult division include a $500Purchase Award presentedto the Best of Show as wellas four cash prizes of $250. A$300 award is presented to theBest of Show in the juniordivision along with fourawards of $175. Honorable

mentions are also deliveredduring the closing reception.Purchase award winners willlater receive the opportunityfor a solo showcase of theirwork in a Tuscaloosa Arts

gallery.The exhibits in the

Junior League Gallery andGreensboro Room of theBama Theatre are open forviewing Monday throughFriday 9 a.m. to noon and 1p.m. until 4 p.m. as well asduring theater events. Formore information on theexhibit or how to enter nextyears competition, visit

CW | Cora Lindholm

Volume 1 of the Art-Let zineshowcases otherwise overlookedtalent.

Art-let showcases student creative work; photo, writing submissions being accepted for second issue

There is an immense amountof talent on this campus that

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Tide track and field ready for more competitionBy Andrew ClareContributing Writer

The Alabama track & fieldteam continues its indoor sea-son this Saturday as it competesin the Auburn Invitational inBirmingham, Ala.

The Crimson Tide is com-ing off its first meet of theindoor season as it hosted theCrimson Tide Opener Saturdayin Birmingham. There was no

team score kept at the event,but the Tide won two individualevents. Senior All-AmericanKrystle Schade captured vic-tory in the womens high jump.On the mens side Chavis KenTaylor, a junior-college transfer,made an impressive Alabamadebut by winning the Mens 800meters.

I was expecting tough com-petition, Schade said. I reliedon my practice that my coachhad given. I just went with myconfidence and was able to suc-ceed further and get the win.

After finishing second in theNCAA outdoor championshipslast year, Schade has bigger

goals this season.I want to try to beat the

indoor NCAA record for highjump and hold that for a while,Schade said. As well as set myAlabama school records a littlehigh.

Jumping coach Dick Boothsaid that the first meet was agood learning experience forthe team.

No matter if it happens theway you want it to or doesnt,youre going to learn from it,and you walk away from it know-ing more than you did when it

happened, Booth said.Booth said the key for the

team to have success is to alwaysdo better than before.

Head coach Dan Waters saidthe biggest key for the Tide tohave success at this meet andfor the rest of the indoor seasonis for the young athletes to stepup right away.

We have to absolutely relyon the freshman to act like vet-erans, Waters said. We have a

lot of young athletes in the pro-gram that have to step up rightaway and contribute and notmake freshman mistakes.

Alabama will face tough com-petition for the second straightweekend in Birmingham.Several teams from theSoutheastern Conference willbe competing this weekend,including Tennessee, Georgiaand Auburn.

We will see most of the SECin the first TWO weeks of theseason, Waters said. Itll benice to use this as a measuring

stick and see where we stack upin the conference.

As in the Crimson TideOpener, there will not be teampoints counted at the AuburnInvitational. Waters said he

wants to see improvement head-ing into competition this week-end.

Improving and following thesteps and the coaching we havebeen giving them will help,

Waters said. Try to implementthe changes we saw this weekand make a difference in theirperformance, kind of followingthe process, like Coach [Nick]Saban likes to say.

State of Alabamas stranglehold on college football will not likely end soonBy Zac Al-KhateebStaff Reporter

As I sat and watched theAlabama Crimson Tide abso-lutely crush the Notre DameFighting Irish to win its 15thoverall championship in schoolhistory, I realized something.

The state of Alabama has anabsolute stranglehold on theworld of college football, and themark its made will likely leavea lasting impression for a long,long time.

With Alabamas win overNotre Dame, it marked thefourth consecutive nationalchampionship won by a team inthe state of Alabama: three by

Alabama and one by Auburn.To put that feat in perspective,before Auburn won the 2010

championship, no state couldboast having two schools inits borders win back-to-backchampionships.

Additionally, a team from theSoutheastern Conference haswon the national championshipthe last seven years in a row, arecord that will likely never bebroken. The state of Alabama isresponsible for more than halfof them. And as unbreakable asthe SECs record appears, Id saywhat the state of Alabama hasdone will be just as everlasting,maybe even more so.

As a matter of fact, Im not

entirely sure why other fansaround the nation hate the SECas much as they do. I mean,

sure, football in the Southeast isprobably the best football youregoing to see, and the fans haveno problem letting you know.But still, its not like any teamoutside Alabama is responsiblefor the current monopoly oncrystal.

But how is this so? How didthe state of Alabama come to apoint of such dominance? Well,thats fairly easy to explain. Forone, Alabama is right in the mid-dle of the Southeast, the hotbedof the most talented college foot-ball in the nation.

To use an industrial

metaphor, they say the hard-est steel goes through the hot-test fire. Well, after traversing

the hellish furnace that is theSEC regular season schedule,its no wonder Alabama teamshave seen the amount of successtheyve seen.

But it comes down to morethan just a competitive edgefrom our surroundings. Asmentioned, Alabama is a placewhere for better or worse football, especially collegefootball, is king. Its a part ofour identity, something wereadily acknowledge as partof who we are. Its one of thefew areas in which Alabamacan claim national supremacy,

consequently making it a vastsource of state pride.

Still, there are other schools,

not only in the South, with theirown passion and pride for col-lege football. But the reasonthey havent seen the kind ofsuccess as Alabama is becauseAlabama simply loves it more.And the teams have given thestate plenty to love over the lastfour years.

Records have been broken,players flung in the list of all-time great, dynasties restoredand old glories rekindled.Players and coaches have beenerected into statues, their featsmemorialized forever beforethey could even get the grass

stains out of their clothes. Fansmay have a fickle relationshipwith their teams, but when the

teams get it right, good lucktrying to find a more rabid fanbase.

And thats why states withan incredible source of bluechip talent like Florida, Texasand California cant keep upwith this state, even with theirrecruiting hotbeds. For them,football may be a passion, anda hot one at that, but it pales incomparison to Alabamas.

So get comfortable, footballfans. Alabama has sealed itselfas the best in the country, andit doesnt look like its goinganywhere soon.

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Relefords status doubtfulahead of game in StarkvilleBy Charlie PotterStaff Reporter

Alabamas mens basketballteam will travel to Starkville,Miss., on Wednesday, Jan. 16to battle the Mississippi StateBulldogs.

Mississippi State (7-7, 2-0SEC) has won four of its lastfive contests, while Alabama(9-6, 1-1) has gone 2-3.

This meeting will be the189th game between the twoteams, and it is the most gamesthe Tide has played against anyopponent in program history.Alabama owns a 115-73 edgein the series, but the Bulldogsclaim a 54-36 record when theteams meet in Starkville.

Head coach Anthony Grantpraised Mississippi State for itshot Southeastern Conferencestart and the complexity of itsdefensive schemes.

Theyre 2-0 in the league,and obviously, that gets yourattention right away, Grant

said. What stands out to meis the way that they defend.Theyre a very dangerousteam because they can throw a

variety of defenses at you thatyouve got to deal with. Theyreplaying with a lot of confidenceand freedom right now.

The Tide is coming off a thrill-ing victory over Tennessee, andGrant wants his team to feedoff the win when it travels toStarkville.

For our team, coming offa good win at home againstTennessee, weve got to takethe momentum and the experi-ences and the things that welearned from that game and tryto carry it over as we go on theroad, Grant said.

But Alabama might be with-out star point guard TrevorReleford on Wednesday. Grantsaid the junior was doubtfulbecause of an ankle injury hesuffered at practice on Monday.

We hope that Trevor is ableto go. Ill find out today at prac-tice his status in terms of wherehes at after [Monday], Grantsaid. Right now I list him asquestionable and doubtful, but

well evaluate that as we gothrough the day.

If hes unable to go [Trevor]Lacey will play more point

guard, Retin [Obasohan] willhave an opportunity to come inand play some point, and Levi[Randolph] could end up han-dling the ball some at the pointguard spot. I think weve got avariety of guys that are capableof going in there and doing agood job for us.

Releford was averaging 20.5points per game in Alabamastwo SEC games this season.He was also leading the Tidein field goal percentage (54.2percent) and minutes per game(35.5).

Sophomore guard LeviRandolph said the team isprepared to substitute forRelefords absence because ofthe way it has practiced.

We play different roles inpractice, so I think practicekind of prepares [us] for hav-ing different people at differ-ent spots, Randolph said. Justplaying those games early inthe season without him hashelped us, and I think well be

OK.The game tips off at 8 p.m. in

Humphrey Coliseum and willbe televised on CSS.

We have a lot of youngathletes in the program thathave to step up right away

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Its right guard AnthonySteen. Steen has started 25games at Alabama while play-ing in 40 contests. He is atwo-year starter that helpedAlabama rank 16th nationallyand second in the SEC in rush-ing in 2012 at 227.5 yards pergame. Steen helped block fortwo 1,000-yard rushers in 2012(Eddie Lacy and T.J. Yeldon).

Physical, technician

and bull are just a fewwords Steens teammates andcoaches used to describe him.

Roommate Cyrus Kouandjiocalled him a clean and funnyguy, who is allowed to getaway with being on his ownisland because hes that good.

Hes a guy that just showsup every day and brings hislunch pail and hard hat andhas an extremely great workethic, said offensive coordina-tor Doug Nussmeier.

A quiet, shy guy, Steen isntparticularly fond of the media.Hes of the old adage, be seenand not heard, because thatshow he grew up in Lambert,Miss., with a population of1,620. His graduating class was

made up of about 40 studentsand he played sports with thesame friends from grade school

to graduating high school.Naturally, people in

Mississippi tend to be fans ofOle Miss or Mississippi State,as did Steen. Hegrew up follow-ing Ole Miss anddidnt get seriousabout Alabamauntil his sopho-more year ofhigh school.

Around thattime, I startedlooking intoAlabamas tradi-tion and history, Steen said. Ididnt really make up my mind

until I took my official visit.Thats when I feel in love withthis place.

Steens decision to returnfor his senior season gives theTide stability on the offensiveline. With the departures of

Jones, Warmackand Fluker,Steen and CyrusKouandjio willbe the only tworeturning start-ers. Steen saidimproving hisdraft statusand getting hisdegree were themotivating fac-

tors for returning, as he is setto graduate this spring. Still,

Kouandjio said Steen shouldhave gotten more consider-ation as a top NFL draft pick.

He should go in the firstround easy, Kouandjio said.Like top 10. Hes allowed zerosacks and had zero penalties.Plus, hes a bull on the offen-sive line. Hell block you 5 yardsdown the field and pancakeyou.

Earlier this season, Warmacksaid Steen is better than meand I dont know why he is sooverlooked. Warmack is con-sidered to be a top-five draftpick.

You can tell that he gets atremendous amount of respectfrom the offensive line forChance to say that, Kouandjio

said. People outside of ourlocker room may not see it, butSteen is the real deal.

While hes not a vocal lead-er, Steens experience will bekey in helping develop cohe-siveness amongst the newline. Mike Johnson took Steenunder his wing during Steensfreshman year and now Steenis returning the favor with line-men Isaac Luatua. The twohave forged a relationship andcompete in everything. Luatuasaid, I beat him in everything,but the young player respectsSteen and his hard work.

Its great because hes aveteran and for him to seesomething in me raises myconfidence, Luatua said. I see

how much he puts in to it andit makes me want to work justas hard.

CMF Promotions ManagerJ.R. Hardman echoed that sen-timent.

The most important thing isthat [participants] put a lot ofeffort in their story, Hardmansaid. A lot of what the judgeswill be looking at is wheth-er they liked the story and

whether they thought it wasinteresting and whether theythought it was creative andunique.

CMF will also have tech sup-port available during filmingweek to help students with edit-ing, so no experience is requiredto win the competition.

Weve had people that havenever made a movie before winprizes at our competition andpeople who have been doingit since they were tiny kids,Hardman said.

Prizes for the winners ineach category include a twelve-month subscription to AdobeCreative Cloud and the opportu-nity to compete against winnersfrom other participating schoolsat the CMF Hollywood Festivalat the end of the school year.The winner of the ElfenworksSocial Justice Category will wina cash grant of up to $10,000.

Having only a week to makethe movie can pose a challengefor participants, but accord-ing to recent UA graduate and

past CMF competitor GarrettThomas, this challenge reflectsthe real time constraints ofworking in the film industry.

The competition is demand-ing. It really tests your creativ-ity as well as your ability toadapt and overcome problems,Thomas said. You also have tomeet a strict deadline, which issomething you will face in theprofessional world.

Aside from the five-minutetime limit for submissions,there are virtually no limita-

tions to what participants cando for their projects. Simpsonand his team, which includesMarc Patterson, Justin Rudolphand Alec Barnes, have raisedtheir ambitions for this yearsproject, a science fiction movietitled Manta. The increasedscope of the project requiresmore funding, and Simpsonhas created a fundraising cam-paign at indigogo.com/cmf,where people can donate to theproject.

We have quite a few ele-

ments that are difficult toachieve with a student budget,but weve come up with somecreative ways to achieve it,Simpson said. Dont expect anyexplosions or lasers, though.This is definitely not your run-of-the-mill sci-fi, and we like itthat way.

Students can register forCMF for free at the FergusonCenter from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.until Jan. 22. For more informa-tion and guidelines for submis-sions visit campusmoviefest.

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