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Exercise, meditation could help you survive finals week

HEALTH COLUMNAshley Priess earns fitting end to Tide career

GYMNASTICS

Rising fast, the Shakes hit festival circuit

By Nathan ProctorStaff Reporter nsproctor@crimson.ua.edu

Bred out of the musically-rich Muscle Shoals tradition found in Northern Alabama, a local 5-piece launched them-selves from playing small parties at Egan’s and being that band found at your local record store, to becoming big names on the bills for Bonnaroo, The Hangout and Lollapallooza. They place as No. 8 and No. 3 on US and UK music charts respectively. The Alabama Shakes, from Athens, Ala., formed in 2009 and have been pro-ducing a bluesy style of southern rock since. Their four-song EP in September

2011 kicked off a rush of critical enthu-siasm. In 2012, they proved critics right when their record “Boys & Girls” sold in high numbers, national and international tours quickly sold out, and the band made appearances on the late night circuit on “Conan” and “The Late Show with David Letterman.” Bo Hicks of Wellthatscool.com recalled his first exposure to the Shakes being in the fall of 2010 when, on a whim, he went to Egan’s Bar. After being struck by this first show and seeing them again, his friend Lee Baines III of The Dexateens and Lee Baines III and the Glory Fires suggested the Shakes play the Wellthatscool Brews Cruise, a three-hour boat ride down the Black Warrior River featuring local bands on the ship’s deck.

The Alabama Shakes ride a wave of success into summer

SEE SHAKES PAGE 2

2009Alabama Shakes formed

By Stephen N. DethrageAssistant News Editorsndethrage@crimson.ua.edu

Pulitzer Prize-winning writ-er and journalism professor Rick Bragg told a packed room in Graves Hall about the power of story, which he said was the best way to change the world. Bragg was honored by the University’s graduate program as the speaker at their annual Last Lecture series, for which a professor on campus is nomi-nated by their students to give on stage the lecture they would present if they knew it was the last time they’d be able to speak to a group of students. Bragg’s lecture, called “So They Don’t Forget,” focused on his career as a storyteller and the power that people in that field could wield. “I believe that I have one

value here, and that value is to teach writing in a way that brings injustice, cruelty, thoughtlessness, meanness and stupidity to light,” Bragg said. “I do not teach that as the point of a sword, I don’t teach it to encourage people to go after the wrongdoers, I teach it to get people to write about life’s victims. The best writing is about people in trouble, and that’s what we talk about a lot in class.” He said the title of his lecture came from one of the defining moments of his career: He was in New Orleans covering a high murder rate in the city dur-ing that time. There, as he apologized for the questions he had to ask a mother whose son was killed by a stray bullet, the woman told him something that stuck with him for the rest of his career in journalism.

Students pack Graves for Bragg

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

Patrick Murphy has been with the Crimson Tide soft-ball program since its incep-tion in 1997. Since taking over as head coach in 1999, Murphy’s biography reads similarly to an Alabama foot-ball pregame video. Murphy has led Alabama to three Southeastern Conference tournament championships, three SEC

championships, 13-straight NCAA tournament appear-ances and seven Women’s College World Series appear-ances. But, there is one thing Murphy doesn’t have on that list: a national champion-ship. Since losing to Florida for a spot in the 2011 champion-ship series, this is the season softball fans have looked to for the Tide to make it over its World Series hump. With six seniors on the team and sophomore Jackie Traina as the ace pitcher, Alabama has amassed a 42-4 overall record and a 19-3 con-ference record.

CW | Drew HooverRick Bragg gives his lecture, “So They Don’t Forget,” focused on the importance and power of story telling.

Author, professor gives ‘Last Lecture’

SEE BRAGG PAGE 2

Bama shows championship potentialMurphy optimistic ahead of Women’s College World Series

SEE SOFTBALL PAGE 14

Sept. 2011Four-song EP

released

Jan. 2012The Shakes featured on “World Café” on NPR

June 2012The Shakes to play

Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tenn.

By Mazie BryantStaff Reportermrbryant@crimson.ua.edu

When Dr. Jeff Parker was added to an email list for the Holt Community Partnership three years ago, he figured it was just purely by accident. Now, he realizes it was des-tined to happen. The mission of the nonprofit organization to provoke a posi-tive identity of the Holt com-munity struck Parker, an asso-ciate professor of psychology at the University. He decided to attend one of the communi-ty forums and was impressed by the active leaders who were personally invested in

revitalizing the image of the town. Ever since, Holt has had Parker’s heart. After the storms of last April, Parker, who worked as a search and rescue volun-teer in Holt, noticed that many teenag-ers in the com-munity were serving the recovery needs of their commu-nity. However, a week later, they no longer had a role in the recovery efforts. “There was no place for the teenagers in the com-munity discussions after the tornado,” he said. “There were no teen perspectives being represented. I found this com-

pletely ironic. These teenagers who were being ignored were soon going to be the adults within the community.” Parker teaches a psychology seminar class at the University which fosters positive youth

d e v e l o p m e n t and focuses on the young adults of Holt. After these post-disaster obser-vations, he real-ized his class had the opportu-nity to give the youth a voice in the process of

recovery. “There’s this traditional equation that says that teen-agers today are cantankerous — that they wear the wrong clothes, hang out in the wrong places,” Parker said. “Many

adults see them as lost souls or potential delinquents. But I don’t agree with that. I am try-ing to turn that equation on its head.” “The great advantage of teenagers and college students is that they are so tremendous-ly idealistic,” said Lisa Dorr, an associate professor of history at UA. “They believe that prob-lems can be solved if enough people hear about those prob-lems and work together. “It is a terrible cliché, but they represent the future. Acknowledging that teens have a stake in their communi-ties, listening to their points of view and giving them a way to be involved can help guaran-tee that they stay engaged and active in their communities all their lives.”

Holt teens learn to use their voice

“[Teenagers] believe that problems can be solved if enough people hear about those problems and work

together.

— Lisa Dorr

Professor helps youth join the conversation

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May 2012The Shakes to play

The Hangout in Gulf Shores, Ala.

Feb. 2012The Shakes make their

late-night television debut on “Conan”

2010The Shakes toured

around areas surrounding Tuscaloosa

Oct. 2011The Shakes play

Wellthatscool.com’s Brews Cruise

March 2012The Shakes played

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2010The Shakes fi rst show

at Egan’s in Tuscaloosa

March 2012Headlined Tuscaloosa

Get Up

Aug. 2012The Shakes to play

Lollapalooza in Chicago, Ill.

Aug. 2012

The Shakes to play Outside Lands Festival

in San Francisco,

Calif.

Photo by Autumn de WildeThe Alabama Shakes

UA AthleticsJadyn Spencer of the Crimson Tide tags a player out during the April 15 South Carolina game.

Cover Art from thefunstar.com, CW | Mackenzie Brown

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Adam Hill and Brooke Howell will showcase their sculpture, ceramics and graphic design artwork April 30 through May 11 at Harrison Galleries in downtown Tuscaloosa. The two seniors will graduate in May with bachelor’s degrees in studio art. The opening reception for “Connect” will be held May 3 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Harrison Galleries, 2315 University Blvd. For more information, contact Brooke Howell at behowell@crimson.ua.edu.

Senior studio art students to showcase work

Slash Pine Press is accepting writing of less than 100 words that captures the spirit of the Tuscaloosa, Holt, Alberta City and University communities during and after the April 27 tornadoes. The editors of Slash Pine Press will select a cross-section of 20 submit-ted pieces to represent the Tuscaloosa area. Submissions should be sent to slashpine-press@gmail.com. For more information, go to www.slashpinepress.com.

Writing wanted about April 27 tornadoes

From MCT Campus

Hoping for a federal student loan to help pay for college? Beware, because the interest rates are set to double July 1 unless Congress and the White House find a way to avoid anoth-er looming political standoff. The White House is push-ing for an extension of the cur-rent interest rate of 3.4 percent. Without it, the rate will climb to 6.8 percent for more than 7 mil-lion students across the country, and the average loan recipi-ent would be another $1,000 in debt, according to White House spokesman Matt Lehrich. “We must keep rates low so more Americans get a fair shot, a more affordable education and a clear path to the middle class,” Cecilia Munoz, director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, said Monday in a con-ference call with reporters. The Obama administration also released a state-by-state

list of how many students would be affected by the interest rate change, which would apply to federal Stafford loans for undergraduates. In Missouri, for example, the impact would be felt by more than 161,000 stu-dents who take out federal col-lege loans each year; in Kansas, about 78,000 students. President Barack Obama will take his student loan cam-paign on the road with stops Tuesday at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Colorado at Boulder, and Wednesday at the University of Iowa. The presumptive Republican nominee, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, issued a statement Monday expressing support for maintaining the cur-rent interest rate. “Given the bleak job pros-pects that young Americans coming out of college face today, I encourage Congress to tem-porarily extend the current low

rate on subsidized undergradu-ate Stafford loans,” Romney said. “I also hope the president and Congress can pass the extension responsibly, that off-sets its cost in a way that doesn’t harm the job prospects of young Americans.” A bill to maintain the current rate, sponsored by Democratic Rep. Joe Courtney of Connecticut, has 126 Democratic co-sponsors but no Republicans. Republican Rep. John Kline, chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, said in a state-ment: “We must now choose between allowing interest rates to rise or piling billions of dol-lars on the backs of taxpayers. I have serious concerns about any proposal that simply kicks the can down the road. ... My colleagues and I are exploring options in hopes of finding a responsible solution that serves borrowers and taxpayers equal-ly well.”

Political wrangling continues on student loan interest rates

Parker’s past classes have hosted a basketball tourna-ment and transformed a wall into a community landmark in Holt. However, this year’s class of 23 students focused on turn-ing the ideas of students from Holt High School and Davis Emerson Middle School into feasible realities. Working directly with them every step of the way, the class of UA undergraduates empow-ered the teenagers to organize, research, fund, create and pub-licize an event that served as a showcase and culmination of their own ideas. They equipped the young citizens with the knowledge, skills and meaning to accomplish each step of the process. From April 18 to 20, students from Holt area schools attend-ed the event, titled Winds of Change, in the auditorium of Holt High School and actively participated in surveys, interac-tive exhibits and youth-led dis-cussions. Winds of Change encom-passed seven divisions of stu-dent visions for their commu-

nity, including student jobs, businesses, a look at the history and future of the community, proposals to become an official part of Tuscaloosa, parks and recreation, art and public trans-portation. “The depth of ideas, plans and strong opinions was very surprising coming from a group of high schoolers,” said Raegan Harris, a senior in Parker’s PY491 class. “The students seemed to know we were there to express their ideas, and they jumped right in. It is always rewarding to see youth who are willing to be so active in their community.” On April 19, the youth-ori-ented event transitioned into a community open house, which was attended by school, com-munity and civic leaders. Although his class worked diligently on the event, Parker maintains his belief that they only served as a tool to develop the natural abilities of the teen-age students. “The problem is that we don’t have communities that will give teenagers a meaningful role in civic duty and volunteerism,” he said. “My idea is that if you build it, they will come. And if you give them the potential to be solutions to problems, they will be the solution.”

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Parker looks to teens to help Holt

“She told me, ‘People forgets if it ain’t written down,’ and it’s never been any more compli-cated than that for me,” Bragg said. “If this were the last thing I got to say to people who will write and who will tell stories and who will point cameras at people, or who just walk around living, I’d say you forget if it’s not written down.” Bragg also addressed the trag-edy that Tuscaloosa has faced in the last year and the Pulitzer Prize that the Tuscaloosa News earned for covering it. “I have written about misery and killing and dying in so many countries and so many places that I don’t even want to think about it anymore, but we have gone through a bad time here,” Bragg said. “The sky changed forever, or maybe, just the way we look at it.” He said the newspaper deserved the recognition they’ve received, and he is proud to live in Tuscaloosa because of it, but, as a recipient of more than 50 significant liter-ary awards during his career, he said they didn’t mean every-thing. “Long after that award has lost its luster, the stories behind it will endure and prevail,” Bragg said. “I just believe that you change this world with

stories. You make people care with stories. You make the world around us better by tell-ing stories effectively, thought-fully and maybe even beauti-fully. That’s all I’ve got.” Before Bragg was introduced, the eight members of the Last Lecture selection committee, all students, said Bragg was selected from a pool of more than 250 nominations and was ultimately picked from a group of eight finalists, including the director of the Million Dollar Band, Kenneth Ozzello, and UA Vice Provost Hank Lazer, who teaches in the English depart-ment. Brian Bristow, an MBA stu-dent and one of the members of the selection committee, also served in that capacity dur-ing the senior year of his time as an undergraduate at the University. He said the choice to nominate Bragg did not come easily, but he felt it was the right one. “Given the quality of the nom-inations we received and all the research we did, realizing how impressive he was as a speaker and a professor, and how he’s made such a profound impact on the campus, when we real-ized the impact he could have, we knew he would be a great speaker,” Bristow said. Bragg spoke to about 500 peo-ple in a crowded room in Graves Hall. Those who could not find a seat stood or sat wherever they could find an empty space on the floor.

BRAGG FROM PAGE 1

Bragg: ‘You forget if it’s not written down’

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By Tray SmithContributing Writer

When the University of Alabama class of 2012 first arrived on campus in the fall of 2008, 63 percent of its members were from the state of Alabama. Most of the members of the class of 2015, which arrived on campus last fall, are not. Slightly more than 50 per-cent of the students who walked on campus as freshman at the beginning of the academic year were from other states or for-eign countries. The increasingly large percentage of out-of-state students attending Alabama has set the University apart from other Southeastern Conference schools. At the University of

Alabama out-of-state enrollment rising each yeartogether,” he said. According to the common data set most universities report annually, Auburn comes in third among public schools in the conference, with an out-of-state freshman class of 44 percent. At the other end of the spectrum, only four percent of freshmen at the University of Florida are out-of-state this year. At Vanderbilt, the only private university in the SEC, 89 percent of the freshman class is out-of-state. Out-of-state students bring the University more than new per-spectives, though, as they pay much higher tuition rates than in-state students. For Spring 2012, tuition for out-of-state students is $10,950, over two-and-a-half times the $4,300 in-state students pay.

Higher numbers of higher-paying students has helped the University absorb the impact of stagnant appropriations from the state. State appropriations made up 29 percent of the University’s revenue in 2003, but now, they make up only 20 percent. The same trend is occurring across the United States. Tuition grew from 16 percent of revenue at public universities in 1999 to 26 percent in 2009, a Government Accountability Office report released in January found. Colleges have looked to tuition dollars for revenue as state appropriations have been cut and income from endowments and private gifts have declined, the report found. But many out-of-state students are able to reduce their tuition

with scholarship money. “Paying full tuition as an out-of-state student is really out of the question for most people, and it was for me as well,” said Colby Leopard, a junior major-ing in public relations from North Carolina. Leopard has helped recruit out-of-state students through the Student Alumni Association. “When it comes to recruit-ment, the advantage Alabama has is that it has money to offer,” Leopard said. Out-of-state high school seniors who apply to Alabama by Dec. 1 of their freshman year, have a GPA of 3.5 and score a 30 on the ACT receive a scholarship equal to two-thirds of tuition over four years. Applicants with an ACT score of 32 or higher receive full

Mississippi, 55 percent of fresh-men are out-of-state students, according to university spokes-man Mitchell Diggs. Ole Miss is the only public college in the con-ference with a higher percentage of out-of-state freshmen than Alabama. “I think that bringing out-of-state students provides differ-ent and new perspectives,” said A.J. Collins, a junior majoring in economics and political sci-ence from Virginia. Collins is the president of the Honors College Ambassadors, which works to recruit high-achieving students from across the country. “Having students with a vari-ety of geographic diversity will allow us to come up with new ideas with people from different parts of our country working

tuition. The same scholarships are available to National Merit Semifinalist, and National Merit Finalists also receive four years of on-campus housing and an iPad. But Leopard said theUniversity offers students other benefits that make it more attrac-tive than other large state univer-sities. “It also goes back to things like the dorms. I know that the dorms here are not something that a lot of out-of-state students would find in their own states,” he said. He also said the University gives students easy access to pro-fessionals in different research areas and has maintained a fami-ly atmosphere despite its growth. “You’re still going to feel at home,” he said.

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Before my mother died in February last year she said to me, “I know you’re des-tined to great things with your life. Just don’t go off and forget about your momma.” And I remember those words like a city remembers a tor-nado. They were devastating and important. Devastating because it made me realize they were all counting on me for something, and important because they reminded me about how this whole process in college has been wholly reliant on the sacrifices they were all willing to make. During my sophomore year, my parents announced to my sister and me that they would be splitting up. This decision blindsided me and cast us into a world filled with chaos beyond our wildest dreams. Soon after they made this announcement, my mother moved out of the home we’d lived in for 10 years and into an apartment. And I say apart-ment quite liberally here. The place was actually a shack with walls made of plywood and no insulation. My mother was disabled and wasn’t able to work, and her transition to this place was tragically jux-taposed to my own move into Ridgecrest South. Who was I to deserve the University’s most luxurious dorms when the place my mother lived didn’t even have real walls? I decided to go home for

the summer after sopho-more year, and despite being embarrassed through and through of this place my mother was living, I chose to stay with her. When I got home that sum-mer, I found out that money had gotten so tight back in Marbury that she was relying on food stamps to be able to feed my sisters and her. And then, I immediately felt guilty for all the time I spent com-plaining about Lakeside’s din-ing options. But even though money was scarce, my mother paid for the gas for me to drive to and from the congressman’s office in Montgomery who I was interning for that summer. I told her how it was neces-sary and important, and real-izing how pertinent I felt this opportunity was, she made sacrifices so that I could do it. After I returned to the Capstone the following fall, my dad’s hours were being cut at work so I tried not to burden them with my need for financial assistance. For

weeks I would eat only one package of ramen noodles a day and sometimes I would just go without because I real-ized the amazing sacrifices they were all making for me to be here and do the things that I wanted to do. Some of these events, no doubt, probably would have happened anyway regard-less of where I was or what I was doing. But I was here. And I was learning about Plato, Machiavelli and human rights, but more importantly, I was also learning that life has an implacable way of moving on regardless of your crushed dreams or broken hearts. And I saw that even in the toughest times my family was willing to make amazing sacrifices for my education. I write this not because I feel that I have some great wisdom to bestow upon the underclassmen here at UA, but because I think it’s impor-tant to realize that you cannot honor me without honoring my mother and my family. So as the University of Alabama honors my colleagues and me in the graduating class of 2012 on May 5, I want to congratu-late and thank my mom, my dad, my sister, aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents. We did it. Congratulations.

Michael Patrick is a senior majoring in political science. This is his final column.

Receiving honors on behalf of my family

MCT Campus

What did you think about Rick Braggʼs

“Last Lecture”?

“I laughed and got sad and had goose bumps

and clapped a lot. Frankly, it was such an enjoyment, Iʼm sad for those that didnʼt get to hear Rick Braggʼs

storytelling.”

— Riley Frances Boone, senior majoring in interdisciplinary studies with

a focus in interior design

“I really enjoyed it. I think Bragg gets to a

lot of people. The way he speaks is effective. He talks about really important things but is able to hold your attention. Heʼs super

entertaining.”

— Keelan Marlowe, junior majoring in journalism

SENIOR FAREWELL COLUMNS

By David Simpson

While caught in the ease of a final semester’s course load and the protracted perfection of this spring’s weather, I have often stopped to reflect. Sunday was one of those afternoons. While I sat in the cool breeze and watched a painted sky melt mockingbird songs into the cricket chorus of the night, my thoughts wan-dered freely through memory. I have many defining expe-riences here: playing in the Million Dollar Band, giv-ing Capstone tours, taking Dr. Hoover’s class on public finance or Dr. McKnight’s Blount class on race, serving in the Student Government Association, receiving the kindness of those who helped

after my home was hit by the tornado. There was once a time when

my memories of Alabama cen-tered on the almost religious journeys to Legion Field and Bryant-Denny Stadium. Each season, through humid heat and frigid sleet, I hoped, “Will this be the year Alabama wins a national championship?” However, my undergradu-ate stint has matured my rela-tionship with the University. Experiences here have chal-lenged my views and unlocked perspectives, set bars and asserted the dare to over-come, left me in disbelief and opened a new depth of respect and understanding for those around me. Above all, my collegiate molding process has been impacted by my experiences in the Blackburn Institute, a leadership development

organization that focuses on issues facing Alabama. In Blackburn, I have had the opportunity to travel across Alabama and compare every-day issues with what I have learned in the classroom. As the state expects over $300 million in additional cuts to the general budget next year, I am saddened by the knowl-edge that our decisions are pigeonholed by the most poor-ly written constitution. In Norman Mclean’s novella “A River Runs Through It,” he describes his coming of age through the lens of fly-fishing in Montana. Ultimately, his life story merges in the headwa-ters with all others and is pro-pelled in to the future by the collective waters of the American Experience.

As an Alabamian, the prop-er eyewear is football. For me, the University of Alabama has connected my personal narrative from the history of our state’s past (both good and bad) to the hope of its full potential. For us all, there is a process, and one day, the work exerted on life’s gridiron will result in a championship for the citizens of our state. My part in this process began here at the University of Alabama. Mother, I am call-ing you to listen to my vow of love for as I say farewell to my time on campus, I am proud to call you my alma mater.

David Simpson is the outgo-ing SGA Attorney General and student chair of the Blackburn Institute.

Farewell Alabama, I am proud to call you my alma mater

By Grant Cochran

Through all the conversa-tions I’ve had, speeches I’ve given and letters I’ve written, this is by far the toughest. Certainly when reading this, there will be those who will revert back to the events of September 2011 and feel the need to relentlessly inquire as to those questions left unan-swered, though they weren’t without resounding specula-tion. Undoubtedly, there are also those that will completely disregard this letter, and I am content with that. My message is simple, and it goes to every freshman, senior and anyone who dreams of a life worth living: At the end of the day,

have no regrets. Now, those words may seem frivolous coming from a 22-year-old soon-to-be college graduate, but I beckon you to hear me out. I came to UA from an indi-gent region in Mississippi not unlike Alabama’s Black Belt, and like many out-of-state students, I chose UA because of scholarship offers. Many today may search through CW archives and classify me as the white fraternity guy who accepted Machine support. The funny part is that I had no intention of joining greek life when I came to UA, and I still have a vivid memory of walking with a friend down University Boulevard, wondering what the

heck “Beta Theta Pi” was. If I could meet the wide-eyed freshman that I once was, bursting with ambition to begin medical research and dreams of curing cancer, I’m not entirely sure he would recognize me at all. And I love it. I can look back on where I was four years prior to now, knowing that because my goals have changed and I have become the person I am, I never denied opportunity when it came knocking. Every experi-ence will shape your attitude and your future. It is certain, as I’ve learned, that you’ll never know who you are until you know who you aren’t.

At the end of the day, do you want to lay your head down to sleep, saying, “I wish I would have?” or “I wonder what would have happened if?” Step outside your com-fort zone. Meet people. Learn things. Get knocked down. Remember that the things you don’t say are just as imperative as the things you do say. One day, you’ll look back on where you are now and wonder who you were, and you’ll know that you took full advantage of each moment. You must simply try to, at the end of the day, have no regrets.

Grant Cochran is a former SGA president.

Step outside comfort zone, and be confi dent in your actions

For multiple reasons, I told myself I wouldn’t write a farewell column. For starters, I’m not going anywhere. As I indicated in my last col-umn, I will be bringing my talents back to the Capstone for one more final year in furthering my education. I honestly think the concept of a farewell column is somewhat played out. I lackthe accomplishments to fondly boast of the trials and tribula-tions that I embraced as an undergraduate. Alternatively, Iprobably lack the writing skills to make sense of what the past four years have truly meant to me. I suppose the best way to describe myself would be a hack campus politico, terrible fraternity officer and mediocre writer. While I actually do give myself more credit than that,I learned very early on in college to not take myself too seri-ously. My good friend Ashley Getwan quoted her grandfather in her own farewell column yesterday. He said, “At the end of the day, relationships matter.” While I didn’t become conscious of it until recently, rela-tionships are truly what define me. I have never lain awake in bed stressing about a paper or test (my professors can attest to that). However, I have spent countless hours worry-ing about my friends’ well being. In 30 years, I highly doubt I will remember what meaning-less problem I debated in Room 28 at the DKE house. I will, however, value the relationships I made with those people for the rest of life. I still do not understand how we managed to disguise a Maxim party as a philanthropy cookout, but it wasan excellent job nonetheless. I doubt I will remember the final score to any of Alabama’s games during my college career. However, I am confident Iwill be able to tell you exactly where I was and who I was with when Terrence Cody blocked Tennessee’s field goal in 2009. I have even realized today how trivial Student Government Association elections have become to me. There was a time when it truly mattered to me who was in charge of our stu-dent government. I have since realized it is all a simple game with few concrete results. While my jaded outlook may come off as crass, I have learned that the biggest thing I gained from my experiencein campus politics is the relationships I made — no, not the “fratty” networking kind of relationships, but actual, human friendships. There are great, genuine people working in that office (greek and independent), and I wish more people acknowledged that. I’m not going to sit here and tell everyone that I don’t have any regrets in college. I probably should have eaten better, drank less and studied more. I probably shouldn’t have pro-crastinated my way through two separate colleges. I wish I had branched out more, and I should probably submit thiscolumn to my editor before they print without me. Before I end this year, I want to thank everyone for the encouragement in my column. You would be surprised how much a “like” on Facebook can mean to a writer. I never would have thought I would have my own spot every Tuesday in The Crimson White my freshman year, and it truly has been a treat. Thanks for a great four years, UA, and I’m coming back for more.

Jake Gray is a senior majoring in economics and journalism. His column runs on Tuesdays.

It’s goodbye for now, but a parting thought

David Simpson

Grant Cochran

The Crimson White OPINIONS Tuesday, April 24, 2012 5

By Drew Hoover

Dear everyone who reads or looks at The Crimson White,

My name is Drew Hoover, and this is undoubtedly the first and last article of mine to appear in the CW that you will ever read and/or ignore. For three of my undergradu-ate years, I have taken photos for the CW, and this experi-ence has enriched my time at UA more than any academic program. I have talked to and taken pictures of a lot of you, and thankfully, none of you has ever successfully punched me. Now, I am a senior, and that means I get to bestow my wis-

dom on you, even if my only credibility comes from sur-viving four years of under-

graduate ‘studies.’ Since this is the CW, I’ll stick to things I learned as a photojournalist.

There is always room for improvement.

It is difficult to find a more compelling subject than Mark Ingram stiff-arming a cor-nerback off of his feet. My freshman year, I got to take pictures of Mark Ingram scoring touchdowns, and because Mark was awesome, my photos were awesome, and so, I thought I was awe-some. I was wrong. I started “reading my press clippings,” so to speak, and I closed my mind to how I could improve. As a result, I missed some

really great opportunities to take great photos and really bungled some others.

Showing up is half the battle.

“Hey Drew, we need you to take photos of this lecture” is something I have heard a lot throughout my career. But, showing up to events and lis-tening to people talk is a sur-prisingly valuable experience. Just getting out and covering assignments regularly has yielded unforeseen benefits, like ending up with an exten-sive portfolio, making that business contact or having your work noticed by someone who gives you an internship.

Be Consistent

Do you know what you call a photojournalist with-out a camera? A reporter. I resolved to take my camera pretty much everywhere I go, and I’ve done a pretty good job of that. As a result, I had my equipment with me on April 27 and was able to do my job when it mattered most.

Always have a backup plan.

When did I use my backup battery? When Tuscaloosa had no electricity for a week. When did I use my extra memory cards? When

SENIOR FAREWELL COLUMNS

Life behind the camera and the lessons taught for when no one is watching

By Jonathan Reed

I don’t remember when I learned the greatest lesson about writing. It may have been in an intro to journalism class freshman year. It may have been inside the crumbling pink walls of my high school humanities class. I may have read it in a book or seen it on TV. It doesn’t matter. All I remember is three words: Show, don’t tell. Those three words turn an angry rant into an opinion col-umn that matters. They turn a boring retelling into something that can change some small part of the world. But those words aren’t just about writing. They’re words to live by. In the last few months, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about how to get a job after college. A degree in journal-ism and political science isn’t the same as the degree in bio-

medical engineering from a prestigious private school my best friend back in Ohio has. No company is going to throw $75,000 at me after graduation, hoping I can help them cure cancer. My degree doesn’t tell potential employers who I am and what I can do. All it says is that I went to class enough not to fail and that I can write a paper on tax policy well

enough to get by. No, that slip of paper I’ll get next month doesn’t say who I am. I have to show people who I am. I have to show them what I can do. That’s a beautiful thing. Your college career should be about a lot more than what shows up on your academic transcript. What I’ve accom-plished in these last four years isn’t just about grades and graduation, and that should never be the only thing to care about in college. Your time here is for building relation-ships, starting conversations and getting out of your comfort zone to meet people you never would have met if you stayed in the library studying. More importantly, college is about doing great things while you have the chance. It’s perhaps the only part of your life when you have the time and energy to set an almost unreachable goal and push yourself to accomplish it. Regardless of if you’re a jour-

nalism student that wants to make a documentary, an engi-neering student who wants to build an airplane or a business student who wants to open a bar, don’t ever turn down a dream. Don’t do it for the recogni-tion, though. Do it for yourself. Nobody gets awards worth win-ning because they tried to win them. Sure, there are lots of awards and societies out there for people who just want to col-lect those lines on a resume, but doing work for something superficial will never be fulfill-ing. Do everything you do for yourself. Do it to help others. If you can get through life like that, you’ll get recognition that matters. The Ramones changed the world of music, but they only won one Grammy for their work. It was a lifetime achievement award. I can’t even count the musicians who have won more but never made a listener think, “This is

something different.” The Ramones never had to tell the world how important they were with a Grammy acceptance speech. They showed them. I’ve been lucky enough to work with amazing people in the last four years here at The Crimson White. I’ve worked with people who did work because they knew it was the right thing to do. Last year, our staff completely changed the attitude at this publication, and we did it by producing an extraordinary product every day. Even when they were done with their work and many were done with school, last year’s staff was the key in our cover-age of the tornado last April. This year, we’ve battled count-less daily struggles and what seemed like weekly crises to put out a product that builds on the enormous success of last year. There are too many people who have shaped my time here

What my time at The Crimson White showed me about life and success

Alabama went into overtime against LSU on Nov. 5. When did I use my backup camera? I didn’t. I totally got burned for not having a backup camera.

Remember that being alive is pretty cool.

I learned this from April 27. I spent a lot of time tak-ing photos of the damage. Wading — literally — through several miles of tornado-rav-aged Tuscaloosa gave me a perspective that is difficult to explain with words. All I can say is that sometimes just surviving is pretty great.

Drew Hoover was the photo editor of The Crimson White.

to thank all of them, but I have to start with Kelsey Stein. I would have lost my mind long ago if it weren’t for her keeping me focused and calm. I’d like to thank the people who had enough faith in me to give me fantastic oppor-tunities — Paul Thompson, Corey Craft, Alan Blinder, Amanda Peterson and Victor Luckerson. There are too many coworkers who’ve helped me through all this to name all of them, but this paper wouldn’t have happened in the last two years without the dedication of Taylor Holland, Stephen Dethrage, Will Tucker, Brandee Easter, Emily Johnson, Drew Hoover, Kyle Carey, John Davis and countless others. You’ve taught me a lot, CW. We’ll show the world what we’ve learned. We don’t need to tell them.

Jonathan Reed was the man-aging editor of The Crimson White from 2010-2012.

Drew Hoover

Jonathan Reed

6 Tuesday, April 24, 2012 NEWS The Crimson White

By Melissa BrownSenior Staff Reportermbrown104@crimson.ua.edu

President Barack Obama, Steve Carell, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Mitt Romney and Soledad O’Brien all have one thing in common – all are lined up to address college graduates across the nation at commencement ceremonies in the coming weeks. Birmingham native Rice will take the stage at Southern Methodist University, while President Obama will address students at the small Barnard College in New York. Remember elementary-school staple Bill Nye the Science Guy? He’ll be speaking at Harvey Mudd College. The University of Alabama is not without its own impressive list of commencement speakers: UA graduate and actress Sela Ward addressed students in 2005, and in previous years U.S. ambassadors, business leaders and renowned administrators spoke. But in 2007, when former EBSCO president of the board James T. Stephens took the stage and began talking about the nation’s involvement in the Iraq war, students booed him off the stage mid-speech. UA grads haven’t heard a com-mencement speaker since. Some students, though, feel that a college graduation cer-emony is the perfect time to hear from a respected individual they

might not have the chance to encounter otherwise. Vanna Jarrett, a senior who will graduate next December, said she believes it is time UA reinstated commencement speakers, as they add prestige to

the ceremonies. “I would love to have one, per-sonally,” Jarrett said. “I think it would be an honor to not only receive a diploma from one of the most respected universities, but to have it be given by a respected speaker.” College stu-

dents at some schools conduct write-in campaigns to attract speakers, an option senior Cassie Feres thinks the University should embrace. “Students should have the choice. We have paid our way the last four years,” Feres said in regards to student involvement. “Other than the University giv-ing us our diploma, give us some celebrity action over here. I think students would love to hear the words of a celebrity, especially one who may have come far on graduation day.” For senior political science major Jared Cornutt, listening to wise words from an established figure might be the perfect way to end his collegiate career. “I personally would love to have a prominent, well-known speaker come visit us at gradu-ation,” Cornutt said. “I believe someone who has experienced success in life would be a great way to leave the Capstone and offer good advice as we enter the work world.”

By Rich RobinsonStaff Reporterrarobinson2@crimson.ua.edu

With Mitt Romney as the presumptive Republican nomi-nee, the 2012 presidential elec-tion seems to be ready for pri-metime. And despite the fact that Romney has yet to offi-cially clinch the nomination, the general election has begun in earnest for many University of Alabama students. With the backdrop of a CBS News/New York Times poll that showed President Barack Obama and Romney with 46 percent each nationwide, stu-dent involvement will be very important to the outcome of the election. Regan Williams, the chair-man of the UA College Republicans, is a Romney supporter despite his opposi-tion to the former Governor’s health care initiative in Massachusetts that imposed an individual mandate on health care insurance for resi-dents of the state. “At the end of the day, I believe that he will be a good candidate,” Williams said. “I do not support his old health care, but it’s not the same as ObamaCare. Any kind of health care is better than that.” “ObamaCare” is the con-troversial nickname for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, President Obama’s health care reform measure. The law calls for a major overhaul of the private health insurance industry and calls for an individual mandate similar to what Romney sup-ported in Massachusetts. The law is currently under review from the Supreme Court, and a decision is expected before the election. Williams said that Romney is more moderate, and that’s what the Republican Party needs right now. “We don’t need a hyper-conservative Sarah Palin,”

Williams said. While he supports Romney now, that was not always the case. Williams worked on the Pawlenty, Perry and G i n g r i c h campaign before giv-ing his support to Romney. Williams also said he under-stands the c o n c e r n that many Republicans have about Romney’s perceived flip-flopping on issues and previ-ous pro-choice stance. “But my response to that is what people constantly for-get,” Williams said. “Ronald Reagan was a Democrat before he was a Republican. People change their minds, its just part of human nature.” Stephanie Petelos, vice chair of the College Republicans, said Romney is the only candi-date that could beat Obama. “I don’t like to just vote against something, I like to vote for something, and he has the experience and ethical val-ues to run the country,” said Petelos of Romney. Caitlin Connors, the cur-rent secretary of College Republicans, will be a delegate for Romney at the Republican convention in Tampa.

Connors beat out her father, former state party chairman Marty Connors, to serve as a

delegate to the convention. She said her victory was due to her position on the ballot, which was higher than her father’s thanks to her first name and her gender. “He thought it might be fun

for me to run against him, and at the time, it was a joke, but I did end up beating him,” Connors said. Connors has been a Romney supporter since his first run for President during the 2008 election. She credits his busi-ness background as the reason for her support. “He is a businessman, so he has experience making a business work, which on a larger scale is our economy,” Connors said. “If you have that kind of experience, then it’s a good thing and gives you a one up.” Cody Jones, the outgoing chairman of the UA Democrats, believes Obama does not stand much of a chance in Alabama. Jones will not even be vot-ing for him due to what Jones perceives as a lack of support the White House has for the

state party. “Although, I can’t bring myself to vote for him, I can bring myself to send him some great people from the state of Alabama both in Congress and in state and local govern-ments,” Jones said. He will also be writing in a Democrat for president, possibly Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. Robert Christl is the incom-ing chairman of the UA Democrats and strongly sup-ports Obama for reelection. “I think he’s tried really hard to reach out to Republicans, and their lack of enthusiasm about any of his proposals is entirely from a political per-spective,” Christl said. Christl agreed with Jones that Obama would probably not win the state of Alabama but said the UA Democrats would be working to elect Democrats in down ballot races like Congressional elec-tions. Director of External Affairs for the UA Democrats Connor Cook also supports Obama and is not a big fan of Romney. “I don’t like Mitt Romney just because of the fact that he thinks that the people voting in this election are more ignorant than they are,” Cook said. “If you look at some of the things that he says in public, they are just damnable with a little bit of research. I just don’t believe anything Mitt says.”

Student groups talk candidatesCommencement continues streak without speaker

“I would love to have one, personally. I think it would

be an honor to not only receive a diploma from one

of the most respected univer-sities, but to have it be given

by a respected speaker.

— Vanna Jarrett

“But my response to that is what people constantly forget. Ronald

Reagan was a Democrat before he was a Republican. People change their minds, its just part of human

nature.

— Regan Williams

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LIFESTYLES

Page 7 • Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Editor • Ashley Chaffinlifestyles@cw.ua.edu

TODAY

THURSDAY

WEDNESDAY

• Documenting Justice: Bama Theatre, 7 p.m.

• Casey Musgraves: Tuscaloosa Amphitheatre, time TBA

• Beats Antique: The Jupiter, 8 p.m.

LIFESTYLESthis week

By Abbey CrainContributing Writer

With a degree from the Culinary Institute of America and a bachelor’s degree in nutrition, marathon runner Erica Hopper was not satis-fied with the quality of store-bought energy bars. Her health and fitness lifestyle inspired her to create her own brand of energy bars, Simple Bites Gourmet, that are glu-ten, dairy and preservative free. Hopper began running after her father’s heart attack her junior year of high school. She ran her first marathon in 2006, in Knoxville, Tenn., and has run 14 since then. While studying nutrition at the University of Tennessee, she began waiting tables at a restaurant in addition to her frequent exercise. “I was running so much, and I was waiting tables and needed energy,” Hopper said. “I was looking at the nutrition facts of energy bars, and they really weren’t all that healthy. I could probably make some-

thing similar and make it bet-ter.” Hopper began experiment-ing with ingredients to make different flavors for her ener-gy bars. All of her ingredients are natural and contain agave nectar instead of sugar, as well as antioxidant-rich sun-flower oil. The bars have a nut-butter base including pea-nuts, almonds and cashews and are fla-vored with dried blueber-ries or pineap-ple, chocolate and unsweet-ened coco-nut. Hopper said her bars are packed with protein and carbs for people on-the-go and are approximately 75-percent organic. “I think what makes them better flavor-wise is that they just taste better,” Hopper said. “They don’t have any chemi-cal or gritty taste and since I

UA grad creates healthy, natural energy barhave a degree in nutrition, I know what the human body needs.” With the help of her cousin, a graphic design major who assisted with the bar’s pack-aging, Hopper makes the bars at home and sells them through word of mouth and her Etsy web store. “I would love if they would

end up in local running and health food shops,” Hopper said. “Places like Whole Foods and Earth Fair, the bigger health food chains.” In regards to her future plans, Hopper hopes to develop an all-natural organic baby food. She believes living a

healthy life starts at a young age, and a picky eater is not a healthy eater. “It is important to feed our kids everything that they need to expand their palate at a young age, so they aren’t picky eaters when they’re older,” Hopper said. “I’m pret-ty passionate about childhood health, so doing food geared toward children is my next step.” Hopper graduated last May from UT and started her busi-ness just six months later. Encouragement from friends and family inspired her to fur-ther her pursuit in manufac-turing healthy energy bars. “I think if anyone has a goal like this never say no to your-self, always reach for your

“ [The energy bars] don’t

have any chemical or gritty taste and since I have a de-

gree in nutrition I know what the human body needs.

— Erica Hopper

goals,” Hopper said. “Healthy food doesn’t have to be dif-ficult or bland and everyone can have fun and be healthy.” Hopper hopes to spread her brand and have her all-natu-ral energy bars in select retail

stores within the next couple of months. “I will never change my passion for the way they’re made,” Hopper said. “The integrity of the product will remain the same.”

Photo by Miko KulovitzErica Hopper created Simple Bites Gormet as a healthy brand of energy bars.

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By Sophia JonesContributing Writer

The band Beats Antique will bring their unique com-bination of Middle-Eastern music, bluesy folk, electronic and marching band music to the Jupiter Bar and Grill Wednesday. The band combines diverse cultures and media to create a one-of-a-kind sound. Best known for the songs “Revival” and “Egyptic,” Beats Antique self-produces and composes all of their music. “When I first heard the Beats Antique music, I was taken aback,” said Charlotte Perry, a sophomore majoring in nursing. “It was like this group just created this explo-sion of electronics, hip-hop, funk, exotic, classical and

string music and dropped it on me.” The musical alliance of pro-ducers David Satori, Tommy Cappel and Zoe Jakes makes up Beats Antique. The trio, based out of Oakland, Calif., merges the musical genres down tempo, dub step, glitch and live tronica to get an “electro-gypsy” sound. “Experiencing a Beats Antique performance is unlike going to any other concert,” said Alyssa Breen, a sopho-more majoring in elementary education, of seeing the band play at the 2011 Austin City Limits Festival. “Everyone in the audience was entranced by the dancing and the sound. The crowd was moving the entire time.” Beats Antique uses live instrumentation, seductive

performance and modern technology to meld a mul-titude of elements into one show. “Our impro-visational skills we use when we go up in front of a crowd are what set us apart from other acts,” said Tommy Cappel in a 2011 interview with TheUntz.com, an elec-tronic music website. “I feel like we catch people because we incorporate a number of different styles, and we don’t bind ourselves into a box. We like to make

music and mash up remixes instead of being the tradition-al DJ. Then, we add a bunch

of instruments to the mix, and it all comes together very smoothly for everyone to enjoy.” S a t o r i , Cappel and Jakes cre-ated Beats Antique three years ago and have released two albums, with a third, titled “Blind Threshold,” on the way.

With extensive back-grounds in multicultural music production, Satori and

Cappel used their classical training and travels to exotic locations such as Bali, West Africa and Serbia to inspire their music. Jakes adds another dimen-sion to the group through belly dancing. She serves as the multi-cultural and dance counterpart to Beats Antique’s sound and perfor-mances. Having served in two major dance troupes, Miles Copeland’s Belly Dance Superstars and Rachel Brice’s Indigo Belly Dance Company, Jakes is experienced in bal-let and other contemporary dance. On top of the groups bump-ing bass lines, blaring instru-mentals and Jakes’ belly dancing, Antique Beats hope to soon add videos choreo-

graphed to their music during live sets. Beats Antique played the Hangout Music Festival and Bonnaroo in 2011 and will perform sets at the Coachella, Wakarusa and Sasquatch fes-tivals this year. Jupiter Bar and Grill is ages 19 and up and starts at 9 p.m. Tickets are $16 and available online at ticketmaster.com.

Beats Antique brings ‘electro-gypsy’ show to bar

By Tricia Vaughan

Yet again, we students come face-to-face with the study-session-packed dead week fol-lowed by the oh-so-dreaded final exams, on top of the every-day stress we already cope with. Dead week and finals are as enjoyable as changing a cry-ing baby’s diaper: It’s difficult, mandatory and stinks like hell. When put in such situations, stress levels can reach an all-time high, which can adversely affect one’s health. Blood pres-sure and pulse rates escalate, the immune system plummets, muscles become tense, the digestive systems falters (con-stipation is no laughing matter, my friends) and sleep is dis-turbed. Basically, nothing good comes from too much stress. Here are some simple and healthy ways to manage it:

Exercise for at least 20 minutes a day

There’s a memorable quote from Elle Woods in the movie “Legally Blonde” that comes to mind whenever I think of exercise’s mental health ben-efits. “Exercise gives you endor-phins. Endorphins make you happy,” she said. “Happy people just don’t shoot their husbands, they just don’t.” Elle Woods couldn’t be more right when it comes to endorphins. They are mood-boosting hormones released during physical activity. Leave the library and take a study break to walk around campus when the pressure of finals starts to get to you. Going for a walk outside when it’s sunny is an extra plus.

Get some sleep

There’s a reason why Oscar the Grouch from Sesame Street is so mean: He lives in a garbage can, and there’s no way to sleep well in a garbage can. Save all innocent by-standers from a lash-out and get at least seven hours of sleep each night. Also, sleep is shown to help retain new information, so getting plenty of shut-eye helps when study-ing for a big exam.

Meditate and take deep breaths

Deep breathing decreases heart rate, relaxes constrict-ed muscles and gives you a moment to let your mind col-lect itself. Take a few deep breaths when you feel tense. Imagine Michelle Branch singing “Breathe” to you.

COLUMN | HEALTH

Exercise, eating well can help you keep your head during stress-fi lled fi nals

“When I fi rst heard the Beats Antique music, I was taken

aback,” said Charlotte Perry, a sophomore majoring in nurs-

ing. “It was like this group just created this explosion of elec-tronics, hip-hop, funk, exotic, classical and string music and

dropped it on me.

— Charlotte Perry, sophomore majoring in nursing

• What: Beats Antique

• Where: Jupiter Bar and Grill

• When: Wednesday, 9 p.m.

• Cost: $16

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“Everything is alright if I just breathe.”

Eat well

Many dieters see them as the devil, but carbohydrates are actually very important and great for times of stress. Carbs help the body produce serotonin, a hormone that creates a feel-good mentality, in an all-natural way. Complex carbs such as whole grain bread or cereal are great for boosting a downtrodden attitude. Try oatmeal with ol d-fashioned rolled oats for breakfast or a sandwich with whole grain bread at lunch.

Keep caffeine, alcohol and other drug con-

sumption to a minimum

These tend to only enhance

stress and make you even more irritable. A glass of wine never hurts, but getting wasted will only make the next day worse with a hang-

over. Practice all of the above, and relax. Believe it or not, we will survive. Good luck with finals everyone!

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Jessica RuffinContributing Writer

A message in a bottle became more than just a plot for a romantic movie for UA graduate geography students one day in March. Students were participating in a winter cleanup of a lake with professor Mary Wallace Pitts, and one of them found a bottle with a note inside it from a third grade class. The letter asked the person who found it to visit Mrs. Scott’s third grade class in Berry. However, Pitts said there was a slight problem with that request — Scott was retired and the student who wrote the letter has now graduated from college. “It was really neat because part of what we’re trying to do is educate the kids that every-thing we do affects water quality,” Pitts said. “This bot-tle was a perfect way to show them that because this bottle came from their school.” In order to educate schools in Alabama and the rest of the community about water

resources, Pitts will assist with the Lake Tuscaloosa-North River Waterfest event this weekend. The Waterfest will consist of two events: the Watershed Festival on Friday, May 4, and the Lake Nicol cleanup on Saturday, May 5. Pitts, who serves as the coordinator for the North River W a t e r s h e d M a n a g e m e n t Plan, is excited to be able to spread aware-ness and knowl-edge about drinking water in the area with the festival on May 4. “The festival is a one-day event geared towards school children who live in the North River Watershed and mem-bers of the public who live in the watershed or who get their drinking water from Lake Tuscaloosa,” Pitts said. “Groups of school children from various area schools

have pre-registered for this free event. “They will be guided through a series of education-al hands-on components and have an opportunity to learn directly from a number of local, state and federal agen-

cies.” Pitts said she hoped the people in the Tuscaloosa and North River c o m m u n i t i e s would learn from the event more about water quality and how to pro-tect their own drinking water. S c o t t S a n d e r f o r d , who is also

working to put on the event, believes this knowledge is crucial for everyone in the community to know. “If you live, worship, shop, go to work or school, eat or play anywhere in the greater Tuscaloosa area, then there is a good chance that the qual-

ity of our water resources is affecting your quality of life,” Sanderford said. Sanderford also encouraged people from the community to help out with the cleanup on the following day. “This is the fourth year we have had the cleanup,” Sanderford said. “Previously, we have had 500-plus vol-unteers, and participants clean out more than 50,000 pounds of debris from Lake Tuscaloosa.” Participants will be provid-ed with all equipment exclud-ing boats, which they will have to bring themselves. They will also be fed lunch and be given a T-shirt following the clean up. Sanderford also said that because Alabama Outdoors has teamed up with the UA Outdoor Recreation Program, participants would be able to paddle their own kayaks and canoes or learn how to do so from on-site instruc-tors. However, according to Sanderford, there is another incentive to participating in either of the weekend’s

Message in a bottle leads to students’ chance to teach

By Judah MartinContributing Writer

The University of Alabama Campus Veterans Association celebrates the veterans of Tuscaloosa and the University at its inaugural Veteran’s Banquet on Thursday at 6 p.m. in the Hotel Capstone Ballroom. Although the event is open to all who wish to attend, the banquet is intended to honor the accomplishments of Tuscaloosa’s veterans and their dependents. The event will also pay homage to some of the faculty who contributed to the Veteran’s Association. The veteran’s banquet, which has been in the

planning process for about two months, is possible because of a partnership among the Campus Veteran’s Association, the Office of Veteran and Military Affairs and the Student G o v e r n m e n t Association. Activities at the banquet will include a presentation of awards and a group of speak-ers. The CVA will present the Mark Forester M e m o r i a l award to an outstanding vet-eran in honor of Forester, who

was killed in Afghanistan in 2010. An award will also be given to the dependent child or spouse of a veteran as well as to an outstanding faculty

member. “We have quite a few d e p e n d e n t s o f ve t e r -ans on cam-pus,” Jordan C a r p e n t e r , president of the Campus V e t e r a n s A s s o c i a t i o n , explained. “We want to give these awards

to celebrate the accomplish-ments of our community and

to recognize the faculty who support us. In the future, we would probably like to high-light faculty who are veterans as well.” The banquet will fea-ture speeches from Sen. Bill Holtzclaw, the Chairman of Military Affairs, Commissioner Jeff Brown and several other veterans and retired military officers from the community. Registration for the ban-quet is now closed because 200 people are already expected to attend, which is the event’s maximum capacity. Those who would still like to attend are encouraged to contact David Blair, director of the Office of Veteran and Military

Affairs. Dress code for the event is described as semi-formal, and prices for students will start at $10 and non-students will be charged $20, but prices may vary depending on the requested table size. The SGA contributed by paying for the first 40 students who regis-tered for the banquet. “This is an opportunity for veterans to come together,” Blair said. “It gives them an opportunity to intermingle with other veterans from cam-pus and make connections with faculty and staff mem-bers who are also veterans. We have a couple of fraterni-ties that will be there as well.” “[The banquet] is intended

to celebrate the accomplish-ments of our community,” Carpenter added. “[The CVA] had some events like this in the past, but nothing to this scale, so we are calling it the ‘first annual’ banquet.” The CVA, an organiza-tion founded in by Ashkan Bayatpour in 2009, seeks to assist student veterans who are transitioning from mili-tary to college life. Since its inception, the CVA has been active in a range of activities including veterans’ affairs as well as tornado relief. On May 19, the organization will travel to Haleyville to par-ticipate in the Mark Forester Price of Freedom Run to honor the fallen veteran.

CVA to host inaugural Veterans Banquet at Hotel Capstone

• What: Watershed Festival

• Where: MaryAnn Phelps Activity Center

• When: Friday, May 4 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• What: Lake Nicol Cleanup Day

• Where: Rock Quarry boat landing, Binion Creek boat landing, Lake Nicol Park boat landing (non-motorized only)

• When: Saturday, May 5 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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events. “Registered participants in the Watershed Festival and lake cleanup will have opportunity to enter a raffle for great prizes such as a framed Basil Ede print, a foot-ball signed by Coach Saban and gift cards from Athlete’s Foot,” Sanderford said, add-ing that other retailers will be offering prizes as well. Elizabeth Smith, a junior

majoring in public relations, said she was interested to learn about an event that is specifically catered to water quality education. “The quality of water in the Tuscaloosa area is so important because it literally affects everyone,” Smith said. “I think it’s great that an event is being put on specifically to showcase the importance of water quality.”“The festival is a one-day

event geared towards school children who live in the

North River Watershed and members of the public who live in the watershed or who get their drinking water from

Lake Tuscaloosa.”

— Mary Wallace Pitts

“ We want to give these awards to celebrate the ac-complishments of our com-

munity and to recognize the faculty who support us.”

— Jordan Carpenter

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10 Tuesday, April 24, 2012 NEWS The Crimson White

By Avery Driggers

Unless my advisors and DegreeWorks have led me astray, I will be graduating this May after four fantas-tic years at the University of Alabama. In food terms, that means roughly 312 meal plans used, $2,100 Dining Dollars spent and 702 Frosties devoured. I’ve eaten a lot of food while at UA — some good, some bad and some with too much icing. But it’s not with Wendy’s or Bama Dining locations that my fondest food memories lie. It’s with Maggie’s Diner, my favorite restaurant in Tuscaloosa. Over 15th Street and through the Lurleens, you will find Maggie’s, a meat-and-three that has big portions, questionable hygiene and the best lunch in Tuscaloosa. Tucked away in an old brick building next to the train tracks, Maggie’s is a lunchtime favorite for locals looking for some good home cookin’, hold the frills.

A straightforward menu hangs on the wall behind the servers scooping up hefty portions of their food. Only open for five hours a day, peo-ple pack into the small diner, and the order line frequently wraps around the cafeteria-style buffet. Maggie’s offers all of the usual meat-and-three options, as well as some truly down-home dishes like pig’s feet and chittlins. And with several hungry diners queuing up behind you, you need to be quick on your feet when ordering. No loitering, no dawdling and no second-guessing. The sweet potatoes are divine. Cooked in large chunks, they are honey-sweet, tender and float on a bed of thick, sticky sauce. The tur-nips are expertly seasoned, the meatloaf moist and sub-stantial and the complemen-tary griddlecakes sweet and buttery. A meal at Maggie’s is best ended with one of their mas-sive honey buns. About the

size of a human head, the honey buns look like a gut bomb. But after tearing off a pinch, the buns prove to be surprisingly light. Delicately drizzled with icing, they are sweet but not too sweet. Even when the lunch break is nearly over, customers dawdle around chatting and picking at their plates with

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expressions of content and drowsiness, two sure signs of a good meal.

No matter how much time passes after graduation, if Maggie’s is still around,

I know where I’ll be get-ting lunch whenever I’m in Tuscaloosa.

Hicks was excited by the band’s energetic performance, and remembered their poten-tial managers at Red Light Management from New York state coming down to check out the band; not long after the show, they were signed. Hicks later asked the group to come play his birthday party at Egan’s last October. The band, already beginning to pick up heat from across the country, agreed. Then this March, after becoming an internationally known group, the Shakes agreed to headline Wellthatscool’s Tuscaloosa Get

SHAKES FROM PAGE 1

Alabama Shakes’ star is rising fast

Up tornado relief concert. “It shows that they want to give back to one of the commu-nities that gave to them first,” Hicks said. “We gave them that initial nourishment, and now, they’re making it and giving back.” NPR music critic and University of Alabama New College adjunct faculty mem-ber Ann Powers followed the Shakes’ rise from an early sug-gestion from a friend that they were the “most Ann Powers band he’d ever heard.” Now, Powers works as the Shakes’ lawyer from Birmingham. Upon finally catching the Shakes in concert last fall when they opened for the Shoals-born Drive-By Truckers, she wasn’t let down. “I was just astounded by the

audience response,” Powers said. “I’ve seen so many bands and so many opening acts struggle to keep the attention of anyone in the crowd. They had the attention of everyone that night.” Powers said their tendency to pick up passionate fans was not purely derived from their soulful sound, but also from the connections they form with their audiences and the visible interplay between the band’s growing talents. “I think they’re the kind of band that you immediately root for,” Powers said. “There’s an immediacy about what they do, a strong emotion about what they do and a lot of joy in what they do.” Powers listed their dis-tinct sound and the rich

fundamentals of their classic roots as keys to their success that up-and-coming bands should take note of. She also admitted, though, that the Shakes quick rise and wide fan base is unusual. “In 20 plus years of writing on music, there are very few stories I can compare to this one,” Powers said. Olivia Hodge, a fresh-man majoring in journalism,

first caught on to the Shakes through the AltNation sta-tion on Sirius/XM radio, which played the band’s single “Hold On” from their “Boys & Girls” album. Intrigued by the group, Hodge hoped to catch them during their visit to Tuscaloosa during the Druid City Arts Festival but was pulled out of town. Later, while visiting a friend’s family in Atlanta over Easter weekend, Hodge drove out to Athens, to see the Shakes at a sold out show in the historic Georgia Theater. “It was such a long drive but so worth it,” Hodge said. “They were incredible live.” Blaine Duncan of Blaine Duncan & and the Lookers from Tuscaloosa and Doc Dailey of Doc Dailey & Magnolia Devil

from Muscle Shoals comment-ed on the musical community which has supported them and given birth to rising bands like the Shakes. “[Other bands] are extreme-ly kind, welcoming, trying to do shows and working together in many ways,” Duncan said. He added that the Internet and the growth of Facebook band pages have given the state’s community room to grow and communicate. Daily acknowledged that the overall scene has changed over the years. “When I first started playing live shows, there just weren’t many places to do it,” Dailey said. “It’s a night and day dif-ference from 10 year ago or even five years ago up until now.”

“I think they’re the kind of band that you immediately root for. There’s an

immediacy about what they do, a strong emotion about what they do and a lot of

joy in what they do.

— Ann Powers

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The Crimson White LIFESTYLES Tuesday, April 24, 201211

1. Dragon Ball Z

1. Dragon Ball Z

1. Dragon Ball Z

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4. Captain Planet

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11. Tail Spin

11. Tail Spin

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Sandiego?

15. Where on Earth is Carmen

Sandiego?

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1. Pokemon

1. Pokemon

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14. Doug

13. The Magic School Bus

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6. Animaniacs

6. Animaniacs

6. Animaniacs

10. Recess

10. Recess

9. Chip and Dale’s Rescue Rangers

1. The Simpsons

1. The Simpsons

1. The Simpsons

2. Digimon

3. Family Guy

3. Family Guy

3. Family Guy

13. Rocko’s Modern Life

5. Hey Arnold!

5. Hey Arnold!

6. Darkwing Duck

10. Pinky and the Brain

10. Pinky and the Brain

8. Power Puff Girls

16. Cowboy Bebop

16. Cowboy Bebop

16. Cowboy Bebop

2. Teenage Mutant Ninja

Turtles

2. Teenage Mutant Ninja

Turtles

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13. Cow and Chicken

12. Rocket Power

12. Rocket Power

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Series 6. Batman: The Animated

Series

6. Batman: The Animated

Series10. Ed, Edd,

N Eddy

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By Brett HudsonSenior Sports Reporter@Brett_Hudson

It’s business as usual in Tuscaloosa. As some of you went to your hometowns for one last trip before dead week and finals week, Alabama was winning championships. Just another day at the office, honey. How was your day? It’s like Laura Owens with the Tuscaloosa News said, it’s just another national champi-onship trophy for someone to trip over. Sorry, Mr. Tinker, it’s all in good fun. How could anyone call any city but Tuscaloosa “Titletown?” Teams you know everything about are living up to and even exceeding the expecta-tions. The football team won two national championships in three years. The men’s bas-ketball team made the NCAA tournament for the first time

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Mal Moore, Bama’s students to thank for Tide’s success in all sports

in six years. The gymnastics team just won back-to-back national championships. Not to mention the gymnas-tics team added an individual championship both years, with Geralen Stack-Eaton winning the floor exercise last year and the balance beam this year, and the softball team is continuing its path towards yet another likely Women’s College World Series berth. Even the teams you don’t hear much about are winning. The women’s tennis team won the Southeastern Conference West Division title last season and is currently ranked No. 11 in the country, and I eagerly await the email that corrects me to tell me they moved up in the rankings while the papers were being printed. The women’s golf team is always ranked in the top-10. The men’s golf team added an SEC championship while everyone was focusing on the gymnastics national championship.

After my celebration (yes, I celebrated), I couldn’t help but ask: How is it possible? How is it that one school can have suc-cess in so many sports simul-taneously? It’s no secret Alabama ath-letics is fueled financially by football, or at least 99 percent of it. It takes money to win in athletics in any sport. It takes money to buy your team the best equipment to get the edge there. It takes money to fly around the country and get the best recruits for your sport, and it takes money to have the facilities to attract them there. With only one sport on cam-pus making enough money to support nearly all of the 18 sports on campus, how is this type of widespread success possible? I think it’s several things. I think the campus helps. For those of you older students, the junior and seniors that have been able to purchase road football tickets and have

traveled around the SEC, it is clear to see that Alabama has the best campus in the con-ference. The Quad dwarfs the Grove at Ole Miss, both in size and overall effectiveness in providing an outdoor hub for students. Some of it has to be Athletic Director Mal Moore. I realize hiring Mike Price and Mike Shula did not work out well (putting it nicely), but hiring Nick Saban has sent waves of positive energy throughout Alabama athletics. And the other coaches love it. Gymnastics coach Sarah Patterson couldn’t wait to “give [Coach Saban] a big hug around the neck.” Softball coach Patrick Murphy refer-ences the football program often when talking about the success of his program.So, really, I guess it’s just the Alabama way that helps Alabama do so well in athlet-ics across the board. Roll Tide, right?

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Ashley Priess couldn’t have asked for a better ending to her senior season. Priess stepped up on the balance beam at the NCAA championships with all eyes on her. The Florida Gators had finished on the floor, and she needed a 9.875 to secure Alabama’s second-straight national championship. She came through and then some, posting a 9.95 and ensuring herself a place in Alabama’s record books. But Priess’ story began long before her final routine as an Alabama gymnast. In 2011, Priess sat on the side-lines after surgery on both of her ankles and could only watch as her teammates took home the national champion-ship. “This is the young woman that sat in the stands last year with two busted ankles, that wasn’t on the floor with us, one of our best team mem-bers, best gymnast we’ve ever had, and she was sitting in the stands,” head coach Sarah Patterson said. “It was humbling for her because we

won the championship with-out her. And then to have her step in … I couldn’t be more proud of that moment.” “Sitting in the stands last year at nationals was a real-ly difficult, bittersweet, yet humbling experience for me,” Priess said. “So, this whole year has just been a miracle and a blessing in so many ways.” Her year started with a bang. Competing against Georgia in the first meet of the season, Priess was the last one on the floor for the Tide and had to hit to win the match, which she did. “When [assistant coach David Patterson] and I were making up the lineup at the end, I said if it comes down to the end, I want Priess to anchor us on floor,” head coach Sarah Patterson said at the time. “I wanted her experience. I wanted her com-petitiveness, and I knew she would win it for us.” As the season wore on, the task for Patterson became not worrying about whether Priess would be back to full strength, but rather manag-ing her health throughout the course of a long season. The life of gymnasts can be grueling, so it was critical

that such an important piece of Alabama’s lineup not be hindered. “Any time you have that magnitude of a surgery, she was disappointed,” Patterson said. “I think it was humbling for her. Then as she started getting back, to me it was a management job in terms of keeping her healthy.” The season wore on and Priess only seemed to get better. She and fellow senior Geralen Stack-Eaton anchored the Tide’s lineup night in and night out, often competing in all four events. And so, there was Priess on the last rotation of the last night of the NCAA Championships with the fate of Alabama’s 2012 season on her routine. “All I can control is what I’m going to do on beam,” Priess said. “So, that was the only thing in my thought pro-cess.” “When she did that beam routine last night, I don’t know whether we’re going to win or finish second, but to see her handle that,” Patterson said, “I’m standing at the end of the beam, and that brought tears to my eyes because I know how much that meant to her.”

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TUESDAY

THURSDAY

WEDNESDAY

• Baseball vs Samford: 6 p.m. @ Samford

• Softball vs Troy: 6 p.m.

•Track and Field, Cross Country: Drake Relays @ Des Moines, Iowa

SPORTS this week

UA AthleticsAshley Priess scored a 9.875 on the balance beam Sunday to lead the Crimson Tide gymnastics team to a second-straight National Championship.

Many, including Chad Haynie, the voice of Alabama softball, have noticed its domi-nating performance this year. Haynie said Traina might be the difference maker for this year’s team. “To me, the most impor-tant thing in softball from the two times I’ve been out in Oklahoma City and the two I watched on TV, is having the one dominant pitcher. “People could say Alabama has had that in the past with Stephanie Van Brakle or Kelsi Dunne, but I don’t think they had the

supporting staff around Van Brakle to do it, and Dunne, with the exception of the 2010 SEC tournament, never really had that killer mindset to go out there and dominate in the Women’s College World Series.” Traina has appeared in 31 of the Tide’s games. With a 27-1 record, Traina’s line includes a 1.56 ERA and 229 strike-outs. Haynie said it’s Traina’s unshakeable demeanor that gives her an edge. “If you look at last year, clos-ing out games, she came in and she doesn’t let who’s in

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Softball team ready for championship run the batter’s box or what jer-sey they’re wearing have any affect on her pitching perfor-mance,” Haynie said. “That’s my biggest thought on why this is Alabama’s year.” But Traina isn’t the only star on the team. Alabama had four players on the preseason All-SEC team: Kayla Braud, Cassie Reilly-Boccia, Amanda Locke and, of course, Traina. Reilly-Boccia is also a finalist in the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award in softball, awarded to the most outstanding Division I senior student-athlete. The Alabama senior class has had its share of accolades, and Haynie said having that supporting cast is what com-pletes the 2012 team. “Obviously, you’ll have Traina here for two more

years, but you also have a group of six seniors who are huge in the field,” he said. “Reilly-Boccia is the best defensive first basemen in the country. “Jennifer Fenton is having an All-American campaign. Someone asked me before the season if I could pick one person to be an All-American on this team that would give Alabama a national champion-ship, I said Jennifer Fenton. Her getting on and doing it in the two-hole, she’s really cut down on her strike count this year. She has been huge.” Alabama has eight regu-lar season games remaining before postseason play begins, including a home series against Florida. If Alabama can win that

series, Haynie said she thinks this will be the Tide’s year. “I think Alabama will win that series, and if they do, I would be very surprised if we don’t see Alabama and California in the championship series because when they’re playing on their A-game, I think they’re pretty clearly the two best teams in the coun-try. “What happens in that series, who knows, because Cal’s a great team. We saw that last year, it was a 1-0 great game in Oklahoma City that Alabama won and I think that confidence might be the edge, having the win from last year to give Alabama enough to win in Oklahoma City. If they get there, they have the team to do it.”