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Downtown is nothing short of a picturesque scene, but the city of Tuscaloosa, under the direction of Mayor Walt Maddox, is preparing itself for a revitalization in its

proudest area. Maddox has approved a plan by Cooper Consulting out of Dallas, Texas for the greater downtown area. The plan is meant to grow downtown to meet the needs of residents, tourists and UA students alike. “Your central city is the gateway to your community,”

Maddox said. “It’s how devel-opers, tourists and residents judge your city. Infrastructure downtown has been aging and deteriorating. We have to restore these vital utilities and this plan gave us an opportu-nity to do that.” The revitalization plan cov-ers the area from Black Warrior

River on the north and Queen City Avenue on the east, to 15th Street on the south and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard on the west. It makes sugges-tions for improvements down-town that include everything from increasing residency in

Class sizes continue to climb

By Amanda BayhiContributing Writer

In addition to 13 national championships, the University now has another reason to hold the number 13 dear to its heart. The Princeton Review named the University number 13 on its list of the top 20 party schools for the 2010-2011 school year. The Capstone missed the 2009-2010

rankings, but sat at number 19 in the 2008-2009 rankings. This year’s top three party schools are the University of Georgia, Ohio University and Penn State, respectively. Florida and Ole Miss also placed in the top 20 of the rankings. However, the University’s priority is not the party scene,

UA ranks 13 on party schools list

#6: Lots of Beer

#6: Best Athletic Facilities

#8: Lots of Hard Liquor

#13: Party Schools

#15: Students Pack the Stadiums

#15: Students Study the Least

ALABAMA PARTY

RANKINGS

Nursing building opens doors

SGA opens up block seating

Tuscaloosa plans downtown upgrade

SMALL CLASSES(2-19 STUDENTS)

LARGE CLASSES (50-100+ STUDENTS)

2001UA

POPULATION: 15,322

UNDERGRADUATES

PERCENT CHANGE -0.8% +75%

1169 CLASSES

1178 CLASSES 243 CLASSES

427 CLASSES

= 100

2009UA

POPULATION: 23,702

UNDERGRADUATES

The number of under-graduate classes with more than 50 students has nearly doubled in number since 2000, while classes with less than 20 students have de-creased in number.

Read the full story on page 3.

By Zoe StoreyContributing Writer

Nursing students have a new place to call home. The $16.9 million Capstone College of Nursing building opened its doors this week to a recently finished facility built in response to the rapidly growing college. Construction began in October 2008 and concluded in July. “In the last 10 years, our under-graduate program has increased from 350 students to 1,200,” Dean of the College of Nursing Sara Barger said. “We now have 300 students at the master’s level and a doctorate program. We have previously used classrooms all over campus and finally having the rooms for our students to learn is dynamite.” The 64,000-square-foot build-ing, located off University Drive across the street from DCH Regional Medical Center, pro-vides a highly interactive educa-tion for nursing students, accord-ing to a UA news release. “Our goal is to produce gradu-ates who can provide quality,

CW | Julie MillerNursing students work with human body simulators in the newly completed nursing building.

By Charles ScarboroughStaff Reporter

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The University of Alabama’s Student Government Association is making dramatic changes to its student block seating system for the 2010 football season. The SGA says its new approach to student group seating at Bryant-Denny Stadium will be more inclusive and encourage diverse student groups to be a part of the system. To emphasize that change, student leaders have renamed the block seating area to “Student Organization Seating.” SGA President James Fowler said the name change is an effort to promote the inclusion of a wide variety of student organizations across the UA campus. “I hope the new system and name change will encourage student organizations from all corners of campus to apply for student organization seating,” Fowler said. “The goal is to elimi-nate any divisiveness within the student body that has existed in years past and promote unity going forward.”

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CW File Source: Princeton Review

See PARTY, page 2

See NURSING, page 3

See DOWNTOWN, page 6

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ON CAMPUS

What: Women’s Soccer vs. Samford University

Where: University of Alabama Soccer Complex

When: 7 p.m.

SATURDAY

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UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA II Date: Aug. 17Time: 2:30 a.m. Location: 100 Block Hackberry Lane

UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA IIDate: Aug. 17 Time: 3:45 a.m.Location: 900 Block of 2nd Street

THEFT OF PROPERTYDate: Aug. 17Time: 4:50 p.m.Date: Aug. 17 Time: 12 p.m. - 3 p.m. Location: 800 Block of Magnolia Drive

HARASSMENTDate: Aug. 19Time: 3:30 a.m.

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UNLAWFUL BREAKING AND ENTERING OF A VEHICLEDate: Aug. 17Time: 10:50 a.m.Date: Aug. 17 Time: 9:30 a.m.Location: 800 Magnolia Drive

UNLAWFUL BREAKING AND ENTERING OF A VEHICLEDate: Aug. 16 Time: 11 a.m.Location: 100 Block of Hackberry Lane

UNLAWFUL BREAKING AND ENTERING OF A VEHICLEDate: Aug. 16Time: 12:35 p.m.

Date: Aug 16Timee: 8 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Location: 500 Block of Jefferson Avenue.

THEFT OF PROPERTY IIDate: Aug 16Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.Location: 400 Block of Stadium Drive.

THEFT OF PROPERTY IIDate: Aug. 16Time: 10 p.m. - 8 a.m.Location: 600 Block of Jefferson Avenue.

THEFT OF PROPERTY IIDate: Aug. 18Time: 6:45 p.m.Date: Aug. 18Time: 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.Location: 700 Block of Bryant Drive.

UA ranked among U.S. Newsʼ top 50 public universities The University of Alabama is ranked 34th among public national universities and 79th among all universities, both public and private, according to U.S. News and World Report’s annual rankings for 2011. The ranking places UA in the top 6 percent of the 1,400 colleges and universities surveyed by U.S. News. There are approximately 2,700 four-year public and private colleges and universities in the coun-try. The Capstone has been ranked among the top 50 public universities in the nation for the last 10 years.

UA sorority pledges announced

UAʼs Celebrity Series to Bring Internationally Acclaimed Stars The University of Alabama’s 2010-2011 Celebrity Series will dazzle audiences with internationally acclaimed stars ranging from soloists from the Russian National Orchestra to an award-winning bluegrass band.

Pledging sororities recently at The University of Alabama were 1,398 women. For the complete list, visit uanews.ua.edu.

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Deborah Lane, assistant vice president for University rela-tions, said in an e-mailed state-ment. “UA places more emphasis on our academic reputation,” she said. “Clearly, as indi-cated from both the increased number of applicants and our growth, prospective students are attracted to the academic quality they are finding at The University of Alabama.” The Princeton Review decides the order of the rank-ings by acquiring informa-tion from students nationwide about their college experienc-es. The main factors that make a college or university a party school, the Princeton Review website states, are Greek life, time spent studying and drug and alcohol usage. Students’ feelings varied about the University’s placing on the list. Jessica Bisset, a senior majoring in music manage-ment, said she thinks the University deserves to be on the list, though she thinks it should be closer to the top.

PARTYContinued from page 1

“We are definitely active on the party scene,” she said. Grayson Martin, a junior majoring in public rela-tions, said he also thinks the University placing in the top 20 is appropriate, as he’s heard groups of people who have parties planned nearly every weekend, though it’s not neces-sarily something in which he takes pride. “I think we kind of live up to that reputation in a way I wish we didn’t,” Martin said. Despite differing opinions about the University making the list, Chris Thompson, a freshman majoring in math, said academics are not affect-ed, regardless. As long as stu-dents keep good grades, he said, it’s OK to party. Another issue the University’s ranking raised is how the party school distinc-tion will affect recruitment. Chelsea Manning, a senior majoring in dance, said she thinks the University’s place on the list of top party schools could affect enrollment both positively and negatively—it could boost enrollment from students who like to party, but it could also lower enrollment from students who are looking

for a school based more strictly on academics. On the other hand, Joe Dees, a graduate student in econom-ics, said he doesn’t think the list will sway students’ deci-sions to attend the University one way or the other because usually, he said, many factors go into college selection. “People are going to go where they’re going to go,” he said. Jessica Sorrell, a former Ohio University student,shared some UA students’ sen-timents. She said she doesn’t think the list or partying affects the education at the school. There isn’t much else to do besides party in a small town, she said. Ohio University is located in Athens, about an hour and a half from Columbus and has a population of 63,255, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. “The academics were really good, but when the sun went down everything changed,” Sorrell said. Sorrell said the list could have an effect on enrollment. “That probably changes [pro-spective students’] thinking; like, yeah, I think I could have a good time here,” she said.

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By Will Tucker News Editor

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As the University contin-ues to grow, so does students’ awareness of the growing pains—specifically in class sizes. “[The growth] has certain-ly pressed the limits,” said Larry Bowen, associate direc-tor of the Center for Teaching and Learning. Bowen also teaches one class a semester, Mathematics 110. “I’m not sure if limits on class sizes have gone over-board, but if a class was lim-ited at, say, 60, in the past, you would have had only maybe 53

or 54 even though it would hold 60,” he said. “Now you’re going to have 60. Whatever the limit was, the growth has made sure that [class sizes] were there.” Bowen graduated from here in 1979 and joined the faculty in 1981. He mentioned that certain facility develop-ments, like the construction of the Mathematics Technology Learning Center in Tutwiler Hall, correlate to changes in class sizes. “When I first started teach-ing, the Math Lab wasn’t there, and we just had the class-rooms in Gordon Palmer,” he said. “No room in that build-ing other than the auditorium would hold, at that time, more

than about 40 people. “The Math Lab has changed things now…[mathematics classes] don’t necessarily meet but once a week, and maybe some of the upper level cours-es have gotten smaller.” Matt Garmon, a junior major-ing in accounting, agreed with Bowen’s idea that upper level classes, even in majors other than mathematics, are getting smaller. “It seems like they’ve been getting a little smaller as I’m getting into my upper level classes, but starting off, they were huge,” he said. “They were around 200 people.” Amber Moore a sophomore majoring in business said

through Honors College, she has only experienced small classes until this year. “The classes I’ve had in the past have always been some-thing like 15 students,” she said. “So, this is the first semes-ter I’ve had huge classes.” Moore said she sees Honors College class sizes staying the same and noted that she main-ly chose to attend UA because of the University Honors Program. She said her entry-level classes this year, like Geography 101 and Accounting 210, seem large. “They’re at least 150 [stu-dents]. They’re in the big lec-ture classes.”

care and who feel comfortable in a technology-driven environ-ment,” said Marsha Adams, professor of nursing and assis-tant dean of the undergraduate program. “We want to reduce the orientation time for our graduates when they start with a health care agency.” Two seminar rooms, three classrooms, computer labs, two study rooms and a student lounge, as well as an audito-rium with seating for 148, are featured in the Neo-classical, three-story building, according to the news release. A 34-bed clinical practice lab, six com-puter-controlled patient simu-lation rooms in the Simulation Center for Clinical Excellence will contribute to the nursing students’ education. Shelley Jordan, director of advancement for the College of Nursing, said the simulation labs contain life-sized, comput-er-controlled simulators that imitate real patient conditions. The students can come into a simulation lab with a scenario such as a drug overdose or gun-shot wound and gain hands-on experience as the situation is broadcasted to classrooms. “All the amenities are so high-tech. It is nice,” said Chelsea Colagross a junior majoring in nursing,. “Everything is more technologically based and [the facilities] help learning.” The building will be dedi-cated at 10 a.m. on Sept. 10. UA President Robert Witt, Barger and guests representing nurs-ing faculty, staff, students and alumni are expected to attend the ceremony. “A new Capstone College of Nursing building serves as a visible example of The University of Alabama’s com-mitment to providing our stu-dents with a state-of-the-art learning environment,” Witt said.

NURSINGContinued from page 1

Class sizes grow over the years

Above: Nursing students train in the new 34-bed clinincal practice lab.

Far left: The nursing facility features human body simulators to best prepare students for real life situations.

Left: Instructor offi ces are located on the third fl oor of the building, as well as a lounge area for students.

CW | Julie Miller

The simula-tion labs con-tain life-sized,

computer-controlled simulators

that imitate real condi-

tions.

CW | Julie Miller

“Defi nitely with the major universities, the class sizes of at least the freshmen have been creeping up

for years.”

— Larry Bowden{ }

Class sizes seem to vary across the board, according to Austin Curry, a freshman majoring in biology. who is tak-ing all entry-level courses. “Some are just about like high school with about 30 to 40 people,” he said. “In my English class, though, there’s about a hundred in there…I’ve never seen that before.” Larry Bowen said he’s seen

freshman class sizes consis-tently growing. “Definitely with the major universities, the class sizes of at least the freshmen have been creeping up for years,” he said. “The rooms won’t hold more than they’ll hold,” he said. “As much as you want more people in there, the room will only hold that much.”

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WE WELCOME YOUR OPINIONSLetters to the editor must be less than 300 words and guest columns less than 800. Send submissions to [email protected]. Submissions must include the author’s name, year, major and day-time phone number. Phone numbers are for verification and will not be published. Students should also include their year in school and major. For more information, call 348-6144. The CW reserves the right to edit all submissions.

EDITORIAL BOARDVictor Luckerson Editor

Jonathan Reed Managing EditorTray Smith Opinions Editor

“At age 73, the loss of our nearby parking space in ten Hoor south is

uncomfortable but bearable, if neces-sary. I respect the enormous plan-

ning that has been done due to the

wonderful stadium expansion, quite

an admirable accomplishment. Chris Besanceney did a great job.”

— Johnnie Ste-vens, in response to “Tide Pride changes

parking for next season”

“A truly unique fi lm. One of the

few fi lms Iʼve seen this year where I

would not hesitate in granting 4 stars. Excellent write-up

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YOUR VIEW { }

By Josh Veazey

An open letter from James Madison, Founding Father: Joe Hart knows exactly how I think the Constitution should apply two-hundred years after my death. Obviously, health insurance man-dates do not count as “Commerce among the several states,” even though it’s commerce that happens among several states, because we didn’t have Blue Cross in 1789, so I couldn’t possibly have been talking about that. It’s well known that we Founding Fathers were the smartest people ever, but there’s something impor-tant that most people don’t know about us. We were also visited by the goddess Minerva who bestowed us with a DeLorean that travels through all of American history. We sampled every age to see if a minimal, lassiez faire interpreta-tion of our abstractly worded docu-ment works to make a more perfect union, and it totally does. I saw that whole Industrial Revolution. I saw the Gilded Age, with its rise in paternal wage slav-ery and an industrial economy that allowed for over one percent of all America’s wealth to be enjoyed by a single man. I saw the Great Depression, and the rise of postwar consumerism that put large corpo-rations at the forefront of people’s lives and livelihood. I saw the switch to a financial economy and the digi-tal age, and I totally get globalism.

Guys, we covered all of that. Joe Hart knows all of this, because I told him when he sprinkled gypsy tears into a cauldron. We meant tariffs, and that’s it. For all eternity, just deal with tariffs. What’s with all these regulations on anything besides tariffs? What’s all the federalist hullabaloo over “hedge funds” and “requiring pub-licly traded companies to disclose their finances,” and “dangerous diet pills,” and “harmful children’s toys,” and “false advertising” and “people murdering innocent people by blowing up federal buildings?” Those did not come directly from us, so they couldn’t possibly be rational endeavors. Who needs this “health insurance” so much, any-way? How much could it possibly cost to throw snakes and leeches on a writhing body and call it the old college try? Look, I’m no anti-federalist kook. I understand the occasional need for central government to put its foot down. It was me who recog-nized that the weakness of the Articles of Confederacy was its inability to tax states for revenue. Now Uncle Sam can tax, as I so eloquently put it, for “the general welfare.” Pretty vague, I know. Sorry. So, I guess if the government wanted to alter people’s economic behavior, they could rightly insert a tax as a penalty for not buying … I digress. We covered all possible problems when we wrote the thing. Yes, there

were mistakes. Like that one clause that, in 1841, resulted in mass con-fusion over who the hell was presi-dent. And we’re sorry about that “civil war” and the “systematic disenfranchisement of millions of people.” But we totally did all those mistakes on purpose so you’d have to deal with them. It builds charac-ter. See, when it comes to the legal history of the U.S., the Constitution isn’t the most important thing – it’s the only thing. I’m flipping through all your legal history … yawn … something about the necessity of regulating intra-state goods, because they inevitably effect supply and demand of inter-state goods … snooze. Something about distinguishing between the production of a good and the mar-keting of it, the latter of which would obviously best describe buy-ing insurance … snore. Look, we took care of all of this for you two hundred years ago. Stop worrying your post-industri-al little heads about this stuff and do as we say, as we laid it out for you in Federalist 45, which pretty much is what kind of runs this country. Your entire legal mores should basically be a Founding Fathers RPG game. Put down that book by Mr. Oliver Wendell Whatever, and start chan-neling Hamilton, you crazy poster-ity, you.

Josh Veazey is an alumnus of the University of Alabama.

Joe Hart took the words right out of my enlightened mouth

By David Simpson

Two weeks ago, state Sen. Lowell Barron, D-Fyffe, was quoted in the Birmingham News as saying he believes Alabamians are satisfied with average services and the cur-rent tax structure. On the contrary, I don’t believe there are many citizens satisfied with the current quality of state public services, and we are certain-ly not satisfied with the country’s most regressive and inefficient tax system. A simple drive down the Birmingham portion of I-65 will convince anybody of the need for increased infrastructure funding. A look at state departmental budgets will reflect a state government that is struggling to make ends meet. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management, the department responsible for moni-toring air and water quality, is so underfunded that it only receives 10 percent of its annual budget from the state. The rest of the funding comes from federal grants. The need for federal funding is trou-bling when you consider ADEM not only helps ensure that we have safe drinking water, but has also had to work closely with BP to protect the Gulf Coast. Alabama is temporarily holding 49th place in total per capita taxes among the 50 states. However, once the recession is over, we are expected to drop back behind South Carolina to our traditional place of lowest in the country. Currently, our low taxes trans-late not into average services, but below average services. Recently Alabama evaluated its educa-tion performance during its 2010 Adequate Yearly Progress meeting. To “meet AYP” school systems must show improvement in mul-tiple student subcategories broken up by factors such as race, learning

disability, and economic status. Alabama had 51 school systems fail to “meet AYP,” and collectively the state came up short in the cat-egory of special education. Many argue that No Child Left Behind’s impossible standards will eventually cause the state not to meet AYP, and this is true. However, the real problem with state education will become evident under a new graduation rate formu-la to be implemented in 2012. The Mobile Press-Register reported that under the new formu-la Alabama will post a graduation rate close to 65 percent, a far cry from the current rate of 87 percent. Mr. Barron, our state services are not average. They are close to fail-ing. Unfortunately, neither of the state’s gubernatorial candidates is clued into the economic realities of the state. Basic math proves that it is nearly impossible to improve service qual-ity by decreasing revenue, especial-ly when our state has an average per capita tax bill of $3002. As reported by the Birmingham News, simply raising taxes to the 50-state median of $4007 would bring in an additional $4.7 billion in revenue. This money could be used to improve public education, invest in community development, or finally honor Sen. Richard Shelby’s hard work and provide matching dollars for a Birmingham light rail system. Regardless, we can expect our two candidates to tick the clock backwards on tax progressive-ness. Both Dr. Robert Bentley and Commissioner Ron Sparks have pledged to return the state to four-year property tax appraisals. This, combined with campaign promises not to raise taxes, only forecasts an increase in the regressive nature of our tax structure and a decrease in both the quantity and quality of

state public programs. Although Bentley has not iden-tified new state revenue sourc-es, Sparks has offered ideas for increased revenue by legalizing and taxing gambling and the lottery. Unfortunately, Alabama is located between two states with legalized gaming, Mississippi and Florida, who respectively raised $296.34 million and $108.37 million in gam-ing tax revenue during the 2009 fiscal year. On the eastern boarder Georgia enjoys a lottery tax rev-enue of under a billion dollars. Even if the state could emulate Mississippi gaming and Georgia lotteries, Alabama would collect far less than $4.7 billion. If anything, the additional gaming tax reve-nue would likely come at a cost of increased regression. If our state hopes to improve in areas of public education, work force development, or job creation, we must restructure the state tax system in such a way that increases fairness, equity, efficiency, and most importantly revenue. In Alabama, we too often get the political conversation wrong. Every election cycle debate centers on how we can continue to provide cur-rent services at the lowest possible cost. The debate should instead focus on what is necessary to pro-vide the country’s best programs. Sadly, many of Alabama’s state leaders have lacked the political will to stand up to special interests and as a result the state struggles in most areas. To quote Mr. Barron again, “If the people begin to demand more, they’ll have to pay more…but at this point in time, they’re satisfied...” Alabamians are not satisfied, and we are demanding what is neces-sary to provide higher quality pub-lic services.

David Simpson is a junior majoring in economics and political science.

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WEB COMMENTS

Earlier this month, the liberal weekly The Nation published a col-umn by Katrina vanden Heuvel entitled “Food Stamps or Teachers.” The article criticized moder-ate Republican Senators Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine for agreeing to break the Republican filibuster of a $26 billion program to help states avoid teacher layoffs only after Democrats agreed to offset the costs of the bill by cutting food stamps. The implication was that Republicans were heartlessly forcing Democrats to choose between cutting food stamps or helping teachers keep their jobs. The column struck me because of its sheer superficiality.

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The choice between food stamps and teachers is obviously not a glamorous tradeoff politically. However, these are the types of choices our poli-cymakers are going to have to make if they want to get federal spending under control. We do not live in a world of limitless resources. If the government continues to budget as if we do, another financial crisis far worse than the one we just survived will come in the near future. Besides, the cuts in food stamps Snowe and Collins agreed to do not take effect until 2014. Even then, benefits will be reduced only to their pre-stimulus level. The Obama administration, while selling its stimulus program to the public and Congress, insisted the spending would be temporary. Now, liberals are labeling any attempt to curb that spending back as a “cut,” proving their inten-tion all along was to permanently increase the federal spending baseline. Vanden Heuvel went on to criticize Republicans for supporting the extension of the Bush tax cuts while simultaneously opposing spending on social programs for the sake of deficit reduc-tion. Democrats are clamoring that permanently extending the Bush tax cuts for all taxpayers would be “fiscally irresponsible.” Really, now? President Obama has proposed extending the Bush tax cuts for all but the top 3 percent of income earners. The Treasury Department recently estimated such a policy would cost $3 trillion over 10 years. Republicans want to extend the tax cuts for everyone, which would add an additional $700 billion to the tab. That means the additional cost of maintain-ing tax cuts for all tax payers would be $162 bil-lion less than the stimulus bill and $240 billion less than health care reform. After recklessly adding to the budget deficit with bill after bill over the past year, Democrats are now calling Republicans fiscally irresponsible for trying to shield taxpayers from the financial consequenc-es of the Obama-Pelosi spending spree. Only in the Democratic Party could passing the costs of huge new government programs onto taxpayers be considered fiscally respon-sible. But middle- and upper-income families alike work hard for their money and, regardless of their economic status, those families should not have to sacrifice more in this time of economic hardship to finance President Obama’s agenda. Instead, lawmakers should begin making tough choices on how to bring spending and enti-tlement obligations in line over the long-term. That is the only way to reduce our debt and keep our economy competitive. Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, for instance, has proposed reducing all non-defense discretionary spending to pre-Obama (FY2008) levels. That would save over $900 billion over the next 10 years. Congresswoman Cynthia Lumis of Wyoming has proposed hiring one person for every two who leave government service until the number of federal employees is equal to what it was when Barack Obama took office, which would save $35 billion. Congressman Tom Price of Georgia has pro-posed canceling all unspent stimulus funds, which would save an extra $266 billion. There are numerous other ideas that offer equally great potential for reducing our debt. Unfortunately, these ideas are unlikely to receive serious consideration because the Democratic majority in Washington is respon-sible for several of these very programs. In 1964, when campaigning for Barry Goldwater, a former Democrat and actor by the name of Ronald Reagan traveled the country giv-ing a speech entitled “A Time for Choosing.” This election year is also a time for choosing. A time for either making the difficult decisions that will put this nation on a path to remain the great-est, most dynamic country on earth, or allowing the government to control more and more of our economy. Some of these decisions may be even more dif-ficult than choosing between food stamps and teachers. Hopefully, however, we will elect peo-ple to office who are up for the task.

Tray Smith is the opinions editor of the Crimson White. His column runs on Fridays.

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By Jesse SmithContributing Writer

Service opportunities, such as the Young Women’s Leadership Program and the Young Men’s Leadership Program, allow UA students to mentor middle school students in the Tuscaloosa area. The Women’s Resource Center facilitates these pro-grams. These programs part-ner with the University Union and are similar to the Boys and Girls Club’s “Big Brothers/Big Sisters” pro-gram in that both are aimed at one-on-one pairing. “The specific training and content areas set these programs apart,” said Jessi Hitchins, assistant direc-tor of the WRC. “These pro-grams are built on a system of three tiers.” For women, these three tiers are competence, auton-omy and connections with one another. For men, the three tiers are authenticity, respect and strength. Each program requires a one-year commitment, 20 hours of training in the fall and 10 weeks of mentoring in the spring. Andres Peña, a senior majoring in management and political science, said many people are under the impression that the WRC is for women only. “When I tell people that I work and volunteer with the WRC, sometimes they are drawn back because I’m a male,” Peña said. Peña has been a part of the Young Men’s Leadership Program for three years as a mentor and has been on staff at the WRC for two years.

He said he first heard about the program through Get On Board Day his sophomore year. “I volunteered, enjoyed it, but wanted to be more involved in the coordinating and planning, so I joined the staff,” he said. Along with mentoring a middle school boy every year, he also plans the curriculum and trains other mentors. “The main goal [of the WRC] is empowering women but also to serve the under-served,” Peña said. The Women’s Resource Center moved to a new home recently and is continuing to create programs that support both men and women. Located at 1101 Jackson Ave., the WRC is inside the South Lawn office building, across from the Alabama Credit Union on Bryant Drive. “We are excited about the new space and are moving forward with all of our pro-grams,” Hitchins said. The Young Men’s Leadership Program and the Young Women Leaders Program are accepting appli-cations for the 2010-2011 year. Those interested in apply-ing to the program can visit wrc.ua.edu for an online application. Training will take place in the fall every Tuesday from 2-4 p.m. for women and every Wednesday from 2-4 p.m. for men. In the spring, mentoring will take place from 2:30-4:30 p.m. on Mondays for both programs. The programs are open to female and male students at the University, as well as those at Shelton State Community College.

WRC caters to both men and women

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As a Chinese to English dic-tionary sits on her bed in New Hall, Lauren Howton, a sopho-more majoring in history, uses it to break the language bar-rier between herself and her Chinese roommate Juno Xia, a freshman in the English Language Institute who is majoring in finance. Because the University is a melting pot of cultures, inter-national students share on-campus housing with those of American descent. While some may think this could be a complicated living situation, Howton and Xia see it as an opportunity to learn more about another person’s culture. Alicia Browne, associate director for information and communication in housing, said there is much to learn from these types of relation-ships. “Just as with any situation in

college, it is what you make of it, and the experience is very beneficial for those who may want to study abroad or ulti-mately work abroad,” Browne said. There are several hun-dred international students who stay in on-campus hous-ing, including those that may come for a few weeks with the University’s English Language Institute. “Sometimes this may cre-ate a problem when a student comes to ELI in the middle of the year, in maybe September, while the other student has already settled into their dorm space,” Browne said. The ELI is one example of how differences between the lives of some international students and the lives of U.S. citizen students have become pronounced. Another is the need to overcome a language barrier. “While many students do speak the language very well, it is hard for some students, and they have to find creative ways

to communicate,” Browne said. She said one English-speaking student moved into her room and knew that her roommate would be moving in later and that she spoke Japanese. “The girl wanted to leave a note to tell her roommate where she had gone and what was going on in the apartment, so she decided to draw a pic-ture,” Browne said. “I thought this was a very clever way to communicate.” She said there is an inter-national living learning com-munity in Rose Towers that started more than two years ago, and it is on two floors. “As one may imagine, not every international student gets a great perception when they get here, and that was an issue we wanted to improve,” Browne said. “The students on these floors are those students that want to get a cultural expe-rience from having an interna-tional roommate.” Although Xia and Howton have to translate many things,

they also get to learn abouteach other’s culture, rangingfrom things such as food, tradi-tions and fashion. “[Xia] makes Chinese dishesoften,” Howton said. “Althoughtheir food is different, it isinteresting to learn about theculture.” Xia said the American foodserved in China is differentfrom the food here, and it would take some getting used to. “[Xia] gave me a present thatthey use for a bracelet and ahair tie, and I taught her about silly bands,” Howton said. “Itwas fun to trade fashion.” They talked about everythingfrom Ugg boots to Americanfood such as Kentucky FriedChicken and Pizza Hut. Howton said learning aboutdifferent cultures is veryimportant to her because ofthe importance of international relations and learning aboutothers. “I learn a lot about Americanculture from my roommate,”Xia said. “I love my roommate. She has been so helpful.”

Exchange students adapt to U.S.

SGA Vice President for Student Affairs Stephen Swinson said the SGA is part-nering with The Source and Student Affairs administra-tors to actively recruit a broad community of student orga-nizations for the revamped Student Organization Seating. “The SGA is encourag-ing all student organiza-tions to apply for seating,” Swinson said. “We are eager for new student organiza-tions to participate in Student Organization Seating and are excited about implementing a more inclusive student orga-nization section.” The SGA will also make adjustments to the mandatory arrival times for student orga-nizations hoping to occupy their designated seating sec-tion. All seating not occupied 45 minutes prior to kickoff

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will be open to the general student population, a fifteen-minute extension from last year’s 30 minutes prior man-datory arrival time. In addition, the Student Organization Committee will be imposing stricter regu-lations for those organiza-tions with designated seating areas. Any student organization that on repeated occasion arrives late or departs early will be forced to go before a judicial review. Swinson believes these changes will force student organizations to take full advantage of the sec-tion they have received. “The SGA has made posi-tive adjustments to Student Organization Seating in an effort to motivate early arriv-al by decreasing the amount of time that the section is reserved,” Swinson said. “To deter early departure, organi-zations will be subject to judi-cial review if a significant por-

tion of their members leave the stadium before the end of the 3rd quarter.” Student Organization Seating will still be contained in the lower bowl. Which spe-cific sections will occupy the lower bowl have not yet been

determined. Student Organizationapplications are due Aug. 27by 4:45 p.m. at the StudentGovernment Associationoffice, 231 Ferguson Center.Applications to be a memberof the Student Organization

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For the political and social activists who gathered at UA’s Bryant Conference Center Thursday, there is a bigger polit-ical issue facing the state than bingo and health care. Alabama Citizens for Constitutional Reform, a non-profit organization devoted to creating a new constitu-tion for Alabama, brought reform-minded Alabamians to Tuscaloosa for its fourth annu-al Bailey Thomson Awards Luncheon. The luncheon also honored ACCR’s tenth anniversary. “This is the largest, most sus-tained, indigenous civic reform movement in our state,” said

David Mathews, a former UA president and CEO of the non-profit Kettering Foundation. Mathews praised ACCR’s efforts to promote constitutional reform as a bipartisan issue. “What you’ve created is a political network that spans the entire state, despite all of the state’s divisions,” he said. “Alabama is good at a lot of things, but none any better than dividing up.” In 1995 and 2002, Auburn University produced issue books on the government of Alabama. “In these 15 years, you’ve been able to introduce a new element into Alabama politics,” Mathews said. “[The issue books] provid-ed a context for talking about the constitution.” The ACCR began in 2000 with a rally at the site of the old state

capitol building in Tuscaloosa ten years ago. The organization has grown dramatically in its first decade, conducting a mock constitutional convention in 2009. The focus is not on political expediency, it’s on real, honest reform, Mathews said. “The rhetoric of politics is always ‘do this and everything’s going to be perfect,’” Mathews said. “Anything we do to improve the state of Alabama is going to cost us something that’s dear to us.” Mark Berte, ACCR’s grass-roots education director, and Hill Carmichael of Greater Birmingham Ministries received the organization’s first-ever Spirit Awards. Berte produced the documen-tary “It’s a Thick Book,” and has traveled the state raising aware-

ness for constitutional reform. Carmichael, whose great-grandfather was one of the 155 men who wrote the 1901 Constitution, founded the Constitution Convention Coalition to campaign for a con-stitutional convention. “Everything here today speaks of good news,” he said. “It speaks of bad news for the 1901 Constitution, and it speaks of good news for the people of Alabama.” Filmmaker Melanie Jeffcoat was awarded the Citizen Educator of the Year Award for her film, “Open Secret.” The film is a re-enactment of the 1901 Constitutional Convention based on the convention’s actual tran-scripts. Having grown up in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, Jeffcoat

was not aware of the contro-versies surrounding the con-stitution when she moved to Birmingham. “When I moved to Alabama nine years ago and I cast my bal-lot for the first time,” she said, “I wondered why I was asked to vote on an issue that didn’t mat-ter to me in a county I’d never heard of.” The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham was recognized as ACCR’s Partner of the Year. The Community Foundation has supported ACCR with more than $120,000 in grants, said Foundation presi-dent Kate Nielsen. Edgar Gentle, a Birmingham lawyer who filed a lawsuit in 2009 challenging the validity of the 1901 constitution, was awarded the Bailey Thomson Award.

Gentle’s lawsuit alleged the constitution only passed because of massive voter fraud. “Before the 1901 constitution, there were 100,000 black voters,” Gentle said. “After the 1901 con-stitution, there were 3500.” Gentle said constitutional reform is vital for Alabama right now, as the state is at a turning point. “Alabama is really in politi-cal turmoil right now,” he said. “Both parties are really sur-prised by their candidates for governor, for example.” A forum on constitutional reform featuring former Gov. Albert Brewer, Lt. Gov. Jim Folsom, Jr., and gubernatorial candidate Dr. Robert Bentley was originally slated to take place before the luncheon, but was cancelled.

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Students sell cookies at Baila for pediatric cancer research

• What: Cookies for Kids’ Cancer Bake Sale

• Where: Baila Venues

• When: Saturday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Where can you find raffle prizes and all the cookies you could ever want? Cookies for Kids’ Cancer Bake Sale will offer both. The event will be held tomorrow at Baila Venues in Northport from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Brooke Falls, a sophomore studying pre-med, and Julia Perkins, a freshman major-ing in nursing, will be host-ing the event to raise money for pediatric cancer research. Although neither of the girls has personal experience with the disease, they both feel strongly about helping the community and those affected by the illness. “It’s sad because pediatrics doesn’t get as much funding because pharmaceutical com-panies don’t make as much money off of them,” Falls said.

“This plan is attractive in terms of recruitment for the University,” Maddox said. “The University not only has to sell itself but the city that the stu-dents live in. It’s important that we have a first class city for our students to arrive to. It’s also important for the University because the opportunity to live, work and play will likely happen outside of campus. We want to create a fun environment for our students and we’re well on the way to making that happen.” “This is a complete plan,” Maddox said. “We hope every-one, whether 18 or 80, will now be able to enjoy coming downtown.” UA students agree, hoping that the new plan will offer a plethora of exciting entertain-ment options in an area that some say has seemed run-down for so long. “More music venues are defi-nitely something I’d like to see more of downtown, especially venues that aren’t also bars,” said Savanna Lauderdale, a junior majoring in English. said. “I don’t spend a ton of time down-town unless I’m going to dinner because there’s not a whole lot to do down there at night other than eating. I’d really like to see other things that students can do open up there.”

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the area to improving the land-scape and overall view. “Revitalization is going to be a long, on-going process,” said John McConnell, deputy direc-tor of planning and economic development. “All of it depends on money, and the types of infra-structure projects you’re see-ing out here take lots and lots of money. We’re lucky to have a senator in Washington who can obtain federal dollars for us to do these projects because the city can only do public [not private] projects.” McConnell said he believes that improving infrastructure is the key to the complete revital-ization of downtown. “Infrastructure encour-ages private reinvestment,” McConnell said. “Downtown was dead, and the businesses had moved out to the suburbs. There was no encouragement for private property owners to do more, but this plan generates excitement and increases prop-erty values.” The plan has also incorpo-rated the wants and needs of students in the Tuscaloosa area, Maddox said.

“Being pre-med, I wanted to do something for the commu-nity to raise money for pediat-ric research.” Neither of the girls knew anything about the organiza-tion until early this summer when Falls saw a commercial advertising the group. She immediately called one of her friends to help organize an event of their own. “Brooke called and needed help, so I said sure,” Perkins said. “I love doing community service. Plus, I love cookies.”

For these two students, the summer was spent going from store to store and from business to business ask-ing for help and donations. Several places such as Publix, McAlister’s Deli and Buffalo Rock Bottling Co. provided cookies, drinks and raffle prizes to aid the charity. The girls said they were grateful for the support from busi-nesses and the community. “We’re really fortunate that people have been willing to help. I really hope a lot of people come out,” Falls said. The girls said they are trying to encourage other students and community members to get involved by donating money, purchasing raffle tickets and cookies, or simply showing up. Although the main point of the event is to help fund a cure for pediat-ric cancer, another important goal is spreading awareness

of the disease and the impact it has on the community. “There are so many scams out there. I don’t want peo-ple to think it’s all about the money,” Perkins said. Falls said they understand the country is going through an economic recession and many may not feel they have the means to help, but she wants to reassure the com-munity that every little bit counts. “I volunteered at the hospi-tal, so I know there are a lot of sick people, and any dona-tion makes a difference,” she said. Co o k i e s fo r k i d s c a n c e r.org or the event’s page on Facebook offer more infor-mation to anyone interested. To donate directly, checks can be mailed to Cookies for Kids Cancer Research P.O. Box 75 in Samantha, Ala. 35482.

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Sloss Furnaces has become much more than just a historic site that once produced iron in Birmingham in the 19th and 20th centuries. It has transformed into a place where many different artists can work, and now Alabama Public Television has created a comprehensive documentary focusing on the history of Sloss and looking towards its future. The documentary, “Sloss: Industry to Art,” serves a number of purposes. According to the APT web-site, it “provides a look at the historic importance of Sloss as a working furnace that gave rise to the city of Birmingham, the successful grassroots effort to preserve Sloss from destruction and its current role as a national historic land-mark functioning as an art education facility gaining rec-ognition on a national level.” It highlights how close Sloss came to shutting down, said Joe McCreary, Sloss Metal Arts Education Coordinator, resident artist and a UA grad-uate student in sculpture. McCreary is a featured cast iron artist in the documentary. Sloss has become a center for artistic research and devel-opment, as well as a popular destination for cast iron art-ists, he said. McCreary started by volun-teering at Sloss in 2000 and said it is a historical industrial museum. “The site itself is gorgeous,” McCreary said. “It was built before welding and is put together by rivets. It’s amaz-ing to think how someone fig-ured out how to make it work.” Both the site and the energy of the artists who work there attracted him to Sloss in the first place. Sculpture requires teamwork, and at Sloss they emphasize teamwork instead of competition. McCreary said he likes Sloss because it gives him expo-sure with other artists, which he feels has allowed him to

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mature as an artist. “Sloss has really been a good deal for me,” McCreary said. “There’s nowhere else I’d rather be.” The sculpture outside of Woods Hall named “Goldie 1971” is one of McCreary’s sculptures and is featured in the documentary, along with another of his pieces. The artists at Sloss are com-munity-based, and it’s a col-laborative process, said Craig Wedderspoon, a UA associate professor of sculpture. “Those guys at Sloss really have it figured out,” Wedderspoon said. “Sloss is the only reason Birmingham is there. Birmingham grew around it.”

Wedderspoon currently teaches McCreary in his graduate school sculpture pro-gram. “I’ve learned all kinds of new stuff from [McCreary],” he said. “A lot of his work has a sense of humor to it.” McCreary demonstrates this sense of humor in a video clip, which can be found at aptv.org.The clip, titled “Joe McCreary’s Giant Skillet and Egg,” shows McCreary and other Sloss art-ists frying an egg in a six-foot iron skillet with a burner and spatula that he made especial-ly for the occasion. Though the documentary originally aired in July, there will be follow-up showings Aug. 22 at 8 p.m., Aug. 23 at

5 a.m., Aug. 25 at 8 p.m. and Aug. 31 at 10 p.m. on Alabama Public Television. Anyone can see the art fea-tured at Sloss during regular business hours. Sloss Furnaces is open to the public with free admission Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Sunday from 12 to 4 p.m. Sloss Furnaces’ website, w w w. s l o s s f u r n a c e s . c o m , includes information about its history as well as all of the programs they currently offer. Sloss also offers many educa-tional classes to teach about its history as well as a sum-mer program for high school students who are hired and taught the processes of cast iron, McCreary said.

Additional information about the documentary can be found at www.aptv.org/sloss.

LIFESTYLES in briefWyclef Jean prepares for Haiti presidential election

CROIX-DES-BOUQUETS, Haiti (AP) — Wyclef Jean’s glamor-ous hip hop lifestyle seems far away as he sits in hiding in a white stucco building on a rut-ted, dirt road where chickens scurry and Haitian women carry sacks of laundry atop their heads. The former Fugees frontman, multimillionaire philanthropist and Haitian presidential hope-ful tells The Associated Press he is confident that election officials will accept his can-didacy despite doubts as to whether he meets the five-year residency requirement needed to run for office. Jean — who was born in Haiti but raised in New York — said Wednesday that he has filed “every piece of paper the elec-toral council has asked for.” “We are winning on law,” added the 40-year-old, speak-ing from a rattan chair in his hideaway about two hours

from the presidential palace in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. He argues his appointment as a roving ambassador to Haiti in 2007 exempts him from the residency requirement. But even if he is barred from running in Haiti’s Nov. 28 elec-tions, Jean said he will call for peace among his supporters. “I will ask people to move in peace and move calmly,” he said. Haiti’s electoral council was supposed to publish a list of candidates on Tuesday but postponed the decision until Friday, a move some specu-late was due to Jean’s bid even though dozens of other candi-dacies must be decided on. The wait has gripped the impoverished Caribbean coun-try for days. Jean, dressed casually in a blue-and-white striped shirt and blue slacks, spoke for 20 minutes with the AP. There

were men with machine guns present, and men drinking rum, and lawyers. “I think my candidacy is a wild card for Haiti,” he said. Jean acknowledged that he has rankled some in Haitian politics by running and added that he has received death threats in Creole, one of the country’s main languages, which have led him to go into hiding. “We have taken measures of security,” he said. “Even with security, anything is possible.” Haiti’s next president will preside over the spending of billions in foreign reconstruc-tion aid following a devastating Jan. 12 earthquake that left a government-estimated 300,000 people dead and the capital inruins. He also would take over a country with a long history of political turmoil, corruption and poverty.

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Have you ever been madly in love with someone? Would you do anything to win their heart, even if it meant risking all of your extra lives or your spare quarters? For just $10 on the Playstation Network, you can win Ramona Flowers’s heart from the safety of your living room couch in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game by Ubisoft. However, the task is still daunting. You must travel through Toronto, Canada, to defeat all seven of her evil exes and their persistent cro-nies in order to claim your prize: a kiss from Ramona herself.

Story

Scott Pilgrim: The Game is more based on Bryan Lee O’Malley’s graphic novels than the newly released movie. If you have not heard of Scott Pilgrim at all and you still want to play the game, the good news is there are not too many spoilers because there is little story or dialogue throughout the game. However, this is not really a problem. The goal of this game is to imitate other clas-sic arcade beat-em-up games – where you would have to insert quarters after every restart – so storytelling takes a backseat to playing the game.

Graphics/Aesthetics

The art style of Scott Pilgrim is reminiscent of a Super Nintendo game, with bright, two-dimensional graphics and pixelated characters and environments. Art direction is based on the graphic novel, so characters from the game look more like their counter-parts from the comics than the movie. Throughout the game, you

will find loads of references and throwbacks to other video game series. Be sure to look carefully at each envi-ronment, as you may find ele-ments of your favorite games in each new area.

Gameplay

As the title of the game sug-gests, you literally face the world as you play through this side-scrolling beat-em-up. The game is similar to other classics, such as Streets of Rage or River City Ransom, in that you must bash hordes of AI in order to reach the stage mini-boss or main boss. As you travel through all seven stages, you can collect money to buy items that can help increase your health and stat points. Defeating your foes is also important in Scott Pilgrim. The experience you gain through fighting helps you level up and unlock power-ful moves. These moves can increase the amount of dam-age you give, as well as add new abilities such as double jumping. Scott Pilgrim: The Game can be played with up to four play-ers locally. Each player can select their own Playstation profile to play with their char-acter. However, there are sev-eral disadvantages to co-op. One drawback to the multi-player mode is that each player must level their own individual character from the start. No matter where you are in the game, if another player joins that has not previously played, the rest of your team may be at a sudden disadvantage. Another issue with mul-tiplayer mode is that Scott Pilgrim scales the amount of enemies on the screen based on how many players you have. So if you have a poorly leveled teammate, you may be forced to pick up the slack.

Sound

The music and sound of

Scott Pilgrim: The Game packs a punch

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The GamePictured above are screenshots from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game

Genre: Action/Adven-ture

Developer: Ubisoft Chengdu & Montreal

Systems: Playstation Network and Xbox 360 Live Arcade (download-able)

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Scott Pilgrim: The Game is an exciting and interesting fusion of guitar, drums and retro chip tunes (eight-bit sound effects or instruments). The game’s music was writ-ten by Anamanaguchi, a chip tune punk band from New York. Most of the music is very upbeat during the game, and the eight-bit style added an additional level of nostal-gia.

Overview/Closing Thoughts

Overall, Scott Pilgrim: The Game is really worth the download. With its vibrant 2D graphics, original eight-bit fusion soundtrack and multiplayer options, you will have fun beating up on all of the bad guys. And if you hap-pen to have an Xbox instead of a PS3, do not fret! Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game will be released on Aug. 25 for Xbox Live Arcade download.

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Seymour Blue, Deep South Dread to play Mellow Mushroom

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The recently founded Tuscaloosa band Seymour Blue will play its first show on Friday to benefit radio station WVUA 90.7 FM, “The Capstone,” at the downtown Tuscaloosa location of Mellow Mushroom. The band, comprised of John Caleb Goertz, Alexander Michael Hinson, Joseph Arden Hollingsworth and Joseph Tillman Allen, recently had their first album, “One Day We Will Be Children Again,” added to the iTunes music store. The freshman effort was recorded in a barn behind Goertz’s house in Tuscaloosa. “I feel like a lot of it is derived from Sigur Ros, Muse and Arcade Fire,” said Hollingsworth, the group’s guitar and banjo player. “We have a lot of different sounds.We’re indie-sounding, but we have some more hardcore rock in there. “[This show] gets us out there. We have some high-energy stuff … we just want a good show.” Though the band is new, students and football fans alike are familiar with some work by the individual mem-bers. Allen and Goertz have played with other local music groups, and Hinson has com-

posed musical pieces for the drumline of the Million Dollar Band. Though they have played together quite a while, tonight marks the group’s inaugural public performance. “We started jamming together in early 2010,” Hollingsworth said. “I guess we wanted to wait until we got an album out to play a show.” WVUA, the student-oper-ated radio station located in Reese Phifer Hall, has con-certs to raise funds for the radio station every month or two, said Claire Brucker, the station manager of WVUA and a fourth-year student major-ing in TCF management. “This is the concert starting off the school year,” Brucker said. “So we’re hoping to get a big crowd of people that are eager to support college radio.” More often than not, WVUA enlists independent and local artists to perform at their benefit concerts, includ-ing Callooh! Callay! and The Motions. “We’ve had a wide variety of bands play at our benefit concerts,” Brucker said. “Our goal is to support local bands and college radio. It’s all about diversity.” Last fall, WVUA held a similar benefit concert, which Brucker described as “hugely successful.”

Opening for Seymour Blue will be Deep South Dread, which consists of Ryan Beams, Sarah Beams, Josh Rutherford, Kris Gottlieb, Deshawndre Hill and Glenn Dillard. Deep South Dread, another Tuscaloosa band, plays a mix of reggae and rock. WVUA will host Deep South Dread in an on-air interview today at 5 p.m. prior to the show. They will be discussing the band in general and will be available to answer ques-tions about the band and its music, Brucker said. “We always play two local songs an hour, and their songs will be played a little bit more often now,” she said. “We’d like to have both bands’ music playing in the rotation regu-larly.” The show begins tonight at 10 p.m., with doors open-ing at 9 p.m., at the Mellow Mushroom on University Boulevard in downtown Tuscaloosa. There is a $5 cover charge, which will go to support WVUA operating costs and its desire to support local artists and bands.

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After a long offseason, the Alabama Women’s Soccer team feels optimistic for the upcoming season. Looking at the way they’ve competed in the preseason, it’s easy to understand why. The Crimson Tide is 2-0 in exhibition play vs. Tennessee Tech University and Mercer University. The Tide won 3-0 and 3-1, respectively. Tide senior forward Victoria Frederick, from Huntsville, noted the vast improve-ment from the beginning of the preseason up to now. “[There’s a] huge improve-ment,” Frederick said. “Our mentality’s a lot better, a winning mentality. The team chemistry is good.” Alabama will attempt to put that winning mentality into action tonight, as the Tide tries to avenge last year’s 3-0 loss to the Samford Bulldogs in the season opener at 7 p.m. in the Alabama Soccer Stadium. “They [Samford] are going to give us everything we can handle,” Head Coach Todd Bramble said. “Fortunately, I won’t have to come up with anything special in terms of motivation. It’s our first match of the season, the first ath-letic event of the entire year.” Senior midfielder Rosaly Petriello agreed. “I expect [Samford] to come out hard, to give us a lot of pres-sure,” she said. “I think it’ll be a close game.” Brooke Rogers, a senior for-ward from Cincinnati, Ohio, said the Tide’s history with its in-state foe brings extra intrigue to the matchup. “There are definitely brag-ging rights with Samford,” she said. “But, it doesn’t matter [who we’re play-ing], we need to set the tone for the rest of the year.” Fortunately for the Tide play-ers, they have complete confi-dence in the way their coach preps them for each match. “Coach Bramble gets you

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prepared,” Petriello said. “Physically, emotionally, mentally, anything you need. He’s really smart. [All the coaching staff] is amazing.” Moreover, the Tide won’t have to rely on any one player, veteran or rookie, this season. “Our team’s pretty good on not just relying on any [one] senior,” Petriello said. “I feel like we have everyone to rely on. We’re all leaders. It doesn’t matter what class you’re in.” Following the Tide’s season opener, Bramble and compa-ny will head to Birmingham to play another in-state rival, the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The Blazers lost their only exhibition match 3-0 to the 11th-ranked Florida

Gators. For Alabama, a win against its sister school would be huge, considering Alabama also lost to this team last year. “It’s a game that we lost last year at home,” Bramble said. “We have no reason to expect it to be an easy game.” Rogers said, “There’s definitely a bigger rival-ry with UAB, being a sis-ter school. We’re look-ing to redeem ourselves.” Looking even past the first two games, Tide players have high expectations for the entire season. “I expect [the team] to be the best we’ve ever been since I’ve been here,” Petriello said. “I’m ready to beat those SEC teams.”

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Alabama sophomore defen-sive lineman Damion Square is still working his way back to form as the 2010 season approaches. In 2009, Square’s freshman season was cut short when he tore his ACL in the second game of the season against Florida International. “I was pass-rushing, and then I was on the ground,” he said. “That’s what happened.” After his injury, he first rejoined practice in California before the national champion-ship game. While he said he wasn’t back to full health then, he would be in the spring. Spring turned to fall, and Square now says his knee is better than ever. “My knee couldn’t be better than what it is right now,” he said. “Every day I just go out there as if I’m 100 percent even if I’m not.” He redshirted his initial sea-son at The Capstone in 2008 and played in both games he was healthy for in the following sea-son. Head coach Nick Saban said the coaches have been very pleased with his progress since returning to practices. “He’s probably got a good chance to play for us some in nickel and probably be the third end,” he said. “He’s a good ath-

lete. He’s worked hard. He’s got-ten a little bigger, a little stron-ger. He hasn’t had any issues coming back from his injury, so we’re very pleased with the progress that he’s made. He’s got some pass-rush ability, so we’re excited to have him back.” Square said he’s open to playing whatever position will help his team the most. “I’m going to play whatever Coach needs me to play, pass-rush, goal line, whatever it takes to win,” he said. On the offensive side of the football, tight end Mike Williams said he’s been impressed with Square’s recov-ery. “He’s come out from knee surgery and you couldn’t even tell coming off the edge,” he said. “Run blocking, he’s just as strong as any D-lineman we have.” While he was recovering, he spent most of his time in the training room with linebacker Dont’a Hightower, who was also out most of last season due to a severe knee injury. “We had a lot of good times down there in the training room despite the situation,” Square said. “After a while you have to take the situation for what it is, understand that he’s my motivation to come in and get better every day, and I’m his motivation to come in and get better every day because we knew what we would have to bring to the team this year.”

CW | Rachel HillSophomore defensive lineman Damion Square runs drills during spring practice earlier this year. Square played just two games his freshman season before tearing his ACL against Florida International.

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Square said though it was frustrating that he couldn’t play, he had other people around him to inspire and encourage him.

Outside the team, he said his mom and pastor really helped him to get through the injury. On the team, Saban and defensive line coach Bo Davis

encouraged him, as well as fel-low teammates Robby Green and Mark Ingram. “They came into the training room and stopped by and saw

me every day,” Square said. “[They] put a smile on my face and let me know that they’re going to take care of their jobon the field.”

CW | Julie K MillerJunior Alfred McCullough (52) runs drills with other members of the Crimson Tide’s offensive line during Thursday’s practice. McCullough is competing for a starting job this season.

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If junior offensive lineman Alfred McCullough finds solid playing time in 2010, it could be because of his versatility. McCullough made the change from the defensive line to offensive tackle in 2008, but head coach Nick Saban said the team’s current third tackle could also fill in at guard. “[McCullough’s] probably our third tackle on the team right now and certainly a guy who’s athletic enough to play left tackle if we need him to,” Saban said. “Alfred has continued to work hard. I think he could play other positions for us to if we need him to. I think he

could play guard if we need him to play positions other than right tackle.” Saban also didn’t forget to mention the rest of the offensive linemen alongside McCullough. With three of five starters returning up front this year, he voiced his confi-dence in that unit. “I feel like we have a good group of offensive linemen coming up,” Saban said, “some guys that have a chance to be really good players.” Senior center William Vlachos already has some battle wounds from practice. Courtney Upshaw’s uncovered shoulder pad caught Vlachos above his nose, resulting in a cut that required six stitches. When asked if he liked his “Braveheart-type” wound,

McCullough’s versatility a luxury for Tide“Once 5:30 comes, you’re done for the day, unless you want to get extra for yourself, which I found a lot of people are get-ting extra reps by choice.”

Alfy Hill declared ineligible

According to a statement from Mike Ward, the Eligibility Center has declined to accept certain courses taken at Alfy Hill’s high school as core courses in certification. This results in Hill being deemed ineligible for football this sea-son. Although Alabama has repealed the decision, Harrison Jones has joined the team as Hill’s roster spot replacement. “There’s a new emphasis with any kind of correspon-dence courses that young guys take,” Saban said. “There’s a new standard. For whatever reasons, a few of his courses were not accepted after they were reviewed and that put him as a nonqualifer. We had lim-ited options with him and we will continue to support him. If we can get him to do the right things he’ll always have the opportunity to come back to Alabama when he is qualified.” Jones returned to the team on Wednesday after originally planning to delay his enroll-ment until January. Hill’s situ-ation allowed another scholar-ship to become available.

Vlachos laughed and said, “It is kind of cool.”

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With classes beginning, the challenge of balancing aca-demics and football begins again as well. Saban empha-sized the struggles with class-es starting amongst practices. “It’s always a little bit chal-lenging when guys change rou-tine,” he said. “Yesterday was the first day of class so it was a little bit challenging, but I saw the players bounce back today.

We continue to emphasize that everybody needs one of us all the time. And everybody has to do their job everyday.” Saban also referred to man-aging their lifestyles as being similar to a “three-ring cir-cus.” Vlachos voiced his confi-dence in the team to correctly handle the balance. “It’s very important,” he said. “I’m sure some people aren’t as good of a player because of that type of stuff if they don’t balance it right. Coach Saban talks about that a

lot, just doing the right things on and off the field… The peo-ple that play on our team, most of them know that it’s really not an issue anymore.” Sophomore tight end Michael Williams commented on the number of guys stay-ing after practice and con-tinuing to work, despite the official practice being done. To Williams, the start of school gives players the opportunity to show their determination. “The only difference [with school starting] is there’s no meetings at night,” he said.

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