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Wednesday, September 22, 2010 Serving the University of Alabama since 1894 Vol. 117, Issue 30
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54% increase in enrollment since fall 2002 brings total enrollment to 30,232.
Of the 5,563 current freshmen, 25% had a 4.0 average or higher in high school.
The University had 20,112 applicants in 2010. That’s more than 2002 by 175%.
The University’s freshman admittance rate was 54%. In 2002 it was 85%.
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Comparing the UA student population
By the numbers
By Ethan SummersStaff Reporter
The University’s enrollment reached more than 30,000 for the 2010-11 academic year,
according to a Sept. 15 press release. Enrollment totaled 30,232 students, the most in the school’s 179-year history. “The outstanding academic credentials of our freshman
class clearly demonstrate that the University of Alabama is improving in quality as it grows in size,” said UA President Robert Witt in the press release. “We are pleased to reach the 30,000 milestone, but
we are even more pleased with the talent and ability of our stu-dents.” In 2003, Witt announced a plan to grow enrollment to
By Charles ScarboroughStaff Reporter
Tuscaloosa officials have begun working with the University in order to incor-porate school events into general planning for the city’s amphitheater. The venue is set to open in the spring and students can expect to see UA events at the amphitheater shortly thereafter. Student Government Association President James Fowler said he is excited by the prospect of teaming with amphitheater officials. “I believe it will be an extremely positive, mutu-ally beneficial relationship,”
Fowler said. “[The city] would be smart to do all they can to incorporate the University in their plans, and we would be wise to consistently utilize the amphitheater because it will be a great resource.” Mayor Walt Maddox said he believes it is crucial to the success of the amphitheater to engage the University. “I think it is very important for us to involve and integrate the University of Alabama into the amphitheater,” Maddox said. “We are already work-ing with University Programs and portions of the athletic department to discover and create ways to involve the
By Karissa BurschSenior Staff Reporter
[email protected] For most of the students at the University, it’s easy to find a church to attend. There is some form of church on most street corners in Alabama, and those wishing to go don’t have to look very far. But some students at the University and residents of Tuscaloosa must look a
Enrollment tops 30,000
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder speaks to law students at the UniversityTuesday, Sept. 21. Tuesday's event honored the 50th an-niversary of “To Kill a Mock-ingbird” by Harper Lee.
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AG speaks at ‘Mockingbird’ event
City includes UA in new amphitheater
CW | Elise GoldThe new Tuscaloosa Amphitheater should be fi nished by Decem-ber.
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Campus Beliefs
Tuscaloosa’s Buddhists travel the Eightfold PathBuddhists in area are few but strong
bit farther. There is no Buddhist tem-ple in Tuscaloosa, and those wishing to actively practice Buddhism must go to the Tibetan Buddhist temple Losel Maitri in Birmingham. Sean Hoade, a former UA professor who currently teaches at Shelton State, prac-tices Buddhism and lives in Tuscaloosa. Hoade said that, while there
is not a Buddhist temple in Tuscaloosa, he has been able to find a small but strong commu-nity. “It’s a lonely life being a Buddhist at UA,” Hoade said. “But once you find like-mind-ed people it’s a really strong bond. There isn’t a temple in Tuscaloosa, but there are definitely people who practice
See BUDDHISM, page 5
See THEATER, page 3 See ENROLLMENT, page 3
By Will TuckerNews Editor
Shane Sharpe’s voice reflected the Honors College dean’s excitement about the event’s keynote speak-er before Tuesday’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” 50th Anniversary Celebration at the UA Law School. “It brings national atten-tion to have the attorney general to the University of
Alabama to talk about and commemorate the book ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’” Sharpe said before the event. “We’re excit-ed.” Ken Randall, dean of the UA Law School, began the first event of the celebration by introducing the attorney gen-eral to the crowd of students and faculty in the Law School’s McMillan Lecture Hall. “No work of literature before or since [‘To Kill a Mockingbird’] has had a
comparable influence on our profession,” Randall said. “Harper Lee is a pioneer… she helped to redefine the scope of the legal profession. “She empowered lawyers,” Randall said. “[Lee] published the book in 1960, at the very moment when lawyers would begin to take their stand beside social activists in the fight for integration and equality.” The themes of integration
See HOLDER, page 3
Students hold fundraiser to help battle childhood cancer
spread the word. “We are hoping to get the word out of our organization and raise money for St. Jude,” Covington said. Covington said in addition
to a variety of events planned for this week, Up ‘til Dawn will host a tailgate at the Georgia State game.
Margo Maples hands out blowpops to a stu-dent and informs her of Up ‘til Dawn for Childhood Cancer Awareness Week.submitted photo
By William EvansSenior Staff Reporter
Students have the opportu-nity this week to play a role in the fight against childhood cancer. Because this week is Childhood Cancer Awareness Week, the student-led organi-zation Up ‘til Dawn will hold events around campus to raise awareness of childhood cancer and to collect dona-tions for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Brittany Covington, Up ‘til Dawn’s vice president of recruitment and a sophomore majoring in biology, said the organization is trying to help See CANCER, page 2
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Students sound off on enrollment milestone
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CORRECTION: In the Sept. 20 issue of The Crimson White, an article titled “Debate held for Constitution Day” incorrectly reported that the SUPe Store awarded 10
SUPe Store locations to close for inventory
Tutwiler Hall, Bryant Museum and School of Law loca-tions of the University Supply Store will close Sept. 23-26 for inventory. The Ferguson Center location will close Sept. 24-26. All locations will reopen on Sept. 27 at 8 a.m., assuming no recounts are required. Patrons can shop online at supestore.ua.edu.
Student tickets for South Carolina game available UA students with 43 to 61 UA earned hours now have an oppor-tunity to purchase one ticket for the Alabama vs. South Carolina game in Columbia, SC. The deadline to order is Tuesday, Sept. 28. Tickets are $55 each, and there is a limit of one ticket per student. Students who purchase and receive a ticket may pick up their ticket at the Alabama Ticket Office beginning Wednesday, Sept. 29. The ability to purchase a ticket does not guarantee you receive one.
book scholarships to partici-pants in a raffle. Instead, five $50 book scholarships were awarded from Transportation Services, four $50 book schol-arships were awarded from Judicial Affairs and one $150
book scholarship was awarded from the SUPe store. It was also incorrectly stated that Joseph Smith’s Constitutional Law 1 class began the debate; however, the University’s Mock Trial
team were the initiators. The Constitutional Law 1 class won the debate, not the Mock Trial team. The article also failed to mention that the Student Government Association
co-sponsored the debate, alongwith the College of Arts and Sciences and the department ofpolitical science. The Crimson White regrets these errors and is happy to set the record straight.
Covington said the organiza-tion’s most anticipated event, however, is its “Letter Writing” initiative set to take place in the Ferguson Student Center on Nov. 16. Student organizations, or any person interested, will be encouraged to have their mem-bers collect addresses of poten-tial donors who can contribute needed funds to St. Jude. Up ‘til Dawn will hand out letters to be personalized by the mem-bers who have addresses of prospective donors on hand. Chris Brandt, Up ‘til Dawn’s sponsorship chairman and a senior majoring in kinesiology, said St. Jude garners on aver-age about $100 per letter sent. Covington said Up ‘til Dawn last year raised more than $10,000 for St. Jude, and she said the organization hopes to surpass that amount with this year’s fundraising. Brandt said Up ‘til Dawn has made some progress in galva-nizing students to take a proac-tive interest in the fight against childhood cancer. “I have heard positive feed-back,” Brandt said. “We had a booth out [during Get On Board Day] and had a lot of positive feedback then. Hopefully, it’ll pick up.” Brandt said the organiza-tion currently boasts the
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largest committee of Up ‘til Dawn in the chapter’s history at the Capstone. Will Cravens, a student vol-unteer for Up ‘til Dawn and a freshman majoring in public relations, said he collected donations on Tuesday that will benefit St. Jude. “Today, we stood out in the middle of the Quad collecting money and getting donations,”Cravens said. “Overall, we’ve been getting a lot of donations.” Brandt said the projection for this year’s donations will depend on the next few weeksof preparation for the “Letter Writing” and the amount of people involved in the fundrais-ing. “We definitely want to go above [$10,000],” Brandt said. “But we got a while until our main event.”
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is seeking stories from former patients treated during the years 1930-1990.
Stories can be submitted in writing at the websitewww.childofchildrens.org
or by letter to:Garland Stansell
1600 7th Avenue SouthBirmingham, AL 35233
The Children’s Hospital of Alabama
and equality weighed heav-ily in Attorney General Eric Holder’s remarks. His wife Sharon Malone attended the event and is the sister of Vivian Malone Jones, one of the first African American stu-dents to attend the University of Alabama in 1963. “It is really an honor to sup-port the work being done on the University of Alabama campus to ensure that this place of learning is also a place of healing,” Holder said. “Because of that work, this University, once a battle-ground in America’s civil rights struggle, is now a force for tolerance and for inclu-sion, a forum for the peaceful exchange of ideas. “With the new issues and fears that now confront us, it remains our story,” he said. “The message still resonates with us today, 50 years later.” Holder emphasized through-out his speech the importance of searching for ideal justice at the current time.
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By Zoe StoreyContributing Writer
Natalie Davis, a public opin-ion expert and professor at Birmingham Southern College, spoke Monday in the second installment of the Women’s Political Initiative lecture series. Davis spoke of the impor-tance of women in politics, the integral roles they play and why young women need to become involved in the political arena. “Close your eyes and imagine an Alabama state legislature
that 93 out of the 105 house seats and 30 out of the 35 Senate seats are occupied by women,” she said in the opening of the lecture. “Currently, we have 17 women in office in Alabama. We rank 50th in the nation for the percentage of women in the leg-islature.” Davis ran for Senate in 1996 and has continued to be heav-ily involved with politics at the state level. She spoke of the discouragement women often face because political fields are often male dominant. “‘We don’t want you to get
hurt’ is something women will hear when wishing to run for elected office,” she said, “Women have succeeded in so many other fields; why not poli-tics? “A majority of voters are women, over half of women work outside of the home and over 25 percent of households are headed by single mothers,” she said. Education, childcare, health care and senior care — these are all things women care about, she said. It is not that men do not care; these issues
are just not their top priorities., Davis said. The Alabama legis-lature has accomplished almost nothing in the past five years. “We did establish a state nut,” she said, “I know a lot of state nuts, but this one is the pecan.” Davis said that breaking into politics was not a simple task for a woman. “People are not born Republican or Democratic, aggressive or introspective, bitchy or not,” Davis said. “You have to learn. Women are not supposed to want power. It is an
ugly word, so often we do not search for it.” She said the population has a positive view of women in poli-tics. The problem is that women do not run. It is important to have critical mass at the front end in order to have a high yield at the conclusion. Davis advised the young women in attendance to get involved early, to volunteer with a campaign now and to consider a possible career in politics — one not necessarily as an elect-ed official. She also spoke of the merits of internships.
Brittany Filasek, a freshman majoring in biology, said she had not considered politics until now. “She made it seem like you can get involved and it is fun,” Filasek said. “A campaign might be something I would try, but I would like to take a political sci-ence class first.” “You are at an age where all of this counts. You want to graduate college and live here and raise your children here,” Davis said. “Unless you do that, Alabama won’t be a place you would want to live.”
Speaker urges women to get political
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University of Alabama into this project. “The University of Alabama has a $1.2 billion economic impact on Tuscaloosa’s local economy. It’s in our best inter-est that we find ways to incorpo-rate University students into the amphitheater. “ Gary Weinberger, president of Red Mountain Entertainment, the company promoting and booking the amphitheater, said there has been an on-going dia-logue with the University and the current plan is to work with each other. “We have had several con-versations with University Programs, and our intention is to collaborate with them as often as possible,” Weinberger said. Many musical acts will be
geared toward the interests of the UA student community. “Acts tour cyclically, and when they are available and we believe that they make sense to play in Tuscaloosa, then we are going to make them an offer, and we will be working in collabora-tion with University Programs in trying to identify those bands that will draw well and that University students would enjoy attending,” Weinberger said. However, Weinberger refrained from speculating about who those acts might be. “I am not really good with hypothetical (situations),” he said. “We are a 7,000-capac-ity venue and our intention is to go after acts that can play up to a 7,000-capacity place,” Weinberger said. “We will see who is available and those will be the acts that we book, but I am not good at coming up with a wish list … it’s really about who’s around.”
Red Mountain Entertainment was initially intended to manage and operate the amphitheater, but now those responsibilities are legally bound to the city. Despite the change in plans, Weinberger said he believes there is no gray area between Red Mountain and Tuscaloosa in terms their roles. “We have a great relation-ship with the city, and we have an agreement with the city that spells out the responsibilities of our company and the responsi-bilities of the city.” Maddox said he believes the Tuscaloosa economy is rebound-ing and the amphitheater poses no major risk. “I believe it’s a little risk to the overall economy,” Maddox said. “In fact, I envision it probably being a considerable boost to the economy. “I don’t know how a $16 mil-lion construction project, along with a venue that will likely
have seven to 10 major acts a year plus dozens of other events, could be a problem to the econo-my.” Maddox also said the amphi-theater will not occupy a major portion of the city’s operating budget. “In terms of the city bud-get, the amphitheatre is being funded by 2 percent of the city lodging tax which is solely dedi-cated to the construction, main-tenance and guest service of the facility itself,” he said. “That will provide the revenues for about 80 percent of its cost. “The remaining 20 percent is mostly made up of operational costs, show-by-show costs,” he said. “We believe will be covered by ticket sales, sponsorships [and] box sales. We sold out every box for the amphitheatre. This year’s budget, it will cost less to operate the amphitheatre then any other park in the city of Tuscaloosa.”
“As we have seen in recent decades, and unfortunately, in recent days, the world has not yet run its course of reli-gious intolerance and bigotry. Injustice remains … divisions and disparities remain.” Holder reminded the audi-ence, though, that change starts with individual people. “Individual actions count, individual actions matter,” he said. “’To Kill a Mockingbird’ contains a simple but impor-tant message—the pursuit of justice can take many forms, but no matter what form, it always begins the same way, with a simple action by a hope-ful person.” After the ceremony in the lecture hall, Holder briefly appeared at a reception held by the Honors College. Honors students and University fac-ulty in attendance had the opportunity to meet the attor-ney general. Susan Speaker, one of the
event’s organizers and a soph-omore in the Honors College, was pleased with how the cer-emony played out. “I felt so honored to have the attorney general of the United States come and speak here, and I was blown away by his speech. It was so inspiring and encouraging—I left inspired to go out and change the world, like he talked about,” she said.Even more moved by the cele-bration of the novel’s 50th anni-versary was Sharon Malone. “My family has longstand-ing ties with the University of Alabama, and over the years, [Vivian] came to love it here and so do we,” she said. “The historical significance of having an attorney general be responsible for getting my sister into the University of Alabama, and now bringing my husband back here as the attorney general is something that will forever be a warm spot in my heart,” she said.
28,000 by 2013. The Sept. 15 announcement of success came three years early and with more than 2,000 addi-tional students. Luke Lawlor, a junior majoring in classics, said the growth of the University has been good for the community. “I think it’s been pretty awesome,” Lawlor said. “It’s really cool to see so many people and so much activity, especially during the games. Lawlor said the growth is comes with drawbacks, how-ever. “As cool as being surround-ed by all these people is, it’s sometimes an issue,” Lawlor said. “Game days are the most obvious examples for over-crowding.” Lawlor thinks the bustling student body is good for local businesses. “These massive amounts of people also mean businesses are going to try to cater to dif-ferent groups,” Lawlor said. Ellie Creitz, however, does
not consider the growth to be great news. Creitz, a junior in New College, said crowding and rising tuition are major con-cerns. “I think it’s getting entirely too crowded, like the town is getting too big for its britch-es,” Creitz said. “It’s trying to compensate for more stu-dents, but there’s no way to effectively do that without tearing down half of the city. Creitz said she thinks such a large student body should give UA financial indepen-dence. “You’d think they’d reach a plateau at which the student population could increase without tuition increasing,” Creitz said. UA tuition increased almost 100 percent for in state and out of state students between 2002 and 2009, while enrollment grew from about 19,600 to 28,800. At Auburn University, tuition increased 108 percent for in-state and 97 percent for out-of-state students in the same time frame. Auburn’s enrollment grew from about 24,000 to about 25,000.
Kacy Davis, a junior major-ing in restaurant and hospi-tality management, said she has enjoyed the Universitiy’s growth because of the jobs it creates. “Now that I’m a student, I notice how many jobs we fill all over town and the impact we have on local businesses, especially when campus clears out for the summer,” Davis said. William Gonzenbach, a pro-fessor in the department of advertising and public rela-tions, said the growth is great for UA and the community. “The growth has led to an exceptional and diverse stu-dent body, and it has helped provide the resources to maintain an excellent faculty and a beautiful and vibrant campus,” Gonzenbach said. Gonzenbach said there are few negative aspects. “I’ve been at Alabama for 20 years, and I can say without question this is the most excit-ing, dynamic time I’ve expe-rienced here,” Gonzenbach said. “I think it is an excep-tional place today for faculty, staff and students.”
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“I stayed until the last second of the game
to honor the effort the Duke players gave.”
— Rodney, in response to “Duke out of place on
the gridiron”
“The process is fair and reasonable.
Student tickets are allocated specifi cally for students. There are already far, far
too many STUDENTS who are not able
to purchase student tickets to attend the
game themselves since such a small % of total
ticket sales are allo-cated to students (who are the whole reason the university exists in
the fi rst place).”
— Bama Fan, in re-sponse to “Ticket upgrade
fees vary”
YOUR VIEW { }
By John Anselmo
No one can deny who present-ly stands alone at the top of the college football world: our very own Crimson Tide. Who can argue? We finished the regular season undefeated for the second year in a row, all while in the finest football conference in the land. We played the role of kryptonite in Atlanta, bringing Superman to tears, taking the I-20 ride back with SEC title hardware. Mark Ingram collected the fin-est award in the sport in New York. Then we made it a bak-er’s dozen, toppling Texas in Pasadena. The Tide started its 2010 campaign in college football’s new showcase: Bryant-Denny Stadium. With over 101,000 seats, Bryant-Denny, when hosting its championship foot-ball team, easily provides one of the most awesome col-lege football experiences
in the nation. Our football program is the envy of those around the coun-try. Foes obsess about us at their practices, devoting sec-tions of preparation every day just for their meeting with the mighty Crimson Tide. Visitors are overwhelmed entering our gridiron palace, as our national championship coaches seem to stare them down as they look at our seemingly endless archive of championship teams. So, I guess I have made it clear. We have the finest team and the finest stadium right here in Tuscaloosa. But even after cataloging the glories of the Crimson Tide, there hap-pens to be one category where the Saban Nation is not number one in the gridiron world. What could be possibly be missing in this Crimson paradise? There really is not a true measure of how tough it is to play at a certain stadium for a visiting team. Several sports
junkies take shots at rating col-lege football’s “toughest” stadi-ums to play at. While so many factors and biases play into such a rating, it seems the top five to ten stadiums are found in every sorting of “toughest” to play at. As you can imagine, you can find Bryant-Denny Stadium in a few of these. But the sprinkling of our stadium’s name in these rank-ings is just the problem. There is no doubt that Bryant-Denny stadium should be the tough-est place to play in the nation, hands down. Football talking heads still consider Neyland Stadium, where people sing rather com-pulsively about dating bear and cat hybrids, tougher to leave with victory than the ruler of the Tuscaloosa skyline. Surprisingly, some claim that Jordan-Hare Stadium is more hostile for visitors than its chief rival. I have to be fair; it got
pretty loud Saturday night when Auburn’s crackerjack offense finally pieced together enough gimmicks to post points on the home side of the score-board. Even in the decline of the program in Baton Rouge, Tiger Stadium, possibly still riding of a 1987 seismic event, rates ahead of Bryant-Denny in dif-ficulty of venue for opponents. Others considered ahead of Alabama are USC, Florida, Georgia and Ohio State. It is in our hands to match the championship level of our team with a crowd that dominates the atmosphere for 60 minutes. We already do a very good job, so lets take it to another level. We have the manpower, and we definitely have much reason to cheer. We can make Bryant-Denny the loudest, toughest and most feared place to play in America. Coach Saban made it clear during the weekly radio appear-
ance before the Mississippi State game in 2008 that we shouldn’t care about who we are playing. We should make the stadium as tough and daunting as possible for the opposition. So while you are taking the 10-minute West Commuter hike to your car in the sweltering September heat, look to your left at our modern-day coliseum and think of how you are going to do your part to make Bryant-Denny a living hell for opposing teams. Take that rage of fight-ing 3,100 of your peers for 1,500 parking spots to the student section on game day. The Tide reigns in every other college football measure. We can take the top spot in the rankings of hostile college foot-ball environments. So in the words of our career undefeated quarterback: Let’s go be cham-pions.
John Anselmo is a senior major-ing in economics.
By Ryan Flamerich
This past Thursday was a chance for theUniversity to shine, and did it ever. With the eyesof the state upon it, the Capstone showed every-one watching something that we Capstoniansalready know: This campus is home to one of theleading universities in the nation, and we areworking to build a better future for our strug-gling state. While the gubernatorial candidates at thedebate last Thursday may unfortunately not havecome across as very engaging and visionary polit-ical personalities, their performance shouldn’treflect on the hard work many of our students didto make the debate happen. They brought togeth-er an excellent venue, a well-behaved audienceof other students and spectators, an outstandingmoderator, and a spectacular stage. Viewers at home had reason to be impressedwith what they saw. Aside from football games and winning theBCS National Championship, the gubernatorialdebate was one of the most exciting things tohave happened on this campus since I began mycollege experience here last year. It excited stu-dents of all types, including those who have neverbefore been involved in politics. I applaud the student leaders who made it hap-pen, and I thank the University’s administratorsfor allowing this event to occur. However, I hopethat this debate becomes the beginning of a jour-ney full of exciting events, and not the day trip itappears to be. There are a number of things this Universitydoes right: recruiting, fundraising and football. However, promoting programs that enhancestudent life has been one of its biggest shortcom-ings. Look around — there are no sponsored con-certs this year, few nationally recognized speak-ers, and a small number of advertised campusevents. While we were sitting in Coleman Coliseumlast year basking in the disappointment of TakingBack Sunday, Auburn’s student body rocked outto the Goo Goo Dolls and UGA mellowed out toOwl City. This year, I am not asking for improve-ment. I am asking for something, anything,because we have nothing scheduled. University Programs, the department respon-sible for supporting such events, does everythingit can with what it has. Which is not much. The University could dramatically enhancestudent life by allotting more money for such pro-grams. Auburn more than doubled its programsbudget last year. Without more funds, this department can’ttake risks and schedule big name talent andworld-renowned speakers. I understand major social events have somerisks associated with them, but without riskthere can be no success. Look at Alabama foot-ball. It was a huge risk to start a football teamin the late 1800s. The athletic department hadto buy uniforms, build a field and, shockingly,encourage students to come out and watch. Nowover 100 years later, this school is known for foot-ball. I wonder if our administration, so focused onminimizing risks, would have approved such aprogram if it held power during the 1890s. Alabama may always have the reputation ofbeing a party school, but to challenge this weneed events that don’t require a shot of whiskeyor a pint a beer to be entertaining. I hope the University moves forward this yearand provides a wholesome alternative to the par-ties that are too often the only entertainmentvenue for students. I hope the University goesafter big name artists for concerts and comedi-ans for shows. I hope the University goes afterhosting huge events like College Jeopardy, but,honestly, my main hope is that the University justdoes something to enhance student life.
Ryan Flamerich is a sophomore majoring inengineering and a member of the SGA Senate.
By Wesley Vaughn Henry Ford once said, “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” The 2010 Gubernatorial Debate held here at the University last week was a gale force wind. I am both proud and glad that UA, through the hard work of students and others, hosted the debate because it showcased everything wrong with Alabama politics directly in front of the up-and-coming generation. The candidates treated viewers to conventional Alabama cam-paign rhetoric. It was as if they did not care whether many in atten-dance could decipher their politi-cal speak. In truth, they did not and will not need to appeal to stu-dents anyway — as if they could in the first place. Neither of their political bases relies on the youth vote, which results in an undesirable political environment for college students. On one hand, Agricultural Commissioner Ron Sparks opened with how bad Alabama was “hurt-ing” and talked up his plans to legalize gambling. On the other, Dr. Robert Bentley made his moral background and stances known and promised to create jobs. These two gubernatorial options will only cause some students to wash their hands off and leave the state. I cannot blame them either. The discourse was maddening. Though Alabama has one of the most regressive tax systems in the nation, Bentley claimed the state’s taxes do not burden the poor. While cheering on the idea
of “innova-tive schools,” Sparks dis-missed char-ter schools with an uncit-ed statistic c o n c e r n i n g their alleg-edly poor per-
formance rate. Bentley’s entire pitch is that he will create jobs, yet he stumbled when asked about finding indus-tries that best fit certain areas of the state. For industrial expansion in a region known mostly for its hunting, he suggested the hiring of “deer people” and the imple-mentation of “reserves.” Oh, deer indeed. Sparks’ entire campaign is built on legalizing and taxing gam-bling to fund education. He touted Georgia’s success with the HOPE scholarship, but for some reason, he failed to mention that not every student receives that scholarship and Georgia has consequently faced rising tuition costs. Not a bet I’m willing to take. In response to the state’s edu-cation budget having heavy ties to unstable sales tax revenue, Bentley proposed that the best fix is to simply put people back to work. Not that Alabama could and should change its constitu-tion to tie the budget more with stable tax revenue from property tax, which happens to be the low-est in the nation according to the Tax Foundation of Washington, D.C. It’s what other states do to much more success. But trust him instead; he is a doctor — a derma-tologist to be exact. You get the picture. Both candi-dates certainly have what it takes
to become governor. Neither, though, have what it takes to be a transformational governor. On this pace, our state may never realize its potential, as elec-tion after election is won by politi-cians who have no desire to drasti-cally change Alabama. Their only desire is to change their govern-ment position. Inspiring candidates do not appear magically and face a dif-ficult path towards election, let alone party nomination. Representative Artur Davis and Bradley Byrne know this all too well. This mockery of a debate was a challenge to us students. Some will laugh it off as they walk away. Others will support or ignore the current conditions. A slim minor-ity will decide to answer the call for unexplainable reasons. Lee Oswald grasps that mind-set when he writes, “Happiness is taking part in the struggle, where there is no borderline between one’s own personal world, and the world in general.” This state needs its youth to step up. Just a little bit of change in Alabama would be monumen-tal, and it can and should be spearheaded by our generation. Though parties define our politi-cal system, I cannot promise much fun. All I can promise is that this state’s political establishment will endure alongside Alabama’s prob-lems if they are not challenged. We are a go for takeoff, ladies and gentlemen.
Wesley Vaughn is a junior major-ing in public relations and politi-cal science. His column runs on Wednesdays.
It’s time we gave the lottery a chance A column written by Tray Smith in the Sept. 17 edition of The Crimson White bashed a guber-natorial candidate and his plan to help fund a scholarship program this state desperately needs. That candidate is Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks, who promises he will bring an educa-tion lottery to Alabama similar to the programs in every state that we border. While the author mentioned the social negatives, which are always exaggerated, he did not provide a solution or pro-vide support for the other candi-date (local dermatologist Robert Bentley).
Sparks, whom anyone that attended last week could tell you dominated the debate despite his grammatical errors, is attacked from many angles in the article. First off, the notion that people are going to continue to cross state lines if the lottery and other forms of gambling are legalized is ridiculous. Secondly, people are going to gamble regardless. Why should the state not allow its resi-dents a chance to tax some of this money and use it for education? Many will vote for Bentley because they feel it is their duty to support the Republican party regardless of the fact that Bentley’s only plan is to create a Director of Small Business and not take a salary until unemployment is severely reduced. Last time I
checked, the position he proposes creating only creates one job; and according to Bentley’s tax return, he rakes in over $210,000 a year, which leaves him with plenty to live comfortably on without the $100,000 annual salary he could make as governor. In February, a statewide poll was collected by the Birmingham News, and 72 percent of Alabamians supported legalizing some form of gambling as long as it was regulated and taxed. Allow Dr. Bentley to tackle tough issues such as acne, and let Ron Sparks help bring the state something it has needed for a long time to come.
Taylor Ashy is a senior majoring in finance.
Debate’s example should be followed
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By Lauren BraunContributing Writer
Last year, a new course was added in the depart-ment of telecommunication and film, TCF 451: Advanced Television Production. The class is designed to give upper-level students in the College of Communications and Information Sciences insight into the production aspect of television. Professor Adam Schwartz assigned a project to the class — create a television pilot. Because of the success of the pilot created in its first year, the TCF department decided to offer the class again. “[The professor is] pretty open with helping us if we have something, but right now he’s trying to take a step back… and not so much micromanage us,” said Andrew Carey, a senior. “If we need suggestions he’s open to helping us out.” About a dozen students
make up the class, which allows each student to have hands-on experience in the production process. Each student has an oppor-tunity to pitch an idea for the storyline, which they then choose through a vote. Director Marcus Tortorici’s idea won in a landslide. Though Tortorici, a junior, thought of the prem-ise of the pilot, scriptwrit-ers Andrew Carey and Heath Williamson were chosen to write the screenplay. “The class so far has been kind of roundtable discus-sion,” Carey said. “We got to do pitches first. The idea wasn’t me and Heath’s, so we had to take Marcus’ idea and develop it from there.” The two have just complet-ed a rough draft for the pilot, which the rest of the class will critique, then offer sugges-tions, Carey said. According to Carey and Williamson, the pitch focus-es on a high school senior
suffering from psychosis, a mental disorder associated with a detachment from real-ity and includes hallucinations. He has recently been released from a mental institution and is re-entering high school. The character struggles to appear normal by hiding and controlling his psychosis, but it is extremely difficult because “his day dreams manifest into reality,” Williamson said. The main character also has an imaginary sidekick. Despite dealing with a seri-ous mental disorder, the script is meant to be lighthearted and playful, which the scriptwriters demonstrate through the char-acter’s humorous hallucina-tions. Because students taking the class will be focusing on the production of the television pilot, they will need actors and actresses. Members of the class created a Facebook event detailing the open audi-tion process.
Auditions will be held Friday, Sept. 24 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Tuesday, Sept. 28 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Reese Phifer, Room 180. For more information regarding audi-tions, students can contact Katherine Longfield, a mem-ber of the class and co-produc-er of the pilot, at [email protected]. Once the characters have been cast, filming will begin. The main location will be a local high school. Filming may also take place at the Aquatic Center because of a scene near the end of the pilot involving a pool and a high dive. Other filming locations have yet to be determined. The pilot will be filmed on location using cameras sup-plied by the TCF department.The project is still in the begin-ning stages, since the class has the entire semester to complete it. Last year, the final product, “Cast and Crew,” was shown at
the Bama Theatre, and Carey said the class hopes to show their project there as well. The project is representa-tional of the production pro-cess of a television show. Fromthe plot to the actors to the cameras, each decision regard-ing the production is left up tothe students. This decision-making pro-cess allows them to get a glimpse of real world televi-sion production, helping them decide their interest level in the subject. “When you are writing for something, you do have to answer to people, so I think that part’s accurate,” Carey said. “We had to apply for our jobs on the movie and give vision statements for the partsand tell what we were going todo and pitch ourselves as capa-ble. We didn’t just get handed out jobs.”
Lifestyles Editor Kelsey Stein contributed to this report.
TCF class holds auditions for show
Buddhism.” Hoade recommended several ways to find other Buddhists in Tuscaloosa. Many people post notices in the organic grocery store Manna on McFarland Boulevard, or you can search through people’s interests on Facebook, Hoade said. “There is a good number of Buddhists on campus, but it’s a loose group,” Hoade said. “Oftentimes it’s a word of mouth thing. Once you meet that per-son it’s like a pebble dropped into a pond and the ripples go out and you see that there are a lot of other people. The network-ing is just amazing. It networks out and it happens organically, that is a really nice thing about Buddhism.”Hoade also said being at a University makes it easier. “The people you meet who are interested in Buddhism or are Buddhist are, generally speak-ing, the most inquisitive, most intelligent people,” Hoade said. “So at a University, which is all about learning, you’re going to find a lot of people who are into it already or who are open to it.” Hoade said Buddhism can be defined by the four noble truths, the three marks of existence and the difference between the three vehicles of Buddhism. He rec-ommended the Wikipedia page on Buddhism as an “excellent and in-depth” source for further information.
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Hoade also said students wishing to look into Buddhism may e-mail him at [email protected] with the subject line “Buddhism.” “Buddhism is not atheistic,” Hoade said. “It just doesn’t say anything about a god, it’s non-theistic.” Will Anderson, a junior at UAB majoring in social work, is Buddhist and goes to Losel Maitri in Birmingham. Anderson said many people have misconceptions about what
The Losel Maitri Tibetan Buddhist Center held a cel-ebration of the Dalai Lamaʼs birthday on July 6.
lostmaitribud-dhist.org
“The people you meet who are interested in Bud-dhism or are Buddhist are, generally speaking, the
most inquisitive, most intelligent people.”
— Sean Hoade{ }
Buddhism is. “A lot of people get confused about Buddhism,” Anderson said. “It isn’t even really a reli-gion; it’s more of a philosophy. There is no god in Buddhism; there is no deities or holy ghosts. However, you can combine it with other religions. There is Buddhism and Judaism or Buddhism and Christianity, but a lot of Buddhists are atheists.” Anderson said Buddhism is
a religion that is based on both compassion and realism. “Compassion is the basic phi-losophy of Buddhism,” Anderson said. “Fundamentally, Buddhism is a very ideal sort of way of thinking, but at the very same time it is not ideal in the fact that Buddhists tend to view things very realistically.” Anderson gave one quote from Buddha for those interested in looking into Buddhism — “Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that gives peace.”
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humor has shifted as well, from sprawling irreverence to something more pointed. At the song’s pre-chorus, Duncan sings: “And it’s become trite/I’m always disappointed, the drugs are alright/And it’s a short life;” then, at the chorus: “Wishing every morning was Saturday night.” It’s the stuff of a local anthem. Indeed the full-band ver-sion, performed live on numerous occasions, has ended in an unsolicited audience sing-along each time I’ve seen it. So the excellent “Reckless,” consum-mate Tuscaloosa anthem it appears to be, vaults Duncan into the highest tier of local songwriters. Hopefully the final version will maintain the demo’s stripped-down instrumen-tation; Duncan’s lyrics and vocal delivery deserve the spotlight. No doubt what-ever form the song takes should be a compelling one. If “Reckless” is any indica-tion of what’s to come from Blaine Duncan, his next album holds about as much promise as anyone could reasonably hope for. Blaine Duncan & the Lookers can be found onstage at Mellow Mushroom (19 and up) this Friday evening at 10 p.m., billed alongside Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires; then at Egan’s (21 and up) Oct. 16.
By Morgan Dowdy
I should repeat with affec-tion, for those who don’t know, the frequently observed fact that Blaine Duncan teach-es high school English by day. By night he stands sweating over the sticky floor of Egan’s, semi-obscured by smoke and sheer sonic force, almost equidistant between his band and a rolling crowd of friends and strangers. Plumes of beer fill the air as he counts off into the next song. Do his students have any idea? Duncan stands at close to six feet, grows straight blonde hair from out his head and has the sort of clean shave you might find on the cheek of a plaster bust. At 33, he has sur-vived one near-fatal car crash, one marriage and divorce, an occasional propensity for sub-stance overindulgence and a swath of smoldering heart-breaks. A résumé to embitter the most upbeat among us, Duncan retains his trademark good nature, preferring to sacrifice those demons in his songwriting. From a lyrical standpoint, Duncan’s eponymous first album — released in 2009 but recorded a year ear-lier — was a restless churn-ing of dark humor, delirium and Southern doom. Such universal themes as whis-key, poverty, soul searching, pills and love affairs filled its often-impudent verses, with a clever social or political quip
occasionally added for good measure (“I don’t think cer-tain people should be in gov-ernment” — he ain’t kidding). The album’s music drew most overtly from the blister-ing alternative-country-rock of the Drive-By Truckers and the Dexateens, but also, to me, appeared aligned with quite another flavor of alt-country: that of Conor Oberst. Duncan’s vocals, though scratchier and less warbling, often resemble Oberst’s, espe-cially on the latter-half of the album (excepting the clos-ing track). Of course, unlike Oberst, Duncan’s drawl is not copped but indigenous, and his overall approach intends, truth-be-told, to raise more hell. Still, Duncan certainly exhibited some lyrical and vocal instincts not unlike those of Oberst, and that’s a compliment. It’s worth noting that both consider themselves songwriters first. The unreleased track “Reckless,” received recently by your columnist in early demo form, embodies a substantial maturation in Duncan’s personal voice as a songwriter. “And it’s a reck-less motherf---er/that don’t listen to the words,” laments Duncan over his own sim-ple-but-supportive acous-tic accompaniment. Those familiar themes of substance dependency and existential malaise are reengaged from the more even-tempered van-tage of a world-weary post-divorce Duncan. His sense of
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Non-profit organization Camp Fire USA will celebrate 100 years of service with an exhibit at the Bama Theatre’s Junior League Gallery. Local Alabama artists cre-ated all of the artwork, which depicts childhood from 1910 to 2010.
It will be on display today until Sept. 30. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and during events at the Bama Theatre. Admission is free. The exhibit will travel throughout central Alabama this year before being
auctioned to benefit Camp Fire USA, an organization that serves children, youth and families. For more information about the exhibit, call 758-5195 or visit the Tuscaloosa Arts Council’s website at tuscarts.org.
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By Lauren CuervoContributing Writer
“Made in L.A., Hecho en Los Angeles” is a story for anyone who buys clothes, as well as a story of the struggle for basic human rights. The film will be shown in the Ferguson Center game room tonight at 7 p.m. The Emmy-award-winning documentary and official selection of the Los Angeles Film Festival is being pre-sented as part of the events of Hispanic Latino Heritage Month. It tells the story of three Latina immigrants working in Los Angeles sweatshops during their three-year journey to win basic labor protections from clothing retailer Forever 21. Maria Victoria Perez-Fisher, the peer education programs coordinator at the Women’s Resource Center, said she hopes the message resonates with UA students. “I picked this film because people don’t think about where their merchandise comes from and the work-ing conditions of the people who had to make it,” Perez-Fisher said. “It’s important for Americans to realize that they wouldn’t pick these jobs and that because only immi-grants are willing to take them, they are being treated as sub-humans.” All three of the film’s women come to Los Angeles from Central America in hopes of finding a better life, but are forced to work in ter-rible conditions and endure personal struggles. One woman has been work-ing in garment factories for 15 years since coming to the United States at 17; one had to leave her three children behind in order to find a job that would better support them; and one has been strug-gling against domestic abuse for 23 years since she left Mexico at 18. These three women join forces with other immigrant workers at L.A.’s Garment Worker Center to stand up for their rights as humans in the workplace. Their protest becomes very public when they launch a lawsuit and a boycott. “The film really shows the terrible working conditions
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of these people who make our clothes,” Perez-Fisher said. “They are paid below mini-mum wage, sometimes locked inside the factories until they finish their work or forced to take it home and finish it, but without ever getting paid over-time.” The Women’s Resource Center and Cultural Experiences of the Honors College Assembly are spon-soring the event. It is free to attend and will have free food and beverages available after the movie. The audience is also invited to stay and make bracelets to remind them to “buy smart” from companies that treat their employees with dignity and respect. “This movie sounds like it could really open your eyes,” said Suzanne Schwee, a junior majoring in psychology. “I didn’t even know we had such terrible factories in the U.S.,
and it will definitely make me think about where I shop.” “We just want students to be aware of the lives and struggles of workers and try to do research to know where their clothes come from,” Perez-Fisher said. “People will definitely relate because so many love to buy cheap clothes at places like Forever 21 but don’t think about what someone had to do to make them.”
Felicity Murphy, madeinla.comThe feature documentary “Made in L.A.” tells the story of three Latina immigrants working in California sweatshops who spend three years trying to earn labor protections from the clothing company Forever 21.
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By Brett HudsonContributing Writer
The Alabama volleyball team had a tough weekend after being swept by Ole Miss 30-28, 25-22, 25-23. Even though every set was hard fought, the Crimson Tide expressed disappointment after being swept in their Southeastern Conference opener. “We’re bitter about it,” senior Kayla Schmidt said. “It was the little things that we weren’t doing right that made the difference in the game.” Head coach Judy Green thought last weekend’s loss was due to the bad week of practice leading up to it. “I don’t feel like there was one day where everyone came into practice fully ready to go,” she said. “There was a lack of focus, a lack of con-sistency. We need to adopt a mindset, that we always have to practice and play with a chip on our shoulder.” The loss comes after suc-cess in the Bama Bash and the CenturyLink Premier. Alabama was 8-2 before the loss, matching their win total from last year just two weeks into the season. The Tide’s first game in SEC play got mixed reactions on the team. “I think we got compla-cent,” Green said. “We were satisfied with what we had done up until that point and weren’t hungry anymore. We lost our mindset.” Sophomore Kelsey Johnson said, “Ole Miss is definitely tougher than anyone else we had played, but they’re defi-nitely beatable. We just had a bad day.” As for this week’s practices,
Green laid out the plan early. “We have to work with what comes into the gym,” she said. “We have to give them our expectations early, establish confidence and focus on our players’ development.” Improvement will draw a lot of focus from the Tide coach-ing staff this week. “We need to play disci-plined defense as a team,” Green said. “We need to work on our digs, too. We lost our rhythm there. We need to try and put together big scoring streaks. We were doing that well earlier in the season, and for some reason we couldn’t do that versus Ole Miss.” As Green focuses on the big picture, the players are looking inward for personal improvement. “I need to work on my serves and my communication with the rest of the team,” Johnson said. “As a whole, we need to keep that competitive energy going, we need to keep talking to each other.” Schmidt said, “I’m always trying to improve. I’ll be focusing on my decision mak-ing. Who I’m going to set up, what plays I need to make and when. I want to be more ener-getic for the team, too.” The Tide will play two home matches in the Cave this weekend, one on Friday versus LSU and the other on Sunday versus Arkansas. This Friday versus LSU will be Cram the Cave Night, as Alabama tries to break its attendance record of 1,227, set in 2006. Not only is this Green’s last season as head coach, this will also be Alabama’s last season in the Cave, as the team will
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Volleyball looking to improve after losses
By Tony Tsoukalas Senior Sports Reporter
A year ago The Crimson Tide saw linebacker Dont’a Hightower on the ground wincing in pain. Tide fans remember all too well the play against Arkansas last season, when Hightower tore both his ACL and MCL ligaments in his left knee, injuries that kept him out for the remain-der of the season. Needless to say, this week is special for Hightower. “It means a lot, especially with the injury last year and them taking me out for the season,” Hightower said. “It means even more to me that it is our first SEC game this year. It’s pretty much the opening statement to the SEC as well as the country.” Despite the fact that Arkansas was the team who knocked Hightower out for the season, he said he holds no grudge towards the Razorbacks. “It wasn’t really a dirty block. I just didn’t play it as well as I should have,” Hightower said. The injury changed Hightower, perhaps, for the better. Hightower said that since the injury, he has focused a lot more on his technique as a linebacker in order to prevent further inju-ries. “Obviously, I didn’t want to get hurt again so I emphasized on [fundamentals] more than anything else,” Hightower said. “Playing lower and play-ing a little faster and playing
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“We want to break that record this weekend,” Green said. “It’s our last season here
[in the Cave], and we have an SEC West opponent in LSU. It’s a must win.”
more with technique than just athleticism.” Hightower said that play-ing with technique is vital for everyone on the team and is a staple of success for the team. “You can’t really be a foot-ball team without having good fundamentals,” he said. “That is one of the good things about our defense as well as our offense is that we try to emphasize on fundamentals rather than playing on pure athleticism.”
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be up against its toughest test of the season as they face Heisman candidate Ryan Mallett and the third ranked passing offense in the nation. Though the Tide shut down Mallett last year, head coach Nick Saban said he expects a totally different challenge Saturday. “I think [Mallett] is more comfortable in what he’s doing and what he’s expected to do,” Saban said. “Not that he wasn’t a very good player last year; he certainly was. I think Bobby [Petrino] does a great job with him in terms of game plan, schemes and get-ting him in the right things so
CW | Katie BennettDontʼa Hightower and Ed Stinson team up to tackle one of Dukeʼs players during the game last Saturday in Durham, N.C.
“You can’t really be a football team without having good fundamentals. That is one of the good things
about our defense as well as our offense is that we try to emphasize on fundamentals rather than playing
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— Dont’a Hightower
{ }this will be a real challenge for this team this year but also an opportunity for them to learn, grow, develop and try to get better.” Arkansas’ heavy pass-ing attack should provide Hightower and the rest of the defense with plenty of opportu-nities to get to the quarterback,
something that the sack-less linebacker said he is excited for. “I’ve yet to get a sack, but I’m itching for one this week,” Hightower said. “It would be the perfect week to get one, against a great quarterback and a team who wants to air the ball out.”
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8 Wednesday, September 22, 2010 SPORTS The Crimson White
By Jordan BannisterSports Reporter
The Crimson Tide men’s tennis team opened its season this past weekend in Chicago at the coveted Fighting Illini Invitational held at the Olympia Fields Country Club in Olympia Fields, Ill. On day one, doubles match-es seemed to be the larg-est obstacle for the Tide to overcome. However, Michael Thompson and Ian Chadwell seized a prime win over the Fighting Irish. Notre Dame’s
Casey Watt and Stephen Havens fell to the Tide duo, 8-4. Alabama senior Trey Walston and freshman Carlos Taborga also teamed up for a victory over the Irish, 8-6. In doubles over all, however, Notre Dame took four out of six matches against Alabama. “We’re just trying to find the right pairs,” said head coach Billy Pate. “It’s there. We were close, but doubles are differ-ent tactically. There is defi-nitely a sense of urgency, but our season is nine months long, and this whole thing is a
MEN’S TENNIS
Tide looks to build on tough weekendlearning process.” The only other win the Tide was able to claim on the first day was Ricky Doverspike over sophomore Zach Leslie of Wake Forest, 7-5, 6-3 in a singles match. Due to bad weather on day two, Alabama only participat-ed in one round of matches, earning only one more win in the series. In singles, Walston collected the win over Wake Forest sophomore Amogh Prabhakar 6-4, 6-4. On day three of the Fighting Illini Invitational, Doverspike earned a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Illini’s Stephen Hoh before falling short by decision to Notre Dame’s No. 37 ranked Watt, 6-3, 6-1. Thompson took
both of his singles matches by storm. “He was better than his opponents that day,” Pate said. According to Pate, Thompson would have had a singles-winning week-end had it not been for the severe cramp he caught in his first match against Bruno Abdelnour of Illinois. He lost the match, 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(7). “Mentally, he was a stron-ger player than those guys,” Pate said. “But he couldn’t get over the loss Friday mentally or physically.” Pate remains optimistic about his team’s ability to bounce back from this week-end.
“Tennis isn’t like football, one loss and you’re out of the title,” he said. “Roger Federer and tons of guys have had major losses in their careers and they’re still champions. It’s not only about handling the loss, but managing the win. “Effort was great. We com-peted very hard. They were excited to open the season. In terms of the amount of suc-cess, we were a little disap-pointed. Ultimately, we just made a lot of mental errors, we blew the leads in a few matches and we had some bright spots for sure. That’s the experience we’re after, that’s why we play in the fall.” The team went straight back
to practice after Monday’s day of rest to get ready for this coming weekend’s tournament in Athens, Ga. The Southern Intercollegiate Tournament will have more than 40 teams competing. Undoubtedly, this is the largest fall tournament in the South. This tournament will be completely different than the Olympia Fields competi-tion. More teams means more fierce matchups, and the Tide will head to Georgia with a clear head, ready to play. “Sometimes you can play well and lose and play crappy and win. But we know if we’re playing well and we’re com-peting well, we will be suc-cessful,” Pate said.
By Bobby ThompsonContributing Writer
The women’s tennis team is set to host the Roberta Alison Fall Classic this weekend. The Crimson Tide will face Kentucky, Mississippi State, UAB, Samford, the University of Tennessee at Martin, Baylor, Tulane, Memphis and Georgia State. The classic will be held at the Alabama Tennis Stadium Friday through Sunday. Only the women’s team will compete in the tourna-ment. The men will play in the Wilson/ITA Southern Regional Championships. The Tide has already been to two tournaments this sea-son. In last weekend’s tourna-ment, the Duke Tennis Fall Invitational, Alabama gave a strong performance, collecting 12 wins. “I was very pleased with our performance,” head coach
Jenny Mainz said. “We compet-ed well throughout the week-end. I thought we showed a lot of consistency with the way we competed.” The Fall Classic is the first home game the Tide will host this season. “We are really looking for-ward to playing at home, in front of our fans,” Mainz said. “This will be a chance for us to showcase our beautiful campus and first-class facilities.” This weekend’s tournament will be a flighted tournament, where each draw will consist of eight players. Each player is guaranteed three singles and three doubles matches. Mainz said the Tide has worked hard in practice this week and is ready for this weekend’s tournament, and that Alabama has competed well and made improvements on playing consistently. “We want our players to play to their strengths,” Mainz said.
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Tide hosts Roberta Alison Fall Classic
UA AthleticsSophomore Alexa Guarachi returns a ball against the U.S. Junior National Team last year. The Crimson Tide will host the Roberta Alison Fall Classic this weekend.
“Specifically, we are working on doing the right things under pressure.” The tournament is named after Roberta Alison, who played tennis for the University on the men’s tennis team dur-ing the sixties. She was a pio-neer for women’s rights in sports. Jason Morton, the men’s tennis coach at Alabama at the time, found Alison train-ing in preparation for the U.S. National Championship (now the U.S. Open). Alison’s admis-sion to the team was the first official move toward allowing women to participate in varsity athletics in the Southeastern Conference. In her last two years at the University, Alison played in the No. 1 spot. “It is important to respect Alison’s courage, determina-tion and grace,” Mainz said. “She provided lots of opportu-nities for women.”
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