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By Ashley ChaffinAssistant Lifestyles Editor
Of the 29 consecutive weeks UA alumna Kathryn Stockett’s “The Help” has been on the New York Times Bestseller list, it has dropped out of the top 10 only seven times. Eleven of those weeks, including the last seven in a row, the book held the top spot. Its film adaptation has grossed more than $141 million worldwide.
The story is set in Jackson, Miss., in 1962. Although slavery has been abolished, Jackson is still segregated, with many black women working for little pay as maids in white homes. Aibileen, who is raising her 17th white child, and her best friend Minny, who has just been fired from her job, team up with a young, white writer, Skeeter, to write a book describing what it’s really like to be a black maid during the time period.
“I loved them both,”said Rachel Bradford, a sophomore majoring in public relations. “I
liked that they were able to tell the story of the slave versus the slave owners and have both sides.”
Stockett used the voices of all three of the women to tell the story and maintained an old Southern-style dialect throughout. She also integrated historical events into the
story, often making it easy for the reader to forget they are reading a work of fiction.
While most readers and moviegoers have generally had a positive reaction to the story, many historians have been upset at the way the time period is portrayed in the book. The Association of Black Women Historians released a statement explaining why they thought the book misrepresented the times.
“Despite efforts to market the book and the film as a progressive story of triumph over racial injustice, ‘The Help’ distorts, ignores, and trivializes the experiences of black domestic workers,” the statement said. “We are specifically concerned about the repre-sentations of black life and the lack of atten-tion given to sexual harassment and civil rights activism.”
Throughout the story, the threat of vio-lence is spoken about, but the instances of actual violence are scarce.
Grad needs no ‘Help’ fi nding controversyStockett’s ‘The Help’ creates tension after its successful book and movie release
‘The Help,’ released in February of 2009 and recently made into a movie, has received praise and criticism for its content.
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See HELP, page 8 See MAJORS, page 3
See TECH, page 2See OBIT, page 5
See RUSH, page 5
By William EvansSenior Staff Reporter
Microsoft Windows and Mac OS have been rival computer operat-ing systems since their release in the mid-1980s.
Although Windows today boasts nearly a 90 percent mar-ket share of client operating
systems designed for use on the Internet, both systems continue to cleave the market as consum-ers take sides on which system provides better service.
Macs have recently inun-dated on-campus libraries and laboratories, but the University employs both operating systems
Students identify with Mac or PC based on major
CW | Mitchell HughesStudents use Macs and PCs in the Gorgas Library to study for fall classes.
By Meghan Coleand Jared DowningThe Crimson White
Chris Snell came to the University of Alabama a conflicted man. He enjoyed literature and philoso-phy but liked to play the drums and take pictures. He wanted to study Chinese but also had a taste for Spanish and Arabic. When he started to feel pres-sure to commit, he did what any Renaissance man would do and declared a major in astrophysics.
“I just put it down because I could,” Snell said.“The class was cool, but I knew it wasn’t going to last.”
It didn’t. In his sophomore year, Snell found New College, which, since 1971, has allowed students to take a hand in their own education.
“The joke is, it’s neither new nor a college,” said James Hall, the program’s director. In fact, New College turns 40 this year. The interdisciplinary study program within the College of Arts and Sciences allows students the freedom to design their own courses of study.
New College opens doors for unique majors
Barriers still stand in rush process
Unable to fi nd appropriate majors, some students are able to create their own path
“It’s more about putting folks in the frame of mind, encouraging kids to think through a larger role in what their education is
going to look like,”
— James Hall,New College director
“It wasn’t my opposite stand-in-the-schoolhouse door... I just want every
person at Alabama to fi nd a place where they fi t in
best.”
— Melody Twilley Zeidan
By Will TuckerAssistant Managing Editor
The first headlines in newspapers across the country on Sept. 11, 2001 didn’t come from New York City. Before four airliners changed course and changed history, one of the top national storiesthat day was about a girl, a dream and the sorori-ties at the University of Alabama.
Sept. 9, 2001 had been bid day. Melody Twilley (now Melody Zeidan), a black sophomore, had just been rejected by all traditionally white sororities at Alabama for the second year in a row.
“It was probably the worst day of my life,” said Zeidan. “I had gotten used to the media atten-tion at that time, but… clearly I was not happy that 9/11 happened, but I was glad not to have the media coverage on me.”
Her second attempt at rush started out full of promise. Zeidan had attained recommendations from contacts and alumni from nearly every major sorority. Everything was moving smoothly, she recalled, until the third round of the selections process.
OBITUARY
By Amanda SamsNews Editor
Classmates, professors and friends alike remember Harry James (Trey) Johnson III for his perpetual smile and optimis-tic attitude that never failed to brighten their days.
Johnson, 25, died Sunday from gunshot wounds. Police are still investigating the exact events surrounding Johnson’s death.
“The entire University commu-nity is deeply saddened by the death of graduate student Trey Johnson,” Associate Dean of Students Melanie Miller said in an emailed statement. “Trey was a valued student in the College of Commerce and Business Administration and our thoughts are with his family, as well as his friends and faculty during the dif-ficult time.”
Johnson worked in the Information Systems, Statistics and Management (ISM) office for a couple of years while he was pursuing his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in operations management. He also worked as a graduate teaching assistant in several classes and was on track to graduate in December.
“Trey was well loved by our students, faculty and staff,” said Chuck Sox, interim department head. “His cheerfulness and eagerness to help were inspi-rational, and he will be sorely missed.”
Johnson was the kind of stu-dent any professor would want in class or as a teaching assistant, said William Petty, instructor of operations management.
“Trey was always working, always thinking,” Petty said. “He
Professors, students mourn loss of friend
Ten years after a media frenzy, two black rushees talk race and recruitment
Even on a Tuesday night, Andy Hall fills The Strip with song
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Six men who have been iso-lated together since June 2010 in a simulated mission to Mars are reaching their mental limits, with only two months left to go in the experiment, researchers said Sunday. The crew of three Russians, one Italian, a Chinese national
and a Frenchman were in simu-lator trying to simulate 520 days in space, the length of time scien-tists estimate would be needed for a round trip to the red planet. The men are “mentally drained” after their experience in a container in Moscow, project manager Yevgeni Dyomin told the Interfax news agency. “The impatience is huge,”
Peter Graef of DLR, the German space agency, told the German Press Agency dpa. “The men want to finally see their families and the sun again.” The DLR is assisting with the project. Dyomin said the men are however determined to push through until the project ends in November.
The “spaceship” reminds somewhat of the reality TV show “Big Brother,” with the men’s activities documented round the clock by cameras to see whether they manage to complete the 105 research assignments with which they have been tasked. Watchers are keeping an ever more close eye on the men now as they reach their exhaustion
points. “Most experiments have been completed and the level of work has dipped off, which means the stay in a bare environment is getting even more monotonous,” said Graef. Experts say they are doing what they can to keep moods up. They add that no actual trip to Mars is in the planning.
Crew of simulated Mars fl ight exhausted after 15 months in isolation
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Zelia Baugh, commissioner of the Alabama Department of Mental Health, will be a guest lecturer at the University of Alabama School of Social Work’s 2011-12 Colloquium Series. Baugh, along with Dr. Tammy Peacock, associate commissioner for the mental illness and substance abuse division, will discuss new direc-tions at ADMH. Baugh has more than 18 years of health
care experience and worked on the Reconfiguration Task Force, which laid out the needs of the state mental health sys-tem for the next decade. Dr. Peacock has worked for the last 20 years to help provide ser-vices to people with substance abuse disorders. Baugh and Dr. Peacock will be speaking from noon to 1 p.m. at 223 Little Hall this Monday, September 19.
Alabamaʼs Mental Health Commissioner to speak at social work colloquium
Tornado death toll climbs to 51The City of Tuscaloosa added one additional name to the April 27 fatality list on Tuesday, raising the total number of those killed by the storm to 51.The additional victim was Thomas Calvin Hannah, 81, who died on June 5. According
to a press release from the city, Hannah’s name was added to the list of those killed by the storm after discussions with his family.“It’s not surprising,” said Mayor Walt Maddox. “One of things we learned early in this
process is that, unfortunately, one of the most affected parts of the population is its seniors, and when something like the storm complicates a pre-exist-ing condition, sometimes that leads to their passing and adds to the death toll.”
TECHContinued from page 1
because each presents its unique set of advantages to the user, said Michael Little, an instructor in advertising and public relations.
“Although Macs can sup-port Windows applications, Windows tends to be more popular with businesses because of their price and compatibility,” Little said. “A personal computer run-ning Windows can be built for less than $1,000 and include the same programs a Mac user would enjoy.”
Plus, Macs have to be pur-chased directly from Apple stores, whereas Windows personal computers can be bought from Dell, Gateway and others.
Gamers, especially if they’re fond of action games like Call of Duty, are inclined to pre-fer Windows as well because those games are tailored to the Windows operating sys-tem, he said.
The core programs educa-tors and students can make use of, such as those con-tained in Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Suite, can be used on either operating sys-tem.
Despite the commonality in programs shared on both systems, colleges within the University, such as the graph-ic design department, have their reasons behind prefer-ring Mac to Windows.
“The high display resolu-tion and better color accura-cy makes it ideal for viewing photos and videos,” said Patty Benton, executive director of the office of information tech-nology, in an emailed state-ment. “This is why the art related fields, graphic design, art, advertising, etc., use the Apple products.”
Little, who earned a bach-elor’s degree in graphic
design, said he prefers Macs because of their prevalence in the field.
“I choose the Mac to work on mostly because it’s what our industry uses,” he said. “I work on my Mac. I play games on my [Windows] PC.”
Also, Macs are perceived as stable, durable devices because of their reputation for fending off computer viruses.
“Most of the Malware and other things are written for [Windows] PCs and not for Macs, so Macs don’t catch the cold that’s going around,” he said.
Macs also come prepack-aged with programs that do not have to be separately pur-chased.
“The system software comes prepackaged,” said Mike Largin, director of financial affairs infrastructure sup-port, in an emailed statement. “Users don’t have to focus so much on the system software when loading applications or adding peripheral devices. This frees the user up to con-centrate on other things. The drawback, however, is less control over computer func-tions. The Mac is a platform that meets the user halfway. The Windows OS gives users more options.”
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By Heather Lightseyand Judah MartinThe Crimson White
Through a maturing process four years long, the University of Alabama’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) has been helping young men and women prepare to be officers in the military for over 150 years.
Through activities such as leadership labs, field training exercises and camps, these young cadets gain valuable lead-ership skills that can help them both in the military and in civil-ian life.
While one may think the rea-son these young men and women join the ROTC comes from the prospect of attaining a scholar-ship that covers full tuition as well as extra money for books, the reality is that only about 10 scholarships are given to incom-ing ROTC members each year.
Cadet Charlie Stimpson, a senior MS-4 majoring in theatre, said his decision to become an
ROTC cadet came naturally.“My entire family has been in
the military,” Stimpson said. Cadet Greg Rhodes, a senior
MS-4 majoring in geogra-phy, said his decision to enter the ROTC was very similar to Stimpson’s.
Though many ROTC cadets have similar situations, both Stimpson and Rhodes pointed out that not everyone chooses the ROTC for those reasons.
Lieutenant Colonel Jim Shaver, professor of military science, said the program is always look-
ing for young men and women who want to serve their country and who are looking for great leadership opportunities within the ROTC.
“All of my cadets will walk out with a degree and a commission from the Army, which is more than most college students can say upon graduation,” Shaver said.
While there are many ben-efits to being a member of the ROTC, such as a broadened job spectrum and small amounts of student loans, Shaver, Stimpson and Rhodes all agreed the main things cadets walk away with are the leadership skills gained and the bonds made within the four years in the ROTC.
“The military is like a brother-hood in that we come together and make sure each other is taken care of,” Stimpson said. “We mentor other cadets in the battalion and help them become leaders, because we’re learning and adapting together. That’s what [the ROTC] does.”
ROTC provides leadership opportunities
Submitted PhotoThe men and women of the University of Alabama Reserve Offi cersʼ Training Corps go through workouts in the UA indoor athletic facilty.
MAJORSContinued from page 1
Nancy Shockley advises Arts and Sciences students who have yet to pick a formal major. “They’re supposed to declare a major by sophomore year, but that doesn’t always happen,” she said. “I’ve had students who are just passing through the University, ran-domly picking courses.”
But Shockley said New College isn’t a magic bullet for indecisive students. “They can’t go to New College and say, ‘I don’t like any of the majors, make a major for me.’…When they come to understand what they want, that’s when we talk about New College.”
The program has its own application, and it is elaborate. Hopefuls must produce letters of recommendation, write a personal essay and go through an interview.
“It’s more about putting folks in the frame of mind, encour-aging kids to think through a larger role in what their edu-cation is going to look like,”
OBITContinued from page 1
tried his best to see the good in life. When his mother came to town, he made an effort to have me meet her. The three of us went to lunch, and I could see where he got his outlook on life, as his mother was a joy to talk to. I could tell she loved her son very much and wanted him to succeed.”
Johnson was outgoing, friend-ly and a little crazy at times, but fun, according to Petty.
“You could always tell by looking at Trey how he felt, and most of the time it was happy,” Petty said. “Just his presence made me wish all students had his attitude about education and learning.”
Another of Johnson’s former professors, Burcu Keskin, said he was very caring and kind-hearted.
“He was always very helpful towards other students and was a team player,” Keskin said. “He was known, loved and respected by everybody. He would extend a hand to any-
Hall said.In addition to the self-tailored
coursework, New College stu-dents take 12 hours of depart-ment-specific seminars - off-beat courses like the ecology-centered “Flyfishing” and “Food for Thought,” which takes students to organic farms.
The seminars are small, dis-cussion-oriented and hands-on, but according to Snell, some aren’t exactly models of educational rigor.
“There are some that make me roll my eyes,” he said. “For example, ‘Academic Potential.’ It’s like, how to use a planner. It’s for kids who never got away from their parents and never learned how to plan their day.”
Still, Hall said New College is largely respected in the aca-demic community and is not a place for novelty majors.
“We pretty much cut bizarre off at the pass,” he said. “Other programs like us around the country think we should have majors in things like ‘Good and Evil,’ ‘Cruelty and Kindness,’ ‘Love and Altruism,’ things like that.”
Depth Studies in New College sport more academic titles such as “Linguistics” and “Non-Profit Management.” But they pass what Hall calls the “Grandmother Test.”
“Imagine the f irst Thanksgiving you go to, and your grandmother says, ‘What are you majoring in?” Hall said. “Are you excited about the answer? If you are, you’re in the right place.”
Catherine Roach teaches New 100, the starting place for all New College students. She said it usually takes some adjustment, but they always come around.
“When they come to New College and discover what they can do here, it’s like a catching-on-fire moment. They’re like, ‘Wow, I really get to do what I want here.’”
Snell is one of the many stu-dents who found his niche through New College. His offi-cial major is interdisciplinary studies with a focus in linguis-tics, and he takes courses in the foreign language, English and anthropology depart-ments.
body who needed it, whether it be greeting a new student to the classroom or program or assisting somebody with a homework assignment.”
After the tornado, Johnson called to check on Keskin personally, and he gave her a report of how everybody else was doing.
“Trey cared about the entire OM family so much,” Keskin said. “He was always a joy to talk to. I really enjoyed men-toring him. Recently, he had a job offer and was contemplat-ing whether to accept it or seek other opportunities. He had a successful, bright future in front of him.”
Jeremy Broadfoot, a friend and classmate of Johnson’s, said he was a very genuine person who would always take time out of his day to talk with his friends.
“Trey would help you any way he could,” Broadfoot said. “ He was just so easy to get along with. I can’t think of a single person who didn’t like him. I still can’t believe that this happened. All I know is I’m going to miss him.”
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“As usual, the fringe anti-bomb leftist refuses to give any serious alternatives and instead provides platitudes and
warm fuzzy ideas. It is a good thing the left measures
their success not by the results of their actions but by their
good intentions. Outside of a late night Call of Duty game, Iʼm not big on war myself, but even I realize that responding to the
attack on 9/11 with hugs for every Mus-lim we see wasnʼt
going to solve anything.”
— Jeb, in response to “U.S. violence fuels
hatred”
“Itʼs even more frustrating in big
lecture halls when right-handed
people take the left handed desks, but pull up the right
handed slate! We have like 3 desks
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YOUR VIEW { }
By Tyler Rigdon
I arrived in Athens, Ga., last weekend to see old friends and experience one of the best game days in the nation, and I could not avoid the hospitality I received. Of course, Georgia was not playing Alabama, but it further solidified an SEC theory of mine. Alabama and Georgia are by far the closest friends in the con-ference. Every Georgia fan I met echoed that theory, and many Tide fans have also expressed appreciation for Georgia. Georgia can best be compared to that com-petitive friend everyone loves to beat, but no one loves to see beat-en. A number of factors have strengthened this relationship over the years. We have a mutual respect for the other’s program, history and coaches. We have a mutual disdain for programs like Auburn, Tennessee and Florida. However, we have shared vastly different paths through the SEC over the past five years. No mat-ter the amount of respect and camaraderie we have with the Bulldogs, it is extremely evident the impact we have had on each other. The date was Sept. 27, 2008. The game was between eighth ranked Alabama and third ranked Georgia. Athens was home that weekend to College Gameday, a blackout and the most hyped SEC
game in both team’s recent histo-ry. As Alabama fans, we are quite aware of the outcome. Alabama raced ahead to a 31-point halftime lead – stifling one of football’s most hostile environments – and held on for a 40-31 victory. Thoughts of a national cham-pionship were then discussed; images of Julio Jones’ catch over Bryan Edwards were soon framed; the Tide had returned. In the last ten years, few games have been as monumental as that win against Georgia. It was bigger than our wins against Florida in ’05, LSU in ’08, or Florida again in ’09. It was the NASCAR-left turn into the final lap of Alabama’s recovery program, and the blown tire to Georgia’s quest for great-ness. Alabama had been through a mediocre 7-6 season with Nick Saban at the helm. Hype slowly built after a 6-2 start, but sank quickly when the Tide lost all four games in their November sched-ule, including an embarrassing loss to Louisiana-Monroe. The next year was the most questionable year in Alabama history. After a win in the opener against ninth-ranked Clemson, it was hard to keep the Alabama fan base from thinking anything other than national champion-ship. The Georgia game fostered that belief and mentality for the future of Alabama. Since that fateful Georgia game,
Alabama has been 33-5. All five of Alabama’s losses have been to school’s ranked inside the top fif-teen. On the other hand, Georgia has been 20-16 since that defeat. Of those sixteen losses, five have been to unranked teams. The record is a far cry from the domi-nant Georgia team of the early and mid 2000s. Now, as Alabama walks among the elite of the SEC and the nation, Georgia is in a constant struggle to regain power within the anarchy that is the SEC East. “Hot Seat” does not adequately describe the rising temperature under Mark Richt’s backside, and this season looks dismal for the Georgia Bulldogs. As an Alabama fan originally from south Alabama, I feel for the Bulldogs. Their loyal fans remind me of the loyalty the Alabama fan base showed through the early 2000s, and their team boasts as many close losses as the Tide had during that period. The Bulldogs still have a chance within the wide-open SEC East, and I hope that Alabama will play their old friend in the SEC Championship – since they impacted our turnaround, maybe they can impact our jinx of only playing Florida for the SEC title.
Tyler Rigdon is a sophomore majoring in broadcast journalism and economics. His column runs biweekly on Wednesdays.
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WEB COMMENTS
Dawgs, Tide the BFFs of the SEC
By Anna Turkett
Most of you know the general idea of the new Alabama immi-gration law, HB 56. If not, it’s the harshest immigration law in the country and bans undocument-ed immigrants from seeking employment or leasing housing. Under this law, police officers would be allowed to question anyone’s immigration status if there is “reasonable suspicion” they are undocumented immi-grants. If someone is not able to prove their citizenship, they could be jailed and fined. It also punishes those who aid immigrants, even for just giving them a ride. That’s right – citi-zens are expected to check the citizenship of anyone they allow in their car. But no matter if you
are in favor or opposed, there is a major flaw in the law, of which very few people are aware. The law bans businesses from hiring undocumented immi-grants, and employers must verify the status or citizenship of their employees. But there is a major loophole in this: Section 3, Part 5 of the law states that the term employment “shall not include casual domestic labor performed in a household.” Why would any law designed to rid Alabama of undocument-ed immigrants end up allowing immigrants to keep some of their most common jobs as maids or landscapers? This single part of the bill undermines its entire validity because it does not con-sider what they would have to do to be employed even as a laborer.
In order for someone to hold a job, unless they are living with their employer, they must live somewhere in Alabama - which is illegal, as a landlord cannot rent to them. They would also have to trans-port themselves to their job, but they cannot legally drive or get a ride. It’s almost certain they would have to drive, because we all know how little public trans-portation Alabama has. That’s not a viable option. Also, if undocumented immi-grants have children, schools are responsible for checking their immigration status. This single loophole creates potential problems for nearly all of the most important parts of the bill. What do the lawmak-ers really expect of these casual
domestic laborers? I’m sure there could be a jus-tification for this, such as the fact that one doesn’t have to pay taxes on earnings for casual domestic labor. But this doesn’t explain all the problems this loophole creates. Unfortunately, one of the most obvious logical explanations for this loophole is that those who supported the bill wanted either themselves or their constituents to be able to continue to hire undocumented immigrants for cheap labor. Regardless of the explanation, this loophole spits in the faces of undocumented immigrants. We as a state are telling them that they can’t rent an apartment, they can’t get a ride, their teach-ers have to look up their immi-
gration status, and that they are enemies of our state who should be jailed just for being here. But they should still be clean-ing our houses and mowing our lawns. For those like me who are against this law, this is a great supporting argument for our cause. For those in favor of the law, I hope this loophole calls into question the motivations behind HB 56 and what this real-ly means about its enforcement. We’ll find out by the end of the month if this law will go into effect, but if it does, who knows when we will understand what this flaw in the plan will really mean for Alabama.
Anna Turkett is a sophomore in New College.
Immigration law loophole spits in immigrants’ faces
By Wesley Vaughn@WesleyVaughn
Last week, Dr. Judy Bonner, the executive vice president and provost for the University of Alabama, re-exposed the divide between students and the administration in her response to a column in The Crimson White. Dr. Bonner’s statistical defense of the University was accurate and valuable, but instead of engaging in construc-tive dialogue with students about the benefits and strains of growth, she toed the typical administrative line. The recruit-ing numbers and awards may entice prospective students to enroll, alumni to donate and the Princeton Review to rank our school higher, but they mean nothing to current students. Enrolled students already think
the administration actively engages every audience except for them, and Dr. Bonner’s col-umn only reinforced that convic-tion. By focusing on these often deceptive statistics, the University has, in effect, become the higher education equivalent to a “twenty-minute house.” A “twenty-minute house,” as described by the authors of “Suburban Nation,” is a house that can win over potential buy-ers during the average length of a realtor visit. However, these houses are designed specifically for this purpose, rather than the purpose of serving as a suitable home. This University shares the same characteristics. From the outside looking in, it seems too good to be true, and that is because it is. If you noticed, every statistic of Dr. Bonner’s
dealt with students as they were enrolled at the University and as they graduated – with absolutely nothing in between. The admirable statistics that consume the University’s recruiting strategy are mis-leading anyway. Even when we lead the nation with 10 students named to USA Today’s 2010 All-USA College Academic team, it only means that the chance of any UA student being named to this team is about .13%. When you take into account that most, if not all, of those exem-plary students are members of elite Honors College programs designed specifically for win-ning such awards, the numbers seem artificial. The University has decided to devote immense resources to recruiting and fostering excep-tional students at the expense of others, all while touting this
skewed infinitesimal success as University-wide progress. This disproportionate strategy is unsustainable. As more elite academic stu-dents enroll, they will expect the same treatment promised at recruiting sessions. These stu-dents will not be thrilled once resources are stretched out to the point that the hand-holding path to a national academic award no longer exists. This growth of the Honors College will effectively split cam-pus in terms of why a student enrolled at the University. Half will be attending the Honors College, and half will be attend-ing The University of Alabama. What will happen then? Will we become a semi-private school? Will we become the University of Texas? Should we be happy or concerned that we are already the most selec-
tive institution in the state? Does anyone have vision of the University that includes more than concrete numbers? This University did not have the physical infrastructure in place to accommodate its staggering growth in the past decade, and it does not have the communal infrastructure to accommodate it moving for-ward. “Twenty-minute houses” aren’t built with living inside in mind. The University may be a twenty-minute university now, but that does not have to be the case. I hope that Dr. Bonner and the rest of the administration realize that they need to begin truly engaging with all students.
Wesley Vaughn is a senior major-ing in public relations and politi-cal science. His column next week will offer solutions to the student-administration divide.
The Capstone is just a twenty-minute university
By Mary Grace Showfety
Trash talking has become a way of life in sports. It fuels the fire of competition better than any pre-game speech ever could. But how far is too far? Twitter has become a platform to speak one’s mind in any way one so pleases in regards to life, sports and the like. But remember what your parents have always warned you about: never put anything in writing you would not want repeated. How many times have we heard that over the years? Judging by many tweets posted daily, we did not all have the same conversation growing up.On Aug. 27, just one week before the University of Georgia Bulldogs were set to play the Boise State Broncos, Bulldog cornerback and kick returner Brandon Boykin tweeted this message to Broncos’ coach Chris Petersen: “Dear Coach Petersen, I DARE you to Kick to me… Sincerely, Me and my #dawgs.” Is this type of comment simply in jest? Or does it open up a whole new arena for trash talking? A football player just directly challenged an oppos-ing coach. In my mind, this slightly crosses the line. When did this sort of thing become normal? Boykin’s tweet reached his almost 6,000 followers, as well as anyone else with access to the Internet. Though Coach Petersen did not answer the tweet directly, the Broncos responded on the field with a 35-21 win over Boykin and his “dawgs.” His perfor-mance was less than outstanding, with an average of 22 yards on five returns. Can you imagine what Coach Saban’s response would have been to a comment like Boykin’s? “Sure Brandon, we’ll be happy to kick it to you — I’ve never encountered a challenge I wasn’t up for.” We all have the power to send a message direct-ly to an athlete, coach or any other celebrity in the “Twitterverse.” Not only that, but they can contact us right back if they so choose. That being said, col-lege athletes who normally send statements through reporters or sports information directors now pos-sess the right to speak as they please, basically unfil-tered. Interaction among athletes is something that the average person probably does not get to experi-ence on a regular basis; however, with the level of access provided by Twitter, anyone can feel like Greg McElroy or Mark Ingram’s new best friend. Out of this new Twitter relationship that many feel like they have with athletes also comes the abil-ity to get the low down on where they are eating, who they are with, and if you are lucky, even a picture. Not long ago, before all of the Internet technology we have today, Americans got their inside sports information from talk radio. Now, it’s as easy as checking your Twitter timeline to find out the scoop on recruiting, injuries and other important matters. Of course, there are coaches who may prefer that their players remain silent on Twitter during the season, but many remain active tweeters. I would like to thank all the athletes out there tweeting for allowing people like us to get aperson-al look into their lives. Every time you check your Twitter, you never know what you will read. You never know, #trashtalking could be trending.
Mary Showfety is a contributing writer for sports for The Crimson White
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RUSHContinued from page 1
In one-on-one interviews, the girls of one particular house asked if she had an agenda.
How could they not ask? Every girl in rush had seen the cameras following Zeidan that year. Questions had to be swirling about why this girl, different but determined, was really trying to join a tradition-ally white sorority.
“I told them I’m here for the same reason as everybody else, which was that I wanted to have the sorority experi-ence,” Zeidan said. “I wanted them to understand that I wasn’t getting in to prove a point.”
Ten years after Zeidan’s experience, traditionally white sororities at the University of Alabama are still segregated — but that’s not to say a few black women haven’t tried to join. They have — most recent-ly in 2011, as part of the largest rush class in the nation.
‘You know they don’t take black people, right?’
Zeidan grew up in Camden, Ala., the daughter of a suc-cessful timber businessman. She came to campus boasting a 3.85 GPA and was part of so many extracurricular activi-ties at the Alabama School of Math and Science in Mobile — the school she attended her last two years of high school — she can hardly remember the full list. Joining a sorority, she said, simply seemed to her like the right thing to do when she got to Alabama in 2000.
“I went into rush with a blank slate,” she said. “All I knew about sororities was that you join when you go to col-lege, and that is how you make friends.”
No one seemed to treat her differently at all during rush week, and Zeidan enjoyed her-self. Ultimately, though, she wouldn’t get a bid — at first, Zeidan said it didn’t bother her. Thinking only a small percentage of girls got in, and
CW | Drew HooverTop: Melody Twilley Zeidan on campus with her son. Zeidan went through rush twice - in 2000 and 2001 - and was rejected both times because of her race. Bottom: Sherles Durham, a fresh-man, went through Fall 2011 rush, only to be dropped from recruitment in the third round of events. She suspects her race came into play in the decision to drop her.
with other things on her plate, she moved on.Several months later, during SGA election season, some-thing changed her mind. The hottest topics on campus at that time were segregation, racism, and something about a “Machine.”
“I was talking with some-body about…that, and I men-tioned that I had gone through rush. She said, ‘Oh, you know they don’t take black people, right?’”
Zeidan was shocked.“I asked, ‘What do you mean,
they don’t take black people? You can’t not take black peo-ple, that’s crazy. Come on, it’s 2000, guys,’” she said. “I was embarrassed for Alabama. Why would my school I love so much be acting so utterly stu-pid?”
After the shock came the pain of rejection — months late, maybe, but no less hurtful.
“It didn’t occur to me to be
offended until then,” she said.If being rejected from rush
hurt her, she said, it was a letter to the editor in The Crimson White that made her mad. The letter, from an inde-pendent male student, said it wasn’t a “race thing” — black people just weren’t trying.
Zeidan read it and angrily wrote back.
“I, an African-American female, participated in Fall Rush 2000, and I have the T-shirt to prove it,” her let-
ter read. “I was dropped from rush after the second round of events, and I will leave it up to the reader to decide why.”
Her letter got her regional media attention, something Zeidan said she didn’t expect. To deal with it all, she found a mentor in English profes-sor John Herman — the per-son who first suggested to her the idea of going through rush again.
She did. Knowing her chanc-es were slim as a sophomore, Zeidan went through every-thing — the door songs, the crafts and the friendly conver-sations — again in the fall of 2001. And, at the end, she again went through the rejection.
‘I think race might have come into play’
This year, Sherles Durham came to Alabama from Douglasville, Ga., with a 3.6 high school GPA. Sherles was vice president of her senior class and regularly volun-teered at her community’s local Special Olympics. Like Zeidan, Durham rushed to make friends but said she didn’t expect to pledge.
“I just wanted to make friends out of the experience,” Durham said, “which I did.”
This fall, 1,711 women par-ticipated in rush, according to a University spokeswoman. Of those, 77 were released with-out a bid. Durham was one of them.
“Thursday [of rush week], I got a call telling me I had been dropped from recruitment,” Durham said. “I didn’t expect it to happen so soon, because I thought everything was going so well.”
She was out in the third round of events, making it one round further than Melody Zeidan had 11 years before. She said she wouldn’t change her rush experience but noticed some-thing seemed wrong.
“I’ve been trying not to look at it this way because, you know, sometimes when it’s brought into question, some people get offended, but I think race might have come into play,” Durham said. “If all the girls who went into rush week were
completely covered or blocked from view in some way, I think the outcomes could be com-pletely different.
“I don’t understand what I could do as a person to make someone want me in their group unless I pretended to be someone I’m not,” she said. “Sometimes I doubt whether I should have done it or not, to not have just wasted the time and money to be disappointed.”
Melody Zeidan went on to enjoy her college years, starting student groups that focused on promoting diver-sity and even founding a sorority herself, Alpha Delta Sigma. Her life wouldn’t have really been any different had she been part of a tradition-ally white sorority, she said.
Even so, Zeidan said she has little advice for the girls who have gone through the same experience she did in 2000 and again in 2001.
“As far as consolation, I don’t have anything to say. I’m still hurt, and it’s been ten years,” she said. “For encour-agement, accept that that’s maybe a part of life. Being rejected just means that somebody couldn’t appreci-ate how great you are. It’s not really something that you get over easily…to say that I don’t care anymore would be a total lie. Even ten years later, looking back on it, I’m still very upset.”
It’s especially upsetting, Zeidan said, when a person’s race decides the outcome for them.
“There’s nothing I could have done,” she said. “That whole lack of control over the situation is…heartbreaking. It’s like saying a person is born not good enough.”
Zeidan insists, though, that her cause was very personal.
“It wasn’t my opposite stand- in - the -schoolhouse door,” she said. “To this day I don’t think integration for integration’s sake is impor-tant…I just want every per-son at Alabama to find a place where they fit in best.”
Sherles Durham said she won’t rush again. For her, that place is not Sorority Row.
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The Alabama women’s ten-nis team will travel to Cary, N.C., this weekend to com-pete in the Duke Fab Four Invitational. The Crimson Tide is no stranger to this par-ticular contest, as they played in the very same tournament last year. This particular event, host-ed by Duke, is different from the average tennis tourna-ment. Only the top four play-ers from every team compete. “This really is a great event,” head coach Jenny Mainz said. “[Last year] we really enjoyed and benefitted from it eventually, because it created a lot of opportunities for us.” Last year, Alabama returned home from Cary with 12 wins — a solid result for the Tide. The main focus of their time at the Duke Invitational will be maximizing the opportu-nity they are given by playing teams like the ones competing this weekend. The event is comprised of the top four players of each team. This year it will include the following schools: University of Virginia, Duke University, University of
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Tide ready for Fab FourNorth Carolina, Ole Miss, Texas A&M, University of Texas, College of William & Mary, Miami University, University of Illinois, Purdue University and University of Alabama. They open the fall season with experience under their belts, as all but one, freshman Emily Zabor, are returning players of the Crimson Tide. Tide seniors Taylor Lindsey and Courtney McLane will enter into this weekend on a high note. The pair won the Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Collegiate Summer Circuit Doubles Championship just in Aug. The pair will play togeth-er again this weekend. “Taylor and Courtney are great doubles partners,” Mainz said about the cham-pionship-winning twosome. “They’ve worked hard this summer and have got a lot of experience.” The Tide will be exposed to teams from across the board this weekend, as Ole Miss is the only other Southeastern Conference team included in the tournament. Exposure to out-of-conference play could prove beneficial when the spring season rolls around. “It provides us with a bunch
of opportunity to play ranked opponents very early in the season,” Mainz said. The fall season is used pri-marily as a developmental time, allowing players to work on their game. It also allocates time for teams to build a base, Mainz said. The Tide will focus on qual-ity match play throughout the fall, aiming for improvement. The Tide finished the spring season as SEC western division champions, advanc-ing as far as round 32 in the NCAA Tournament. They also made their mark in the histo-ry books with an eight-match winning streak in the SEC, which marked the longest run against conference opponents without a loss in program his-tory. The team was awarded countless other accolades for their work on and off the court. After their time in North Carolina, the Tide will con-tinue to travel across the country for tournament-play in South Carolina, California, New York, Tennessee and Alabama. Alabama hosts its own tournament in October in Tuscaloosa, the Roberta Alison Fall Classic.
By Morgan UptonContributing Writer
After three weeks on the road, the Alabama volley-ball team will return home to Foster Auditorium with con-ference play set to start this weekend. The Crimson Tide squares off against Arkansas on Friday, Sept. 16 and LSU on Sunday, Sept. 18. Junior Leigh Moyer said the team is happy to return to their home floor. “We’re so excited to be back and have the home crowd,” Moyer said. “To get the band back and be here for the SEC home opener is a huge advan-
tage. I think it’s intimidating for others to be here. I want them to hate to come play here.” Head coach Ed Allen, who received his 500th victory this past weekend, said the past few weeks have helped the team tremendously. “We’ve matured a lot in the past three weeks,” Allen said. “We played good competition this past weekend. Everyone we played had winning records going into the week-end, and the quality of talent is the best we’ve played at this point.” After a grueling non-confer-ence schedule, Allen said his
team is excited to begin SEC play. “They know they’ve got to show up every weekend,” Allen said. “It’s a battle between you and your big brother or sister, depending on how you look at it. It means more to beat an SEC team. That’s what the preseason is for, to put you in a position to play hard in conference games.” Moyer said, “Its differ-ent when it’s the SEC. I’ve played against these teams for three years. There’s more of a vengeance against them, it’s personal. I haven’t beaten Arkansas since my sophomore
year; I want that. There’s that SEC pride, especially in beat-ing a team in the West.” With a 6-4 record, the Tide is undefeated at home. Allen said his team realizes going undefeated at home will not be an easy feat. “LSU won the West, and Arkansas came in third last year,” he said. “They’re tough opponents. We’ve got to take care of our side of the net and remain consistent. We’ve improved. But, we’re still improving, and we’re going to continue to improve. That puts us in the position to com-pete well and play the best on our side of the ball.”
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Tide excited to begin conference play
Junior Alexa Guarachi returns a tough serve last
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Alabama women’s tennis player, Mary Anne Macfarlane, enters the season ranked No.27 in the nation in singles. Last season, Macfarlane was awarded Freshman of the Year honors by the SEC and was named to the All-SEC First team.
Women’s golf fi nishes 7th in tournament The No. 3 ranked Alabama women’s golf team finished 7th in the Cougar Classic in Charleston, S.C., on Tuesday. The Crimson Tide posted a combined score of 867, 3-over par for the tournament. LSU won the tour-nament, posting a score of 848, 16-under par.
Tennis player ranked 27th in nation
By Zac Al-KhateebSports Reporter
At the heels of playing a top-25 opponent in a hostile environment, The University of Alabama Crimson Tide is not looking ahead of the North Texas Mean Green. The last time Alabama played against North Texas, also in Tuscaloosa, the Tide routed them 53-7 in what was essentially a glorified scrim-mage. Still, players said the team wouldn’t take anything for granted in what they feel is an underrated North Texas team. “We look at all the teams as equally challenging,” said sophomore wide receiver Kevin Norwood. “We got a challenge ahead of us every week, so we just go out and play our best.” Senior center William Vlachos also said his team didn’t have any issues trying to stay focused against North Texas and that it would continue playing up to it’s own standards. “It really is about us,” Vlachos said. “It really is. At practice, we gotta do what we do and focus on getting better, and that’s all that really matters.” For junior tight end Michael Williams, it’s not hard for any team that is trying to stay focused, especially when you have a coach like Saban keeping you focused during practice. “So no team has been over-looked, and it’s not hard nowhere for anybody to think they’re bet-ter than this or too good to do this,” Williams said. “Because with a coach like Coach Saban, it’s not gonna happen anyway.” Team ready to have Hanks back After a two-game hiatus, senior receiver Darius Hanks will make his premiere Saturday against the North Texas Mean
Green. As Alabama continues to find its identity on offense, his presence on the field can only elevate his team’s play, espe-cially since it’s still uncertain if Duron Carter will be able to take the field this week. “[His return] does a lot,” Vlachos said. “He’s a guy that’s been around a long time. Explosive player. I think most of all he kind of brings a leadership to the offense. “He’s always vocal. No matter how many routes he has to run in practice he always has a good attitude, he’s always a vocal lead-er for our offense. So it’s gonna be big for him.” Apart from the level of tal-ent that Hanks himself brings back to the offense, his pres-ence should also help the ongo-ing growth of quarterbacks AJ McCarron and Phillip Sims. “I mean, confidence wise, I would say that it helps both of them because they had them all during the spring, all through summer, all during fall camp,” Williams said. “So, I think their confidence level will be even higher than what it already is, and it’s already up there.” Still, Hanks’ return will sure-ly help both quarterbacks in their development on the field against a North Texas defense that was recently scorched by Case Keenum of the Houston Cougars. “I’m sure it’s devastating for him not to be able to come out and join the team and be a receiver,” Norwood said. “He’s going to have a big impact. He’s an important receiver for this offense.”
Carter update Duron Carter is still practicing with the team, although there is no word on whether he will be able to take the field for this first time Saturday.
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By Alexandra Ellsworth
The Honors College Assembly’s kicks off their free documentary film series tonight with “At the Edge of Russia,” in the Ferguson Center Theater at 7 p.m. “At the Edge of Russia,” directed by Michal Marczak, was a winner of the HBO Documentary Films Emerging Artist Award. The movie is about life on one of the few remaining Russian outposts on the Artic Ocean. Each soldier stationed at the outpost has his own unique story. “The best thing about docu-mentaries is that you see some-thing you have never seen before,” said William Nolan, professor in the Honors College and the faculty advisor for the film series. It is the second semester HCA has hosted a film series. Last spring, they presented an edu-cation-themed documentary series consisting of four films.
This semester, they chose not to do a theme. Nolan said they wanted to include more films in the series and did not want to be con-strained by one topic. “We are certainly really excited to kickoff the film series,” Nolan said. “The whole semester will be a combination of brand new films–some in the-aters and some not– some clas-sics, some recent releases and some home grown movies.” “At the Edge of Russia,” was chosen from a film festival in North Carolina Nolan and a number of students attended, including Carly Palmour, a senior and HCA member. Nolan said it was a huge hit among the students. “I had the choice of seeing this movie or another one and I chose the other, but I regret-ted it,” Palmour said. “All my friends who saw at ‘At the Edge of Russia’ said it was great.” The series will consist of 10 movies, four of theses movies
will be Alabama premieres, including this week’s. “It is a good opportunity to see movies you can’t see any-where else, and it is a big deal to be able to say you saw a movie premier in your state,” Palmour said. Palmour said they chose the movies them to represent a wide range of interests. “Even people who aren’t interested in film can enjoy this series,” she said. “There is something for everyone.” “Journalists may find ‘Page One’ a documentary on the New York Times interesting, ‘Exit Through the Gift Shop,’ a documentary on street art, will appeal to artists and ‘Better This World’ is a political movie,” Palmour said. For more information about the “At the Edge of Russia” and any of the other films a part of this semester’s series, email Nolan at [email protected], or visit the HCA film series page on Facebook.
By Trey Irby
I’ve always thought a truly great live show can turn a mere building into a visual and aural experience, transforming that venue into a memory. This might be the experience I’ll feel several years down the road in relation to Saturday’s Oxford American show at the Bama Theater. Of course, a good picture doesn’t hurt. At the close of their show-stealing performance, Two Lettaz of Huntsville-based hip-hop craftsmen G-Side took a photo of the crowd, which he later posted on Twitter. This technique is a reminder of the personable nature of the group, but moreover, it’s a breaking of that barrier between fan and art-ist. The group even addresses the pros and cons of that pro-verbial fourth-wall breaking in a song called “Y U Mad,” and in the name of their most recent album, “The One…Cohesive.” I would argue G-Side’s per-formance was the climax of a shockingly well-paced show, but
I’ll admit that there is a personal attachment to what they are doing for hip-hop. To me, hip-hop has been a genre that takes big concepts and finding a way to communicate those ideas in a broad but often muddied fash-ion. This is not bad, but it’s also not subtle. (For example, Nas’ records are hour long lectures about what Nas thinks about the rap industry with a Chris Brown hook thrown in somewhere.) Now, G-Side is doing nothing new on the surface. Southern rap has a long tradition of cov-ering poverty and hardship as fuel for rhymes and eventually profit. But it’s the way G-Side communicates their ideas that truly makes their work stand out. They take pride in staying at home and creating a hip-hop haven in Huntsville and drop ref-erences to the Tide often. G-Side was the literary ver-sion of the climax, built by strong performances from the acts that preceded them. The Bear is hard to pin down musically, because they throw in
banjos and soulful hooks in an alt-country vibe. However, they are more interesting than that tag insists. And while it’s often a critic’s nightmare to not be able to compare a group’s sound to another right away, The Bear’s music is steeped in Alabama roots and sounds gorgeous beaming from a stage. Cleve Eaton and the Alabama All-Stars excel at a genre I’m normally bored by in improvi-sational jazz. However, the night was a strong showcase for Eaton, an Alabama Music Hall of Famer with a decades-long history as a session player. It appears Eaton took some of the great veteran session players of the state and developed a fine chemistry, including the talents of multi-instrumentalist Jeff Lopez. Finally, Jason Isbell was the closer of the evening. His per-formance was unsurprisingly great, and like a party you hate to die down, the end of his set felt too soon. I hope Tuscaloosa is already aware of Isbell’s tal-ent and craft as a songwriter,
Oxford American concert a strong showcase
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• Homegrown Alabama Farmers Market: Canterbury Episcopal Chapel, 3 p.m.• Bear Country pre-sented by Theatre Tuscaloosa: Bean-Brown Theatre, 7:30 p.m.• Giants and Toys: Green Bar
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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit performing at the Oxford American Music Festival at the Bama Theatre Saturday Sept. 10.
especially on a song as perfect as “Alabama Pines.” However, I imagine most readers are already well aware of Isbell’s skill. This was one of the strongest nights for the Bama Theater that
I’ve seen as a local resident, and it may have not compared to how fans felt about the Drive-By Truckers show just a few nights earlier. Long story short, good job guys.
“Going through the whole book, only three people died, and there was a beating or two,” said Jordan Buckler, a pre-law sophomore. “But, I think in real life, it would have been much worse.”
Melissa Harris-Perry, a pro-fessor at Tulane University, told MSNBC that she found the story “ahistorical and deeply troubling” but admits the story about Skeeter, the white protagonist, was a “lovely little coming of age story.”
Buckler said the story prob-ably wouldn’t have received as much backlash if it had been kept strictly fictional and hadn’t brought in any historical events. In a Q&A on her website, Stockett admit-ted that once the book started gaining momentum, she was worried that she had crossed a line and continues to worry still.
“I feel like it was a little bit sugar coated, because the
author didn’t know how peo-ple would react to the story,” Bradford said. “I thought the movie did a good job, but that was still really sugar coated.”
According to Alice Walker, author of “The Color Purple,” the best adaptation of the story wasn’t the book itself or the movie; it was the audio book.
“When I began listening to ‘The Help,’ I found myself seeing my mother’s sacrifice and love at an even greater depth than I had before by the time I finished the novel, late in the night, and after many tears and some laughter,” she wrote for her blog, Alice Walker’s Garden.
She admitted that the prem-ise of the story is flawed. Having lived in Jackson dur-ing this time, she witnessed the horrible treatment first-hand and said the white boss was only one enemy of many.
“But this is why fiction exists,” she wrote. “To tell the story in the only way you can, given the reality of one’s limi-tations.”
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