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C
ollege football has a
thing for drama.
At 10:35 p.m. on
Saturday, Stanford kicker
Jordan Williamson sent a
37-yard field goal through the
uprights and sent a Catholic
university in South Bend,
Ind., and the entire southeast
region of the country into
frenzy.
Both Notre Dame and the
Southeastern Conference
needed help to get a
chance at the BCS National
Championship game and got
it as the No. 1 and No. 2 AP
teams lost on the same day
for the first time since Dec. 1,
2007, when Missouri and West
Virginia fell. It was the third
time that season it happened.
On one hand, its really
surprising because these
teams have been beating the
hell out of everybody by three
or four touchdowns a game,
Ralph Russo, Associated
Press college football writer,
said. But on the other hand,
we really shouldnt be all that
surprised, because it tends
to work out that way every
year.
CW | Austin Bigoney, Photo Illustraion by Mackenzie Brown
Tide fans celebrate on the Strip after Stanfords victory over Oregon in overtime Saturday.
By Jordan Cissell
Staff Reporter
For Jessica Allen, the
Alabama Crimson Tides
Nov. 5, 2011 matchup against
Louisiana State University was
the game of eight centuries.
Last year I sold just my LSU
ticket alone for $800 dollars,
and it was more than worth
the penalty I received for sell-
ing it, Allen, a senior majoring
in exercise and sport science,
said. I sold all of my tickets
last year and made a great deal
of profit.
Allen is not the only UA stu-
dent profiting from the pigskin.
Katherine Cahill, a higher
education administration grad-
uate student who also attended
the University for her under-
graduate studies, said she has
sold six or seven tickets over
the course of her college career.
She sold her ticket to the Nov.
24 Iron Bowl game for $150.
This last year, I sold [my
tickets] at $5 because that is
how much I paid for them,
Cahill said. But now, as a poor
graduate student, I need the
money to pay for bills and such,
so I have been selling them for
profit.
According to rolltide.com,
the official UA athletics web-
site, students who upgrade
their regular student ticket to a
guest ticket four or more times
during a season waive their
right to purchase postseason
or regular season tickets for
the current and next seasons,
respectively. Each upgrade
also requires the payment of a
game-specific upgrade price.
Despite these barriers to
resale, Allen and Cahill are two
of many University students
who sell both upgrades and
normal student tickets, often
at a sizeable profit margin.
According to ticket aggregator
TiqIQ, as of Sunday, the aver-
age price for a single entry to
Saturdays Auburn game is
$287. The UA Facebook net-
works group Ticket Exchange
alone includes 1,258 would-be
buyers and sellers.
But Katherine Miles, a soph-
omore majoring in criminal jus-
tice and psychology, is not one
of them.
Students sell tickets for large prots
NEWS | FOOTBALL TICKETS
University has no
plans to stop practice
By Deanne Winslett
Staff Reporter
Flannel shirts. Black-
rimmed glasses. Indie music.
Put these three things togeth-
er and youve got some of the
most common components of
the stereotypical definition of
what urban society has labeled
a hipster.
One UA senior, though,
Mari-Ana Johnson, said the
stereotype is far from the real-
ity when it comes to what a
hipster actually is. The culture
is all about individuality and
not fitting into a society-engi-
neered label, she said.
Johnson said she does not
consider herself a hipster, but
is often referred to as such
among friends. She said she
believes her confidence, indi-
viduality and willingness to be
different without trying lead
to her being branded as a hip-
ster.
One of my friends the other
day told me that everybody
else he knows is detached from
themselves and that I was the
person who was most aware of
themselves, Johnson said.
Many people are uncomfort-
able being labeled as a hipster
because of its negative conno-
tations, but Johnson said she
does not have a problem with
it.
I definitely feel like its like
a combination of all things,
Johnson said. I know people
who wear skinny jeans and all
that stuff, but that doesnt nec-
essarily make them a hipster.
These stereotypes and nega-
tive associations are partially
because of the misunderstand-
ings and misrepresentations
of the term within common
society. Websites such as hip-
sterhandbook.com help to
show the term in a negative
light.
According to the intro-
duction page to The Hipster
Handbook, The Hipster walks
among the masses in daily life
but is not a part of them and
shuns and reduces anything
held dear by the mainstream.
The website claims to be
geared toward the genuine
hipster community.
Several years on, still trying to dene hipster
CULTURE | HIPSTERS
CW | Jingyu Wan
UA hipster says sub-culture
not about pretention, rooted in
individuality.
UA students explain the effects of label,
depictions of hipster sub-culture on life
SEE HIPSTER PAGE 8
SGA Executive
Vice President
Harris removed
SEE CHAOS PAGE 12
SEE TICKETS PAGE 7
By Melissa Brown
News Editor
Student Government
Association President Matt
Calderone said former
Executive Vice President Matt
Harris was removed from
office Thursday for failure to
perform duties.
Calderone cited Article IX,
Section 1, Subsection E of the
SGA constitution as grounds
for Harriss removal, which
reads Failure, for any other
cause, to perform the duties of
office.
Former SGA executive
vice president Matt Harris
was removed from office
on Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 8:16
a.m., Calderone said in an
email Sunday night. The cir-
cumstances regarding Vice
President Harriss failure
to perform the duties of his
office are personal.
The SGA announced
Harriss removal Thursday
night in an emailed statement
from executive press secre-
tary Meagan Bryant.
This decision was made
with consideration of the best
interest of the SGA, as well as
the former SGA executive vice
president, Bryant said. We
ask that all please respect his
privacy during this time.
Though the constitution
outlines a plan of removal
that includes a petition for
impeachment and weeks
worth of senate hearings,
Calderone said Chapter
204.2.1 in the SGA Code of
Laws allowed Harris to be
removed without an impeach-
ment process.
Chapter 204.2.1 states In
the event that an unpaid
executive branch member
fails to complete any duty of
office, the member is subject
to removal from office.
Though the executive vice
president is typically a paid
executive position, Calderone
said he requested Harriss pay
be halted at the end of the
first week of November.
SEE HARRIS PAGE 3
President Calderone
calls reasons for
departure personal
CW File
Matt Harris
NEWS | SGA
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FRIDAY
What: CLC Movie Nights:
Central Station
Where: 241 B.B. Comer Hall
When: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
What: Bollywood Movie -
Jab Tak Hai Jaan
Where: Bama Theatre
When: 7:30 - 9 p.m.
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vs. North Texas
Where: Foster Auditorium
When: 6:30 p.m.
What: RA Interest Session
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122
When: 7 - 8 p.m.
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The extramarital affair of
retired Gen. David Petraeus,
commander of U.S. forces in
Afghanistan before being elevat-
ed to CIA director, is a black eye
for the Army and undermines
the services code of military con-
duct and its doctrine of support
for families, local military leaders
and experts say.
But the scandal, while titil-
lating, shouldnt have a long-
term affect on military disci-
pline, those experts say. Thats
because Petraeus, 60, was retired
before he began his tryst with
his 40-year-old biographer and
because he resigned his CIA post
immediately when news of the
affair surfaced.
If it had been unacknowl-
edged or glossed over or not
acted upon, I think it probably
would have more of an effect,
said retired Maj. Gen. William
Dutch Holland, a former com-
mander of the Ninth Air Force,
based at Shaw Air Force Base in
Sumter, S.C. The standards are
the standards, and they should
be equally applied to the three-
striper (enlisted personnel) as
well as the four-star general or
admiral. If the standards are not
held appropriately at one level or
the other, then I think youve got
a problem.
Carla Atkinson, director of
Army community services at
Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C.,
the Armys largest training base,
agrees.
Atkinsons department helps
military families deal with the
challenges presented by multiple
deployments, financial issues
and combat-related stress. She
said any time a high-ranking
officer is not consistent in their
values it hurts the service and
makes it harder to instill those
values in young soldiers.
Leaders are supposed to set
an example, she said. Right
now, its a black eye and hurts
our reputation. But long term,
the Army will survive.
Petraeus resigned Nov. 9 after
acknowledging he had an affair
with Paula Broadwell, a fellow
West Point graduate who spent
months studying the generals
leadership in Afghanistan and
wrote a biography of him, titled
All In: The Education of General
David Petraeus.
Broadwell met Petraeus in
2006 as a graduate student when
the general spoke at the Kennedy
School of Government at Harvard
University. She started a doctoral
dissertation on Petraeus lead-
ership style before expanding it
into the biography.
Frederic J. Medway, a
University of South Carolina dis-
tinguished professor emeritus
and a Columbia, S.C., psycholo-
gist, said the Petraeus-Broadwell
affair is a textbook professor-
student attraction with little rela-
tionship to the military except
that Petraeus was a soldier.
Its a classic model, he said.
Shes hanging on your every
word. Shes telling you how
much she admires you. You work
together closely, and the close-
ness grows. We shouldnt be
surprised that it would lead to a
relationship.
Petraeus reportedly ended
the affair last summer when he
learned that Broadwell had been
sending harassing e-mails to a
family friend, Jill Kelley, a Florida
socialite who passed the emails
along to an FBI agent.
Medway said the emails, too,
are a classic reaction of a young
admirer who sees a threat from
another potential suitor.
She views this as her last
shot to have a relationship with
her hero, her lover, her mentor
and, because we are in South
Carolina, I have to say, her soul
mate, Medway said, in a refer-
ence to former S.C. Gov. Mark
Sanford, and his confession of an
extramarital affair.
Although not unusual and not
necessarily related to his military
service, Petraeus affair has taken
on more importance in the media
because of his leadership posi-
tion in the Armed Forces during a
time of war, Medway said.
Anytime you have bad news
it harms an institution, he said.
Thats why the people in charge
of that institution, in this case the
president, want to clean house . .
. because of the visibility of this
major figure.
Although the effect on the
military should be minimal in
the long term, there are lessons
to be learned from the affair,
said Claudia Smith Brinson,
a senior lecturer at Columbia
College and the daughter of an
Air Force officer.
Even though he is a retired
general, he still draws a pen-
sion and is called a general, she
Petraeus scandal a black eye for Army, but no long-term effects, personnel say
MCT Campus
TRENTON, N.J. As Obama
administration officials toured
storm-ravaged parts of New
Jersey on Friday and pledged to
speed the recovery from super-
storm Sandy, Gov. Chris Christie
and other elected officials put
pressure on the president and
Congress to come through with
hundreds of millions of dollars in
financial help.
In advance of Vice President
Joe Bidens scheduled Sunday
tour of storm damage in the state,
Christie said he has asked the vice
president for help in reinforcing
New Jerseys 127 miles of beach-
es to withstand another major
weather event.
He said the effort would cost
about $750 million a cost he
wants the federal government to
shoulder.
I will not back away from
rebuilding the Jersey Shore,
Christie said at his first public
event in two weeks not dedicated
to relief efforts.
The governor was in Newark
with state and national labor lead-
ers to hail a new contract with the
citys teachers that included merit
pay provisions.
Yet the governor spent much of
his time talking about the states
rebuilding efforts, promising to
pursue legislative action to force
beachfront property owners to
accept beach replenishment if they
resisted reconstruction efforts.
And he defended the efforts
of Jersey Central Power & Light
in restoring electricity after the
storm. Several North Jersey
towns are petitioning the state to
revoke the companys license, cit-
ing a slow storm response.
But Christie said New Jerseys
utilities restored electricity
faster than their counterparts in
neighboring states, adding that
the company responded quickly
because I beat the hell out of
JCP&L last year after Hurricane
Irene, when residents also saw
prolonged power outages.
Meanwhile, Obama admin-
istration officials met with the
states two Democratic senators
in Monmouth County on Friday,
pledging to work with mayors,
legislators and other officials to
speed recovery.
Our job, first and foremost, is
to make sure we cut every piece
of red tape, slash every regula-
tion that we need to make sure
that help is on the way as quickly
as possible, said Housing and
Urban Development Secretary
Shaun Donovan, whom Obama
has put in charge of coordinating
long-term recovery from Sandy.
Donovan, who said he will
focus on trying to get home-
owners and businesses back
on their feet, spoke outside the
Federal Emergency Management
Agencys New Jersey coordination
center with Homeland Security
Secretary Janet Napolitano and
U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez and
Frank Lautenberg.
Menendez asked residents
to register with FEMA on the
agencys website or at 1-800-621-
FEMA to receive federal disas-
ter assistance.
So far, 210,000 residents have
registered with the agency, and
they have received a total of $186
million, Napolitano said.
said. Your code of honor should
remain.
Still, Brinson predicted
Petraeus eventually will be for-
given for his transgressions, even
if he shouldnt be. Broadwell, she
added, already has been painted
as a vixen who ensnared a gen-
eral, a label that Brinson doesnt
think Broadwell deserves.
Its sexist, she said. Theres a
stereotype assigned. The phrase
wily temptress has already been
used.
Brinson noted that Gen. Dwight
Eisenhower, commander of Allied
forces in World War II, had an
affair with aide Kay Summersby
and went on to become the presi-
dent of the United States.
Thats the other sexist aspect
of this, she said, That boys will
be boys. We went through that
with Bill Clinton. Core character
can be overlooked.
Brinson added that leads to a
conflicted and sometimes contra-
dictory reaction to the scandal.
Because we are sending
soldiers into situations of possible
death, we have a higher expecta-
tion that our leaders behave in a
certain way, she said. But still
we excuse the men. We label the
women. We arent quite sure how
to respond and who to blame.
Ike McLeese, the chief execu-
tive of the Greater Columbia
Chamber of Commerce and cur-
rently a civilian aide to the secre-
tary of the Army, said the scandal
will resonate especially in light
of the Benghazi controversy and
fears that national security had
been compromised.
But in the end, the spotlight will
move on, he predicts.
Does it hurt the Army? It
doesnt help, he said. But, over
the long haul, like most things
in this country, well move to
the next major news story. Its
a human tragedy a man who
has served that distinguished a
career to screw it up at the end
by bad judgment. But, over the
long haul, Im not sure it will hurt
that much.
Feds vow rapid aid to rebuild from Sandy
BURKE
Editor | Melissa Brown
newsdesk@cw.ua.edu
Monday, November 19, 2012
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By Tori Linville
Contributing Writer
The Awards Committee for
The University of Alabama
is looking for its next junior,
senior and non-student
recipients for its highest
honors. Applications for the
Universitys Premier Awards
are due Nov. 30 at 5 p.m.
Sara Hartley, assistant to
the vice president for External
Affairs, explained the basis
for the awards.
Many of the awards
are endowed in honor of
individuals who embody
various characteristics in
which the University hopes
to celebrate, Hartley said.
These awards are meant for
any student who exemplifies
the ideals in which the vari-
ous awards represent, such as
selfless service, collaboration
among diverse groups or an
appreciation and gift with the
arts.
The awards include the
William P. Bloom Award,
The Morris Lehman Mayer
Award, The Catherine J.
Randall Award, The John
Fraser Ramsey Award
and The Algernon Sydney
Sullivan Award.
Though each award has its
own qualifications, the recipi-
ents must be a junior or senior
if they are a UA student; their
class is determined by their
graduation date instead of
their hours earned. The GPA
range of the awards is similar,
with the lowest requirement a
3.0 and the highest a 3.9 on a
4.0 scale. Other requirements
include a written essay, rec-
ommendations from faculty/
staff and further information
related to the awards criteria.
Applicants must also tell
about their contributions to
the University and their aca-
demic record as well, Hartley
said.
The William P. Bloom Award
highlights a student who has
improved relations among dif-
ferent groups. Emma Fick, a
senior majoring in English,
was the 2012 recipient of the
William P. Bloom Award and
explained how it benefited
her personally.
The award encouraged me
to think about other presti-
gious scholarships Id never
thought to pursue before, and
I decided to apply for national
scholarships like Fulbright
and Rhodes, Fick said. The
Bloom is also a nice perk on
my resume after all, I get to
describe it, according to the
Premier Awards website, as
one of the five highest hon-
ors given by The University
of Alabama.
In addition to the brag-
ging rights that come along
with being awarded the
Universitys highest honor,
students are also exposed
to other benefits that are
not as obvious. Students can
earn monetary gifts, nation-
wide recognition and even
a trip abroad.
To a student aspiring to
win a Premier Award, spend
a lot of time on your essay, as
that is the main way review-
ers will get to know you, Fick
said. And think carefully
about who you ask for your
letter of recommendation;
favor someone that knows
your character over someone
that knows your academic
strength ideally someone
that knows both.
More information for
those interested about
the Premier Awards or
applying can be found at
premierawards.ua.edu.
UA invites students to apply for highest honors
Recognizes two graduat-
ing seniors and one non-
student winner that have
excellence of character,
demonstrating the highest
standards of scholarship,
leadership and service.
Minimum 3.0 GPA, good
judicial standing and
an essay including their
definition of character
required.
The Morris Lehman
Mayer Award
Recognizes one graduat-
ing senior and one teach-
ing faculty member who
exhibit selfless service,
leadership and
contributions to student
life.
Minimum 3.3 GPA, good
judicial standing and an
essay defining com-
munity and civic service
required.
Awarded $1,500.
The Catherine J.
Randall Award
Recognizes one senior on
the basis of GPA, inten-
sity of course study and
outstanding scholarly/
creative endeavors.
Minimum 3.9 GPA, good
judicial standing and an
essay explaining why
theyre the most outstand-
ing student scholar at the
University required.
Awarded at least
$1,000.
The John Fraser
Ramsey Award
Recognizes one junior
honor student that has
a versatility of gifts and
attainments, as well as a
breadth of excellence in
mind and character.
Minimum 3.3 GPA, good
judicial standing and an
essay demonstrating their
academic and nonaca-
demic pursuits required.
Awarded with a trip to
Europe and $6,000.
The William P. Bloom
Award
Recognizes a junior who
has improved relations
among different groups.
Minimum 3.2 GPA, good
judicial standing and
an essay giving specific
examples of the improve-
ments among the different
groups required.
Awarded $2,500.
FAST FACTS
The Algernon Sydney
Sullivan Award
Recognizes the practical
application of noble ide-
als and is based on excel-
lence of character and
service to humanity.
Considered the high-
est honor offered by the
University.
Recognized nationwide.
At my request, the executive
secretary Brielle Appelbaum
notified attorney general
Ashley Vickers that she would
be suspending his [Harriss]
pay at her discretion and my
request, Calderone said.
Calderone said the SGA will
follow the process outlined
in the constitution to fill the
vacant position. All students
will have the opportunity to
apply for the office.
We plan to begin adver-
tising an application after
Thanksgiving with applica-
tions tentatively due by the end
of the semester, Calderone
said. We plan to conduct inter-
views immediately after winter
break, followed by a selection
made by the executive council.
According to Article IV,
Section 4, of the constitution,
the executive council will
nominate a candidate to fill
the position following an appli-
cation process, who has to be
approved by a majority vote of
the senate.
Section 4 also outlines a
four-part procedure to use for
appointment. According to the
Constitution, applications for
the position must be available
to all students for 10 full class
days before the executive coun-
cil begins the qualifications
review process.
Following the qualifications
process, an executive branch
official will interview qualified
candidates and proceed with
a nomination. The nomina-
tion must be presented to the
senate for a vote within 10 full
class days of the review and
interview process.
HARRIS FROM PAGE 1
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Monday, November 19, 2012
OPINIONS
NEWS
OPINION
CULTURE
SPORTS
Page 4
By Brad Tipper
Staff Columnist
For the second year in a row, the stars
have aligned for our Alabama Crimson Tide
football team. After a tough loss at home last
weekend, the football gods looked favorably
upon our storied program with the upsets of
Kansas State and Oregon, flipping the col-
lege football scene on its axis. Now it seems
that, barring any major disasters, the SEC
title game will play host to what is essential-
ly a BCS championship play in game.
The Road to 15 is still alive this season,
so for us, all seems right in the world once
again. Or does it? Unfortunately, as our foot-
ball team makes their way out to Atlanta, Ga.,
to play in what could almost be considered a
home game for UGA, a vast majority of our
student body will not get the opportunity to
cheer them on inside the Georgia Dome. This
past week, University Athletics announced
that out of the 16,000 SEC championship tick-
ets they received, only 1,920 of them would be
available to be purchased by students.
With such a small number of tickets being
allotted, any student with less then 96 hours
completed here at the University is ineligi-
ble to purchase a ticket through our athletic
department. Of course this doesnt mean
those who dont have the required hours
cant attend the game altogether, just be pre-
pared to shell out a pretty penny to attend.
(The least expensive ticket available cur-
rently on Stubhub.com is $300 for an upper
deck seat.) So for those of us who cant afford
to pay such exorbitant prices for a ticket,
the magic and excitement of attending the
championship game as a student will not be
possible.
While I am not naive enough to suggest
that all 16,000 of the Universitys tickets
should be received by members of our stu-
dent body, I do believe it to be possible for a
broader range of students to have the oppor-
tunity to purchase one. Its understood that
the University must take care of faculty, staff
and most importantly our deep pocketed
alumni, but its hard to understand why such
a small number of students were eligible to
purchase the face value $60 through our own
school.
Those alumni who received the tickets
through donations to the University obvious-
ly are more readily able to purchase higher
price tickets through other sources then we
are as college students. It makes it all the
more frustrating that this isnt the only time
our student body has been given the short
end of the stick when it comes to big foot-
ball games this season. After a large number
of us signed up last spring for tickets to our
season opener against Michigan, we were
notified a week before the game that not all
of us would receive actual seats and instead
would be given a Spirit Pass standing-room
only ticket.
It seems that we as students are on the
bottom of our athletic departments list
in providing access to attend our football
teams games which are played by fellow
members of our student body, not alumni.
Bottom line: We love our football team and
all the success they have had throughout
their history, especially as of late. Its not a
secret that our school is football crazy, and
all we as students would like is to have the
opportunity to be a part of the excitement
of games like the SEC championship, one of
the most important games of the entire col-
lege football season.
Its seasons like this that will be a part of
the continued legacy of our historic football
program, and I think I can speak for the
entire student body in saying that attending
games like the one in the Georgia Dome in
a few weeks is something we would remem-
ber for a lifetime. In the future I hope the
University will allow for a bigger portion
of our passionate student body a chance to
experience games like this in person.
Brad Tipper is a junior majoring in econom-
ics and political science. His column runs
biweekly on Mondays.
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MCT Campus
Since 2001, rockets have been
fired more than 12,800 times
towards southern Israel from
the Gaza strip. Thats an average
of about three rockets a day for
11 years. Kids have grown up in
southern Israeli cities, such as
Sderot, living in constant fear
and anxiety of incoming rocket
attacks. Having to run to bomb
shelters on a daily basis is no way
to live anywhere in the world, but
this is what the people in south-
ern Israel have experienced
every day for more than a decade.
Many of you may not know, but
tensions of these constant rock-
ets attacks by Hamas, the terror-
ist organization that governs the
Gaza Strip, are starting finally
to boil over. On Wednesday, Nov.
15, Israel launched Operation
Pillar of Cloud in response to this
11-year rocket attack, sparked
when one of these rockets hit an
army jeep traveling near the bor-
der, injuring four Israeli soldiers.
Operation Pillar of Cloud began
with a precision Israeli strike
assassinating Ahmed Al-Jaabari,
the second in command of
the military wing of Hamas.
Al-Jaabari was also responsible
for keeping Israeli solider, Gilad
Shalit, hostage for more than five
years. Shalit was finally released
on Oct. 18, 2011, when Israel
traded 1,027 Palestinian prison-
ers, 300 of which were convicted
murderers, for Gilad Shalits life
and safe return to Israel.
The Gilad Shalit prisoner
exchange is a prime example of
the morals that Israel has fol-
lowed since its independence on
May 14, 1948. This new operation
is going to be no different and
all Israel has in mind is peace
and nothing but peace. Prime
Minister of Israel Benjamin
Netanyahu, put it best: If Israel
were to put down its arms
there would be no more Israel.
If the Arabs were to put down
their arms there would be no
more war.
Jason Unger is the vice-presi-
dent of the Alabama Friends of
Israel club.
Quest for peace in Israel
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
By Chris Beacham
Staff Columnist
In the election of 2012, vot-
ers in the states of Maryland
and Maine chose to legalize
gay marriage. To many, this
was a cause for celebration
and foreshadowing of wide-
spread change. To others, it
was something to be wary
of. To get straight to the
point, for a long time Ive
been amused and baffled as
to why this is even an issue.
Why does government feel
the need to get involved with
marriage?
The issue here is not so
much about defining mar-
riage as it is about equality.
Since traditional views of
marriage define the institu-
tion as something between
a man and woman, same
sex couples would not be
able to enter into it in most
states. They can be granted
the same legal rights as a
married couple and be rec-
ognized as being part of
a civil union. Ive heard
people say, Give them the
legal benefits, but dont call
it marriage.
Many politicians, mostly
Republican, seem to think
that as long as same sex cou-
ples have the same benefits
as heterosexual couples, they
should be happy. The thing
they dont understand is its
also about the principle. You
may give them the legal ben-
efits of being in a marriage,
but if you dont recognize it
as a marriage or call it that,
you are not treating it equal-
ly. The gay and lesbian com-
munity wants equality.
Why do we so strongly
feel the need to protect mar-
riage? Does this institution,
when done traditionally,
even work? Does it accom-
plish what it sets out to do?
Divorce rates have been
around 50 percent in the
last few years for first mar-
riages. Second and third
marriage divorce rates go
even higher, with up to one-
fourth success rates. This
means that first marriages
succeed as much as they fail,
and the potential for divorce
increases with each mar-
riage. The divorce rate has
declined marginally in the
21st century because more
people are choosing not to
get married.
Its a great thing to be
able to express your love for
another person, but mar-
riage seeks to provide secu-
rity more than anything.
Thats what it is there for.
In my view, a couple can
express that without this
institution, and when two
people are in an intimate
relationship with strong
commitment, marriage
already exists, although it
may not be bound by con-
tract. Marriage also can go
against the flow of change,
which is natural and a part
of life. People are going to
want different things and
different relationships, if
they choose to have them,
at different parts of their
lives, even if they dont real-
ize it yet. But if we want
to discuss marriage as an
issue, the issue needs to
be the institution itself. It
needs to be modified and
updated and not something
for government to monitor.
The vows need to change,
so people arent saying
til death do us part mul-
tiple times in their lives,
which is really silly, and the
contractual obligation
aspect of it needs to dis-
appear. This is a First
Amendment issue. In
Ron Pauls book Liberty
Defined, he says, The
definition of marriage is
what divides so many. Why
not tolerate everybodys
definition as long as neither
side uses force to impose
its views on the other?
Problem solved!
The bottom line is that gay
couples should be allowed to
be married on the national
level. Government should
not be involved with defining
marriage. Before defending
traditional marriage, change
it and get back to equality.
Oh, and stop making such
a big deal out of it.
Chris Beacham is a sopho-
more majoring in psy-
chology. His column runs
biweekly on Mondays.
The real problem behind marriage equality found in the institution
By SoRelle Wyckoff
Opinion Editor
Tuscaloosa is so fabulous
sometimes it overwhelms me.
This is a deep-south college
campus that has more David
Yurman rings and Mercedes
in one condensed area than
the nearby country club. But
I dont mind the culture some
students bring: high-fashion-
esque outfits mixed with a
southern drawl make a deli-
cious combination irresistible
to outsiders.
Yet while Tuscaloosas
night life is admittedly
impressive, I have never been
able to justify paying $20 to
enter one of our bars $5 or
$10 is even pushing it.
Ive always been perplexed
by the idea of paying money
to enter an establishment,
to then buy their products,
giving said establishment
even more money.
But weekend after week-
end, Im met at the entrance
of bars like Innisfree and
Gallettes with a charge just
to enter and thats before I
even open a tab. This leads to
half my friends entering and
half leaving to search for a bar
that is free to enter.
Besides being confused as
to why you would pay cover,
Im confused why you would
charge it in the first place.
The eternal optimistic,
I assumed the reason was
justifiable. Perhaps cover is
necessary to facilitate the
cost of bouncers or a band or
bartenders. But when I asked
the various cover-taking
bouncers I came in contact
with throughout the past few
weekends, their justification
was nonexistent. They were
unsure of the reason and
said their nights pay did not
reflect the high cost of entry.
Bartenders echoed similar
sentiments. I also didnt see
any bands in sight, so check
that possibility off the list.
Granted, when the cover is
because of a band, its a fee
Im more than willing to pay,
or if its for a charity event
or fundraiser. But mandat-
ing a cover just because its
Saturday? Aint nobody got
time for that.
High cover, sometimes
reaching $20 or more, as it
did the weekend of the Texas
A&M game, was embarrass-
ing in front of my visiting
Aggies. There isnt cover
in College Station, a town
similar in size and demo-
graphics to Tuscaloosa
and Northgate could easily
rival the strip.
But perhaps Tuscaloosas
nightlife is better than my first
example, and paying a cover
is worth it for the experience,
people and atmostphere.
Fine, compare it to 6th
Street in Austin, Texas an
attraction equivalent to a safe
and clean Bourbon Street.
With the exception of events
like New Years Eve or South
by Southwest, there isnt
cover there either, and 6th
Street isnt even in the same
nightlife realm as the Strip.
But if cover exists in
Tuscaloosa, is not the fault
of the bars that choose to
demand it it is the fault of
the students who are will-
ing to pay it. If you insist
on paying $10 or $20 to get
into Gallettes, 4th and 23rd
and Innisfree, Im assuming
the cost of trendiness is
worth it.
There are many bars
The Houndstooth, Gray
Lady, Moes and The Crimson
Tavern, Speakeasy (I could
go on) that rarely, if ever,
require a cover. And if they
do, its not above $5.
I have nothing against the
bars that often require cover
- they are, after all, some of
my favorites. But on a college
student budget, I dont have
the liberty to pay to get in and
then pay even more to drink. I
would think bars aimed at col-
lege students would be aware
of our limited funding. I would
also think that fellow col-
lege students would be more
financially aware and realize
the reason cover still exists is
because you still pay it.
SoRelle Wyckoff is the opin-
ion editor of The Crimson
White. Her column runs on
Mondays.
Expensive covers still exist because you are willing to pay them
NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Monday, November 19, 2012 | Page 5
By Sarah Robinson
Contributing Writer
For most students, an intern-
ship means getting coffee and
running errands. But for one
former mechanical engineering
undergraduate, it meant watch-
ing the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration test its
rocket engines.
Robert Talley, a University of
Alabama mechanical engineer-
ing graduate student, was given
numerous opportunities to wit-
ness what he says the public
and even some NASA employ-
ees dont get access to when he
traveled to Bay St. Louis, Miss.,
to intern with the Stennis Space
Center during summer 2012.
I was a couple hundred
feet from the rocket engines as
they fired, Talley said. It was
extremely fun. I looked forward
to going to work every day.
During Talleys 10-week expe-
rience, which he applied for
in March as a UA mechanical
engineering undergraduate, he
was given various projects. His
main task was to find a non-
nuclear alternative for nuclear
thermal propulsion.
The most promising device
seemed to be a pebble bed
heater, which uses hundreds of
thousands of very small pebbles
or even bricks to super-heat
heat whatever fluid is passing
through it, Talley said. Once I
had that down, I had to figure out
which pipe materials could han-
dle the super-hot hydrogen com-
ing out of the pebble bed heater
and transport it to the engine.
Talley also had to determine
the necessary pipe diameter
that would provide the appropri-
ate mass flow rate and pressure
to the rocket engine interface
and to choose which fuel tanks
on site would be best-suited for
simulating a non-nuclear engine
test, along with a number of
other responsibilities.
He also had to create a
database to compile all of
his research and calcu-
lations in an organized,
easy-to-follow system.
Beth Todd, an associate pro-
fessor in the UA mechanical
engineering program, was happy
to know one of the students from
the mechanical engineering pro-
gram is doing well.
Its always great when we
have one of our undergrads
get an internship with NASA,
Todd said.
Talleys main goal going into
the internship was to make a
good impression. After complet-
ing his main summer project that
SSC expected to take 10 weeks in
only 4-5 weeks, Talley was confi-
dent he accomplished that goal.
I believe I did make a really
good impression, because I
was very consistent and hard
working, he said.
Harry Ryan, a NASA engineer
who mentored Talley, said he
was pleased with Talleys efforts.
Robert did an outstanding
job during his time at NASA
SSC, Ryan said. I was very
impressed with Roberts skill
in the field of mechanical engi-
neering and his enthusiasm
for the work.
For Talley, the internship
was a transition from school to
the real world, and he encour-
aged other students to take the
opportunity to intern in their
field of study.
College is great, but we are
all sheltered by classrooms. We
dont really know what its like
to apply what we have learned,
he said. Its good to get [a]
sneak peak or preview of whats
to come.
Talley has plans to apply for
another internship with NASA
in the near future. Although his
schedule as a grad student wont
allow him to manage a full-time
job, he hopes his prior experi-
ence with them will earn him
another chance to work with the
national program.
By Sarah Elizabeth Tooker
Staff Reporter
Rumors of scams involving
the lucrative practice of sell-
ing Gameday parking spaces
have surfaced throughout the
2012 football season. Lauren
Silvio, a senior majoring in
food and nutrition, said she
has seen the same scenario
occur several times near her
off-campus house.
Ive seen men see empty
spots in our alley right
behind [Tutwiler] between
12th and 13th Street, and
they sell the spot and take
the persons money, Silvio
said. Then after the people
walk away, the man leaves,
and the car gets towed
because its someones
private lot.
The University claims they
have not been warned of this
parking scam happening on
game days.
We are not aware of park-
ing scams that have occurred
on campus this season,
Cathy Andreen, director of
media relations, said. We
do appreciate staff and fans
who would warn us if they
see them occurring.
Ronnie Robertson, direc-
tor of parking services for
the University, explained
that all Gameday park-
ing locations and some off-
campus locations, as well as
their cost, can be found at
www.uagameday.com. Fans
have the ability to reserve
legitimate parking spaces
on campus for $25. If you do
not book in advance, parking
spots can sometimes still be
found the day of the game
with pricing between $20 and
$30, according to the website.
By purchasing parking in
advance, they can be assured
they will have a parking
space when they arrive to
campus, know what the cost
will be and receive a reduced
rate to park, Robertson
said. If fans do not pre-
purchase parking and they
arrive on campus and are
in doubt about an area that
is being sold, they should
not pay to park, and leave
that area or call 348-5454 or
311 to verify.
To some students who are
able to sell their extra park-
ing spaces around campus,
these scams are starting to
hurt their often-large profits.
We make between $450
and $500 per game and divide
it up three ways, Andrew
Foley, a sophomore majoring
in economics and mathemat-
ics, said. He explained that
while some students use the
money for extra spending,
some guys, like his room-
mate, need that cash to help
pay their rent.
It is infuriating that some-
one is doing that, because
not only are they severely
inconveniencing the people
parking by getting them
towed, but they are also
throwing the students who
actually have property under
the bus, Foley said. Its
stealing our business, and if
it continues, it could deter
fans from using that method
to park.
By Ashley Tripp
Staff Reporter
A 16-year-old scholarship
continues this year as the
Universitys highly selective
pre-med and medical education
program encourages qualified
students to pursue careers as
family doctors in rural areas in
the state.
The Rural Medical Scholars
Program was founded in 1996
and is directed by John Wheat,
a medical doctor and professor
of community medicine and
internal medicine.
Wheat said the mission of
the program, which is open
to all undergraduate seniors
and graduate students plan-
ning on attending medical
school, is to produce physi-
cians for rural Alabama who
are leaders in developing
healthy communities.
Throughout RMSP, schol-
ars are provided a professional
peer group that will support
them throughout their training
and careers while developing
the necessary skills to become
community leaders, Wheat
said.
RMSP introduces scholars
to aspects of medical care that
are important to rural practice
and to the diversity of the rural
population of Alabama and also
provides practice in relating
to the various rural cultures,
Wheat said.
Medical Director John
Brandon is responsible for the
recruiting process and orga-
nizing the interview dates.
He said admission is based on
high academic achievement,
character, rural identity and
leadership qualities.
The first process is to select
the kinds of students for the
program who are likely to
become rural family physi-
cians, Brandon said. The
medical school is trying to
slowly increase, and this year
we were granted 11 [schol-
ars] with the anticipation of
it increasing.
To stand out above other
applicants, Wheat said one
must show a mature interest in
becoming a rural family physi-
cian by shadowing with a rural
family doctor or by serving in
a rural community as another
health professional.
The next step is to prepare
them for the rigors of medical
school and for leadership in
rural communities in a year-
long program in Tuscaloosa.
These activities completed
in a masters program year
prior to medical school are
designed to build a peer group
among the scholars that will be
of support during the stressful
years of medical school and to
develop leadership skills and
understanding of rural com-
munity life necessary for such
leadership, Wheat said.
Wheat said the scholars
most enjoy the opportunities
the program offers for them
to explore rural Alabama and
its people.
Scholars accompany the
Medical Association of the
State of Alabama on its visit to
Washington, D.C., to visit with
our Alabama delegation as part
of their health policy and lead-
ership education, Wheat said.
To better familiarize stu-
dents with key aspects of
rural communities that are
not apparent in urban areas,
scholars conduct activities
with local farmers, such as field
trips, site visits and assess-
ment of farm environmental
and worker health, as well as
complete a related research
project, Wheat said. The pro-
gram also allows students the
opportunity to work with rural
schools, churches, community
health centers, hospitals and
family physicians.
After an additional two years
of study in Birmingham, Ala.,
for medical school, the scholars
return to Tuscaloosa for their
final two years.
Scholars will get at least
eight continuous weeks of
training in a rural commu-
nity with a family physician in
which they study both patient
care and the health of the total
community, Wheat said.
Andrew Richardson, direc-
tor of advancement and alumni
affairs, said the RMSP is an
important part in the struggle
to provide health care to the
areas that need it most.
Rural areas are constantly
struggling to provide primary
care to their residents, and
fulfilling that need is the pri-
mary mission of the College of
Community Health Sciences,
he said.
Richardson also said it is
hard to convince medical stu-
dents to pursue primary care
in a rural area.
A better alternative is to
recruit students from those
areas and encourage them to
return after graduating from
medical school. They have
seen the need first-hand, and
they are more likely to go
home after training, he said.
To request an applica-
tion for the Rural Health
Scholars Program, contact
Irene Wallace in Nott Hall
Room 338, by phone at (205)
348-5892 or through email
at iwallace@cchs.ua.edu.
Program readies pre-med students for rural work
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UA graduate student works behind the scenes at NASA
Possible Gameday parking scams pose problems for visiting fans
For questions, concerns, or to report potential stormwater violations
contact the Office of Environmental Health & Safety at
348-5905 and ehs@bama.ua.edu
This is our water.
Lets all protect it.
Use trash receptacles for disposal of
foatable materials that can fnd their
way into our local bodies of water.
Open Sunday 11-3
By Taylor Veazey
Contributing Writers
Bama Buddies, a UA inter-
group service project that
creates and customizes
stuffed animals for local chil-
dren, is asking interested
organizations or individuals
to sign up by Nov. 23 if they
want to participate in an
upcoming Bonanza event.
Bama Buddies is one of
the many events put on by
the SOURCE, and gives stu-
dents the opportunity to stuff
a small animal toy, complete
with a heart, to give to local
Tuscaloosa children.
David Phelps, the direc-
tor of organizational leader-
ship for the SOURCE, said
one of the main goals of the
Bonanza is to provide a way
for student organizations to
connect with each other.
We really want to see col-
laboration among diverse
groups on campus, Phelps
said. We think stuffing a lit-
tle animal could be a great ice
breaker for starting conver-
sations with people who you
might not usually talk to.
The Bonanzas offer a dis-
counted price of $8 per buddy,
which usually costs $10, along
with games and socializing
among students.
Tyler Morgan, vice presi-
dent of programs for Sigma
Tau Gamma, recently attend-
ed a Bonanza with a group
of 25 people. He said Bama
Buddies is a good way to give
back to Tuscaloosa, especial-
ly during the holiday season.
Most people think of the
tornado and cleanup, and
we thought, There is a lot
of focus on that, why not
help out others, Morgan
said. Instead of focusing on
town rehabilitation, why not
focus on rehabilitation of
childhood? That tends to get
overlooked, and is especially
important during Christmas.
The SOURCE hopes to
make 800 Bama Buddies this
year to share with children
through the Rise Center and
Tuscaloosas One Place.
Bama Buddies will also
have opportunities for
students not involved in
organizations to help out.
Look for their mobile build-
ing stations at the Iron Bowl
tailgate Nov. 24 as well as
their Build-A-Thon Nov.
26-30 in the Ferguson Center,
Student Rec Center, and
in residence halls.
For more information
and Bama Buddies sched-
ules, visit thesource.ua.edu/
bama-buddies.
Bama Buddies looks for Bonanza participants
By Molly Olmstead
Contributing Writer
Give a man a fish, and you
feed him for a day. Teach a
man to fish, and you feed him
for a lifetime.
This is the philosophy
behind the new Freshman
Learning Community that
teaches students to iden-
tify a problem and imple-
ment a sustainable solution
in their local communities.
The FLC Real Problems,
Real Solutions: Serving the
Community and Making a
Difference with $100 con-
sists of two groups of nine
students, each working with
the Tuscaloosa Housing
Authority to create a lasting
solution to a problem using
only $100.
The idea behind this comes
from the $100 Solution, a
nonprofit organization that
encourages students to learn
leadership and social respon-
sibility while bettering their
communities. The program
is built on five pillars: reflec-
tion, capacity building,
partnership, sustainability
and reciprocity.
Sara Hartley, director
of First Year Experience,
learned about the $100
Solution this summer while
participating in Semester
at Sea, a study abroad pro-
gram sponsored by the
University of Virginia.
While on board, she assist-
ed Bernie Strenecky, the
founder of the $100 Solution,
in teaching a class based
on the model.
Hartley said the FLC ben-
efits the participants as well
as the community.
Its kind of cool for fresh-
men in their first semester of
college to get involved in the
community and see a whole
project from start to finish
and facilitate it themselves,
she said.
The two groups of stu-
dents have researched the
possible issues, met with
the Tuscaloosa Housing
Authority and are now in the
stage of finding a possible
solution to one of the issues
that the public housing resi-
dents face. The students will
make the presentation of
their proposed solution dur-
ing finals week.
Adam Familiant, a fresh-
man majoring in marketing
and advertising, said he finds
his experience in the Real
Problems, Real Solutions
FLC to be a gratifying and
influential one.
I have a lot of experience
working with nonprofits and
community service, but I was
really intrigued by the sim-
plicity of the $100 Solution,
he said. $100 is a small sum
of money, but it can make a
big difference.
The Real Problems, Real
Solutions FLC is just one
of many. Like other FLCs,
Hartleys meets once a week
and consists of a small group
of students working closely
with an instructor. The heavy
emphasis on solving a single
community problem, howev-
er, is special.
The students in FLC
share an interest and enroll
together in several linked
courses. The interests vary
and may focus on a major
or career, encouraging aca-
demic success or a general
special interest.
Pamela Derrick, the direc-
tor of learning communities,
said each FLC is as differ-
ent as the person teaching
it. Derrick teaches an FLC
called Navigating College.
Derrick said what she enjoys
most is the relationship with
her students, which teaching
the course facilitates.
The FLC instructors are
given around $200 each,
providing for Hartley the
money for the two $100
Solutions. Other FLCs, how-
ever, use the money towards
bonding activities and
opportuni ti es to see
what Tuscaloosa has to
offer. For the most part,
Derrick said, the purpose
of this goes back to the
faculty-student relationship.
It doesnt matter where
you take them, really. They
like going out there and
being together. Its like a safe
zone, Derrick said.
The Real Problems, Real
Solutions FLC will reserve
most of its allotted funds for
the implementation of its solu-
tion. The solution will either
be a quick solution with last-
ing effects or a start-up pro-
gram to be led by the group or
a student organization.
We have to think, what
can we do now thatll
help them in the future?
Hartley said.
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New Learning Community to teach problem-solving
I dont think students should
be able to resale their tickets
for a profit. I know there are
plenty of student who purchase
those packages just to sell them
later, with no intent of going to
any of the games themselves.
Then, when big games such as
LSU come around, students who
werent able to get their package
at the beginning of the semes-
ter are stuck paying upwards
of $100 for a ticket that some
people secured for $5, she said.
Even if the selling price is only
ten or twenty dollars more than
what you paid, how is that fair to
other students?
Miles doesnt just talk the
talk she walks the walk. She
donated her ticket to the LSU
game last year, even though her
friends called her crazy for pass-
ing up the money.
I just couldnt bring myself
to sell it, in all good conscience,
she said.
At several Southeastern
Conference universities, a deci-
sion like Miles is the rule, rather
than the exception. The official
athletics websites for Florida
and LSU expressly ban the
resale of student tickets above
the original price, and Kentucky
does not allow any form of
resale.
According to the Kentucky
athletics website, Scalping
(selling a ticket above face
value) violates University policy
and Kentucky law. Selling or
soliciting the sale of a ticket
(even at face value) on campus
without a permit also violates
University policy. Therefore, a
violation of these University pol-
icies or this Kentucky law may
result in your ineligibility to
purchase basketball or football
tickets, even if criminal charges
are not filed against you.
South Carolina, Tennessee
and Vanderbilt forbid sell-
ing tickets on or around sta-
dium premises. The University
of Alabama does not have a
policy against student ticket
resale aside from the upgrade
penalty system.
To say that we allow [student
ticket resale] is misleading. The
University does not condone
that either, Chris Besanceney,
assistant athletic director for
tickets and Tide Pride, said.
Once the consumer buys the
ticket, they alone make those
choices. As does anyone in the
marketplace.
Ticket resale policy is ulti-
mately determined by state law.
Individual states have different
laws and statutes regarding
scalping, by which colleges
must abide.
Besanceney said the
University had not considered
enacting a rule to disallow stu-
dents from selling tickets for
profit, because it is a legal
issue and Athletics does not
make policy in that area.
According to Alabama Code
Section 40-12-167, Any person
offering for sale or selling tick-
ets at a price greater than the
original price and who is com-
monly known as a ticket scalper
shall pay a license tax of $100.
TICKETS FROM PAGE 1
University has no
plans to stop resales
Editor | Lauren Ferguson
culture@cw.ua.edu
Monday, November 19, 2012
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The belief that hipsters are
completely separate from society
because they disdain everything
others find popular is an exag-
geration, Johnson said. Her taste
in music certainly varies from
what is happening in the main-
stream market, but she is willing
to listen to it within the right set-
ting. She said she prefers other
genres, such as folk and jazz.
I think that todays music
and todays hip-hop, dont get
me wrong, but a lot of it does not
have meaning behind it, Johnson
said. I think that the music that I
listen to definitely influences my
fashion choices and just the type
of person I am.
Other websites such as the
popular UrbanDictionary.com
have also taken a jab at defining
what it means to be a hipster.
According to the site, a hipster
is someone who is in their 20s
and 30s that values independent
thinking, counter-culture, pro-
gressive politics, an appreciation
of art and indie-rock, creativity,
intelligence and witty banter.
But Johnson said hipsters are
not so easily defined, because
there is no list of requirements
for being a hipster. Rather, being
a hipster is a stylistic choice. It
means having different interests
in style and other cultural facets,
such as music. It is not necessar-
ily about going against the main-
stream but rather doing what
makes you comfortable and what
you enjoy as an individual.
I dont feel like it necessar-
ily means that you are stylish,
Johnson said. I think it has a lot
to do with your personality and
the type of person that you are.
The type of person that I am, I try
to be carefree.
Johnson was not referred to
as a hipster until she entered
college. In high school, she
had different tastes than
others, but her different
preferences in music and fashion
led to teasing amongst her friends
and classmates.
I knew who I wanted to be,
and I knew deep down who I was,
but sometimes its really hard to
just step out of the box and be
different in a high school institu-
tion because you have bullying,
Johnson said.
Johnson said in high school,
she was teased for the things that
made her different. She held on
to the things that she truly liked,
but when she was at school or
in social groups, she refrained
from putting her individuality
on display.
They were just like, Why are
you wearing that? What do you
have on? Johnson said. When
people continue to do that to you,
youre just like, Well, Ill hold off
on wearing that or listening to
that. You start to separate what
you like from what they like.
She began listening to the
music that she preferred when
she was at home, but when she
went out with her friends, she
listened to the type of music that
they were listening to.
You just kind of go with the
flow, Johnson said. Thats what
I did for a long time.
In college, Johnson was able
to express herself more freely.
As her tastes in music began to
change, she found herself influ-
enced by the fashions of the art-
ists she was starting to listen to.
I gradually changed once I
got into college, which happens
to everyone. Because I started
listening to different artists and
music, I started to pay attention
to what they wore, Johnson said.
And because I did that my sense
of style became different. I feel
like Ive always had sense of style,
but it evolved into what it is now.
Johnson began to embrace her
individuality, and as she did so,
she became comfortable with
who she was and where her inter-
ests lay. As she became more self-
aware, she became a hipster.
Im into expressing myself,
she said. I am very comfortable
in my skin.
Johnson may not see anything
wrong with being a hipster, but
LJ Vining, a freshman majoring
in mechanical engineering, has
had a different experience with
the label. He said his initial opin-
ion of hipsters is that they tend
to have a high opinion of them-
selves and look down on others.
Being a hipster has both its
positives and negatives. Positives
being that you have your own
style in a sense, and you dont
seem to be afraid to do you,
Vining said. On a negative
standpoint, you have this attitude
to where you think you are a bit
better than everyone else.
Hipsters may be bittersweet
in Vinings mind, but he said he
thinks hipsters are identified by
their individuality.
A hipster is someone who basi-
cally breaks from what everyone
considers trending and basically
does everything that is consid-
ered underground, Vining said.
While Vining thinks hipsters
tend to be on the uppity side,
Johnson said the last thing she
wants to do is appear judgmental
of other peoples styles. Being a
hipster, for Johnson, is not about
looking down on others because
they have different interests
than you. Rather, it is impor-
tant to be comfortable enough
with your own style that you
just let it be.
I think that now the term hip-
ster kind of means that you are a
stylish person, yet you dont try
to be stylish, Johnson said. It
just kind of happens.
Johnson said the best way to
summarize a hipster is as some-
one who is different without hav-
ing to put effort into it or without
feeling like they have to defend
their interests to others.
As far as thinking that being
a hipster is negative, I dont
think its negative at all. I think
as you grow, you just develop
your own type of comfort, and
thats what started to happen
to me, she said. I started to
think about what I liked and not
necessarily caring about what
my friends liked.
HIPSTER FROM PAGE 1
Hipster not dened by
hipsters themselves
CW | Jingyu Wan
Photo Illustration by Sloane Arogeti
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By Abbey Crain
Staff Reporter
For many students, college
can be a time of great stress
and anxiety provoked by an
increased pressure to do well
in both the realms of school
and social life. Many local yoga
instructors encourage stressed
students to give yoga a try after
seeing the positive changes in
their own life as a result of con-
tinued yoga practice.
Metka Zupancic, a UA French
professor and yoga instruc-
tor at The Yoga Center on
Hargrove Road, has been prac-
ticing yoga since her impromp-
tu discovery of its healing pow-
ers while in college in France
in the 1970s. After a stressful
night of studying, Zupancic felt
the need to roll on her back,
which she later discovered was
a yoga pose known to alleviate
stress.
As I came to understand
throughout the years, yoga is
not stretching, Zupancic said.
It is not showing your biceps
and triceps, its about the ener-
gy that is being heightened in
your body. It helps with focus
even when multitasking. It
helps the flexibility in my mind
and in my body.
Zupancic practices Iyengar
yoga, focusing on the body-
mind-spirit conjunction. Her
constant immersion in yoga
practice has brought her to a
number of yoga workshops all
over the country as well as in
France.
Sometimes yoga can be
more beneficial than a couple
hours of sleep, Zupancic said.
It cleans the energy in the
body and opens the channels in
your body so the body can take
out the toxins that emphasize
anxiety.
Lynda Kees, also a yoga
instructor at The Yoga Center,
believes students can greatly
benefit from the constant prac-
tice of yoga. Kees took her first
yoga class at 17 and has been
practicing in some way or
another ever since.
It [yoga] helps you to stay
centered in your day-to-day
life, that means that youre
not swept around by things
that happen to you, Kees said.
There is an observer part of
your mind that allows you to
step back so that youre not
always reacting but choosing
to act in response to things that
come up and things that throw
you off guard.
Kees said the physical ben-
efits of yoga are a side effect
of constant yoga practice.
It is impossible to separate
the mindful component from
yoga.
College-age folks dont ever
want to shut down or just be
still, Kees said. If youre feel-
ing frazzled or stressed or over-
stimulated, make a choice and
back out for a little bit. You can
be nourished by yoga so you
wont feel so whipped around
by everything.
The Yoga Center offers a dis-
count for students, priced at
only $7 per class. But, if you are
looking for a free option, the
University Recreation Center
offers a variety of yoga classes
at least once a day.
Bonnie Whitener, a UA
English professor and a yoga
instructor at the UA Recreation
Center, has been practicing
yoga for 20 years and became a
registered teacher seven years
ago. She said you can get a
great yoga base at a Recreation
Center yoga class.
I personally have a hard
time just sitting and meditat-
ing, Whitener said. Yoga is
a moving meditation that lets
your body release all tension.
It gives you a chance to focus
your mind and gives you an
hour to just focus on you.
This is Whiteners first
semester to teach yoga at the
Recreation Center. She said she
is happy to start teaching the
second love of her life again.
In a yoga class you
cant have your phone out,
Whitener said. Ive never had
a problem with that in my yoga
class, which is pretty wonder-
ful. In my classes when I teach
English, I watch [students]
all the time with their phones
out. But here, students want to
come in and have a chance to
not deal with that part of their
lives.
Zupancic encourages stu-
dents to set aside 20 minutes in
the morning or at night to keep
a yoga routine. Steady yoga
practice along with a healthy
diet is a holistic approach that
will nourish the body.
The American school sys-
tem is very demanding in
terms of constant pressure,
Zupancic said. Steady yoga
practice will solidify the body-
mind-spirit connection that will
help the person address life
from a different perspective.
Students can nd stress relief through yoga practice
By Lauren Carlton
Contributing Writer
University of Alabama
Opera Theatre students have
created a new student organi-
zation, Opera Club, as means
to share their passion in a way
thats equivalent to an operatic
book club.
Haley Malin, a sophomore
majoring in vocal perfor-
mance, and Jen Stephenson,
a first-year doctoral student
in vocal performance, are
the founders of Opera Club.
Stephenson approached
Malin, wanting to start a
club with the sole purpose of
studying and singing through
the shows.
Theres just a lot of operas
out there, Stephenson said.
We have a great training pro-
gram with the Opera Theatre
that teaches us how to be sing-
ers and actors and dancers and
all of that. I thought it would be
neat to have an opera appre-
ciation group where we get to
know the literature we get to
perform.
Although the club is new
this semester, they have
already sight read through
Gilbert and Sullivans H.M.S.
Pinafore and the first act of
Bizets Carmen. They also
had a viewing party of the
Metropolitan Operas 2010 pro-
duction of Carmen at one of
the club members homes.
Its pretty important for
singers to get to know the rep-
ertoire that theyll eventually
perform, Malin said. Weve
also had non-opera sing-
ers come to club events, and
theres plenty to do. If you love
opera youll be surrounded by
it in Opera Club.
Currently most of the mem-
bers in the club are from the
UA Opera Theatre. Its made
up of mostly graduate stu-
dents in various points of their
degree programs. However,
there are undergraduates and
people not in UAOT in the club.
Anyone with a strong interest
in opera is invited to join.
We are largely singing-
focused, Malin said. However,
you dont have to sing to be in
Opera Club.
Malin and Stephenson
encourage interested students
to get in touch with the Opera
Club group on Facebook to
learn more about upcoming
events and meetings. Since
most of the members are
involved with other performing
groups, the club is relaxed in
its meeting times. They work
around the concert and recital
schedules of their members.
Its so laid-back, Malin
said. We hope to take some
of the scariness out of opera,
because people tend to think of
it as such serious business.
We are opera club, and we
are serious about our art, but
it is also a relaxing, fun, social
thing, Stephenson agreed.
The club traveled to
Birmingham, to see the
University of Alabama at
Birminghams production of
Lehrs The Merry Widow
on Nov. 17. They are cur-
rently planning to go to one
of the MET Live in HD show-
ings at the Cobb Hollywood 16
Cinemas in December.
I think thats an important
part of the club as well, sup-
porting opera throughout the
state and on a national scale,
Stephenson said.
The response from stu-
dents has been positive.
Stephenson, who serves as
the clubs recruiter, said that
the support from UAOT direc-
tor Paul Houghtaling has been
extremely encouraging.
Hes really gone above and
beyond in helping us out,
Stephenson said. Its been
really great being coupled
with the Opera Theatre in
that way.
New club offers opportunity to study, sing opera
By Becky Robinson
Well, its that time of year
again: the seemingly never-
ending holiday season. You get
Thanksgiving, Christmas and
New Years back-to-back. But
lets be honest. Even with all
that holiday cash, most college
students are on a tight outfit
budget for all of the upcoming
festivities. So, whats a fash-
ionista to do? Recycle.
All you need is a few basics
to get through any holiday
season: a great pair of tailored
pants, a fitted jacket of your
choosing (leather bomber,
wool pea coat or whatever), a
chunky sweater (which is very
in right now), a pair of heels, a
pair of boots and a few tees to
throw around.
For Thanksgiving: With all
the turkey and ham, youre
going to want to go with a
more comfortable outfit. After
all, youre around your family,
so its okay to go a little more
casual. I promise Grandma
wont mind. Pair some fitted
but not too tight jeans with
a comfy sweater and knee-
high boots. For extra coziness,
grab a scarf and some thick
socks to peek out above your
shoes for a pop of color. Since
Thanksgiving is a time for
family, if you have any simple
jewelry or accessories gifted
to you, break them out to show
your appreciation.
For Christmas: Depending
on how fancy your fam-
ily dinner is, the same pair
of tailored jeans you wore
for Thanksgiving works for
Christmas too. If its chilly, take
this as a cue to layer your look.
Start off with a graphic tee or
a neutral tank. Throw on a
chambray button-down for a
more casual look and a chiffon
button-down for a more classy
option (Just be sure to wear a
tank under your see-through
top. You dont want to scare
Grandpa). That great jacket
you own works in both instanc-
es. Lastly, if your family dinner
is dressy, find a pair of chunky
heels in a bold color, like red or
primary blue, to give your look
some life. If your dinner is more
casual with a few kids running
wild, your Thanksgiving boots
will do just fine.
For New Years: Whether
youre ringing in the New Year
at home with Mom and Dad or
throwing a kegger with your
Alabama friends, youll need
the perfect dress. Go a little out
of your comfort zone for New
Years. Aside from Halloween,
its the perfect holiday to rock
COLUMN | FASHION
By Dana Woodruff
You may have thought
it was over, but its not.
Paranormal Activity is
back once again with the
fourth installment in the
series. The first three were
far less than fantastic, and
Paranormal Activity 4 only
continued the trend.
The film begins with a
teenage girl named Alex
filming her younger brother
Wyatts soccer game with a
hand-held video camera, the
typical filming technique
of this particular series of
horror movies. The camera
pans in on another small boy
awkwardly standing on the
sidelines of the game, watch-
ing. After refocusing on the
game for a few minutes, the
camera swivels over to the
boy again but he has dis-
appeared. Later that night,
Alex and her boyfriend Ben
are heading to her back-
yard clubhouse, expecting
a romantic evening, only to
find the little boy hiding out
there. At this point, its clear
that the little boy is Alexs
5-year-old neighbor Robbie
but theres something
slightly off about him from
the very beginning, from his
eerily antisocial personality
to his silly socks-and-sandals
combination. Not to mention
that he is constantly lurking
in places hes not supposed
to be.
One night Robbies moth-
er is mysteriously injured
and taken to the hospi-
tal. Consequently, Alexs
mother volunteers to baby-
sit Robbie until his mom
is able to recover. Robbie
immediately makes himself
at home, forging an instant
bond with Wyatt, also five
years old. Robbie is obnox-
iously creepy, consistently
roaming the house in the
wee hours of the morning
for no apparent reason. Alex
and Ben begin to suspect
paranormal activity when
they turn off the lights and
the infrared tracking dots of
Wyatts Xbox Kinect detect
an invisible person moving
next to Robbie on the couch.
The entire movie consists
of them videotaping Robbie
doing creepy things, like
sneaking into Alexs bed-
room in the middle of the
night or wandering into the
living room and talking to
the TV.
Like every other predict-
able scary movie, the par-
ents do not seem to believe
their children about the
obvious supernatural forces
in the house, even though
its all being caught on film.
I suppose it wasnt a dead
giveaway when Robbie start-
ed drawing devil-worship-
ping cult symbols on Wyatts
back with magic marker.
I appreciate the work
that went into making
this movie, but the overall
quality was ridiculously
substandard. Needless to
say, I was not impressed. Its
true that child demons are
always a nice touch if youre
going for a healthy dose of
disturbing. For me, it was
more of a dark comedy than
a horror movie, particularly
the scene in which Wyatt is
riding a tricycle around the
dining room while an invis-
ible force pushes a chair in
front of him, blocking his
path. Instead of panicking
and hyperventilating like
his sister probably would
have, Wyatt simply giggles
at the entertainment of the
magic unfolding before his
eyes.
All in all, Paranormal
Activity 4 has potential, but
it was painfully predictable. I
would definitely recommend
something with more sub-
stance and plot depth, some-
thing that you will not con-
sider a waste of your time
and money when you walk
out of the theater.
COLUMN | FILM
Latest in the Paranormal Activity series painfully predicatable, waste of time, money Ideas for holiday outts you can recycle
a sparkly black dress, a frilly
frock or even a swatch of crim-
son lipstick. The same bold
heels you wore a week ago
on Christmas are perfect for
a night of fun and partying. If
youre at home, its still okay
to dress up. Opt for a silk dress
and neon oxford shoes for a
playful New Years wardrobe.
Dont forget the crazy 2013
glasses to top it off.
I know some people think
recycling fashion or clothes is
a bigger sin than breaking the
10 Commandments, but when
the holidays roll around, its
a perfect solution to looking
fabulous and saving some cash
for all the post-season sales.
Plus, when working with neu-
trals and wardrobe staples,
you really cant go wrong.
Happy holidays everyone!
Editor | Marquavius Burnett
crimsonwhitesports@gmail.com
Monday, November 19, 2012
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By Mary Grace Showfety
Staff Reporter
The Alabama womens
basketball (3-0) team will
look to continue its winning
streak in their Monday match
against North Texas in Foster
Auditorium.
The Crimson Tide has
beaten each of its opponents
by nine points or more every
game, including a close game
on the road against Houston
last week.
Head coach Wendell Hudson
said the team did not play as
smart as it could have but was
still successful.
We missed so many shots
early, Hudson said. The first
five minutes of the basket-
ball game are so important.
If we had made some of those
easy shots that we had, the
tempo of the game might have
changed.
Junior Shafontaye Myers
said missed shots kept the
game close.
We came out aggressive
and strong, Myers said.
Even though we didnt make
many shots we kept going. A
win on the road is really big
though because we had to deal
with that kind of adversity as
a team.
The Tide is eager to get
back on the court for tonights
game. One goal for the season,
they said, is to remain unde-
feated in all non-conference
games, which is still a real
possibility.
As far as effort is con-
cerned, I have no question that
this team is going to play hard
every game, Hudson said.
Effort will be key tonight as
the Tide looks to take back its
home court.
In the last meeting between
Alabama and North Texas,
the Tide fell 69-63 to the Mean
Green.
We went out there and
played last year and did not
play very well, Hudson said.
Theyre a good basketball
team. Theyre going to be an
exciting team and come in
with a lot of excitement com-
ing to Alabama. Theyre also
really athletic, which will give
us a test to try to match their
athletic ability.
With the season underway,
the Tide is still slowly adding
aspects to its game offensively
as well as defensively.
Were doing the things that
we do in practice, and I think
thats one of the keys to any
good program, Hudson said.
If youre not doing the things
you do in practice, youre let-
ting the game change the way
you play.
Hudson said missing shots
is not just a problem during
the game, but the team has
been plagued by missed shots
during practice as well.
Aside from making the open
shot, Myers said she hopes the
Tide can rebound better, keep-
ing the opponent from getting
a second shot opportunity.
North Texas (0-2) makes the
trip to Tuscaloosa after two
close losses to Texas State and
SMU.
Crimson Tide looks to improve to 4-0 with win against North Texas
IF YOU GO...
What: Womens
Basketball vs. North
Texas
When: Tonight at 6:30
Where: Foster
Auditorium
WOMENS BASKETBALL
By Zac Al-Khateeb
A few weeks ago, I made
the argument that Alabama
had to finish its season unde-
feated to make the national
championship game. And, not
long after, when Texas A&M
beat the Tide at home, I found
myself noting how that pretty
much would do it for Alabama
and the SECs national title
hopes.
What are the chances that
at least two teams among
Kansas State, Oregon and
Notre Dame will lose in the
next two weeks? I thought.
Well. It appears I may have
placed a little too much confi-
dence in some of those teams
abilities.
Both the No. 1 Kansas State
Wildcats and the No. 2 Oregon
Ducks lost Saturday, the first
time the top two BCS teams
have gone down in the same
weekend since it happened to
Missouri and West Virginia in
2007.
With their losses, Alabama
is No. 2 in the nation, and
finds itself squarely back
in the national title picture.
All the Tide has to do now
is win against the measly
Auburn Tigers and pull out
a win against the Bulldogs
in Atlanta, Ga., in the SEC
Championship. Needless to
say, somebody out there is
looking out for the Tide.
However, with that said,
I now make this statement.
Much like the last time I spoke
out on Alabamas title hopes,
the Tide has to finish the rest
of the season undefeated.
This time, there is no second
chance for the Alabama faith-
ful if the Tide should lose.
Of course, some people
will say Alabama is practi-
cally guaranteed a spot in the
national title game in Miami.
However, thats exactly the
kind of thinking that nearly
put Alabama out of the nation-
al title picture.
Alabama cant afford to
think itll win the remainder
of its games simply by show-
ing up. With all due respect to
Johnny Manziel and the rest
of the Aggies, if the Crimson
Tide had played up to its
standard the entirety of the
game against A&M, Alabama
wouldnt be the No. 2 team in
the nation itd be at the top
of the polls.
Auburn is experiencing
one of their worst seasons of
the new millennium, but the
Tigers do have some intan-
gibles going in their favor in
the latest addition of the Iron
Bowl.
First and foremost, the
Tigers have absolutely noth-
ing to lose in the Iron Bowl,
where Alabama has every-
thing to lose. Not only will that
put additional pressure on
Alabama, but expect Auburn
to throw just about everything
at Alabama in order to pull out
a win, kitchen sink included.
Even after the Iron Bowl,
Alabama will have to travel
to Atlanta, basically Georgias
backyard, to play the Bulldogs
in the SEC Championship. Not
only will the Bulldogs also be
vying for their own spot in
the national title game, with
Georgia coming at No. 3 in the
nation, but with play-makers
like Aaron Murray, Jarvis
Jones and Bacarri Rambo, the
Bulldogs are as dangerous a
team in the SEC, someone the
Tide cant look past on its way
to the national title.
Alabamas been given a sec-
ond chance. Now, the Tide has
an opportunity to seal itself
as the luckiest team in the
BCS era by winning out, or to
prove it doesnt belong in the
BCS Championship by losing
either to Auburn or Georgia.
And this time, there wont be
another chance for the Tide.
No more second chances for the Tide; Bama still has to beat Auburn and UGA
COLUMN
BY THE NUMBERS
21
|Quarterback AJ McCarron threw his 21st touchdown of the season, which set a new Alabama single-season record. The record
was previously held by Greg McElroy, with 20 in 2010.
50
|True freshman wide receiver Amari Cooper caught two passes for 50 yards, giving him 658 on the year, which leads the team.
101,126
| Saturdays paid attendance was announced as 101,126, 695 short of the 101,821 capacity. It snapped a sell-out streak of
56 games dating back to 2004.
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Quarterback AJ McCarron was a perfect six-for-six, and the
Tides running back duo of Eddie Lacy and T.J. Yeldon combined
for 154 yards and four touchdowns. Backup quarterback Blake
Sims looked sharp as well, rushing for 70 yards and a touchdown.
Offense
The only glaring weakness Saturday came on special teams
where Christion Jones fumbled twice on punt returns. Vinnie
Sunseri was also called for a roughing the punter penalty.
Special Teams
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Alabamas first team defense stayed in longer than most thought
they would but were still highly effective. They held Western
Carolina to 163 total yards and on the Catamounts best chance
to score early, forced a fumble that was returned for a touchdown.
Defense
Alabama needed a bounce-back game in a big way, coming off of
two emotional and physical games in a row. The staffs next chal-
lenge is getting its players to refocus on a team thats been in a free
fall this season. It shouldnt be that hard when the team is Auburn.
Coaching
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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Monday, November 19, 2012 | Page 11
WOMENS BASKETBALL
By Jasmine Cannon
Staff Reporter
The womens basketball
team won the first of three
consecutive home games
Saturday night against
Arkansas-Pine Bluff 79-60
and pushed their record to
3-0 on the season.
Were getting enough
shots, were still playing hard
and thats where we are right
now with this team, head
coach Wendell Hudson said.
The game was closer than
expected in the first half.
The Tide led 29-24 with less
than three minutes to go and
pushed the score to 35-27
with a string of steals that led
to easy buckets, resulting in
an eight-point halftime lead.
We started off too slow,
forward Kaneisha Horn said.
We got ourselves in a little
hole, but we pulled it off.
We just got to move onto
the next game and hopefully
do better.
Sophomore guard Daisha
Simmons said the team real-
ized that they couldnt play
down to their opponents
level and started off strong in
the second half.
I think we have to do a lot
better, Simmons said. We
got to stop playing down to
our competition. We came out
sluggish because we thought
we were going to be able to
walk all over them and we
cant think like that. We just
have to come out and attack
no matter who we play.
Alabama continues its
strong start to the season
and leads the Southeastern
Conference in many statis-
tical categories. The Tide
came into Saturdays game
averaging 81.5 points per
game, making them the
highest-scoring offense in
the conference.
The Tide also leads the
SEC in field goal percentage,
defense, steals, turnover mar-
gin and offensive rebounding.
Alabamas stingy defense
made up for poor shooting
from the field and free throw
line. LaKendra Marsh led
Arkansas-Pine Bluff with 16
points, but the Tide forced 40
APB turnovers and racked up
23 steals.
Junior guard Shafontaye
Myers came into the game
leading the SEC in steals,
3-point field goals made and
was tied for scoring.
Myers struggled a bit
with her shooting against
Arkansas-Pine Bluff. She
scored 11 points off of 4-20
shooting while making 3 of 16
three pointers.
A good shooter never gets
down on their self, Myers
said. A good shooter will
keep shooting until they find
their rhythm. I feel like God
is in control, so it allows me
to shoot with confidence and
thats why I keep shooting
like I do. I dont get down on
myself.
Shes one of those players
that Im never going to tell
not to shoot the basketball,
Hudson said. She can do
some things and make a bas-
ket that probably nobody else
can make.
Hudson and company will
study film before the team
goes back to work on Sunday.
I think a big key to take
away from this game is that
we need to think about why
we were not as ready to play
as we needed to be early,
Hudson said.
The Tide will take on North
Texas on Nov. 19 at 6:30 p.m.
in Foster Auditorium.
Crimson Tide leads SEC in 6 statistical categories
CW | Jingyu Wan
The Tide beat Stillman College in exhibition play on Nov. 5 in Foster Auditorium, setting up a 3-0 start to the season. Alabama looks to continue their streak on Nov. 19 when they take on North Texas.
Only three BCS conference
teams (Auburn 2010, Alabama
2009, Texas 2005) have gone
undefeated in the last seven
years.
Baylor dominated then No.
1 Kansas State on the road,
52-24, and Stanford went on the
road and upset No. 2 Oregon,
17-14, in overtime in Autzen
Stadium.
When it happens at the
same time on the same night,
its definitely great theater,
Russo said.
But these losses shouldnt
come as a surprise for those
who closely follow the BCS.
In the BCS-era, 17 times
teams ranked in the top-2 have
lost in the final three weeks
of the season. Seven of those
losses have come at the hands
of unranked opponents.
The chaos that ensued
opened the door for Notre
Dame to jump to No. 1 for the
first time in the BCS-era and
the first time in the AP Poll
since Nov. 14, 1993. It also gave
the Tide the chance to again
control its own destiny in its
pursuit of the national cham-
pionship.
The Fighting Irish and
Crimson Tide have history in
being ranked as the top-two
teams in the country. In 1967,
Notre Dame and Alabama
were ranked No. 1 and 2,
respectively.
Three times in 1964, Notre
Dame was No. 1 and Alabama
was No. 2. The Tide ended up
winning the national title after
Notre Dame lost to USC.
USC is the only thing stand-
ing between the Irish and a trip
to Miami, Fla. Alabama must
defeat in-state rival Auburn
and take down Georgia in the
SEC championship game.
For the seventh consecu-
tive year, the SEC will have
at least one representative
in the national championship
game. For Alabama, a second
chance at destiny fell into the
Tides lap for the second year
in a row.
I didnt see any chance of
Alabama losing its focus or
taking this game for granted
anyway, but now, its clear its
not a what if on Alabama hav-
ing to depend on others, Don
Kausler, Alabama beat writer
for al.com, said. Theyre in
control of their own destiny.
And if they dont take care of
their own business now, its
their own fault.
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CW | Austin Bigoney, Photo Illustration by Mackenzie Brown
Tuscaloosans celebrate on the strip after Oregon and Kansas States losses put the Tide back on the road to its 15th championship.
NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Monday, November 19, 2012 | Page 13
By Caroline Gazzara
Contributing Writer
Rivalry was on the Crimson
Tides side Sunday as the
team won 3-1 against the
Auburn Tigers in the last
home game of the season.
Starting off strong in the first
set and continuing into the
second set, Alabama continu-
ously trampled the Tigers.
Though the Tide lost against
South Carolina only two days
before this match, Alabama
confidently played four sets
against Auburn before ulti-
mately winning in the fourth
set, 25-14.
Craving revenge after los-
ing to Auburn last year, the
Tide set out to win on their
court. Boosted by confidence
and consistency, head coach
Ed Allen said this match
proved the Tide has finally
become one.
We became more consis-
tent in every facet of player,
Allen said. The ball control
didnt break down, the serve
was extremely tough, but we
put a lot of pressure on them
and what they like to do.
They like to get
up and be very
aggressive with
their attacks,
and being out of
system didnt let
them play the
way they like to
play.
C r u s h i n g
Auburn in both
the first and sec-
ond set, the Tide
faltered slightly
in the third. After losing by 14
points, the Tide had to think
fast in order to win the match.
Mentally coming out of
that game, we just had to for-
get it and not think about it,
senior Kayla Fitterer said.
We knew Auburn, and that
was their best game, and we
can play our best game, so we
just came out to win.
Though the Tide had a minor
set-back in the third match,
it didnt stop them from tak-
ing a fast lead in the fourth.
A l a b a m a
scored against
Auburn in a
matter of min-
utes, goi ng
quickly from
3-2 to 19-7.
Auburn tried
to hold their
own and come
back later on
in the set with
23-14, but the
Tide overtook
them within seconds, winning
25-13.
Its [an] awesome [game to
win], Fitterer said. I know
last year, and earlier this sea-
son, we got our butts kicked
by Auburn and wanted a little
revenge. Last year they came
here and won, and we just
wanted to win. Auburn is our
biggest rival, so it felt good.
This match is the confi-
dence booster Alabama need-
ed to go on and play the next
two matches this week. The
Tide faces a series of away
matches against two highly
ranked SEC teams this week.
Coach Allen said he hopes
that rest and continuing to do
what the team is doing now
will help them secure a place
in the NCAA playoffs.
We are playing four
matches inside of about six
days, Allen said. We are
trying to be smart about how
we prepare against Ole Miss
next and ultimately Missouri
on Friday.
This win marks the end
of the home season for
Alabama, and ultimately will
help define whether or not
the Tide makes it into the
NCAA playoffs.
Tide volleyball team beats rival Auburn Tigers 3-1
VOLLEYBALL
CW | Cora Lindholm
The Alabama volleyball team played four sets against the Auburn Tigers Sunday before ultimately
winning in the fourth set, 25-14.
Its [an] awesome [game to
win]. I know last year, and
earlier this season, we got
our butts kicked by Auburn
and wanted a little revenge.
Kayla Fitterer
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