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CULTURE | FORMER STUDENTS
By Alexandra
Ellsworth
Staff Reporter
T
hree weeks ago,
photographer Miller
Mobley was sitting
in a room at the Ritz
Carlton Hotel in New York
City with Quentin Tarantino
and Jamie Foxx. A few
weeks before that, he was
with the man who invented
the Frappuccino. A month
ago, he was with Amanda
Seyfried and her hairstylist,
and two years ago, he was
a University of Alabama
student.
Its just fun meeting
people, Mobley said. I
have had opportunities to
meet people who have done
things, like Heidi Klum
and the guy who invented
the Frappuccino. [Taking
portraits] is getting into
their world for a moment,
and walking away with that
little memory, which usually
comes in the form of
a photograph.
The 26 year-old
Tuscaloosa native moved
to New York City in 2011 to
pursue a career in photog-
raphy and has since shot
portraits of many celebrities
for editorial and advertis-
ing clients like ESPN The
Magazine, The Hollywood
Reporter, TLC Network and
others.
Recently, Mobleys work
was featured on the cover
of TIME Magazine. It was
the first time in history an
article for time.com was
converted to a story for the
magazine.
By Colby Leopard
Staff Reporter
As some U.S. veterans strug-
gle with the logistics of paying
for school with the GI Bill, The
University of Alabama is offer-
ing a safe haven by guarantee-
ing to cover the tuition costs of
in- and out-of-state veterans.
According to the Chapter 33
9/11 GI Bill, the
U.S. government
will cover the
full, in-state cost
of a public col-
lege or univer-
sity for honor-
ably discharged
service men and
women. Some
veterans, how-
ever, are facing
issues with residency laws,
which is leading to the GI Bill
not covering their full tuition,
leaving veterans to pay for
school themselves.
David Blair, The University
of Alabamas director of vet-
eran and military affairs, said
that UA veteran students will
never have to worry about this
problem.
[The GI Bill issue] does
not come into play with our
students here at UA. The
University has elected to be
an unlimited Yellow Ribbon
school, Blair said.
As such, The University of
Alabama provides veteran
students with scholarships to
cover the full cost of tuition for
both in-state and out-of-state
students, regardless of how
much tuition the GI Bill covers.
When a veteran, service
member or dependent is eli-
gible to receive the Post 9/11
GI Bill at the 100% rate then
they are automatically eligible
to receive the Yellow Ribbon
Scholarship, Blair said. This
comes into play when a stu-
dent is in an
Out - of - St at e
Residency sta-
tus. UA has
agreed to be
unlimited for
this program,
so if you meet
the criteria,
UA has agreed
to pay for half
of the out-of-
state cost and the VA picks up
the other half.
Will Suclupe, a U.S. Army
veteran and UA student, has
been using the Chapter 33 9/11
GI Bill to pay for school since
being released from active
duty in 2009.
Personally, I think it pro-
vides a great opportunity,
Suclupe said. Its allowed
me the privilege to complete
my undergraduate degree
and now begin my graduate
program.
Miller Mobley, Photo Illustration by CW | Mackenzie Brown
Far Left: Quentin
Tarantino and
Jamie Foxx, taken
for The Hollywood
Reporter
Left: PSY, taken
for The Hollywood
Reporter
Below: Heidi Klum,
taken for The Hol-
lywood Reporter
Miller Mobley
NEWS | G.I. BILL
UAs policies an
aid to veterans
Full Yellow Ribbon
status covers cost
CW | Austin Bigoney
Anthony Steen during the 2012 BCS National Championship
By Marquavius Burnett
Sports Editor
There was only one
Alabama offensive lineman
that did not commit a penalty
or allow a sack all season.
No, its not the Rimington
Award winner Barrett Jones.
Not Chance Warmack, who
is widely considered the
Crimson Tides best lineman.
Its not even D.J. Fluker, the
vocal leader of the bunch,
or Cyrus Kouandjio who
is charged with protecting
quarterback AJ McCarrons
blindside.
Returning senior
Anthony Steen
not to be ignored
Senior to stabilize
offensive line in 2013
By Courtney Stinson
Staff Reporter
Campus MovieFest, the
worlds largest student film fes-
tival, is returning for its 6th year
at The University of Alabama.
The Universitys aspiring film-
makers will get the chance to
prove themselves with a five-
minute film that they will shoot
and edit in one week.
Registration for CMF began
Monday and will last until
Tuesday, Jan. 22. After being
equipped with a Panasonic HD
camcorder and a laptop with
Adobe Creative Suite 6, partici-
pants will have a week to shoot
and edit their movie.
Once the films are complet-
ed and turned in by Monday,
Jan. 28, they will be judged
by a panel of University stu-
dents, staff and faculty in the
categories of Best Picture, Best
Drama, Best Comedy and the
CMF Elfenworks Social Justice
Category. The top films will be
showcased Jan. 31 at 7:30 p.m. in
the Ferguson Center Ballroom.
Both veteran filmmakers and
novices can get in on the film-
making action with access to
necessary equipment. CMF par-
ticipant and CMF Silver Tripod
Award Winner Connor Simpson,
a senior majoring in film, said the
story is the most important ele-
ment of the films. Simpson said
participants can gain enough
technical knowledge to produce
a quality video through a day of
watching YouTube tutorials, so
they should not be intimidated
by limited editing experience.
The camera and laptop are
just tools to help get your ideas
across. Story is king, Simpson
said. Of course, you need to
be proficient with the essential
filmmaking tools, but having a
great idea is the most important
part.
Campus MovieFest returns for 6th year at UA
Students have one
week to produce lm
SPORTS | FOOTBALL
CULTURE | CAMPUS MOVIEFEST

UA stepped up to the plate

and said, We value these
students and we want them
here!
David Blair
SEE VETERANS PAGE 2
SEE MOVIEFEST PAGE 9
SEE STEEN PAGE 9
SEE MOBLEY PAGE 6
P A G E 1 0
Former
student
breaks
into world
of celebrity
photography
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LUNCH
Hamburger
Chili
Chicken Salad Sandwich
Cheese Pizza
Three Bean Salad
(Vegetarian)
FRESH FOOD
LUNCH
BBQ Pork
Hamburger
Pepperoni Pizza
Garbanzo Bean Cake
Cream of Mushroom Soup
(Vegetarian)

DINNER
Roasted Turkey with Gravy
Pepperoni Pizza
Peas & Carrots
Peach Cobbler
Garden Bar
(Vegetarian)
ON THE MENU
LAKESIDE
THURSDAY
What: Strike-Piano and
Percussion Duo
Where:Moody Music Building
Concert Hall
When: 7:30 p.m.
What: Opening Reception for
the 2013 Juried
Undergraduate Exhibition
Where: Stella-Granata Art
Gallery, 109 Woods Hall
When: 5 to 7 p.m.
TODAY
What: Mens Basketball v.
Mississippi State
Where: Starkville, Mississippi
When: 8 p.m.
What: Last day to drop
courses without a W
When: All day
What: Trivia Night
Where: Egans
When: 9 p.m.
FRIDAY
What: Dan Turner and the
Agitators
Where: Egans
When: 11 p.m.
What: Gymnastics vs. LSU
Where: Coleman Coliseum
When: 7:30 p.m.
What: Mojo Trio
Where: Rhythm & Brews
ON THE RADAR ON CAMPUS
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Steak
Buffalo Chicken Pizza
Chicken Burritos
Green Beans
Baked Potato Bar
(Vegetarian)

DINNER
Roasted Turkey with Gravy
Pepperoni Pizza
Hamburger
Turnip Greens
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BURKE
Student hit by Crimson Ride bus
A University of Alabama
student was hit by a Crimson
Ride bus in the Lakeside area
of campus Monday evening.
UA spokeswoman Cathy
Andreen said UAPD respond-
ed to the accident involving a
student pedestrian and a bus
around 6:20 p.m.
The student who was hit by
the bus was taken to the hospi-
tal where he was checked and
released, Andreen said.
The Crimson White contact-
ed the student, who respect-
fully declined to comment on
the incident.
CW Staff
Alabama announced nine
student-athletes have begun
classes at the University and
will be eligible to participate
in spring practice with the
Crimson Tide football team in
2013.
The January enrollees
include quarterback Cooper
Bateman (Murray, Utah/
Cottonwood), offensive line-
man Leon Brown (Riverdale,
Md./Parkdale/ASA College),
quarterback Luke Del Rio
(Highlands Ranch, Colo./
Valor Christian), wide receiv-
er Raheeem Falkins (New
Orleans, La./G.W. Carver),
running back Derrick Henry
(Yulee, Fla./Yulee), offen-
sive lineman Brandon Hill
(Col l i ervi l l e, Tenn. / St.
Georges/Hargrave Military
Academy), tight end O.J.
Howard (Prattville, Ala./
Autauga Academy), quar-
terback Parker McLeod
(Marietta, Ga./Walton) and
defensive back Jai Miller
(Valley Grande, Ala./Selma).
Two of the highest-ranked
prospects include Henry and
Howard. Henry is a five-star
prospect that is ranked as the
No. 1 athlete by ESPN.com and
247Sports and the No. 4 run-
ning back by and Scout.com.
He is ninth in the ESPN150 and
12th in the Top247. Howard is
the No. 1 tight end nationally
by Rivals.com, 247Sports and
Scout.com while ranking sec-
ond by ESPN. He is No. 7 in the
Rivals100, 20th in the Top247
and 45th in the ESPN150.
2013 Alabama January
Enrollees:
Cooper Bateman QB 6-3 202
Fr. Murray, Utah/Cottonwood
Leon Brown OL 6-6 313 Jr.
Riverdale, Md./Parkdale/ASA
College
Luke Del Rio QB 6-2 200 Fr.
Highlands Ranch, Colo./Valor
Christian
Raheem Falkins WR 6-4 195
Fr. New Orleans, La./G.W.
Carver
Derrick Henry RB 6-3 242 Fr.
Yulee, Fla./Yulee
Brandon Hill OL 6-6 350
Fr. Collierville, Tenn./St.
Georges/Hargrave Military
Acad.
O.J. Howard TE 6-5 225
Fr. Prattville, Ala./Autauga
Academy
Parker McLeod QB 6-3 190
Fr. Marietta, Ga./Walton
Jai Miller DB 6-3 210 Fr.
Valley Grande, Ala./Selma
Footballs January enrollees begin classes at Alabama
Suclupe said, in addition to
paying the full cost of tuition at
the University, the bill pays for
some living expenses, such as
housing.
Im on, like most veteran
students, the Chapter 33 Post
9/11 G.I. Bill, Suclupe said.
This benefit pays 100% in-
state tuition and fees, provides
a book stipend of $1,000.00 a
year, provides a monthly basic
allowance for housing, stipend
at the pay rate of a Sergeant
(E-5) with dependents, and
other small allowances such as
test fees and so forth.
Blair said the University
became an unlimited Yellow
Ribbon school two years ago
to show veterans apprecia-
tion and to set an example for
other public schools across the
country.
The University decided
to be unlimited in order to be
Veteran and Military Friendly.
This step is tremendous and
has given many of our students
an opportunity to come to UA
where otherwise they would
not have been able to afford the
out-of-pocket costs, Blair said.
UA stepped up to the plate and
said, We value these students
and we want them here!
The University of Alabama
takes pride in its treatment of
service men and women, as
well as their dependents, Blair
said.
I think its awesome, and
with all the new programs
and services we provide at
UA, a student Veteran, Service
Member, or Dependent can
feel good about coming here
and knowing that UA under-
stands the sacrifices they have
made, Blair said. Its all about
doing what is right. Leading
the Way-Making a Difference
is our motto here at the VMA
office.
VETERANS FROM PAGE 1
UA takes steps to
welcome veterans
MCT Campus
ST. LOUIS -- A longtime
employee of Stevens Institute
of Business & Arts was shot
by a student in a dispute over
financial aid Tuesday after-
noon, police said.
The student then shot him-
self in a stairwell.
Both men were in surgery at
3 p.m. CST and St. Louis Police
Chief Sam Dotson said he was
hopeful they would survive
after the shooting, which hap-
pened about 2 p.m.
Authorities said the victim,
in his late 40s, was shot in the
chest with a handgun by a stu-
dent in a fourth-floor office,
police said. The suspected
shooter then went to a stair-
well between the third and
fourth floors and shot himself.
Dotson said a gun was found
with the man.
The suspected shooter was
an on-again, off-again student
for the past four years, Dotson
said. Police initially said the
man was in his 20s but later
said he was in his mid-30s.
Dotson said the student was
familiar to faculty and to the
victim.
This did not appear to be
random, Dotson said. It
appeared to be targeted.
The shooting victim is
believed to be Greg Elsenrath,
financial aid director at the
college. Police gave the vic-
tims first name as Greg and
said the victim was a financial
aid administrator, and numer-
ous posts by students and
administrators identified him
as the victim.
A bio of Elsenrath on the
colleges website said he had
worked in the field for more
than 15 years and takes a
special interest in providing
individualized assistance to
students and parents.
A police source identified
the injured shooter as Sean
Johnson, 34, of the 5300 block
of Cote Brilliante Avenue.
Johnson was put on proba-
tion in 2011 after slashing a
man with a box cutter. Court
records from the case indicate
Johnson had mental health
issues and was on prescribed
medication.
Johnsons probation was
revoked in May and a warrant
was issued for his arrest. The
reason isnt clear.
Late Tuesday afternoon,
a large contingent of police
and SWAT officers were at
Johnsons home on Cote
Brilliante. The road was closed
between Union Boulevard and
Arlington Avenue.
A neighbor, Lakeisha
Cummings, 22, said she had
seen Johnson walking up
and down the streets in their
neighborhood, often running
to the store for his mother.
Known as Miss Kim, she
operates a day care. She also
helps feed needy families and
has taken in children in need,
adopting several.
Neighbors described the
suspect the same way: quiet
and harmless, known to have
learning disabilities, always
seen walking up and down the
street.
Authorities surrounded the
Stevens Institute Tuesday
afternoon after police got the
initial calls about the shoot-
ing. A police helicopter flew
overhead. A SWAT team and
police dogs moved through
the building, finding no other
injured people and no other
suspects. The college cur-
rently has about 180 students.
About 40-50 people were in
the building at the time of the
shooting, police said.
Angae Lowery, of
Collinsville, said she drove to
the school after she received
a text message Tuesday
afternoon from her daughter,
Britanee Jones, a student at
Stevens.
The text said, Someones
shooting. Please help me,
Lowery said. I didnt know
what to do. I was so scared.
As police secured the build-
ing, Lowery stood near the
police tape near tears. After
police released the students
and employees from the build-
ing, Jones declined to conduct
interviews with reporters but
did say she was in a fashion
management class when she
heard the first shots.
Jameelah Tatum, 27, of
St. Louis, attends the school
and also owns a boutique,
House of Glam, located across
Washington from the school.
Tatum said she has been
attending interior design
classes there for four years.
She said she stepped outside
her shop and saw one of the
schools employees run out of
the front door and prevent two
young women from entering.
And then I saw police car
after police car start pulling
up, Tatum said.
Tatum said she had planned
to visit the school later in the
day, to ask some questions of
one of the teachers.
I go over there just about
every day, Tatum said. But
this is discouraging. I guess
this can happen anywhere, but
Ive got one semester left and
Im thinking about finishing up
through independent study.
The school announced on its
Facebook page that it would
close for a week, until Jan. 22
at 8 a.m.
There was a police pres-
ence at St. Louis University
Hospital, where the suspect
was taken. An investigator
brought a bag of clothing in
an evidence bag from the
hospital and locked it in the
trunk of a police car.
He was a productive mem-
ber of society when he was
taking his medication, and
struggled when he didnt,
Eric Barnhart, his attorney,
said Tuesday.
Student shoots administrator, then himself at St. Louis college
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CULTURE
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Page 3
By Taylor Veazey
Contributing Writer
The Blackburn Institute, an
organization that develops a
network of leaders that work
to understand and solve issues
in the state of Alabama, is
accepting nominations for its
2013 class until Jan. 30.
Mary Lee Caldwell, coor-
dinator for the Blackburn
Institute, said they are looking
for 25-30 students who are pas-
sionate about improving the
quality of life for Alabamians.
The Blackburn Institute
accepts students at all stag-
es of their academic career,
including graduate and doc-
toral students, as long as they
have one full year left at the
University. Students are not
required to be from the state
of Alabama, but rather have an
interest in making Alabama a
better place for its citizens.
Whether theyre from a
small town or a big city, we
hope they will go back to their
home and make a difference in
the state, Philip Westbrook,
director of the Blackburn
Institute, said.
Westbrook said members
enter a learning curriculum
and have a first-hand under-
standing with issues like edu-
cation, health care, workforce
development and criminal
justice in Alabama.
Solving issues can some-
times create a negative envi-
ronment, Westbrook said.
We want students to experi-
ence the issues from multiple
perspectives in order to avoid
that negativity.
John L. Blackburn, founder
of the Blackburn Institute,
served The University of
Alabama for 30 years, with
multiple roles including dean
of students. Blackburn was
hired by The University of
Alabama in 1956 and became
an integral part of the racial
integration of students on
campus.
People forget that the uni-
versity opened the doors that
day, even though there were
people that tried to stop it,
Westbrook said. Part of his
legacy was building relation-
ships with students and devel-
oping leaders that could con-
tinue to solve issues like that.
Part of Blackburns vision
statement for the insti-
tute includes the need for
ethical leaders to help build
good communities throughout
the state of Alabama.
Upon graduation from the
University, each Blackburn
member becomes a fellow,
and joins a network of 366
fellows living in 26 states and
five foreign countries.
Ben Foster, a second-year
graduate student in the
MBA program, entered the
Blackburn Institute during the
spring of his freshman year.
Over the years Ive been
able to network with older
people that went through
before me, Foster said. Now
I can network with younger
students on campus with me.
Now, as a fellow, he still
attends Blackburn events on
campus. He said it is impor-
tant to always socialize with
this network of people.
It helps me with my per-
sonal mission and calling in
my life, Foster said. I know
I have people that I can call to
help start a project of my own.
Foster said the most valu-
able thing about his Blackburn
experience is the rich relation-
ships he has built and the abil-
ity to talk about issues that
Blackburn focuses on.
You can bridge a lot of
gaps if youre able to sit down
and have a conversation with
people, Foster said.
To make a nomination,
submit the students name,
CWID (optional) and email
address no later than January
30, 2013 to cpeters@sa.ua.edu
or fax them to 205.348.5928.
Students may nominate
themselves or be nominated
by a faculty or staff mem-
ber at the University. All
nominated candidates will be
invited to attend an interest
session to learn more about
the organization and
commitments. Nominations
are due before 4:45 PM on
January 30, 2013.
Blackburn accepting nominations for 2013 class
By Ashley Tripp
Staff Reporter
During the holiday break,
Alabama Greek Missions took
13 UA students on a mission
trip to Leon, Nicaragua, to vol-
unteer in Trapichito, an isolat-
ed village with a population of
about 200.
Margaret Coats, former vice
president of Alabama Greek
Missions, said each morning
the group had a day camp pro-
gram for the 100 kids in the
neighborhood; in the after-
noons the team would work
on a construction project for a
family.
We built a home for a family
of six, Coats said. The mater-
nal grandparents took care
of their daughters three kids
while the daughter worked
in the city to provide for the
family.
Coats said the group of 13
bonded more than any other
mission team shes been on.
This trip was the best mis-
sion trip Ive ever participated
in, Coats said. We enjoyed
working in the village and
playing with the kids, but we
also enjoyed getting to visit
the nearby volcano and taking
a day trip to the beach.
David Dent, a junior major-
ing in business manage-
ment, said the mission trip
was a growing experience for
everyone that went.
The trip was an amaz-
ing experience allowing us
to build relationships with
people we would never come
across in everyday life, Dent
said. I would strongly recom-
mend going on a trip like this. I
cannot wait to go back and see
everyone in Trapichito again.
Myreete Wolford, market-
ing director of Alabama Greek
Missions, said the future is
bright for AGM as the group
expands.
There is always a posi-
tion available for anyone
to get involved in Alabama
Greek Missions whether you
are going on the trip or not,
Wolford said. The more we
go, the more houses we plan
to build, and soon we will be
able to bring Greek Row to
Trapichito.
Wolford said AGM would
be doing a lot of fundrais-
ing to get the UA community
involved it the process.
In the future we also hope
to hold AGM spring retreat
weekends for AGM members
to get out of Tuscaloosa to
relax and think, Wolford said.
We will also be doing toy
donations before Christmas
and an Angel Tree to sponsor
a child in Nicaragua.
Wolford said AGM is even
looking into making its trip
next year involve a medical
mission as well. Registration
for the next mission trip will
be up on the Alabama Greek
Missions website within the
next few weeks.
Students build home in Nicaragua

Whether theyre from a

small town or a big city, we
hope they will go back to
their home and make a
difference in the state.
Phillip Westbrook
By Amber Patterson
Staff Columnist
Growing up in the Deep
South, there are certain themes
I am accustomed to: extreme
heat, soul food, accents and
racism. We usually treat rac-
ism as if it is a secret of the
South that we are not supposed
to let get out. Granted, I wont
ever fully grasp the true impact
of racism, but I know it is still
alive. Yes, I said it; racism still
exists in the South, as well as
in the United States generally.
Unfortunately, it is a topic that
rarely is approached effec-
tively and continues to remain
problematic, especially for the
South.
Despite the fact that class-
rooms are places of enlighten-
ment and learning, they fail
to properly address slavery.
Uncomfortable is not the word
I could use to describe being
the only African American stu-
dent in a history class where
the topic of discussion is slav-
ery. One thing that never failed
in all of my history classes was
the screening of some movie
dealing with slavery that would
require a permission slip. It
seems as if teachers rely upon
Hollywood to help students
fully grasp the time of slavery.
The recent release of the
Quentin Tarantinos film,
Django Unchained, is
Hollywoods newest attempt at
tackling the subject of racism.
The film has been criticized for
its use of the N-word and add-
ing comedy to a sensitive time
in American history. But hon-
estly, Hollywood has already
done so much concerning the
topic of slavery; Tarantino
might as well add some humor
to it and make it a western.
It was refreshing to see a
movie that integrated actual
history with this fictional hero.
The use of the N-word is a part
of the environment of that time,
just like the violent scenes of
slaves being whipped. Society
knows the environment was
cruel for slaves at the time.
This movie simply builds from
that reality instead of pretend-
ing audiences will be surprised
by it.
The classic Hollywood depic-
tion of slavery is usually strict-
ly concerned with showing the
cruelty and the anguish. Yes, it
was a horrible time and there
are stories that need to be told.
If directors want to put these
stories on the big screen, that
is their right as artists, but a
director that does not stick
with the traditional biopic form
of movies dealing with slavery
should not be criticized.
Movies like Amista and
Roots are great movies and
give the viewer what they
expect; a movie that tells a
story of strength and persever-
ance. But we are talking about
Quentin Tarantino, direc-
tor of movies like Kill Bill,
Inglorious Basterds and
Pulp Fiction. He is not known
for stories that tug at the heart
strings. He is controversial,
he doesnt sugar coat, and he
pushes boundaries. Despite
his track record, his approach
suddenly becomes problematic
because he puts the issues of
race in a western and uses the
N-word; he has all of sudden
crossed the line?
The setting of the movie is
the antebellum South, specifi-
cally Mississippi. He did not
purposely put the N-word in
movie just for reactions; during
that time it was a part of the
southern dialect. He is one of
the few directors who has been
able to take topics like race
and turn it into a love story or
a western and produce a film
that makes sense.
Amber Patterson is a sopho-
more double majoring in pub-
lic relations and marketing.
Her column runs weekly on
Wednesdays.
Editor | John Brinkerhoff
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It should be okay to choose not to attend college
By Zachary McCann
Staff Columnist
When one attends a col-
lege without any intention
of furthering their academic
pursuits, they are doing a dis-
service not only to themselves
but to the college community
as a whole. The opportunity
to learn from people who
have dedicated their lives to
studying their fields should
be viewed as an honor, not a
right.
College was never intended
to be a trade school. It appears,
however, that colleges are
being treated as such at an
increasing rate. Certainly
some jobs require specialized
training before it is possible
to enter into the work force
(engineers, teachers, lawyers,
etc.), but the list is limited; not
every job requires specialized
training. Nobody should find
themselves in school because
they are attempting to make
themselves more marketable,
or because they were sup-
posed to go.
Unfortunately, many people
put themselves in situations
where they feel they have to
attend college. We live in a
nation where an undergradu-
ate education has become
the new standard, and many,
including myself, never even
thought of not going to col-
lege as a viable option. Despite
this reality, training occurs on
the job for many, if not most,
careers.
Real-world experience is
the best teacher. For many
individuals, it does not make
sense to attend college. College
is expensive, time-consuming
and stressful. The time spent at
the University could be better
spent gaining experience and
making connections instead of
having to deal with the extra
stress of the college life.
The view of college that
many people hold is that it is
for some reason mandatory in
order to be a successful and
productive member of society,
but this is simply not the case.
In fact, many people receive
degrees that are in no way
related to their career. A large
number of the degrees people
receive will be nothing more
than decorations for a house in
future years, while the knowl-
edge and experience gained
from getting the degree are
never put to any practical use.
We need to honestly assess
the real reasons we are decid-
ed to attend school. It is impos-
sible that every student at the
University intends to pursue a
career that requires exhaus-
tive training in a specific field.
Are we really here to learn and
expand our minds? Or are we
here for some other reason?
In several of my classes,
when asked by professors what
students want to do, they have
little or no clue of their plans
after school. In my first two
years here at the University,
that seemed like an acceptable
response. Now I am starting to
take senior-level classes, and
still, students seem to have no
idea what direction in which
they want to take their lives.
It seems to me that these
people did not attend The
University of Alabama with
the intention of broadening
their minds or increasing their
capacity for thought; they are
here merely because they
thought it would give them
an extra couple of years to
delay the inevitable decision of
choosing a path for their lives.
Not having a college educa-
tion should not be shameful.
In many instances, degrees
are frivolous, and in some
cases completely impractical.
Getting a degree should be a
choice to expand your mind
and broaden your horizons, not
something you do just because
you are able to do so.
Zachary McCann is a junior
majoring in philosophy. His
column runs biweekly on
Wednesdays.
Alabama should rethink
renovations on campus
By Johnathan Speer
Senior Staff Columnist
How many of us have asked
what direction our University
is taking? During my tenure
on this campus, Ive witnessed
a dazzling array of construc-
tion and renovation. We
revolutionized South campus
living, building massive suite-
style dorms, each with their
own individualized apart-
ment space. A pristine man-
made lake majestically off-
sets Lakeside, and each new
academic building is regally
designed with columns invok-
ing the rich, cultured heritage
the University aims to inspire
and maintain.
In addition, we offer enough
trendy eateries to rival
Midtown Plaza. However,
what is the price of these ren-
ovations and improvements
beyond concrete, contractors
and temporarily inconvenient
parking arrangements? I will
tell you; it is a loss of the aca-
demic and communal integ-
rity of our university and an
increasing cost burden for
each succeeding generation of
students.
How many of us, at a state
university, can afford a cam-
pus apartment for four or
five thousand or more a
semester when its amenities
do not even offer a kitchen?
Where do we place students
when they cannot afford these
options and we continue to
build more of the same build-
ings with yearly rising costs?
We confidently and proud-
ly display new Subways,
Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts,
and mini Buffalo Phils, but
what of affordable dining
halls for every freshman com-
pelled to buy a meal plan at
fifteen hundred per semes-
ter? Many of our buildings are
beautiful and majestic, and
our lawns roll with lush and
well-trimmed verdant greens,
but save for our Saturdays in
the fall, our campus has no
spirit it offers attractions
designed to amaze spectators
and ensnare gullible potential
students.
Every dollar we spend
on new attractions erodes
the fabric of our commu-
nity and teaches our campus
community that fashionable
trend outweighs integrity, and
we are increasingly willing to
pay the cost. Instead of mas-
sive hotels with no life and
large, unused plasma TVs
and ballrooms; build larger,
more affordable traditional-
style dorms which foster com-
munity and decrease individu-
al cost. So what if you sacrifice
the convenience of your own
room or bathroom?
Leave your room and go
meet your community. You
may discover something or
someone valuable and inter-
esting if you burst your neat
little bubble, and those of us
with siblings will tell you that
sharing a bathroom is not the
end of the world.
In lieu of symbolizing cul-
ture and academic prowess
with our domed buildings
and graceful columns, invest
in graduate programs which
strengthen our academic
quality and attract high-cali-
ber professors and students.
Our competition at UGA and
UF can certainly lay claim to
strong undergraduate and
graduate level programs, and
I do not speak merely to the
number of high test scores of
their students.
So if we must build, con-
struct dorms so that the RAs
in Tutwiler Hall do not sleep in
renovated utility closets and
RAs in Ridgecrest Residential
Complex do not share a room
with the students they must
guide. If you must renovate,
renovate our rules so that
class size is not dictated by
the maximum occupancy of
a room, but by the maximum
number of students who can
learn well.
Convenience and beauty
does not equate to quality; it
costs more than we think and
should be willing to spend.
While The University of
Alabama is most certainly not
alone in pursuit of these new
fashions, we are not helping to
make the cost or quality of life
and education at the college
level worth what we sacrifice
in dollars or time.
John Speer is a graduate stu-
dent majoring in secondary
education. His column runs
weekly on Wednesdays.
Zachary McCann
Amber Patterson
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MCT Campus
Criticism of Tarantinos take on slavery too harsh
Dear Alabama Students,
Alumni, and Fans,
As a recent University of
Notre Dame alumnus, I would
like to thank all of you for being
a great group of college foot-
ball fans. From the moment
I boarded my plane, I looked
around to see houndstooth
and crimson in a few seats. I
was initially wary, expecting
the Crimson Tide fans to be
arrogant. I could understand
pride for a great team and pro-
gram, but arrogance I feared,
for it would make my weekend
a whole lot worse.
Yet it was not so. The
Alabama fans saw my ND
sweatshirt (flying from the
North necessitated it) and
they gave a smile and a nod.
We all knew that we headed
to the same place, to cheer
for two great college football
programs in the championship
game. Once in the Miami area,
my siblings and I discovered
that there were quite a few
Bama fans at our hotel. After
talking to just a few, I found all
of them to be awesome people.
They all were willing to talk,
have fun and share stories of
football teams. I asked a few
about the elephant mascot
and the houndstooth. They
answered, sometimes with a
smile, recounting traditions
more recent, but just as unify-
ing, as the traditions of Rudy
and the Gipper.
Even during and after the
game, all the fans I encoun-
tered were very respectful and
civil. They were a few crimson
wearers in the ND section.
Once the game ended (and
some before the 0:00 showed),
they either moved to the Bama
section or let the Irish fans
exit before celebrating.
I thank you, the students
and all the fans I met in Miami,
whether it be on tours of the
city, at the tailgates or at the
hotel. Thank you for being a
great example of courteous
college football fans, to my fel-
low Irish fans and myself.
Thank you,
Bill Shields
Bill Shields is an alumnus of
the University of Notre Dame
from the class of 2012.
Thank you, Alabama fans
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By Sarah Robinson
Contributing Writer
Als Pals Mentoring Program
is searching for UA student vol-
unteers to mentor elementary
school children for the spring
semester.
Star Bloom, the program
director for Als Pals, said the
after-school program has lim-
ited the number of mentees to
assure each child is accommo-
dated but still needs at least 80
new volunteers.
Bloom said those seriously
interested should be willing
to commit every Wednesday
or Thursday afternoon of the
semester to spending time with
the at-risk youth. UA students
will serve at McKenzie Court
Community Center or Oakdale
Primary School, helping kids
with homework, improv-
ing their reading and math
skills with hands-on activi-
ties and games and practicing
recreational activities.
The children become
attached to university students
they are working with, Bloom
said. They are extremely dis-
appointed when they dont
come.
Carey Wood, a sophomore
majoring in marketing, started
as a mentor his freshmen year
and is now a student leader at
Oakland.
When you walk in the door,
every kid you smile at smiles
back. They adore you, Wood
said. Its refreshing to take a
break from the college scene
and be in an environment like
that.
Karolyn Perry, a sophomore
majoring in finance, said she
realized how much of a differ-
ence she was making in her
mentees life when she saw him
in the mall unexpectedly.
He ran up to me, and intro-
duced me to his family, Perry
said. They were enthralled,
because I guess he was telling
them what we did every week.
The family thanked me.
Savannah Senicz, a
sophomore majoring in biol-
ogy, was considering changing
her major to education when
she decided to
get involved with
Als Pals. Senicz
said she wanted
to fulfill her curi-
osity of work-
ing with kids
in a classroom
and enjoyed it
so much that
she decided
to become a
student lead-
er. When her
10-year-old mentee left the pro-
gram to enter middle school,
she said it was hard for both of
them to say goodbye.
When I had to tell her bye,
she got really upset, Senicz
said. She
wrote me a lot
of sweet stuff,
and told me
how important
I was to her.
V i v i a n
Spearman, a
s o p h o mo r e
majoring in
e l e me nt a r y
e d u c a t i o n ,
vol unt eered
with school
children before she began her
college career.
We as college students
can change kids lives just by
spending a few hours with
them a week, Spearman said.
All agreed that UA students
should join the Als Pals team.
One person might not be
able to change the world com-
pletely, but its definitely a
start, Perry said.
Anyone interested in becom-
ing an Als Pals mentor can
apply online at www.volunteer.
ua.edu or by visiting the com-
munity service center, which
can be found in Room 346 of
the Ferguson Center. They may
also visit Blooms office, which
is Room 355G, for more infor-
mation. Als Pals will consider
applicants until Jan. 18.
Volunteers needed for after-school program
By Madison Roberts
Staff Reporter
The regular stresses of life
at The University of Alabama
dont seem to be enough for at
least one group of students. For
the student entrepreneurs who
turn their passions and hob-
bies into profitable businesses,
their ideas simply cant wait.
Kaitlyn Trimmer, a senior
majoring in nursing, began
The Whole Yarn Thing,
a business where she cro-
chets beanies, Kindle and
tablet covers, head warmers
and scarves and sells them
through Facebook and friends.
Although her business started
in Tuscaloosa, her clientele
now includes customers from
Texas, Colorado and Florida.
Trimmer began crocheting
when she was eight.
I saw a head warmer on
Pinterest and got the idea to
make head warmers, scarves
and beanies and found a couple
of patterns for each, Trimmer
said. I consider this a business
in the making. I dont have any
patents or anything, but I have
had really great feedback.
John Pounders, a sophomore
majoring in economics and biol-
ogy on the pre-med track, and
his fiancee Natalee Briscoe, a
junior majoring in public rela-
tions, started a photography
business called
The Classic
Ph o t o g r ap hy
Company last
February after
Briscoes mom
bought a digital
camera. Now,
the couple is
photographing
weddings, senior
pictures and
other events.
Calvin Ross,
a sophomore majoring in tele-
communication and film, is in
the process of starting a pho-
tography and video business
called InvadersFromNowhere
with his brother Kevin.
We are now starting a busi-
ness doing photos and videos
for people. The idea came up
last month and is in progress
now, Ross said. We want to
do photo and video shoots for
people, as well as video proj-
ects like music videos or short
film.
As a senior in college,
Trimmer is at a point where
she is fully prepared for her
future; it has not
been difficult to
balance school-
work and her
business.
I balance my
time the same
way an athlete,
band member or
any other person
who has mul-
tiple things to do
does, Trimmer
said. I do a little
of each (crochet, study, work,
school) everyday. I always put
school first, but I have been
blessed to be able to manage it
all.
Ross said he has not found
his business start-up to be too
troublesome and has been able
to balance his work as well.
I actually think that it isnt
that difficult, especially if you
have the passion for what you
are doing, Ross said. The
hardest thing is time manage-
ment. A few sleepless nights
will occur, but if you love it,
want it, desire it, you will push
through it.
Pounders, on the other hand,
is knee-deep in studying, and
Briscoe said he rarely has time
to sleep, so he has not found as
much time for his photography
company as he had hoped.
I have turned away a couple
of weddings already because
I dont have time, Pounders
said. Obviously school comes
first for me. I am pre-med, and
photography is great, but it is
kind of on the back-burner.
Briscoe said she invests more
time in the business because it
has helped build her resume
and will help her get jobs in the
future. She plans to continue to
work with this business after
college.
I think thats really going
to help my portfolio for try-
ing to get hired outside of col-
lege, Briscoe said. With PR,
I try to keep my options open
with what I want to do in the
future and part of that is being
able to say I can event plan:
heres what I have done. I can
do professional things: here
is my evidence, and I can do
photography: heres my busi-
ness, Sometimes that seals the
deal.
The business has taught
Pounders about the behind-
the-scenes work it takes to run
a company.
I figured out tax structures,
I went up and set up a busi-
ness license. I set up price
lists, costs, cost of goods sold,
worked major spreadsheets
and learned a lot of legal stuff,
Pounders said. I was able to
see how my curriculum related
to our business so it was really
cool to see how that was set
up.
Similar to Pounders, Ross
said he benefits from learn-
ing the ins and outs of owner-
ship by actually running it as
opposed to learning about it
from a textbook.
We want to learn how to run
a business, so we are going to
learn by doing it, Ross said.
Another plus is that we work
for ourselves. Weve already
experienced how it feels to do
something we dont like for
somebody we hardly care for.
We want to be our own boss.
Starting a business is not
cheap and requires hefty fund-
ing. Pounders said their start-
up costs were $10,000, but said
it was worth it because photog-
raphy is such a high-paying job.
Obviously the income was
great, especially with photog-
raphy, Pounders said. You
put a lot of time into it, but in
one chunk we would make
$1,000 profit.
Trimmer agreed that hav-
ing this additional source of
income has helped pay off
her expenses as a University
student.
I am a full-time student and
I also do work study, but it just
isnt enough, Trimmer said.
By making these products I
have been able to pay all of my
bills, go home when I need to
and still buy groceries.

When you walk in the door,

every kid you smile at, smiles
back. They adore you.
Carey Wood

The hardest thing is time

management. A few sleepless
nights will occur, but if you
love it, want it, desire it, you
will push through it.
Calvin Ross
UA entrepreneurs balance class, businesses
Editor | Lauren Ferguson
culture@cw.ua.edu
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COLUMN | MUSIC
More than 40 years of good later, Good Rats still have good to give listeners
By Jordan Cissell
Theres no surprise more
pleasant than a rock n roll
surprise, and its been awhile
since a rock n roll band sur-
prised me as pleasantly as
Good Rats did last week, when
I ran across the Long Island-
based act on a fluke. Ive had
a hard time getting enough
since.
I had the opportunity the
other night to talk with Peppi
Marchello, lead vocalist, song-
writer and only consistent
member throughout the bands
40-plus year existence. We talk-
ed about a lot of stuff, but one
thing persistently made itself
very clear: Marchellos love for
making music. Hes passionate,
hes hilarious, most of all hes
authentic, and the band has a
funny, interesting story. But
these guys were and are all
about the music, and I want you
to go give em a listen. So con-
sider the following a starting
point for your own exploration
of Good Rats seamless, diverse
blend of rock, jazz, metal, big
band and sweat:
The band kicked things
off on their 1969 record The
Good Rats with a psychedelic
garage rock attack in the vein
of the 13
th
Floor Elevators or the
Moving Sidewalks, with chug-
ging organ, heavy drum-driven
grooves and Marchellos punc-
tuated rasp (imagine Howlin
Rain vocalist Ethan Miller with
more range and a handful of
cough drops) motivating tracks
like The Hobo and Gotta
Get Back. The latter includes
a short, mad stretch of bluesy
harmonica by Marchello. His
rebel yell on Joey Ferrari
paints as sincere and compel-
ling a portrait of the blue-collar
everyman as any Springsteen
hit.
But not every song in the
catalogues a three-minute bar-
stool burner. Check out For
the Sake of Anyone, also from
The Good Rats, in which a
poignant Marchello solilo-
quy, accompanied by funeral
dirge drumming, erupts into
straight-ahead rock n roll
before mellowing into an
anachronistic combo of heral-
dic horns and ethereal harmo-
nies with another tear-jerking
talk sequence tacked on the
end for good measure.
On the title track of 1974s
Tasty, Marchello humor-
ously explains past members
dismissals with Cole Porter
wordplay while the band lays
down a jazzy lounge groove.
Guitarists John The Cat
Gatto and Mickey (Peppis
brother) Marchello duel in
epic Mahavishnu Orchestra-
jazz-rock virtuosity on Klash-
Ka-Bob and Ratcity in
Blue, from Tasty and 1976s
Ratcity in Blue, respectively.
Two minutes into the former,
the band launches into soar-
ing a cappella harmony Good
Rats were doing the Fleet Foxes
thing a decade before the old-
est of the Foxes had even come
into being.
Oh, and they can do ballads,
too. Songwriter, from Tasty,
is Marchellos sort-of-folk-rock
take on Foreigners Juke Box
Hero or Breads Guitar Man
for the lyricist in the fam-
ily. Tender Birth Comes to Us
All, from the 1979 album of
the same name, extrapolates a
newborns novel perspective on
life to adulthoods changes and
challenges. Marchellos range
and control especially shine in
Advertisement in the Voice,
a compelling call for compan-
ionship from Ratcity. It could
run the risk of coming off as
insincere in the hands of anoth-
er act, but these guys nail it.
If youre still not convinced,
check out Writing the Pages
and The Room, which togeth-
er constitute a spooky prog-
rock vignette of Adolf Hitlers
final living seconds and cosmic
judgment, respectively. Heavy
stuff for a raucous bar band
from the City. Phone your oto-
laryngologist immediately if
the guitar solos piercing, sus-
tained intro note at 2:34 of The
Room doesnt peel you off the
edge of your seat.
Dont go thinking Good
Rats are resting on these lau-
rels. Marchello, 68, says the
band still does 90 dates a year,
playing three hours straight
at every gig. They released
Blue Collar Rats (The Lost
Archives) last April, a collec-
tion including new cut Boom
Boom and 19 previously unre-
leased tracks from the late 70s
and early 80s. And Marchello
told me Friday hes spent
recent months putting together
24 new songs slated for 2013
release.
The new cuts will include
Why the World Should Love
the United States of America,
which Marchello plans to
release in conjunction with a
music video compiled from var-
ious YouTube clips and send to
politicians and media person-
alities across the nation. (Im
talkin everybody from Rush
Limbaugh to Al Sharpton,
Marchello said.)
Heres hoping everybody
gives it a listen. If nothing else,
itll be real dudes doing real
rock n roll. Im not sure theres
much more you could ask for.
I pretty much fell out of my
chair when the they told me
the story would be in the maga-
zine, Mobley said.
Mobley said his original
assignment about genome
sequencing in kids was intend-
ed only for time.com.
I was pretty proud of how it
turned out, he said.
But Mobley never imagined
it being anything more. Three
weeks after the story was pub-
lished, Mobley said he got a call
from the photo editor of TIME
saying theyd like to put the
story in the magazine and want-
ed Mobley to shoot it.
Next thing I know, we are
at a studio downtown, Mobley
said. They brought in seven
model babies, 30 different kinds
of diapers and a baby handler.
It was a seven-hour shoot and it
was pretty crazy.
The story was pushed back
multiple times because break-
ing news, but on December 24,
Mobleys photo was on the cover
of TIME.
It was huge for me, Mobley
said. One lesson I learned is
that you never know where
something is going to take you.
You have to ask yourself, is this
something I want to do? I could
have taken other opportunities,
but I didnt, and this one led to
the cover of TIME.
Jonathan Woods, photo edi-
tor of time.com, hired Mobley
for the story from a roster of 20
photographers.
It wasnt a sexy story so to
speak, Woods said. We were
beginning to look for a photog-
rapher who could visualize the
science part of the story but be
creative and use light beauti-
fully and effectively. It became
increasingly apparent that
Miller was the best choice for
the job.
Woods said he had not had
the privilege of working with
a lot of photographers yet
because he had only been the
photo editor at time.com for six
months, but he said Mobley set
the bar high for future potential
employees.
I dont know that Ive ever
met someone who is so easy-
going, Woods said. He works
well with Jana, his wife, and he
is cool under pressure. That will
serve him well in the future.
There is a lot to be said about
someone like that in this field of
work with tight deadlines. He
has a good vision and he is very
meticulous when it comes to his
lighting.
For Mobley and his wife Jana,
New York City has been their
dream city for a long time. They
made it a reality two years ago
when Mobley left his studies at
The University of Alabama in
favor of career in the Big Apple.
Mobley signed with Redux
Pictures, and for a year he just
shot stories filtered for New
York.
It was great and I am very
thankful but I knew I wanted
more, he said. I felt like I
needed to be in New York to do
that.
Mobley described himself as a
terrible student, but it was dur-
ing his time at the University
when he really discovered he
wanted to be a photographer.
Freshman year, I realized I
wanted to be a photographer
and it was all I did, he said. I
didnt go to class, and I think
I was even failing my photog-
raphy class. But I got enough
work that I decided to leave
school. I felt like education
would always be there, but that
I needed to seize this opportu-
nity and go full-force with my
photography.
Although Miller learned
many of his skills with a cam-
era from teaching himself and
experimenting, he said his time
as a UA student opened his eyes
to what he wanted to do with his
life.
At the University, I found
what it was that I wanted to
with photography, and that was
portraits, he said. A teacher
showed me a book about them,
and at that moment I knew
what I wanted my place in
photography to be.
Despite the potential risks of
leaving school and moving to
New York, Mobley and his wife
never doubted that it was the
right choice.
Mobleys wife, Jana, who
helps with the day-to-day opera-
tions and shoots, said that she
has been 100 percent (on board)
from the beginning.
The last two years here have
been the best two years of our
lives, Jana Mobley said. We
never know what is going to
happen, and we like it that way.
Our future isnt laid out, but
weve learned to enjoy it.
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Creative Campus sees success with new zine
By Becky Robinson
Staff Reporter
Creative Campuss new zine,
Art-let, designed to showcase
student artwork and creativ-
ity, generated conversations
around campus following its
first publication during finals
week last semester, accord-
ing to one of the projects
designers.
Ally Mabry, a junior major-
ing in digital media and print-
making, designed the logo for
the zine. She said she realized
the magazine was a success
when a barista at Java City
began talking about Art-let.
I was really stunned by the
amount of excitement I saw
in response to the first issue,
Mabry said.
Katharine Buckley, a sopho-
more majoring in studio art,
said the idea of Art-let came
from a Creative Campus intern
who was studying abroad in
Italy over the summer.
She found these wonderful
little booklets in the subway that
showcased art, Buckley said.
We went from there, trying to
translate that to the Universitys
campus and how we could make
it work. We really wanted our
main goal to make accessibility
to student creativity effortless.
Zines began as a way of self-
publication for very specific
ideas or topics that were out
of the mainstream culture.
They are often small books
containing photocopies of
drawings, handwritten texts
and are intended for limited
circulation.
The initial main thought
behind Art-let was that we
could create this quirky little
pamphlet filled with student
art and writing and post them
in places where people are most
likely to be waiting, like librar-
ies, bus stops and the Student
Health Center, Mabry said.
Its a treat for student artists
to get their work published and
handed out around campus and
its an equal treat for students
to pick up an Art-let and be
exposed to cool work created by
their peers.
Shannon Thacker, a junior
majoring in printmaking, had
three pieces of work two
prints and one painting fea-
tured in the premiere issue of
Art-let.
I found out about Art-
let from some friends, and I
thought it sounded awesome, so
I submitted my work, Thacker
said.
Thacker said her works,
Peach Pit, Campfire and
Untitled were inspired by her
observation and abstraction of
nature.
Connor Fox, a sophomore
majoring in public relations,
worked on the Art-let zine
and was also enthusiastic
about the zines success.
There is an immense
amount of talent on this cam-
pus that deserves to be recog-
nized, and I think students are
appreciative and supportive of
Art-lets purpose to bring this
work into the limelight, Fox
said.
Copies of Art-let can be
found on campus in libraries,
dorms, the SHC and certain
buildings like Woods and Lloyd.
Creative Campus is working to
have the zine available at bus
stops for their next issue.
Mabry said Creative Campus
is currently designing the sec-
ond issue of Art-let, which she
hopes to have run by the end of
January.
Students can submit their
work to Art-let regardless
of their major. A submission
form is available on Creative
Campus website at creative-
campus.ua.edu/project/art-let.
Students are then encouraged
to email artletua@gmail.com
with 56 photos of their work or
34 pages of writing.
Arts Council of Tuscaloosa to host
juried competition for photography
By Tricia Vaughan
Contributing Writer
The tenth annual Double
Exposure Juried Photography
Exhibit put on by The Arts
Council of Tuscaloosa will
display the works of Alabama
photographers in junior and
adult divisions at the Bama
Theatre Jan. 17 through Feb.
17.
The competitionspon-
sored by Harrison Galleries
and American Shutterbug
is open solely to Alabama
residents and evalu-
ates the original works of
phot ographers t aken
within the past two years.
Submissions must be previ-
ously undisclosed in a Bama
Theatre Gallery and the
images selected to appear in
the exhibit are chosen from
digital discs submitted.
Photographers must sub-
mit a CD, application and fee
for the first round of judg-
ing. Those accepted into the
exhibit are posted on our
website in December, Kevin
Ledgewood, publicist for
Arts and Humanities Council
of Tuscaloosa County, Inc.,
said. Framed works are
then brought to our office in
January, the show is hung,
and the second round of
judging takes place that will
determine the winners.
The closing reception, at
which time the winners are
announced, will take place
Sunday, Feb. 17 from 2 p.m.
to 3:30 p.m. Awards for the
adult division include a $500
Purchase Award presented
to the Best of Show as well
as four cash prizes of $250. A
$300 award is presented to the
Best of Show in the junior
division along with four
awards of $175. Honorable
mentions are also delivered
during the closing reception.
Purchase award winners will
later receive the opportunity
for a solo showcase of their
work in a Tuscaloosa Arts
gallery.
The exhibits in the
Junior League Gallery and
Greensboro Room of the
Bama Theatre are open for
viewing Monday through
Friday 9 a.m. to noon and 1
p.m. until 4 p.m. as well as
during theater events. For
more information on the
exhibit or how to enter next
years competition, visit
CW | Cora Lindholm
Volume 1 of the Art-Let zine
showcases otherwise overlooked
talent.
Art-let showcases student creative work; photo, writing submissions being accepted for second issue

There is an immense amount

of talent on this campus that
deserves to be recognized, and
I think students are appreciative
and supportive of Art-lets pur-
pose to bring this work into the
limelight.
Connor Fox
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SPORTS
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OPINION
CULTURE
SPORTS
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Tide track and eld ready for more competition
By Andrew Clare
Contributing Writer
The Alabama track & field
team continues its indoor sea-
son this Saturday as it competes
in the Auburn Invitational in
Birmingham, Ala.
The Crimson Tide is com-
ing off its first meet of the
indoor season as it hosted the
Crimson Tide Opener Saturday
in Birmingham. There was no
team score kept at the event,
but the Tide won two individual
events. Senior All-American
Krystle Schade captured vic-
tory in the womens high jump.
On the mens side Chavis Ken
Taylor, a junior-college transfer,
made an impressive Alabama
debut by winning the Mens 800
meters.
I was expecting tough com-
petition, Schade said. I relied
on my practice that my coach
had given. I just went with my
confidence and was able to suc-
ceed further and get the win.
After finishing second in the
NCAA outdoor championships
last year, Schade has bigger
goals this season.
I want to try to beat the
indoor NCAA record for high
jump and hold that for a while,
Schade said. As well as set my
Alabama school records a little
high.
Jumping coach Dick Booth
said that the first meet was a
good learning experience for
the team.
No matter if it happens the
way you want it to or doesnt,
youre going to learn from it,
and you walk away from it know-
ing more than you did when it
happened, Booth said.
Booth said the key for the
team to have success is to always
do better than before.
Head coach Dan Waters said
the biggest key for the Tide to
have success at this meet and
for the rest of the indoor season
is for the young athletes to step
up right away.
We have to absolutely rely
on the freshman to act like vet-
erans, Waters said. We have a
lot of young athletes in the pro-
gram that have to step up right
away and contribute and not
make freshman mistakes.
Alabama will face tough com-
petition for the second straight
weekend in Birmingham.
Several teams from the
Southeastern Conference will
be competing this weekend,
including Tennessee, Georgia
and Auburn.
We will see most of the SEC
in the first TWO weeks of the
season, Waters said. Itll be
nice to use this as a measuring
stick and see where we stack up
in the conference.
As in the Crimson Tide
Opener, there will not be team
points counted at the Auburn
Invitational. Waters said he
wants to see improvement head-
ing into competition this week-
end.
Improving and following the
steps and the coaching we have
been giving them will help,
Waters said. Try to implement
the changes we saw this week
and make a difference in their
performance, kind of following
the process, like Coach [Nick]
Saban likes to say.
State of Alabamas stranglehold on college football will not likely end soon
By Zac Al-Khateeb
Staff Reporter
As I sat and watched the
Alabama Crimson Tide abso-
lutely crush the Notre Dame
Fighting Irish to win its 15th
overall championship in school
history, I realized something.
The state of Alabama has an
absolute stranglehold on the
world of college football, and the
mark its made will likely leave
a lasting impression for a long,
long time.
With Alabamas win over
Notre Dame, it marked the
fourth consecutive national
championship won by a team in
the state of Alabama: three by
Alabama and one by Auburn.
To put that feat in perspective,
before Auburn won the 2010
championship, no state could
boast having two schools in
its borders win back-to-back
championships.
Additionally, a team from the
Southeastern Conference has
won the national championship
the last seven years in a row, a
record that will likely never be
broken. The state of Alabama is
responsible for more than half
of them. And as unbreakable as
the SECs record appears, Id say
what the state of Alabama has
done will be just as everlasting,
maybe even more so.
As a matter of fact, Im not
entirely sure why other fans
around the nation hate the SEC
as much as they do. I mean,
sure, football in the Southeast is
probably the best football youre
going to see, and the fans have
no problem letting you know.
But still, its not like any team
outside Alabama is responsible
for the current monopoly on
crystal.
But how is this so? How did
the state of Alabama come to a
point of such dominance? Well,
thats fairly easy to explain. For
one, Alabama is right in the mid-
dle of the Southeast, the hotbed
of the most talented college foot-
ball in the nation.
To use an industrial
metaphor, they say the hard-
est steel goes through the hot-
test fire. Well, after traversing
the hellish furnace that is the
SEC regular season schedule,
its no wonder Alabama teams
have seen the amount of success
theyve seen.
But it comes down to more
than just a competitive edge
from our surroundings. As
mentioned, Alabama is a place
where for better or worse
football, especially college
football, is king. Its a part of
our identity, something we
readily acknowledge as part
of who we are. Its one of the
few areas in which Alabama
can claim national supremacy,
consequently making it a vast
source of state pride.
Still, there are other schools,
not only in the South, with their
own passion and pride for col-
lege football. But the reason
they havent seen the kind of
success as Alabama is because
Alabama simply loves it more.
And the teams have given the
state plenty to love over the last
four years.
Records have been broken,
players flung in the list of all-
time great, dynasties restored
and old glories rekindled.
Players and coaches have been
erected into statues, their feats
memorialized forever before
they could even get the grass
stains out of their clothes. Fans
may have a fickle relationship
with their teams, but when the
teams get it right, good luck
trying to find a more rabid fan
base.
And thats why states with
an incredible source of blue
chip talent like Florida, Texas
and California cant keep up
with this state, even with their
recruiting hotbeds. For them,
football may be a passion, and
a hot one at that, but it pales in
comparison to Alabamas.
So get comfortable, football
fans. Alabama has sealed itself
as the best in the country, and
it doesnt look like its going
anywhere soon.
COLUMN
TRACK AND FIELD
MENS BASKETBALL
Relefords status doubtful
ahead of game in Starkville
By Charlie Potter
Staff Reporter
Alabamas mens basketball
team will travel to Starkville,
Miss., on Wednesday, Jan. 16
to battle the Mississippi State
Bulldogs.
Mississippi State (7-7, 2-0
SEC) has won four of its last
five contests, while Alabama
(9-6, 1-1) has gone 2-3.
This meeting will be the
189th game between the two
teams, and it is the most games
the Tide has played against any
opponent in program history.
Alabama owns a 115-73 edge
in the series, but the Bulldogs
claim a 54-36 record when the
teams meet in Starkville.
Head coach Anthony Grant
praised Mississippi State for its
hot Southeastern Conference
start and the complexity of its
defensive schemes.
Theyre 2-0 in the league,
and obviously, that gets your
attention right away, Grant
said. What stands out to me
is the way that they defend.
Theyre a very dangerous
team because they can throw a
variety of defenses at you that
youve got to deal with. Theyre
playing with a lot of confidence
and freedom right now.
The Tide is coming off a thrill-
ing victory over Tennessee, and
Grant wants his team to feed
off the win when it travels to
Starkville.
For our team, coming off
a good win at home against
Tennessee, weve got to take
the momentum and the experi-
ences and the things that we
learned from that game and try
to carry it over as we go on the
road, Grant said.
But Alabama might be with-
out star point guard Trevor
Releford on Wednesday. Grant
said the junior was doubtful
because of an ankle injury he
suffered at practice on Monday.
We hope that Trevor is able
to go. Ill find out today at prac-
tice his status in terms of where
hes at after [Monday], Grant
said. Right now I list him as
questionable and doubtful, but
well evaluate that as we go
through the day.
If hes unable to go [Trevor]
Lacey will play more point
guard, Retin [Obasohan] will
have an opportunity to come in
and play some point, and Levi
[Randolph] could end up han-
dling the ball some at the point
guard spot. I think weve got a
variety of guys that are capable
of going in there and doing a
good job for us.
Releford was averaging 20.5
points per game in Alabamas
two SEC games this season.
He was also leading the Tide
in field goal percentage (54.2
percent) and minutes per game
(35.5).
Sophomore guard Levi
Randolph said the team is
prepared to substitute for
Relefords absence because of
the way it has practiced.
We play different roles in
practice, so I think practice
kind of prepares [us] for hav-
ing different people at differ-
ent spots, Randolph said. Just
playing those games early in
the season without him has
helped us, and I think well be
OK.
The game tips off at 8 p.m. in
Humphrey Coliseum and will
be televised on CSS.

We have a lot of young

athletes in the program that
have to step up right away
and contribute and not make
freshman mistakes.
Dan Waters
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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Wednesday, January 16, 2013 | Page 9
Its right guard Anthony
Steen. Steen has started 25
games at Alabama while play-
ing in 40 contests. He is a
two-year starter that helped
Alabama rank 16th nationally
and second in the SEC in rush-
ing in 2012 at 227.5 yards per
game. Steen helped block for
two 1,000-yard rushers in 2012
(Eddie Lacy and T.J. Yeldon).
Physical, technician
and bull are just a few
words Steens teammates and
coaches used to describe him.
Roommate Cyrus Kouandjio
called him a clean and funny
guy, who is allowed to get
away with being on his own
island because hes that good.
Hes a guy that just shows
up every day and brings his
lunch pail and hard hat and
has an extremely great work
ethic, said offensive coordina-
tor Doug Nussmeier.
A quiet, shy guy, Steen isnt
particularly fond of the media.
Hes of the old adage, be seen
and not heard, because thats
how he grew up in Lambert,
Miss., with a population of
1,620. His graduating class was
made up of about 40 students
and he played sports with the
same friends from grade school
to graduating high school.
Naturally, people in
Mississippi tend to be fans of
Ole Miss or Mississippi State,
as did Steen. He
grew up follow-
ing Ole Miss and
didnt get serious
about Alabama
until his sopho-
more year of
high school.
Around that
time, I started
looking into
Alabamas tradi-
tion and history, Steen said. I
didnt really make up my mind
until I took my official visit.
Thats when I feel in love with
this place.
Steens decision to return
for his senior season gives the
Tide stability on the offensive
line. With the departures of
Jones, Warmack
and Fluker,
Steen and Cyrus
Kouandjio will
be the only two
returning start-
ers. Steen said
improving his
draft status
and getting his
degree were the
motivating fac-
tors for returning, as he is set
to graduate this spring. Still,
Kouandjio said Steen should
have gotten more consider-
ation as a top NFL draft pick.
He should go in the first
round easy, Kouandjio said.
Like top 10. Hes allowed zero
sacks and had zero penalties.
Plus, hes a bull on the offen-
sive line. Hell block you 5 yards
down the field and pancake
you.
Earlier this season, Warmack
said Steen is better than me
and I dont know why he is so
overlooked. Warmack is con-
sidered to be a top-five draft
pick.
You can tell that he gets a
tremendous amount of respect
from the offensive line for
Chance to say that, Kouandjio
said. People outside of our
locker room may not see it, but
Steen is the real deal.
While hes not a vocal lead-
er, Steens experience will be
key in helping develop cohe-
siveness amongst the new
line. Mike Johnson took Steen
under his wing during Steens
freshman year and now Steen
is returning the favor with line-
men Isaac Luatua. The two
have forged a relationship and
compete in everything. Luatua
said, I beat him in everything,
but the young player respects
Steen and his hard work.
Its great because hes a
veteran and for him to see
something in me raises my
confidence, Luatua said. I see
how much he puts in to it and
it makes me want to work just
as hard.
CMF Promotions Manager
J.R. Hardman echoed that sen-
timent.
The most important thing is
that [participants] put a lot of
effort in their story, Hardman
said. A lot of what the judges
will be looking at is wheth-
er they liked the story and
whether they thought it was
interesting and whether they
thought it was creative and
unique.
CMF will also have tech sup-
port available during filming
week to help students with edit-
ing, so no experience is required
to win the competition.
Weve had people that have
never made a movie before win
prizes at our competition and
people who have been doing
it since they were tiny kids,
Hardman said.
Prizes for the winners in
each category include a twelve-
month subscription to Adobe
Creative Cloud and the opportu-
nity to compete against winners
from other participating schools
at the CMF Hollywood Festival
at the end of the school year.
The winner of the Elfenworks
Social Justice Category will win
a cash grant of up to $10,000.
Having only a week to make
the movie can pose a challenge
for participants, but accord-
ing to recent UA graduate and
past CMF competitor Garrett
Thomas, this challenge reflects
the real time constraints of
working in the film industry.
The competition is demand-
ing. It really tests your creativ-
ity as well as your ability to
adapt and overcome problems,
Thomas said. You also have to
meet a strict deadline, which is
something you will face in the
professional world.
Aside from the five-minute
time limit for submissions,
there are virtually no limita-
tions to what participants can
do for their projects. Simpson
and his team, which includes
Marc Patterson, Justin Rudolph
and Alec Barnes, have raised
their ambitions for this years
project, a science fiction movie
titled Manta. The increased
scope of the project requires
more funding, and Simpson
has created a fundraising cam-
paign at indigogo.com/cmf,
where people can donate to the
project.
We have quite a few ele-
ments that are difficult to
achieve with a student budget,
but weve come up with some
creative ways to achieve it,
Simpson said. Dont expect any
explosions or lasers, though.
This is definitely not your run-
of-the-mill sci-fi, and we like it
that way.
Students can register for
CMF for free at the Ferguson
Center from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
until Jan. 22. For more informa-
tion and guidelines for submis-
sions visit campusmoviefest.
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Lineman overlooked
during 2012 season
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