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Trustees approve constructionNEWS | BOARD OF TRUSTEES NEWS | BONNER

Faculty senate not consulted for Bonner decision

SPORTS | BASKETBALL

By Marc TorrenceAssistant Sports Editor

It’s been a long while since Ben Eblen has had this much free time.

The former Alabama point guard is experiencing his first fall since he was in

grade school that he hasn’t been getting ready for a basketball season. Eblen decided to forgo his senior year of Crimson Tide bas-ketball in August.

“The last Thanksgiving I got to spend at home was probably in ninth grade,

and the last year not get-ting ready for basketball was when I was five or six years old,” he said. “It’s definitely different. Of course I’m still excited to watch and just be a fan of the game itself. I’m excited for basketball season in general and it to be back on TV.”

Hitting books, not courts

CW | Margo SmithSenior Ben Eblen, former Crimson Tide point guard, fi nishes up homework in Gorgas Library Monday morning before class.

Senior Ben Eblen forgoes basketball season to focus on studies, graduation

CW | Margo SmithBen Eblen

CW Staff

Alabama’s gender wage gap is among the worst in the nation, according to a recent study by the National Women’s Law Center.

“There are a few things that we usually see in the states [with higher gender wage gaps],” Kate Gallagher Robbins, a senior policy ana-

lyst at the NWLC, said.Robbins said states with

more unionization are usu-ally correlated with smaller gender pay gaps.

“Unionization usually cor-relates with more equal pay,” she said.

Robbins also looked at the kinds of jobs available to recent high school graduates.

“The bottom 10 states, a lot of those states are states that get a lot of their econo-my from natural resources,” Robbins said. “[Jobs in] oil

drilling, logging, etc., are generally gender segregated jobs.”

Robbins also said the minimum wage can have an impact on the gender pay gap.

“States with small gender wage gaps have higher mini-mum wage,” she said.

The study said Alabama women earn an average of 25 percent less than white men compared to the national wage gap of 23 percent. In Alabama, white women earn 27 percent less, black women

earn 43 percent less and Hispanic women earn 59 per-cent less than white men.

According to the study, Alabama women with bach-elor’s degrees are out-earned by males with associates degrees.

Robbins said the gap starts early.

“You do see a gap as soon as you get out of college,” she said, “but the wage gap gets worse as the years go on.”

Pay gap between men, women in Alabama among worst in nationNEWS | STATE SALARIES

Analyst says problem begins after college

SEE EBLEN PAGE 2

SEE WAGES PAGE 2

If a white maleearned $50,000 in a job, then

a Black womanwould earn$28,000 a Hispanic woman

would earn$20,500

a White womanwould earn$36,500

By Chandler WrightStaff Reporter

Faculty members are beginning to express their concerns after the Board of Trustees named Judy Bonner president of The University of Alabama on Nov. 1, following the resigna-tion of Guy Bailey.

Paul Horwitz, the Gordon Rosen Professor of Law, wrote to Faculty Senate P r e s i d e n t S t e p h e n Miller and faculty sena-tors Friday a f t e r n o o n in an email obtained by The Crimson W h i t e . Horwitz out-lined ques-tions about the process of Bonner’s selection of the University’s new president to members of the Faculty Senate.

Horwitz presented ques-tions regarding the process of Bonner’s selection.

“I mean to suggest no pre-judgment – or, in the even, post-judgement – on that question,” Horwitz wrote. “I am simply surprised by the swift choice and would like to know why she was deemed the best candidate for the job and, indeed, whether there were any other candidates.”

Horwitz said he under-stood interim presidents were ineligible to serve as the permanent president of the University.

“I may be wrong on this, so please correct me if I am, but I thought that when Dr. Bonner was named the interim president last time around, it was understood that the interim president would be ineligible to serve as the permanent presi-dent,” Horwitz wrote. “I appreciate that there was an intervening event, but if there was no new search I would like to know whether and why there was no appar-ent change in policy.”

Miller said although he served on the presiden-tial search committee that

named Guy Bailey presidentin June, he played no role inthe selection of Bonner.

“I was given a heads up bythe chancellor that PresidentBailey was going to step downthe day of the announce-ment, but I had no role in theselection of Bonner,” Millersaid. “The Board of Trusteeshas a great deal of author-ity. I can’t guess why theydid what they did. However,I guess continuity was reallyimportant. We just hired anew president and he hadto step down, so keeping theUniversity going without a

huge bump inthe road mayhave been ontheir minds.”

Miller saidmany facultymembers want-ed Bonner tobe consideredin the originalp r e s i d e n t i a lsearch, accord-ing to his survey

of UA faculty, although shewas never considered.

“Bonner was one of thetop five subjects that thefaculty would like to be con-sidered in the presidentialsearch committee. However,she didn’t apply becauseshe didn’t want to divideher time while being inter-im president and provost,”Miller said. “Although theUA faculty brought up hername often, she was not dis-cussed in the committee atthat point the charge wasfinding a sitting president ata university.”

However, Horwitz said UAfaculty might have been sup-portive of Bonner as interimpresident, but not as a per-manent selection.

“It is not beyond the realmof possibility that some fac-ulty members, and othermembers of the universitycommunity, might have con-sidered Dr. Bonner well-suit-ed to serve as interim presi-dent but not well-suited fora permanent appointment tothe office of university presi-dent,” Horwitz said.

Miller said he hopesthe rumors surroundingBonner’s quick appointmentdon’t overshadow her oppor-tunities as president.

“Everything about this was a surprise. No one saw this coming, but among many faculty Bonner is seen as a

great administrator.

— Stephen Miller

CW Staff

The Board of Trustees’ Physical Properties Committee approved 12 renovations or con-struction items to The University of Alabama campus, including reno-vations to the Ferguson Center and ten Hoor Hall.

Greek housing occu-pied the majority of the agenda, as the Trustees approved the prelimi-nary budgets for new Alpha Phi, Gamma Phi Beta and Kappa Delta

sorority houses. Alpha Chi Omega received approval to upgrade their planned 20,000 sq. ft. addition to a 40,000 sq. ft. house.

The University will loan each sorority between $10 and $12 million for con-struction.

The Board also approved a $3 million ren-ovation and addition to the Delta Chi fraternity house.

In addition to changes to greek housing, the Board approved a lease for Chipotle Mexican Grill at 1203-1205 University Blvd.

1. Alpha Omicron Pi2. Kappa Alpha Theta3. TBD4. Alpha Chi Omega5. Kappa Kappa Gamma6. Phi Mu7. Delta Zeta8. Zeta Tau Alpha9. Kappa Delta10. Pi Beta Phi11. Chi Omega12. Alpha Kappa Alpha13. TBD14. TBD15. Gamma Phi Beta16. Alpha Phi17. Parking Deck18. Delta Delta Delta19. Alpha Gamma Delta20. Alpha Delta Pi21. Delta Gamma22. TBD

Source: UA Board of Trustees, CW | Mackenzie Brown

Professor’s letter sparks conversation

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Source: National Women’s Law Center, CW | Sarah Grace Moorehead

“Everything about this was a surprise. No one saw this com-ing, but among many faculty Bonner is seen as a great administra-tor,” Miller said. “These rumors abound when where are changes, I just hope we can give the new president the chance to be a great president.”

Horwitz, however, said he hopes the Faculty Senate addresses these

relevant questions sur-rounding Bonner’s sud-den appointment.

“It is not an objection to the person or the pro-cess,” Horwitz said. “I just want to make sure we clearly and fully understand the process and choice, and fully discharge our duties as a faculty senate. I’m looking for information and clarification; I have no views beyond that at this time.”

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Robbins said raises are tra-ditionally based on income, which widens the gap over time.

Hannah Hicks, a senior majoring in philosophy and religious studies, is worried about how the gender pay gap will affect her and her friends.

“Oh yeah,” Hicks said. “It makes me mad. Unfortunately, rural areas have a long way to go on gender equality.”

She said cultural pressures can hold women back and play a role in the wage gap.

“Some of it comes from tra-ditional values,” Hicks said. “What roles women have in

society: maternal, nurturing, peacekeeping. It’s a cultural thing. There’s even a reli-gious aspect to it.”

Hicks said this culture is deeply rooted, especially in Alabama.

“It’s going to take more work to end the cultural stigma associated with the gender pay gap,” Hicks said. “What do you do to rework these values that have been ingrained for all of western civilization?”

Lisa Lindquist-Dorr, an associate professor in the department of history, agrees there are cultural aspects contributing to the wage gap.

“One reason for persistent pay gaps is that the work done by women is valued less, though in part because it is women who are doing the work,” she said.

Dorr said this holds espe-cially true at the lower end of the job market.

“At the upper reaches of the job market, women tend to be paid less because there is a perception that they are more likely to have to adjust their job around their fam-ily requirements, and thus women can be seen as less committed to their careers,” she said. “No one ever points out that it might be because men are less committed to their families or that workers might be more productive and creative if they did not always feel so frazzled trying to bal-ance work and family.”

Lindquist-Dorr attributed the pay gap to cultural rea-sons. She said an emphasis on manners often leaves women without a way to know if they are being paid equitably to

their male co-workers.“[Another] cultural rea-

son has to do with how many women approach a job inter-view,” Lindquist-Dorr said.

She said women tend to be much more reluctant to nego-tiate salary upon receiving job offers.

“So my word of advice to women on the job market, when they are offered a start-ing salary, is to wait for three seconds before they answer, and then say thank you and ask for ten percent more,” Lindquist-Dorr said.

Jessi Hitchins, assistant director of the UA Women’s Resource Center, works with women to overcome nego-tiation boundaries that often come with interviewing for a first job.

“When you start out at a lower pay in the same posi-

tion with the same skills, the gap widens and widens,” Hitchins said. “Traditionally raises are based on income.”

The Women’s Resource Center works in partner-ship with the American Association of University Women, the UA Career Center, and the American Panhellenic Association to provide “Start Smart,” a pay negotiation workshop.

Hitchins also called for a new comfort in salary discus-sions.

“People need to be comfort-able sharing how much we’re getting paid so we see what we’re getting paid across the board,” Hitchins said.

In addition to “Smart Start,” the Women’s Resource Center hosts Equitable Pay Week, highlighting the gen-der wage gap.

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Wage gap created by ‘culture pressure’

He decided to leave the team so he could focus on his academics. Eblen plans to use this season as his redshirt year and finish his consumer science degree before spending his last year of eligibil-ity in graduate school.

“Just where I was academically, I would have had to do some other things to take the right amount of courses this semester and stuff like that,” he said. “I’ve got a list of schools and some of the coach-es have contacted me. So hope-fully I get something worked out and it goes smoothly.”

He started talking with head coach Anthony Grant after last season’s NCAA Tournament loss to Creighton, and the two decided it was in Eblen’s best interests to take a year off.

“We appreciate everything Ben has brought to our program over the last three years and wish him the absolute best in his future endeavors,” Grant said.

But that doesn’t mean he won’t still be around a lot of the players in the program.

“Those are my best friends. My relationship with those guys is bigger than basketball so I’m definitely excited for their upcom-ing season and their future suc-cess,” he said. “I think they’ve got a great group of guys returning along with Devonta [Pollard]. It’s

going to be a great year.”Eblen spent much of his

Alabama career backing up point guard Trevor Releford. He aver-aged just over seven minutes per game last season, but was a fan favorite off the court for his enter-taining tweets and other antics.

He said his most memorable moment came during the 2010-11 season when Alabama was host-ing then-No. 11 Kentucky. With Alabama leading 67-66, Eblen stole the ball from Brandon Knight and hit a free throw to seal the 68-66 victory.

“That was definitely a high-light,” Eblen said. “Just that whole run [in 2011] to the NIT and stuff like that. It was defi-nitely a special team and a special memory.”

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CINCINNATI – Twelve years after voting problems delayed the 2000 presidential election results, Ohio, possi-bly the most pivotal state on the political map, sits at the center of a dispute that once again could put the outcome in limbo for weeks.

Meanwhile, in New Jersey and New York, damage from Hurricane Sandy sent election officials scrambling to create makeshift polling stations and to limit what could be long lines and confusion for hun-dreds of thousands of people.

New Jersey officials said they will allow voters dis-placed from their home as a result of the storm to cast bal-lots by email or fax. But they also created a legal, logistical and political tempest by not

requiring displaced people to provide a paper backup to pre-vent vote fraud.

And in Florida, ground zero 12 years ago in the debate over the counting of disputed ballots, a sense of calm on Monday settled over the elec-tion sites set up for voters to cast absentee ballots, follow-ing a ruckus on Sunday when officials temporarily shut down a site because of the long lines and hours-long waits.

Tempers flared, people chanted and banged on the windows before officials even-tually apologized and allowed voting to resume.

But it is in Ohio, where the polls in the race between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney remain tight, where a key dispute is brew-ing. It centers on an emer-gency motion from a labor

union and homeless advocacy group asking a federal court to clarify whether Ohio voters who cast provisional ballots – or the workers who process them – are responsible for incomplete or missing identi-fication information on those ballots.

The ruling, from U.S. District Court Judge Algenon Marbley, will not come in time for Election Day. But he is expected to decide the case by Nov. 17, when Ohio counts pro-visional ballots.

The case is the result of Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted’s order last week that county elections officials should not accept provisional ballots if they include incom-plete information on the type of identification the voter used to obtain the ballot.

“The directive is issued to

provide uniformity across Ohio’s 88 county boards of elections,” Husted wrote.

At a hearing Monday, Marbley asked for oral argu-ments from Husted’s office on Wednesday and for replies on Thursday from the plain-tiffs – the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless and the Service Employees International Union Local 1199.

They contend that Husted’s directive violates a recent court decision on provisional ballots and is contrary to statements made by Husted’s legal team at an Oct. 24 hear-ing. In their filing, the attor-neys say the responsibility for writing down a voter’s form of identification “unambiguous-ly rests squarely with the poll worker under Ohio governing statutes.”

Provisional ballots are pro-vided at polling places to vot-ers who cannot verify their identities, or whose names may not appear on the list of registered voters. Once the voter’s information on the pro-visional ballots is verified, the provisional ballots are count-ed after the election.

In 2008, more than 200,000 provisional ballots were cast in Ohio. Experts say more than 300,000 could be cast in this election.

“If the margin of victory foreither candidate is less than the outstanding number of provisional ballots, we won’t actually know who won Ohio and perhaps the presidency until Nov. 17,” said Michael Waldman, president of the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law.

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As a blind student at The University of Alabama, David Rissling’s academic and day-to-day life often differ from those of other students.

Rissling said he had to leave the music therapy program he was pursuing because they were not adapting the courses appro-priately for him and is currently in the process of changing his major to music theory.

Risling said he went to Carmen Burkhalter, the associate dean of social sciences, in the 2010 spring semester to argue that assign-ments for many classes that year were often not being brailled in

time for tests, were brailled incor-rectly and some were not even brailled at all.

Rissling told Burkhalter the American Music Therapy Association said eye contact with clients and patients in the music therapy setting is critical.

He said he would have been able to do well, if given more help.

“I think just being able to have someone with you to tell you what is going on and what needs to be addressed with clients would be enough, but they were not will-ing to have that arranged for me,” Rissling said. “As a result, I got poor grades in my classes. My music therapy teachers just seemed to not want me in their program because I’m blind.”

He said after switching to the music theory major, the program was able to braille everything for him, and he would not have to worry about looking at anyone to participate.

Denise Smith, the assistant director of the Office of Disability Services, said students have to be able to meet the standards of every course and every major without alteration of the essen-tial elements of the course.

“Sometimes, due to a visual impairment, students may not be able to meet those standards,” Smith said.

Outside of his coursework, Rissling said the biggest issue he faces is with transportation.

He has asked bus drivers to

announce his stop, so that he will know when to get off the bus, but some fail to remember Rissling is on the bus and forget to announce his stop.

Rissling said it angers him when they don’t follow the Americans with Disabilities regulations that require transit agencies to announce stops on the bus.

Ralph Clayton, the assistant director of transportation servic-es at the University, said drivers are to announce stops, and super-visors remind operators during safety meetings and through announcements. They perform spot checks to see that drivers are making announcements.

“The University is

committed to taking steps to ensure that First Transit, the com-pany providing transit services, complies with this requirement,” Clayton said.

Transportation Services has ordered two buses, equipped with automatic voice annunciation systems, which uses both audio and visual technologies to com-municate information to riders.

Despite some difficulties, Rissling is able to enjoy everyday student life like football.

“Eli Gold is my eyes,” Rissling said. “He does an amazing job describing the plays, the uni-forms and the injuries.”

Rissling said he is also pleased with the ODS for installing pro-grams like JAWS, which reads

information on the computer screen using synthesized speech.

“I try to identify those needs ahead of time, and get the right software that are going to need installed in that area,” said Marion Stevens, the assistant technology specialist at the ODS said.

Overall, Rissling said he is pleased with the Capstone and that there is no other college he would rather be attending.

“Most of the teachers have listened, shown concern and even, at times, embraced and loved me as a student as if I were their own son,” Rissling said. “That says a lot to me about how much the University cares about its students.

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International students at The University of Alabama are witnessing a very important time in United States history as citizens choose the president for the next four years — or so Americans think.

As debates between Republican hopeful Mitt Romney and current Democratic President Barack Obama have carried on and arguments between proponents of both par-ties have waged, many exchange students question the impor-tance of American politics on an international scale.

EuropeAshley Bennett, a 20-year-

old history student from Manchester, England, came to the University to study United States history as it relates to his dissertation topic, but he said he was never taught American politics growing up. He only watched the presidential debate on foreign policy because he felt

as though the other topics did not relate to him.

“I have to say that since I have been here it is very clear that the American public take a much closer interest in their politics than we do,” Bennett said. “Also, the politicians seem to have much greater personalities than ours, which makes watching the debates much more interesting than I had expected.”

However, Bennett said the per-sonalities of the two politicians translated into unwarranted self-absorption.

“From what I heard both candidates talking about, I was shocked at the sheer arrogance displayed by both men when they were discussing America’s place in the world,” he said. “I understand that the United States is indeed a major power in the world, but I had believed that this feeling of self-impor-tance would have been diluted over the years. It seems not.”

Although Bennett realized his representation as that of England, he recognized a

familiar feeling among many European nations.

“Certainly the general opin-ion of those in England believe that the United States is a good friend to have, but there is little respect for her on the interna-tional scene,” he said. “Many of our decisions are focused on the European Union, and the United States is almost never men-tioned in our political debate at all. It was a very strange experi-ence to witness such arrogance displayed by a nation’s politi-cians when I know that back home the U.S.A. is not viewed as a country to aspire to at all.”

AsiaAs an economic competi-

tion begins between the United States and China, the elec-tion poses an important turn-ing point for Asian countries. However, the Chinese percep-tion of the different presidential candidates greatly differs.

Miaomiao Pang, a 23-year-old MBA student from China, has a slightly negative view of United

States politics.“It’s more like business cam-

paigns among big birds who stand behind politicians,” Pang said. “Obama [has a] lack of vision and an iron fist. Romney is over-confident [and uses] an old trick to get votes by promis-ing to crack down on China. [I would like America to] be real-istic, embrace differences and abandon stereotype images.”

Some Chinese students hope the new president will make more concrete changes.

“There are some anti-Chinese comments in both sides, but Romney said if he becomes the new president, China will be one of the currency manipulators,” Danna Meng, a 20-year-old who came to the United States from China to study finance, said. “I hope America will pay more attention to China’s interests, like [whether] the Diaoyu Island [belongs] to Japan or China.”

Riu Zhang, a 20-year-old stu-dent from China, knows that President Obama would be the best choice for China’s sake.

“For me, if you ask me to vote my answer is Obama,” Zhang said. “I think Romney — I’m from China — most of his answers in the debates go against China. I would vote for Obama. Romney would be bad for world peace.”

Middle EastAfter discrepancies about

America’s responsibility to Middle Eastern countries fight-ing for democracy, students orig-inally from the region are open to pointing out the differences in the government bodies.

“[My country is] not demo-cratic in any sense of the word,” said 18-year-old Zeyad Abdulrahman Almajed from Saudi Arabia, who will begin classes in civil engineering after finishing classes at the English Language Institute. “We have kings and their regime — when one king dies, his brother or family heir takes his place and begins his rule.

“I think Mitt Romney will be the next President of the United States. However, I do like some

of Obama’s principles and his agenda for America. Mitt Romney does have great points, but I like Obama’s stance on America’s future better. I would love to see America bring its edu-cation system to Saudi Arabia, such as the college system. With so many Saudi students coming to America to study, it would be fantastic for America could bring its system there.”

Abdul Wahab, a student in the international business manage-ment program at the University, likes the Saudi Arabian king but thinks about the differences between the two American pres-idential candidates.

“Obama did a lot of things and wants to complete his plan. But I like Romney’s plan because he thinks about small business and students after they gradu-ates for finding jobs,” Wahab said. “Obama is a good presi-dent, and I think he is a friend internationally and he wants to do good things with the relation-ships between countries — he’s done a lot.”

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By SoRelle WyckoffOpinions Editor

When the founding fathers met in a hot, Philadelphia state-house during the summer of 1787, they created a document that has outlasted its writers, its first interpreters and its original pop-ulation. And the Constitution’s relevance to each individual American only continues.

The cornerstone of our country and our Constitution is the idea of “republicanism” – the belief that each citizen is not only respon-sible for themselves, but has a choice of responsibility when it comes to society as a whole.

Today, we are choosing between two different interpreta-tions of republicanism. One is that of our president’s, a belief that as

an American, we serve not only ourselves, but also our fellow countryman. The other is that of a governor from Massachusetts, whose words speak to the duties of the government, rather than that of an individual.

This is not an argument of right verses wrong, though many seem to think so. This is an argu-ment of interpretations, and which one is better for our coun-try. Both the Constitution and the role of the president have existed for over 200 years; both have been subject to strikingly different interpretations throughout their existence.

This election has been claimed as one of the most important elec-tions ever. I believe it is.

Today is reminiscent of the election of 1800, between Thomas

Jefferson and John Adams. It was bitterly contested, known for impressive mudslinging and extensive media coverage.

The 1800 candidates attempt-ed to define the lofty thought of republicanism. The incumbent, John Adams, believed in a strong federal government and popular sovereignty. Thomas Jefferson ascribed to the agrarian way of life, and held that minimal gov-ernment reliance was true repub-licanism, dolling our responsibil-ity instead, to the states.

It is Nov. 6, 2012, and we have two candidates, again with their own interpretation of republi-canism. Our incumbent Barack Obama believes in a strong fed-eral government as the source of protection to American citi-zens, social freedoms through

protective legislation and the reliance on fellow citizens to maintain equality in society. Mitt Romney supports strong states rights, the rights of corporations and the power of the individual.

Both elections provide dis-tinctly different visions of the government’s role in the United States. Sure, in 1800, the United States was much smaller, fed-eral responsibilities were far fewer, social media didn’t infil-trate society and only white, land-owning males could vote – but the differences between the 1800 candidates were as stark as the differences between the 2012 candidates.

And, just as history gives us a chance to analyze the flaws of the past, our extensive media cover-age, both professional and in the

form of social media, allows us to distinguish current flaws of both the two candidates and our politi-cal society.

As the epitome of an unde-cided voter, I am disappointed in the crushed potential of a viable third party. I am embarrassed by political advertisements, and I am disgusted by the behavior of both friends and strangers when expressing political beliefs.

But the strongest aspect of our Constitution is the guidelines it provides us in the day after Election Day.

The election of 1800 was the first time a shift of political party was made, from the Federalists to the Democratic Republicans. It provided an example to the world of how a true republic func-tions. Change in power was made

without a coup, an assassination, a civil war.

Tomorrow, the ads will go away, the emails will stop and the news will return to current events. And ultimately, someone will win, and someone will lose – but true citizens of the United States will respect the outcome.

The ultimate act of republican-ism is to express your opinion, choose your leader and the role of government. As a citizen of the United States of America you can interpret for yourself the type of republic you believe this country is, the type of leader America needs, and the society she is to become.

Go vote.

SoRelle Wyckoff is the Opinion Editor of The Crimson White.

ELECTION DAY

By Austin GaddisSenior Columnist

Over the last four years, President Barack Obama has boldly led our nation through a critical time in its history. He successfully placed us on the road to recovery while maintaining our place as the world’s leading superpower.

It is clear that Obama provides significantly more sound plans for the next four years than Republican challenger Mitt Romney on most issues that voters care about in this election.

As many polls have shown over the past few years, voters’ top issue this election is the direction and security of our nation’s econ-omy. Obama inherited an economy in 2009 that was on the brink of collapse because of lax regulations on Wall Street and the nation’s financial sector that was allowed to perpetuate at the hands of Republicans.

Due to Obama’s critical bailout of the banking and auto industry, the private sector has seen 32 straight months of private sector job growth, and nearly 5.5 million jobs created. Businesses are expand-ing, confidence is building and our economy is growing. But in order for our economy to remain stable and for us to begin reducing our debt, the president has proposed a plan that focused on strengthen-ing the middle class and asking the wealthiest Americans to do their fair share.

When coupled with reform to an outdated and lengthy tax code, Obama’s plan for our economic future is promising.

Obama has also led the charge on social issues during his first term in office. In one of his first acts as president, he signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which ensures that women across the nation get equal pay for the same work as their male counterparts. Obama also supports a woman’s right to make her own medical decisions, while saying that abortions should be “safe, legal and rare.”

The president also repealed Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, allowing gays and lesbians the long-sought ability to openly acknowledge their identity while bravely serving their country. Additionally, the presi-dent has added protections for LGBT Americans at the federal level by classifying acts motivated by actual or perceived gender and sex-ual orientation as hate crimes. And in May 2012, Obama heroically became the first sitting president to endorse same-sex marriage, completing an evolving stance on the issue.

Obama represents the country’s ability to move forward and progress as we continue the fight for equality of all Americans.

The president has also realized the need to invest in the energy sources of tomorrow and has offered an “all of the above” environ-mental strategy that is focused on increasing the amount of energy we generate here at home, while recognizing the long-term benefits of alternative energy sources. Under Obama’s tenure, domestic oil production is at a 14-year high, working toward his promise to reduce our nation’s dependence on foreign energy by investing in wind, solar and natural gas ventures.

Obama’s environmental policy couples realism with opportunity and allows our nation to meet the needs we currently face, and preparing for the energy needs we are certain to face in the future.

President Obama’s role as commander in chief portrays perhaps the most evident case for his reelection. Under his watch, America has ended a controversial war in Iraq, and is safely ending our long war in Afghanistan, allowing the elected leaders and voters of those countries to govern themselves under the principles of democracy and freedom.

Obama has played a very active and highly involved role in deci-mating the leadership of Al-Qaeda, authorizing the mission to kill Osama bin Laden and personally overseeing drone strikes aimed at terrorist leadership in Yemen and all throughout the Middle East.

Obama has imposed crippling rounds of economic sanctions aimed at pressuring the Iranian government to halt their production of enriched uranium. Working alongside allies like Israel, Obama has been a key player in the pursuit of international peace. Just this past weekend, Obama received the endorsement of Haaretz, a major Israeli newspaper, which said, “if any [American voters] are vacillating in their vote over whether Obama has been a good president for Israel, the answer is yes.”

In maintaining strong relations with close allies in Europe and the Middle East – like Israel – the president has provided strong leadership.

In all areas and issues that voters face in this election, President Barack Obama offers the best plan for our nation. His methodical mentality and tempered attitude make him a strong and fit leader to move our country forward through the next four years. I enthusi-astically and wholeheartedly endorse him for president.

Austin Gaddis is a senior majoring in communication studies and public relations.

Obama offers best course for US future It’s time America had a new presidentBy Tray SmithSenior Columnist

Last week, President Obama told his supporters “voting is the best revenge!” It was an appropriate summation for a campaign that has been all about revenge since its inception.

Revenge against rich people who don’t “pay their fair share”; revenge against intransient Congressional Republicans, who brought the president’s legislative agenda to a halt; revenge against Republican sexism, for defending religious liberty from the health reform leviathan; revenge against Mitt Romney, a soulless dementor who will eat your soul, send your job over-seas and kill your wife.

The Chicago-run gutter campaign is quite different from the one we saw in 2008, when Obama gave his supporters hope he would change the nation.

Instead, unemployment is higher than it was when Obama was inaugurated, the federal budget deficit has been over $1 tril-lion every year since he took office, and our economy is growing by less than two percent a year.

The president can point to studies and speculate about Mitt Romney’s economic agenda, but when it comes to the presi-dent’s economic policies, we don’t need a study. We’ve already seen how they’ve played out over the past four years.

The president inherited an economy in recession, but he has also spent trillions of taxpayer dollars trying to turn it around. He shepherded his stimulus bill through Congress, extended unemployment, bailed out failing companies, signed financial regulatory reform, and increased domestic discretionary spending.

Despite those efforts, 23 million Americans are still looking for work today, nearly one in six are in poverty (the highest rate in a generation), and 47 million are on food stamps.

President Obama tried to help the economy, but he failed. The financial crisis was caused by a complicated series of events and policies that needed to be examined and addressed thoughtfully and energetically. Instead, the president sought to turn the cri-sis into a political turning point that would allow him to advance his liberal legislative agenda.

If re-elected, the president will continue to pursue that agen-da from the White House, implementing by regulation or decree what he can’t convince Congress to pass. Washington, D.C. would remain divided, and our political system would remain stagnant.

Mitt Romney is a better choice.The path he offers is not radical or transformational. In the

closing days of the campaign, Romney has emphasized his expe-rience working with a Democratic legislature as governor of Massachusetts, leading the 2002 Winter Olympics, and serving in the private sector.

Mitt Romney is good at organizing people to accomplish great tasks, and if he is elected we can expect him to quickly start organizing people to address the economy and the govern-ment’s fiscal situation.

The result won’t be the immediate passage of major reforms like those contained in Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan’s budget proposal, but smaller victories that gradu-ally constrain the government to its historical size.

The largest such victory would be the repeal of President Obama’s health care law, so that the government’s already unsustainable health care obligations won’t be expanded to include President Obama’s new entitlement in 2014.

The nation’s business would finally be conducted with an eye toward its long-term financial health, and serious entitlement reform would at least be an eventual possibility.

Tax rates won’t go up, and could even go down if Romney is able to convince enough lawmakers to support reasonable tax reforms that lower tax rates but broaden the tax base so that revenues remain constant.

The government would be friendlier toward energy explora-tion, and job-creating projects like the Keystone XL pipeline would be approved.

That is not a revolutionary agenda. It is a return to normalcy after four years of Obama’s grandiosity; a government focused on solving actual economic challenges instead of using the econ-omy as a pretext for social experimentation.

Mitt Romney would, however, represent a dramatic break from Mr. Obama, who has subverted the real and pressing con-cerns of American families to his transformational ambitions.

That transformation hasn’t worked.It is time for a new course. It is time for a new president.

Tray Smith is a senior majoring in journalism.

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By Judah MartinContributing Writer

The recurring arrival of new and improved electronic devices like the iPad mini has led UA associate professor of journalism George Daniels to ponder its future in classroom learning.

“In my class we talk about the four screen strategy: TV screen, desktop screen, lap-top and phones and tablets,” Daniels said. “We have to think about another screen, it probably means thinking about, if it’s that size what do I embed in that story that’s interactive?”

Daniels teaches Multimedia Reporting, a class in which he recently challenged his students to produce content specific to different apps for electronic devices.

“One of the questions we ask for each app is: is this dif-ferent from what you see in print,” Daniels said. “There are opportunities to embed pictures and graphics. In fall 2013 the tablet and mobile

platform will be a bigger part of the class. It’s just a matter of the changing times.”

In July, the Huntsville school district provided 22,000 iPads and laptops to its students for classroom use. Chip Brantley, senior lecturer in digital media for the journalism department, said this is a new trend for grade schools, and it is likely that colleges may soon follow it.

“I think more and more students will get them as the prices come down and as digi-tal textbooks become more popular,” Brantley said. “Many textbooks already have online components (case studies, dis-cussions, etc.), and I think text-books are moving very quickly to digital. It won’t take long for

the entire textbook industry to go digital and become a lot more open and collaborative.”

Brantley speculated price as a likely deciding factor for many students when deciding to use a tablet.

“I’ve seen just a few stu-dents use iPads and other tab-lets in class and one of them won his at a basketball or foot-ball game,” Brantley said. “I’m surprised I haven’t seen more, but I think it’s mostly a matter of price.”

Kaitlin Hill, a senior major-ing in nutrition, said she is dis-satisfied with the price of text-books and, though she does not own a tablet, would con-sider purchasing one to save money on books.

“Textbook prices have gotten so outrageous that I

think most students, myself included, are looking for any alternative,” Hill said. “I’ve noticed that online versions of textbooks have become more widely used. iPads and tablets are viable options not only for textbooks but for other com-puters too. If they become the norm I think most students would want to use them just to save money.”

Daniels said it will likely take a while for traditional textbooks to be fully replaced, however. He pointed out that until students have the option of highlighting excerpts and making notes in the margins of an e-book, the concept of using them in place of a text-book is not fully practical.

“I think the jury is still out about the degree to which e-books are transforming our class,” Daniels said. “On paper they [electronic text-books] are cheaper. But what are you really getting for that? It’s not like you can sell back an e-book. They are certainly growing in popularity; it’s no question they have a future.”

New devices play key role in class

By Phil HudsonContributing Writer

Joshua D. Rothman, asso-ciate professor of history at The University of Alabama, will be talking about his new book, “Flush Times and Fever Dreams: A Story of Capitalism and Slavery in the Age of Jackson,” Wednesday, Nov. 7, at 5:30 p.m. on the 2nd Floor of Mary Harmon Bryant Hall in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library.

It took Rothman eight years of researching and writing to complete the book.

“The book is about the expansion of the cotton frontier,” Rothman said. “Specifically it is about Mississippi in the 1830s,

which at the time was the hottest place to live because there was a lot of money to be made in the cotton economy.”

Rothman said the idea came to him after he read a book that he had assigned to some of his graduate students after coming across a story about a slave insurrection scare in Mississippi.

“I had never heard of the insurrection scare before, so I thought it would make a great story, and after eight years, I think we have it,” Rothman said.

The event is sponsored by the University Libraries and co-sponsored by the Summersell Center for the Study of the South.

“We always like to be real-ly supportive of University faculty, and we did a lecture for his first book and it sold out. He is a popular speaker, so we thought it would be great to have him back,” said Jessica Lacher-Feldman, from the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library.

“His books are very inter-esting, and he is a very good speaker, so I imagine it will turn out to be another great event,” Lacher-Feldman said. “Plus it is an interesting sub-ject, so I think it will be good.”

There will be books avail-able for purchase through the SUPe Store that Rothman will be able to sign after the ques-tion-and-answer session that will follow his lecture.

By Mark HammontreeContributing Writer

This year, The University of Alabama will offer a new interim session over the win-ter break. The newly offered “minimester” comes after requests made to the SGA by students last year suggesting such a session.

“Last year, past SGA mem-bers conducted student sur-veys about the possibility of online winter break cours-es,” SGA Vice President for Academic Affairs Denzel Evans-Bell said. “Other uni-versities across the coun-try have begun to explore winter break courses with much success.”

Winter Interim provides an opportunity for profes-sors to design courses they are passionate and interest-ed about that may not oth-erwise be possible in a full semester, and it gives stu-dents the opportunity to find a class that is interesting and fulfilling to them.

“This is an opportunity for online and travel courses. Students may have an inter-est in a particular subject or opportunity that would not otherwise be available to them due to the structure of their degree program,” Brenda Hunter, Associate University Registrar, said. “More importantly stu-dents may wish to com-plete a course applicable to their degree program that would allow them to move forward in their respective programs.”

For Colin Whitworth, a first-year master’s student in communication studies, Winter Interim provided an opportunity to take an inter-esting class and draw some-thing very beneficial out of it.

“My thesis advisor, Robin Boylorn is teaching a great

cross-listed course over the minimester on Black Women in Film, so I obviously found out from her, and that’s what I am taking,” Whitworth said. “I actually plan on using the course to boost my writing — and hopefully publishing — portfolio within my field.”

There are 10 courses being offered, both at the under-graduate and graduate level, and Winter Interim is available to all colleges for course offering. A student can enroll in one course, and most classes will run Dec. 17 through Jan. 8.

Winter Interim is con-sidered part of the spring semester, and as such, the credit hours earned dur-ing the minimester will count towards the 18-hour maximum for the spring semester.

“The per hour tuition cost for Winter Interim will be $395 for undergraduate residents, $420 for graduate residents, and $770 for law residents; thus, the tuition for three hours credit will be $1,185, $1,260, and $2,310 respectively,” according to the UA Interim Terms website.

Students sign up for Winter Interim classes through by myBama under the “Spring II” course listing.

“I like the interim and ‘winterim’ classes, as I have been calling them, because it seems to me that it allows the professors to really teach something they enjoy, that may be a stretch to work on for a full semes-ter, but still gives students credit for their work in those areas as well,” Whitworth said. “Overall, I think any time the University is able to offer unique and interesting classes within our faculty’s passions — it’s always a good thing.”

Online ‘minimester’ begins this winter

Faculty author to give lecture in BryantIF YOU GO...

• What: Flush Times and Fever Dreams: A Story of Capitalism and Slavery in the Age of Jackson with Joshua D. Rothman

• When: Nov. 7 at 5:30 p.m.

• Where: The W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library in Mary Harmon Bryant Hall

“In fall 2013 the tablet and mobile platform will be a bigger part of the class. It’s just a matter of the changing times.

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By Adrienne BurchStaff Reporter

Old habits die hard.This was the explanation

Abhay Lidbe, a doctoral stu-dent in civil engineering, gave for why he chooses to spend his spare time playing cricket.

Lidbe is the treasurer of The University of Alabama club cricket team, one of 36 club teams at the Capstone. At first glance, cricket, along with sports like rugby and ultimate Frisbee, seem out of place in an environment like Alabama, where football reigns supreme. But for Lidbe and students like him, cricket is a sport close to home.

The UA Cricket Club was formed in 1977 and since has been an active sports club at the University. Lidbe said the present club cricket team is composed primarily of inter-national students who grew up in a country where cricket is the primary sport.

“All the international stu-dents who are a part of the team have been playing crick-et since their childhood,” Lidbe said. “It started when a few of these students were looking for recreation activi-ties during weekends, and they got together and started playing cricket as they used to in their home country.”

Lidbe said even a few American students have shown interest in playing cricket because of its similar-ity to baseball.

“UACC provides a more for-mal and professional oppor-tunity to play and practice cricket rather than keeping this as just a pastime activ-ity,” Lidbe said.

The oldest club team at The University of Alabama is also a sport not too common in the state: rugby. The men’s club rugby team started in 1973 and has grown each year. Currently, it boasts almost 50 members.

Patrick Sequeira, president

of the men’s club rugby team, said nearly 30 percent of the team’s players have played rugby prior to joining. The other 70 percent are com-pletely new to the game. He said his freshman year there were only two members who had any previous rugby experience.

“It is popular among stu-dents who used to play con-tact sports in high school,” Sequeira said.

Sequeira attended high school in Houston, Texas, where he said he gave up soc-cer his junior year and joined his school’s rugby team.

“The sport of rugby is defi-nitely growing across the country,” he said.

Sequeira said in Texas, the number of high school rugby teams grew from 12 to 30 in just four years, and rugby will actually become a featured sport in the next Olympic Games.

Another sport rapidly growing in popularity across

the country and on campus is ultimate Frisbee. Brian Moore, president of the University’s own club ulti-mate team, said the populari-ty of the sport on campus has forced the team to hold try-outs the past couple of years. They also had to create an “A” and “B” team because of the influx in new members.

“Ultimate is an incred-ibly fun sport,” Moore said. “Never have I found a group of people more consistent-ly open and friendly than amongst people who play ultimate.”

Darrell Hargreaves, assis-tant director for intramu-ral and club sports, said he thinks the primary benefit for students playing club sports is that they continue to play a sport they love at a higher level of competi-tion. With 36 different club teams and the opportunity to charter a new one, students are presented a wide range of options to fulfill their

sporting needs.“We have so many poten-

tial students that make their decision to attend

the University of Alabamabased on the sports clubsthat are offered here,”Hargreaves said.

Diverse club sports continue to grow at Alabama

By Adrienne BurchStaff Reporter

Although The University of Alabama’s campus can some-times be characterized as a sea of crimson, student sports fans of other schools some-times represent the orange or purple that seems oddly out of place.

Abby Rose, a sophomore majoring in nursing, said she may attend the University, but at heart she is an Auburn University fan.

“I was born and raised an Auburn Tiger,” Rose said. “I grew up going to the games every Saturday cheering for Auburn.”

However, Rose will not be seen wearing orange and navy on campus.

“I do not wear Auburn clothing or colors around campus,” she said. “That’s a big mistake.”

Rose went to Auburn her freshman year, and trans-ferred to the Capstone this year to pursue a degree in nursing. She said she has learned to cheer for both teams win or lose, but in terms of the Iron Bowl she has not decided who she will be routing for.

“I have been to more Alabama games in the past two years than Auburn games, so I could say I’ve been some-what swayed,” Rose said. “I will say ‘Roll Tide’.”

Some students’ allegiances spread to schools outside of the state. Tyler Elmore, a freshman majoring in gen-

eral business, wears orange and blue combined with a little hand-motion – the gator-chomp.

Elmore became a fan of the University of Florida when coach Urban Meyer came to the Gators from the University of Utah.

“ E v e r y year since then I have p u l l e d for them through the good times and the bad,” he said.

Elmore was raised in Alabama in a family of

Crimson Tide fans, so he said he only had a few choic-es when it came to where he would attend school. He said he chose the Capstone

b e c a u s e of the in-state tuition option and because he had friends already in Tuscaloosa.

D e s p i t e living in Tuscaloosa, E l m o r e ’ s l o y a l t i e s remain the same.

“In no way have I been swayed or thought about becoming an Alabama fan,” he said. “I have

said ‘Roll Tide’ a few times and I respect the University of Alabama, but I will always be a Gator no matter what.”

Ann Woodyard, assistant professor of consumer sci-ences, earned her bachelor’s and doctoral degrees from Kansas State University, and said her mom raised her to be a Wildcat fan. Woodyard has season tickets for Kansas State football games.

“I’ll always be a K-State fan,” Woodyard said. “I tell people it’s in my DNA. A lot of Alabama fans respect that.”

Woodyard said this season has been particularly inter-esting for her as Alabama and Kansas State are both in contention for the national championship.

“I don’t want to have to

make a choice at the end of the season, yet I don’t want either of my teams to lose,” Woodyard said. “I love my job, but I want to be able to go home to my mom’s for Christmas.”

Woodyard said she has enjoyed her time at the University and agrees that Tuscaloosa is a pretty good place to be a sports fan, but she will always be a Wildcat.

“I’ve thoroughly enjoyed being a fan of The University of Alabama for the two nation-al championships,” Woodyard said, “but it’s incredibly excit-ing to think that the team I cheered for with my family as a little girl, where I have had season tickets for 20 years also has a chance at that level of success.”

Some UA students maintain allegiances to other teams

CW | Lindsey ComasThe University of Alabama offers 36 club sports, including rugby.

“In no way have I been swayed or thought about becoming an Alabama

fan. I have said ‘Roll Tide’ a few times and I respect the University of

Alabama, but I will always be a Gator no matter what.

— Tyler Elmore

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By Nate ProctorStaff Reporter

While presidential candi-dates squabble over if China is a “currency manipulator,” one point is settled: Mandarin Chinese is the most widely spoken language in the world- and it’s growing.

“I look at the global market today to see where the future is going,” UA junior and President of the UA Chinese Culture Club, Peter Huang said. “And even though the growth in China is slowing down, it’s still growing.”

Huang and many students across the United States have taken notice of the Chinese language’s global expansion and have decided to learn the language.

According to Bloomberg’s 2011 ranking of the world’s top business languages, (other than English) Chinese placed first over French, Arabic and Spanish. The rankings took into account the language’s popular and geographical presence and the educational and literacy rates and finan-cial power surrounding its distribution.

As a student majoring in finance, Huang began his

venture into the Chinese lan-guage and UA Chinese class-es for their practicality. He cited the advantages of hav-ing Chinese proficiency on a resume and in a workplace as a huge force behind the growth of the language in the United States.

“The language itself is so unique,” Huang said. “And the changes that are happen-ing are so dramatic. Ten to 30 years from now Chinese will be the biggest international language in the world.”

The Chinese Culture Club

aims to share knowledge from Chinese and American cul-tures while facilitating oppor-tunities for Chinese exchange students and local UA stu-dents to break out of their respective social bubbles he said. In support of this notion, the club created a biweekly, and often bilingual, conver-sation hour in the Ferguson Starbucks two months ago.

Xiang Zhang, who attained her Ph.D. in bilingual edu-cation from the University, teaches Chinese 101 and 102 and directs the Chinese study

abroad program on campus.Zhang came to the United

States from China for college and has since devoted herself to sharing her knowledge of Chinese culture and language to American students.

“As a linguist I’d say because it’s so beautiful,” Zhang said. “But, realistically it’s grown because China has developed so well and so quickly.”

She acknowledged that there’s an intimidation fac-tor that’s inherent to the tonal nature of the spoken language and the unfamiliar aspects of character writing, but assured the difficulty is found in perception more than reality.

“Students must come in thinking, ‘I’m going to be studying something new,’” Zhang said. “This is a totally unique language to English speakers.”

Through the university summer abroad experience she leads, UA-in-China, stu-dents can expand their knowl-edge through a program cen-tered at Xiamen University and stretching to areas around Gulang, Xi’an and Bejing Zhang.

She said she was amazed by how her student’s

descriptions of China or the Chinese people shifted towards authentic descrip-tions of their experiences and away from sweeping statements and stereotypes after their return. She said that on Nov. 7 at 4:30 p.m. in Crossroads at the Ferguson Center, a panel of Chinese and American students will share their experiences abroad for interested students.

Austin Lafferty, a fifth-year senior majoring in philosophy, transferred to the University from Florida College in Tampa knowing he’d be spending a majority of his next summer in Jing Yu, China.

Lafferty said his preach-er’s wife was friends with a Chinese couple running an English language school in rural China. The pros-pect of volunteering there intrigued him.

“I’ve always loved the idea of learning languages and traveling, and I’d never been out of the country before,” Lafferty said. “I thought it’d be an amazing opportunity.”

In preparation Lafferty enrolled in Chinese 101. Though confident, he was wary of the language’s repu-tation for difficulty.

“When you first see the characters, all you see are sort of these random squig-gles and you’re just memo-rizing it,” Lafferty said. “But you start to see the patterns and repeating the patterns in use.”

Two semesters later he left for his 2011 summer abroad at David’s English Academy. Living with the family of three running the academy, Lafferty devoted his weekdays to study and homework and weekends to teaching students.

This past summer, Lafferty returned to China to back-pack around the country. He said he was considering tak-ing a year following his gradu-ation to again volunteer in the country and take his interest in human right law to help Chinese speakers wherever he finds himself.

Huang considered his own aspirations and said he was confident he could make use of Chinese in most any future business environment.

“If you take the chance to learn Chinese, you’re only benefiting yourself,” Huang said. “It will benefit you per-sonally, at your job and in every aspect of life.”

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By Hannah WidenerContributing Writer

Main Avenue in Northport has seen restaurants come and go, but the addition of a Birmingham, Ala., favorite, Billy’s Sports Grill, may offer a permanent draw to business.

Originally set to open in mid-September to late October, the new opening date is estimated to be between Nov. 19 and the first week of December.

“We are totally trying to renovate the store,” Terry Humphryes, owner of Billy’s Sports Grill, said. “A lot of the maintenance going on, in par-ticular the kitchen, and that’s why we’ve been behind. We still have some equipment,

which may not be in by then. Right now it’s Nov. 19, but that’s a soft number with the way it’s going now.”

Humphryes said customers will be able to enjoy a nicely decorated restaurant with typi-cal sports grill televisions and speakers, but with a non-over-bearing atmosphere.

“Not only do you get to watch the sports things that are on TV, but the sound is engineered so that you can actually carry on a conversation,” he said.

The menu will offer a variety of foods including salads, sand-wiches, and hand-cut steaks served at a low price.

Humphryes, a UA gradu-ate, said he decided to open Billy’s Sports Grill in

Tuscaloosa because of the city’s personal connection and friendly atmosphere.

“It wasn’t so much that as it was a good opportunity for our business,” he said. “You know I went to school there and I follow all the Tide games; I follow bas-ketball. You know if Alabama is playing then I’m going to pretty much be interested in watch-ing it. We decided to open in Tuscaloosa mainly because of the friendliness of the people.”

Humphryes said he is happy about his decision regarding the restaurant’s location in Northport.

“The people in that Northport Village made us feel right at home before we had even started working on

the store,” he said.Not only does the restaurant

have a sports bar theme, but Billy’s also focuses on a family-friendly environment. With two locations in Birmingham, Ala., the original restaurant in Mountain Brook routinely draws crowds of families.

“My dad goes there all the time in Mountain Brook and loves it,” Morgan Ballard, a freshman majoring in special education, said.

Randy Talley, freshman majoring in history, said Billy’s is a favorite of his and can’t wait for it’s grand opening.

“Tuscaloosa is a bigger town, but it operates like a small town,” Humphryes said. “It’s very easy to meet and talk with

people. That was one of the few things we noticed when we

started working there was the friendliness of the people.”

By Abbey CrainStaff Reporter

The stakes are high for four local bands who will compete in Tuesday night’s Battle of the Bands put on by the Student Government Association. The winner will get to perform as the opening act for B.o.B.

Electric Moon, a local band participating in SGA’s Battle of the Bands, is headed up by Jake Gordin, a member of the Alabama National Guard majoring in political science.

“I like to write a lot of nar-ratives about characters to tell stories,” Gordin said. “I feel like with music and not just lyrics you can expose people to a lot more emotion than just words. There is no better feel-ing than positively influencing someone to be happy through music.”

Since its conception in fall 2010, Electric Moon has performed in bars all over Tuscaloosa and Mobile as well as DCAF last Spring. The band is excited to perform at the Jupiter for the first time as

well as in front of a new group of people.

“We are ecstatic, especially to be able to share the stage with other excellent bands,” Gordin said. “I know a lot of the guys from Kadesh and the Perfect Strangers just from playing around. They are all great folks.”

Ryan Davis, aka Kadesh from Kadesh and the Perfect Strangers, began his music career by rapping and play-ing the trombone at age 11. As an undergraduate student, Davis began to play with a few members of the jazz ensem-ble on campus, and eventu-ally Kadesh and the Perfect Strangers was formed.

Now working toward an MBA in business analytics, Davis continues his online presence of KadeshFlow as well as keeping up with his “rap/funk/jazz” band.

“There are a circle of musi-cians in this city, and we all play in each other’s band as subs,” Davis said. “If they want a horn I’ll play. There are guys that would play as

stand-ins that are in the band now. I’ve actually played with CBDB some.”

CBDB, a successful local band, was originally going to perform before B.o.B, but due to time conflicts will have to compete for the opening slot alongside the rest of the bands. Lead singer and guitar-ist Cy Cinonton says the band is “stoked” to be playing at the Jupiter and possibly the Amphitheater this week.

“There’s so much talent in Tuscaloosa,” Cinonton said. “It’s the crowd that scares the musicians. There’s a ton of guys that have cool original stuff that end up having to play ‘Wagon Wheel.’”

CBDB has never played a venue as large as the Amphitheater. Although their name does not actually stand for anything, they have creat-ed a substantial fan base here in Tuscaloosa.

“[Performing] couldn’t be more fun,” Cinonton said. “We never ever work, all of us are friends, and we get to hang out and have fun making music

and get paid for it.”Tuscaloosa natives Doctors

and Lawyers are also all about the joys of making music. Evan Brooks, lead singer and rhythm guitarist, says the band met through their ran-dom freshman dorm place-ment and grew as a band because of their “collective musical vision.”

“We’re also excited to hear the other bands we will be competing against,” Brooks said.

“Tuscaloosa is a great place for music and great musicians live here. We never pass up a chance to meet our musical peers and we wish the best of luck to them.”

Kadesh and the Perfect Strangers, Electric Moon, Doctors and Lawyers as well as Mother Funk will all perform tonight at 9 p.m. at the Jupiter.

“Everyone should come out to support local music and a local business, to hear talented students competing with each other and to support RAGE,” Brooks said.

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One year ago the Alabama men’s basketball team was a preseason top-20 team with potential SEC Championship aspirations. After last year’s season of off-the-court inci-dents, subsequent suspen-sions and a disappointing first-round loss in the NCAA tournament, the young Crimson Tide will look to rebound from last year and prove they are better than the Tide’s predicted sixth place conference finish this year.

The Tide will begin with an exhibition game against Stillman Tuesday, Nov. 6, which will be an opportuni-ty for the team to get some game simulation in before

the start of the regular sea-son this weekend.

“Our guys have been going at it pretty good here that last two or three weeks since practice started,” head coach Anthony Grant said. “Having a chance to play outside competition in a team like Stillman - who is picked to win their league, and is a very well-coached, talented team - will be a good challenge for us as we get prepared for our first regular sea-son game on Friday against South Dakota St.”

The team will be look-ing to build off its scrim-mage against preseason No. 17 Memphis last Saturday, which gave the Tide a chance to experiment with the team’s lineup and try

out a couple looks before the season started. NCAA rules prevent anything that happened at these scrim-mages to be r e v e a l e d , but Grant said the scrimmage was an invaluable experience for the team head-ing into the regular season.

“We got a relatively young group that was able to gain some expe-riences and as a coach I was able to kind of see different matchups and different line-ups,” he said. “We were able to kind of mix and match a

little bit and see some things which is always good, so I think it will help our guys as we prepare for the start

of the sea-son from an o f f e n s i v e and defen-sive stand point.”

W i t h the loss of f o r w a r d s J a M y c h a l G r e e n and Tony M i t c h e l l , the team is

a little undersized and will rely heavily on five-star freshman recruit Devonta Pollard and an acclimated Moussa Gueye in the front-court. Grant said Gueye, who improved a lot physi-

cally compared to last year, especially should have a major impact on the glass this year.

The scrimmage will also be a good chance to see how the backcourt, led by junior Trevor Releford and a plethora of shooting guards between Trevor Lacey, Levi Randolph, and Rodney Cooper, will be able to adapt to not having last year’s strong offensive presence of Green and Mitchell in the paint. Regardless of the team’s performance tonight, the game will be important in helping the team establish an identity moving forward.

“The whole thing about right now is trying to get better,” Grant said. “It’s not about trying to win so much as it’s OK, let’s see what

we have, let’s put guys in different scenarios, differ-ent situations, and let’s see what’s the best offensive and defensive personnel that fits the team that we currently have. I think as we get some more experience under our belt, we will get a better feel.”

Men’s basketball opens season Tuesday with exhibition

By Marc TorrenceAssistant Sports Editor

Head coach Nick Saban has a simple 24-hour rule for his players after games. They get 24 hours to either celebrate a victory or sulk in a defeat before moving on to the next week’s opponent.

After Alabama’s thrilling 21-17 win over LSU, it’s never been more critical.

“We’ve got to forget about this last game. We’ve got to move on,” Saban said. “I told the players that right after the game. I think they have a lot of respect for this team. It’d be pretty difficult not to respect this team based on

their body of work and what they’ve accomplished this season.”

Alabama hosts No. 15 Texas A&M this week, which has surprised the college football world during its first season in the SEC.

“It was a crazy experience last week,” offensive lineman Cyrus Kouandjio said. “Now it’s time to move on. I had my 24 hours to reflect on the game. Now all I’m worried about is the Texas A&M team and its defensive front, which is pretty impressive.”

Linebacker C.J. Mosley echoed his coach’s words.

“It’s time. It’s time to get ready for Texas A&M,” he

said. “So that game is done and over with. What hap-pened, happened. We’ve just got to get ready for this game.”

Players refl ect on fi nal drive

Alabama’s last-minute drive to defeat LSU will cer-tainly be remembered as a defining moment during the 2012 season. But it wasn’t exactly easy to watch from the sideline.

“My eyes were closed,” linebacker Adrian Hubbard said. “When they threw the ball, all I heard was yelling, and I looked up and there was T.J. running down the

sideline for a touchdown. …All I saw was AJ [McCarron]. He caught the Holy Ghost sliding on the ground, and I kind of dragged him, telling him, ‘Get up, we’ve got 50 seconds still left in this game. We have to win.’”

On the field, wide receiver Kevin Norwood, who caught three of the four passes of the drive, said the mood was calm and collected.

“It was straight focus,” he said. “We knew we had to move the ball down the field. We knew we had to get something going, either a field goal or a touchdown. We held our fours to the sky, like we always do, and we

changed the game.”A l ab a m a p r a c t i c e s

two-minute drills every Thursday. While the offen-sive and defensive players weren’t exactly in agreement on which unit has won more, they all agreed that it played a big role in creating the memorable play.

“When we got the ball back for the last drive? It was just two-minute drill. We do that every Thursday,” Kouandjio said. “Honestly, we looked in each other’s eyes and we knew we were all going to do our jobs. We all had extreme confidence. We had a job to do and it was time to execute.”

Injury updateSaban said that besides the

routine bumps and bruises, the only injured player was running back Eddie Lacy, who would not practice Monday due to a tweaked ankle. Wide receiver Amari Cooper is still sore, but will practice this week, according to Saban.

Kickoff set for Western Carolina

Alabama announced Monday that the Crimson Tide’s game vs. Western Carolina on Nov. 17 will kick off at 11:21 a.m. The game will be televised on the SEC Network.

Crimson Tide begins preparing for Texas A&M

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The Alabama women’s basket-ball team defeated the Stillman Tigers Monday night 94-39 in its lone exhibition game of the season.

Junior guard Shafontaye Myers scored Alabama’s first two points off of a layup after a steal, as the Tide went on to rack up 27 steals and score 51 points off turnovers.

Head coach Wendell Hudson and the Tide credit much of

the team’s success to defense and depth.

“I thought we played really hard as a basketball team,” Hudson said. “We played a lot of different combinations of people, which has been fun to have a lot of different combinations of people to play… From a defensive stand-point that doesn’t show up in the stats. We took Stillman and made them play the way we wanted them to play.”

Every player on the Alabama roster scored. Myers led the way

with 15 points. Senior Jessica Merritt scored 12 points while fellow senior Celiscia Farmer scored seven points, racked up five rebounds, two assists and two steals.

“I think we did pretty good,” guard Daisha Simmons said. “We still got a lot to work on, a lot to learn. It’s only the first game. I think we have to get in much bet-ter shape because we want to play at a faster pace.”

“We have a lot more depth this year,” Horn said. “We’re a little bit

small, so we want to play fast, so we’ll be pretty good.”

Fans got to see players who were not eligible to play last year due to NCAA transfer rules. Guard Dashia Simmons and forward Briana Hutchen played their first games in Alabama jerseys after transferring from Rutgers University, along with guard Brittany Jack who came from Samford University.

This was the first game back for redshirt sophomore Kaneisha Horn who sat out last season

after an ACL injury and surgery. Horn showed the crowd why see was mentioned among the best of her class in the Southeastern Conference during her freshman year with her strong rebounding, exciting ball handling and inside-outside scoring.

“I’m very excited,” Horn said. “I sat out for a long time, so I’m very excited about being back and hopefully I can contribute to the team for us to make it to the tournament this year.”

“I thought [Horn] played pretty

good,” Hudson said. “She’s got to get in game shape, but she made some great offensive moves, rebounding the basketball and did some things defensively that didn’t show up in the stats. I’m glad she’s back out there playing.”

Every Alabama player dressed out and played except Meghan Perkins, who sat out due to inju-ry. The Tide will have its first regular season game against Jacksonville State on Nov. 11 at Foster Auditorium. Tipoff is slated for 2 p.m.

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