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In the wake of the April 27, 2011, Tuscaloosa tornado outbreak, Temporary Emergency Services fed, clothed and supported hundreds of families. Under the direction of Karen Thompson, TES continues to support 20 percent of the community.

While University officials responded appropriately by dismissing defensive lineman Jonathan Taylor, coach Nick Saban, UA Athletics and Admissions must shoulder blame for his presence on campus.

Colleges and honor societies will recognize students this week with receptions, awards and scholarships. Academic excellence is celebrated with a day off for all students on Friday.

By Terrin Waack | Staff Reporter

With his 6-foot-6 frame, sophomore Kristian Gkolomeev stalks around the pool before each race. He gets himself mad and tries to scare his opponents as he stares them down, willing them to challenge him.

In those moments before he steps up on the starting block, the gentle Alabama swimmer that his coaches and teammates know him as disappears and is replaced by an intense competitor.

“You can see it in a look on his face,” sophomore Jack Hadjiconstantinou said. “You see how ripped he is and the way he stares at his opponents. I wouldn’t want to go against him.”

To Gkolomeev, everything else ceas-es to exist in that moment before the

starting buzzer sounds. Then, he dives in and does what he does best: swim.

Originally from Athens, Greece, Gkolomeev had experience in the water before moving to the United States. His participation in the Olympics and other championships – the 15th FINA World Championship and the 2012 European Championship – was just the start of his professional swimming career.

Alabama swimming and div-ing head coach Dennis Pursley and

associate head coach Jonty Skinner noticed Gkolomeev then, but it wasn’t until the 2012 Summer Olympics that they made contact with him. Gkolomeev said he knew if he wanted to become a better, more successful swimmer, he would have to work for it. He would have to learn from coaches and train with an actual team, which was unlike anything he had done before. So come

Gkolomeev uses Olympic experience on swim team

SEE GKOLOMEEV PAGE 6

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

Football player charged for abuse

By Sean Landry & Kelly Ward | CW Staff

Alabama defensive lineman Jonathan Taylor was arrested and charged with domestic violence Saturday evening – his second arrest for domestic violence.

Taylor, a recent transfer to The University of Alabama after his

dismissal from The University of Georgia, was booked into the Tuscaloosa County Jail on $1,000 bond, according to a Tuscaloosa Police Department media release. Taylor was dismissed from the program, Alabama coach Nick Saban announced Sunday afternoon.

“Tuscaloosa Police responded to UAPD (1110 Jackson Ave) to speak with a victim who stated she was assaulted by her boyfriend at approximately 6:00 pm this evening (3/28/15),” the

statement reads. “Upon arrival officers spoke with the victim about an alter-cation that took place at her residence in the 100 Block of E 15th Street. After speaking with the victim, officers locat-ed the suspect at the victim’s residence and spoke to him about the incident. Officers found probable cause to arrest the suspect for Domestic Violence 3rd Degree Assault and Domestic Violence

Jonathan TaylorTuscaloosa Sheriff’s Department

Sophomore Kristian Gkolomeev has won two individual national championships in his two years on the Alabama swim team. UA Athletics

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Jonathan Taylor arrested for 2nd time in one year

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coach Nick Saban, UA Athletics and Admissions must shoulder blame forhis presence on campus.

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Brandon Chicotsky, a doctoral student in the College of Communication and Information Sciences, tells a story at Maxwell Hall about his experience at the University during Creative Campus’ launch of their new website Retrospective. CW / Layton Dudley

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WHEN: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.WHERE: Sella-Granata Art Gallery,

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Chemistry tutoringWHAT: Free chemistry 101, 102 and

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The runoff election for vice president of student affairs was rescheduled to take place Monday, March 31, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The runoff is to decide the winner between Tate Thomas and Branden Greenberg. The runoff was postponed pending an appeal fi led by Greenberg to the SGA Elections Board. The board voted to approve a runoff and announced

Sunday morning that the election was to be held Monday. Greenberg won the plurality of the votes but needed a majority, according to the SGA Constitution, to take offi ce. Students will be able to vote online at mybama.ua.edu between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday.

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SGA runoff for vice president of student affairs rescheduled

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Alabama women’s golf defeated Auburn 2.5-2.5 on a tiebreaker in the fi nal round of match play in the Black Bracket of the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic. The Crimson Tide won the tiebreaker due to being the higher-seeded team.

Alabama got wins from Janie Jackson and Cammie Gray. Nicole Morales’s birdie on the

eighth hole, which was her 17th hole of the day, earned the tie.

The Crimson Tide will play again from April 10 to 12 in the PING ASU Invitational at the ASU Karsten Golf Course in Tempe, Arizona.

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Women’s golf beats Auburn in of Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic

Inner-city students from Huntsville gath-ered in Lloyd Hall Friday to partake in the Victory Through Voice oratorical contest.

The contest, which was organized through the New College, showcased young speakers whose stories dealt with personal difficulties and their passion to succeed in life.

The students are all members of an after school program at the Huntsville Inner City Christian Learning Center. Program direc-tor Jahnitta Lovejoy said many of the students come from broken homes. She said the stu-dents are passionate about learning and, de-spite having the odds against them, they strive to succeed.

“One of the goals is to build future leaders in the community,” she said.

Cynthia Maugeri, a senior majoring in public relations, said the young speakers moved her.

“They were all so brave,” Maugeri said. “They have more courage than I do as a 21-year-old.”

Students toured the University’s campus to see hands-on what a college experience is like. The students visited landmarks like Bryant-Denny Stadium and ate at Lakeside Dining Hall.

Numerous guest speakers attended the event to discuss the importance of pursuing

knowledge. Robert Hayes, assistant dean for the College of Arts and Sciences, was one of the judges and guest speakers.

The authenticity of the stories resonated with Hayes, he said. He said he hopes the program will continue to grow and hopefully one day The University of Alabama can provide scholarships through the program.

Julia Quan, a sophomore majoring in po-litical science and Chinese, helped run the event. She said she is passionate about the oratorical contest because of its connection to New College. She said the Victory Through Voice program has offered an outlet for the students to share their personal stories.

Quan said the program draws in younger students to cement a foundation for the future. She said she was inspired by the students’ stories of perseverance.

“These kids are fighters,” she said. “They have broken homes. Some are survivors of abuse. For me, someone who is privileged, watching these kids share their testimonies inspires me.”

Awards were given at the end of the con-test. The awards were divided by age and di-vision. All the students were commended for their speaking abilities.

Compiled by Blain Bradley

High schoolers participate in oratorical contest on campus

3Editor | Rachel [email protected], March 30, 2015

Coming months mark start of tornado season

UA instructor helps write revised state constitu-

By Ben Jackson | Contributing Writer

As spring rolls into Tuscaloosa, so does the potential for severe weather. In a community that understands the threat of tornadoes, The University of Alabama has provided a number of resources to help students prepare in the event of an emergency.

According to the National Weather Service’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Storm Prediction Center, tornado season is defined as “the peak period for historical tornado reports in an area, when averaged over the history of reports.” According to the SPC, tornado season in the area sur-rounding the Gulf Coast typically occurs earlier in the spring while it occurs later in the year in the more northern areas of the United States.

In 2014, the highest number of tornado-related fatalities in the U.S. occurred dur-ing the months of April, May and June, which is considered to be the most com-mon time for tornadoes to occur.

“The safety and well-being of our stu-dents is one of our highest priorities at the University of Alabama,” reads one of the University’s weather preparedness guides. The guide, available at prepare.ua.edu, is one of many online resources to provide students with access to infor-mation regarding severe weather and other disasters.

The University of Alabama Police Department is equipped to respond to a wide array of disasters and can be con-tacted in the event of any concern.

The University also updates students on dangerous weather conditions using email and phone alerts.

“The most important thing for students is being sure they have a good way of get-ting tornado warnings,” said James Spann, the chief meteorologist at Birmingham’s

ABC 33/40 and a popular choice for weath-er reports, especially during times of severe weather. “The standard smart phone apps are not warning apps, we prefer ‘WeatherRadio by WDT’ and ‘MyWarn.’ Those are extremely reliable and allow you to choose the warnings you receive.”

Spann added that while most cell-phones are capable of receiving govern-ment alerts through government-issued Wireless Emergency Alerts, his team is not fully confident in their reliability and recommends apps as reliable warning tools.

The official University severe weath-er guidelines are available at (uanews.ua.edu/weather) and advise students on campus procedure in the event of severe weather.

“Every student needs to know where they are going if they are in a tornado warning polygon,” said Spann, adding to the University suggestions which, while applicable to all Tuscaloosa residents, are aimed toward students living or working on campus. “Those on second floor apart-ments have to get down on the lowest floor. The keys are small rooms like bathrooms, hallways and closets on the lowest floor, near the center of the house or apartment and away from windows.”

For more information or questions regarding severe weather preparedness at The University of Alabama, students should visit prepare.ua.edu.


At 340,000 words and over 800 amend-ments, Alabama’s State Constitution is the world’s longest functioning constitu-tion. But length alone is not the reason that Robert McCurley, attorney and former director of the Alabama Law Institute, has been helping Alabama’s Constitutional Revision Commission draft a new constitution.

“There are about four big issues, with some of the biggest being taxation and home rule,” he said.

The Constitution that he and the reform commission drafted seeks to address these issues on an article-by-article basis while leaving some mainstays, like state boundaries and the oath of office, alone.

McCurley became the director of the Alabama Law Institute in 1975. At that time, a new constitution had been drafted by a commission formed during Governor Albert Brewer’s administration. However, when a new governor took office, these reform efforts were abandoned.

In 2011, the newly-elected Republican legislature revived these efforts and established a new Constitution Revision Commission under the leadership of for-mer Governor Brewer. McCurley, along with 12 others, commissioned the re-writ-ing of the 1901 Alabama Constitution. The commission’s newest draft was completed in 2014 and is working its way through the legislative process.

McCurley’s background in law and constitutional reform has given him material and style to teach students for over 25 years. In addition, he has been instrumental in the Honors College Town Hall series.

“Mr. McCurley is one of the most inter-esting people I’ve met in my life and he has a story for everything,” said Maria

O’Keefe, a senior majoring in history who has taken every class McCurley has offered through the Honors College since she was a freshman. “He’s taught me that we are always learning and that we are always students no matter our age. He’s never shy with showering his students with praise and honesty.”

Derek Carter, a junior majoring in math and economics, began taking McCurley’s classes during his freshman year.

“With a state constitution as desper-ate for revision as Alabama’s, I think McCurley is one of the best possible people you could get to be involved in the process,” he said.

O’Keefe said she strongly agrees about McCurley’s leadership in this area, citing his past experience as well as his litany of published law books. She said she feels all Alabamians should be following the issue closely.

“I think the best place to start to help Alabama out of the bottom is a heavily revised or completely new constitution,” she said. “The constitution is for the peo-ple – people should absolutely be inter-ested in constitutional reform because it’s for them.”

Brian McWilliams, a senior majoring in biology, said he believes McCurley’s most recent draft, while not addressing issues like property taxes and guarantees like education and decentralized home rule, will still make real progress.

“I’m very optimistic that the new docu-ment will simplify and modernize the state government in a way that will serve as an example for other states,” he said.

Students interested in the issue of con-stitutional reform in Alabama can take an honors class with McCurley in the Fall 2015 semester and follow the most recent draft on ali.state.al.us/constitutional-revision.html.

Robert McCurley, attorney and former director of the Alabama Law Institute, has been helping Alabama’s Constitutional Revision Commission draft a new constitution. CW / Amellia Armstrong

Tornado Season

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Gulf Coast Tornado Season Southern Plains Tornado Season Northern Plains and Upper Midwest Tornado Season

2014 U.S. Tornado-Related Fatalities:

Apr

Jun

287 May

130129

CW / Claire Whorton

Every student needs to know where

they are going if they are in a tornado

warning polygon.

— James Spann —

Place all waste materials in trash receptacles, to ensure they do not make their way into our local bodies

of water.

3Editor | Rachel [email protected], March 30, 2015

Coming months mark start of tornado season

UA instructor helps write revised state constitution


As spring rolls into Tuscaloosa, so does the potential for severe weather. In a community that understands the threat of tornadoes, The University of Alabama has provided a number of resources to help students prepare in the event of an emergency.

According to the National Weather Service’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Storm Prediction Center, tornado season is defined as “the peak period for historical tornado reports in an area, when averaged over the history of reports.” According to the SPC, tornado season in the area sur-rounding the Gulf Coast typically occurs earlier in the spring while it occurs later in the year in the more northern areas of the United States.

In 2014, the highest number of tornado-related fatalities in the U.S. occurred dur-ing the months of April, May and June, which is considered to be the most com-mon time for tornadoes to occur.

“The safety and well-being of our stu-dents is one of our highest priorities at the University of Alabama,” reads one of the University’s weather preparedness guides. The guide, available at prepare.ua.edu, is one of many online resources to provide students with access to infor-mation regarding severe weather and other disasters.

The University of Alabama Police Department is equipped to respond to a wide array of disasters and can be con-tacted in the event of any concern.

The University also updates students on dangerous weather conditions using email and phone alerts.

“The most important thing for students is being sure they have a good way of get-ting tornado warnings,” said James Spann, the chief meteorologist at Birmingham’s

ABC 33/40 and a popular choice for weath-er reports, especially during times of severe weather. “The standard smart phone apps are not warning apps, we prefer ‘WeatherRadio by WDT’ and ‘MyWarn.’ Those are extremely reliable and allow you to choose the warnings you receive.”

Spann added that while most cell-phones are capable of receiving govern-ment alerts through government-issued Wireless Emergency Alerts, his team is not fully confident in their reliability and recommends apps as reliable warning tools.

The official University severe weath-er guidelines are available at (uanews.ua.edu/weather) and advise students on campus procedure in the event of severe weather.

“Every student needs to know where they are going if they are in a tornado warning polygon,” said Spann, adding to the University suggestions which, while applicable to all Tuscaloosa residents, are aimed toward students living or working on campus. “Those on second floor apart-ments have to get down on the lowest floor. The keys are small rooms like bathrooms, hallways and closets on the lowest floor, near the center of the house or apartment and away from windows.”

For more information or questions regarding severe weather preparedness at The University of Alabama, students should visit prepare.ua.edu.


At 340,000 words and over 800 amend-ments, Alabama’s State Constitution is the world’s longest functioning consti-tution. But length alone is not the rea-son that Robert McCurley, attorney and former director of the Alabama Law Institute, has been helping Alabama’s Constitutional Revision Commission draft a new constitution.

“There are about four big issues, with some of the biggest being taxation and home rule,” he said.

The Constitution that he and the reform commission drafted seeks to address these issues on an article-by-article basis while leaving some mainstays, like state boundaries and the oath of office, alone.

McCurley became the director of the Alabama Law Institute in 1975. At that time, a new constitution had been drafted by a commission formed during Governor Albert Brewer’s administration. However, when a new governor took office, these reform efforts were abandoned.

In 2011, the newly-elected Republican legislature revived these efforts and established a new Constitution Revision Commission under the leadership of for-mer Governor Brewer. McCurley, along with 12 others, commissioned the re-writ-ing of the 1901 Alabama Constitution. The commission’s newest draft was completed in 2014 and is working its way through the legislative process.

McCurley’s background in law and constitutional reform has given him material and style to teach students for over 25 years. In addition, he has been instrumental in the Honors College Town Hall series.

“Mr. McCurley is one of the most inter-esting people I’ve met in my life and he has a story for everything,” said Maria

O’Keefe, a senior majoring in history who has taken every class McCurley has offered through the Honors College since she was a freshman. “He’s taught me that we are always learning and that we are always students no matter our age. He’s never shy with showering his students with praise and honesty.”

Derek Carter, a junior majoring in math and economics, began taking McCurley’s classes during his freshman year.

“With a state constitution as desper-ate for revision as Alabama’s, I think McCurley is one of the best possible people you could get to be involved in the process,” he said.

O’Keefe said she strongly agrees about McCurley’s leadership in this area, citing his past experience as well as his litany of published law books. She said she feels all Alabamians should be following the issue closely.

“I think the best place to start to help Alabama out of the bottom is a heavily revised or completely new constitution,” she said. “The constitution is for the peo-ple – people should absolutely be inter-ested in constitutional reform because it’s for them.”

Brian McWilliams, a senior majoring in biology, said he believes McCurley’s most recent draft, while not addressing issues like property taxes and guarantees like education and decentralized home rule, will still make real progress.

“I’m very optimistic that the new docu-ment will simplify and modernize the state government in a way that will serve as an example for other states,” he said.

Students interested in the issue of con-stitutional reform in Alabama can take an honors class with McCurley in the Fall 2015 semester and follow the most recent draft on ali.state.al.us/constitutional-revision.html.

Robert McCurley, attorney and former director of the Alabama Law Institute, has been helping Alabama’s Constitutional Revision Commission draft a new constitution. CW / Amellia Armstrong

Tornado Season

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Gulf Coast Tornado Season Southern Plains Tornado Season Northern Plains and Upper Midwest Tornado Season

2014 U.S. Tornado-Related Fatalities:

Apr

Jun

287 May

130129

CW / Claire Whorton

Every student needs to know where

they are going if they are in a tornado

warning polygon.

— James Spann —

Place all waste materials in trash receptacles, to ensure they do not make their way into our local bodies

of water.

4Editor | Patrick [email protected], March 30, 2015

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By Kellee Ransom | Guest Columnist

This winter, my students joined their peers across the country to celebrate Black History Month. For my kids, the content was not unfamiliar – black history and culture have a regular presence in my classroom. And as my kids learn about the struggles of the past, they recognize it in their own present – when a cashier squints suspiciously when they walk into a store, when they turn on the news and see another per-son who looks like them lose his life to senseless violence. These lessons are anything but history.

My kids are only in second grade, but they are acutely aware of the uphill climb they will face as they navigate the world. When Mike Brown and Eric Garner were killed, my kids saw the color of those men’s skin and knew it matched their own. We had dif-ficult conversations about why these individuals lost their lives and why it is so important that my kids work extra hard to over-come the barriers that systemic injustice has put in their way.

This school year marked the first in which the majority of pub-lic school students are minorities. Our generation has a responsibil-ity to work to ensure that each and every one of them is moving through a system that affirms their identities, shows them they are valued and allows them access to the opportunities they

have been denied for far too long.While the “whites only” signs

of the ‘60s have come down, the reality of separate and unequal endures. Alongside glaring gaps in educational, employment and economic opportunity, people of color in this nation face a vari-ety of subtler, no less damaging assumptions. A successful black lawyer hears whispers of affir-mative action. A young black boy on a corner is seen as “lurking,” while his white peers “hang out.” A black college student is asked to give “the black perspective” to a seminar full of white students who are never asked to speak on behalf of their entire race.

My kids will not be immune to these injustices. They know this as well as I do. So my job is to empower and equip them. My job is to teach them about the incred-ible contributions people who look like them have made to soci-ety so that they know they too are capable of greatness. And most importantly, my job is to teach them about the ways members and allies of the black commu-nity have reached back and lifted up members of their community, even after they had achieved their personal goals. This is what I want my students to carry with them wherever they go – the sense that we are all connected, that our success depends on one another and that we have a responsibility as engaged citizens to lift up the people we know from the places

that make us who we are.I joined Teach For America

because I believe with all my heart that our individual voices are powerful. When children see faces in front of them that look like their faces and are doing great things, those kids re-imag-ine their conceptions of what is possible for their own futures. There are not enough African American men and women in our classrooms, serving as role models and support systems for our kids.

I often hear students say they look up to people like LeBron James and Kobe Bryant. While these men have done incredible work, I’ll be happy when more kids of color to aspire to be CEOs, attorneys, doctors and entre-preneurs. Part of getting there will depend on more teachers of color shaping our kids’ beliefs on what success looks like and more teachers of all backgrounds committed to breaking down the barriers that have held our kids back for far too long. We need more advocates and cheerleaders working within classrooms and communities, reminding the next generation of kids of color that they matter, that they always have and that they always will.

Kellee Ransom is a 2003 alumna of The University of Alabama and a 2008 alumna of Teach For America in Kansas City. She teaches second grade.

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Understand the past, empower the future

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UA was wrong to give Taylor 2nd chance

OURVIEW

Jonathan Taylor has now been kicked off of two SEC foot-ball teams in less than a year for the same alleged crime, and University of Alabama Athletics, University of Alabama Admissions and head football coach Nick Saban must bear some responsibility for his actions. Second chances exist so people can learn from their mistakes without losing their futures. However, second chances can come back to bite those who provide them, especially when they are given to people who have not earned them.

On Sunday afternoon, after allegedly assaulting another woman, Taylor was dis-missed from the football team. The response was quick, direct and appro-priate. Still, the insti-tutional willingness to ignore Taylor’s wrong-doings and the conse-quences of that blind spot have cast the entire football team and, by extension, The University of Alabama in a bad light.

In recruiting him, the Crimson Tide football team rushed to a decision about Taylor’s actions before the justice sys-tem could do the same, as the case against him in Georgia is still open. It is not Saban or the UA administration’s place to act as judge and jury for someone charged with a crime as serious as domestic abuse. While we respect Saban’s willingness to work with players who have made mistakes, Taylor had not even answered for his crimes in Georgia before he was accepted at The University of Alabama. Second chances are important, but they must be earned through an appropriate distance from the original offense and a basic demonstration of remorse and reform.

Moving forward, we hope Saban and the administration will use better judgement when deciding who deserves a second chance. We also hope admissions learns from its mistake. It seems implausible that Taylor would ever have been admitted to the University with two open charges against him if he had not been a 6-foot-4, 335-pound four-star defensive lineman.

There is apparently a double standard for current and potential football players on this campus. Administrators should not treat students with impressive athletic abili-ties with more leniency. Students with extraordinary intellectual or academic abilities are not treated with the same preference. There must be a consistent stan-dard for the admission of students to The University of Alabama, regardless of whether or not Saban wants them on his team.

Saban made the right call on Sunday by dismissing Taylor from the football team. But Taylor should never have been in Tuscaloosa on Saturday, should never have been allowed to play football here and should never have been allowed to be a student on this campus. Second chanc-es must be earned, not merely given to people who can play a sport well.

Our View is the consensus of the Editorial Board. Sean Landry, who reported on Jonathan Taylor’s arrest and dismissal, recused himself from this editorial.

IN SHORT: Second chances are important, but they must be earned and not merely given to people who can play a sport well.

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Saban was right to give Jonathan Taylor a 2nd chance to play footballCOLUMN | SECOND CHANCES

Alabama defensive tackle Jonathan Taylor was dismissed from the football team Sunday afternoon after he was arrested Saturday night on domes-tic violence charges. If Taylor’s name sounds familiar, it’s because his signing with the Crimson Tide caused quite a bit of a stir. See, this is not the first time Jonathan Taylor has faced domestic violence charges, nor is it the first time he has been cut from a football team as a result.

Taylor was dismissed from Georgia’s football team last July after he was charged with felony aggravated assault and family violence for hitting and choking his girlfriend at the time. After being cut from the Bulldogs, Taylor spent a semester at a community col-lege before signing with the Tide in January and enrolling in classes soon after.

At the time, many questioned the wisdom of signing a player with a

history of domestic violence and arrest, but Nick Saban defended the decision to sign Taylor, emphasizing the need for second chances.

Now, less than a year after his arrest at Georgia, another young woman has become a victim and Taylor faces new charges. Many are pointing the blame for the incident to Saban. They say he took a foolish risk in sign-ing a player with a history of domestic violence, and now Saban must shoulder the blame.

And Saban certain-ly should be held, in part, responsible for the actions of his play-ers, especially those he defended so adamant-ly. But I do not think Saban was or is wrong about giving players second chances.

Some are arguing this was inevitable and should not be a shock. Here’s what one fan had to say on Twitter: “This is what happens when you allow women-beaters on your football team. They beat women.”

It’s a sentiment shared by many, and it doesn’t really have much patience for second chances. “Once a woman beat-er, always a woman beater” might be

another way to phrase it.Yet this idea that people who have

committed violence against others can-not possibly become productive mem-bers of society, no matter how many chances they are given, is a toxic belief directly at odds with the spirit of the many movements going on across the country to end domestic violence.

After all, if a person with a history of domestic vio-lence cannot change, can-not learn to respect others and control their aggres-sion and violence, why would we think educating people about domestic vio-lence would help in any way? Taken further, if vio-lent people cannot change,

then shouldn’t we just round them all up and lock them away for life?

The belief that people can change is fundamental to our notion of justice and of education in this country. We give people second chances not because they deserve them, not because we forgive the crimes they’ve committed, not to discount in any way the suffer-ing of their victims, but because second chances signal the belief that people can change.

Jonathan Taylor did not make a

“mistake” when he beat his girlfriend last July, and what he did then and what he did now is inexcusable. Taylor did not “deserve” a second chance. But that doesn’t mean he did not need one or that Saban was wrong to give him one.

Saban and the rest of the faculty and administrators that made the decision signed Taylor with the hope he would be able to change. They certainly should be held accountable for the effects of that decision. But rather than question-ing the judgment they made, we should look at what steps Saban and the ath-letic department took to educate and counsel Taylor on his aggression and his violence and his treatment and view of women and others.

If these steps were not taken, the coaching staff truly should be ashamed. It’d be silly to think a person will change their behavior if not counseled and treated in a way that promotes growth. Likewise, it’s harmful to assume people never change, no matter the circumstances or resources.

Jonathan Taylor did not change, but that does not mean it was never even a possibility.

Mark Hammontree is a junior majoring in secondary education – language arts. His column runs weekly.

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Spring 2014, he joined the Alabama swimming and diving team and made a splash.

“I started swimming when I was five,” Gkolomeev said. “My father was a swimmer. He was a really good Bulgarian swimmer.”

Gkolomeev’s father swam for Bulgaria in the 1980 Olympics in Moscow at the age of 18 and then again at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, when he was 27.

As he grew up, Gkolomeev said he would go to the pool with his father, who became a swimming coach. At that point, he started to actually learn to swim for sport.

“At 12 and later, I started taking swimming more seriously,” he said. “At age 17, I realized I could do a lot of things, and I decided I didn’t want to just follow a sport – I wanted to build a career. So I did.”

In 2012, Gkolomeev placed 31st in the 100 freestyle race at the Summer Olympics in London. He said the 2012 Olympics were mainly for gaining experience.

“It was good because now I know how the Olympics are,” he said. “So for the next Olympics in Rio, I’ll be ready so I can race those guys.”

Coming to Alabama was a whole new experience, Gkolomeev said. When he swam in Greece, he would swim and train on his own. Now he has an entire team in the pool with him. That was the first thing he saw when he arrived – a team.

“A lot of times, people in his thor-oughbred tend to be so egocentric where they just can’t deal with anybody else,” Skinner said. “Kristian is not that way. He’s the opposite of that – it makes him very refreshing.”

Although the team aspect was new to him, Gkolomeev adjusted and adapted quickly. Language was one of the main issues he had to overcome when first coming to the University. He’s not the only international ath-lete on Alabama’s swim-ming and diving ros-ter though. Teammate H a d j i c o n s t a n t i n o u is originally from Cyprus and is able to speak fluent Greek with Gkolomeev.

“Sometimes, when we all have din-ner together, [Gkolomeev and I] will start talking Greek in front of every-body else,” Hadjiconstantinou said. “They always say something like, ‘Stop. Stop talking in Greek. We are in America.’”

Both swimmers agreed it is nice to have someone there who can speak their native language. Hadjiconstantinou knew Gkolomeev before he officially came to the University, so that helped with his transition in the spring.

Hadjiconstantinou said in the end, it was not hard for Gkolomeev to adapt to the cultural changes.

“One of the things we are not used to – it might be funny – but [Americans] have dinner very early, like at 5 p.m.,” Hadjiconstantinou said. “That is strange for us. We usually have din-

ner around 8 p.m., so we always take to-go boxes for later.”

Dinner times may be different, but one thing didn’t change coming to America – Gkolomeev can swim.

Although Pursley and Skinner saw Gkolomeev swim at the Olympics, it wasn’t until he came to Alabama that the two coaches were able to see him swim back and forth in a pool, not just swim his race.

“We knew that he was an exceptionally talented swimmer but also a very undeveloped swimmer,” Pursley said.

When Gkolomeev first came to cam-pus, Skinner said he quickly noted he was pretty out of shape and did not have a whole lot of muscle tone. Since then, he has put on muscle weight, improved his technical skills and fit-ness and expanded his experience as a swimmer.

Skinner coaches the sprinters of the team, and he said Gkolomeev works

with him for his personal training. With sprinters, Skinner said he has 10 criteria that a swimmer needs to have in order to have a shot at the Olympics. After testing Gkolomeev, Skinner said he met nine out of the 10 criteria.

“The only one that really remained was could he train,” he said. “Could he actually be able to train?”

Skinner said this was an important question that needed to be answered quickly since high-end sprinters don’t always have the mindset to train. It was midsummer when Skinner said he real-ized Gkolomeev could in fact train – he had the strength.

Gkolomeev said Skinner taught him a lot.

“He showed me what swimming is about and tried to explain to me what I was doing and why it was right,” Gkolomeev said. “I was doing things that were right, but I didn’t know why I was swimming that way. He’d make me understand why I’m good.”

Skinner himself was Alabama’s first NCAA champion as a freshman in 1975 for the 100 freestyle.

“That guy [Gkolomeev] is a way better athlete than I am or ever was,” he said.

Mainly, Skinner said he helped Gkolomeev improve his technique. The worked paid off. After only three months with Skinner, Gkolomeev was ready for the NCAA championship where he won the NCAA 50 freestyle title. He swam the race in 18.95 seconds.

“I was more shocked by the fact that

he had a very poor start and was very disadvantaged from the start,” Pursley said. “If you give up a significant amount of time on the start, there’s just no time to get it back. Somehow, some way, he managed to close that gap.”

In all his time coaching, Pursley said he never saw such a thing happen at that level. It wasn’t so much winning that was the shock as much as it was the comeback.

Gkolomeev said he wasn’t expecting to do so well so fast. He said winning is his favorite memory at the University and he said he still remembers the shock he felt once the race was over.

“I just realized that to be a national champion is a big thing for Americans, and it was really fun,” he said.

One year later, Gkolomeev stood on that podium again – this year, as cham-pion of the 100 freestyle after placing second in the 50 freestyle – with two seasons, two national championships, two years to go.

“The exciting thing about it is that he’s still very undeveloped,” Pursley said. “He has not yet scratched the surface of his potential yet.”

As his sprint coach, Skinner said he has a plan already laid out to the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Gkolomeev said he has much more training to do before then, but it’s the end goal. His coaches and team-mates believe he can do it.

“I wouldn’t bet against him,” Pursley said. “I wouldn’t bet, period, because it’s against the rules. If I could, I definitely wouldn’t bet against him.”

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Sophomore wins both 100 and 50 freestyle in 2 years

After winning national championships in the 50 freestyle last year and the 100 freestyle last weekend, Gkolomeev will set his sights on the 2016 Olympics. UA Athletics

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Milo’s to make returnBy Nick Privitera | Contributing Writer

Milo’s Hamburgers is returning to Tuscaloosa in late April after having its former building wiped out during the April 27, 2011, tornado. Though there is not a set date for the opening, updates will be provided via social media.

“We had always intended to come back to Tuscaloosa after the tornado; it just took us a lot longer than we antici-pated,” Milo’s CEO Tom Dekle said. “We love being a part of the Tuscaloosa culture, and we always knew we’d be back. And now we’re coming back with more to offer.”

The new restaurant will be located near the intersection of Skyland Boulevard and Route 69 on the south side of Skyland next to Chick-fil-A.

In addition to the new location, Milo’s will also be offering an expanded menu. According to a press release, the burger shop will now feature chicken menu options, ice cream and a full breakfast menu.

Those interested in updates on the opening date can fol-low Milo’s on social media or stop by the location, where updates will be posted on a sign.

“Living in Birmingham, Milo’s has always been a favorite restaurant of mine, and every time I go home I always make sure to stop by,” said Clay Jones, a freshman majoring in general business. “Having one in Tuscaloosa will be terrible for my wallet though, because I know I’ll be eating there once a week if not more.”

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The new Milo’s restaurant is currently under construction near the intersection of Skyland Boulevard and Route 69. CW / Nick Privitera

Nonprofi t works with UA classesBy Morgan Nicodemus | Contributing Writer

Humans have two natural instincts. Biologists label these two instincts as “fight” or “flight,” in which we either choose to run or choose to stay and face the battle in front of us.

Both options have logical rea-soning behind them. Both make sense, but on April 27, 2011, Karen Thompson had no choice but to fight.

Serving as executive director of Temporary Emergency Services in Tuscaloosa for 25 years, Thompson met the destruction of the April 27 tornadoes firsthand. As the natural disaster left many Tuscaloosa resi-dents hungry, homeless and heart-broken, it was up to Thompson and her staff to provide for hundreds.

TES is a nonprofit organization with a mission to improve the com-munity by providing individuals with necessities. When the April 27 tor-nado increased the number of people in need, the organization took the battle head on. While their food pan-try became barren and their clothing supply scarce, the disaster was able to raise awareness for the need of the nonprofit organization.

“Our name finally was out there where I feel in the beginning it had not been,” Thompson said. “Even though there had been smaller

storms, it took a bigger storm for people to realize this is what we do and what we’re going to continue to do.”

Fast-forward four years and 20 percent of the Tuscaloosa communi-ty still depends on TES for hot show-ers, food, clothing and financial sup-port in the wake of personal crises.

“It’s not easy,” Thompson said. “Your name is out there, but it’s associated with one thing. There’s so much beyond the tornado.”

Some UA students are beginning to believe in the organization’s mis-sion as well. Nutrition classes at the University work with the organiza-tion by challenging their students to come up with new recipes based on the food pantry’s offerings, find dif-ferent ways to pack food bags and learn more about the nonprofit.

“Sometimes we get to a point where we just don’t have any food,”

Thompson said. “But they’re able to come to us with a new aspect for a whole semester.”

As TES grows to meet the demands of the community, volunteers and interns are what help the staff make their mission a reality. However, with only 12 permanent volunteers work-ing with the organization, TES is in constant pursuit of helping hands.

“I would love to have more busi-ness interns come help us come up with ideas to grow the agency,” Thompson said. “We’re still not done. We still have to continue to work on selling ourselves.”

By going four years without raises and receiving zero bonuses from after the tornado, the organi-zation’s staff members have given themselves to their mission.

“They’ve moved three times until they finally got their own building on 15th Street,” said LoWanda James, Thompson’s longtime friend and TES board member.

Celebrating 70 years of service this year, the organization continues to face both natural and individual disasters for Tuscaloosa.

“Karen Thompson has taken Temporary Emergency Services to a level I think many people thought might never could be possible,” James said.

Karen Thompson serves as the executive director of Temporary Emergency Services in Tuscaloosa. Photo Courtesy of Barry Fikes

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For many students, those all-nighters spent ensuring their GPAs stay in tip-top shape will pay off this week.

Honors Week, a long-standing UA tradi-tion, takes place during the first week of April. Throughout the week, individual colleges and honor societies present stu-dents with awards and scholarships, commending them on both academic and service achievements.

“There’s no real central authority for Honors Week,” said Kirk Walter, coor-dinator of this year’s Honors Week. “It’s simply the week where the schools, col-leges, honor societies and everybody else get together to honor students and their achievements.”

One of the first events this week is the Iota Iota Iota induction ceremony and reception Tuesday in the Alston Hall par-lor. Also known as Triota, the honor soci-ety is an international women’s studies honor society that focuses on the promo-tion of scholarship and excellence related to gender and women’s studies.

Elle Shaaban-Magaña, director of the University of Alabama Women and Gender Resource Center, is helping orchestrate the Triota event. Shaaban-Magaña said this honor society celebrates students who have an interest in gender and women’s

studies as well as interests in scholarship, research and social justice initiatives.

“We will be inducting our new mem-bers and recognizing and talking about their research interests and some of the service projects they have worked on,” she said. “Many of our inductees will have committed many more hours than just the required amount of six.”

On the following Wednesday, the Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Awards Luncheon will be held at the University Club. This luncheon will recognize research done by students who have been nominated by faculty advisors

for their work.Jane Batson, program manager for

the Computer-Based Honors Program, is involved with making this event possible. She said they will recognize 31 students at the luncheon for their research, which is the most they have ever had for this award.

“The recipients who are recognized are across all disciplines,” she said. “This year we’ve had the most nominations we’ve ever had across the board because we have so many more students who are doing research on campus.”

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Honors Day Program will be held on Friday at the Hotel Capstone. Along with recognizing individual students in the col-lege who have a GPA of 4.0 or higher, schol-arships like the Betty H. Loomis Endowed Scholarship and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Scholarship will be awarded. Jan Moyer is helping to organize this year’s Honors Day event.

“I think Honors Week is a great way to recognize students that are excelling in the program,” she said. “It also gives the fac-ulty a chance to talk to the student’s fam-ily and let them know how well their child is doing.”

One of the hallmark Honors Week events is the Tapping on the Mound this Friday. Tapping on the Mound is an annu-al event that includes the tappings for the four premier senior honor societies: Anderson Society, Blue Key, Mortar Board and Omicron Delta Kappa. At this event, premier award winners are recognized for their achievements. Kirk Walter is work-ing with the Coordinating Council for Honor Societies to run this event.

Honors Week concludes with a day off of classes on Friday. Batson said this week celebrates not only academic achievement but also students who are excelling at ser-vice. She said she believes Honors Week sets a good example for underclassmen to see what older students are accomplishing and to work for it themselves.

During Honors Week, which takes place the fi rst week of April, colleges and honor societies present students with awards and scholarships. Photo Courtesy of Allyson McDaniel

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By Jordan Cissell

Courtney Barnett’s trademark stream-of-consciousness delivery is less the smiling UPS representa-tive ringing the doorbell and con-veying a package directly into your hands, more the disgruntled teen-ager slinging handfuls of newspa-pers in the general direction of your porch as she squeals through her route behind the wheel of an ocean blue 1973 Plymouth Valiant.

On “Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit,” her first full-length studio album, the Australian sing-er-songwriter talk-sings her way through song after rambling song, each a cavalcading synthesis of every-day observation, bone-dry humor, pop culture reference and poetic delibera-tion reminiscent of Bob Dylan’s 1965 hit “Subterranean Homesick Blues.” Barnett throws a lot in the listen-er’s way in a little less than 40 min-utes, and most of it finds its way to the porch.

Album-opener “Elevator Operator” drops you right into the middle of a chunky, frayed Marc Bolan-esque riff as Barnett talks about Oliver, a 20-year-old in the titular occupation who bails on work one day to “count the minutes that the trains come late” and watch traffic from the top of a skyscraper.

In “Pedestrian at Best,” she riffs on daylight saving time, origami and

existential crisis over Pixies-informed dynamic shifts and grating swells of overdriven, feedback-pierced guitar.

Barnett del iv-ers every line with laughably low effect, her dry disinterest

emphasizing the comical in the com-monplace. While doing laps at the community pool, the narrator of the two-minute jaunt “Aqua Profunda!” identifies a potential love interest swimming in the lane beside her. An attempt to impress the neighboring swimmer by holding her breath for too long ends in her coming up sput-tering and gasping for air. By the time Barnett has recovered, the love inter-est is nowhere in sight. Nothing ever

really happens in Barnett’s stories, but what makes them so compelling is that they could happen to anyone. Think of her as a sort of indie rock Larry David.

Not every song on the record is con-veyed in a torpedo of spoken-word screed. “Small Poppies” stretches along for several minutes in the kind of prim, reserved blues you’d hear at 11:20 p.m. on Saturday night in a champagne lounge in Charlotte, North Carolina, before launching into an extended coda of muscled drum bashes and trebly guitar jabs. On album-closer “Boxing Day Blues,” she ditches the talk-sing for a semi-croon, meditating on a rela-tionship’s impending decline over the gentle rocking-chair strum of acoustic guitar.

In spite of her often-disengaged delivery, Barnett displays a knack for thrusting herself firmly into the everyday pathos of her songs’ nar-ratives. She slogs through another restless night in her friend’s spare bedroom in “An Illustration of Loneliness (Sleepless in New York),” a pulsing bass groove and springy guitar runs providing the support for her drowsy rhapsody. First she

counts the cracks in the wall; then she considers the color of the ceiling (“It is a kind of off-white, maybe it’s a cream”). But those are ultimately just distractions. “I’m thinking of you, too,” she admits, repetition driv-ing the line toward mantra. With the track devoid of descriptive phrases of any sort, the listener has no idea who “you” is, but you can guarantee Barnett does.

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By Kayla Montgomery | Assistant Sports Editor

For the 12 Alabama rowing seniors, Saturday’s regatta against Jacksonville University was the cul-mination of a career of growth and change. In October, the team moved from its former home of trailers in Northport to its new on-campus facil-ities at Manderson Landing, where it split races against Jacksonville during the final home regatta this season.

“They probably don’t realize it yet, but it’s something where they have been a big contributor,” coach Larry Davis said of his senior athletes. “Any time you have 12 people who are get-ting ready to leave and they have been here for the duration, they obvi-ously have a big impact. They had to be patient – there’s a lot of them who probably never thought that we would quite get to the point of having a boathouse on campus – and through their perseverance and continuing to do things to build the program, they continued to do that and they’ve been a big contributing factor for us being able to reach the level we are now.”

The Crimson Tide fell in its first race of the day, finishing behind Jacksonville by three seconds in the

1V8 race. Senior Maureen Purcell said despite losing the race, the team still hosted a successful regatta.

“It was a great race overall,” she said. “I mean, the results weren’t what we wanted, but everyone else did a great job and it was just a really successful day and a great opportunity also to show off our

new facilities.”In the 2V8 race, the Crimson Tide

rebounded to beat Jacksonville by nearly 16 seconds, with a time of 7:17.4. Alabama’s four boats in the Varsity 4 took the top four spots of the race, with the Crimson Tide’s first boat notching a time of 7:57.5. To conclude the day, the team fell in

the Novice 8.“Overall I think we did really well,”

Davis said. “There’s a few things on a couple of our crews that we need to get a little better at. I think a couple of the groups really nailed it well. I think our Varsity 4 and our Second Varsity 8s really nailed it down today. They executed the way we have been planning on doing it, and they just put it together all in one good race. I think a couple of the other crews have some things that we can polish, that we’re close to where we want to be but not quite there yet.”

Senior Melissa Etter said the team has been a big part of her col-lege career, and its growth from her freshman year until now serves as a promising sign for the remain-der of the season and the future of the program.

“I can honestly say Alabama rowing has really made my four years of college really special,” she said. “I was a walk on when I joined this team, and watching the program not only grow in terms of facility and size but also as a team has been really rewarding. We have a lot of great people on this team that have really meant a lot to me over the last four years.”

The rowing team won the 2V8 and Varsity 4 races on Saturday. CW / Layton Dudley

Rowing splits four against JSU on Senior Day

Women’s tennis drops 2By Terrin Waack | Staff Reporter

This weekend marked the first time since 2011 that the Alabama women’s tennis team lost three matches in a row. The last time the losses were against Georgia, Florida and South Carolina. Now, it was from Texas A&M, Kentucky and Vanderbilt.

The two losses from Friday and Sunday also marked the team’s first at-home losses of the season, both ending in 4-3.

“We’re still not firing from all cylinders,” coach Jenny Mainz said. “We’ve got to get back on track. There’s nothing good about losing except the lessons that come out of it. We’ve got to have confidence in ourselves.”

Against Kentucky, Alabama was unable to gain momentum right away as it lost the doubles point for the fourth time this sea-son. It was Kentucky’s Aldila Sutjiadi and Mami Adachi who finally defeated doubles pair sophomore Erin Routliffe and junior Maya Jansen for their first loss of the season, 16-1.

“The other team played really well,” Jansen said. “They played into our weak-nesses and we didn’t execute when we needed to. We weren’t ready to go from the start of the match.”

On Sunday, Alabama had another long afternoon that ended in an intense loss. This time it was able to secure the doubles point. Once the singles matches started, the momentum started to swing back and forth between Alabama and Vanderbilt.

“It’s really telling when you get a strong start in singles,” senior Emily Zabor said.

“It just puts you down when the other team gets the first set – it kind of gives them a boost.”

Although the overall output of the game had already been decided, sopho-more Danielle Spielmann still had her match in progress against Vanderbilt’s Astra Sharma.

“Basically they already won and I knew it didn’t matter if I win or lose – we’d already lost – but to me, I wanted to win that match as bad as I did before,” Spielmann said.

Zabor, along with Mainz and Jansen, said she is proud of how Spielmann never let up on the throttle. That match reflected the type of fight that the team now holds as the standard for further matches, she said.

“It was great to watch Spielmann play and fight like she did,” Zabor said.

Alabama has now lost four of its last five matches and stands at 13-6 with three matches to go before the SEC Championships.

The women’s tennis team lost a pair of matches to Vanderbilt and Kentucky this weekend. CW / Layton

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3rd Degree Criminal Mischief.”According to the release, the victim had

minor neck injuries.Taylor enrolled at the University in

January after spending a semester at Copiah-Lincoln Community College. He was dismissed from The University of Georgia in July 2014 after an inci-dent in which police said he choked his

then-girlfriend and struck her with “a closed fist.” He was indicted on two felo-ny charges of aggravated assault/family violence in November.

Taylor was also arrested during his time at The University of Georgia for theft by deception.

Sunday afternoon, UA Athletics released a statement from Nick Saban.

“Jonathan Taylor has been dismissed from the team and is no longer a part of our program,” Saban’s statement read. “This will still need to go through the legal process, but when he was given an oppor-tunity here, it was under strict guidelines

and we made it clear there was a zero tolerance policy.”

Later Sunday afternoon, Alabama director of athletics Bill Battle released a statement on Taylor’s arrest.

“Representing this University is a privilege that none of us can take for granted,” Battle’s statement read. “As I noted in my comments when the deci-sion was made to allow Jonathan Taylor to attend the University on a football scholarship, I believe in second chances. I still do. However, being successful in that second chance requires responsi-bility and accountability. In Jonathan’s

situation, the University and the Department of Athletics set forth very clear standards of accountability and expecta-tions of conduct. Jonathan was afforded a chance to successfully overcome the diffi-culties that resulted in his departure from the University of Georgia. Unfortunately, it appears that he was unable to do so, in spite of extensive efforts to assist him.

Taylor’s arrest came one day after Alabama defensive back Geno Smith’s arrest for driving under the influence. Smith was also arrested for DUI in 2013 and was suspended for the season opener that year.

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Taylor dismissed from team after Saturday night arrest

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