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ON THE BUBBLE?Mardi Gras never ends for Voodoo Saints

BAMA THEATRE GOES ACOUSTIC

Dubstep, silly string mix at Rounders

By Ashanka KumariStaff Reporter [email protected]

To gather citizen input regarding the Tuscaloosa Forward Generational Master Plan and the new mixed residential dis-tricts for areas impacted by the April 27

tornado, an open house was held at City Hall on Tuesday from 4 to 7 p.m. Maps and illustrations of proposed infrastructures throughout tornado recovery areas including parks, streets and other public facilities were on display as well as proposed re-zoning maps and building styles for residential areas with-in tornado recovery zones. Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox said he was excited to see so many people attend for the future of the city.

“This is a generational plan, and what we do 20 years from now is going on tonight,” Maddox said. Andrew Tielking, a junior majoring in economics, said he was particularly inter-ested in seeing the city’s plan for a new recreational park. “I think that a park is necessary for our youth and is a good place for them topractice hobbies such as skateboarding,”

City Council holds community meeting for Tuscaloosa Forward

By Taylor Holland and Stephen DethrageThe Crimson White

Advance UA, a group of five greek students running inde-pendently of the Machine, failed to claim any executive positions in Tuesday’s elec-tions.

The group, who formed this year and received cam-pus-wide atten-tion for their unified platform, said they were d i s a p p o i n t e d with the losses but hoped that the movement they started this year would stay alive and gain momentum in years to come.

“I think above all, we’re just disappointed,” said Chandler Wright, who ran for the posi-tion of vice president of stu-dent affairs. “Not just because

we lost, we obviously walked in this knowing the odds, and none of us expected to win down the line, but I think it’s disappointing because campus obviously isn’t ready to move forward.” Wright said the experience, if nothing else, made lasting relationships for the candi-dates who ran together, and set a framework for similar

movements in the future. “I think we have definite-ly made his-tory,” Wright said. “We’re all i m m e d i a t e l y looking to the future, and we would all love to see Advance

UA be a part of that. We’ve cre-ated a really good platform and done a good job at branding ourselves, and working with that, we have a bright future for Advance UA and elections in years to come.”

By Melissa BrownSenior Staff [email protected]

Matt Calderone was elected Student Government Association president for the 2012-2013 school year Tuesday night, beat-ing out opponents David Wilson II and Shea Stripling. He received a total of 6,404 votes from the 10,115 students who participated in the elec-tion. Voter turnout was up from the 2011 election, when 9,150 students voted, favoring Grant Cochran over Coresa Nancy Hogan. “I’m overwhelmed,” Calderone said, minutes after receiving the news. “It was an incredible expe-rience. I’m just extremely hum-bled. This is without a doubt the proudest moment of my life.” Calderone said the campaign season was an exhausting but exhilarating process. “The high point of the cam-paign was just seeing how much support I had from everyone,” he said. “The people who I thought might not care about student government just poured out a tremendous amount of love and support.” The Machine, a secret politi-

cal coalition of traditionally white fraternities and sororities, endorsed Calderone. Wilson, who won 2,917 votes, urged supporters not to become discouraged and to continue to push for change on campus.

“Things are changing. Things are going to change,” Wilson said. “Numbers and SGA elec-tions aren’t going to prevent the deeper campus movements that are going on here. It’s important that we fight for progressiveness and the good things that are hap-pening on this campus.” State Rep. John Merrill, the 1986 SGA president and last independent elected to the office, commended Wilson’s commit-ment to the campaign. “I think David had a good strategy and was committed,” Merrill said. “I just think this proves once again how difficult it is to defeat the Machine. It’s very hard to get people excited and motivated about an indepen-dent candidate to the point of participating in the election and demonstrating the change that is necessary.” Calderone and Wilson were both informed of election results over the phone. Stripling, how-ever, learned of the outcome via e-mail.

Calderone wins SGA presidency

Advance UA loses all races

CW | Mitchell O. HughesAbove: SGA President-Elect Matt Calderone celebrates with his supporters at the Sigma Nu house after hearing the news of his victory.

CW | Drew HooverRight: Presidential candidate David Wilson reacts after being told his campaign for the SGA presi-dency was unsuccessful.

CW | Megan SmithFar right: SGA presidential candidate Shea Stripling, sitting at the Waffl e House on the Strip, reacts to an email she received of Matt Calde-rone’s win. Unlike the other candidates, Stripling did not receive a phone call of the results.

Wilson loses by more than 3,000 votes

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Campaign alliance fails to gain traction

SEE ADVANCE PAGE 6

Residents discuss future of tornado-stricken areas

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Submitted PhotoDJ Houndstooth will perform at Rounders tonight.

By Nathan ProctorStaff Reporter [email protected]

Silly string often conjures memories of childhood fun, a younger sibling’s birthday party or possibly a prank on an unsuspecting friend. Tonight, however, “Skribble” aims to bring silly string out of retirement and into the Tuscaloosa party scene. Rounders on The Strip will host Skribble, a worldwide silly string party,

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“We’re all immediately look-ing to the future, and we

would all love to see Advance UA be a part of that.

— Chandler Wright • What: Silly String Rave

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What: Of Sumo and Samu-rai: Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. William T. Price

Where: Art Gallery, Ferguson Student Center

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What: A Rare Titanic Family: The Caldwells Story of Survival

Where: Room 205, Gorgas Library

When: 2 to 3:30 p.m.

What: Hunger Banquet

Where: Heritage Room, Fer-guson Student Center

When: 6 p.m.

What: ‘An Evening with a Redtail’ Tuskegee Airmen

Where: Ferguson Theatre, Ferguson Student Center

When: 6:30 to 8 p.m.

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What: Dr. Mark Orbe’s Key-note Address

Where: 205 Gorgas Library

When: 4 to 5 p.m.

What: Student Recital featur-ing Jeremy Crawford

Where: Moody Music Build-ing

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What: James P. Curtis Lec-ture featuring Dr. David Imig: Making the EdD the Degree of Choice

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The sidewalks in front of Little Hall and Moore Hall will close beginning March 10. Construction fencing will be placed around the grass “mini-quad.” All faculty, staff and students will need to access Little Hall from the perimeter side-walk running along Sixth Avenue, University

Boulevard and Elm Drive. The grass area will beunder construction until June, when new side-walks, lighting and landscaping will be installed. For questions, contact Trippe Gray at (205) 348-2928 or (205) 229-9849.

Sidewalk closing at Little and Moore Hall

A select group of high school sophomores invited from across the state will be attending the fifth annual Capstone Leadership Academy at The University of Alabama on Thursday and Friday. The group of more than 100 students will be addressed by guest speakers and participate in discussions that focus on the academy’s theme

of values, vision and voice. Speakers on Friday,Friday, in the Ferguson Center Ballroom include Lew Burdette, president of The King’s Home, at 8:45 a.m., Dr. Lowell Davis, UA assistant dean of students at 10:15 a.m., and Anne Walker Irwin, UA student leader and University Steward, at 1 p.m.

Capstone Leadership Academy to host talented high school students

Full-time students interested in trying out for Big Al for the 2012-13 academic year must attend one of the information sessions on March 7 or March 26 at 6 p.m. in the C.M. Newton Room in Coleman Coliseum. Applications will be dis-

tributed at each session. Students who have conflicts with the dates and time of the sessions should contact Big Al assistant Butch Hallmark at [email protected]

Tryouts for Big Al now open

Students can help UA win a national champi-onship in recycling during Recyclemania, March 1-April 6. Recyclemania is a recycling competi-tion between universities in the United States and Canada held to raise awareness about recy-

cling. Items can be placed in any of the numer-ous blue bins on campus. For more informa-tion, contact Jennifer Palm at [email protected].

UA Students participating in Recyclemania

Start Smart workshops will be held on March 8 in 300 Ferguson Center beginning at 5 p.m. The workshops are designed for women but open to everyone. Participants learn what employers are paying recent graduates and how to negoti-ate a starting salary. Preregistration is required

through the Women’s Resource Center’s web-site at wrc.ua.edu. Under the “Learn More” tab on the right side of the page, click on “Links toMore Information.” For more information, con-tact Latrisa Pugh at [email protected] or 348-5837.

StartSmart workshop to be held for UA women

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Facing questions over U.S. options to stem the bloodshed in Syria, top U.S. military lead-ers said Tuesday that creat-ing “safe havens” for rebels or imposing a no-fly zone would be extremely difficult because of the Syrian regime’s Russian-provided air defense weaponry.Marine Gen. James Mattis, who commands U.S. forces in the Middle East, also offered a cautionary word to members of the Senate Armed Forces Committee who were advocat-ing direct U.S. assistance to the Syrian rebels, known as the Free Syrian Army, saying that the uprising there is “not nec-essarily a rush towards democ-racy.” “It’s good to know who you’re dealing with,” Mattis said, add-ing that the makeup of the Free Syrian Army remained unclear.Under questioning from sena-tors including John McCain, R-Ariz., one of the most vocal proponents of U.S. military intervention in Syria, Mattis acknowledged that toppling Syrian President Bashar Assad would thwart Assad’s ally Iran, which is locked in a confron-tation with Western nations over its nuclear program, and al-Qaida, whose fighters have taken advantage of the chaos in Syria to stage attacks there. Mattis refused to discuss on the record any plans the Pentagon was making but said,

“If we were to provide options, whatever they are, to hasten the fall of Assad, it would cause a great deal of discontent in Tehran.” He noted that the bloodshed is bad and could get worse, with Assad appearing willing to use “heavier and heavier weapons” against his own people as he seeks to quash an uprising that began more than a year ago as peaceful protests and has since become extremely militarized. Mattis said Syria has sub-stantial chemical and biological weapons capabilities, although U.S. officials haven’t specified the size of Assad’s arsenal. While the Obama administra-tion has said it would offer some assistance to rebels based out-side Syria, such as humanitarian aid, it has opposed a direct U.S. military role. In a press confer-ence Tuesday, President Barack Obama reiterated that while the situation in Syria was “heart-breaking and outrageous,” deploying military assets wasn’t on the table right now. Obama rejected comparisons to Libya, where U.S. airpower played a key role in a NATO campaign against deposed leader Moammar Gadhafi. U.S. officials didn’t believe that a military campaign against Syria could be done quickly and effec-tively. “To think that somehow there is some simple solution I think is a mistake,” Obama said.

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By Adrienne BurchStaff Reporter [email protected]

The Elevator Conference of New York recently awarded Charlie Faruolo, a freshman majoring in communications and economics, a scholarship in honor of his father, Carl, and his dedicated and passionate work in the elevator industry. Carl Faruolo works for a com-pany called Magnetek Inc., the only company in the world that makes drives exclusively for

elevator hoist motors. He has been in the elevator industry for more than 10 years and is now a Qualified Elevator Inspector. Carl Faruolo was also recent-ly named the chairman of the Membership and Development Committee for the National Association of Elevator Contractors. “Carl is an industry expert and a valued contributor here at Magnetek,” said Brad Taylor, vice president of Energy Systems at Magnetek. “I am happy his efforts are being rec-

ognized in the elevator commu-nity.” Charlie Faruolo said he has grown up being aware of eleva-tors because of his father. “My dad says lots of folks never think about elevators or all the work behind the scenes that goes into making them reli-able and safe,” Faruolo said. “He is always saying that eleva-tors are everywhere.” Carl Faruolo’s job at Magnetek takes him all over North America and inside many of the most famous buildings.

“Sometimes we will be watch-ing a movie and there’s a scene with a city skyline,” Charlie Faruolo said. “And [my father] knows all the names of the big-gest buildings and what kind of elevators are in them.” Faruolo has helped his father perform elevator and safety checks at his younger brother’s elementary school and attended ECNY family picnics his entire life. These safety presentations teach children small rules to fol-low when using elevators, esca-lators and moving walkways.

For instance, it teaches stu-dents to be aware, watch their step and not play around on these devices. Faruolo said these presentations are for kids but can really help any-one. Faruolo said he has thought of starting an elevator aware-ness group on campus where they would visit local elemen-tary schools and do elevator safety training with students. Each year ECNY awards four scholarships to the children of its members. The recipients

must have a parent who is a contributing member, be a high school graduate and currently attend a four-year institution. Faruolo was awarded one of the $2,500 scholarships from ECNYin recognition of his overall accomplishments and characterand his father’s contributions to the elevator industry. Faruolo said, for now, he does not plan on going into the ele-vator industry after he gradu-ates from UA. However, he said it would make his dad really happy.

Freshman earns scholarship sponsored by Elevator Conference

By Brett Saunders Contributing Writer

Cassidy named editor-in-chief for the Corolla Yearbook

Cassidy White, a sophomore majoring in food and nutrition, has been elected to be the new editor-in-chief for the Corolla – the University of Alabama’s year-book. White said her involvement with the yearbook, including writ-ing for the Corolla and becoming the organization’s editor during the year, has prepared her to step into the role of editor-in-chief. “I decided to apply for the posi-tion of editor-in-chief because I have really enjoyed those experi-ences and have learned so much,” White said. “I want to be a leader for the Corolla and help provide other students with those same

opportunities.” As the new editor-in-chief for the Corolla, White hopes to inform more students about the

yearbook that all have an oppor-tunity to purchase. “My concern for the yearbook is that many students aren’t aware that we actually have [one] that they can purchase,” White said. “I want everyone to have that oppor-tunity to have a piece of their col-lege memories preserved.” White will continue to use her current involvement with orga-nizations like Project Health and Student Dietetic Association to allow Corolla to have more par-ticipation around campus and get the organization involved with events going on throughout the University. “I plan to build a great staff of writers, photographers and designers and collaborate with them to produce an awesome book that students can have to look back at for years to come,” White said.

Cliff Kyle named editor-in-chief for The Capstone Radio

Station

The new station manager for WVUA 90.7 The Capstone is Cliff Kyle, a senior majoring in tele-communication and film. “It feels incredible. I know there is a lot that can be accom-plished, and I am eager to get started,” Kyle said. As the new station manager for The Capstone, Kyle wants to get the University of Alabama community involved by having more students interested in the station. “There is not enough interac-tion with the UA community,” Kyle said. “I feel like the station has not done enough to demon-strate how much we care about the students here. We are a college station after all, so we

should be doing what we can to build a bridge between us and the students.” Kyle hopes to bring more ben-efit concerts to the University of Alabama for the students to participate in and enjoy. There

are also more goals in store fromKyle, which will be revealed in the future. “Big things are on the horizon, but I don’t want to spoil any sur-prises,” Kyle said. After Kyle graduates, he said he hopes to continue his career in radio by working with eithera local or nationally recognized radio station. “I would like to work as a production manager for a local or nationally recognized produc-tion studio,” Kyle said. “Or, if I can stay with the world of radio,I think that would be a satisfying career goal.” The Capstone was recent-ly able to re-subscribe to the College Music Journal, and with this, the radio station will be able to broaden its selection of music and appeal to a large baseof radio listeners.

Student Media names Corolla editor, station manager

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During the mid to late 1980s, the NBA world was abuzz over two cities, two teams and two players. The Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics were the powerhouses of the NBA. After meeting in six championship series in the 1960s, the two teams made a similar run in the 80s — meet-ing in 1984, 1985 and 1987. Adding to the already pres-ent rivalry, two characters emerged as the figureheads of the cities and rivalry. Perhaps the greatest bas-ketball opposing duo (and pos-sibly best idea for a sitcom) was Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. The two were different in almost every aspect includ-ing race, height, position etc. (great for a sitcom), but the two had one glaring similar-ity: they could both score with ease (again, great for a sitcom). Over the three-year championship duel, Bird car-

ried the Celtics to the champi-onship in ‘84, and Johnson and the Lakers conquered in both ‘85 and ‘87. Today, as Nike famously states, “we are all witness-es” to the reincarnation of the Lakers/Celtics rivalry. However, unlike the days of Magic and Bird, the figure-heads of these cities are all too alike. Only separated by four years, one inch, and 15 pounds, LeBron James and Kevin Durant are the future of the NBA Championship. The two forwards, argu-ably the most productive and

dynamic players in the league, are the centerpieces of the league’s most talented teams. The Miami Heat and the Oklahoma Thunder will meet in the NBA Championship at least three times over the next five years. Here is why. The Thunder is by far the most talented team in the Western Conference. They are a scoring machine, due in large part to the outside presence and ability to drive the lane from both Durant and Russell Westbrook. Serge Ibaka and Kendrick Perkins provide a dominant inside presence, while James Harden and oth-ers are great complementary players. Their biggest threats are weakening. Both the San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Lakers are getting older. Dallas is not the champi-onship team it was a year ago, and teams such as Memphis,

Houston and Denver cannot surpass the middle tier. The LA Clippers will pose the larg-est threat in the coming years, but, as of now, they would not be able to hang in a seven game series. The Heat will have a more tumultuous road year in and year out. While the team has the most dominant threesome in sports with James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, they have surrounded themselves with great role players, cover-ing last year’s weaknesses. Mario Chalmers and new addition Norris Cole provide a true point guard position for the team, while Joel Anthony has grown into his role at cen-ter. The addition of veteran Shane Battier has provided a spark for the team as well. The Chicago Bulls and up-and-coming Philadelphia 76ers will prove difficult for the Heat to deal with in the coming

years. The Boston Celtics are plagued with age, the Atlanta Hawks are only a highlight fac-tory, and the New York Knickscannot pass chemistry. With the defense that the Heat is playing, I doubt that any teamcan maintain competitiveness over a seven-game series. So sit back, enjoy the season and know that the Thunder will be playing the Heat in the NBA Championship. My pre-diction is that the Heat will win in six, spurring a rivalry that will span many years to come. My more far-fetched predic-tion is that an ad will appear inthe bottom right of the screenwith two distinct men standingback to back. While they jokearound, the words Magic and Larry will appear, advertisingthe fall’s newest sitcom.

Tyler Rigdon is a junior major-ing in marketing. His columnruns biweekly on Wednesdays.

Heat and Thunder will echo historic Lakers and Celtics rivalry

Alabamians are dubious of taxes. We have been since we emerged from the primordial soup. Nor do we care for the governments that levy them, whether state or federal. It has seemingly always been this way. In 1901, despite the fears of sitting Governor William D. Jelks that such a move would bankrupt the state government, taxes were slashed to histori-cally low levels by Alabama’s new constitution. Whereas the property tax rate had been set at 7.5 mills (0.75 percent) in 1875, the new state Constitution of 1901 lowered the rate to 6.5 mills (0.65 percent). This, my fellow Alabamians, is where we find ourselves today. The property tax limita-tion, a vestige of post-Recon-struction politics, still sits at 6.5 mills. Property taxes, mind you, constitute a large chunk of the funding for local schools, services and infrastructure. If state officials believed in 1901 that Alabama’s tax struc-ture was inadequate, how well might we expect such a system to work in 2012? Not well, it turns out. Because of what little tax rev-

enue Alabama generates is closely tied to sales and income tax, Governor Jelks feared that even if the state could operate on such a skeletal budget, a downturn in the economy might bankrupt the government. Enter 2012. Alabama is not immune to the nationwide recession, and our state gov-ernment is feeling the pinch. Money is tight, and our legis-lators are responding by doing everything in their power to balance the budget without raising a dime of new taxes. Just last week, State Rep. Richard Laird, D-Roanoke pro-posed a bill that would have raised Alabama’s danger-ously low property tax millage rate from the 6.5 laid out in 1901 to 7 mills. According to a Birmingham News write-up, this half-mill increase would have instantly generated more

than 28 million dollars in reve-nue and seemed to have enough backing to pass the house chamber, but support waned once lobbying efforts began. Let me be clear: There is nothing wrong with running an efficient, or even a lean gov-ernment. In fact, this is prefer-able. Our problem is that we are insisting on a wildly unbal-anced approach to solving our financial problems. While eschewing modest increases in taxation, draconi-an cuts have been made to the state budget. They have taken the form of teacher layoffs, pen-sion cuts and the latest slash-ing of the mental health budget, which will negatively affect Tuscaloosa. It is quite evident that Alabama’s current tax structure is failing to meet the state’s needs. Our general conservatism doesn’t have to be a block to progress. Even if raising taxes across the board is not a viable political option, Alabama can and should consider restructur-ing its taxes. Rather than frame the problem in the terms of a left/right paradigm, we should adopt a paradigm of pragma-tism that will attract members

of both parties. This goal may sound lofty, but there are a few practical measures that can be taken to start. First, Alabama is one of the poorest states in the nation, yet we obscenely tax families mak-ing as little as $4,600 per year. At the same time, we give income tax breaks to our wealthiest citizens through deductions for federal income taxes paid. We should raise the minimum tax threshold to grant relief to poorest citizens and offset those financial losses by ending loopholes and exemptions for the wealthiest citizens. Additionally, Alabama has the lowest property taxes in the nation. It is time to consider modest raises in property tax rates. While often seen as a strong inducement for business looking to settle in Alabama, these criminally low rates stunt the growth of public schools, infrastructure and government services. As these institutions suffer, quality of life declines. If we cannot maintain a decent standard of living for the major-ity of our citizens, more busi-nesses will choose not to locate in Alabama, despite the tax incentives.

For those still not convinced, modest increases in property taxes could be packaged with the removal of state sales tax from food and over-the-coun-ter medication. We are one of only two states left that still levy taxes on these items, a tax that falls hardest on the poor. This move could be pitched to Republicans as a tax-break, and Democrats as relief for the impoverished. These are just a few mea-sures that might be considered, but one thing is certain: we asAlabamians need to grow-up when it comes to taxes. It is time we learned to stomach them as a necessary part of responsible government. To those who refuse to accept new taxes, I ask this: shouldn’t the taxes we already levy be col-lected in a way that makes sense? Without raising the overall rate of taxation on the average Alabamian, we could restructure our tax system in a way that would allow it to bet-ter meet the state’s needs. In my opinion, it’s time we do so.

Evan Ward is a senior major-ing in history. His column runsweekly on Wednesdays.

Alabama’s conservatism should not prevent constitution, tax reform

By Samantha Romo

As spring break creeps up, parking at the Rec has rap-idly become impossible. Girls around campus are cursing themselves over those extra calories as they tape pictures of swimsuit models on their refrig-erators for “thin-spiration.” Many of us look in the mirror, regretting those weeks that we were supposed to go to the gym and hope that we can miracu-lously transform into the image of “beauty” that we have in our heads (or at least pretend to envision ourselves with Molly Sims’ body). It is no secret that body-image issues are vastly grow-ing in our society, and although these insecurities may seem more prevalent to some as swimsuit season rolls around, these issues are agents to the serious problems millions of women and young girls struggle with across the nation each day. I have seen firsthand the neg-ative effects that the pressure to fit an “ideal image” set by our media and culture can have. Girls today are succumbing to potentially life-threatening tac-tics, including anorexia, bulimia

and crash dieting, in order to transform themselves into what society defines as “beautiful.” These disorders are complex conditions that are caused by a variety of factors, including physical, psychological, inter-personal and social issues. It is often hard for people to understand how exactly these psychological disorders work and develop and the important role mass media can play in pushing people to these limits. The world of advertising has notoriously sexualized and objectified women, using them as tools of productivity. Women are the pot of gold that fund every commercial and are the center of any noteworthy ad. The commodities that are sup-posedly being advertised, such as food or cars, are worth noth-ing without the commodities that the woman posing for it actually brings. These adver-tisements aren’t really focusing on the product, but in fact on the woman herself. In making these women objects of ultimate beauty and desire, they are sugar coating the fact that, in this scenario, the woman is merely an item. They are teaching us that

women are objects to be used, and our beauty and desirabil-ity are measured only by how closely we fit into their con-structed criteria. These stick-thin models, who have been dolled up and photoshopped, are seen as a representation to the public of how women are expected to look (regardless of whether these women appear that way in real life, or not). Our culture sees these images every day as we flip through magazines or watch commercials on T.V., and in turn, they set unrealis-tic standards for the rest of the population. Forget the idea that being a good human being can make you beautiful, as long as you’ve got a size-26 waist and double-D cup size, who cares? Wrong. It is these portrayals in our society that are driving women everywhere to make themselves sick in order to feel beautiful. Although these advertisements and societal norms may seem like they are just part of the world we live in, they are instilling this ideology in our society and in the gen-erations beneath us, and we are letting them. Technological advances and

gadgets, such as the iPhone or iPad, now allow us to access entertainment with the touch of a finger. Media sources have utilized these advances creat-ing entertainment apps and buying advertisement space to fall in any online cracks. With the aggressive progression of our need for constant commu-nication and shared informa-tion, the media’s influence is more widespread than ever. It has disguised itself as a norm of everyday life and engulfed itself as part of our culture. To some people, this power-ful influence may often be seen as inevitable, harmless or sim-ply just not a big a deal. What they are not realizing, how-ever, is that many of the social standards we abide by are constructed and inspired from what we see and hear from these media outlets. Whether we are reading Cosmopolitan or watching “South Park,” the messages and ideas being directly or indirectly exposed about how we view ourselves and how we portray men and women in general, impact us in a very large way. For young women and girls, these unrealistic norms and

images may only play a small role in their struggle with body-image issues, but for others, it may be the match that sets off the fire of a continuous battle with an eating disorder. If we are letting the media into our lives, through our cell phones, music, movies and other sources of entertainment,we are letting their standards influence the way we see thingsas individuals. It would be ridic-ulous and hypocritical for me totell you that you should stop lis-tening to your favorite songs orstop using these sources in gen-eral, but that is not my point. The fact is we have let these influences blind us of what weas individuals consider beauty.It is critical in our society, espe-cially as our dependence on media and technology grows, tounderstand the messages that we are being taught and to take a closer look at how many of our norms are actually shaped from what we believe, and howwe want to shape the norms for the future generations to come.

Samantha Romo is a sopho-more majoring in journalism. Her column runs bi-weekly on Wednesdays.

As body image issues grow in society, be aware of media’s infl uence

By The National Council of Negro Women

I am writing this letter in response to the article that was published last week about the apparent forum hosted by NAACP and NCNW. We, the members of NCNW, are quite appalled and unsatisfied with this article because of its many inaccuracies. First, NCNW has not partnered with NAACP for

any events this year including hosting a forum for student government association can-didates. The night this appar-ent “forum” took place, NCNW had a general body meeting scheduled for 7 p.m., which we had with around 30 stu-dents in attendance. NAACP had a general body meeting scheduled for 6:30 p.m., where we believed the bulk of this meeting was set reserved for

SGA candidates to talk with NAACP members. Following some discussion, NCNW decided to attend NAACP’s event. After listening to a few candidates speak, members of NCNW had to depart in order to attend to organization busi-ness. There were some candi-dates who contacted us about speaking, and we welcomed them in our meeting, as well as those who had not contacted us

before hand. The article stated that there was a lack of student interest, which probably derived from a low turnout at the NAACP meeting. NCNW wants to set the record straight that we did not depart from the meet-ing because we were apathetic students who had no concern of our student government. We would appreciate blame not being dished out among orga-

nizations on campus because ofexpectations not being met. We are disappointed and offended by the inaccuracies of last week’s article, but we will con-tinue to work hard to show the spirit and passion that students of all backgrounds have on this campus.

Sincerely,National Council of Negro Women

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

CW misrepresented National Council of Negro Women members

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Kyle Zimmerman, who ran for vice presi-dent of external affairs, also said the loss was tough, but the relationships he formed as an Advance UA candidate would last a lifetime. “This is the first year anything like this has happened, and I feel like this is just the beginning of something new here at UA that can be something great,” Zimmerman said. “This campus is getting bigger, it’s getting more diversified each and every year. The Machine and all its craziness is just eventually going to end. It’s got to. We’re ready to come back next year, and work through this whole year to make a difference.” “In the next week or so, people are going to become disheartened with campus as a whole,” Wright said. “It’s so hard not to fall into that, but we just have to remem-ber that we have to make this worth some-thing to the student who is in Rose Towers, who is not involved, who goes to class and comes home and that’s it. SGA doesn’t mat-ter to them and we have to make it relevant to these students. As easy as it is to blame apathy, you have to look past that and see it as your personal task to change that.” The Machine-backed candidates for every executive position won their elec-tions Tuesday. Denzel Evans-Bell defeated A.J. Collins and Adam Rawlins for the position of vice president for Academic Affairs. “I’m excited to show younger students on this campus and others who haven’t gotten here yet that if you set your mind to something, it can be accomplished,” Evans-Bell said.

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Citizens discuss city plan at Tuscaloosa Forward meeting

Tielking said. “The roads are not safe in Tuscaloosa and a whole new recreation park in Alberta is a great idea.” Anyone who attended the meeting was given the opportunity to speak to and leave writ-ten comments for the Tuscaloosa City Council. The comments will be reviewed during the next Tuscaloosa Forward planning meeting on March 13. Councilman Kip Tyner said he is thrilled with what the city knows about the future of Tuscaloosa. “I am so excited about the new school, fire sta-tion, police precinct and the amenities to JC Park that will be coming back in Alberta,” Tyner said. Tyner said his biggest concern is housing. “We want to make sure that the housing stan-dards are amongst the highest,” Tyner said. “My goal is to build back the strong neighborhoods we had in Alberta way back when where neighbors are helping neighbors, and we can have neighbor-hood associations and crime stoppers.” Aaron Ross, a consultant for Almon Associates who is working on the plan, said that the toughest part is trying to make a vision a reality. “The plan is still in the preliminary stage, and the hardest part is trying to go from a big vision to trying to find out how the smaller pieces work,” Ross said. “We have to continue to priori-tize which things need to happen short term and which are long term.” Charlotte Wheeler, a retired educator and Alberta resident, said she feels that the new plan will make Tuscaloosa more aesthetically pleas-ing. “The plan will link the city together,” Wheeler said. “We can finally put the tornado behind us.”

CW | Mitchell O. HughesMatt Calderone, SGA president elect

With the victory, Evans-Bell becomes the first black student elected to executive office since the SGA was reinstated in 1996. “This means everything to me,” he said. “Everything that I was before this, I’m going to continue to be that person now as far as

my work ethic.” Jimmy Taylor was elected as the vice president of External Affairs, defeating Jeff Elrod and Kyle Zimmerman. Taylor said he was excited to have been elected to this position. “I respect Kyle and Jeff both, and I’m really excited about my term as vice presi-dent for External Affairs and excited for the big projects ahead,” Taylor said. Andy Koonce, who was elected as vice president for Financial Affairs, defeated Christian Smith. “I’m excited to have the opportunity to serve the student body in this important way,” Koonce said. “I ‘d like to thank all my campaign staff and the University for hav-ing faith in me and supporting me in this whole process.” In other executive races, Will Pylant was elected as the vice president for Student Affairs, Matt Harris as executive vice presi-dent and Brielle Appelbaum, who ran unop-posed, as executive secretary.

Calderone (left) and his supporters react to a phone call telling him he won.

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Candidates react to election results

“I congratulate Matt,” Stripling said. “I think that he is going to have to remember the kind of things he talked about doing and make sure he actually carries through with them.” Stripling said she hopes Calderone will honor his cam-paign promises to work for campus unity. Wilson expressed confidence in Calderone’s future lead-ership. “I think it’s really important that the entire campus ral-lies around Matt Calderone as the new SGA president,” he said. “He’s going to do great things. He knows what to do.” Calderone said he would spend the days leading up to his inauguration getting to know other SGA members. “I’m really just going to be establishing relationships with the other people who have been elected into the office,” he said. “I really want to set a tone for the student government that we are here to work for students. We are not here to advance ourselves; we are here to advance this campus. I want every officer, every vice president, to be on the same page with that.”

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Smith: 3,595

David Wilson receives a call announcing his loss to Calde-rone by a margin of 3,487 votes.

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By Ashanka KumariStaff [email protected] The Big Brothers Big Sisters of West Alabama, an organization that works to change the way susceptible children see and interact with the world, is looking for volunteers. “We have an especially big need for male volun-teers,” Nikki Richardson, executive director of BBBS said. “We have an abun-dance of little boys who are waiting to be matched with a Big Brother so we are always in desperate need of guys.” Any adult over the age of 18 with a valid driver’s license and automobile insurance is eligible for volunteer consideration, Richardson said. “[Potential volunteers] go through a training pro-cess with our [current] vol-unteers to let them know what to expect and to get to know them before we select a child who will compli-ment their personality and interests,” Richardson said. “We also do a series of thor-ough background checks to insure the safety of our chil-dren.” A BBBS volunteer is given a little brother or sister based upon the volunteer’s gender and is asked to spend time each week with his or her little brother or sister, said Orman R. Wilson, CPA and tax manager and Big Brother at BBBS. “We are a substitute for the adult missing in [a child’s] life and we are to mentor the child on values and the importance of edu-

cation,” Wilson said. “As a Big Brother, I am required to spend a minimum of one hour each week with my Little Brother; however, I usually spend three or four.” Volunteers are expected to spend one hour per week for a minimum of one year with their Little Brother or Little Sister, Richardson said. “We hope that our Bigs will build a lifetime rela-tionship with their Littles,” Richardson said. “Many of our volunteers have been matched with the same child for six to seven years or more.” According to the organi-zation’s website, 85 percent of former Littles surveyed agreed that their experience influenced them to have confidence in their abilities and in overcoming adversity or problems with courage, while 67 percent of former Littles agree that their Big played a role in their deci-sion to attend college. BBBS is a two-way street filled with benefits, Wilson said. “You think only the child benefits from the relation-ship, but from personal experience, I know that the big brother or sister benefits as well,” Wilson said. “Most of us have been blessed, so this is a way of giving back and helping someone less fortunate.” Anyone interested in becoming a Big Brother or Big Sister should contact the BBBS office at (205) 758-5734 or email at [email protected]. For more information on BBBS West Alabama, visit bbbswestal.org.

Mentoring group seeks volunteers

By Dexter StrongContributing Writer

With the 2012 Alabama leg-islative session underway, Rep. Craig Ford D-Gadsden, the Minority Leader in the Alabama House of Representatives, and Sen. Roger Bedford D-Russellville, the Minority Leader in the Alabama Senate, are sponsoring legislation to fully fund the Prepaid Affordable College Tuition program. Both Bedford and Ford are members of the board of directors. The program allows partici-pants to pay tuition incremen-tally, long before their child attends college. The payments are made directly to the state in exchange for 128 credit hours worth of full tuition coverage. “We owe it to our citizens to

ensure that the PACT program is adequately funded,” Ford said. “I knew that I was doing the right thing after I met a grand-mother who used all of what she had left to purchase five PACT contracts, one for each of her grandchildren, because she wanted to makes sure that they all could afford to go to college. She just recently passed. My job is to honor her dying wish and help the state honor the prom-ises they made to her and PACT contract holders everywhere.” Under the present terms of the PACT program, participants will only receive tuition cover-ing up to the 2009-2010 college tuition rates, despite the rise in tuition price. University of Alabama student PACT partici-pants will only receive $3,440 a semester to go towards their

$4,300 full-time status tuition costs. Many Alabama citizens and college students are becoming suspicious of the state’s man-agement of funds and believe that the state is duty-bound to honor the pledge made to PACT program contract holders. More than 39,000 Alabama families are depending on PACT money, Ford said. “Everyone who presently holds a PACT program contract has lived up to their end of the bargain, and it is time the state of Alabama honors theirs,” he said. “Every contract bears the state seal. That means a lot to me and should mean a lot to my Republican colleagues who have really dropped the ball.” The bill, sponsored by Ford and Bedford, would allocate a

portion of the money going to the newly created budget stabi-lization account to pay for the deficit in the PACT program. It also proposes that the PACT program be readjusted every year to correspond with the most current tuition rates. The continuing ordeal with PACT in Montgomery is hav-ing its effects on students at Alabama. “It is really not right and downright disappointing,” Gabrielle Woodard, a junior majoring in psychology, said. “I know many people including myself, who that if financial aid didn’t totally cover the cost of attendance, probably could not be here. This is especially sad considering that PACT program participants thought they had paid for tuition a long time ago.”

Legislature revisits PACT program

By Jamia CammeronContributing Writer

Yasmin Neggers, professor of human nutrition and hospi-tality management, has found a possible link in children with autism and Omega-3 fatty acids. Neggers developed an inter-est in autism after a relative was diagnosed with a mild form of Asperger’s syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder. Autism Spectrum Disorders and autism are both general terms used to identify a group of disorders of brain develop-ment. Similar to most autism spec-trum disorders, Asperger’s syndrome is characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction and repetitive pat-terns of behavior and interests. Furthermore, after visiting a colleague from Korea work-ing in this area, her inter-est increased tremendously. Neggers decided she wanted to take part in this area of research.

With the help of her col-league, Neggers conducted a matched case control study in Korea, comprised of 29 young, autistic boys. The boys, ranging from eight to 11 years old, were recruited from a local school for disabled children. In addi-tion, 29 comparably healthy boys participated in the study. Because Omega-3 fatty acids are linked to several devel-opmental disorders, Neggers began exploring components of the body’s metabolism sys-tem, particularly Omega-3 fatty acids. “Omega-3 fatty acids are found in large amounts of nerve tissues, and obviously autism has something to do with the brain,” Neggers said. “Not dysfunction, but motor coordination and other things.” The children’s total choles-terol, high-density cholesterol, low density lipoprotein, LDL/HDL ratio, total fatty acid con-centrations, along with Omega-3 fatty acids were measured. The study indicated that autistic children had a much

lower level of total Omega-3 levels compared to healthy children, especially levels of docosahexaenoic acid. This Omega-3 fatty acid is now a strong predictor of autism. Also, Neggers said the ratio of Omega-3 to Omega-6 fatty acids was significantly lower in autistic children. In other words, the profes-sor discovered autistic children exhibited an Omega-3 deficien-cy. According to the Center for Disease Control, autism has increased in prevalence near-ly 600 percent in the last two decades. Autism Speaks, a science and advocacy organization, reported more children will be diagnosed with autism this year than childhood cancer, juvenile diabetes or pediatric AIDS combined. With autism as the fastest-growing serious developmental disability in the United States, researchers are striving to pin-point the exact cause of this disorder. Neggers’ research

regarding Omega-3 deficien-cies in autistic children is groundbreaking. Although researchers often disagree about the causes of autism and the origins of its recent increase, Neggers’ study will likely serve as the foun-dation for similar research to come. In addition to recent studies, the professor has done exten-sive research in other areas, including zinc status during pregnancy and factors related to infant birth rate. In 2009, the professor discov-ered that low blood zinc levels in expectant mothers increased the risk of low birth weight by approximately eight times. In the future, Neggers hopes to obtain a federal grant and conduct similar studies, involv-ing pregnant women and eval-uate the women throughout pregnancy. Neggers plans to combine this research with her recent study of Omega-3 fatty acids in an attempt to find a correlation with autism.

Professor links autism to fatty acids

By Alexandra EllsworthSenior Staff [email protected]

“Laissez les bon temps rouler!” means, in French, “let the good times roll.” It has become the motto of the Voodoo Saints, a local New Orleans style Dixieland jazz trio that is playing at the Bama Theatre tonight at 7:30 p.m. The trio’s performance is part of the Bama Theatre’s Acoustic Night that features new and upcoming musicians throughout the year for a $5 cover charge. The Voodoo Saints are comprised of three members: UA graduates Nathan Holaway on guitar and vocals, John Holaway on reeds and vocals and UA senior Adrian Maramolejo on bass and vocals. “Our music is probably synonymous with the charm of street music in the French Quarter, but it also has a lot of raw power,” Nathan Holaway said. “[Our music] is anything but quiet.” Playing everything from heavy jazz swing to bluesy swampy tunes, their sound and style is self-described as “gumbo music.” “It is the little bit of culture Tuscaloosa needs,” Adrian Marmolejo said. “In my opinion anyway, [Tuscaloosa] is a little flat.” The trio has been playing together for about a year and half now. Their first gig

was a Prohibition-themed birthday party. They strive to bring happy, feel-good music to Tuscaloosa. “We just got together as a joke,” Nathan Holaway said. “Someone at the party asked us how long we had been playing together, and we said about 35 minutes or so. We were told we needed to make this a constant thing, so we regrouped after the party and made it happen.” Since then, the band has played numer-ous places around Tuscaloosa including The Kentuck Arts Festival, The Alcove, International Tavern, Evangeline’s Restaurant, Carmelo Café and Chloe’s Cup. The Voodoo Saints call Chloe’s Cup a sort of home base for them in Tuscaloosa. They play at the Cup every Tuesday from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Since the release of their first album, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012, the trio has been trying to get the word out about their music through release parties. CDs will be available for purchase at Acoustic Night for $10, as well as on Tuesday nights at Chloe’s Cup. “Our CD tries to cover a little of every-thing we do,” John Holaway said. “We are completely in it, but it is a variety of tunes from old classics to new funky stuff. It is a gumbo.” For the members of the trio, New Orleans has always held a special place

By Jefferson Fabian

When Big K.R.I.T. first came into the public eye with his release of “K.R.I.T. Wuz Here” in 2010, he proved he was already one of the South’s best emcees. Since then, he has only improved his rapping and his production skills, and his latest mix tape “4eva N A Day” is certainly no exception. It’s been one day since its release and I’ve prob-ably replayed this more than any other hip-hop release from 2012. The first thing that struck me about K.R.I.T.’s latest is that his beats have improved drastically, which is a big feat considering he’s always been a great produc-er. “4eva N A Day Theme,” “Me and My Old School” and “1986”

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in their hearts. “I am wearing a Fleur-de-lis right now and a New Orleans t-shirt,” Nathan Holaway said. “My wife and I got married in Jackson Square. I have always loved New Orleans and felt my soul was born there. I was physically born in Alabama, but I felt my soul was born in the city of New Orleans the first time I visited.” Marmolejo grew up in Fairhope, Ala., not far from New Orleans. For him, Mardi Gras was something he always attended. “I have always loved the New Orleans sound,” John Holaway said. “It is some-

thing all encompassing.” For the Voodoo Saints, whose love of New Orleans is no secret, any night can now be a Mardi Gras night, they said. “[Wednesday] we are hoping to have Mardi Gras part two,” Nathan Holaway said. The Voodoo Saints said they encour-age everyone to “let the good times roll” and come join them for a post-Mardi Gras Mardi Gras at the Bama Theatre. For more information about the Voodoo Saints, visit their website, voodoosaints.com.

are perfect examples of K.R.I.T.’s meshing of laid-back Houston sounds (plenty of chopped ‘n screwed to go around) with 90s west coast jazz rap reminiscent of artists like Souls of Mischief. The two go extremely well

together; resulting in chill beats that still go hard. The other most notable improvement in K.R.I.T.’s craft is his rapping ability. His latest mix tape is a manageable 50 minutes, but he’s varied up his flow and

created a truly unique style for himself. He alternates from his usual style to a more rapid, com-plex Twista-like delivery. What really made K.R.I.T. stand out from his peers in the past has been his songwriting. He’s gained many fans for his honest lyrics, often describing deep personal issues or true sto-ries from his own life. 4eva N A Day continues in this fashion, touching on subjects like dealing with the music industry and confessing his long-hidden love for a woman. However, he’s still prone to old mistakes. Some of his serious lyrics could do with a bit more subtlety, as they’re overly heavy-handed and often come off as corny. His hooks are also as hit-

or-miss as ever. While some are a little catchy and clever, many are flat out annoying and seem like they were tacked on merely to add to song length. Also, “Insomnia” might be the only song K.R.I.T.’s recorded that I’d describe as laughably bad. Minus a few hiccups, overall the mix tape is still the best of 2012 so far. He’s one-upped him-self in nearly every way once again. After two steep improve-ments, I have no reason to think he won’t just keep getting better. I’m looking forward to seeing how K.R.I.T. collaborates with others in the near future, as he’s now proved himself a producer to be reckoned with and a rapper that can truly hold his own.

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By Buddy Acker

I was very much looking forward to SoulCalibur V. I am a big fan of the series. My favorite entry, the second, completely redefined what a fighting game could be. The third and fourth entries were both very solid games, but just didn’t measure up to what the second accom-plished. That’s why I got excit-ed when SoulCalibur V was announced; I was expecting to be blown away. I was not. The story mode is filled with dumb moments (shocker), and it can’t make up its mind on whether or not it wants to be challenging or simple as sim-ple can be. Hardly any of the playable characters available in the game are used in the story. I got bored very quickly. But, thankfully, it’s also short. Finding someone to play

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against online is a cross-your-fingers-and-hope scenario. It wouldn’t surprise me if there were more people playing Star Wars Galaxies when it shut down than there are playing online in this game. If you can manage to find a player online, or if you are just playing against the CPU or a friend in VS., everything is

good as far as combat goes. It is fast and flows smoothly, but the block button doesn’t work a lot of the time and the characters’ moves also begin to feel very familiar after only a short time playing with each of them. The other modes in the game, aside from Legendary Souls, are fun to play. Legendary Souls is just frustrating and

should not be bothered with by most gamers. The arcade mode, however, is quite enjoyable. It’s nice to be able to battle opponents without having to watch a bad cut-scene between each fight. The difficulty in the arcade mode (as well as in the story mode) can also be tweaked to match the player’s skill level.

That’s nice of Project Souls to allow that, seeing as how the training mode in the game

is garbage. I am utterly disappointed with this game. It is filled with pretty graphics and wasted potential. I sat the control-ler down after I beat the story mode and played through a couple of more single player matches, and I just stared at my television screen for a min-ute. I felt empty. Here is the newest entry in a series that helped to revo-lutionize fighting games, and it settled for mediocrity. What a shame. I hope that Project Soul puts more effort into SoulCalibur VI.

Soul-Calibur V proves to be disap-pointing addition to series.

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ing at 9:30 p.m. The price of admission is $10 before 11 and $15 for those entering later. Solidified Sound Ent., an entertainment planning group created by three University of Alabama students, brings the event to Tuscaloosa. Co-owner and promotions manager of Solidified Sound Ent., Carl Case, a UA freshman, head-ed Skribble parties in south Florida over the past three years and said the night’s twist fits well with their approach to draw interest in Tuscaloosa on a weekly basis. “We’re trying to bring swap themes from greek life to non-greek members of the UA com-munity through our themed events,” Case said. According to Case, the night

boils down to “a rave with silly string thrown in,” featuring $1 drink specials. Party-goers are asked to wear black. At mid-night, workers will spray 1,000 cans of glow-in-the-dark silly string onto the crowd from the top floor of Rounders. Silly string will also be handed out to the first 250 people inside. Based on his experience with similar events on which he’s worked, such as Dayglow and Zed’s Dead, Case said he expected to see about 800 people in the backroom in Rounders. Co-owner and book-ing agent Brandon Denson cited the venue as “the perfect atmosphere” for their event. “The backroom for Rounders is great,” Denson said. “The atmosphere’s

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Rounders gets sillly with rave great, because they have the upstairs that looks over the dance floor, but also a bar and crazy lights set up.” Denson said he knew DJ Houndstooth from his work producing a local artist he manages and felt his musi-cal style could keep the party flowing early into the morn-ing. “He can play anything from mash-ups to hip-hop to dub-step,” said Denson. “He can not only mix music, but he can produce top quality hits.” Conner Barnes, the man behind the DJ Houndstooth moniker, graduated from UA in December majoring in music production and entre-preneurship, and there devel-oped an interest in taking his musical talents into electronic production – having since earned a living as a club DJ, pursued his passions as a mash-up artist and has finally created his brand of mixes to

be displayed at events such as Skribble. “I play a little bit of some-thing for everyone, I think,” said Barnes. “I don’t lean on any particular genres, and I don’t only blend genres, I blend decades.” As a taste of his original work and new experiments he’ll blend into his DJ-ing, Barnes has referenced mash-ups jumping from an 80s disco track into heavy dubstep drops. According to Barnes, he blends some of these tracks together to ensure that “the music never stops.” Intrigued by the strange-ness of the theme, Barnes displayed his enthusiasm for bringing his sound back to Rounders. “I’m not sure if anyone’s been to a silly string party before,” Barnes said. “But you can’t really go wrong with loud music, dancing and silly string.”

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The Alabama softball team looks to uphold its undefeated record against in-state opponent Samford University today before beginning Southeastern Conference play against Kentucky this weekend. “Samford is going to be great preparation for SEC,” sophomore infielder Ryan Iamurri said. “We cannot take one game lightly. We are their target this season, so we know we are going to get their best game, which is exactly what we want.” Iamurri said in-state teams are always some of the toughest they face. The Crimson Tide has already faced in-state foes South Alabama and Jacksonville State as well as two meetings with UAB. “In-state athletes aspire to play here at Alabama, so when they play against us, they have something to prove,” Iamurri said. “Whether it’s Auburn, UAB or Samford, we cannot take any of them lightly, but we want their best game.” The Tide went 4-0 this past weekend in the Easton Alabama Invite, taking its record to 17-0. The team faced UAB for the second time in the season, beating the Blazers 8-1 the first time and winning 4-1 this past Sunday. Samford University is coming off of a three-game losing streak from last weekend at the Mississippi State Tournament. The Tide shut out Samford University last year 8-0 in its season opener. The game last season was sophomore Jackie Traina’s first collegiate shutout. Traina also hit two home runs during the game. Head coach Patrick Murphy said pitching will be a factor in today’s game. “Hopefully we will get a good starting pitcher,” Murphy said. “It’ll give an opportunity for some-one to get a good mid-week game.” The Tide is currently No. 1 in the USA Today/NFCA top 25 poll and No. 2 in the ESPN.com/USA softball poll. While the Tide is still undefeated and playing well, Iamurri said they still have things to work on in order to prepare for SEC play.

By Mary Grace ShowfetyContributing Writer

Monday afternoon, the NCAA announced the names of all track and field athletes that qualified for the NCAA indoor championships. The Crimson Tide will be represented by three athletes that will compete in the meet held in Nampa, Idaho, this weekend: Krystle Schade, Kaylon Eppinger and Kamal Fuller. Head coach Dan Waters

said the key to their success is consistency. Schade is the only member of the team that earned an automatic qualifica-tion. “She’s one that we real-ly challenged when we got here,” Waters said. “We chal-lenged her to be consistent and obviously she has been amazingly consistent because she hasn’t lost yet. But at the [Southeastern Conference] Championships, she set a new bar.” Schade’s performance at the

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SEC Indoor Championships meet broke Alabama’s school record and is currently the second-best high jump in the nation this season. Schade is one of two women that the Tide will take to the indoor championships. Eppinger also participates in the women’s high jump as one of the five events that she competes in for UA.

“I don’t want to think too much about it too far into it,” Eppinger said. “But right now is basically the end. This is my last indoor championship, and this is it for NCAA’s. Basically, I’ve got the mindset to go out there and fight hard. I’m ranked seventh right now and if I can better that, I’d love to. I’m going to try my hardest.” Eppinger, a senior, achieved her goal of breaking the school record in the five-discipline event with a final score of 4,081 at SEC indoor championships. Her score was just 69 points shy of an automatic qualifying score for the NCAA’s. She now hopes to become an All-American. Eppinger attributes much of her personal improvement

as well as the improvement of her teammates to the atmo-sphere they are immersed in while training. The Alabama track and field team com-bined the men and women’s teams this year to form one large team for the first time in school history. “Being separated like we were was hard because we didn’t have that together-ness and bond,” Eppinger said. “Now we’re combined as one unit and we can just be Alabama. Everything was just so distant and we weren’t really interacting with one another. But now we compete together, travel together and represent Alabama as one and we’re having fun doing it. It’s a great atmosphere.”

The team now considers itself to be a stable unit and hopes to continue on the path they have begun. Fuller, the only represen-tative from the men’s side, hopes to give his best perfor-mance at the NCAA’s. Fuller went into the final round of the men’s long jump as the leader before he aggravated an old ankle injury. Fuller is not just looking at this weekend, though; he is thinking about all that is to come for Alabama in the future. “We’re just trying to build as a team on what we have so far,” Fuller said. “We’re a small team, so right now we’re just working on getting better for this year and next.”

“We’re just trying to build a team on what we have so

far.”

—Kamal Fuller

CW|Jingyu WanLauren Sewell pitches against the UAB Blazers.

“We’ll probably work on execution on offense and more communication on defense,” Iamurri said. “The routine plays have to be made in games, and defense is one thing we need to fine-tune.” Murphy said the midweek game is a chance for the team to get better. The Tide looks to improve its current home record of 9-0. “I still want to see some people get some good at-bats,” Murphy said. “Hopefully we’ll end it on a strong note and get up to Kentucky and have a good idea of who we want to start and what situa-tions in the lineup defensively.” The Tide will move forward to SEC play after tonight’s 6 p.m. game with Samford, opening con-ference competition on the road against Kentucky on Mar. 9-11. “The tougher the teams are we play, the better off we will be later on down the road in the SEC,” Iamurri said.

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Alabama basketball is not on the bubble of the NCAA tournament – for now. Many pundits (or bracketologists, as they’re also called) have the Crimson Tide penciled in somewhere between the eight and ten-seed range. That sounds about right, considering its current resume. But this weekend, when Alabama travels to New Orleans for the Southeastern Conference tournament, is a weekend that could signifi-cantly improve or cripple the Tide’s shot at the postseason. First, and potentially last, up for Alabama is the South Carolina Gamecocks. The Gamecocks are easily the worst team in the SEC and carry an RPI of 193 (out of a total of 344 NCAA teams). Piece of cake, right? Not so fast. This is the same South Carolina team that embarrassed Alabama 56-54 in Columbia when the Tide had a full team – before the suspen-sions of Tony Mitchell and others. Yes, Alabama is a different team than it was at the time. Head coach Anthony Grant’s team has been through more since that game than many teams in the country have all season, and it looks to be much better off for it. Count me as one of the people who thought the Tide had genuinely turned a corner and was ready to contend in the postseason. It started with the win over Tennessee, a convincing result over a team that is much bet-ter than its records indicate. The thrashings of Arkansas and Mississippi State, two worthy opponents by SEC standards, only increased the hype around the team. But then came Ole Miss this past weekend. Just when it looked like the Tide had moved on and begun a push for its best season under Grant, the team was suddenly back to square one. The offense looked like the Alabama offense

of old. It only shot 34.5 percent from the floorand at times looked even worse than the num-bers would indicate. The only thing keeping the Tide in the game was the Rebels’ complete ineptitude from the free-throw line. So as the Tide heads into the SEC tourna-ment, the questions are back. Is this Alabamateam finally ready to make noise in the post-season? It all boils down to one question, the ques-tion that is undoubtedly on every Alabama fans mind: which Alabama team will show up on Thursday afternoon? Will it be the team that showed so much promise against Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi State? Or will it be the frustratingteam that lost to South Carolina and Ole Miss? The answer could go a long way in determin-ing Alabama’s fate in the postseason. The Tide looks to be a lock for the NCAA tournament and deservedly so. But it’s called March Madness for a reason, and if a few teams make a run in their conference tourna-ments and steal a bid from a bubble team, any-thing becomes possible. Beating South Carolina is paramount. For that to happen, Alabama needs the right team to show up come game time.

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Bama sets sights on LSU in Baton RougeBy Aldo Amato Contributing Writer

The Alabama women’s ten-nis team is looking for another dominating performance in Southeastern Conference play as it travels to Baton Rouge to take on the No. 43 LSU Tigers. The Tide is coming off of a dominating 5-2 win over the No. 18 ranked Ole Miss Rebels and are looking to capture their third straight win in SEC play. “I think we are playing with a lot of confidence right now,” head coach Jenny Mainz said. “I think that we faced a lot of great non-conference oppo-nents, two top-ten teams, and it has helped us so far in confer-ence play.” The Tide’s strongest area so far has been doubles play, in which Alabama has been able to dominate early on in the season. “I think that we are doing a good job of getting on top of our opponent early and getting the doubles point,” sophomore Alex Clay said. “We need to start early in singles, and I think we can further our success.”

A key contributor so far in the Tide’s early success has been Antonia Foehse. Foehse, a junior from Waldbroel, Germany, is cur-rently undefeated in singles and doubles since the start of SEC play. “[Antonia] has been able to play much higher in the lineup,” Mainz said. “She has been able to play the five and even the four spot against our conference opponents. She’s been an aggressor, and she’s really been proactive, and I think it has given her a lot of confidence.” The Tide will need plenty of confidence and poise going into this weekend’s matchup against the Tigers in what Mainz and her players call a hostile territory. “I remember play-ing LSU when I was in college at the University of Houston,” Mainz said. “It was fierce fans every time, and they were very engaged and still are. But I think we are mentally tough and have a mature enough team to continue what we start-ed in SEC play.” Clay echoed Mainz’s

By Bryan BergmanContributing Writer

The Crimson Tide women’s golf team rolled to victory in the inaugural Darius Rucker Intercollegiate. Sophomore Stephanie Meadow turned in a powerful effort to lead the Tide and fin-ished Sunday with a one-under par 70 to win the tournament. The win marks Meadow’s fifth career win at Alabama, two more than any other Tide golf-er in the 38-year history of the program. Meadow, originally from Jordanstown, Northern Ireland, started her golf career at a young age. “I think my dad got me into it when I was very little,”

of the most-lauded recruits in the world. Her résumé already included nine titles on the International Junior Golf Tour, a win at the 2006 Irish Girls Close Championship and a gold medal at the 2009 European Girls Team Championship. These victories, and many oth-ers, brought her to the atten-tion of coaches across the coun-try. Meadow chose Alabama based on the credentials of head coach Mic Potter, a member of the National Golf Coaches Hall of Fame who has sent 12 players on to the LPGA tour. “Mainly, just Mic is a great coach, he has a really good reputation as one of the best coaches in the nation,” Meadow

With fi fth win, sophomore star breaks record

sentiments. “They are always a good team,” Clay said. “They are always very feisty, and Baton Rouge is going to have some intense crowds so we just have to play like we’ve been playing all along, with confi-dence.” Senior Taylor Lindsey said the camaraderie has helped the team play hard and dominate in early conference matches. “I think that we all have each other’s back,” Lindsey said. “It doesn’t matter if someone does not play well on a given day, we all have a will to go out and fight.” Alabama will have to be relentless this weekend as it takes on the No. 43 ranked Tigers. Mainz said she is con-fident that her team is ready to take on a fierce SEC opponent like LSU. “I have a lot of faith that this team is ready to con-tinue what we started last weekend with SEC play,” she said. “We are playing with a lot of confidence, momentum and we keep getting better each week.”

Courtney McLaneSenior Taylor Lindsey and junior Alexa Guarachi compete in a doubles match.

Kent GidleyStephanie Meadow has become one of Alabama’s leaders on the golf course.

said. “And when I visited here, I really liked the campus and the school and I just felt like I fit right in, and there was really no other place that compared to here.” Almost as soon as Meadow stepped on campus, she made an impact by winning the Lady Puerto Rico Classic, Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate and NCAA East Regional, earning first-team All-American and SEC Freshman of the Year. She also set a new school record for scoring average with a 72.15 in the process. Potter said Meadow’s early success in her collegiate career has allowed her to take on a leadership role. “How are you going to argue with her?” Potter asked. “She’s

won almost a third of the tour-naments she’s played in, so if I were another golfer, I would look at her and say ‘OK, whatis she doing and how can thathelp me?’ “She’s sort of a quiet lead-er. She’s not going to be the one talking all the time like [Jennifer Kirby] and Hannah Collier are. Stephanie is a lot of fun. We have great team chem-istry, and she’s a part of that.”Potter said one of Meadow’s strengths was her work ethic. “I would just say that Stephanie gets it,” Potter said. “She gets it academically, she gets it golf-wise and she is driven to succeed at both. She’sgreat at formulating a plan thatworks, and not many 19-year-olds can say that.”

Meadow said. “I went to little camps, and I just fell in love with it from there.” By the time she finished high school, Meadow was one

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