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NEWS | CAMPUS MUGGING

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By Melissa BrownNews Editor

When Samuel Jurgens woke up on a sidewalk outside of Paty Hall shortly before 1 a.m. Monday, he thought he was dreaming. His face was numb, his headphones lay nearby, bloodied and broken, and he didn’t recognize where he was. His backpack, containing clothes, books and his Apple Macbook Pro, was gone.

Jurgens struggled to get up, fading in and out of conscious-ness, and stumbled toward Blount Hall, where he had spent the night hanging out with friends.

On his way across the parking lot between Paty and Blount, he called to his friend, fellow soph-omore Chris Burks.

“I apparently called Chris while in that state,” Jurgens

said in an interview with The Crimson White Tuesday night. “I don’t have a recollection of that, but I told him something.Something bad has happened tome, I remember thinking before I faded out again.”

Burks, who had spent the evening with Jurgens, said Jurgens called him about 20 minutes after they had part-ed for the night. He sounded delirious, Burks said, and repeated, “I don’t know what happened, I need your help.” Burks and another friend, AnnaRichardson, hurried to meet Jurgens at the front door of the dorm.

“His left side of his face was gigantic,” Burks said. “The jacket he was wearing and his headphones were completely drenched in blood, the bottom half of his face was completelycovered in blood; he was bleed-ing badly from his lip. He had clearly been badly beaten.”

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By Marquavius BurnettSports Editor

Three University of Alabama football players were arrested for second-degree robbery and one was arrested for fraudu-lent use of a credit card on Monday. Head Coach Nick Saban announced in a statement sent out just before 1 p.m. Tuesday that the players, H-back Brent Calloway, defensive back Eddie Williams, linebacker Tyler Hayes and defensive lineman Dennis “D.J.” Pettway, are indef-initely suspended from the team.

According to the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff ’s Office, Calloway, 20, was charged with

fraudulent use of a credit card. Williams, 20, Tyler Hayes, 18, and Pettway, 20 were booked on two counts of second-degree robbery.

“The young men charged are indefinitely suspended as we continue to gather informa-tion and talk to the appropri-ate people,” Saban said in the statement. “The University and football program have strict guidelines regarding issues of this magnitude. This behavior is unacceptable for any student-athlete at The University of Alabama and not representative of our football program.”

Athletic Director Mal Moore also released a statement earli-er in the day calling the charges“a very serious matter.”

By Madison RobertsStaff Reporter

Not only did Super Bowl XLVII include a football game, a halftime show by Beyoncé and many

advertisements that left viewers in tears, laughter or confusion, but this year’s commercial lineup also included a Doritos advertise-ment produced by a graduate of the Capstone.

Ruth Brown graduated from the University in 2007 with a degree in advertising and works as the executive

producer for Pogo Pictures, a production company based in Atlanta. She worked as the producer for the Doritos ad, which featured a goat chew-ing on Doritos with its owner and ended with the owner creating a ‘goat 4 sale’ sign.

“We were sitting at lunch one day, and one of our direc-tors owns two goats. He said

randomly, ‘It’s really funny when my goat chews on chips.’ Nobody really thought anything of it, and then a cou-ple of days later he said the same thing, and then he fol-lowed it with, ‘I really think that we should do a Doritos commercial,’” Brown said.

UA alumna’s Super Bowl ad well-receivedNEWS | ALUMNI

ScreenshotRuth Brown produced the Super Bowl ad with a goat with a taste for Doritos.

Brown won chance to air commercial

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Moore: charges a ‘very serious matter’

Nick Saban indefi nitely suspends players from team following arrests

SPORTS | CAMPUS MUGGING

Attacker knocked 2 victims unconscious

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Friends helped clean Jurgens up and called UAPD, who made a report and escorted him to DCH. To save Jurgens the costly ambulance fee, Burks drove his friend to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with a mild concussion and received stitches to close up his busted bottom lip.

Three UA students and foot-ball players were arrested early Tuesday morning in con-nection with Jurgens’ attack and another student robbery that occurred just an hour later. Each man was booked on two counts of second-degree robbery.

According to arrest records, Tyler Hayes and Eddie Williams admitted to robbing Jurgens near Paty Hall, and Dennis Pettway “aided and perpetrated” the robbery.

Hayes also admitted to stand-ing by moments later along with Pettway while Williams assaulted UA student Caleb Paul in the MIB parking lot on campus.

Williams admitted he struck and knocked both men uncon-scious. Arrest records do not indicate whether Pettway admitted to the crimes.

The AttackJurgens still cannot recall

specifics from the attack itself, but remembers the moments leading up to it. Walking from Blount toward his home on Hackberry Lane, he was listen-ing to music when he heard someone ask him a question.

As he pulled his headphones off his ears, Jurgens saw some-one approach from his left and ask if he had a lighter.

Jurgens replied that he didn’t and replaced his headphones before hearing the man ask again. He replied the same and turned to walk away.

“That’s when I guess some-thing happened,” he said. “I woke up, my face was swollen, I had cuts, and I had a concus-sion. Police say that’s probably when they hit me; I just know right after that I lost conscious-ness and I regained conscious-ness on the sidewalk, staring at the sky.”

Jurgens said he doesn’t remember being suspicious about the exchange before the attack.

“He just was very nonchalant and asked for a light,” Jurgens said.

Burks said Jurgens initially had difficulty making sense of his situation.

“He didn’t know what was going on. He couldn’t tell us what happened when we first sat him down,” Burks said. “We had been play-ing a game in my room about 15 minutes before it happened, and he was saying he thought that was days ago. He couldn’t remem-ber anything.”

R i c h a r d s o n said Jurgens’ h e a d p h o n e s were completely shattered on the left side, the same side of his face that was swollen and lacerated.

“We thought it must have been an object [that broke the headphones], but when we got a look at the guys who were arrested, it could have very well been their fists; they were huge,” Richardson said.

Though Jurgens said the attack was an “eye-opening experience,” and his body is still recovering, he returned to class Tuesday.

“This was just a matter of chance. I’m still gonna love Alabama football. I just want to deal with this case, move on with my life,” Jurgens said. “I just want to get on with my education. I want to continue being happy here. I was happy

here before, and I will continue being happy here.”

Chris Paul, the second stu-dent attacked by the players Monday morning, said Tuesday night that he was feeling well and had returned to classes.

According to a University spokeswoman, UAPD did not send out a campus alert to stu-dents in the 24 hours between the muggings and the arrests because the University normal-ly sends out alerts in situations where students need to take immediate action.

UAPD did, however, post an advisory on police.ua.edu after the incident.

The ChargesWilliams, Hayes and Pettway

face less serious charges than the maximum allowed by

Alabama law, according to the Code of Alabama Section 13A-8-41 and 13A-8-42, the statutes dealing with burglary.

Alabama law holds that caus-ing “serious physical injury to another” dur-ing a robbery is

grounds for a first-degree rob-bery charge. Robbery in the first degree is a Class A Felony.

According to arrest records, Williams knocked both men unconscious in the respective attacks.

Though Jurgens was released from the hospital several hours after his attack, he considers his injuries quite severe.

“They [his injuries] were shocking; they’re something I’m still recovering from,” he said. “From what I’ve been told by the police of what they did to me, it could be much worse. I don’t have any hernia in my eyes, which my doctor was con-cerned about. Considering how athletic and strong they are, it could be a lot worse.”

When asked if he believed his attackers used excessive force

during the assault, Jurgens said he “definitely thinks so.”

“The police report doesn’t say that they just punched me and robbed me,” he said. “They punched me, they kicked me in my back, in my ribs. I would definitely classify it as excessive.”

According to additional arrest records, Williams was charged with the “Fraudulent Use of a Debit/Credit Card” along with fellow UA foot-ball player Brent Calloway, after both men used a stolen ACT card to purchase a snack from the vending machine on the first floor of Bryant Hall. Williams admitted to stealing the card from his previous rob-bery, and Calloway admitted to using the card with knowledge it had been stolen.

Williams was released from jail on a $65,000 bond, Hayes and Pettway were released on a $60,000 bond and Calloway was released on a $5,000 bond, a Tuscaloosa Police Department spokesman said. Jail records indicate they were arrested around midnight and released between 3 and 5 a.m. Tuesday morning. Officers at the Tuscaloosa County Jail said they could not provide infor-mation regarding the release of the four men or who paid each of their bail. Sgt. Jeff Judd referred questions Tuesday night to the Sheriff’s Office pub-lic information officer, who was not available.

Jurgens said he has never met his attackers before and wasn’t sure if they attacked him with specific intent to rob him.

“It’s almost like they were doing it for fun, because it seemed weird that they didn’t rob me of my wallet or phone or keys,” he said. “But, I just know they sure did an efficient job because I can’t recall parts of it even today.”

Chandler Wright, Will Tucker, Stephen Dethrage and Marquavius Burnett contributed to this report.

“We are very disappointed in the actions that have resulted in the charges against these student-athletes,” Moore said in a statement. “In this type of situation, the athletics depart-ment works in conjunction with the University.”

Calloway, Williams, Hayes and Pettway have been referred to UA Judicial Affairs.

According to a University spokeswoman, UAPD received reports of two robberies on Feb. 11, the first at 12:35 a.m. on the 800 block of Campus Drive and

the second at 1:20 a.m. in the 200 block of 7th Avenue. Two victims, UA students Caleb Paul and Samuel Jurgens, told police they were assaulted and their belongings were taken.

According to the arrest records, Hayes and Williams admitted to investigators to robbing Jurgens near Paty Hall. The arrest records state that Pettway “aided and perpetrat-ed” the robbery as well.

Hayes also admitted to stand-ing by moments later along with Dennis Pettway while Williams assaulted Paul. Arrest records do not indicate whether Pettway admitted to the crimes.

Hayes, Williams and alleged-ly Pettway, physically assaulted Jurgens at 12:30 a.m. Monday

morning, stealing a backpack containing an Apple Macbook Pro. Williams’s arrest warrant states that he knocked Jurgens unconscious in the attack.

An hour later, Williams assaulted Caleb Paul, knock-ing him unconscious and steal-ing his wallet while Hayes, and alledgedly Pettway, waited in a nearby car.

Williams and Calloway used a stolen ACT Card three hours later at vending machines in Bryant Hall three hours later.

UAPD then investigated the incidents and identified the subjects, which resulted in the players’ arrests by the Tuscaloosa Police Department on Feb. 11.

Williams, who is charged

with fraudulent use of a credit card as well, was also arrested in a separate incident on Sunday and booked into Tuscaloosa County Jail for car-rying a pistol without a license, a TPD spokesman said.

Early reports indicated that the University sent out an alert to students about the robberies, but multiple students have con-firmed they received no release. UAPD did, however, post an advisory on police.ua.edu after the incident.

According to a University spokeswoman, UAPD did not send out a campus alert to stu-dents in the 24 hours between the muggings and the arrests because UA normally sends out alerts in situations where

students need to take immedi-ate action, and UA does not usu-ally send out alert in situations like this one.

This marks Calloway’s sec-ond arrest since his arrival at Alabama. He was charged with marijuana possession in October of 2011.

Williams was released from jail on $65,000 bond, Hayes and Pettway were released on $60,000 bond, and Calloway was released on $5,000 bond, a TPD spokesman said. Jail records indicate they were arrested around midnight and released between 3 and 5 a.m.

Calloway, Hayes and Pettway appeared in 13 games for the Tide last season. Williams was a redshirt freshman.

ARRESTS FROM PAGE 1

1 assailant arrested Sunday for weapon

VICTIM FROM PAGE 1

Players bailed out hours after arrest

Section 13A-8-41Robbery in the first degree

(a) A person commits the crime of robbery in the first degree if he violates Section 13A-8-43 and he:

(1) Is armed with a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument; or

(2) Causes serious physical injury to another.

(b) Possession then and there of an article used or fashioned in a manner to lead any person who is present reasonably to believe it to be a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument, or any verbal or other representation by the defendant that he is then and there so armed, is prima facie evidence under subsection (a) of this section rthat he was so armed.

(c) Robbery in the first degree is a class A felony.

Section 13A-8-42Robbery in the second degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of robbery in the second degree if he violates Section 13A-8-43 and he is aided by another per-son actually present.

(b) Robbery in the second degree is a Class B felony.

Section 13A-8-43Robbery in the third degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of robbery in the third degree if in the course of committing a theft he:

(1) Uses force against the person of the owner or any person present with intent to overcome his physical resistance or physi-cal power of resistance; or

(2) Threatens the imminent use of force against the person of the owner or any person present with intent to compel acquiescence to the taking of or escaping with the property.

(b) Robbery in the third degree is a Class C felony.

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Naomi Goldenberg, a profes-sor of religious studies at the University of Ottawa, said she is attempting to understand what religion is and how it relates to governments around the world.

The College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Religious Studies hosted Goldenberg as part of the department’s lecture series, Relevance of the Liberal Arts in the 21st Century, in Gorgas Library on Tuesday.

Goldenberg spoke for 45 min-utes to a crowd of 70 about the

By Rich RobinsonStaff Reporter

As part of statewide road infrastructure and develop-ment projects, improvements will be made to two roads inside the Tuscaloosa City Limits, including Hackberry Lane and a stretch of 10th Avenue, both running through The University of Alabama campus.

In a recent statement, Gov. Robert Bentley announced 302 new road and bridge infrastructure development projects that will total nearly $398 million by the time they are complete. Eleven of these projects will take place in Tuscaloosa County, totaling more than $33 million.

These projects are a part

of the Governor’s Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program.

“Everyone benefits from ATRIP,” Bentley said. “We’re improving public safety by replacing old bridges and repairing and widening out-dated roads. When companies build new facilities, they look for areas with good roads and bridges. ATRIP is giving them what they need. The more com-panies that build and expand in Alabama, the more jobs we’re able to create.”

Two ATRIP projects will soon be underway within the Tuscaloosa city limits, includ-ing Loop and Hargrove roads.

Tuscaloosa Councilman, Bob Lundell said that the long-awaited final phase of the Loop Road realignment and

resurfacing will be possible because of the state’s initiative.

“The loop road project start-ed in 1992. Back then, the idea was to make it a two or three lane highway but the residents said that they didn’t want a speedway through there, so then it delayed,” Lundell said. “This is the last phase, phase three.”

There will also be improve-ments to Hargrove Road and Hackberry Lane for $3.5 mil-lion and to a portion of 10th Avenue for $6.8 million. The Hargrove Road project will re-align intersections with Prince and First avenues.

Lundell said the state runs the bids for the construction projects, and they are awarded to the lowest bidder. Since that is the case, the workers given

the job may not be from the local area.

“It depends on the con-tractor. The last contrac-tor for phase two was from Birmingham,” Lundell said. “They pick the lowest bidder, so they could be from Mobile.”

Lundell said that the state is totally in charge of the proj-ect, and that there is a strin-gent timetable placed on the construction firms.

“After the bids are awarded, [the contractors] have 100 days to finish the road.”

Councilman Kip Tyner said that he thinks that the work-ers should be Tuscaloosa residents.

“It just makes sense, and I think they should do that in other cities as well to help theireconomies,” Tyner said.

Visiting professor speaks on faith, governmentcurrent climate of religious dis-course in the world today, spe-cifically dealing with the dif-ferences, imagined or concrete, between state governments and organized religions.

“I’m trying to understand a huge topic,” Goldenberg said to begin her speech. “What is religion, and how does it relate to governments around the world?”

Much of her lecture, titled “Why Do Governments Fear ‘Religion,’ and How Do They Use It?: An Exploration of the Role of ‘Religion’ in Contemporary Statecraft,” drew from her own observa-tions of religious and govern-mental interaction through

an exhibit called “God(s): A User’s Guide” at the Museum of Civilization in the Canadian capital of Ottawa. Goldenberg suggests that religions are nothing more than “vestigial” states or, in other words, states acting in a reduced capacity of power.

Religions differ from governments, Goldenberg

stated, in only their lack of con-trol over “violence.”

After her lecture, Dr. Goldenberg spent some time answering questions to clear up any confusion. She explained that her goal was to simply pro-vide a new approach to inter-preting religion and its effect on governments and societies.

To Benjamin Flax, a

sophomore majoring in reli-gious studies, Goldenberg’s lec-ture was a very interesting idea about properly depicting reli-gions in a way that addresses differences that may not other-wise be taken into account.

“I felt that it was a very good depiction of the problems in the‘insider vs. outsider’ theory of religion,” Flax said.

Goldberg’s lecture was the third of five in the department’sseries. The next lecture will be March 11 at 3:30 in Gorgas 205, and the featured speaker will be David Watt, Associate Professor of History at Temple University, who will be speak-ing about the church and staterelations of the 21st century.

“ I’m trying to understand a huge topic. What is religion, and how does it relate to governments around the world?

— Naomi Goldenberg

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By Brad ErthalStaff Columnist

Last week, I wrote a column about how greeks on this campus should stop writing letters to the CW affirming their lack of racism and instead focus on changing their institutions to end the historical racial divide that these organizations perpetrated on this campus.

For the most part, my piece was met with a posi-tive response, even from quite a few greeks. Those who disagree seem to mostly have taken me to mean that all greeks are rac-ist. That mis-interpretation is not my fault. I was careful never to imply that and direct-ly disavowed that view three times in less than 700 words. If a reader missed that, it’s on them.

I am afraid that the worst response was from anti-greek zealots. The parody website totalfrat-move.com posted a satirical response to my col-umn. The author went over the top in pillorying a stereotype of greek illiteracy and engaged in an absurdist version of straw-man arguments.

I don’t care how many times you were denied a bid, this level of stereotyping is crass. The site creates an awful caricature of the drunk, racist, misogynistic frat boy. Incendiary implications of sexism like the article “Rush Boobs From This Week (105 Photos)” are not productive in moving forward with a dialogue on campuses. The last person to snipe at greeks so peevishly was guided by Apollo.

Although I know that he was joking, the author,a man apparently called “Bacon,” did tag me with one mock charge which I feel that I must address; that of hypocrisy for not having challenged a frat guy who made racist comments. I think that I canbe acquitted of that, since I did not tell anyone totake risks with this; the guy was too drunk to readmy body language, was a lot bigger than I was, had already shoved another student hard enoughto knock him down (and that in celebration), and having spent more than $100 on booze, could prob-ably hire a better lawyer than I could if things had gone poorly.

I don’t make a habit of confronting big, drunk, aggressive racists. And I stand by the principle that you are associated with your friends more than with strangers, even if those strangers attend your school.

But the charge holds in another way which “Bacon” could not have anticipated, and thus the friendly fire stung deeply. Even on my own terms, I am a hypocrite on this thesis, because I am an unrepentant Eagle Scout. The Boy Scoutsof America have a ban on gay scouts and on athe-ists. Early in my scouting career, I was unaware of the ban, and it was as I grew more political that Ilearned of it and it began to chafe.

Still, I continued until I earned the ultimate rank in the organization. I was proud of having worked up to that and justified my acceptance of the award with both a Concorde (sunk cost) fallacy and the hollow pledge that I could do more to change the organization from inside.

It has been five years, and I have done little, if anything, about it. The Boy Scouts recently announced that they might revisit the ban on gays but have insinuated that they will not force anyunits to “violate their consciences” by admitting them. The irony of that decision should not be loston any of us, coming from an organization with a nationwide ban on gay scouts, which violates the consciences of many parents and scouts.

So I am a hypocrite on this issue, which I will rectify soon. The BSA gains its reputation from the work of its members. Its ban on gays and atheists and their simultaneous acceptance of state and federal funds violates the spirit of the establishment clause, whether the courts care or not.

If someone accused me of being lukewarm ongay rights for this, they would be right, and I could not expect a stranger to determine from the evi-dence that I am not a homophobe. When the BSAaffirms that it will allow its members to continue to discriminate against gays and atheists, I will mail in my badge and cease to lend it my good name.

Brad Erthal is a doctorate student in economics. His column runs weekly.

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By Lucy CheseldineStaff Columnist

Nothing quite compares to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival experi-ence. And it is just that, an experi-ence. The streets are full of charac-ters, the pavement becomes a cir-cus, and the cafes and restaurants are playgrounds for the imagina-tive and eccentric. People come from all over the world to play their own part in the festival.

This celebration of the arts runs for almost a month – from Aug. 2 to 26 – with all sorts going on. It’s renowned for its eclectic collection of theater, comedy and general welcoming of improvisation any-where and everywhere, whether it’s on the stage itself or just a few mates putting on a bit of a skit in the local pub.

That’s the great thing about the festival: it’s open to practi-cally anyone. As long as you can find a cast and a venue, you’re pretty much set. My flatmates took their University production from Glasgow last year. James Oglethorpe, one of the cast, told me, “The atmosphere in Edinburgh

during the Fringe Festival is unlike anything or anywhere else you can imagine. In a time when individual expression is discouraged, the city of Edinburgh is brimming with the arts. The excitability is contagious, and it is just a joy to be part of.”

As far from the excitement as you might seem now, The University of Alabama is offering students the chance to pop over the Atlantic and get involved with the festival themselves. “Alabama in Scotland, The Arts, Change and Leadership” is a program running from April though September, over which time students will have a chance to take classes preparing

themselves for full cultural immer-sion in theater, opera, music, dance, art and design.

This will all be in preparation for a trip to the festival in Edinburgh, which will run from Aug. 8 to 16. This – take it from a woman who has been there herself – will be the most colourful and memorable part of it all. Not only will you get the Scottish ensemble – bagpipes, black pudding, castles and the odd bit of local ale – but you will be thrown right into the middle of one of the most famous and lively arts festivals in the world.

To add a cherry on top, students will have access to conferences and talks with directors of some of the performances put on at the Fringe and will gain an exclusive insight into exactly what goes into putting on a show in this kind of environment. It’s valuable, but it’s also inspiring. After my time at the Fringe – walking up the Royal mile, whiling away afternoons in theaters and evenings in bars, brushing shoulders with directors and actors – I felt the urge to get out my notebook once again. It’s a festival of ideas. And everybody

wants to share them with you.No one can deny that this festi-

val is eye-opening and satisfying for the curious mind. It creates a world all of its own during the summer months and is the start-ing place for numerous successful artists. It’s not just of creative ben-efit; it’s an insight into industry, which ultimately means an insight into the economical and business aspects of the arts.

Many of these shows are taken to the West End of London or even picked up by television channels and go on to make a good bit of money. In that sense, the program offers the best of both worlds, looking at how art and business interact.

Studying abroad, whether to Scotland or elsewhere, can change your life. I believe that everyone should do it if they can. If this experience doesn’t convince you as well, then I do not know what will.

Lucy Cheseldine is an English international student studying English literature. Her column runs weekly.

The Edinburgh Fringe Festival: reason to study abroadThe Edinburgh Fringe Festival: reason to study abroad

By Amber PattersonStaff Columnist

It’s about that time; Valentine’s Day is right on the horizon. Roses and candy hearts will begin to rain down, and inspirational love tweets will flood our timelines.

Reflecting on this upcom-ing Valentine’s Day, I start to think about relationships in this generation. The rules of dating change almost every year, espe-cially as technology becomes more advanced. My conclusion of the sudden change of the dating world is that it has basically become way past complicated.

We live in the age of “catfish-ing” and leaving direct messages on Twitter. It would be really easy to blame the growth of social net-working for the sudden discon-nect in the world of dating, but it all comes down to us as human beings. We have settled for the convenience that technology has afforded us over actually develop-ing connections that lead to lasting relationships.

With the emergence of online

dating and the whole online world that surrounds us, we have become confused as a society on the defini-tion of a relationship. It is one thing to use technology to find a rela-tionship, but it is a whole different game when those relationships are carried out over the internet. My personal opinion is, if you cannot touch the person before the label of relationship is even brought up in conversation, then it is not a real relationship.

I know we are not in the age of our parents, where words are exchanged through face-to-face communication rather than

through text messaging or a social network. We do not believe in “going steady” any more; we have become more about relations than relationships.

Please do not take this as a girl complaining that chivalry is dead. I know there are guys that still open doors and walk on the out-side of the sidewalk. This is a plea to get back to the basics of dating, the simple request to have a conversation face to face instead of between computer screens.

We should actu-ally enjoy the company of one another, rather than the emoji’s we send. In college, I feel that it is safe to say that most of us are not looking for our soul mates and are on fixed budgets, so grand gestures are not that common anymore, but a simple hello would suffice at times. Instead of finding those who catch our eye on Twitter and flood-ing their direct messages, try to

actually hold a conversation.I will admit that in our genera-

tion the traditional dating rituals have changed or become nonexis-tent. The dinner and movie date is gone due to economic reasons; the movies cost just as much as dinner.

We no longer wait three days before calling, we just send a text and pray that a reply flashes across our screen in a day or two.

Men are not expected to pay for everything, due to feminist views that have taken control of our society’s way

of thinking. I personally miss those days where conversation became the base of a relationship, not what is said on social networks and dat-ing profiles. Simply put, it is time to go back to basics.

Amber Patterson is a sophomore majoring in marketing and public relations. Her column runs weekly on Wednesdays.

Members of Internet age must go back to dating basics

Lucy Cheseldine

Amber Patterson

Brad Erthal

“ We should actually enjoy the company of one another, rather than the emoji’s we

send.

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Wednesday, February 13, 2013 |

ON THE TWITTERVERSE{ } IN RESPONSE TO:‘Four Alabama football players

arrested on Monday’

“@BrentCalloway ... It’s all good #21 hang in there and pay no attention to

the idiots”

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boys are a disgrace to the Crimson

Tide! Coach Saban doesn’t need to put up with this crap!!!”

“I remember be-ing so happy when

Brent Calloway switched back to

Bama from Auburn #IWasStupid”

“Praying for safety of victims and also for the young men.They probably just

threw away the big-gest opportunity of their lives for some

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By Morgan ReamesContributing Writer

Last semester, someone stole Margaret Kennedy’s bike, and the junior majoring in special education became another victim of a recurring problem on The University of Alabama’s campus.

“It was locked up behind the sorority houses, and I left it there for the weekend on homecoming weekend. I came back on Sunday to get it, and someone had cut the lock,” Kennedy said. “It was my fault for leaving it overnight, but I wouldn’t think someone would clip the lock.”

The University of Alabama bike policy states that regis-tration is encouraged but not required and that if your bike is stolen, you should report it to the UAPD immediately. If the bicycle isn’t registered with the University, though, there will be a delay because of the process of verification of ownership and verification of

insurance carrier.“It was not registered on

campus, so I didn’t call UAPD,” Kennedy said. “I think people don’t really think to register bikes because they don’t think people go and check. I don’t really know anyone that has their bike registered.”

There are more than 33,000 students at The University of Alabama, but Stuart Glaeser, manager of transportation ser-vices said only 1,850 bikes are registered.

“What we have found through several question-naires is that the majority of individuals do not know their

bike’s brand, make or serial number,” Glaeser said. “By registering your bike with Parking Services, we maintain that information for you, and you are also able to upload a picture of your bike. This will help in identifying your bike if it is located.”

Kennedy said she is now more cautious with her bike. “I still occasionally bike to class, but I mostly just use my new bike recreationally, so I make sure it doesn’t get stolen again,” Kennedy said. “And when I go out of town for the weekend, I put it inside my house.”

By Adrienne BurchAssistant News Editor

The Miss University of Alabama Pageant will be held Saturday, Feb. 16, at the Bama Theatre at 7 p.m.

This pageant is a preliminary for the Miss Alabama Pageant in June, and then the winner of Miss Alabama goes on to the Miss America Pageant in January 2014 in Las Vegas, Nev.

“Contestants compete in a private interview with the judges, lifestyle and fit-ness, evening gown with an

on-stage question and talent,” said Miranda Ward, junior and contestant in the pageant.

A panel of five judges will choose a winner based on these five categories.

“Any woman between the ages of 17 and 24 enrolled as a student at The University of Alabama is eligible to compete,” Ward said.

There are 16 contestants in this year’s pageant. Each of these women are sponsored by a campus organization such as a sorority, fraternity or the SGA.

Ward said contestants have to submit a resume, platform essay and must have a mini-mum GPA of 2.5. The winner of the pageant will receive a full

tuition scholarship for a year to the University.

Carol Wright, director of the Miss University of Alabama Pageant, said last year’s winner, Caitlin Brunell, took home close to $50,000 worth of prizes, which included the tuition package.

“It’s a nice title to win,” Wright said. “The winner gets a lot of opportunities to meet peo-ple and make connections that could help them in the future.”

The scholarship also cov-ers out-of–state tuition, which was particularly beneficial for Brunell, as she is from Florida. Brunell went on to the Miss Alabama Pageant and placed 3rd runner-up overall.

The Miss University of Alabama Pageant is sponsored by the National Alumni Association, and the

winner gets to work with the NAA throughout her reign. Wright said the winner is able to travel with the Crimson Caravan tour alongside Nick Saban to visit alumni chapters across the country.

“Ad d i t i o n a l l y, d u r -ing her reign, she has the opportunity to pro-mote her personal platform as well as the national platform, Children’s Miracle Network,” Ward said.

Wright said the last Miss University of Alabama to win Miss Alabama was Shannon Camper in 2004.

The doors of the Bama Theatre open at 6 p.m. on Saturday. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students and $5 for children under 10.

“We are the City of Champions,” Wright said.

“There is no reason we should not have a Miss America.”

University of Alabama pageant to be held Saturday

“By registering your bike with Parking Services we maintain that infor-mation for you, and you are also able to upload a picture of your bike.

This will help in identifying your bike if it is located.

— Stuart Glaeser

CW | Alaina ClarkUAPD says bike theft is one of the most common crimes on campus so students need to know how to protect their bikes.

Bicycle theft common crime on campus, recovery diffi cult

IF YOU GO...• What: The Miss

University of Alabama Pageant

• When: Saturday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. doors open at 6 p.m.

• Where: The Bama Theatre

• Tickets: $10 for seniors and students, $15 for adults, $5 for children under 10

“ We are the City of Champions. There is no reason we should not have a Miss America.

— Carol Wright

Registration of property can aid police in search

1st step for UA students in competition for crown, title of Miss America to be hosted at Bama Theatre

“The next thing I knew our other director had sto-ryboards ready with a story-line, and we were shooting a commercial that following weekend just for fun. It was just our production compa-ny, and we did it in one day.”

Despite the fact that Brown has produced com-mercials for KFC, Disney, Ford and AT&T, she said she never pictured herself pro-ducing a commercial that would run in the prestigious Super Bowl lineup.

“It was very surreal. I am used to seeing our commer-cials on TV, but actually knowing that it wasn’t just a regional commercial and knowing that everybody was seeing that commercial at that exact time was one of the coolest feelings,” Brown

said. “It was very reward-ing. I can honestly say I never really thought that I would have a Super Bowl commercial, so it was very cool.”

The ad was named the Super Bowl’s creative MVP by Nielsen Wire, making this the second consecutive year Doritos has won. The ad also received the most-liked and most memorable com-mercial mantles of Super Bowl XLVII, according to the Nielsen Wire report.

“The Nielsen ratings are what matter. It was very well received by the public, and in our eyes it was the num-ber one commercial,” Brown said.

Terrence Compton, a freshman majoring in mar-keting, said this commercial was one of his favorites, as he was disappointed with most of the commercials that ran during the Super Bowl this year.

“That commercial was

definitely one of the best,” Compton said. “I was kind of disappointed with the over-all lineup of commercials in the Super Bowl this year, but that one I was actually laughing out loud at. And to hear that someone from Alabama produced it, that’s just how good we are, and all I can say is ‘roll tide.’”

Brown said her time at the Capstone prepared her for her career in post-produc-tion by giving her the social skills needed to be in such a high position with a produc-tion company, which ulti-mately led her to produce the commercial.

“When I say I fell into this industry, I really had no idea it even existed in my world, and it wasn’t even on my radar. I interviewed with multiple jobs but had no experience in post-produc-tion, so other people would get them,” she said.

But, when Brown inter-viewed for the last job, the

lady that was interviewing her went to Alabama.

“She and I had this instant connection,” Brown said. “Without that connection I made with that lady that I interviewed with, I would never have come here, and now I can say I produced a Super Bowl commercial. I truly believe that going to Alabama actually made that connection for me in a weird way.”

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University of Alabama fresh-man Elias Hakansson of Halmstad, Sweden, was named the Southeastern Conference Men’s Track and Field Freshman of the Week on Tuesday, the SEC Office announced. Hakansson broke a 15-year-old school record in the men’s weight throw last Saturday as Alabama finished second in the men’s standings at the Mark Colligan Memorial in Lincoln, Neb.

The school record set by Hakansson came on a throw of 66 feet, 9 ¼ inches (20.35 meters) and eclipsed by 3 1/2 inches, a 15-year-old mark set by Derrick Jones in 1998. It was Hakansson’s second individual victory of the indoor sea-son. Hakansson’s series produced the five of the six longest throws in Alabama history, all exceeding 60 feet, opening at 61-1 (18.63 meters), followed by efforts of 64-1 (19.53m),

63-6 (19.37m) and 64-2 (19.57m) before closing with his record effort.

“The weight throw is a new event for Elias, who has come up as a hammer thrower, which is a very different event,” Doug Reynolds, Alabama’s assistant coach for throws, said. “I’m very proud of how hard Elias is working on it, taking on a new event that he’s never worked in before, and how focused he is on reaching his poten-tial. That said, Elias is just scratch-ing the surface of what he can do in this event.”

Alabama finished second in both the men’s and women’s stand-ings last Saturday. The Tide com-peted against Nebraska and North Carolina. The Alabama women finished with 110 points behind Nebraska’s 147, while the men ended the triangular meet with 102points, behind the 138 points of the Huskers. Alabama athletes won 10events and set 17 personal bests.

Tide freshman named Freshman of the Week

ScreenshotRuth Brown’s Super Bowl ad featured a Doritos-hungry goat.

MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD


By Madison RobertsStaff Reporter

The members of Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity are host-ing their 2nd annual rose sale outside the SupeStore at the Ferguson Center, Feb. 13 and 14. Each rose will be sold for $4, and all proceeds will benefit the Alzheimer’s Association.

Nick D’addabbo, the presi-dent of Alabama’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Mu, said he

is proud of what the sale accomplished last year and has big expectations for this year.

“We’re proud to provide people with quality roses while love is in the air, while supporting the search for a cure that affects mil-lions of Americans annu-ally,” D’addabbo said. “I am personally thankful for all those who bought [roses] last year and look forward to seeing what we can accomplish

this year.”According to Sigma Alpha

Mu’s national website, the Judy Fund, which is directly related to the Alzheimer’s Association, is their national philanthropy. The website states the Judy Fund was founded by a Sigma Alpha Mu member whose wife lost her battle with Alzheimer’s disease.

Ben Bruno, Sigma Alpha Mu’s philanthropy chairman, said he is excited about his

position and believes this sale will benefit University students as well as their philanthropy.

“I’m really honored to be philanthropy chairman mostly because I will get to have such a strong influence on what charities the Tau chapter will work with, and be able to be a big part of the Alabama community in the best way possible,” Bruno said.

Sigma Alpha Mu reactivated their chapter on campus last

year and is hoping to continue to grow in the years to come.

“While we are a small chapter, we hope to increase impact and visibility on campus and to complement the already strong Greek community without stepping on anybody’s toes,” Matthew Lesser, the vice president of Sigma Alpha Mu, said. “We aim to cooperate with the University communi-ty to be a force for good in the coming years.”

Sigma Alpha Mu holds Valentine’s rose sale

By Sarah Elizabeth TookerStaff Reporter

The University will select a group of 24 students to lead their new extended orienta-tion initiative, Camp 1831. The group will be called the A-Team.

Assistant director for First Year Experience Litsa Orban said any UA undergradu-ate student is eligible for the A-Team so long as they meet minimum requirements, such as a 2.75 GPA and good stand-ing with the University.

“I think the most important qualities the A-Team should possess is a passion for the University and an interest in sharing that passion,” Orban said.

Sara Hartley, executive direc-tor of First Year Experience,

agreed they would not be look-ing for any certain type of stu-dent for the A-Team.

“We are looking for a group of students that represent UA’s campus,” Hartley said. “We are looking for current leaders and those with potential to lead. More than anything we are looking for a positive attitude and a sense of pride in UA that can be shared with our new students.”

Orban explained these stu-dents would be responsible for facilitating Camp 1831 activi-ties as well as leading small group discussions with the stu-dent participants.

“They will be the heart of Camp 1831 and set the tone for the participants’ experience,” she said. “Essentially, they will introduce UA student life to Camp 1831 participants and support each student in begin-ning their UA story.”

The goal of the A-Team is to serve UA as role models and mentors that can assist new students in their transition to the University, Hartley said.

“The biggest task with this group is that they find a way to relate to each of the students in their group and help them find a connection to UA so that they feel more comfortable and excited about their first year on campus,” she said. “We hope that these student leaders will form strong relationships with

the students in their small groups that last throughout college or beyond.”

A-Team members are encouraged to be involved in other campus organizations and programs, Orban said.

“The more they represent dif-ferent areas of campus, the bet-ter a first-year student under-stands UA and all the opportu-nities available,” she said. “We are supportive of their involve-ment and will make sure they can balance their schedule to fit all their commitments.”

As far as the future goes, Hartley explained she was hopeful the A-Team group would expand over coming years.

“We believe the A-Team will start out very strong and con-tinue to gain more familiarity and more excitement over the years,” Hartley said. “We antic-ipate that the students on this team will have fun serving UA in this way and that the experi-ence will keep students coming back.”

One student, Brittany Day, majoring in political science and public relations, serves in a familiar student leadership role as an Avanti leader for Bama Bound orientation program. She said she most enjoyed the small group sessions held to help make every students transition into the University as smooth and enjoyable

as possible.“Being able to share my own

experiences with incoming stu-dents was exciting,” Day said. “Every student was unique and so were their interests. Listening to their goals and hearing how they wanted to achieve them was intriguing.”

Applications for the A-Team are due Feb. 15. Then Orban said she and Hartley will bothhelp facilitate group and indi-vidual interviews and the finalgroup of 24 will be selected by Feb. 21.

Students interested in apply-ing should keep in mind they are required to attend both camp sessions during Aug. 6-8 and Aug. 12-14 and all trainingsessions in March and April ofthis semester.

University accepting applications for 1831 A-Team until Friday

By Kyle DennanContributing Writer

Several representatives of The University of Alabama will travel to Washington, D.C., this week to honor fallen sol-diers, visit those who have been injured in battle and emphasize the Capstone’s support for vet-erans.

On Thursday, Alabama Rep. Terri Sewell will join university administrators and President of the UA Campus Veterans Association Jordan Carpenter in laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.

“We know of students who have been to The University of

Alabama who have sacrificed their lives overseas, so this is in honor of all of them,” said Alex Karagas, coordinator of Veteran and Military Affairs.

Lowell Davis, the University of Alabama’s Assistant Dean of Students, said it is important for students to remember those who have given their lives while serving in the armed forces.

“I think oftentimes, if you don’t know anyone who has per-sonally gone to war, you don’t think about it,” Davis said. “It’s important that we don’t forget what people do for us on a daily basis to keep us safe.”

On Friday, the group will visit wounded soldiers at Walter Reed National Military Medical

Center.This trip was inspired in part

by a CVA-facilitated campus visit from an injured veteran during this year’s Iron Bowl.

“He’s never been a student, but he wants to be. He’s a big Alabama fan. That got us think-ing about how we can reach out to people in similar situations,” said Carpenter, a senior major-ing in environmental science.

The University will also be providing University of Alabama gear to the soldiers and their families, thanks to the generosity of several depart-ments on campus.

“I have been blown away by the number of donations. We are going to be able to give

multiple items to every single individual and give items to their family members as well,” said Karagas.

The Center for Veteran and Military Affairs, which was opened in the fall of 2012, has recently begun to track those who are entitled to military benefits on campus and has identified an estimated 500 veterans on campus and 1550 dependents of veterans.

“People have sacrificed a lot for them to have the opportuni-ties at education that they do,” Carpenter said. “Our job in this office is to support them so that they have the right pathways to be successful, just like every other student on campus, but

they have a different context.”For instance, Carpenter said

a single deployment, when accounting for training and recovery time, can disrupt a student’s education for two years.

“It’s a huge life disruption. It’s really tough to stay moti-vated to finish school,” he said.

Carpenter’s story is an exam-ple of the unique needs of the student-veteran population.

“I did go to school here for three semesters right out of high school. The following fall, my brother was in training, and I knew he was going to go to Afghanistan as soon as he got out of training. I felt like my role was not to be here in

school. I felt very inspired to join,” Carpenter said.

When he returned to school, the shift was jarring but manageable with the support that Alabama provides for veterans.

“It’s a totally different type of pressure that I came back to.I really needed that extra sup-port I found here. It’s helped metransition back to being a stu-dent.”

UA students, alumni and fans in the Washington D.C. area are encouraged to attend the wreath laying.

Anyone who wishes to attend should arrive at the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery by 2:45 p.m.

UA representatives to visit Arlington to honor vets

FAST FACTS• Sigma Alpha Mu holds

rose sale outside of SupeStore in the Ferg

• Roses cost $4 each

• All proceeds go to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association.

FAST FACTS• The A-Team will be the

student leaders of the

University’s new orienta-

tion camp, Camp 1831

• Applications for the

A-Team due Feb. 15.

• Interviews will be con-

ducted and final selections

made by Feb. 21.

Trip to capital inspired by would-be students; group will lay wreath at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

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CULTURE

SPORTS

By Tricia Vaughan

Plato once said, “Love is a serious mental disease,” and how true are his wise words. Love sickness isn’t just a form of expression for those head-over-heels, but has been studied as an actual illness.

Science shows that those in love experience a kind of high similar to that caused by illicit drugs such as cocaine. Certain neurotransmitters – phenethyl-amine, dopamine, norepineph-rine and oxytocin – elicit the high from “falling in love,”

using 12 areas of the brain. The effect from the neurotransmit-ters mimics the feeling of taking anamphetamine.

The movies and books didn’t just make up the feelings associate with being in love. There are symptoms that go hand-in-hand with “love sick-ness:” sleeplessness, loss of appetite, inability to concen-trate, chest pains and nausea. Those in love may even show signs of sweaty palms, weak knees, dry mouth, increased heart rate and dizziness – the typical storybook definition

of love played out in all of the romance novels.

But not everything about love is elated and happy. One study published in “Neuropsychopharmacology” observed the behavior the prairie vole exhibits when sep-arated from its partner. Like humans, the prairie vole is one of the few species that practice monogamous relationships, staying with the same mate for an extended period of time. When the male voles were sepa-rated from their romantic part-ner in the study, they became

unreceptive.The findings suggest

humans express similar behaviors as the vole at the loss of a mate, explaining why those who have loved and lost experience a sense of hopelessness.

Like many students that go through a rough break-up, Joanna Omar, a senior majoring in political science, experienced the described dis-tress after a break-up with her boyfriend of nearly a year.

“I became depressed, I didn’t sleep and I didn’t eat,”

Omar said.Omar’s symptoms are

similar to those of not just “love sickness,” but a more intense form of the illness called limerence. The condition, created by Dr. Dorothy Tennov in 1977, describes an intense infatuation with another and the desire to have those feel-ings returned. Though not classified as a mental disor-der, the condition can lead to depression.

Other studies have found more mental side effects of falling in love. Stephanie

Ortigue, a professor atSyracuse University, published a study in the “Journal of Sexual Medicine” that found fallingin love can affect intellectual areas of the brain that involve body image and metaphors. Thestudy also found the parts of the brain involve different types of love. The reward part of the brain, for instance, is respon-sible for passionate love.

With everything that accom-panies this double-edged sword called love, being single this Valentine’s Day never sounded so great.

Love sickness is real, and the high it provides looks a lot like cocaine usage

By Abbey Crain

These past couple of months, I have decided to take on a fun little style experiment. My wardrobe is usually drenched in a plethora of pat-terns and textures, but I have experienced a fashion cleans-ing of sorts and I am back to the basics. I let go of my over-accessorized looks, once bathed in polka-dots and ban-gles, and stuck with a few key pieces that make getting ready a breeze.

Let’s be real, I don’t have a Phillip Lim bag, and I

probably won’t ever have a Phillip Lim bag. But, for example’s sake, I have prepared a modest representation of a classic go-to class uniform for when creativity is lacking and the cold weather isn’t. Maybe it will help my

fellow fashionistas get through these last few weeks of winter. I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to break out my pastels and denim cut-offs.

Black skinnies have been the pants at the top of my drawer and never at the bottom of my laundry hamper. Black jeans

can go days without washing, right? I find them easy to slip on when I’m feeling a little extra edge is needed in my ensemble and denim just won’t do.

You can never go wrong with the oversized sweater and oxford shirt combina-tion. It keeps you looking put-together and billows over insecurities. Try buttoning the oxford all the way to the top to take away from the frump you may experience from an oversized sweater.

A lacy, black bra is just a little somethin’ some-thin’ to feel feminine when

draping yourself with balloon-ish proportions. Plus, it’s almost Valentine’s day.

An oversized tote is a perfect substitute to your usual Jansport circa 4th grade. It’s big enough for any laptop, binder, or moleskine, but may leave a substantial indention on your right shoulder. For the sake of a completed outfit, work the bag.

Dainty jewelry seems to work well with knits and doesn’t get caught in the weaving. Geometric rings and bangles are a fun and easy way to add just the right amount of

accessory to a class outfit.I think my H&M black

booties have been my most-worn shoe this winter. The heel is the perfect height for traipsing around campus and clacking on tile floors. I love clacking. Plus, they kind of double as rain boots as they stand their ground in a substan-tially sized puddle.

I understand beanies are “a thing,” but I like pom-poms. When walking with an added bounce on top of my head, it seems to balance out the grown-up minimalist look of black on black on white.

For last weeks of winter, move away from extravagant patterns, textures

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Young cast of mockumentary ‘Parks and Recreation’ more popular than ever

“Black skinnies have been the pants at the top of my drawer and never at

the bottom of my laundry hamper.

By Colby Leopard

If you happened to be one of the 6.8 million people who watched the “Parks and Recreation” pilot episode on April 9, 2009, you would have seen a hodge-podge cast of B, C and D list actors and actresses in their first show on prime time television. Now, over half-way through its 5th season, “Parks and Recreation” has become a “who’s who” in the comedy world.

Amy Poehler plays Leslie Knope, the ineffable protago-nist of “Parks and Recreation.” Knope, the Deputy Parks Director for the Pawnee, Ind., Parks and Recreation Department, leads her cast on satirical adventure after satiri-cal adventure in the same way as its “mockumentary” sibling show, “The Office,” does.

With aspirations of one day achieving the ultimate goal of holding an elected office in the greatest city in America, the fictional Pawnee, Leslie Knope surrounds herself with friends and coworkers who compliment her spacey yet ever-optimistic personality.

Ron Swanson, played by Nick Offerman, is Leslie Knope’s

anti-big-government boss who will ignore or insult anyone, as long as it is at the govern-ment’s expense. Ron’s strict adherence to slowing govern-ment down makes him the most uniquely lovable charac-ter in “Parks and Recreation.”

Along with Offerman, big-time stars in comedy such as Rashida Jones, Aziz Ansari, Chris Pratt and Aubrey Plaza work in the parks and recreation department in Pawnee, each bringing their own quirky and ironic sense of humor to the show. These four actors and actresses specifically have been able to achieve much success in their endeavors outside of “Parks and Recreation,” whether it be acting in blockbuster mov-ies or going on cross-country comedy tours.

Adam Scott is another A-list comedian who decided to lend his talents to “Parks and Recreation” but not until after the show’s first season. Despite starring in his own Starz comedy series, “Party Down,” Scott decided to leave the show to join “Parks and Recreation” as Ben Wyatt, a state audi-tor, in order to work with the show’s all-star cast.

One of “Parks and Recreation”’s greatest quali-ties is its ability to continuous-ly shuffle around and change the relationships between each of the show’s many characters.

Leslie Knope experiences several office flings through-out the series, including a brief stint with Tom Haverford (Aziz Ansari) because an online dat-ing site paired them; however, ultimately Knope ends up engaged to Ben Wyatt, OK’d by Adam Scott.

Michael Schur and Greg Daniels, “Parks and Recreation”’s creators and executive producers, have the ability to recreate and rework their show’s dynamic, making it one of the most bal-anced and progressive shows on television. As is often the case in mockumentary TV shows, “Parks and Recreation” lays down the sarcasm and satire heavily, but, when you least expect it, will deliver some of the sweetest, most heart-warming scenes in all of television.

There are countless shows on television that try to play the funny-yet-sentimental card, but “Parks and Recreation”

stands alone as the best moc-kumentary show on TV. With such talented actors and

actresses delivering memo-rable scenes, both gut-busting and touching, in every episode,

“Parks and Recreation” will only continue to be one of the best shows on TV.

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England in 1819 to perform in Tuscaloosa for 1st timeFather-son band mixes electronic, rock, comes to Chloé’s Cup downtown alongside local Tim HigginsBy Megan MillerStaff Reporter

England in 1819, a father-son band, is set to make its first appearance in Tuscaloosa Saturday at Chloe’s Cup down-town.

Comprised of father Liam Callaway and his two sons Andrew and Dan, the group is based out of New Orleans, La. The band released their third album at the beginning of 2013, and Tuscaloosa is one stop of many on the way to the SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas.

“This will be our first time at SXSW, and we’ve heard it’s an awesome time, jam-packed with bands and all types of music industry people,” band member Andrew Callaway said. “There’s almost going to be too much going on to take it all in, I think, so we’re just going to try to play as much as possible and meet whoever we can.”

Although the band has never played a show in Tuscaloosa, they are hoping for a good turnout. Students regularly at Chloe’s Cup for studying and socializing said they were

excited to have live perform-ers added to the atmosphere. Presley Morgan, a junior majoring in accounting, said adding live music will be an added bonus to the already inviting environment.

“The atmosphere, coffee and service at Chloe’s are all great,” Morgan said. “I usually go there to study, but it’s such a cozy place, it makes for a great concert venue as well.”

Callaway said they hope their stop in Tuscaloosa will bring some new fans out to see the band.

“We’ve been touring all around the South for about a year now, but haven’t yet made it to Tuscaloosa,” Callaway said. “We’ve heard great

things about the town, and this time we were fortunate enough for the kind people at Chloe’s to give us a date. It’s always hard coming to a city for the first time because no one really knows about you, but hopefully we can get the word out about us and our show and get some good people out.”

Callaway describes the band’s music as atmospheric textures that float seamlessly across new wave electronics, post-rock swells and dream-croon vocals, with evocative surges of sound, combined with haunting lyrics and mas-sive chamber rock that unfurl into sweeping, evocative surg-es of sound. Andrew Callaway said the band’s music is com-parable to a combination of Sigur Ros, Future Islands, Radiohead, Explosions in the Sky, Beach House and The XX.

Callaway said playing in a band with family can be inter-esting and sometimes tricky to balance family roles and band roles, but the group has found a dynamic that works for them.

“Sometimes we can get a little too closed off and locked up in our own world, but for the

most part, it’s really great,” he said. “We’re really honest with each other, and we work well together.”

Midway through the band’s last tour, their touring drum-mer had to leave with only two weeks left in the tour. Callaway said though at the time it seemed like a disaster, it ended up pushing the band in a new

direction in terms of their third album.

“The electronic drums and synths are a bit of a change for us,” Callaway said. “I have a degree in electronic music composition, which I hadn’t really been using too much, so when I filled in our sound with electronics we really liked the way it sounded. We finished

out the tour, and just decided to stick with that sound. The response from our fans has been really positive as well, soI think we’ll just keep heading that way.”

England in 1819, along side opening act and local Tim Higgins, will perform at Chloe’s Cup on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. The show will be free.

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By Ryan PhillipsContributing Writer

WVUA plans to premiere a new art-driven television show, “Alabama Art Seen,” on Wednesday, Feb. 13. This student-produced program will exhibit the many different kinds of artists living and work-ing in the state of Alabama.

The half-hour segment cur-rently has three episodes set to air at 7 p.m. on Feb. 13, 20 and 27. Created by UA faculty and produced by media students, the program will highlight art-ists and musicians of Alabama while providing the students behind the camera with hands-on professional experience in the television industry.

UA professors Nick Corrao

and Hank Lazer both wanted to profile and promote the arts in Alabama. The collaboration of the two ultimately paved the way for the television show, which is produced and hosted by students. Corrao’s TCF 451 Advanced TV Production class, produces the program, with Corrao working as executive producer.

“We produce one or two epi-sodes a semester,” Corrao said. “The students begin the semes-ter by researching and pitching segment ideas. These ideas are then voted on by the class and three are selected for each epi-sode. Small production teams are formed within the class, and these teams are responsi-ble for scheduling, filming and editing their segments with

their artist subjects.”The producers of the show

also hope for a positive contri-bution to local art by way of exhibition and audience inter-est. By getting the word out about local artists, the goal is to raise awareness in the audi-ence while bringing notoriety to artists around the state.

“We wanted to give the public exposure to all of the different types of arts happening in the state, with the aim of growing the excitement and investment in the arts here in Alabama,” Corrao said. “I hope that [the audience] is exposed to differ-ent artists and art forms that they didn’t know existed here in Alabama, and more impor-tantly that the show inspires them to seek out more of these

artists and art forms. Getting involved either creatively or as a supportive member of the arts community is a tremen-dously rewarding experience.”

In providing students with the opportunity to work on a commercially broadcast tele-vision program, the creators of “Alabama Art Seen” strive to facilitate real world experi-ence for the students involved while giving them a chance to grow in a professional media environment.

Lazer, the Creative Campus executive director, is optimistic of the many possibilities asso-ciated with this new television program and what it could potentially do for a student’s career.

“[Alabama Art Seen] is yet

another example of the amaz-ing opportunities for students to do original work at UA,” Lazer said. “Work that will be seen on a commercial TV sta-tion and that will most definite-ly enhance the students’ career opportunities.”

Corrao said he also feels strongly about what students stand to gain by working on this program.

“What [the students] accom-plish over the course of one semester is very impressive,” Corrao said. “And those expe-riences and skills translate directly to the jobs that they will have working for television production crews when they graduate.”

For students, this pro-vides the opportunity to gain

experience by simply signing up for a TCF class and aid-ing in the production of the show. Along with being given a participatory role in the proj-ects, students are able to take leadership roles within a true industry setting.

“It truly is a unique opportu-nity that has given us a tremen-dous amount of valuable expe-rience in our field,” Lauren Jacobs, student producer said. “We get to say that we made a TV show that’s currently on-air. How cool is that?”

The show has a tentative schedule set for March and students are encouraged to sign up for the class if they areinterested in learning about the ever-changing television industry.

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SubmittedWVUA’s new show “Alabama Art Seen” will premiere on Wednesday, Feb. 13. The half-hour segment currently has three episodes set to air at 7 p.m. on Feb. 13, 20 and 27. The show was created by UA faculty and produced by media students in TCF 451: Ad-vanced TV Production.

By Marcus FlewellenContributing Writer

Graduate art student Astri Snodgrass explores memory and perception in her new show “Echo: Paintings by Astri Snodgrass,” which is on display at the Ferguson Center Art Gallery now through March 3.

For Snodgrass, a first-year graduate student from St. Charles, Ill., “Echo” will be her sixth solo art exhibition. The show displays her paintings, which create a new perception and awareness for the viewer.

“I look at my paintings as kind of a visual echo, because I use a lot of reflections and

repeated images,” Snodgrass said.

The title of the show comes out of her theory behind her work, drawing from photo-graphs and inspiration from windows and visual echoes.

“I work from photographs and manipulate the photo-graphs in order to generate new images,” Snodgrass said. “I’m interested in windows as invisible barriers that simul-taneously connect and divide two spaces. Windows facili-tate looking through while at the same time looking back, creating a sense of ambigu-ity of space and allowing for the viewer to exist in two or

more spaces at the same time. My work offers a skewed and multilayered perception much like a visual echo, creating an awareness of multiple spaces at once.”

Snodgrass, who studied studio art in Norway and Argentina before coming to the University, has wanted to be an artist for as long as she can remember.

“I was seriously interested in art throughout my childhood, through high school,” she said. “My parents encouraged me to express myself artistically from the very beginning. My mom is an art teacher, she teaches elementary art. So I was just

kind of in that environment my whole life.”

Even though this is only Snodgrass’s second semester at the University, she has had no problem becoming a part of the University’s art culture. She previously exhibited work at “You Can’t Hold Water: Works by Graduate Studio Artists” and the 28th West Alabama Juried Show, where she won honorable mention.

“Echo: Paintings by Astri Snodgrass” will be open every Monday to Saturday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. until March 3. For more informa-tion on the exhibition, contact [email protected].

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By Jordan Cissell

Let’s see. It’s Sunday night, easing into Monday morning, and I’m sitting here tearing through a package of gener-ic Fig Newtons and digging Wussy’s new, free, download-only album “Berneice Huff and son Bill sings Popular Favorites” at a reasonable volume. A satisfactory scene, indeed.

In case you’re unfamiliar

with Wussy – and I wouldn’t be surprised in the least if such was the case – these guys are a four-piece act out of Cincinnati, Ohio, who have been plug-ging along under the radar since about 2001, releasing several albums of quality stuff that really defies definition. Wikipedia calls it indie rock. What does that mean? I deem it melodic noise with pop’s ultra-catchy sensibilities.

Let me warn you now –

you’re either gonna really like ‘em, or you’re gonna really dis-like ‘em. I don’t see any room for middle ground. But it would be Seward’s Folly to decide one way or the other before you try them out, and “Popular Favorites” is as good a place to start as any. We’re talking 12 solid songs, and they’ll run you 100 percent less than the aforementioned generic Fig Newtons.

The album actually kicks off

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with the spoken-word intro to a segment NPR’s “Fresh Air” ran on the band back in 2009. Several of these little pieces from various radio broadcast interviews pepper the album. If you’re in a hurry, they’re entirely skip-able, but at about a half-minute a pop, they’re not too unreasonable of a time commitment. And the band members are really quite humorous, especially guitarist-singer Chuck Cleaver and bass-ist-keyboardist Mark Messerly. (“Hip hop,” Cleaver deadpans to an eruption of laughter in one clip – his response to a question regarding his stylistic influences.)

I suppose the radio bits are fitting, as an overflowing hand-ful of the songs on the record are live-at-the-station takes on some of the band’s more popu-lar cuts. Most of the rest are old demos that never made it onto another CD or covers of songs by other independent Ohio acts with names like Seedy Seeds and Afghan Whigs and Jenny Mae.

Check out “Sweetie Sweetie (Live on WOXY),” a Jenny Mae cover in which Cleaver

talk-sings with the brilliantly weird combination of Meat Loaf’s bravado and David Bowie’s inflection over a sim-ple, jangly roots-rock groove. It comes much closer to summing up Wussy’s un-sum-up-able-ness than any words I possess the faculties to produce.

Another definite high-light is an acoustic version of “Airborne,” which originally appeared on their 2006 debut “Funeral Dress.” It doesn’t soar quite like the electric original, but this stripped-down version gives you ample room to hear the fantastic interplay between Cleaver’s and singer-song-writer Lisa Walker’s perfectly, beautifully (here) raw vocals. And it proves these folks aren’t a bunch of Midwestern hacks hiding behind heavy guitar – underneath, or rather within the cacophony lie clever rhymes and pretty, hummable melodies.

I’m of the firm belief that the best thing about listening to Wussy is Walker’s singing voice. In fact, I’m so comfort-able in my assertion that I’m gonna go ahead and deem her the best lady vocalist in music

today. Not the most techni-cally gifted by any means, but the breathiness of her pleas-ant-with-an-edge rasp is cer-tainly the most authentic and consistently enjoyable.

Normally Walker splits lead vocal duties at about 50/50 with Cleaver to swell results (see above), but on “Jonah” and “All the Bugs Are Growing,” two olddemos Walker recorded under the name The Magic Words, we have the pleasure of dig-ging her all by herself. I find “All the Bugs Are Growing” the more enjoyable of the two. It’s a pleasant layering of the back porch evening sound of sum-mer bugs off in the woods and Walker’s pretty, ethereal poet-ry with a gently-strummed gui-tar riff and some weird oscil-lating loop that’s more textural than audible.

By no means does it con-stitute Wussy’s best collec-tion of material, but “Popular Favorites” is certainly a solid representative sample of these guys’ sound – a good chance for a zero-risk listen to see if you think they’re worth spending time pokin’ around after more.

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By Marc TorrenceAssistant Sports Editor

Every team in sports must deal with injuries at some point or another, but the Alabama baseball team, which hosts its season-open-er this Friday against the Virginia Military Institute, is already feeling major effects.

Wade Wass, a junior col-lege transfer from Pensacola, Fla., who played the his last two seasons at Meridian Community College, was expected to see major play-ing time right away this season at catcher, but sustained an ankle injury during a scrimmage and will miss the first part of the 2013 season.

Senior Brett Booth, who started all 55 games last sea-son including 31 as catcher, will carry most of the load behind the plate until Wass can get healthy and back in the lineup.

“We’ve talked about depth on our team,” head coach Mitch Gaspard said. “That’s where it falls right back to the one luxury of

having Brett as our everyday catcher last year. He is just going to have to be a warrior right now, and he is going to be asked to catch every ball game until we get the return.”

Booth made the switch to catcher in 2012 after playing much of 2011 at third base. He tied for first on the team in home runs (4) and finished second on the team in RBIs (32). He’ll be counted on to play an even bigger role in Wass’ absence.

“It’s a little bit of change getting to dress every cou-ple of days,” Booth said. “But with the injury, people just have to step up, and it’s something you really can’t control. And when the other catcher goes down, just something you have to get back there and keep your body as healthy as you can.”

Alabama will miss Wass’ power at the plate as he recovers from an injury that Gaspard said will keep him out until the second half of the season. Wass was named first team Region 23 by the National Junior College Athletic Association last

season. He posted a .427 bat-ting average, hit 23 home runs and added 67 RBIs in his stellar sophomore season.

“It’s unfortunate for both Wade and our team right now,” Gaspard said. “We are just hoping for the best today in terms of the time table of the injury and where we go from there.”

Wass decided to trans-fer to Alabama rather than make the jump to profes-sional baseball. He was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2012 draft last summer. How he returns will be critical for his draft stock the next time around in 2013.

Meanwhile, Gaspard sees it as an opportunity for younger players to get experience.

“I mean, he was a heck of a player,” Gaspard said. “Long term, if you look at, this can be an opportunity for some guys to step in and hopeful-ly get Wade back. And now we’ve created a little more depth for when he does come back, and he can make our team even stronger the sec-ond half of the season.”

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By Marquavius BurnettSports Editor

The University of Alabama men’s basketball team won another close game despite a poor shooting night.

The Crimson Tide (16-8, 8-3 SEC) squeaked out a 52-45 vic-tory over the Georgia Bulldogs (12-12, 6-5 SEC) in Athens, Ga. Tuesday night.

After the Bulldogs took a 41-40 lead, the Tide closed the game with a 12-4 run to end Georgia’s five-game winning streak.

“I’m really impressed with Georgia. They’re really effi-cient offensively, and they’ve been guarding well,” Alabama coach Anthony Grant said in a postgame interview with ESPNU. “We knew coming in, first and foremost, we’d have to do a great job defensively. I thought in the first half we struggled and couldn’t make shots early. I told the guys just stay the course.”

The Tide shot 38.8 percent from the floor, including 33 percent from behind the arc, but Grant told the players not

to worry about their offensive struggles.

“We talked before the game about how we couldn’t let anything on the offensive end affect what we were doing on the defensive end, and I thought our guys stayed true to that,” Grant said after the

game. “First half, we finally got in a rhythm and were able to take the lead at the half.

“We talked about it at the half, that we were going to have to come out and give a great effort on the defen-sive end, and that would win the game for us. We made enough shots in the half, and our defense was outstanding. Switching

defenses kind of bothered them, and that helped us out as well.”

Defensively, Alabama held Georgia to 30.8 percent shoot-ing from the field, including 23 percent from three-point range. The Tide stifled the Bulldogs for much of the game with its zone defense but made necessary adjustments when Georgia began making shots.

“We felt like we could have some success playing zone, and we played it extended minutes because it was working,” Grant said. “They struggled to find quality shots against the zone. They hurt us late with quality shots, so we switched back to man, and I thought the man [defense] carried us through.”

Rodney Cooper led Alabama with 14 points and five rebounds, while Levi Randolph added eight points and grabbed seven rebounds.

Georgia’s Kentavious Caldwell-Pope led all scorers with 22 points and snatched eight rebounds. Nemanja Djurisic put in 12 points and

tallied five rebounds. The Bulldogs were able to out-rebound Alabama 41-33.

Alabama is now 8-2 in its last 10 games with an outside chance of making the NCAA Tournament. Still, Grant and

the team aren’t looking past their next opponent.

“Right now, it’s one day at a time, one game at a time for us,” Grant said. “That’s the only thing we can see, and that’s the only thing we should

be focused on. Our guys are doing a better job of focusing on that as the season goes on.”

Next up for the Tide is a home game against South Carolina Saturday, Feb. 16. Tip-off is scheduled for 3 p.m.

Tide fi nishes Bulldog’s winning streak in Athens, Ga.MEN’S BASKETBALL

CW | Kalyn-Wright DavisSenior Brett Booth made the switch to catcher in 2012 after playing much of 2011 at third base.

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Narrow away victory keeps hopes of entry to NCAA tournament alive for struggling Alabama team

With Wade Wass out of the game because of hurt ankle, senior Brent Booth steps up to plate for Tide

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us. That’s the only thing we can see, and that’s the only thing we

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By Billy Whyte

Bracketologist Joe Lunardi from ESPN currently does not have Alabama making the NCAA men’s basketball tour-nament. The Crimson Tide is also not listed in his first four out or his next four out. Why is this so significant? Well, con-sidering every year many sur-prise teams win their respec-tive conference tournament to steal a spot from a potential bubble team, the Tide is essen-tially about 15 to 20 spots out at this point from making the tournament.

The main factors the NCAA committee looks at when deter-mining at-large selections and seeding are strength of sched-ule, record against quality opponents and how many big wins (RPI top 50) or bad losses (bad losses being teams ranked RPI 101-150, and really bad loss-es are teams ranked outside RPI top 150). Strength of sched-ule is currently ranked 47, so that isn’t harming the Tide’s résumé. And Alabama is 7-5 against the RPI top 100, which

is solid enough. But the prob-lem lies in the last two compo-nents: big wins and bad losses. There just are not enough of the former and way too many of the latter.

And there aren’t really any games left to make up ground. Currently, Alabama only has one win against the RPI top 50 (Kentucky is barely hanging there at No. 47), and only two RPI top 50 opponents are left on their schedule (Ole Miss and Florida). In fact, those are the only two RPI top-100 opponents the Tide has left in its remain-ing eight games. (Note: This was written before outcome of the Georgia game.) The SEC just isn’t that strong at basket-ball, so Alabama had to capital-ize on its opportunities when they were there and for the most part has failed to do so.

So essentially, in order to make the NCAA tournament, there are only two options. Option one, win the SEC tour-nament and get the automatic bid. Or option two, beat Florida and finish 7-1 in its remaining eight games. And even then the

Tide would probably have to win a couple games in the SEC tournament.

How did the Tide end up in this spot? Well for one, losing to Dayton, Mercer and Tulane at home hasn’t helped. Beating Cincinnati on the road ear-lier in the season would have been a huge résumé booster. Not to mention closing against Tennessee would have given the Tide another RPI top-100 win. But what really screwed over Alabama’s chances was that putrid loss against Auburn. Auburn is currently 211 in the RPI, right behind the likes of Quinnipiac and CSU Northridge. Auburn’s win against Alabama was the Tigers’ only win in its last eight games.

So let’s look at the options again. Finish 7-1 down the stretch and win at Florida, or win the SEC tournament. The first option is a lot easier said than done. Florida has not only won every game at home this year, but the Gators have also pummeled their oppo-nents at home, winning by an

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The Alabama women’s golf team ran away with the title at the 2013 Lady Puerto Rico Classic on Tuesday with a 13-shot victory on the par-72, 6,191-yard River Course at the Rio Mar Beach Resort.

The Crimson Tide has now won the Lady Puerto Rico Classic the last four times they have participated (2008, 2010, 2011 and 2013). Alabama shot a 7-over 871 over three rounds with an even-par 288 in the final round.

“It was a great way to start

our spring season,” Alabama Head Coach Mic Potter said. “We did a lot of things very well and came away with a double-digit win, but at the same time I think we identified things we have to get better at if we are going to improve as a team.”

Tide junior Stephanie Meadow finished tied for sec-ond at 2-under-par (214), card-ing a 1-under 71 in Tuesday’s final round. Meadow, who was battling illness throughout the tournament, opened with a 73 and followed that with a 70 in round two. Arkansas’ Emily

Tubert won the individual title at 3-under (213).

Sophomore Daniela Lendl fired the lowest round of her career with a 2-under-par 70 that led the Crimson Tide in the final round. She finished tied for 16th at 8-over (224). Freshman Emma Talley post-ed the top finish of her young career with a tie for fifth place at 2-over-par (218) with a 1-over 73 in round three.

The Crimson Tide will next travel to English Turn Country Club in New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Championship Feb. 24-26.

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average of 26 points per game. Comparatively, Alabama’s cur-rent road record is 3-5. So at this point it seems more likely that Alabama gets the third or fourth seed in the SEC tour-nament and hopes Florida loses at some point before

the Tide would have to play them. And that’s assuming the Tide can secure the third or fourth seed and manage to defeat the likes of Missouri, Kentucky and Ole Miss in the tournament without tripping up against an easy team along

the way.So grab your lucky rab-

bit’s foot, four-leaf clovers and horseshoes, because it’s look-ing like we are going to need a lot of luck if we want Alabama to make the NCAA tournament this year.

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Wednesday, February 13, 2013SPORTSNEWS

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No. 5 men’s team young, but not inexperiencedBy Andrew ClareContributing Writer

The golf season starts later this week, and Alabama’s men’s team comes into it ranked No. 5 in the country.

After coming so close in 2012 to the school’s first national championship, the Crimson Tide is back and returning its top three players from last year: juniors Bobby Wyatt and Corey Whitsett and Sophomore Justin Thomas. The Tide is rela-tively young, returning seven of the eight members from last year’s team and adding three freshmen to this year’s squad. Alabama had only one senior last year and has two this sea-son.

“We are still fairly young,” head coach Jay Seawell said. “We have a junior, sophomore and a junior but you would

never know it by their play of course and they are our three top guys.”

As only a freshman last year, Thomas was the named national player of the year, and as only sophomores last season Whitsett and Wyatt were both named second team all-Ameri-cans by Golfweek.

For veterans and new faces alike, the top priority for the Tide is to improve daily.

“Most important thing is

worry about each day and try to get better each day,” Thomas said.

“You have to train your-self just to think about today because it’s the most important thing that will help us get better today,” Seawell said.

The Tide still has two more spots left in its top five and Seawell said at this point, the competition for them is wide open.

“We’re still thinking about who will be the four and five,” Seawell said. “It could be a redshirt freshman, a senior, a junior and another senior.”

One of the players compet-ing the spots is senior Scott Strohmeyer, who Seawell said has experience after play-ing in the national champion-ship match against the Texas Longhorns last season.

Alabama has three true

freshmen who have joined the team this year: Dru Love, Robby Prater and William Sellers. Seawell said that the freshmen are currently in a process that involves working hard and get-ting better every single day.

“Our freshmen are in what I like to call a development,” Seawell said. “More than likely they’re going to have a hard time getting in during the spring, but they are doing a good job of fitting in and doing the right things.”

Seawell is ready for the season to start and said even though they are a young team, their experience level and knowledge of the game are high.

“Technically we’re still young,” Seawell said. “But in golf wisdom and in golf years and golf experience we are pretty experienced so I’m really excited for the year to start.”

Sophomore Nick Jacobs propels Tide with interior play By Charlie PotterStaff Reporter

When sophomore forward Nick Jacobs is filling up the stat sheet, the Alabama men’s bas-ketball team reaps the benefit.

In 19 minutes versus LSU, Jacobs was able to lead Alabama with 15 points off the bench in a 60-57 victory over the Tigers on Saturday Feb. 9 in Coleman Coliseum.

Jacobs wasn’t even on the floor for an entire half, but he was able to help boost the Tide with his solid interior play. He

also snatched five rebounds and blocked three shots.

Head coach Anthony Grant

said Jacobs’ understanding of how to slow down LSU’s success inside was the key in Alabama’s win.

“I thought Nick was huge, especially in the second half, with the ability to go to the line, to step up there and make his free throws down the stretch,” Grant said. “It was great to see Nick come in there and continue to battle like he did. I thought he came up with two huge rebounds down the stretch that we had to have. I was really proud of his effort. When he brings that type of

energy and focus, we’re a much better team.”

In a game where the Tide struggled from the free-throw line, completing only 60.6 per-cent (20-33) of its attempts, Jacobs knocked down 87.5 per-cent (7-8) of his free throws and converted them when his teammates couldn’t in the final minutes of the game.

Since conference play began, Jacobs has posted double-digit points four times (Mississippi State, Kentucky, Arkansas and LSU). Alabama won all four of those games. The only

exception came earlier in the season against Tulane.

He is only averaging 6.7 points and 3.2 rebounds per game this season, but Jacobs has been coming off the bench to spell junior center Moussa Gueye.

However, Jacobs’ ability to penetrate in the paint and score with his favorite hook shot gives the Tide a change of pace from the usual jumpers that the guards put up as the shot clock expires.

Junior guard Trevor Releford said Jacobs’ performance

against LSU was the reason itdidn’t hand the Tigers the winafter leading for the majority ofthe game.

“Nick Jacobs was hugetonight,” Releford said. “Hehad some tough rebounds,made his free throws at theline. When Nick Jacobs playslike that, we’re a tough team to beat.”

If Jacobs can consistentlygive Alabama a post presenceoffensively and defensively,the Tide will be hard to beatas the regular season comes toa close.

MEN’S GOLF

“Nick Jacobs was huge tonight. He had some tough

rebounds, made his free throws at the line. When Nick Jacobs plays like that we’re a

tough team to beat.

— Trevor Releford

MEN’S BASKETBALL

“You have to train yourself just to think about today because it’s

the most important thing that will help us get better today.

— Jay Seawell

UA AthleticsAlabama will enter the new season ranked No. 5.

True freshmen Dru Love, Robby Prater and William Sellers join 7 returning members for 2013 season

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