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It seemed fitting that on Senior Day for the Alabama Crimson Tide, three seniors made four big plays in a 45-0 rout of overmatched UT-Chattanooga at Bryant-Denny Stadium Saturday afternoon. After a pre-game ceremony where the Tide’s 27 senior members were given a rousing ovation by the 92,012 members of the crimson faithful who showed up for the late morning con-test, head coach Nick Saban men-tioned the fact that he believed every senior player on the roster spent time in the game. “It’s great that the seniors got acknowledged,” said head coach Nick Saban. “It was good that the players came out and played Alabama football and got ahead in the game so that all those guys could play.” Seniors Javier Arenas, Cory Reamer and Justin Woodall each intercepted a pass, and Arenas returned his Southeastern Conference record sev-enth career touchdown 66 yards early in the second quarter to give the Tide (11-0, 7-0) a 28-0 lead over the Mocs (6-4, 4-4) that would balloon to 35-0 at the half. “I think we’ve earned to go out with a bang such as the one we just put up,” Arenas said. “It’s a special day and a special moment.” With the victory, the Tide has won 14 consecutive home games, dating back to a 21-14 loss to Louisiana-Monroe in 2007. Though there were never any seri-ous doubts as to the outcome of the game before kickoff, there was cause for concern in the Tide offense’s lack-luster start, as Greg McElroy threw

FOOTBALL | GAME RECAP

Home fi nale rousing for seniorsSenior Roy Upchurch breaks a run against the Ten-nessee Chat-tanooga Mocs Saturday. Upchurch has one of the many seniors who saw playing time on Saturday.

CW | Jerrod SeatonSee FOOTBALL, page 11

By Kelsey HendrixStaff Reporter

The University has once again won Beat Auburn Beat Hunger, the annual competi-tion to raise money and food for the West Alabama Food Bank. Over the course of the past five weeks, students, faculty, staff and community members in the Tuscaloosa area donated food and money in order to fight poverty and hunger in Alabama. According to a news release from the UA Community

Service Center, the University raised a total of 175,653 pounds of food this year, beating Auburn for the third consecu-tive year. Auburn University collected 164,034 pounds of food, which will also be donat-ed to the West Alabama Food Bank. “Beat Auburn Beat Hunger is very important to our com-munity,” said Josh Hedrick, public relations coordinator. “It’s important that the UA community and students are able to give something back and the competition raises an incredible amount of food that

UA beats Auburn in food drive• The University beat Auburn in the annual “Beat Auburn Beat Hunger” contest.

FAST FACTS• The two universi-ties collected more than 300,000 pounds of food.

goes to the West Alabama Food Bank that supports nine coun-ties in the area.” The University worked with

local business and community residents to collect monetary

See CHARITY, page 3

By Brittney Knox and Eryn Phillips

The Crimson White

With the economic slow-down, many businesses have not been able to accommo-date the number of people who are out of work, includ-ing college students. Hiring UA students for on-campus work has stayed the same, said Brandi Moses, recruitment coordinator for the UA Department of Human Resources. “We have had approxi-mately 2,500 undergradu-ate students that have been employed on campus at some point this year,” Moses said. According to the Alabama Department of Industrial Relations, the area’s August unemployment rate was 9.8 percent, compared with 10 percent in July and 5 percent in August 2008. The depart-ment reported that state-wide unemployment hit 10.9 percent in November.

Some of the on-campus jobs include Bama Dining, theSUPE Store and the Housingand Residential CommunitiesOffice. UA Human Resources utilizes social networking sites and other ways to adver-tise the jobs that they have available to students. “We advertise our jobs in The Crimson White, and you can follow us on Facebook andTwitter to receive updates anytime we post a new job,” Moses said. Desrick Mitchell, a sopho-more majoring in engineer-ing, said he has not had muchluck with on-campus jobs. “I have applied for on-cam-pus employment, such as desk assistants and things like that, but I have not received aresponse,” Mitchell said. Mitchell said he has applied not just for on-campus employment, but throughout Tuscaloosa as well. He said the economy has affected his

Students have trouble with job searches

See EMPLOYMENT, page 2

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The University has ultimate-ly decided not to make another offer for the property at Bryce Hospital and that there is no “Plan B” at this point, said UA President Robert Witt. The original offer for the property was $60 million, but the Alabama Department of Mental Health is asking for $84 million, Witt said in an inter-view with The Crimson White. “What they’re asking us to do from their perspective is reasonable, to build the ideal hospital,” Witt said of the asking price. “The property, including the buildings and

everything, is not worth $84 million. I don’t think it’s rea-sonable to ask the University to take on the responsibility of the state to build a replace-ment facility.” Witt said the University has made its offer and will not increase the amount. “They can probably build a facility that will meet their needs for the amount of money that we’ve offered,” Witt said. “That would be a 270-bed facil-ity.” Witt said if they build a 270-bed facility, they would prob-ably move out into the commu-nities about 80 to 90 patients. If the University does not obtain the Bryce property,

Witt discusses future of Bryce property

there is not another large piece of land contiguous to the University that it can purchase, Witt said. Over time, it could add small parcels, but that is all, he said. If the Bryce property does not work out, Witt said the University could move some

services around to accommo-date the University’s overall expansion plan. “If there are support opera-tions that students don’t have to interact with on a daily basis, and our own staff doesn’t have to

• According ot UA President Robert Witt, the University will not make another offer for the Bryce property.

FAST FACTS• The University is seeking to purchase the Bryce Hospital land for future ex-pansion.

See BRYCE, page 2

• Alabama won with 175, 653 pounds

• Auburn had 164,034 pounds

2 Monday, November 23, 2009 NEWS The Crimson White

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NEWS in briefCORRECTION In a story in Friday’s edition of The Crimson White titled “UA choir gives concert,” it was reported that the University Choral Chamber Music Ensemble was part of the University Chorus. That is incorrect. The groups are two separate enti-ties, and the concert mentioned in the article featured the ensemble along with the University Chorus. The ensemble is also made up of 20 students, with six student conductors, not just student conductors, as was reported.

CAMPUS | Rose Towers hosts on-campus Thanksgiving dinner Rose Towers will hold a holiday program for international students and residents who will be in Tuscaloosa over the break. On Thursday, there will be a traditional Thanksgiving meal, including turkey, dressing, cranberry sauce and des-sert. The meal will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., followed by a holiday movie.

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CAMPUS | UA professor discusses male sexual predation, ʻhoggingʼ Assistant sociology professor Ariane Prohaska will lead a discussion on the motivations for “hogging,” a practice whereby men seek out women they deem unattractive or fat for sexual purposes, on Dec. 2 at 12:30 p.m. in Manly 308. Prohaska’s presentation will be the fourth in a semester-long series of Brown Bag Lectures sponsored by the Women’s Resource Center and the Department of Women’s Studies.

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job search in a big way. “When I was 16, it was a lot different because when I applied for the first time for a few jobs, it seemed as though after the first one I was hired,” he said. “But, now it has become tougher to get hired.”

The number of people apply-ing also affects how hiring is perceived because more peo-ple need of employment. “The only trend we’ve noticed is more students are seeking jobs on campus due to there being fewer jobs avail-able off campus, ” Moses said. Brenda Reid, media and community relations manager for Publix Supermarkets, said

EMPLOYMENTContinued from page 1

interact with on a daily basis, those operations could be moved out to the golf course,” he said. Despite ongoing complica-tions with the Bryce property, the governor’s office said it has not forgotten those who work at Bryce. A news release from Gov. Bob Riley’s office said Bryce employees are still rec-ognized for their efforts. “This administration values the hard work and dedication of Bryce employees,” the release said. “Gov. Riley certainly rec-ognizes their service makes a positive difference in the lives of thousands of people each year. That’s why Bryce employ-ees are unquestionably deserv-ing of having their concerns addressed and considered prior to any final decision.” In Birmingham News article, Paul Davis, a former trustee in the Department of Mental Health who resigned from the board in October, said the University is bullying the department, saying he favors putting the property on the open market rather than taking such a low price. “The idea of ever mov-ing Bryce was because the University wants the land,” Davis said. “We voted unani-mously to sell the land provid-ed the price was right. They’re about $20 million or so short, or about the cost of two skyboxes.” Responding to Davis’ com-ments about selling skyboxes in Bryant-Denny Stadium, Witt said this would not be reason-able because it takes a mini-mum donation of $500,000 to get a skybox. “If the economy was bet-ter, the state would have more resources and be more flex-ible,” Witt said. According to the Associated Press, the city has recently asked a Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court for a preliminary injunction to stop the state from dismantling or moving Bryce until the city’s lawsuit is heard. The city filed the suit in October to prevent the state from moving Bryce, which would result in almost 700 local jobs lost. Witt said the University and Tuscaloosa are working closely to work through the details of the Bryce property. Despite the pending lawsuit, he said he and Maddox maintain a close rela-tionship. “When the city made the decision to file the lawsuit, Walt picked up the phone and let me know well in advance that this was something they felt they had to do,” Witt said. “The fact that they filed the lawsuit has not affected our working relationship.”

the company has not reduced the workforce at any stores since the economy began struggling. Reid is a repre-sentative for the Publix on the Strip, which employs many UA students. “There are more applicants than positions, but an appli-cant must be persistent in obtaining a position,” ahe said. Reid said applicants should apply and make relationships with the customer service man-ager and the store manager. “We have seen more experi-enced individuals have applied for positions in their stores,” Reid said. She said students are not excluded for that reason, because the hiring decision is based on experience, and who-ever is better qualified. “We have seen this in stu-dents and seniors applying, but the decision really depends on the applicant,” she said. Many businesses will hire seasonal workers for during the holidays. Several stores at University Mall will, includ-ing The Limited, Belk and Foot Locker.

For a few UA students, Thanksgiving plans took a backseat to job obligations. Benjamin Brodsky, a junior majoring in criminal justice, will be staying in Tuscaloosa over the holiday to look for seasonal employment. “I decided to stay in town because I’m looking at a 16-hour drive to Philadelphia ifI go home,” Brodsky said. “Plus with all the students gone, I think it will be easier to find a job for extra spending money.” Classes are cancelled and the University closes Wednesday, but some facilities will be open for special groups like athletes and administra-tive personnel. The aquatic center is closed for recreational swimmers Thursday and Friday this week, but will be open for var-sity swim and dive practice, and student employees, such as lifeguards and supervisors, will have to be there. Katie Tibbett, a junior majoring in nutrition, works as a lifeguard for University Aquatics. She decided to stay behind this year to allow out of state students the opportunity to see their families. “My family isn’t very far from Tuscaloosa and they are waiting until I get off work to eat Thanksgiving dinner,” she said. “This holiday is about giving, and I hope I have made some of my coworkers fami-lies’ happy that they get to see their kids now.” Mitchell said he is still hope-ful for his future job prospects. “This economic crisis is pre-paring me for the bigger world because when searching for a job you will have to apply your-self more,” Mitchell said. “It just shows me that there will be deni-al somewhere down the line.”

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By Turney FosheeStaff Writer

90.7 The Capstone, the University’s student-run radio station, held a benefit show Thursday at Mellow Mushroom featuring Callooh! Callay! and The Motions. Claire Brucker, station manager at 90.7 WVUA-FM and a junior majoring in broadcast management, said the benefit was a huge suc-cess for the station. “Ideally, the goal of the benefit concert was to raise money,” Brucker said. “We did raise money, and for that we are very appreciative.” Brucker said the fall semes-ter at 90.7 has been a suc-cess. “We have held many live remote broadcasts, including our Halloween weekend at the Spirit Store and the grand opening for the Apple store on campus,” Brucker said. Brucker said the station is continuing to reach out to all local organizations and busi-ness as WVUA-FM strives to be closely linked with the community of Tuscaloosa. “We are working to remind the population of the impor-tance of local music and to make 90.7 everyone’s favorite radio station,” Brucker said. As for next semester, Brucker said the station has “exceptional” specialty shows scheduled throughout the semester, and the station will be having special give-a-ways for Valentine’s Day in February. In celebration of the cur-rent holiday season, Chris Dodson, program director at 90.7 and a sophomore major-ing in telecommunication and film, said beginning in

December, WVUA-FM will mix in holiday music during normal playlist hours. “It will encompass not just the traditional themes of the winter holidays, but also holi-day music from various popu-lar bands,” Dodson said. Dodson said the past semester has gone very well and they plan on pushing the station further next semester.Earlier this semester, the sta-tion held DJ tryouts live on the air, so everybody had an opportunity to be a DJ on 90.7, Dodson said. “The group of students that tried out and are on the air this semester bring a new sound to the programming on WVUA,” he said. “They have pushed this station in a posi-tive direction.” Dodson said anyone anx-ious to get on the radio will have a chance to audition for a DJ position at 90.7 early next semester. Tryouts will be held Jan. 13 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Jan. 15 from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. in Room 288 of Reese Phifer Hall. Those interested in becom-ing involved at WVUA-FM 90.7 can e-mail [email protected] or call the station at 348-9070.

By Kellie MuntsSenior Staff Reporter

The University of Alabama Police Department advises students to be cautious and secure all belongings when leaving Tuscaloosa during the holiday breaks. A few simple precautions can protect students and their property from burglary while they are away from their apartments, houses or residence halls. UAPD Officer Andy Liles said students should take their valuables home with them if at all pos-sible. The items that are left behind should all be brought inside the home with the exception of grills and other flammable objects, Liles said. When packing cars for the trips home, students should make sure that the vehicle is attended at all times. Liles said loading cars with belong-ings and then leaving them in a parking lot overnight puts both the car and its contents in a vulnerable position, and therefore students must be very cautious to maintain their safety. “They need to be very aware of their surroundings,” Liles said. “If there’s anything out of the ordinary going on in their neighborhoods, they need to report it to us and let us check it out.” To give the illusion of being

at home, Liles recommends that residents leave lights on strategically in and outside of the house. By setting lights on a timer, potential burglars may steer clear when they dis-cover that a resident could be inside the home. It’s important to leave exte-rior lights on in a way that will both give the impression of someone being home and to increase visibility around the home, UAPD Capt. Aaron Fowler said. “Lights should ward people away from the home, because then they can’t be concealed in the dark,” Fowler said. “Students should also trim up bushes so that the exterior can be easily viewed from the street because that minimizes the opportunity for crime.” Other standard procedures like double-checking all doors and windows to make sure they are locked and the home is secure before leaving for a trip are highly recommended, Liles said. To increase security further, residents can request addi-tional watch from the UAPD dispatch or the Tuscaloosa Police Department dispatch while they are out of town. “We’ll do what’s known as an extra patrol where we’ll create a file for officers to go by and check that house once a shift,” Liles said. “That’s something that we really

UAPD gives holiday safety tips90.7 benefi t concert adds to great year

• Tryout for next se-mester’s WVUA DJ’s will be held Jan. 13 and 15. • E-mail [email protected] or call 348-9070 for more inofrmation.

FAST FACTS

• Take all valubles home with you.• Set lights outside your residence on a timer.

UAPD SAFETY TIPS

• Trim bushes out-side your house.• Ask neighbors to check up on your home.

encourage owners and rent-ers to do in order to keep their homes safe.” Additionally, the idea of natural surveillance can be extremely helpful when trav-eling over the holidays, Liles said. “In these situations, some-times a nosy neighbor or someone walking their dog can be your best friend,” Liles said. “The key is to use natu-ral surveillance as much as you can and to ask someone that you trust to just keep an eye on things for you while you’re away.” If someone is going to be checking in on the house, how-ever, it’s important to make the officers doing the extra patrol aware of their presence on the property so a new car in the driveway does not raise any suspicion. Upon returning to town, residents should can-cel their extra patrol services to let officers know that their services are no longer needed.

While the safety tips should be helpful in preventing any crime, residents must be pre-pared for the worst situation when returning home. “If they return to school and find that someone has been inside of their dorm, apart-ment or home they need to make sure to not go inside,” Liles said. “This is both for the purpose of your own safety if someone is still inside and for evidentiary purposes. The first thing that they need to do is go to a safe location and contact us.” Crime can and does occur everywhere, and especially during this time of the year, students must be highly alert, Liles said. While the UAPD is still on patrol during the breaks, students must do their part to maintain their own safety, he said. For additional tips refer to the “Safer Living Guide” and the UAPD Web site at police.ua.edu.

CHARITYContinued from page 1

donations and non-perishable food items for the competition which ended Thursday, Nov. 19. The competition was initially created by the UA Community Service Center in 1994 in an effort to support the West Alabama Food Bank, which uses the food and donations raised to fight hunger in nine West Alabama counties, includ-ing Bibb, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Sumter and Tuscaloosa, according to the news release.

The competition occurs annually in the weeks leading up to the Iron Bowl, encour-aging students, faculty, staff, alumni and community mem-bers of the two universities to compete to raise the most food for needy families in Alabama to ensure a happier holiday season, according to the Community Service Center Web site. “Anytime you have Auburn and beating them involved, it gets people fired up,” Hedrick said. “It’s a friendly way for the two schools to team up and do something good for the state and keeps the upcoming

Iron Bowl game on everyone’s mind.” According to the Web site, more than 750,000 Alabamians live in poverty, which includes more than 250,000 children. In addition, more than 500,000 people in Alabama receive food stamps each month, which ben-efit on average them for only

$90.50 for food for an entire month. “[The competition] makes a big difference because of the amount we’re able to give,” Hedrick said. “Obviously we’re not changing economic policies or anything, but we’re able to help meet needs and provide and it encourages a sense of giving in general, which is something we hope people remember every year. Giving should be a year-round activity and we hope this competition reminds people to keep giv-ing.” This year alone, UA and AU raised a combined total of more than 350,000 pounds of food to help end hunger and poverty in Alabama. According to the news release, since the first competition in 1994, the two rival schools have teamed up to contribute more than $2 mil-lion to Alabama residents in need. “Beat Auburn Beat Hunger is really a school and commu-nity-wide effort,” Hedrick said. “From the local radio stations that helped us promote the event to the students groups and organizations which helped collect food, the response of the community is always over-whelming. Everyone did a great job and we have a lot of donations going to support a really great cause.” Winners of separate divi-sions involved in the competi-tion, such as student organiza-tions and greek organizations will be announced later today.

“It’s a friendly way for the two schools to team up and do something good for the state and keeps the

upcoming Iron Bowl game on everyone’s mind.”

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Auburn has spent a lot of time wallowing in self-pity lately. They lost to Kentucky, and they have a running back who thinks he is the state’s finest. Since they struggle on the field, they thought they might try to best someone off it with the food drive. It turns out they couldn’t muster a win in that area, either. For the third year in a row, Alabama claimed a victory in the food drive competition between the rivals. The two schools contributed more than 350,000 pounds of food, with members of the UA community coming out to give 175,653 pounds. We make a lot of the rivalry (as we should), but the most important part of the whole effort is that families across Alabama will have food on the table. But we shouldn’t stop our efforts to reach out simply because the competition is done for the year. For the remainder of the holiday season (and throughout the year, for that matter), take the time to give back when you can. Financial contributions and volunteer service are both enormously helpful to the community. When we can, we should take part.

Safe travels for break AAA expects nearly 40 million Americans to travel for the Thanksgiving holidays, an increase from the 2008 travel season. But the season is not without risk. The combi-nation of people rushing to their destinations and clogged roads can be deadly. A UA study released earlier this month reported that some of the year’s most dangerous days for travel are the day before Thanksgiving and the two days after the national feast. To that end, basic precautions are warranted, and reminders never hurt. Students traveling for the holidays should ensure they have essentials, including a first aid kit, in their vehicles. The roads will be far busier than normal, and the dangers of speeding, which loom large under the best of con-ditions, will be exponentially higher. Most of all, we encourage students to take the break to recharge before the rigors of final exam week. Enjoy time with family, watch football (espe-cially a certain game at 1:30 p.m. Friday), and embrace the traditions of the holiday season. From all of us at The Crimson White, have a wonderful Thanksgiving, and Roll Tide.

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“He needs to rest.”

— Nicole Broka, senior, psychology

“No. Prevention of injury.”

— Harrison Prince, junior, studio

art

“Not really. Itʼs Tennessee-Chat-tanooga. Itʼs not that signifi cant. It was senior day, and they should

let them have their chance.”

— Jonathan Hin-nen, senior, theatre

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SHOULD MARK INGRAM HAVE PLAYED MORE SATURDAY TO PAD HIS STATS FOR THE HEIS-MAN TROPHY?

For political junkies, Aug. 29, 2008 is the equivalent of Nov. 22, 1963, the day John Kennedy was shot. Aficionados remem-ber where they were and how they heard that John McCain had flown into the battleground state of Ohio to unleash Sarah Palin on America. I had heard of her only in pass-ing, remembering a brief in one of the newsmagazines when she had yet another child. I thought the first syllable of her name was supposed to sound like “pal,” not “pail.” The rest of my brethren in the media had similar difficulties. But now it is not the media with the trouble. We know all about Sarah Palin. We know more about Palin than the man who actu-ally won the vice presidency, Joe Biden. The moderate Republican, with the rise of Palin and the resur-gence of the religious right, is an endangered species. They are endangered because, like it or not, Sarah is sharp-tongued, sexy to some, and a sage in the eyes of extremist conservatives. In short, that means Sarah is salient. The salience, in itself, is not dangerous. The effects are what unnerve me. Sarah’s salience dilutes the effect of moderate politics and encourages rhetoric-based vot-ing (though a certain Democrat occupying the White House has yielded a similar effect). Both are inherently dangerous. While both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue appear to be in Democratic hands by relatively secure margins, Congress is, by no means, a natural accomplice for Barack Obama. Senate rules require 60 votes to get anything done, rendering Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, a weak majority leader compared to some of his

p r e d e c e s -sors, a hos-tage. Speaker of the House N a n c y P e l o s i , armed with a large n u m e r i -cal major-ity, does not enjoy an

easier ride. Her caucus features plenty of newcomers, many of whom are moderates. In short, the ground is fertile for an outburst of moderate policy. Some liberals are doing every-thing they can to prevent such an outburst. But so are conserva-tives, Palin chief among them. Palin does not exist to make meaningful contributions to the national discourse. She exists solely to enrage and rile. From my observations, that is all she is capable of: spewing disgust-filled rhetoric while simultaneously claiming to be a pious woman. She’s pious when it’s politically expedient, just as she is an extrem-ist when it serves her ambitions. The only thing we know about Sarah Palin at all times is that she is not the intellectual heft of the GOP. At least we hope not. Palin’s degradation of modera-tion is dangerous because the end of negotiation, especially when Republicans are in such a weak position (but with unusual proce-dural powers), means stalemate, and the one thing both parties agree on is that a stalemate is the last thing we need. Palin is the only one doing the talking, and the continuous rise of an unqualified lightweight from Wasilla, Alaska means voters, especially those who don’t have the time or willingness to search

out other options, are stuck with a poor choice. There are, of course, better options. One of them resides in a neighboring state. Haley Barbour is the governor of Mississippi. He won nation-al acclaim for his handling of Hurricane Katrina, with some comparing him to Rudy Giuliani, the New York mayor on Sept. 11, 2001. He has been mentioned as a possible presidential candidate. Republicans aren’t interest-ed, though, in supporting a for-mer chairman of the Republican National Committee for presi-dent. A Gallup poll earlier this month revealed that 52 percent of Republicans would not consider voting for Barbour. Compare that to 33 percent who have no inter-est in backing Palin, whose book tour/preliminary campaign rolled through Birmingham Sunday. Palin will continue to be rel-evant for a while. Her prominence will fade only once the electorate grows inclined to dig deeper and ask tougher questions. But it’s not going to happen today, meaning the GOP needs to move to limit the damage. The party must distance itself from extremists like Palin before its reputation for fielding such people is re-cemented. It is doubtful the GOP will be that shrewd, though, which explains the decline of the Republicans in recent years. Approval ratings for Democrats might be in a freefall, but Republicans aren’t climbing either. That is normally the sign of a problem. And it is, in large part, because of Sarah’s salience.

Alan Blinder is the opinions editor of The Crimson White. His column runs weekly on Mondays.

Thank you from a veteran By Walter Turner

This Veterans Day was made extra special bythe SGA and other organizations on campus.I wish to offer my sincere appreciation to theseorganizations for making this Veterans Day one ofthe greatest in the history of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6022. I would like to offer my sincerest appreciationto the following people/organizations that helped make this one of the very best Veterans Day cel-ebrations that I can remember: The University of Alabama SGA (President Steven Oliver and Sen. Miriam Fry) and the Campus Veterans Association(and president Ashkan Bayatpour) for their work on Veterans Appreciation Week at the University. Michael Barnes, president of CapstoneConservatives, and all of the sororities and frater-nities helped tremendously with our buddy poppy distribution for veterans assistance. The commu-nity spirit that was shown by the University forthis Veterans Day was awesome. The Buddy Poppyevent was also one of the best we have ever had.I met with Barnes, and he turned in over $1,000in donations from the buddy poppy distribu-tion. These much-needed funds will go a long waytowards helping us continue to support our veter-ans assistance programs and also keep a local fund to help veterans and their families in need. I look forward to keeping this cooperative spiritalive and hopefully we can make Veterans Day a mutual event between our respective organiza-tions. Again, I thank you so much for your help, andas we say in the U.S. Navy: “May fair winds and following seas” guide you through life. Please keepour troops and their families in your prayers.

Walter Turner is a retired member of the UnitedStates Navy, the commander of Post 6022 of theVeterans of Foreign Wars in Daleville and the POW-MIA program chairman of the Alabama VFW.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

The salience of Sarah

Alan Blinder

By Wesley Vaughn

He can still remember the hor-ror to this day. It was a sunny Monday afternoon and his chemis-try class just let out. He had anoth-er class in an hour, but first, he needed to make a pit stop. Fresh Food Company’s ridiculously good “chocolate hand grenade pudding” waged war inside his intestines, forcing him to upgrade his order from a No. 1 to a No. 2 combo. John faced the dreaded on-cam-pus deuce drop. Veterans probably understand that John’s problem began after he finished. Most Capstonians probably have some complaint about the University. Angst over student tickets, parking, tuition prices and other issues has been expressed through various forms. One matter has slipped through the cracks — but that is where its importance ultimately lies. Ask any self-loving student what he or she can’t possibly skimp on, and toilet paper will domi-nate all other answers. Sadly, the University doesn’t share the same concern and stocks campus rest-rooms with rudimentary rear rags that cause much irritation. “I didn’t know you could make sandpaper so thin,” one sophomore engineering major remarked. Besides the well-being of cur-rent students, think of the impact on visiting recruits. Imagine a potential enrollee has to build a home for the dung beetle, and he

or she discovers that soft toilet paper is stocked in the bathroom stall. That person would have to be crazy not to sign a letter of intent right then. When a University busts their butts for their students, it must be a good choice for educa-tion, too. I caught up with one visiting high school student who humored me with her opinion on the far-reaching matter. “If Alabama were to decide on buying better toilet paper, it would sure be a Charmin recruiting tac-tic,” she punned. Also, the current behind station-ary can cause problems in terms of clogging. When students have to pull at the spool for minutes to form a suitable wad, toilets end up enduring unnecessary amounts of the material. The wiping efficiency, calcu-lated by sheet used per deposit at the porcelain bank, affects this the most. Obviously, better brands tend to have higher efficiency numbers and decrease the amount of waste. In addition, time spent in the restroom is lessened, making breaks between classes quicker. Rolls with a higher thread count can help improve the lives of stu-dents in general. “Sometimes, when my day is in the dumps, I just want a comfort-able way to clean up,” said Lou, a junior majoring in finance. “The toilet paper the University uses now just really rubs me the wrong

way.” The costs and worth of this ini-tiative would determine the possi-bility of its enactment, so a study and companion surveys would be needed. I propose stocking a few stalls around campus with quality two-ply toilet paper and recording a few key results. Is it used more than the current brand? Do users clog the toilet more often with it? One survey would account for the personal effects on par-ticipants. A complementary one would ask students about poten-tial impact of the switch. Did or would it alter your mood? Did or would your view on the University change? Hopefully, this would provide an accurate depiction of the value and financial implications of this plan, and the University could arrive at an enlightened decision. With the average person hav-ing one to three bowel movements a day, there is a good chance you will be on campus when the time is right. Or completely wrong. Superior stall tissue can wipe all your worries away by quickly and pleasantly ending your previously apprehensive bathroom visit. I’m not asking for silk. I just want an affordable upgrade for the betterment of our student body.

Wesley Vaughn is a sophomore majoring in public relations and political science. His column runs weekly on Monday.

We need better toilet paper

“I look forward to keeping this cooper-ative spirit alive and hopefully we can make Veterans Day a mutual event be-tween our respective organizations.“

— Walter Turner, retired member of the U.S. Navy{ }


By Michael GormleyThe Associated Press

ALBANY, N.Y. — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, encouraged by many Republicans to run for gover-nor in 2010, is instead leaning toward a run for U.S. Senate, according to two party advis-ers. “From staff, we have been hearing that he has been indi-cating quietly and privately that governor might not be the best fit for him now,” one advis-er said Thursday. “But the U.S. Senate could be a perfect fit for him.” The adviser noted that nobody is saying Giuliani has decided, but it “certainly sounds” like he is less inter-ested in running for governor. Another adviser echoed that. The advisers spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak for the state Republican Party or Giuliani. The New York Times, citing unidentified people told of the decision, reported Thursday that Giuliani, 65, wouldn’t run for governor after months of considering it. Giuliani spokeswoman Maria Comella disputed that report, saying he told her Thursday that he hadn’t made a decision.

“When he comes to that deci-sion he’ll let everyone know,”Comella said. Asked whetherthat meant Giuliani was stillconsidering a run for governor,she said: “Correct.” Republicans have beenwatching polls showing thatGiuliani, who came to beknown as “America’s mayor”when he saw grieving NewYorkers through the aftermathof the Sept. 11 attacks, wouldbeat Democratic Sen. KirstenGillibrand in a hypotheticalmatchup in the Senate race nextyear. Gillibrand was appointedthis year to fill Hillary RodhamClinton’s unexpired term whenshe became secretary of state. Polls also show Giuliani trail-ing in a possible matchup withDemocrat Andrew Cuomo, thepopular state attorney generalamassing a large campaignfund. Cuomo hasn’t announced arun for the office, once held byhis father, Mario, but is widelyexpected to. He dropped outbefore a primary in the 2002governor’s race because helacked support. A Marist College poll thismonth found that Cuomowould beat Giuliani for gover-nor, 53 percent to 43 percent.But Giuliani leads Gillibrand 54percent to 40 percent in a pos-sible Senate run.

AP sources: Giuliani leaning toward Senate

In this fi le photo, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani urges supporters to vote for Republican candidate for New Jersey governor Chris Christie, left, in West Milford, N.J.

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Men conquer Tuscaloosa in RVBy Jennie Kushner

Staff Writer

From the West coast to the East, three mid-twenties guys have road tripped in an RV to document various college tail-gates in their mission called “Tailgate the Nation.” This weekend, they con-quered Tuscaloosa. They started Aug. 21 in Los Angeles in a 30-year-old RV purchased from Craigslist a week before they left. Ryan Schortmann, 23, and broth-ers Jean-Michel Werk, 25, and Stephan Werk, 22, have traveled close to 11,000 miles through 22 states and 14 college games since then. “What stood out the most to us was the fans are itching to win a national title more than any other place we have been,” Jean-Michel said. “We had always heard that Saban was god, and we had no idea until we got here that he really is the big man on cam-pus,” he said. Jean-Michel came up with the idea for the trip a year ago, and he said he knew he needed a team to help film, update the Web site and drive. The three are independently funded and accept donations on their Web

site via Pay Pal. “We have spent over $3,000 in gas, which has been the most expensive part of the trip, slept in our RV in Walmart parking lots and a junk yard,” Jean-Michel said. Initially, their goal was to document various collegiate tailgates, but after the first three weeks, Jean-Michel said they were bored. They altered their idea to exploit American culture and highlight the unknown dives in each town. “The most unique place we have visited was Clarkdale, Miss., in the Delta,” Schortmann said. “It’s one of those towns you drive through and think it’s a piece of s---, but it’s the people who make it. We met a guy who actually carves and makes his own canoes that take nine months to make.” Their Tuscaloosa tour guide was graduate student Josh Sahib, who met them at the Ole Miss vs. Alabama game. “They are friendly guys, and I wanted to show them that Tuscaloosa is as great of a col-lege town as the others,” Sahib said. “We are a tailgate nation; Tuscaloosa is right there in the middle of it.” The travelers used couch surfing through couchsurfing.

com to find tour guides for the areas where they stopped. Jean-Michel said they have enjoyed the Southern comfort, traditions and food. “A lot of people from the north and the big city assume southerners are a certain way, but honestly we have meet a lot of cool and progressive peo-ple,” he said. “It’s one big com-petition, everyone wants you to have the most fun at their place. Hospitability is huge, whether it’s as simple as giving directions.” They ate at City Café, Nicks in the Sticks and Hooligans. “City Café was one of the best places we have been to so far for soul food,” John-Michel said. The guys left behind a family and friends to take their trip. They are all single, and current-ly do not have jobs after recent-ly graduating from college. “When you do something like this, you can’t have any strings attached,” Jean-Michel said. “A lot of our friends couldn’t come on this trip because they had some kind of commitment.” From a college town aspect, they said they enjoyed Athens, Ga., and would like to move there to do post-production on their documentary.

“It’s really neat because they have such a big music scene, all the bars are awesome, and everything’s pretty cheap up there,” Jean-Michel said. After they complete their trip, they said they hope to do the trip again, this time with a sponsor. “We are going to go through all the film and see if it’s even making a movie,” John-Michel said. “Then we are going to do the same tour and get a spon-sor, going get students involved and start selling DVDs, and hopefully enter it in some film-festivals.” John-Michel said a typi-cal weekend in a college town is arriving and a night on the town on Thursday, then on Friday they update their web site and edit film, and Saturday they wake up and film the tail-gating. “It’s not us just filming drunk people cooking burgers, we get out there early and meet peo-ple,” he said. “Once people see us with a camera they usually come up and ask what we are filming for, so we tell them, and they are always nice, welcom-ing and helpful.” To find out more about the trip, visit their Web site at tail-gatethenation.com

By Ray HenryThe Associated Press

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A month of harsh words between Rep. Patrick Kennedy and a strident critic, Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin, esca-lated Sunday when the bishop acknowledged asking Kennedy not to receive Holy Communion because of the Democratic law-maker’s support for abortion rights. The bishop’s attempt to pub-licly shame Kennedy comes just a few months after the death of his father, Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts. Tobin told The

Associated Press in an interview Sunday that he’s praying for the younger Kennedy, who has been in and out of treatment for sub-stance abuse, and said Kennedy has been acting “erratically.” “He attacked the church, he attacked the position of the church on health care, on abortion, on funding,” Tobin said. “And that required that I respond. I don’t go out looking for these guys. I don’t go out picking these fights.” Their dispute began in October when Kennedy criti-cized the nation’s Catholic bish-ops for threatening to oppose an overhaul of the nation’s health care system unless lawmakers

included tighter restrictions on abortion, which have since been added to the House version of the bill. Tobin said he felt Kennedy made an unprovoked attack on the church and demanded an apology. Since then, their feud has played out in public. Tobin, who has said he might have gone into politics were he not ordained, has written sharp public letters questioning Kennedy’s faith and saying his position is scandal-ous and unacceptable to the church. Kennedy has said his disagreement with the church hierarchy does not make him any less of a Catholic. Two weeks ago, after a planned

meeting between the two fell through, Kennedy said he want-ed to stop discussing his faith in public. But then he told The Providence Journal in a story published Sunday that Tobin instructed him not to receive Communion. He also claimed the bishop had told diocesan priests not to give him Communion. Kennedy and his spokespeople did not return repeated requests from the AP seeking comment. Tobin said he wrote to Kennedy in February 2007 asking him not to receive Communion, but never formally banned Kennedy from receiving Communion or instructed any priest not to give it to him.

Bishop asked Kennedy to avoid Communion


By Christopher S. RugaberThe Associated Press

WASHINGTON — As if small businesses needed another reason not to hire, consider their latest financial burden: The cost of rising unemploy-ment itself. Employers already are squeezed by tight credit, ris-ing health care costs, wary consumers and a higher mini-mum wage. Now, the surg-ing jobless rate is imposing another cost. It’s forcing high-er state taxes on companies to pay for unemployment insur-ance claims. Some employers say the extra costs make them less likely to hire. That could be a worrisome sign for the economic recovery, because small businesses create about 60 percent of new jobs. Other employers say they’ll cut or freeze pay.— Chuck Ferrar, who owns a liquor store in Annapolis, Md., expects to pay $9,000 in unem-ployment taxes next year, up from $3,000 this year. Health care costs for his employees will rise by $8,000, or 17.5 per-cent. “When you start add-ing this up, it turns into real money,” he said. “If I lose an employee through attrition, I will not replace him. You can’t afford to do it.”— Sam Schlosser, owner of Plymouth Foundry Inc. in Plymouth, Ind., said his unemployment tax bill could double next year. Revenue at

the family-owned company, which makes iron castings for machine parts, has fallen about 50 percent, he said. In case of higher taxes, his com-pany may have to consider layoffs, he said.— Marjorie Feldman-Wood, president of Al’s Beverages in East Windsor, Conn., which makes soda fountain syrup, said higher taxes would make pay raises less likely. Connecticut is borrowing from the federal government, and employers fear the state will have to raise taxes soon to repay the loan. “There’s only so much money at the end of the day,” she said. Bruce Meyer, a University of Chicago economics profes-sor, said his studies show that higher unemployment taxes usually lead to lower pay for employees. Behind the trend are wide-spread layoffs. The number of people claiming jobless aid has tripled since the reces-sion began. The demand has drained the funds that many states use to pay jobless claims. Nearly half the states are borrowing from the fed-eral government. Now the bills are coming due. States reset their unem-ployment insurance taxes at the end of each year, and 33 states will raise them next year, according to the National Association of State Workforce Agencies. The states’ tax revenue in the last fiscal year fell $42 billion

short of what’s needed forunemployment aid. Most of the tax increasesare being triggered by lawsrequiring higher taxes tomake up for a decline in statefunds to pay for benefits. Insome cases, cuts in jobless aidare required, too. Florida’s minimum unem-ployment tax, for instance,will skyrocket next year to$100.30 per employee from$8.40. The maximum will riseto $459 per worker from $378.Like most states, Florida taxescompanies more if they’verecently laid off workers whodraw benefits. Federal law requires statesto build up unemploymentinsurance trust funds in goodtimes so they can pay benefitsduring downturns. The idea isto avoid having to raise taxesor cut benefits in a recession. But the severity of thisrecession has bankruptedmany states’ trust funds andforced them to borrow fromthe federal government.States eventually must payback the loans. Otherwise,the federal government canraise taxes on their business-es. Contributing to the problemis that many states cut theirunemployment taxes earlierthis decade when the economy was healthier. That left themunprepared for the waves oflayoffs that began last fall.Some experts say businessgroups pushed for the cuts and set the stage for tax increases.

By Seth BorensteinThe Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated — beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then. As the world has talked for a dozen years about what to do next, new ship passages opened through the once frozen sum-mer sea ice of the Arctic. In Greenland and Antarctica, ice sheets have lost trillions of tons of ice. Mountain glaciers in Europe, South America, Asia and Africa are shrinking faster than before. And it’s not just the frozen parts of the world that have felt the heat in the dozen years lead-ing up to next month’s climate summit in Copenhagen:—The world’s oceans have risen by about an inch and a half.—Droughts and wildfires have turned more severe worldwide, from the U.S. West to Australia to the Sahel desert of North Africa.—Species now in trouble because of changing climate include, not just the lumbering polar bear which has become a symbol of global warming, but also fragile butterflies, colorful frogs and entire stands of North American pine forests.—Temperatures over the past 12 years are 0.4 of a degree warmer than the dozen years leading up to 1997. Even the gloomiest climate models back in the 1990s didn’t forecast results quite this bad so fast. “The latest science is telling us we are in more trouble than we thought,” said Janos Pasztor, climate adviser to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. And here’s why: Since an agreement to reduce greenhouse gas pollution was signed in Kyoto, Japan, in December 1997, the level of carbon dioxide in the air has increased 6.5 percent. Officials from across the world will convene in Copenhagen next month to seek a follow-up pact, one that President Barack Obama says “has immediate operational effect ... an important step forward in the effort to rally the world around a solution.” The last effort didn’t quite get the anticipated results. From 1997 to 2008, world car-bon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels have increased 31 percent; U.S.

APA Greenpeace activist displays a banner on the Columbus statue during a demonstration at the UN climate talks in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Nov. 6.

Warming’s impacts sped up, worsened since Kyoto accord

emissions of this greenhouse gas rose 3.7 percent. Emissions from China, now the biggest producer of this pollution, have more than doubled in that time period. When the U.S. Senate balked at the accord and President George W. Bush

withdrew from it, that meant that the top three carbon pollut-ers — the U.S., China and India — were not part of the pact’s emission reductions. Developing countries were not covered by the Kyoto Protocol, and that is a major issue in Copenhagen.

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By Anne FlahertyThe Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Moderate Senate Democrats threatened Sunday to scuttle health care legislation if their demands aren’t met, while more liberal members warned their party leaders not to bend. The dispute among Democrats foretells of a rowdy floor debate next month on legislation that would extend health care cov-erage to roughly 31 million Americans. Republicans have already made clear they aren’t supporting the bill. Final passage is in jeopardy, even after the chamber’s his-toric 60-39 vote Saturday night to begin debate. “I don’t want a big-govern-ment, Washington-run opera-tion that would undermine the ... private insurance that 200 mil-lion Americans now have,” said Sen. Ben Nelson, a conservative Nebraska Democrat. Nelson and three other mod-erates — Democratic Sens.

Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas and Connecticut independent Joe Lieberman — agreed to open debate despite expressing res-ervations on the measure. Each of them has warned that they might not support the final bill. One major sticking point is a provision that would allow Americans to buy a federal-run insurance plan if their state allows it. Moderates say they worry the so-called public option will become a huge and costly entitlement program and that other requirements in the bill could cripple businesses. “I don’t want to fix the prob-lems in our health care system in a way that creates more of an economic crisis,” said Lieberman. The sway held by such a small group of senators has annoyed their more liberal colleagues, who could vote against a final bill if it becomes too watered down. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, said he didn’t think rank-and-file Democrats would feel compelled

to go that far. At the same time, Brown warned Democratic lead-ers not to make too many con-cessions. “I don’t want four Democratic senators dictating to the other 56 of us and to the rest of the coun-try — when the public option has this much support — that (a pub-lic option is) not going to be in it,” said Brown. The Senate bill would require most Americans to carry insur-ance and provide subsidies to those who couldn’t afford it. Large companies could incur costs if they did not provide cov-erage to their work force. The insurance industry would come under significant new regulation under the bill, which would first ease and then ban the practice of denying coverage on the basis of pre-existing medical conditions. Congressional budget ana-lysts put the legislation’s cost at $979 billion over a decade and say it would reduce deficits over the same period while extending coverage to 94 percent of the eli-gible population.

By Mike StobbeThe Associated Press

ATLANTA — Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a

type of swine flu that is resis-tant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday. The cases reported at Duke University Medical Center over six weeks make up the biggest

Sen. Joe Li-eberman, I-Conn., and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., left, appear on “Meet the Press” Sunday at the NBC studios in Washing-ton.

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Sen. Democrats at odds over health care bill

The House approved its ver-sion of the bill earlier this month on a near party-line vote of 220-215. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, said the health care bill must be passed by the end of the year so that President Barack Obama and lawmakers can shift their attention to the economy and improving employment rates.

Such a timeline also would enable Obama to claim victory on a major domestic priority when he delivers his State of the Union speech in January. But with one-third of Senate seats up for election in 2010, poli-tics will factor heavily into the outcome of the debate on health care. Sen. Michael Bennet, a junior Democrat who will be seeking

his first full term next year inColorado, where many districtslean conservative, said he wouldsupport the health care overhauleven if doing so means losing hisseat. “The thing that our workingfamilies need more than any-thing else is to end these double-digit cost increases that they’rehaving every single year withhealth insurance,” Bennet said.

Tamifl u-resistant swine fl u cluster reported in NC cluster seen so far in the U.S. Tamiflu — made by Switzerland’s Roche Group — is one of two flu medicines that help against swine flu, and health officials have been close-ly watching for signs that the virus is mutating, making the drugs ineffective. More than 50 resistant cases have been reported in the world since April, including 21 in the U.S. Almost all in the U.S. were isolated, said officials with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The BBC reported another cluster of five Tamiflu-resistant cases this week in Wales, in the United Kingdom. The CDC has sent three dis-ease investigators to North Carolina to help in the investi-gation there, said Dave Daigle, a CDC spokesman. CDC test-ing confirmed the Tamiflu-resistant cases.

All four cases at the hos-pital were very ill patients in an isolated cancer unit on the hospital’s ninth floor, and it is believed they all caught the flu while at the hospital, said Dr. Daniel Sexton, profes-sor of medicine and director of the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network. Three of the four patients died and one is recovering, he said. Flu seems to have been a factor in each death, but they were very sick so it was hard to say that it was the primary cause, he added. North Carolina health offi-cials did not disclose details about the four patients, other than that three of them — including the survivor — were women and their flu illnesses occurred last month and this month. The first patient had been given Tamiflu before becoming

ill with the virus, as a preventive measure. The three others were given Tamiflu after developing flu symptoms, Sexton said. The case is under investiga-tion, but hospital officials said they have no evidence the cases represent a hospital-wide con-cern. The North Carolina cluster is unusual, but “at this time we don’t have any information that should raise concerns for the general population,” said Dr. Alicia Frye, epidemiologist in the CDC’s flu division, in a pre-pared statement. The only other reported U.S. instance of Tamiflu-resistant swine flu spreading from one person to another occurred about four months ago at a sum-mer camp in western North Carolina, where two teenage girls — cabin mates — were diagnosed with the same drug-resistant strain. Health officials

said at the time that the virus may have spread from one girl to the other, or it’s possible that the girls got it from another camper. Why did both Tamiflu-resistant clusters occur in North Carolina? It could be coincidence, or perhaps North Carolina’s disease surveillance is unusually good, said Megan Davies, the state’s epidemiolo-gist. Overall, CDC officials said Friday that swine flu cases appear to be declining through-out most of the U.S., with reports of swine flu illnesses widespread in 43 states last week, down from 46 the week before. CDC officials also said reports have been increasing in a few states, including Maine and Hawaii. They said it’s hard to know whether the epidemic has peaked or not.

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MONDAY

TUESDAY

• Huxford Symphony Orchestra: Moody Music Building, 7:30 p.m.

• Poetry Out Loud District 3 Regional Finals: Bama Theatre, finals at 10 a.m., original poetry at 1 p.m

• Alabama Contemporary Ensemble: Electronic Music: Moody Music Building, 7:30 p.m.

A&Ethis weekend

By Peterson HillStaff Writer

Bryant-Denny Stadium wasn’t the only sold-out arena in Tuscaloosa Saturday. Alcon Entertainment’s new release “The Blind Side” opened in movie theaters and quickly sold out all four of Saturday night’s screenings at the Cobb Theaters Hollywood 16. “The Blind Side” chronicles Baltimore Ravens’ offensive lineman Michael Oher and his remarkable and awe-inspiring rise to football fame from a poor, undereducated youth living in Memphis. As a young man, Oher was poverty-stricken without a father and had a mother who was lost to drugs. But Leigh Anne Tuohy (Bullock) intervenes and helps to pull Oher out of the trench-es and onto the fast track to a career playing college and eventually pro football.

By Sarah LangcusterStaff Writer

The Huxford Symphony Orchestra will be performing their Winter Concert Monday at 7:30 p.m. The orchestra is housed in the UA School of Music, and around 70 undergraduate students make up the orchestra. The orchestra members are not only music performance majors, but the students are also music therapy, music education, music minors and non-minors too. They meet every Monday and Wednesday for two hours in the afternoon to rehearse pieces for upcoming programs. Katie Holaway, the manager of the orchestra, said they had been practicing for this perfor-mance since mid-September. The orchestra will perform three pieces, including “Rossini’s William Tell Overture,” which Holaway says is the most recog-nizable of the repertoire because it was featured on the radio show

MOVIE REVIEW | ‘THE BLIND SIDE’

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Huxford Symphony Orchestra to perform tonight

“The Lone Ranger,” Bruch’s “Violin Concerto No.5,” which will feature a violin solo by Yuri Namkung, and Shostakovich’s “Symphony No. 5 in D minor,” which Holaway says was writ-ten during the Soviet period of Russia. “Shostakovich’s music was politically driven and this sym-phony is no exception,” she said. “This concert features very chal-lenging pieces in the orchestra repertoire. It is perhaps one of Huxford’s more difficult pro-grams recently. We have all worked very hard to put this program together and I think we

are all excited to perform.” Holaway also said the stu-dents who come to the perfor-mance will enjoy themselves. “We have all worked very hard to put this program togeth-er, and I think we are all excited to perform this coming Monday,” Holaway said. “It will also be a great concert for the audience – with such famous and recogniz-able pieces being performed.” Yuri Namkung, a faculty mem-ber in the school of music, said her goal for the performance is to have the most collaborative section possible. “I’ve been trying to inspire intimacy and excitement within my section,” Namkung said. “I hope that shines through.” She also said students, majors and non-majors alike should come to the performance because it would be an opportu-nity to experience a great rep-ertoire of music and the human spirit in action. “The human spirit is always behind music,” Namkung said.

“The pieces in this concert are kind of a unification of the human spirit. We are all quite united.” Namkung’s solo will be fea-tured in a Violin trip in Bruch’s “Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor.” Namkung said the piece features beautiful lyrical passages that mix nicely with

technical measures. “This is a perfectly packaged concerto,” Namkung said. “I’d like to encourage as many peo-ple as possible to come.” The event is free and open to the public and will take place in the Concert Hall of the Moody Music Building.

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Runtime: 128 minutes

MPAA rating: PG-13

Release date: Friday

CW critic’s rating:

Bottom line: “The Blind Side” is a riveting rags-to-riches tale of Michael Oher, but the fi lm never captures the raw and harsh reality of Oher’s life struggle.

‘THE BLIND SIDE’

The cast, especially Quinton Aaron who plays Oher, does a dynamite job at translating

from page to film the essence of their characters. Sandra Bullock gives a valiant perfor-mance as Leigh Anne Tuohy, Oher’s adopted mother. But she does take the southern charm and accent a little too far, which may annoy some. Tim McGraw also seems to get better with every film he plays in. “The Blind Side” is an uplift-ing experience which propels the audience into a polished and much cleaner version of what Oher had to endure in his troubled youth. But while the film succeeds as a crowd pleaser, it almost does disser-vice to Oher’s life struggle. Rather than show the harsh and cold reality of Oher’s life, the film often replaces these bitter moments of Oher’s life with forgettable canned jokes. It should also be noted that “The Blind Side” is long for a sports movie. While it doesn’t

have a run time like “Lord of the Rings,” the film goes just over the two-hour mark. While this is not a huge con-cern for many, what makes it worse is the lack of hard-hitting football and the slow-moving plot that makes the film drag on. Audiences will discover that little of the film is devoted to actual football action. Those expecting “The Blind Side” to be like “Friday Night Lights” or “Remember the Titans” might want to go see another film. Consistent ebb and flow are sorely lacking in “The Blind Side.” Many scenes become mind-numbing to watch. The lack of forward direction makes audiences drift off for a bit as silence is often in the film. And the little kid in the film, S.J., gets old really fast. Some of it is funny, admittedly, but unless you’re one of those

people who find little kids who make puns about everything irresistible, then by all means this is the movie for you. And yes, Nick Saban has a cameo in the film along with other current and former col-lege football coaches like Phillip Fulmer and Tommy Tuberville playing as them-selves. And really, that’s what the audience wanted to see. The cheers were just as loud for Nick Saban as the boos and hisses were against rival Southeastern Conference coaches. The cameos were fun and lighthearted, giving audiences something to smile about but in all seriousness they weren’t meant to be taken critically. But these cameos and long-winded scenes do not retract from Oher’s difficult personal upbringing. Overall, “The BlindSide” is a fabulously true tale of family, love and football.

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By Peterson HillStaff Writer

If there is a more bland and life-less series of films in Hollywood right now, then I missed them. The “Twilight” series is a flabby, mundane series about the inflat-ed self-importance of a band of angsty teens. I’m very aware of the mas-sive following of 15-year-old girls who find the sickeningly pale Edward Cullen the Romeo of their time. Which is what the stories are not so loosely based on. The struggles of Bella Swan and Edward Cullen are in no way shying from Shakespeare’s beloved “Romeo and Juliet.” Chris Wietz, who once showed unbelievable promise as a director with the beautiful “About a Boy,” is at the helm of “New Moon.” He rides off the success of last year’s film and adds no life to bland flavor of the first film. The film, which I’m sure most everyone knows at least a little about, picks up with Edward (Robert Pattinson) and Bella (Kristen Stewart) as in love as they have ever been. However, at her birthday party when Bella cuts her finger and begins to bleed, Edward’s brother can’t resist his affinity for the taste of blood and almost attacks her. Edward knows that he can no longer pull Bella into his life of

soulless infinity so he breaks up with her and runs away. While he is away, Jacob (Taylor Lautner), catches the attention of Bella, who aptly notices, “You got buff.” If dia-logue like that doesn’t put Shakespeare to shame, then I don’t know what could. They fix some bikes, and then she finds out that Jacob is a werewolf. Yes, there are werewolves, which won’t be a surprise to anyone because the marketing of this film doesn’t hide anything. There is a truce between the vampires and the werewolves about where each group can go. Toward the end, there is a secret cult of vampires that has at least one decent part when Michael Sheen gets to have a little fun as Aro. For about and hour and 40 minutes of the run time this movie doesn’t do anything. It is as stagnant as a frozen pond. Bella is conflicted about which boy she wants. But, once Jacob takes his shirt off, that debate is over for a few minutes. I know that there is a band of girls out there right now who are reading this and are crushed at how someone couldn’t get the power of these movies. I crush dreams. That’s what I do. These movies irk me like no other films right now. I have seen more than one hundred movies

MOVIE REVIEW | ‘NEW MOON’

‘New Moon’ has same old bland fl avor

Moon” isn’t concerned with the complexities of the decisions that Bella is considering or the denial of Edward. Only one moment of the film made me think Edward was going to say something rather intelligent. He said that “Romeo and Juliet” is a play about stu-pidity, which it is. But that idea was dismissed quickly. When Weitz was giving verbs to his actors as how they need

to portray their characters, I believe he only said one – “Brooding.” All the characters deliver their lines in the same monotone for the duration of this overlong slop. They show no life. No heart. There is never a moment in these films when the charac-ters truly seem to be in love, because they never truly talk about anything but their own narcissism and belief that this

world truly does revolve only around them. I wish I could be optimistic about the next two films, but I have sat through four hours of “Twilight” and haven’t felt moved by them once. The romantic entanglements of Bella, Edward and Jacob seem so small. There is no heart to this story. There is nothing to care about, and in the end, isn’t that what movies are about?

in theatres this year, and there hasn’t been one that I disliked more. The screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg brings the term “wooden” to a new level. There isn’t a moment in this film, or the first one, that brings any-thing interesting to the idea of immortality or what it would mean to spend eternity on this planet. I know why there isn’t. The target demographic of “New

rottentomatoes.comThe love triangle between Bella, Jacob and Edward takes center stage in “New Mon.”

By David GermainThe Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — The vampire romance “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” sucked up $140.7 million in its first three days and pulled in a total of $258.8 million worldwide, according to studio estimates Sunday. The No. 1 domestic debut for Summit Entertainment’s “New Moon” was more than twice the $69.6 million haul over the same weekend last year for “Twilight,” the first in the franchise based on Stephenie Meyer’s novels. “Obviously, with the suc-cess of ‘Twilight’ itself, sequels being what they are will gener-ate X-number of dollars more, particularly if it’s a satisfying sequel,” said Richie Fay, head of distribution for Summit. “New Moon” placed third on the all-time domestic chart behind last year’s $158.4 mil-lion opening weekend for the

Batman blockbuster “The Dark Knight” and 2007’s $151.1 mil-lion haul for “Spider-Man 3.” Among the top-10 all-time openings, “New Moon” is the only one that came outside of Hollywood’s busiest time, the summer season. The movie adaptation of Meyer’s next “Twilight” chapter, “Eclipse,” arrives in the heart of summer, next June 30. On Friday, “New Moon” set an all-time domestic high for opening day with $72.7 million, topping the previous record of $67.2 million by last year’s “The Dark Knight. Overall, Hollywood had its second-biggest non-holiday weekend ever, with final num-bers expected to come in slight-ly behind the $260 million the industry rang up over the week-end of July 18, 2008, when “The Dark Knight” opened. Compared to the same week-end last year, business was up 59 percent.

‘New Moon’ wolfs down $140.7M 1. “The Twilight Saga, New Moon,” $140.7 million.2. “The Blind Side,” $34.5 million.3. “2012,” $26.5 million.4. “Planet 51,” $12.6 million.5. “Disney’s A Christmas Carol,” $12.2 million.6. “Precious, Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” $11 million.7. “The Men Who Stare at Goats,” $2.8 million.8. “Couples Retreat,” $2 million.9. “The Fourth Kind,” $1.7 million.10. “Law Abiding Citizen,” $1.6 million.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE RESULTS

Overseas, “New Moon” debuted in 25 countries and took in $118.1 million. “New Moon” continues the story of teen romance between a school girl and a vampire (Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson), with the sequel add-

ing a love triangle with a were-wolf (Taylor Lautner). Meyer’s books have been a phenomenon among women and girls. Females made up 80 percent of the audience for “New Moon.” Opening at No. 2 domestically this weekend was the Warner Bros. football drama “The Blind Side” with $34.5 million. The film stars Sandra Bullock in the real-life story of Baltimore Ravens tackle Michael Oher, who was a homeless teen taken in by a wealthy family and enrolled in private school. As with “New Moon,” females were the big fans of “The Blind Side,” accounting for 59 percent of the audience, an unusual split for a movie with a sports theme. Young males are the back-bone of Hollywood business, so “to have two movies with huge appeal for women result in the second-biggest non-holiday weekend ever is amazing,” said Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for Hollywood.com.

‘NEW MOON’Runtime: 130 minutes

MPAA rating: PG-13

Release date: Nov. 20

CW critic’s rating:

Bottom line: Martin Sheen is the only redeem-ing factor in “New Moon.” Otherwise, the fi lm is too vapid for its brooding, too lifeless for its romances and too trivial for any au-dience, let alone a massive fan base, to care.

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By Jason GallowaySports Editor

In a game focused on making sure all 27 seniors entered the game, it was who didn’t play in the second half that became the most important aspect of the Crimson Tide’s 45-0 shutout win over Tennessee-Chattanooga Saturday. After building an insur-mountable 35-0 lead by half-time, Alabama pulled its start-ers from the game, giving the Tide the luxury of giving the second team valuable experi-ence. “We were pleased to be able to play as many players as we did today,” said Alabama head coach Nick Saban. “We really got a lot of good work in the second half. The second team almost played the entire sec-ond half other than the first series.” Not only did the backups get more familiar with the play-ing field Saturday, but both the offensive and defensive second units performed well. Defensively, the Tide retained the shutout and held the Mocs to a measly 14 total second-half yards. “Defense played well when we were out there at the beginning of the first half,” said senior linebacker Cory Reamer. “Then the [second team] came in and played with the same intensity and it really shut them down.”

Alabama only notched 10 second-half points compared to 35 in the first two quarters, but the offensive reserves produced nearly 200 yards of total offense. “It’s kind of exciting for us,” said senior left tackle Mike Johnson. “Come out at half-time and kind of hand it to those guys, kind of watch them blossom into the players that they’re going to be in the next few years.” Redshirt freshman Star Jackson took nearly every snap under center after halftime and finished 4-of-5 for 29 yards but was sacked twice. “I think Star did great,” said starting quarterback Greg McElroy. “He managed the offense well. The key thing is it was in a game situation, and there’s things he can learn from. That was good to see him out there, just get off the field early, keep everybody healthy and get ready for Auburn next week.” Saban said he was pleased with the second units’ perfor-mance in Saturday’s game, and that the experience the back-ups gained could translate into a huge benefit in the future. “I think they did a good job,” he said. “I think it was a good experience for them. It was great that they all had an opportunity to play, and I think that experience will be valuable for them if they need to play down the road this season.” But the second-teamers’ time

FOOTBALL | SIDE BAR

Reserves see fi eld in Tide blowout

CW | Katie BennettRedshirt freshman quarterback Star Jackson makes adjestments before a play during the Tideʼs 45-0 victory Saturday.

PLAYER of the game

Javier Arena• Arenas had a senior day to remember, returning his SEC-record seventh punt return touchdown and recording his second interception of the season.Alabama’s total rush-

ing yards against Chattanooga Saturday. The yardage is the high-est single-game total for a Tide team since a 49-14 victory over Arkansas in 2008, when the Tide rushed for 328 yards.

313

THE CRIMSON TIDE by the numbers

The total offensive yard-age output of the Mocs Saturday. To put it in per-spective, Mark Ingram outgained the entire Chattanooga offense on his 11 first half carries.

84

The total number of Alabama players who participated in Saturday’s game. The first-teamers were pulled out shortly after Justin Woodall inter-cepted the first pass of the second half.

77With three interceptions Saturday, the Alabama defense has now picked 16 passes in the last seven games after beginning 2009 with just two in the opening four contests.

16

Mark Ingram’s total rushing yardage on the sea-son after his 102-yard, two touchdown performance against Chattanooga. The number places him sec-ond on the Alabama single-season rushing yardage list behind Bobby Humphrey at 1,471.

1,399

With Leigh Tiffin’s 41-yard field goal in the third quarter, the senior moved into first place in the Alabama record books for both single sea-son (25) and career (78) field goals, along with Philip Doyle.

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on the field didn’t just help them. Johnson said giving the Tide’s starters a rest when the Iron

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two incomplete passes on sec-ond and third down to begin the game with a disappointing three-and-out after receiving the opening kick. “They were really squatting pretty hard on the outside,” McElroy said. “It was really no big deal. They just played a little different on us.” Adjustments were quickly made, and after forcing a punt on the ensuing Mocs drive, McElroy and company promptly scored on three consecutive offensive drives in the first quarter, as Trent Richardson and Mark Ingram scored on 2- and 25-yard touchdown runs, respectively, and McElroy hit Julio Jones for a 19-yard touchdown pass to give the Tide a 21-0 lead at the end of the first quarter. The third Alabama touch-down was bolstered by the heady play of Reamer, who refused to bite on a Chattanooga reverse pass and intercepted a Jare Gault pass that was returned to the Mocs’ 31-yard line. Four plays later, Jones came down with the ball in the endzone, and the Tide had scored three touchdowns in a span of five minutes. “I just saw the guy run-ning the reverse and then saw another guy coming back,” Reamer said. “The guy just kind of threw it to me. Unfortunately, I didn’t get too many return yards.” Woodall recorded his sec-ond interception of the season on Chattanooga’s first play of the second half, and the pick would be the impetus for the removal of the Tide’s first-team players as Alabama cruised to the final margin on the play of the backups. “Everybody that was a senior had a moment to go out

on,” Reamer said. “You want to leave this place with good memories, and that’s exactly what we set out to do today.” There seemed little to com-plain about for any facet of the SEC West champions’ play. Arenas’ return pushed him to 1,658 career punt return yards, just 37 yards shy of Lee Nalley’s SEC career record and 103 yards shy of the career NCAA mark held by current New England Patriots and former Texas Texas Tech wide receiver Wes Welker. The Tide offense mustered its third consecutive 400-yard game and its seventh over-all in the season, and Ingram piled on a 102-yard, two-touch-down effort on just 11 carries. The defense recorded its first shutout of the season, and the three interceptions pushed its season total for picks to 18, tied for the best mark in the SEC with the Florida Gators. But there is no such thing as a perfect game, and Saban is the first to admit it. “I’d like to see us a little sharper in the passing game, especially in the beginning of the game,” he said. “I think there were some undisciplined penalties today that need to do without that would affect field position…that’s not the kind of thing we want to make a habit.” Especially not with the Tide’s annual rivalry contest with the Auburn Tigers just six days away. “This will be a challenging game for us in every way,” Saban said. “It’s an important game for everybody that’s involved in terms of our pro-gram here, that we do a good job of getting our players ready and our coaches will do whatever they need to do to get that done.” The Iron Bowl will be tele-vised Friday at 1:30 on CBS.

FOOTBALLContinued from page 1

Quarterbacks – 4.0 Cumulative: 3.42After two incompletions on the first offensive drive, Greg McElroy was an efficient 6-for-9 for 80 yards on a limited workload, hitting Julio Jones for a long comple-tion and a touchdown. Neither the junior or his backup, redshirt freshman Star Jackson, turned the ball over to Chattanooga.

Running backs – 4.0 Cumulative: 3.79Four runners with at least 60 yards and four rushing touchdowns on 313 total rushing yards is an outstand-ing day, no matter who the opponent is. The Tide bare-ly had to throw a pass even in the second half thanks to the stellar play of the Alabama halfbacks.

Wide receivers/tight ends – 4.0 Cumulative: 3.52It wasn’t a strenuous day for the Tide receivers when it came to receiving, but had plenty of work blocking last Saturday as the Tide ran over, around and straight through the soft Mocs defense. Julio Jones did manage to catch a touchdown pass for the third game in a row and the tight ends helped open holes in the interior running game all day.

Offensive line – 4.0 Cumulative: 3.29Another spectacular day for the Tide rushing game, and no small part of the credit goes to the Tide offen-sive line. Behind the strength of the starting five, Alabama has compiled three consecutive 400-plus yard games and seven total on the season.

Defensive line – 4.0 Cumulative: 3.95Top-shelf rushing attacks have had enough trouble running on the Tide, and UT-Chattanooga will not be confused with the SEC teams of the world. The Mocs rushed for a grand total of 48 yards on 21 carries against the Tide. More remarkable was that the sec-ond team defense surrendered only 16 rushing yards in the second half.

Linebackers – 4.0 Cumulative: 3.92Rolando McClain once again led the Tide in tackles, compiling seven stops in just more than one half of work. Cory Reamer collected his first career intercep-tion after an excellent read on a reverse pass. Jerrell Harris and Courtney Upshaw got enough time in the second half to provide an encouraging glimpse of the Tide’s future at the position.

Defensive backs – 4.0 Cumulative: 3.76Chattanooga sophomore quarterback B.J. Coleman, a transfer from Tennessee, is actually a pretty talent-ed player. The Tide secondary didn’t let him show it though. Mocs receivers dropped a ton of passes, but who can blame them when the result means a bone-crushing hit by one of the Tide defensive backs?

Special teams – 4.0 Cumulative: 3.35The kickoff and punt coverage teams did excellent jobs of containment the entire game, Leigh Tiffin made his one field goal attempt and Javier Arenas had his first punt return touchdown of the season. Sure, a walk-on missed a late field goal attempt, but with a 38-0 score it was ultimately meaningless.

POSITION grades

Coaching – 4.0 Cumulative: 3.72The Tide offense stayed safe and vanilla, but was effective, jumping out to a 21-0 lead in the first quarter that prevented any starters staying out longer than necessary. The defense played to its usual fantastic level, and head coach Nick Saban was able to get just about any player he wanted into the game. Overall, about the best result any Tide fan could have hoped for.

QUOTE of the game

“You would someday be an NFL player, driv-ing a Mercedes-Benz and roll your window down to talk to a pretty girl and she’d say, ‘You lost to Chattanooga when you played

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With 1:30 left in the Alabama Crimson Tide’s Friday game against the Providence Friars, the Big East was 41-0 in the young men’s basketball season, and with a late 75-74 lead, the Friars (2-1) were threatening to extend that record. Senior Mikhail Torrance made sure basketball’s premier conference added one L in the second column. Putting together the best performance of the Tide’s sea-son, Torrance’s career-high 26 points, JaMychal Green’s double-double and Justin Knox’s clutch free-throw shoot-ing pushed Alabama (2-1) past Providence 84-75 in front of over 10,000 fans at Coleman Coliseum Friday night. “I’m really proud of the effort our guys gave,” said Alabama head coach Anthony Grant. “I thought it was a great team effort tonight.” The Tide came out with a much more aggressive style on both offense and defense than in their victory over Jackson State Tuesday. Alabama attempted 26 shots in the first 13 minutes of Friday’s contest against the Friars, after shoot-ing only 25 times in the entire first half against the Tigers. The aggression, though perhaps a welcome sight for Tide fans, did little in the way of points in the early goings of the game, as the Tide shot a mere 23 percent from the field to fall behind 24-18 with

7:53 remaining. The Tide took advantage of a furious 12-2 rally to pull ahead 30-26 with just over 4:30 left in the opening half, but once again went cold, failing to score a field goal for nearly three minutes in the final minutes of the first half and headed into halftime down 37-33. Alabama had some marginal improve-ment in its accuracy from the field, but still went into the locker room connecting on only 11 of 37 shots for a 29.7 percent clip. “I felt like we were getting good shots in the first half,” Grant said. “I think some of the shots we missed in the first half we made in the second half.” Alabama fans thought they had seen aggressive play in the first half. Then Torrance turned it up a notch. The senior point guard flew out of the gate in the second half, putting up six points and dishing an assist to Senario Hillman for a mon-ster slam in the first five min-utes of the final half to give the Tide a 48-43 lead. “I expect a lot out of him,” Grant said. “He played with great passion and really affect-ed the game in a variety of ways…that’s what we expect out of him and that’s what he’s capable of doing for us.” Providence would not take the Tide lead sitting down. The Friars battled back, relying on a strong effort on the boards and the excellent play of sopho-more forward Jamine Peterson to tie the game 53-53 with 11:38 remaining in the game.

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Torrance paces Tide past Providence 84-75Peterson would lead the Friars with 27 points on the night. The two teams continued to trade shots throughout the half, playing an even contest. After Green was subbed out due to committing his fourth personal foul, it was fellow for-ward Justin Knox who stepped up to the plate, sinking seven of eight free throws and provid-ing solid inside defense in the absence of Green. Knox would finish with 13 points overall and went 11-12 from the charity stripe. “We just had to keep our heads in the last few minutes, keep from fouling out,” Knox said. “I’ve been trying to work on my [free-throw shooting] these past couple practices … I shot them pretty well tonight. Green returned at the two-minute mark of the game, and his two points from the charity stripe gave the Tide a 74-73 lead

with 1:49 remaining in the con-test. A quick score by the Friars tilted the scales in their favor, before junior guard Senario Hillman found sophomore Andrew Steele open under the basket to give the Tide a 76-75 lead with 1:01 remaining and Providence in possession of the ball. And as he had all night, Torrance provided the late heroics for the Tide, stealing the ball from Providence point guard Marshon Brooks and sinking a layup, along with a foul shot, to give Alabama a 79-75 lead with 44 seconds remaining. From there the Tide cruised to the final margin. “I knew we needed a stop,” Torrance said. “As soon as [Brooks] turned his back, I wanted to try to make a play. When I did, as soon as I got to the rim I wanted to finish the play.”

Senior guard Mikhail Torrance takes the ball down the court on a fast break in the Tide's win over Providence Friday. Torrance led Ala-bama with 26 points.

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