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THURSDAY, JANUARYANUARY 22, 2015 SERVING THETH UNIVERSITY OF VOLUME 121 | ISSUEISSUE 77 77 ALALABAMAAB SINCE 1894 I Student Q & A 3 Tutoring 4 Opposing Views 6 Pablos Ramos Ferrer The University’s Center Since its wide release, moved to the United for Academic Success “Selma” has inspired States from Ibiza, offers free math and a number of debates. Spain, when he was science tutoring toto Former Congressman 18. Now a student students in Artur Davis and George at the University, he need.needd. Wallace, Jr. weighed is adjusting to life in in on its depiction of thethe South.South Governor George Wallace.Wallace. CULTURE | JOBS Site ranks best cities to fi nd jobs Seattle named best city in WalletHub rankings By Laura Testino | Assistant Culture Editor The spring semester began Jan. 7 and several University of Alabama seniors celebrated their last first day SEC FACE OFF of school. This final first day coin- cides with the start of a new year and The Crimson Tide gymnastics team and to assist recent and upcoming grad- uates in the job search, WalletHub men’s basketball team both face SEC analyzed 150 of the most populous U.S. cities to produce an article challengers at home. SEE GAMEDAY titled, “2015’s Best and Worst Cities to Find a Job.” I think it’s just The cities were analyzed important for across 16 met- students to factor rics divided into two cat- in the realities egories: job market and of what socio-econom- the job market ic environ- ment. The city looks like ... could earn 10 points in the – Travis Railsback – job market cat- CW File egory, which included fac- tors like job opportunities, employ- ment growth and monthly median starting salary. The socio-economic Photo Illustration by Sloane Arogeti environment category, worth five points, included factors like time spent working and commuting, social life and housing affordability. Prioritizing these factors is one of the first steps to the job search, Travis Railsback, executive director for the Career Center, said. Last year, 6,500 students met individually with career consultants at the Career SEE JOBS PAGE 2 THURSDAY 2 January 22, 2015 SCENE ON CAMPUS Blair Martin, a junior majoring in public relations from Hous- ton, Texas, reads outside for her classes. CW / Layton Dudley TODAY’S EVENTS CAMPUS BRIEFS P.O. Box 870170 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Newsroom: 348-6144 | Fax: 348-8036 Productivity lecture Deontay Wilder parade set for Saturday Advertising: 348-7845 WHAT: The Get Organized (GO) The city of Tuscaloosa will honor Tuscaloosa na- Amphitheater, the city announced via Twitter Tuesday. EDITORIAL System tive and WBC Heavyweight Champion of the World editor-in-chief Andy McWhorter WHEN: 8 a.m. – noon Deontay Wilder Saturday at 2 p.m. on Greens- [email protected] WHERE: G-54 Rose Administration boro Avenue and 2:45 p.m. at the Tuscaloosa Compiled by Kelly Ward managing editor Tara Massouleh visuals editor Sloane Arogeti Photography exhibit 39-year-old distance learning student dies online editor Beth Lindly WHAT: “Juvenile-in-Justice” Madelaine Sauk Kingsbury, a distance learning memorial service will be scheduled for a later date. opinions editor Patrick Crowley photographs by Richard Ross student pursuing a Master of Library & Information Kingsbury is survived by her mother, Patricia Sauk- Studies, died Jan. 12, according to a notifi cation Jacobs, of Wallingford, Pennsylvania. chief copy editor Peyton Shepard WHEN: 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. sent by the University. Kingsbury was born April 20, news editor Rachel Brown WHERE: 103 Garland Hall 1975. She will be buried in Pennsylvania, and a Compiled by Mackenzie Ross culture editor Reed O’Mara sports editor Kelly Ward Law school fair Rankings used 16 metrics Bachelor of Science in accounting and Spanish. photo editor Pete Pajor WHAT: Information for students “I’m from Birmingham, so I wanted to branch out but still stay in the South,” Burgin lead designer Ashley Atkinson interested in law school to determine fi nal order said. “Nashville ended up being perfect for me. community manager Francie Johnson WHEN: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. JOBS FROM PAGE 1 It’s still close to my family, but it’s new and fun.” WHERE: Ferguson Center Ballroom Maci Arms graduated from the University in ADVERTISING Center, and more than 16,000 students partici- May 2014 after completing her major in dance. advertising manager Keenan Madden pated in other Career Center programs. She moved to New York City, fulfilling a dream 251.408.2033 [email protected] Chemistry tutoring “In addition to career exploration type dis- she said began when she visited the city at 14. territory manager Chloe Ledet WHAT: Free chemistry 101, 102, 105 cussions, [individual appointments are] help- “For me, it was a no-brainer. I was moving to 205.886.3512 ing students with their résumés, helping them New York City,” Arms said. “It was going to be [email protected] walk-in tutoring WHEN: 3-5 p.m. do mock interviews or prepare for interviews,” the place that I’d make my career.” special projects manager Taylor Shutt Railsback said. “We’re also assisting [students] New York City is ranked 90 of 150 cities by 904.504.3306 [email protected] WHERE: 310 Gorgas Library with job search strategies, during which is WalletHub, and is at the bottom for the number creative services manager Hillary McDaniel sometimes where the topic of the [WalletHub] of job opportunities. New York City presents its 334.315.6068 article comes up, in terms of the process of own set of challenges and may require more Math tutoring thinking through where to go and where the sacrifices than other cities in order to find job WHAT: Free math walk-in tutorial job opportunities are.” security, but it is still the new home of many is the community newspaper of The University assistance According to WalletHub, Seattle is the best successful University alumni, Railsback said. of Alabama. The Crimson White is an editorially free newspaper produced WHEN: 5-7 p.m. city to find a job, followed by Des Moines, Iowa; Arms attended a summer internship with by students.The University of Alabama cannot infl uence editorial deci- Gilbert, Arizona; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and Broadway Dance Center, which allowed her to sions and editorial opinions are those of the editorial board and do not WHERE: 137 Osband Hall Fremont, California, for the top five spots. “Hot” get a foot in the door and network, she said. represent the offi cial opinions of the University. Advertising offi ces of The cities are often determined by the career field Through the internship, Arms was also able to Crimson White are in room 1014, Student Media Building, 414 Campus and the job growth in the city, Railsback said. sign with a dance agency, McDonald Selznick Drive East. The advertising mailing address is P.O. Box 870170, Tus- Faculty lecture Engineering students who would like to work Associates, helping her find more auditions. caloosa, AL 35487. The Crimson White (USPS 138020) is published WHAT: Bankhead Visiting Writers in the petrochemical industry may head to the She attended an audition through MSA to be four times weekly when classes are in session during Fall and Spring Series Reading: Heidi Lynn Staples Gulf Coast, while others may head to Texas due a dancer for Celebrity Cruises Productions and Semester except for the Monday after Spring Break and the Monday and Hali Felt to the economic growth, he said. will begin touring the Mediterranean with the after Thanksgiving, and once a week when school is in session for the “Nashville right now has sort of turned cruise in the coming months. summer. Marked calendar provided. The Crimson White is provided for WHEN: 7:30-9 p.m. into the new Atlanta, in terms of being a “I think it’s just important for students to free up to three issues. Any other papers are $1.00. The subscription WHERE: Jemison-Van de Graaff desired destination of young professionals,” factor in the realities of what the job market rate for The Crimson White is $125 per year. Checks should be made Railsback said. looks like and where the jobs are at, under- payable to The University of Alabama and sent to: The Crimson White Mansion WalletHub ranks Nashville as No. 50 of the standing the expectations within a particular Subscription Department, P.O. Box 870170, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487. organization in terms of moving, and then it The Crimson White is entered as periodical postage at Tuscaloosa, AL 150 cities, with Atlanta ranked at 51. 35401. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Crimson White, Music recital Kaitlyn Burgin, a graduate student studying is important to factor in personal priorities,“ P.O. Box 870170, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487. All material contained herein, WHAT: Free student recital by Marcos accounting, accepted a full-time job with Ernst Railsback said. “If those things are important & Young in Nashville that she will begin in the to you, they’re definitely important to fac- except advertising or where indicated otherwise, is Copyright © 2014 Santos by The Crimson White and protected under the “Work Made for Hire” fall. The job opportunity arose when Burgin tor into your decision making so that you can and “Periodical Publication” categories of the U.S. copyright laws. Material WHEN: 7:30-9 p.m. interned with the company after graduating be happy and successful in what you choose herein may not be reprinted without the expressed, written permission of WHERE: 140 Moody Music Building from the University in December 2013 with a to do career-wise.” The Crimson White.