THURSDAYHURSDAY, OCTOBEROCTOBER 2, 2014 SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF VOLUMEOLUME 12112211 | ISSUEISSS UE 3535 ALABAMA SINCE 1894 Sonic Frontiers returns 7 International Q&A 8 Soccer at home 6 For the fourth year running, For Liam Clarke, The The Alabama soccer Sonic Frontiers will return to University of Alabama team won two away Moody Music Hall. Trumpeter is a hemisphere apart games in a row last and jazz musician Dave from his home country, weekend, a first for Douglas will open the series Australia. His strangest cocoachach Todd BBramble.ramble during a tour where he will play experience, he said, was They take on South in all 50 states for his when a group took him to Carolina and Ole MisMiss at 50th birthday. Outback Steakhouse. home this weekendweekend. NEWS | CHARITY SPORTSSSPPOORRTSTS | FOOTBALLFFOOOTOTB UA men run mile in her shoes Alpha Chi Omega hostssts abuse awareness eventnt By Hannah Hammitte | Assistant News Editoror Most fall Saturdays, the Quad is home to thousands of Alabamabama fans sitting under hundredss of white tents, cheering on theirheir Crimson Tide. Wednesday night the Quad host-ost- ed something a bit more special.cial. Male UA students had the opportuni-rtuni- ty to experience what the wardrobedrobe of a woman feels like as they wore heels and raced around the Quad in Alpha Chi Omega’s Walk A Mile annual philanthropy event to raise awareness for domestic abuse. “We have close to 30 teamss this year,” Amber Ausley, philanthropyhropy chair of Alpha Chi Omega, said. “Each teamm gets 10 memberss and Blake Sims extends We have close the cost to par- a play against the to 30 teams ticipate is $10 Southern Miss per member.”r.” Golden Eagles. this year. At the endnd ofof CW / Pete Pajor the event, the — Amber Ausley — runners tweetedeeted “#1is2many.”any.” The hashtagg susup-p- 4 years in, Blake Sims’ patience pays off ports the White House’s cam-cam- By Nolan Imsande | Staff Reporter Florida. Along the way, he has wrapped for Coker. Sims hadh a paign against domestic violence.e. also cemented his position as different idea. Besides raising awareness,s, the Blake Sims has gone Alabama’s starting quarterback.quarterback. Instead of sitting back andan let- runners also compete for a chancence to from a player without a The Gainesville, Georgia, native ting Coker win the quartequarterback tour the Mal Moore Athletic Facility.acility. position to a record-break- was never supposed to be the battle, the fifth-year senior took The runners hashtag their frater-ter- inging quarterbackquarterback duringduring his startingstarting quarterbackquarterback at Alabama. the situation into his own hands.h nity, and whoever has the mostst time at Alabama. After just WhenWhen JJakeake CoCokerker trtransferredansferred Sims let his experience withwit the tweets wins the tour. four startstarts,s, he has alreadalreadyy hehelpedlped from Florida State duringduring the off programprogram show duringduring Alabama’sAlab For freshman Alpha Chihi rewrite the Alabama record book, season, media commentators offseason practices, and his setting the school record with and fans alike wrote Sims off. SEE PHILANTHROPYY PAGE 9 484 yards of total offense against The position had been all but gift SEE SIMS PAGE 9 INSIDE briefs 2 news 3 opinions 4 culture 6 sports 8 CONTACT email [email protected] website cw.ua.edu twitter @TheCrimsonWhite THURSDAY 2 October 2, 2014 SCENE ON CAMPUS Jackson Mills, a graduate student studying fi nance, hits a serve at the Student Recreation Center tennis courts Wednesday night. CW / Christopher Edmunds TODAY’S EVENTS CAMPUS BRIEFS P.O. Box 870170 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Newsroom: 348-6144 | Fax: 348-8036 Art exhibit UA Jazz Ensemble hosts trumpeter Dave Douglas Advertising: 348-7845 WHAT: William C. Gorgas and the EDITORIAL Panama Canal The University of Alabama Jazz Ensemble featur- ing guest artist Dave Douglas will perform in 125 WHAT TO KNOW editor-in-chief Deanne Winslett WHEN: 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. [email protected] WHERE: Gorgas House Museum Concert Hall in Music Moody Building from 7:30- 9 p.m. Thursday. • Tickets for this event: managing editor Christopher Edmunds The UA Jazz Ensemble is an award winning • General Admission – $10 production editor Andy McWhorter Software training group directed by Chris Kozak. The Jazz Ensem- • Seniors (55+) – $5 visuals editor Sloane Arogeti ble is open by audition to any student, no matter • Students – $3 WHAT: P-Card Works Training their major. online editor Maria Beddingfield WHEN: 1:30-4 p.m. • Ticket purchases are available online Dave Douglas is a trumpeter, composer and at uamusic.tix.com or at 348-1672. opinions editor Patrick Crowley WHERE: Suite 3000 South Lawn educator from New York City. chief copy editor Beth Lindly Offi ce Building Since 2005, Douglas has operated his own news editor Rachel Brown record label, Greenleaf Music, releasing his own recordings as well as albums by other artists in himself a pioneer in new music marketing and culture editor Reed O’Mara Farmers market the jazz idiom, according to his website. “Douglas delivery methods for the jazz world and among sports editor Kelly Ward WHAT: Homegrown Alabama Farmers has produced over 50 records, including all titles artist-run labels.” photo editor Pete Pajor Market at Greenleaf. Through his artist-friendly approach and innovative practices, he continues to prove Compiled by Hannah Hammitte lead designer Ashley Atkinson WHEN: 3-6 p.m. community manager Francie Johnson WHERE: Canterbury Episcopal Church ADVERTISING Scheinfeldt to give speech on digital humanities advertising manager Keenan Madden 251.408.2033 Tom Scheinfeldt is speaking on engaging tradi- the business of digital humanities at Found History [email protected] Visiting speaker tional humanists with digital methods from 4 to 5 and co-hosts the Digital Campus podcast with his territory manager Chloe Ledet WHAT: Tom Scheinfeldt – Engaging p.m. Thursday in 205 Gorgas Library. colleagues Dan Cohen, Amanda French, Mills Kelly 205.886.3512 [email protected] Traditional Humanists With New Scheinfeldt is an associate professor in the and Stephen Robertson, according to Scheinfeldt’s special projects manager Taylor Shutt Digital Methods departments of digital media and design and his- website, www.foundhistory.org. 904.504.3306 tory, and he is also the director of digital humani- Found History explores public history and digital [email protected] WHEN: 4-5 p.m. ties in the Digital Media Center at the University humanities in all their forms. creative services manager Hilary McDaniel WHERE: 205 Gorgas Library 334.315.6068 of Connecticut. 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