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Visit the SHC for: Go elsewhere if:

-Upper respiratory infections -A medical emergency

-Common cold -A referral from their doctor to see a -The flu local specialist -Sports related injuries -Need prescriptions filled -Pregnancy tests and other women’s issues -Need a referral to see a specialist

Information courtesy of Todd West, M.D. and Earl Glenn, M.D. CW / Mary Kate Holladay Editor | Leigh Terry [email protected] Monday, April 4, 2016 4 COLUMN | COMMENCEMENT UA seniors deserve commencement speakers

By Matt Gillham Staff Columnist

The University of Alabama ought to have com- mencement speeches for graduation ceremonies. Certainly, it could just be an innate longing for four years of my life to be neatly tied in the pre- sentation of some sort of ambiguous, predict- able cliché. It could just be to grasp some sort of comfort in the reiterations of words I could find elsewhere on the internet from somweone whose success wraps me up in their It’s-All-Going-To- Work-Out blanket. But I posit to you that it’s far more essential to the graduation from university CW / Marguerite Powers life than that picture presents. I’ll graduate on May 6, and while dozens of COLUMN | STORYTELLING other schools, private and public, have scheduled commencement speakers, the University unfortu- nately chooses not to. Sharing stories makes for better professionals This year’s upcoming slate of commence- ment speakers throughout the U.S. includes because the story is what makes and many times this is not the Condoleezza Rice, Madeline Albright, Sheryl the issue real for other people.” preference of the individual, but Sandberg, Coach K, Jane Goodall, James Franco, Esther’s story moved me to tears at the end of the day, many of the among many others. Most of us have listened but also moved me to action, and stories that they hear and share I think that there are a number will sound the same. of lessons to be learned from the However, things are so vastly idea that stories are the things different at such a large univer- By A.J. James that move others. sity like Alabama. You have over ...while dozens of other Staff Columnist 37,000 stories to hear, over 37,000 schools, private and public, chances to be moved deeply. “I just want to be able to be And it’s up to you to And it’s up to you to make the have scheduled commence- outside and not worry about the effort to collect stories as well stench or about all of the pollu- make the effort to as share your own. There’s no ment speakers, the University tion that my family is breathing sense in floating through under- unfortunately chooses not to. in,” she said. “I’ve known people collect stories as well graduate for four or more years who have died or gotten cancer as share your own. only to leave vastly unchanged, from all of the pollution that’s making connections solely with being dumped into Uniontown. those people who come from There were two ladies who lived In college, we have all been your same background. It is your attentively to a commencement speech online across the way from me who granted the privilege of coming duty as a future academic, physi- somewhere, but are they more than the clichés would sit on their porch, and I into contact with people from cian, engineer, or social worker and feel-good lines that can often be associated know that there was no way to different geographic locations, to leave the University having with the stereotypical commencement speech? enjoy life having to breathe in of different races and ethnici- had your very core shaken by And if not an eloquently silly recantation of toxic fumes every day. They’re ties, who speak different lan- the stories that you have heard. moving one-liners, what purpose do they serve? both dead now,” she continued. guages, of various sexual ori- Not only will it make you a bet- Certainly, there’s an economic and marketing “But you all give me hope. You entations and genders and who ter person, but also it will lend benefit to the University, especially when the all are the future, and seeing may have different abilities and you the ability to connect with speaker is a household name. And certainly com- you all fighting for justice is socioeconomic statuses than we. those whose stories you have not mencement speeches can provide a surface-level what gives me hope that one day This is an experience that count- yet heard from a place of empa- blanket of comfort. Yet their true significance is things will get better.” less people around the world thy. Thus, it is not just a moral most evident in their historical value. That was the story of will never get. For a number of suggestion to form relationships The origin of the commencement speech was Esther Calhoun, a resident of reasons, these people will be with those who are different difficult to uncover. The earliest recorded date I Uniontown, Alabama, as she confined to interactions with the from us, but it is also our duty as found of a commencement speech in the U.S. was addressed a conference of people whom they have always future professionals. in 1831 at Harvard University, given by Richard young environmental activists seen, who look like them, talk Whately, a British rhetorician and theologian. and organizers. Earlier in the like them, and even hold most of A.J. James is a senior major- Commencement speeches are at least as old as day, an older conference goer the same beliefs. There is noth- ing in biology. His column encouraged us to “tell the story, ing inherently wrong with this, runs biweekly. CONTINUED ON PAGE 5

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(I don’t mean to imply that the University is very much in the own experiences. In many ways, it’s the University. this is an exclusive fellowship for business of fostering deep think- indicative of the molding and shaping The term “commencement speech” those who’ve been given the opportu- ers and lifelong learners. So if these of opinion and worldview that a self- is a peculiar one. Though its original nity to go to college. Some of the best speeches do represent this invitation aware individual must wrestle with etymology is debated, commence- commencement speeches are given to join the ranks of movers and shak- for the rest of their lives. ment, as it’s used in regards to the by people who never attended or ers throughout the world, why don’t And this molding becomes the very ceremony, is best reflected in the graduated. It’s really the most invit- we have them? invitation. Undoubtedly, most of us meaning of the Latin word inceptio, ing of fellowships, I expect, but you “Morning Boys, How’s the Water?” have speeches that uniquely resonate marking the invitation towards and with us. But I long for the speech that inception of the students into the is my own personal invitation, the totality of academic life. speech that I don’t choose from a list Historically, the outcome of a lib- of videos, but the one that’s placed eral arts education was the con- in front of me and says “I invite you, tinuation of academic pursuits in Matthew Gillham, to join me.” On researching, teaching, and study- May 6, I regretfully won’t get it. The ing at the university. As such, the Nonetheless, the University is very much in the significance of such an invitation speeches at 17th and 18th century might be lost amidst the graduation ceremonies were not from outsid- business of fostering deep thinkers and lifelong learners. hoopla, but it won’t be lost on me. ers, but from the university itself, as I wish I could say that Wallace’s the extension of the invitation to join portrayal of the greeting of an older the fellowship of professors there. fish to two younger fish might hold a Hence, universities most likely don’t special significance beyond the wis- list these speeches in their archives dom of its illustration. I can appreci- of commencement speakers, as the ate its craft, its message, even feel a president of a university speaking personal connection to it, but the fact at a graduation carries far less sig- still have to know it exists to join.) is the introduction to my favorite of the matter is, I’m only an onlooker. nificance now. But make no mistake, The commencement speech as we commencement speech, given by To the University that’s contrib- these speeches molded, and were the know it became the product of this David Foster Wallace to the gradu- uted so much to how I think, I wish foundation for, the commencement transition. Speakers who have mean- ates of Kenyon College in 2005. It’s you would consider allowing the next speeches we hear today. dered and navigated through the fail- his beginning to the classic use of an phase of life a spokesperson to look Yet as the role of the university ures and successes of a tumultuous anecdote, the speaker’s canvas, on us in the eye, tell of struggle and tri- changed in society and institutions world are given the honor to present which he hopes to illustrate the wis- umph, and reach across an audience began producing students for social the invitation to the newest induct- dom of years of rumination and expe- of a few thousand with an invitation roles outside the academic realm, ees into life in a post-education world rience. Yet, like the best commence- that’s far more than a sheet of paper. commencement was no longer an and to represent what the invitation ment speeches, it’s far from light- invitation to join in on the fellow- they are receiving might mean. hearted or comforting; it forces the Matthew Gillham is a senior major- ship of academic life, per se, but into This is all rather liberal arts-y, one audience to mend the interpretations ing in economics. His column the much broader, vaguely defined, might argue, and the University isn’t of the world that they’ve uncovered runs biweekly.

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By Ellen Johnson | Staff Reporter a love of the moment itself and understanding how nothing will essentially always be the same. it deeply.” “The struggle in America is the real struggle A small group of students, faculty, staff and local Lazer uses these aspects of Zen to connect his between convert Buddhists to define Buddhism in residents are using a centuries-old practice and students in his class to different radical art forms, a way that stands out publicly versus immigrants applying it to their daily lives. and to connect them more to the world if they who don’t have privileges and are doing Buddhism The group calls themselves the Quiet Tide so desire. but no one sees it or hears about it,” Altman said. Sangha, and they meet each Monday from 5:15- “Likes and dislikes are not pertinent,” Lazer Sometimes the line between the different forms 6 p.m. in the Quiet Room on the third floor of said. “It really doesn’t matter if you like it or dis- of Buddhism in America can be blurred, but some the Ferguson Center, and anyone is invited to like it. Over time what I realized is I needed to help individuals are taking a more personal view on attend. It is a time reserved for meditation, or, students deepen their practice of deep observa- the practices. Jacob Sims, a sophomore majoring as group advisor Hank Lazer puts it, a time tion, so I found myself drawn towards expanding in international studies and a student in Lazer’s for nothing. on the Zen aspect of the course.” class, attends Quiet Tide Sangha. A semi-retired professor of English and for- Zen is just one form of many practices that fall “I took the class because I was interested in mer Associate Provost of Academic Affairs, Lazer under the umbrella of Buddhism. Michael Altman, Buddhism, which is a fairly common reason for started the group after garnering interest from an assistant professor of religious studies with a most people,” Sims said. “I enjoyed the class and students in his class Zen Buddhism and Radical focus on eastern religions in America, described I enjoyed sitting. I found it incredibly interesting Approaches to Art. Buddhism in America as coming in two forms: the and compelling.” “Basically what we do is nothing,” Lazer said. Buddhism of immigrants coming from Asian coun- Sims’ interests and what he learned in the class “You sit and follow your breath and let your tries to America, and the Buddhism adopted by has led him to practice sitting regularly, and it has thoughts arise and go away.” Americans ever since the artists’ movements of impacted his life in a big way. Lazer began meditating when he was a college the 1960s. “It means a lot to me,” Sims said. “I’ve always student in California in the 1960s, a time when “Zen is the first Buddhism that garnered inter- had anger management issues and it’s real- many Americans became interested in eastern est from Americans,” Altman said. “An interna- ly helped with that. I still get angry, but not as religions, and he has been sitting ever since. He tional student from China who has a Buddhist much and as badly. Before I would get angry and said while he isn’t sure exactly why he began prac- background and sees a meditation group may not then get angry with myself, but Zen has this idea ticing Zen, he realized it complimented his life in see that as Buddhism, but all diversity has gotten that you’re human and make mistakes, and we many ways. lumped under the big category of Buddhism.” recognize these mistakes and then move on and “It seemed like a good counterbalance to some While there may be differing opinions on what try not to make these mistakes again.” aspects of my own personality and temperament,” some categorize as Buddhism, certain principles Lazer’s course, Zen Buddhism and Radical Lazer said. “At the core of it is engagement with the hold all the Buddhist practices together. Altman Approaches to Art, will be offered again grace of conscienceless, which is a lot more spon- said that different Buddhist traditions share a next semester through the New College, and any taneous than we typically package it. It involves principle of permanence, focusing on change and student may sign up to take the class. NEWS Monday, April 4, 2016 7 Students manage Dining Dollars, Bama Cash

By Mackenzie McClintock | Staff Reporter “I like the fact that I’m able to spend CW / Amy Sullivan money on food that’s different from the din- Toward the end of the semester, stu- ing halls,” Flanagan said. “It is money that dents may find themselves running low comes out of my tuition as opposed to just on motivation, patience and energy. my own money.” More than anything, they may find them- However, Flanagan said he makes a selves running low on money, especially conscious effort to reduce the amount of Dining Dollars. Dining Dollars he spends whenever he can. Each UA student starts off the semester Actions such as buying a refillable coffee with 325 Dining Dollars to spend at various cup at Dunkin Donuts and going to restau- locations, but it is completely up to the indi- rants where there is a value meal or special vidual as to how they spend their funds. allow for him to budget himself. For some, budgeting Dining Dollars is dif- In comparison to Bama Cash, Flanagan ficult to do, while others do their best to said Dining Dollars are of much more importance to him. Since he only uses his Bama Cash for laundry and printing, he does not think it is as essential as Dining Considering they’re Dollars. Flanagan said he finds himself certain restaurants. in German, said he did not expect anything supposed to turn into Bama spending less Dining Dollars at the end “Considering they’re supposed to turn special before coming to college as far as of the semester just to make sure they get into Bama Cash, [Dining Dollars] are dining options went, but he has not had Cash, [Dining Dollars] are him all the way through finals week. as valuable as real money,” Danko said. trouble budgeting his Dining Dollars. Unlike Flanagan, Luke Danko, a fresh- “[Bama Cash] is less restricted on what “I didn’t expect great things,” as valuable as real money. man majoring in chemical engineering, you can spend it on.” Mollenhauer said. “I guess if you set your mostly avoids spending Dining Dollars. He Since he sticks to the freshman meal expectations low, they can only go up from primarily eats at dining halls so he can take —Luke Danko plan and gets food at either Bryant Dining there. I think the University offers enough advantage of the hundreds of meal swipes or The Fresh Food Company, Danko said options [for food], although some of them that come with the freshman meal plan. he doesn’t have trouble toward the end of are subpar.” Danko said the fact that Dining Dollars the semester. Like Danko, Mollenhauer said he finds spend them wisely or let them roll over into turn into Bama Cash is more valuable to “The dining halls are still open, and I still Bama Cash to be much more valuable than Bama Cash the following year. him than being able to spend his Dining have Dining Dollars,” Danko said. “There Dining Dollars because he is not limited in Patrick Flanagan, a freshman majoring Dollars on food outside of the campus is a grocery store [close to campus], so spending it at just on-campus restaurants. in international studies and economics, dining halls. He finds Bama Cash to be there’s nothing limiting my meal choices “I wish [Dining Dollars] were a little said he is thankful for and takes advantage more versatile, as it acts as a debit card as the semester goes on.” more expansive in their use,” Mollenhauer of his Dining Dollars in any way he can. while Dining Dollars are only used at Peter Mollenhauer, a freshman majoring said. “But it’s better than nothing.” The Courtyard on Convent

Hurry, Leasing for Fall! 2 bedroom/2 bath Call Today! 205-469-3231 CULTURE 8 Monday, April 4, 2016 UA alumni brew new business By Julie Guess | Contributing Writer enough funding for their startup costs, they need- ed an additional $50,000 to cover buildout expens- It has been a dream for two es. On Feb. 26, the couple launched a Kickstarter University of Alabama alumni to open campaign in hopes of raising the money within a shop in Tuscaloosa and sell coffee. This 35 days. fall, Audrey and Paul Vermilyea will open a cof- Kickstarter is an all-or-nothing deal, so if their fee shop in downtown Tuscaloosa called Monarch goal was not met within 35 days, all donors would Espresso Bar. be fully refunded. If their goal was met, those who During their time as undergraduates, the two helped back the project would receive rewards were constantly thinking about what would depending on how much they pledged. For exam- make the town better for both the students ple, pledging $10 to Monarch will get you a free cup and the community. Upon moving to Nashville of coffee and pledging $2,000 will get you a lifetime after college, they realized what Tuscaloosa supply of coffee. Other rewards vary and include had been missing all along – a great cup handmade mugs, having a specialty drink named of coffee. after you and receiving free coffee on gamedays “We have the resources to be able to learn for life. what we need to learn to run this business With the donations of more than 200 people, and we are at the age where we have a lot of Audrey and Paul Vermilyea were able to meet energy, so we want to put our full hearts into their goal of $50,000 just three days before their this,” Audrey Vermilyea said. “We know we deadline of April 1. Over 1,500 people viewed their will work crazy hours, but this is the time Kickstarter campaign and they reached hundreds in our lives where we are like ‘we should go more through their social media handles and email for it!’ ” marketing campaign. Starting with only an idea six years ago, the “I heard about Monarch Espresso Bar through couple have since prepared for their endeavor social media,” said Maggie Dunn, a senior major- by working closely with entrepreneurs, tak- ing in telecommunication and film. “One of my ing classes and meeting with successful cof- friends shared their Kickstarter campaign on fee shop owners to find out what works and Facebook. I love that the owners are getting the what doesn’t. They have also built a team of community involved before they even open.” people who know the craft better than they Monarch Espresso Bar will serve breakfast, do to help them along the way. lunch and dinner, with a heavy emphasis on the The name for their business came to dessert menu. Beer and wine will also be available Audrey Vermilyea while on a hike with and their coffees and espressos will come from two friends from college. They were Lyons, a local roaster in Florence, Alabama. in the middle of discussing potential “I’m really excited for Monarch to open,” said names when Audrey saw a mon- Katie Vallely, a senior majoring in business. “Right arch butterfly. now, it seems like the only place to grab a cup of “We spent probably a year and coffee is at Starbucks, so I’m really looking for- a half brainstorming names, but ward to switching it up and trying something new.” when I saw the monarch but- When it comes to the overall vision of the place, terfly, it immediately clicked,” Audrey Vermilyea hopes to create a relaxed atmo- she said. “Monarch is such a sphere where people will feel comfortable coming powerful word, and it really as they are. embodied what we wanted.” “I want it to be a meeting place and not be limit- Ironically, Alabama desig- ed just to where you study or get a drink,” she said. nated the monarch butterfly “I want it to be a good place for business meetings, as the official state insect in first dates or even just relaxing with your friends. I 1989, solidifying the name want people to come and make it their own.” even more. Monarch Espresso Bar is set to open in the early Although Audrey and fall at 808 21st Ave. For more information, visit Paul Vermilyea had their website at www.monarchespresso.com.

CW / Layton Dudley Editor | Tyler Waldrep [email protected] Monday, April 4, 2016 9 Photo courtesy of UA Athletics MAKING A SPLASH RELAY WIN PACES SWIM TO BEST FINISH SINCE ‘83

By Matthew Speakman | Staff Reporter in school history, an NCAA 200 medley team of Oslin, junior Pavel Romanov, soph- Pursley and [associate head coach] Jonty relay champion. omore Luke Kaliszak and Gkolomeev to a Skinner did an amazing job when they When his teammate touches the wall, “I see him [Gkolomeev] and he is third 1:22.28 win, one-hundredth of a second off came here. We are like a team. Attitude junior Kristian Gkolomeev dives in, diving in,” said junior Connor Oslin. “He the NCAA record. and commitment, this is what we are already trying to catch up with the two is second at the wall after that and he has On March 26, Alabama’s swimming all about.” opponents in front of him. He’s swimming a really good turn, so when he pops up, he and diving made history when the men’s The new focus on teamwork and atti- frantically, every inch of his considerable is catching the Cal guy and I am like, ‘Oh team finished in sixth place at the NCAA tude yielded better team results. Just wingspan working for him. my gosh, we are going to win this thing.’ Championships, its highest finish since two years after finishing in the last spot Exactly eighteen seconds later, I just knew.” 1983. The moment was met with over- of the Southeastern Conference, Alabama Gkolomeev finished the race in complete Gkolomeev’s final leg was the fastest whelming joy and pride, the latest heights climbed six spots in the SEC standings control, victorious, and for the first time split in school history, pacing ithe relay reached by a program on a rebuilding and 16 spots in the national standings, mission for the past half-decade. finishing 10th in the country. When head coach Dennis Pursley Both the men’s and women’s teams accepted the offer to be Alabama’s head broke a combined 21 school records in that swimming and diving coach in 2012, he season. The men’s team was named the knew changes had to be made. “Break-Out Team” of the year by College “It was more of a fragmented team,” Swimming & Diving Honors program. Stream LIVE Pursley said. “We have tried to pull all The team entered this season with the of the training groups together and have mindset that it could climb even higher. online at more of a team approach to our training The team finished 12th in 2013-2014 and wvuafm.ua.edu routine and our training program and put 10th in 2015-2016. With a lot of talent com- a bigger emphasis on the team concept.” ing back from both of those teams, the ath- When Pursley arrived, he immedi- letes knew this year was their time to take ately started to implement new ideas to it to the next level. try and improve the team aspect that he “That was actually our goal this year, mentioned. He wanted to bring the pro- was to be up that high,” Kaliszak said. “It gram closer together, to try and elevate went according to plan. We just had to them to one of the better programs in race every race with everything we got the SEC. and put everything on the line. We had to While his first year was not the most get behind each other as a team and do it successful (they finished last in the confer- for the guys.” ence), he said that team was instrumental While the team believed in the change in making the program what it is today. that coach Pursley brought with him when “To their credit, that first year team, it is he was hired, the swimmers still had to never perfect and it never will be, but we perform. Pursley wants his team to be the Twitter: strive for perfection, and they bought in,” loudest on the pool deck. In his eyes, what he said. “They really made that commit- was going to propel them to the top of the @WVUAFM ment and those changes and didn’t see the NCAAs rankings was something beyond immediate results, but as I said, they laid swimming a fast time. Facebook: the foundation.” “I think the guys really care about one /WVUAFM From there, the culture around the another, but the real energetic, vocal program started to change. Players took cheering and support and so on, it makes Request Line: the commitment and teamwork seriously. a big difference when your teammates are While swimming is predominantly an showing that kind of support,” he said. 205.348.9070 individual sport, the team started to real- “We do a good job, but you can always ize that they needed each other to succeed. get better.” As the talent surrounding the program The team hit its stride at NCAAs. improved, so did the camaraderie. Kristian After finishing 10th in 2015, the program Gkolomeev, a national champion in the clinched its first back-to-back top 10 finish- 50-meter freestyle, said the new coaching es since ‘85-’86. The program showed that staff came in and completely changed the it can contend with the top programs. style of the team. After finishing fourth at the SEC “I think that [culture change] is because Championships, this team knew it could of the new coaching staff,” he said. “Dennis finish higher than a lot of its conference CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 SPORTS 10 Monday, April 4, 2016 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 opponents. Alabama’s historic finish team captured the program’s first ever team works very hard. Like every individ- their names added to Alabama’s banner had the Crimson Tide looking down on relay title. ual on the team works hard even though of national champions, right under their many traditional powerhouses, including The whole team exploded as Gkolomeev some guys went to NCAAs and some guys anchor, Gkolomeev. arch-rival Auburn. Kaliszak said beating touched the wall at 1:22.28, which is just a didn’t. The whole team environment was For Alabama, the historic victory and the Tigers made the finish even better. hundredth of a second away from tying the hard working and that whole team envi- team placement is only a stepping stone “I cannot tell you how sweet it tastes,” all-time NCAA record. Gkolomeev’s por- ronment positioned us to win this relay.” for years to come. With a new natatorium he said. “It is so great because they have tion of the race clocked in at a 18.00, break- The historic win for Romanov and his in the works, Pursley and many of the ath- been, historically, a powerhouse and they ing the school record for fastest relay split. teammates was something that they had letes want this team to establish itself as a went on a run a while ago of winning Romanov believes the national champi- been working to achieve the entire season. national powerhouse. national championships left and right. onship for him and his three teammates Gkolomeev was the only teammate to have “The way the team sees it right now is Now, they are kind of falling off, and we’re was just a product of the everyone know- already won a national championship, but this is just another step forward,” Kaliszak on the rise.” ing their role. he said this one was even sweeter because said. “This another thing we gotta do and One of the bigger moments of the meet “I was happy that the hard work we did they accomplished it together. now we have to use the momentum to came when the 200-meter medley relay paid off,” he said. “Honestly, the whole Now the three teammates will see move past it and go even higher.” CULTURE Thursday, April 4, 2016 11 What’s ‘appening in the dating world? By Sam West | Assistant Culture Editor

Left. Left. Left. Right. Whoa, defi- nitely left. Thumbs swipe quickly back and forth across smart phones Tinder on buses, in meetings and in the back Tinder is the app that redefined the way online dating Tinder connects to the users’ Facebook and then rows of lecture halls as students works. This app has over 20 million users and places allows each person to create a profile and set search search for everything from casual a heavy premium on split-second decisions and casual filters, such as distance range, age ranges and if inter- meet-ups to serious relationships. romantic relationships, though it can be used to seek ested in men, women or both. Froxm there, users are Dating apps have changed the out any level of intimacy from friends to soul mates. shown one profile at a time and swipe right to indicate landscape for college students, who Its focus is instant gratification: automatic chat dialogs interest and left to turn it down. Mutual likes are sent now seek relationships through with local matches who could meet up later today, no to both users as a match, which allows you to chat with algorithms rather than relying on big plans or restaurants reservations necessary. your new flame. serendipity in dining halls or librar- ies. Now, even dating websites seem antiquated compared to their lean- er mobile counterparts, and users are opting for the convenience and immediacy of handheld connections. There is an overwhelming num- Bumble ber of choices for anyone trying to download their first dating app, Created by a Tinder co-founder, Bumble looks and Bumble only allows women to message first, shifting the operates very similarly, but with a few significant dif- each one with different rules and usual dynamic. If a man is particularly interested in a ferences. Though the app looks almost identical, it pro- match, he can choose to extend it for another 24 hours, focuses. Here’s a look at some of the vides more profile information and also forces users to but only once and only one per day. If a user is seeking major dating apps on the market initiate a conversation with their match within a time a match of the same gender, the initial message rules do to see how each works and what it limit or else lose them forever. Perhaps most importantly, not apply. offers users looking for their own love story.

Coffee Meets Bagel Coffee Meets Bagel is an app that was founded other dating apps. in San Francisco by sisters Soo, Dawoon and Arum Coffee Meets Bagel syncs with each user’s Facebook Kang. It stands out as an app designed specifically account and uses information such as friends lists, for women. On their website, the founders boast that interests and likes to find similar profiles. Every day Coffee Meets Bagel is the anti-Tinder, as it strives for at noon one of these matches, or “bagels,” is delivered authenticity and privacy, qualities not often seen in to each user, who has 24 hours to accept or reject.

Happn Happn is the missed connections section of the before class. dating app world. This app focuses on proximity and The app uses the locations services on a user’s the importance of serendipity in the search for love, phone to show profiles of people they have physically offering users a second chance if they fail to seize the crossed paths with during the day. Each profile can be moment when they first see someone who interests liked to show an interest, though chatting is allowed them. Driven by real life encounters, this app is not whether there is a mutual interest or not, a feature that is effective if used from a dorm or apartment bedroom atypical among dating apps.

Pure This app stands alone in its commitment to simplic- than that. ity and convenience. Intended solely for casual engage- Users are shown a picture and a name and then swipe ment, users find like-minded individuals who are not left or right to indicate yes or no. Mutual interest is interested in long-standing commitments. It also auto- sent as a match, and users can chat to set up a meeting. matically deletes all evidence of each user after one Conversation histories, profiles, pictures and matches are hour, sending a clear message that the connections deleted after one hour, and the app is left blank until the made through this app are not meant to last much longer user comes back and starts the process over again. CW / Layton Dudley SPORTS 12 Monday, April 4, 2016 Racing is rewarding for University freshman

By Matt Speakman | Staff Reporter go-kart that people could test drive. Audie got behind the wheel of the go- Tyler Audie has always had a calcu- kart and started recording times close lated perspective on life. So much so, to what the actual drivers who raced the that at the age of nine he earned the karts competitively finished with. From nickname, “The Professor,” among his there, his interest only grew, as Audie Pop Warner football teammates. and his dad started to learn the ways When an NFL trainer visited Audie’s of racing. team, he asked everyone who wanted “When we both starting getting to make it to the NFL, and as expected, into it, it was a pretty steep learning everyone raised their hand. curve for the both of us,” Audie said. Everyone except Tyler. “He had never worked on race cars “The guy looks at him and says, ‘You before and neither had I. So when don’t want to be in the NFL? Why are both started doing it we both starting you out here? What do you want to be?’ learning together.” ” said Audie’s father, Jim. “Well, Tyler Audie started to move up within the looks at him and says, ‘I want to be a sport, changing to different divisions brain surgeon.’ ” and different types of racing. After That perspective led him unusually to racing go-karts for two or three years, he moved onto Legends Cars, which is a smaller, lower-cost form of rac- ing. From there, he moved up to Late I don’t think he had a Models, which is the lowest form of stock-car racing. lot of self-confi dence Audie started to form a crew and Freshman Tyler Audie has raced at a number of professional tracks, including Talladega last year. working with crew chief Neal Cantor. Photos courtesy of Lori Audie until he started racing. He credits Cantor for helping him tran- sition to the different types of racing, the safest hobby to have in the world. the crew. It is a lot of communication.” - Lori Audie and never letting him get overwhelmed While his parents support his dream, Audie says racing has also taught him when he is on the track. His crew has they still recognize that the sport, if at to be patient. While the cars are going allowed him to move up within the the right time and position, could cause at top speed, the driver still has to be racing industry as smoothly as possible. harm to their child. level-headed and not rush his decisions. a hobby most people don’t usually pick Now, Audie competes in ARCA Audie’s mother, Lori, said it has taken He said he now has to learn to take situ- up – racing – and not just normal racing, racing, which he compared to being an adjustment for her as a parent to get ations and process them to make the stock-car racing. in Arena Football as a professional used to watching him race. best choice on the track. Audie is a freshman at The University football player. “Just knowing that he could wreck Audie also had to develop the belief of Alabama and majoring in aero- What drew Audie to the sport was the and could get injured is what I battle in himself to become a successful racer. space engineering. He is active at the adrenaline. He loves the speed rush that with,” she said. “Logically, I know he His mother believes the sport helped University, using some of his fellow goes along with making quick decisions is safe. Emotionally, I know what could him trust his actions. engineering students to go with and and believes there is nothing like being happen. I am supportive of him still. I “I don’t think he had a lot of self-confi- assist him in racing by being a part of behind the wheel of a race car. know he loves to do it.” dence until he started racing,” she said. the crew. Audie even promotes his rac- “I guess you could call me an adrena- The danger aspect has caused Audie “He started to understand that people ing crew at Alabama by signing auto- line junkie in that aspect,” he said. “It is to rethink his decision to race a couple admired him for what he was capable graphs and getting his name out there. just thrilling. Not a lot of people get to of times. of doing.” Audie started racing when he was 11 race. It is an honor and a privilege at the Last year, while racing at Talladega, While racing is a passion for Audie years old. His father, who had an inter- same time.” a car lost control after making a slight and his family, it can be hard to con- est in old cars, took him to a car show While the sport comes with an adren- impact with another driver. When the tinue to race with the financial strain. called the Turkey Trot in Daytona, aline rush, it also comes with danger. car spun and headed towards the field Racing is a sport driven by money. Its Florida. The two noticed the show had a Driving a car at 190 mph is not exactly of cars, Audie barely missed it, but the teams and drivers normally work to get car a couple of spots behind him did not sponsors in order to compete in certain and its driver broke both of his ankles races. The bills can pile up when fixing after hitting the wall at high speeds. up such an expensive car. Another crash happened in similar Audie and his crew have not had any fashion when he raced Late Models, sponsors. Most of the money used has but this time, Audie wasn’t as lucky. He either come out of his own parents’ went airborne, wrecking his car, but money or through donations, putting a walked away with no serious injuries. financial strain on the family. “We were coming out of the corner “We continue to try and find fund- and someone made contact with the ing,” his father said. “If we find funding, back of my car,” he said. “We went up we will continue to do it. We own most into the fence and got up into the air, of the equipment.” the whole deal. After that, I’d say I Audie’s racing career has come to a reevaluated. That hurt a lot.” crossroads at this point in his life, where While racing has become a sport and he does not exactly know if he can con- a hobby for Audie, it has also impacted tinue to race for much longer. Audie and him as a person. As a particularly shy his family still want to do everything in kid growing up, Audie knew he needed their power to continue ending up on to one day step out and have a more out- a track. going personality. Even if Audie does have to stop Racing did just that for him. He knew racing, his father will cherish the that if wanted to be the best driver memories it has brought for their family. he can be, he would have to learn to “I would never, with all the money speak up. and time we put into it, look back and “I have never really been vocal,” he regret it,” his father said. “The time we said. “Racing kind of forced [me] to got to spend together when we travel grow out of that. I now have to talk to together as a family or we’re at the people I hardly know. I have to talk to track together has been amazing.” SPORTS Monday, April 4, 2016 13 Filling the void By Tyler Waldrep | Sports Editor

It has only been a few months since the Crimson Tide football team walked away with its latest national championship, but despite the return of several talented juniors, such as tight end O.J. Howard, young players will have to step up if Alabama is going to defend its title in the fall. The ongoing four-man competition to replace quarterback Jake Coker will likely dominate headlines until the season starts, but the Crimson Tide must also replace Heisman Trophy-winning running back Derrick Henry. The battle to replace Henry might have ended before it ever really began. During Saturday’s scrimmage, running back Bo Scarbrough carried the ball nine times for 132 yards and three touchdowns. His main competition, Damien Harris, finished the scrimmage with 36 yards on 12 carries. “I certainly think he’s capable of doing all the things that we need him to do,” coach Nick Saban said. “I think part of it is confidence, knowledge, expe- rience. Having confidence in what he’s supposed to do, how he’s supposed to do it, why it’s important to do it that way. I think when he understands that, he plays fast and he’s very effective.” Saban said Scarbrough still has plenty of areas to improve on, but the run- ning back’s work ethic is impressing his coaches. With all his hard work and talent, Scarbrough will still rely on the offensive line to open holes for him to CW / Layton Dudley run through. For the spring, the coaching staff decided to see how starting left guard, Ross Pierschbacher, would handle playing center. The experiment seems to played nicely and actually played left tackle [Saturday] with the first team be working out. and did a really nice job.” “[I] really like Ross [Pierschbacher] at center,” Saban said. “I think he’s The regular season is still over four months away, but the habits young done a nice job and made that transition fairly well.” players form now could be critical in game situations. Lester Cotton is another player who has received plenty of praise this “Everybody has the right to fail, but they don’t have the right to fail for their spring. Saban said Cotton has seen time at left tackle (while Cam Robinson teammates,” Saban said. recovers from an offseason surgery), right tackle and guard. Saban also spoke favorably about other young linemen, including Dallas Warmack and Brandon Kennedy. “I feel better about the number of guys that we have to coach and develop STAT LEADERS ArDarius Stewart Seven receptions, 100 yards, two touchdowns Calvin Ridley Three receptions, 50 yards Dalvin Tomlinson Eight tackles, two sacks, two passes broken up Want to wake up Rashaan Evans in a new place? Eight tackles, one sack Reuben Foster Seven tackles, one interception Ryan Anderson All you need is: Seven tackles, one sack TTOWN

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on the offensive line,” Saban said. “[Freshman] Jonah Williams has really SPORTS 14 Monday, April 4, 2016

a perfect balance

Alabama gymnastics advanced to its 34th consecutive NCAA championship. CW / Grant Nicholls

By Terrin Waack | Assistant Sports Editor “As you talk to them, you can tell – completely go into the next chapter of your life, you can’t polar opposites,” she said. “But you know how then either.” The University of Alabama gymnastics team they say a perfect relationship is opposites attract? Duckworth believes Beers is starting to learn held its senior night on Feb. 26, but this past They need each other, and they do well [together].” and accept that mindset. Saturday officially marked the last time seniors Beers said she is a quiet introvert, while Sims is Beers has shown her coaches a great amount of Lauren Beers and Carley Sims will ever compete a loud extrovert. She finds it funny that they’re so humility throughout the season, but more impor- in Coleman Coliseum. different, but she wouldn’t have it any other way. tantly, a large amount of personal development Competing on its home turf, the Crimson Tide The contrast in personalities compliment one and confidence. claimed first place at the NCAA Tuscaloosa another, creating a diverse senior leadership for Putting her up-and-down season plagued with Regional meet, scoring a 197.125 and advancing the team. falls behind her, Duckworth believes Beers is in to the NCAA Championships. Alabama now holds “They are both different examples, but they are a better place now and has changed her mindset an NCAA-best 31 regional titles and has won 12 in both examples of hard work; they’re both examples from thinking, “I have to do this” to “I get to do a row. of people that understand intensity and take it and this,” and that has made all the difference in her Although there wasn’t a perfect-10 score, there run with it,” Duckworth said. “Carley [Sims] takes preparation and competition. were two 10s awarded by individual floor-exercise it to Carley world, and Lauren [Beers] focuses very “Lauren has always been really good at anything judges. As Alabama’s final two competitors for the hard. It works, it’s instrumental, and it’s wonderful she’s ever done,” Duckworth said. “Her biggest event, Beers earned the first 10 and Sims earned that these two are our seniors this year.” enemy has always been herself.” the second 10, anchoring for the Crimson Tide. On March 28, Beers earned second-team All- Beers scored a 9.95 and Sims scored a 9.9. The mama bear American honors on the vault, but four days before They’ll head to Fort Worth, Texas, on April 15 for that announcement, she received another honor. semifinals. Soon, the two will have to retire their Out of the two, Beers is the more cool, calm and She was named the SEC Gymnastics Scholar- crimson and white leotards. collected senior. Normally referred to as Alabama’s Athlete of the Year, marking the sixth Alabama “As they come to the end of their gymnastics “Mama Bear,” the team relies on Beers, trusting gymnast to do so. career, I just want them to be free,” Alabama coach her whole-heartedly. As a three-time Scholastic All-American, Beers Dana Duckworth said. “I want them to enjoy. I Sophomores Mackenzie Brannan and Kiana completed her undergraduate degree in exercise want them to enjoy the moments with this team. Winston said Beers is the person they go to for science in three years, and she did so with a per- I don’t want them to be worried about putting the comfort and reassurance, someone to tell them fect 4.0 GPA. bow on top of their senior year of perfect, because everything is going to be OK. They know they can Now, she is pursuing a master’s degree in it ain’t happening.” talk to her about anything, and she’ll be there with sports management. open ears and a kind heart. “The past four years have flown by,” Beers said. The final season “My freshman year, I can just remember com- “Junior year, you’re like, ‘Oh, it’s not that bad. I still ing in and she was just already there, like she was have one year left,’ and then senior year, you’re Beers and Sims both had a less-than-ideal reg- there for anything I needed and I knew I could like, ‘Oh my goodness, it’s done.’ ” ular season for their final year. Beers has faced go to her,” Brannan said. “She’s definitely just four falls on the balance beam and a break on the put an arm around me, taken me in, and I think uneven bars, while Sims had to sit out six meets at that’s a great quality of hers and makes her such a The big personality the beginning of the season due to an ankle injury great leader.” On the flip side is Sims, the loudest and most that ended up requiring surgery. Over the course of the season, select Alabama energetic person on the team. But they overcame the adversity together. gymnasts have stepped up and claimed specif- Sims said she has a big personality, and it takes “Being only the two of us, I think we have a ic events to speak before. Beers is the center of more than one person to equal her. She believes lot different relationship than other classes do attention before the Crimson Tide competes on the junior Mary Lillian Sanders rivals her dancing, just because we can be so close,” Beers said. “I vault, and rightly so, since she knocked out a per- junior Amanda Jetter is just as outspoken, junior know she’s had a huge impact on me, and I’m fect-10 against Georgia on the apparatus, marking Katie Bailey equals her sass, and junior Mackenzie definitely thankful for the past four years we’ve Alabama’s first and only perfect-10 this season. Valentin has her brains. had together.” Her mama-bear instincts kick in and she refo- “We don’t have as many big personalities as we Except for the few blemishes here and there, cuses her team, regardless if she or a teammate did before, so I just think mine sticks out more the two normally post high scores, like they did on has faced a hiccup during the previous event. because it’s so drastically different from the other Saturday. They also share the same favorite event Beers knows she can be a perfectionist at times. girls on the team,” Sims said. “I just think maybe – the floor exercise – where Sims anchors, hold- She has been working on getting away from that over the years, some of the freshmen or sopho- ing a career-high 9.950, and Beers performs right mentality and instead, is focusing on simply mores are going to become probably even more before her with a career-high 9.975. enjoying her last season at Alabama, which is all bold than I am or outspoken.” Regardless of the competitive similarities, Beers Duckworth and the rest of the team want for her. Sims sees her personality and energy rubbing and Sims are on different ends of the spectrum “Be a mama bear, but don’t feel like you need off on her teammates. She expects to come back personality wise. Duckworth called them night to bear the weight of the world on your shoulders after graduating and see the team still dancing in and day. because you can’t,” Duckworth said. “When you the locker room, as if she never left. SPORTS Monday, April 4, 2016 15 However, Sims wasn’t always this way. Her positivity Although Sims kept her normal up-beat attitude really when we all strive the most, when we have fun among the team grew over time. Duckworth said dur- while sidelined, being back has her celebrating and with everything.” ing Sims’ first two years, she didn’t fully understand dancing like there’s no tomorrow, but she knows when Sims has also helped her fellow senior evolve over how the system worked and didn’t totally buy into the to calm down and be serious. When it’s time for her to the course of their four years together too. Beers process, but as soon as she did, she has continued to compete, Duckworth said she has laser focus. said because of Sims, she is more outgoing and excel, regardless of some inactivity her senior year. Brannan said the team can learn from Sims – be more outspoken than she was when she first arrived Sims hit a roadblock after Alabama’s first meet relaxed and fun when off, focused and serious at Alabama. this season. She had surgery on her ankle, prohibit- when on. While Beers takes over before Alabama competes ing her from competing a majority of the season, but But Sims isn’t an average lead-by-example team- on the vault, Sims has her moment before the floor she reclaimed her spot in the lineup on Feb. 20 at the mate. She’ll get involved and step in for the betterment exercise, her favorite event. She is at home and happi- Penn State quad meet. She has competed in every of the team and for her teammates as individuals. est when she is competing on the floor exercise. meet since. “She brings out the fun and light side of me because Although she’ll be gone after this season, Sims will “If I said we got our Carley back, would that make I can get intense with myself and really overthink never be forgotten – nor will she be replaced. sense?” Duckworth said. “Carley has a really strong things,” Winston said. “She’ll really just let me know, “There will never be another Carley; there can’t be,” personality. Carley is Carley.” ‘Hey, just have fun with it and do you,’ because that’s Duckworth said. TODAY’SDIVERSIONS HOROSCOPES Today’s Birthday (04/04/16). What will you study and learn this year? Plan for action after 5/9. Save for a trip or classes after 8/13. Work breakthroughs arise after 9/1. Give up outdated philosophies, especially after 9/16. Dogma, overindulgence or hypocrisy are revealed. Remember what’s most important. 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