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10 Veteran 5 Our View 7 Graduation Rates An Air Force veteran finds The CW editorial board The University of Alabama comfort in the UA Greek reflects on the issue of promotes itself as a community system as her sorority helps campus sexual assault. of academic and athletic supports her and helps her Though awareness has champions, but graduation adjust to civilian life. Though risen in the past year, lack of rates fall short of the top tier her sisters were shocked by improvement calls for further in the SEC despite being her age, the 27 year old has action that wasn’t above average acclimated to Greek life. accomplished last year. on a national level. Ballot boxes open for homecoming By Peyton Shepard and Will Jones

Students will have more to think about than crowning a queen for this year’s Homecoming election. In addition to allowing students to vote for their Homecoming queen can- didate of choice, the Homecoming ballot will accommodate votes for two vacant SGA Senate positions and a proposal for a constitutional convention. SGA Speaker of the Senate Lance McCaskey said in a statement the SGA would be accepting applica- tions for a vacant Senate seat in the School of Social Work as well as the Graduate School. Applications are open until Friday, and campaigning will begin Monday. The Social Work seat became vacant when Senator Waverly Jones voluntari- ly stepped down. The Graduate School seat has remained unfilled since the official election in March. Students will also cast their vote to approve a proposal for a constitutional convention. SGA President Lillian Roth, who proposed the resolution calling for the rewriting of the SGA Constitution, said in a statement that the resolution will be on the SGA’s website for two weeks before the Homecoming elections. The resolution must pass with a 9/13 major- HOW “ROLL TIDE” TURNED ity of the student vote in order to allow the constitutional convention to occur. INTO MORE THAN A FIGHT The Senate passed the resolution last week, and after the confirmation of the new First Year Council, FYC then SONG PHRASE passed the resolution on Tuesday. Both votes required 9/13 majority. “The next and most important step in our call for a constitutional convention is a vote by the student body,” Roth said in a statement. “I am excited to bring CW File, Photo Illustration CW / Kylie Cowden this conversation about a constitutional By Laura Testino | Contributing Writer sations and uttered when the Internet a blow-out game in 1930 against this convention out of the confines of SGA went down. weekend’s competitor, Ole Miss. itself and talk directly with my fellow Ace a test? Roll Tide. Catch a fish? Latimer and his family say “Roll Tide” With less than 50 percent of the stu- students about this important vote.” Roll Tide. Step in new puppy pee on the so often that “it’s not like it has a certain dent population hailing from the state wooden floor? “Well, Roll Tide.” use or anything like that anymore,” he of Alabama, some unfamiliar freshmen Homecoming Voting “It’s thoroughly invaded my family,” says, which only further confuses those and new faculty need time to adjust said Coady Latimer, the University of who didn’t grow up scheduling family to the new colloquialism, particularly Alabama student known during home weddings around SEC football games. when outside of sports situations. Ballot available Sept. 27 football games as “Captain Crimson.” “Roll Tide” is less straightforward Over the course of a day or so, a sim- Though his immediate family mem- to decipher than the classic “Go [mas- ple Facebook post inquiring the context Accessible through myBama bers are from Florida and are avid fans cot]!” or “Go [school name]!” that is of everyone’s most-recently-uttered of the Florida Gators, they’ve adopted a general phrase of support for one’s “Roll Tide” invoked nearly 40 responses Visit sga.ua.edu for more info the phrase and use it often, sporting it school sports team. If that were the from UA students and alumni, describ- on t-shirts and using it to bemoan the case, Crimson Tide supporters would ing all types of situations: gross, excit- lack of available breakfast foods. It’s shout “Go Elephants!” which is the ing, weird and football-supporting, been exchanged to end phone conver- mascot the football team adopted after to name a few categories. The phrase CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 THURSDAY 2 September 15, 2016

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The Crimson White. Editor | Jordan LaPorta [email protected] NEWS Thursday, September 15, 2016 3 Campaign fi nance reform IN fi nds support among NEWSBRIEF Former Team USA’s Tuscaloosa City conservatives and liberals doctor accused of Schools budget sexual abuse increases Two former Team USA gymnasts have Tuscaloosa City Schools will have accused former team doctor Larry Nassar an increased budget this year, as the of sexually abusing them while they were Tuscaloosa City Board of Education takes on the team. on projects and expenses involved in the The gymnasts claim to have been system’s five-year strategic plan. The new molested multiple times as minors in the budget of $191.6 million has increased by 1990s and early 2000s. approximately $73.8 million from last year. According to the gymnasts, Nassar According to school officials, the budget convinced the girls that the molestation is balanced. They say a $155 million, 30-year was a necessary part of the treatment. bond will cover parts of the budget, and it One gymnast filed a civil lawsuit last will be paid off at an estimated rate of $8.2 week, saying Nassar “systematically million per year. sexually groomed [her] and proceeded to Approximately $76.1 million of the budget CW / Kaylee Porter sexually abuse, harass and molest.” will account for the school system’s capital Rachael Denhollander, who agreed to outlay plan. Capital outlay plans dictate how be named by the IndyStar, filed a police money will be spent to acquire, maintain, By Will Jones | Staff Reporter of these people have nothing to complaint against Nassar. repair or upgrade capital assets, such as do with.” Nassar denies the allegations. land and facilities. While he was born in Hungary, Last December, H.R.4177 was On Aug. 30, he was suspended from This year’s plan will cover renovation Soros lives in New York and is introduced into the U.S. House. his duties at Michigan State University, of school buildings as well as the cost of a U.S. citizen. Therefore, under Since that time, the “Stop Foreign where he is a faculty member and team building new schools. current rules of the Federal Election Donations Affecting Our Elections physician for the women’s gymnastics and The budget for this plan is vastly larg- Commission, Soros is allowed to Act” has acquired 81 co-sponsors, crew teams. er than last year’s. As reported by The give money in U.S. elections. including some big names like Last month, IndyStar reported that Tuscaloosa News, last year’s capital outlay A member of the University’s Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) and USA Gymnastics repeatedly failed to plan had a budget of $750,000. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ). In College Democrats expressed a alert law enforcement authorities about Compiled by Rebecca Rakowitz similar sentiment. Anthony Berry, addition to having bipartisan sup- allegations of sexual abuse, even though the a senior majoring in economics, port on Capitol Hill, the bill also organization had complaints against said changes should be made to finds support from both sides of the more than 50 coaches. That story is what NCAA ends champion- campaign finance reform. aisle at The University of Alabama. inspired Denhollander to speak out. “The entire idea of free speech The Federal Election Commission She added she hates the idea of having ships in North Carolina is that it’s supposed to be free currently bans donations from to testify publicly but she feels if she does and everybody should have the “foreign nationals” who do not not act, Nassar will harm others. This past Monday, North Carolina ability to do it, and., if you’re a large have permanent residence in the Compiled by Rebecca Rakowitz received perhaps the biggest fallout United States, such as individuals corporation that has more free from its “bathroom law” yet. The NCAA without green cards. However, speech, so to speak, than the announced it will pull all championship Daniel Ashford, a senior mjoring average person... That just makes Local church to host events from the state. in finance and treasurer of the the process undemocratic,” In wake of the passage of House Bill 2, University’s Young Conservatives, Berry said. voting rights event a law forcing people to use the bathroom said campaign finance laws Ashford also said he does not associated with gender listed on their should be reformed because in think that money necessarily Alpha and Omega Ministries at birth certificate, North Carolina has expe- their current state they allow too equals free speech. Elizabeth Missionary Baptist Church rienced fierce backlash from musicians, much foreign money to influence “I think that money just will host a “Rally for Freedom” event business investments and sporting events. U.S. elections. sometimes equals influence... I this Saturday from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. in North Carolina is the seat of the Atlantic “I think it’s important to get think that you’re allowing certain order to help individuals who had Coast Conference and is also regarded as foreign entities out of our American people to have more power in the been convicted of a felony regain their a mecca of championship sports events, elections... I think this would be political system and that’s what civil and voting right. most notably numerous “March Madness” huge if the house passed this bill,” people are tired of, and that’s why “On receiving a felony conviction, basketball games. In addition to the loss of Ashford said. I think Donald Trump won the you are separated from mainstream any and all postseason basketball games, He formerly worked as nomination,” Ashford said. society. You have been labeled and the NCAA’s decision will also take away all the Mississippi director of Both individuals said they like stigmatized as the lowest human championship games in soccer, baseball, neurosurgeon Ben Carson’s the bill, but Barry said he think being,” Rev. L.C. Hall wrote in a lacrosse and tennis. presidential campaign. Before that, the bill is a small solution to a press release. Some state politicians have maintained he worked for a Political Action larger problem. Hall and the other organizers at their support of the law. Republican Committee (PAC) that focused “I think it’s a step in the right the rally seek to help people dealing Governor Pat McCrory said in the New on “drafting” Carson to run for direction. Obviously it doesn’t go with “felony disenfranchisement,” York Times, “Sadly, the NCAA, a multi- president. Ashford said that while as far as I’d like it to go, but the which occurs when otherwise eligible billion-dollar, tax-exempt monopoly, failed working with the PAC he learned thing about politics is you never get voters are kept from participating in to show this respect at the expense of our that they can do some “good everything you want at one time,” elections because of their student-athletes and hard-working men things,” and added that he would he said. criminal history. and women.” like to see H.R.4177 become law. Barry also said he hopes more While some convicted felons cannot However, the A.C.C. Commissioner John “I think [the bill] does go far will be done in the area of cam- have their rights restored, Alabama Swofford, a resident of North Carolina, enough,” he said. “This could paign finance reform after a new law states that a person with a felony felt the law has inhibited the state and its prevent foreign companies, foreign president and Congress are elected conviction not of “moral turpitude” residents far enough. In a press confer- people, like George Soros, from in November. can have his or her rights returned. ence in response to the NCAA’s decision, dumping millions into a campaign H.R.4177 is currently awaiting con- The event will also have a drive for Swofford spoke of the need to repeal the that runs in a place they’re not sideration by the House Committee any person seeking to register to vote. law as a “counter to basic human rights”. from, from a place that so many on House Administration. Compiled by Jordan LaPorta Compiled by Mike Finnegan Editor | Kyle Campbell [email protected] OPINIONS Thursday, September 15, 2016 4 TWITTER REACTIONS

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More than skin: A defense of uniform and character Looking for a @Huffi ngton- inappropriate. This costume does not expose Post statement on why they Alex Smith Associate Editor me. On the contrary, it makes me feel confident. removed the “Young ladies of It is evidence that I have worked incredibly hard and have achieved my dream of twirling on one the SEC” post. Has anyone “Can my daughter take a picture with of the most prestigious majorette lines in the seen one? you?” I bend down to the little girl and smile country. But what’s most frustrating is that there warmly at her. She stares at me with big eyes, will be some people or media outlets that attempt completely awestruck as I proceed to hand her my to shame me for it. They won’t ask me who I am baton. I slip my arm around her and she hugs me or even observe what I do. They will be quick to tightly, grinning from ear to ear as her mother snaps Brad James stereotype and they will even fail to take into several photos. consideration that the Crimsonette style has @BradfatherSpeak It’s moments like these that not only fill my long been the coveted standard of collegiate heart, but remind me that I am a role model to majorette lines. young girls. As a Crimsonette I am expected Yet, even after reading this article and being @KySportsRadio regardless to hold myself accountable on and off the field, accidentally associated with it, I refuse to allow of what women are wearing representing the Crimsonette brand to the best myself to feel any less accomplished. I am far of my ability. Having been a member of the line or not wearing, men need from ashamed, rather impassioned as a woman for three years now, I can honestly say this and ambassador of The University of Alabama to bridle their passions and organization both empowers me and pushes me to attempt to end this idea that women are to be the best version of myself. treat them with respect #fact any less or more of a person because of what After reading Rebecca Walden’s article enti- they wear on gamedays, athletes included. tled “Young ladies of the SEC, cover it up!” I was My Crimsonette costume, regardless of the infuriated as a woman with the message of the public’s thoughts on it or my love for it, does article. The very next day I found myself and not define me. I am an athlete who practices Shelby Young several other Crimsonettes being made into an hours a day, a student who goes to class and has @shelby_young example when a photograph taken by USA Today maintained a solid GPA,and a leader that serves in Sports was used by Saturday Down South and multiple capacities across campus. Little girls SEC Football to share to the world that Walden’s like the one who wished to take a picture with Dissappointed in @Huff- article had been deleted. The Crimsonettes had me this past Saturday do not look up to my nothing to do with Walden’s article. In fact, she ingtonPost for publishing uniform. Instead they look up to the girl that only referenced SEC students which she believed gets to wear the uniform. I am more than a this “article” that’s dripping were scantily clothed. However, these media costume, and I am more than the clothing that I outlets chose to use a picture of collegiate athletes with interalized-mysogyny: choose to wear. in their costumes that reveal their midsections. http://www.huffi ngtonpost. Though our costumes are two pieces, they have Alex Smith is a junior majoring in political sci- com/entry/young-la… been consistently designed with taste and class. ence and journalism. She is an associate editor I never have and never will feel that they are for The Crimson White.

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Crimson White • Updated UAPD policies to Editorial Board include that victims who choose to report can choose the gender of the person they report to. • Addressed the dramatic On Monday, the 2015-16 Editorial funding and staffing shortages Board of The Crimson White was rec- faced by the Women and Gender ognized as an Associated Collegiate Resource Center or the Title IX Press Award finalist for Editorial/ Coordinator’s Office. Opinion Story of the Year. The What the University has done is column, entitled “University must work to promote its UAct program, Student Organizations University Offices address sexual assault,” accom- the usable extent of which is a page ABXY Gaming Network Admissions, Enrollment Management panied our sexual assault special on the Title IX website, through Alabama Kayak Club Alumni Affairs edition and its award-winning cover one email sent by President Bell in Alabama Students without Borders Biological Sciences story, “Behind Closed Doors,” which July. In the seven months since the Alabama Triathletes Business Administration for told the story of a student dissuaded CW’s sexual assault edition, the Alberta Baptist Construction & Physical Plant from reporting her assault because University has sent out two emails Alpha Kappa Alpha Career Center of her experience with UAPD and on the subject of sexual assault, Alpha Kappa Psi College of Communication and Title IX. the aforementioned email in July, We at The Crimson White are Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Information Sciences and one in April recognizing Sexual happy to see our efforts to bring Alpha Sigma Phi College of Education Assault Awareness month. A campus change to the issue of campus sexual American Institute of Aeronautics College of Engineering sexual assault survey commissioned assault recognized and rewarded. & Astronautics Communication Studies by the University was conducted, What we’re not happy about is that Anglican Student Fellowship Construction Administration but the results have yet to be made little, if anything, has changed. Arts and Sciences Ambassadors Counseling Center available to the public. Last year, our SGA embarked on ASCE Steel Bridge Association Educational Studies in Psychology, Aside from these few actions, the a year-long campaign to end sexual Astrobotics Team Research Methodology & Counseling administration has been largely assault to varied success. “It’s On Baptist Campus Ministries Enterprise Operations - Dining Services silent, making no public indication Us” got students and university Beta Beta Beta Faculty - Geological Sciences of any further investigations into officials on board with signatures Beta Upsilon Chi Faculty Senate campus assaults, no updates to and high profile events. But as the policy and no intention to extend Capstone Music Therapy Association Ferguson Center Editorial Board indicated last year, financial and staff assistance to the Chemistry Graduate Student Organization Financial Affairs simply calling attention to an issue areas of campus vital to helping Collegiate 100 Financial Affairs, Business Activities and talking about it is not enough. victims of sexual assault. Crimson Kindness Financial Affairs Information Technology When an issue on such a large Now a month into this school year, Crimson Stage Honors College scale presents itself, it calls for an our SGA has been just as conspicu- Crimson White Human Environmental Sciences – Staff outright and immediate response, ously absent from this issue, fail- CURE Human Resources, Learning and Development and warrants substantive measures ing to capitalize in any meaningful Eta Sigma Gamma Information Systems, Statistics for change. way on the awareness “It’s On Us” Feminist Caucus and Management Science That’s exactly what the Editorial attempted to raise. If the University Food Science Club Modern Languages and Classics Board attempted to do, referencing administration will not act on their specific shortfalls in the University Future Black Law Students Association Orientation and Special Programs own, it is the responsibility of the administration’s approach to sexual Honors College Ambassadors Procurement Services Student Government to pressure assault and demanding that those HOSA Professional Staff Assembly them until they do. problems be addressed. Mallet Assembly Risk Management We don’t mean to detract from The column called for the expan- National Association of Black Accountants School of Social Work the well-intended efforts made by sion of the University’s Haven National Council of Negro Women Student Affairs, External Affairs many of our fellow students. There training program to include issues National Society of Black Engineers UAPD is a need for awareness, a need for such as sexual harassment, assault Not On My Campus Undergraduate Admissions and Scholarships a conversation to be started. But of men and LGBTQ+ persons, as well Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Women and Gender Resource Center conversation is not enough when as an intense focus on the definition Pi Beta Phi it comes to the well-being of of consent and how to give and recog- Project Health Community Groups students. In the wake of events like nize it, public guest lectures on sex- the Stanford rape case, it’s more Resonance Alberta Baptist Church ual assault prevention, yearly Title important now than ever that we Run UA Calvary Baptist Church IX and required consent trainings take the steps necessary to protect Saudi Students Association Capstone Church for all student organizations, updat- the people that make this University Sigma Lambda Beta First Baptist Church Tuscaloosa ed UAPD policies, including that possible. We hope that “It’s On Us” Society of Women Engineers First United Methodist Church victims who choose to report to was not the end of that conversa- Theta Tau Forest Lake Baptist Church police having the option to choose the tion, but the beginning of a series of Tide 4 Christ Home Depot gender of the person they report to, changes that will truly end campus UA Exercise Physiology Club Northport Baptist Church and addressing the dramatic funding sexual assault. UA Habitat for Humanity RealHope Church and staffing shortages faced by the The Crimson White Editorial UA Miracle Network Dance Marathon Women and Gender Resource Center Board still believes, as it did seven and the Title IX Coordinator’s Office. UA Women's Ultimate Team months ago, in this University’s As of press time, the University UA Wheelchair Tennis Team ability to affect real change. It’s administration has not publicly: Wesley Foundation Campus Ministry about time for it to happen. Women Of Exellence • Expanded Haven Training to include issues such as sexual harass- ment, assault of men and LGBTQ+ persons, or an intense focus on the definition of consent and how to give and recognize it. Our View is the consensus of The • Held a public guest lecture on Crimson White Editorial Board. sexual assault prevention. Managing Editor, Elizabeth Elkin, has [email protected] • 205.348.6676 • housing.ua.edu • Required consent trainings recused herself due to involvement in for student organizations. reporting “Behind Closed Doors.” NEWS 6 Thursday, September 15, 2016 Q&A: Why I’m with her

By Camille Studebaker | Staff Reporter What is your candidate’s Q: greatest strength? The election is less than two months away, and political tensions have reached a fever pitch. To see Hillary has devoted her life where our students stand, The Crimson White A: to public service, and has a interviewed students who support each of the three tremendous amount of experience candidates on the ballot in all 50 states; Donald Trump, in politics, serving as a senator, as Hillary Clinton and Gary Johnson. First Lady, and as Secretary of State. Rachael Ledbetter is a senior majoring in political Her Republican opponent has never science. She plans on voting for Hillary Clinton held a political office, and hosting a in November. reality television show does not count as leadership experience. We need some- How would you describe your one who knows what she is doing. Q: personal political views? What is an area where you feel I am a Democrat, a liberal, and Q: that your candidate is weak or could A: an intersectional feminist. improve on before being inaugurated?

Did you support your current I support Clinton’s idea to Q: preference during primary season? A: restore voting rights to formerly If not, who did you support? incarcerated people, however, I wish this plan was more detailed on her Yes, I have supported Hillary website. I think her plan should A: Clinton for President since specifically include people con- the beginning. victed of a felony who have become disenfranchised. Everyone in America What do you like about your should have the right to vote. Q: candidate’s domestic policy? Do you believe that Hillary Hillary Clinton supports Q: Clinton has a perception problem A: background checks and other when it comes to her trustworthiness? If safety measures like closing the gun so, what can she do to rehab her image? show loophole in order to reduce gun violence in America. Clinton also The media often warps Clinton’s supports the use of body cameras A: image into something that she is on police officers to ensure account- not. Sometimes the media portrays her ability, as well as better training and to be cold and untrustworthy, which education for officers. This issue is completely untrue, and I think this is one that affects me deeply. My reveals the high levels of sexism and neighbor, Ashley Benny, was an unarmed, inaccurate representation of women in disabled man of color who was killed by the media. the police in my hometown. In person, Hillary Clinton is very I like that Hillary Clinton supports warm, outgoing, and friendly, even more access to reproductive healthcare so than Bill Clinton. She has released services, like Planned Parenthood, her tax returns and health records, and will protect access to safe, legal while her opponent has released a abortions. She is also the first quickly written, bizarre health letter candidate to oppose the Hyde and no tax returns. The way to rehab Amendment in her platform, her image would be for the media to which disproportionately affects stop warping her image and to start access to abortion for poor portraying her more accurately. people and people of color. Q: What one point would you make Q: What do you like about your to an undecided voter to convince candidate’s foreign policy? him or her to vote for your candidate?

The ability to negotiate is It is important for undecided A: the most important skill that a A: voters to look at how Hillary candidate needs. As Secretary of Clinton treats people and to pay State, Hillary Clinton gained lots of attention to how calm she is in tense experience in working with other situations. The President of the United leaders. She knows how to discuss States has to remain level-headed in all issues in a polite, yet assertive way. circumstances and should respect all She knows how to negotiate, while her Americans, not just certain groups that opponent insults and bullies the leaders look or think like them. of ally countries. Northport Barber Shop 427 Main Ave, Northport, AL 35476 205-344-6688 Shave and haircut $14.00 Tuesday-Friday 7:30am - 5:00pm Saturday 7:30 - 4:00pm Now accepting credit cards THIRD TIME’S THE CHARM SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

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Despite seeing signifi gant action against Southern Cal, quarterback Jalen Hurts has yet to start a game outside of Tuscaloosa. CW / Jonathan Norris

By Terrin Waack | Assistant Sports Editor drive against Western Kentucky 287 yards, surpassing Brodie Croyle’s looks at the role Hurts has acquired last week. previous total of 285 yards in 2002. and sees it as intimidating. Being surrounded by a bunch of Senior tight end O.J. Howard said Unlike Hurts, however, Croyle was a “I think back to my freshman veterans doesn’t make Jalen Hurts shy Hurts encouraged the offense in each sophomore when he did it. year and how I was so starstruck by away. He is a quarterback, and he is huddle, saying it needed to make plays. Alabama coach Nick Saban liked everyone I saw,” Bozeman said. “It’s a going to tell his offense what it has to Hurts acted like a true leader, solidify- what he saw out of Hurts last Saturday, tough role, but he’s doing a very good do, true freshman or not. ing all that Allen has overheard during but he also believes there are still job at it.” In doing so, Hurts has gained the practices and proving the true fresh- things Hurts needs to learn from. There was a lot of hype surrounding respect of his teammates, even those man is in control, which Howard said “I think that’s the big thing we need Hurts before he arrived in Tuscaloosa on the opposite side of the ball. was very rare. to stay focused on as coaches,” Saban during the spring. The Channelview, “I definitely hear him speaking to “He’s a very poised guy,” Howard said, “That we can use every one of Texas, native was a unanimous four- the O-line, talking to the offense in said. “He does a great job of always these opportunities that he has to star prospect, and 247 Sports ranked general,” senior defensive lineman keeping the same composure the increase his knowledge and experi- him as the nation’s No. 1 dual-threat Jonathan Allen said. “He’s definitely a entire game. That’s what I notice ence and be more confident in what he quarterback. He chose Alabama great leader as a freshman, which is from him.” needs to do to improve.” over Texas A&M, Mississippi State very impressive.” The last time a true freshman Over the course of two games, Hurts and Florida. Hurts has played in both of started as an Alabama quarterback was has completed 29-of-47 passes for The expectations of Hurts were high. Alabama’s games so far this season. 32 years ago, with Vince Sutton in 1984. 405 yards, four touchdowns and an “He has to come in here and have Redshirt freshman Blake Barnett Ending that drought wasn’t Hurts’s interception. He has also rushed for confidence,” Allen said. “A lot of fresh- started in the season opener against only accomplishment last weekend, a total of 51 yards on 20 carries to man don’t come in here with confi- Southern Cal, but Hurts was the one though. He also set a new passing produce two scores of his own. dence, so that’s probably the biggest to take the field for the offense’s first yards record in a starting debut with Redshirt junior Bradley Bozeman thing I’ve seen from Jalen.” PAGE 4 GAMEDAY 2016

No. 1 Alabama No. 2 FSU No. 12 No. 3 Ohio State USC No. 16 Georgia No. 17 Texas A&M at at Michigan State vs. at at at No. 19 Ole Miss No. 10 Louisville at No. 14 Oklahoma No. 7 Stanford No. 18 Notre Dame Missouri Auburn Tyler Waldrep sports editor Terrin Waack assistant sports editor Elliott Propes senior staff reporter Matthew Speakman staff reporter Ben Boynton staff reporter Cody Estremera staff reporter Michael Schwartz staff reporter

Ole Miss began the year in the spotlight, and after getting ff to the races in the opening half, it was exposed by Florida State in a stinging loss. I think the mood is still the same for this game because of what happened in the second half in Orlando that night. Q: What do you think the Ole Miss defense needs to do on Saturday to keep Alabama from moving the chains? BEHIND A: It has to pressure Jalen Hurts. As simple as that sounds, it will be crucial in order to take pressure off of its secondary that boasts two freshmen safeties and is without its most experienced cover corner in Ken Webster. I think the defense will be able to hold its own up front in the running game, but Hurts seems to have given Alabama a different element in the vertical passing game that it didn’t have the last two years. If he’s got time to throw against this young secondary, Alabama’s offense could be off to the races. Q: Has Ole Miss quarterback Chad Kelly improved since these two teams last ENEMY met, and if so in what areas, and how will that impact the match-ups on Saturday? A: Yes, greatly. Kelly came onto the scene in the final six or seven games last year. He’s more confident as a passer and really hurt teams with his feet down the stretch last year. I think his ability to extend plays with his legs will play a big fac- tor on Saturday against a strong and quick Alabama pass rush. The game will look similar to its opener against Florida State in that regard. Q: What other offensive players (besides tight end Evan Engram) could give the LINES Crimson Tide trouble on Saturday? Before last week I would have told you A.J. Brown and D.K. Metcalf, a pair of By Tyler Waldrep | Sports Editor A: true freshmen receivers. Metcalf is now sidelined for the year with a broken foot. The Crimson White caught up with Brian Scott Rippee, sports Brown is built similar to Laquon Treadwell, and Freeze has said he may be fur- ther along in his development than Treadwell was at this point in their respective editor of The Daily Mississippian, to discuss how Alabama will careers. Van Jefferson and Damarkus Lodge are also two receivers that provide match up against Ole Miss this Saturday in Oxford, Mississippi. match-up problems for most teams. The receiving corps is the strength of the Ole Miss offense. The Rebels are deep at this position and also very versatile. Q: The past two seasons, it seemed to me like Ole Miss fans had faith their team Q: Does the team seem to be treating the Alabama match-up differently this could beat Alabama but didn’t necessarily believe that was the likely outcome. season, either in the way it prepares or the attitude it has? Does that seem like a fair assessment, and do fans have more confidence the Rebels A: I don’t think the team itself treats this game any differently. They’ve already can win this time around? been battle tested and took one on the chin on Labor Day. This team is in a delicate A: I think that is a very fair assessment, and I actually think it is the same feel- spot right now. It has dealt with injuries as well as hearing how flawed it is after ing this year, but for different reasons. The last two years Ole Miss sort of used being exposed by Florida State in a lopsided second half. While I don’t think they Alabama as a springboard to hurl themselves into the national spotlight. In 2014 it treat this game any differently, I do get the sense it feels like it has its back up was, “Can they do it?” In 2015, the feeling was the talent and experience was defi- against the wall in the midst of a brutal September stretch. I think this game will be nitely there across the board, but could they do it on the road? pretty telling in how the rest of the season goes. GAMEDAY 2016 PAGE 5 GAME OF THE WEEK

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By Matthew Speakman | Staff Reporter It is also going to be difficult for Oklahoma to get to the game on time, considering the team travels exclusively by covered wagon, as its mascot indicates. Even if it’s in the Sooners’ stadium, they will probably get pulled over for driving something 1. ALABAMA AT OLE MISS that is not street legal. Plus they will have to make multiple trips to fit their equip- Location: Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, Mississippi ment in the covered wagon. Ohio State will win due to the fact that OU will forfeit. Alabama heads into this game with a load of storylines to address. The Crimson Tide apparently didn’t play well enough to appease head coach Nick Saban last MICHIGAN STATE AT NOTRE DAME week, so expect the team to try and play legitimately perfect football this week as 4. Location: Notre Dame Stadium, Notre Dame, Indiana to not feel the fire and brimstone that comes with a bad performance. Acclaimed Notre Dame, in usual fashion, will take on one of the various Michigan teams in rapper and all around swag master Chad Kelly will look to torch Alabama once a September game. The Irish basically do that every year. It is a rotating schedule again, just as he did last year. He probably has a song on soundcloud about it. I’m pretty sure. Also, Notre Dame is still clinging onto the fact that it is not in a Everyone is interested in this game, because Ole Miss has been the thorn in conference. I feel like Notre Dame is one of those people that goes to a Modern Art Alabama’s side for the last two years. Before that, Alabama basically ran Ole Miss museum and looks at like a blank canvas and tells you it’s a critique of modern into the ground for a long time. society. Notre Dame is not going to conform to the man. It is not going to let you put But, in the battle of who has the most mascots, Ole Miss clearly has the it in a conference. It has to be independent. advantage. The Black Bear-LandShark-Rebels will use their tri-headed mascot of For Michigan State, it is all about letting Tyler O’Connor, its latest edition of the randomly selected lifeforms to defeat Alabama’s elephant that is entirely made of guy who hands off to good running back, hand off to the good running back. If only red water. Michigan State can establish a run game and slow down Deshone Kizer. FSU AT LOUISVILLE 2. Location: Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium, Louisville, Kentucky UGA AT MISSOURI Part human, Part destroyer-of-worlds Lamar Jackson faces Florida State, the 5. Location: Memorial Stadium at Faurot Field, Columbia, Missouri Seminoles have one of the most impressive wins of the season against Ole Miss. Well, so far, it looks like Kirby Smart is just going to lead Georgia to the same Florida State quarterback, DeAndre Francois, showed about as much growth as one 9-3 season it has every year. Last week, they beat Nicholls State by two points at could in a single game, and looks to be a star. To stop Jackson, FSU will probably home. That’s really bad. The same story line remains for Georgia, though, which is need to field a team of terminators, but not just the regular Arnold Schwarzenegger meeting expectations. The team has talent (Nick Chubb) and coaching, it is all terminator, the ones that are made of like liquid metal and can morph their about putting the two together to make a great team. Apparently, Missouri still bodies in to basically anything. Unless I’m convinced otherwise, I’m just going to has a football program, which is a surprise to me. Lots of things have happened to assume that Jackson scores 15 touchdowns and racks up 1500 yards in this single Missouri since the Tigers won back-to-back SEC East titles. UGA should win, but game. Maybe if he plays well enough, he will get to ride on the back of Bobby it’s UGA, so you never really know what is going to happen. Petrino’s motorcycle. Luckily for literally everyone, this game is not in Tallahassee, so we don’t have to endure Florida State doing that thing with all of the “Oh’s” the entire game. First TEXAS A&M AT AUBURN down? Do the cheer! Touchdown? Do the Cheer! Loss of seven? Reluctantly do 6. Location: Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn, Alabama the cheer! Auburn could totally win this game. You do not think that right now, but remember one thing, it is in Jordan-Hare, and if you have watched any game Auburn has played there, the Tigers use a special brand of witchcraft to help the OHIO VS. OU team win games. But really, Texas A&M better be prepared for some freaky things 3. Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma to happen, because generally they do. Trevor Knight has looked pretty good to Well, this game was a lot bigger when the season first started, considering start off his career with the Aggies, after transferring there this year. The Aggies Oklahoma was going to the playoff. A loss to Houston in week one derailed that, but will bring its troop of weird people who do weird chants and wear rings and yell at still, it’s a marquee matchup. Only one of Ohio State’s trio of quarterbacks remains, midnight and all that good stuff. Be ready. Some weird, supernatural stuff is going and he was probably the best one to begin with. JT Barrett is easily a Heisman to happen in this game. contender thus far in the season. Oklahoma, on the other hand, has some problems to figure out. If they couldn’t stop Houston’s spread offense, it is going to be incred- ibly difficult to stop one with five-star talent. PAGEPAGE 6 GAMEDAYGAMEDAY 2016

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By Tyler Waldrep | Sports Editor “I feel like we put too much pressure, too much emphasis on revenge and all that Alabama tight end O.J. Howard sprinted 32 yards toward stuff,” defensive lineman Jonathan Allen said. the Ole Miss end zone. What awaited him there was a Separating the past from the present Saturday is going to be a challenge for a moment Howard would never forget. team that has spent the last two offseasons dwelling on the mistakes that cost the Instead of celebrating the victory after catching the tying score, Howard found Crimson Tide the victory over the Rebels twice. himself trying to tackle Ole Miss defensive back Senquez Golson and prevent him Alabama coach Nick Saban said he doesn’t use revenge as motivation, but these from completing the interception. aren’t normal circumstances for the Crimson Tide. In fact, LSU is the only program “It was bad. It was a disappointing feeling,” Howard said. “I was part of the last other than the Rebels to beat Saban’s Alabama teams in consecutive season (2010 play of the game, so it was pretty bad on my part too. It was just a bad experience.” and 2011). Moments later, the home crowd in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium erupted. Grown “There will be plenty of emotion for the game, I think, being an SEC game, being men didn’t wait for the 23-17 Ole Miss victory to become official before leaping on a division game, being a team that we’ve struggled against the last couple of years,” each others’ shoulders in celebration. Saban said. “... Emotion doesn’t last in the game.” That victory in 2014 was the first time Ole Miss defeated in Alabama since 2003. Saban and his team might not want to use the R-word when discussing this Alabama didn’t stick around in Oxford, Mississippi, long enough to see the goal weekend, but there’s plenty of upperclassmen on the team who remember watch- posts tumble down. The players avoided seeing a dozen young fans parade a piece ing the fans storm the field. of the post through traffic hours later either, but what they did see stuck with them. Even more remember the loss last season. “I think we were all out there [when the Ole Miss fans rushed the field],” Howard “Coach Saban said it [on Wednesday], ‘It’s about earning the respect back from said. “It happened so fast that we didn’t have time to leave.” this team,’” defensive back Minkah Fitzpatrick said. “Everybody else around the The Crimson Tide waited almost an entire year to meet the Rebels on the field country respects us. This team, they’re the only team that beat us...You know it’s again, and Alabama wanted to set everything straight in 2015. about going out there and beating them all around the field.” Instead, the Crimson Tide turned the ball over five times and made history when it lost to the Rebels for the first time ever in back-to-back meetings. GAMEDAY 2016 PAGE 5

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CW / Jonathon Norris VOID By Elliot Propes | Senior Staff Reporter Ridley will not try to be outdone, though. He was named on the first-team All-SEC Preseason team after putting up 1,045 receiving yards in his fresh- Alabama may have a true freshman or redshirt freshman starting at quar- man season for an Alabama record. Former Alabama wide receiver Amari terback, but it doesn’t matter to redshirt junior ArDarius Stewart or sopho- Cooper was the only other freshman to ever eclipse the 1,000 yard-mark his more Calvin Ridley. freshman season. The wide receivers are familiar with the uncertainty behind center. “You could tell, [Ridley is] what everybody’s talking about. He’s all that,” “I’ve been through it,” Stewart said. “I’m comfortable with the guys. But for LSU cornerback Tre’Davious White said at SEC Media Days. “He’s a great the running right now, whoever gets in, I’m rooting for ‘em.” receiver. He’s very similar to one of the greats they had a couple of years ago After the departure of Heisman-winning running back Derrick Henry, so, I mean, I expect big things from him this year and look forward to compet- Stewart and Ridley have carried a lot of the offensive load. The receiving ing against him.” core has wracked up a total of 574 yards and five touchdowns in the first two It’s not just opposing defensive backs who have trouble against the Alabama games. Stewart leads the team with 203 yards and three touchdowns, while receiving core. Alabama’s own defense has to practice against the group Ridley follows with 138 yards and a touchdown. every week. Stewart has been the one with the big catches. He is averaging 22.6 yards “It’s very difficult,” senior defensive back Eddie Jackson said. “We don’t per catch. He caught a long 71-yard catch against Southern Cal and then just have two. We have a couple: Robert Foster, Cam Sims, Trevon Diggs. grabbed a 52-yard pass against Western Kentucky. Guys like that. They come out and compete and give you their best every day. Stewart doesn’t just outrun defensive backs. He runs over them. Stewart It just helps us get better as a secondary and a defensive unit.” has a rather large frame for his speed, standing at 6-foot-1 and weighing in at While a lot of the focus can be centered on the quarterbacks’ production, 204 pounds. the players around either candidate can make a big difference. “When he gets the ball, he runs so hard, he just runs guys over and stuff,” Last year, former Alabama quarterback Jake Coker had Henry in the back- Ridley said. “I just said to myself, ‘Gosh, he looks like a running back.’ He’s field, which took some of the pressure off of him. This year, people can look at physical, pretty physical.” the Stewart-Ridley duo and assume the same. Not only has Stewart led his team on the field, but he also said the area in That being said, it will be important for the two receivers to produce. A which he has grown the most is off the field. quarterback alone will not be able to lead his team to victory over a ranked Ridley called Stewart the leader of the Alabama receiving corps. SEC team on the road, especially against Ole Miss, a program that has back- “He motivates everybody in practice; he motivates everybody in the game,” to-back victories over Alabama. Ridley said. “He knows everything. He knows plays. He’s just one of those “I don’t think there’s any question about that it’s a challenge. It’s always a guys you can go to, talk to, if you don’t know what you’re doing and stuff like challenge to play on the road,” Saban said. “I think it’s going to be about what that. It just pumps everybody up.” the entire offensive team will be able to do around the quarterback.” PAGE 8 GAMEDAY 2016 PLAYERS TO WATCH Ole Miss vs. Alabama By Michael Schwartz| Staff Reporter

TE - EVAN ENGRAM *Ole Miss

Evan Engram has a knack for showing out during the biggest contests of the year and proved it once again against Florida State in Week 1. In the loss to the Noles, the senior had 121 receiving yards over the course of nine catches, along with a touchdown. Engram’s athleticism will be on display in Oxford, Mississippi, as the tight end may also line up as a wide receiver throughout the game. When the year is over, Engram may be holding up the Mackey Award as college football’s best tight end. QB - CHAD KELLY *Ole Miss DE - MARQUIS S - TONY HAYNES CONNER Perhaps the best quarterback in the *Ole Miss *Ole Miss SEC, Chad Kelly already has experience in orchestrating upsets against the favored Crimson Tide teams. The Although his size is not typical for a Due to a torn meniscus, Tony senior from New York is a confident defensive end, Marquis Haynes’ dynam- Connor’s 2015 season was cut short gunslinger who has full command of a ic ability adds multiple dimensions to and delayed his departure to the NFL. strong offense that has already put up this Ole Miss defensive line. His speed At 6-foot-0, 225 pounds, Conner has 72 points in just two games, except his from the edge presents an intrigu- the big hit ability similar to Seattle fearless mindset may be his greatness ing matchup in the trenches against Seahawks star Kam Chancellor. strength and his Achilles heel. a relatively young Alabama offensive Conner has never been a stat-stuffer line. The Jacksonville native’s skillset during his collegiate career, but his CW File has grown each year with experience, versatility on defense gives offensive and Ole Miss will need him to slow coordinators headaches. the Alabama duel-threat quarterback, Jalen Hurts. CB - MINKAH FITZPATRICK *Alabama

After effectively taking out Southern Cal wideout JuJu Smith-Schuster, cornerback Minkah Fitzpatrick vaulted his elite status into the national spotlight. Fitzpatrick faces a unique challenge this week, though. He may be covering a different receiver every drive in such a well-spread offense led by Rebels quarterback Chad Kelly. Outside of tight end Evan Engram, there isn’t an alpha receiver on Ole Miss that Fitzpatrick would stick with. DT - DA’RON PAYNE *Alabama Dominant, powerful and physically imposing: Those are just some adjectives to describe Alabama defensive tackle Da’Ron Payne. Last year as a freshman, Payne was limited to a rotational role because he was behind multiple future NFL pros in Jarran Reed and A’shawn Robinson. Now, however, the position is his. With his wide-frame body, Payne clogs up the middle and mitigates the opposing team’s running game. The attention to detail Ole Miss will have to give to Payne will open up the gaps for other Alabama defensive linemen and potentially allow them to have stat-heavy games.

WR - ARDARIUS STEWART *Alabama

ArDarius Stewart does not garner the same attention his fellow teammate Calvin Ridley does, but Stewart is arguably off to a better start on the season. In his first two games of the season, Stewart has scored three touchdowns, which is one less than all of last year. Earlier this season, Stewart and quarterback, Jalen Hurts, developed an unforeseen chemistry that has already translated onto the field. With a majority of the attention being given to Ridley, look for Stewart to sneak up on the Ole Miss defense.

CW / Jonathan Norris NEWS Thursday, September 15, 2016 7 SECond Rate: UA’s Grad Rates Average in the SEC By Jordan LaPorta and Mike Finnegan | CW Staff

The University of Alabama National and SEC graduation rates vs. UA’s has a battle to persuade out- siders that it is more than a school for athletes. From its recent broadcast ad campaigns to the academic achievement banners that cover the Quad, the institu- tion is doing its best to assert UA is above itself as “the Capstone of The 2013 national average graduation higher education.” rate for bachelor’s degrees in four the national When it comes to gradua- average tion rates, Alabama is remark- years was 33.3 percent. During the ably average when compared same time, The University of Alabama’s to the other members of the Southeastern Conference. rate was 42.7 percent. Over a six-year The 2013 national average graduation rate for bach- period, however, the graduation rates elor’s degrees in four years are much higher. In 2013, the national was 33.3 percent. During the same time, The University of average was 57.6 percent, and the Alabama’s rate was 42.7 per- University’s was 66.7 percent. cent. Over a six-year period, however, the graduation rates are much higher. In 2013, the national average was 57.6 percent, and the University’s was 66.7 percent. So far, Alabama’s numbers are pretty respectable, but the numerical tale changes when The University of Alabama is compared only to simi- lar state institutions. When 67% examined next to the other public SEC schools, which UA is below excludes private Vanderbilt the SEC University, Alabama ranks The SEC’s 2013 average sixth out of 13 in four-year average graduation rates. graduation rate for four and The SEC’s 2013 average six years was 43.5 and 69.2 graduation rate for four and six years was 43.5 and 69.2 percent respectively. The percent respectively. The University of Alabama man- University of Alabama managed aged to achieve 2.5 and 0.8 to achieve 2.5 and 0.8 percentage points below those respective averages. percentage points below those The University has seen a respective averages. very slow rise in its gradu- ation rates, as the six-year rates increased from 60.9 per- cent in 1998 to 64.7 and then 66.5 percent in 2002 and 2006 respectively. The most recent gradua- tion data again shows the six- year rate for the University to be 66.7 percent. As of 2013, the University is six percent higher than is was a little over a decade ago. Comparisons of graduation rates within the University Info courtesy of National Center for Education Statistics. CW / MK Holladay reveal several demograph- ic differences. According percentage points behind the and 67.4 percent for the two six-year graduation rate. respectively. Meanwhile, the to the 2013 data, females female rate of 69.4 percent respective graduation terms, Data shows that the gradu- six-year graduation rate for completed their degrees of women graduating. While and the graduation rate for ation rates for black students these same ethnic groups is and graduated far more the University’s differences black students during that at the University are below 70.6, 72.4, and 75 percent. than males did, as are larger than the national year was 29.1 and 56.6 per- the graduation rate for white The graduation rate for males were 12.5 percent- averages, males graduat- cent respectively. students, but other minor- Hispanic students at the age points short of meet- ing at a lower rate than However, the four-year ity groups outperform white university is particularly ing the female graduation females are in line with the graduation rate for black students by a significant mar- impressive, as the four-year rate of 48.3 percent. The national trend. students at The University gin. The four-year graduation rate is nearly double the disparity was not as appar- During 2013, white stu- is two-thirds higher than rate for Asians, Hispanics, national rate, and the six- ent for the six-year gradu- dents at the University had the national rate, with simi- and Native Americans is year rate is almost quadruple ation rate. Males were 6.2 graduation rates of 43.9 lar findings present for the 47.1, 51.3, and 55 percent that of the national average. CULTURE 8 Thursday, September 15, 2016 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 comprises the name of the athlet- acclaim until a game in Philadelphia in 1922, ketchup, winning a pageant, sitting in a hot How to Roll with the Tide ics website and has its own category where Alabama defeated the University of tub, giving a toast at a wedding, signing off Entering into this discourse commu- under “UA Traditions” on the website for Pennsylvania 9-7. Wallace Wade became from the morning news, kissing on a date, nity from another area can take some first-year students. the coach the following season. and – Latimer’s favorite – closing a funeral. time. Meaghan Baril, a junior majoring in Studies and research have not yet pin- Then, the December 1925 edition of “It’s far beyond football,” Latimer said. English and psychology, is from San Diego, pointed how and when “Roll Tide” exited Rammer Jammer, a student literary “It means more than just, ‘Go Alabama’ where she paid some attention to a couple Bryant-Denny stadium and sun-saluta- and humor magazine, had a section for or ‘Go Bama.’ It’s that ‘we’re a family, and National Football League teams, but never tioned its way into the typical concluding “Of California and Greetings” where it we have something to join around’ kind to college football. She received a scholar- “Namaste” at a Tuscaloosa-area yoga stu- referenced the Crimson Tide going “to of thing.” ship to attend UA and decided to attend dio. Catherine Evans Davies, a professor of California to show the natives a few tricks,” By illustrating just how many situations after taking a tour of the campus. She had linguistics in the UA Department of English and implored the readership to be with the “Roll Tide” is appropriate for, it becomes heard of “Roll Tide” before moving, but since 1989, said the presence of “Roll Tide” team in spirit because “why, in the name apparent how it could be difficult to provide didn’t have a grasp on what it meant until as a phrase used in these ways demon- of all that is patriotic, should we let a small an exact translation to anyone who isn’t later into her freshman year. strates that the University of Alabama matter of three thousand miles keep us already part of the University of Alabama “When I moved down here to actually represents a discourse community. come to school, we stayed in a hotel in “[Discourse community] is a flexible 5 FUNCTIONS OF ROLL TIDE Birmingham, and one of the guys that was term that you can use as a way of talking helping with my suitcase asked, ‘Oh, are about people who share ways of speaking,” you here for school?’ and I said, ‘Yeah,’ and Davies said. “So the people who enter it • a greeting • a congratulations then he said, ‘Roll Tide!’” Baril recalled. from the outside then have to figure out “Then I was like, ‘Um, thanks.’ I didn’t what the rules are.” know what you were supposed to do. Then Understanding the social and linguistic • a sign of camraderie • an encouragement I started to catch on pretty quickly, but the rules of using “Roll Tide” emerges from the first few times it was definitely awkward.” setting where the phrase is first learned. As Baril said her grandfather misremem- a freshman, that is generally somewhere bers the phrase when she goes home to along the admissions process, particularly • a conclusion visit, but that her friends have become if the student chooses to come to school acquainted with what it means through on a tour. The usage of “Roll Tide” also her posts on social media. She has grown becomes increasingly obvious after watch- accustomed to saying it herself, particu- ing a game with other Crimson Tide fans. larly on football weekends. Dorothy Worden, an assistant professor “For me as a sort of outsider to the of applied linguistics, is new to Tuscaloosa from being with the Crimson Tide in their discourse community. ‘Roll Tide’ thing, or as someone who’s just and the English Department this year. As a sortie?” Wade’s Crimson Tide returned “What it makes me think of is this idea becoming aware of it, I know what the linguist and newcomer, she identifies “Roll with its first National Championship title. called pragmatics, which is a really impor- words mean, but I’m still learning the social Tide” as being a cultural key word, which In response to this, the magazine held a tant part of studying how languages get context that allows me to interpret those tend to carry more weight than others used contest for a new song, and “Yea Alabama!” used in contexts,” Worden said. “So the words and all the different things they can by a group. was born from winner Ethelred Lundy idea with pragmatics is a lot of what we mean where it sometimes is a cheer and “[Cultural key words are] words that (Epp) Sykes, then editor-in-chief of The mean by what we say is not in the words sometimes it’s the equivalent of saying, are either used exclusively by a particular Crimson White. Sykes won $50 for writ- itself, but it’s within the social community ‘Good luck’ or any of those things,” Worden group or more commonly by a particular ing the replacement to “Swing,” an early and the shared understanding that allows said. “All of that just depends on the context group, with the idea being that those words, score from Washington & Lee University us to interpret what’s being said.” in which it’s being used.” if you investigate them, can tell you some- that was used as a fight song by many foot- The phrase “Roll Tide!” can be translat- Once the context of “Roll Tide” is under- thing more about that culture,” Worden ball teams. Rammer Jammer stated they ed into a more complete thought instead of stood, the discourse community isn’t com- said. “I do think that ‘Roll Tide’ probably had no power to make the student body a sort of interjection by adding a comma: pletely refined to the geographic location qualifies as a cultural key word, because embrace the song, but asked that it be “Roll, Tide!” is an imperative, telling the of Tuscaloosa or even the South. Earlier it carries so many meanings and fulfills so played on occasions necessary for a battle implied Crimson Tide to roll. But when not in August, Yellowhammer News featured many functions. I think it becomes in some march, and “if it is liked, for the students said in this way, with an intonation that Hani Imam, a former UA student who ways perhaps emblematic of the culture of to accept it.” clearly is exhorting the Tide to roll, Davies returned to his hometown in Jerusalem the University and the football team and all The score to the song and profile of suggests breaking the phrase down by and opened an Alabama-themed store. The of those things.” Sykes were published in the May 1926 edi- its function. front has a sign that reads “Welcome to tion of Rammer Jammer. “Yea Alabama!” “As a sociolinguist, I would say [Roll Bama Country,” and Imam said he greets How the Tide started Rolling includes an opening verse that is not sung Tide] clearly has social meaning for the customers with a “Roll Tide!” nearly 50 Alabama football began with a game today, but what Sykes labels as the cho- group in terms of signifying identity and times per day. in Birmingham on a Friday afternoon in rus is true to the current tune, with one allegiance to a particular group,” she said. Davies said that the storied history November of 1892. According to the Paul exception: Although “roll” appears in the Davies concluded that the entity – saying and traditions associated with Alabama W. Bryant Museum, the team was origi- line “Go! Roll to vic-try!” and the Crimson ‘Roll’ and ‘Tide’ together – serves about five football could contribute to the strength nally referred to as “varsity” or “Crimson Tide is what’s identified as “Dixie’s football functions: a greeting, a membership check, of “Roll Tide” as a phrase, as well as the White,” inviting headline writers to popu- pride,” the two chants of “Roll Tide!” that a concluding utterance, a congratulatory choice of newcomers to use the phrase or larize “Thin Red Line” until 1906. are now attached to the end of the song do utterance, or as a way to signify carry on, continue using it when they leave the area Alabama tied Auburn 6-6 in 1907 after not appear in Sykes’ original score. or keep on rolling, she said. and return home. playing a tough game in red-clay mud, Somewhere in between, though, the Greetings and concluding utterances “What I would assume that [Roll Tide] and “Crimson Tide” was born. The “Why phrase attached itself to the fight song, open and close conversations and events, signals is that this person who’s choosing Crimson Tide?” section of the Bryant in between lines sung in “Sweet Home while a membership check would be said, to do this is signaling with language that Museum website states that Hugh Roberts, Alabama” and “Dixieland Delight,” and for example, if someone else was wear- the person, he or she, is part of a communi- the former sports editor at the Birmingham integrated into multiple football stadium ing Alabama clothing and one person ty that’s associated with football in relation Age-Herald, coined the term. “Crimson cheers and daily usage. wanted to identify the other as belonging to the University of Alabama,” Davies said. Tide” was then further popularized by to the group. An example of a congratula- “But then again, we don’t know exactly Zipp Newman, former sports editor of How the Tide Rolls (off the tongue) tory utterance would be saying it as a way what it means to be used. For some people, the Birmingham News. (In 1930, Everett In 2010, ESPN debuted a commercial of of celebrating a good grade on the test. they probably never think about it. It’s just Strupper of the Atalanta Journal described people in various situations saying “Roll Finally, when expressed as a way to keep something they learn how to say, which is the team as ‘elephants’ when they stomped Tide” to one another: heading into a con- moving on (think the dog pee on the floor part of being in this discourse community.” over Ole Miss, and the mascot stuck.) venience store, shaking hands, leaving the or that speeding ticket), “Roll Tide” would The football team didn’t garner national car, getting a speeding ticket, passing the translate to “carry on” or “keep rolling.” Roll Tide.

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If you’re headed to Ole Miss this weekend, don’t just stop at a fast food joint to eat. Take some time to experience Oxford by heading into town and checking out these food and drink spots.

1221 Van Buren Ave, Oxford, Miss. If you’re looking for something a little healthier, Shelter on Van Buren has you covered. With a 16 item coffee menu, Shelter offers a perfect pick-me-up for after gameday. If you’re there for breakfast, try their breakfast burrito, granola bowl or huevos rancheros. If you prefer lunch, grab a garden goddess wrap or a pimento cheese sandwich. And the best part – everything on their menu is $11 or less.

122 Courthouse Sq., Oxford, Miss. If you’re really hungry, Rowdy Rebs can help you out. For $9.95, this buffet offers chick- en, country fried steak and fried shrimp. Also on the spread is mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, corn and an ice cream sundae bar. For the same price, you can also get bottom- less mimosas. On Sunday they have a brunch buffet from 10 a.m until 2 p.m., so it’s the perfect place to grab breakfast before you head back to Tuscaloosa. They also have a DJ on hand every Friday night as well as game nights.

105 N Lamar Blvd, Oxford, Miss. The Blind Pig has 20 draft beer selections according to their Twitter, so if you’re looking for a place to hang out and have a drink with your friends, they can help. They also have daily sandwich specials, and they deliver. However they’re only open for lunch and dinner and only open until midnight, so if you’re looking for a late night or morning meal, check somewhere else.

118 Courthouse Square, Oxford, Miss. Ajax Diner describes itself as “one of Eli Manning’s favorite restaurants,” so if you’re Schedule your tour or a Giants fan, be sure to check it out. They’ve been granted the “Best Downhome Soul Food” by Mississippi Magazine three years in a row, along with various local awards. sign a lease online at Everything on their lunch menu is under $11, and it’s mostly the same for their dinner menu, excluding the steak options. They’re not open on Sundays, but every other day EastEdgeApartments.com they’re open from 11:30 a.m to 10 p.m. Your best bet for this weekend is probably Friday night.

120 S 11th St Oxford, Miss. Don’t be fooled by the name of this bar – there are no books in sight. Their clever name 205.535.3087 is just one of The Library’s many charms. Edward Aschoff, in a piece for ESPN titled “The 1131 Jackson Avenue | Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 SEC guide to Ole MIss’ home turf,” said The Library is “the best bar in town … period.” FOLLOW US! CULTURE 10 Thursday, September 15, 2016 Air Force veteran goes greek with Kappa Alpha Theta By Kyarra Harris | Staff Reporter

When Rachel Thornton graduated high school in Eugene, Oregon she had no idea of what she wanted to do next. Nearly 10 years later, she has served in the Air Force, has become the first veteran to rush in a sorority at Alabama and the first female president of the Campus Veterans Association. Thornton is a 27-year-old freshman at the University majoring in Civil Engineering, but for the six years prior, she was an active duty member of the Air Force. “I remember seeing the recruiters in high school and thinking I would never join the military, but I ended up joining the Air Force,” Thornton said. “When I called my dad and told him, and he was like ‘What? Really? Why?’ I was at a point in my life where I was just working, no school. I told myself I should do something for somebody else, because I wasn’t doing anything for myself. It could have been anything, but Air Force came first.” During her service she ranked up every year, obtained 2 associates degrees and became fluent in Arabic. At the end of those six years she decided to come back to school. Thornton said the decision was something she thought about for a while. “I took a lot of people off guard when I left, but I got similar reactions when I joined, so it’s kind of my move,” Thornton said. While being stationed in Mississippi, Thornton said she fell in love with the city of Biloxi, and that inspired her choice to attend a southern school. “I loved the weather,” Thornton said. “When I realized I wanted to get out of the Air Force, I looked at my options, it was super new. I applied to all the schools with good engineering programs down south, but even after I got acceptance letters, I had doubts. I asked myself, ‘am I really going to quit my career and go to school?’ In the end, everything just worked.” Coming back to the civilian world was a new experience for Thornton. Without the comfort of the military, Thornton said she was nervous. Photo courtesy of Rachel Thorton “Every day for the last 6 years I wore a uniform,” Thornton said. “With the coordinator for the Tuscaloosa VA [Grady] and told her I want to join a messages thanking her for her service, military, I knew everything ahead of Medical Center, has an office located on sorority. I’ve always wanted to be in one, or girls with similar majors asking to time. I knew what uniform to wear, how campus and works very closely with the but I didn’t have the courage to think study sometime. to wear my hair and things I can and University’s veteran affairs program. I’m good enough for one.” “I don’t think that the girls realize can’t do. It’s overwhelming. Freedom He said Thornton has become a great Thornton said originally thought how significant their acceptance and isn’t free because anyone in service is asset to the VA community on campus. she was too old. Members of the Lean support of me is, even when they found not. They have to give up a lot of their “I could tell that she was a leader and On organization told her she wasn’t, out how old I was or that I was in the freedoms for everyone else. Now that someone who wanted to get involved on though she wanted to try regardless. military,” Thornton said. I’m actually free, I don’t know how to do campus here,” Suclupe said. “Rachel “I told myself I’d regret it if I didn’t Thornton said without the Air Force, so many things.” has a really positive attitude and is an give it a shot, because then I can say I she would not have had the courage to So Thornton reached out to the overall go-getter. She fits very well with tried. So many people told me I had to join a sorority. Now she said she wants military community and got involved the community.” be younger than 25,” Thornton said. to encourage other veteran women to with Veteran Affairs. Thornton also joined Lean On She got a bid into Kappa Alpha step out of their comfort zone and be “They literally took me under their Alabama, a non-partisan, non-profit Theta, though most of the girls thought able to support them, similar to her wing and taught me everything they organization that helps women in she was 19. own mentors. could. Then someone elected me as leadership roles. There she met “I’m just going to let them know “My opportunities now are endless,” president of the CVA, so I am the first Marsha Grady, vice president of Lean my age, I told myself. It’s just my Thornton said. “I could do anything I female president. It’s nice because you On Alabama. personality. I waited until Chapter, and wanted, and I’m sure I’d run into Greek want to talk to people who you don’t “I was super nervous to be a part of at announcements I told them I’m a life. It is really important to me because have to explain the military to. So if we that group. They are all affiliated with freshman but I’m 27.” I didn’t realize how it is shaping my can provide a space for people who don’t all these different Greek organizations; Thornton said the feedback was very entire college career. Even though I want to go home yet, then that’s good.” I felt so out of place. So when I first positive and welcoming. That night, she always knew I could always do anything Will Suclupe, VITAL program joined Lean On, I reached out to her received several emails and Facebook I wanted, now I feel like I could too.” THURSDAY Thursday, September 15, 2016 11 TODAY’SDIVERSIONS

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By Ben Boynton | Staff Reporter and will not be in the lineup for this needs to improve. weekend’s slate of games. The plan “We always need to work on The University of Alabama vol- is to play Swank in Hutson’s place. defense,” sophomore libero leyball team is coming off of a 3-0 “Mahalia’s going to see time at Quincey Gary said. “Defense is weekend at home in the Hampton the L1 position, and maybe see really, really key, and especially Inn Bama Bash. The perfect week- time all year long at that position,” service receiving too because the end is something the Crimson Tide Allen said. “We’re trying to get her first ball contact is really key.” hasn’t accomplished since the 2014 situated there. We’re trying to get Passing is also something that season, but heading into this week- both of our setters work…it’s been the team has done extra work on end’s Hampton Inn Crimson-White, really focusing on our rotations this week, as Gary said the team the team is more focused on what it and getting those two acclimated to really needs to focus on that did wrong last weekend than what it the lineup.” this week. did right. The typical practice for Alabama Besides the court work, there is “We can very well win and still do is around three and a half hours off the court work the team does to some things poorly,” coach Ed Allen and consists of multiple stages. The prepare for an opponent. The team said. “That doesn’t keep us from team always works on their passing will identify key players and the emphasizing those pieces.” before practice and works on serv- tactics of each opponent. One of the areas Allen is looking ing, receiving and defense during “We watch film, try to figure for improved play is the play of the that time period as well. out tendencies in each of the rota- team’s setters. Redshirt freshman The team will put in work on their tions, try to figure out where the Shannon Mikesky is the team’s cap- fundamentals before scrimmaging matchups are that create advan- tain and the starter, but freshman and working on plays. At the end of tages to us in particular rotations Alexa Tomlak has also seen some practice, the team will usually lift and try to figure out what rotations playing time recently. Allen said the weights and work on conditioning. we want to start against them,” goal is to improve the production “Practice is where we come in Allen said. from the setter position and to get and work hard and get the job The Crimson Tide plays East both players to a level where they done,” freshman outside hitter Tennessee State to kick off its can be solid contributors. Hayley McSparin said. “[We] work participation in the Hampton Inn Part of practice this week has also on what we did not do well in the Crimson-White Tournament on been focused on getting freshman previous matches.” Friday night at 7 p.m. The weekend Mahalia Swank acclimated to playing For this week, the team has been continues on Saturday, with an 11 with the starting lineup. Allen said focused on its defense and block- a.m. match against Presbyterian that junior outside hitter Kat Hutson ing, two areas that Allen has often and a 7 p.m. match against Georgia is dealing with an undisclosed injury pointed to as places where the team Southern. Leah Lawrence goes for a kill against Southern Miss. CW / Sam MacDonald Fall 2016 Career Fairs

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