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LIFESTYLES 8 NEWS 3 Vintage T-shirt sale UA Environmental Council starts a comes to UA community garden Tuesday, October 11, 2011 Serving the University of Alabama since 1894 Vol. 118, Issue 37 Athletic trainers: the other team on the fi eld Students help tend to injured Tide players through Athletic Training Education Program By Aldo Amato ropes through he Athletic Training Contributing Writer “Injuries happen all the time in Education Program (ATEP), which sports, and as allied health profes- provides exposure to students by As Alabama strength coach Scott sionals we are called on as part placing them in clinics and athletic Cochran comes across the screen at of the recovery and rehabilitation programs both at Alabama and in Bryant-Denny Stadium, the crowd process.” high schools around Tuscaloosa. erupts and Alabama fans across the Upon completion of the program, stadium put up four fingers to signal — Jacob Bell each student must pass the Board the beginning of the fourth quarter. Third-year athletic training student of Certification exam in order to be The Crimson Tide knows it is time to fully certified as an athletic trainer shine as it looks to carry on the tradi- in Alabama. tion of being the best fourth-quarter in-game assistance to players in team in football. need. More than meets the eye However, there is another team on “We are, in a sense, the first the field who also is well prepared responders on the field,” said Dr. Many in the crowd assume that ath- for the fourth quarter. They too Deidre Leaver-Dunn, associate pro- letic trainers are no more than water- are donned in crimson and provide fessor of health science and director boys. However, being an athletic train- important assistance to every Tide of athletic training education at the er involves much more than simply victory. University of Alabama. “If an athlete keeping the players hydrated. The University of Alabama Athletic goes down on the field, an athletic “That is far from who we are,” Training Program provides health- CW | Daniel Roth trainer is immediately by the ath- senior Jacob Bell said. care across many of the University’s Robert Lester (37) is walked off the fi eld by UA athletic trainers during Saturday’s lete’s side to assess the injury.” athletic programs, including Homecoming game against Vanderbilt. Many of these trainers learn the See TRAINING, page 6 John Kay of Steppenwolf Senators split on performed at the Moody Music Hall on Monday, Oct. issue of releasing 10. SGA documents By Matt Mecoli “[Transparency] is coming Contributing Writer about, but all the events Though the Student recently with potential cor- Government Association ruption and resignations are Senate resolution requesting clouding the transparency that UA administrators release we’ve been working to records surrounding former bring about.” SGA President Grant Cochran’s resignation was tabled by the — SGA Senator Daniel Bruno Senate last week, the resolu- tion’s authors still say the issue is important. about, but all the events recent- “I wrote the resolution to ly with potential corruption and make it known that that’s not resignations are clouding the what the SGA or the Senate transparency we’ve been work- is about,” said Senator Brad ing to bring about. This reso- Tipper, author of the resolution. lution was written to combat “The resolution is about regain- that.” ing confidence. We don’t want To some, the tabling of the that image of a corrupt and hid- resolution might seem a defeat. den body.” But those involved with the res- CW | Harish Rao Senator Daniel Bruno, one of olution had different goals. the resolution’s three sponsors, “It doesn’t matter as much agreed. if it passed; so long as we had “UA has been looking for constructive discussion… it’s some transparency from its stu- more about the process than Storytellers of Steppenwolf dent government for a while,” the product,” said Senator Elliot Bruno said. “Over the past year Bell, another sponsor of the Band members discuss the origin of their sound, style and legacy on campus or two, transparency has been making strides. It is coming See SENATE, page 2 By Ashanka Kumari Steppenwolf, changed their name “to keep showcase the development of the band Contributing Writer separate from bogus Steppenwolf bands over the years, along with other social that were started by former members and issues such as the events of Sept. 11. Groups John Kay, lead singer for the band others,” Kay said. “We went through a lot of ups and downs and pages Steppenwolf, said music could be a lot Known for hits such as “Born to be Wild” because former members had issues like are being more than just a form of entertainment on and “Magic Carpet Ride,” the band, formed drug use and lifestyle issues,” Kay said. created Monday during the band’s concert and lec- in 1967 by Kay, has long been considered He said he admires the youth of today on social ture at Moody Music Hall. “the thinking man’s rock band,” according because of the way they handle the con- network- “It’s about what people are concerned to the concert program. stant technological changes in society. ing sites to with – what moves them,” Kay said. Kay and keyboardist Michael Wilk pre- remember The band, now known as John Kay and sented a video show with their music to See STEPPENWOLF, page 5 loved ones. Plus/Minus system: positive or negative at UA? Screenshot By William Evans in college courses. The plus/minus scale divides Senior Staff Reporter The Plus/Minus Grading System “Any scheme that ignores the standard ABCDF format Social media gives [email protected] significant disparities now into 13 different grades by - crammed into a single, unme- allowing for the attachment of Freshmen accustomed to the + A diated letter grade does a dis- a plus or minus to each letter five letter grades used in high 4.33 4.00 3.67 service to the student, the pub- grade except for an F. users life after school may be surprised when lic, and to future employers or The 13-tiered scale’s main mid-term grades roll around this + B - graduate schools who rely on purpose is to curb grade infla- month. 3.33 3.00 2.67 us to reflect as accurately as tion, said Raymond White, death on the Web The University is one of nine we reasonably can the compar- graduate school department schools in the Southeastern ative academic achievement chair of physics and astronomy. By Judah Martin the activities of living indi- Conference that uses the plus/ + C - of our students,” said George Under the standard ABCDF and Briana Harris viduals. However, when a minus grading scale, adopted 2.33 2.00 1.67 Wolfe, professor of English, grade format, a student with The Crimson White user dies, their account with by the Faculty Senate in 1992 in a statement about the a semester grade of 90 would the social media site still as a mechanism for professors plus/minus scale. “It is intel- earn the same letter grade of exists. to more accurately assess stu- + D - lectually dishonest – and unfair an A as a student with a 95, Grieving in the 21st cen- Often the dead user’s pro- dents’ academic performance. 1.33 1.00 0.67 to students – for any faculty to which would artificially raise tury is a bit different than file is used as a grieving Proponents of the plus/minus assign academic grades with- the grade point average of the grieving used to be. Social mechanism for loved ones. scale say a standard ABCDF for- out the option of recording the former student. media sites like Facebook mat fails to reflect the differing F inevitable qualitative nuances 0.00 were designed for updating See ONLINE, page 2 levels of academic achievement encountered in a classroom.” See GRADING, page 2 cle th ecy is r pa se p a e r today’s paper e today l INSIDE • WEATHER P P l e a Briefs ........................2 Classifieds .................7 Chance of s P.O. 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