WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014 SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF VOLUME 121 | ISSUE 53 ALABAMA SINCE 1894 Blount Community 2 Voting Concerns 7 LSU Activities 3 The Blount Undergraduate Some UA students who As the Crimson Tide gets Initiative is celebrating 15 years registered to vote via the ready to face the LSU of making the occasionally SGA Voter Drive were Tigers in Baton Rouge, overwhelming UA experience turned away Tuesday fans traveling to the more intimate by providing a when they tried to cast game should prepare for living-learning community that their ballots because they a busy weekend. Check ecourages incoming freshman were never officially out our list of things to do to make connections. registered to vote. in Baton Rouge. NEWS | SMOKING UA BANS SMOKING ON CAMPUS Regulation includes usage of e-cigarettes By Collin Burwinkel | Contributing Writer The University of Alabama will become smoke-free effec- tive Jan. 1, 2015. An emailed statement sent to students Tuesday said “smok- ing, including the use of e-cig- arettes, will be prohibited in all facilities, grounds and parking areas on the UA campus.” The Faculty Senate, the Professional Staff Assembly, the Office, Clerical and Technical Assembly, the Black Faculty/ Staff Association and the UA Association of Residential Communities passed resolu- tions in support of a smoke- free campus, according to the email. Colleges and universities across the country have estab- lished smoking bans as an effort to fight potential health effects from secondhand smoke. According to the emailed statement, the University joins Beginning in 2015, The University of Alabama will join more than 1,400 colleges and universities with smoke-free campuses. CW / Pete Pajor SEE SMOKING PAGE 6 CULTURE | GAMING Ubisoft brings new social racing game to Tuscaloosa Students can demo game with marketing agency Creation, will from each school to play “The Crew” be bringing their soon to be released and compete head-to-head with their PLAN TO GO against players from LSU racing game “The Crew” to campus rival school. Wednesday as part of The Crew College “There are many similarities with WHAT: “The Crew” College Tailgate Tour By Matthew Wilson | Contributing Writer Tailgate Tour. ‘The Crew’ and these storied col- WHEN: Wednesday-Friday, 2-8 p.m. The six-week tour includes stops at lege football rivalries,” said Dominic WHERE: Student Recreation Center In anticipation of the upcoming key college football rivalry games. Two DiSanti, public relations manager for Alabama vs. LSU game, video game trucks outfitted with gaming stations developer Ubisoft, in partnership will tour the country, allowing fans SEE GAMING PAGE 10 INSIDE briefs 2 news 3 opinions 4 culture 7 sports 12 CONTACT email [email protected] website cw.ua.edu twitter @TheCrimsonWhite WEDNESDAY 2 November 5, 2014 SCENE ON CAMPUS Trent McDaniel, a junior majoring in video journalism, from Odenville, Alabama listens to music in between his classes on the stairs of Woods Hall. CW / Hanna Curlette TODAY’S EVENTS CAMPUS BRIEFS P.O. Box 870170 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Newsroom: 348-6144 | Fax: 348-8036 Campus fair Some unable to vote after registering through SGA Voter Drive Advertising: 348-7845 WHAT: Majors Fair Tuesday, the day of general elections, some Uni- Drew Bridges. Brown said more students approached EDITORIAL WHEN: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. versity of Alabama students who registered to vote SGA representatives throughout the day expressing editor-in-chief Deanne Winslett WHERE: Ferguson Center Ballroom through the SGA Voter Drive discovered they were similar voting problems. [email protected] Heritage Room ineligible to vote in Tuscaloosa. Borland said he checked online at alabamavotes. managing editor Christopher Edmunds The drive was held in early October and designed com Tuesday morning to see where he was regis- production editor Andy McWhorter to be a civic engagement initiative to get more stu- tered, only to discover he was not registered in Tusca- visuals editor Sloane Arogeti Blend Day dents to vote on campus. The SGA representatives loosa. Borland called AlabamaVotes and said he was provided the required paperwork for students and told they had no record of receiving his paperwork. online editor Maria Beddingfield WHAT: Blend Lunch WHEN: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. said they would take care of making sure it was It is unknown at the time of publication if the pa- opinions editor Patrick Crowley turned in and processed. perwork was never turned in or if there was a mis- WHERE: Ferguson Center Dining chief copy editor Beth Lindly Kyle Borland, a senior majoring in public rela- take made after voter registration paperwork was Area tions, was among the students who discovered they turned in. news editor Rachel Brown were not registered to vote in Tuscaloosa as they Brown said the SGA decided to begin an internal culture editor Reed O’Mara originally thought. investigation and not alert students they were aware sports editor Kelly Ward Lecture series “I am frustrated because I feel I wasn’t able to ex- of the problem until the SGA has “everything in line.” WHAT: “Feminism Spoken Here” ercise my constitutional right,” Borland said. “We are still learning exactly what happened to photo editor Pete Pajor Brown Bag Lecture Series Mackenzie Brown, director of SGA media relations, create this inconvenience,” he said. lead designer Ashley Atkinson WHEN: Noon-1 p.m. said he was fi rst made aware of the problem around Brown estimates the SGA should have answers for community manager Francie Johnson WHERE: 360 Ferguson Center 9:30 a.m. Tuesday via tweets sent to the SGA Twitter students by the end of the week. account. 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