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Your one-way ticket and<br />
ultimate guide to the most<br />
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DO-IT-YOURSELF<br />
MAKEUP HACKS<br />
Tips and recipes to help you<br />
save face and look fabulous<br />
when you’re in a crunch<br />
EX’S AND OH’S<br />
Best and worst first date<br />
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Last fall when <strong>Alice</strong> debuted on stands and in the hands of<br />
hundreds of women, we weren’t sure what to expect. Sure, we<br />
daydreamed about traction, that readers would identify, share,<br />
and pass along to their friends. But there certainly was the<br />
lingering moment of truth as we held our breath to see if our big<br />
ideas, late nights, and endless drafts made the impact we desired.<br />
Luckily, readers hopped on board, and with each passing<br />
week, we heard more and more buzz about “this <strong>Alice</strong> thing.”<br />
They picked up copies, followed us on social media (cue shameless<br />
plug here), and offered their praise. But what was most telling to<br />
us was how they began to reach out for collaboration. It seemed<br />
everyone wanted in on the action. We had Tuscaloosa’s resident<br />
culinary aficionados ask to contribute food features (pg. 29),<br />
multimedia bloggers tell stories through fashion and art (pg. 60),<br />
and beauty gurus volunteer their makeup expertise (pg. 19).<br />
So for issue two, we went bigger and better — at least we hope!<br />
Higher fashion, bolder shoots, and more to talk about; think<br />
catcalling (pg. 64) and fashion with a cause (pg. 50). Plus, we<br />
revamped our website with daily content and featured bloggers to<br />
keep the conversation going. After all it’s spring, so that means<br />
out with the old and in with the new. And for us it’s all about<br />
trading study guides for festival guides (pg. 54) and setting our<br />
sights on the season’s trippiest boho styles to match (pg. 36).<br />
And speaking of out with the old, that includes us, as well as<br />
many others on the <strong>Alice</strong> staff. But just because we’re graduating<br />
and heading off into the world, that doesn’t mean <strong>Alice</strong> is. Well<br />
actually, we like to think that she is graduating, in a sense. She’s<br />
moving on from being just a prototype — a wild idea, if you will<br />
— and venturing off, just like us. We’re thrilled to have been able<br />
to help <strong>Alice</strong> get on her feet, but we’re even more excited to see<br />
where she’ll go.<br />
Leaving <strong>Alice</strong> is certainly bittersweet, but it’s a little easier<br />
knowing that she’ll always be here – guiding freshmen through<br />
their first game days and exams while offering seniors advice<br />
on how to make the most of their dwindling weeks. But that of<br />
course, depends on you. To keep reading, keep sharing and most<br />
importantly keep talking, because after all that’s what <strong>Alice</strong> is<br />
– a conversation, one we feel so thankful and lucky to have been<br />
able to start with you.<br />
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Editorial<br />
Editors in Chief ALLISON INGRAM AND TARA MASSOULEH<br />
Creative Director MARIA OSWALT<br />
Photo Editor EMILY HEATH<br />
Market Editor SAMANTHA CUPERO<br />
Online Editor LAURA TESTINO<br />
Beauty Editor ARAMIS HARMON<br />
Lifestyle Editor ALLISON COHEN<br />
Fashion Editor DEVEN FELDSTEIN<br />
Food and Health Editor KIMBERLY SUITS<br />
Entertainment Editor MARY-BRADLEY FLYNN<br />
Contributing Writers ABBY BANKS, EMILEE BENOS, ALLIE BINFORD, PAIGE BURLESON,<br />
ALYX CHANDLER, ALLISON COHEN, ELIZABETH ELKIN, JORDAN FERGUSON, CAROLINE GIDDIS,<br />
KATIE HUFF, ELLEN JOHNSON, ANNA KLEMENT, MARY CLAY KLINE, IMANI MANLEY, DELILAH MARSHALL,<br />
BECCA MURDOCH, LAWSON MOHL, AMELIA NEUMEISTER, MO QUINN, FAITH SCHULTZ,<br />
LANE STAFFORD, MADISON SULLIVAN, LEAH TOBAK, CLAIRE TURNER, MAIA WADE,<br />
KAILA WASHINGTON, ALEX WENDRYCHOWICZ, RACHEL WILBURN, EMILY WILLIAMS<br />
Contributing Photographers RAMSEY GRIFFIN, TRENT MCDANIEL, HANNA CURLETTE<br />
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Table of<br />
Contents<br />
Beauty<br />
5 AHEAD OF THE CURVE<br />
7 DIY MAKEUP HACKS<br />
9 COLOR POP: LIPSTICK TIPS<br />
12 SUMMER NAIL LOOKS<br />
13 BRUSH IT OFF<br />
Fashion<br />
14 IT GIRL: ZENDAYA<br />
17 SUMMER LOVIN’<br />
19 BLAST FROM THE PAST<br />
23 ATHLEISURE WEAR<br />
25 MINIMALIST FASHION<br />
ABOUT THE COVER: Summer is one excuse after another<br />
to forfeit commitment in lieu of idle afternoons and bright<br />
skies. From seaside meetups and lingering lunches, to<br />
hazy sunsets and strolling walks home, our cover<br />
embraces a lighthearted beach town lifestyle. For our<br />
summer issue, we traveled to Florida’s Rosemary<br />
Beach to capture all those carefree moments.<br />
Photographer: RAMSEY GRIFFIN<br />
See story: PAGE 36<br />
Health<br />
& Food<br />
29 EPIPHANY CAFÉ<br />
30 1 INGREDIENT 5 WAYS<br />
32 PARTNER WORKOUTS<br />
34 QUIZ: WHAT IS YOUR<br />
SIGNATURE DRINK?<br />
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Features<br />
36 SOAK UP THE SUN<br />
48 GETTING OVER JEALOUSY<br />
50 FASHION WITH A HEART<br />
54 MUSIC FESTIVAL ROUNDUP<br />
58 FAD DIET OR BAD DIET<br />
60 STYLEBONE<br />
64 NOT YOUR BABE<br />
Lifestyle<br />
69 48 HOURS IN NASHVILLE<br />
73 UA ALUMNI Q&A<br />
75 GRADUATION SURVIVAL GUIDE<br />
76 20 THINGS TO KNOW BY THE TIME YOU TURN 20<br />
78 BEST & WORST FIRST DATES<br />
Entertainment<br />
81 UPCOMING MOVIES<br />
82 UPCOMING MUSIC<br />
83 NEW SHOWS YOU SHOULD BE WATCHING<br />
84 WHAT’S IN OUR BEACH BAG?<br />
86 NETFLIX MOVIES YOU NEVER KNEW EXISTED<br />
88 LOCAL MUSICIANS Q&A<br />
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BEAUTY<br />
AHEAD OF<br />
THE CURVE<br />
By Anna Klement<br />
This makeup brand could<br />
be the next big thing.<br />
Beauty geeks rejoice!<br />
If you’re in need of another excuse<br />
to stop wearing makeup, but still want<br />
to look presentable, look no further.<br />
Emily Weiss, CEO of Into the Gloss<br />
has launched a cool-girl approved<br />
“no makeup-makeup” brand, Glossier.<br />
Weiss is well trained in the whatwomen-want<br />
department. As a<br />
past employee at Vogue and<br />
W Magazine, she knows all<br />
too well how women like to<br />
cut corners when it comes<br />
to beauty.<br />
Perhaps Weiss has reached so<br />
much success with the young company<br />
(only 15 months old) because of her<br />
honest, approachable aesthetic. She<br />
uses the mantra: “skin first, makeup<br />
second, smile always.”<br />
For example, the Moisturizing Moon<br />
Mask is described as “good as a juice<br />
cleanse for your face.” The pack is<br />
composed of all-natural ingredients<br />
such as honey, almond oil and hyaluronic<br />
acid (a natural carbohydrate to<br />
plump skin), taking “down to earth” to<br />
a much more impressive standard.<br />
The company is striving to<br />
genuinely redefine the beauty<br />
industry—and killing the<br />
game, nonetheless, by adding<br />
freedom with the products by<br />
using purely organic ingredients<br />
and maintaining a quirky<br />
image. What other makeup brand do<br />
you know that supplies you with stickers<br />
to trick out your already creatively<br />
designed products?<br />
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Glossier is a brand meant for the top<br />
shelf and will leave you asking why it’s<br />
not already in every Sephora on the<br />
planet. With only nine products, the<br />
company grossed $8 million in revenue<br />
in its first month.<br />
If the appearance of the<br />
products alone hasn’t sold<br />
you yet, check out the customer<br />
reviews on its website<br />
as well as praise-worthy commentary<br />
from The Huffington<br />
Post and Marie Claire. The descriptions<br />
for each product tell you<br />
everything you need to sell you, but<br />
then deliver.<br />
The cleverly named Boy Brow is the<br />
only makeup currently available on the<br />
website. It blends easily with hair and<br />
is meant to enhance your natural brow<br />
shape, not draw in unnatural lines. It<br />
is available in three shades (blonde,<br />
brunette and black) and resembles a<br />
mascara wand. For $16, it’s hard to<br />
hold back on this new product loved by<br />
beauty editors everywhere.<br />
Another cult favorite is the Balm<br />
Dot Com set. The universal salve<br />
saves skin from chapped lips and dry<br />
skin and activates your face as a highlighter<br />
for cheeks and lids. It’s made<br />
of beeswax and castor seed oil for only<br />
$36.<br />
The newest product from Glossier<br />
is the Milky Jelly Cleanser, which<br />
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launched in January. It literally<br />
dissolves makeup and can be used<br />
on dry or wet skin. The cleanser was<br />
created purely from customer’s ideas<br />
of a “dream face wash.” It’s gentle on<br />
skin, smells amazing, and is<br />
travel and budget friendly.<br />
For only $18, your skin will<br />
thank you daily.<br />
Overall, Glossier is the<br />
fun, older sister to your daily<br />
skincare routine. Weiss and<br />
her team of four keep us believing<br />
“foundation is not the skin tint,<br />
but the expression you choose to put<br />
on.” The only negative is the bank<br />
account statement when you purchase<br />
the Phase 1 set for you and all<br />
of your friends (plus your mom and<br />
aunt). This is the best kept secret<br />
not even your dermatologist can tell<br />
you about — yet.<br />
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BEAUTY<br />
DO-IT-YOURSELF<br />
MAKEUP<br />
HACKS<br />
By Amelia Neumeister<br />
Being a beauty junkie can be tough on your wallet.<br />
The need to experiment with the newest makeup<br />
and beauty products can make it difficult to afford even<br />
the necessities. For the beauty lovers out there, <strong>Alice</strong><br />
has your back. Check out these easy-to-do, DIY beauty<br />
hacks to save some money and still look fab!<br />
1. Dry shampoo alternatives<br />
It’s the middle of the week, and you<br />
just spent the night in the library<br />
studying for that big test. And since<br />
you overslept your alarm, showering is<br />
low on the priority list. You roll out of<br />
bed and stumble into your bathroom,<br />
only to grab your trusty can of dry<br />
shampoo to find that it is completely<br />
empty. Next plan of action? Outsmart<br />
time by using these ingredients that<br />
are bound to be in your cabinet.<br />
Blondes/Light Hair: You have it<br />
easy. If you are in desperate need of<br />
dry shampoo, throw some baby powder<br />
on your roots and proceed to brush<br />
your hair.<br />
Brunettes/Dark Hair: While you can<br />
use baby powder to cover your roots, it<br />
takes a little more effort to make it invisible.<br />
One of the easiest ways to cover<br />
up your roots is cocoa powder. Sparingly<br />
dust a small amount of powder<br />
at the top of your head, ruffle your<br />
roots with your finger tips, and you<br />
are good to go!<br />
Alternative route: If you don’t have<br />
baby powder or cocoa powder, foundation<br />
powder or translucent setting<br />
powder works really well to absorb<br />
some of the grease.<br />
Looking to make your own dry<br />
shampoo? Here are the ingredients<br />
that prove to be the most successful:<br />
1 tbsp. of cornstarch<br />
4 tbsp. water<br />
1 tbsp. of rubbing alcohol<br />
small mixing bowl or glass<br />
small spray bottle<br />
Mix up all the ingredients in the bowl<br />
and pour into your spray bottle. Spray<br />
onto roots (dampening, not soaking,<br />
hair) Distribute product through hair<br />
with hands or a comb. Use sparingly!<br />
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2. Broken Powder<br />
You finally found the perfect pressed<br />
powder; you know, the one that feels<br />
like it was made for you. You’re always<br />
putting it on, until one sad day<br />
you open your makeup bag to find it<br />
cracked into at least 10 different pieces.<br />
The compact is a mess, powder is<br />
everywhere, and you can’t afford to<br />
buy a new one.<br />
Here’s your best option to salvage<br />
your powder:<br />
Feel free to try out this technique on<br />
eyeshadows and blushes as well.<br />
Break up the makeup into a fine<br />
powder.<br />
Add a few drops of rubbing alcohol.<br />
Mix it all together.<br />
Smooth it over and let it dry.<br />
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3. Kool-Aid Lip Stain<br />
This is the easiest way to get a<br />
fun-colored (and not to mention delicious)<br />
lip stain while also getting in<br />
touch with your inner child. Grab a<br />
pouch of your favorite color Kool-Aid<br />
and have fun!<br />
Dampen your finger and stick it in<br />
the Kool-aid pouch (or container).<br />
Rub the powder over your lips. (It’s<br />
going to be tasty so resist eating it<br />
right away)!<br />
Take a damp Q-tip and go over your<br />
lips to even out the texture and to fix<br />
any mishaps.<br />
A quick Kool-Aid color guide:<br />
Cherry = Orange red<br />
Tropical Punch = Bright red<br />
Peach Mango = Peach<br />
Pink Lemonade = Barbie pink<br />
Strawberry Kiwi = Light red<br />
Grape = Purple<br />
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4. Body Scrub<br />
To keep your skin from getting sandpaper<br />
dry, make your own body scrub.<br />
This easy-to-make (and organic) body<br />
scrub will keep you smooth all year<br />
long. It only takes about five minutes<br />
to make and can be used immediately<br />
after mixing.<br />
1 cup white sugar<br />
1/4+ cups Coconut oil (substitutions<br />
listed below)<br />
Lemon essential oil<br />
8 oz. mason jar (or other container<br />
of choice)<br />
Measure out the sugar into a mixing<br />
bowl. Start with ¼ cup of coconut<br />
oil and add it to the sugar. If you are<br />
allergic to coconut, then you can easily<br />
substitute any other oil of choice.<br />
Almond, jobaba and grapeseed oils<br />
are all good choices because of their<br />
great scents.<br />
Mix together the oil and sugar. Look<br />
for a light, fluffy consistency similar<br />
to the texture of butter and sugar<br />
mixed together when making cookies.<br />
Start with ¼ cup of oil, and if it’s still<br />
too dry add a little bit at a time until<br />
you get to the desired consistency.<br />
Add some essential oil for a good<br />
scent. We recommend lemon for its<br />
light, fresh notes, but this step is all<br />
about personal taste, so add as little or<br />
much as you like.<br />
Put it in a container for storage and<br />
you’re good to go. Just remember, the<br />
container needs to be completely dry<br />
when putting the scrub in it because<br />
water affects the texture.<br />
To use, scoop out a handful of scrub<br />
and rub all over your body. Rinse<br />
it off, and voilá! you have smooth,<br />
moisturized skin. The oil locks in<br />
moisture, and the sugar scrubs off<br />
dead skin.
BEAUTY<br />
COLOR<br />
POP!<br />
By Imani Manley<br />
It’s springtime again, and this season<br />
it’s all about the lips. Whether you<br />
like to rock bold colors or are prone to<br />
keeping it cute and subtle, we’ve got all<br />
the shades for you.<br />
NUDES<br />
Kat Von D Matte Lipstick Lolita<br />
(Sephora, $22)<br />
Lolita is a must-have lipstick if<br />
you’re going for a flirty nude look. It<br />
was sold out in stores for weeks! It<br />
looks great on most fair to medium<br />
tones. Also, check out Lolita II, which<br />
is a tad lighter, if you fall in love with<br />
the first. Why not have both in your<br />
arsenal?<br />
Coloured Raine Matte Lipstick in<br />
Mars (colouredraine.com, $17)<br />
Coloured Raine is an up-and-coming<br />
makeup company with affordable<br />
and reliable products. Mars is a subtle<br />
showstopper; it’s just enough to get<br />
you noticed without being over the top.<br />
This shade works best on medium to<br />
dark skin tones.<br />
ColourPop Ultra Matte Lip in Chilly<br />
Chili (colourpop.com, $6)<br />
If you haven’t heard about Colour-<br />
Pop — where have you been? These<br />
lipsticks have been taking over and<br />
frequently selling out. Why you ask?<br />
They are only $6! They are cheap,<br />
but the color payoff is amazing. Chilly<br />
Chili is a great nude color that will<br />
look great on olive to dark<br />
skin tones.<br />
MAC Cosmetics Velvet<br />
Teddy Lipstick (MAC, $17)<br />
Velvet Teddy is an irresistible nude.<br />
It’s super soft and can be worn everyday.<br />
This is a great color for light to<br />
medium skin tones.<br />
PINKS<br />
MAC Cosmetics Candy Yum Yum<br />
(MAC, $17)<br />
Candy Yum Yum is a bold pink. If<br />
you’re feeling like going for it and<br />
making a statement in pink then this<br />
is the color for you. This is a color for<br />
any complexion — from the lightest of<br />
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ladies to the darkest.<br />
MAC Cosmetics Flat Out Fabulous<br />
(MAC, $17)<br />
Flat Out Fabulous is an oldie but<br />
goodie. This color is sure to get you noticed<br />
without being too dramatic, and<br />
it is perfect for dark skin tones.<br />
ColourPop Ultra Matte Lip in<br />
Clueless (colourpop.com, $6)<br />
Clueless is a very subtle pink matte<br />
lipstick. It’s lighter, so it works for an<br />
everyday look. Pair it over any pink or<br />
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clear gloss, and you’re good to go. This<br />
color has the potential to look good<br />
on light tones — just remember your<br />
lip liner!<br />
PURPLES<br />
Bite Beauty High Pigment Pencil in<br />
Violet (Sephora, $24)<br />
Bite Beauty is a great line to own.<br />
Their lip products have as many antioxidants<br />
in them as one glass of wine.<br />
Plus, they are pretty new, so no one<br />
will have your colors. Violet is a must<br />
for the purple-lip lovers and anyone<br />
with medium skin tones.<br />
ColoupPop Ultra Matte Lip<br />
in Zipper (colourpop.com, $6)<br />
For those who aren’t afraid to wow<br />
with lip color, this purple is the shade<br />
for you. This particular color will look<br />
the best on olive to dark skin tones.<br />
Covergirl Lipstick in Divine<br />
(Any drugstore, $5)<br />
Divine is the perfect, essential purple.<br />
It has buildable color, so you can<br />
make it as light or as dark as you want.
Quick tip:<br />
Before putting on any<br />
lipstick, do a little preparation.<br />
To keep your lipstick<br />
from looking dry and<br />
cakey (especially when<br />
wearing matte lipsticks),<br />
don’t forget to exfoliate<br />
with a little sugar and<br />
Vaseline scrub. Another<br />
tip is to use lip primers to<br />
both double as lip liner and<br />
keep your lipstick from<br />
creasing. Try Bite Beauty’s<br />
Line and Define Lip<br />
Primer (Sephora, $22).<br />
We recommend this color for light to<br />
medium skin tones.<br />
CORALS/REDS<br />
Bite Beauty High Pigment Pencil<br />
in Toast (Sephora, $24)<br />
Corals are usually very tricky for<br />
girls, but this one is too pretty to pass<br />
up. It’s just enough orange and just<br />
enough red. This color is the best on<br />
medium to dark skin tones.<br />
MAC Cosmetics Ruby Woo<br />
(MAC, $17)<br />
Ruby Woo is everyone’s perfect red.<br />
There is literally no one on this planet<br />
that cannot rock it. If you need<br />
to break out a red then this is your<br />
new go-to.<br />
CoverGirl Lipstick in Craving Coral<br />
(Any drugstore, $5)<br />
This orange red color has amazing<br />
pigmentation, feels great on, and is<br />
easy to apply. This color works best on<br />
fair to olive skin tones.<br />
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BEAUTY<br />
BRUSH<br />
By Lawson Mohl and Kaila Washington<br />
it off<br />
Whether you’re experienced with makeup<br />
or just starting out, the amount and variety<br />
of brushes available can be daunting. Here’s<br />
our guide to five basic face and eye brushes<br />
to help you create a flawless look.<br />
Buffing Brush<br />
Typically used for applying foundation,<br />
this brush has a dome-shaped<br />
head and is relatively dense. For the<br />
most-professional use, apply in circular<br />
motions all over the face.<br />
The Pointed<br />
Foundation Brush<br />
This brush is slightly dense, with a<br />
pointed end for defining a contour. To<br />
achieve the perfect face, make a “3”<br />
motion from the middle of your forehead,<br />
to the hollows of your cheeks,<br />
along the jawline and blend.<br />
Contour Brush<br />
Perfect for sculpting the cheekbones<br />
and nose, this brush is dense and cuts<br />
at an angle. The most professional way<br />
to contour is to feel for the hollows of<br />
your cheekbones, then use the brush<br />
and stroke upward while also using<br />
contour powder. You can lightly go<br />
down the sides of your nose using the<br />
same brush for a more defined look.<br />
Eyeliner Brush<br />
Getting the perfect wing is a challenge, but the thin, flexible bristles of an<br />
eyeliner brush help alleviate some of the pain. The shape of the brush makes<br />
getting a sharp line on the curves of your lids simple, and it’s easy to draw as<br />
thick or thin of a line as you want. This brush is mostly used with gel liner.<br />
Eyebrow Brush<br />
An eyebrow brush has angled bristles,<br />
which allows the brush to lay<br />
properly against your brow bone for<br />
easy defining. The angle of the bristles<br />
also lets you mimic your brow hairs by<br />
using short, quick strokes in sparse<br />
areas. But this tool isn’t single purpose<br />
— you can also use the eyebrow<br />
brush for your eyeliner.<br />
Cleaning Brushes<br />
<strong>No</strong> need to buy fancy brush cleaner!<br />
Every one to two weeks, put some<br />
warm water and either mild shampoo<br />
or antibacterial soap in your<br />
hand. Swirl the brush in the solution<br />
against your palm to get rid of any<br />
grime, then rinse in warm water.<br />
Be careful not to get water where<br />
the bristles meet the handle of the<br />
brush, as this can corrode the glue<br />
holding the tool together.<br />
Specialty cleaning<br />
Beauty Blender: Use baby wash and warm water or combine olive oil and<br />
dish-washing detergent. Pour liquid on the area you are cleaning and proceed<br />
to wash off in sink.<br />
Eyelash Comb: Take an old toothbrush, lather the bristles with warm, soapy<br />
water, and gently brush the spokes of the comb. Rinse in warm water.<br />
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FASHION<br />
IT GIRL<br />
Zendaya<br />
By Leah Tobak<br />
Zendaya Maree Stoermor Coleman<br />
is the complete package.<br />
She’s an actress, dancer, singer<br />
and model all by age 19. Zendaya’s<br />
not afraid to take fashion risks — she<br />
always has an effortlessly cool and<br />
glamorous style. We couldn’t think of<br />
any other young starlet as fit to be this<br />
issue’s It Girl.<br />
Zendaya got her first big break starring<br />
in the Disney Channel show Shake<br />
It Up, where she showcased her singing<br />
and dancing alongside celebrity bestie,<br />
Bella Thorne. She then shimmied her<br />
way to runner up on Dancing with the<br />
Stars as the show’s youngest contestant<br />
at age 16. In 2013, she released<br />
her self-titled solo album, selling over<br />
7,000 copies in the first week.<br />
Recently, Zendaya has been making<br />
major moves in the fashion game. 2015<br />
was a huge year for this young starlet.<br />
She stepped into the big leagues with a<br />
feature in Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood”<br />
music video as fierce sidekick, Cut-<br />
Throat. We all know that #GirlGang<br />
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can’t be stopped.<br />
The biracial beauty also became an<br />
icon for multi-cultural women everywhere,<br />
when a Barbie doll was released<br />
in her likeness. Zendaya shows us she’s<br />
just getting started as she struts into<br />
2016 as the new face of Covergirl.<br />
Zendaya’s unique style is taking the<br />
red carpet by storm. Often seen flaunting<br />
edgy designs featuring bright<br />
colors and patterns, her taste is best<br />
described as eye-catching and unpredictable,<br />
yet chic. We loved the sophisticated<br />
and trendy red tiered Marchesa<br />
gown she recently wore to the Golden<br />
Globe Awards. But Z’s fashion risks<br />
don’t stop on the red carpet either;<br />
she’s constantly changing up her beauty<br />
look. Over the past year, we’ve seen<br />
her with everything from long wavy<br />
locks to a blunt straight bob. Zendaya<br />
can pull off any look.<br />
<strong>No</strong>t only is Zendaya a trendsetter,<br />
she’s also passionate about being<br />
a positive role model and keeping<br />
it real. She used her personal<br />
Instagram to call out a magazine for<br />
dramatically retouching her cover<br />
shot, creating “the unrealistic ideals<br />
of beauty that we have.” In a recent<br />
interview, Zendaya told E! News<br />
that she knows she has a voice that<br />
reaches many and wants to use it to<br />
encourage others.<br />
We can’t wait to see what bold move<br />
this It Girl pulls next.
FASHION<br />
Dress: Margoth Moore,<br />
student designer<br />
Accessories: Bluebird Charms<br />
SUMMER<br />
LOVIN’<br />
When wedding season<br />
rolls around, don’t get<br />
stuck in tired sun dresses<br />
or stuffy suits. From<br />
formal to casual, we’ve<br />
got you covered.<br />
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Formal<br />
For more formal occasions, try<br />
a tailored jumpsuit in a fabric<br />
like crêpe or chiffon. This adds<br />
a feminine hourglass figure to a<br />
modern, menswear-inspired base.<br />
In a blue material, this outfit<br />
contrasts nicely with a pair of nude<br />
or metallic heels.<br />
Blazer, dress shirt, and slacks:<br />
Locker Room<br />
Jumpsuit: Lindsey Richards,<br />
student designer<br />
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Casual<br />
Spruce up a romper with a<br />
statement necklace and wedges<br />
for a more comfortable, but still<br />
polished look. Make this look fun<br />
with a fun floral pattern or add<br />
a pop of color by accessorizing a<br />
solid-colored romper.<br />
Shirt and slacks: Locker Room<br />
Lace romper: Az Well<br />
Floral set: Lucca<br />
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FASHION<br />
Blastfrom<br />
the<br />
Past<br />
Fashion trends evolve, but some never go out of style.<br />
This spring and summer, it’s time to raid mom’s closet<br />
because some of our favorite classic looks are back from<br />
the past. Take at look at our guide to see how pieces<br />
from the ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s are being reinvented<br />
and combined for your 2016 wardrobe.<br />
New<br />
Makeup looks by Skye Jones and Mary Katherine<br />
Mathews with Bobbie Brown Cosmetics<br />
Old<br />
‘90s<br />
Dark tones, sneakers and simple, undone hair were<br />
trademarks of the ‘90s. To get the grunge aesthetic, pair<br />
classic Chuck Taylor High Tops with ripped high-waisted<br />
denim shorts, a crop top, and an essential flannel shirt.<br />
Don’t forget to finish the look with a choker!<br />
Old:<br />
Pants: Lavish<br />
New:<br />
Plaid shirt: Pants Store<br />
Shorts: Lavish<br />
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‘80s<br />
Show stoppers like Madonna crashed<br />
on to the ‘80s fashion scene with bright<br />
colors and patterns paired with chunky<br />
jewelry and accessories. Pair bright<br />
colors with a cute mini skirt to give<br />
your closet an ‘80s flair. Complete<br />
your look and throwback to the flashy<br />
fabrics and accessories of the time with<br />
a pair of metallic sandals.<br />
Old<br />
New<br />
Old:<br />
Margoth Moore, student designer<br />
New:<br />
Top, skirt: Az Well<br />
Sandals: Selphi<br />
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Old:<br />
Top: Brooks Cochran, student designer<br />
Pants: Selphi<br />
Headband: Az Well<br />
Necklace: Pants Store<br />
New:<br />
Top, sunglasses: Az Well<br />
Pants: Selphi<br />
‘70s<br />
New<br />
Bare feet, bell bottoms and good vibes<br />
are just a few things that come to mind<br />
when thinking of the ‘70s. Capture<br />
this bohemian look by pairing a flowy<br />
top with classic bell bottom jeans. Add<br />
tassel jewelry and flower crowns to<br />
truly mimic the hippie style.<br />
Old<br />
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Old:<br />
Polka dot set: Miranda Barrett,<br />
student designer<br />
Sandals: Francesca’s<br />
New:<br />
Tie dye set: Soul Diem<br />
Sandals: Francescas’s<br />
‘60s<br />
Old<br />
New<br />
Icons like Jackie O and Audrey<br />
Hepburn inspired women from every<br />
walk of life to step up their style. For<br />
a look straight from the ‘60s, focus<br />
on polka dots and pastels. Splashes of<br />
color keep this look simple but playful.<br />
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FASHION<br />
Athleisure<br />
wear<br />
When you need to go from class to errand running to<br />
the gym all in one outfit, it’s hard to pick something that<br />
doesn’t skimp on style. You need an outfit that lets you<br />
to do it all. Let us introduce you to your new best friend:<br />
athleisure wear. It combines comfort and function to work<br />
just as hard as you do. You can head straight from class to<br />
the gym with confidence in athletic gear that looks great<br />
and performs better. There’s no need to look sloppy while<br />
breaking a sweat. With athleisure, your 5K run will be<br />
worthy of the runway.<br />
Outfits: CALIA by Carrie Underwood<br />
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FASHION<br />
SIMPLICITY<br />
minimalist fashion<br />
Photographer: Emily Heath<br />
Produced and styled by:<br />
Aramis Harmon, Kaila Washington,<br />
Maia Wade, Samantha Cupero,<br />
Deven Feldstein, Melissa Eisenach<br />
Necklace: Bluebird Charms<br />
Top: Soul Diem<br />
Pants, shoes: Market House<br />
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BOTTOM LEFT:<br />
Necklace: Bluebird Charms<br />
Top: Bevello<br />
Skirt: Francesca’s<br />
BOTTOM LEFT MIDDLE:<br />
Grey cape: Jon Duff-Gordon,<br />
student designer<br />
Shirt, pants: Selphi<br />
BOTTOM RIGHT MIDDLE:<br />
Black dress: Bevello<br />
Beaded necklace: Lavish<br />
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Necklace: Bluebird Charms<br />
Shirt: Francesca’s<br />
Pants: Pants Store<br />
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TOP LEFT:<br />
Black shirt: Pants Store<br />
Pants: Market House<br />
Necklace: Bluebird Charms<br />
TOP MIDDLE:<br />
Dress: Christy’s Ladies Boutique<br />
Necklace: Bluebird Charms<br />
Shoes: Market House<br />
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HEALTH & FOOD<br />
Epiphany<br />
C a f é<br />
By Mary Clay Kline<br />
When Tuscaloosa native and UA<br />
graduate Tres Jackson first opened<br />
the doors to Epiphany Cafe, the chef<br />
had big dreams for the farm-to-table<br />
establishment. The restaurant,<br />
which opened over 12 years ago,<br />
provides creative small-plate style<br />
dishes utilizing ingredients from local<br />
farms. Epiphany’s menu, from<br />
appetizers to desserts, is inspired<br />
by both Southern tradition and<br />
foreign cuisine.<br />
If you’ve ever dined at Epiphany,<br />
you may have dropped in for its most<br />
popular menu item: fried Brussels<br />
sprouts. The crowd favorite appetizer<br />
is served tossed in sweet soy caramel<br />
and housemade hot sauce, then<br />
topped with kimchi, Korean-style<br />
pickled local vegetables. Jackson<br />
estimates that the restaurant runs<br />
through about 50 pounds of Brussels<br />
sprouts a week. Though the restaurant’s<br />
menu evolves constantly, the<br />
Brussels sprouts are a mainstay. The<br />
soy caramel and hot sauce laden version<br />
of the appetizer is moving to his<br />
new global street food restaurant en-<br />
deavor, Animal Butter, set to launch<br />
in April. But don’t worry — a new<br />
Brussels sprouts recipe will debut at<br />
Epiphany when the original<br />
leaves.<br />
Epiphany Cafe’s craft cocktail<br />
menu changes seasonally<br />
as well. Rebecca Doss, one of<br />
Epiphany’s longtime bartenders,<br />
recommends the Merrythought<br />
as the perfect cocktail<br />
to welcome spring. The refreshing<br />
gin drink includes St. Germain,<br />
lychee, lemon, strawberry and<br />
sparkling water. The gin featured in<br />
the Merrythought is 27 Springs Gin,<br />
which is distilled in Alabama.<br />
Epiphany Cafe is open for dinner<br />
Monday through Saturday, 5 p.m.<br />
until 10 p.m. with a happy hour Monday<br />
through Thursday from 5-7 p.m.<br />
when frugal foodies can enjoy a selection<br />
of menu items for half price.<br />
Epiphany Cafe is located at 519<br />
Greensboro Ave, Tuscaloosa. For<br />
more information, visit epiphanyfarm2fork.com.<br />
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HEALTH & FOOD<br />
One Ingredient,<br />
Five Ways<br />
By Kimberly Suits<br />
This skinny grass-looking herb is milder than its larger counterpart,<br />
green onions, but still adds a hint of the onion flavor<br />
without overpowering any dish. Chives make the perfect summer<br />
herb, as they’re best raw or only slightly cooked. Many dishes benefit<br />
from a sprinkle of chives, especially egg dishes, and they’re a<br />
delightful garnish over salads, baked potatoes and soups.<br />
For those who love to cook with fresh herbs but can’t have a<br />
garden of their own, chives can be planted in a small pot and<br />
grown inside. They’re super easy to care for — just a little sunlight<br />
and water. Plus, the little bit of green can add life to any<br />
window sill.<br />
Most recipes call for fresh chives, which, if refrigerated in a<br />
plastic container, can last up to a week. But for busy students on<br />
a budget, the other option is to get dried chives that can be rehydrated<br />
with a little water. Either way, the herb will bring a splash<br />
of summer flavor to any dish.<br />
Best served topped with salsa and fresh avocado on the side.<br />
Lemon-Chive Long<br />
Grain Rice<br />
This rice adds a bright citrus flavor<br />
to any dish.<br />
Ingredients<br />
Ingredients<br />
1 tbsp olive oil<br />
4 large eggs<br />
2 ½ tbsp minced chives<br />
2 tbsp water<br />
dash of salt and pepper<br />
2 ounces cream cheese cubed<br />
Cream Cheese and Chive Omelet<br />
Directions<br />
1. In large nonstick skillet, heat olive<br />
oil over medium-high heat.<br />
2. Whisk eggs, 2 tbsp. chives, water,<br />
salt and pepper, then pour mixture<br />
into skillet.<br />
3. As egg mixture cooks, lift edges<br />
and allow the uncooked portion flow<br />
underneath.<br />
4. Once the eggs set sprinkle one side<br />
with cream cheese and extra ½ tbsp<br />
of chives; fold other side over the filling.<br />
Once filling is melted slide omelet<br />
onto a plate.<br />
2 tbsp butter<br />
1 small yellow onion, chopped<br />
2 cups long grain rice<br />
½ tsp ground turmeric<br />
zest from 1 lemon<br />
3 cups chicken or vegetable broth<br />
2 tbsp chives, finely chopped<br />
¼ tsp pepper<br />
Directions<br />
1. Melt butter in saucepan, add onions,<br />
and saute.<br />
2. Add rice and turmeric to pan and<br />
stir to coat rice.<br />
3. Add half of lemon zest and all of the<br />
broth, stir. Bring to a boil.<br />
4. Cover and simmer over low heat for<br />
20-25 minutes.<br />
5. Stir in remaining lemon zest and<br />
chives.<br />
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Buttermilk and<br />
Chive Dressing<br />
This dressing is light, Southern and<br />
full of flavor.<br />
Ingredients<br />
¾ cup buttermilk<br />
½ cup mayonnaise<br />
3 tbsp chopped chives<br />
1 garlic clove, minced<br />
½ tsp salt<br />
¼ tsp ground black pepper<br />
Directions<br />
1. Whisk together all ingredients.<br />
Cover dressing and chill until ready<br />
to serve.<br />
The perfect compliment to a refreshing<br />
salad.<br />
Ingredients<br />
2 ¼ cup flour<br />
2 ½ tsp baking powder<br />
2 tsp sugar<br />
½ tsp baking soda<br />
½ tsp salt<br />
½ cup cold butter, cubed<br />
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese<br />
3 tbsp chives, chopped<br />
1 cup buttermilk<br />
Cheddar Chive Savory Biscuits<br />
Directions<br />
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.<br />
2. In a large bowl, whisk the flour,<br />
baking powder, sugar, baking soda,and<br />
salt. Cut in butter with pastry<br />
knife or two butter knives until mixture<br />
resembles coarse crumbs; stir<br />
in cheese and chives. Add buttermilk<br />
and stir until moistened.<br />
3. Place on lightly floured surface;<br />
knead 8-10 times. Roll dough to ¾<br />
inch. thickness. Cut with biscuit cutter<br />
or top of thin glass cup.<br />
4. Place 2 inches apart on a greased<br />
baking sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes<br />
or until golden brown.<br />
Shrimp with<br />
Chive Butter<br />
This recipe works well broiled or<br />
on the grill. Serve it over pasta and<br />
summer squash, tossed with the leftover<br />
butter.<br />
Ingredients<br />
1 cup butter<br />
2 garlic cloves, pressed<br />
¼ cup lemon juice<br />
6 tbsp chives, chopped<br />
½ tsp ground black pepper<br />
1 lb. shrimp, uncooked, peeled and<br />
deveined<br />
½ lb. whole wheat spaghetti<br />
2 cups chopped summer squash<br />
Directions<br />
1. Preheat broiler or grill. Spray baking<br />
sheet or grill basket with nonstick<br />
spray.<br />
2. Cook pasta and summer squash.<br />
3. Melt butter in small saucepan over<br />
low heat.<br />
4. Whisk in garlic and lemon juice,<br />
then add chives and pepper.<br />
5. Arrange shrimp, and brush with<br />
butter. Cook for 2 minutes, then flip<br />
and brush other side with butter.<br />
Cook for another 2 minutes.<br />
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HEALTH & FOOD<br />
DoubleTime<br />
By Madison Sullivan<br />
Double the people to<br />
double your results.<br />
It’s always easier to hit the gym when you’ve got a<br />
friend to keep you accountable. We formulated a fitness<br />
routine that requires you to actually have your<br />
partner with you to complete the workout.<br />
How It Works<br />
Abs, arms, legs and glutes are all included in this partner<br />
workout. Complete the circuit two times through,<br />
taking a one-minute break following the Medicine Ball<br />
Swing and Pass. As your fitness level builds, you may<br />
want to add onto the number of times you complete the<br />
circuit and increase the pace. Once you’ve finished the<br />
circuits, complete the stretches and rehydrate.<br />
1. Plank with High Fives (20)<br />
Face your partner in plank position. Lift opposite<br />
arms, straightening them in front of you. Hit your<br />
partner’s palm and lower your arms back down. Repeat<br />
with the other arm. Be sure to keep your core<br />
engaged during the entire set.<br />
2. Squatting Medicine Ball Pass (20)<br />
Squat with your back pressed up against your partner’s<br />
back. While you’re both in squatting position,<br />
pass a 5-pound medicine ball around your torsos,<br />
handing it off. Make sure to stay in a full squat and<br />
engage your core. Each partner should have the ball<br />
ten times.<br />
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3. Leg Raises (10)<br />
One partner stands while the other lays down flat<br />
on their back. The partner on the ground grabs the<br />
ankles of the other. The partner on the ground then<br />
engages their core pulling their legs up above them.<br />
The standing partner then pushes their feet back<br />
down towards the ground. Without letting their feet<br />
hit the ground, the partner on the floor repeats pulling<br />
their legs above them. Once this has been completed<br />
10 times, switch.<br />
5. Stretch<br />
Once you’ve repeated the circuit as many times as possible,<br />
cool down with a 5-10 minute stretching session with your<br />
partner. We have included two partner stretches, but don’t<br />
forget to add your own into the mix.<br />
Leg Stretch:<br />
One partner lies on their back. The other partner<br />
kneels at their feet and pushes their leg back as far as<br />
it can go. You should feel tension in your muscles but<br />
not pain; go only as far as your body allows you. You<br />
will gain flexibility over time.<br />
4. Medicine Ball Swing and Pass (10)<br />
Standing a few feet away from one another, hold a<br />
5-pound medicine ball in front of you. Twisting and<br />
tightening your core, swing the medicine ball in a<br />
wide arc from right to left. Once the ball is all the way<br />
to the left of your body, release the ball and toss it to<br />
your partner. Your partner will then repeat this process,<br />
using the momentum of the ball to turn all the<br />
way to their left then back to their right.<br />
Back Stretch:<br />
One partner sits with their legs out in front. The<br />
other partner kneels behind and pushes the first partners’<br />
back until their body is as flat to their legs as it<br />
can go.<br />
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HEALTH & FOOD<br />
What’s your<br />
signature drink?<br />
1. Your Friday test is finished, now what?<br />
a. Looking at my to-do list — lots to do.<br />
b. Time to watch the Kardashians.<br />
c. Go home, jump into sweatpants until<br />
it’s time to get dressed for the night.<br />
d. “WHO HAS A BOTTLE!?”<br />
2. At 9 p.m. on Sunday night, you are...?<br />
a. Packing my backpack, reviewing<br />
my readings.<br />
b. Watching last week’s The Bachelor.<br />
c. Watching Downton Abbey with a<br />
glass of wine.<br />
d. The accumulated hangover would kill<br />
me, so I’m still drinking.<br />
3. You have an 8 a.m. class, what are<br />
you wearing?<br />
a. Jeans, cute sweater, and my makeup<br />
is done.<br />
b. Oversized t-shirt with makeup and<br />
hair done.<br />
c. Messy bun, leggings, maybe some<br />
mascara on a good day.<br />
d. Do people go to those?<br />
4. Movie night with the girls, your first pick is?<br />
a. Pride and Prejudice, new rendition.<br />
b. Anything based off a Nicholas<br />
Sparks novel.<br />
c. Breakfast at Tiffany’s<br />
d. Pitch Perfect 2<br />
5. Describe your current resume.<br />
a. Printed and ready.<br />
b. Does my high-school one count?<br />
c. Could use work, but it says what<br />
it needs to.<br />
d. Ohhh ... About that ...<br />
6. Your dream wedding is...?<br />
a. Hometown chapel.<br />
b. A romantic day with a floralcovered<br />
ballroom.<br />
c. Someplace modern where I can enjoy the<br />
day with family and friends.<br />
d. A destination wedding; can you<br />
say beach!?<br />
7. What’s on the bottom of your purse?<br />
a. Everything is in its appropriate pocket.<br />
b. Every lipstick I own.<br />
c. Gum, receipts, Chapstick.<br />
d. Only the necessities: phone, ID/debit card,<br />
and Innisfree VIP card.<br />
8. When did you start working on your<br />
summer plans?<br />
a. Last summer.<br />
b. My parents are lining something up.<br />
c. I started reaching out a few<br />
months ago.<br />
d. I’ll figure something out when it<br />
gets here.<br />
9. At the movies, you can’t live without...?<br />
a. Raisinets<br />
b. Twizzlers<br />
c. Popcorn<br />
d. My flask; it fits in my purse!<br />
10. What does your most embarrassing drunk<br />
story involve?<br />
a. This one time my drunk friend...<br />
b. Curtains, cupcakes, and a<br />
wrong number.<br />
c. Too many rounds of flip cup, a spoon,<br />
and the song “Milkshakes.”<br />
d. Funnel, palm tree, stuffed tiger.<br />
Mostly As: Always the DD<br />
You’ve claimed your seat and you’re drinking<br />
Shirley Temples. You’re going to be the<br />
most responsible bridesmaid and are always<br />
willing to pick up unwanted tasks.<br />
Mostly Bs: Something sweet: Daiquiri,<br />
Lemon Drop, Cosmos, Spritzers, Sweet Wine,<br />
or Light Beer<br />
You’re probably the newbie. You have like 12<br />
best friends. Picking what outfit to wear is one<br />
of the biggest decisions you’ve made all week.<br />
You like keeping up with your celebrity icons<br />
and making every day fun.<br />
Mostly Cs: Classic Mix: Vodka & Tonic,<br />
Whiskey & Coke, Martini, “Good” Wine, or<br />
Craft Beer<br />
You’ve been around the block a time or two<br />
and know what you like. You pretty much<br />
know who you are, but can’t deny a chance to<br />
unwind. Your friends say you are the mom of<br />
the group and have your life put together as<br />
the most level-headed, with one or two go-to<br />
close friends.<br />
Mostly Ds: Straight up: Vodka, Tequila, or a<br />
shot of anything<br />
You’re down to have fun and tend to gravitate<br />
to the center of attention. You’re looking<br />
for an adventure around every turn. Your<br />
friends say you’re a party animal, and you<br />
can’t even try to deny it.<br />
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Features<br />
Soak Up the Sun<br />
Getting Over Jealousy<br />
Fashion with a Heart<br />
Music Festival Roundup<br />
Fad Diet or Bad Diet<br />
StyleBone<br />
<strong>No</strong>t Your Babe<br />
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Photographer: Emily Heath<br />
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When summer hits, it’s all road trips, sun-kissed skin,<br />
and hot days that turn into simmering nights. Embrace the<br />
season’s laissez-faire approach with a wardrobe that accents<br />
the ease of beachside escapes and festive soirees. The summer<br />
is yours for the taking. So whether you’re marrying preppy<br />
classics with snappy twists or opting for styles as free as your<br />
schedule, you can’t go wrong. It’s easy to let the sounds of<br />
summer inspire your looks when music festivals are scattered<br />
throughout the season. From mesh crop tops to denim cut offs<br />
to fringe details, now’s the time to let the good vibes flow.<br />
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Top, shorts and necklace: Pants Store<br />
Plaid top and shorts: Locker Room<br />
Photographer: Hanna Curlette<br />
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Tie dye dress: Soul Diem<br />
Tie dye romper: Soul Diem<br />
Crochet top: Pants Store<br />
Accessories: Pants Store and Francesca’s<br />
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Photographer: Trent McDaniel
Floral Romper: Lucca<br />
Photographer: Ramsey Griffin<br />
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Photographer: Emily Heath
Photographer: Ramsey Griffin<br />
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Fringe geometric set: Lucca<br />
Photographer: Trent McDaniel<br />
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Fringe top: Lavish<br />
Necklace: Bluebird Charms<br />
Photographer: Hanna Curlette<br />
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Fringe top: Pants Store<br />
Jean shorts: Pants Store<br />
Necklace: Bluebird Charms<br />
Photographer: Hanna Curlette<br />
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Photographer: Hanna Curlette<br />
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Beige crochet vest: Pants Store<br />
Brown shorts: Pants Store<br />
Necklace: Pants Store<br />
Black tied romper: Lucca<br />
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Getting Over<br />
Jealousy<br />
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By Allison Cohen and<br />
Elizabeth Elkin<br />
Remember that boy you<br />
dated in seventh grade?<br />
Well, he’s dating another<br />
girl, and she’s pregnant.<br />
Catherine Faust, a student at The<br />
University of Alabama, can relate.<br />
“And I’m not jealous at all because I<br />
don’t want a child at all in any form,”<br />
she says. “But...they make it look<br />
pretty cute.”<br />
We’ve all experienced it in one form<br />
or another. Whether you’re a middle<br />
child, new to a relationship, or in a<br />
friend group, chances are you’ve come<br />
face-to-face with Shakespeare’s greeneyed<br />
monster: jealousy. The all-consuming<br />
emotion has a tendency to<br />
creep up on us. But don’t worry, there’s<br />
a way to curb it.<br />
On the surface, jealousy is the fear<br />
of losing what’s yours. However, when<br />
it comes to describing the thoughts,<br />
feelings and interactions that go<br />
along with the emotion, things<br />
can get more complicated. Clinical<br />
psychologist Shelley Bresnick<br />
splits jealousy into two categories:<br />
outward and underlying<br />
emotions.<br />
“Anger and resentment are
the overriding emotions you’ll outwardly<br />
see,” Bresnick says. “But a<br />
sense of feeling rejected underlies<br />
those emotions.”<br />
To get a better grasp at how to<br />
curb our jealous selves, we have to go<br />
straight to the source.<br />
Understanding the Process<br />
Cue the brain signals.<br />
Bresnick compares jealousy to<br />
a fight or flight response. We feel<br />
threatened by situations, such as another<br />
girl talking to our significant<br />
other, and our immediate reaction is<br />
jealousy. She said this could result in<br />
either an outward burst of anger or<br />
inner resentment.<br />
The American Psychological Association<br />
have linked jealousy to a specific<br />
part of our brains, the prefrontal<br />
cortex. The magic that happens here<br />
relates back to whether you feel happy<br />
(left cortex) or sad (right cortex.)<br />
Studies have shown there to be more<br />
action in the left cortex in situations<br />
that prompt jealousy.<br />
If in the past you haven’t felt accepted<br />
by your family, Bresnick says, you<br />
may be more likely to feel that way<br />
with your peers. This can form a pattern<br />
of feeling unaccepted in different<br />
aspects of your life. Bresnick gives the<br />
example of a couple.<br />
“One person in a relationship might<br />
feel jealous because the other has<br />
close friendships,” she says. “They<br />
might feel their partner is confiding<br />
too much in one of their friends. They<br />
might think, ‘You’re putting too much<br />
into these other relationships, so what<br />
does that leave for me?’”<br />
However, jealousy isn’t confined<br />
to only face-to-face interactions. We<br />
live in a digital world, so what we<br />
see online has a huge impact on our<br />
jealousy radar.<br />
The Influence of Social Media<br />
Instagram: the mecca of people you<br />
want to be, taking pictures in all the<br />
places you want to visit. Or Facebook,<br />
where the girl who always bit her nails<br />
is now living your dream internship<br />
(with perfect cuticles).<br />
Looking through the lens of what appears<br />
to be someone’s perfect life can<br />
cause insecurities in our own.<br />
“It’s when people look like they have<br />
their stuff together,” says Lindsey<br />
Young, a UA student. “I try to tell<br />
myself I’m going to work harder and<br />
find a successful job, but I end up just<br />
stalking them on Instagram.”<br />
Bresnick explains that the image<br />
of people we see on social media is<br />
pre-sculpted.<br />
“You’re comparing yourself to a positive<br />
image rather than a real person,”<br />
Bresnick says.<br />
Social media allows others to edit<br />
and re-edit the image they want to be<br />
perceived as. It can be hard to see past<br />
the almost too dreamy couple and the<br />
perfectly placed coffee mug, but we<br />
don’t always think about the real person<br />
behind the picture. Once we step<br />
back from the filters, we can then stop<br />
the comparisons and focus on reality.<br />
Curbing Jealousy<br />
The layers of jealousy tend to merge<br />
together, and Bresnick suggests breaking<br />
down exactly what you’re feeling to<br />
separate your thoughts between the<br />
jealous and the rational.<br />
“Some of it is becoming more aware<br />
of what you’re thinking and feeling,”<br />
Bresnick says. “And when you’re more<br />
aware, you can start to understand it<br />
more. And as a result, you’re able to let<br />
go of it.”<br />
In addition, if you’re thinking negatively<br />
about yourself, Bresnick says to<br />
change your thinking to see the things<br />
you like about yourself. By redirecting<br />
your thoughts, you spend less brain<br />
power wondering why you aren’t somebody<br />
else and more brain power appreciating<br />
the person you are.<br />
Bresnick suggests asking yourself<br />
questions that put your situation in<br />
perspective, such as, “What does this<br />
really mean for me?” She says this can<br />
help you accurately assess your negative<br />
feelings and successfully kick your<br />
jealous streak.<br />
Jealousy, in small amounts, is natural.<br />
It can help you break bad habits or<br />
go after the dream job you’ve always<br />
wanted. Use it to your advantage!<br />
But don’t let it get in between you,<br />
reality and the Netflix series you’re<br />
binge watching.<br />
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FASHION<br />
WITH A<br />
HEART<br />
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By Emily Williams<br />
In February, New York<br />
Fashion Week brought<br />
the $1.2 trillion fashion<br />
industry into sharp focus<br />
on a global scale.<br />
It is the realm of the<br />
absurd and the absurdly<br />
overpriced, with past offerings including<br />
Kanye West’s $1,600 ripped<br />
sweater or Rodarte’s couture Star<br />
Wars gown collection. But behind all<br />
the glitz and glamour, the fashion<br />
industry’s ethical reputation is increasingly<br />
under scrutiny. In an industry<br />
that employs nearly one-sixth of<br />
the world’s population and creates the<br />
second-highest amount of pollution,<br />
accountability is hard to come by.<br />
But a growing number of businesses<br />
are making a mark by putting charitable<br />
causes at the center of their designs.<br />
Fashion for a cause is an increasingly<br />
popular way for both companies and<br />
consumers to make a statement about<br />
their values and put their money where<br />
their heart is.<br />
“In a traditional sense, it used to be<br />
that for-profit companies made products<br />
and did services, and not-for-profit<br />
companies were the ones that worked<br />
within causes and messages,” says Joel<br />
Strayer, a marketing instructor at The<br />
University of Alabama. “(<strong>No</strong>w) we live<br />
in an age where companies have to give<br />
added value to the customer. I think<br />
the recession and the recovery has had<br />
a lot to do with the value being created<br />
for customers in buying goods that<br />
also have causes attached to them.”
Strayer explains that the way these<br />
goods are priced, the actual market<br />
price of a product is combined with<br />
the amount of a charitable donation,<br />
so the consumer is technically overpaying<br />
for the good. But the charitable<br />
element adds value to the product<br />
and an emotional benefit for the consumer.<br />
In the long run, he says, causebased<br />
fashion may save money because<br />
the marketing costs for the business<br />
and the charity are consolidated,<br />
which puts more money toward the<br />
charitable donations.<br />
“The market is efficient, so you probably<br />
have a higher volume of people<br />
who are willing to go out and buy [the<br />
product] and at the same time make<br />
the donation, than people who would<br />
just naturally go out and donate to a<br />
charity,” Strayer says. “Overall, you’re<br />
seeing more dollars go to that than<br />
you would in just a traditional, purely<br />
charity sense.”<br />
While the practice is most commonly<br />
associated with clothing or shoes,<br />
Strayer says the trend of businesses<br />
partnering with causes is likely to increase<br />
in the future.<br />
“Right now, with today’s consumer, I<br />
think it’s a strong marketing strategy<br />
and a strong way to differentiate yourself<br />
from a company that just delivers<br />
a strong product,” he says. “I think<br />
where you see a majority of the success<br />
is when you start off with a cause and<br />
then build into making a product that<br />
people desire.”<br />
One of the businesses with a cause<br />
at the root of their products is Rahab’s<br />
Rope in Gainesville, Georgia. Founded<br />
by Vicki Moore in 2004, Rahab’s<br />
Rope is a non-profit store and ministry<br />
that provides aftercare and education<br />
for women who are victims of human<br />
trafficking in India.<br />
The women are taught to sew and<br />
make jewelry, and the products they<br />
make, including accessories, bags,<br />
scarves, and journals, are sold in the<br />
Gainesville store. The program’s goal<br />
is to help rehabilitate the women and<br />
prepare them to support themselves in<br />
society.<br />
“We’re not trying to employ women<br />
the rest of their lives. We want to be<br />
the transitional period for them,” says<br />
Moore, owner of Rahab’s Rope. “But<br />
in that transitional period of rehabilitation,<br />
they need to be able to sustain<br />
themselves and have some income to be<br />
able to start rebuilding.”<br />
Moore travels back and forth between<br />
India and Georgia, working in four Indian<br />
cities across the country and running<br />
the store. She said the business<br />
has been successful because it is not<br />
simply a charity; it gives the women<br />
a chance to make lasting changes in<br />
their lives.<br />
“We’re setting a model for the women<br />
to not just expect someone to come in<br />
and hand them everything,” she says.<br />
“They’re also learning how to work<br />
and provide things for themselves.”<br />
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Rahab’s Rope supports women in<br />
three ways: rehabilitating women who<br />
have been rescued from the sex trade,<br />
building relationships with women<br />
currently working in the sex industry<br />
in order to help them escape, and preventing<br />
women from getting into the<br />
business to begin with.<br />
“We were seeing teenage girls in a<br />
community where a lot of suicide attempts<br />
were happening,” Moore says.<br />
“That was due to the fact that they<br />
never were allowed to go to school, and<br />
so they couldn’t get a job, and then<br />
their families just told them that they<br />
were a burden. In their minds, their<br />
families would just be better off if they<br />
didn’t exist.”<br />
Through their programs, Moore and<br />
her team provide the women basic vocational<br />
training and life skills. They<br />
also work with the women’s parents to<br />
help them understand the importance<br />
of education. Last year, Rahab’s Rope<br />
and its affiliates were able to open a<br />
home for children rescued from redlight<br />
districts.<br />
Unlike other non-profit stores that<br />
sell a variety of fair-trade products<br />
from around the world, Moore says<br />
her store is unique because almost<br />
all of the products she sells are made<br />
by rescued women in India. Profits<br />
from the store cover all operational<br />
costs and marketing costs, so she is<br />
able to send 100 percent of donations<br />
directly overse.<br />
She says her message resonates with<br />
customers because they can see the direct<br />
connection their money has with<br />
changing lives in India.<br />
“We have a lot of people who come in<br />
the store who have never heard of us,<br />
and once they hear the story they go,<br />
‘Oh, well I can’t leave without buying<br />
something,’” she says.<br />
In addition to non-profit, causebased<br />
fashion businesses, an increasing<br />
number of for-profit businesses<br />
are working to align themselves<br />
with a message. Well-known brands<br />
like TOM’s and Target’s FEED line<br />
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brought cause fashion to popular attention,<br />
but smaller companies are<br />
working to bring change to the fashion<br />
industry by going beyond sweatshops<br />
and synthetic fabrics.<br />
The sustainable fashion company<br />
Zady, based in New York City, calls<br />
itself “a lifestyle destination for conscious<br />
consumers.” The company assembles<br />
its clothing in the United<br />
States using ethically sourced materials<br />
and environmentally-friendly manufacturing<br />
processes.<br />
Zady was established in 2013 by<br />
friends Soraya Darabi and Maxine<br />
Bédat, who felt disconnected from the<br />
clothes they were buying. They began<br />
their company by selling products from<br />
ethical brands and telling the story behind<br />
how the garments were made. In<br />
2014, the company began manufacturing<br />
and selling its own line.<br />
UA student Lindsay Rieland worked<br />
as a marketing intern for Zady in the<br />
summer of 2015. The senior marketing<br />
major says she was drawn to<br />
the company because of their values<br />
and the opportunity to help people<br />
through business.<br />
“Zady really appreciates transparency<br />
in the supply chain,” Rieland says.<br />
“So you know that the shirt on your<br />
back is coming from artisans<br />
that are paid enough<br />
and treated well, and<br />
they’re using raw materials<br />
that aren’t killing the<br />
environment.”<br />
Rieland says she<br />
knew very little about<br />
the importance of sustainable<br />
fashion before<br />
she began working at Zady but now<br />
has a new appreciation for the benefits<br />
of making informed purchases.<br />
While Zady’s line is more expensive<br />
than what she calls “fast fashion”<br />
brands, she says the long-term benefits<br />
for the environment, workers and<br />
consumer outweigh the temporary<br />
cost disparity.<br />
“These days it’s so easy to go into<br />
Forever 21 or H&M and buy something<br />
that you know you’re only going<br />
to wear once,” she says. “A lot of<br />
people don’t think about why these<br />
clothes are so cheap. Why are we buying<br />
something that’s $2? I mean, yeah,<br />
it’s cheap, but what are the impacts on<br />
the whole world?”<br />
Zady Relationship Manager Navah<br />
Rosenbaum says being transparent<br />
about the process of producing their<br />
clothing helps customers feel more<br />
connected to their purchases.<br />
“There’s really a crisis, I think, in<br />
how things are getting made,” Rosenbaum<br />
says. “Similar to the food industry<br />
where we were really disconnected<br />
from where our food came from and<br />
then as brands like Whole Foods came<br />
along and taught consumers to think<br />
about those things, that really opened<br />
people’s eyes.”<br />
Rosenbaum says Zady’s long-term<br />
goal is to change the way consumers<br />
think about fashion and its global effects.<br />
Other companies, she says, have<br />
looked to Zady as an example of how to<br />
maintain a profitable brand while upholding<br />
higher ethical standards.<br />
“I hope that the fashion industry<br />
will start taking more accountability<br />
for where products that they’re selling<br />
“ ... the shirt on your back is<br />
coming from artisans that are<br />
paid enough and treated well, and<br />
they’re using raw materials that<br />
aren’t killing the environment.”<br />
come from and I hope that consumers<br />
start demanding that more and more<br />
so that there will be a lot more transparency,”<br />
Rosenbaum says. “And I<br />
hope that consumers will feel empowered<br />
to make better choices and understand<br />
what their impact really is.”
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ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Summer 2k16<br />
Festival Roundup<br />
The Governors Ball in NYC<br />
(Photo by Forrest Woodward)<br />
By Katie Bell<br />
Grab your flower crowns and<br />
cheap sunglasses — our favorite<br />
season of the year is here!<br />
That’s right: music festival<br />
time. Whether you’re hitting a<br />
sunny beach or braving a techno<br />
forest, <strong>Alice</strong> has the scoop<br />
on the most sought-out festivals<br />
of the summer. Ranging<br />
from twangy country to upbeat<br />
electronic jams, we’ve got your<br />
guide to the best live music of<br />
the season. So whether you’re<br />
grabbing your cowboy boots<br />
or flash tattoos, this ultimate<br />
summer music festival lineup<br />
can’t be beat.<br />
1. “A LITTLE BIT OF<br />
EVERYTHING” FESTIVALS<br />
Beale Street Music Festival<br />
(Memphis, TN)<br />
With a range of artists spanning<br />
from the greatest rockstars to the<br />
newest rap artists, Beale Street<br />
Music Festival is a top priority<br />
if you’re looking for a low-commitment<br />
festival. This year’s<br />
headliners include Beck, Weezer,<br />
Train, Jason Derulo, Meghan<br />
Trainor, and Grace Potter. Tom<br />
Lee Park can be found right off<br />
the mighty Mississippi and has<br />
been locally deemed as“Mudfest”<br />
for its swampy conditions during<br />
rainy season each year. Rain<br />
won’t stop the fun though, so grab<br />
those rain boots and hit the banks<br />
for the ultimate soulful Memphis<br />
music experience.<br />
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Firefly Music Festival<br />
(Dover, DE)<br />
With major headliners Mumford<br />
& Sons, Ellie Goulding, Fetty<br />
Wap, Blink-182, Earth Wind &<br />
Fire and many others, the Firefly<br />
lineup is stacked. If you’re looking<br />
for a little taste of every genre<br />
and can’t wait to hit the camping<br />
grounds to get there, look no further.<br />
Located in Dover, Delaware,<br />
this festival is definitely making<br />
our can’t-miss list.<br />
Hangout Music Festival<br />
(Gulf Shores, AL)<br />
Looking for a festival experience<br />
that brings all of your favorites —<br />
sun, beach and live music — together<br />
into one magnificent weekend?<br />
The Hangout in Gulf Shores,<br />
Alabama will provide you with<br />
just that in one fun-packed weekend.<br />
General admission passes<br />
are going for $269, which includes<br />
a wristband for every day and<br />
re-entry into the festival. Don’t<br />
miss this fantastic opportunity<br />
to gather your friends on one of<br />
Alabama’s most beautiful beaches<br />
and see your favorite artists.<br />
Lollapalooza (Chicago, IL)<br />
Last year’s headliners included Paul McCartney, Sam Smith, Metallica,<br />
The Weekend and Bassnectar. Do we have your attention yet? Lollapalooza<br />
will be celebrating its 25th anniversary this year with a lineup<br />
that is sure to be one for the books. Located in Grant Park in the middle<br />
of downtown Chicago overlooking Lake Michigan, this usual three-day<br />
event is upgrading to a four-day festival for its big anniversary. Tickets<br />
for Lollapalooza will go on sale mid-spring, so book a hotel, find some<br />
friends, and prepare for one of the greatest weekends this summer music<br />
schedule has to offer.<br />
INTENSITY METER<br />
Level 1: mild-mannered and easygoing<br />
Small, easy commitment for money and travel expenses<br />
Level 2: middle-ground music festivals<br />
Could require travel and financial commitment; temperature<br />
factor; likely requires camping<br />
Level 3: intense; not recommended for first-time<br />
festival goers<br />
Extreme commitment and planning; financial commitment;<br />
traveling commitment— requires camping;<br />
spans more than a weekend<br />
Bonnaroo (Manchester, TN)<br />
You’ve probably been talking about it for years, so this summer, head to<br />
the farm for an experience unlike any other. Bonaroo’s 700-acre farm in<br />
Manchester, Tennessee is the perfect place to camp, make new friends,<br />
and listen to an unbeatable lineup. Known for its extreme middle-Tennessee<br />
summer heat, Bonnaroo also has mushroom fountains that are<br />
perfect for cooling off in between sets. This four-day festival is typically<br />
for the most-intense festival lovers, so prior planning is a must. But<br />
with headliners like Pearl Jam, Grace Potter, Band of Horses, Dead and<br />
Company, and J. Cole, this festival will be nothing short of unforgettable.<br />
Don’t forget to sign the famous graffiti wall when you get there!<br />
The Governors Ball<br />
(New York City, NY)<br />
With headliners like Kanye<br />
West and The Killers, and an<br />
NYC venue, what’s not to love?<br />
Originally started in 2011 as a<br />
one-day festival, the Governors<br />
Ball has grown to a three-day<br />
event with major headliners on<br />
each day. There’s no better excuse<br />
to visit New York City, so<br />
round up a group and hit Randall’s<br />
Island Park to knock some<br />
of your favorite artists off your<br />
music festival bucket list.
2. COUNTRY FESTIVALS<br />
CMA Music Festival (Nashville, TN)<br />
As one of the biggest country music festivals of the<br />
year, the CMA Music Festival hosts all the greats. So<br />
if you’re a diehard country music lover, you can’t miss<br />
this event. The four-day festival features hundreds of<br />
performers, nightly concerts, and meet-and-greets in<br />
the Nissan Stadium across the river from downtown<br />
Nashville. So if it hasn’t already, the CMA Music Festival<br />
needs to make your calendar this summer.<br />
Photo courtesy of Euphoria<br />
Rock the Ocean’s<br />
Tortuga Music Festival<br />
(Fort Lauderdale, FL)<br />
With headliners like Blake Shelton,<br />
Tim McGraw, Joe Nichols<br />
and Lynyrd Skynyrd, you won’t<br />
want to miss the Tortuga Music<br />
Festival. The three stages spread<br />
across the Fort Lauderdale beach<br />
dare you to plant yourself in the<br />
sand and be serenaded by some<br />
of the best country music around.<br />
Plus, with every ticket purchased,<br />
a portion of the proceeds goes toward<br />
the Rock the Ocean’s foundation<br />
to raise awareness for<br />
ocean conservation. Is there a better<br />
way to spend a weekend than<br />
by hitting the beach, hearing your<br />
favorite country singers, and supporting<br />
ocean conservation?<br />
LOCAL FESTIVALS<br />
Yellowhammer Festival<br />
(Tuscaloosa, AL)<br />
Keeping the vibes good is<br />
Yellowhammer’s goal. It is<br />
an eco- and family-friendly<br />
music festival — the first of<br />
its kind in Tuscaloosa. Sip<br />
on some local beers, soak up<br />
the summer sun and jam out<br />
to regional artists like The<br />
Doctors and the Lawyers,<br />
Shaheed and DJ Supreme,<br />
Wray and Looksy. Make sure<br />
to stay till the end to catch<br />
the final performance, Sister<br />
Hazel. The Festival will<br />
be held at the Tuscaloosa<br />
River Market on April 3rd.<br />
For more information, go to<br />
creativecampus.ua.edu.<br />
Bayou Country Superfest<br />
(Baton Rouge, LA)<br />
Located in the heart of Baton<br />
Rouge at the LSU Tiger Stadium,<br />
the Bayou Country Superfest is<br />
almost a pilgrimage for country<br />
fans. With returning headliners<br />
like Jason Aldean, Eric Church<br />
and Luke Bryan, plus the added<br />
bonus of tailgating the festival<br />
around the stadium, there’s no<br />
reason not to attend. Dust off<br />
those cowboys boots and head<br />
down to the Bayou this Memorial<br />
Day weekend for some of the best<br />
country at an unbeatable price.<br />
Sloss Music &<br />
Arts Festival<br />
(Birmingham, AL)<br />
Sloss Fest is returning to<br />
Birmingham for its second<br />
year at Sloss Furnaces this<br />
July, with new headlining<br />
artists and other Alabama<br />
favorites. Ryan Adams — hot<br />
on the music scene for his altrock<br />
cover of Taylor Swift’s<br />
album, 1989 — will headline,<br />
along with Ray Lamontagne,<br />
Ben Harper, Death Cab For<br />
Cutie, The Flaming Lips<br />
and The Innocent Criminals.<br />
Two-day passes for the event<br />
are going for $150 the day of<br />
the event, a price well worth<br />
a weekend full of music, art,<br />
food and drinks.<br />
3. ELECTRONIC FESTIVALS<br />
Euphoria<br />
(Austin, TX)<br />
Less than a 10-minute drive from<br />
the Austin-Bergstrom International<br />
Airport in Austin, Texas,<br />
Euphoria lives up to its name.<br />
With headliners such as Dillon<br />
Francis, STS9, Juicy J, Tycho<br />
and Bassnectar, this festival has<br />
definitely caught our attention.<br />
Hit the ranch this spring, pitch a<br />
tent, and get ready for a weekend<br />
filled with fun, friends and great<br />
music you won’t want to miss.<br />
Mysteryland USA<br />
(Bethel, NY)<br />
Mysteryland USA is located on<br />
the famous Woodstock stomping<br />
grounds, so you know<br />
this festival means business.<br />
With killer headliners like<br />
Odesza, Skrillex, Bassnectar<br />
and Young Thug included in<br />
just the first phase, it’s obvious<br />
this festival is destined for<br />
greatness. Mysterland USA<br />
has camping and non-camping<br />
options available, so plan<br />
accordingly for the 3-day electronic<br />
music extravaganza at<br />
Bethel Woods. We’ve marked<br />
our calendars for June 10-13,<br />
and you should too!<br />
4. ROCK FESTIVALS<br />
WHAT TO BRING<br />
Every music festival has<br />
requirements for what is<br />
permitted and banned<br />
on official music festival<br />
websites. <strong>Alice</strong> recommends<br />
the necessities: water bottle<br />
(a clear, empty Camelbak<br />
to pass during the security<br />
check), sunscreen and<br />
chapstick, camping gear,<br />
comfortable shoes, and<br />
most importantly, good<br />
vibes and great friends to<br />
kick it with during your<br />
ultimate live-music weekend.<br />
A pop-up tent, rolling<br />
cooler, and small propane<br />
grill are highly recommended<br />
when spending a<br />
weekend on site to see your<br />
favorite bands.<br />
JUST DO IT!<br />
Ticket prices increase closer<br />
to the event, and our advice<br />
to you is this: commit<br />
to a festival, find some good<br />
friends, and get ready for a<br />
great weekend full of live<br />
music you won’t forget.<br />
Shaky Knees (Atlanta, GA)<br />
With headliners including Florence + The Machine, My Morning Jacket,<br />
Walk the Moon and Young the Giant, who’s not heading to Atlanta<br />
for this awesome event? The Shaky Knees music festival includes five<br />
stages hosting some of rock’s biggest artists in the middle of downtown<br />
Atlanta. The festival is low-commitment but high quality music, so don’t<br />
miss your chance for a stress-free festival weekend.<br />
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Summer 2k16<br />
Festival Roundup<br />
Bayou Country Superfest<br />
Where: Tiger Stadium,<br />
Baton Rouge, LA<br />
When: May 27–29, 2016<br />
Euphoria<br />
Where: Carson Creek Ranch,<br />
Austin, TX<br />
When: April 8–10, 2016<br />
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Electric Forest<br />
Where: Doube JJ Resort,<br />
Rothbury, MI<br />
When: June 23–26, 2016<br />
Lollapalooza<br />
Where: Grant Park,<br />
Chicago, IL<br />
When: July 28–31, 2016<br />
Bonnaroo<br />
Where: Great Stage Park,<br />
Manchester, TN<br />
When: June 9–12, 2016<br />
Beale Street Music Festival<br />
Where: Tom Lee Park,<br />
Memphis, TN<br />
When: April 29–May 1, 2016<br />
Sloss Music & Arts Festival<br />
Where: Birmingham, AL<br />
When: July 16–17, 2016<br />
Mysteryland USA<br />
Where: Bethel Woods,<br />
Bethel, NY<br />
When: June 10–13, 2016<br />
The Governors Ball<br />
Where: Randall’s Island Park,<br />
New York City, NY<br />
When: June 3–5, 2016<br />
Firefly Music Festival<br />
Where: The Woodlands,<br />
Dover, DE<br />
When: June 16–19, 2016<br />
CMA Music Festival<br />
Where: Nissan Stadium,<br />
Nashville, TN<br />
When: June 9–12, 2016<br />
Shaky Knees<br />
Where: Centennial Olympic Park<br />
and International Plaza<br />
Atlanta, GA<br />
When: May 13–15, 2016<br />
Tortuga Music Festival<br />
Where: Fort Lauderdale Beach<br />
Park, Fort Lauderdale, FL<br />
When: April 15–17, 2016<br />
Yellowhammer Festival<br />
Where: Tuscaloosa River Market,<br />
Tuscaloosa, AL<br />
When: 2:00–8:30p.m., April 3, 2016<br />
Hangout Music Festival<br />
Where: Gulf Shores, AL<br />
When: May 20–21, 2016<br />
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adDIET<br />
fad or<br />
The Cabbage Soup Diet<br />
By Madison Sullivan<br />
Outline of the Cabbage Soup Diet<br />
For the entirety of the diet, eat as much of<br />
the cabbage soup recipe as you can along with 8<br />
glasses of water each day. For day one, eat only<br />
eat fresh fruits. Day two, eat only fresh vegetables<br />
and one baked potato with butter. Day three,<br />
eat only fresh fruits and vegetables. Day four, eat<br />
only nonfat yogurt, skim milk, and up to 8 bananas.<br />
Day five, eat up to six tomatoes and skinless<br />
protein. Day six, eat only fresh vegetables and<br />
protein. Day seven, eat only fresh fruits and vegetables.<br />
When asked if I wanted to do the Cabbage Soup<br />
Diet and write an article about it, I thought, why<br />
not? I love healthy foods, so how hard could it possibly<br />
be? This would prove to be the first of many<br />
foolish thoughts I had over the course of the week.<br />
So to start out, I went to the Wikipedia page, as one<br />
does, and read all the horrible things people have<br />
to say about it. Armed with the knowledge that it<br />
would make me lose 10 pounds in water weight,<br />
tastes extremely bland, and was anonymously created<br />
(never a good sign), I was ready to take on<br />
the challenge.<br />
Day one:<br />
My mom decided last minute to join<br />
me in my weight-loss endeavors, and<br />
I woke up to the smell of soup on the<br />
stove. It smelled pretty appetizing, so<br />
I wasn’t too discouraged. Yet I still<br />
waited as long as I possibly could to<br />
take a bite. I knew immediately it was<br />
going to be a long week. The taste<br />
could only be described as water with<br />
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a slight hint of “bleh.” I ate a bowl of<br />
it however, along with an orange, an<br />
apple and some grapes. By the end of<br />
the day, I was growling at anyone who<br />
mentioned anything they’d eaten, and<br />
physically threatened my brother when<br />
he didn’t finish a perfectly good chocolate<br />
milkshake.<br />
Today’s craving: saltine crackers<br />
Total weight loss: 1 pound<br />
Day 2:<br />
Well, my mom quit if that’s any indication<br />
for how this diet was going.<br />
Granted, she looks like Malibu Barbie<br />
and was only doing it for moral support<br />
— but needless to say, I was not<br />
thrilled to go it on my own. I ate a bowl<br />
of soup, some green beans, and a salad<br />
topped with vegetables and oil and vinegar<br />
for lunch. By the end of the day, I
was so weak I was stumbling around.<br />
Thankfully the diet allows a baked<br />
potato with butter for dinner. Let me<br />
tell you — it was the best baked potato<br />
of my life, and I literally picked<br />
it up and ate it with my hands. As I<br />
lay in bed watching F•R•I•E•N•D•S<br />
and drooling over the chocolate chip<br />
cookies Joey and Monica were eating,<br />
I realized I might have already gone<br />
partially insane. Bring it on day three!<br />
Today’s craving: popcorn mixed with<br />
cheese doodles<br />
Total Weight loss: 2 pounds<br />
Day 3:<br />
This was the day that I learned I<br />
like to torture myself. All day I stared<br />
at videos of people cooking food and<br />
pinned roughly five hundred unhealthy<br />
foods to my recipe board on Pinterest.<br />
For lunch I had a fruit bowl from<br />
Chick-fil-a (because what’s a waffle fry<br />
anyway?), and for dinner I had another<br />
oil and vinegar vegetable salad, along<br />
with a bowl of soup, an orange and<br />
some grapes. At this point, my bones<br />
ached, and I was desperately trying<br />
to keep the taste of that tiny spoonful<br />
of broccoli and cheddar soup my mom<br />
gave me in my mouth. If I could say,<br />
“<strong>No</strong>, go on without me; save yourself,”<br />
to someone, I would.<br />
Today’s cravings: A candy bar<br />
Total Weight loss: 3 pounds<br />
Day 4:<br />
Well if I have gained one thing from<br />
this diet, it’s willpower. Yes it’s true;<br />
I have become extremely talented at<br />
sitting across from people eating delicious<br />
foods while I sip on a water.<br />
Eight-count nugget with fries? I’ve<br />
done it. Mac and cheese? Easy. Salad<br />
with a ton of ranch? Oh, it happened.<br />
Caramel popcorn? Don’t even get me<br />
started. Today, along with my soup,<br />
I had a banana blended with a cup of<br />
skim milk and ice, and three different<br />
kinds of nonfat yogurt. And let me<br />
tell you: just because they claim the<br />
yogurt is cheesecake flavored, doesn’t<br />
mean it’s cheesecake flavored.<br />
Today’s cravings: Chick-fil-a sauce<br />
Total Weight Loss: 4 pounds<br />
Day 5:<br />
Just to reiterate, cabbage soup is<br />
terrible, and I do mean terrible. Don’t<br />
listen to what anyone says, no amount<br />
of spice or willpower can make it taste<br />
good. This day along with my soup, I<br />
had a small chicken breast with some<br />
diced tomatoes on top, a grilled 8 count,<br />
and two tiny turkey sausages. And …<br />
okay, alright, you caught me: a handful<br />
of SweeTarts. They were taunting me,<br />
okay?! When the snow-covered rocks in<br />
your brothers Call of Duty game start<br />
to look like powdered donuts to you,<br />
you need to eat a few SweeTarts.<br />
Today’s cravings: Ballpark nachos<br />
Total Weight loss: 4 pounds<br />
Day 6:<br />
I’ve never been a fan of feeling<br />
“stuffed,” but let me tell you, it was<br />
pretty amazing to wake up knowing I<br />
could eat as many steaks as I wanted<br />
to. Granted by this point my stomach<br />
has shrunk to the size of a pea, and<br />
I’m more of a chicken gal, but still, protein!<br />
Along with my soup I had a (biscuit-less)<br />
steak biscuit, along with a<br />
small cut of steak for dinner and some<br />
grilled vegetables. Today I learned you<br />
will feel nauseous if you eat mainly<br />
meat for two days after not eating it<br />
the days before. This was also the day<br />
I realized (with horror) that I haven’t<br />
had hummus in six days…or cheese…<br />
or bread...or ranch...or chips...<br />
Today’s cravings: Biscuits<br />
Total Weight Loss: 4 pounds<br />
Day 7:<br />
This was a joyous day for me. Knowing<br />
that after today I can eat over<br />
300 calories in a day and never have<br />
to consume cabbage again was just a<br />
wonderful thought, a thought I never<br />
imagined myself having before this<br />
week, but a wonderful one nonetheless.<br />
Today along with my soup, I had<br />
pineapple, strawberries, an apple and<br />
squash. And I must say, as nice as it<br />
is for my mom to worry about me withering<br />
away, and my dad telling me my<br />
face looks very “gaunt” every morning,<br />
it’s exciting to wake up and know<br />
that I can sit across from someone<br />
eating without making them hide behind<br />
something. Let’s just say, if your<br />
friends and family don’t have a high<br />
tolerance for hunger-induced sass,<br />
don’t try this diet at home kids.<br />
Today’s cravings: Pita Pit<br />
Total Weight Loss: 4 Pounds<br />
Overview:<br />
Although the Cabbage Soup Diet<br />
forced me to stick my nose in a Taco<br />
Bell bag and beg those around me to<br />
describe the taste of their taco more<br />
times than a normal person should in<br />
their lifetime, I will attest to the fact<br />
that you lose weight on it. However,<br />
and with complete honesty, I would not<br />
do it again. I wasn’t allowed to workout<br />
on this diet because my body was so<br />
weak from lack of protein, and for a<br />
fitness addict like me, that doesn’t fly.<br />
I looked and felt sickly, and all I did<br />
was think about how much unhealthy<br />
food I was going to eat when I got off<br />
it, which is unlike me. If you maintain<br />
a healthy lifestyle and incorporate<br />
wonderful foods like fresh fruits and<br />
vegetables (and yes cabbage) into your<br />
everyday diet, you can indulge in a<br />
chocolate or ranch-covered something<br />
whenever you deserve it with no guilt.<br />
Which is what I’m going to do right<br />
now. Goodbye cabbage soup diet, and<br />
hello…well…food!<br />
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StyleBone<br />
Where high fashion and<br />
mixed-media art collide<br />
By Tara Massouleh<br />
Photographer: Zachary Wiener<br />
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In March 2015, Ashleigh Hill’s 97-year-old great-grandfather James<br />
Gordon Munday passed away. When he passed, he left a gift of<br />
$1,000 to each of his five great-grandchildren. He wanted each of<br />
them to buy something to remember him by. For Ashleigh’s two<br />
younger sisters, that meant a pair of earrings and a necklace to wear<br />
close to their hearts.<br />
But for Ashleigh, the $1,000 meant much more. It meant spending<br />
$300 on clothing, $150 on art supplies, $100 on a website subscription,<br />
and $275 to trademark her logo. It meant the start to StyleBone<br />
Designs — a fashion and mixed-media art blog. It meant the start<br />
of her future.<br />
CONCEPTION<br />
“I wanted to start a blog,” Ashleigh<br />
says. “But I didn’t want to do just a<br />
normal blog. I wanted to do something<br />
different. I wanted to make myself<br />
stand out.”<br />
So with this in mind, Ashleigh did a<br />
little research. The 20-year-old apparel<br />
and design major from Huntsville,<br />
says once she realized how much starting<br />
a blog would cost, she immediately<br />
thought of her grandfather’s gift.<br />
“I think he would be glad I used it<br />
on this,” she says. “I think he would<br />
like that we tried to make a positive<br />
change with it and also that we incorporate<br />
ideals and morals in our<br />
collection concepts.”<br />
So in October 2015 with $1,000 in<br />
her pocket and a rough idea for a fashion<br />
and art blog, Ashleigh turned to<br />
her friend, coincidentally her sorority<br />
little sister and mixed-media artist,<br />
Brooke Perdue.<br />
“I was just thinking Brooke can<br />
paint, and she’s wasting it because she<br />
never gets to paint anymore,” Ashleigh<br />
says. “So I called her and I was like<br />
how would you like to paint a canvas<br />
and I’ll style a model to it?”<br />
Brooke, a 19-year-old interior design<br />
major from Nashville, says she was<br />
excited but also a little nervous after<br />
hearing Ashleigh’s proposal.<br />
“I painted all my life,” she says. “I<br />
went through AP (art) in high school,<br />
and then freshman year of college I<br />
thought my major would be more artistic<br />
than it was. I ended up not painting<br />
a single thing my freshman year. [The<br />
first StyleBone canvas was] the first<br />
thing I had done since senior year of<br />
high school, and I was terrified. I was<br />
like, ‘I don’t remember how to do this.’<br />
But then it all came back.”<br />
Despite her apprehensions, Brooke<br />
said yes, and with that, StyleBone<br />
was born.<br />
The concept started out simple. The<br />
girls work together to decide on an<br />
overall theme – a loose story they want<br />
to tell for the month. Brooke paints a<br />
canvas representing that theme, and<br />
then Ashleigh styles models to match.<br />
The original idea was to post one quality<br />
picture each month.<br />
“It’s crazy thinking about it now,”<br />
Ashleigh says. “We were just going to<br />
post it to Instagram, and we were so<br />
excited about that.”<br />
PROCESS<br />
While Ashleigh and Brooke’s original<br />
idea for StyleBone may have been<br />
simple, what became of it was anything<br />
but. After releasing just five collections,<br />
StyleBone Designs has over<br />
20,000 viewers (including many from<br />
across the pond where Ashleigh’s great<br />
grandfather lived) and an average of<br />
6,000 viewers at each collection release<br />
date.<br />
Each month on the 6th — chosen<br />
because it was Ashleigh’s great grandfather’s<br />
birthday — a new StyleBone<br />
collection is released. The hype website<br />
features full fashion editorials that<br />
could easily be mistaken for the pages<br />
of Elle or Vogue. Models are styled<br />
meticulously in bright, high-fashion<br />
pieces with makeup and hair to match,<br />
then arranged strategically in front<br />
of a set dominated by Brooke’s huge<br />
48x60 canvas.<br />
The intense planning and hours of<br />
work that go into every StyleBone collection<br />
are causally hidden behind every<br />
effortlessly cool picture Ashleigh<br />
and Brooke choose to post. The girls<br />
say they only plan each collection a<br />
month in advance because it takes the<br />
whole month in between release dates<br />
to get things together – and that’s exactly<br />
how the girls like it.<br />
“I remember saying to Brooke forever<br />
ago that the good thing is that we<br />
finish a collection, and it doesn’t just<br />
linger,” Ashleigh says. “Automatically<br />
it’s ‘what should we do for the next<br />
one?’ It’s never ending when seeing<br />
what’s next.”<br />
In Ashleigh and Brooke’s creative<br />
process, they say, clothing comes first.<br />
They first look at the styles coming up<br />
for the month – the decade inspiration,<br />
hot colors, prints and patterns – then<br />
create a canvas based on the clothing<br />
they want to shoot. From the canvas<br />
and clothing, they then decide on a<br />
theme and story to accompany the collection.<br />
The story, Ashleigh says, usually<br />
comes to them after seeing where<br />
the vision for the clothes and canvas<br />
are headed.<br />
“We want to promote progressive<br />
thinking,” she says. “We relate the<br />
clothes and art to the world with an<br />
overall picture. There are so many<br />
problems in our world that we just<br />
want to make it better, so it’s kind of<br />
helping in a way.”<br />
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After the clothes, painting and<br />
theme are finalized, the girls then focus<br />
on creating a set design, choosing<br />
models, and booking photographers<br />
and locations.<br />
“It really takes a whole month,” Ashleigh<br />
says. “It should be our full time<br />
job. Like with school, there’s no time.”<br />
In the weeks before shoot day,<br />
Brooke is hard at sketching, painting<br />
and hot gluing, and by the time models<br />
arrive for hair and makeup around 10<br />
on shoot morning, she says she’s usually<br />
still frantically touching up the<br />
canvas. While Brooke is creating the<br />
canvas, Ashleigh meets with boutiques<br />
around Tuscaloosa, including Effie’s,<br />
Canterbury Clothiers and Mobley and<br />
Sons, to secure clothing for the models.<br />
On shoot day, the girls get up early<br />
to start gathering materials: lights, set<br />
props, makeup, accessories, clothes,<br />
cameras, and the canvas. Everything<br />
they’ll need for the production<br />
takes about an hour to transfer to<br />
the shoot location. By 10:30 a.m. the<br />
models are gathered and prepped for<br />
hair and makeup, and by 12 p.m., the<br />
shooting begins.<br />
For February’s collection titled<br />
“Love <strong>No</strong>t War,” inspirited by the idealism<br />
and fashion of the 60s, the girls<br />
went all out. In addition to the painted<br />
canvas, which depicted Twiggy holding<br />
mementos from the 60s including<br />
a Rubik cube, lava lamp, Woodstock<br />
logo, and Neil Armstrong on the moon,<br />
the set featured a TV made of polyurethane<br />
foam and 7” painted vinyl<br />
record covers. By 10 p.m. over 800<br />
pictures were taken, and the shoot was<br />
wrapping up.<br />
After the shoot, the work for Ashleigh<br />
and Brooke isn’t anywhere near done.<br />
They are then tasked with the project of<br />
setting up the collection online.<br />
“With the amount of pictures we<br />
take, we basically build a website every<br />
time,” Ashleigh says. “So after the<br />
shoot there’s a whole entire process. It<br />
starts with dropping down the number
[of pictures], and then I build the website.”<br />
Outside of just the pictures, Brooke<br />
explains, there are many other components<br />
of the collection. The “collection”<br />
page is the main editorial, where the<br />
girls choose the best picture of each<br />
outfit and make a full photo story.<br />
The “story” page explains the theme<br />
and story behind the collection. Then<br />
there’s the “shop” page where viewers<br />
can see close up pictures of the clothing<br />
and buy select pieces directly through<br />
StyleBone.<br />
After all is said and done, StyleBone<br />
reads more digital fashion magazine<br />
than blog.<br />
FUTURE<br />
So what’s next for StyleBone? In the<br />
immediate future, Brooke and Ashleigh<br />
want to keep pushing the limits<br />
with their collections; they want more<br />
elaborate set design, more clothing,<br />
more models.<br />
“We want an office and we want more<br />
helpers and more lights,” Brooks says.<br />
“Definitely more lights, and we need<br />
investors. We just want [StyleBone]<br />
to be our job, and we still have to do<br />
school, so it sucks. “<br />
Ashleigh says possibilities for Style-<br />
Bone are endless because they draw<br />
from daily life and world events to create<br />
their collections. For example, part<br />
of StyleBone’s December collection<br />
was built in reaction to the terrorist<br />
attacks in Paris. One of Ashleigh’s<br />
major goals is to have world editions of<br />
StyleBone, where the basic StyleBone<br />
concept is applied to fashion and art<br />
in other countries. She wants to locally<br />
source artists, designers, photographers<br />
and writers to collaborate on<br />
special edition collections.<br />
Another major goal for Ashleigh is<br />
to start making back some of her great<br />
grandfather’s starter money by bringing<br />
in some revenue from StyleBone.<br />
To do this, the girl’s have a couple different<br />
ideas. Brooke hopes to sell her<br />
canvases from past shoots, and Ashleigh<br />
wants to sell some clothing from<br />
boutiques directly from the website<br />
for a portion of the profits. Another of<br />
their big ideas is to start charging boutiques<br />
collection release fees to have<br />
their clothing featured in upcoming<br />
StyleBone editorials.<br />
And while they may set their sights<br />
high for the future of StyleBone, neither<br />
Brooke nor Ashleigh has forgotten<br />
how far they’ve come in just a few<br />
short months. Ashleigh remembers ordering<br />
clothes for the first collection,<br />
then returning them after the shoot,<br />
subsidizing pieces she couldn’t afford<br />
with clothes from her own closet. <strong>No</strong>r<br />
have they forgotten how much they’ve<br />
already gained from working together<br />
on a project they love.<br />
“It expands your creativity, I think,”<br />
Brooke says. “Like we bounce off each<br />
other’s ideas, and getting to paint<br />
de-stresses me.”<br />
Ashleigh adds that working on Style-<br />
Bone has helped her to realize what it<br />
is she wants to do.<br />
Despite the recent changes for Style-<br />
Bone and the ones yet to come, Ashleigh<br />
and Brooke say one thing will<br />
never change: their vision and motto.<br />
“I’ve always wanted to be a stylist,”<br />
Ashleigh explains. “And I always say<br />
the quote for our name is ‘Replacing<br />
my wishbone with my backbone, but<br />
actually my StyleBone.’”<br />
To which Brooke clarifies, “Basically,<br />
the backbone of what we do is style.”<br />
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FEATURE<br />
NOT YOUR<br />
BABE<br />
Catcalling takes many<br />
forms, but one thing<br />
is for sure — none of<br />
them are cool.<br />
By Alyx Chandler<br />
“Owwww, oww!”<br />
Catcalls rise and fall as Mama Dixie<br />
steps onto the stage, introduces herself<br />
and greets the audience with a<br />
swift warning. Though this is a burlesque<br />
show, she tells them, it’s still<br />
a controlled space, free of objectification<br />
or harassment. They hoot at her<br />
light-hearted tone, and she smiles back<br />
seriously, daring them to continue.<br />
This is not the streets, not an opportunity<br />
for men to direct obscene comments,<br />
she says. They become quiet.<br />
At the Strip, the iconic district of<br />
restaurants, shops and bars adjacent<br />
to The University of Alabama’s campus,<br />
Mama Dixie later recalls years<br />
of men yelling catcalls as women leave<br />
the bar Egan’s, and all along their<br />
walk back to their cars. She is bent<br />
on ensuring her shows offer more<br />
respect than her hometown streets<br />
of Tuscaloosa.<br />
“You can watch them kind of cower;<br />
you can watch them physically<br />
stand behind someone else,” she says.<br />
“When a group of men start to pass<br />
them, their bodies tense, and they<br />
step to the outside and then they get<br />
real small so as not to draw attention<br />
to themselves.”<br />
Along the Strip, by Bryant-Denny<br />
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Stadium, near dorms, the downtown<br />
areas and other locations at or near<br />
UA, catcalling isn’t so easily controlled<br />
by a warning.<br />
That’s why Dixie, known as the madame<br />
of Tuscaloosa’s Pink Box Burlesque<br />
troop, reinforces her “social<br />
contract,” as she calls it, with the audience<br />
at the beginning of each show.<br />
Functioning as the owner, founder and<br />
a vocalist of the troop, she commands<br />
the ground rules. She calls the shots.<br />
To her audience, her name is “mommmma,”<br />
as she says it, all drawn out,<br />
by design, as a psychological trigger<br />
— a tactic that she says works<br />
quite well.<br />
“Really for us, what it comes down to<br />
— and this is true about catcalling in<br />
general, as far as I’m concerned — is<br />
consent,” Dixie says.<br />
Her rules dictate the stage, much unlike<br />
the free reign of the streets where<br />
comments are thrown around by “primarily<br />
male” students, she says. Especially<br />
if it’s late at night or if a girl is<br />
alone, there’s not much the victim can<br />
say or control if they fear repercussion.<br />
As of 2016, there is no universally<br />
standardized term for “street harassment.”<br />
It’s not in the dictionaries.<br />
Instead, it just exists as a term<br />
that activists, academics and the<br />
Reston, Virginia-based, non-profit
Stop Street Harassment (SSH) organization<br />
uses as a working definition<br />
for what many women have already<br />
experienced.<br />
In 2014, SSH conducted what is still<br />
the largest national representative survey<br />
to date on street harassment in the<br />
U.S. The study found that out of 2,000<br />
people, at least 65 percent of women experienced<br />
it. In the same year, Playboy<br />
published a flowchart called “Should<br />
you catcall her?” with the only acceptable<br />
options for a male to catcall being<br />
“if you have both consensually agreed<br />
to shout sexually suggestive comments<br />
to each other in public in explicit<br />
terms,” or, of course, if “she<br />
is literally a cat.”<br />
For many people, the difference<br />
from street harassment<br />
isn’t concrete. Urban Dictionary<br />
describes the purpose as<br />
ensuring a future hookup. To<br />
clarify the only official definition,<br />
catcalling is “a shrill whistle<br />
or shout of disapproval,” or “a loud<br />
whistle or comment of a sexual nature<br />
made by a man to a passing woman,”<br />
according to the Oxford Dictionary.<br />
Interpretations vary, but there<br />
seems to be agreement that most are<br />
not complimentary.<br />
“I mean, I’m just walking to class,<br />
why are you sexualizing me? Or even<br />
maybe I am walking to a party and I<br />
am in a short skirt, but that doesn’t<br />
mean that I want a complete stranger<br />
yelling at me,” says Alexis Unger, a senior<br />
majoring in economics and math.<br />
Unger described her catcalling experiences<br />
as negative, at times with<br />
borderline abusive intent. The “college<br />
atmosphere,” she says, like<br />
on or around UA’s campus where<br />
young people constantly walk back<br />
and forth between streets, provides<br />
an easy environment for catcalling<br />
to happen. She has experienced<br />
different types of catcalling, ranging<br />
from the “Ow, ow!” to the derogatory<br />
“faggot,” and other terms<br />
commenting on distinctly different<br />
parts of her appearance. She says it<br />
has happened around the Ferguson<br />
Student Center, Riverside dorm and<br />
walking outside of campus.<br />
“But I would say different kinds of<br />
catcalling have the same effect,” Unger<br />
says, “that you end up feeling embarrassed<br />
and wishing that you could<br />
say something back to them and defend<br />
yourself, but they’re already gone.”<br />
“I’m just walking<br />
to class, why are you<br />
sexualizing me?”<br />
Unger would rather have her best<br />
friends or partner tell her direct compliments<br />
about attraction or sexuality.<br />
She says, “It’s unwanted sexual attention,<br />
unwanted sexual advances,<br />
generally, I mean — it’s unwanted.”<br />
Unger says at UA’s campus, it seems<br />
to be primarily a situation that “affects<br />
women, or people presenting as<br />
female, more than males.”<br />
“That group of men will wait<br />
until they’ve passed that woman before<br />
they make some snide comment about<br />
her appearance or some statement<br />
about they could have totally had that<br />
or, you know, that they didn’t want it,”<br />
Dixie says.<br />
Dixie says the definition of catcalling<br />
is a matter of intent. Saying a simple<br />
hello, she explains, versus when a<br />
man says a certain “hellllllloooo,” has<br />
completely different implications.<br />
“The moment that — and even sometimes<br />
it’s a self conscious assumption<br />
— the person you’re talking at, at being<br />
very much the point, is worth less<br />
than the time you would wait for them<br />
to respond, then we’re no longer having<br />
a conversation,” Dixie says.<br />
If she feels objectified or threatened<br />
in a way that implies she can’t say<br />
“no” without consequence, that’s a<br />
neutral situation flipped into a “power<br />
negotiation.” When audience members<br />
yell obscene language at the burlesque<br />
performers, they have the power to<br />
stop the band or respond by modifying<br />
their act so they’re turned away from<br />
that person or section. Everybody<br />
around them also misses out, until the<br />
usually drunken catcalls finally stop.<br />
“The moment that one person in<br />
the audience tries to garner<br />
more attention than they<br />
should, they all turn on them,”<br />
Dixie said.<br />
Even though the performers<br />
are in an easier situation<br />
to respond, she wishes they<br />
didn’t have to. Victims of catcalling<br />
don’t have a voice in<br />
the situation. For UA students who<br />
present differently than the gender<br />
they were assigned at birth, Unger<br />
says, singling them out to catcall<br />
is easy.<br />
“Faggot — those kind of terms are<br />
given to people that may just look different,<br />
so like for someone that may<br />
not be wearing the uniform of the big<br />
t-shirt and the Nike shorts, someone<br />
that is dressed up just a little<br />
bit, maybe has on something bright,”<br />
Unger says.<br />
Even a ponytail can single someone<br />
out. She’s seen it happen multiple<br />
times and thinks that working to<br />
address catcalling as a community<br />
would be a step toward mutual respect.<br />
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According to SSH,<br />
the Supreme Court has<br />
set a high bar against<br />
government intervention.<br />
The SSH’s website,<br />
stopstreetharrassment.org,<br />
points out that to regulate<br />
speech on the streets, it must<br />
be “clearly intimidating, rather<br />
than merely offensive, which<br />
is what most street harassment<br />
is.” Essentially, reporting isn’t so<br />
easy, and there is no real incentive<br />
to stop catcalling. Unger wants UA<br />
to be more committed as a community<br />
to having conversations about<br />
uncomfortable sexualization, even if<br />
they’re awkward, but both her and<br />
Dixie have their doubts about anyone<br />
taking action.<br />
“I think teaching people to not<br />
mistreat each other is more of a<br />
slow, grinding societal conversation,”<br />
Dixie says.<br />
Catcalling on UA’s campus isn’t as<br />
bad as what Unger expected, but it<br />
proved more prevalent than in her<br />
small hometown in Indiana. In big cities,<br />
she’s experienced two instances of<br />
more extreme catcalling. A couple of<br />
men followed her for multiple blocks<br />
in Los Angeles, continuing to tell her<br />
again and again, and in more aggressive<br />
tones, how attractive she was. In<br />
New York, a man on the street masturbated<br />
to her, fully aware that she could<br />
see him. He didn’t attempt to stop. In<br />
both situations, she felt incredibly uncomfortable<br />
and unsafe.<br />
“I know that some people may be like<br />
it, like ‘oh yeah, you know what, I do<br />
look good today,’ but I don’t feel that<br />
way at all,” Unger says.<br />
Dixie suggests uncomfortable people<br />
being catcalled remove themselves<br />
from the situation, or at least surround<br />
themselves safely with people.<br />
Personally she opts to give people a<br />
scathing look, but doesn’t bother saying<br />
much else.<br />
“But again, I’m older, and I have the<br />
ability to swing that [fact] around in a<br />
way that makes people uncomfortable.<br />
I have a mom face,” Dixie says with<br />
a laugh.<br />
Allie Sloan, a UA senior majoring in<br />
advertising and art, has never taken a<br />
catcall as derogatory or as an insult.<br />
To her, it’s more of something in between<br />
a whistle and a complimentary<br />
shout, and the prime catcalling situation<br />
seems to be when a bunch of people<br />
are piled in the car and driving by.<br />
Contrary to most women, she plays the<br />
role as the occasional catcaller. But<br />
Sloan says she decides to based on the<br />
situation and time of day.<br />
“If there’s anyone walking by and<br />
they look cute, or something about<br />
them just looks cheerful,” she says, “so<br />
you just want to let ‘em know that their<br />
good mood put you in a good mood.”<br />
If she’s the one catcalling, she says<br />
it’s never negative or a power play. It’s<br />
just her yelling a couple of words or<br />
sending a happy-go-lucky “ow! ow!” in<br />
the direction of someone sexy or cute.<br />
An attempted compliment, she calls<br />
it. She says she doesn’t know many<br />
women who catcall, other than a few<br />
friends, but that doesn’t bother her.<br />
“Maybe they never wanted to do it.<br />
Or it’s just a social norm thing,” she<br />
says. “It’s not something girls would<br />
commonly do, or people would find to<br />
be ladylike.”<br />
Unger says she’s never had any experience<br />
with UA girls, or any girls<br />
for that matter, catcalling. And she<br />
doesn’t consider catcalling to be “complimentary,”<br />
which where the definition<br />
gets tricky and can complicate
“I think teaching<br />
people to not<br />
mistreat each<br />
other is more of<br />
a slow, grinding<br />
societal<br />
conversation.”<br />
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advocating for catcalling awareness.<br />
“I think compliments are compliments<br />
regardless of the context,” Dixie<br />
says. “However, the context can<br />
shatter that.”<br />
Sloan says she understands where<br />
girls are coming from and respects<br />
that. Some people respond to her catcall<br />
surprised that she’s a girl, and she<br />
says other people call her some form of<br />
rude. Sloan’s view is that she is always<br />
doing it to make the other person feel<br />
good; she’s not trying to go out with<br />
them, date them, be friends, even commit<br />
to seeing their reaction. She gets<br />
catcalled plenty, too — but it doesn’t<br />
bother her. In fact, it puts a little jump<br />
in her step, she says, even boosts her<br />
confidence. Sometimes Sloan gets a<br />
surprised smile and a little wave back,<br />
and other times she says she can tell<br />
by their laugh that she made their<br />
day, so she knows some people share<br />
her opinion.<br />
“I just feel like [all] the times I’ve<br />
been catcalled on this campus have<br />
been [by] young men, probably in a<br />
pickup truck, a little bit filled over the<br />
guild, so you have boys coming out of<br />
everywhere,” Unger says. “And I’m<br />
not sure what their status is, but maybe<br />
they’re all a little tipsy or going to<br />
a party, or maybe they’re all just feeling<br />
on edge — you know, they want to<br />
kind of do something bad.”<br />
Drinking, she’s noticed, and Alabama<br />
football game days, multiply<br />
the catcalls. Sloan personally distinguishes<br />
the biggest difference between<br />
street harassment and catcalling by<br />
the amount of persistence.<br />
“I feel like multiple instances of<br />
calling out to somebody could be considered<br />
harassment, where I feel like<br />
catcalling could just be considered one<br />
and done,” she says. The later at night<br />
that men yell or catcall, the less genuine<br />
they feel to her. It’s more the alcohol<br />
talking, she says.<br />
“But we know with our legal system,<br />
if we put a consequence on something,<br />
it doesn’t necessarily mean that people<br />
don’t do it that often,” Unger says.<br />
Street harassment can be reported<br />
to the police specifically in Alabama<br />
through crimes of disorderly conduct<br />
and harassment. This includes using<br />
abusive or obscene languages or gestures,<br />
which falls into the harassment<br />
category if it’s singularly directed at<br />
someone or a group. It’s punishable by<br />
a $500 fine or jail time for under three<br />
months, though the latter is rare.<br />
Usually, women just deal with it.<br />
“They may get to a place in their own<br />
maturity, oh you know, three, four, 10,<br />
20, 100 years later where they go ‘Oh<br />
man, I probably shouldn’t have done<br />
that,’ but it’s not going to be because<br />
someone turned around and told them<br />
to go f—k themselves,” Dixie says.<br />
Anger, though completely understandable,<br />
isn’t always necessary,<br />
Dixie says. In some cases, after safety<br />
is secured, being capable of quickly<br />
dismissing catcallers while genuinely<br />
not caring what they say is important.<br />
That way, it won’t derail from whatever<br />
you were currently doing.<br />
“That’s more important to me, because<br />
at the end of the day, that person<br />
isn’t going to matter anymore, and<br />
you’re a powerful, intelligent, creative<br />
and very capable individual who needs<br />
to go on and show that dumbass that<br />
he’s so not what you’re looking,” Dixie<br />
says. That’s the ultimate power move.<br />
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LIFESTYLE<br />
48<br />
hours in<br />
Nashville<br />
Bourbon Street<br />
By Rachel Wilburn<br />
To Tuscaloosans, Tennessee is notorious for being home<br />
to Knoxville, affectionately referred to as the host of the<br />
“garbage truck worker convention” around #Tennessee-<br />
HateWeek. While many avid Crimson Tide fans swear<br />
they’ll never love anything about Tennessee, there’s one<br />
place that’s hard not to: Music City. Nashville, a short four<br />
hours from Title Town, is the perfect weekend getaway. <strong>No</strong><br />
need to worry about the itinerary — we’ve got you covered.<br />
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Day 1<br />
9 a.m. All over Nashville,<br />
coffee shops are popping up to fuel the<br />
thousands of Millennials flocking to the<br />
city. One of the few shops to rise to the<br />
top is Barista Parlor. Their most-recent<br />
Golden Sound location is the perfect place<br />
to get a head start on your day. While<br />
you’re there, don’t forget to stop and take<br />
a selfie with your coffee and their iconic<br />
motorcycle. Another hot spot to check<br />
out is Bongo Java, Nashville’s oldest<br />
coffee house.<br />
10 a.m. Once the caffeine<br />
starts to kick in, head over to the heart of<br />
downtown, Broadway. Take some time to<br />
soak in the rich music history and check<br />
out a few of the honky-tonks. The local<br />
music talent never lets you down.<br />
12 p.m. While you’re walking<br />
around Broadway, pop into Ernest Tubb<br />
Record Shop. Opened in 1947, Ernest<br />
Tubb’s is one of downtown’s oldest music<br />
stores and is known for its vinyl collection<br />
and diverse music selection. You’ll<br />
also want to keep an eye out for the Mas<br />
Tacos truck. Mexican food never gets old,<br />
but these tacos put all others to shame.<br />
2 p.m. The Belcourt Theatre is<br />
the perfect place to get out of the sun for<br />
a little while. Originally opened in 1925<br />
to showcase silent films, the Belcourt is<br />
best known for its rich history and indie<br />
selection of movies. Pop in and see what’s<br />
playing!<br />
Bongo Java<br />
The Belcourt Theatre<br />
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5 p.m. At the end of the day,<br />
Pinewood Social on Peabody Street is the<br />
place to kick back and relax. Nashville<br />
has plenty of social-gathering venues, but<br />
Pinewood Social is queen. Hang out in<br />
the lounge area with a Crema coffee or<br />
local Black Abbey Champion American<br />
Pale Ale while you wait for a table. After<br />
your delicious Americana-style meal of<br />
their house special fried broccoli or lamb<br />
bolognese, head towards the back for a<br />
round of bowling or outside to visit the<br />
Airstream trailer bar.<br />
9 p.m. Did you really go to<br />
Nashville if you don’t go to a concert?<br />
There’s no better place than the historic<br />
Exit / In. Opened in 1971, Exit / In<br />
boasts live rock music and rising talent<br />
every night. Make sure you check out the<br />
wall of artists on outside before you head<br />
home for the night. You might be surprised<br />
by who’s outside.<br />
Wall at Exit / In<br />
Acme Feed & Seed<br />
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Day 2<br />
9 a.m. Refuel from last night’s<br />
shenanigans and start your morning<br />
with another perfect cup of coffee or tea<br />
at Fido. The upscale coffeehouse and<br />
restaurant serves locally grown foods and<br />
buys more regionally produced food than<br />
any other restaurant in Nashville.<br />
*Local tip: The Local Latte and Bubba<br />
Scramble are highly recommended.<br />
10 a.m. Time for a little trip<br />
to Greece! The Parthenon in Nashville is<br />
a full-scale replica of the one in Athens<br />
and sits in the heart of Centennial Park.<br />
It’s the perfect place to take a morning<br />
break, and they often have pop-up shops,<br />
craft fairs and live music. Some of the local<br />
favorites are the Big Band Dances on<br />
Saturday and Shakespeare in the Park<br />
during the summer months.<br />
12 p.m. A walk in the park<br />
can certainly work up an appetite, so<br />
head on back to 12th Avenue South. The<br />
Flipside is known for their retro décor,<br />
but the tater tot nachos aren’t too shabby,<br />
either. After lunch, venture across<br />
the street to Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams.<br />
Known for their innovative gourmet flavors,<br />
it’s the perfect place to grab dessert.<br />
With flavors that range from salted<br />
peanut butter to brambleberry crisp, you<br />
can’t go wrong.<br />
3 p.m. Hillsboro Village, a local<br />
favorite section of 12th Avenue South,<br />
is the best place for afternoon shopping.<br />
From book stores to boutiques, there’s<br />
something for everyone. While you’re<br />
out, snap a pic by the dragon mural just<br />
across from the Belcourt Theatre; it’s the<br />
perfect background for your Insta #ootd.<br />
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The Parthenon<br />
Acme Feed & Seed<br />
5 p.m. After a nap and an outfit<br />
change, head down Lower Broadway<br />
toward the Riverfront for an evening at<br />
Acme Feed & Seed, a historic farm store<br />
turned restaurant and bar. Similar to<br />
Pinewood Social, Acme thrives off the social<br />
scene. The first floor houses live music<br />
and communal tables. Try the Acme<br />
Hot Chicken Sandwich; hot chicken is a<br />
Nashville original. Throughout the night,<br />
make sure you explore the other floors<br />
including a sushi bar lounge, vintage arcade<br />
games, photo booth, and the rooftop<br />
bar.<br />
8 p.m. Before you kiss Nashville<br />
goodbye, catch a ride on the Nashville<br />
Pedal Tavern. The world famous<br />
Pedal Tavern is a 2-hour, 15-person, bicycle-powered<br />
bar crawl on wheels. Enjoy<br />
the great exclusive drink specials at all<br />
the great bars and restaurants on your<br />
route, or feel free to BYOB!<br />
Dragon mural in Hillsboro Village
LIFESTYLE<br />
UA Alumni Q & A:<br />
India<br />
Williams<br />
By Becca Murdoch<br />
Tuscaloosa native and The University of Alabama alumna,<br />
India Williams, is the picture of a successful professional<br />
woman. After finishing her undergraduate and law degree<br />
from the university, she was ready to pursue her career<br />
goals. As an associate at Sidley law firm in Chicago and<br />
creator of her own nail polish line called Rooted Woman,<br />
Williams seems to just be getting started.<br />
What life experiences have influenced the path that<br />
you’re on today?<br />
I would definitely say my parents. I was raised in Tuscaloosa,<br />
but my dad’s originally from New York. I spent<br />
summers in New York, and we traveled a lot while I was<br />
growing up. It gave me a larger worldview beyond my community<br />
in Tuscaloosa. When I was growing up, Tuscaloosa<br />
was actually classified as a rural area. That was before<br />
Mercedes-Benz and all that industry that’s now there. Tuscaloosa<br />
was really a more quiet and sleepy town, so being<br />
able to see beyond that was really cool. The world was my<br />
oyster, so I could dream really big.<br />
Looking back at your undergraduate years in college,<br />
what advice would you give to your younger self?<br />
Take your time. I know we have the finish-in-four campaign,<br />
and that’s awesome, but don’t rush it. I know it<br />
sounds a little sentimental, but really take your time.<br />
There’s so much time to work and to do other things, so<br />
really allow the undergraduate experience to sink in. I finished<br />
in three years, and if I could go back, I would stay<br />
back an extra year, or maybe even an extra year and a<br />
half. There’s so much you can learn, and you get to grow<br />
a lot as a person. It really prepares you for your graduate<br />
school or going into whatever your professional location is.<br />
I think really making the most of that time [is the advice I<br />
would give].<br />
How have previous work or mentorship experiences impacted<br />
your career decisions?<br />
I worked in my parents’ business. Growing up in a business<br />
environment really geared me to have an entrepreneurial<br />
spirit. <strong>No</strong>t too long ago, I started a business called<br />
Rooted Woman; it’s a nail polish company that’s really centered<br />
around encouraging high-achieving women to slow<br />
down and to take time for themselves. As for mentorship,<br />
my dad, when I was growing up, had an insurance agency<br />
next to Judge England’s office. I grew up on Attorney Row<br />
downtown, which is what they called it, so I was exposed to<br />
the legal profession at an early age. That definitely encouraged<br />
and empowered me to see that as an option.<br />
What have been the most challenging and rewarding<br />
aspects of your job?<br />
The most challenging part has been being on call 24/7,<br />
which causes you to sacrifice sleep and family when you’re<br />
with clients. I actually got really sick, and I had to take<br />
some time off. I took off personally and professionally, and<br />
that gave me the courage to start Rooted Woman. So I<br />
think one of the most rewarding parts of my job is being<br />
able to use my skills as a lawyer and also get to express myself<br />
from an entrepreneurial standpoint, which is to really<br />
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encourage high-achieving women to really slow down and<br />
take care of yourself. Self care is something that as women<br />
we tend to undervalue.<br />
Do you see positive changes taking place in the workplace<br />
for women?<br />
Yeah, I do! I think there are a lot more opportunities for<br />
alternative work schedules for women. I think that those,<br />
for better or worse, are allowing more opportunities for new<br />
moms or for working moms. I would love to see that expanded<br />
to women who don’t even have children and to combat the<br />
notion that a single woman can work all the time. Also to<br />
find more balance, autonomy and opportunity for women to<br />
be on a more even playing field.<br />
How do you maintain a balance between work and play?<br />
I think it’s an ever-evolving consideration. When I am at<br />
home, I try to be really home and present there and not<br />
take work home. I try to start my morning in a way where<br />
I don’t jump immediately into work, where I don’t check<br />
emails during the first hour of my day, and just spend time<br />
doing something that really encourages me or makes me<br />
feel really good and prepared for the day. Throughout the<br />
day, one of the things I try to do is to have intentions, to be<br />
really mindful.<br />
Which female leaders do you admire and why?<br />
One female leader that immediately comes to mind would<br />
be Michelle Obama. She actually worked at the law firm<br />
that I work at now, which is actually where she met her husband.<br />
So being surrounded by other lawyers that worked<br />
with her and also knowing the president on a very personal<br />
level, so seeing the process and the path she had gone<br />
through from being an associate to being the first lady and<br />
so many things she’s done professionally. Her strength and<br />
her grace are really encouraging.<br />
What do you wish to accomplish in the next year?<br />
I really am hopeful that I will have an opportunity to continue<br />
to mentor other young female lawyers. I’m mentoring<br />
two now so I want to have the opportunity to mentor<br />
more. I also want the opportunity to have the bandwidth<br />
to grow my business because I think it can be an asset for<br />
professional women.<br />
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LIFESTYLE<br />
Photographer: Trent McDaniel<br />
Graduation Survival Guide<br />
By Lane Stafford<br />
You’ve made it through four<br />
years of college. <strong>No</strong>w, all<br />
that’s left is surviving graduation.<br />
The most popular<br />
piece of advice alumni give is to embrace<br />
every moment in college. They<br />
say things like “time flies” and “it’s<br />
the best and fastest four years of your<br />
life.” While true, this advice doesn’t<br />
exactly help you prepare to walk<br />
across a stage in front of hundreds of<br />
people or plan dinner for your friends<br />
and family. Here are some tips that<br />
can help you sort through the madness<br />
of graduation week, so you can get<br />
to celebrating.<br />
Breakfast, Reservations,<br />
and Potlucks, Oh My!<br />
If there’s one thing that will be on<br />
everyone’s mind at the end of your<br />
graduation ceremony, it’ll be food.<br />
Start your day off right by eating a<br />
good breakfast; graduation ceremonies<br />
are notoriously long, so avoid hangry<br />
family members by remembering to<br />
fuel up.<br />
Diploma in hand, it’ll be time to<br />
move on to the second biggest event<br />
of the day – finding what restaurant<br />
will fit all 12 of your family members.<br />
“Call way in advance – like now for<br />
May grads,” said Megan Wood, a December<br />
2015 graduate.<br />
Restaurants will be slammed with<br />
orders, and you’ll need to be prepared<br />
for the ones that don’t take reservations<br />
for that weekend. A fun alternative<br />
to eating out is hosting a potluck.<br />
Potlucks are perfect for family<br />
bonding, and you usually end up with<br />
leftovers for days. Plus, you can’t<br />
go wrong with mom’s special homemade<br />
dish.<br />
Dress to Impress,<br />
and for Comfort<br />
Even though you’ll be in a graduation<br />
gown that doesn’t mean you won’t<br />
take it off for pictures later, because<br />
you will. Graduates said to stay clear<br />
from wearing a dress that’s longer<br />
than your gown. <strong>No</strong>t only will this look<br />
better in your pictures, but you also<br />
won’t have to worry about landing on a<br />
“graduation day fails” YouTube video.<br />
Your dress might be eye candy for<br />
later, but your shoes will be in plain<br />
sight the whole day. While fashion is<br />
important, keep in mind that comfort<br />
matters, too. Wedges are the perfect<br />
shoe for graduation. They give you the<br />
height you want but in the most comfortable<br />
way. When you find your perfect<br />
pair, make sure you wear them out<br />
a few times before the big day to break<br />
them in.<br />
Plan Ahead — Way Ahead<br />
It can be hectic trying to balance finals,<br />
packing, job searching, and mentally<br />
preparing for family to come visit.<br />
Planning ahead can save you from<br />
gradzilla moments. Know who is going<br />
to do your hair and makeup and select<br />
the kind of look you want. Graduates<br />
said that touch-up moments were rare,<br />
so be sure to use long-lasting and waterproof<br />
makeup.<br />
Graduation can be stressful, but<br />
finding the perfect balance between<br />
planning and living in the moment can<br />
result in an unforgettable day.<br />
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y the Tim<br />
LIFESTYLE<br />
20 Thing<br />
By Allison Cohen<br />
Life is all fun and margaritas until<br />
you get a flat tire. You might be under<br />
your parents’ insurance, but it’s time<br />
to prepare for the real world.<br />
1. How to check your oil<br />
It’s not as glamorous as Megan Fox<br />
makes it look.<br />
2. Own a toolbox<br />
You could be the next MacGyver.<br />
6. How to tie a tie<br />
For when your date has a crisis.<br />
7. Make your own<br />
doctor’s appointment<br />
The true sign you’ve reached your<br />
20s; don’t let mom micromanage your<br />
appointments. You got this.<br />
8. How to kill a bug<br />
Because you’re a strong, independent<br />
woman and don’t need a man (or other<br />
person with a shoe).<br />
Illustrations by Zoey Simpson<br />
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3. How to give directions<br />
without a GPS<br />
It’s easy to turn to Google Maps<br />
when we’re lost, but your older relatives<br />
might find it a bit difficult. Remembering<br />
landmarks in your area<br />
or major street names is a simple and<br />
easy way to show you know your surroundings.<br />
4. Open a manual (and read it)<br />
That IKEA furniture won’t put itself<br />
together. Reading and understanding<br />
directions is important for not only the<br />
shelf you’re trying to build but also for<br />
school and work.<br />
5. Parallel park<br />
You did it once (four years ago) and<br />
you can do it again. Vow to never give<br />
up the perfect parking spot again just<br />
because the space is a little tight.<br />
9. Get a passport<br />
Even if your wallet isn’t ready for<br />
Spain, your passport will be. Be prepared<br />
for future travels and start a<br />
Pinterest board to live vicariously<br />
through if a backpacking trip isn’t<br />
quite in the books yet.<br />
10. Read the news<br />
Start your day off right by reading<br />
theSkimm. You’ll finally know what’s<br />
going on in the world and won’t have<br />
to listen to your parents complain anymore,<br />
either.<br />
11. How to cook at least<br />
five simple dishes<br />
Your dining dollars won’t last forever.<br />
The real world is fun, right?
s to Know<br />
e You Turn 20<br />
12. How to sew on a button<br />
Shirts with buttons usually come<br />
with backup. Opt for sewing on a<br />
lost button over buying a new shirt.<br />
All you need is needle, thread and a<br />
YouTube tutorial.<br />
13. Change your tire<br />
AAA isn’t going to be so reliable<br />
when your phone dies. Turn your hazards<br />
on, keep calm, and get to work.<br />
19. Start saving<br />
Be responsible and know when to put<br />
the wallet away. That $15 you dropped<br />
on club cover last weekend could have<br />
been the money you needed for gas the<br />
upcoming week.<br />
20. Memorize your Social<br />
Security number<br />
If you don’t remember this, you technically<br />
don’t exist.<br />
14. How to remove a stain<br />
Unfortunately, “mom” isn’t a stain<br />
remover. Find your favorite Tide to<br />
Go pen, OxiClean spray, or all-natural<br />
remedy and stick with it.<br />
15. Season a cast-iron skillet<br />
Soap? I don’t think so.<br />
16. How to jumpstart a car<br />
Repeat after me: Positive to positive.<br />
Negative to negative. Time to roll out<br />
the jumper cables.<br />
17. Purchase pantry essentials<br />
Remember four words: butter, flour,<br />
sugar and eggs.<br />
18. Eat and drink<br />
properly before going out<br />
Going out on an empty stomach is a<br />
recipe for a bad hangover. Eat healthy<br />
and drink plenty of water to avoid the<br />
consequences the next day.<br />
NOW OPEN<br />
Start feeling good again<br />
At the Shops at Legacy Park<br />
next to Chuy’s and Dick’s Sporting Goods<br />
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LIFESTYLE<br />
First Dates<br />
Best<br />
By Katie Huff<br />
Everyone has that one first date story. You know – your go-to<br />
account when people ask. The one that gets the most “awws” or<br />
maybe the most “ewws”. Either way we all love hearing about them.<br />
Here’s our roundup of the six best and worst first date stories from<br />
students across campus.<br />
“It was my first date EVER with a girl, and I was terrified.<br />
I didn’t know what to wear, what to say or what to<br />
act like in general. All I knew was that I was incredibly<br />
excited to finally go out with a girl and be out of the closet<br />
in general. We were friends in middle school but lost touch<br />
and reconnected when we discovered our college choice (and<br />
sexual orientation) in common.<br />
“I showed up at her apartment and she asked if I wanted<br />
to accompany her to the grocery store so she could cook<br />
us dinner. She bought all the ingredients for a four course<br />
meal and I, ever the gracious and generous date, supplied<br />
a single bottle of cheap Pink Moscato. We returned to her<br />
apartment where she cooked us a ridiculous amount of food<br />
ending in a dessert of heart shaped cupcakes. I know it<br />
sounds cheesy, but had you been there, you’d agree that it<br />
was adorable.<br />
“Despite any awkwardness I feared could happen, we had<br />
an incredible conversation that never missed a beat. We dated<br />
for over a year and are still great friends to this day.”<br />
– Mary, 22<br />
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“My ex-boyfriend is a pilot, and one day I was really wanting<br />
to go play with puppies. He wanted to surprise me and<br />
told me to wear a dress. It turns out, he had rented a plane.<br />
I was blindfolded the whole ride and even though I was petrified,<br />
we were only in the air for 45 minutes. Once we got<br />
off the plane, we got in a cab and drove to this random<br />
house. I then found out that the house belonged to a breeder<br />
and we were going to see puppies. After playing with all of<br />
them there was one that I just knew was the one.<br />
“We ended up actually getting the puppy, but we had to<br />
drive back the next day to pick it up. On the way back home<br />
he was like, “Are you hungry?” And of course I said, “Yeah.”<br />
I happen to love hot dogs, and my favorite hot dog place<br />
is about an hour drive away and only a 20-minute flight.<br />
He was like, “Let’s go.” Between fuel and the flight, it was<br />
probably a $90 hot dog. On the way back we stopped in another<br />
city to get ice cream. When we finally got back, there<br />
were flowers, and somehow the breeder managed to bring<br />
the puppy down — it was in a pumpkin when I got home.”<br />
– Alex, 21
“In high school, my date wanted to surprise me and<br />
plan the perfect date. So all throughout high school I’d<br />
been telling him about my dream date — we would just<br />
hang out and talk all night under the stars somewhere.<br />
He and I were best friends before we started dating, so we<br />
talked about this stuff, and I guess he remembered that<br />
once we started dating.<br />
“He wanted to make our date special. His goal was to<br />
take me out to dinner at our favorite Mexican place, and<br />
then take me out to his friend’s land with a pallet made<br />
in his truck. In his truck, he would have flowers and our<br />
favorite candy and we would just hang out all night. Well,<br />
his truck ended up breaking down at school, which caused<br />
him to be late picking me up, and then we had to go get<br />
his mom’s car instead.<br />
“So he still took me out to the field, and we lay in a<br />
pallet in the back of her car, but we literally had to stare<br />
at the ceiling because she didn’t have a moonroof or anything.<br />
We just sat in the car and hung out, but I knew<br />
how much he wanted to surprise me. Needless to say, it<br />
was still one of the best dates I’ve been on because he<br />
remembered and tried so hard.”<br />
– Katherine, 20<br />
Worst<br />
“Let me start by saying that my ex-boyfriend is arguably<br />
the worst person on this planet. Our anniversary<br />
and Valentine’s Day were on the<br />
same day, and I always wanted him to do<br />
something, but I should have known better.<br />
He didn’t have a car, so I had to<br />
drive 20 minutes to go get him after<br />
school. When he got in the car, I<br />
gave him my card and gift that I<br />
had gotten for him, and he didn’t<br />
give me anything. I’m not a superficial<br />
person, and I don’t need any<br />
gifts, but a card or letter would’ve been<br />
nice. His excuse was that he was writing<br />
me a card but hurt his thumb playing video<br />
games so he couldn’t write anymore.<br />
“I drove us back to my house, and I start<br />
ed to get ready for what I thought was going<br />
to be a nice dinner. Instead, he told me to order<br />
pizza. As I was ordering it, I asked him if he was<br />
paying with cash or card and he proceeded to tell me<br />
that I have to pay for it, since I pay for everything in<br />
our relationship. The pizza and liter of soda finally come.<br />
When we open the pizza box, he yells at me for not getting<br />
the right toppings. I then dropped the liter of soda<br />
on my foot and broke my toe. He yelled at me for spill-<br />
ing the soda and wasting his money, even though I paid for<br />
it. I took myself to the urgent care while he stayed at my<br />
house and played video games. The sad thing is, I actually<br />
stayed with him after this, and when we broke up he was<br />
so crazy that I had to get a restraining order against him.”<br />
– Jessica, 19<br />
“He called me that morning, didn’t know we were going.<br />
And he was like, ‘Wanna go to an Alabama game?’ And<br />
I was like, ‘Uh, sure. Let me get ready.’ And he was like,<br />
‘You have five minutes.’ So I get dressed, he shows up and<br />
he hasn’t eaten all day. So we made Ramen noodles. We<br />
put them in a plastic container and he didn’t eat them until<br />
we were halfway here. It takes about an hour to get there<br />
from where I lived. It ended up becoming this Ramen noodle<br />
cake. It was disgusting. And he ate all of it.<br />
“So we get to Tuscaloosa and we were running late. It<br />
was an Alabama vs. Ole Miss game and he had to call his<br />
dad. His dad was yelling at him for running late — they<br />
were his dad’s tickets. We ended up taking the shuttle from<br />
University Mall to the stadium. We ended up being in the<br />
nosebleeds. After climbing all the way up there, it was almost<br />
halftime. We sat next to this other couple, and at one<br />
point they asked me if he was my older brother. I was like<br />
‘<strong>No</strong>pe, he’s my boyfriend.’ It was really awkward.<br />
“When the game was over, we got home at 3:30 a.m. because<br />
he got lost again. We were in the middle of nowhere,<br />
at a shady gas station, and there was a really<br />
creepy guy walking around. It was super<br />
sketchy. But eventually I was so tired<br />
— it was like 2:30 a.m. — and he said,<br />
‘Just go to sleep, I’ll get you home.’<br />
I fell asleep and woke up at home.<br />
I don’t know how he did it, and I<br />
still don’t know where we were.”<br />
– Samantha, 19<br />
“You think you’ve had a<br />
rough go of it? This was the trifecta<br />
of bad dates.<br />
“A few months ago one of my<br />
friends set me up with a guy that<br />
she thought would be a good fit for me.<br />
I hadn’t gone on a first date in quite a<br />
while, and he didn’t seem like a serial killer,<br />
so I agreed. He picked me up from my house and we went<br />
to a restaurant that he knew I liked. The dinner itself was<br />
relatively fun — he really was a sweet guy — and afterwards<br />
we headed to his car, tossing around ideas of where<br />
to go next. He started driving, and after a while he took a<br />
turn, saying he wanted to take me somewhere. I was pretty<br />
excited until we pulled up at a house — his parents’ house.<br />
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He then proceeded to take me inside to meet his entire family.<br />
I don’t know about you, but I’ve never met the parents<br />
within the first month of talking to a guy, much less on the<br />
first date.<br />
“So after two hours of small talk, he finally took me<br />
back home, and we stood on the front porch talking<br />
for a while. Somehow the conversation topic turned<br />
to his most recent nose surgery, and as he gave<br />
me the play-by-play of the scalpel, I started feeling<br />
sick. In my defense, I did warn the poor<br />
boy. But before I knew it, I was hitting my<br />
face against the side of the house and passing<br />
out cold.<br />
“Thank goodness he caught me before my head<br />
hit the concrete, but supposedly I was out for over<br />
a minute and that really managed to freak him out.<br />
“<strong>No</strong>t enough, though, because before he went home<br />
for the night, he asked me to be his date to his sister’s<br />
wedding. I didn’t go. And there was no second date. He<br />
might’ve managed to ‘sweep me off my feet,’ but I don’t<br />
even think we’re friends on Facebook anymore.”<br />
– Rachel, 21<br />
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ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Upcoming<br />
Movies<br />
By Emilee Benos<br />
The Jungle Book<br />
(April 15)<br />
Disney continues its live-action<br />
action streak with The Jungle Book.<br />
Directed by Jon Favreau, The Jungle<br />
Book features an ensemble cast<br />
that includes Lupita N’yongo, Bill<br />
Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Idris<br />
Elba and more.<br />
Neighbors 2: Sorority<br />
Rising (May 20)<br />
Get your Zac Efron fix with the sequel<br />
to 2014’s hit Neighbors as he and<br />
Seth Rogen take on a new challenge:<br />
sorority girls. Neighbors 2 also features<br />
Rose Byrne, Dave Franco, Chloë<br />
Grace Moretz and Selena Gomez.<br />
X-Men: Apocalypse<br />
(May 27)<br />
Miss The Hunger Games? See Jennifer<br />
Lawrence in another popular<br />
franchise this year, X-Men: Apocalypse.<br />
This installment sees Charles<br />
Xavier (James McAvoy) and his team<br />
of mutants — which include Lawrence’s<br />
Mystique — battle Apocalypse<br />
(Oscar Isaac). The film also stars Michael<br />
Fassbender, Rose Byrne and<br />
Nicholas Hoult.<br />
Finding Dory (June 24)<br />
Everybody’s favorite amnesiac<br />
Paracanthurus hepatus fish returns<br />
13 years after we first met her in the<br />
sequel to 2003’s Finding Nemo where<br />
Dory suddenly remembers her childhood<br />
memories and begins to search<br />
for her family. We’ll see the familiar<br />
faces we love, like Marlin and Nemo, as<br />
well as some new characters that are<br />
sure to be a hit.<br />
Ghostbusters (July 15)<br />
What’s better than the original<br />
Ghostbusters? An all-female Ghostbusters<br />
reboot, of course. Watch Melissa<br />
McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate<br />
McKinnon and Leslie Jones prove girls<br />
can battle ghosts just as well as boys.<br />
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ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Upcoming<br />
Music<br />
R<br />
emember that song you couldn’t<br />
get out of your head last year?<br />
Or the song you heard on the<br />
radio way too often? It could have been<br />
any song, but it was probably a song<br />
that made it on iTunes Top 10 or on<br />
Billboard’s Hit 100.<br />
Yes, we still love “Hotline Bling,”<br />
but it’s 2016 and time to move on. So if<br />
you’re wondering what your next shower<br />
tune or road trip jam is going to be,<br />
we’ve got you covered. Here are 10 albums<br />
to be on the lookout for in 2016<br />
that could provide you with that song.<br />
Frank Ocean<br />
After topping the charts with his album<br />
Channel Orange in 2012, it is safe<br />
to say Ocean’s next R&B album, Boys<br />
Don’t Cry, will be no disappointment.<br />
Ocean announced plans to release a<br />
new album scheduled for July 2015<br />
back in April 2015, but the album has<br />
yet to surface. This means his new album<br />
could be dropped at any waking<br />
moment. Be ready.<br />
Red Hot Chili Peppers<br />
It’s been five years since the Red<br />
Hot Chili Peppers released an album,<br />
and we’ll be the first to admit, we’re<br />
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getting a little impatient. Luckily lead<br />
singer Anthony Kiedis announced<br />
in February that the band is close to<br />
wrapping up its 11th album.<br />
Drake<br />
Don’t worry, if you are reading this,<br />
it’s not too late. Drake’s official album<br />
release date for Views from the 6 has<br />
not been issued yet. Regardless, we<br />
know Drake is ready to provide us with<br />
more chart topping hip-hop songs. He<br />
shared a glimpse of his new album<br />
back in January when he released his<br />
single “Summer Sixteen.” Whenever<br />
you’re ready Drake, call us on our<br />
cell phones.<br />
TLC<br />
<strong>No</strong> you are not reading that wrong<br />
— that reads TLC. Your inner 90s<br />
self can jump up and scream now. A<br />
reunion album is on the rise as the two<br />
surviving members, T-Boz and Chilli,<br />
set out to bring back songs we can<br />
dance to in shiny outfits and braids.<br />
The album was set to be released in<br />
2015, but it was pushed back after<br />
the unfortunate passing of their third<br />
member, Lisa Lopes.<br />
Missy Elliott<br />
The queen of feminism is back. She<br />
teased us in <strong>No</strong>vember 2015 with her<br />
hit single “WTF (Where They From)”<br />
featuring Pharrell to prove she isn’t<br />
down for the count. Work it Missy,<br />
we’ll be sure to lose control when you<br />
grace us with your new album.<br />
Katy Perry<br />
Since completing her 2013 Prism<br />
tour, Perry’s manager confirmed she is<br />
planning to release her new album sometime<br />
this year. We can’t wait for this<br />
California girl to give us another female<br />
pop anthem.<br />
Nick Jonas<br />
The youngest of the JoBros did not<br />
leave us unimpressed in 2015. After<br />
singing “Jealous” one too many times<br />
and dancing to “Levels” every weekend,<br />
we want more. Jonas said his second<br />
solo album will feature more R&B<br />
sounds and according to his Instagram,<br />
something great is in the works.
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
New<br />
Shows<br />
That You Should<br />
Be Watching<br />
By Paige Burleson<br />
Whether it is a group of girls making<br />
a bracket for The Bachelor or intensely<br />
discussing one of Shonda Rhimes’<br />
masterpieces, TV is one thing we can<br />
all agree on. This season of new shows<br />
should bring more suspense, laughs<br />
and jaw-dropping moments than we<br />
have ever seen before. Among the<br />
many shows to return, premiere, and<br />
renew, there are a few that we think<br />
are really worth watching. So sit back,<br />
relax, invite all of your friends over<br />
and enjoy the shows.<br />
The Family<br />
This new ABC thriller has only<br />
just started, airing on Sundays at 8<br />
p.m. Mayor Claire Warren’s son, who<br />
disappeared and was thought to be<br />
dead, has come back after over ten<br />
years. Is the man really hers? How will<br />
this affect her career and her family?<br />
Bonus: Zach Gilford from Friday<br />
Night Lights is the other son in this<br />
exciting show.<br />
Heartbeat<br />
Melissa George, who had a small<br />
role in Grey’s Anatomy, portrays<br />
Dr. Alex Panttiere, based on the reallife<br />
heart surgeon Dr. Kathy Magliato.<br />
This new medical drama is filled with<br />
girl-boss power, love and scalpels —<br />
what’s more to want? See Heartbeat at<br />
7 p.m. on Thursdays on NBC.<br />
The Catch<br />
If you’re an avid watcher of anything<br />
executively produced by Shonda<br />
Rhimes, you’ll love this new drama<br />
following the life of <strong>Alice</strong> Vaughn, an<br />
LA private investigator, whose fiance<br />
takes almost everything she’s worth.<br />
The only logical next step is to use<br />
her investigation skills to uncover the<br />
carefully plotted deception at the hands<br />
of her once husband-to-be. Watch the<br />
show at 9 p.m. on Thursdays, now part<br />
of ABC’s #TGIT.<br />
The Ranch<br />
Netflix Originals have been wildly<br />
successful in the past few years,<br />
and we have no doubt this That ‘70s<br />
Show reunion will follow suit. Ashton<br />
Kutcher and Danny Masterson (That<br />
‘70s Show’s Steven Hyde) star in<br />
this story of two brothers on a ranch<br />
in Colorado attempting to run the<br />
family business.<br />
Shows returning<br />
to Netflix:<br />
• Unbreakable Kimmy<br />
Schmidt season two:<br />
April 15<br />
• Grace and Frankie<br />
season two: May 6<br />
• Orange is the New<br />
Black season four:<br />
June 17<br />
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ENTERTAINMENT<br />
What’s in our<br />
beach bag?<br />
By Caroline Giddis<br />
It’s that time again; the sun’s out, the campus is waking up<br />
from its winter hibernation, and the end of the school year is in<br />
sight. Your vacation is planned, and you can’t wait to go, but<br />
with plane flights, layovers and road trips before you reach your<br />
destination, you’ll need some good reads to keep you occupied.<br />
But that’s no big deal, because at this point you’d probably love to<br />
read anything that’s not homework for a class. So go ahead, toss<br />
aside those over-highlighted, bland textbooks, and replace your<br />
bag with some of our top reads and classics for summer 2016.<br />
Hat and bag courtesy of Francesca’s<br />
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Outlander<br />
by Diana Gabaldon<br />
Adventure? Time travel? Romance?<br />
Honestly, there isn’t a better summer<br />
read than Diana Gabaldon’s first novel<br />
in the Outlander series. On her honeymoon<br />
in the Scottish Highlands,<br />
Claire Randall accidentally stumbles<br />
through a mysterious rock formation<br />
and ends up, you guessed it, in wartorn<br />
18th-century Scotland. This story<br />
is filled with devilish British soldiers,<br />
magical forces, and Jamie Fraser, a<br />
heroic Scottish warrior that will make<br />
you swoon. Claire is torn between her<br />
life in 1945 and this new, intense world<br />
she has been thrown into. Although<br />
it is now a STARZ Original Series,<br />
this book is one you shouldn’t skip<br />
for the show.<br />
#GirlBoss<br />
by Sophia Amoruso<br />
Sophia Amoruso is the definition of<br />
a new-age CEO, and one that inspires<br />
any out-of-the-box path to success. In<br />
her memoir, Amoruso details the lows<br />
of her career, like checking IDs at an<br />
art school, and the highs, like creating<br />
the major fashion retail brand, Nasty<br />
Gal. Her stories are witty and hilarious,<br />
and she does her audience the<br />
favor of being completely honest —<br />
even down to the gritty details. The<br />
most inspiring part of her book is that<br />
Amoruso doesn’t think of herself as a<br />
CEO or founder of a multimillion-dollar<br />
company, but just a girl who had<br />
a dream of creating something different.<br />
It’s the perfect read to reignite the<br />
go-getter in you.<br />
Beautiful Ruins<br />
by Jess Walter<br />
Released in 2012, Jess Walter’s<br />
novel is outstandingly engaging, and<br />
the ideal paperback to read when there<br />
are waves crashing in the background,<br />
as it’s set along the 1962 Italian coast.<br />
Pasquale, the owner of a hotel in Porto<br />
Vergogna, is shocked when a beautiful<br />
actress named Dee Moray appears at<br />
his dock. She has come from the set<br />
of the film Cleopatra in Rome with a<br />
life-changing secret, and Pasquale is<br />
determined to help her. Told from multiple<br />
perspectives where the past and<br />
present intertwine, this novel communicates<br />
the story of how love stands the<br />
test of time.<br />
Yes Please<br />
by Amy Poehler<br />
Our favorite funny-girl, star of<br />
Baby Mama, Saturday Night Live<br />
and Sisters has finally written a book<br />
about her life, apparently much to her<br />
dismay, as she hilariously reminds the<br />
audience how hard it is to write a book<br />
throughout the pages. In her memoir,<br />
Amy Poehler recounts the humorous<br />
and sometimes embarrassing experiences<br />
of her life, such as performing<br />
in childhood plays, working as a single<br />
mother with two kids, and meeting<br />
BFF Tina Fey. She tells stories<br />
of backstage pranks that happened on<br />
the set of SNL, proving that if you put<br />
20 comedians in a room, anything is<br />
bound to happen. Between it all, Amy<br />
offers life lessons and Comedy Central-style<br />
parables that entertain but<br />
also teach a few facts about the world.<br />
Crazy Rich Asians<br />
by Kevin Kwan<br />
NYU professor Rachel Chu never<br />
expected to find out that her boyfriend<br />
Nick is the heir to an opulent fortune<br />
and a member of one of the most elite<br />
families in Singapore. It’s safe to say<br />
that when Nick wants Rachel to meet<br />
his family, she’s in for a big surprise.<br />
Whirled around in private planes and<br />
fancy cars, Rachel is shocked by Nick’s<br />
world, not to mention all the fabulous<br />
women trying to take her place. Sprinkled<br />
with hilarious scenes of family<br />
gossip and crazy aunts, Kevin Kwan’s<br />
debut novel will probably have you<br />
laughing out loud.<br />
Water for Elephants<br />
by Sarah Gruen<br />
Jacob Jankowski is about to take<br />
his final veterinary exam at Cornell<br />
when his world collapses after both his<br />
parents are killed in a car accident. After<br />
finding out that they were broke,<br />
he has nothing left to his name. In the<br />
midst of grief and confusion, Jacob<br />
jumps aboard a train and unknowingly<br />
stumbles upon his future with the<br />
Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular<br />
Show on Earth, a traveling circus. Jacob,<br />
who is more educated than half<br />
the crew, can’t help but fall in love with<br />
the beautiful Marlena, an equestrian<br />
performer and cruel circus director’s<br />
wife. In a story filled with danger, love<br />
and friendship, the true hero may be<br />
an elephant named Rosie, who wins<br />
over every reader’s heart.<br />
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ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Netflix Movies<br />
You Didn’t Know Existed<br />
By Ellen Johnson<br />
Whether you prefer newer sensations<br />
like Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt or<br />
classic, binge-worthy picks like Gossip<br />
Girl, Netflix is always there to distract<br />
you from homework, studying, working<br />
out — you name it.<br />
But what about the other side of<br />
Netflix? We’re talking about those indie<br />
movies that pop up in your suggested<br />
titles. If you’ve never thought to stray<br />
from One Tree Hill long enough to sort<br />
through them all, here’s our list of best<br />
Netflix independent titles to check out<br />
this spring.<br />
The Last Five Years<br />
This 2014 flick based on the hit Off-<br />
Broadway show stars Anna Kendrick<br />
and Jeremy Jordan in a love story<br />
for the ages. The musical film had<br />
a limited release before making its<br />
way to Netflix and now calls for any<br />
audience who loves original songs<br />
and a snappy love story. The film<br />
chronicles Cathy, a struggling actress,<br />
and Jamie, a writer, as they muddle<br />
through the twists and turns of their<br />
lives and relationship.<br />
You’ll like this if you like: Pitch Perfect,<br />
The <strong>No</strong>tebook<br />
The Lifeguard<br />
Kristen Bell (of Frozen fame) stars<br />
in this 2013 Sundance selection about<br />
a reporter, Leigh, who leaves her job<br />
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in New York City to return to her<br />
childhood home in Connecticut. But<br />
her childhood home isn’t the only thing<br />
juvenile about her lifestyle change.<br />
Leigh finds a job among teenagers<br />
working as a lifeguard and falls into a<br />
treacherous relationship with a teenage<br />
boy. Heckled by her family and friends<br />
to put her life back together, Leigh is<br />
left trying to pick up the pieces.<br />
You’ll like this if you like: You Again,<br />
Silver Linings Playbook<br />
Drinking Buddies<br />
Beer and romance in one movie?<br />
Yes please! This movie, starring Olivia<br />
Wilde and Jake Johnson (a.k.a Nick on<br />
New Girl), was filmed in an improvised<br />
fashion, meaning the original script<br />
was very short and allowed actors to<br />
insert their own comedy and material<br />
throughout. The laid-back film tells<br />
the story of brewery co-workers<br />
Luke and Kate who spend most of<br />
their time drinking and flirting, but<br />
after a weekend with each other and<br />
their respective significant others,<br />
they discover who they should really<br />
be with.<br />
You’ll like this if you like: He’s Just <strong>No</strong>t<br />
That Into You, That Awkward Moment<br />
Hick<br />
While we’re used to Blake Lively as<br />
the fabulous Serena van der Woodsen,<br />
Hick shows off her fierceness in a<br />
completely different manner. Lively<br />
stars alongside Chloë Grace Moretz<br />
in this story of a Nebraska teen, Luli<br />
(Moretz), who runs away from her<br />
broken home to claim her fame in Las<br />
Vegas. She packs a pistol and runs<br />
into some interesting characters on<br />
her adventure, eventually befriending<br />
Lively’s character, Glenda, and<br />
learns what it means to be a strong,<br />
independent woman.<br />
You’ll like this if you like: Paper Towns,<br />
Carrie<br />
Frances Ha<br />
This classic finding-your-way story<br />
is all about the uniqueness of female<br />
friendship. Frances lives in New York<br />
City and works for a dance company<br />
but is not an especially talented<br />
dancer and lacks direction in life.<br />
While Frances feels lost, her best<br />
friend Sophie is there through it all.<br />
They help each other through life, even<br />
if it just means hanging out and being<br />
ridiculous together. Everyone will<br />
relate to this movie; you’ll want to go<br />
find your best gal pal and thank her<br />
for always being there.<br />
You’ll like this if you like: The Sisterhood<br />
of the Traveling Pants, The<br />
Other Woman
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
By Claire Turner<br />
TUSCA-<br />
LOOSA’S<br />
MUSIC<br />
SCENE:<br />
MORE<br />
THAN<br />
JUST<br />
COVER<br />
BANDS<br />
Five men sit inside a small van,<br />
surrounded by their luggage,<br />
fluffy pillows and empty bags<br />
of fast food. The Spotify playlist<br />
is rollin’, the sun is shining and the<br />
guys are cracking jokes.<br />
Is this a road trip for a group of<br />
stand-up comedians? <strong>No</strong>, but it is<br />
Tuscaloosa city’s hit band, CBDB, on<br />
their way to play a show at Soul Kitchen<br />
concert venue in Mobile, Alabama.<br />
With their first East Coast co-headlining<br />
tour underway, CBDB is now<br />
a band on the move. Since the recent<br />
release of their third album, The Fame<br />
EP, this fresh local band has certainly<br />
developed a notable reputation as a<br />
crowd favorite.<br />
The band was formed in 2011 by Cy<br />
Simonton and Kris Gottlieb on guitar<br />
and vocals, plus Glenn Dillard (saxophone,<br />
keys, vocals), David Ray (bass<br />
and vocals) and Paul Oliver (drums).<br />
The friends knew one another from<br />
previous musical projects and decided<br />
to join to form CBDB.<br />
T-Town’s up-and-coming music<br />
scene has propelled CBDB to new<br />
heights, notably with the opening of<br />
new venues around town, like Druid<br />
City Music Hall.<br />
“I think being in Tuscaloosa gives<br />
you an opportunity to play in a bunch<br />
of places, so I think for a long time we<br />
were kind of honing the band in just<br />
by playing,” Simonton says. “I mean,<br />
we used to play Thursday, Friday, Saturday,<br />
all in places in Tuscaloosa. So<br />
I think that opportunity of just having<br />
a bunch of places that you can play<br />
is helpful.”<br />
Simonton says seeing people show up<br />
to the shows and connect with the artists<br />
is a great way to build community<br />
and support local bands.<br />
“When you start seeing the same<br />
faces over and over again, that starts<br />
building the community and then<br />
that’s kind of when we started getting<br />
more serious about it,” he says.<br />
The band’s latest tour, Thinking In<br />
Stereo Tour with Backup Planet, travelled<br />
all along the Southeast and the<br />
East Coast, going as far north as NYC<br />
and as far west as New Orleans.<br />
“We really like playing in the Southeast,”<br />
Oliver says. “You know, Tuscaloosa,<br />
Auburn, Birmingham, those<br />
are really good ‘home’ spots for us.<br />
They’re some of the spots we’ve been<br />
playing the longest too, which for sure<br />
has something to do with that.”<br />
With twangy sounds reminiscent of<br />
the Dave Matthews Band and vocals<br />
that rival Matchbox Twenty’s frontman<br />
Rob Thomas, CBDB is Tuscaloosa’s<br />
very own self-proclaimed “joyfunk”<br />
band.<br />
<strong>Alice</strong> got the chance to catch up with<br />
CBDB and chat about their music,<br />
plans and their favorite places to play<br />
down South.<br />
CBDB Q&A<br />
How long have you been playing<br />
music together?<br />
CBDB: We’ve been together since<br />
2011, so I guess we’re coming up on<br />
our fifth-year anniversary.<br />
Anything special planned?<br />
CBDB: <strong>No</strong>t yet. We’ve kind of been<br />
talking about some stuff. Definitely<br />
probably some new merch designs<br />
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and stuff based off the fifth-year<br />
mark. But hopefully we’ll be able to<br />
book a show close to — if not the exact<br />
date of — the fifth year mark. So<br />
that’ll be fun.<br />
What do you do in your time off?<br />
CBDB: We get a lot of rest. We [recently]<br />
took a little bit of time off from<br />
playing, which is always good because<br />
you get stuck in a rut. If you’re on the<br />
road a lot, it’s hard to keep the motivation<br />
and newness of it; you kind of get<br />
stuck in a rut, so coming back after<br />
a couple weeks off and getting away<br />
from it is kind of refreshing. Things<br />
sound new and different than before<br />
just because you’ve been away from it.<br />
What is your writing process<br />
usually like?<br />
CBDB: Each song is different, but<br />
for the majority of them someone will<br />
come up with an idea. Recently, David<br />
has come up with a bunch of stuff<br />
that he built up. So we’ll start there<br />
and then we just kind of jam on that<br />
for a minute, try to think of counter-melodies<br />
and other parts, try to see<br />
what fits and what doesn’t. The words<br />
are always last, and I’ll usually just<br />
start singing gibberish over it, trying<br />
to get a melody, and then sometimes<br />
the words will come from the gibberish.<br />
Sometimes I’ll have words on my<br />
phone, like I’ve written down ideas,<br />
and sometimes ideas will come from<br />
that. But sometimes they just sort of<br />
get made up on the spot.<br />
What are some bands that have<br />
inspired your sound?<br />
CBDB: I think Umphrey’s McGee is a<br />
big one for sure. All of us have a very<br />
varied taste. I know Chris, our guitar<br />
player, is a big Mastodon fan and some<br />
heavier stuff like that, so that brings<br />
more of a metal sound to the stuff that<br />
we do. D-Ray, our bass player, he’s a<br />
big Chili Peppers and Snarky Puppy<br />
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fan. But it’s a lot more of the more<br />
prog-rock stuff that we enjoy mostly.<br />
How do you think that your music<br />
fits into all of that?<br />
CBDB: I think it’s definitely similar to<br />
a lot of that stuff. I think it’s a little<br />
more vocal driven than some of that<br />
stuff. I try to write pop songs basically,<br />
but prog-pop songs. We’ve been<br />
calling our music prog-pop lately, and<br />
I think that’s pretty fitting just because<br />
we want to write catchy tunes,<br />
but then have musicianship that will<br />
have musicians bobbing their heads<br />
saying, “Wow,” you know? All these<br />
people ask us what our sound is, and<br />
we don’t want to say boring stuff, so<br />
we just sort of branded it “joyfunk.”<br />
But it started off a little bit more on<br />
the “pop-y” side than on the “prog-y”<br />
side, but the progressive stuff is definitely<br />
something we enjoy, so it’s always<br />
something that we want to do.<br />
What are your goals?<br />
CBDB: I mean we’re already on Spotify.<br />
I think our goals are probably to<br />
get signed to an agency, and we just<br />
did that with [Progressive Global<br />
Agency]. <strong>No</strong>w I think our new goal is<br />
just to spread it as much as we can and<br />
keep writing and getting as excited as<br />
we can. This is something we want to<br />
do for the rest of our lives. So we want<br />
to get to the point where we’re making<br />
enough money to have a family and<br />
all that stuff and do that while playing<br />
music, so I think that’s kind of the<br />
goal.<br />
Why CBDB?<br />
CBDB: Well, we try to keep that ambiguous.<br />
We usually let folks guess,<br />
basically, for that stuff.<br />
What’s been your favorite guess<br />
that you’ve heard so far?<br />
CBDB: Aw, man, see that’s why we<br />
do that, because this is a good one.<br />
There’s a bunch of them. Cool Boogie<br />
Dance Bakery, Cold Beer, Dank<br />
Buds… it’s a lot of fun hearing people<br />
guess what it is.<br />
Where is your favorite place to play<br />
in Tuscaloosa?<br />
CBDB: Currently either Green Bar or<br />
the old Jupiter Bar, which was a lot of<br />
fun. We played Druid City [Brewery]<br />
one time, but it was kind of a bust for<br />
us because it was after the Ole Miss<br />
game, and we only got to play for a little<br />
bit. But Druid City Music Hall will<br />
be a fun one in April. I can’t wait to see<br />
who will be there soon. But Green Bar<br />
definitely has been a favorite for sure.<br />
To listen to and keep up with<br />
CBDB, visit Spotify, Pandora, cbdbmusic.com,<br />
@cbdbtweets, @cbdbpics,<br />
Facebook and YouTube.
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