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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2022
VOLUME CXXIX | ISSUE IV
“There is a profound lack of resources and opportunities for
people inside of prison that want to get an education,
want to create, to express themselves.”
Quote from Robert Hitt, APAEP program coordinator
Photos courtesy of Alabama Prison Arts and Education Project
Arts and education program promotes prison reform
ETHAN HENRY
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Alabama is at the forefront
of the ongoing mass
incarceration crisis in the United
States. According to the Prison
Policy Institute, while the U.S.
incarceration rate has reached an
overwhelming 573 per 100,000
people, in Alabama, this number
is 938 per 100,000. At the same
time, conditions are so bad due
to inadequate medical treatment,
overcrowding, corruption and
more, that a recent Alabama
prison strike made headlines.
Such unthinkable stories and
statistics require a deeper look
into Alabama’s prison system and
what The University of Alabama
can do to serve victims of mass
incarceration. Although prison
education is an underserved
need in Alabama, the University’s
Master of Fine Arts Creative
Writing Program has been
working with the Alabama Prison
Arts and Education Project to
meet this need.
Kyes Stevens, APAEP’s
founder and director, initially
came up with the idea in 2001
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while teaching at the Talladega
Federal Prison. Although Stevens
started the program at Auburn
University, over time, he and
the UA MFA Creative Writing
Department formed a strong
relationship that continues to
this day. The program has since
created ways for UA graduate
students to teach imprisoned
students through Prison
Arts Fellowships.
Robert Hitt, who got
involved with APAEP while he
was at the University, is now
a program coordinator with
the organization.
“I was a grad student …
working on my MFA and saw an
advertisement for a fellowship
opportunity to teach with
APAEP,” Hitt said. “I applied for
it and got it and found out that
the class I taught at Bibb County
Correctional Facility, I enjoyed
substantially more than I did any
other form of teaching that I’d
done up to that point.”
Hitt currently oversees
APAEP’s
Community
Education Program and its
Community Education Resource
Center, both of which are in
Birmingham, Alabama.
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The Community Education
Program focuses on providing
educational opportunities to
incarcerated individuals who
otherwise wouldn’t have access
to any.
“There is a profound lack
of resources and opportunities
for people inside of prison that
want to get an education, want
to create, to express themselves.
And it is an incredibly underresourced
environment, and so
our program is part of meeting
that vast need,” Hitt said.
While APAEP classes generally
aren’t for college credit, the
organization has begun offering
some students a path to a degree.
“In response to student
requests, we’ve started a couple
college programs. The first one
began at Staton Correctional
Facility in 2017; it’s a men’s
facility in Elmore County,”
Hitt said. “Our first cohort of
students there are on track to
earn their bachelor’s degree in
summer of 2023 through Auburn
University. And this year we’ve
started another college program
at Tutwiler Prison, which is the
primary women’s facility here in
the state.”
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APAEP’s relationship with
its students doesn’t stop upon
release. Hitt said they’re currently
working on a re-entry guide
for those from Alabama who
are released or paroled. The
guide will act as a directory for
organizations and offices who
can help with the acquisition
of a driver’s license, a social
security card, housing and other
basic necessities.
Despite the remarkable
strides APAEP has made in
establishing a statewide network
for prison education, the need far
surpasses the resources that are
currently available.
“The need is far larger than
what we can realistically support.
Our program has grown,
particularly it has grown quite a
bit in the last couple of years, but
we are still not able to offer classes
everywhere in every facility that
we would like to,” Hitt said.
Associate professor of religion
Michael J. Altman, who taught
a class on American religious
history at Donaldson Correctional
Facility in 2019, was the first
teaching fellow from the UA
Religious Studies Department.
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program, while he found it to be
incredibly impactful work, he also
placed it in the broader context of
mass incarceration.
“We’re in the middle right now
of a statewide prison strike over
the conditions that prisons are
under, a federal lawsuit,” Altman
said. “They are worse than prisons
in any other industrialized
country. So going and teaching a
class and giving folks a chance to
think and talk and write was the
least I could do.”
Altman said providing
education for incarcerated
individuals has implications
beyond the classes themselves.
“Education can provide a
greater sense of self. To have
access to education is to have
some sort of investment in you,
whether it’s from a teacher or from
a larger system that provides this
for you, or from Alabama Prison
Arts and Education Project. It’s
an investment in you as a person,”
Altman said.
According to the U.S. Bureau
of Justice Statistics, only 22.6%
of incarcerated individuals in
the United States have a high
school diploma.
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‘This is the best Halloween I can ever remember having’:
Stevie Nicks enchants Huntsville crowd
ANNABELLE BLOMELEY
CULTURE EDITOR
quarter moon shone in a
A cloudy sky but there was no
chance of rain — the perfect spooky
weather for a Halloween night
concert with the witchy singer herself,
Stevie Nicks.
Nicks, best known as a singersongwriter
who was originally with
legendary band Fleetwood Mac
before forging a name for herself,
skyrocketed to fame in the 1970s
with her rock-defining sound and
uniquely haunting voice.
Also known for her aesthetic
of scarves and flowy dresses, her
complicated love life that eventually
broke up Fleetwood Mac, and her
signature twirls and delicate dances,
Nicks hadn’t changed at all. Although
she’s now 74 years old, she’s still got it.
After announcing her tour in July,
Nicks surprised the state of Alabama
by adding one more show in late
August in one of Alabama’s fastest
growing cities, Huntsville.
And Alabama didn’t let Nicks
down. The show sold out quickly
for the Orion Ampitheater’s
intimate venue.
Before the show, the screen behind
the stage clicked on to reveal a man at
a desk, who enthusiastically declared
on behalf of the city of Huntsville that
Oct. 31 is officially “Stevie Nicks Day.”
In a crowd buzzing with excited
energy, Nicks’ eight-person band
came out and started playing the
beginning of her song “Outside the
Rain” from her solo album, “Bella
Donna.” As Nicks walked out to stand
in front of her signature mic stand
adorned with glistening and flowing
scarves, the crowd erupted in cheers.
So, Huntsville, I welcome
you on this beautiful
Halloween night. Let’s get
this Halloween party going.
STEVIE NICKS
On the stage, Nicks was exactly
as one would expect her to be. She
wore a long black dress corseted in
the torso with long sleeves slightly
puffed at the shoulders. Her famous
long blonde hair was curly and wild,
just like it looks in photos from the
’70s and ’80s.
Her unforgettable voice, deeper
and huskier than most artists,
Stevie Nicks performed her best hits to a Halloween crowd in Huntsville's Orion Amphitheater.
Photo courtesy of Josh Weichman
settled over the audience, who were
effectively starstruck at the sight of
the musical legend.
As “Outside the Rain” wrapped
up, Nicks and her band immediately
transitioned to one of Fleetwood
Mac’s most famous songs, “Dreams,”
from their 1977 album “Rumours.”
Not only has Nicks perfected the
spooky, mysterious witch persona,
but her songs were perfect for singing
and dancing to on a Halloween
night. Behind her, a video of a gothic
staircase overlayed with the figures of
ghostly, dancing women played.
“Now here I go again, I see the
crystal vision / I keep my visions to
myself / But it's only me who wants
to wrap around your dreams, and /
Have you any dreams you'd like to
sell, dreams of loneliness?” Nicks sang
to the crowd, who sang right back.
After finishing “Dreams,” Nicks
smiled at her fans and said that
although she’s been performing for
decades, only a few times has she
performed on Halloween.
“You know, the older you get, the
less you actually think about going
out and trick-or-treating. It seems
a little age inappropriate at a certain
point,” Nicks said. “But when you do
what I do, and you get to actually be
on stage on Halloween, the sky’s the
limit. So, Huntsville, I welcome you
on this beautiful Halloween night.
Let’s get this Halloween party going.”
Throughout her 16-song setlist,
Nicks played all of her and Fleetwood
Mac’s best hits, including “Gypsy,”
“Stand Back,” “Edge of Seventeen,”
“Gold Dust Woman,” “Landslide” and
more, all of which sounded exactly
how a fan would want them to.
Before “Gypsy,” Nicks told the story
of how she reconnects to her pre-fame
self, which involves her taking her
mattress off her bed, adding pillows
and old quilts and reflecting on
who she was before Fleetwood Mac
took off.
Nicks’ fans were from a mix of
different generations, with older
women dancing freely in the stands
to younger women donning their
best Nicks outfits: long flowy black
dresses, hats, scarves, bangles
and more.
“I loved it. I’m 70 years old, and
this was the music of my generation.
I haven’t seen [Nicks] before so this
was a real treat for me,” said Lynda
Wilder, a Birmingham native who
attended the concert.
Stunning visuals played behind
Nicks during her set, from rotating
paisley patterns for “Stand Back” and
city scenes of a woman standing in the
rain with an umbrella for “Gypsy,” to
white doves flying around live videos
of the band and Nicks performing for
“Edge of Seventeen.”
For “Bella Donna,” Nicks brought
out the original blue shawl she
wears in the album’s back cover
photo, holding it in front of the
spellbound audience.
“I started listening to her in college,
and a lot of her songs just speak
to my heart,” said Claire Bolton, a
2009 alumna from The University of
Alabama who now lives in Huntsville.
“The concert was amazing. I haven’t
really been to a concert that was this
energetic, so it was fun.”
Nicks wasn’t the only one
performing her heart out. Her band
isn’t just made up of any performers.
Comprised of guitarists, a bassist, a
pianist, a drummer and two backup
singers, it’s obvious Nicks only plays
with the best of the best. Her band
electrified the audience and paired
perfectly with Nicks’ vocals and
occasional tambourine-playing.
For the slow and thoughtful
song “Landslide,” Nicks had grown
adults wiping away tears as she sang,
“But time makes you bolder / Even
children get older / And I’m getting
older too,” which is a surreal thing to
hear from the aging Nicks, who wrote
the song nearly 50 years ago.
After performing a killer rendition
of one of her most famous songs,
“Edge of Seventeen,” Nicks and her
band walked off stage, making the
Orion audience, which was smaller
and more intimate than what might
be found in Birmingham or Atlanta,
erupt into cheers and chant “Stevie” in
hopes of an encore.
The Orion, which opened in May
and seats 8,000 fans, was the perfect
size for a Nicks concert. It was small
enough for intimacy, but big enough
to feel one with the crowd.
Finally, Nicks and her band
regrouped on stage for a Tom Petty
tribute of his hit song “Free Fallin'” As
she finished up, Nicks said she had a
Halloween surprise and left the stage
with her band.
The crowd was anxious for her
to play another one of her hit songs,
“Rhiannon.” As her band put on black
witch hats, Nicks came out in her
own witch hat and cloak, the perfect
Halloween costume for anyone who
knows even a little about Nicks and
her ways.
And then the crowd got what they
so desperately wanted: “Rhiannon.”
With Nicks’ incredible vocals, her
band’s obvious talent, a witchy video
of an orange sky with creepy tree
branches, and flashing purple and
orange lights, “Rhiannon” was the
most perfect ending to an already
perfect show.
As Nicks sang of the titular
Rhiannon, who was taken “by the
wind” and like “a cat in the dark,” it
seemed that nearly every audience
member in attendance quietly made
note to themselves that this Halloween
was surely something special.
“This is the best Halloween I can
ever remember having,” Nicks said.
And it’s safe to say the fans in the
Orion definitely agreed.
OPINION | It takes a third place to make a campus
TRISTAN WALDROP
CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST
The theory of “third places”
is a sociological concept
that reframes the significance of
the spaces where people spend
time that are neither their places
of work nor their homes. They take
the form of libraries, churches and
other settings of social engagement
where people come together and
congregate outside the monotony
of day-to-day life.
While bars, cafes and small
businesses technically constitute
third places, they often presuppose
A student catches a football on the Quad.
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the expectation of payment. For
students who desire a flourishing
social life in tandem with their
studies, the monetization of
these spaces often results in
over-indulgence.
When students look to enjoy
a night out in Tuscaloosa, for
instance, they often find themselves
drinking when they are not
parched or eating when they are
not hungry. The commodification
of students’ social lives has proven
a great detriment to their quality of
life and well-being while enrolled
in school.
In a century when younger
people are becoming precipitously
less religious, education more
digitized and prices inflated,
the question arises as to where
students end up going.
Regrettably, the answer is
simple: they stay inside.
These conditions breed
alienation, a deeply troubling
reality considering third places
are the cornerstone of a healthy
civil society. In the case of high
schoolers, the Atlantic reported
that “12th-graders in 2015 were
going out less often than eighthgraders
did as recently as 2009.“
And as these trends continue to
grow, especially in the aftermath
of the pandemic, it is essential
to remember that many of those
middle and high schoolers of 2015
are the college students of today.
This drop in social interaction
among younger people, as they
experience a great retreat into
their homes and thus into social
isolation, is the consequence of an
outside world shaped to prioritize
profitability and automation rather
than human-centered connection.
While the campus here at
The University of Alabama is
still undoubtedly capable of
providing people with memorable
experiences, all the while
fostering a sense of a studentoriented
community, this is more
in spite of the circumstances
on campus and a testament to
students’ willingness to build
connections amidst an otherwise
alienating environment.
One way to solve the problems
associated with third places could
be learned through The University
of Virginia’s 1515 project, a
student third space unveiled in
2017 on Charlottesville's Corner,
their equivalent of The Strip.
The creation of this third space
included the work and creative
input from hundreds of actual
students, a display that gave
students real power to affect the
arrangement of their campus and
the surrounding area.
The interior contains a stage,
student artwork and all the
expressive features characteristic
of a proper third place. Here,
students are able to meet,
study, socialize, relax and most
importantly, meet new people.
The University of Alabama
deserves its own 1515. That is to
say, students deserve a Universityowned,
alcohol-free space that
brings together students from
all backgrounds. Perhaps the
creation of an “1831” would allow
students to self-regulate and foster
a sense of belonging, no matter the
particular major or interests of any
given student.
A great deal of the alienation
students experience on campus
may be attributed to the hyperfragmentation
which occurs
during their first year on campus.
During orientation, Bama Bound
orientation students are often
eager to find a friend group and
cling to the first people out of a
precarious fear that they will fall
behind socially.
As time goes on, students
will ultimately gravitate towards
the people they meet in the
organizations they become a
part of, if they join them at all.
Throughout this evolution of a
student's social life, rarely do they
find the opportunity to branch
out of the bubbles formed in their
first year.
It is time to propose a material
reconfiguration of space on
campus to usher in a new wave
of student connection and a
freeing up of the constraints
which hold back the emergence of
new relationships.
The introduction of noncommodified
third places that
are both inclusive and studentrun
would break down social
barriers and dramatically reduce
the sense of alienation that too
often permeates the conventional
institutions of higher education.
The University of Alabama has
the ability to become a leading
pioneer in promoting student
interconnection by implementing
student-oriented third places.

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“The education that I have
received thus far has changed my
perspective on life for the better. I
appreciate education and respect
scholars much more because of my
time with APAEP. My views and
opinions are a bit more objective
and that alone is priceless,” a
student testimonial on APAEP’s
website said.
In terms of the potential for
individuals to affect change in
Alabama’s current prison system,
Altman said any individual action
is a good step.
“It seems to me that especially
in this moment, when we have
a prison crisis in our state, that
any attention and any energy
and any talent that we can give
to the people in Alabama’s
prisons is good and worthwhile,”
Altman said.
Before the University began
sponsoring prison-teaching
fellows, Alexa Tullett, a professor
of psychology, had been involved
with APAEP. Tullett ended up
working at Julia Tutwiler Prison
for Women, and then later at St.
Clair Correctional Facility, as
well as a virtual class at Staton
Correctional Facility.
Much like Altman, Tullett found
her work fulfilling and valuable,
but also recognized the need for
systemic reform.
“We have some responsibility
to use those resources to serve
populations that are underserved,
and the prison population is
certainly one of those. And
then I also have mixed feelings
because I would prefer solutions
that don’t reinforce the existence
of those prisons,” Tullett said.
“I would prefer to reduce
incarceration dramatically."
Tullett said APAEP allowed her
to reconsider her own perspective
in a way that she wished more
people had the opportunity to do.
“Something that I think is
valuable about APAEP is allowing
people to challenge their own
stereotypes, and I wish that we
did more of that,” Tullett said.
“Certainly, I think that if you have
experience in these kinds of prison
programs, working with students
who are incarcerated, I think that
experience violates most peoples’
stereotypical image of what it looks
like for people to be incarcerated.”
For more information on
volunteering with the Alabama
Prison Arts and Education Project,
visit apaep.auburn.edu.
Graphic courtesy of the Alabama Prison Arts and Education Project
New speaker of SGA senate elected after former resigns
Parliamentarian Bailey St. Clair (left), former Speaker of the Senate CJ
Pearson, and former Secretary of the Senate Taryn Geiger (right) help
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KAYLA SOLINO & ALEX GRAVLEE
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR & CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The University of Alabama
Student Government
Association Speaker of the Senate
and Culverhouse College of Business
Sen. CJ Pearson has resigned from
his positions in the organization,
effective at the end of October.
Pearson is a popular conservative
commentator who frequently shares
his views across his social media
platforms. He has been featured
in several podcasts, television
news broadcasts and news articles.
Pearson is the host of his own
podcast, The CJ Pearson Show.
The Crimson White received a tip
on Oct. 24 that Pearson would step
down from his roles to pursue a job
opportunity in California.
Pearson confirmed that he would
be leaving his positions within SGA
and relocating. Additionally, Pearson
said he would continue completing
his degree at the University via
UA Online.
“I am going to be relocating
to Los Angeles for a new job
opportunity. But as far as what that is
yet, there’s been no announcement,”
Pearson said.
On Nov. 3, the Senate elected
now-former Secretary of the Senate
Taryn Geiger to be the new speaker,
replacing Pearson.
Once Geiger was elected to
the position, the Senate moved to
immediately elect a new secretary
of the Senate. Olivia Frazier was the
only one nominated and was elected
to be the secretary soon after.
On Oct. 19, the Elections Board
released a press statement to The
CW detailing that a second Fall 2022
SGA Special Election is scheduled
for Nov. 17. The release said that
open positions on the ballot included
one Senate seat for the Culverhouse
College of Business and one Senate
seat for the School of Social Work.
SGA Press Secretary Trinity
Hunter confirmed on Oct. 20 that
Sarah Pierce was leaving her School
of Social Work seat but originally
did not confirm which Culverhouse
senator was leaving.
Hunter later confirmed Pearson’s
resignation on Oct. 24 and said that
SGA would be announcing changes
in the Senate soon thereafter.
“Speaker CJ Pearson has made
the decision to step away from his
time at The University of Alabama
and pursue an opportunity in
California. More information about
resulting shifts in the Senate will be
confirmed and shared in the coming
days,” Hunter said.
Pearson said in a statement to The
CW that he was honored to serve as
a member of the SGA and is grateful
for the opportunity.
“Serving as a member of The
University of Alabama Student
Government Association has been
the honor of a lifetime. From having
the opportunity to serve as Speaker
Of The Senate to working to provide
free feminine products on our
campus, tackle food insecurity, and
introduce common sense solutions
to the issues facing our campus,
I’m proud of what we were able
to accomplish as a body,” Pearson
said. “While this chapter closes and
a new one opens, I will forever be
grateful for the people I’ve met along
the way.”
Pearson has not made an
announcement on his departure
or new role, but on Oct. 4,
Pearson posted a photo of himself
on Instagram with the caption
“Out West. Stay Tuned.” tagging
Los Angeles, California, as
the location.
Pearson said there has been much
speculation around his new role.
“As far as what that role is and all
in LA, there's a lot of speculation,
but as far as that goes, there hasn’t
been any announcement about that
yet,” Pearson said.
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At the death in Death Valley:
No. 6 Alabama falls to No. 10 LSU in overtime
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AUSTIN HANNON
SPORTS EDITOR
or the Alabama Crimson
F Tide, the chances at a
national championship, as well as
an SEC championship, more than
likely have come and gone. The
Crimson Tide dropped its second
game of the season, and second in
three weeks, in its 32-31 overtime
loss to the No. 10 Louisiana State
University Tigers.
Like many games this season,
Alabama had its back against the
wall for a large part of the game —
something Crimson Tide fans are
having to get used to after years
of dominance by head coach Nick
Saban and his past teams.
The Tigers won the game on the
final play by a successful two-point
conversion in overtime on a pass
from quarterback Jayden Daniels
to tight end Mason Taylor.
“We hurt ourselves quite a bit
in the game, especially early on,”
Saban said. “[We] had to settle
for lots of field goals. Had way
too many penalties — especially
penalties that contributed to their
ability to drive the ball toward the
end of the game. I think everyone
needs to check [themselves] and
what [they] need to do individually
to improve [their] stock and finish
the season the right way, as well as
have a goal to win 10 games.”
“[It’s a] tough loss, but there’s
nobody that feels worse about it
than the players,” he said. “They
work their tail off — they compete
their tail off. They just came up a
little bit short.”
The stats won’t completely show
it, but quarterback Bryce Young
did everything he could to will
his team to victory. Young led
Alabama on a drive that gave the
Crimson Tide the lead with under
five minutes to play. And after LSU
regained the lead with under two
minutes left, Young and the offense
marched down the field again to
send the game to overtime. On
the first possession of extra time,
Alabama scored a touchdown to
take a 31-24 lead before losing it
on the Tigers’ following drive.
Young finished the game 25-for-
51 with 328 yards, one touchdown
and one interception. Jahmyr
Alabama wide receiver Ja’Corey Brooks lays face down on the field after
the Crimson Tide’s 32-31 overtime loss. CW / David Gray
Gibbs touched the ball 23 times,
gaining 163 yards. Ja’Corey Brooks
caught seven passes for 97 yards
and a score.
“I thought Bryce played a really
good game,” Saban said. “[He]
made a lot of big plays.”
The Crimson Tide outgained
LSU 465-367, but yards don’t
guarantee you the football game.
Alabama committed nine more
penalties on Saturday night,
adding to a historically poor
season in terms of discipline for a
Saban-coached team.
[It’s a] tough loss, but there’s
nobody that feels worse
about it than the players.
They work their tail off —
they compete their tail off.
They just came up a little bit
short.
NICK SABAN
“I like this team,” Saban said.
“I think this team is very capable.
I think we can play with a little
more consistency, and sometimes
we beat ourselves too much and it’s
kind of hard to overcome.”
The Crimson Tide made a
number of plays on defense
throughout the game, but not
enough. After holding the Tigers
to seven points in the first half,
Alabama allowed 25 points in
the second half and overtime —
including 15 in the fourth quarter.
The Crimson Tide had six sacks
and 11 tackles for loss.
Daniels was very impressive
for LSU. Despite taking all the
hits he did, Daniels threw for 182
yards and two touchdowns while
rushing for 95 yards and a score
Alabama quarterback Bryce Young snaps the ball in the Crimson Tide’s
32-31 overtime loss to the No. 10 LSU Tigers. CW/ David Gray
on the ground.
“We did a good job of kind of
keeping [Daniels] contained in the
first half,” Saban said. “He made a
couple of significant runs in the
second half.”
“I can’t blame the players,” he
said. “I’m responsible for all of this
stuff. So, if we didn’t do it right,
that’s on me. We’ve got to do a
better job of coaching the players
so that we can give them a better
chance to have success.”
Scoring in the red zone has
been a problem for Alabama this
season. On Saturday night, the
Crimson Tide entered the red area
five times, scoring just 15 points
out of the maximum 35.
Many will critique the coaches
and players that make up this
year’s team. Will Anderson Jr. isn’t
having any of it.
“Monday through Friday, we
work our a-- off,” Anderson said.
“There’s no bull---- or anything
like that. All those guys are locked
in. Effort is not the issue. I am
super proud of these guys, and I
wouldn’t have rather gone to war
with [anybody else].”
It doesn’t get any easier for
Alabama, who now must travel to
Oxford, Mississippi, and take on
the 11th-ranked Ole Miss Rebels.
For a chance at a berth in the
SEC title game on Dec. 3, the
Crimson Tide will need to win
out and have LSU lose to both
Arkansas and Texas A&M.
Kickoff from Vaught-
Hemingway Stadium is set for
Saturday, Nov. 12, at 2:30 p.m. CT
on CBS.
“We all have a chance. We have
a legacy that we want to uphold in
terms of the pride that we have in
our performance, as well as what
our expectations are,” Saban said.
“There’s nobody that benefits from
not getting better. Nobody benefits
from not playing well. These guys
care about this team. When you
play in a game like this, all you’ve
got is the guys you’ve got. But
that’s all you really need if you do
things together and you do it the
right way.”
“[We need to] make sure that
everybody has two feet in and
make sure that they keep Alabama
football the main thing while they
are here,” Anderson said.
Investing in the future
LEXI CROWE
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
For many students at The University
of Alabama, internships and co-ops
allow them to gain real-world experience
in their job fields. However, for students
interested in investment and the stock
market, they can get that real-world
practice on campus — no prior experience
required — with clubs that teach them how
to responsibly manage investments.
Capstone Asset Management Society
and Culverhouse Investment Management
Group are two organizations that provide
their members with experiential learning
in finance and investments.
CAMS utilizes software to simulate
the stock market in their portfolio. They
are currently simulated stockholders in
Goldman Sachs and TJ Maxx, as well as
over 20 other large organizations. Their
alumni have gotten jobs at J.P. Morgan and
PNC Bank.
CIMG operates off donations from
Culverhouse College of Business alumni.
They currently own stocks in companies
such as Dollar Tree and CVS. CIMG
alumni are employed at companies such as
Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs and Regions.
Each organization has a competitive
application process, in which prospective
members complete an application and
engage in a behavioral interview. For
CIMG, a third round of selection is
employed in which students present a
stock pitch.
To ensure their members are prepared
to make informed investment decisions,
CAMS and CIMG both have a training
period to teach new members about the
value investing skills required to be a
successful member.
According to Sarah Shield, a senior
majoring in criminal justice and
accounting and the secretary of CIMG,
and Delaney Carter, a senior majoring
in finance and the director of media for
CAMS, neither organization requires any
advanced knowledge to get involved —
just an interest in investing, meaning that
nearly everything members learn is from
their involvement in the group.
“CIMG is organized and run very
much like a professional investment firm,”
said John Heins, CIMG’s advisor and
director of the Fitzpatrick Center for Value
Investing. “[It] provides its members with
real-world experience that, based on the
evidence, prepares them very well both to
secure great jobs and also to succeed once
they have them.”
In each of the two organizations,
members join one of eight committees that
present stock pitches to the organizations.
The Director of Experiential Learning
for Culverhouse College of Business,
Quoc Hoang sent a video highlighting
experiential learning at The University of
Alabama, in which he said that experiential
learning “helps students with the transition
from college to career.”
Shawn Mobbs, a UA finance professor,
said, in addition to learning practical skills
and application, CAMS and CIMG help
teach crucial interpersonal skills to its
members, which will help them in their
careers. They bring students together with
people from the industry, allowing students
to network.
“Finance is about relationships,”
Mobbs said.
Since CIMG’s start in 2009 and CAMS’s
in 2017, both organizations bring in an
average yearly return that is nearly on
par with the Standard and Poor’s 500,
the index of the performance of the 500
largest public companies in the United
States. The money stays invested in the
real and simulated stock markets, though
the organizations can make the decision to
invest in new stocks. During their time at
the University, CAMS’s simulated portfolio
has grown to $500k and CIMG’s portfolio
to $1.6 million, with average yearly returns
of 7.21% and 10.5%, respectively.
“Joining CAMS has taught me so
much, not only about investing but,
about networking, professionalism
and presenting,” Carter said. “I’ve met
incredible people that challenge me and
teach me something new every day and I
couldn’t be more grateful.”
Dixie Hamner, advising specialist for
the Department of Economics, Finance,
and Legal Studies; Susan Cowles, director
of the Culverhouse College of Business
Career Center; and Hoang, all declined to
comment several times on the benefits of
CAMS and CIMG, repeatedly referring
The Crimson White back to Heins.

6A
DAWSON WILCOX
CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST
If you stand on the front
colonnade of the Alabama
State Capitol in Montgomery, you
stand in the same place Jefferson
Davis stood as he took his oath
of office to become the President
of the Confederate States of
America. It is also the same perch
from which George Wallace’s
voice asserted, “segregation
now, segregation tomorrow,
segregation forever.”
But if you take a moment
to look up from the plaque
commemorating Davis, and look
down Dexter Avenue, a radically
different picture is painted. You
see the spot where the march
from Selma to Montgomery
ended, where Martin Luther King
Jr. said, “the arc of the moral
universe is long, but it bends
towards justice.” A bit further
down the road you can see the
corner where Rosa Parks stood as
she waited for the bus every day
to go home from work.
Comer’s legacy is not
only that of a champion
for higher education. It is
stained, like many Alabama
politicians, with abhorrent
actions and policies.
Alabama’s history is a history
of brutal bigotry, but it is also a
history of hope and perseverance.
These two pasts cannot be
removed from one another; they
are two sides of the same coin.
Examples of this can be seen
on our own campus. In 1963,
Governor Wallace stood in
OPINION | It is time to rename B.B. Comer Hall
front of the entrance of Foster
Auditorium to prevent two Black
students, Vivian Malone and
James Hood, from registering
for classes as he was cheered
on by white students. In this
single event, there are two vastly
different stories to be told.
The hatred of Wallace and the
students on one hand, and the
perseverance and courage of
Malone and Hood on the other.
To those who argue that
Alabama should embrace its
history, I would agree, but I
contend we should embrace our
history of hope, not our history
of hate.
It is with that frame of
reference that I started to think
about B.B. Comer Hall. It is the
yellow brick building across
the Crimson Promenade from
the Student Center. It is named
after Braxton Bragg Comer, who
served as governor of Alabama
from 1907 to 1911. While in
office, he was responsible for
increasing appropriations for
higher education. The plaque
inside B.B. Comer Hall celebrates
him as “a distinguished citizen”
whose “enlightened and liberal
support made possible a
greater university.”
Comer’s legacy is not only
that of a champion for higher
education. It is stained, like
B.B. Comer Hall houses the Department of Modern Languages & Classics.
CW / David Gray
many Alabama politicians, with
abhorrent actions and policies.
Comer’s family rose to
prominence in Barbour County,
Alabama, becoming rich off the
back of slave labor during the
antebellum era. After fleeing
Alabama during the Civil War,
Comer returned to help run the
family’s plantation and Avondale
Mills, a textile manufacture
which utilized child labor.
Comer also became a
prominent leader in the White
League, a white supremacist
terrorist organization. Comer
was named as a leader of the
mob responsible for the Eufaula
Election Massacre of 1874, in
which at least 15 Black voters
were killed and another 100
were injured.
Additionally, Comer served
as governor during the 1908
miner’s strike, in which a Black
labor leader was lynched by a
mob. Referencing the strike, B.B.
Comer was quoted as saying: “We
are outraged at the attempts to
establish social equality between
Black and white miners." He
added that he would "not tolerate
eight or nine thousand idle
n****** in the state of Alabama.”
Comer would go on to lose
a re-election bid in 1914, and
he receded out of the statewide
consciousness, never to return
in any meaningful capacity. A
building on our campus remains
as one of the last remnants of a
long forgotten governor.
As Thomas Paine famously
said, “A long habit of not thinking
a thing wrong, gives it the
superficial appearance of being
right.” B.B. Comer’s obscurity
as a political figure allowed the
building named in his honor
to remain unchallenged to the
present day.
That is, until 2020. Throughout
2020 and 2021, the UA System
board of trustees renamed several
buildings that did not align with
the “shared values” of the board
and the University. While they
considered changing B.B. Comer
Hall’s name, the building’s name
remained unchanged.
Whether by ignorance or by
malpractice, the board of trustees
ignored the legacy of hate B.B.
Comer left in his wake. This truly
begs the question of what exactly
the “shared values” are that the
board claims to defend, if a man
like B.B. Comer can still have
a building named after him on
our campus.
Alabama’s history should not
and cannot be forgotten. We
should not pretend that B.B.
Comer and people like him never
existed. Without the ugliness of
Alabama’s history, it is impossible
to appreciate its beauty, but it
is possible to do that without
framing people like B.B. Comer
as worthy of praise. B.B. Comer is
not deserving of glorification.
His name should be
synonymous with hate, not a
building. We should not force
students to walk halls in any
way associated in any way with
such an objectively bad person.
The University of Alabama has a
choice. It can continue to embrace
Alabama’s hateful history, or it
can turn away and embrace a
history and future of hope.
The choice is clear. The
University of Alabama should
rename B.B. Comer Hall to be
more in line with the values the
University claims to hold.

An interview with College of C&IS’s Dean Brian Butler
1B
AUGUSTUS BARNETTE
STAFF REPORTER
Though traveling back
and forth throughout
the summer, Brian Butler has
officially migrated south to begin
his tenure as the dean of the
College of Communication and
Information Sciences.
Butler received his
undergraduate degree in math
and computer science from
Carnegie Mellon University
before continuing with both
doctoral and MBA equivalent
programs at Carnegie Mellon.
Following his schooling, Butler
took a job in information systems
at the University of Pittsburgh.
What I professionally like
doing is building things,
making connections that
either people haven’t been
able to make or haven’t
gotten around to making,
and I think C&IS is a great
platform to do that.
BRIAN BUTLER
After Butler’s time in
Pittsburgh, he relocated to the
University of Maryland where he
quickly jumped from an associate
professor to full time professor
in the College of Information
Studies. Following his time as a
faculty member, Butler jumped
to interim dean, and around a
year later into the role of senior
associate dean, his last role at the
University of Maryland.
Replacing Mark Nelson, Butler
left Maryland, his home for the
past 11 years, to continue leading
in the field of communications at
The University of Alabama.
Q: How has Alabama
subverted your expectations?
A: “Everybody’s asked me
about the weather and how hot
it was in the summer, and I was
like ‘It's 95 [degrees] and 85%
humidity, that’s what August
is for.’
As far as I can tell, Alabama does
winter the same way University of
Maryland does football, which is
that there’s a thing called it, and
for short periods of time there is
it, but if you look at [it] for any
length of time, it’s not really that.
In terms of Tuscaloosa as a
place, what I found is a bunch
of really interesting, very nice
people. At the end of the day,
that's one of the things that's great
about Tuscaloosa. I won’t say it’s
subverted my expectations, but if
you just watched national media,
you might not think that. I just
found you’ve got a bunch of nice
people doing interesting things,
and it’s a fun place to be.”
Q: What are your favorite
places and aspects of campus?
A: “I’d have to say my
favorite place is Reese Phifer,
because where else can you be in
a building that’s got two fourth
floors and three second floors?
It’s a weird building, but it’s got
lots of character. When I was here
interviewing, one of the things
I remember doing is actually
sitting on the veranda out here …
It just felt right; it felt very nice,
and I would say that’s true about
much of campus.
In terms of the faculty and
staff and students, one of the
things I’ll say, it’s been interesting
for me to get used to, but I think
is certainly very healthy for me,
is there’s a, there’s very much
a can-do attitude; do stuff and
get it done … Alabama knows
how to do a party right, and
there’s a pride. People are proud
of the University, people in the
community are proud of the
University, people in the business
community are proud of the
University, students, alumni;
and you don’t always see that.
So that’s been something I’ve
really enjoyed about the students
and faculty and staff, and really
everybody at Alabama.”
Q: What is your
biggest fear?
A: “Well, I have
traveled to probably 10
or 15 countries, and one
of the things you learn
very quickly is if what
you do is talk, which is
what I do as a dean or a
professor — probably
as a parent if you
ask my kids — if you
are in a place where
you don’t speak the
language, that’s
scary. That’s not
a terrifying
Halloween
and haunted
house fear,
but
b e i n g
able to
not
Brian Butler reads a print edition of The Crimson White.
CW / David Gray
communicate, not
being able to be understood.
I work very hard to try and be
understood. You have that happen
and you go, ‘I don’t matter.’”
Brian Butler joined the College of Communication & Information Sciences this past July.
CW / David Gray
CW / Autumn Williams
Q: What kind of music do
you listen to?
A: “I have a really weird
mix. I have a playlist I listen
to over and over and over
again, which has a mix of
Broadway show tunes,
1980s hard rock,
Metallica and stuff
like that, 1960s and
’70s folk. Actually,
I just added a
bunch of Johnny
Cash.
I realized
I had this
playlist of
Christmas
music, and
then I got
to January
and it’s
like, ‘I
c an’t
b e
listening
Christmas
to
music.’
I was trying to figure
out what I liked about
it, and I realized what it
was it was a mix of musical
styles. There was some
instrumental, a lot of lyrics,
some new, some old, and so I
set about to create a playlist that
sort of was like that but wasn’t
Christmas music, and that’s how I
ended up with what I have. There
are a couple Katy Perry songs in
there, which that’s probably not
usually found with Johnny Cash
and Metallica.”
Q: What are your favorite
shows/movies?
A: “So it’s not a particular
show, but as ‘Game of Thrones’
and various other things come
through, people are like ‘Do
you want to watch this?’ I'm
like, ‘Okay, so you’re telling me
you’ve got a show that goes on
and on forever, there’s multiple
complex inner-woven strategies
with people not being sure about
what they’re doing.’ I said, ‘That
sounds like what I do at work.’
I feel nicer at work, so I'm not
comparing C&IS to ‘Game of
Thrones,’ but give me a police
procedural, so ‘CSI’ or ‘Law and
Order’ or any of those kinds
of things. Frankly, anything on
British television with mysteries
where something bad happens,
people come in, they solve the
mystery and it’s solved within an
hour, it is a wonderful dream.
I don’t particularly like most
sitcoms, because many sitcoms
are built around the idea of one
of the characters, quite often the
dad, trying very hard and making
a complete fool of himself.
You want to talk about fears,
there we go. Why would I want to
watch that? I’m always concerned
I’m going to do that.”
Q: What are you looking
forward to about the University?
A: “One is getting to know
people. For example, I was
just over talking to the dean of
engineering, Dean Henderson,
both as colleagues but also
getting to know the other parts of
the University.
What I professionally like
doing is building things, making
connections that either people
haven’t been able to make or
haven’t gotten around to making,
and I think C&IS is a great platform
to do that. Because at the end of
the day, communication and
information is at the center of
most things good and bad in
our society. Amazing things
happen when we can get
it to work. Diversity and
inclusion work when we
can communicate with
one another and listen
and understand.
Whether it’s health or
economics or business or
science, I’ve had somebody the
other day was saying, ‘Well, you
can’t do science without math.’ I
said, ‘Yes, you can. You can’t do
science without communication.’
In terms of Tuscaloosa as
a place, what I found is a
bunch of really interesting,
very nice people. At the end
of the day, that’s one of the
things that’s great about
Tuscaloosa.
BRIAN BUTLER
I know many scientists who
don’t do much math, I know no
scientist who doesn’t write or
present or communicate with
either colleagues or others.
There’s just so many opportunities
for the University as a whole, but
certainly within C&IS to provide,
the phrase I use is ‘life-changing
education, transformative
partnerships, groundbreaking
research and creative work.’ C&IS
is already doing some of that and
is poised to do a lot more, and I
think that’s true university-wide.
There’s just a lot of best kept
secrets, there’s a lot of things that
we’re doing, and we can just do so
much more.”

2B
REYNA
REYES
:
From Texas to Mexico’s national team,
all roads led to Alabama
WILL MILLER
STAFF REPORTER
big part of Alabama soccer’s
A historic 2022 run, which has
seen the team crack the top-five for
the first time in program history, win
the SEC West and reach the top spot
in RPI (Rating Percentage Index),
is senior midfielder and defender
Reyna Reyes.
From Garland, Texas, Reyes is in
a three-way tie for second in goals
on the team, has started every match
and has been a constant threat for the
Crimson Tide’s foes on both sides of
the ball.
In 2018, Reyes was splitting time
between Mexico’s national team,
club soccer and her school’s team at
Naaman ForeNost High School.
“Me and my mom started
emailing different coaches, and
within my timeline of how much
time I had to go on visits, we
ended up setting up a 10-day
road trip,” Reyes said. “Alabama
was actually my first school to
come visit.”
We can do this. We can walk
away with rings. There’s that
potential, but we have to
take it game by game.
REYNA REYES
One of her club teammates at
F.C. Dallas told her, “Reyna, don’t
commit to the first school you go to.
You’re going to want to. Don’t.”
“I came on this visit, and I fell in
love with the campus,” Reyes said.
“I loved the girls — they were so
welcoming and I loved the coaches.
[Head coach] Wes [Hart] was great.
I just got this feeling that Wes is a
genuinely good guy and I know that
he truly cares about his players and
wants the best for this program.”
She decided a month after the
road trip to commit to Alabama. The
Crimson Tide beat out Georgia and
North Carolina State University.
“I had it, probably, down to three
schools,” Reyes said. “But, Alabama,
I wanted to give it a chance. Wes
made me believe that we could turn
this thing around.”
The rest, as they say, is history.
Reyes made the All-SEC first
team as a freshman while scoring
three goals in 18 matches. The next
year, she emerged as the team’s
clutch performer by taking the lead
in game-winners. In 2021, she added
a further three goals and became
the first Alabama player in two
decades to be named to the United
States Coaches Scholar All-America
Second Team. She has made the All-
SEC first team twice now.
In 2022, absent Reyes’ services,
the 19-match unbeaten streak would
have been shorter than it was. One of
her six goals on the campaign was a
game-tying score against Utah in a
match the Crimson Tide nearly lost.
She followed that with two more
goals in as many games.
“Reyna is a beast,” Hart said. “She
is so important to this team. I can’t
say enough good things about her.”
A big part of Reyes coming into
her own is her experience with the
Mexican National Team. She has
spent time playing at that level in
high school and college, and she
has played with the team during her
time at Alabama. She started with
the national team at the age of 14 in
eighth grade.
“Getting the chance to travel
Alabama defender Reyna Reyes (16) looks to pass the ball into the box in a 2021 match against Vanderbilt in
Nashville, Tennessee. Photo courtesy of UA Athletics
the world, play different teams,
all different styles of soccer, it’s a
blessing,” Reyes said. “Every soccer
player wants to do that. You play at
the highest peak that you can. In the
U17 tournament, we got second in
the World Cup. That’s unbelievable.”
“I’ve gained so much, learned so
much, throughout that process and
I think that just transferred here,
to give me a broader perspective of
soccer and just to bring it here and
help other players,” she said.
She cited Spain, China and others
as examples of teams with technical
abilities that she wanted to show her
teammates they can work towards.
Her favorite national team game
was in the U20 World Cup qualifiers
against Haiti.
“Our back line, we played the best
defense I’ve ever seen,” Reyes said.
“We were just working together,
and it was so fun playing. And then
winning that game, oh gosh, just
the feeling.”
In the summer of 2021,
Reyes got to experience playing
opposite the full United States
National Team. She said this was a
“wow moment” for her.
“Those are players that I had
looked up to when I was little,
and I wanted to go play soccer,
I wanted to be them,” Reyes
said. “I was playing against Alex
Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, all of
them, and I literally was guarding
Megan Rapinoe.”
Her mother, Carrie Reyes, has
her Twitter header set to a picture
of Reyes and Rapinoe on the pitch
together. Reyna Reyes said she
points to her mother as a source
of major support throughout her
soccer journey.
“Throughout my whole process,
that woman has been so strong,”
Reyes said. “She has fought for
me on many occasions and just
supported me through everything.
She’s definitely my strongest fan and
I’m so grateful for her.”
Reyes said being able to hang with
the best in the world makes her less
afraid, and she tries to pass this on to
her teammates.
“I’ve definitely told the girls
when we’re having pep talks before
the games, I always say, ‘Guys, just
remember that it’s you against that
girl. It doesn’t matter if she’s the SEC
MVP last year or has scored this
many goals, it doesn’t matter about
that. What matters is every play, just
winning your battle one at a time.’”
“That’s what I always think before
every game as well, so I think that
helps me with my confidence,”
she said.
That confidence is high, along
with the rest of the team — but Reyes
and her teammates are far from done.
“We’ll look at each other and be
like, ‘Guys, we’re No. 2, or, guys, we’re
in the top-10,’ but we knew that we
were capable of this and now we
finally put it together and we’re doing
it. We obviously have more goals than
this, but step by step, taking it game
by game, this is actually achievable.
We can do this. We can walk away
with rings. There’s that potential, but
we have to take it game by game,”
Reyes said.
Reyes and her teammates fell in
the SEC Tournament final, but now
they turn their focus to the NCAA
Tournament — with hopes of
bringing home a national title.
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RILEY MATTINGLY PARKER:
The long journey back
MARTHA GLEN SEASE
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Alabama soccer forward
Riley Mattingly Parker
hoisted the SEC regular season
championship trophy on Oct. 23,
sporting the last remnants of a
shiner she picked up facing the
Arkansas Razorbacks a week prior.
After the Crimson Tide secured
the SEC West division title on the
road off a victory over Mississippi
State, where Mattingly Parker
recorded two assists and her 12th
goal this season, someone told
her she should get hit in the eye
more often.
Shiner or no shiner, Mattingly
Parker has been on fire this season.
The fifth-year team captain has
recorded her best season record in
both goals at 14 and assists at six.
Mattingly Parker has put up these
numbers after sitting out the entire
2021 season following an ACL tear.
Originally, Mattingly Parker
and the athletic training staff did
not believe her injury was an ACL
tear. Jeff Meek, the athletic trainer,
called Mattingly Parker and asked
to come by her house.
“I was like, ‘Shoot. There’s no
way this is going to be good news,’”
Mattingly Parker said.
For some of her rehab, Mattingly
Parker didn’t know if she’d even
step foot on a soccer field again.
“After I got surgery, it would
physically pain me to go up to the
soccer field, just because it hurt so
bad to see people playing the sport
that I love so much and not getting
to do that,” Mattingly Parker said.
“I didn’t even go up to the field for
a few weeks.”
But Mattingly Parker got to work
shortly after. Her rehab team —
Meek, Erin Weaver-Cohen, Terry
Jones Jr. and David Breedlove
— were a bright point through
her injury.
“I would just look forward
to rehab so much because of
those people,” Mattingly Parker
said. “They just made my day so
much better.”
She focused on being a good
teammate while recovering. At
practice, she’d pick up cones, shag
balls, move goals or feed balls two
feet to teammates in passing drills.
“Any way that I could show my
teammates that I care about them
— that I want the best for them,”
she said. “We’re in this together.
Alabama forward Riley Mattingly Parker (10) dribbles the ball in the Crimson Tide’s victory over the Clemson
Tigers on Aug. 28. Photo courtesy of UA Athletics
We’re still a team. That’s what I’d try
to do.”
Her classes were all online
while she was injured, so she was
constantly rehabbing.
Mattingly Parker viewed rehab
as a series of must-win games. She
wanted to do her rehab exercises
better than anyone else. She wanted
to hit milestones faster than
anyone else.
Soon after her surgery, Mattingly
Parker was set to start working on
a stationary bike. Her first goal was
to power on the bike by pedaling
a full rotation on her first try. She
couldn’t do it. Her knee was too
swollen, and the pain was too great.
“The next day, I came back, and
I was like, ‘I don’t care. I don’t care
about the pain,’” she said.
She went to physical therapy the
next day and asked Breedlove what
would happen if she moved her
foot in a circular motion.
Breedlove told her that it would
cause her a lot of pain, but it
wouldn’t do any more damage.
“I took a deep breath, and I
yanked my foot around. I thought I
was going to throw up. I was in such
an excruciating amount of pain,”
she said. “I was psyching myself
up. I was like ‘Screw you bike!’ And
then I yanked my foot around and
the bike was like, ‘Screw you back.’
It hurt, but once you got it around
that first full rotation, you could do
it after.”
Mattingly Parker said physically,
rehab was tough, but she was just
happy to be able to exercise. She
told herself she would never take
running for granted again.
To Mattingly Parker, there
wasn’t a worst rehab exercise than
glute bridges.
“I’d do glute bridges, then I’d
do glute bridges in treatment,
then sometimes I’d get to do the
warmup with the team, and we’d do
glute bridges again. And I’d be like,
‘I’m going to explode if I have do
one more,’” Mattingly Parker said.
Even to this day, glute bridges make
Mattingly Parker think of rehab.
Mattingly Parker said coming
back from her ACL injury was also
mentally difficult.
“You have to deal with asking
yourself, ‘Can I even come back
and play soccer?’” she said. “‘Am
I going to be the same player, or
anywhere close to the same player?’
And trusting that your knee isn’t
going to do what it did the last time
you played.”
“When you go through an injury
like that, it’s an identity crisis. It’s
like, who am I without this game?”
Mattingly Parker said.
Mattingly Parker said going
through rehab and coming back
from injury helped her determine
her identity is tied to her faith,
not soccer.
Mattingly Parker was cleared
to return with four games left on
the schedule last season, but she
tweaked her quad and sat out two
more games. She was cleared again
for Senior Night, but up deciding
mid-match that she would redshirt
the season.
“That was kind of hard to come
to terms with, just because I knew
that we had a good chance of
making the NCAA Tournament,
and I knew that we had postseason
hopes of playing several games
deep,” Mattingly Parker said. “I
had never been to the NCAA
Tournament. I had never been part
of a team that received a first-round
SEC bye, so it was hard.”
Mattingly Parker is back this
season, and she’s even sporting a
look she hasn’t sported since her
freshman year.
“Sophomore year came around
and […] I think it was on media
day, I was trying to decide should I
tuck my jersey in or not. Everyone
was making fun of me for tucking
it in,” Mattingly Parker said so she
decided to wear her shirt untucked.
This season, the jersey is tucked
in again.
She said it makes her feel more
professional, but there are tactics
involved with the decision.
“When your shirt is tucked
in, if someone grabs your shirt,
obviously it comes untucked,” she
said. “It makes an obvious call for
the refs.”
Mattingly Parker — with her
jersey tucked in — has earned the
SEC Offensive Player of the Week
accolade three times over the
course of the 2022 regular season.
She leads the SEC with 29 points
from her recorded 12 goals and five
assists. She’s led the Crimson Tide
to a 9-0 conference record.
After the Crimson Tide won the
SEC West, Mattingly Parker said
she couldn’t even describe what she
was feeling. She and some other
upperclassmen members of the
team had been working for a while
to win something sporting the
Script A.
“To have a title to show for it
is so special. Especially to me and
some of the older girls, because
we’ve been there when we’ve gone
two and eight and didn’t make the
SEC Tournament my freshman
year,” she said.
Mattingly Parker committed to
Hart’s program when she was 15
years old, living in Flower Mound,
Texas. She’s helped build the
program — focusing on discipline,
hard work and family.
It’s paid off this year. But the
team is on the hunt for continued
results as the postseason
approaches. Mattingly Parker was
already focused on the SEC regular
season title after capturing the SEC
West title.
“It was super special, but at
the same time, I was kind of like,
‘Alright. First one down,’” Mattingly
Parker said.
And on Senior Night, in front of
a record attendance at the Alabama
Soccer Complex — 1,882 fans in the
stadium and more watching outside
— the Crimson Tide clinched the
SEC regular season title for the first
time in program history.
After I got surgery, it would
phyiscally pain me to go
up to the soccer field, just
because it hurt so bad to
see people play the sport
that I love so much and not
getting to do that. I didn’t
even go up tp the fields for a
few weeks.
RILEY MATTINGLY
PARKER
“I cannot say enough good
things about the fans,” Mattingly
Parker said.
Of all the places she’s played this
season, Mattingly Parker has yet to
encounter a fan base that is more
impactful than the 2022 Crimson
Tide faithful.
“Other teams have had good
fans and a cool atmosphere, but
none compare to that Clemson
game or that South Carolina game,”
she said. “That’s going to be a great
memory of mine. They have made
this season so special to me.”
Mattingly Parker and
Alabama are ready for the 2022
NCAA Tournament.
“I’m still not satisfied,” Mattingly
Parker said. “We’re not satisfied
quite yet.”
JACOB RITONDO
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Members from organizations
associated with the
Alabama Panhellenic Association,
the National Pan-Hellenic Council
and the Interfraternity Council
gathered at the UA Student Center
on Nov. 2, to discuss the current
state of diversity, equity and
inclusion efforts in APA sororities
and the entire Greek system.
I wish more people
would come to face their
ignorance a little bit more.
… It’s hard to admit that you
have ignorance. … I have
trouble with that every day
myself
YECHIEL
PETERSON
Seniors Yechiel Peterson and
William Skull, both members
of the NPHC-associated Alpha
Phi Alpha fraternity, moderated
the discussion, alongside Arman
Sheffield, who serves as the director
of DEI for the IFC.
Speaking to a group of over 30
UA Greek councils discuss diversity
APA sorority members, Peterson,
Skull and Sheffield gave advice for
how to approach difficult subjects
such as race relations in Greek life.
Commenting afterwards,
Peterson said that he wished “more
people would get comfortable ...
being uncomfortable” with these
types of discussions.
“I wish more people would come
to face their ignorance a little bit
more. … It’s hard to admit that you
have ignorance. … I have trouble
with that every day myself,” he said.
The group discussed what is
being done and what should be
done to foster deeper relationships
between the traditionally white
APA and IFC chapters, and the
traditionally Black chapters of
the NPHC. Many in attendance
mentioned dinner swaps their
sororities currently host with
NPHC organizations, but expressed
a desire for their sororities to
do more to strengthen ties with
NPHC organizations.
One suggestion was a plan to
create a group chat among DEI
representatives from APA, IFC
and NPHC organizations to better
coordinate events involving the
NPHC groups. Ideas for events
included partnering with NPHC
sororities during homecoming
week for pomping and
other activities.
The group also discussed
previous incidents that illustrated
the need for DEI in APA and
IFC organizations.
Among those who spoke up
were members of the Alpha
Phi sorority. Last December,
one member was kicked out of
the chapter and its president
was removed from her position
following the public disclosure of
text messages that many deemed to
be racist. Recalling the controversy,
the members emphasized that the
senders’ actions did not represent
the sorority as a whole.
After the meeting, Chloe Harrell
of Alpha Phi, a freshman majoring
in graphic design, explained
how she did not know about
the controversy until entering
the chapter.
“They told me what had
happened, and it was shocking
because the girls I was surrounded
by in the house did not seem
anything like those girls,” she said.
While the meeting mainly
focused on diversity, equity
and inclusion in terms of race,
Peterson and Harrell spoke
afterward about the state of DEI for
LGBTQ students.
After the meeting, Peterson
discussed how many times,
LGBTQ issues of diversity, equity
and inclusion get overlooked
Members of Greek chapters participate in discussion on DEI, which was
moderated by Yechiel Peterson and William Skull of the Alpha Phi Alpha
fraternity. CW / Jacob Ritondo
by NPHC organizations.
“I think we’re worried about a
lot of other things. And so [LGBTQ
issues] always come at the tail
end. But for sure ... I believe we
can do a better job hosting things
that are more welcoming towards
[LGBTQ],” Peterson said.
In contrast, as Harrell indicated,
“In a few of the [Alpha Phi] DEI
events, they have talked about
[sexual orientation] … and they
have been very supportive about it.”
The event sparked a dialogue that
Skull said he hopes will continue.
“I think there is progress being
made,” Skull said. “I hope this is the
beginning of more things like this.
I feel like when these things start
to happen more often, hopefully,
we’ll be able to … specialize each
different one. Because when you
tackle it broadly, you miss out on
some intricacies.”
To that end, Skull said, “from
what I understand, there won’t be
any more [roundtables] this school
year, but more of these roundtables
are in development.”

4B
Student-run publishing house prepares to print student work
MADELINE ROBINSON
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
At a Sept. 6 informational
meeting — crowded to
the point of there being standing
room only — students interested in
publishing were introduced to The
University of Alabama’s first-ever
student-run publishing house: Red
Rook Press.
The crowd was a surprise to
press faculty advisor and assistant
director of creative writing Paul
Albano, who had expected the
number in attendance to be much
lower. The initial interest shown
at the informational meeting was
successful, recruiting 37 people to
work in one of the four departments
that make up the press.
“We wanted to create
something that was targeted
towards a book publication and
all the parts of the apparatus
that go into that. One of
the things we discovered
is there’s a tremendous
interest in publishing on
our campus. It actually
caught us off guard, we
were not prepared for the
breadth of that interest,”
Albano said. “We were
pleasantly surprised
by how significantly we
had underestimated the
student interest.”
Part of what we were trying
to do with the project was
break the experience trap
we see in the publishing
industry. Even to get an
internship at one of the
big presses you need
experience.
PAUL
ALBANO
Albano said one of the goals of
the press is to help give students
interested in the publishing industry
the experience needed to move
forward with their careers. The
publishing house has made providing
the opportunity for experience one of
their priorities.
“Part of what we were trying
to do with the project was break
the experience trap we see in the
publishing industry. Even to get an
internship at one of the big presses
you need experience,” Albano said.
“We really wanted to allow anyone
to join any of our departments in
whatever capacity they wanted
without needing prior experience
under the logic that we could sort
of teach them and then practice any
skill that they need.”
Students like Anna Kate Baxter,
a junior majoring in
English, have taken
advantage of the
opportunity
to help
prepare
for their
careers in
publishing.
“I want to be an editor
when I graduate and work in
the publishing industry, so I saw this
as an opportunity to not only learn
about editing but positions and the
whole production of a book and see
that play out in real life for authors
my age at Alabama,” Baxter said.
The September meeting was the
culmination of a summer’s worth
of work to get the infrastructure
for the publishing house in place.
After the idea was introduced to
Albano by David Deutsch, the chair
of the English Department, Albano
began looking at other universities’
publishing houses, finding
inspiration in presses like Wilde
Press at Emerson College.
“It was something that we worked
on and off over the summer to
get our infrastructure in place so
Graphic courtesy of Red Rook Press
we could launch it in September.
There were lots and lots of emails.
Emailing the good folks at Etax so
we could get our website, talking
to the people at the procurement
office about how we can accept
money to the books for sale and it
was lots and lots of reaching out to
instructors, asking if they knew any
students who might be interested in
publishing," Albano said.
Red Rook Press is split into
four branches — content editing,
acquisitions, design, and marketing
and outreach — each of them
providing students with the
ability to work on all facets of the
publishing process.
“Content editors will work on
shaping the actual manuscripts. We
have acquisitions, which will be
responsible for identifying
and selecting the
work that we
publish. We
have a
design
department,
which will do the
actual layout of the
books. Then you have our
promotion, marketing and outreach
team, which will be responsible for
galvanizing interest in the press,
helping writers submit their work
to us, helping us market and sell the
books. Essentially helping us find the
foothold in this literary publishing
world,” Albano said.
One member of the marketing
team is Maya Mungo, a freshman
majoring in marketing, who was
most excited about being able to help
others get their work published while
gaining experience.
“I wanted to get in on the ground
floor. At the end of it, I want to say
that I successfully helped someone
get word out on their work. Like the
chance to say, ‘Yeah, they managed
to sell this many copies of their book
and I was a part of that process’ is
appealing to me. Seeing the chance
to do marketing for it and pushing it
out to people, running accounts and
everything ... seeing that there was
that opportunity was really what got
me,” Mungo said.
The publishing house plans to
print two students’ book-length
projects by April, one a poetry
composition and the other a piece
of prose. The submission window
opened on Oct. 1 and submissions
will be accepted through Dec.
10. Students may submit their
work through Submittable
— a free submission portal
which requires an account
— where the specifications
for submission length can
be found.
In January, everyone
who submits work will
be contacted and the
acquisitions team will
decide which two books
will be published. Writers
will be contacted about
their author agreement and
work will begin on editing
the project. While copy and
line editors are working with
the author, the design team will
work on the cover and artwork.
“It’ll be a four-to-five-week
process for that, so we’re thinking
early to mid-April we’ll have our
release party,” Albano said.
Those working at Red Rook Press
ensure that any student submissions
are welcome and that submissions
need not be perfect.
“Don’t be afraid of doing something
weird. We love the idea of printing
sci-fi or fantasy, it does not have to
be educational and school-related.
Submit what you have. Anybody who
is an undergrad, right here, now [can
submit work],” Mungo said.
More information about the
publishing house, submission process
and submission guidelines can be
found at Red Rook’s website. The Red
Rook Press staff can be contacted via
their Instagram (@redrookpress) or
TikTok (@redrookpress) accounts
with any further questions.
OPINION | McLure Library is essential
MARY CLAIRE WOOTEN
STAFF COLUMNIST
In 1939, The University
of Alabama finished the
construction of its first designated
library. Nestled towards the rear of
the Quad and aligned with Denny
Chimes, Amelia Gayle Gorgas
Library is a haven for students.
As you file away from this
centrally located library, you’ll
find the University’s branch
libraries, built later to target more
specific subjects.
Rodgers Library for Science and
Engineering opened to the public in
1990. Its establishment represented
a merger between the Science
Library, housed in Lloyd Hall at the
time, and the Engineering Library,
originally located in Bevill Hall.
Bruno Business Library stands
on the previous site of the Phi
Kappa Psi House. Since 1994, it has
been located on Stadium Drive near
Bryant-Denny Stadium. It recently
underwent renovations this spring.
The building that became
McLure Education Library was built
in 1925, at which time it housed a
cafeteria for students, a post office
and a soda fountain. In 1954, the
building was remodeled to become
the library that it is today.
McClure is adjacent to Autherine
Lucy Hall, one of the College of
Education’s main academic and
office buildings. Right on University
Boulevard, it’s a building that
many students likely pass each day
without ever knowing what’s inside.
On Sept. 6, a document was
uploaded to the Construction
Administration’s website, opening
bids for renovations and additions
to McLure. While renovations are
not uncommon on campus, this
renovation comes at the price of
losing one of our valued resources,
the Education Library.
The School of Library and
Information Sciences will be
rehoused in McLure to provide
more space in Gorgas and be closer
to its home college, The College of
Communication and Information
Sciences. The School of Library
and Information Sciences has
been housed on the seventh floor
of Gorgas since its formation as a
formal college in 1969.
McLure’s renovations will include
addressing American Disabilities
Act accessibility and previously
CW / Shelby West
ignored maintenance issues that
come with a nearly 100-year-old
building. Currently, there are no
wheelchair accessible routes within
the building to any other floor
besides the first floor.
Given its proximity to Autherine
Lucy Hall, McLure is a hotspot for
education majors. The two buildings
are still connected by the tunnel that
Autherine Lucy Foster took shelter
in during her enrollment. Now, it’s
utilized by students to go between
the buildings for a quick print job
or to check out items. While the
tunnel will remain, students will
now have to find alternatives to
McLure's existing amenities.
Each library offers its own
unique features to students within
concentrated majors that should
not be overlooked or taken away.
The Education Library and
curriculum materials are on the
base floor of McLure. This is the
bread and butter of many handson
education classes, as it provides
children’s books that are often not
found in other University libraries
and manipulatives to assist in
classroom instruction. Without
these materials, student teachers can
no longer familiarize themselves
with emerging media for children
or explore various methods to teach
certain topics. With about 30,000
materials, containing textbooks,
curriculum guides and other
educational media, McClure holds
a plethora of important literature
critical for students in the College
of Education.
In addition to offering space for
all students, McLure is also home to
computers that are accessible to the
public. As the only library located
on University Boulevard, this brings
in an entirely new demographic of
patrons who live in Tuscaloosa.
Those who are not students can pay
a $25 annual fee for a borrower’s
card, giving them access to materials
within all the libraries.
Not only will UA students be at
a loss once these materials are gone,
but so will any teachers or student
teachers in the area who utilize
these benefits.
Libraries on campus are not the
only ones experiencing neglect of
this nature. The issue extends into
the community.
All three branches of the
Tuscaloosa Public Library will
soon implement new cost-saving
measures like reducing hours of
operation and spending on books
and programming. This includes
eight electronic resources that
previously came with having a
library card, and the summer
reading program will be reduced
from eight weeks to only four weeks.
Library officials say these actions are
necessary to combat rising prices
given their limited funding from the
local government.
McLure is only a symptom
of broader library adjustments
across the country. Funds are
being allocated to different areas
on campuses and in local budgets.
Hiring freezes are commonplace.
But $18 million is about to be
thrown into the structure of this
building alone.
As a school, we’ll survive with
just our remaining libraries, but the
resources and experiences lost to
the rebranding of McLure will not
reveal themselves until it is too late.

OPINION | UA should publicize grade distribution data
JUSTIN MCCLESKEY
NEWSLETTER EDITOR
Course registration can
make or break a semester.
While students decide which
courses they should take,
feedback in the registration
process helps to make informed
decisions. More resources
simplify that process.
The University of Alabama
has great resources in Student
Opinion of Instruction forms
and grade distribution data, but
it is not available to students.
This information could equip
students with objective course
evaluation data to use while
building a schedule.
The University provides
an alternative by making
class structures public in the
CW / Autumn Williams
Online Syllabus Management
Project, but this service is only
sometimes helpful. Most syllabi
are not published by registration,
forcing students to scour
previous semesters’ information.
With limited course
information available online,
students at The University of
Alabama often turn to review
websites like Rate My Professors
to gauge the outcome of picking
a specific course or professor.
The website allows students to
anonymously rate professors and
describe their class experience.
While review sites help
students get a baseline of
class expectations beyond the
syllabus, they should not be used
in isolation.
“I combine Rate My Professors,
syllabi, recommendations
from classmates and previous
professor
experience
to make a
choice,” said
Daniel Ogden, a
senior majoring
in political
science and public
administration.
For students, the
lack of comment
validation measures
on sites like Rate
My Professors
means ratings are
unreliable at best.
Because they
are anonymous,
ratings can
be skewed
by people
who haven't actually taken the
class or be filled by one person
making multiple reviews.
Professors can even rate t
hemselves anonymously.
An article in the Stanford
Technology Law Review found
that sites like Rate My Professors
provide “unfair evaluations
of personal information
taken out of context,” that
“lead to misjudgments or
misunderstandings, potentially
causing serious harm.”
This directly harms students
as they search for classes.
Three researchers at Harvard
University found that student
evaluations of teaching impact
how quickly course sections fill
up, building on a growing body
of research.
When students at The
University of Alabama are left
to pick classes from previous
syllabi and Rate My Professors
reviews, they are at a significant
disadvantage in comparison to
other schools.
In 1976, Georgia Tech’s
Student Government Association
established Course Critique, a
website to help students plan
their semesters by publishing
course information and syllabi.
The website now hosts grade
distribution data for all classes,
serving as a hub for students,
faculty and administrators
to receive unbiased
course information.
Students at Georgia Tech can
search classes and receive grade
distribution breakdowns for each
semester, instructor and section.
It maintains student privacy
while giving valuable information
about the difficulty of each class
and professor quality.
That information is especially
useful for students as they build
a manageable schedule for the
semester. During the Spring 2021
registration window, Course
Critique netted over 8,800 new
visitors in a 90-day window.
Recognizing the benefits of
Georgia Tech’s Course Critique
site, The University of Georgia
Student Government Association
passed Resolution 33-05 to
implement a similar institutional
course evaluation website in
January 2021.
Their resolution surveyed
129 students at The University
of Georgia, finding that 94.5%
would be likely to use a grade
distribution service. Further,
92.9% of respondents indicated
that grade distribution data
would be useful in comparison
to other available services.
As a former SGA graduate
Senator, I passed a similar
resolution in spring 2022
encouraging The University
of Alabama to create a course
evaluation website hosting grade
distribution data. The resolution
only encouraged action, but
the University could still
benefit from publishing grade
distribution data.
While it is a genuine concern
that publicized grade distribution
data could incentivize students to
take “easy” courses, anonymous
review sites already do that.
Grade distribution data merely
equips students to make informed
decisions while structuring their
schedule instead of relying on
skewed reviews.
Researchers at Central
Michigan University found
quantitative institutional
feedback to be “more valid
5B
assessments of instructor
performance.” Public grade
distribution data equips students
with objective information to
evaluate classes and instructors.
Publishing this information
further allows for deeper
institutional research that
can improve class instruction
and department rankings.
Grade distribution data can
help pinpoint departmental
grade inflation or deflation
while gauging instructor
quality objectively.
When students at The
University of Alabama are
left to pick classes from
previous syllabi and Rate My
Professors reviews, they are
at a significant disadvantage
in comparison to other
schools.
Everyone benefits from
objective course evaluation
data. Students receive more
useful information as they plan
their semesters. Faculty are
given alternatives to unfair or
harmful anonymous evaluations.
Administrators have more
analysis at their fingertips to
improve, whether it’s internal
or external.
The University of Alabama
collects important information
through Student Opinions of
Instruction forms and grade
distribution data. Applying
that information more broadly
benefits everyone involved.
Soccer’s SEC run ends at the hands of South Carolina
WILL MILLER
STAFF REPORTER
It was an intense and closely
contested bracket to decide
the SEC tournament champion,
but at the end of the line, it
was a matchup between the
No. 1 and No. 2 seeds for the
title. The rematch between No.
3 Alabama and No. 13 South
Carolina was the headlining
act of the tournament in
Pensacola, Florida.
In the end, it was the
Gamecocks who finally dealt
Alabama (19-2-1, 12-1 SEC) its
first loss since Aug. 21. A secondhalf
goal by Brianna Behm in the
final seconds of the 56th minute
sealed the deal.
The first half was virtually
even, much as the regular season
meeting between the two teams
was. Neither group was willing to
give an inch, and Alabama’s lone
shot on goal in the half came
up empty. The revenge-minded
Gamecocks had stayed in
the fight.
The Crimson Tide did
outshoot the Gamecocks in the
first half, 5-4. South Carolina
kept Alabama from taking any
corners — a Crimson Tide
offensive staple.
Once again, though, it would
be down to the final 45 minutes
to decide the matchup between
the teams. With overtime in play
— unlike in the regular season
— on a hot day, extra time just
wasn’t an ideal way to settle it.
South Carolina made sure that
wouldn’t come to pass. Alabama
had a close chance at a tie with
less than five minutes to go —
the play was even reviewed to
see if it was a goal. Close isn’t a
score, though, and the Crimson
Tide’s win streak stopped at
15 matches.
South Carolina had avenged
its shutout defeat from the
regular season. Alabama’s losses
have both come by 1-0 margins.
“We came here with the
intention of winning the
tournament, but super proud of
our group,” head coach Wes Hart
said. “We gave it everything we
had on the day, South Carolina
was just a little bit better. We’ve
accomplished a lot, we’re a good
team, but today we just didn’t
have enough.”
Despite the defeat, Alabama
had three players named to the
all-tournament team. Goalkeeper
McKinley Crone, defender Sasha
Pickard and forward Ashlynn
Serepca were awarded the honor.
Serepca scored the game winner
against Mississippi State and
Crone and Pickard consistently
made some of the best defensive
plays of the tournament. Crone’s
and Pickard’s first-half efforts
in the semifinal match against
Vanderbilt were part of the
reason Alabama played on
Sunday at all.
“I know it’s going to burn at
me the whole bus ride home,”
Hart said. “The good news for us
Alabama’s Reyna Reyes (16) looks to make a move in 1-0 loss to the South
Carolina Gamecocks. CW / David Gray
is that it’s not done yet. There’s
still more soccer ahead of us.”
Indeed, Sunday’s loss does not
mark the end of the programbest
Alabama soccer season. For
the first time ever, Tuscaloosa
will host an NCAA tournament
match when the event begins.
The Crimson Tide went a
perfect 10-0 at home in the
regular season, including
the prior shutout win over
the Gamecocks.
The first round of the NCAA
Tournament will begin on Nov.
11. Alabama will learn its seeding
and matchup on Monday, Nov. 7
at 3 p.m. CT.
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