| Summary: | The Kaleidoscope is the official student newspaper of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. TUESDAY SCOPE Volume 49|Issue 30 01.19.16 WHAT is USGA? PG. 8-9 KSCOPE EXPLAINS UAB’S STUDENT GOVERNMENT A chat with the final term president MOLTEN ART EXHIBIT PG. 13 Physical Address Suite 130, Hill Student Center 1400 University Blvd, Birmingham, AL 35205 Mail HSC 130, 1720 2nd Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35294-1150 Phone (205) 934-3354 Web UABkscope.com Email editor@insideuab.com The Kaleidoscope is the official student newspaper of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Unsigned editorials and the opinions of the Kaleidoscope’s columnists do not necessarily reflect the opinions of individual student writers, editors, Kaleidoscope advisers or university administrators. Signed columns and letters reflect the opinion of the writer and serve as expressions of fact and opinion to Kaleidoscope readers. Letter Policy: Letters to Kaleidoscope are always welcome. 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This issue of Kscope is one that I’m especially proud of, as it contains lots of exciting news about this city’s recent developments, as well as a spread that’s designed to shed some light on one of the school’s most important organizations: the USGA. The USGA has been instrumental in effecting several changes on campus in recent years, and hopefully you’ll gain a sense of their mission through our interview with USGA president Garrett Stephens. Stephens (pronounced Steffans) also clears up some of the confusion on why UAB students have not had a fall break since 2012. In the news this week, we cover some of the exciting developments on campus and around the city. UAB Police have worked to add card readers to parking decks on campus, and they lay out their plans to increase campus safety for the new year. The state’s first LGBTQ-focused health and wellness center has opened in Birmingham, and we have the story on how this will change the way people receive treatment in this day and age. On page 7, the sports page, we have the story of Dean Sicking’s pioneering research into the problem of concussions. With UAB football’s return right over the horizon in 2017, it seems especially fitting that research to save lives and prolong them with increased quality is being conducted right here on campus. Turn to the features section for news of shift, a pop-up gallery by the Birmingham Museum of Art on 3rd Avenue North. This gallery is open every Monday, and contains a zine makerspace where students can express their own creativity in collusion with two curated artists. Our columnist, Jared Jones, gives his two sips on why folks should drink more water. I definitely think he’s got some valid points, and so does rapper ILoveMakonnen, who has released a series of mixtapes encouraging the same action. Listen to the mixtapes with a tall glass of water while reading Jared’s column for maximum hydration. So open the Kscope, and have a great time.3 SOUND OFF UABkscope.com @UABKscope facebook.com/uabkscope We the people are victims of planned mediocrity. More important, I have failed to motivate Kscope to use its press powers to investigate my charges. I accuse people by name and can’t get a response. For brevity, please refer to the Fall issues of Kscope. Basically and simply stated, the above victims are being immorally and criminally robbed. The perpetrators are Paul Bryant, Jr. and his friends, the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees (PBJ & the Boys). Much too late in life, I have acknowledged some facts which require me to execute my civic and moral duties with relentless passion and determination. No one in the Blazer Nation can match or challenge Dil the Dragon dog and myself in this respect. History documents some indisputable facts: the strong must take care of the weak. This begs the question of how to do it best. The last issue of Kscope highlighted the good things happening in Birmingham. Yes, we are a beautiful, exciting and wealthy place. Are we doing it best when one-fourth of the population is suffering? Heck no. Here’s where Dil and I accuse PBJ & the Boys. Shangri-La ain’t what it appears to be, i.e.: - 1,000,000 plus live at or below the poverty level - The percentage is greater in Birmingham’s 80% plus non-white population - Quality of life charts have Birmingham at or near the bottom. Anyone that ignores this paradoxical nightmare should be in a rubber room at the UAB Psych Center! Need I quote in prose this vice, sin and corruption? No. We are university students, faculty and staff that seek knowledge to change our world. (Watts ‘15) Should you choose to avoid Shangri-La 2016 football-less, please consider the following: - Without rhyme or reason (not one fact) UAB skips 2016 football a $100,000,000 plus economic impact - The immoral and criminal mentality that destroyed football still exists - The UAB Athletic Foundation is the UASBOT criminally controlling the Blazers (See 1969 State Code regarding the UASBOT & autonomous UAB) - Mark Ingram AD (ax detail) threatens Blazer supporters on TV - “Cough up the dough or else All monies generated by UAT, UAB and UAH go into one accounting pool. UAB put in two-thirds yet two-thirds goes to UAT. What happened to interdisciplinary equality? - the combined income of the System is astronomical - PBJ & the Boys criminally apply rules and regulations arbitrarily and capriciously to UAB, i.e. the football insanity - Buck the Board and get fired like Presidents McCallum, Hill, Reynolds and Garrison - Our representatives and senators in Montgomery are directly responsible for creating the BOT and support the robbing of the Blazers. They are guilty of gross malpractice. No leadership for UAB (Watts is moot). All significant decisions come from BOT, a direct violation of state law. - The Mayor, City Council, County Commission refuse to take control of UAB - vice, sin and corruption ad nauseam - We the people allow the robbing by neglecting our power - the ballot. - Constitutional remedies are ignored - Imagine how stupid we must look to the world - the biggest city in the state, Birmingham, being controlled by Montgomery and Tuscaloosa. Come on Mr Editor, lets take control of the Blazer Nation by starting with football. Come Signing Day in February, the Blazers will have a good roster that is unanimously ready to play, coaches, no NCAA restrictions, scheduling no problem, multi-million dollar improved Legion Field, and a broke city, county and state that need help. There is not one iota of an existing fact for living 2016 in limbo. PBJ & the boys cannot simply red shirt the thousands of people that have been adversely affected, i.e. me and you. FYI the BOT meets February 4th and 5th, one day after National Signing Day. Let’s demand a 2016 football commitment before that date. With this in hand, Coach Clark and his staff will be elated and adjust accordingly. Not so incidentally, they will be relieved from the pressure of creating a championship program after two years preparation and rest --- extremely unrealistic!! Thanks, TC Cannon Senior Political Science President • Hail Blazer Club Letter to the editor: Sound offNEWS TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2016 4 HIV and AIDS affect the lives of many in Alabama, particularly those in the LGBTQ community. The Birmingham AIDS Outreach is attempting to improve the conditions of people in the Birmingham area that are at risk for or are suffering from the diseases. To address the problems associated with HIV and AIDS, the Magic City Wellness Center has opened this month at 2500 Fourth Ave. S. This facility is Alabama’s first LGBTQ-focused medical and wellness center; one of the few in the Southeast. The Center provides general medical services, free and confidential STD/STI testing, counseling, massage therapy and transgender medical treatment, including hormone replacement therapy. “I think it’s amazing (and frankly overdue). AIDS is a big problem here in the south and I’m glad the community has come together to tackle this issue,” said Perry McKee, a senior art history major. No appointment is needed to take advantage of the free testing services, which are available to everyone regardless of age. According to Jamie Whitehurst, BAO’s Development Director, the STD/STI panel includes testing for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Trichomoniasis (TRICH), Hepatitis C, Syphilis and HIV. They are non-invasive and self-administered. According to the Alabama Department of Public Health, the combined total of reported HIV/AIDS cases in Alabama was 19,578, as of September 30, 2015. “In 2014, out of the new cases of HIV diagnosed, 143 were from Jefferson County. The mission of Birmingham AIDS Outreach is to enhance the quality of life for people living with HIV/AIDS, at-risk, affected individuals and the LGBTQ community through outreach, age-appropriate prevention education and supportive services.” Karen Musgrove, the Executive Director of Birmingham AIDS Outreach. “All programs at BAO are free of charge and include services for HIV-positive individuals, HIV prevention/education and LGBTQ programs. Birmingham AIDS Outreach has created facilities to provide resources for safe sex practices. They also offer services related to sexual disease prevention and treatment and medical issues facing the transgender community, as well as facilities to assist LGBTQ community members in other ways. “BAO has expanded our services to include a LGBTQ youth center, an LGBTQ medical center and coming soon – an LGBTQ Home Host Program for homeless youth,” Musgrove said. Other organizations that have worked in tandem with BAO include Steel City Spectrum, a transgender support group; LGBTQ book club; LGBTQ Legal Clinic; and Birmingham Alliance of Gay, Straight and Lesbian youth. Multiple methods of protection against STIs, HIV and unplanned pregnancy can be found locally, either from the BAO facilities, UAB Student Health and Wellness Center or drugstores. Some students feel that UAB has kept a strong pro-safe sex attitude. “In general, I feel like the people around UAB are in favour of practicing safe sex,” said T.J. Hackett, a senior secondary education and history major. “[However], I would be hesitant [to get tested for STIs/STDs] and I wouldn’t want to go unless it was necessary.” “To someone who is nervous about getting tested, I can relate. But you just have to bite the bullet and get it done,” McKee said. “It’s for your own protection and knowledge as well as others’. And good news or bad there’s a supportive network of amazing people to lean on.” For those interested in learning about BAO and HIV statistics, visit www.birminghamaidsoutreach.org. “Know the facts. Know how to stay safe. Get tested,” Musgrove said. Ashton Cook Staff Writer atcook47@uab.edu LGBTQ medical and wellness center opens in Birmingham 2012 data from the Alabama Department of Public Health website. Infographic by Stephanie Lockhart I think it’s amazing (and frankly overdue). AIDS is a big problem here in the south and I’m glad the community has come together to tackle this issue.NEWS 5 UABkscope.com @UABKscope facebook.com/uabkscope The UAB Police Department offers a wide variety of services and programs for the UAB faculty, students and community. The Department has started off the year with the new parking deck access protocol that grants access solely to UAB students with a valid UAB One Card. The UAB One Card has always been required to access student parking lots and decks, as one must have a One Card to purchase a parking decal. However, the new policy now requires students to swipe their ID card to enter the 12th Street and 16th Street parking decks. “I would feel safer since the parking decks are always sketchy at night time,” said Dahae Park, fourth semester nursing student. “I think it is a great idea to aid in preventing future incidents from happening on UAB’s campus. It also encourages students to always bring their student ID card with them to school, which is a good hobby to make. It could potentially alleviate the parking struggle that students encounter day to day by preventing non-students from parking in student parking,” said Jasmine Starkling, a nursing student. “However, it may not prevent those with the intent to do harm from walking into the parking decks. It is a good strategy and I hope that it decreases the amount of incidents occurring with the students on campus.” While some students feel that the new service will keep the parking decks safer, others disagree. “I feel that it is a good idea if it is completely sealed,” said Jeremy Jackson, a third semester nursing student. “If they’re just putting a security bar up, it really doesn’t serve a purpose, because a crook can just walk around it.” The Department granted students free access to a campus safety app known as Rave Guardian, a third-party app that has been customized specifically for UAB students. Essentially, the app lets students build their own safety network. The user can set a timer of however long it may take for them to walk to the destination. Once the destination is reached, the user can turn the timer off. If the user does not turn it off, the app automatically calls the safety contacts that they have saved on the app. The safety contact may include 911 or the UAB Police Department. Many students around campus have made use of the app since its release at UAB. “I am familiar with the app and used it at some point, but stopped. When I used it, it was extremely convenient because I am always on campus until late almost every day,” said Payal Patel, a sophomore Biomedical Engineering student. “I think it is an added safety feature that shows that UAB is concerned with the safety of their students.” While many students use the app and seem to like its features, others do not know about it or otherwise have not made use of it. “I am not familiar with it, however I would use it. It sounds awesome!” said Vaishali Nijampatnam, a sophomore. “I hope students can feel comfortable walking to their car at night more.” The UAB Police Department offers other safety services besides the parking regulation and campus safety app. It also offers campus escort services, help phones that are available throughout campus, bike training programs, rape aggression defense program and classes, sexual assault awareness and victim awareness assistance program. Janvi Jani Staff Writer janvinj@uab.edu UAB police lockdown parking decks One of the card readers installed at a student parking deck on campus in the interest of safety. Photo by Stephanie Lockhart6 NEWS TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2015 Each semester, students are offered chances to travel abroad for class credits. Students who have taken at least the introductory classes in their chosen language and are interested in participating in any of the education abroad programs first need to speak to one of the Education Abroad peer counselors. All of the counselors are students who have participated in the study abroad program. These students can answer questions that those interested might have about planning their experience abroad, finding the right program and applying for programs and scholarships. According to Brian Johnson, the director of the office of Study Away, taking a trip abroad through the program will offer more than just class credits. “Having this inter-cultural experience somewhere else in the world—just that wanderlust of experiencing somewhere else is a great character-building experience for people,” Johnson said. “Being able to have that experience while earning credit towards your degree. It’s so much better than just taking a trip, because you’re there for a longer period of time, you get more ingrained in the local culture. It’s like being a resident traveler rather than being a tourist.” Peer counselors are also available to assist faculty in giving education abroad presentations to their classes. After that, students for the faculty-led programs will have to speak to the professor in charge of their particular experience abroad about the requirements to go on the trip. Students can fill out their application on the UAB Education Abroad web page and pay the initial deposit on their trip once they obtain faculty permission. The total payment is divided into three parts. Students that require passports can get them from UAB Education Abroad as well. This semester, students can choose between trips to China, Puerto Rico and France. China: Students participating in the China trip will have the opportunity to travel to Guangzhou in southeastern China and to Beijing, China’s capital. For the first three weeks of the trip, students will stay at an on-campus hotel at Jinan University in Guangzhou and participate in a Chinese cultural course taught at the university. Each student will also be assigned a language partner who is a student at the university and who will help them practice the Chinese language and explore the local culture. During the fourth week of the trip, students will travel to Beijing and have the opportunity to tour cultural sites such as the Great Wall, the Summer Palace and the Forbidden City. The trip will take place from June 20 to July 18. “[The students] are looking to understand Chinese culture better, and they want to make Chinese friends, they want to immerse themselves into the culture for a while,” Ling Ma, a professor of Chinese, said. Puerto Rico: Students who embark on the Puerto Rico trip will travel to the capital city of San Juan during the May semester. They will be registered for one of two Spanish courses taught at Universidad del Turabo, which will count for transfer credits at UAB. Students will stay at the La Posada San Francisco Youth Hostel. “On weekday afternoons, students will do service learning to apply their Spanish to helping others,” said John Maddox, an assistant professor of Spanish. “They will lead an educational summer camp for children, a garden, and a beach clean-up in San Juan’s most disadvantaged neighborhood, La Perla, which is currently experiencing a cultural Renaissance.” According to Maddox, students will have the opportunity to travel the island on weekends, visiting local sites such as El Yunque , the only tropical rainforest in the U.S., and Arecibo Observatory, the largest radio telescope in the world. France: Students taking part in the France education abroad program will travel to Paris, France and take French classes at Alliance Française de Paris language school. Alliance Française is an international organization that seeks to promote French language and culture. The trip will be led by professor Margaret Bond, an instructor of French at UAB and the Treasurer of Alliance Française de Birmingham, the Birmingham branch of the organization. The trip will begin on April 30 and go to May 29. The deadline for applications for most Education Abroad programs, including the Foreign Language Abroad trips, is Feb. 1. However, the deadline for Fall 2016 study abroad trips is March 1. On Feb. 18, UAB Education Abroad will host an Education Abroad Fair for interested students at the Lister Hill Library from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., featuring information about all education abroad opportunities offered, including faculty-led trips and exchange programs. Daniel Mendoza, a biology major and study abroad counselor who studied in Costa Rica, encouraged students to not stress over the costs and to take advantage of the program. “It’s a fantastic opportunity to study abroad. Make sure you research the area and the programs and see how they will transfer over,” Mendoza said. “Pick a place that has a bunch of places to visit and eat. Get culturally immersed and visit their museums and concerts and recitals and what not. It’s educational because you are most likely taking courses, but like I said earlier, you can also go and just “work” in one their many areas. I am looking forward to going back this summer and plan on studying abroad again before graduating.” For more information, visit: http://educationabroad.uab.edu/ Studying abroad offers students more than a vacation Mark Linn Staff Writer quiaego@uab.edu A group of students who travelled to China as part of a 2015 Study Abroad trip. Photo from Ling Ma7 SPORTS UABkscope.com @UABKscope facebook.com/uabkscope The risk of concussions in heavy contact sports, particularly football, is becoming an increasingly important topic in the public eye. However, there are currently no medical tests to reliably diagnose concussions and few methods of treatment. To address these problems, UAB researchers from across several disciplines are partnering with coaches and athletes to find better ways to diagnose, treat and prevent concussions. Concussions are generally defined as mild traumatic brain injuries, but many different organizations have many different specifications for diagnosing the injury. UAB’s Sports Medicine staff considers the designation adopted by the Fourth International Conference on Concussion in Sport in 2012 to be the most precise. According to that definition, concussions can be caused by either a direct blow to the head, face, neck or elsewhere on the body, with an “impulsive” force that is transmitted to the head. The injury typically results in the rapid onset of neurological impairment, but in some cases, symptoms can evolve over minutes or hours. Signs of impairment can include clumsy movement, double or blurry vision and memory problems. Concussions can occur even without a loss of consciousness. “Diagnosing concussions on the field is very tricky, to say the least,” said Mike Jones, the assistant athletic director for UAB Sports Medicine and head trainer. “The hardest part is, we all know they all want to be out there, and some of them have knowledge of what concussions are and some of them really don’t.” According to Jones, diagnosing a concussion on the field requires a thorough questioning of the athlete, as well as knowledge of how the athlete would typically respond. Athletes are required to perform basic cognitive tests such as counting months backwards and solving simple math equations. A football player suspected of suffering from a concussion is removed from play and evaluated by Jones or the team physician. The player cannot return to play for 24 hours, according to state law. “We’ve had some that were OK to play the next day and we’ve had some that have missed months,” Jones said. “It’s a very delicate injury and no two concussions are alike, and that’s what a lot of people don’t understand.” Richard Marchase, Ph.D, the Vice President for Research and Economic Development at UAB, claims that the way that most referees and sports associations are treating concussions is a “huge” step forward. “The fact that, if you really have what might be a concussion inducing injury, it’s not just up to the coach anymore whether you’re sent back into the game or not but there really are medical [analyses] that are already being carried out that help determine whether or not you should go back,” Marchase said. One avenue of research is being pursued by the UAB School of Optometry. The School is working with the athletics program to perform eye exams on student athletes in the hopes of establishing a baseline in the case of a possible concussion to improve on-field diagnoses. “In the case of the vision science tool, one of our hopes was that there would be a much more accurate on-field assessment,” Marchase said. “So that it would be possible to link eye responses [to concussions], than is now the case, when it is basically a cognitive discourse to try to determine is a trauma-inducing injury has occurred.” According to Marchase, the vision tool could be a “real time analytic approach.” Designing a better helmet to lower the risk of concussions is another ongoing project at UAB. Dean Sicking, Ph.D., is a professor at the UAB Department of Mechanical Engineering who has created an 80-foot track in his lab featuring high-tech dummies mimicking football players at each end. By controlling the speed and position of the impact, researchers can re-create the most common types of impacts and test a variety of helmet designs. Sicking has been working closely with UAB Athletics to develop a new helmet design. “[.] The material we have right now for the shell will basically help absorb a lot of the energy that occurs between the collusion of two helmets,” Jones said. “It’s very promising. The results we’ve seen in the lab and testing, we really really feel it will change concussions in football over the next few years.” Sicking and his lab are also using special software to study thousands of helmet-to-helmet impacts in football games. “We have Dr. Sicking’s work where Dr. Sicking, via using high performance video analysis, would be able to get real time data on the kinds of impacts quantifying the kinds of impacts that are occurring,” Marchase said. “For instance, if impacts are over the threshold, there might be an automatic warning that that player needs to be examined because he’s taken a hit of, whatever it is, a 100 G’s, I’m not sure that’s the right number but whatever the that says that hit is significant enough that that person needs to be examined.” This means that there could be a video-defined threshold that would alert coaches and on-the-field physicians that a concussion-causing hit has taken place and that further action needs to be taken before the injured player is allowed to re-enter the game. Another focus of the research is on decreasing rotational acceleration, something that, according to Marchase, investigators see as critical to the onset of concussion injuries. “By rotational acceleration I mean, for instance, taking a hit to the face mask that tries to twist your head very rapidly to the left or to the right,” Marchase said. Although James M. Johnston Jr., M.D., a UAB pediatric neurosurgeon and co-director of the concussion clinic claims that the researchers’ understandings of concussions are still “primitive”, according to a UAB News article, Marchase spoke of a diverse team of researchers. “We have investigators in neurology and pediatrics and vision sciences all of whom are very interested in the problem of athletic concussions and already have a very strong effort going forward to ensure that both children and adults that are suffering from traumatic brain injuries from sports injuries are going to be appropriately treated as they look to going back to the field,” Marchase said. Mark Linn Staff Writer quiaego@uab.edu Headstrong: UAB researchers seek to solve concussion puzzles Dr. Sicking tests helmet-to-helmet impacts in his lab. Screenshot from a video by UAB NewsUSGA WHAT IS USGA? Casey Marley Managing Editor managing@insideuab.com Sarah Faulkner News Editor news@insideuab.com UAB has had a student government since its conception in 1969. However, today many students still may not know what USGA is, how it works, why it is necessary and what it has done for UAB students throughout the years. As the USGA elections are held during the spring term of each academic school year, here’s what undergraduate students should know before the elections: USGA works much like America’s own government. There are three branches: legislative, executive and judicial. Each branch works to represent the undergraduate student body and, in the past few years, have worked toward bringing back UAB football, diversifying meal plans, getting water filling stations in more buildings on campus, providing emergency interest-free loans for students in need and installing gender neutral bathrooms. THE PRESIDENT EXPLAINS “USGA is necessary for numerous reasons,” Garrett Stephens, President of USGA, said. “I think that the most important reason that USGA is necessary is to serve as the liaison between the student body and administrators, faculty and staff. USGA hosts town halls and forums on a variety of areas of campus to ensure that students have a direct line of communication to administrators at UAB. When I walk into meetings, I am bringing with me the interests of the UAB undergraduate student body. Without that, there is no central outlet for students to relay their concerns to administrators.” USGA’s Senate includes senators from each of the schools: the College of Arts and Sciences and the Schools of Business, Education, Engineering, Health Professions, Public Health and Nursing. They pass bills that refer to internal changes to the senate constitution while resolutions serve as a call to action and can carry weight with administration. The executive branch ensures the execution of these resolutions upon their approval, while the judicial branch of the USGA interprets the Constitution and seeks to solve disputes between students. Stephens and the USGA have recently had to prove their commitment to reflecting the student body’s needs. “This summer, the USGA Senate passed arguably the most influential piece of legislation in UAB student government history. It then resulted in the first student referendum in UAB’s history,” Stephens said. “The results of that referendum aligned, within one percentage point, with the percentage of senators who voted for and against the legislation during the summer. This was the moment we were able to show evidence to administrators and students that we truly do speak for the undergraduate student body at UAB. High ranking administrators also let me know that without this commitment from the students that UAB football, bowling and rifle likely would not have returned.” Stephens said that he is “most proud” of USGA for their continued effort to reinstate the previously mentioned programs. “Unfortunately, in the past, there were doubts about whether students really cared about these programs,” Stephens said. “USGA and the student body put those rumor to rest by committing to support the three sports during their time at UAB. This is one thing that our administration will be remembered for and is one of our proudest moments.” In order to further the interests of students, the Executive Council meets regularly with administration and faculty, as do some senators. “USGA provides a student voice and the power of movement,” Stephens said. “It has brought many changes on campus inside and outside of the classroom. Our members are influential in the realm of creating an undergraduate experience.” WHAT DO SENATORS DO? Like Stephens mentioned above, the Senate passes bills and works with their individual schools to make improvements. According to a USGA senator who spoke to Kscope anonymously, a current bill that the organization is deliberating would equip the Commons on the Green with a USGA comment box. “That way we can actually see what students are saying. We are going to look through all of those comments and then at the end of the month pile them together and forward it to dining, so that way we know for a fact that they saw it,” the senator said. “That was something we passed right before Christmas, and we bought the comment box and it’s on it’s way.” Individually however, senators “mainly update what [they] do in their own buildings [or schools]” through their bills. Senators work with the deans of their schools to oversee small improvements, which almost always see completion, according to Stephens. These improvements can include installing new water fountains or kiosks within different schools. “No bill has gone up that has been denied—honestly, I don’t think a bill has been denied. Every time a bill comes up, we do make adjustments to it, but other than that the bill usually passes because it’s good—it’s not like anyone is out there trying to stop positive changes or coming up with bills that are just bad or hurt the students,” the senator said. However, some students do not view USGA as positively as its members. Nathan Larinde, a neuroscience major, feels that many USGA officers Kscope casually chatted with president Stephens Photo by Angela Hollowell join for resumé purposes rather than promoting the collective student interest. “I feel like the majority of people in USGA do it for their resumé. I have attended some public forums and I have never been impressed. It feels like they don’t really approach students’ concerns, rather they focus more on internal or individual achievements.” STILL PRO #FREEUAB? In March 2015, President Garrett Stephens told Kaleidoscope that he was a supporter of the #FreeUAB movement: “I think UAB needs to become its own independent university, and that goes into student life, student empowerment, and transparency: all three of those focuses go into the Free UAB movement.” However, nearly a year later, Kscope asked the student leader if he still agrees with that statement now that he has worked closely with the UA System. When you came into the election, you were pro-FreeUAB, do you think that was valid at the time and do you still have those same views about the FreeUAB movement? I think that in terms of the FreeUAB movement, it’s good to have those, I guess, movements behind institutionalized, behind organized movements. So you have the FreeUAB movement that has a few pseudo-leaders with no actual designated leader, and those types of movements really helped USGA, because USGA had the organization. We had the social media, we had the Communications Director, we had these different aspects of organization to the whole movement, having that force of the FreeUAB movement behind us and supporting us, I think really helped, because you had community supporters, you have FreeUAB movement students, so you even have some FreeUAB people who are faculty, and are open about it. And through the process, I’ve come to meet some people who are in support of that movement but work in higher places, so that was a very interesting part of that whole experience, meeting some of those people who were faculty and staff, and were really, really watching it unfold and voicing their support in a way that I really hadn’t seen before. How would you define the FreeUAB movement, because at its core was “let UAB break off from the UA System?” I guess, and I really wouldn’t want to define their movement for them, but I guess you could look at it from a couple different ways. When you see a lot of different decisions coming down, the FreeUAB cause is to totally separate ourselves from this system, and totally have our own board of trustees, and then I think you have the FreeUAB cause who are, you know, more autonomy in the system, who are part of the system, but not feel like we are constrained by the system at the same time. But I think what we really saw with the FreeUAB group that was really active was for totally separate system and totally separate way of doing things. And you’ve worked closely with the administration and you’ve been to Board [of Trustee] meetings, so do you think this was really called for in terms of separating or do you think blaming the system was a scapegoat after football was cut? I think what we first need to do is to make sure our relationship with the Board is seamless, so I think first I’ve seen the frayed relationship, but now I see our relationship better. Now they’ve created the UAB liaison committee, which serves that purpose. So I think at the beginning, you know when a lot of things were happening, and there were things that were happening before I got here, you know there were a lot of arguments saying that this was necessary, and I think with this whole learning process, this whole learning process for students, faculty, administrators and the Board, I think it was a whole learning process for everyone. At this point, we are really starting to mend the relationship, so now at this point I don’t think it’s necessary as would have been a few years ago. Why didn’t we get a Fall Break? Coming into his student presidency, Stephens wanted to make mental health awareness a prominent issue he tackled during his term, teaming with the other UA System Student leaders to make a system wide impact. Pushing for the return of Fall Break at UAB’s campus, time off that has not occurred since October 2012, was one of the biggest ways Stephens wanted to promote this commitment to mental health. “The students believe that in order to have good mental health, you need breaks that are more than just weekends,” Stephens said. “To see in the academic calendar that there are twelve straight weeks of school, and USGA does not believe that that is conducive to good mental health—so we’re very much continuing that initiative to try to bring back Fall Break, separate Fall Break from Thanksgiving Break, that’s something we’re continuing to push for and we are in contact with Administration to do.” According to Stephens, there was a possibility of UAB receiving a Fall Break this school year, but due to the academic calendar’s inability to change, the next fall break, if USGA is successful, will come two to three years in the future. He told Kscope that the Administration’s main point against reimplementing Fall Break was due to the many labs that accompany UAB’s science courses, and that these labs are hard to make up if missed. “So we’re pushing for that, and the main reluctance revolves around lab and how do we structure our 14-week semesters, with not having a little leeway in how we reset housing when we come back from break.” What happened to our Fall Break? Photo courtesy of Wikipedia 10 OPINIONS TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2016 With the start of the new semester, it is often difficult to start fresh without lingering thoughts of the previous semester. Maybe your grades were not exactly what you wanted them to be last semester, or maybe you did your best in a class, but it still didn’t get you an A. The good news is, though, that those classes are over, and you get to move on. Going into a class expecting to do poorly or thinking your life is over just because of one bad grade can almost guarantee failure. For example, I didn’t do so hot in Organic Chemistry I last semester. I got off to a bad start, and it affected the rest of my semester in the class. Now I’m in Organic Chemistry II, and I have to keep reminding myself that this is a new class, and I have a new chance to do well. My grade last semester does not affect how I do this semester. The first step to approaching the new semester correctly is to realize that your grades do not define you. A letter on your transcript does not define you. A number does not define you. There is so much more to get out of college than spending your days in the library, such as getting involved in campus clubs and organizations, volunteering in the community, shadowing medical professionals and gaining other valuable experiences. Tristan Samios, a sophomore biomedical sciences major, believes it is the experience of college, not just the grades, that make you successful. “Worrying about only grades would stress me out too much, so I’d rather make sure I get more out of college and life in general by taking advantage of opportunities outside of academics,” Samos said. “Your grades are the clearest look into how you’re doing in school, that’s just how it is. But with that being said, students should still be sure not to sophomore neuroscience student Sami Foster cautioned students not to underestimate the importance of grades even if your GPA isn’t the only thing that matters. However, according to a 2012 article from US News, lack of extracurricular activities is one of the top three reasons medical school applications are rejected. The article does concede that graduate and professional schools care about academic records as well, but extracurricular activities are essential for proving commitment and leadership potential as an undergraduate. The article also points out that a good GPA alone will not write a personal statement that stands out, something that is required when applying to almost any graduate program. The key is finding a balance that works for you. A lot of students looking to apply to graduate or professional school often overlook how valuable these extracurricular experiences are. They put so much emphasis on getting the right grades, keeping a perfect GPA and wasting away in the library studying till 2 a.m. that they forget schools are looking at much more than just a statistic. As you start the new semester, remember grades are just numbers, failure is an option and you are so much more than just a number on a piece of paper. New year goal, failure is an option: Your grades are not you Ally Middleton Opinions Columnist allym95@uab.edu Illustration by Thomas Baldwin stress themselves out so much over a grade on a test that it starts to affect their mental health, relationships, and success,” Foster said. Aligning with his beliefs, students should be able to look back on their years in college and remember more than just having their noses stuck in textbooks studying all night. Students can learn a lot from books, but without the connections formed with their peers, mentors, professors, and other positive role models, they are left gaining little more from college besides facts and background knowledge from books. On the other hand, I’d rather make sure I get more out of college and life in general by taking advantage of opportunities outside of academics.FEATURES 11 UABkscope.com @UABKscope facebook.com/uabkscope UAB’s Art Department is taking the passion in students and turning it into a form of expression that the entire community is eager to take part. Project Space is an adaptive space on the first floor of the Humanities Building that provides a place for student art exhibits and other activities. The MOLTEN Art Exhibit occurred on Tuesday, Jan. 12, and many of UAB’s very own students had the opportunity to display artwork from their metal fabrication and casting classes. Influential artists in the community are taking note of what is happening on UAB’s campus, as the contemporary curator from the Birmingham Museum of Art was in attendance. MOLTEN, aptly named after its focus on metal works, was a one night show where students displayed their works. The exhibit featured various forms of art, including performance, stop-motion animation, an interactive puzzle and still pieces. According to the Assistant Professor of Sculpture Stacey Holloway, the students come to this upper level class with their own ideas, and she provides mediums of inspiration to guide their thoughts into action. “I always tell my students not to limit themselves to art on a pedestal. As an educator, I feel it is important to not only introduce a broad range of hands-on skills to the students, but to also encourage them to seek out collaboration within their communities,” Holloway said. “The students also participated in an aluminum pour on UAB campus in the sculpture facilities. Having just revived the metal casting program in the Department of Art & Art History, we hope to encourage the students to safely utilize this ancient process as a way to inform their contemporary ideas on community-based and individual artwork.” According to one of the fourth year art students that had pieces on display, Jacob Phillips, “presenting what we have is essential to our lives. UAB’s Art program is a blessing.” “UAB is able to offer such a unique course and learning environment when many other schools don’t have the resources to do so,” said Mikala Buwalda, a fourth year student. In the upper level sculpture classes, one of the projects that the students completed was casting a lost-wax pattern in iron on the historical site, Sloss Furnace National Historic Landmark. Sloss’s Metal Arts’ staff, lead by their Senior Artists in Residence Marshall Christie and John Stewart Jackson, directed the students in a workshop and iron pour that gave the students an extensive knowledge and confidence in the casting. Visual Media and Outreach Coordinator Jared Ragland explained the significance of having Project Space at UAB. “It is an experimental space for students to share with their university and community. Its success can be seen in the close knit community that has formed, as students get to show their work in a gallery space and engage with professionals,” Ragland said. “Between our exhibitions here and others at the Art Club Meetings, it has become a space that students take ownership of.” Next week, “Forty-Nine Drawings” by renowned artist Ty Smith comes to the Project Space. Forty-nine graphite drawings that he has created over the past year and a half will be on campus. “Maze”, showcased at MOLTEN. Photo by Ian Keel Alloys of the arts: MOLTEN art exhibit Surabhi Rao Staff Writer surrao@uab.edu Last year, on Dec. 18, the Birmingham Museum of Art opened a pop-up gallery just past the Alabama Theatre on Third Avenue North called shift. shift is more than what many people think of when it comes to something a museum would do. However, this gallery represents another move in the BMA’s long history of community involvement, according to the person behind the gallery, Wassan Al-Khudhairi. “The Birmingham Museum of Art has organized projects out in our communities for decades, but we are constantly thinking about new ways to reach out, engage, and further connect, particularly with our immediate community,” Al-Khudhairi said. “I think shift is an extension of that desire, and it represents a very different approach.” shift takes a different approach to art than one may consider when thinking of a traditional art gallery. Two artists are given free range over the space for a month’s time and they are allowed to create and collaborate freely to produce something unique. After each team’s month is up, the space is wiped totally clean for the cycle to begin anew. The collaborators are eclectic, with specializations ranging from choreography to cooking, in addition to visual art, representing a wide variety of Birmingham’s new creative class. “The goal is to open up multidisciplinary conversations, and to encourage artists and creatives to push outside their comfort zones and find connections with other disciplines. Working with Birmingham-based artists and creatives, we tried to pair people who might have some natural connections within their respective practices,” Al-Khudhairi said. “For example, in February, visual artist Amy Pleasant is paired with choreographer and dancer Jamorris Rivers. Because they both deal with the body, the figure, and movement, we thought it would be interesting to see how their separate practices might inspire a new project or idea.” Anyone is capable of participating in this dialogue thanks to shift’s other function as a zine makerspace. The gallery is open every Monday from 4-8 pm, and during that time the zine-making facility is open to anyone. Merriam-Webster defines a zine as “a noncommercial often homemade or online publication usually devoted to specialized and often unconventional subject matter.” Zines range widely in topic, but are often very personal collections of an individual’s thoughts on a specific issue that they have noticed in the community. Birmingham has seen many recent initiatives to erect and maintain temporary spaces that provide fresh destinations in the midst of downtown’s revitalization. And according to Al-Khudhairi, shift will not be the only motion by the BMA to push art through the galleries into the waiting city. “shift was designed to be a temporary project, so the last installment will take place in May. But in a way, it’s almost a launchpad for many exciting new things happening at the Museum, especially as it relates to contemporary art,” Al-Khudhairi said. “I’m looking forward to the April 16 debut of my recent initiative, lobby projects, an ongoing program which invites a different artist each season to respond to the space around the Museum’s main lobby by creating a new work.” These initiatives may soon shift perspectives of those that don’t consider visual art to be an essential part of artistic expression in the new millennium. shift explores new space for creativity Entrance to the Birmingham Museum of Art. Photo by Brandon Varner Brandon Varner Editor in Chief editor@uab.edu12 TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2016FEATURES Open for drop-offs Mondays6:30-9:30am 3:00-6:00pm 620 11th Street South we get out what you put in, put that recycling in the right bin. (205) 996-9043 We’re a few weeks into the new year and it’s that time when either you’re soaring high, riding the waves of positivity as you check off your resolutions, or you fail once again and turn your life around. Drama aside, if you’re looking for an easy way to revamp your health routine, you should consider drinking more water. Not only will you save money—have you seen how expensive a twelve-pack of Mountain Dew is nowadays?—but you’ll reap a plethora of benefits. Your body thrives on water, so if you fail to get your recommended daily amount, you could be jeopardizing key bodily functions, usually resulting in you feeling less-than-stellar. Your skin will benefit. Drinking more water helps keep skin firm and glowing (and who doesn’t want that?). Google “gallon water challenge results” if you don’t believe me. It also helps cut down on calorie consumption as it has zero calories—a considerable difference than its sugary, carbonated competitors. It helps you recover from your athletic adventures. No one enjoys feeling sore days after a grueling workout. Drinking water before, during and after a workout (especially if it’s a workout that’s particularly sweaty), will encourage new cell turnover, culminating in a more refreshed, less pained you. There’s not a part of the body that doesn’t benefit from increased water consumption. It’s not a cure-all for all of your health woes, but rest assured that you’re doing yourself a favor by picking up an extra glass or two. Understanding Your Needs So how much water should you drink? Needs change per individual depending on height and weight. It also depends on physical activity and climate. More active people and people who live in warmer climates will need more water to sustain healthy functioning. A general rule is to drink between half an ounce to an ounce for every pound you weigh. For example: if you weigh 180 pounds, you’d need 90 to 180 ounces a day. Don’t let those numbers scare you—you don’t need to solely drink water to reach your recommended amount. What you eat also has a hand in water consumption: eating fruits and vegetables adds a substantial amount of water to your diet. Start out small. You don’t want to shock your system by flushing it out. Increase your daily intake by 5-10 ounces a week; listen to your body. Your Action Plan Now that you have your set goal of drinking more water, how do you accomplish it? I thoroughly recommend buying a reusable water bottle because it’s eco-friendly and much cheaper than buying plastic water bottles in the long-run. I prefer to buy large water bottles (32oz is my go-to) because I hate to refill throughout the day. I prefer to fill it up a few times and be set. However if you feel accomplished when your water bottle is empty, I suggest a smaller water bottle. It’ll help keep you motivated. Even if that doesn’t work for you, there are countless apps you can download, such as Hydro Coach and Aqualert, that will send you reminders and provide visual progress to guide you. You can also tally how many times you’ve refilled for the day and add that up for your total daily consumption. At the end of the day, drinking water is a straightforward, simple way to make sure your body performs at its best. So if you’ve been itching to feel better, look better and perform better physically, I suggest drinking more water as one of your resolutions. Jared Jones Staff Writer jrdjns@uab.edu Weekly wellness: Bottle filling stations are free utilities at UAB. Photo by Jackson Hyde The importance of hydration FEATURES 13 UABkscope.com @UABKscope facebook.com/uabkscope Last week marked the yearly iteration of Awesome Games Done Quick, a week-long charity marathon that has raised millions for cancer and medical research since 2011 by “speedrunning” video games. Speedrunning essentially is completing a video game in the fastest time possible. This often involves optimized strategies for predictable things such as traversing levels and defeating bosses, as well as less obvious considerations, such as navigating menus and purchasing items. Runners tend to also find exploits to shave seconds from their times, finding ways to clip through walls, manipulating random number generators and generally breaking the games’ code in order to save frames or skip entire levels. This year’s edition of AGDQ was another impressive showing, pulling in around 150,000 viewers at a time to watch speedrunners blast through an assortment of titles with some interesting caveats thrown in. These included amazing feats such as two people completing “Super Metroid” using a single controller, a blindfolded race through Mike Tyson’s “Punch-out” resulting in the defeat of Iron Mike. There was also a fierce bidding war to name a Final Fantasy character Arby’s or Bif. Seeing classics such as “Mega Man” and “Castlevania” and more modern games such as “Wolfenstein: The Old Blood” and “Splatoon” beaten in a flash while teetering on the edge of disaster, combined with karaoke of Disney tunes, discussions about the “best” Final Fantasy game, and “Wonder Shot Hype” combined to make the entire week an absolute joy. Among the split-second inputs, damage boosts and level skipping strats were raffles, an “Awful Games Done Quick” block, commentary from developers and a rousing rendition of karaoke using songs from the Kingdom Hearts series. Viewers of the live-streamed games could donate money to determine what games were played and streamed. All in all, a total of $1.2 million was raised over the event, all of which will go to the Prevent Cancer Foundation. The Prevent Cancer Foundation, started in 1985 by Carolyn Aldige, is a nonprofit created to promote and improve prevention and early detection of various forms of cancer. It also funds research throughout the US and Canada, and partners with scientists, research projects, organizations such as the American Association for Cancer Research and the Step Up Women’s Network, and several universities including the University of California- Irvine and Johns Hopkins University to help enable better understanding of the disease and how to decrease its impact on humanity. More information about the PCF and opportunities to help or donate can be found through their website, preventcancer.org. The event, organized and held by members of Speed Demos Archive (speeddemosarchive.com) and Speed Runs Live (speedrunslive.com) will be archived on the Games Done Quick YouTube page as well as its Twitch channel. The next event, Summer Games Done Quick, will be held in July. More info can be found at gamesdonequick.com. Charity speedrun raises money, breaks games Jared Chesnut Staff Writer redc@uab.edu Games Done Quick supports charities through viewer donations. Logo from Games Done Quick It’s a familiar feeling for most students: it’s the last week of classes, the final paper for the class just didn’t make it to the printer, and the class begins in fifteen minutes. A full on sprint is made to the library computer, but it is taking what seems like an eternity to load and silent curses are dispersed amongst all the other computer users in the library. The question, then, is: what are students looking at in the library that is slowing the Wi-Fi down? Ed Harris, assistant director of Systems and Server Support for UAB IT, provided a list of the top ten applications students are using while connected to UAB Wi-Fi. The number one position is general web usage along ports 80 through 443, which denotes general web traffic. The following includes: Facebook Facebook seems like a natural for the number two spot on the most used websites, if not to connect an individual to friends, events, or classmates who may have shown up for class the day you didn’t, it’s an easy and fun distraction from the stress typically associated with college life. Netflix Netflix has been around since 1997, providing easy access to a plethora of movies and television shows, including box office hits all the way to the obscure and unimaginable. What’s more convenient is that entire seasons of television shows are available for your binge-watching pleasure. Dropbox Let’s give our students some credit: Dropbox, an academic tool, made it to number four. Dropbox is a file hosting service operated by Dropbox Inc. It provides cloud storage and file synchronization. Pandora Pandora is a music streaming site that, once a “radio station” is selected, automatically plays music of the same or similar genre, allowing users autonomy over their station to select songs they like, dislike or are tired of hearing of, all to have a new, enjoyable, customized listening experience catered to the user. Amazon Cloud Drive Amazon Cloud Drive is a web-based storage plan provided by Amazon for photos, videos, documents, and more along its secure servers. This program is available to all computers with the latest Java and browser updates, as well as being available on Android and iOS phones. Hulu Hulu is another streaming service where clips, television shows, movies and other media can be found. Port 16402 Port 16402 is an open port used to allow FaceTime. Google Drive Google drive is another web based file storing and sharing program. From Google Drive, files can be uploaded, stored and shared amongst approved members of a group where each person has the ability to edit papers, presentations, spread sheets, drawings, forms and more. Bonjour Developed by Apple, Bonjour is a zero-configuration network that can locate devices such as printers, other computers and the services these devices offer on a local network. Harris notes that this does not include the entirety of student browsing, because the dorm Wi-Fi is provided through an outside party. Blazing through the bandwidth: what websites use the most data at UAB? Tessa Case Contributing Writer tessmc@uab.edu FEATURES TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2016 14 If someone were to ask me what my favorite recipe was, I would have to say it’s this one. It is hands down the tastiest and easiest recipe I have ever made. It takes little to no prep work, it’s healthy, it’s vegan and it’s delicious. Japanese Kabocha Soup: • 1 tbsp olive oil • 2 shallots, diced • 2 cloves garlic, minced • 1 tbsp minced ginger • ½ small kabocha, peeled and cubed • 2-3 cups vegetable stock (or stock of your choice) • salt and freshly ground pepper A kabocha is an Asian winter squash, but it looks exactly like a green, more acorn-shaped pumpkin. They resemble the taste of a regular squash, but they’re much easier to prep and cut through. To make this soup, you must first peel the kobacha with a vegetable peeler to remove the green flesh from the outside of the squash and cut it into cubes. Once you’ve prepped your squash, add your olive oil to a pan over medium heat. Add the shallots, ginger and garlic. Cook for about 2-3 minutes or until soft, but not browned. Add the kabocha and stock and bring to a simmer. Simmer on medium until the squash is tender and can be pierced easily with a fork, 20-30 minutes depending on the kabocha cube sizes. Once cooked, use a stick blender to blend until creamy and smooth. No stick blender, no problem! Just transfer the soup to a regular blender and blend until nice and smooth. Add salt and pepper to taste and you’re in creamy, kabocha soup heaven! I like to add scallions as a topping on mine, but really, I think you could pair a lot of different toppings with this recipe. Hope you enjoy! Southern vegan: Japanese kabocha soup Stephanie Lockhart Photography Editor photos@insideuab.com Photo by Stephanie Lockhart 15 ANNOUNCEMENTS LEGAL AND RELATED SERVICES AUDIO BY PHONE:205.934.3354 BY EMAIL: masutton@uab.edu ONLINE: www.uab.edu/studentmedia KALEIDOSCOPE PUBLISHES every Tuesday when classes are in session. 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At 2 p.m., President Ray Watts will speak, followed by a ribbon-cutting at 2:30 p.m. There will be free food, prizes and music at the event. UAB Men’s Basketball vs. Rice Bartow Arena 8 p.m. The Blazers will face off against the Owls of Rice University at home. UAB’s men’s basketball team is on a 12-game winning streak and hopes to make 13 with this game against Rice. A tailgate will take place on the lawn of Bartow before the game, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Camille Armstrong Memorial Scholarship Step Show Alys Stephens Center 7 p.m. UAB political science student Camille Armstrong lost her life in a car accident just weeks before graduating. A scholarship fund has been established in her name, and the Camille Armstrong Memorial Step Show has taken place at UAB annually since 1990 to raise money for the fund. Hermès Quartet Alys Stephens Center 7 p.m. The internationally-acclaimed quartet, composed of violinists Omer Bouchez and Elise Liu, violist Yung-Hsin Chang, and cellist Anthony Kondo, will perform at the Alys Stephens Center. Tickets cost $37.50 and includes hor d’oeuvres and beverages. Stephen Kellogg WorkPlay 6:30 p.m. American singer-songwriter Stephen Kellogg will play with Anthony D’Amato. Both men are guitarists whose music combines a sense of rock, pop and occasionally country. Tickets begin at $15. Selma Movie Screening Hill Student Center Theatre 6:30- 9 p.m. “Selma,” the historical drama about the march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965, will show in the theatre of the HSC to commemorate the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. SOUND OFF! Do you have an opinion on one of Kscope’s articles? Do you want your voice heard about important on campus issues? If so, e-mail a letter to the editor to editor@insideuab.com. Submissions must be over 200 words and are subject to grammatical editing. UABkscope.com @UABKscope facebook.com/uabkscope Enrique Martínez Celaya AEIVA 5 p.m. Artist Enrique Martínez Celaya has works permanently displayed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia and Whitney Museum of American Art in New York among others. He will speak on his Small Paintings 1974 - 2015 at 6 p.m. in the Hess Family Lecture Hall. Red Shoe Run SoHo Square, Homewood 7:3
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