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CULTURE | BOOK ARTS
CONTINUED FROM ABOVE
CW | Shannon Auvil and Lauren Ferguson
By Nate Proctor
Staff Reporter
On a campus buried in books of all man-
ners, sizes and contents, books of all kinds
are often given little notice beyond the
heft of their price tags and the importance
of their highlighted text. The University
of Alabamas book arts graduate program
argues much more can be found.
The MFA in the UA Book Arts program
offers graduate students an opportunity
to delve into letterpress printing, paper-
making and bookmaking with an artistic
focus. Book arts encompasses works of art
that use books as a medium of expression.
The books can be published in small edi-
tions or as one-of a-kind pieces and allow
a variety of forms used to create the art in
the books.
By Melissa Brown
News Editor
The Student Government Associations
November RAGE concert resulted in a deficit
of $54,650.
However, the SGA was assured by The
University of Alabama that all revenue would
go directly to a student scholarship fund.
The Student Government Association met
the goal of providing a concert with acts that
entertained and united the student body while
raising money for student scholarships,
SGA press secretary Meagan Bryant said in
an emailed statement. SGA was granted a
one time programming budget to host a con-
cert to build student scholarship funds, with
the commitment all revenues would be allot-
ted to student need-based scholarships.
The concert ultimately raised $24,000
for the scholarship fund, well short of the
$100,000 goal Meagan Bryant announced in
October. Expenses for the concert totaled
approximately $78,650.
Headlining act B.o.B was paid $60,000
to perform, and opening acts Phony
PPL and CBDB were paid $5,700 and
$500, respectively.
Other expenses included production fees
paid to Red Mountain Entertainment, facility
fees to the city of Tuscaloosa, printing and
advertising fees and transportation costs,
UA spokesman Chris Bryant said.
University Relations did not return request
for comment regarding who will foot the defi-
cit bill by press time.
Chris Bryant told The Crimson White that
more than 2,400 students attended the Nov.
8 concert at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater.
Meagan Bryant stated in October that
approximately 7,600 tickets were available
exclusively to the UA community.
These tickets were originally priced at $25
for students, who were given the opportunity
to purchase two additional guest tickets for
$30 each.
After tickets went on sale through myBama
on Oct. 18, the SGA reduced ticket prices to
$10 for all tickets.
Ticket sales dont cover costs
of SGA RAGE, UA loses $54,650
NEWS | STUDENT GOVERNMENT
B.o.B show
decit high
By Sarah Elizabeth Tooker
Staff Reporter
The Universitys incoming
spring population has contin-
ued to rise year after year with
598 new and transfer students
arriving to campus in 2011 and
677 in 2012, according to data
from the Office of Institutional
Research and Assessment. And
though these new freshman
and transfer students start-
ing in the spring go through a
Bama Bound orientation ses-
sion, the session is compacted
into only one day after they
have arrived to campus, leav-
ing some feeling that it wasnt
thorough enough.
Caroline Fredericks, a
junior majoring in politi-
cal science and psychology,
said she deferred a semester
before arriving to campus and
as a result, her spring Bama
Bound experience was far from
thorough.
The University had to pre-
pare both transfer and fresh-
man students in four hours for
the next four years they would
face at UA, Fredericks said.
The premise of Bama Bound
was out of touch because all the
students experiencing spring
orientation would begin class-
es the next day, not months or
weeks later like typical Bama
Bound participants.
Landon Waid, associate
director for orientation and
special programs, confirmed
this springs Bama Bound ses-
sion occurred Jan. 8, the day
before classes, with over 400
attendees.
The Office of Orientation
and Special Programs col-
laborates with several campus
partners to plan and execute
Bama Bound, Waid said.
Mary Alice Porter, coordina-
tor of First Year Experience
and Parent Programs, said her
office is one of these partners.
We are scheduled to have a
presentation that we give first
year students, Porter said. A
lot of them are transfer stu-
dents and we want them to
know were here for them too
not just freshman students.
Porter explained the main
point of their presentation was
to show first year students all
the resources and programs
their office has to offer them.
Likewise, Jennifer DeFrance,
assistant director for First
Year Experience and Parent
Programs, said their office still
hosted a one-day parent orien-
tation in this Januarys Bama
Bound session with over 100
participants.
The January orientation
session is a one-day session,
whereas most of our Bama
Bound sessions held during
the summer are two days,
DeFrance said. This means
information is shared in a
shorter span of time.
One-day Spring 2013 orientation participants feel rushed
NEWS | BAMA BOUND
Registration packed
into single day, Jan. 8
By Alan Alexander
Contributing Writer
In addition to new class
schedules, UA students are
adjusting to campus parking
changes upon their return
from the holiday break, as
various roads and portions
of parking lots have been
closed.
An initiative known as the
Campus Master Plan, which
was approved by the Board
of Trustees in November,
includes plans for a new
750-space parking deck near
Riverside Residence Hall and
adjustments to various park-
ing lots and streets.
The Riverside parking
deck began construction
while students were away
over the holiday and upon
return, residents noticed that
the construction had taken
up precious parking spaces.
The UA Housing and
Residential Department
emailed residents on Jan.
11, informing them the con-
struction removed roughly
290 spaces on the west side
of the Riverside East Yellow
Residential surface lot. The
email also stated 190 new
spaces were available on the
east side of the lot to offset
this loss of parking.
NEWS | PARKING
Construction closes parking lots
Road behind Gorgas
restricted to faculty
SEE SPRING PAGE 2
SEE PARKING PAGE 9
SEE BOOK ARTS PAGE 9