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NEWS PAGE 10
The Crimson Tide defeats
Stillman in exhibition play.
BASKETBALL
NEWS | PHI DELTA THETA
NEWS | ELECTION 2012
TPD gives
account of
incident
SPORTS | BASKETBALL
CULTURE | CREATIVE CAMPUS
After national exposure, Crimson Chaos ready for season
Creative Campus to host Tidal Flow to celebrate hip-hop culture
By Melissa Brown
News Editor
The University of Alabama Police
Department were aware of an incident
involving an armed gunman on campus for
nearly 20 minutes before the University
informed students, faculty and staff of the
situation Tuesday morning.
At 11:09 a.m., UAPD received calls
about a gunman firing a shot at the Phi
Delta Theta fraternity house. According
to a Tuscaloosa Police Department press
release, UAPD responded to the call
within two minutes, but the suspect had
already fled the scene.
According to the press release, 61-year-
old Eugene Kelly of Tuscaloosa became
involved in an altercation with two fam-
ily members, employees at the fraternity
house, before firing a shot at one of them.
UA students were notified of the situ-
ation around 11:30 a.m. via the PA sys-
tem on campus and UA Alert emergency
emails, texts and phone calls.
UA sent out alert 20 mintues
after UAPD responded to call
SEE SHOOTER PAGE 3
CW | Caitlin Trotter
UAPD and TPD ofcers converse behind Phi
Delta Theta, the site of reports of a gunman.
By Aldo Amato
Staff Reporter
Mens basketball head coach
Anthony Grant will rely on the
presence of Alabamas sixth
man at Coleman Coliseum to
help his team prevail this year.
At least one group of students
intend to give him that help at
every game.
The Crimson Chaos started
off as a ragtag group of stu-
dents when Anthony Grant
arrived on campus in 2009.
In those three years, the
group has engulfed the stu-
dent section and grown since
its inception.
Chaos president Daniel
Spaulding said the group was
started strictly for mens bas-
ketball games but quickly
grew.
It originally started as
a mens basketball support
group on campus, Spaulding
said. As its grown over the
years, weve tried to start to
spread out for all of Alabama
athletics. Its definitely been
an upward trend, and since
Coach Grant has started here,
its been a culture change on
campus. Students are start-
ing to take pride in Tide
basketball.
Spaulding said since he has
been president of the orga-
nization, he has aimed to get
Crimson Chaos on the same
level as Dukes Camerons
Crazies.
We want to turn Coleman
Coliseum into a place where
you know you are going to be
heckled and be given a hard
time, he said. We want to
create a new culture in the
SEC.
The Chaos gained national
exposure last year through
some rather unconventional
photo-bombing by now-soph-
omore Chaos officer Jackson
Blankenship. Blankenship,
the infamous Face Guy,
held up a large cutout of his
own face while opposing
teams lined up to shoot free
throws. Spaulding said after
photos of Blankenship went
viral, the popularity of Chaos
grew with it.
He struck a gold mine that
has been a wave for us to make
Crimson Chaos national, he
said Its been kind of a lucky
strike, as in an easier way to
put our name out there in the
national picture.
Chaos vice president and
graduate student Phil Grant
said Blankenships presence
has been vital to expand-
ing new ideas through
social media, videos and
other media.
Spirit group builds
off Blankenship fame
SEE CHAOS PAGE 2
By Deanne Winslett
Staff Reporter
Hip-hop is not dead. And
Wednesday night, Creative
Campus hopes to prove it with
their new event, Tidal Flow.
This is a showcase that
we are doing to seek out new,
unseen, unheard talent on
campus, Philine Gromotka,
a sophomore majoring in art,
said. Gromotka is a part of
the Creative Campus team in
charge of Tidal Flow.
Tidal Flow was originally
supposed to be a rap-based
event, but as the team came
together, they decided to
expand it to encompass all
aspects of hip-hop culture.
Art, dance, spoken word and
other various aspects of the
culture will all be present at
the event.
We think that hip-hop
comes in a lot of different
forms and styles. Were just
trying to reach out and see
whats out there on campus,
Naomi Thompson, a senior
majoring in psychology and a
Creative Campus intern, said.
Whos yearning to perform
more, whos yearning to see
more hip-hop on campus.
The Tidal Flow pre-party
will begin at 1 p.m. on the
Presidential Plaza beside
the ten Hoor parking deck.
It is expected to last until
4:30 p.m. For the pre-party,
Creative Campus has enlisted
the help of a student aerosol
artist, who will be engag-
ing with participants to cre-
ate an interactive aerosol
art piece. After completion,
the piece will be relocated to
Allen Bales Theatre, where
it will serve as the backdrop
for the performances later
that evening.
Its an 8-by-24 foot kind of
wall that people can come and
paint on, Gromotka said.
Immediately following the
aerosol art, participants can
head over to Maxwell Hall,
where Creative Campus is
located, for free pizza and
refreshments. Afterwards,
at 6:30 p.m., a panel will be
held at Allen Bales Theatre
to discuss hip-hop culture.
The panel will last until about
7:30 p.m., and then the tal-
ent showcases will begin.
Performances from Riptide,
Gravity Company dancers
and Common Ground can be
expected, as well as addition-
al performances from other
members of the student body.
At the conclusion of the night,
a freestyle segment will be
opened to the audience.
We just invite people to
come on stage and perform
if they feel like it, if they feel
like they have been inspired
by the show or if they just
want to show us some talent,
Gromotka said.
Riptide, Gravity
Company to perform
SEE HIP-HOP PAGE 2