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By Sean AbdoliSenior Staff Reporter

As the UA student body gets larger, its students have con-flicting views on whether the larger student population is a positive step. Many students have seen the University’s population growth over the last few years. Everett Hoagland, a junior majoring in political science, said he can tell a difference in the number of students. “I’ve been noticing longer lines in the dining halls and more people walking to class in the morning,” Hoagland said. “The library also looks fuller.” But Hoagland said he does not feel slighted by the popula-tion increase. “I think [UA officials] han-dled it in the best way that they can,” he said. “It’s by no means perfect.” Hoagland had ideas for how to make this growth an easier transition. “I think the dining halls would run a lot smoother if they allowed meal plans to be in the food court again,” Hoagland said. “That would keep less people out of Fresh Food and other dining halls.” Jeffrey Peavy, a junior majoring in secondary educa-tion and mathematics, agrees the dining halls have gotten more crowded. “They’re going to need to provide more on-campus din-ing facilities if they want to keep growing like this,” Peavy said. Paul Ayers, a senior major-ing in telecommunications and film, said he wants the University to slow down when it comes to acquiring

new students. “Every year there’s been construction going on so they can give more kids a place to live, and tuition has gone up because of it,” Ayers said. Ayers also said he is wor-ried education will suffer due to the influx of students. “I’m all for recognition of the University, but I also like smaller class sizes,” Ayers said. “If things start getting more crowded, I’m afraid the classes will suffer.” The larger student body has affected many of the orga-nizations on campus. Alex Karagas, coordinator of the Office of Student Leadership and Involvement, said she sees the increased population as beneficial to student orga-nizations. “It makes our office more relevant,” Karagas said.“We’ve expanded our services for the entire UA population to connect students and allow them to build their own UA.” Karagas said the Office of Student Involvement and Leadership also has expanded services to help student orga-nizations get in contact with the UA population. SGA President Steven Oliver said since the enroll-ment increase, more students have wanted to get involved in the SGA. “We’ve seen more students contacting us to see how they can get involved in their stu-dent government,” Oliver said. The SGA has not been nega-tively affected by the influx of students, Oliver said. “We’re expanding our ser-vices, not just in response to the new students, but to make all of our students’ lives easier,” Oliver said.

By Victor LuckersonStaff Reporter

The Black Faculty and Staff Association will welcome new black administrators, faculty and staff to the University with a reception today in Room 205 of Gorgas Library from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. “We see this as an opportu-nity to introduce black faculty and staff to our organization,” said Pamela Payne-Foster, BFSA vice president and depu-ty director of the Rural Health Institute.

Priscilla Davis, BFSA presi-dent and professor of commu-nicative disorders, said the organization expects to wel-come five new black faculty members during the recep-tion. “We want to increase mem-bership and increase partici-pation among members on campus,” Davis said. She said the BFSA offers opportunities both for pro-fessional networking and for helping new faculty adjust to living in Tuscaloosa. “It’s a social event with a

purpose,” she said. “We’re encouraging new faculty to become involved. We see our-

selves as mentors and role

By Tayler ReidStaff Writer

Academic Integrity Week is a weeklong event spon-sored by the Academic Honor Council. It is a fairly new annual event on the UA cam-pus meant to inform students of the school’s policies on cheating and to encourage them to abide by these rules. “This week is meant to get people thinking about the importance of academic integ-rity,” said James Kyzar, vice president of the Academic Honor Council. “We want to help set the foundation for the character and values students

are going to need later in life.” Academic Integrity Week started on Monday. Each day of the week has a different event scheduled to get stu-dents involved with the cause. Members of the Academic Honor Council will go around to different classrooms throughout the week and give more details about the event and answer any questions stu-dents may have. “This is our big week where we push academic integrity more than usual,” Kyzar said. “We use it as a type of spring-board to get the conversa-tion started so people will get involved in the future.”

Monday was the kick-off event in the Ferguson Center Plaza. Booths were set up to spread the word about the week. The Academic Honor Council distributed 200 T-shirts, along with other prizes and snacks. The Academic Honor Council set up a table Tuesday in the Ferguson Center offer-ing students more informa-tion about the week. Any stu-dent who stopped by the booth wearing a T-shirt or sticker from Monday was given the opportunity to enter into a raffle for a chance to win vari-ous prizes. “Things are going great so

far,” said Leah Bruchis, presi-dent of the Academic Honor Council. “It’s really neat to see students walking around all over campus wearing our T-shirts and stickers.” “The Emperor’s Club” will be shown at 8:30 p.m. in the Ferguson Theatre. Popcorn and other prizes such as T-shirts will be handed out. Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Ballroom, Susan D. Blum, professor of anthropology at the University of Notre Dame and author of “My Word! Plagiarism and College Culture,” will give a lecture and a book sign-ing. Following the lecture, all

Students fi nd good, bad with increases in UA enrollment

• Five new black professors were hired at the University for 2009-10.• Black professors account for only 4 percent of UA faculty• Black students account for only 11 percent of student population

FAST FACTS

BFSA welcomes new black faculty

Week shines spotlight on academic ethics

WEDNESDAY• 8:30 p.m. movie night in the Ferguson Theater: The Emperor’s Club

• Popcorn, t-shirts and other prizes will be handed out

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY WEEK EVENTS

FRIDAY• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.Mortar Board Room, 300 Ferguson Center.Round table discussion with Dr. Susan D. Blum, author of “My Word! Plagiarism and College Culture”

THURSDAY• 7 p.m. Ferguson Center BallroomDr. Susan D. Blum Lecture and book signing“My Word! Plagiarism and College Culture”Raffle winners announced, book signing immediately following

“There’s a ton of fun stuff going on this week, and we are all looking forward to it. Come on out and

join us.”

— James Kyzar{ }

prizewinners for the week will be announced. “It’s very cool that we got someone like Dr. Blum to come speak to us this week,” Bruchis said. “We are all incredibly excited to hear what she has to say.” To finish off the week, Blum will head up round table dis-cussions in the Mortar Board Room of the Ferguson Center. Discussions will be held from

10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. All students interested in learning more about academ-ic integrity, or about Blum and her thoughts, are encour-aged to stop by at one of these times and get involved with the discussions. “There’s a ton of fun stuff going on this week, and we are all looking forward to it,” Kyzar said. “Come on out and

CW | Tori GordonGuest speaker David Bronner speaks to the crowd about leadership Tuesday night in McDonald Auditorium.

See BFSA, page 2

By Drew TaylorAdministrative Affairs Editor

Eddie Johnson, executive director for the Capstone Society, introduced his former teacher, David Bronner, in an unusual way Tuesday night. “You may not have seen his face, but you’ve heard his name,” Johnson said as he welcomed Bronner, CEO of Retirement Systems of Alabama, to give the annual James P. Curtis lecture at Graves Hall Tuesday night. Bronner, who has given lec-tures all over the world and graced the pages of publica-tions such as Time magazine, discussed the fundamental qualities of being a true leader. In summing up what he thought a leader should be, Bronner borrowed from the words of James Maxwell, author and speaker on how to lead others to success. “Remember that a good leader is a person who takes a little more of the share of the blame when it goes wrong,” Bronner said. “A good leader is also the one that takes a little less of the credit when it goes right.” However, Bronner also said being a leader and standing for your own ideals can either be lonely or crowded at times.

Bronner emphasizes leaders

See BRONNER , page 3

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CAMPUS | Victims support group avail-able for students Victims Overcoming Issues Creating Empowered Survivors is a support group for female survivors of sexual assault and interpersonal violence. VOICES meets one afternoon per week and is a safe, confidential environment where students can gain support from other survivors. Space is limited. For more information, please call 348-5040.

CAMPUS | ʻThe Dhamma Brothersʼ screening to benefit education project The Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project at Auburn University and the UA Creative Writing Program will be screening “The Dhamma Brothers” Sept. 30 at the Bama Theatre. The evening will begin with a happy hour and meet and greet at 6 p.m., screening at 7 p.m. and panel discussion at 8:30 p.m. Funds raised will benefit the Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project. Suggested donations are $8 for students, $12 for all others.

LOCAL | Man holds up traffic on 1-20/59 A man who held up traffic on Interstate 20/59 for several hours Monday was arrested without incident, Tuscaloosa police said. The man was found sitting on the concrete barrier of the northbound I-20/59 overpass over McFarland Boulevard. Police responded to the incident at 1:45 p.m., said Cpt. Greg Kosloff, Tuscaloosa police spokesman. Traffic was stopped and diverted in both directions on McFarland and I-20/59 while negotiators spoke with the man. He surrendered to officers a little before 4 p.m. He was then transported to DCH Medical Center, Kosloff said. Traffic on McFarland and 20/59 was reopened at 4 p.m. Police are not releasing any more information on the man or his condition at this time, Kosloff said.

State| Rains taper off in Ala., flood watch remains for parts of the stateBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The sun peeked through and storm-drenched central Alabama began drying out Tuesday after days of heavy rain, but the threat of flooding hadn’t evaporated. The northern three-quarters of the state remained under a flood watch through nightfall, and the National Weather Service said more storms were still possible. But central Alabama was at least temporarily free of the deluge that left some homes and businesses standing in water after as much as 10 inches of rain over three days. The weather service reported a mostly rain-free day in the region.

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• General Interest and Business Career Fair: Bryant Conference Center, 10 a.m.- 3 p.m.

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September 17:• Theft of Property II, 11 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., 400 Block University Boulevard

September 18:• Theft of Property II, 10:50 a.m. to 11:50 a.m., 400 Block Stadium Drive• Theft of Property II, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., 400 Block 5th Avenue

September 19:• Breaking and Entering a Vehicle, 10:10 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., 500 Block 5th Avenue E• Possession of Marijuana II, 8:17 p.m., 500 Block Devotie Drive

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Job fair entices students with carBy Cate Kennedy

Staff Writer Unlike anything seen on the road, the BMW XX Motorsport Supercharger 550 has been seen parked in front of Bidgood Hall. Released July 2009, the car is here to pro-mote the General Interest and Business Career Fair today and to draw attention to the Career Center, especially the satellite office in the business school. “It’s a good time to be a University of Alabama stu-dent because of the wealth of opportunities available

through the career center,” said Katie McInnish, a gradu-ate assistant, in the business college. McInnish said BMW has a special relationship with the University and has tradi-tionally been impressed with students’ preparedness and initiative. Because of this, she said BMW continues to turn to the University to recruit more students, especially for its research and develop-ment sectors. The company also hires interns to plan the routes for road testing the pro-totypes and for compiling and processing the data gathered

• Alabama Department of Health BMW • State Farm Insurance

• Children’s Health Systems

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during the road testing. To stand out among the throngs of students visiting the career fairs, McInnish said, students must be pas-sionate, involved and have multicultural experience. In addition, it is important for students to have the experi-ence related to the job they

are applying for and the drive to become more experienced, as well as passion for the field. Companies, like BMW, look for students who are involved in their community through leadership positions and are able to make any situation work. The Career Center encour-ages all UA students to take part in this opportunity, and it “connects ‘go-getters’ with BMW,” McInnish said. The General Career Fair will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today in the Bryant Conference Center. It will feature the Alabama Department of Health, BMW, State Farm Insurance Companies, Children’s Health System, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FedEx, Hewlett-Packard, J.C. Penney Inc., Trademark Metals Recycling and Wells Fargo Financial. “The Career Center has worked very hard to establish these relationships and con-nections for the students, and it’s great we can take advan-tage of it,” McInnish said in a written statement. For a complete list of the companies at this year’s career fairs, visit career.ua.edu. For more information on employ-ment connections, visit cba.ua.edu/career/students.

models for our students.” The BFSA works to advocate for both black faculty and stu-dents. Last year, they coordi-nated the Black Honors Day program, a book and cultural festival and a seminar series that brought in various speak-ers to the UA community. They also launched a mentoring program for black freshmen and doctoral students and pro-vided faculty mentoring for black professors. “We’re not only inter-ested in the recruitment of African-American faculty but that they stay here and get tenured,” Payne-Foster said. Payne-Foster said black professors currently make up approximately 4 percent of the University’s faculty. She said while the number corresponds with other state flagship schools, it is below the student black population of about 11 percent and the state’s over-all black population of nearly 30 percent. “Even though the number has increased, it could be greater,” she said. “We think diversity is important, not just for us, but for the entire com-munity.” Payne-Foster said the BFSA’s goals for this year include improving the mentoring pro-gram and coalition building with other campus organiza-tions to improve diversity.

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By Eryn PhillipsStaff Writer

The Tuscaloosa finance com-mittee passed a new resolution Tuesday, which will increase the current local lodging tax by 1 percent, making it one of the highest such taxes in Alabama. The resolution will be up for adoption next week by Mayor Walt Maddox. The tax will hopefully make funding for spe-cial events in Tuscaloosa easier,

said Councilman Lee Garrison, finance committee chairman. Garrison said this tax also allows the city to increase its cost of living allowance to 4 per-cent for the 2010 fiscal year and bring in funding for almost all city-funded agencies. Maddox’s original budget pro-posal for agency funding would cut every agency by 15 percent, dodging the image that the city is picking which agencies to give funding he said. With the

new tax, all city employees will receive a 4 percent raise next year to offset the cost of living and to compensate for the loss of step-raises over the past four years, Maddox said. Maddox has called for a 48-hour period for accountants and other finance committee members to make sure the pro-jected changes to the budget fit. If needed, the committee will reconvene on Thursday or Friday, Maddox said.

Council passes new tax Urban earns Bryant honor

By Amy CastleberryStaff Writer

Wayne J. Urban, College of Education professor and associate director for the Education Policy Center, has been named the 2009-10 Paul W. Bryant Endowed Professor in the UA College of Education. The endowment will allow him a salary supple-ment and a stipend for expenses throughout the year. “The award pleases me immensely as it means that I have been accepted as a contributor to the College of Education at UA,” Urban said. James McLean, dean of the College of Education, said Urban already was an internationally renowned scholar in high standing before being named this year’s Paul W. Bryant Professor. “His scholarship has resulted in a number of high-profile honors includ-ing his service as editor for the American Education Research Journal, argu-ably the most prestigious journal in the field of edu-cational research,” McLean said. A professor at Georgia State from 1971 to 2005, Urban’s many accolades range from numerous grants, distinguished scholarship awards, out-standing teacher award and serving as a Fulbright Lecturer in Poland at the Pedagogical University in 1999. “He is an outstanding colleague who goes out

of his way to help others including students and junior faculty members,” McLean said. “He is a trea-sure for the college and the University and is the kind of professor who the Bryant professorship was intended to honor.” With this prestigious honor, Urban said he has no plans of slowing down his research or service to the University. He has just completed a book on the National Defense Education act entitled “More than Science and Sputnik: The National Defense Education Act of 1958,” which will be pub-lished by the University of Alabama Press in spring 2010. “The book highlights how Alabama legisla-tors, Congressman Carl Elliott and Sen. Lister Hill, led the nation to pass the first high-level fund-ing of education following the Russian’s launch of Sputnik,” McLean said. Building on research from his previous book, Urban said his next proj-ect would be a biography on James Bryant Conant, a noted chemist and presi-dent of Harvard University from the 1930s to the early 1950s. Not only was Conant a member of the research team that developed the atomic bomb during World War II, he also held three diplomatic positions to West Germany and West Berlin after World War II, in addition to being a lead-ing analyst of the American high school in the 1950s and 1960s.

“If, in fact, I have bad news, I’m the Lone Ranger. I’m there by myself,” Bronner said. “If I’m announcing a major industry, whether it was Mercedes years ago or whether it was the railroad, I can’t get in there because people’s elbows are flying all over.” In addition, Bronner said being a leader is not for the faint of heart and that they don’t bend to the opin-ion of the masses. “If you are the one that can’t make a decision and you have to get every-body’s consensus, you might make a good scout leader or something, but you’re never going to be a leader,” Bronner said. His father never graduated from high school, yet he was a role model who taught Bronner that failure is not a crime and to never settle for anything that is doable or has no risks involved. “Failure is not a crime, but aiming low is,” Bronner said. “If you don’t have the guts to fail, then you can’t be a leader.” ShiaMata Jackson, a senior major-ing in general business administra-tion, said what she enjoyed most from the evening was when Bronner said leaders must be willing to fail at what they try to accomplish. “He formulated the talk very well,” Jackson said. “There were things he talked about that you could basically use.” “I want to be a leader, but in some sense, I have to be willing to take a risk,” Jackson said. Seth Kennedy, a freshman major-ing in business and Spanish, said Bronner put things in perspective for him in terms of understanding what it takes to be true to your own ideals. “He put it in a way that was easy to understand,” Kennedy said. Although he is not as informed on finance and economics like Bronner, Kennedy said he enjoyed the lecture and gained insight into becoming his own person. “If you want to be a leader, you have to expect criticism for your fail-ures, even before there’s a result to your endeavors,” Kennedy said.

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WE WELCOME YOUR OPINIONSLetters to the editor must be less than 300 words and guest columns less than 800. Send submissions to letters@cw.ua.edu. Submissions must include the author’s name, year, major and day-time phone number. Phone numbers are for verification and will not be published. Students should also include their year in school and major. For more information, call 348-6144. The CW reserves the right to edit all submissions.

EDITORIAL BOARD

Amanda Peterson EditorWill Nevin Managing EditorAlan Blinder Opinions Editor

“I don’t really think they should be involved at all,

actually.”

— Whitney Hobson, junior, political science

and journalism

“I think they should scale back. There

are more important things than climate

change.”

— Haley Spalding, sophomore, nursing

“More involved, because climate

change affects us all.”

— Chris Chirino, sophomore, biology and political science

YOUR VIEW { }

Gov. leaders do not need new summit

OUR VIEW

In short: We ex-pect few results from the inter-national sum-mits this week. {

“Probably more involved. Itʼs

defi nitely an is-sue that should be addressed sooner rather than later.”

— Caitlin Weaver, sophomore, New Col-

lege and French

By Avery Adcock

Amidst a national health care cri-sis, the root of the entire problem is not only falling out of focus but is simply being left out. The over-whelming problem Americans are facing is the fact we require so much care in the first place. Across the nation, politicians and ordinary citizens alike would argue health care reform until their lips turn blue. However, what they and the Obama administration are fail-ing to take into account is what actu-ally got us into this mess in the first place. The United States requires vastly more care than other countries, pri-marily because we make it that way. High cholesterol, high blood pres-sure, diabetes and hypertension are all at the core of the problem. Diabetes, in particular, is one con-dition that, if curtailed, could reduce costs immensely. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that one in every three chil-dren born in the U.S. since the 2000 will develop diabetes at some point in their life. This is an alarming pre-diction, and one that will only cause prices of doctors, equipment, hospi-tals and medicine to skyrocket. If we as a nation continue to live in denial about our obesity rates, particularly for children, the health care issue will never be alleviated. The truth is that many Americans are fat and so are their children. The European health care sys-tem surpasses that of the U.S., not entirely because it is more effi-cient, but because Europeans are much healthier. They do not eat like

Americans and have much lower blood pressures and cholesterol. Simply put: Americans are sicker than Europeans, and it is self-inflict-ed. I was surprised President Obama did not address the issue in his speech to Congress. However, I soon thought back to the fact that no administration has ever taken full responsibility for why Americans are so sick all the time. This lack of responsibility is partly because the government is half the problem. In difficult economic times, like what we are experiencing cur-rently, the health of Americans often is replaced with profits. The Department of Agriculture buys meats and dairy products that are unhealthy and put them in school lunches. It is imperative for the Obama administration to recognize the childhood obesity epidemic we are facing and actually act on it. The American health care system, as a whole, has become a scapegoat for bigger issues, such as the preva-lence of preventable diseases in America. When Americans made a radical turnaround from cigarette consumption, it greatly reduced lung disease. The same could be true for other issues. Whether it is banning trans-fats or implementing stricter regulations on school lunches, it is clear some-thing more needs to be done. If this

country continues to not only allow but also promote these habits, then a health care overhaul would be point-less. Even though the U.S. is at the forefront of cancer and other dis-ease treatment, it is clear we still are behind other countries in life expec-tancy. According to the World Health Organization, American life expec-tancy is 78 years. This may seem pretty high, but not when compared to others. Japan’s life expectancy is 83 and citizens of France and Canada can expect to live to 81. They are living longer because their habits allow them to do so. Fast food is not as much an issue in these places as it is in the U.S. I recognize many corporations are acknowledg-ing they need to offer healthier food options, but they need to speed the process up. Health care in the U.S. is the result of a clearly flawed system, but I ask you to think about why Americans need so much care in the first place. The answer is because we make it that way. Unless the Obama admin-istration acknowledges this problem exists, not only will our waistlines continue to expand, so will costs of health care.

Avery Adcock is a sophomore major-ing in political science. Her column runs on Wednesdays.

Bigger waists equal bigger health care bills and costs By Edward Mostoller

I would like to offer a few comments in response to Alan Blinder’s column on Monday. Blinder seems to imply the widespread popular-ity of President Obama is somehow unusual and is his administration’s fault. It cannot be denied that the Obamas have been subject to previously unheard of amounts of media coverage, and muchof this coverage is centered on Obama’s amiablepersonality. Yet, this is the nature of politics, especially dur-ing an election: playing to one’s strengths in order to garner support, something that every presiden-tial candidate ever has at least attempted to do. And something the president did effectively. John McCain’s stab at Obama as a “celebrity candidate” appears foolish to me. Of course he is a celebrity. In our age of media inundation, all majorpresidential candidates are celebrities. His revolu-tionary identity in U.S. politics could not help butadd to this sensation.

I also reject Blinder’s argument that the White House actively is promoting Obama as a “star.” The only way to read about the president’s abdo-men or the new dog is to frequent insubstantial,“infotainment”-geared media sources such as People or even CNN. If one wants real policy infor-mation and analysis, use sources with substance such as The New York Times or The Washington Post or even a foreign policy journal. Just please don’t watch Fox News. Disagree with Obama’s policies. Agree with them. This debate is necessary to a democracy. But do not blame the president for the coverage ofpopulist media rags and talk show pundits, espe-cially when the time could be better spent actively discussing health care reform and the war efforts.

Edward Mostoller is a sophomore majoring in political science.

It is hard to believe, but traffic in New York is even worse this week than usual. When the United Nations General Assembly is in session, as it is this week, scores of heads of state and government descend on the Big Apple to regale delegates with canned rhetoric. It is a pessimistic, but realistic, per-spective. Gone are the days of produc-tivity that brought results at Yalta and Camp David. Even summit meetings with disastrous consequences, like 1938’s Munich Summit, where Western European leaders essentially gave consent to part of Hitler’s conquest, were marked by tangible results. Modern, high-level summits are marked by pag-eantry and photo opportunities. There are arrivalceremonies, formal dinners, receptions and depar-ture ceremonies. Personal contact with other lead-ers is important, but, at some point, leaders haveto suspend networking and start governing. The summit meetings also are nightmares for host cities, forcing the allocation of millions of dol-lars and thousands of law enforcement officers to adequately secure the world’s leaders. On Thursday, the Group of 20 will convene in Pittsburgh in a follow-up meeting to April’s sum-mit in London. The leaders will discuss the inter-national economic crisis, which, while less severe than it was a few months ago, still is a source of concern. It is our hope that President Obama, who will chair the Pittsburgh meeting, will move the world’sleaders to events where solutions, not sauvignon, are the focus. There is work to be done, and the world cannot afford — literally or figuratively — to wait for leaders to smile, sip wine and stand idly at meetings where results and progress are possible. The United States has an opportunity to shape the world’s agenda for a few days. President Obama should not squander the opportunity. We would love nothing more than to write an editorial next week commending world leaders fortheir successes in Pittsburgh. But, if history is any guide, we’re not counting on it.

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During a conference call on Friday, federal health officials said while the spread of swine flu has slowed, there still is ample cause for concern. They urged students to continue taking precau-tions to prevent the spread of flu, and they strong-ly advised students to become vaccinated when the opportunity becomes available. Washington has shown considerable leadership throughout this crisis, and we have no reason to ignore the federal government’s advice. Please get your flu shot, keep washing your hands and covering your mouth and nose. We will.

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By Josh Veazey “Moral Hazard.” The term originated in the insurance busi-ness when a provider, after going through years of data, discovered buildings with full coverage from fire were remarkably more likely to burn down. Today, it’s used to describe the tendency for people to be more likely to engage in risky behavior when they are insulated from the possible negative consequences. It has been a year since Lehman Brothers liquidated, and we offi-cially entered the largest reces-sion since the 1930s. We’ve done nothing to change the climate that caused it. The gambling is back. Credit-default swaps are back. Consolidated debt obligations, where risky assets are packaged together with better assets to hide their toxicity, are back and graded by the same rating sys-tem that makes them look sound. Goldman Sachs, according to The Huffington Post, made almost 50 percent of their profits in the sec-ond quarter of 2009 on asset trad-ing, a number close to where it was two years ago. It’s going to happen again. It may not be another housing bub-ble, but it’s going to happen again. I know the Kanye clip is funny, Glenn Beck makes us mad and we all sympathize with asymmetric-haircut-lady who has all the kids, but everyone sit down for a min-ute, and try to understand the hard stuff. It’s going to happen again. It’s time to ask to what degree we believe in free-market capi-

talism. There are common-sense limitations. We don’t let Circuit City continue to sell useless ana-log TVs to old people. We don’t let R.J. Reynolds pass off “American Spirits” as a safer cigarette to gull-ible hippies. In the same sense, we should regulate business mod-els and financial products with the obvious advantage of their opaqueness. We now have an even bigger hazard on our hands for no less than two reasons. First, if these thrifty institutions know we’ll keep bailing them out in the name of national economic stability, they’ll keep rolling the same dice. Second, as before, executive bonuses often are based on their ability to deliver short-term profits to momentarily interested inves-tors. They deliver it by whatever means necessary then leave the company before it crashes. (Did you wonder last March why AIG financial products executives got contractually obligated bonuses after make record-breaking bad decisions? That’s partially why.) The Roosevelt-era Congress understood how integrally tied thrift institutions were to the government and public, and the potential hazard this caused. The Glass-Steagal Act guaranteed the Fed would bail out banks and guarantee depositors’ money on the condition that banks could only take certain kinds of risks, and they had to operate in the sunlight. It helped keep the econ-omy stable for 70 years before a Republican Congress repealed it 1999. The part of the idea where

banks get free money, of course, is still embedded in our system. But won’t these guys straighten up and fly right for their own good — if nothing else, for fear of the public backlash involved in anther meltdown? Go back and watch “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room.” Watch how a corporation once lauded as the most innovative in the world fell through self-decep-tion. Watch how one CEO after another quietly left. What we learned was our tradi-tional mental paradigm for capi-talism is outdated. We see mono-lithic, self-correcting machines in a Darwinian struggle against simi-lar machines for a single gravy train. But within any one institu-tion, there are factions — some of which don’t have the slightest con-cern with the long-term health of the company, much less the public good. There are powerful people who steer the ship in certain direc-tions because they know they can jump off anytime. The most enduring images from the Enron dismantling were the crying employees sitting on the steps with their printers in card-board boxes. But equally tragic, I think, were the hundreds of mid-dle-class stockholders who saw an ostensibly healthy company and put their faith in the bull. Should we get involved with pri-vate companies? We can’t afford not to. We’re all in the same fire.

Josh Veazey is a senior majoring in telecommunication and film. His column runs biweekly on Wednesdays.

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COVERING CAMPUS HEALTH, WELLNESS AND NUTRITION

By Jessie GableStaff Writer

Somewhere between the Starbuck’s French vanilla lattes and the Snickers-and-Dr. Pepper meal replace-ment option, college students always manage to eat enough nutrients to survive. Some stu-dents, however, have to think a little harder about what to eat rather than just grabbing whatever “E8” happens to be out of the vending machines. For students living with

celiac disease, in which those affected cannot eat gluten, their meal choices have to be specifically chosen to avoid any gluten product. Dana Lewis, a senior majoring in public relations, was diag-nosed with celiac disease in August 2008. Lewis said celiac disease has changed her dietary choic-es drastically because a large number of foods that are pro-cessed in factories contain glu-ten or wheat products. “Most of the ‘traditional’ col-

lege foods like ramen noodles, Easy Mac, fast food and pizza are off the menu,” Lewis said. “I stick with foods that are more basic and unlikely to naturally contain wheat, like fresh fruits and vegetables, beef or chicken, etc.”

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By Cindy Jade Waldrop

The Dietary Guidelines for America suggest that one of the healthiest ways to reduce every-day calories is to lower consump-tion of sugar-sweetened bever-ages that add no essential nutri-ents. Specialty coffee drinks, sodas, milkshakes, smoothies and ener-gy drinks are offered on every corner of campus. Many of the drinks we consume throughout

the day are very high in calories. A 20-ounce soda averages 300 calories, and your favorite cof-fee drink at Starbuck’s can easily exceed 400 calories. After your morning coffee and mid-morning soda you could have already sur-passed half of your allotted calo-rie needs for the entire day. When we think of the daily cal-ories we take in, we do not always factor in calories from drinks. Calories can be hidden until you know what you are looking

for in the nutrition facts label. Replacing high calorie beverages with water or a diet drink can aid in weight loss and promote a healthy diet. Extra calories can be con-cealed in drinks we think are promoting weight loss and good health. Smoothies and juices are considered a healthy choice, but if you are not aware of the calo-ries in the beverages, you could be setting yourself up for a big surprise. Smoothies can rang anywhere from 150 to 1,200 calo-ries. Check the food label ingredi-ents list for these hidden sugars: high-fructose corn syrup, fruc-tose, brown sugar, corn sweeten-er, corn syrup, glucose, dextrose, fruit juice concentrate, lactose, maltose, syrup and sucrose. Look for juices that say 100 percent juice. If you are trying to take off a few pounds or simply wanting to eat right, start reading the nutri-tion fact label. This can tell you exactly how many calories are in your drink as well as other ben-eficial nutrients and not so ben-eficial additives. First, look for the serving size and number of servings in one bottle or cup. For example, a 20-ounce Mountain Dew contains 2.5 servings of 8 ounces, which adds up to 300 calories in one bottle. Most peo-ple look at a beverage and only

notice the calories and are not aware of the multiple servings. Making the appropriate bev-erage choices will help with maintaining proper weight and boost energy naturally. The 2000 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys found soft drinks were the top contributor of energy intake. By simply cut-ting one sugar sweetened bever-age a day out of your diet could result in a half a pound weight loss over a week’s time. If you are not ready to throw out the sodas, start decreasing how many you drink in a day. Get a fountain drink instead of a bottle and fill the cup up with ice first. Otherwise, grab a diet soda. When buying coffee, ask for a non-fat, sugar-free drink. Order the smallest size and skip the whipped cream. Smoothies con-tain juice, fruits and yogurt that have sugar already in them, so ask to hold any additional sweet-eners. Our bodies need adequate hydration in order to function. Water is the best choice, and it contains no calories. It is recom-mended that adults receive eight ounces of water a day. Are you getting enough?

Cindy Waldrop is a senior major-ing in nutrition. Her health column runs bi-weekly on Wednesday.

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in every 113 children and adults, according to the Celiac Disease Foundation. When those affected by celiac eat foods containing gluten, it creates a toxic reaction that causes damage to the small intestine. Lewis describes the disease as “an autoimmune disor-der that damages your small intestines and keeps you from absorbing nutrients when you ingest gluten, which is a pro-tein found in grains like wheat, barley and rye.”

What are the symptoms?

According to the founda-tion’s Web site, some of the symptoms of celiac disease include abdominal pain, unex-plained weight loss or gain, unexplained anemia, bone or joint pain, Vitamin K deficien-cy, canker sores or tooth dis-coloration. Anyone experiencing these symptoms after eating wheat or gluten-based foods should contact a medical expert. Celiac disease is treated when patients stop eating glu-ten. Finding affordable gluten-free foods, however, has been a problem for Lewis. “Luckily, General Mills’ Chex cereal now is gluten free, so there is some mainstream ‘college food’ that I can get at regular grocery stores like Target and Publix,” Lewis said. “Finding gluten-free alterna-

tives is pretty expensive, too. A gluten-free substitute can cost two to three times more than the regular product.”

Who is at risk?

Celiac disease can affect children or adults at any point in their lives. According to the foundation’s Web site, “The disease can be triggered for the first time after surgery, viral infection, severe emo-tional stress, pregnancy or childbirth.” Those who have been diag-nosed or have family members diagnosed with any of the fol-lowing diseases may be at a greater risk: Type 1 diabetes, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, irritable bowel syn-drome, eczema, Sjoren’s syn-drome, peripheral neuropathy, thyroid disease, dermatitis herpetiformis or osteoporosis. According to the foundation, more than 97 percent of celiac disease cases go undiagnosed. In order to be diagnosed, a per-son must be eating foods con-taining gluten. Then, through a series of blood and skin tests and screenings, doctors can determine if a patient has Celiac Disease.

What is UA doing to help?

Matt Mackey, marketing director for Bama Dining, said Bryant Hall is the only loca-

tion suited to prepare gluten-free food. “Typically, those with celiac disease come to us with their parents when they enter as a freshmen,” Mackey said. “We meet with them, discuss what they should be eating and introduce them to the staff at Bryant so they’ll know who they are.” Because even extremely small amounts of gluten can affect those with Celiac dis-ease, the kitchens have to be fit to prepare the dishes sepa-rately. “Bryant is the only dining facility that is prepared to cook gluten-free, both with gluten-free ingredients and in a safe area that is mostly free from cross contamination (cooking utensils that touch wheat can cross-contaminate and so can basic pots and pans),” Lewis said in an e-mail. Mackey also said there are fewer than five students on campus with the disease, and it was only brought to their attention after an intern at Bama Dining was diagnosed. “It’s important for people to know this isn’t ‘just an allergy’ and people with celiac disease aren’t ‘just being picky’ about what we eat,” Lewis said. “Eating gluten can cause serious harm to our bodies immediately and in the long run — not sticking to a 100 percent gluten free diet leads to increased risk of stom-ach cancers, for example. It’s not a fad diet, and it’s not something I chose.”

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• Student recital with James Seay, tenor: Moody Music Building, 5:30 p.m.

• “Tales of the Lost Formians”: Allen Bales Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

• “Tales of the Lost Formicans”: Allen Bales Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

• Student recital with Sharla Bender, piano: Moody Music Building, 5:30 p.m.

A&Ethis week

By Brad LakeStaff Writer

Sometimes, musicians get tired of performing on stage. Sometimes, instead of a rowdy crowd of thousands, they pre-fer to sit in a more intimate setting with people who have come to listen instead of party. The Bama Theatre will provide artists with this opportunity with an acous-tic night inside the theatre’s Greensboro Room, the lobby near the bar at the front of the theatre. This acoustic night will consist of two artists, Lauren Krothe and Melissa Greener. David Allgood, production manager at the Bama Theatre, said this setting gives listen-ers a chance to actually sit down and listen to music. He said the smaller room would offer a personal view of the performers, which the per-formers relish as well. “The artists love it because they actually get to see peo-ple sitting there and listen-ing to their music instead of the usual bar crowd,” Allgood said. “It is also a smoke-free room, so people who don’t smoke won’t have to deal with that. It will be a good chance for people that like original music to come listen to artists that they would normally not see at a bar or anywhere else in town.” However, Greener, a singer/songwriter who will perform at the acoustic night, is an exception. She said switch-ing from the stage to the bar would be a challenge. “I really like the Bama Theatre because of the con-cert-style atmosphere of it,” Greener said. “It is really hard for me to play in a bar, because my music is more about the lyrics and the mes-sage than about getting peo-ple to dance.” Greener’s style of music is abstract. Audiences get to see her picking her acoustic gui-tar and singing her truths, she said. She has been touring throughout North America

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and Europe performing at festivals, clubs and even sub-ways. She also has been to the Bama Theatre before, and Allgood said he was blown away enough by Greener to ask her to come back. The Bama Theatre has been doing this acoustic night for three years now. Allgood said one special aspect of the con-cert is all of the money made at the door goes directly to the band. “I think it is important that 100 percent of the door profits go to the band,” Allgood said. “It is a good chance for the fans of these groups to help out the band. [The Bama Theatre] is only making money off of the bar to help pay for electricity. This is really all about this music for us.” The last crowd was only about 70 people, giving this

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gig a low-key atmosphere that is a lot different from the large crowds at bars. The Bama Theatre is also a histor-ical building in Tuscaloosa, having been there since 1937 when it was first build as a grand movie house. “It is a really nice atmo-sphere,” Allgood said. “We pull out a bunch of chairs, and set the lights up nicely, and it is really just a good cozy set-up.”

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If it were revealed before the season that Julio Jones would have just five catches through the first three games of the season, one would believe the Crimson Tide’s passing game was a horrendous wreck. It’s been quite the opposite. Jones’s absence for most of the past two games with a bruised knee has been one of the most publicized aspects of the Alabama football team, but on the field, it hasn’t mattered who’s lined up at the wide receiver position. “Guys are really taking pride in their assignments,” said starting quarterback Greg McElroy. “I think that’s one of the reasons why we’ve had so much success to this point as an offense ‘cause so many guys are touching the ball.” The Alabama offense is aver-

aging just more than 512 total yards per game this season, and much of that may have to do with inexperienced receiv-ers stepping up into bigger roles through the first three games. “It’s always been our goal to get more people involved in the passing game,” said head coach Nick Saban. “Even in the first game when Julio played, there was some other guys that made some really big plays in the game.” Against North Texas on Saturday, McElroy and red-shirt freshman Star Jackson spread the ball to 11 different receivers, with Marquis Maze being the leading pass catcher with just four. “With the exception of Mike [McCoy] against FIU, we haven’t had a guy just explode,” McElroy said. “That’s encouraging though. Everyone is capable of mak-

ing plays when they get the chance. When everyone has the opportunity to get the ball every single snap, it allows the offense to be much more suc-cessful.” With Jones expected to return from injury this week against Arkansas, he’ll rejoin a group whose confidence and experience has jumped a notch from the beginning of the sea-son. “Obviously, you never want to have a guy out like Julio,” McElroy said. But, one of the good things about having him sit out the last couple games is it gives other guys some expe-rience. That increases their confidence, and I know that they’re ready to make plays again this week.” Starting running back Mark Ingram said he the recent strong play of the Tide’s receiving corps could open up more single-coverage opportu-

nities for Jones, someone who is often forced to fight through multiple defenders to make the catch. “Now that a lot of our receiv-ers are stepping up, I don’t think they’re going to be able to [double-team Jones],” Ingram said. “Him coming back right now is just going to be another weapon out there and another headache for the defense to deal with.” Saban praised the quarter-back-to-receiver chemistry that has developed through-out the past few weeks, saying much of the offense’s success can derive from that chemis-try. “The chemistry the quarter-backs have with those guys is good,” he said. “I think they have confidence in each other, and I think that’s a good sign. Hopefully we’ll be able to con-tinue to have more players involved in that.”

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No Julio, no problem for Tide offense

CW | Katie BennettSophomore Marquis Maze hauls in one of his four catches against North Texas Saturday. Maze is one of a handful of receivers who have stepped up during the injury of star receiver Julio Jones.

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