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Wednesday, October 6, 2010 Serving the University of Alabama since 1894 Vol. 117, Issue 38
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By Ethan SummersStaff Reporter
The Student Government Association and Project Health are hosting the Student Health and Wellness Fair today at the Ferguson Student Center. The fair itself is free to stu-dents, and this year’s fair focuses on a total approach to health, said Michelle Harcrow, advisor for Project Health. Harcrow said health isn’t just the lack of ailments or
By Ethan SummersStaff Reporter
With enrollment topping 30,000, some students have begun to question if the University’s growth is help-ing or hurting their educa-tions. However, many professors expressed mostly positive views of campus growth. Jennifer Greer, chairwom-an of the department of jour-nalism, said the growth isn’t hurting her program because of limits on class sizes. “One thing that I would point out is that a lot of the programs like ours, profes-sional programs, tend to have limits on our class sizes,” Greer said. “So even though we have more students, our class sizes can’t change.” Greer said “skills classes” where more teacher-student interaction is needed for a student’s success have not suffered at all. The growth has only motivated faculty to become more imaginative. “We will still keep those class sizes small because
we have to keep our accredi-tation in place,” Greer said. “We have to come up with creative ways of doing that.” Greer gave JN 311, report-ing, as an example. More students need the class, but the college doesn’t have the resources to offer more sec-tions, so Greer and the pro-gram restructured the class to a lecture and multiple labs. In those labs, students can receive the one-on-one inter-action they need to develop their writing skills, while still learning the lecture material in the larger class section. Greer said graduate assis-tants play a large part in the department’s handling of the growing student body. Graduate assistants often come with real world media experience, Greer said. They bring new life and updated information to a department where some professors have been out of the media work-force, at least full time, for many years. The struggling economy is another reason Greer said
By Bobby ThompsonContributing Writer
The Crimson Tide football team isn’t the only team at the Capstone at the top of their game. The UA women’s golf team was recently
ranked No. 1 in the Golf World/NGCA Coaches’ Poll. This is the first time in the University’s history the team has been ranked No. 1. “Being ranked number one is a confidence booster,” junior Brooke Pancake said. “I am proud to be a
part of the first No. 1-ranked team the University has had.” Alabama earned the top spot by winning the NCAA Fall Preview and finishing sixth at the Mason Rudolph Women’s Championship on Sept. 26. Head
coach Mic Potter, who has turned the program around since com-ing from Furman University in 2004, said it is gratifying to see his program rise to the nation’s
WOMEN’S GOLF
Tide tops national poll
CW | Jessica SchallFreshman Stephanie Meadow practices at UA homecourse after Alabama Women’s Golf fi rst win at Texas A&M. The Crimson Tide is ranked No. 1 for the fi rst time in the University’s history.
Professors adapt to high enrollment
Health and Wellness Fair teaches students
injury, but a proactive effort. She listed health as having six focuses: physical, mental,
emotional, spiritual, social and environmental. “To have a balance in all six of those areas is what makes a person truly healthy,” Harcrow said. Harcrow said a financial approach to health would be included in this year’s fair, including an hour-long pro-gram about financial aware-ness and responsibility. “We actually address the financial area of health and we’re going to be offering the ‘Financial Peace for the
Next Generation’ program,” Harcrow said. She said the pro-gram began Sept. 29 and con-tinues through Nov. 19. Jackie Parks, Harcrow’s assistant and a graduate assis-tant with the health informa-tion and wellness, handled making arrangements with vendors for the fair. “We are having some really great vendors coming to the fair,” Parks said. “We are try-ing to get a good variety to be
• What: Student Health and Wellness Fair
• Where: Ferguson Stu-dent Center
• When: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
IF YOU GO ...
See HEALTH, page 3See CLASSES, page 2
See GOLF, page 3
By William Evans and Sydney HoltzclawThe Crimson White
To facilitate voter turnout, the Student Government Association and other student organizations on campus are encouraging stu-dents to become registered voters for upcom-ing elections. Most college students, however, are seeking an education in a city that is not their home-town, and even for Tuscaloosa natives, class schedules or a lack of a convenient means of transportation may render students unable to attend official polling stations to cast theirvotes. Grant Cochran, vice president of external affairs, said the SGA has been working to
SGA facilitates absentee voting
1. Applications for absentee ballots must be given in person or mailed to the Absentee Election Manager, usually the Circuit Clerk.
2. Once a request for an absentee ballot has been granted, the ballot must be fi lled out along with an affi davit that must be signed by the voter in conjunction with a signature from two witnesses age 18 or older or a notary public.
3. A copy of both voter identifi cation and personal identifi cation must be sent.
FAST FACTS
Source: Secretary of State Beth Chapman’s website
See VOTING, page 3
By Brittney Knox Staff Reporter
BP spokesman Ray Melick spoke to the Public Relations Student Society of America on Tuesday about his experience in crisis public relations during the oil spill response. “I wanted to make sure that we were the first people that the news media talked to,” he said. “We knew if we missed that deadline then we weren’t going to be a part of the story.” He said the news media was contacting him 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and BP tried to be very accessible to the media during that time. “We feel that BP’s reputation
will be restored as the coast is restored,” he said. Meg Watson, vice president for PRSSA, said she was very grateful that Melick agreed to speak to the students about his experiences in public relations. “I got his contact informa-tion from our state president of PRSSA, and he was gracious enough to come to talk to the students. “A lot of our members are interested in crisis public rela-tions,” she said. Gigi Eyre, a freshman major-ing in journalism, said she was very surprised to hear some of the things in the speech. “He talked about some of the
BP rep talks crisis management
CW | Jonathan NorrisBP spokesman Ray Melick speaks to the Public Relations Student Soci-ety of America about his experiences with the BP oil spill.See BP, page 3
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THURSDAY
What: Student Health & Wellness Fair
Where: University Union Plaza and SUPe Store Lobby
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What: Bama Sideline Ap-parel Sale
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When: 6 a.m. – 4 p.m.
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What: 2nd Annual Re-covering Black Women’s Voices and Lives Symposium – “Black Women as Public Intellectuals: Past, Present, and Future”
Where: Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library
When: 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
What: Performance by Trio de Llano
Where: Moody Concert Hall
When: 5:30 p.m.
What: SGA and Offi ce of Dean of Students present Scholarship, Societies & Services for freshmen and transfer students
Where: Heritage Room in the Ferguson Center (3rd Floor)
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2010-2011 housing application available
The housing application for 2011-2012 is now available online. To access the appli-cation, please go to housing.ua.edu and click on Apply for Housing. In order to be eligible for campus housing for next year, students must complete this application between Oct. 1, 2010 and Feb. 1, 2011.
Only the housing applica-tion can be completed at this time. The contract and depos-it cannot be submitted until February 3-14, 2011. You will only be allowed to submit your $250.00 deposit if the university can guarantee that you will receive campus housing.
Cuba study abroad registra-tion deadline approaching
Homecoming T-Shirts for sale Anderson Society Homecoming T-Shirts are $10, payable by cash or check. T-shirts are available at a table in the Ferguson Center from Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. You may also purchase T-shirts directly from Anderson Society members. The sale ends Oct. 20. The Anderson Society is a senior leadership honorary that recog-nizes individuals who have made significant contributions to UA.
Registration closes Oct. 15 for under-graduate students to study in Havana, Cuba, in spring 2011. Students can earn 12-15 semester hours. Minimal Spanish is required. The study includes field expe-riences, round-table discussions with Cuban citizens and historical excursions. For more information e-mail Dr. Michael Schnepf at [email protected].
What: Alabama Soccer vs. #7 Florida
Where: Alabama Soccer Stadium
When: 7 – 9 p.m.
What: Capstone Interna-tional Coffee Hour
Where: 121 B. B. Comer Hall
When: 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
What: Lester Van Winkle: Crãving exhibition
Where: 103 Garland Hall, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art
When: 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
CLASSESContinued from page 1
the growth has been good for the University. With more stu-dents, the department has to meet a growing demand. That
demand keeps faculty employed full time. “I see it as a real positive in this economy,” Greer said. “I have friends at other universi-ties… that are on furloughs. I talk to colleagues; people are just amazed at how lucky we
are. I don’t think it’s luck. I think it’s some really smart planning on the part of our president and our Provost.” The growth and its challeng-es haven’t been limited to one side of campus or one college. David Nikles, a professor
of chemistry at the University since 1990, said while enroll-ment has increased, the chem-istry department responded by offering more sections and scal-ing back class sizes. “At that time I had 250 to 300 students in my general chemis-try classes,” Nikles said. “Now, the size of the lecture hall limits the class size to less than 200. This was done on purpose to limit the class size. “When classes meet their limits, the chemistry depart-ment generally offers more sec-tions.” Nikles said increasing facul-ty to keep pace with the student body is an unrealistic expecta-tion. “We have hired faculty at a lower rate than the rate of increase in the number of stu-dents,” Nikles said. “This is prudent, since it is important that we are careful about hir-ing high quality faculty. This is a slow task that we take very seriously.” Nikles also said the growth has brought higher quality stu-dents and needed funding to the University, allowing for a
better education. “The Provost and my dean are working with the faculty to find substantive ways to improve instruction,” Nikles said. “They have invested heav-ily into technology, including e-Learning, online access to library resources and putting technology into the classroom. With increased enrollment comes increased financial resources to pay for these investments.” Both Greer and Nikles said they consider the growth, over-all, to be very positive and man-ageable. “Despite the tremendous growth in enrollment, I find I have as much time as ever to spend with my students,” Nikles said. “I have never turned away a student who has come to my office seeking help.” Greer said, “The bottom line is, I’m not going say it hasn’t presented challenges, but over-all it has been a really good thing for the University and most faculty realize that. So we just work to do whatever we can to make sure we don’t sac-rifice quality.”
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able to give our students.” Parks said the fair would address physical health by host-ing the Student Health Center and offering flu shots. The shots cost $20 but are charged to a student account. Parks said T-Town PAWS is scheduled to attend. “T-Town PAWS is coming to do some overall advertis-ing for a walk they’re doing,” Parks said. “They’re going to be bringing a couple of animals to the fair and trying to promote exercising with your animals.” Parks said the mental health focus would have counselors from the Women’s Resource
Center and the counseling center present for students to speak with. A large focus of the fair is substance abuse, Parks said. As a health threat, it’s common among college students. “The West Alabama Narcotics Task Force has a lot of really awesome pictures of people that have done meth or who has a meth house,” Parks said. “It’s a really big awareness for drug and alcohol abuse.” LessThanUThink, a campus-based alcohol awareness pro-gram, will also be present. Griffith Waller, one of the founders of the LTUT cam-paign, stressed the program’s focus on awareness, not prohi-bition. “Instead of using scare
tactics, the LTUT campaign focuses on here-and-now effects of binge-drinking, like calling an ex or forgetting to close one’s credit card at a bar,” Waller said. “It should not be confused with an anti-drinking campaign.” For students looking for a few minutes of relaxation, Parks said massage therapists would be giving free five-minute mas-sages. Both Parks and Harcrow said the focus of the fair is really on making healthy choices. “It’s about making healthy decisions,” Parks said. “It’s a really great fair, and it’s fun. People are giving away free stuff. The booths have awe-some and fun ways to make you learn.”
HEALTHContinued from page 1
GOLFContinued from page 1
top spot. “We are happy to have been voted No. 1 in the coaches’ poll,” he said. “It is nice to see oth-ers recognizing where we have come from and what we have done. The ranking will also help our chances at recruiting.” The Tide is determined to stay focused and continue to play well throughout the season. “Being No. 1 is just a number, but it is a good indicator for us,” senior Camilla Lennarth said. “It lets us know we are working on
the right things and moving in the right direction.” “Nothing really matters until the national championships and SEC championships at the end of May. What we can do now is con-tinue to work hard and improve our game,” Potter said. One way the Tide can contin-ue to play well and hold its’ rank-ing is discipline during practice. “We have worked individually to improve our game, and every-one wants to play better at each event,” Pancake said. At practice, the Tide has been working on a number of aspects in order to ensure the players are performing to the best of
their ability. “As a team we have been work-ing on our putting and short game,” Lennarth said. “We have also been playing scrimmages a lot lately, which is good. When you are playing on the course is when you really learn.” Putting is an important aspect of the game that they are looking to improve. “We shot better at our first tournament than we did at our second, but we scored worse at the first tournament because of our putting,” Potter said. The Tide shot 15-under in the first tournament and only 5-under in the second.
“It has all come down to put-ting, so we have to get more con-sistent around the greens as the season goes on,” Potter said. The team’s greatest strength this season is their collective work ethic. “Our work ethic is unprece-dented,” Potter said. “It is better than any other team I have ever been around. I have to make the players leave practice because they work so hard.” A strong determination to suc-ceed will be necessary this sea-son. The Tide has a tough sched-ule ahead of them.
“All the tournaments we play in are big tournaments,” Potter said. “These tournaments all have the best teams in the coun-try. We need to be competitive in every one. If you want to win the national championship, you need to be in tough competitions time after time in order to get accustomed to winning in those situations.” The Tide hopes to continue playing well in the Tar Heel Invitational this weekend. “We hope to play well in all our upcoming tournaments, and we are confident we will contin-
ue to succeed for the remainder of the season,” Pancake said.
By William EvansSenior Staff Reporter
Homecoming queen candi-dates met Monday evening in the Ferguson Center to discuss campaigning guidelines and regulations. CadeAnn Smith, the home-coming director over halftime and reception and a senior majoring in criminal justice and political science, said the candidates must follow the guidelines set forth in the Homecoming Red Book. She said a link for the Red
Book can be found at home-coming.ua.edu. Kelli Knox-Hall, convener of the elections board, said the campaign guidelines follow the same rules as the ones set forth during the spring elec-tion of Student Government Association executives. Knox-Hall said no University emblems or logos, including depictions of Big Al, can be used for campaign materials. “Just keep it simple,” Knox-Hall said. Knox-Hall said candidates cannot chalk within 25 feet of the entrance to buildings, and
no one can campaign inside of a building. “All campaigning has to be done outside,” she said. “You’re not allowed to solicit votes inside of a building.” She said the candidates have to submit a financial disclosure form that tracks all campaign spending and contributions. The campaign-spending limit for each candidate is $250, and receipts for any expenditure must be attached to the bottom of the form, Knox-Hall said. Knox-Hall said the candi-dates must meet some mini-mum requirements before
campaigning for homecoming queen. Candidates, for instance, must be enrolled full-time as students at the University, have a minimum of a 2.5 GPA, have 64 credit hours earned at the University and have a sponsorship from a recognized student organization. She said candidates will be held responsible for any viola-tions of campaign rules, such as having members chalk in the Ferguson Plaza or cam-paigning on their behalf inside of any building. Knox-Hall said, the
candidates have to submit any campaign materials, such as stickers, that will be passed out to students so that the Elections Board can keep those materials on file. Smith said the top five can-didates after the election will be invited to a party at the President’s Mansion that pre-cedes the homecoming foot-ball game against Ole Miss. The parents of the top five candidates will have free seats at the game, Smith said. She said the top five can-didates will meet Oct. 14, on Butler Field to rehearse for the
crowning of the homecoming queen at halftime, and each one must bring what they plan to wear Saturday to ensure that the clothing is conserva-tive. The queen is crowned at halftime of the homecoming football game. Sydney Page, a freshman majoring in history and politi-cal science, said she believes the homecoming queen elec-tion is done for the sake of tra-dition. “I don’t think there’s a set purpose,” Page said. “It’s just done to continue a tradition.”
Campaigns begin for homecoming queen election
bypass these hindrances to voter turnout by declaring the importance of voter registra-tion and the use of absentee ballots. “The SGA is publicizing the importance of voting in order to get more students to vote absen-tee,” Cochran said. “We are also holding a registration drive from now until Oct. 23. Forms are located in the SGA office.” Cochran said Oct. 23 is the last day to register for voting, but because absentee ballots must be requested prior to the election, timing is especially important. Students can cast ballots for Tuscaloosa elections if they reg-ister to vote, Cochran added. “Because students are in
VOTINGContinued from page 1
Tuscaloosa over half of the year, they can help vote for can-didates and decisions that will affect their immediate commu-nity,” Cochran said. “The more students involved, the better.” CadeAnn Smith, president of College Republicans, said absentee voting helps to repair the disconnect that may devel-op between out-of-town stu-dents and Tuscaloosa politics. “It’s important to absen-tee vote because most stu-dents are more interested and familiar with their home-town candidates rather than those of Tuscaloosa,” Smith said. “I think some students see Tuscaloosa as a city that they’re visiting and they have trouble connecting to local can-didates.” Smith said students should contact their hometown court-house to learn how to become
registered for absentee voting. “It does take some time to get your request processed and then send you the ballot, so it would need to be done soon,” Smith said. “I know from per-sonal experience when voting in the primary this summer, it took quite a bit longer than I expected.” Michael Patrick, president of College Democrats, said absen-tee voting will impact local elections. “I’m not sure if absentee vot-ing will play a large role in the gubernatorial election, but in local elections, it may be more important,” Patrick said. Patrick said students can stop by the SGA office to have a representative help them fill out the requisite voter registra-tion forms, and the SGA will also turn in those forms to the appropriate office.
believe when I hear it on televi-sion, and that it may not be the full truth,” she said. Melick spoke to students about what it was like to be a public relations officer dur-ing this time, and how he was brought in after the disaster had occurred. “We wanted to give the news media accessibility and bring some of the news local and not just focus solely on national news outlets such as CNN,” he said. The beaches are now sup-posedly clean, but tar marts are expected to wash up during storms. Melick also addressed the role social networking websites played in this crisis. “Social media is a huge impact on what we are doing,” he said. “We are really into Facebook chat to stay in tune with what is
being said.” He also addressed the fake Twitter account, BPGlobalPR, that was being run by a man that was not affiliated with the company during the time of the oil spill. “We did see the account and really there was nothing we could do about it,” he said. “We did not address it directly, but we did try to counter it and get people to understand certain issues.” Amanda Coppock, president of PRSSA said, “I was really excited to hear the speech and the efforts of BP as a whole to bring in a spokesperson to be more local. “Our organization tries to bring in speakers that are very interesting to talk about a vari-ety of things so there are so many different facets of public relations,” she said.
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things that the media took out of context in some instances,” she said. “It really made me think about the power that the media has to shape the public’s perceptions. “I am from Baldwin County that is about 30 minutes away from the Gulf where the oil spill took place and the affects were not as significant to my family, but probably affected people closer to the shore,” Eyre said. She said her family became more cautious with the sea-food that they ate, but she feels some of the things regarding the oil spill were blown out of proportion. “This made me think more about what I automatically
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By Wesley Vaughn
Structure determines properties. Two years of high school chemistry will drill that scientific fact into you, along with the formula PV=nRT. It is as true in science as it is in government. Electing different government officials temporarily improves the quality of government, but changing its structure can be permanent. On Monday, federal officials arrested 11 Alabama casi-no owners, state legislators and lobbyists stemming from an investigation of gambling-related vote buy-ing. This state’s susceptible political structure opened the door to such corrupt officials and behavior. The state government has failed to target ethics reform in the past, and it paid the price this week. Even innocently outdated and seemingly harm-less structural problems can cause major headaches. Searching for these sorts of lapses and fixing them before a monumental collapse is prudent and worth-while. As with all large organizations, this university’s structure contains snags as well. Not to the extent as those faced in Montgomery, but they need fixing just the same. The particular area I would like to address here involves SGA elections. Currently, the regulatory body is the Elections Board, which is made up of recommended students, a political science professor and administrative directors and representatives. It is basically the Federal Election Commission for the SGA. My qualm is with its puzzling placement within the Student Affairs division of the University. The head administrative directors of the board primarily serve as directors of the Ferguson Center, which falls under the Housing and Residential Communities branch of Student Affairs. The other administrator represents Student and Campus Life, which also falls under the housing branch. Moving the Elections Board to the Student Involvement and Leadership branch of Student Affairs makes much more sense. Elections are no lon-ger held at the Ferg since they are now held online; thus, restructuring is necessary. Ferg directors have other responsibilities that do not directly relate with students anyway. Bringing in directors that are already involved with students in SGA will allow for better communication and will lessen the Ferg’s burden. Since the SGA Constitution and Code of Laws do not outline specific election procedures, the Elections Board is tasked with handling the yearly election guidelines. Unless the board has contact with the stu-dent body, proactive changes cannot be made. Also, directors from a more student-oriented branch can set their priorities to manage election season more effec-tively. If a candidate for office does not feel as though reporting a campaign dispute or potential violation will amount to any action, the board loses its purpose. Having directors who already have a relationship with students works to alleviate that disconnect. This may resemble a small point of contention, and it is. However, the small issues add up after enough of them are dismissed for their supposed unimportance. Bigger issues are more visible and carry more weight, but the smallest strains can hamstring large reforms. Waiting until something is broken to fix it does not apply when that something may be broken but has gone unnoticed or forgotten. Contested SGA elections have occurred in past years, and reforms such as reducing voting time were implemented after the fact. More can be done though to prevent misconduct and the subsequent distrust in the election process. The structure of election regulation determines the properties of elections, which determine the quality of elected officials. The Elections Board may only matter a few times a year, but the effects of elections last the entire year. We should not wait until it is too late to demand reform.
Wesley Vaughn is a junior majoring in public relations and political science. His column runs on Wednesdays.
By Danielle Beach
Smoking is no private affair on The University of Alabama’s campus; a stroll around the Quad or down The Strip is proof enough. A swell of opinions have surfaced, with some for and some against a total smoke-free campus policy. Instead of completely banning smoking on campus, other mea-sures should be taken to pro-tect the rights of smokers while keeping the lungs of non-smok-ers pink and free of second-hand smoke. Although smoking is inevi-tably harmful to smokers and victims of second-hand smoking alike, a complete ban of smok-ing on campus interferes with an individual’s right to the pursuit of happiness. While it may be difficult to find happiness when your body becomes more susceptible to otherwise rare diseases or can no longer fight off the common cold, the euphoric buzz and alle-viation of anxiety may be all the happiness one can muster dur-ing a stressful day. Currently, 22.1 percent of the adult popula-tion in Alabama smokes, which is above the national average. The University simply cannot com-pletely ban a stress-reducer on a college campus (where stress is just as prevalent as Nike Tempo shorts) and not expect a little turbulence. Instead, measures must be taken to educate and encourage, as well as protect the rights of all persons affiliated with the insti-tution; rumor has it that those are the objectives of education administration, anyway. To protect the rights of
individuals to breathe healthy air if they so choose, the University could develop a fair and balanced policy that ben-efits as many people as possible. However, providing a policy that is easy to abide by, as well as to regulate, may pose problems that outweigh the benefits. One such policy may be, in short, to prohibit smoking in heavily populated areas, inside or within proximity of buildings, residential areas, and outdoor eating areas (e.g. the Ferguson Center). UA is said to already have a policy that discourages smoking within 30 feet of build-ings, but a walk to and from class on any given day suggests a lack of enforcement. Anyway, this policy eliminates the oppor-tunity to smoke in the majority of areas on campus. Setting boundaries and provid-ing areas that are properly ven-tilated, yet convenient and easily accessible, is a more controver-sial, if not impossible, task of its own. As a non-smoker, I can hon-estly say that when I walk past a person smoking on my way to class or to work, I have to hold my breath because the smoke makes me sick to my stomach. I can understand the allure of cigarettes (who doesn’t want a quick fix for stress?), but I’m already addicted to clean air. Though the withdrawal symp-toms of clean air greatly sur-pass those of carcinogen-filled air, I’m still not in favor of the negative effects of second-hand smoking. The peaceful coexistence of smokers and non-smokers will not occur unless both parties make an effort to understand the other person’s point of view.
With proper research and distri-bution of data, the administra-tion can provide both students and faculty with appropriate information regarding smoking and its effects. Emphasis should be placed on effective methods to quit smok-ing, stress and anxiety manage-ment and the effects of second-hand smoking. People who earnestly want to quit smoking should be provided with the support, information and resources to do so. Those who do not wish to quit smoking should be considerate and mind-ful of those who do not smoke, and they should consequently only smoke in well-ventilated, less-populated areas. Likewise, non-smokers need to respect the rights of smokers while maintaining their own; if a person is smoking in a public area near someone who does not smoke, the non-smoker can politely ask the smoker to refrain from doing so. Even if they continue smoking out of spite of your request, know that they are of the minority and that most people who smoke will kindly oblige. Ultimately, instead of rely-ing on the administration to enforce a policy, it’s up to each student, educator, staff member, Tuscaloosa resident, and anyone else on campus to consider his or her fellow Capstonian’s health and rights before acting. No mat-ter what your stance is on the smoke-free campus debate, don’t allow it to pollute the positive atmosphere we strive for at UA — or the air itself.
Danielle Beach is a freshman majoring in education.
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By John Anselmo
To whom it may concern: please let UA students and fac-ulty know if we are going to have access to somewhat dependable public wireless Internet. If we can have access to dependable wireless Internet, that would be great. That is what most students were told they would have when they first enrolled. If not, just tell us through the UA news e-mail, the monitors speckled across cam-pus, or even send a press release in this newspaper. This way students won’t have to play library hopscotch trying to find a place where they can access their coursework. Just let us know; we will adjust when forced to do so. Sure, adjusting to the parking quagmire we came back to this semester was tough. But after all of the sweat and dust, the walk from the gravel lot behind Publix can be very apt cardio exercise. If no changes are made to the UA Public Wireless Network and we will not be informed that we cannot depend on the network, then please change the name. Guess Connect, Luck Net and Tortoise Web would be appropri-ate. I will feel a lot more comfort-able when I browse through available networks and see that their names reflect functionality.
Given the speed and function-ality of the jokingly called “high-speed wireless network” we have here at the University, how are we supposed to be competent students in the 21st century? Now that the classroom and the web are in more than a mar-riage, we need to have access to the Internet that is actually capable of delivering. So should we stay in our rooms to do work until this is resolved? Sure, unless you live on campus. ResNet, which we all know is the residential wireless Internet access on campus, makes UA Public Wireless Internet look like the Daytona 500. I have no offers for changes in nomencla-ture for ResNet. Well, maybe McFarland-on-Gameday Net?? Last year, when I served as an SGA Senator, some colleagues and I authored a resolution call-ing for a student audit of the ResNet network. This survey would be a place where students could voice concerns about the wireless Internet across campus and in residential halls. Upon unanimous passage of the legis-lation, my colleagues and I went to work. Skeptically, we were forced to board the Bureaucratic Express, a roller coaster that would sup-posedly take us to the promised land, where student’s voices could be heard. But like all roller coasters, we arrived back were
we started with a case of nausea. Luckily, with the help of oth-ers in the SGA, we finally got a survey rolling. Did anyone that could do anything about it take heed to the replies of students? You take a guess. We have countless great resources here at Alabama, and so many great people were will-ing to help us. With all of the great resources and people, why can’t we have Internet that actually works for students and faculty? We need to just stop asking and start demanding that we have access to Internet that is appli-cable to our needs as students. If we want to go back to the 1980s pen and paper days, then fine. Just start the process to moving our coursework offline and back to loose-leaf paper and typewriters. We all know that is not the direction we want to. The Capstone has moved at light year speed towards becoming one of the nation’s finest higher learn-ing institutions. However, students and fac-ulty need dependable wire-less Internet infrastructure to do their everyday jobs. The Capstone just needs to focus on this issue and formulate a reso-lution. And form it at a high-speed pace.
John Anselmo is a senior major-ing in economics.
Admit or fi x ineffi cient internet
By Erika Goodman
The Alabama vs. Florida game was the most stress-ful game I have been to in nearly four football sea-sons. This was not because of the score or the teams, but because of some people in the student section not understanding proper football etiquette. Since my freshman year, I have known that during the game everyone stands and shifts forward. I am not sure why people began standing in the seat they sit in dur-ing this game. This caused quite a bit of chaos. Some people were left without seats and having to stand in the aisles. It is common knowledge that everyone stands in the seat directly in front of them. If every-one would follow the same shifting pattern, it would make it much easier for everyone to watch the game. This has been the norm since I began school in 2007, and I am unsure of why it changed Saturday. Also, it is just rude to light a cigarette while waiting in line to enter the stadium, as well as smoking dur-ing the game. Students are packed in like sardines, which means smokers are literally smoking in other’s faces. There are smoking sections just for that pur-pose. It shows poor manners when having such a dis-regard for the people around you. Some people do not want their game ruined by your bad habit. I want this football season to be a memorable one, and I am sure that if everyone follows the same system, it will be for the rest of the students as well.
Erika Goodman is a senior majoring in journalism and political science.
LETTER TO THE EDITORStudents must show proper etiquette at football games
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After months of research, McNair scholar and art major Patricia Davis will show a series of mixed-media prints in the Ferguson Center Art Gallery. The exhibit, titled “INVASION — Representations of Cancer: Combining Medical and Military Metaphors,” runs from Oct. 5 through Oct. 29 and is one of several components of Davis’s required research as a McNair Scholar. Davis was one of 12 students selected to join the McNair Scholars Program last fall. The program, designed for first-generation or disadvantaged college students interested in going to graduate school, awards students a $2,800 research stipend, a $1,100 fel-lowship, fee waivers for gradu-ate school admissions tests, a trip to California for the McNair research symposium and more. “Students have so many opportunities with the McNair Scholars Program,” Davis said. “We work closely with faculty and graduate student mentors to come up with a research proposal, and we work closely with them to complete it. We’re offered advice about graduate school, and we’re more com-petitive applicants because we already understand academic research.” Davis’s project examines the way we view cancer and the metaphors we use to describe it. “The way we talk about cancer is very militaristic,” she said. “We’re afraid of it, but we romanticize it, too. We did it with tuberculosis before we found a cure for it. Susan Sontag’s essay ‘Illness is Metaphor’ discusses these metaphors.”
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Just as people use conflicting metaphors for disease in our speech, so do Davis’s prints. By overlaying the prints with drawing and painting tech-niques, she admits that each one is colorful and beautiful in its own way, but the prints also represent different body systems with different cancers. Military planes, tanks and mis-siles, with all insignia removed, interrupt the superficial beau-ty. They represent the invasive aspect of cancer, she said. Each print is a monotype print, meaning they cannot be reproduced, and each print has two numbers on it. The first represents the number of new cases of cancer that will devel-op by the end of the year; the second represents the number of people who will die of cancer by the end of the year. Pointing to the print repre-senting the respiratory sys-tem, located on the wall far-thest from the entrance to the gallery, Davis said, “I see this one as the sort of focal piece for the entire collection. It was the hardest for me to make. My mom died of lung cancer in 2007.” In this print, planes emerge out of the darkest spot of the lung, spilling out of the print and onto the wall. When her mom was diag-nosed with cancer, Davis said she kept asking herself, “What is this thing that everyone is so terrified of?” and she started researching cancer to under-stand what was happening to her mom. “I’ve always been interested
in medicine. My mom was a phlebotomist, and I actually came to Alabama thinking I would go into the medical field. Then I started taking art class-es and fell in love with print-making,” she said. “I first started researching cancer as a coping mechanism, but with this project it’s grown to be so much more than that. I’ve turned my research and my art into something that’s not just personal to me. Other people can relate to it, too. Everyone knows someone who has cancer or who has died of cancer.” With cancer prevalent in her family, Davis said her research has been a learning process and a way for her to conquer the disease. “I don’t want to be afraid of this disease,” she said. “People don’t want to go to the doctor when they think something might be wrong, and they wait until it’s too late. Technology has come so far in recent years for that.” At the exhibit’s opening reception on Thursday night, which starts at 7 and lasts until 8:30, Davis said she will be giv-ing people cards so they can e-mail her and give her feed-back about her artwork. After the exhibit, Davis’ focus will be on writing the profes-sional research article that will accompany her artwork. She hopes to have it published in the McNair Scholars Journal. By fall of 2011, Davis hopes to be working on her MFA in printmaking and continue the art that she has begun.
“Watchmen” is an absurdly faithful adaptation of a dark graphic novel, with strong performances and
top-notch direction.
— Patricia Davis{ }
Photo courtesy of Rachel DobsonMcNair Scholar Patricia Davis, a junior majoring in printmaking, works on one of her prints for her exhibit, currently displayed in the Ferguson Center Art Gallery.
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Should Alabamians be jeal-ous of Egyptians? Archaeology buffs might say yes. After all, the Great Pyramid of Giza, the only one of the seven wonders of the ancient world still stand-ing, is in their backyard. What about Alabama’s backyard? What about the University’s backyard? If students are willing to explore, they’ll find the answer 15 miles down Highway 69. The Moundville Archaeological Park preserves what was once the apex of Mississippian culture. From Wednesday, Oct. 6 to Saturday, Oct. 9 the park will host its 22nd annual Moundville Native American Festival. On Wednesday and Thursday, the festivities will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday’s festivities will last until 5 p.m. Students who attend can
Moundville Festival, a jewel in your backyardexpect to learn specifically about Southeastern Native American culture. “We started the festival in 1989 because we wanted to dispel the stereotypes people had about Native Americans,” said Betsy Irwin, the park’s education out-reach coordinator and festival director. “Most perceptions of Native Americans are products of powwows – a lot of different customs merged together. The Southeast has a distinctly differ-ent culture.” The goal of the festival is to accurately and comprehen-sively portray an 800-year-old Mississippian culture. This week, students can see this goal achieved through living histori-ans, musical performances, arts and crafts demonstrations, and storytellers. “In our living history camp, the tents are very close to how they were at that time,” Irwin said. “We’ll have many repro-ductions from the time period.
[There’s a] fisherman who shows what fishing was like in the 1400s. Or you could visit Knapper’s corner where they make arrows and spear points, basically things guys like to play with.” People seeking theatrics on a larger scale can check out the Warriors of AniKituwah per-form the Cherokee War Dance and Eagle Tail Dance. The dance group high-lights Cherokee culture and
clothing, as well as the signifi-cance of the dances themselves. The warriors have performed in many places including the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Colonial Williamsburg and abroad in Berlin and Montreal. Some people prefer to learn about new cultures at their own pace. Attendees can also visit the park’s museum, the Jones Archaeological Museum. After a five million dollar renovation, many of the park’s employees contend Jones offers a unique museum experience. “At a lot of archaeological museums you see artifacts, think they’re really nice, but don’t really understand that much about the people,” Irwin said. “Our museum is about the people,” said Morgan Parsons, a museum docent and New College graduate. “You can truly immerse yourself in the cul-ture.” The museum seeks to accurately depict a typical Mississippian of the time. Inside stand many life-sized figures of Native Americans. The figures cost $20,000 apiece and are not only life-like in size but also in appearance and form. “They look so real,” Irwin said. “They are staring at you.” The museum also tells the
Mississippians’ story through their artifacts. The Moundville Duck Bowl, considered by some to be the most important prehis-toric artifact in the country, is on loan from the Smithsonian. The Rattlesnake Disk, Alabama’s official state artifact, is another relic on display. The historical demonstrations and state-of-the-art museum are all attractive to the inexpe-rienced tourist. Moundville fre-quenters agree that the reasons to visit the festival are more pro-found than arrowheads, wicker baskets, gift shops and cafes. “It was a spiritual mecca, and
it still is today,” Parsons said. Dan Townsend, a historical demonstrator of shell carving from Mississippian culture, has participated in the festival for the past 20 years. He hopes Alabama students attend the festival and take advantage of the park. “People just don’t realize the jewel they have in their back-yard,” Townsend said. Admission to the festival is $10 for adults, $8 for students, and free for children under five. Volunteers are always needed. For more information visit moundville.ua.edu.
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Above: The War-riors of AniKi-tuwah perform their traditional dances during a previous festival.
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[email protected] Sophomore guard Chance Warmack was recognized as SEC offensive lineman of the week for his performance in the Florida game. Warmack had key blocks on both of Mark Ingram’s touchdown runs that gave Alabama the lead in the first half. Junior linebacker Courtney Upshaw was also recognized as SEC Defensive Player of the Week for his seven tackles, four tackles for loss, two pass break-ups and one fumble recovery. The Alabama coaching staff also recognized junior wide receiver Darius Hanks, junior safety Mark Barron, fresh-man cornerback John Fulton and sophomore running back Trent Richardson for their performances Saturday.
Barron led all the tack-lers with 11 stops against the Gators and had the Crimson Tide’s only sack of the game. Barron is Alabama’s leading tackler this season with 31 through the past five games. Richardson was recognized for his performance on special teams and is the only player to be listed by the coaches as a player of the week following all five games this season. This was Fulton’s first time recognized by the coaching staff as a player of the week for his work on special teams. He had one tackle in the game on punt coverage and a key block on Julio Jones’ 41-yard punt return in the second quarter. “I really think our team is progressing,” said head coach Nick Saban. “Each week you have a new challenge and learn more about your team. Like how are we going to respond
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While the Tide prepares for South Carolina, one player they are particularly focusing on is freshman running back Marcus Lattimore. Lattimore is averaging 91.5 yards per game and has six touchdowns this year. “He’s a great SEC back,”
sophomore Dont’a Hightower said. “He is probably one of those guys who wants to shake-and-bake. He’s a north and south runner. He’s a really good back.” The Alabama defense, which hasn’t allowed a touch-down from a running back yet this season, continues to work on the fundamentals to keep the Gamecocks from being the first. “We pride ourselves on just going out there and doing our job, whether it’s in the red zone or anywhere on the field,” Warmack said. “As long as you try to dominate on every play that is all you can ask for. But one thing you have to pride yourself on is not giving up down there. It is about going out there and tackling guys in the red zone. You have your back against the wall because you aren’t that far from the end zone, but you just have to dig down deep inside of you. We don’t want to give up any points down there.” This week’s game will be the
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As Alabama prepares for South Carolina in Columbia there have been a few road-blocks along the way in terms of injuries. Junior linebacker Chris Jordan pulled his ham-string in the Florida game and is day to day. Saban said they will be seeing how Jordan responds this week in practice. Jones also bruised his knee in the game. “Again, you never know how these things are,” Saban said about Jones’ injury. “We did an MRI, checked it out to make sure things are OK, and he’ll be day-to-day at least for the first part of the week to see how he progresses.” Neither Jones nor Jordan were wearing black jerseys in practice Monday or Tuesday, but they were not participat-ing at full speed.
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