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By Eryn PhillipsStaff Writer

Sweet Water Brewing Company is sponsoring their second annual “Save the Black Warrior” anti-pollution campaign this month to raise money and awareness for Black Warrior Riverkeeper, a nonprofit organization. Approximately 40 restau-rants and bars in Birmingham and Tuscaloosa are raising money by selling T-shirts, beer glasses and paper fish. Charles Scribner, director of development for Riverkeeper, said the paper fish are being sold on a $1 or $5 donation basis to sign and hang up on walls or windows of the participating venue. “When a person sees a ton of paper fish hanging on a wall, they immediately become interested,” Scribner said. “Raising awareness is half the battle, and so far, it looks very impressive.” Mountain High Outfitters donated several T-shirts and water bottles to award to the employees who sell the most paper fish. Bogart’s Motorsports also has donated a Vespa boat to be given away at a drawing on Oct. 15. A final total from the Riverkeeper campaign will be finalized in mid-October and is estimated to bring in somewhere between $2, 000 and $10,000. “All proceeds will go to Riverkeeper’s general operat-ing fund to help offset the cost of patrol units, litigation and

By Kellie MuntsSenior Staff Reporter

The rapidly increasing enroll-ment rate, which reached a staggering 28,807 students this fall, has had a clear impact on campus, but students’ influence on the city of Tuscaloosa also is significant. The University itself is a major source of industry for Tuscaloosa as well as the entire state, officials said. Athletics and other events held through-out the school year attract thou-sands of people to Tuscaloosa and therefore put a lot of money in the pockets of business in the area. The impact of University

spending on the Tuscaloosa metro area in 2007-08 totaled $1.262 billion. Even aside from game days and special events, each student at the University contributes to the city in a tan-gible and obvious way. Ahmad Ijaz, an economic analyst with the University, said the numbers display the prominent role the student body plays in the economic success of the city as a whole. Based on enrollment numbers for the 2007-08 school year, on average each student contrib-utes approximately $16,500 to the city on a yearly basis —

By Amanda PetersonEditor

UA trustees approved the “bricks and mortar” phase of the Foster Auditorium renova-tions Thursday, said trustee Paul Bryant Jr. The UA System Board of Trustees will vote on the ren-derings of the building’s expan-sion today after the board’s physical properties committee

passed the design plans at the first day of meetings. To convert the currently unused building into the wom-en’s basketball and volleyball facility, an 11,000 square foot expansion will be added to the south end of Foster. Demolition already is underway on the building, eliminating some spaces in the small parking lot next to Burke Hall. “[The expansion] is intended

to mirror the architecture and match the other end of the building,” said Michael Lanier, who presented the UA con-struction projects to the com-mittee. While the specific design of Foster was not decided at the meeting, Bryant, who is chair-man of the physical proper-ties committee, said the inte-rior likely would be designed to look like the old school arena. Foster was the former home of the men’s basketball team. “The commemorative stuff will be in a separate pack-age and a separate budget,”

Bryant said. Earlier this month, UA President Robert Witt said Foster would not be a museum about the building’s history. Potential design plans include tiles with the years of signifi-cant historical events at Foster as well as photos in the lobby, he said. “Considerable thought has been given to how best to remember all the historic events that have occurred at Foster,” Witt said. The building was the site

By Jennie Kushner Staff Writer

The eve of parents’ week-end will be interrupted by the Taking Back Sunday show that will replace the Homecoming concert five weeks prior to the annual celebration. Senior Assistant Director of Ferguson Center Operations Kelli Knox-Hall said having the concert now will put more focus on the Homecoming bon-fire, pep rally, step show and crowning of the queen. “It’s a tough time for folks. All those activities are free for students and out of town visi-tors to attend,” Knox-Hall said. Knox-Hall said the interrup-tion of parents’ weekend was unintentional. “This was a date we were

able to secure with the ath-letic department,” Knox-Hall said. “They were generous and gracious enough to give us this date with the renovations being done at Coleman, this was a date that worked in their schedule.” Knox-Hall said she did not have an opinion about if it was a good decision to change the date of the traditional Homecoming concert. Some students said the concert’s interruption of par-ents’ weekend will discourage students from attending the Taking Back Sunday concert. “I think it’s extremely ran-dom that there is a concert dur-ing parents’ weekend, becauseI have a difficult time picturing

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CW | Katie BennettThe Black Warrior River, a major Tuscaloosa area waterway, is protected by the Black Warrior Riverkeeper's service and fundraising efforts.

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See ENROLLMENT, page 2

Trustees approve Foster expansion designWoods Hall art gallery named in honor of two long-time professors

Fall concert to be fi ve weeks earlyBy Karissa Bursch

Staff Reporter

Members of the SGA are being encouraged to partici-pate in the Alabama Safe Zone program, according to a reso-lution passed at Thursday’s SGA Senate meeting. The Alabama Safe Zone pro-gram’s intent is to provide a safe support network of volun-teers for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students, col-lectively known as the LGBTQ community, and other indi-viduals seeking information regarding sexual orientation, gender identity, harassment and discrimination, according to the resolution. Two UA students started the Safe Zone program in 2002, and it was restarted in 2007, according to the UA Safe Zone Web site.

According to the resolu-tion, 699 faculty, students and staff have participated in Safe Zone training since 2007, and 474 volunteered to become LGBTQ allies. Of these, 388 made themselves available to students by listing their names and contact informa-tion on the Safe Zone Web site. Sen. Amanda Reyes, a senior majoring in inter-disciplinary studies in New College, authored the reso-lution. She said she the SGA should make a point to pro-vide for all different types of communities on campus. “I think that in order for the SGA to make public policy we need to show that it is con-tinually conscious of student diversity,” Reyes said. “In order to make policies about certain communities, we need

to know these communities.” Reyes said Capstone Alliance, the on-campus LGBTQ faculty alliance group, runs the program while Spectrum and other LGBTQ students help facilitate the training. “We need to be aware of the issues facing the LGBTQ com-munity on campus,” Reyes said. While the UA Safe Zone program especially works to ensure the well-being and safety of LGBTQ students, the program also can be beneficial to any type of student, Reyes said. “It helps students real-ize the types of issues and concerns that could face all types of minority groups, not just the LGBTQ community,” Reyes said. Reyes said it also was a

good leadership opportunity for students. “I really want to encour-age all students, not just SGA members, to participate in these trainings,” Reyes said. “This way we are all getting to know the issues facing the community.” The UA Safe Zone program ensures the continuing valid-ity of the Equal Opportunity in Education and Employment statement in the University’s non-discrimination policy, according to the resolution. While the passage of that specific portion of the non-discrimination policy took a while, the UA Safe Zone pro-gram is a step in the right direction, Reyes said. “UA took too long for Equal Opportunity in Education

SGA supports UA Safe Zone

CW | Bethany MartinUA System Chancellor Malcolm Partera, trustee Paul Bryant Jr., Michael Rodgers and Jennifer Vaughn, both with the UA system offi ce, begin the physical properties committee meeting.See TRUSTEES, page 3

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NEWS in briefCORRECTIONS In Thursday’s edition of The Crimson White, it was report-ed in an article titled “UA greek grade report released” that Alpha Chi Omega had the highest GPA for a Panhellenic soror-ity for the spring 2009 semester. However, with a 3.5 for the chapter, Sigma Gamma Rho, a sorority in the National Pan-Hellenic Council, has the highest GPA out of all sororities at the University.

In the “Hair Techniques to close its doors,” story in Wednesday’s issue, it was stated UA alumnus Joe Namath fre-quented the salon as a student. Although Namath had been to the salon in the past, he did not frequent it as a student. Namath attended the University from 1962-64. The Ferguson Center, where the salon is located, was not built until 1973.

CAMPUS | UA competes with SEC schools in canned food drive The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and all student-athletes are participating in the third annual SEC Together We CAN Food Drive. Student-athletes from all SEC schools “compete” to see who can collect the most cans to benefit their local community food banks. The food drive starts today and run through Sept. 27. The group is collecting cans in bins at Bryant Hall and at the home volleyball games this weekend against Georgia on Friday and Auburn on Sunday. Admission at the games is free for students, and only $1 for guests who bring a can. All cans benefit the West Alabama Food Bank.

STATE | Fort Lewis soldier from Alabama dies in Germany FORT LEWIS, Wash. (AP) — Army officials say a Stryker Brigade soldier who fell ill in southern Afghanistan has died at a military hospital in Germany. According to an Army statement, 22-year-old Sgt. Robert David Gordon II of River Falls, got sick Friday and died Wednesday at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. His illness was not disclosed but is described as not related to combat.Gordon enlisted in the Army more than four years ago in Montgomery. He was assigned to the 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, which was sent to Afghanistan in July.

STATE | 25K-plus first-time Alabama homebuyers claim credit BIRMINGHAM (AP) — More than 25,000 first-time home-buyers in Alabama have claimed the federal tax credit offered under the economic stimulus program. The IRS, which announced the latest figures Thursday, said Alabama ranked 20th in the number claiming the tax credit. The program ends Dec. 1. It offers a tax credit of 10 percent of the purchase price — with a maximum credit of $8,000 — to homebuyers with qualifying income levels who have never bought a home or have not owned one in the last three years.

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money Ijaz said is spent pay-ing rent, buying groceries and other necessities while away from home. While student enrollment has increased significantly since the most recent report was released, the numbers should increase proportionally,

Ijaz said. “When you go out and spend some money, that money becomes somebody else’s income and so on,” Ijaz said. “You go through those impacts and see the jobs generated and the salaries that come from it.” While hundreds of jobs are supported either partially or fully by UA students at UA, the city still is facing significant layoffs in Tuscaloosa, city clerk

Tracy Croom said. The addi-tional students are a benefit to the city, Croom said, but due to the current economic situa-tion, the full benefits are hard to see. Mayor Walt Maddox and city council members have been forced to reevaluate bud-gets and carefully consider where money can be shifted in order to best benefit the city. “It’s just a really hard time, and people don’t realize it,” Croom said. “They think that living in a college town you won’t feel the impact of the economic situation and initial-ly we didn’t. At first, we were okay, and we really didn’t feel the decline, but now we’re feel-ing it.” Croom said Tuscaloosa felt the impact of the tough eco-nomic situations in the nation about one year after the decline began on the national scale. While other cities were facing housing market slumps, the demand for apartments and other housing in Tuscaloosa remained relatively consistent in keeping with the needs of the student body, Croom said.. One of the positive effects of this slight delay was that the city had time to prepare for financial difficulty while other areas in the nation were

caught off guard, she said. “In this economy it’s just really hard because no one’s prospering from anything right now,” Croom said. “For Tuscaloosa it took almost a year for us to feel the impact of the economy and we’re okay because we’ve been preparing for this.” The budget cuts — a direct result of the lagging economy — make it difficult to see the impact that the rising student population has had on the Tuscaloosa economy, Croom said. She said the budgets for 2010 are similar to those allot-ted in 2006, a figure they had not initially anticipated. “It’s hard to see the impact of more students in Tuscaloosa because we’re back to 2006 rev-enue numbers,” Croom said. “Would [we] be back at 2005 revenue numbers if it wasn’t for 3,000 more students? It’s hard to put your finger on these things.” Ijaz said he expects the 2008-09 UA Economic Impacts report will be released early next year. The Center for Business and Economic Research cre-ates the reports, and extensive information must be gathered before the studies can be com-pleted.

ENROLLMENTContinuned from page 1

educational material,” Scribner said. One local business par-

ticipating is the Jupiter Bar & Grill, which sells the items and hosted a kick-off event with the band Rollin’ in the Hay for the campaign on Aug. 27. All door money from the event went to Riverkeeper. The Jupiter’s owner, Jeremiah Jones, said partici-pating in the campaign has been great for business. “We just wanted to do what we could to help out,” he said. As for sales of the paper fish, Jones said they vary based on the band playing that night. “We found a lot of jam bands, their fans are more aware and proactive in being involved,” he said. Riverkeeper’s primary con-cern is to maintain the Black Warrior as well as protect it from unnecessary pollutants. The organization is responsible for monitoring the area and taking action against people or agencies deliberately dumping waste in the watershed. Currently, the river shed pro-vides drinking water to 17 coun-ties across the state including half of the Birmingham area and all of Tuscaloosa, as well as being home to various types of wildlife and public recreation, according to Riverkeeper’s Web site. Scribner said besides pur-chasing items or publicizing the campaign students also can help out by actually participat-ing in clean-up projects. “Students can also help by reporting sites of pollution, because we obviously can’t be in 17 places at a time,” Scribner said. “Their reports can be filed anonymously.” He also said students can make a huge impact on pol-lution by conserving water, unplugging electronics and car-pooling. Scribner said they gener-ally take legal action against large places such as coal mines, chicken houses and govern-ment agencies because the amount of waste dumped by these places is much greater than waste dumped by one indi-vidual. “We don’t play favorites or turn a blind eye to any group that violates the Clean Water Act,” Scribner said. “If a compa-ny settles a case, the settlement is donated to a supplemental environmental project, instead of the federal government.” In 2008, three SEP settlements were awarded to Riverkeeper and donated to the Freshwater Land Trust, another non-profit organization. For more information, visit savetheblackwarrior.com.

RIVERContinuned from page 1

“For Tuscaloosa it took almost a year for us to feel the impact of the economy and we’re okay because

we’ve been preparing for this.”

— Tracy Croom, city clerk{ }

• Paper fi sh are being sold at local bars to raise money for Riverkeeper.• Students can also help with river clean-up projects.

HOW TO HELP

• “Story Time”: McClure Education Library, 3:45 p.m. to 5 p.m.

• Rural Health Conference: Hotel Capstone and the Bryant Conference Center, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

September 18th - Avanti Applications AvailableSeptember 21st-24th- Information Tables in Ferguson Center (10 am-2 pm)

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The best part of Avanti is in registration where I’m likely to get a high fi ve for helping some-one.That’s all the praise I need,because I know that I helped a student love UA as much as I do.

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By Patty VaughanSenior Staff Reporter

Parents’ weekend is right around the corner, and the University is gearing up to handle more than 5,200 family members on campus for all of the events. “We’ve expanded our sched-ule to include academic affairs as well as student affairs, so there’s a lot of different events going on, especially on Friday,” said Sarah Hartley, assistant director of parent programs. Because of the new addi-tion of academic affairs, family members and parents can do much more with their students. “[Family members] can visit their student’s academic col-lege or meet and greet events, and there’s an event with Big Al,” Hartley said. “We’ve also added an educational com-ponent to where parents can

come to a seminar on social networking on Friday after-noon.” Other events include the President’s Mansion Open House, Rolling on the River with the Tide, Parent’s Associate Tailgate and a new event, the Student Affairs Brunch. “On Sunday, we’ve added a student affairs brunch where parents will be introduced to all of student affairs that is offered to students,” Hartley said. “There is a lot of staff there, and it is a concluding event of the weekend.” Hartley said it is important for parents and family mem-bers to come on this weekend because it shows true support for their students. “We’ve seen a huge increase in parent involvement in the past few years of college stu-dents and how that support

assists college students,” she said. “The more support stu-dents receive from the parents, usually the more successful they are. I think it’s great tim-ing because parents can show up and [students] can show them around campus in their new home away from home, and the parents can really get a feel for how the students spend their day-to-day lives.” Another event that has been going on for a few years but not many people know about is Story Time. This event is offered by McLure Library. Helga Visscher, head of McLure Education Library, has set up a program for parents to be able to spend quality time with their young children on Friday. “This is the third year we have had our family weekend story time on the first day of family weekend,” Visscher said. “This year our focus is on

helpful hints for adults in par-enting caregivers to read or tell stories to children. We’ll be dis-tributing some pamphlets on making good choices.” Along with helpful parent-ing, Story Time is a chance for children who are typically ages three to 10, to listen to good sto-ries, eat a snack and do some arts and crafts. Because the organization process of it all is so chaotic, the librarians have asked for volunteers from the College of Education and the library’s school literature classes. “We’ve had a good collabora-tive experience, and those who are in library school or col-lege of education working with young children know there’s a lot more to a story time than just the story,” Visscher said. “You have to get the place organized, publicize it and set a schedule and readings for

the story tellers.” The storytellers who McLure Library has put in place include Mildred Jackson, an associate dean for collections at Gorgas Library with a master’s in sto-rytelling, and Jamie Naidoo, a professor in the school of library information studies and a professor of children’s litera-ture. There also will be a few students coming in and reading to the children as well. “I’m really looking for-ward to it this year,” Visscher said. “We’ve had a lot of good response and people interest-ed. Parking is a situation I can do nothing about, but if people can find their way to campus with a child by 4 p.m. on Friday, we welcome them, and if they don’t have a child, they’re wel-come as well.” Story Time will be in McLure Education Library Friday from 3:45 p.m. to 5 p.m. To find out

Family weekend events created for all ages

• What: Throughout the weekend, the Uni-versity will hold specifi c events for visiting UA parents. Story Time will be held today at 4 p.m. in McLure Library for parents with small children. There will also ba a tailgate before tomorrow’s football game.

•More info: Visit familyweekend.ua.edu

PARENT’S WEEKEND

more information about more events on parent’s weekend, visit familyweekend.ua.edu.

of the campus’s integration in 1963 when Vivian Malone and James Hood registered for class-es in Foster after former Gov. George Wallace gave a speech about continuing segregation in Alabama. It also has housed many historic concerts on cam-pus, graduations and years of men’s basketball games. Construction on Foster is expected to be complete by fall 2010. The physical properties com-mittee also approved the design for the Hillel House that will be built on the corner of 9th Street and 4th Avenue for the B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation. It also approved designs of the third phase of the Science and Engineering Complex. The $70 million project received a $30 million grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to help offset the cost. In addition, the committee voted to sell a Miami condo that had been given to the University in September 2008 by the estate of James Ramer, founding dean of the UA School of Library and Information Studies. UA forester Mark Beeler pre-sented the item to the trustees and said the property had been appraised at $440,000 — $80,000

less than its value of $520,000when it was donated. The University will list theproperty at $450,000, Beeler said. Several trustees joked aboutvolunteering to oversee the sale. “This is a complicated trans-action, and I think I should godown there for a few days tomake sure it’s all right,” saidtrustee Jim Wilson jokingly.

Gallery named in honor of professors

The honorary degrees andrecognition committee voted torename Room 109 in Woods Hallin honor of two long-time UA artprofessors. The Sella-Granata Art Gallery,which will house student work,honors Professor EmeritusAlvin Sella and the late AngeloGranata, a professor who died in2008. Between the two profes-sors, they had almost 80 yearsof teaching experience, saidPam Parker, vice president foradvancement. Parker said the two professorswere beloved by their students.Granata retired in 1998 but con-tinued to sculpt and show hiswork until his death. Sella con-tinues to teach, she said. “We still see Professor Sellariding a bicycle around campusvery nattily dressed,” Parkersaid.

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A few weeks ago, when the University tested its new UA Alert system, we weren’t sure of what was hap-pening as the deluge of communication arrived. In the past, we had gotten a single text message, if that. The University came to the realization that the world, and indeed this campus, is an interconnected place, one that allows for multiple forms of contact. So instead of keeping a dated system, they designed a new one. The improved UA Alert system is a web of communication encompassing e-mails, text mes-sages and phone calls. Registration for the system is easy, and mem-bers of the campus community can sign up through myBama. Participants don’t even have to worry about getting messages after they have left the University, as officials plan to purge the roster every semester. In light of active shooter incidents at colleges across the nation, most notably the April 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech, and the violent storms Tuscaloosa experiences on a regular basis, the University of Alabama needed a network to get in touch with the campus community rapidly. We think that the University’s notification system is one created out of necessity but implemented with practicality. If you haven’t signed up already, go to myBama. The system might give you an excuse to skip class one day because of bad weather. And, in a more dire circumstance, it might save your life.

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By Henri Cheramie

The Crimson White has recently published articles about two television shows on college life,“Greek” and “Community.” The articles include statements from students who are involved in the institutions represented in the shows, statements that address how offended and upset they were by their institution’s representation on the programs — all without having seen the shows. The information they have comes from previews and things heard about said show. They are sup-posedly meant to lampoon greek life or community colleges, not to be serious, informative representa-tions. In other words, it’s just television. It’s makebelieve. Not even “reality” television is real. Why get all worked up over television shows when you can just change the channel? I have been to community college, and it is mostly full of high school jerks and self-important people who couldn’t get jobs at a major university. Most of community college is a joke, but it is important for some people. Some people choose it over a four-year college, and it works to their advantage for their chosen career. Others go as a stopover before a regular four-year college. People should speak after they watched the pro-grams. It is just like some reactions to the speechPresident Obama gave to the nation’s students. No one had read or heard his speech, but they assumed he was going to indoctrinate our children. When Obama spoke, it was nothing like had been assumed. I know this is a reach, but how different is it when it’s something as trivial as television or as impor-tant as a speech? It’s dangerous to write based on assumption. And we all know what assuming makes out of you and me, right?

Henri Cheramie is a senior majoring in English literature and telecommunications and film.

By Ian Sams

This summer, I spent a month studying abroad in Brussels, Belgium, with the UA political sci-ence department. Brussels is the epicenter of modern European governance as the home of the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Part of the curriculum for our pro-gram was visiting these multina-tional governmental institutions, and with each visit we heard one pervading and pleasing thing from diplomats and civil servants: Since President Obama took office, the world has been more open, and even eager, to strength-en diplomatic ties with the United States and move on from a rocky half-decade. Now, this kind of news is good. It’s important to have strong European alliances. But what about our relationship with China? Over the past 20 years, China has become one of the most eco-nomically prosperous, technologi-cally advanced, and increasingly powerful nations on the world stage. It has been somewhat of a quick rise. And the relationship between the U.S. and China has always been murky: Are we allies or adversaries? It is generally understood that the two nations are neither. But, it is also undeniable that U.S.-China relations will dictate global events in the 21st century. The United States still main-tains the world’s largest economy, but the Chinese are catching up. (It’s currently the fourth largest.) Our two nations consume more fossil fuels and emit more green-house gases than any other coun-tries on Earth. The bottom line is that the United States and China are argu-ably the two biggest players on

By Jacob Summers

It has been said, “there are lies, then there are dirty lies, and then there are statistics.” I would say that it’s hard to lie about the statis-tics of China’s economy. They are much larger than us, and statisti-cally, 2 percent less of their popu-lation is under the poverty line. I would argue that this is about all they have going for them. In fact, in 2008, China ranked third in the world in terms of gross domestic product. However, per capita, they came in 104th. In both cases, the U.S. came in ahead of China. This may at first seem a difference in perspective, but you would be better to trust your first instinct: China may be wealthy, but most of China sees very little of that, save staying just above the poverty line. Now, neither you nor I, nor most anyone who would toe the conservative line, would support “spreading the wealth” to every-one just for the sake of doing so — it has to be earned. But, in a time and country where people are starving or living in sub-standard housing, the government of China insists on spending more than $42 billion on brand new state-of-the-art facilities for the 2008 Olympics and other charges that may or may not be considered an official part of the events. It seems that number could have been reduced, as a July 2008 article in the BBC News states, “Calculating the costs

associated with Olympic Games is a tricky business, and the Beijing event is no different. One problem is deciding what is — and what is not — an Olympic-related cost. Sporting arenas certainly come under the former category.” This certainly begs the ques-tion as to what that money was spent on. China has the power to crush many countries in terms of reserves, however much some might wonder about other pos-sible humanitarian routes. For instance, much of this money was touted as having been used to clean up the Chinese environ-ment. Why was this not initiated sooner? It seems like China has been sitting on these funds for much longer. Do they intend to unleash their reserves and crush us, or are they simply incompe-tent? Also, could this money not have been spent on better economic infrastructure for their country? Finally, as two international superpowers, we should be at war for many reasons, namely China’s treatment of their own citizens and their blatant unrestrained actions against other countries. We have a reputation of stepping in and at least trying to save the day. Some mislabel it as “nosing in,” but nonetheless, we still do it: we see a country mistreating another country or its own citi-zens and we get involved. However, when China mistreat-ed Tibetans, we stayed out of it,

more or less. The one thing that we did do, according to the Chinese, was meddle “in China’s internal affairs by passing a resolution recognizing the plight of Tibet’s people and their exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.“ According to Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ma Zhaoxu, the U.S.’s actions “hurt the Chinese people’s feelings” and “the Chinese government and people express strong dissatisfac-tion and resolute opposition.” Of course, this isn’t true. All the U.S. effectively did was complain from overseas, and the Chinese government whined back. China has run unchecked for far too long under the ideal of countries operating free of inter-national rule and oppression. And we have lost the ability to step in when needed. Instead we post the equivalent of an international blog stating that we are tired of it. Action is needed, and the U.S. government refuses to be part of that action — either for financial threat or for the inability to see that line. It is not the U.S. people, and it is not the Chinese people. It is our respective governments and our respective leaders who refuse to make the right decisions, no matter how apparent they might be.

Jacob Summers is a senior major-ing in public relations, business and computer science. His column runs weekly on Friday.

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Last Friday, the Alabama Board of Education voted to eliminate the Alabama High School Graduation Exam, replacing the test with a series of end-of-course exams. More importantly, the board decided to fund an opportunity for every high school junior in the state of Alabama to take the ACT one time. Although the administrators of the ACT and SAT offer fee waivers for eligible students, the process is lengthy. We hope that Alabama students, who will be required to take the ACT to earn a diploma, will take advantage of the opportunity. Tommy Bice, Alabama’s deputy superintendent, said other states have found that required testing sometimes serves as an inspiration to students who thought college to be unreachable. We hope a similar phenomenon hap-pens here. But the state needs to do more than simply allow students to take a test to enter college. The state needs to help students make a higher education attainable. Cutting funding for major public institutions, like the University of Alabama, is not a way to encourage edu-cational growth. The state should look at revamping the PACT program, and, as we have said time and again, Alabama needs to adopt an education lottery. Helping students to take an entrance test is a good start. Let’s prepare students for college and help them endure the admissions process. But let’s finish strong. Let’s help them pay for an education.

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“For the length of the Bush administration, the president’s ‘cowboy diplomacy’ did little to

strengthen ties for the long run.”{ }the world stage, shouldering the burden of many of the world’s toughest challenges, especially the economy. But we’re in an interesting position right now. The global economy is struggling with the prospects for a long-term U.S. eco-nomic rebound staggeringly low. China’s economic forecast, while not rosy, is slightly better. The key to China’s long-term success is education. The Chinese are graduating students infinitely more proficient in math and sci-ence than American students. (India also poses a long-term competitive threat in this regard.) Sure, the U.S. must rebuild its broken economy if it wants to solidify its standing as the stron-gest economic player in the game. But the real area of focus must be education. The United States must change its national math and sci-ence curriculum, focusing on early education and interactive learn-ing, to compete with China and India in the long-run. Then – and only then – can the U.S. assuredly maintain its posi-tion atop the world’s economic lad-der. But what about foreign policy? How can Sino-American rela-tions be improved to ensure peace among the two major powers in the coming decades? The foremost answer is simple: Improve our diplomatic ties with China. For the length of the Bush administration, the president’s “cowboy diplomacy” did little to strengthen ties for the long run. Unilateral action and unpopular

engagement in the Middle East did little to build a concrete and stable relationship with our global neighbors in the Far East. Fortunately, Obama, in one of his first and most impressive dis-plays of pragmatism, selected Gov. John Huntsman, R-Utah, to serve as ambassador to China. This was, I believe, the first step towards engaging one of America’s chief competitors with the hope of establishing a new ally, not just maintaining a status quo relation-ship. The key to the Huntsman-Obama strategy must be encour-aging a strengthened economic relationship between the two powers while moderating arms buildups and military expan-sions. Ultimately, the U.S. must maintain a positive policy in this regard while not shying away from discouraging Chinese abuses of human rights and ties to rogue states like North Korea. A constructive and mutually-beneficial relationship between the U.S. and China isn’t optional. It’s crucial for a peaceful and pros-perous 21st century. We should all be pleased with the recent U.S. image boost on the world stage. But we shouldn’t stop working until China is openly eager, like European countries, to rebuild and solidify long-term partnerships. Perhaps then we can build one of the strongest allianc-es the world has ever seen.

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The UA chapter of Sustained Dialogue, a focus group concen-trating on discussions regard-ing various cultural, social and racial issues on campus, is encouraging students to apply for the 2009-10 academic year. SD meets twice a month and serves as an open forum for conversation and discussions. Participants will expand view-points on obstacles applicable around campus while discover-ing possible solutions for each issue. Beverly G. Hawk, the Crossroads Community Center director, said, “SD is about try-ing to find out where each per-son is coming from and why they think what they think and why they say what they say. It is not about debating and seeing who’s right and who’s wrong.” The Sustained Dialogue Campus Network is a project of The International Institute for Sustained Dialogue. In 1999, stu-dents began using a unique pro-cess called Sustained Dialogue to proactively improve race relations on college campuses, according to sustaineddialogue.org. “SD is really special because it was founded by students, it’s led by students and there are student mediators,” Hawk said. “I think the key to being a great student organization is to be building your commu-

nity in ways that are different than going to class, writing papers and following the rules. It gives students a global skill set so they can get the most out of their relationships with all walks of life.” The Crossroads Community Center and the Office of Community Affairs worked to offer students this program five years ago. Alabama was the first school in the southeast to offer SD. There are currently 14 schools nationwide with an SD program. “Sustained Dialogue emerged at the University of Alabama due to the recognized need for intercultural discus-sion on our campus,” said SD president Ben Burch, a senior double majoring in biology and economics. “Through SD, we strive to positively impact our camps through the facilitation of peaceful, constructive discus-sions that address issues perti-nent to our campus and com-munity.” SD is an opportunity for par-ticipants to interact and under-stand others who they normally do not. SD also educates stu-dents with the necessary social skills required for diverse situa-tions. Participants will be split in groups of eight to 12 people, all dependent upon community diversity. Two student modera-tors have been trained by the Sustained Dialogue Campus Network to ensure the group’s

dialog is healthy and respectful. “[Moderators] are great. They are so insightful about why people say the things they say and understanding others,” Hawk said. “They are very wise and are going to be great lead-ers.” Bo Cartwright, a senior majoring in general business administration, said, “This pro-gram is a positive for this cam-pus because it makes students more aware of other races and their problems and concerns. It allows you to voice your prob-lems and concerns as well.” According to the SDBama Web site, the UA program dif-fers from others in two ways: It focuses on transforming the relationships that cause prob-lems, create conflict and block change. Sustained Dialogue works with – in a carefully defined concept of relation-ship – both an analytical and an operational tool for SD modera-tors. Secondly, since relation-ships change only over time, SD is presented as a five-stage process. The stages act as guide to moderators and participants and are not meant to be inter-preted as a rigid template. Applications are due Sept. 25 and can be found online at sdbama.org. For more infor-mation, contact Ben Burch, SD president at sdbama@gmail.com or stop by the Cross Roads Community Center, Ferguson Center Room 232.

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Reyes said she is not only encouraging SGA members and other students to volun-teer with the network but to also to use the resource the Safe Zone network provides. “This is a great resource, especially for freshman who are LGBTQ,” Reyes said. “A lot of times students feel iso-lated because they don’t know who they can talk to. Nobody, especially the University,

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After a UA football game, hundreds of students ven-ture to parties around cam-pus and Tuscaloosa to cel-ebrate the Crimson Tide — win or lose. Getting to a party isn’t usually the issue. It’s coming back from it. Since its beginning two years ago, 348-RIDE was stu-dents’ safe option for getting a ride back to their apart-ment, house or dorm with-out the risk of walking back alone late at night or drink-ing and driving. However, because of 348-RIDE’s popularity, the wait time for a ride increased to approximately 40 minutes, causing many students to choose driving or walking as an easier option. 348-RIDE Express, which runs from 9 p.m. till 3:30 a.m. Thursday through Sunday, was created to alleviate these problems and to provide the infrastructure for 348-RIDE to make it run more efficient-ly, said James Fowler, vice president of external affairs for SGA. 348-RIDE Express was publicized leading up to the weekend and had its official ribbon cutting Sept. 10. Improving the Crimson Ride system was part of Fowler’s platform when he ran for vice president of external affairs during SGA elections last spring. “I wanted to make sure we could improve 348-RIDE,” Fowler said. “On the cam-paign, I was able to talk to students one-on-one and see what we could improve.” Director of the division of financial affairs for auxiliary services Gina Johnson said working with the SGA to get the program on its feet went well. Fowler said when the project began he wanted to collect as much data as pos-sible so he and his team went through every call to 348-RIDE to see where the most popular stops were. He said

by November of last year approximately 63 percent of calls to 348-RIDE were to these in-system stops. Johnson said transporta-tion and auxiliary services was in full support of this program. “We are really excited about it,” Johnson said. “348-RIDE has been overwhelmed this semester. We’ve had about seven times as many calls this year as last year.” 348-RIDE Express stops at Bryce Lawn Drive, Gorgas, Lakeside Diner, 4th Street and 12th Avenue, Tutwiler Hall and Burke, which are all already a part of various Crimson Ride bus routes. This past weekend was the first weekend that 348-RIDE Express was up and fully running. Fowler said almost 500 students used the service on Thursday night, and he expects those numbers to rise as word of the service travels. Approximately 2,200 stu-dents in total used 348-RIDE Express this weekend, Fowler said. The 348-RIDE service will still be available for students although it will no longer stop at the stops that are now on the 348-RIDE Express route, Fowler said. 348-RIDE provides ser-vice to the area between Greensboro Avenue to the West, 15th Street to the South, Helen Keller Boulevard to the east and Jack Warner Parkway to the north, according to the Crimson Ride website. “From hearsay, wait times for 348-RIDE were drastical-

ly reduced,” Fowler said. He said the wait time for the 348-RIDE Express was always at or under 10 minutes “We really to encour-age people to ride it,” said SGA spokeswoman Anne Elizabeth Davis. “It’s here to help all the students and make the students’ lives eas-ier.” Fowler said after late foot-ball games, such as the FIU game this past weekend, the Express buses will get run-ning as quickly as possible. During the time that 348-RIDE Express is not running because of game day needs, 348-RIDE will service all areas including the 348-RIDE Express stops. Fowler said 348-RIDE Express was a success. “We’ve had such positive feedback in so many areas,” Fowler said. “Everybody agreed this is the way to do it,” Davis said. “We’re just pumped.”

By Victor LuckersonStaff Reporter

The health care debate has raged across news stations, town hall meetings and con-gressional debates since the start of summer. On Thursday a group of UA professors brought the discussion to cam-pus in honor of Constitution Day. A health care panel compris-ing of professors from several different departments con-vened in Lloyd Hall to discuss the constitutionality of plans for national health care cover-age and to answer students’ and community members’ questions. Panelists included Joseph Smith, political science profes-sor; Bryan Fair, law professor and Tony Freyer, a professor in both the history department and the law school. David Lanoue, chair of the depart-ment of political science, served as the panel moderator. There are currently sev-eral different health care bills being discussed in Congress. Some call for universal cov-erage with fines or taxes for those that refuse to pay for health care. “It’s worth thinking about whether we want Congress to accomplish absolutely any-thing via a tax,” Smith said. Fair said he was in favor of

a plan to offer all Americans health care coverage. “I don’t know many people who don’t want health care,” he said. “I know what it means to me, I know what it means to my daughter, and I know what it means to people who don’t have it.” The panel also extensively discussed general theories of constitutional interpreta-tion. Much constitutional debate stems from interpre-tation of the “necessary and proper” clause in Article I of the Constitution, which grants Congress ambiguous author-ity to assert its power. Some argue that the clause grants Congress a great deal of power within reason, while others say it limits Congress’s author-ity mostly to what is explicitly stated in the Constitution. “Today, it becomes a ques-tion of what do five people on the Supreme Court say,” Fair said. A universal health care program could potentially be viewed as a violation of a citizen’s freedom of religion, as some faiths bar their fol-lowers from seeking medical care. However, Freyer said it was unlikely the courts would recognize such a specific situa-tion. Freyer said he was sure that some legislation would be passed because of people’s

sense of economic insecurity and the feeling that the cur-rent health care system is bro-ken. Leaders of some states, such as Minnesota Gov. Timothy Pawlenty, have spoken of using the 10th Amendment as a means of opting out of a national, government-run health care program. The 10th Amendment grants pow-ers not explicitly given to the national government to state governments. However, the amendment has held less and less weight as the nation has developed. “We’re either a Union or we’re not,” Fair said. “The 10th Amendment is often abused as a political device. It’s a very dangerous argument. It doesn’t have to be health care. It could be any issue.” Freyer said it would be impossible for a state to opt out of the health care pro-gram because all states have already accepted so much fed-eral money through programs such as Social Security and Medicaid. Though the panelists expect some action to be taken by Congress, everyone on the panel agreed that private health care plans would not be eliminated in the United States. “There’s not a snowball’s chance,” Freyer said.

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my mother and father at a Taking Back Sunday concert doing that horn thing,” said Ashley Hendricks, a freshman double majoring in criminal justice and Spanish. “This is my freshman year and I would have liked to experience the Homecoming concert,” said Taylor Hess, a freshman majoring mechanical engineering. “But my parents will be here this weekend, and I don’t want to ditch them to go to a concert the first night they are in town.” Knox-Hall said there is a pos-

sibility of a later concert. SGA vice president of stu-dent affairs Tyler Valeska said although it is parents’ weekend, it’s hard to accommodate 28,000 students’ schedules. “With as many students as we have here on campus now, there is always going to be something going on,” Valeska said. “I think the motivation to move the concert to Friday is because Homecoming is such a busy week that University Programs wanted to allow stu-dents the opportunity to enjoy both the concert and homecom-ing festivities,” Valeska said. Students have mixed opin-ions about the Homecoming

concert being moved to an ear-lier date. Jessica Geisen, a junior majoring in fashion retailing, is happy with the decision to have more focus placed on the events of Homecoming week. “Homecoming week has a lot of activities and having a con-cert prior to Homecoming gives something’s something else to do,” Geisen said. “The event scheduled for Friday night of Homecoming is a bonfire on the Quad that I’m sure will not last that late,” said Emily Phillips, a juinor major-ing in fashion retailing. “What are students supposed to do the rest of the night now that there isn’t a concert for us to attend?”

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The Whiskey River Band, a local cover band that plays anything from Alabama and Johnny Cash to Eric Church and Jamey Johnson, took their usual spot on the stage at Harry’s Bar Thursday night. The Whiskey River Band includes Dustin Franks, 26, of Brilliant, acoustic guitar and vocals; Tony Stidham, 27, from Hamilton, lead guitar; Stephen Jernigen, 21, from Mobile, fid-dle, vocals and mandolin; Zach Guffey, 25, of Grant, bass and vocals; Jud Babcock, 28, from Albertville, drums; and Tom Stolaski, 42, of Nile, Mich., pedal steel guitar, banjo and vocals. The band landed their week-ly spot at Harry’s after Franks and Stidham took a set list to the bar, and manager Randall Goldman gave them a full band show. “The first time we ever played as a full band, we made $1,161, and after that we thought we were going to be the next big thing,” Franks said. “I bet we didn’t make $1,161 the next six months after that,” he said with a laugh. Stidham and Franks, two of the original WRB members, started the band in the fall of 2004. “I left Montgomery with a guitar on my back because I was unhappy with a job, and I felt I needed to finish school, which I was three years into at

the University,” Franks said. “Me and Tony had previously played music on people’s back porches, and they seemed to enjoy us, so when I came back to town, we decided to see how we would be accepted on the bar scene. We practiced for a couple of months at Tony’s apartment, and we are still going.” WRB has had a few line-up changes since 2004, but the band’s current members have been playing together for almost three years. The band has been quite successful in the Tuscaloosa area turning out large crowds at local bars and fraternity parties. “I think people keep com-ing back because we’re just regular guys playing music,” Babcock said. “We just go to hang out and play music, I think peo-ple enjoy the laid-back atmo-sphere,” Jernigan added. Several of WRB’s fans said they go to Harry’s every Thursday because of good music and good friends. “I go because I love the music, and it’s so much fun because my friends are there,” said Hillary Townson, a junior majoring in public relations. “The guys really put on a good show and I never get tired of going to see them.” Guffey said some of the best musical experiences with WRB come from being able to constantly play a wide variety of shows. “I think part of it is it being able to play on a consistent

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basis,” he said. “From college bars and fraternity parties to hometown bars and festivals, the range of shows is big.” WRB’s lights and sound manager Chuck Williamson said he was fortunate to work with the band. “They are some of the nic-est and most talented guys I’ve ever met,” Williamson said. The band members said the best thing about being in WRB

is getting to play music for a living. “It started out as being fun, luckily it’s been substantial to keep us doing it and we’re still enjoying ourselves,” Guffey said. “Someone once told me, ‘If you love what you do, you’ll never have to work a day in your life.’ It’s a job, but it’s one of the most fun jobs you could have.” “We’re so lucky to be able to be doing something we love and making money at it,” Stidham said. For more information on The

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Aliens are coming to the University. The UA Theatre depart-ment is staging a production of Constance Congdon’s play “The Tales of the Lost Formicans” on Monday. The play will be performed in the Allen Bales Theatre located in Rowand-Johnson Hall at 7:30 each night through Friday. There also will be two final showings on Sept. 27, one at 5:30 p.m. and again at 7:30 p.m. The play lasts for about two hours. “The Tales of the Lost Formicans” focuses on a fam-ily in Midwest suburbia whose father has come down with early onset Alzheimer’s. The daughter of the family moves home to help her mother take care of her sick father, and the entire time the family is being observed by aliens. The word “Formican” comes from how the aliens observe the people gathering around Formica, a trademarked material used for construction of items such as tabletops. The aliens y, played by Glenn Halcomb and Christine Chun, make all of their assumptions

about humanity based on this one family and their problems. Throughout the play there is an underlying theme of how communication is broken down between the family members, which is suppose to reflect how communication is broken down in society. “I would consider it a dark comedy,” said Peter Hill, who is playing the father. “It is almost like laughing at the ridiculous-ness of life itself. ” “The aliens are hilarious,” said Matthew Burkholder, director of the play. “I think that just the absurdity of the play makes me laugh.” The play set up is supposed to reflect the way Alzheimer’s disease affects patients. It is fast-paced and fragmented, with 34 scenes in act one and 24 in act two. One of the challenges the cast faced was the fact they have only had four weeks to get ready for the show, which is a fairly short amount of time to get prepared for a play. “I hadn’t read the script before we started, and God knows how many times I have read it since then,” Hill said. “It is definitely a fast-paced way to put the show up. I think it

By Jamie LyonsStaff Writer

The Avett Brothers will play to a sold-out crowd at the Bama Theatre at 7 p.m. Sunday. Tuscaloosa is just one stop on the band’s tour to promote their new album, titled “I and Love and You.” This new album is number 12 in the band’s discography, and fans have been quick to show their support on their official Web Site — theavettbrothers.com. The Avett Brothers officially formed in 2001, with the addi-tion of standup bassist Bob Crawford. But Seth and Scott Avett had been dabbling in

music for years by that time and had previously played as a duo in a neo-punk band, Nemo. The addition of Crawford segued the band into the more folksy, acoustic sound that the band is known for today. According to the band’s biography, “the Avett Brothers are a grassroots phenom-enon, built from the ground up.” Before signing with Rick Rubin of American Recordings in 2008, the band had already released five full-length albums under their manager’s label, Ramseur Records. One EP, The Gleam II, climbed the Billboard’s Top Albums chart to No. 82, an impressive feat for an inde-

pendently released album with little national publicity. The brothers are undoubted-ly gifted in the realm of music. Scott and Seth play primar-ily banjo and acoustic guitar, respectively, but both also play piano and drums. They work to cultivate their skills as song-writers, both separately and collectively. Will Hamm, a senior major-ing in music education, said he is going to the concert on Sunday to see the band play for a second time. “I saw them live last year, and that’s when I really became a fan. Their connection with the audience is good, and they are great performers,” Hamm said.

He said the band uses folk style instruments “but are very versatile and can play rock songs or Latin sounding songs as well.” Russ Peters, a junior major-ing in business management, said he was introduced to the Avett Brothers by his sister and had seen the band twice before. “They are very energetic…jumping around and stomp-ing and getting the crowd hyped up while they play their music,” Peters said. He said he likes their “catchy songs” and “how dedi-cated they are to their fans.” The Avett Brothers are no strangers to playing for a sold-

out crowd. They have previ-ously played in Tuscaloosa at Jupiter Bar and Grill, and with their growing popularity, they have since outgrown the venue. Kendall Maffet is direc-tor of marketing for Outback Concerts, the promoter for this event. He describes the change in venues as a “natural progression” for the band in Tuscaloosa. “The band typically attracts a very young, hip crowd,” Maffet said, “and in some mar-kets, such as Tuscaloosa, it’s primarily a college audience.” He said he was excited for the band to return to Tuscaloosa for another sold-out show.

Avett Brothers sell out Bama Theatre

‘Formicans’ invade Rowand-Johnson

might be a better way to put it together though, so you don’t second guess yourself as much or second guess the process.” “Because it is a science fic-tion play, one of the things that it gives us is an allow-ance to explore ourselves,” Burkholder said. “If you look at any of the great science fic-tion, for example ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Star Trek,’ ‘I-Robot,’ you will see that they all give us a way to explore humanity.” The tickets are on sale now

at the Rowand-Johnson box office, and the ticket prices are set at $10. People interested in seeing the show should buy their tickets as soon as pos-sible because they are selling out fast, participants in the play said. The play includes adult themes and subject matter, and parental guidance is sug-gested. All patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket and children five and under are not permitted in the theatre.

Submitted PhotoChristine Chun, Glenn Halcomb and Peter Hill rehearse a scene from “The Tales of the Lost Formicans.”

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• When: Sunday at 7 p.m.

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The Alabama men’s ten-nis team kicks off its fall schedule this weekend in Athens, Ga., for the Southern Intercollegiate Tournament, which is the South’s oldest fall tournament. In the fall season, the Crimson Tide will send play-ers to six different tourna-ments. Because the fall isn’t as busy as the spring, players said they have more time to work on fitness and technique. “The spring goes really fast,” senior Saketh Myneni said. “In the fall you have more time. Our strength coaches put on more effort in the fall, working you out. Offseason, they can put you on more workout, and recovering wise, it gives you more time.” The team also uses the fall to go over the fundamentals and focus on specific areas that they don’t have time to emphasize during the spring. “We have a little bit less pressure in terms of trying to make adjustments in our game,” head coach Billy Pate said. “If there’s a technical adjustment we have to make to a guy’s game, we can do that in the fall a little bit eas-ier. In the spring, our instruc-tions to the guys are simple and straight forward.”

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UA AthleticsSaketh Myneni serves against Boise State in last year's regional tournament. Myneni, now a senior, will look to replace leader-ship the Tide lost from last year's seniors.

Over the course of the fall, the team will travel to play various schools such as Harvard and Tulane. In addi-tion to traveling to six differ-ent tournaments, the Tide will also host a tournament in Tuscaloosa in October. Not everyone will be able to play in every tourna-ment. Each player is only allotted a certain number of matches they can play, which includes both fall and spring matches. There currently are two injured players, fresh-men Harris Barnard and Ian Chadwell, who are using the fall to rest and recover. “You have to strategically decide who’s going where and how many,” Pate said. “It var-ies who goes where, but we’re trying to take basically every-body to this weekend and to Harvard and, of course, our tournament.” With five seniors gradu-ated, the squad suddenly has transformed into a young team, Pate said. Regardless, Pate still is confident in the Tide’s abilities. “That’s just part of it, you lose key seniors, and we just happened to lose five at one time. Now suddenly we’re a lot of new faces. But we’ve got a lot of talent,” he said. Myneni, from remembering his own freshman year, hopes to make the newcomers feel especially welcome. “I know how it is,” he said. “When I was in their shoes and I was a freshman, there were like five juniors and seniors. It was fun. I never thought I was a freshman. That’s how I want them to feel.” Though the team only has two freshmen on the team now, Pate said he expects one or two more to join the team in January. Additionally, red-shirt freshman Michael Davis also will be eligible to compete in the fall. The fall season also will influence the team’s NCAA ranking for the spring. Not to mention, it gives the team a

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UA AthleticsTide freshman Jennifer Kirby hoists the trophy for winning the Royale Cup Canadian Junior Girls Championship.

By J.D. CowartStaff Writer

The Alabama women’s golf team is young but quickly gain-ing much needed experience and leadership. With only two seniors on the roster, the team is still searching for the other women to emerge as leaders throughout the season. One of the girls expected to take that role head-on is true freshman Jennifer Kirby. Kirby, an Ontario native, comes to the Capstone as one of the most highly touted and recruited amateur Canadian golfers in recent memory. “Alabama just showed the most interest in me during my recruiting process,” Kirby said. “On my visit I loved the girls on the team and really appreciated the coaches and facilities available at Alabama, and my decision was easy after that.” With the addition of Kirby, the Crimson Tide adds a top-grade player. Her resume includes wins at the Women’s Ontario Amateur Tournament, Women’s Ontario Junior Tournament, Women’s Canadian Amateur Tournament, and the Women’s Canadian Junior Tournament. She also just recently won her first national victory at Royale Cup Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship, shooting a 6-under-par 282. “Winning the bigger tourna-ments before my college career began was very helpful,” Kirby said. “They helped me develop

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my confidence and maturity so that I could perform well once my college career began.” Her college career kicked off two weekends ago at the

NGCA Hooter’s Match Play Championship in Daytona Beach, Fla., where she helped the Tide finish sixth overall. “I gained great experi-

ence from the Match Play Championship,” Kirby said “It helped me get the feel of a college tour, which was some-thing that I obviously hadn’t experienced before. It also allowed me to develop how I should play on the college tour.” Kirby said she “tends to look to some of my older team-mates to see how they manage themselves while in play and learn from their reactions.” Junior Camilla Lennarth and sophomore Brooke Pancake are some of the players who bring that much needed expe-rience to the team, as lead-ers will continue to emerge throughout the year. Kirby said her goals for this year’s team are high. “I want to have a score that counts in every match we play, and just overall play well in order to help the team reach our ultimate goal of winning the [Southeastern Conference] championship,” she said. The Tide finished second in the SEC last year, but with new additions such as Kirby, along with standouts like Lennarth and Pancake, the team’s goals and expectations remain high. The Tide tees off again Sept. 25 and 26 at the Mason Rudolph Women’s Championship in Franklin, Tenn. Alabama will use the tournament to con-tinue to fine tune its skills in preparation for tournaments later in the season. “I just want to try and moti-vate others and help as much as possible,” Kirby said.

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Nails’ Trent Reznor, have takenup Ticketmaster’s paperlesstickets. Nine Inch Nails’ Website called the move “an effortto keep tickets in the hands ofthe fans and out of the hands ofbrokers/scalpers.” The resale system debutedthis month at Penn State’s col-lege football season openerand is likely headed for othercollegiate stadiums. The university’s trial of thesystem cut reselling dramati-cally, partly because a cap wasput on the price for which tick-ets could be resold. The system involved 21,000season tickets for the NittanyLions’ eight home games,which for years have beenreserved for full-time PennState students. The ticketsare highly prized becausethey come at a big discountand Beaver Stadium is usu-ally packed to its capacity of108,000. Students can buy seasontickets for about $240, or $30 pergame (counting Ticketmasterfees), and up until a coupleweeks ago, there had been aprofitable market for resellingthat package to other studentsfor as much as $1,400. Penn State capped the num-ber of games students couldresell at six. It also limited theresale price per game to $60,or about twice the face valueand fees on the original tickets.

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