Volume 81, Issue 5Sept. 27, 2012 www.FlorAla.net Student newspaper of the University of North Alabama

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Police closer to catching home intruder

Florence Police are getting one step closer to catching the man who reported-ly is breaking into apartments and homes of young women around the city, offi cials said.

The suspect is entering homes through sliding glass doors and other means, po-

lice offi cials said. Most recently, a man reportedly entered an apartment in Sum-mit Ridge Apartments off Helton Drive and sexually abused a young woman.

“We feel like we have got evidence in this that we are going to get this guy,” said Florence police Chief Ron Tyler.

Florence Police and Crimestoppers are offering $1,000 to anyone who can give police information that leads to an

arrest in this case, Tyler said. Tyler said the reward is to get the public involved in catching the man or men responsible for the attacks around Florence.

Police feel like they have evidence leading to a suspect they have been look-ing at, but because of the wait time to get evidence back from the Alabama Depart-

FLORENCE POLICE

JOSH SKAGGS

GROWINʼ ON UP

With the addition of Panera Bread Co., Publix Supermarkets, Gander Mountain and restaurants like Buffalo Wild Wings, students are excited about the growth of the Cox Creek Parkway business area on the eastern side of Florence.

With an opening set for late fall, Pub-lix will be located where Hibbett Sport-ing Goods and Books-A-Million were formerly located on the corner of Cox Creek Parkway and Hough Road.

“I grew up in a city, so I like that we have a Panera,” said Alicia Revelle, a se-

LOCAL BUSINESS

photo by KAYLA SLOAN I Chief Photographer

Patrons eat lunch in Panera Bread Co. on Cox Creek Pkwy. Panera Bread, Publix Supermarkets, Gander Mountain and Ross Clothing are among a few businesses that have recently decided to call Florence home.

Students excited about Florence growth, addition of new businesses on Cox Creek Pkwy. JOSH SKAGGS

CAMPUS POLICE

Man charged with public lewdness in parking deck

JOSH SKAGGS

UNA Police arrested a man Sept. 24 at approximately 9 a.m. after he allegedly exposed himself on cam-pus, offi cials said.

John Cam-eron Crouch, 21, was booked in the L a u d e r d a l e County De-tention Center on charges of public lewd-ness, offi cials said.

UNA police Chief Bob Pastula said the man claimed he was urinat-ing in the stairwell of the parking deck in the northern part of campus.

Offi cers found no evidence that Crouch had urinated in the parking deck, according to reports.

The victim found Crouch in the stairwell with his pants unzipped. He then allegedly exposed himself to the victim, according to police reports.

The victim, a UNA student, alerted police of Crouch after she encountered him in one of the stair-wells, offi cials said.

Offi cials were not immediately sure why Crouch was on campus, or in the parking deck. Crouch is not enrolled as a UNA student, offi cials said.

Reports indicate that Crouch said he was looking for his girlfriend’s sister in the parking deck.

Crouch has been trespassed from the UNA campus, according to po-lice reports. Crouch changed his story several times as to why he was on campus to police, according to reports.

After his arrest, Crouch was pos-itively identifi ed as the suspect, ac-cording to reports.

If the suspect is convicted, in-decent exposure is a class C misde-meanor punishable by not more than three months in jail, according to the Alabama criminal code.

Crouch was released on bond the same day.

CROUCH

”I LIKE THAT FLORENCE IS TRYING TO MAKE ITSELF INTO A COLLEGE COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF A

RETIREMENT COMMUNITY.

ALICIA REVELLE

NEWS Sept. 27, 2012 • The Flor-Ala2A

UNA’s Feeding the Pride food pantry has offi cially opened to students in GUC 225c in the Student Government Asso-ciation’s chambers room. The pantry of-fers students a week’s supply of food at a time through online request.

The pantry is a result of UNA student Julia Henderson’s efforts over the last two years.

“I was out to eat with some of my fellow (resident advisers) last year, and we talked about how some people were stealing food from their roommates,” she said. “So, I said it wouldn’t be a problem

if we had a food pantry on campus.”After Henderson met with student

engagement offi cials all last spring and summer and researched other universi-ties’ food pantries, UNA’s Feeding the Pride pantry opened at the beginning of this semester.

“So far, it’s really done better than I thought it would,” she said. “We have 20 registered users so far. They have to fi ll out a fi rst-time user form, which is a lot like the information you have to put on a standardized test.”

Henderson, recipient of the Contri-bution to Campus Life Scholarship, said she’s happy to help out even one person with the pantry.

“We’re averaging about one person

per time we’re open,” she said. “But, the way I look at it, even if we only help one person, that was still someone who needed it.”

Opening and operating the pantry has been a learning experience, Henderson said.

“There’s no real way to assess the need on campus other than through mine and my friends’ experiences,” she said. “So, I kind of went into this blindly.”

The pantry’s services are for students who struggle to afford food, Henderson said. Food for the pantry is provided by Collier Library’s donations for its canned food amnesty program and outside dona-

STUDENT LIFE

Feeding the Pride

Food pantry opens, accepts donations

photo by KAYLA SLOAN I Chief Photographer

The Feeding the Pride food pantry, located in GUC 225c, stocks food received from donations to give to students who are in need. UNA student Julia Henderson worked for the past two years to open the pantry on campus this fall semester.

ALEX LINDLEY

ACADEMICS

Sociology department changes name

The UNA Department of Sociology offi cially changed its name to the Depart-ment of Sociology and Family Studies Sept. 14.

The change was made to better refl ect the courses of study that the department offers, said Dr. Jerri Bullard, chair of the sociology department.

“Several years ago we implemented a family studies minor, in order to broaden the knowledge base of our students,” she said, “We realized that we wanted students to know that the family studies fi eld is part of what we do.”

Opportunities for careers in family studies have increased in recent years; many students who acquire a background

in family studies go on to fi nd jobs in so-cial service agencies, religious organi-zations and organizations involved with children, Bullard said.

Dr. Amber Paulk, assistant professor of sociology, said members of the depart-ment are excited about the expansion.

“I believe it fi lls a niche that was missing,” Paulk said.

Paulk said some sociology courses have been slightly restructured as part of the expansion. A new course, called Fam-ily Life Education, is also being offered.

The Court Appointed Special Advo-cate (CASA) program is one of many organizations that hires individuals with backgrounds in family studies; CASA serves as advocates for children involved in court cases, including child custody cases, Paulk said.

“They develop a relationship with the child,” she said. “They can make rec-ommendations for that child and be that child’s voice in the court system.”

BRANDON CONLEY

”I BELIEVE (THE EXPANSION) FILLS A NICHE THAT WAS MISSING.

AMBER PAULK

STUDENT LIFE

Transfer students face

unique challenges

Adjusting to college life is a try-ing process and can at times seem over-whelming and lonely. Experiencing that as an upperclassman is even more chal-lenging—just ask the 601 new transfer students around campus this semester.

Transfer students make up a large per-centage of the study body at UNA. Of the 601 new transfers, 467 came from in-state institutions, 120 from out-of-state, and 14 from out-of-country, said Molly Vaughn, coordinator of analytical services.

Every transfer student has the op-tion of going through transfer SOAR, an orientation intentionally separated from freshman students. The idea of this is to help them, as upperclassmen, escape a freshman mentality, said Kim Mauldin, director of the offi ce of admissions.

This can be a challenge, said UNA ju-nior Seth Harbison.

Harbison transferred to UNA after earning an associate’s degree at Snead State Community College. He was at-tracted to the audio production program at UNA and is happy that he made the switch. He said, however, that it is hard not to feel like a freshman while adjusting to an unfamiliar place.

“I have to remind myself that I’m still

a junior and already halfway through with college,” he said.

The top fi ve feeder schools are com-munity colleges: Northwest-Shoals, Cal-houn, Northeast Mississippi, Hawamba and Bevel State. Some students, albeit a small percentage, travel oceans rather than just counties in order to arrive.

Kihyun Kim, an exchange student from Soongsil University in South Ko-rea, came to UNA on a one-year student exchange program. In addition to the ad-justments of traditional transfer students, Kim has the challenge of a language bar-rier to overcome. Despite being taught English since elementary school, conver-sational English is still a challenge, he said.

For that reason, Kim chose UNA because only fi ve other Koreans are en-rolled.

“If I go to the American universities which have many Koreans, I don’t think I can learn English well and don’t have many chances to meet and talk with for-

ELISE COFIELD

”I HAVE TO REMIND MYSELF THAT IʼM STILL A JUNIOR AND

ALREADY HALFWAY THROUGH WITH COLLEGE.

SETH HARBISON

NEWSSept. 27, 2012 • The Flor-Ala 3A

UNA, in conjunction with Sak Brothers, opened a new apartment com-plex on Graham Avenue to students this semester.

Grandview Campus Apartments, which was remodeled by Sak Brothers, are currently being leased to students at $599 per student.

“Right now we’ve got two of the buildings open–one being completely open, one (where) we still have a few apartments that are offl ine, but we’ve got some that are ready to go,” said Au-drey Mitchell, director of housing.

The apartments, which come fully furnished except for any bedroom fur-niture, are located close enough to the campus that students will be able to ride a bike or walk there instead of drive, Mitchell said.

The apartments include a fully-fur-nished kitchen and living room, a bath-room for each person, a washer and dryer in each apartment, and outside courtyard areas for grilling and tailgating.

“Back toward the back (of the build-ing), you’ve got a nice pavilion area that will be done, built-in grills—the whole nine yards,” Mitchell said. “Students can actually use that, have parties. It makes a wonderful hangout area.”

The apartments have been under construction over the summer and are fi nally opening to university students.

While owned by Sak Brothers rather than the university, UNA is doing its

best to ensure that students are happy with the apartments, Mitchell said.

However, the cost could be a con-cern with some students.

“(The price) was set by the owner—the university didn’t have anything to do with setting the price because this is not university-owned,” Mitchell said. “Only university students can live there because it’s us that are managing it. But the property itself—all the renovation and construction—that is done by the owner.”

The new apartments will be conve-nient for students, said Jimmy Waddell, assistant director of housing.

“You take a student, say, from Flor-ida coming here,” Waddell said. “They have limited ways of bringing an apart-ment full of furniture, so they come here and all they have to worry about is get-ting a bed. So it makes it convenient for them.”

The rent is set separately for how many people are living in the apartment. If a student loses a roommate for what-ever reason, they are only obligated to pay their portion, Waddell said.

“You’re responsible for your rent; your roommate is responsible for theirs,” Mitchell said. “If anything hap-pens, you don’t have to assume that part of the rent.”

The apartments are located at the 700 block of Graham Avenue and fea-ture a fully-furnished apartment (except for bedroom), private bathroom for each resident, 42-inch television, UNA shut-tle bus routes and more.

CAMPUS LIVING

New campus apartments open

photo by COURTNEY JONES I Student Photographer

The new campus apartments, located in the 700 block of Graham Avenue, Florence, cost students $599 a month and are pre-furnished.

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...A LITTLE BIASED

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nior majoring in Entertainment Busi-ness and Marketing. “I like that Florence is trying to make itself into a college community, instead of making it into a retirement community.”

Revelle said she is excited that busi-nesses are deciding to plant roots in Florence but sad she is graduating in De-cember and will not fully benefi t from the new shops and eateries.

“I travel out (to Cox Creek Parkway) to go shopping because I go to Target a lot,” she said.

UNA senior Amanda Bliss echoes Revelle’s excitement.

“I defi nitely think it is good growth,” Bliss said. “We need more diversity as far as places like (Panera) go.”

Bliss said when she fi rst moved to the area from Pennsylvania all she could fi nd were chain stores. She said she is excited that the growth on Cox Creek Parkway will also allow for more di-verse stores and restaurants to come to Florence.

“Nothing against the South, but chit-terlings, cow tongues and pigs feet (are) not food,” Bliss said.

Bliss said she is excited about healthy and organic food options that Publix has to offer.

“From when I moved here in 2008, it’s a lot better, because when I moved here from Orlando I was just surprised there were not as many options,” Rev-elle said.

In recent months businesses like Demos’ Restaurant and Crocodile Ed’s Fish Market have decided to close or cut back on services offered, but Rev-elle said she thinks that growth on Cox Creek Parkway will come and go just like in any city.

Gander Mountain, an outdoor and hunting specialty store, has already opened for business on Seville Street, just behind the new Publix location.

Revelle said she is excited that Gan-der Mountain is open, but being so close to Dick’s Sporting Goods may end up being too competitive for both busi-nesses.

“There are a lot of businesses that are the same (in that area),” she said.

FEATURESept. 27, 2012 • The Flor-Ala 5A

ment of Forensic Services in Hunts-ville, police are having to wait, Tyler said.

The suspect is very advanced in how he is getting in homes, Tyler said.

“He is keeping force to a minimum; you are not going to hear a window break or a door break,” Tyler said.

Tyler said the suspect is believed to be a white male that is approximately 6 feet tall.

Tyler said students should be smart when protecting themselves from intrud-ers.

“Just be a good neighbor,” he said. “If you see something that is suspicious or out of the ordinary, call us and let us know.”

Tyler said oftentimes a small pet such as a dog that barks is a great thing for students that live alone to have.

If anyone has information regarding the case, call police immediately, Tyler said.

photo by KAYLA SLOAN I Chief Photographer

A closed sign is displayed on the former O’Charley’s location on the corner of Cox Creek Parkway and Florence Boulevard. The restaraunt closed recently, but despite O’Charley’s closing, some students believe the area is experienc-ing an economic rebirth.

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Outdoor Adventures, a recreational program located in the Outdoor Adven-ture Center (OAC), has increased their campus presence this semester by host-ing slacklining and camping events near Collier Library.

The events serve to raise awareness for the program and the Outdoor Club RSO, said McKenzie Martin, club su-pervisor and director of Outdoor Adven-

tures.Martin, a UNA alumna, said she is

excited to be back in Florence and work-ing as the new director of Outdoor Ad-ventures. Martin said her fi rst task was to work on branding to strengthen the pro-gram’s campus identity.

“We just got our logo, which looks great, and we have begun to offer weekly programs for outdoor education,” Martin said. “We’re now starting a program on geocaching in the area, for example.”

These programs, every Thursday at

7 p.m. in the Outdoor Adventure Center, are meant to educate students about out-door conduct and activities. The classes will provide a fun opportunity for stu-dents with any level of interest to social-ize and get involved with outdoor activi-ties, Martin said.

“The center houses the educational aspects, while the Outdoor Club will pro-vide the opportunity to go out and do the fun stuff,” Martin said. “We are working on building a core student group right now so education will be the main focus for us at the center.”

The Outdoor Club and Outdoor Ad-ventures are working closely together to build a campus community for students interested in the outdoors. Martin said the Outdoor Club is largely controlled by the students, although she is the adviser.

“I think we like to focus on how beautiful our campus is,” Martin said, “A lot of people think ‘outdoor adventure’ means mountains and white water, but we have a great hiking and biking trails so close to campus.”

Martin said the Shoals area makes it easy to keep programs local and that all programs offered at the center are free to students.

“One thing we are looking to do at the center is to take our back yard and create a sustainable garden,” Martin said. “We will be learning from Urban Organ-ics, then training students so that we can eventually grow organic fruits and veg-etables. We’d like to have a student-run

farmers’ market one day as a way to give back to campus.”

In addition to these programs and having weekly slacklining on campus–2 to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays–the OAC also of-fers outdoor equipment for checkout. Jonathan Oliphant, a student employee of the OAC, says the equipment is of good quality and free to students.

“Anything you need to go on a small outdoor trip you can check out at the cen-ter,” Oliphant said. “We plan to eventu-ally teach kayak polo with our new kay-aks in the Flowers Hall pool. I’m pretty excited about that one.”

Oliphant, also a member of the Out-door Club, said the club intends to en-courage all students to consider being involved in the outdoors.

“If you have any remote interest in the outdoors, we’re always happy to hang out and hear what you like,” Oliph-ant said. “We can organize big trips with vans or just do stuff around town. It’s great because, since the club is a recog-nized student organization, we have ac-cess to allocation money.”

Christian Walker, a sophomore at UNA, recently joined the Outdoor Club to get plugged in on campus. In addition to outdoor events, Walker said he had other reasons for getting involved.

“My favorite thing about the club is by far the people, especially the staff at the OAC,” Walker said. “You will not fi nd a better group of people to have fun with.”

NEWS Sept. 27. 2012 • The Flor-Ala6A

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Outdoor Adventures ramps up campus presenceOUTDOORS

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UNA student Sarah Beth Simpson helps fellow student Jessica Colyer across a slackline at an Outdoor Club event held on campus Sept. 18.

PACE HOLDBROOKS

Paulk said students interested in fam-ily studies or related areas are welcome to consult her and other members of the department. Students can fi nd more in-formation at the Department of Sociol-ogy and Family Studies page at http://www.una.edu/sociology.

The sociology department is also de-veloping a program by which students can become Certifi ed Family Life Edu-cators. The National Council on Family Relations awards this certifi cation. The program is currently in the approval pro-cess, Bullard said.

Stay with The Flor-Ala for fu-ture campus departmental updates and changes.

eigners,” he said.UNA’s academic programs and loca-

tion are attractive to transfer students, Mauldin said.

“Transfer students tend to be more fo-cused and come here knowing what they want to major in, and I think the strength of our academic program carries a lot of weight,” Mauldin said. “Students also like the face-to-face contact that they get here that you can’t get online.”

All transfer students coming from a two-year public community college have access to STARS, an online program which guides them through course selec-tion.

While STARS may answer some aca-demic questions, Mauldin said transfer students have social and academic needs as well. Many social groups are formed freshman year, and becoming a part of those can be a challenge to some.

Some students remedy this by getting involved in clubs and organizations.

Britney Newby, a senior education major, transferred to UNA fall 2010 after two years at UAH. She said she felt UAH was not giving her the college experience she wanted, so she came to UNA know-ing almost no one.

Even after going through SOAR, she said she was not given direction on how to get involved.

“I would have liked to have known about the organizations,” Newby said. “I didn’t know how to fi nd them or what they were.

It took a while to get settled in, but it was worth it.”

tions.“We already have some people who

are regular users,” she said. “We even have some families.”

Henderson said she wants the pantry to feed students of all kinds.

“I want to acknowledge that many students are single parents or non-tradi-tionals,” she said. “It’s not just 20-some-things that are out there. We even have some baby food.”

The pantry is run on a completely volunteer basis, Henderson said.

“We’ve had so many volunteers,” she said. “And they just keep coming. Right now, we’ve got two student managers who have volunteered since the begin-ning. They have really shown initiative and dedication.”

Henderson said seeing so many vol-

unteers and donors offer their help to the pantry has given her pride in UNA.

“It has really reinforced my belief in UNA and the surrounding community,” she said. “The UNA community really is like a family. Family relies on family, and family helps family out.”

Hours of operation for the facility are Mondays from 4 to 6 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays from noon to 2 p.m. and Fri-days from 8 to 10 a.m.

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If I write absolutely nothing in this space, dear reader, you will have no idea what I intend to tell you.

It would certainly save a lot of time, effort and ink if I could just download my thoughts di-rectly into each of your brains. But that’s way more power than I deserve to have.

Anyway, unless you’re con-tent with having your thoughts rattle around in your head and listen to the echoes made by them bouncing off the insides of your skull, communication is crucial.

This may seem an intuitive and obvious statement, but in a relationship context, the idea gets ignored sometimes. I just recently encountered this issue in a personal context.

My wife and I have never

had an argument in the course of our relationship (knock on wood).

I believe this is because we examine any disagreement that could potentially turn sour until a clear solution that works for both of us emerges.

Sometimes, however, I’ll be bothered by something or other and try to hide it from her, pretend that it’s nothing.

I’m not very good at hiding, turns out. She can always tell. Then she becomes bothered by the fact that I’m bothered by something and won’t let her in to help.

It’s a terribly vicious cycle.If you think about it, the

idea of hiding your concerns from someone with whom you have a serious relationship is incredibly silly.

Why let someone into your life if you’re just going to take efforts to push them back out?

If you’re in a relationship and have something trouble on your mind, even if the trouble is about your signifi cant other, you should be able to express it to them.

It’s not like they’re going to scorn or ridicule you for being honest with them. If they do,

you’ve got bigger problems than your bottled-up emotions.

Don’t misunderstand me. Complaining, blaming and criticizing are not the same thing as effectively communi-cating your troubles.

Also, as stereotypical as it is, you should always say what you mean and mean what you say.

A solid, working relation-ship has no room for clever iro-ny that only serves to muddle and confuse a situation.

Another seemingly obvious point often ignored: it is not always about you.

That’s why it’s called a “relationship.” It is a process of relating with another human being and recognizing that you are a part of a whole.

Your feelings and opinions are completely valid and wor-thy of close attention, but so are your partners’.

Listening and understand-ing each other is equally as important being able to express yourselves fully and honestly.

Unfortunately, openness with your partner is not imme-diate but a process—a process that defi nitely deserves atten-tion and effort.

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On-campus plan has flaws

In a press release last week, UNA President William Cale announced that the adminis-tration will force fi rst-time, full-time freshmen to live on campus starting fall 2014—vaguely citing years of studies conducted by universities that prove live-on requirements elicit more successful students.

Yet a joint study conducted in 2010 by researchers from Colorado College and the Uni-versity of Wisconsin-La Crosse found that “more successful” might just be a technical term.

The study—which consisted of a survey administered to college students at a large state school—found that, on aver-age, GPAs increase 0.19 to 0.97 points when students live on campus. Put simply, the study suggests that on-campus stu-dent performance is one-fi fth to

one full letter grade higher than that of students who choose off-campus options.

Statistically speaking, that’s a pretty narrow difference—es-pecially considering that the UNA administration made a decision that will limit student freedom and possibly drive some prospective students away based on presumably similar studies.

And if all (or most) fresh-men are forced to live on cam-pus, there’s going to be some overcrowding.

Director of Residence Life Kevin Jacques said university offi cials are searching for po-tential residence hall locations and considering the possibility of repurposing campus land to accommodate new halls.

Good, right? Maybe not. What’s the easiest land

to “repurpose” on a college campus?

Probably parking lots.Even if no parking spots are

lost, it sounds like UNA will spend a lot of time and money solving its newfound residence hall overcrowding problem that could be devoted to solving its age-old parking problem.

Offi cials haven’t announced whether live-on freshmen will be allowed to bring their cars with them to school, but the decision will reveal a new set of problems.

If they are allowed, fresh-men will park in UNA lots even when they’re not in class, wors-ening parking for non-fresh-men. If they aren’t allowed, well, they’re going to have a hard time getting around a town with little public transportation.

The UNA buses certainly don’t cut it, but that’s another column for another day.

Of course, the mind of a skeptic must always jump to money. Forcing freshmen to live on campus creates a fairly consistent high demand for the product: dorms. And when de-mand increases, price typically does, too.

Granted, the supply of dorms will increase if admin-istrators build new residence halls, which should, in theory, limit the potential price in-crease.

But—and let’s be real here—UNA’s got some hefty Division I costs to be thinking about, and UNA is a business, right?

ALEX LINDLEY

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• In the Paws Up, Paws Down section on page 7A that appeared in last weekʼs issue, a brief about the UNA womenʼs soccer team moving down in poll rank should have been indicated with a Paws Down instead of a Paws Up.

We strive to get it right the fi rst time, but when we donʼt, we are happy to set

the record straight.

The UNA Lions football team defeated c o n f e r e n c e rivals Delta State Univer-sity 20-12.

U N A Police ar-rested John C a m e r o n C r o u c h , 21, of Flor-

ence, Sept. 24 after he al-legedly exposed himself in the stairwell of the parking deck in the northern part of campus.

PAWS UP,

PAWS DOWN

Calling it like we see it

The Civil Wars will play a sold-out concert in Norton Auditorium Oct. 1 at 7 p.m.

K o r e a n pop star and online sen-sation Psy has risen to the No. 1

spot on Billboard’s social media charts with his dance craze hit “Gangnam Style.”

The sudden closing of Demos’ restau-rant on Cox Creek Boulevard Sept. 2 left 60 people unemployed, approximately half of whom were college students.

The Demos’ chain shut down its Flor-ence branch when decreasing revenues began affecting Tennessee locations. However, most employees were not aware of the situation until they received a text message from the manager.

“I was at a friend’s house that Sunday night and received a text message from the owner around 10:30 saying it was permanently closing and we would re-ceive a severance check and our last pay check,” said Kayla Kelley, UNA senior and Demos’ employee since its Decem-ber 2008 opening. “I called a few others to ask if it was a joke.”

Kelley’s story is similar to many who worked at Demos’, but others were not told of the closing until after they had clocked out and read the sign left on the door.

“I worked the night they closed and got a call from a coworker that, basically, the president of the company had just put a sign up on the door saying Demos’ was closing,” said UNA student Johnathan

Emory. “There wasn’t any notice.”Emory had been working as a waiter

for three months and had viewed his po-sition as a steady job when Demos’ noti-fi ed him of the closing.

Despite the severance pay and full month’s pay they were given, the own-er’s initial lack of explanation for the closing and decision to not notify his employees beforehand left many of the student workers fi nancially and emotion-ally strained.

Kristy Roberts, a sophomore at Northwest-Shoals Community College, worked with her husband at Demos’ and was training for the house manager posi-tion.

“It put both me and my husband out of work and put a hold on our income,” Roberts said. “It’s hard to fi nd some-one who will be able to work around my school schedule and understand that I have two kids. The people at Demos’ worked with me and understood my situ-ation.”

Roberts said the restaurant operated like a family.

“I’m going to miss everyone there. They broke up a family, not just a work place,” said a waitress who wished to re-main anonymous.

Although the closing was sudden and distressing to the staff, most workers un-derstand why it happened, she said.

“It may not have been the smartest way to deal with the situation, but it was slow for a long time, and we were losing so much that it was starting to affect the other restaurants in the Tennessee area,” she said.

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photo by MICHAEL REDDING I Staff PhotographerDemos’ restaurant closed Sept. 2, leaving approximately 30 students unem-ployed. Many of the employees were notifi ed of the closing via text message.

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• Employees notified of closing via text message

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Sept. 29

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UNA soccer takes road win, tie

Students, alumni ʻBack for the FutureʼStudents, alumni ʻBack for the FutureʼHOMECOMING

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UNA homecoming week is Sept. 28 to Oct. 1. The week will be fi lled with activities for UNA students, fans and alumni.

The homecoming theme is “Back For The Future.” Friday, Sept. 28’s homecoming festivities will include a pep rally at 9 p.m. on the UNA soccer fi eld.

Saturday, Sept. 29, the athlet-ics department will hold a Hall of Fame Inductee ceremony at 9 a.m., there will be parade down-town at 11 a.m. and the UNA football team will face Shorter at 6 p.m. at Braly Stadium.

Many organizations at UNA

are preparing for homecoming week; some said they would like to celebrate homecoming this year in a different way.

“Students are putting on activ-ities, showing colors and pride,” said Tyler Thompson, assistant director of programs in the stu-dent engagement offi ce. “For the alumni, they enjoy networking, coming with the students who are in the school now.”

During the parade, fans walk through downtown Florence as student-made fl oats make their way down the streets.

The Chinese Student Organi-zation will walk through the Sept. 29 parade doing a Chinese dance.

“We have three girls lead-ing the way and others following during the homecoming parade — our dancing is typical Chinese dancing,” said Yudie Hu, presi-dent of the organization. “This year, we are not only giving out candies but more than a hundred special Chinese pies during the homecoming parade. We have a lot of activities during homecom-ing week.”

Homecoming week has com-petitions in the pep rally, parade fl oats and the homecoming court.

“Those results will be an-nounced during the homecom-ing show at the football game,”

Thompson said. “We want ev-eryone to come out and enjoy the event, making student and alumni networks.”

The point of homecoming is to show school spirit and get in-volved, said Carol Lyles, director of alumni relations.

“Every year, homecoming is a tradition at every university,” Lyles said. “(It) gets every alumni back in Florence to celebrate it.”

Lyles said the event is a great way for alumni to reunite and re-connect with their alma mater.

The Alumni Awards Banquet

seeks to get alumni back to cam-pus after they graduate, Lyles said.

The banquet will be taking place Sept. 28 at 6 p.m. in the GUC banquet hall.

“To me, the best part of home-coming is the Alumni Awards winner,” Lyles said. “We see who made the best contribution to their communities; we congratulate them and share their accomplish-ments.”

For the full homecoming events schedule, go to https://alumni.una.edu/homecoming.

Lions defeat rival Delta State

The Lions were all smiles on the Delta State sideline with 6:17 left to go in the Sept. 22 game af-ter Taylor Carney recovered Luke Wingo’s fumble into the endzone, putting the Lions up 20-12.

“Let’s shut these boys up,” said one offensive excited line-man after coming off the fi eld.

The touchdown, which would be the fi nal score of the game, gave the Lions an eight-point vic-tory over the Statesmen, an over-all record of 3-1 and a conference record of 1-0.

The excitement continued for UNA two drives later when de-fensive back Delvin Ervin inter-cepted DSU quarterback Trevor Wooden with 1:06 left in the game.

Ervin came off the fi eld to head pats and body bumps from his roaring teammates, while pur-ple and gold pom-poms shook in the hands of screaming UNA fans.

“It felt great (to intercept that pass),” Ervin said.

The Lions’ sideline, however, was not abuzz with confi dence

MALISA MCCLURE

FOOTBALL

The UNA rugby team will face the University of Tennessee at Martin noon Sept. 29 at Vet-eran’s Park.

“I know they have good, well-experienced players,” said rugby team captain Brett Gooch. “I’m sure they will be prepared for us.”

Last season, the rugby team fi nished with a season of 12-5, with notable wins over Alabama, Middle Tennessee State, Lee Uni-versity and Belmont.

This year, the team has de-feated MTSU and Harding Uni-versity.

“We have a good number of new guys this year, but, overall, we are all physically fi t,” Gooch said.

Gooch, with already 25 tack-les this season, fi nished last sea-son with more than 150 tackles. He said he feels this year’s team is equipped with great leadership and communication.

Rugby player Michael Cole said he feels the pack is defi nitely one of the team’s strong points.

Rugby prepares for first home game

CLUB SPORTS

AUBREE WHITE

photo by MALISA MCCLURE I Sports Editor

Lions linebacker Brian Barnett brings down Delta State quarterback Trevor Wooden in the fi rst quarter of the Sept. 22 game.

Brothers of Alpha Tau Omega compete during the 2011 Home-coming Pep Rally spirit competition. This year’s pep rally will be held Sept. 28 at 9 p.m.

file photo by MALISA MCCLURE I Sports Editor

HOMECOMING 2012#BACK4THEFUTURESEPT. 28 PEP RALLY, 9 P.M. @ UNA SOCCER FIELD

SEPT. 29HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE CEREMONY, 9 A.M. @ FLOWERS HALL

HOMECOMING PARADE, 11 A.M., DOWNTOWN FLORENCE

FOOTBALL V. SHORTER, 6 P.M., BRALY STADIUM

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The UNA Athletic Hall of Fame, lo-cated in Flowers Hall, is a shrine to past UNA student athletes, coaches and ath-letic directors. Wall-mounted plaques are displayed in the hall, highlighting the in-dividuals.

Jeff Hodges, UNA sports information director, created the hall in 1990.

“With my job as sports informa-tion director, you realize how important awards and those kinds of things are for the recognition they bring to student ath-letes,” Hodges said.

The Athletics Department will induct six new members Sept. 29 at 9 a.m..

The inductees will include current UNA golf coach Stewart Clark, and for-mer UNA athletes Steve Kosa, Michele Hyde, James Moore, Louis Newsome and Brian Satterfi eld.

The Hall currently houses 100 induct-ees, including the following:

Bill Jones, a 1992 inductee, was a stu-dent athlete as well as the school’s head basketball coach and athletic director. He played basketball at UNA from 1955 to 1957 and coached the basketball team for 14 seasons.

Eddie Flowers, the namesake of Flowers Hall and a 1990 inductee, arrived at UNA in the 1930s to teach physical education and later coached the school’s fi rst basketball and tennis teams. He was UNA’s fi rst athletic director and coached basketball for 11 seasons.

Larry Smith, a 1993 inductee, was a letterman in basketball from 1968 to 1971. He set a school record with 55 points in a game against St. Bernard in 1971 and scored 1,477 career points, making him a UNA career-scoring leader.

Wanda Beckham Ross became UNA’s fi rst women’s basketball All-American when she was selected to the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women All-America team as a senior in 1980. She set school records for goals made and attempted in a game and for the high-est-scoring average in a season.

Michael Edwards, a 2011 inductee, is the leading pass receiver in UNA foot-ball history with almost 1,000 yards more than any other pass catcher in school his-tory. He was selected for the UNA Team of the Decade from 1989 to 1998.

Brenda Mayes Harris, a 2001 induct-ee, helped lead UNA to its fi rst NCAA Division II women’s basketball tourna-ment and its fi rst Gulf South Conference women’s basketball championship.

Pick up next week’s issue of The Flor-Ala for a story about the Sept. 29 ceremony.

UNA Hall of Fame boasts rich heritageLUKE SMITH

The UNA Athletic Hall of Fame, housed in Flowers Hall, will add six members to its rich heritage Sept. 29 at 9 a.m.

photo by CHRISTINA COVINGTON I Staff Photographer

FEATURE

The UNA volleyball team split two fi ve-set matches at home Sept. 21 and 23.

The Lions pulled out the fi ve-match victory in their home opener Sept. 21 against Valdosta State but fell to West Florida Sept. 23 at Flowers Hall.

UNA (2-8) will host GSC foes Shorter (8-1) Sept. 28 at 6 p.m. and West Georgia (6-6) at 2 p.m. for homecoming Sept. 29.

“Valdosta got a little frustrated and came out very, very motivated,” said head coach Stephanie Radecki. “The girls came out and started to take bigger swings than we had seen in the fi rst two sets.”

Sept. 21, UNA was able to respond in the fi fth set with the help of the rowdy Lion fans.

“Honestly, that is one of the best crowds — as far as just enthusiasm, ex-citement and noise — we have had in a long time,” Radecki said.

In the Sept. 21 match, Priscilla Mas-sengale and Hope Rayburn led the Lions with 20 kills, 51 assits and 30 digs com-bined.

In the Sept. 23 matchup, Cara Gregg led the Lions in the kill category with 21, and Rayburn in the assists column with 53.

The Lions hope to recover from their loss to West Florida as they play the GSC conference leader Shorter and the No. 17- ranked West Florida in a two-day span.

VOLLEYBALL

UNA splits first home weekend

JAMES DUBUISSON

Students can use Dining Dollars at the GUC Food Court,

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There will be random drawings at the end of the semester for prizes for students that have a

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Homecoming 2012 will be fi lled with many activities for UNA students to get involved with. A pep rally, SGA Past-Presidents’ breakfast, window painting and a parade are just a few activities to get the stu-dents ready for the homecom-ing game against Shorter Uni-versity.

So, what are students most excited about?

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“We have one of the largest forward groups in our conference, and our total scrum weight is well over one ton,” Cole said.

Cole completed 33 tackles last season before being sidelined due to injury.

Cole said UNA’s size will be an ad-vantage over UT-Martin.

“UTM has a smaller scrum,” Cole said. “Despite having a young club, they’re using the same defense as last year.”

The Lions made it to the playoffs in 2010 and are working hard on going back, Gooch said.

“After the new members get a feel for the game, I think we’ll be fi ne,” Gooch said.

Cole said he hopes more people learn about and become interested in the club sport.

“It’d be really awesome to have more people come and support us,” Cole said.

The team continues to hold open try-outs every Monday and Thursday at 7 p.m. at Veteran’s Park, Gooch and Cole said.

Make sure to follow @FlorAlaSports Sept. 29 for the updates throughout the game.

Members of the UNA Rugby Club practice the scrum during a weekly prac-tice at Veteran’s Park Sept. 20.

photo by KERRIE HOLLOWAY I Student Photographer

UNA RUGBY CLUB THIS SEASON• DEFEATED MTSU 33-7 SEPT. 8, HARDING 26-18 SEPT. 22• UPCOMING HOME GAMES: UT-MARTIN, SEPT. 29 AT NOON,

MEMPHIS OCT. 6 AT 1 P.M., LEE UNIVERSITY OCT. 13 AT 1 P.M.

STUDENT OPINION

Keepinʼ up with the LionsThis weekʼs UNA scores, stats and other tidbits

FOOTBALL (3-1, 1-0)

UNA - 20DSU - 12The Lions won their fi rst GSC game against rival Delta State Sept. 22. Though the offense struggled, the defense held DSU from a touchdown in the fourth quarter and forced an intercep-tion in the fi nal minute of the game. The Lions face Shorter at home Sept. 29.

SOCCER (5-1-1, 2-1-1)

UNA - 2UWG - 2After snagging a GSC win on the road Sept. 21 against Valdosta State (UNA 4, VSU 3), the Lions tied at West Georgia Sept. 23. The Lions play Christian Brothers at home Sept. 28 before travel-ling to Delta State Sept. 30.

VOLLEYBALL (2-8, 1-2)

UNA v Valdosta State - 25-13, 25-23, 22-25, 19-25, 15-11UNA v UWA - 25-22, 20-25, 23-25, 26-24, 16-18 After rallying for a fi ve-set win against Valdosta State Sept. 21, the Lions dropped the fi ve-set match against West Florida Sept. 23. The Lions play Shorter Sept. 28 at 6 p.m. and West Georgia Sept. 29 at 2 p.m., both at Flow-ers Hall.

CROSS COUNTRY

Women - 5th place of 10Men - 7th place of 10The teams had a solid showing at the Montevallo Falcon Classic Sept. 22. Olivia Brady led the women, with a 7th place indi-vidual fi nish, while Fabian Cortez led the men with a 24th place individual fi nish. The team travels to Memphis Sept. 29 to compete in the Rhodes College Invitational.

BRIEFS

RUGBY (2-0)

UNA - 26Harding - 18The Lions achieved a 26-18 vic-tory over Harding at Arkansas State Sept. 22. The team will play at home against UT-Martin Sept. 29 at Veteranʼs Park at 1 p.m.

HOMECOMING

#back4thefutureHomecoming 2012 will feature a pep rally, parade and Hall of Fame induction. There will also be football, soccer, volleyball and rugby club home games througout the weekend.

JERONE WHITE

Students share what theyʼre excited about for Homecoming 2012

TYREE WHITSON

ARIEL STEARNES

Jerone is looking forward to attending the game, party-ing, and seeing beautiful la-dies.

“I’m very excited about the game,” White said. “Homecoming is always the best game out of them all.”

#BACK4THEFUTURE

STUDENTS ARE EXCITED FOR:

• THE PARADE

• THE PEP RALLY

• THE GAME

• TAILGATING/PARTYING

• DRESSING UP

• HOMECOMING COURT

Tyree is excited about the crowning of homecoming king and queen and the SGA Past-President’s breakfast.

“I can’t wait to get dressed for the homecoming game,” Whitson said.

DERRICAPOOLE

Derrica is excited to hang out with friends who are now alumni on Spirit Hill.

“Tailgating is my favorite event — with the free food and drinks that are so gener-ously handed out to every-one,” Poole said.

YOSHISATO

Yoshi’s favorite parts of homecoming are the parade and the pep rally.

“My organization, JUMP, has participated in the past, and I held the international fl ag last year,” Sato said.

MEGGINMAJOR

Meggin, former Lionette, will be watching the parade as a student for the fi rst time.

“Homecoming as a whole is my favorite because during the week, it doesn’t just feel like UNA—its feels like ev-eryone has pride,” Major said.

photos by ALLI OWNBY I Student Photographer

RYAN CALDWELL

Ryan can’t wait for the football game and tailgating.

“My favorite part of home-coming is tailgating because I get a chance to see old friends and socialize,” Caldwell said.

The Lions wrapped up a weekend on the road with a 4-3 win Sept. 21 at Valdo-sta State and a 2-2 draw Sept. 23 at West Georgia.

The game at Valdosta State found UNA trailing three times before fi nally pulling away in the 78th minute on a goal from Abbey Hellem.

“We showed that we have the heart and the passion to come back in a game like that against Valdosta, and that’s im-portant going forward,” said senior Nikki Brown.

The Valdosta State Blazers opened the scoring in the 13th minute before UNA answered back four minutes later

on a goal from Chloe Richards set up by Jo Chubb. The back and forth of the match continued as the Blazers went up 2-1 before Melanie Leonida scored the equalizer. The score was level at the half-time break.

In the 63rd minute of the match, the Blazers took a 3-2 lead, but Richards’ second goal — set up again by Chubb — brought the match level for a third time. This time the Lions would not look back.

“A loss or a tie in that game would have been bad for us,” Brown said.

In the 78th minute the Lions took the lead on Hellem’s fi rst goal of the season. Chubb ended the game with three assists.

Sept. 23’s game at West Georgia saw the Lions jump out to a 2-0 lead at the half before the Wolves were able to pull

level in the 69th minute.Chloe Roberts opened the scoring

in the 14th minute on a goal assisted by Brown and Jennifer Osmond. Just before the break Roberts scored again on anoth-er assist from Brown. Roberts now has 11 goals on the season and sits at 87 for her career.

West Georgia scored just after the re-start and again in the 69th minute to force extra time. Neither team scored in extra time, ending the game in a 2-2 draw.

“Coach (Graham Winkworth) says that 2-0 is the most dangerous score line because it can make a team comfortable,” Brown said. “I don’t think we were over-confi dent — they just played well in the second half. We need this to be our last wake-up call.”

UNA’s record moved to 5-1-1 overall and 2-1-1 in conference play.

The Lions host Christian Brothers Sept. 28 at 7 p.m.

UNA will be hosting a Pink Game Oct. 5 against Union at 7 p.m. The team will host an auction to raise money for breast cancer awareness.

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through the whole game.The fi rst quarter saw no scores from

either team, despite interceptions on both sides.

The Statesmen got on the board fi rst with a rushing touchdown from Wooden and a missed extra point, before the Li-ons answered with a touchdown. DSU scored a fi eld goal at the end of the quar-ter, leaving the score 9-7 in favor of the Statesmen at halftime.

In the last three minutes of the third quarter, UNA running back Lamonte Thompson broke through DSU’s defense for a 79-yard touchdown run.

The fourth quarter opened with a close score, UNA leading the way 13-9.

Two drives before the interception, the Lions held Delta State from a touch-down after the Statesmen drove the ball to the UNA 6-yard line before receiving a 5-yard delay of game penalty on the fourth down. The Statesmen opted for a fi eld goal, bringing the score to 13-12.

After Coffey scored the last touch-down for the Lions and DSU got the ball back, Evrin said some direction from his coach resulted in his interception.

“On the play before, my coach had told me to play tighter coverage, so I pressed that play,” Ervin said.

Head coach Bobby Wallace said that though the win was a big one, conference play will only continue to get tougher,

and the Lions still need work on offense.“In the second half we came out

knowing that we needed to throw the football, and we had two sideline routes; but both of them were thrown out of bounds,” Wallace said.

Starting quarterback Chris Alexander completed only four of 12 passes for a to-tal of 11 yards. Wingo was able to make a pass, but he also fumbled the ball.

“Some people could say it was an ugly game — it wasn’t ugly from a de-fensive standpoint, but offensively it was,” Wallace said. “We’ve just got to keep working.”

The Lions will now focus their atten-tion on Shorter in their next game Sept.

29 at Braly Stadium at 6 p.m. for home-coming.

Wallace said he thinks Shorter runs a similar option to that of Harding — the team that dealt the Lions their fi rst loss of the 2012 season.

“We’ll see if we want to learn any les-sons from that (Harding loss),” Wallace said.

As for the players, Ervin said the teammates have become more confi dent since the beginning of the season.

“We’re more together now — way better than the fi rst two games,” Ervin said.

Follow @FlorAlaSports during the game to get live updates.

“Lawless” tells the story of the Bon-durant family—Jack (Shia LaBeouf), Forrest (Tom Hardy) and Howard (Ja-son Clarke) —a trio operating inside the Great Franklin County Moonshine Con-spiracy in 1930s Virginia.

The screenplay by musician/writer Nick Cave follows the plot of “The Wet-

test County in the World,” a true story about the trio written by their grandson Matt Bondurant.

When the Bondurant brothers look to expand their bootlegging business, a sa-distic and cunning special deputy (Guy Pearce) arrives from Chicago, attempting to muscle in on their operations before becoming hell-bent on destroying their way of life.

The fi lm deals with themes of fam-ily, love, duty and personal legends. The

brothers strive to maintain and protect their family ties as well as their bootleg-ging—which often goes hand in hand.

Jack—perhaps the central protagonist of the fi lm—struggles to reconcile the (ahem) lawless side of his identity with an earnest attempt to be a good catch for the preacher’s daughter (Mia Wasikows-ka).

At the same time, Forrest —the other

LIFE 5B

Surgeon general Regina Benjamin an-nounced a plan to implement an updated national strategy for suicide prevention last week.

This strategy is a call to action that is intended to guide suicide prevention actions over the United States over the next decade, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Ad-ministration (SAMHSA).

According to SAMHSA, suicide is the 10th leading cause of death, claiming more than twice as many lives each year as homicide.

After UNA’s police receive the call of an attempted suicide, they refer the stu-dent to UNA’s Campus Assistance and Referral Evaluation (CARE) team, said

UNA Police Chief Bob Pastula. The CARE team was created in re-

sponse to growing concerns and in-creased awareness on college campuses regarding students’ emotional well-being and safety, according to UNA’s website.

Students can be referred to the CARE team in several different ways: UNA po-lice, faculty, staff, parents and self-refer-rals, said Vice President David Shields.

“Once (a student is) referred, certain members of the CARE team talk to the student depending on how the student was referred,” Shields said.

The student is then required to sign a treatment compliance agreement based on the issue of care.

“The agreement is not a punishment but designed to be helpful,” he said. “I don’t want to scare students—I want to encourage them.”

The agreement can include anything

from requiring students to attend class to seeing a counselor at Counseling Servic-es on campus, he said.

The student may also be asked to sign a waiver to divulge medical information if the CARE team sees it as an important detail, he said.

However, if any counselor feels the information provided by a student in a private session is immediately harmful, they will inform the CARE team, he said.

Some UNA students have dealt with suicide attempts in the past alone.

“That is one of those things, especial-ly in the South, that is really hush-hush,” said Genna Bradley, a UNA student. “I assume everyone has thought about it at some point. I’ve self-medicated in the past. It was a half-hearted attempt, but I made myself ill.”

As president of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and a brother of Delta Chi fraternity, Ash Karki is an active student on campus.

Karki was born in Kathmandu, Nepal. Growing up, he attended boarding school and said that his move to the United States was not as hard as it is for most students. He has been living in the U.S. for almost six years and travels home to see his fam-ily every two years.

Even though Karki is expecting to graduate in May with a degree in com-puter science, he stills remains active on campus. He has previously held the social chair position in his fraternity.

While in that position he organized not only the typical fraternity events but also an international party. This party was an attempt to get international students more involved on campus.

“I think the par-ty was a huge suc-cess,” Karki said.

The ACM is a big part of Karki’s life as well.

On Sept. 29 the fi rst Annual ACM International Col-legiate Program-ming Contest will be held. During the competition, the teams will answer 10 questions pertaining to computer codes. The winners will be sent to the national competition.

Several people are scheduled to speak at the competition. Ken Meninger, senior security consultant for IBM in Huntsville, will be speaking on hacking. As president of this organization, Karki had a large part in making this competition happen.

“I try to bring attention to everything I’m involved in,” Karki said.

Karki juggles his multiple activities with a part-time job at Papa John’s.

For many college students, their major is just a series of classes, but Karki said he truly has a love for his area of study.

“Computer science has a very de-manding job market,” Karki said. “Unde-cided majors should look into this fi eld.”

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Sept. 27, 2012 • The Flor-Ala • Life Editor: Ann Harkey 256-765-5233

Credit is benefi cial when it comes to large purchases or emergencies, said Heather Brown, Listerhill director of the Center for Financial Literacy.

And whether it is a credit card with a small limit or even bills, almost every transaction that someone takes changes the way that person’s credit is rated.

“A credit score, sometimes referred to as a Beacon Score or FICO Score is a measure of your credit performance and an indicator as to how well you will pay a creditor in the future based on this past performance,” she said.

Gaining credit of any kind is not a hard task. Brown said taking out a small loan or opening up a credit card are the most popular ways.

Brown said another way is by using a savings account at a bank.

“Another way is to apply for a sav-ings or share-secured note,” she said. “This entails you taking, say, $500 and putting it into a savings account.”

The bank will then hold the money while they pay it back in increments. Not too much money is lost because the bank already has the $500 and only interest is paid Brown said.

The key to good credit is to prove you are creditworthy, said Ben Baker, direc-tor of fi nancial services at UNA.

Large, planned purchases require

good credit or a co-signer to prove that someone will pay the purchase back Bak-er said.

“Apply for a credit card, apply for and handle your bank account in a sat-isfactory manner, apply for an auto loan, establish a utility account in your own name, apply for an apartment lease in your own name, etc.,” Baker said.

Students can look into low-interest credit cards and make payments on time over a long period, something offered by most credit unions and banks. Students could also take out a small loan, as some students do when they start college he said.

If someone were to gain a bad credit score, he or she would have to keep all information up to date about repayment plans, current living address and fi nan-cial standing, he said.

“It can take quite some time to restore an adverse credit rating,” Baker said.

Baker said the best way to stay out of the red is to be prompt on all payments and review all payments.

Baker said to be careful when it comes to luxuries and not spend just be-cause credit allows it.

He said to watch for opening costs, which can cause someone’s budget to get out of hand, that change after just a few months.

“Someone shopping for a credit card needs to always read the fi ne print,” Brown said. “You may be promised some outrageously low rate at the beginning only to fi nd six months later that low rate has now tripled or quadrupled.”

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LIFESept. 27, 2012 • The Flor-Ala 7BShe said she thinks some people

may be afraid to seek help for suicidal thoughts because of a strong stigma at-tached to suicide in the ‘Bible Belt’.”

“It took a long time to realize I wasn’t a freak for thinking those thoughts; we all have had those days where we just do not want to get out of bed and deal with life,” she said. “You want to duck out of reality for awhile.”

She said she felt comfortable enough to seek help in the future at UNA.

“I think we have a great faculty and staff here that would be open to talk to students,” she said.

Some students feel UNA communi-cates their resources for helping students effectively.

“I do think UNA is good about getting that information out there,” said Grace Oaks, a UNA student.

Aside from Counseling Services, the CARE team and campus police, students can seek help at the Center of Women’s Studies.

“I think if I knew someone going through that, I would tell them to go to the Women’s Center,” said Jasmine Re-dus, a UNA student.

UPC will be hosting a Suicide Preven-tion Day Oct. 8, where students will par-ticipate in an awareness walk followed by a speaker. There will also be a Post-Secret event in the GUC from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. where students are encouraged to write their secrets on an anonymous post card and submit it to be displayed.

For more information about suicide prevention, contact the Division of Stu-dent Affairs at 256-765-4223.

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One of the biggest strengths of the fi lm is director John Hillcoat’s ability to transport the viewer to the locale. The

impeccable costuming and Hillcoat’s grayish-brown color scheme—as seen in his previous fi lm “The Road” —evoke a natural portrayal of Depression-era Vir-ginia not dependent on stylistic fl air. The dirty Americana folk soundtrack by Cave and Warren Ellis certainly play straight into this ideal.

Overall, the cast is stunning together with fabulous performances by LaBeouf, Hardy, Pearce and Gary Oldman (as if

that needs to be mentioned).LeBeouf proves that he has moved

beyond his token one-dimensional sit-com and action fi lm roles to a well-devel-oped protagonist with Godfather-esque confl icts. His affected Virginia drawl doesn’t distract from his focus on the performance.

Hardy manages to give a simply charming and intimidating performance despite his speech being somehow more

garbled than it was in “The Dark Knight Rises.” His raw, carefree physicality fi ts right into this gritty, dirty crime tale.

As a whole, “Lawless” gives a fairly even mix of heartwarming sentiment and visceral brutality. The story and charac-ters are compelling and inviting, giving the audience a memorable and well-done crime fi lm for the end of the summer blockbuster streak.

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More than 8 million adults report having thoughts of suicide in the past year, ac-cording to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28Jack Karnes Memorial Golf Tournament ......... 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.

Reservations requiredPep Rally .....................................................................................9:00 p.m.

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29Homecoming Parade .................................................................11:00 a.m.Pre-Game Show ..........................................................................5:30 p.m.Football, UNA vs. Shorter University ...........................................6:00 p.m.

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