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SGA in final stretch By Patty Vaughan Senior Staff Reporter The SGA has two months remaining, and officers say they are not slowing down. “The Student Government Association is looking forward to the upcoming months and eager to finish out the term on a strong note,” said Steven Oliver, SGA president. “We will begin many projects along with continuing projects from the fall semester.” One of the projects includes Executive Vice President Meg McCrummen’s SGA service awards. The awards would allow students to receive a $50 credit on their student receivables account after registering 10 hours of community service on SLPro. “It began as an idea to get students an opportunity to alleviate some of those charges that show up on the student account,” McCrummen said. “It is important because we can now alleviate any financial stress we can.” The SGA is working in partnership with the SUPe Store and the Community Service Center to make the program work. “The SUPe Store gave us a $2,000 grant, so this is a pilot program,” McCrummen
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‘Realizing the Dream’ Region honors MLK’s legacy
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FAST FACTS • The SGA will launch a program through SLPro where students can earn $50 credit on their student accounts for 10 community service hours.
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participating in a day of celebration and community service. The University hosted its annual Twenty years have passed since celebration of Martin Luther King President Ronald Reagan signed Jr. Day on Saturday, with a concert legislation to create a national holi- titled “Realizing the Dream: Then day celebrating the life of civil rights and Now.” The concert at Moody Music Hall showcased a variety leader Martin Luther King, Jr. The bill triggered deep divisions of songs and dances, along with when it was signed into law, but excerpts from King’s speeches, for many now commemorate King by an audience of more than 600.
Minor said she recognizes that King’s work isn’t finished, and that his teachings should live on. “I think that one thing we need to do is to consistently educate younger generations about the work of Dr. King and the historical significance of the Civil Rights Movement, but also put it into context that they can
“What we really wanted to do this year was to bridge generations,” said DoVeanna Fulton Minor, chairwoman of the department of gender and race studies. “We wanted to bring some emerging voices to the program, and demonstrate how Dr. King’s work towards social justice has been contemporized by generations now removed from the actual Civil Rights Movement.”
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Tide celebrates back home Campus quiet over break
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Terrence Cody signs a fans hat at the national championship celebration. on the front of the stage. Athletics Director Mal Moore spoke about how, over the course of this season, the Tide defeated the past three national champions — Florida, LSU and Texas. Moore thanked the UA System Board of Trustees and UA President Robert Witt before speaking about Saban. “I can’t say how appreciative
I am of his efforts and the leadership he provides,” Moore said, before announcing that Saban will be “recognized on the Walk of Champions with a statue that is already underway.” To the team, he said they are now a part of history. “You will be forever remembered,” Moore said. The team’s record six All-
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Aside from several burglaries and one robbery, campus saw very little criminal activity after students left for the winter break in December, UAPD Officer Andy Liles said. Nine burglaries were reported to the University of Alabama Police Department in the month of December. Liles said he expects the number of reported incidents could continue to grow as students settle into their homes for the semester. The majority of the burglaries that took place in the residence halls were not forced entries. “Students need to continually stay in the habit of locking their doors,” Liles said. “That’s the number one thing they can do that will dramatically cut down on the amount of crime on campus.” UAPD is working with UA Security Resources and Housing and Residential communities to help educate students on how to keep their property secure in their residence halls. Liles said that it’s important for students to constantly be on guard about their safety and to be aware of the best steps to take in
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Lines wrapped around Bryant-Denny Stadium well before the gates opened at noon Saturday as Crimson Tide fans prepared to celebrate the school’s 13th national championship. An estimated 38,000 fans braved the cool temperatures to show their appreciation for the team and the University. “I wouldn’t have missed this for world,” said Tide fan and season ticket holder Carrie Jenkins of Decatur. “We enter each season praying for a championship, and this year our wish finally came true.” Shortly after clips of Alabama’s victory in the BCS National Championship ended, head coach Nick Saban led the team onto the field amid roaring chants of “Roll Tide” by many in attendance. The team was seated on a stage at the fifty-yard line and recognized for their accomplishments this past season. In addition to hearing the feats of their hometown heroes, fans caught a glimpse of their trophies. Running back Mark Ingram’s Heisman Trophy, linebacker Rolando McClain’s Butkus trophy and the team’s SEC and national championship trophies were displayed
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order to prevent crime. Both UA P D and the Tuscaloosa Police Department expected football fans to return to Tuscaloosa to celebrate the national championship game and the departments prepared for large crowds, Liles said. “We did our background on other college campuses and what they experienced in their celebrations,” Liles said. “Where you could expect rowdiness and destruction, we just didn’t have any like some other college campuses do.” However, the delay in the start of classes and cold weather discouraged many fans from venturing into town, he said. “They were forecasting snow and for the weather situation our administration prepares the police department,” Liles said. “We were prepared for a heavy crowd and had officers available and on standby to respond to the needs of the community whether the were weather related or national championship related.” One reported robbery took place the night of Jan. 7 on
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NEWS in brief CAMPUS | Law school fair to be held The College of Arts and Sciences will host a law school fair today from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m in the ballroom of the Ferguson Center. Representatives from over 35 law schools will be available to answer questions concerning their law programs. The event is free and open to anyone planning on attending law school. For more information on the fair or an extended list of the colleges, visit prelaw.ua.edu.
CAMPUS | WRC holds pay workshop As part of an initiative of the American Association of University Women and The WAGE Project to ensure that women graduating from college start their careers knowing how to negotiate for fair and equal pay, the Women’s Resource Center and the Career Center will be hosting a Start Smart workshop Jan. 27 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. This workshop is open to all women on campus. Space is limited. Interested participants should call (205) 348-5040 or email Maria Perez-Fisher at mvpfisher@sa.ua.edu to register by January 25th. This nuts-and-bolts workshop will give participants the tools to allow women to become their own best advocates as they explore the gender pay gap while learning the strategies for sound pay negotiation.
CAMPUS | Students encouraged to apply for ESPN internshp ESPN internships are available for UA students. The deadline to apply is Feb. 15. Applicant must be a currently enrolled student in good academic standing, and graduating in December 2010 or May 2011. Applicants are reviewed and interns are hired on a rolling basis. Visit ESPNcareers.com/ campus to apply, or visit the Career Center online at http:// www.career.ua.edu. For updates on job postings, including ESPN internship information, become a Facebook fan of “Career Center Satellite for C&BA.�
LOCAL | Students can participate with Haiti relief efforts UA students who want to make donations to assist the earthquake victims in Haiti can do so in three ways: (1) visit the Haiti relief tables in the Ferguson Student Center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for the next two weeks; (2) text “Haiti� to 90999 to donate $10 through the Clinton relief fund; or (3) text “Yele� to 501501 to donate $5 through the Wyclef Jean Foundation. All donations will be directed to the Red Cross. For more information, contact Josh Burford at 348-2865 at the Community Service Center
STATE | NPHC holds spring convocation The National Pan-Hellenic Council will have its spring 2010 convocation on Jan. 20 in the Biology Building Auditorium at 7 p.m. This event will provide students who are interested in joining an NPHC fraternity or sorority with a snapshot into the missions and goals of each organization. This event is mandatory for any student wishing to participate in Membership Intake for any organization in the spring semester. For more information, contact Rosalind Moore at 3486796.
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Council tries to help bikers By Brittney Knox Staff Reporter The City Council passed a resolution from the Druid City Bicycle Club to seek bicycle friendly community designation on Tuesday night. The purpose of the resolution is to work with the bicyclists in Tuscaloosa through education, engineering, enforcement and encouragement, said Pixie Hicks, president of the Druid City Bicycle Club. She said her organization started three months ago in efforts to get the city to partner with them to get the resolution passed.
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The League of American Bicyclists would work closely with the city to say what needs improvement and what is being done well as far as bicycle safety she said. She said administrators and students of the University have worked with her organization to help the passage of this resolution. “The students have created a Facebook group called ‘I Bike Tuscaloosa’ and they give comments about safe ways to bike to campus,� she said. She said they have pulled in comments about roads that are safer to ride than others and they have created a map to
give a visual description of the routes. “There are federal grants available for this resolution,� Mayor Walt Maddox said. “If you have a Bicycle Friendly Community Designation then you will be granted access to some federal funds.� The only other city in Alabama that has a rank from the League about their bicycle safety is Auburn, Hicks said. She said that the highest rank is platinum, and the city of Tuscaloosa currently has no rank. “Auburn has a bronze rank, and although that is low it does mean they are bicycle friend-
ly,� she said. “Tuscaloosa has made a lot of progress, but there is more to do.� Hicks said the city’s economic team development has worked very closely with her as well as a program called Safe Routes to School which promotes safe bicycling and walking routes. “We are very excited about this step toward making Tuscaloosa more bicycle friendly,� she said. “This resolution being passed is the beginning of a long-term project to make Tuscaloosa a more bicycle friendly community,� Maddox said.
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your account.� Fry said the SGA is working on the program’s publicity and that it should launch in the next few weeks. Other projects include the minimester, an idea of Oliver’s, where students will be able to pick up an extra class to fulfill hour requirements needed. Other SGA officials said they are working on continuing projects, such as Tyler Valeska, vice president for student affairs, who is trying to reformat the spring football ticket sales online by working with athletics and student input. James Fowler, vice president for external affairs, and Harris
Hagood, executive adviser, are working with Oliver to implement Partnership Tuscaloosa, an organization to connect the three colleges in the Tuscaloosa area. Oliver said the SGA looks at every project, making sure that it can benefit the student body in some way. Officials said the SGA is also preparing for the transition of members and upcoming elections in March. “We will work with the elections board to prepare for the upcoming elections in March, but we will begin to transition after a new group of elected officers are in place,� Oliver said.
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of all ethnic backgrounds to work together to make a difference in their communities. In addition, King’s philosophies toward social equality created the driving force behind volunteering as a way to improve society. This year’s holiday goes along with President Obama’s United We Serve initiative. The program was established to help meet the growing social needs resulting from the economic downturn, according to the Corporation for National and Community Service. The day of service gained its greatest participation last year when President Obama encouraged all Americans to volunteer during his inauguration. As a result, more than 1 million people served in all 50 states. “I try to give my time whenever I get the chance,� Johnna Dominguez, a junior majoring in classics and early modern studies, said. “To make a big impact on the world, you need to start in your communities. It’s really important to help any way you can, she said.
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said. “The continuation of it will be contingent on its effectiveness.� Miriam Fry, a senator in the college of arts and sciences, said the original idea of the program was in Kendra Key’s platform. “[It was] an option for students to opt out of parking tickets by doing community service, and we modified it to have this $50 credit.� Fry said. “You don’t have to have a parking ticket to eligible you don’t have to have any charges on
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also put it into context that they can recognize and that speaks to them,� Minor said. On Friday, the Realizing the Dream Committee, comprised of students and faculty from UA, Stillman College, and Shelton State Community College, held its annual Legacy Banquet to honor individuals for work that furthers King’s ideals. Dozens of projects and celebrations also took place across West Alabama. Different branches of the Southern Ch r i s t i a n Leadership Conference held unity breakfasts, freedom marches and rallies, and churches paid tribute to King with worship services. Hundreds marched three miles from Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School to the Tuscaloosa City Hall to celebrate King’s life. In 1994, Congress designated the holiday as a national day of service, asking people
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honor which includes getting their hand and cleat prints preserved around Denny Chimes. As the celebration was coming to an end, Saban also addressed the fans, thanking them for their “great support and spirit that you’ve given this team all year long.� Many of the 38,000 gave Saban a standing ovation when, on a day of celebrating the past, he mentioned the team’s future. “I want everybody here
to know- this is not the end. This is the beginning,� Saban said. “This team, you fans, our administration, our athletic administration, has proven that we know what it takes, and we’re going to build on that in the future with the players that we have coming back next year and the future players that will join our program. We’ll make this the most consistent winning program in the country.’’ With that and one last Rammer Jammer “loud enough for Texas to hear,� the 2009 college football season came to a celebratory close.
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Mass. Senate race shows national mood By Alan Blinder Managing Editor For Democrats, the death of Edward Kennedy was supposed to mean the loss of one of their most recognizable figures, a voice that embodied old school liberalism. Kennedy’s August death was not supposed to trigger the party’s loss of his seat – and a critical 60th vote for health care reform – to Republicans. But that is precisely what happened. Tuesday’s special election, which culminated in Scott Brown becoming the first Republican to be elected to the Senate from Massachusetts
since 1972, is a stark warning of the clear and present danger Democrats will face in Scott Brown: 52% November. The national mood is decidMartha Coakley: 47% edly anti-incumbent, and it has been for several years. Joe Kennedy: 1% During that period, Democrats gained, benefitting from the *Kennedy is unrelated unpopularity of a Republican to Edward Kennedy president. Although George W. Bush has not been on a ballot since 2004, Democrats used As of 9:30 p.m., with his image and policies to drum 75 percent of the preup support and launch attacks cincts reporting. against Republican members of Congress. The plan worked, and Democrats seized control of the executive and legislative But anti-incumbency attitudes are not prone to cropping up branches. just when Republicans lead both branches. As Democrats are learning, with enhanced control comes increased blame, no matter the party in power. Brown crafted a smart campaign — White House senior adviser David Axelrod told the Chicago Tribune, “As a practitioner in politics, my hat’s off to him,” — and Massachusetts voters noticed. Bay State residents have historically responded to deft political tactics, as they did when
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they elected Mitt Romney, a Republican, as governor in 2002. Brown benefited from a liberal Republican platform that appeased the fears of longtime Democrats. His platform, coupled with his amiable personality, set the stage for the defeat of Martha Coakley, a former state attorney general who struck a defiant tone of entitlement throughout the race. While Brown’s campaign was clever and Coakley’s persona deficient, it would be a mistake to ignore the national politics that devolved to the local level for Tuesday’s special election. More than half of Massachusetts voters are registered independents, and Brown’s ascension to the Senate signals that swing voters are swinging, for this cycle, to the right. While independents voted in large numbers for Democrats in 2006 and 2008, Brown’s support among liberal-leaning independents foretells trouble for Democrats across the nation. But another statistic for Democrats came in an exit poll from Rasmussen Reports. The
AP Massachusetts state Sen. Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, watches election night returns with family and supporters in his room in Boston, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. pollsters reported that some 22 percent of Democrats voted for Brown, indicating that the party in power is seeing its base erode. It is not atypical for there to be some party crossover, but 22 percent is excessive and unusual. In Washington Tuesday
night, Democrats sought to spin Coakley’s defeat as one of her own doing. While she didn’t help her case to the Massachusetts electorate, the national mood can’t be discounted, either, no matter the popularity of Barack Obama when he was inaugurated a
LITE helps shine awareness on illiteracy By Jennie Kushner Staff Reporter With more than 700 volunteers, Literacy Is The Edge looks to increase involvement to decrease illiteracy rates in West Alabama. Louise Crow, president of LITE, said one in four Alabama residents are functionally illiterate. She said illiteracy limits the simplest aspects of life. “It creates a ripple effect, illiteracy is linked with poverty, high school drop out and crime,” Crow said. “This limits people from doing basic things like filling prescriptions, depositing money in the bank and reading job ads.”
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Football players Mark Ingram and Lorenzo Washington, and gymnast Kassi Price recorded public service announcements to promote LITE, and they have been shown around the state. “As student athletes, these individuals serve as role models to our community, Heather Newkirk, a graduate student in advertising and public relations and a LITE member, said. “They can use their positions to give back and attract people to a great cause. Regardless of their busy schedules, as soon as they heard the statistics about the literacy issues in West Alabama, they were more than willing to help,” she said. Graduate students founded LITE in 2008 when Bruce Berger, professor and chairman of the advertising and public relations department, proposed the idea to his persuasive communications class. “I became aware of the new Literacy Council of West Alabama, and invited Johnnie Aycock, head of the Council and president of the West Alabama Chamber of Commerce, to speak to the class about literacy,” Berger said. “After his compelling talk, the students and I decided to convert our class into an advocacy group to use our study of persuasion to try to get UA students involved in the fight against illiteracy.” Berger said the 2008 class did a great job and recruited more than 200 students to help. Eighty of them became reading tutors. LITE has more than 400 Facebook members, 752 registered UA student volunteers
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and 24 adults seeking reading help, Crow said. “The class of students this year adopted the same topic and cause and has done a phenomenal job, recruiting more than 700 UA students to help,” Berger said. “I think it’s great that so many students support this fight against illiteracy,” Robert Fender, a junior majoring in business, said. “With so much involvement, we can spread awareness and help people in the local area who suffer from this wide-spread issue.” Kristen Robinson, a graduate student, was surprised by the scale of the state’s reading problem. “It is hard to believe that more than 1 million people in the state have trouble reading, writing, and doing basic math functions,” she said. “Every time I go to the bank or to the pharmacy now, I look around and realize that my neighbors in Alabama may not be able to read their prescriptions or read the deposit slips-LITE has given me an avenue to help fight illiteracy and help my neighbors live a better life. If you can read, you can help.” Volunteers must complete a 90-minute training session. Crow said everyone is invited
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to volunteer, regardless of classification. Once trained, volunteers can schedule tutoring session convenient to their schedule, she said. If volunteer tutors an adult, sessions can take place at a central location, like a public library, Crow said. If tutoring a child, sessions can take place at local schools. “One hour a week can change one person’s life forever,” according to the LITE site. LITE is not limited to volunteering one hour a week, Crow said. Volunteers are free to tutor indefinitely, she said. Nearly one-quarter of Tuscaloosa County residents are functionally illiterate as are over 40 percent of residents in some surrounding counties like Hale and Green, Crow said. “It is virtually impossible for people to function at a high level if you don’t have basic reading skills,” Crow said. “A lot of children come home from school, and their parent can’t read them a bedtime story.”
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010 Editor • Jonathan Reed letters@cw.ua.edu Page 4
{ YOUR VIEW } HOW WOULD YOU RATE ANTHONY GRANT’S PERFORMANCE AS HEAD COACH OF THE BASKETBALL TEAM SO FAR? “I think heʼs pretty good, weʼre doing fairly well. I think weʼre off to a good start.” — Kaiya Arroyo, sophomore, business and Spanish
“Iʼd say considering what talent he has, weʼre doing pretty well. Weʼre obviously not a Big 10 school, so our expectations canʼt be too high, but I think heʼs done pretty well for a first year coach in the SEC.” — Wilson Franklin, junior, geography
“Iʼd say heʼs beating expectations. I think weʼre an NIT type of team, though, and I donʼt see us going to the tournament.” — Aaron Schillaci, sophomore, business
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King’s call for justice still rings “Injustice anywhere is a threat In short: King’s to justice everyhope for justice where,” Martin and fairness is Luther King, Jr., still a powerful wrote in his famous force today. “ L e tt e r from Birmingham Jail” in August 1963. His words transcended his era, for even today, we still have to deal with the fact that one instance of oppression could lead to oppression for us all. When we tackle current issues, such as terrorism, health care and Wall Street accountability, we are still acting in the framework described by King, that “we are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly.” As we remember King’s legacy — not just on the third Monday of January every year but every day — we cannot remember him as just an important figure in the history of American civil rights. We must remember him for his dream of unity and his belief that one day we can all treat each other as we would like to be treated. King knew this. We must not forget it.
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US: the world’s FEMA By Tray Smith In 2005, politicians, reporters and storm survivors all heaped criticism on the Federal Emergency Management Agency for its slow and ineffective response to the flooding Hurricane Katrina unleashed in New Orleans. One afternoon, while watching coverage of stranded victims on television, a friend turned to me and said, “Well, imagine what things would be like without FEMA.” At the time, the point seemed moot. After all, taxpayers provide FEMA with a large staff and a lot of money. They simply ask in turn that the agency be ready to help in case of disaster. Continuous news coverage of the catastrophe in Haiti over the past week prompted me to revisit that friend’s thought. Everyone who has seen images of the ravaged country can now imagine what things would be like in America if, in times of disaster, there was no FEMA. Of course, it is not just FEMA. The United States, at both the federal and state levels, possesses a full range of resources that can be used in case of a natural disaster. Haiti has no such resources. Hence the tremendous international effort being launched to rescue desolate survivors and victims trapped underneath debris in the aftermath of last week’s magnitude-7.0 earthquake, which struck the capital city of Port-au-Prince. In this effort, we are reminded of the great suffering and poverty of the Haitian people. Haiti, which can be described as a disaster zone under normal circumstances, has remained isolated from the developed world for decades. The poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, Haiti’s dilapidated infrastructure left the country especially vulnerable to
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this quake. Unfortunately, it took a calamity of this magnitude to bring the largely ignored plight of the Haitian people to the world’s attention. We are reminded too of our own moral responsibility to be a “Good Neighbor,” as President Franklin Roosevelt once described our policy towards Latin America. This means more than just rushing to aid victims in disaster or dolling out foreign aid dollars. It also requires loaning our best and brightest minds to assist our neighbors in developing the institutions that support modern civilization, without infringing on their unique cultures. Only then can we help countries build sustainable economic and political systems independent of American financial support. We are reminded of the indispensible role the United States plays in the world. Of course, some other countries have contributed generously to Haiti, notably European Union members who pledged over $600 million in aid. Still, make no mistake, U.S. leadership is holding the Haitian relief operation together. Our government has pledged $100 million to the effort, more than any other. Text messages in the U.S. have raised $5 million, more than the combined contributions of China and India. More private and public commitments are sure to follow from our country. In an era of increasing skepticism towards U.S. power, America has yet again proven its viability as a force for good. We are reminded of the noble sacrifice and efficiency of our troops. Tuesday, one week after
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the earthquake hit, the number of American soldiers deployed to Haiti was ratcheting up towards 11,000. They took over the airport and turned it into an artery for aid shipments, making it the only functional institution in Port-au-Prince. In doing so, our men and women in uniform proved their usefulness in peaceful operations in addition to war, just as they did after the 2004 Asian Tsunami. Filling the vacuum left by the nonfunctioning government, our forces are now providing security for humanitarian groups and coordinating the delivery of essential supplies. America’s military presence has been so pronounced that government officials have felt compelled to reiterate that the U.S. has no intention of occupying Haiti. Americans are reminded, finally, of how good we really have it. Not because of our flat screen TV’s and nice cars, but because of simple things: our fire and police departments, our roads and water supplies, our hospitals and doctors. Yes, our government. It is one thing to complain about how long it takes food to arrive after disasters strike our own homeland. It is another thing entirely to realize that, when disasters strike places like Haiti, if not for the United States, food may never arrive. America is the FEMA of the world. Tray Smith is a freshman majoring in economics. His column runs biweekly on Wednesdays.
‘Our View’ on McGwire pointless Answer true or false for the following statements: 1. I have a right to regulate what an athlete puts in their own body. 2. My values and my understanding of what is good for an athlete are superior to those of said athlete. 3. When athletes take drugs, it directly affects me in a big way. Yes, I’m sure Mark McGwire is physically and emotionally ruined from those bad old illegal things he put in his body. I’m sure he sobs of regret as he curls up in his money pile every night, comforted only by his physically perfect spouse. It totally wasn’t worth looking like Cro-Magnon man with back-ne just to have the G.D.P. of Bolivia. It’s baseball. In other news, the blue people in “Avatar” aren’t real either. At this point, it’s ridiculous to ask Congress to address something entertainers do to themselves. They are already desperately behind on an issue that affects what economists refer to as “the commons” in an epic way. Any congressman or woman’s mentioning of anything like baseball or the BCS system is probably a semblance designed specifically to distract you from their staggering lethargy and incompetence. The planet is changing in a shockingly observable way. Droughts are getting longer.
Wildfires are turning more deadly. Researchers believe that sea levels may rise as much as three feet in the next 90 years. E l eve n of Josh Veazey the warmest years on record have occurred in the last 13 years. Every reputable research organization – from NASA to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – acknowledges that this is happening and that we are playing a significant role. The oil and coal companies – as well as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce – must on some level realize this, because they’re spending an unprecedented amount on propaganda that says the opposite. The Republicans continue to spread lies, abandoning their pseudoscience for a more emotional campaign of scaring people into thinking any proactiveness will make energy costs skyrocket (according to the Congressional Budget Office, the climate bill would have saved the average lowincome American $40 a year). The GOP distorted one MIT study of economic effects so badly that the author called the House
minority leader, John Boehner, and asked them to stop – but they continued to print it up. Politicians like Sen. John McCain, R — Ariz., who used to have a moderate, bipartisan attitude toward the issue – and sponsored promising legislation — will no longer admit there is a problem, instead choosing to pander to the new grassroots enthusiasts. The bill changed to free-market solution, then to watereddown free-market solution, then to dead in the water. All of this accumulated in December at the U.N. Climate Change Conference. Obama showed up with nothing, and no legally binding measures were passed. There’s your national loss of innocence, or whatever aphorism you want to use. There’s your heartbreak. This is what I need from my college paper – not a junior version of USA Today. We need to burn what little time, power, and integrity actually exists on Capitol Hill on potentially devastating, universal issues – not trying to regulate a hyper-reality filled with neckless demigods, a world that affects you in no possible way save the fact that it’s distracting you from real problems. Josh Veazey is a senior majoring in telecommunication and film. His column runs weekly on Wednesdays.
Death penalty moratorium needed The state of Alabama executed six people in 2009. Two hundred sit on death row. That could all change if state Sen. Hank Sanders, D-Selma, gets his way before he retires. Sanders has introduced legislation many times in his career that would put a moratorium on the death penalty. The bill has failed every time. This is the last chance Sanders has to pass this legislation, and we believe passing it is essential to promoting justice in Alabama. The death penalty is not a matter where there is a second chance at justice. Once the sentence has been carried out, all of the “mea culpas” in the world cannot bring that person back if something in their trial was wrong. This is why Alabama needs to give the death penalty a break: The system cannot fix any mistakes. Alabama is the only state where a judge can give a death sentence if the jury does not. Matters this important should not be left to one person, especially if 12 of that person’s peers disagree. The moratorium would also allow the state to reevaluate policies such as the use of DNA evidence, providing defense attorneys to defendants, the sentencing of juveniles and the mentally disabled to death row, and the racial disparity in death row inmates. Six death row inmates have been proven innocent in Alabama since 1976. That’s as many as have been executed in any single year in that time. If just one of those innocent inmates had been executed, there would have been no way to turn back the clock to correct that injustice. A moratorium on executions and reform of the death penalty would help Alabama carry out justice instead of denying it. Our View is the consensus of The Crimson White’s editorial board.
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Taking attendance timeconsuming and wasteful By Megan Nix I don’t usually get annoyed by attendance requirements. I go to class, and only once have I exceeded the allotted number of absences. But every day that I was in one of my classes last week – a large lecture class – the teacher spent the first 10 minutes of class taking roll. This seems ridiculous, especially since the class is only 50 minutes long. All of the students in the class are paying to be taught, and that money is being wasted. Taking attendance is impractical in college. If a student can make the grade he or she desires, why should there be an attendance requirement? I have had more than one class where I got all of the information from the assigned textbook and I made As. If I can make an A by not going (or not paying attention in class) why should I be required to attend? In my one class that I did exceed the absences, I would have made an A, but the attendance policy dropped my grade a whole letter. Yes, I should have gone to class, but why should I be penalized if I know the information and can ace the tests? There are classes where attendance should be mandatory because of the nature of the class, small discussion classes for instance. But teachers should not have attendance polices for classes that are larger than 15 or 20 people. Megan Nix is a junior majoring in criminal justice.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
By Spencer White Assistant Sports Editor Despite an inspired late rally and a double-double performance by JaMychal Green, the Alabama Crimson Tide couldn’t pull off a spectacular upset, falling to the No. 8 Tennessee Volunteers 63-56 in front of 12,098 fans at Coleman Coliseum Tuesday night. “We put ourselves in a position where we had opportunities, and weren’t able to capitalize on those opportunities,” said Alabama head coach Anthony Grant. “I think you’ve got to give Tennessee a lot of credit … some of their veterans really stepped up in the second half and made the plays.” It was the third consecutive Southeastern Conference loss for Alabama (11-7, 1-3 SEC). In each contest, the Tide held a halftime lead only to watch it slip away in the final 20 minutes. “What we have to do is continue to develop the players we have,” Grant said. “We have a team that is somewhat undersized and under-skilled, and the process for us is going to continue to be to develop the guys on our roster.” Both the Tide and Vols played an aggressive, but errant, offensive game early. Alabama and Tennessee took a combined 28 shots in the first eight minutes of the contest while connecting on only seven of them as the Tide limped out to an early 11-9 lead. On defense, the Tide started
a decisive advantage due to its troubles shooting the ball, managing a mere 25 first-half points, led by Green’s nine points, en route to a one-point lead at intermission. Alabama connected on just 10-of-29 shots in the first half and hit only one of six three-point attempts. “We’ve got to find a way to generate more offense,” Grant said. “It’s just a matter of us being able to stay the course, and hopefully, at some point, you start to make those shots. And once you do that, it starts to make it a little easier … to take advantage.” After the break, the Volunteers opted to try a different strategy against the stifling Tide defense, ramming the ball inside and using their height advantage under the boards. The change in plan worked in the opening salvo of the second half, with the Volunteers exploiting Alabama in the post en route to a 35-31 lead with 14:10 remaining in the contest. In addition, the Tide struggled to find any offensive rhythm against a Tennessee CW | Jerrod Seaton defense that swarmed to the Although the Crimson Tide fell short, sophomore JaMychal Green ball and was in Alabama’s face contesting every shot. The recorded his 11th career double-double against the Volunteers. Tide’s leading scorer, Mikhail the contest with a two-guard quick-paced perimeter defense. Torrance, was held without a Mitchell capitalized on the field goal for nearly 33 minutes look, leaving Senario Hillman on the bench in favor of fresh- starting opportunity, dazzling of the game and finished with man Tony Mitchell in an effort his way to 11 points and five a mere three points. “They came in with a game to counter the Volunteers’ tall blocks, a career-high, in 32 plan … that forced [Torrance] interior players. Later in the minutes of action. “I just try to sacrifice myself to do other things,” Grant said. first half, however, Hillman “He did a very good job of findjoined the floor, and the for the team,” Mitchell said. The Tide was unable to take ing guys who were open, but Tide reverted to its normal
we weren’t able to convert.” In a 4:29 span that started at the 15:32 mark, the Tide was only able to score one field goal as it watched Tennessee storm out to a 44-33 lead. “It was very frustrating, but at the same time we had to keep our head up,” Green said. “It was just our fault, we needed to make some stops on the defensive end.” However, Alabama refused to go down without a fight, climbing back to pull the deficit to five with 4:46 remaining and Tennessee holding a 54-49 lead. Both teams swapped several blows before Green drove to the basket on a layup, made the shot and was fouled. Green sunk the shot from the charity stripe to pull the Tide within four with 3:30 remaining in regulation. Green finished the contest with 16 points and 12 rebounds, his third doubledouble of the season. With 1:22 remaining in the contest, Torrance was fouled on a shot and made one of two free throws to put Alabama within three points of tying the contest. It was the closest Alabama would come, as Tennessee’s Wayne Chism scored two of his 11 second-half points before a missed Tide shot led to a Hillman foul and two subsequent Bobby Maze free throws that iced a 60-53 lead for the Vols. Alabama fouled the rest of the way to the final margin. Alabama will next take the court Saturday at 11 a.m. to face the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Coleman Coliseum.
Tide handles Gym Dogs, preps for Razorbacks Alabama left no doubt as to whom the better team was against the fivetime defending national champions Friday night. The Crimson Tide used the final two rotations to pull away from the Georgia Gym Dogs in front of 14,220 at Coleman Coliseum. Holding the slimmest margin possible after two rotations, Alabama scored higher than a 49 on beam and floor, stretching the final margin to 196.275-195.5. “I told the ladies it was going to come down to who fought the most,” Alabama head coach Sarah Patterson said. “I think our ladies just got stronger as the meet went on.” Senior Ricki Lebegern earned SEC Gymnast of the Week honors by scoring a 39.35 to win the all around. Three of her four routines led the Tide off on an event. “I can’t say enough about Ricki Lebegern,” Patterson said. “She set the tone. That balance beam and that floor exercise, her performance from Auburn was tremendously improved and to have that kind of leadoff person was tremendous for our team.” After beginning the meet with a 49.25 on vault, Alabama posted a 9.275 and a 9.425 on its second and third bar routines, respectively. But Kayla Hoffman and Kassi Price regained momentum with 9.875s before Ashley Priess scored the meet’s highest score with a 9.925 to finish the rotation. “I like to rise through the pressure, and I like that feeling,” Priess said.
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Ricki Lebegern performs on beam against Georgia Friday, an event in which the Crimson Tide ranks second in the nation. The senior earned SEC Gymnast of the Week honors after winning the all around.
“Going in [to the bar routine], I just really tried to trust myself. I’ve done this a million times; just go out there and do the same thing.” The Tide ran into another bump on the beam in the next rotation when Geralen Stack-Eaton fell, but three consecutive stuck routines allowed Alabama to discard the 9.325. “It was that way last weekend at Auburn,” Patterson said. “We had to go five in a row last weekend. When you have that kind of camaraderie and when those kids trust each other, [it’s easier to get over a fall]. Everybody that made a mistake will learn from it, and we’ll get better.” As Alabama was posting 49.025 on beam and a 49.075 on floor exercise, Georgia was struggling, uncharacteristically scoring a 48.875 on beam and a 48.475 on floor, allowing the No. 4 Tide to pull away from No. 10 Georgia. “We know if we’re going to win the national championship, we have to get through Georgia,” Patterson said. “And Georgia knows if they want to win one, they’ve got to get through us.” This week, Alabama (2-0) will host No. 7 Arkansas (1-1), a team coming off its first ever Super 6 appearance, but who dropped its first SEC meet to No. 4 Florida last week. Arkansas defeated the Tide by a tenth of a point last year in Fayetteville, Ark., a loss that senior Kassi Price described as “one of the turning points of last season.” The meet against the Razorbacks is scheduled to begin Friday at 7:30 p.m. in Coleman Coliseum.
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• Gymnastics vs. Arkansas: Coleman Coliseum, 7:30 p.m.
SATURDAY • Women’s Tennis vs. UAB and Southern Miss: University tennis courts, 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. • Men’s Basketball vs. Mississippi State: Coleman Coliseum, 11 a.m. • Swimming and Diving vs. New Orleans: Aquatic Center, 12:30 p.m.
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Tide collects big win over Wildcats By Anthony Johnson Staff Writer The Crimson Tide men’s swimming and diving team competed against the Kentucky Wildcats at the Alabama Aquatic Center for a top-25 showdown on Saturday, with the Tide men staking claim to a convincing 166-132 victory. Senior breastroke swimmer Riley Bouldin paved the way for the Tide en route to collecting three first-place victories in the 100-yard breastroke, the 200-yard breastroke and the 200-yard individual medley, with times of 56.08, 2:02.92 and 1:53.14, respectively. Also leading the Tide was All-American freestyle swimmer Mark Randall, who brought home two firstplace finishes in the 500-yard freestyle and the 1,000-yard freestyle, recording times of 4:29.51 and 9:18.31, respectively, edging out teammate Catalin Cosma in each event. “We had a pretty tough week in the pool and worked extremely hard,” Randall said, “so I think we were able to draw some confidence from that heading into this race.” Tide head coach Eric McIlquham said he was proud of the overall team performance, but had mixed emotions after dropping a heartbreaking match on the women’s side by a two-point margin. “I thought our team stepped up and raced well as a whole,” McIlquham said. “To be off as long as they have and come back and hit the competition pool against a nationally ranked opponent, I thought they performed well. “I was proud of the way we were able to adjust to their
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Tide falls to Kentucky, looks toward postseason UA Athletics The men's and women's swimming and diving teams break it down after their meet against Kentucky Saturday. strengths.” Kentucky head coach Gary Connelly praised the talent level of both teams, adding that he was not shocked by the outcome of Saturday’s event, particularly in the men’s events. “To be honest, we kind of expected coming in that we were going to lose on the men’s side,” Connelly said. “To a certain extent, the race was sort of a mismatch. Alabama is more of a distance program, where as we are more of a sprint program. Their strengths are our weaknesses. “The only thing that really surprised me was the individual medley. I would have bet body parts that we were going to win that one. We didn’t, but that’s life,” Connelly said. Leading the Tide men in the diving championships was senior Aaron Fleshner, who placed first in both the 1-meter and 3-meter championships, tallying a final score of 387.38, slightly ahead of teammate Adam Booher’s
385.58 final score. “It feels great to get this win, because we have worked extremely hard for it,” Fleshner said. “We knew that in the past we had tendencies to come back from a long break and come out flat, so we came back this year with a different mindset and knew that we were going to have to step up our training and work harder.” Alabama diving coach Pat Greenwell acknowledged the countless hours of practice and repetition that goes into preparing for each competition. “I’m so proud of this team and the effort that they have given this season,” Greenwell said. “This win means a lot. These kids truly know what it means to be winners and certainly have put forward the effort that it takes to be called a winner.” Alabama will finish off its home schedule this weekend against New Orleans. The meet is scheduled for a 12:30 p.m. start time in the aquatic center.
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By NiCarla Friend Staff Writer The Alabama women’s swimming and diving team matched up against the University of Kentucky in the Crimson Tide’s first dual meet of the season on Saturday in the Aquatic Center. While the Crimson Tide’s men’s team finished with a win, scoring 166 points over the Kentucky’s 150, the women were two points shy of victory with a score of 148 to the Wildcats’ 150. “I mean, we’ve all been training really hard for the past few weeks because we’re going to be coming up on resting for conference, so I think we were all pretty tired,” swimmer Maggie Zblewski said. “I was happy with my personal performance as well as the team’s. I think there were some areas that we could’ve made up, but I think that we fought a good fight.” Olympian Agustina de Giovanni gave the women a first-place finish in the 1000yard freestyle when she finished wit a time of 10:06.82. Jenna Gallo and Shannon Van Hoy both helped Alabama gain points in the same event by finishing third (10:11.51) and
fifth (10:24.79), respectively. De Giovanni also placed first in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:04.41. Suzanne Schwee finished first in the 200-yard butterfly with in 2:02.51. Kacey Weddle was the next to finish for the Tide when she placed third in the event with a time of 2:04.28. The Tide claimed the first four spots in the one-meter diving. Carrie Dragland scored the highest with 2:69.48, Lauren Dunn came in second with 2:48.85, and Elizabeth Hughes and Olivia Covey placed third and fourth respectively with times of 2:48.03 and 2:42.63. Kelsie Ludolph led the Tide in the 100-yard freestyle when she finished first with a time of 52.40. Maggie Zblewski did the same when she finished first in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:21.38. Other first-place winners for the Tide were Hannah Brinks in the 100yard butterfly (55.33), Carrie Dragland in the 3-meter diving (3:09.38) and Suzanne Schwee in the 200-yard individual medley (2:07.64). “Diving, again, was a top for us, but then you look at, you know, Agustina [de Giovanni] had nice swims in the 1000 and then to come right back and
swim in that 100 breast stroke; she did a nice job there,” head coach Eric McIlquham said. “Kelsie Ludolph picking up her first collegiate win ever in the 100 free[style]… Suzanne Schwee in the 200 [butter]fly and Hannah Brinks in the [100yard butterfly] — those were all pretty good swims for us.” The Crimson Tide faces New Orleans in its senior meet this weekend in the UA aquatic center, but de Giovanni said she is looking forward to the two meets in Athens, Ga., following that, first a matchup with Georgia and South Carolina, followed by the SEC Championships hosted by Georgia. “Next time we have the senior meet, but that shouldn’t be hard because we’re better than the team that is coming in,” de Giovanni said. “But the following weekend is Georgia, [who] is No. 1 in the country, and the guy’s are in the top 10 of the country, so that’s going to be hard, but it’s good racing. They have good breaststrokers, and personally it’s a good race environment for me, and we’re going to the SEC there in February, so it’s good to race there and get to know the pool and stuff.”
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MOVIE REVIEW | THE LOVELY BONES
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Page 8 • Wednesday, January 20, 2010 Editor • Steven Nalley smnalley@crimson.ua.edu
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As a film, “The Lovely Bones” certainly wants to have it all. It makes an attempt at both tragedy and comedy. It presents sequences of both heightened suspense and tempered stoicism. It tries to balance the intimacy of a family drama with overwrought, CGI-crafted spectacle, and it counters plotlines of grim realism with undercurrents of escapist fantasy. Director Peter Jackson’s attempt to bring all these aspects together in “The Lovely Bones” is undeniably ambitious and admittedly unique, but it’s a failed attempt as well. The result is a movie that’s entirely inconsistent and occasionally inexplicable. The movie opens to the voiceover narration of protagonist Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan). After joking about her last name (“like the fish,” we’re told), she proceeds to inform us: “On December 6, 1973, I was murdered. I was 14 years old.” We’re soon given the details of that event, leaving the aftermath of the crime for the film to address. There’s Susie’s family, who find themselves at odds regarding how to cope with the tragedy. There’s Susie’s murder-
er (Stanley Tucci), a pedophiliac neighbor who eludes an investigation by the police but not the suspicion of Susie’s family. And then there’s Susie herself. She’s trapped in what the film refers to as “the in-between.” It’s a constantly shifting purgatory of sorts, by turns both reassuring and unsettling. From here she looks down on the world she has left behind and observes the effect of her death on those she once knew. Perhaps the film’s sole virtue can be found in its performances, principally that of veteran actor Stanley Tucci. He is convincing as Susie’s murderer, and the scene in which he lures Susie into an isolated setting is easily the film’s most effective. A chilling shift in Tucci’s character can be observed during the sequence, as he transitions from foreboding awkwardness to outright deviance. But then there are the film’s problems — namely its uncertain tone. “The Lovely Bones” is wildly erratic, often following moments of sincere emotion with crude attempts at levity. Consider a sequence that occurs roughly halfway through the film, in which an earnest attempt at depicting a grieving family’s fragility is immediately
‘THE LOVELY BONES’ Runtime: 135 minutes MPAA rating: PG-13 Release date: Jan. 15 CW critic’s rating:
rottentomatoes.com Saoirse Ronan stars as Susie Salmon in “The Lovely Bones.” followed by an overdone montage intended for comedic effect. At times like this, it almost seems as if the film is caught in an “in-between” of its own, unable to decide which dramatic course it wants to pursue. And the resulting dissonance can be positively baffling. Such frequent contradictions only serve to herald the more abstract paradox found within “The Lovely Bones.” On one hand, the film wants to address very real emotions; it seeks to examine the pain, guilt, and frustration that arise from unexpected loss. Yet the movie ultimately sabotages its own efforts with its competing idealism. As we watch Susie enjoy the grandeur
of the “in-between,” it becomes increasingly hard not to feel as if the film is avoiding the more gruesome reality of her rape/ murder — even as it exploits the crime for cheap melodrama. It should be mentioned that the film takes a somewhat unusual approach regarding its portrayal of that crime’s former component, as it avoids the subject all together. “Rape” is never mentioned in the film — not by the family, the police, or Susie herself. Instead, the movie chooses to imply its occurrence in an indirect manner — a manner not so much subtle as it is belittling. While one could assume that this decision was made primarily to assure a PG-13 rating
Bottom line: “The Lovely Bones” does not maintain a steady tone, a problem exacerbated by the need for better handling of its serious subject matter. It’s a shame these problems drown out excellent performances, especially that of Stanley Tucci.
(something at which the film unquestionably succeeds), the movie’s refusal to address the issue allows for an ironic articulation of its central flaw: “The Lovely Bones” wants very desperately to be taken as a serious film — as long as it doesn’t take itself seriously in return.
Human Target is funny, thrilling, sometimes original By Steven Nalley Arts and Entertainment Editor I’m as happy as anyone else that J.J. Abrams succeeded at both making viewers happy and making viewers think with “Lost.” Thanks to him, intelligence on television isn’t quite as rare as it used to be. But I also think that shows all about martial arts, explosions and special effects will never quite lose their place on television. So it doesn’t bother me that Fox has now come out with what I might describe as the Anti“Lost.” Human Target is, first and foremost, a heavy dose of adren-
aline and spectacle. That leaves it prone to a few action clichés, but it balances these with a little innovation and the funniest action protagonist I have seen in a few years. Christopher Chance (Mark Valley) is a private security agent who specializes in drawing out assassins who come after his clients by fooling them into thinking his clients are unprotected. When the assassin shows up, Chance subdues the assassin and saves the client at any cost, even if it means throwing himself in harm’s way. Chance is the latest in a long line of action heroes who tend to cause more collateral damage
than they prevent, so he has a boss, Winston (Chi McBride) to rein him in and occasionally help him on a mission. Both of them also know a former member of the criminal underground, Guerrero (Jackie Earle Haley), who uncovers the big bosses behind the show’s assassins. Valley acts like a snarky hero with a death wish, something Fox apparently thinks is original enough to carry the series to the top of the Nielsen ratings. It is not. I was reminded of Mel Gibson’s character in “Lethal Weapon” and of Malcolm Reynolds from “Firefly.” Valley plays the role ably, even
though he comes off a little fake when he starts trying to convince villains to turn over new leaves. The premium he places on human lives could make for interesting character development in future episodes. What makes Chance and his humor work is the way his ingenuity creates unique action set pieces. For example, I’ve seen more than my fair share of fistfights, and I’ve seen a few escapes through air ducts, but I’ve never seen a fistfight set in an air duct. And just wait until you see “Human Target’s” hilarious twist on a knife fight in tonight’s episode.
The action clichés seem to come in where the setting is concerned. Sunday’s episode was set on a train, and tonight’s is set on a plane. Tonight’s episode seems to address that concern with a surprise I won’t spoil, however. It also makes me interested to see where Fox plans to take the show next. I’m evaluating “Human Target” based primarily on its action because that seems to have the best chance of making this show memorable and successful. Most of the rest of it has been seen before, but when it comes to pure spectacle, does that really matter?
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