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meeting did not deviate from the prepared agenda as they offered their resolutions for voting next week. Four senators authored lences, one resolution of grati- three condolences to families By Will Tucker tude, a form of congratulation and friends Thursday night. Staff Reporter and ultimately, no mention of The Senate noted the impact Resolutions introduced in the SGA’s spending rule viola- Thomas Anton, Brennan Cox, Thursday night’s SGA Senate tion in Pasadena, Calif. and Athletic Director Mal Senators present at the Moore’s wife, Charlotte Davis meeting included three condo-
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Moore, had on UA faculty and students. Among the resolutions was a thank-you note to the University for providing Safe Zone training seminars. The seminars provide the opportunity for UA students and other members of the community to better accommodate for the needs of LGBTQ indi-
viduals. Safe Zone also provided training for SGA members, several of whom have become Safe Zone Allies. Senators Sarah Papadelias and Nicole Bohannon issued the thanks. In addition, the Senate introduced two resolutions support-
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Biology offers class in Bahamas By Jessica Cheek Staff Writer The UA biology department is offering a new course in the Bahamas this summer on stress in the marine environment. Eight UA students will be selected for this expenses-paid trip with an additional eight students from the University of Mississippi participating as well. The selected students will receive four credit hours for the summer course. Julie Olson, associate professor of biological sciences, will be teaching the course along with two Ole Miss faculty members. Olson said students will take field trips to various marine environments such as reefs and mangroves, and they will perform hands-on laboratories in addition to independent research projects during the trip, which will last for two weeks. “[The program’s goal] is to encourage students from Alabama and Mississippi to gain additional hands-on experience working in the marine environment,” she said. “I recommend the course to students interested in the marine environment or research as a career. It will be a very intensive but fun field experience.” Students will be staying in the Bahamas from May 15 to May 30 and will stay in dormitories at the Caribbean Marine Research Center on Lee Stocking Island.
In today’s economic climate, many aspects of society appear to be afflicted by the closest thing to a second Great Depression the country has experienced, including the salaries of college presidents around the country. UA spokeswoman Cathy Andreen said the recession has reduced the government’s budget allocated to the UA, but has failed to diminish its prosperity. “As a result of our strong enrollment growth, tuition increase and careful planning, the University of Alabama has absorbed a $56 million reduction in state appropriations without laying off any faculty or staff or cutting any programs, and no layoffs or program cuts are anticipated,” Andreen said in an emailed statement. Kellee Reinhart, spokeswoman for the UA System Board of Trustees, said President Robert Witt’s salary has remained static for the past two years. “Like our chancellor and other campus presidents, he has not received an increase in the last two years due to budget constraints,” Reinhart said in an email. Andreen said that although other
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• Eight UA students will be selected for the study abroad program.
• Auburn: $727,761 • Florida: $523,668 • Georgia: $604,864 • Mississippi State: $455,460
CW | Katie Bennett A model walks the runway in the Ferguson Center ballroom during a fashion show Thursday. Rock the Runway is a student-run fashion show featuring UA student designers.
UA area helps Haiti relief efforts Survivors camp gather outside Haiti's National Palace, which was damaged by an earthquake in Port-auPrince, Haiti, Jan. 13.
By Taylor Holland Staff Reporter Nearly two weeks after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck southern Haiti, Tuscaloosa residents and UA faculty and students find themselves working together to relieve and rebuild the nation in need. Many projects have begun to take shape across campus, with all profits being donated to relief efforts. The UA Community Service Center, along with 14 student organizations and three university departments, started the UA Students for Haiti Relief group, focused on collecting monetary donations to help with the nation’s immediate need.
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Swine flu does not worry UA students By Brittney Knox Staff Reporter Over the last few months Alabama has fallen below the “widespread” flu rate, but the traditional flu season is just beginning. At the beginning of last semester the campus was abuzz with how to prevent catching the swine flu and students were concerned about contractions. Now, some students say it does not worry them as much. “I am not worried about it as much because it is in the media
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less,” said Alyson Stewart, a sophomore majoring in advertising and public relations. The student perception of the swine flu is evident in the lack of lines at the Student Health Center, said nursing supervisor David Brown. Brown said the American College Health Association there is a 5 percent compliance with the swine flu vaccine on southern college campuses. “I don’t know why students do not wish to get the swine
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NEWS in brief CAMPUS | Student organization resource meeting planned for next week Foresight is an interactive workshop designed to equip and empower student organizations through providing information about the various resources available around campus. Foresight is a prerequisite for FAC funding. A Foresight meeting will be held Tuesday at 6 p.m. in Ferguson Center Room 360. For more information, email source@ua.edu.
CAMPUS | Honor society applications available Applications for six different honor societies on campus are available. The Blue Key Honor Fraternity, the Anderson Society, Omicron Delta Kappa, the Mortar Board, Cardinal Key Honor Society and Lambda Sigma have applications posted at honorsocieties.ua.edu. The deadline has been extended for students to apply until Jan. 24. For more information, contact Taylor Scruggs, president of the Coordinating Council for Honor Societies.
CAMPUS | WRC holds equal 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
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ing various initiatives on campus. First, Sen. CadeAnn Smith introduced a resolution supporting an environmental initiative for the greek system, the Greeks for Green Campaign. The campaign will take place from Feb. 9 to April 19 and will encour-
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LOCAL | VFW post holds cookout The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6022 in Cottondale will hold a barbecue cook-out on Saturday at the post at 7001 University Blvd East. The post will open at noon. A slab of ribs costs $15, and rib plates are $7.50. A CD dance party and karaoke starts at 8 p.m., and there is no cover. For more information call 553-8040 after 3 p.m.
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University its first Heisman Trophy. Sen. Grant Cochran introduced the congratulations, and then requested that he be allowed to invite Ingram to an upcoming meeting for in-person congratulations at the end of the meeting. The Senate did not discuss the SGA’s acknowledged violation of its spending rules in Pasadena, Calif. According to the SGA Code of Laws, the Senate must approve any SGA expenditures over $1,000, but the Senate did not approve the $4,742.95 spent to send five students to Pasadena around the time of the BCS National Championship.
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according to the recommendations from the Malcolm Portera, chancellor of the UA System. According to the UA System’s website, the chancellor of the UA System serves as a liaison between the three campus presidents, as well as the Board of Trustees that presides over the three colleges. “The chancellor works with each individual president on setting goals and developing benchmarks,� Reinhart said. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, an academic journal, Witt earned $604,161 annually.
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faculty and staff members have also not experienced raises in two years, jobs continue to remain secure at the University, “Faculty and staff, including President Witt, have not received salary increases for the last two years,� Andreen said. “However, no salaries have been reduced, positions have not been frozen, and new faculty and staff continue to be hired.� Reinhart said that Witt’s salary is carefully calculated
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LOCAL | Run for the Red to benefit American Red Cross Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa will host the inaugural “Run for the Red� race on the UA campus on Saturday. The 5-kilometer run will begin at 9 a.m. at the Student Recreation Center and wind through the UA campus. Proceeds from Run for the Red will benefit the West Alabama Chapter of the American Red Cross.
Boardman authored a resolution to make the myBama registration tool “Week at a Glance� more easily accessible for students. The resolution would put a link to “Week at a Glance� on the myBama homepage. The resolution stated that the link should be easier to find for students, who frequently use the “Week at a Glance� tool to organize their schedules. As it stands now, four links must be clicked in order to find the “Week at a Glance� tool. The Senate spent the most time Thursday night on a resolution congratulating Mark Ingram on bringing the
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flu vaccine,� he said. “I think it could be they have the thought that someone else will get it and not me.� He said the vaccine is free and last semester they had stations around campus for students to receive the vaccine just to make sure they knew it was available. Brown said that the SHC takes appointments for the shot, or walk-ins and you can get the regular seasonal flu shot as well as the swine flu shot in the same visit. The most recent cases of a death from swine flu are from Alabama. They occurred in Hawaii, killing a woman and a man. The woman was in her 30s and the man was 50. “Currently everything in the
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EDITORIAL • Amanda Peterson, editor-in-chief • Alan Blinder, managing editor • Avery Dame, metro/state editor • Drew Taylor, admin affairs editor • Lindsey Shelton, student life editor • Jonathan Reed, opinions editor • Steven Nalley, arts & entertainment editor • Jason Galloway, sports editor • Spencer White, assistant sports editor • Brandee Easter, design editor • Emily Johnson, assistant design editor • Jerrod Seaton, photo editor • Katie Bennett, assistant photo editor• Sharon Nichols, chief copy editor • Aaron Gertler, graphics editor • Andrew Richardson, web editor
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news is about health care, Haiti, and celebrity deaths,� Stewart said. “Unless the illness toll goes up at UA, I am not worried.� Brown said that they would like to see more students come and get the flu vaccinations. “Before Thanksgiving, we went through our supply of the seasonal flu vaccine, and have more supply now,� he said. “As of yet we are not seeing the numbers of many people having the flu, but the flu season has been known to extend through April.� Michelle Doherty, a sophomore majoring in finance, said she is not worried about the swine flu and would not get the shot. “I feel the swine flu could increase through the season, but I do not feel that it will be extremely severe,� she said. She said that she feels it is being treated like the common cold by students as well as the SHC. She does not feel that Alabama’s death tolls are going to increase from the swine flu. Brown said that they still see a few cases of the swine flu every week and expect to see another wave of it throughout the season. “We still urge good hand washing practices, and for students to continue to fight against catching the swine flu by getting immunization,� he said.
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“Since students will travel as a group and will be the only class at the research station, it should be an easy introduction to international travel,� Olson said. “I think students will enjoy the opportunity to be immersed in their studies, the beautiful blue waters of the Bahamas and the amazing diversity of life.� Application information will be posted on the department of biological sciences web site. Applicants must be either juniors or seniors, be strong swimmers and have achieved high grades in various prerequisite biology courses. After initial examination of the applications, Olson said, certain students will be invited for interviews and a swim test. The eight participants will be selected from that group. There is no program cost, and tuition, housing, meals and airfare will be provided. Students will be responsible for paying passport fees, study abroad fees and incidentals. “This opportunity is being funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to give students from Alabama and Mississippi an opportunity to study coral reef environments and the various stressors that are affecting the marine environment,� Olson said. Olson said that she is excited about the wide variety of topics that will be addressed during this new course.
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Comparing title teams from a ďŹ rst-hand perspective By Jason Galloway Sports Editor For current students, comparing Alabama’s 2009 national championship football team with the other 12 title teams cemented in Crimson Tide lore can be a difficult task. They have only heard, read or researched anything before the mid-80s. But most who saw the live image of Bear Bryant leaning against a padded goal post remember the wishbone offense and a defense that nobody would bet against. “[My wife] and I went to all the games in the state of Alabama when Bryant was here,â€? said longtime fan and Tuscaloosa resident Jerry Belk. “I always thought the ’61 team might have been the best team. They were a defensive team. They could kick a field goal, and you’d think they were going to win.â€? Even an Alabama team that
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lost the Sugar Bowl, Bryant’s 1973 squad, can be put in the discussion as one of the most dominant teams in school history. “The ’73 team, which averaged more than 40 points a game, was a great team to watch,� said Huntsville resident John Ferry, who covered Alabama football during the Bryant years. After being voted national champions by the UPI coaches’ poll before its bowl game, the Tide dropped a gut-wrenching 24-23 battle to Notre Dame in the 1974 Sugar Bowl. “We had never played Notre Dame,� Ferry said. “It was like they were on another planet, and the buildup to that game was absolutely tremendous. I enjoyed the buildup to that game, because there was just a whole lot of excitement. We just didn’t play Notre Dame back then in any sport.� Dale Allen, who played snare drum in the Million Dollar Band as a freshman during that 1973 season, believes football has changed over different eras, making it difficult to compare the 2009 team to champions of
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the past. “The 2009 team had a lot more potent offense than the 1973 team,� he said. “Of course, football has changed since then. If you got your opponent down by 10 points, you pretty much sat on it. In this era we play in now, you don’t, so I think offenses are more potent, and I think Alabama’s team was a lot more potent offensively than they were in 1973.� Current Alabama head coach Nick Saban may be used to hearing comparisons. Since he arrived on campus in 2007, fans
Students for Haiti Relief – for updates on events and other Continued from page 1 volunteer projects,� Joshua Burford, CSC coordinator of “The most effective way stu- freshmen community outreach, dents can help with the volun- said. teer effort for Haiti is to check The CSC, along with the SGA, the Facebook group – UA will be hosting an event at the Ferguson Forum entitled “Haiti for Beginners� Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. to raise awareness about the country. Students can make a monetary donation using either cash or Bama Cash at the event, which will then be given directly to the Red Cross. Cheryl Ligon, research project coordinator at the CSC, said that at this time, the biggest help anyone can give is by donating his or her money. The department of theatre and dance is presenting a benefit concert entitled “Here Comes the Sun� to raise money for Haiti disaster relief as well. The concert, scheduled for Jan. 30 at 7:30 p.m. in Morgan Auditorium, will feature musical and dance
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have never failed to point out similarities between Saban and Bryant. After delivering a championship in just three years at the Capstone, Saban has begun to somewhat legitimize those comparisons, while also increasing the fan base’s expectation to an even greater level for the rest of his time at the University. “I would imagine there are going to be a lot of fans out there that are going to expect Alabama to win the next 35 or 40 years in a row,� Ferry said, “and if they don’t, they’re going to be real disappointed.�
The Tuscaloosa News Above: Dale Allen (front) plays snare drum in the Million Dollar Band during an Alabama home game during the Crimson TideĘźs 1973 national championship season. Submitted photo Top Left: John Ferry (left) stands with other media members (from left) John Forney, Charley Thornton and Bert Bank before Alabama played at Notre Dame in 1976.
HOW TO GET INVOLVED • “Haiti for Beginnersâ€? info meeting: The Ferguson Center Forum, Wednesday at 7 p.m.
• “Here Comes the Sunâ€? beneďŹ t concert: Morgan Auditorium, Jan. 30, 7:30 p.m.
• “Roll Tide Reliefâ€? beneďŹ t concert: Jupiter Bar and Grill, Feb. 18, 9 p.m. performances from students in the department. Tickets are not being sold for the event, but the department is requesting a $3 minimum donation be made. Russell Stephens, a musical theatre major and coordinator of the concert, said that while the concert is mainly seeking monetary donations, donations of clothing and toiletries will also be accepted. The University has also started a drive-in cooperation with Soles4Souls’ Project Haiti campaign. The group, based out
of Nashville, Tenn., said it has committed one million pairs of shoes to Haiti. Sara Hartley, the UA assistant director of parent programs, said students can donate a pair of used or unused shoes, preferably closed toed, to the box outside the office of the dean of students inside the Ferguson Center until Jan. 29. The collection bin will be available every day from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. UA senior Sarah Kramm, along with three of her Alpha Delta Pi sorority sisters and
owner of The Jupiter Jeremiah Jones, organized the Roll Tide Relief Benefit Concert to help the victims of the earthquake. The concert, scheduled to take place Feb. 18 at 9 p.m. at The Jupiter, will feature two bands, have a $5 cover charge and have specials on drinks all evening. Co-organizer Ginger Lum, a junior majoring in graphic design/ studio art, said that students can purchase tickets at the door the night of the event or buy them in advance through their fraternity or sorority houses, with all proceeds going directly to the Red Cross. “Since the 7.0 earthquake, there have been over 50 aftershocks, one of which‌registered at 5.9,â€? Lum said. “So we want people to realize this is still an ongoing thing in Haiti, not just a one-time disaster. We chose the later date for this reason, to keep students aware of the condition of the country.â€?
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Friday, January 22, 2010
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The government should never limit free speech. Not for people, anyway. Physical, breathing, walking, talking people should always have the right to free speech, and in close to unlimited capacity. Imaginary people, though, should have their rights checked. Legally, a corporation counts as a “person.” They have all the rights of real people — in the legal imagination. When a company incorporates, they legally cease to be a company and become a “person,” and become protected by the constitution as such. When a corporation speaks, the law hears a human being. The Bill of Rights applies to them, too — and now, because of the Supreme Court’s harshly divided 5-4 decision Thursday, corporations have the same free-speech rights as citizens when it comes to donating to political campaigns. Now, when a corporation swings its huge pocketbook to favor a political candidate, the law just sees another citizen getting engaged in the political discourse. The Supreme Court got it wrong, unfortunately. Under this decision, to put it simply, the rich will get richer, and the poor will become practically disenfranchised, and the law just sees healthy American politics. American politics, of course, is all about money, and companies will now control the bulk of the flow of money in campaigns. Where will they direct their funds? Directly into the pockets of candidates who openly support the generous corporations. Political campaigns will focus on preserving Corporate America, openly neglecting progressive policies that can help everyone else. Politicians won’t care about
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{ YOUR VIEW } DO YOU THINK IT’S RIGHT THAT THE SGA USED SGA FUNDING TO SEND STUDENTS TO PASADENA? “I really have no criticism for that. The money is for the SGA, they can use it how they see fit. I feel it was bad that they went over budget.” — Neal Ward, sophomore majoring in accounting
“It was purportedly for a... social work trip? Is that what they called it? I donʼt see why they had to go to Pasadena to do that. Weʼve got plenty of needy people here. ” — Joseph McCreelus, senior majoring in mechanical engineering
“Something should be done about that. Not only going over their limit – using that excuse to make that trip and using student funds to do that is ridiculous.” — Russ Lloyd, a graduate student, MBA
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The purpose of the Student Government Association is to promote the interIn short: SGA ests of the students leaders’ trip to of the University of California raises Alabama, not the red flags and interests of its own questions. leaders. When the SGA paid over $4,700 for five students, including four SGA leaders, to travel to Pasadena, Calif., for a community service activity around the BCS National Championship, they did so without the transparency and without strict adherence to policy one expects from an organization designed to look out for students. The SGA’s Code of Laws requires that any expense over $1,000 be cleared by the SGA Senate, but this action, costing almost five times the allotted amount, bypassed the organization’s largest and most democratic body. While SGA spokeswoman Anne Elizabeth Davis speculated that the Senate would have agreed to the cost for the service activity anyway, speculation cannot excuse the truth. The truth remains that the SGA broke rules in clandestinely paying for a select few of its top members to travel across a half dozen states to be in the vicinity of the most significant football game for this university in almost two decades. While the SGA did not explicitly pay for tickets to the BCS National Championship, the cost of a ticket is often secondary to the prohibitive cost of traveling from Alabama to California. At almost $1,000 per person, the opportunity for these students to attend the game was greatly increased thanks to SGA funds. Even more disturbing is the fact that the service activity was not well publicized – not even to other SGA members. Many SGA members and countless more students paid out of their own pockets for their transportation to Pasadena and did not know about the service event happening where they were already going. What made them less qualified to represent UA with community service? The trip also involved a rented van that reportedly took the students to the Rose Bowl, where the game was held. The cost of this van was almost $500. If the purpose of the trip was entirely a community service activity at the Union Station Homeless Services Adult Center in Pasadena and not at least in part to help students go to a football game, a van paid for with SGA funds had no reason to go to a football stadium. Transportation around the Los Angeles area can get expensive, but that is still no excuse to use public funds for student fans to go to attend a personal activity like a football game. National Championship game or not. There was no reason for this to take place without the approval of the Senate. It doesn’t matter if the Senate would have approved it or not, it didn’t. That makes it not only a violation of the SGA’s own rules, but a violation of this University’s trust in its student leaders.
courting political action committees and listening to the people for donations because they won’t have to. All they’ll have to do is openly support the same policies as a few rich corporations — policies that preserve those corporations, obviously — and money will flow in like fans into Bryant-Denny for a game. It’s the corruption of democracy, and it’s too late for anything to be done about it. The law is the law, and what the Supreme Court says
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What should an act of Congress like this look like? It should definitely make a few things clear. It needs to state that a corporation doesn’t have all the rights a citizen of the United States has. The line between “citizen” and “corporation” has been blurred too much already, and legislation needs to define each in an undeniably clear manner. If that means establishing a separate Bill of Rights for American corporations, so be it.
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goes since they have the little job of interpreting the constitution for the rest of us. That leaves only one option open — one that should be discussed more often when dealing with controversial Court decisions that won’t change just because people may not like them. (See Roe v. Wade.) We can make the Supreme Court see the Constitution a different way by changing the document itself. It’s called amending, it’s been done before, and it means that the law is the law only until the law changes. With corporations already gearing up to dominate the whole process with their huge wallets, the American political system needs another change in the law. The American political system needs another McCain-Feingold Act to control campaigns and protect the essence of democracy — the voice of the people. It needs another act that will clearly define the rules of the game in the 21st century.
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Just separate their rights from mine — make it clear that I am a citizen of the United States and can’t be disenfranchised by any entity, and make it legally clear that corporations are no more than a collection of citizens in a mutual economic venture. If Congress would write this into law, the Supreme Court could review it again all they want and only find the clear definitions of “citizen” and “corporation.” Don’t hold your breath, though — as we’ve seen with health care, it’ll take an act of Congress to make our country governable. Any success on this front won’t come until we see as a country the disparaging effects of this Court’s decision. Let’s just hope experiencing the corruption of democracy isn’t as bad as it sounds. Will Tucker is a freshman majoring in international relations. His column runs weekly on Friday.
Managing editor Alan Blinder, who reported Thursday’s story, did not participate in this editorial.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Thanks to UA groups for supporting Tuscaloosaʼs One Place By Teresa Costanzo
Picking up Wall Street’s tab By Jonathan Reed In the United States, we like to think that the people are powerful. We trust in the ideal of democracy. Most of the time, it works. When you’re dealing with big corporations and Wall Street, though, we’re pretty powerless. If you’re out shopping and you find something you really, really want to buy, you have to pay for it. In order to do that, you have to earn money (usually by working, or at least that’s the popular perception). When Wal-Mart or Exxon or some other big corporation has a new expense they really, really have to pay, they also have to earn it. What do they do? Cut executive salaries? Sometimes. Pay lawyers to find loopholes in the law so they don’t have to pay for it, or at least pay taxes for it? Most of the time. Raise the cost to you? Always. That’s something you don’t have the ability to do. You can’t pass the buck like a big corporation can. If you make money by working, you aren’t charging your employer more per hour just because you got a parking ticket. The buck stops at you. So when Obama says he wants to tax companies like AIG and Citi – companies that got a lot of bailout money that you paid for through taxes – the taxes he talks about won’t really be paid by their intended targets. These companies will make sure to raise their prices so that it all trickles down to you. You, the taxpayer, will be paying back you, the taxpayer. Obama’s newly introduced “Financial Crisis Responsibility
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panies with more than $50 billion in assets. If these companies raise their prices, consumers aren’t bound to be driven away because these companies — by virtue of their sheer size and the fact that they have de facto government backing as companies that are “too big to fail” — are still often the most reliable option in the market. So the tax will be passed on, and the American people will do what we always do best: stomach it. Just as low-income Americans often don’t haggle over pay at job interviews and just take the number the boss tells them, nobody will question why everything costs more. “It’s the recession,” we’ll say, “the economy sucks, so I have to pay more to buy stuff.” We’ll accept it. The problem is that not all of that price increase is the recession’s fault, at least not directly. When our government does what it’s supposed to and tries to get our money back from Wall Street, we’ll end up paying for it. We, the consumers, always do. There isn’t much we can do about it except hope that the next generation of bankers and brokers doesn’t engage in the same risky, greedy practices as their predecessors. I don’t know about you, but I’m not holding my breath for that. If human nature could change, we’d have learned from the myriad of other panics, crises, crashes and bubbles in the past when businessmen with dollar signs in their eyes ruined the lives of the hard-working Americans who made them rich.
Fee” has a noble cause: to get the people who caused this crisis — and begged to be bailed out — to pay the American people back for what they were given. Balancing the books, however, is a fundamental practice of the market economy. This tax is, to these corporations, an added expense, just like gasoline, toilet paper and Solo cups are expenses to us college students. A firm operating in a free market has to do what it must to balance its books, and there’s no better way to do that than to raise revenue. They could cut costs, but how can they retain “top talent” if they do that? If you cut executive salaries, the bankers who are really good at stealing and the lawyers who are really good at conniving will all leave for another company. The easiest thing to do is just to raise the cost of whatever you’re selling. Pass it on. Ideally, the free market would fix this. Competition should make it so that one company’s externality doesn’t dramatically affect the consumer’s experience. The problem is Jonathan Reed is the opinions editor that the tax is being levied on the of The Crimson White. His column whole market, or at least those com- runs weekly on Friday.
On behalf of the Board of Directors and staff of Tuscaloosa’s One Place, A Family Resource Center, we would like to extend our gratitude and thanks to the outstanding men and women of the Capstone who participated in adopting children for Christmas through our agency. Due to the generosity of the Delta Zeta Sorority, the Crimsonettes, the Cabaret Dance Team, the Honors College, Alpha Phi Sorority and the Alabama Hillel Foundation, 190 children in the Tuscaloosa area had a joyful Christmas morning. These groups have continued the tradition of excellence set forth at The University of Alabama. Thank you for making a difference in a child’s life and this community. Teresa Costanzo is executive director of Tuscaloosa’s One Place.
Crimson White unethical in its practices By Dave Folk This Tuesday, I was shocked to find what The Crimson White had published. For those of you who missed out on the overall fun that took place, let me fill you in. The CW accepted money from Bama Dining, run by Aramark Limited, so that they could publish a “special advertising edition.” Let us start by analyzing the absurdity it is to accept money from a source. It goes against every ethical and moral principle journalists have. The foundation of journalism, an objective source of news for citizens, has been severely breached on this campus. The fact that the current regime of editors is still employed is a shock. Those who orchestrated such a travesty should be blacklisted from journalism altogether. What we had here on Tuesday was failure to communicate. Someone apparently failed to communicate to The CW that they could not accept money from a source and print an entire newspaper using staff writers to write glorified ads for Bama Dining. I cannot even describe how sickening this is. Dave Folk is a junior majoring in communication studies. He is a former news editor of The Crimson White.
South African dance group comes to Tuscaloosa By Kerie Kerstetter Staff Writer Tonight at the Bama Theatre, a little piece of South Africa will come to town. The professional South African dance troupe Soweto Street Beat will be performing at 7:30 p.m. The group’s goal, according to founder and president Peter Ngcobo, is to teach audiences of all ages about the culture and history of their country. “People always say they know all about South Africa, but they really only know a small piece,” said Ngcobo. “In my program, I talk to people about the uprisings and issues, as well as how they celebrate and dress.” The organization began their work in the Soweto Township of Johannesburg, South Africa, offering a creative outlet for youth
endangered by crime and poverty. In 1992 the Soweto Street Beat relocated to the United States, where they have traveled the country setting a precedent for contemporary South African dance and culture. Over the past 18 years, they have performed at venues such as the 1996 Olympic Festival, The Lincoln Center for Performing Arts, Walt Disney’s Animal Kingdom, and Jimmy Carter’s The Atlanta Project. “What people don’t realize is that there are more that 3,000 different ethnic groups in South Africa,” Ngcobo said. “I am looking forward to coming to Alabama so that people will learn more about them.” The performance tonight is titled Zulu Kingdom, which will showcase the culture of the Zulu people, South Africa’s largest ethnic group. Ngcobo said it was important for students and other audiences to learn about the heritage of other countries. “I chose to do this,” said Ngcobo. “I chose to travel all over the world and teach so that people could learn about this country. I don’t consider this my job. It is more like my mission.” Kevin Ledgewood, head of
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT sowetostreetbeat.net In a photo from the organization, Soweto Street Beat dancers perform in traditional South African Costumes. publicity for the Bama Theatre, said the Bama Theatre welcomes the Soweto Street Beat as well as students and community residents. “Soweto is an energetic, exciting dance/drumming group,” Ledgewood said. “It will be a totally new experience for the entire audi-
ence from the standpoint of dance, music, and costumes.” Tickets for tonight’s performance are available at tuscarts.org and also at the Bama Theatre box office before the show. All tickets are general admission for $11. Ledgewood said he e n c o u r ag e s UA stu -
‘Not My Son’ premieres Saturday Film highlights parents who lost children to violence By Brittney Knox Staff Reporter Carolyn Johnson-Turner is a mother on a mission to help decrease gun violence among teens through the work of her organization, Parents Against Violence. On Nov. 22, 2003, her son Rodreckus Johnson was at a birthday party when a stray bullet struck him. Some people were engaged in a fight nearby when the bullet came through her son’s windshield and struck him in the head, killing him instantly. The documentary, “Not My Son,” follows parents like Turner who have lost loved ones through their daily lives. The Center for Public Television and Radio is hosting a showing on Saturday at 5 p.m. at the Woodland Park Church in Birmingham. “Although this was a very painful situation, all my strength comes from God, and he grants me my desire to help others that are going through this as well,” Turner said. Turner decided to use this tragic situation to create an organization to bring awareness to this issue and help grieving families. “This happened six years ago to me and I know how it feels,” she said. “So I feel that I am able to help someone who may just be experiencing the pain.” “Gun violence is a leading cause of death in African
American males between the ages of 10 to 24,” said Dwight Cammeron, producer/director of “Not My Son” and documentary television program director for the Center for Public Television. Cammeron said the film highlights the stories of some of the mothers in the organization. Research to shows such violence is a prevalent issue in the black community. “We wanted to be involved with this project to help bring awareness to this issue,” he said. Turner said Cammeron contacted her about the project and some of the students also helped as a project in the CPTV. After about a year of production, the film highlights reallife experiences of the mothers and how they go through life day-to-day after losing a loved one. With Birmingham’s high crime rate, Parents Against Violence also plans to educate teens and their parents about how to deal with the
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violence of today. Parents Against Violence has several programs such as grief support groups, parents mentoring parents, parents for peace neighborhood tours, and the “Who Killed My Child” campaigns. “After the first year my son died, the Lord placed in me the idea for this organization because there was nothing like it around and it filled a void that this community needed,” she said. In the film, Turner showCDTV cases a board with pictures A member of Parents Against of young teens across it and Violence protests in Birmingsaid, “All of these teens have ham. one thing in common they are murder victims that were shot with a gun.” According to a statistic in the film, homicides involving black youth increased by more than thirty percent during the years of 2002 and 2007. “There is no human way possible to understand what someone is feeling that has lost a loved one unless you have been in their shoes,” Turner said.
dent to attend the show and emphasizes the benefits they could gain by attending the performance. “This show is an opportunity to take a journey to South Africa right in their own backyard, by way of their car and not by plane,” Ledgewood said.
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Tide beats Florida to win first SEC game By Laura Owens Sports Reporter
The women’s basketball team got its first SEC win, beating the Florida Gators 82-58 on Thursday night in Coleman Coliseum. The Tide improved to 9-10 on the season and 1-5 in the SEC. After two conference road losses, they were able to get a big conference win at home. “I thought this was our most complete team game that we’ve played probably since myself and the coaching staff taking over the program,” said second-year head coach Wendall Hudson. True freshman Celiscia Farmer had a career-high 19 points against the Gators. Her previous career high came against Auburn a week prior to this game. “Everything’s starting to click,” she said, “just working hard and continuing to be a team and doing it together. There’s no ‘I’ in team. We work
hard for every single game.” Junior forward Tierney Jenkins scored a total of 28 points while grabbing 12 rebounds for her seventh double-double game of the season. The Tide led 38-26 at the half, with almost half of those points coming from Jenkins. She had 17 points and seven rebounds in the first half alone. The team overall shot over 50 percent for the game. The team was also aggressive defensively in the first half, and Florida made a mere 33 percent of their inside shots. The Gators usually get most of their points off of the outside shots, and the Tide did their best to take away those shots as well. “You have to credit Alabama’s defense and the pressure that they brought,” said Florida’s head coach, Amanda Butler. “I thought they did a fantastic job inside as well. They played a very complete ball game.” Alabama came back from halftime with the same aggression
and kept the score at a 20-point difference for most of the second half. Jenkins said that in the locker room at halftime, Hudson tried something different. “He let us talk to each other,” she said, “and we were all talking to each other. What did we do in the first half that we need to continue to do? And so it was like a big team bonding moment.” Sophomore guard Erika Russell added 18 points to the team’s win and said she had wanted to contribute to the team in whatever way she could for this game. “I felt that we needed this game and I thought I could do whatever I needed to do,” she said. “I just had to play my role. I really wanted this game, and I’m glad we got it.” This was the Tide’s first conference win since they beat Ole Miss last February in Coleman on the courts and in the locker Coliseum during the 2008-09 room. After this win, the team season. After that win, there reacted very differently. was a big team celebration both “I think we expect to win
Ericka Russell manuevers around a Florida defender during the Crimson Tideʼs 82-58 victory over the Gators Thursday night in Coleman Coliseum. UA Athletics
now,” Jenkins said. “It’s not like oh, we finally won a game, it’s like this is what we should’ve been doing the whole time and
we expect to win, so I don’t think we should celebrate for something we should’ve been doing the whole time.”
Rookie stats give Jets QB Sanchez elite company By Barry Wilner The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS — Brett Favre, Peyton Manning, Drew Brees — and Mark Sanchez? Yep, the rookie from Southern Cal is keeping some heady company. He’s gotten a whole lot further than some of the best quarterbacks in NFL history did in their first seasons, too. The fifth overall pick in last year’s draft is part of the NFL’s final four, playing for a spot in the Super Bowl just like the game’s career passing leader, the league’s only four-time MVP, and the sport’s most accurate passer. Sure could be overwhelming. “This feels right,” Sanchez said confidently. “It feels good. It feels the way you dream it would
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been a bunch of rookie quarterbacks here over the last five or six years.” The theory that QBs fresh out of college should sit and watch died a while ago. Maybe it began to disappear with Manning, who never has missed a start since being the top selection in 1998. Favre barely saw the field with Atlanta in 1991, throwing five passes (two were intercepted) before being traded to Green Bay. Brees came along 10 years later and had only one start for San Diego as a rookie, perhaps because the Chargers had been so burned by using Manning contemporary Ryan Leaf early on they were wary of going with a youngster again. Now, it’s no big deal for the new kid in town to line up behind center from the out-
set. Or, in the last half-dozen seasons, to play deep into January. “Every guy wants to be a part of the Super Bowl,” said the 40-year-old Favre, who got there in his sixth and seventh season, going 1-1, but has not returned. “As you get older, you appreciate it more. Especially since you’ve been there, you know how difficult it is to get back. I don’t care how good you are. I keep using Pittsburgh as an example, and the Giants a couple of years ago. You never know. Seize the moment.” The Jets have done a lot of seizing recently, winning seven of eight, including four in a row, two in the playoffs on the road — about as difficult a challenge as a rookie quarterback could face. Sanchez met
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Tide looks to remain undefeated tonight By Jason Galloway Sport Editor Even eight years ago, before Arkansas had ever landed a routine in an NCAA gymnastics meet, Alabama head coach Sarah Patterson knew the Razorbacks were committed to building a quality gymnastics program. “I remember eight years ago, they sent a plane full of people here to the University to watch us run a home competition – all the things that we do here to make our event spectacular,” Patterson said. “They looked at all the different components, and then they set out, hired great coaches, gave them one of the best practice facilities in the country – I think it was a blueprint for how to be successful when you want to start a women’s program.” Still in its first decade of competition last season, Arkansas defeated the eventual national runner-up Crimson Tide during the regular season before notching its first ever Super Six appearance at last year’s
Sophomore Geralen Stack-Eaton performs her floor routine last week against Georgia. No. 3 Alabama has looked like the most confident team in the nation through the first two weeks of the season will try to defeat No. 7 Arkansas tonight in Coleman Coliseum.
was one of our turning points of the season.” “They’re definitely not a team we can just go into and be comfortable,” senior Morgan Dennis said. “We’re going to have to fight for this one.” It seems No. 3 Alabama has to fight for victories every week. With Arkansas holding the No. 7 ranking, tonight’s meet in Coleman Coliseum will mark the third time in as many meets this season the Tide has faced a top15 opponent. “I can’t think of a team in our conference that you can go to, and have an off night, and not be challenged for somebody else to win,” Patterson said. “I think it’s hard because there’s no margin for error. Last year we went to Arkansas, and we lost. But do I think it makes us better in the end? Yes, I do, because it makes your team focus on what they have to do, and you can’t let your CW | Jerrod guard down.” But right now, 2-0 Alabama Seaton looks nearly unbeatable. The work very hard to where they Tide opened the season with nationals. “They’re a great up and com- get to. I do remember we were a close win over rival Auburn, ing program,” senior Kassi Price pretty disappointed after we lost Alabama’s 99th victory in a row said. “They’re very talented, against them, but I think that over the Tigers, and then didn’t
this weekend FRIDAY • Gymnastics vs Arkansas: 7:30 p.m.
SATURDAY • Men’s Basketball vs Mississippi State: 11 a.m. • Women’s Tennis vs UAB: 10 a.m. • Women’s Tennis vs Southern Miss: 3 p.m.
SUNDAY •Women’s Basketball vs Arkansas: 2 p.m.
even let the five-time defending national champion Georgia Gym Dogs come close in a Tide victory last weekend. “We are definitely extremely confident,” Price said. “It was really big for us to win these first two meets against Auburn and Georgia. They’re some of the best in the SEC, and it really does kind of propel us into the next week and make us feel like we are a great team. We know what we’re capable of.” Despite the great start to the season, Alabama still expects to improve throughout the year and continue to add more difficulty to its routines. “What I would like to do before we add more difficulty is to go out and maximize the performance of what we’re doing,” Patterson said. “I think we have to go out and hit 6-for-6, show our consistency, gain our confidence, and then we’ll continue to move forward. “It’s like I tell our ladies. It’s a marathon, not a sprint.” Tonight’s meet against Arkansas begins at 7:30 p.m. in Coleman Coliseum. Students receive free admission.
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Freshman Botha perfect fit for Alabama By Britton Lynn Sports Reporter Some say it is hard for a freshman to adjust, but imagine having only seven days to do it. Alabama freshman Jarrod Botha walked off the plane after a long flight from South Africa to America on Jan. 1. Two days later, he had orientation, and only a week later he competed in his first match for the Crimson Tide’s men tennis team. “He’s played at several countries, so it’s not unique for him to travel a lot and play,” said head coach Billy Pate. “So the adjustment to him, even though he’s coming a long way, could be less than even someone coming from say Decatur, Ala. Tennis players are mature and by nature very independent.
Even though he was 17 when he showed up here, I think he’s well adjusted.” In the SEC Indoor Coaches’ Championships, Botha was able to go 2-1, beating Mississippi State sophomore Daniel Sanchez, 3-6, 6-1, 1-0(3) in the final round of singles consolation. “He had a good start to his career,” Pate said. “It’s a positive that he tried really hard, and that means he cares. It’s a good sign … He pressed, but after losing his first match he won the next two. He played a really good match and came back and won two … I think he’s on track and he’s going to be an exceptional player for us.” Botha’s adjustment from junior tennis to college hasn’t been too difficult for him so far
in terms of the necessary skills. Botha’s father, Dean Botha, competed in the Davis Cup professional tour for South Africa and has served as his son’s primary coach, as well as being the reason he started playing the sport. “At first, he didn’t really want me to play tennis because it’s not the easiest sport to play and to do well in, but in the end he started supporting me and we worked pretty hard on my game,” Botha said. “He’s coached me my whole career up until now coming to Alabama, so he’s a role model to me. I want to follow in his footsteps.” Sophomore Michael Thompson, who is also from Cape Town, South Africa, knew Botha before he came to Alabama, who at the time not
only played tennis, but also competed in rugby, cricket and squash. Thompson even acquired some of his own tennis skills from Botha’s father, who coached him in tennis in South Africa as well, which is how the two athletes knew each other before playing on the same tennis team at Alabama “[Botha’s father] is probably one of the most talented guys to play and that means a lot to him that he’s following in the footsteps of his dad,” Thompson said. “He talks about it a fair bit. It’s quite easy to see being from back home and seeing how much he cares when his dad’s coaching him.” But, even without his dad here with him in Tuscaloosa, Botha has had no problems making friends—and becoming an
enemy to his opponents. “I got a bit of a hard time; I had to get a hair cut,” Botha said on fitting in with his teammates. “On the team, all the guys are good and they know what it’s like to be a freshman, so I find it quiet easy to fit in … The transition on the court wasn’t that tough because I was training pretty hard at home playing a few matches and I was nervous, but after a while you start playing and get into it.” For the freshman who holds both a doubles (15-5) and a singles (22-5) record on the ITF circuit after claiming back-to-back tournament titles at the Gauteng East Junior ITF in Johannesburg and the South African Airways ITF in Durban, the team has high expectations. Botha said he’s ready to play.
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