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Repercussions for a Friday incident involving the use of a racial slur in front of the Delta Tau Delta house will remain private, according to University officials and the national leadership of Delta Tau Delta international fraternity. Jim Russell, executive vice president of Delta Tau Delta,
said the organization does not discuss disciplinary actions publicly. “It’s an ongoing investigation,” he said. “Once it’s
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Friday, 4:25 p.m. Student inside Delta Tau Delta fraternity house yells racial slur at graduate student Justin Zimmerman
Friday, 4:40 p.m. Zimmerman calls UAPD, files police report
Saturday morning UAPD alerts University administrators
Saturday, 2 p.m. UA President Robert Witt sends out campuswide e-mail
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Student who made racial slur suspended from Delta Tau Delta
National Delta Tau Delta president personally apologizes to Zimmerman
University, DTD say disciplinary action taken against student will remain private
Student play brings realistic depiction of Great Depression
Experts: Freedom of speech has limits By Katherine Martin Staff Reporter klmartin@crimson.ua.edu
There has been much debate whether hate speech qualifies as free speech as a direct result of the incident that occurred on Feb. 4 involving a UA student directing a racial slur toward another student. “The First Amendment Should racial slurs essentially be protected by says the government canfree speech? not regulate speech because it disagrees with the speak54% er’s message,” 46% 243 said Bryan Fair, Votes a UA law professor who specializes in First 207 Amendment Votes rights. “The Supreme Court Total Voters: 450 ultimately Vote at cw.ua.edu interprets the Constitution and decides whether or not it is permissible.” Government can regulate speech that advocates unlawful activities, what is defined as obscene and commercial advertising, Fair said.
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CW | Drew Hoover Cast members of “Flora, The Red Menace“ rehearse Tuesdsay night in Allen Bales Theatre. The play addresses issues such as unemployment, money and love. The show will run Feb. 14 to Feb. 20. For the full story, see page 8.
Sprinter owns world’s best 400m By Marilyn Vaughn Contributing Writer There are a lot of things people may not know about Kirani James. James is a sophomore, hails from the Caribbean nation of Grenada, is an AllAmerican, and at the moment, he has the fastest 400-meter time in the world this year. James came to the men’s track and field team last January; this is his first full season with the Crimson Tide. Though James has a lot of natural talent, the coaching staff was grateful to have a full season with James this year to cross train him with weights, hills and strength workouts. Last week James ran a 45.47 in the 400 meter, earning an automatic bid to the indoor
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Alcohol referendum spurs strong debate Religion, economics and the separation of church and state all found arguments at Monday night’s forum on Sunday alcohol sales at the Tuscaloosa Public Library. Friday is the deadline to register to vote for the proposition in Tuscaloosa. The League of Women Voters hosted the forum in an attempt to educate the public on all sides of the debate surrounding Sunday sales. The forum featured a debate between Bob Woodman, who supports sales, and Reverand Edward Steelman, who
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UA Athletics Sophomore sprinter Kirani James prepares for a race at the Alabama relays last season. James ran the fastest 400-meter time in the world for this year at the Meyo Invitational over the weekend.
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opposes them. Economics are the main reason for Woodman’s support of the proposition, citing business-related concerns with continuing the ban on alcohol. “I want to extend business opportunities,” Woodman said. “Recruiters go to Birmingham or Atlanta instead of Tuscaloosa. Sunday sales translate to new business. New business translates to new jobs. New jobs translate to new tax revenue.” Woodman said the lack of Sunday sales is especially difficult to explain to international companies.
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ON THE MENU LAKESIDE Lunch Buttermilk Fried Chicken Mashed Russet Potatoes Broccoli Quiche Chicken and Kielbasa in Sweet and Sour Sauce Black Bean Burger Dinner Pot Roast Chicken and Okra Gumbo Roasted Red Potatoes Sugar Snap Peas Mozzarella Garden Burger
BURKE Southern Fried Chicken Macaroni & Cheese Overstuffed Potato Vegetable Medley Creole Squash and Tomato Casserole (Vegetarian)
ON THE CALENDAR What: Making Valentine’s for Hospice Patients
Where: 3rd floor of Ferguson Center
When: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Barbecue Chicken Beef Tips with Noodles Fresh Fruit Combo Shrimp w/ Garlic Black Bean Sauce Basil Mozzarella Pasta Salad (vegetarian)
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Getting Organized workshop
Where: Rose G54 When: 8:30 a.m. – noon
Where: SGA Office in
FRIDAY What: Black Americana Collection from the A.S. Williams III Americana Collection
Where: Gorgas 301 When: 9 a.m. What: Dr. Adam A. Rapp,
swers Student Questions
What: Campus MovieFest
Ferguson Center
Red Carpet Finale
When: 10 a.m. – 2p.m.
Where: Ferg Center Theater
When: 7 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
“A Question of Productivity and Performance: Time Allocation Behaviors of Customer Contact Managers”
Where: Alston 160 When: 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
What: Alpha Kappa Alpha Jeans for Teens Ferguson Center 11 a.m. 1 p.m. Tutwiler Hall 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Riverside W 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Ridgecrest 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
What: Susan and Gaylon What: The Huxford Symphony Orchestra
Where: Moody Concert Hall
McCollough Medial Scholars Forum
Where: Shelby Hall When: 4 p.m.
When: 7:30 p.m.
FRESH FOOD
Submit your events to calendar@cw.ua.edu
Chipotle-glazed Pork Loin Smoked Turkey Pasta Potato Leek Soup Penne Cacciatore Sweet and Sour Tofu (vegetarian)
Ferguson Center accepting applications for Penny Allen Award
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tion. Student nominees must also be rising juniors or seniors and have a GPA of at least 3.0. Nomination forms can be EDITORIAL found at ferguson.ua.edu under the Applications tab. • Victor Luckerson, editor-in-chief, The School of Social Work editor@cw.ua.edu Faculty and staff are encour- and the Alabama Union Board • Jonathan Reed, managing aged to submit nominations for of Governors established the editor, jonathanreedcw@gmail.com the Penny Allen Award no later award in honor of the late Sara • Brandee Easter, print production than noon on March 11. The Bell Penrod (Penny) Allen, editor award recognizes one student a former chairwoman of the • Daniel Roth, multimedia and one non-student (faculty, School of Social Work undereditor staff or administrative person- graduate program. • Will Tucker, news editor, nel) who have made a signifinewsdesk@cw.ua.edu cant contribution to student Hexcel corporation • Kelsey Stein, lifestyles editor life at the University. Criteria, • Jason Galloway, sports editor in order of importance, include: visits campus • Tray Smith, opinions editor service and dedication to stu• Adam Greene, chief copy editor dents; leadership activities; Hexcel Corporation, a NYSE list• Emily Johnson, design editor professional and other activi- ed international producer of com• Brian Pohuski, graphics editor ties; and lack of past recogni- posite materials, reinforcements • Drew Hoover, photo editor • Brian Connell, web editor • Marion Steinberg, community manager
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and structures serving commercial aerospace, space & defense and electronics will host an information session. Interested students should meet representatives Monday Feb. 14 at 6 p.m. in Ferguson
3:30-4:30 p.m. in the Ferguson Student Center Theater. He will also speak at 7 p.m. at the Bryant Conference Center’s Sellers Auditorium. The evening speech is open to the general public.
Pulitzer prizewinning New York Times columnist to visit Feb. 22
Micron Technology hosts info session
Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Thomas L. Friedman will visit the University of Alabama on Tuesday, Feb. 22. Friedman, the author of “The World is Flat” and “Hot, Flat, and Crowded,” will address students from
Micron Technology, one of the world’s leading semiconductor companies, invites students to an information session Mon. Feb. 14 in Ferguson 309. This meeting will introduce students to career opportunities with the industry leader in flash and memory technologies.
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Fair used an example of the Ku Klux Klan burning crosses in yards. “The government couldn’t prohibit me from burning a cross on my own property,” Fair said. “But they could if I burned the cross on the yard of an African-American family.” Fair said it always depends on the context. “If the speech occurs in the context where it indicates the intent of bodily harm, the court says it can be regulated, Fair said.” The University of Alabama Code of Conduct recognizes the significance of student rights, including freedom of expression, said Deborah Lane, assistant vice president of University Relations. However, students are also required to respect the dignity and rights of others, Lane said. “Verbal abuse, harassment or other conduct that threatens or endangers the health or safety of a person is considered a violation of the University’s Code of Conduct,” Lane said. As with all instances involving charges of harassment, Lane said, all the facts and circumstances must be examined to determine whether one’s freedom of expression has so exceeded boundaries of decency that it loses its protection. The word directed at the black student suggests a certain point in history in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when the term was used to degrade or exclude individuals, Fair said. The word has a certain context when a white person directs it to a black person, he said. “It’s probably one of the worst epithets that a white person could use against a colored person,” Fair said. There is a specific history that goes with it that is passed from generation to generation among white people and the message has been passed within the black community as well, he said. When white people say the word to black people, Fair said, it is usually used in the context that they are unfit to associate with white people due to superior status. “Some people understand the term as a hammer,” Fair said. “A loaded weapon to degrade another human.” Fair said this is the second time since last Tuesday that a student has come to him and said they have had the word directed toward them. “Unfortunately, I don’t think this is an isolated occasion,” he said.
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Sorority tries on jean charity drive By Stephen Walker Contributing Writer The Theta Sigma chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority is teaming up with nationwide retail chain Aeropostale to sponsor a campus-wide clothing drive for disadvantaged children. The drive, called “Jeans for Teens,” is part of a national effort by Aeropostale and the non-profit youth organization DoSomething.org to collect gently used jeans for homeless youth. According to a news release from Aeropostale’s media relations department, this is the fourth year that the clothing store has sponsored the nationwide program. To kick start this year’s campaign, Aeropostale contributed 10,000 pairs of brand new jeans. Through the efforts of volunteers across the country, the store expects to collect its millionth pair of donated jeans this year, the release states. “It’s hard to think of people not having jeans when we have so many,” Alpha Kappa Alpha media spokeswoman Sade Mays said. Mays, a senior majoring in marketing and public relations, said the sorority sisters have greeted the drive enthusiastically, with many promising to “donate way more than two pairs of jeans.” “We are a community service organization, and our mission from day one has been to
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IF YOU DONATE ... • What: Jeans for Teens drive
• Where: Ferguson Center (11 a.m. – 1 p.m.) Tutweiler Hall, Riverside West and Ridgecrest (6 p.m. – 8 p.m.)
• When: Today • Sponsered by: Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority
serve mankind,” Mays said. Jeans for Teens was selected because it parallels the sorority’s current platform of “global leadership through timeless service,” she added. The sorority is using this platform to help others, especially teenagers. After the jeans from today’s drive have been collected, they will be transported to the local Aeropostale store, which will then distribute them to homeless shelters in the community. One out of every three homeless people in the U.S. is under the age of 18, according to DoSomething.org. Jeans for Teens is partnering with hundred of thousands of volunteers and more than 600 homeless shelters nationwide to raise awareness about youth
homelessness and provide warm clothing for those affected by it. “No teen should go without warm clothes this winter,” said “90210” star Matt Lanter, a national spokesman for the program. “We want our fans to run jean drives in their schools and communities to help us reach this goal.” For those who are reluctant to part with their used jeans, Aeropostale is providing some motivation. “They did promise to give us 25 percent off a new pair for each pair of jeans donated,” Mays said. Once the jeans have been collected and turned over to Aeropostale, the sorority will receive one coupon from Aeropostale for each donated pair of jeans. These coupons will then be made available to Jeans for Teens participants. “We all know that this is America and teens are every size from zero to probably 22,” Mays said. “So, it doesn’t matter the size. We are grateful to get anything.” Students who are interested in the program but unable to participate in AKA’s Jeans for Teens drive may drop off their donations at any Aeropostale location before Feb. 13. There are four drop-off locations for today’s drive: Ferguson Center from 11 a.m.1 p.m., Tutwiler Hall, Riverside West and Ridgecrest from 6-8 p.m.
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NCAA Championships in mid-March. This finish brings James’ total to two automatic bids to NCAAs in March. James also will be competing in the 200 meter race. But James would also like to see his two relays, the 4x400 meter and distance medley, qualify for NCAAs. However, the indoor season is wrapping up, and there are only a few more opportunities to put up NCAA qualifying times. “We’re running out of time, but at the same time I think we have a cushion with the last chance meet,” head coach Harvey Glance said. “We also have to go out this week and perform well.” This weekend the men’s team will travel to Seattle, Wash., to compete in the Flotrack Husky Classic. The Flotrack Husky Classic will be the Tide’s last meet before the Southeastern
Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. “This is a real big meet for us because the competition will be there,” Glance said. “The level of depth that each and every one of these races has is unbelievable.” Harvey said the competition at this upcoming meet could rival that found at the NCAA meet. “This meet could be as good as the NCAA Championships,” Glance said. “Once you get to the NCAA Championships, there is so much strategy involved at the meet. You’re probably going to get better results at this meet than the NCAA Championships because it’s pedal to the metal.” Glance believes his distance squad can compete with the best of them out west. Last week, the Tide had four of its mile runners finish in the top 10 at the meet. Glance acknowledges over half the scholarships on the team are allocated to the distance squad. One distance event
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that Glance feels confident will get an automatic bid to the NCAAs is the distance medley, which consists of legs of 1200 meters, 400 meters, 800 meters and 1600 meters. “We’ll try to put together a distance medley relay,” Glance said. “I think we should have one of the top 10 relay teams in the country. We’re going to try to put it away early and get an automatic bid to the NCAAs.” With James running a leg on this relay, the Tide’s chances of qualifying may be increased. “He’s running extremely well and fast; we just got to make sure we keep him healthy,” Glance said. “Nothing’s guaranteed.” James carries the same humble mentality and knows people are aiming to take his title of fastest 400-meter runner in the world. “They’re just looking for the right time to strike; that’s how I see it,” James said. “A meet is a meet. If NCAAs were tomorrow I think I’d be ready for it.”
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OPINIONS
University sends mixed messages on race relations By Jeff Elrod
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
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Editor • Tray Smith letters@cw.ua.edu Page 4
{ YOUR VIEW } WHAT DO YOU THINK OF DR. WITT’S E-MAIL?
“I think the President made the appropriate choice to address the issue. Racism is still very common on campus that usually results in the turning of heads.” — Joe Robertson, senior, majoring in Art
Racial incident, campus identity By Wesley Vaughn The incident lasted a few minutes, maybe less. It took longer to voice the offensive slur than it took to consider shouting it out in the first place. Initially, it only involved two students, but within 24 hours, it became the talk of the University after President Witt sent a terse, vague e-mail. The story was soon pieced together with the help of rumors and hearsay on Twitter and through word of mouth. Since then, the facts have revealed an incident that is highly embarrassing for not just one student but also for his associations, the student body as a whole and the administration. Everyone linked with the University suffered. I am not saying similar incidents have not happened before, but this particular event lit the necessary matches to spark a fire that still burns today. There are numerous angles and players within this story, and many individuals spanning all reaches of campus could arguably share responsibility for vastly different reasons. Blaming them though, rightly or wrongly, will not solve any problems. This would ruin any chance of realizing a more unified student body and administration. I do not have the senseless belief that we can eradicate racism on this campus or off of it. I am not qualified to speak on that matter, and that’s not even what I’m trying to get at. The fact is that we as UA students are not comfortable with each other. This transcends race, socioeconomic background and other demographical categories. It certainly does not
apply to every student or every group, but the feeling is prevalent. I have heard it and discussed it with too many people far too often for it not to be. F o r some reason, we all enroll here and soon the associations that we make begin to divide us instead of uniting us. I am talking about the major organizations and segments on campus as well as the smaller groups and the students who decide to not become involved. Instead of collaborating to
We have reached a perfect point to begin building this feeling and the UA identity, even though it took an unfortunate incident to drive us here. work towards the betterment of the University as a whole, we tend to work selfishly and independently for our particular associations and ourselves. We are all guilty. I do not imagine a day when a UA student no longer hesitates to sit down next to an unknown fellow student to eat lunch. Nor do I imagine a day when all UA students work to make campus some utopian dream. Though actions and tangible results may be the easiest way to measure success and what students here demand in order to believe in progress, neither makes a practical
gauge for how strongly we should believe that this university is on the right track. If we have the predisposition to distrust what others tout as progress, then the actions and results that we originally desired will not matter. A feeling of hope and trust must be ingrained in the entire student body for any steps forward to impact the UA culture. As affirmed by last Friday’s incident, that feeling is delicate. It only takes one brief, ill-advised moment for that mutual campus feeling to shatter, so we must be careful. We have reached a perfect point to begin building this feeling and the UA identity, even though it took an unfortunate incident to drive us here. Communities across the entire country deal with problems similar to ours, but that cannot be a reason to give up. Our problems seem to affect us to a much larger extent, which should prove that we there are precedents to what we can accomplish. I am asking you to believe that something is possible and ongoing even though you may not be able to see the entire process. I am asking this after an incident that does not bode well for any of us, and I am asking this on behalf of the future of this university. We cannot allow this moment to pass by and return to business as usual. We must begin to trust each other. Wesley Vaughn is a junior majoring in public relations and political science. His column runs on Wednesdays.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR University must defend progress “He was not very clear as to what and why he was addressing this issue.” — Mathew Pereda, freshman, majoring in International Studies
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By Samuel White Fifty-five years ago, Autherine Lucy became the first AfricanAmerican to enroll at the University of Alabama. Lucy’s attendance at the University was met with much opposition from the community, and hostile conditions led to her expulsion due to what the University alleged was their inability to provide sufficient protection for her as a student. Seven years later, Gov. George Wallace stood in the door of Foster Auditorium to prevent the enrollment of two African American students – Vivian Malone and James Hood. Since 1963, the racial climate at the University has evolved tremendously. Blacks have held positions in student government, hold highranking positions as faculty members, and make up the pedigree in some winning sport programs at the University, including basketball and football. However the actions of one UA student, and, more importantly, the response from President Witt and university officials, will prove just how far we’ve come. Like many other students, I do not believe that President Witt’s 63-word e-mail did enough to describe the incident that happened last Friday or repudiate
Friday’s perpetrator has boldly challenged the progress of this university, this city and a movement that spans many decades and costs many people their lives.
such behavior. Without identifying the word used, President Witt described the term as being “offensive to our community, and ‘especially upsetting’ to African Americans.” Given the history of this great country and the incidents that took place on this campus so many years ago, this behavior is beyond offensive. It is deplorable, appalling, shocking and unacceptable to say the least. A 147-word e-mail sent by SGA President James Fowler on Monday did more to describe and promote voting for seven-day alcohol sales than any university official’s response or repudiation to this incident. President Witt says that appropriate disciplinary action will be taken. What is appropriate disciplinary action for such an incident? In the recent past such behavior has been masked with cowardly anonymity, which has made disciplinary action virtually impossible.
Friday’s perpetrator has boldly challenged the progress of this university, this city and a movement that spans many decades and costs many people their lives. Any action less than expulsion is a slap in the face to the pioneers of this movement, is disingenuous to the courage and resolve of Autherine Lucy, Vivian Malone Jones and James Hood, and is a message of indifference to every minority student enrolled at the University. I implore the University to inform it’s students of such action when it is finally taken. To simply shake a finger at an incident of such magnanimous proportion is the equivalent to placing Governor Wallace back in front of the doors of Foster Auditorium. There is no system of development and growth on this planet where “backwards” is a sign of forward progress. Samuel L. White is a senior majoring in telecommunication and film.
In view of the recent incident involving Justin Zimmerman and the racial slur directed at him, I cannot help but notice that the University is sending mixed signals. University administrators say that they want this to be a campus where everyone feels respected and supported. However, I see very little action to back up these sentiments. Take, for example, the Living-Learning Communities (particularly the Parker-Adams program). These communities are purposefully small so that students get to know each other and interact with each other on a level that students who live in larger dorms (such as Ridgecrest) do not experience. In these smaller dorms, students become like a family because they see each other and interact constantly. I lived in Parker-Adams my freshman year, and it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The friendships I made there are still strong today. While I was there, I saw a group of roughly 85 students accomplish in many ways what the University wishes to accomplish all across campus. We all came from different backgrounds and we were a very diverse group, yet we did not let those differences interfere with our friendships. We all hung out together in and out of the dorm and we would all go eat together on and off campus. It did not matter if we were black or white; we were all friends who lived together. LivingLearning Communities such as ParkerAdams are all-inclusive communities which
The University’s apparent hypocrisy in 2011, with regards to housing, implies that some groups are more deserving of a close-knit community than others.
bring students from all walks of life together. Unfortunately, at the end of this semester, Parker-Adams will be torn down. The LLC program will continue — it is being moved to Harris Hall, where it will be one of the programs in that dorm — but the community aspect that has made it a success will not be as strong in Harris as it was in Parker-Adams. It is not the program, but the size and structure of the program that builds this all inclusive type of community. I know the economic reasoning behind this, but I do not accept it — to me, it is worth it to have more of these small, integrated communities where students closely interact. Parker-Adams, along with Byrd and Wilson Halls, are being torn down in order to build three new sorority houses; this is where the message of the University administrators becomes blurred. The University is tearing down and essentially destroying programs that foster integrated, all-inclusive communities and replacing them with greek housing that is anything but integrated or allinclusive (I say “destroying” because without the proper structure, these programs do not reach their full potential). I do not think that anybody would deny that sororities and fraternities are segregated communities in which the members tend to be similar in many aspects of their lives. The message seems to be that if students want a close-knit community, then they must join a fraternity or sorority. The dorms most freshmen live in are resort-style complexes where little interaction takes place between students who do not live in the same suite. This is unfair to students. It is also contradictory for the University to say it supports diversity and acceptance of all when it sends the message that only those who join a fraternity or sorority can enjoy the benefits of community living. The University is destroying these integrated communities so they can make more room for segregated communities. It is a shame that in 2011, the words “integrated” and “segregated” communities have to be used when describing housing on a college campus, but that is what it boils down to. Friday’s incident directly indicated that within some individuals, a 1960s worldview has not yet been eradicated. However, the University’s apparent hypocrisy in 2011, with regards to housing, implies that some groups are more deserving of a close-knit community than others. Bettering race relations is something that we all have to be willing to work to achieve. It starts by taking an initiative and then it becomes a reality only through persistence. It also requires all of us, whether we are students or administrators, to turn our wellintended messages into actions and tangible results. Jeff Elrod is a sophomore majoring in political science and an SGA senator.
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Incident creates black mark on Innovating into the future campus, community, beyond By Gregory Poole
By Alex Hollinghead
We all ought to be utterly outraged. Here we are in 2011 and black students can’t walk around campus without being accosted over their skin tone. Racism is not okay. It’s a primitive mindset that any respectable person should revile. It’s an illogical, detestable stain on the conscience of humanity, and a sin we need to purge from our collective soul. Justin Zimmerman is not your “boy.” He’s an intelligent, vital member of our community. The thousands of other African American students on this campus are as well, and no one has the right to treat them like they are second-class citizens and assault their dignity. What sort of self-aggrandizing attitude must one possess to feel entitled to shout a word I can’t even bring myself to type to a random person from their window? A word that was invented to subjugate and oppress a group of people because of their skin color? A word stained with the blood of a brutally enslaved people, shouted at lynchings, used to enforce a cruel caste system of poverty and miseducation? Delta Tau Delta should be deeply ashamed. One of your members shouts something so despicable out of the window of your fraternity, and only one of you possesses the guts or moral fiber to speak up? Which is it? Was everyone else in the room a bigot or just a coward? Forgive me if I’ve got the situation all wrong, but this is the story we’ve been presented with. I hate to be so brash, but I’m tired of having something new about the University to be ashamed of so frequently. “Committed to Lives of Excellence.” Isn’t
that your motto? Maybe sometimes the hatred festering in peoples’ hearts becomes too much for their fragile psyche to bear, and they have no choice but to spew venom at their fellow human beings. Or perhaps they feel so inferior as a person that the only avenue they can find to give themselves dignity is to ascribe to a series of hateful delusions meant to reinforce some type of inherent superiority. But then, maybe they are so uneducated or inept in their capacity for critical thought that they actually believe in racial superiority and thus feel convicted that it should dictate their conduct. Who knows? And if you don’t have the heart or decency to recognize the inherent significance of treating your human brothers and sisters with equality, then let me appeal to your sense of practicality. Consider the vitality of our state. It’s awfully hard to convince people to relocate or start a business in a place where no one wants to live. When all people can think of when they hear “Alabama” is racism and ignorance, they tend to feel a little put off. Let’s look at the big picture. Tradition and heritage are important to Alabamians. But some of our heritage needs to serve as a solemn reminder and not be glorified. Some of our stories should constantly remind us of the evil that men are capable of, in addition to the incredible strength of the human spirit and the boundless possibilities of passionate people. Our heritage is slaveholders and sharecroppers. It’s Miracle Workers and coal miners. It’s artists and rocket scientists. Revolutionaries
and reactionaries. Our soil was the battleground of the Civil Rights Movement, and on our streets were Freedom Rides and marches to Montgomery. We’ve got great stories about Atticus Finch and Rick Bragg. But we’ve also got horror stories about church bombings and syphilis experiments. The Old South is long gone. We can’t have a New South if we’re stuck in a Reconstruction era mindset. Alabama is the eighth poorest state in the U.S. We rank consistently in the bottom 10 states in education. United Health puts us as the third least healthy state. What we’re seeing here is the slow death of our piece of the South. If we don’t get our heads and hearts in the right place, then we’ll continue to dig our own grave. Yes, we have our positive stories and grand moments. But we also have an ugly side. And it seems more and more we show the ugly side, as the nation around us embraces equality and modernizes. All people have heard from Alabama in the past few years is church fires, Tim James ads and religious intolerance at its Capstone university, not to mention annual episodes of racism from its fraternities. It should be our mission as a people to live up to the indelible words etched into the fabric of this nation at it’s founding: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal...” And that means we must take a stand against this hideous attitude and promote a society where people are treated equally. Alex Hollinghead is a junior majoring in math and philosophy.
When President Obama gave the State of the Union speech on Jan. 25, many in America were already tone-deaf to the proposals, including a large chunk of this campus. Coming into the address, I too was skeptical. I did not want a pep rally-like speech this year, but a detailed roadmap instead. I was surprised when it came to the segment on science funding, and I found that Obama and I share common ground. In the past 60 years, our nation’s economy has grown from being an equal to many of the pre-war European powers to a stalwart that the rest of the world watches with envy. What most of this paper’s readers do not know is that there was a key turning point that fueled that intense growth and has been largely ignored in the history books. While our high school and college textbooks regularly mention the reparations required in the Treaty of Versailles that ended WWI, reparations were also required in the Potsdam Agreement. Unlike their predecessors, the Allied leaders knew better than to require a dollar amount from a ravaged economy, so the U.S. received payment in German patents and industrial assets instead. It was during this time that we received people like Wernher von Braun to run the space program, which allowed us to have our “Sputnik Moment” and reach the moon. Congressional authorization of research dollars in the 1950s and 1960s allowed us to leap ahead of everyone else in developing the newest technologies that better improve our quality of life. Today, our national laboratories open the door to new ideas and products daily with discoveries that are published in research journals and eventually make their way to the U.S. Patent Office. For the past three generations, we have enjoyed this dominance in innovation, but today there are more players that have joined the competition, notably
the BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, China and India). As these developing economies become markets for research dollars, our research efforts and funding have stayed stagnant. In fact, the NSF, NASA and the NIH receive only a sliver of the overall government spending pie, and the allocations hardly increase enough to match inflation. While the past few years have seen additional increases, the amount of funding is still lacking to say the least. If we do not realize the importance of funding fundamental science and its applications, we will not only lose our position as the R&D center of the world, but will lose the business associated with the patents that would have been generated. `Fortunately, it does not have to be this way, as our universities are still the world’s top centers for discovery. They give us a unique opportunity to innovate our way into the future. With a few simple changes, it will be possible for us to maintain our status as scientific pioneers and keep our economic dominance. First, we must realize that while our deficit is at an unsustainable level and must be tackled, there is a difference between frivolous, unnecessary spending and investment capital. A government riddled with duplicative programs personifies the very notion of frivolous spending, not to mention the $15.9 billion that goes to “pork-barrel” spending — appropriations that the very politicians who passed them into law now suddenly detest. In fact, reallocating the pork money to any of the research arms would translate to nearly a 50 percent increase in the NIH budget, a 100 percent increase in the NASA budget, and a 200 percent increase in the NSF budget, all while being completely deficit neutral. Considering these dollars actually lead to new products that could be produced in the U.S., I find this to be a much greater use of money than, say, installing precast concrete toilets in a Montana national forest
(Note: the government actually did that). Secondly, we need to face the fact that we are not producing enough domestic engineers and scientists, and that previous efforts to get people into the STEM fields have not been wildly successful. Even though the U.S. still churns out more doctorates and master’s degrees than ever before, many of these graduates are foreign students whose visas are revoked as soon as they complete commencement, in effect giving those individuals’ knowledge to our international competitors. This must change if we are to innovate the future technologies that we will need. Our government immigration authorities should issue a solemn promise that upon conferral of a student’s Ph.D., there will automatically be a green card waiting for them and a fast track to citizenship. While this will not prevent all foreign graduates from leaving, it will allow those who wish to stay to contribute to the U.S.’s pool of knowledge. `But, as usual, there are those who are against such measures for reasons of “big government,” being unconstitutional, or just being plain obstructionism. Consider these arguments against just one of the many examples of how the federal government’s funding of science has greatly improved our lives. In 1994, the NSF awarded a grant to Stanford University to investigate new ways to search for content on the web using an algorithm that gave a webpage a rank and broadcast those results onto a single list. That research grant was wildly successful, and led one foreign student from the former Soviet Union to live the American Dream. In fact, you might have taken advantage of that algorithm to find this column. The researcher’s name? Sergey Brin. The company? Google.
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concluded, the appropriate steps will be taken at that time. The investigation remains open and I do not have a time frame for when it will be concluded.” On Monday the organization’s national president apologized personally to Justin Zimmerman, the black student who the slur was targeted toward, according to a press release issued by Delta Tau Delta. “Delta Tau Delta does not condone, support or tolerate such conduct,” Russell said in the release. “We believe this was the act of one member. His behavior is not representative of the Alabama chapter or the national fraternity. It is out of alignment with the stated
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values of Delta Tau Delta.” Sean Keeler, president of the Delta Eta Chapter on the University’s campus, said his chapter will fully comply with the national office’s investigation. Deborah Lane, assistant vice president of University Relations, said the University would not discuss disciplinary action taken due to privacy issues. “Depending on the situation, verbal harassment/abuse could be handled with a disciplinary warning, probation or suspension,” Lane said in an e-mailed statement. “Due to student privacy concerns, the University is unable to comment on any particular student’s disciplinary proceeding.” Lane said the fraternity itself does not have a history of racial incidents.
“DTD has not been reprimanded by UA for any racial incidents in the past five years,” she said. A statement released Monday by the Black Faculty and Staff Association called for swift disciplinary action against the individual who used the term. Joyce Stallworth, senior associate dean in the College of Education and president of the Black Faculty and Staff Association, said the individual involved should be suspended for 12 weeks. That suspension should involve programs to increase awareness of different cultures, including researching different cultures and studying the history of racial slurs, she said. The BFSA statement also called for increased diversity training for students. “The Association once again
urges University leaders to design and institutionalize diversity training and educational programming for our student body which would demonstrate the University’s commitment to creating an inclusive and welcoming campus culture,” the release stated. “Now is the time for the University to make unmistakably clear to its students (both current and prospective), its alumni (as are many of us), and to the world that these types of racial epithets or other disrespectful epithets will not be tolerated at the Capstone.” Nancy Hogan, president of the Black Student Union, disagreed with the Stallworth’s call for tough disciplinary action. “I think the least appropriate way to go about it is to make the repercussions punitive,” she said. “Even though the act is
next year,” Woodman said. “Bringing in suppliers will be more difficult without Sunday sales. Often it is hard to explain to Europeans why the major city in this county does not
allow Sunday sales. The field is not level.” The basis for banning Sunday sales is motivated by religion, Woodman said. “This whole issue is not
about alcohol,” Woodman said. “We take into consideration the diversity of our community. There is only one reason to have prohibition of alcohol sales on Sunday. It kind of says this is religion.” Steelman said that his argument against sales comes from his religious background. “I think that it is not right to drink on Sunday,” Steelman said. “Sunday is a day set aside to worship, recreate, go to the parks. It introduces an element we think is unnecessary. I would eliminate it all together if I could, but that is not realistic.” Steelman also opposes Sunday sales in part for the risk of increasing underage drinking across the University of Alabama campus. “Young people are going to get out there and they are going to underage drink,” Steelman said. “When it is available they are going to get access to it.” Woodman said that allowing alcohol sales on Sunday would not drastically alter the
“Now is the time for the University to make unmistakably clear to its students (both current and prospective), its alumni (as are many of us), and to the world that these types of racial epithets or other disrespectful epithets will not be tolerated at the Capstone.” — Release from the Black Faculty and Staff Association
obviously not something that is looked upon in a positive light, you don’t want to go around punishing students. You want to look at a preventative measure.” Hogan said institutions currently on campus, such as the Crossroads Community Center, already help with cultural sensitivity on campus. “I feel like we may just need to start highlighting those positive features more so that people know exactly know where to go, so that we don’t need to have discussions like this in the future,”
she said. Lane said the University has many organizations that encourage cultural sensitivity, including Crossroads, the Greek Leadership Summit and the Diversity Lecture Series. “The University has invested significant resources in a variety of programs designed to ensure that we have a welcoming and inclusive campus,” she said.
Victor Luckerson, Will Tucker and Katherine Martin contributed to this report.
“I think that it is not right to drink on Sunday,” Steelman said. “Sunday is a day set aside to worship, recreate, go to the parks. It introduces an element we think is unnecessary. I would eliminate it all together if I could, but that is not realistic.” —Edward Steelman behavior of university students or residents of Tuscaloosa. “Alcohol is a legal commodity,” Woodman said. “If they are going to drink, they are going to drink. This commodity is legal in our state. Nothing prohibits alcohol from being possessed or consumed on Sundays. That is not going to change.” Students at the University hold varying opinions on Sunday sales. Sophomore Trent Madison said he opposes alcohol sales on Sundays but will probably drink more if the measure is passed. “There is going to be more drinking,” Madison said. “I am going to drink more, probably more in both moderate and
excessive quantities. It depends on who I am hanging out with.” Freshman Katie Von Diezelski said she does not think most students at the University will change their behavior if Sunday sales are passed. “Most parties are on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights anyways,” VonDiezelski said. Madison said that those who want to drink on Sunday can plan around the current law. “If you are going to drink, you might as well be smart enough to buy it ahead of time,” Madison said. The Sunday sales vote will take place Tuesday, Feb. 22.
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posting a 63-7, which is three feet more Armstead said. “Coach has really than her previous best. She finished been helping us with our technique and getting us to really push on near third in the event. The Tide had a good first day of the end of the race… I’m really excited The Alabama women’s track and field team was back in action this weekend competing in the Meyo “We also had some things we still need to work on, Invitational at Notre Dame’s Loftus and we’ve got a couple weeks to get those things Center. ironed out.” The first day of competition gave coaches a good result and helped the — Scott Roberts coaching staff lock in on what needs to be improved. “We had some good things,” assis- competition and took that momen- with how we are progressing.” As the season moves forward and tant coach Scott Roberts said. “We tum into the second day at the Meyo the team is gaining experience, the also had some things we still need to Invitational. Eppinger and Frimpong placed coaching staff wants to really focus in work on, and we’ve got a couple weeks fourth and eighth in the 60m hur- on building team chemistry. to get those things ironed out.” “Team chemistry is always an issue,” One of the highlights on the first dles prelims on the second day, and day of competition was Alabama finished fifth and ninth in the 60m Roberts said. “We want to make sure junior Krystle Schade’s performance hurdles finals to conclude the event. these young kids understand what it in the high jump. Schade cleared 5-11.5 Sophomore Andrea Torske finished means to wear the Alabama uniform, to match her indoor personal best and third in the 3,000m with a time of and so we’re always looking to help those athletes to mature in that way. take the high jump event by an inch. 10:00.78, which is her best thus far. In the shot put, Alabama sopho- From now until the conference meet, On her second attempt, she cleared 5-11.5 again to finish the competi- more Wilamena Hopkins finished sec- we’re going to be spending a lot of time sharpening up and getting into tion just two inches shy of the school ond with a throw of 50-8.25. The Meyo Invitational continued to a position where we can put forth our record. Juniors Kaylon Eppinger and Audra give the young Alabama squad expe- best effort.” Next weekend the women’s track Frimpong did well in the 60-meter rience and confidence, posting eight hurdles and finished third and eighth top-10 finishes and seven personal team will be heading to College Station, Texas, where the team will compete in best. respectively in the preliminaries. “We showed improvement with the Texas A&M Conference Challenge In the weight throw, junior Amethyst Holmes exceeded her personal best by mental toughness,” junior Camilla on Saturday.
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On Monday, Alabama head coach Nick Saban announced the hiring of Mike Groh, who will serve as wide receiver coach and recruiting coordinator with the Crimson Tide. Groh, a former quarterback at the University of Virginia, joins Alabama’s coaching staff after serving as the quarterback coach at Louisville last season. Groh spent eight years at Virginia (2001-2008) and three of those seasons coaching the wide receivers. “We are excited to have Mike join our staff,” Saban said. “He did an outstanding job here a year ago and when he left, he was one that I hoped we could bring back to Alabama at some point. Groh spent the 2009 season at Alabama as an offensive graduate assistant as the Crimson Tide recorded a 14-0 record en route to the national championship. “He knows the game and what we want to do in terms of philosophy and terminology from an offensive standpoint,” Saban said. “He relates well to the players and is also a very good recruiter. We are pleased to have Mike and Elena [Groh’s wife] back with our football program at the University of Alabama.” Groh said, “Having been at the University of Alabama for the 2009 national championship season, I have a great appreciation for the Alabama football tradition and the first-class manner in which Coach Saban runs his program. The opportunity to join Coach Saban’s staff at Alabama is special and I’m excited to be back. I had a terrific experience last season coaching for Charlie Strong at Louisville and learned a great deal from him. Under his direction, I’m confident they will compete for many Big East championships in the years to come.”
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UA students to perform historic play By SoRelle Wyckoff Contributing Writer As Feb. 14 looms closer, one group of students will be focused on something other than Valentine’s Day. Next Monday, the department of theatre and dance is debuting “Flora, the Red Menace.� The musical is the story of Flora Mezaros, a young graphic artist looking for work during the Great Depression. The cast of nine is filled with characters such as communists, a dancing duo and a plotting secretary. The show is running Monday, Feb. 14, through Sunday, Feb. 20, at the Allen Bales Theatre. Tickets are $10
for both students and general admission and can be purchased at the Theatre & Dance Box Office in Rowand-Johnson Hall or by calling 348-3400. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, with a matinee performance Sunday at 2 p.m. Director Matthew Burkholder said one of the reasons he chose “Flora� for this season is its applicability to current life situations. “Every page I turned thinking ‘this part is about today,’ or, ‘this is something people struggle with on this campus,’� he said. Because the cast is so small, Burkholder said he got a chance to “really dig in� to the
music and characters. The cast has been working for about five weeks on a range of dance numbers, scene blocking and harmonies in preparation for the upcoming show. “It has been a blast working with this cast of people,� said Renee Reineck, a senior majoring in musical theater and interior design who plays the role of Flora in the musical. Echoing B u r k h o l d e r, Reineck said that despite the age of the play, the issues and struggles addressed are still applicable to the students of this campus. “It’s about a group of people in their twenties who come
together over friendship and love and overcome unemployment and money issues and dating, just like everyone on this campus,� Reineck said. “It is very realistic,� said Amber Gibson, a sophomore majoring in theater and English who plays the Head Communist in the play, and is Flora’s adversary. “It’s not the happy ‘everybody goes home with everything worked out’ kind of play,� she said. However, despite the realism of the plot and characters, the overall message of optimism remains the most important and enjoyable part of the musical, according to members of the cast and crew.
“Even though the play takes place in the Depression, it’s all about optimism, hope, change,� Burkholder said. “If you want to leave the theater with a feeling that things can be better, this play is for you.� Burkholder pointed out that “Flora, the Red Menace� plays a part in theater history as well. “‘Flora, the Red Menace,’ is the first play written by Kander and Ebb, the writers of ‘Chicago’ and ‘Cabaret,’� Burkholder said. “One of my favorite things about the show is the killer tap number.� Between the tap number�and the optimistic plot, Gibson said the Valentine’s Day opening of the play allows for a date
opportunity. “It’s a great ‘date play,’� Gibson said. “And besides it being a marvelous show with marvelous people, it’s just everything a musical should be.�
IF YOU GO ... What: “Flora, the Red Menace�
When: Feb. 14 – Feb. 20 Where: Allen Bales Theatre
Cost: $10
Sonnets and Songs serenade students By Lauren Ferguson Contributing Writer The Alpha Psi Omega Theatre Honor Society will be offering Valentine-O-Grams for those wishing to send a gift to someone special or a friend. They will be offering these services Feb. 12-15 for $10 per song or sonnet. Each purchaser will be able to request either 14 lines of a Shakespearean love sonnet or 16 lines of a song to be performed for a special someone by a live performer. Tommy Walker, a sophomore majoring in musical theater, said it is the first time Alpha Psi Omega has done this fundraiser and hopes that it has a successful turnout. “I am not nervous at all,� Walker said. “It will be fun. We
jump at opportunities to perform.� The event was inspired when Alpha Psi Omega was seeking new ways to display their artistic abilities to the UA community, and the chapter is very excited about the project. Fliers and Facebook have been the main form of advertisement for the event, but they are hoping for news to spread by word of mouth as well. “[Sonnets and Songs] is an unconventional and cool idea for this campus,� Walker said. “It is a more creative gift for Valentine’s Day and it is for a good cause.� The money earned from Sonnets and Songs will support West Alabama AIDS Outreach, a nonprofit organization
seeking to educate communities about HIV/AIDS and providing services to those affected by the disease. In addition to the Sonnets and Songs fundraiser, Alpha Psi Omega also holds a spring
its talent.� If a person does not have a song in mind or is unfamiliar with sonnets, Alpha Psi Omega will send suggestions of each that they can perform. Each member has at least one son-
“We have already had requests from students and faculty and are getting more every day as the word spreads.� —Barrett Guyton performance to raise money for charity. “It will be a good way to practice reciting Shakespeare and Alpha Psi Omega will be spread about amongst the student body,� Walker said. “This will increase knowledge about the organization and
net memorized and can learn lines from suggested songs. Those interested in sending a Valentine-O-Gram can e-mail Walker to set up an appointment and either pay in advance or pay when the valentine is delivered. “Sonnets will be recited
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(since it’s Shakespeare) and per the individual’s request, we can sing any song they desire‌ within certain limits,â€? said Barrett Guyton, a senior majoring in theater and healthcare management. “Let’s just say we probably won’t get up and sing ‘Baby Got Back’ unless someone pays us a good deal of money.â€? The person purchasing the valentine chooses the time and place for the singers to perform, whether it is on the Quad or in a building. “We have already had requests from students and faculty and are getting more every day as the word spreads,â€? Guyton said. “Some of our members have already expressed interest in wanting to send a Valentine-O-Gram to their significant other.â€? Almost all members of Alpha Psi Omega will be participating at different times throughout the four days of performances. “We feel that once people see
what we are doing, many more will take an interest,� Guyton said. For more information about Sonnets and Songs, e-mail Tommy Walker at ttwalker@ crimson.ua.edu
FAST FACTS Valentine-O-Grams What: Alpha Psi Omega will sing a song or sonnet to your beloved When: Feb. 12 – Feb. 15 Where: Anywhere on campus
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PieLab If you’re looking for a more alternative Valentine’s date, PieLab might be the place for you. Though it’s a bit of a drive – about 40 minutes from campus to Greensboro’s Main Street – the prices alone make it worthwhile, with homemade pie for $2 and coffee for $1. The combination of café, forum for discussion and design studio provides a casual atmosphere for you to spend a few hours chatting with your date. PieLab is open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Whether it’s packing a bottle of wine and a picnicbasket and finding a sunny, grassy area together, admiring the scenic view hand-in-hand on a treetop lookout, or sneaking off into the depths of the Tuscaloosa forestry for some alone time, the Dallas Arboretum is a great place for a Valentine’s Day date. It gives you a chance to do something healthy and different while also enjoying the beautiful Tuscaloosa sunshine. Plus, we’re college students, so we all know that money is an issue, and it is absolutely free. Get in touch with your wild side and go the arboretum for your Valentine’s date. The arboretum, located off Veterans Memorial Parkway, is open from 8 a.m. to sunset. For more information, visit arboretum.ua.edu. Submitted Photo PieLab in Greensboro provides a casual atmosphere for a Valentine’s date.
Carpe Vino For the 21-and-up crowd, you can save some money by cooking together or picking something up then going out for drinks. Carpe Vino is a wine bar on Greensboro Avenue where you can conveniently bring in your own dinner and pop open a bottle of wine. They offer a wide selection of wine from around the world, and with more affordable $10-$15 bottles, you can choose one based on your budget.
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