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‘Swine ﬂu’ hits campus, sorority From staff reports The Crimson White Confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus — otherwise known as “swine flu” — have appeared in the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority house, coming only days after the end of fall recruitment, said the sorority’s president Stacy Summerville. Five or six girls had been diagnosed with swine flu, Summerville

flu-like symptoms,” but the e-mail did not confirm those students as having the H1N1 virus. The e-mail also cautioned students to take steps to limit the spread of the flu, such as frequent hand washing and sterilizing contaminated surfaces. Dr. David Kimberlin, co-director of pediatric infectious diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, told The Crimson White in April swine flu was a

said, but the sorority’s house has not been quarantined. To keep others from getting sick, she said they have been cleaning the house with Lysol on almost every surface. “As soon as we found out a girl had [H1N1], I immediately called the Student Health Center to ask what we should do,” Summerville said. Early Tuesday evening, the University sent out an e-mail stating 21 students were “exhibiting

“reason to be concerned.” However, Kimberlin cautioned, “Symptoms do not mean swine flu.” Nurses at the health center told Summerville the panic about H1N1 had died down and that they were treating it like the typical flu virus, she said, so they did not need to close the sorority house. She said she thinks the virus spread during sorority recruitment last week.

“We were all here all day every day,” Summerville said. As soon as members start to have flu-like symptoms, she said she has been telling them to go get tested to see if they have H1N1. “I’m just waiting for it to spread through Tutwiler [Hall],” Summerville said.

For more info on symptoms and risk, See SWINE FLU, page 11

Candidates Sororities see positive results address local concerns By Kellie Munts Senior Staff Reporter Tuscaloosa residents had the opportunity to bring their issues and concerns to the attention of candidates in contested races for both city council and the board of education Monday evening. The League of Women Voters of Greater Tuscaloosa held the forum at the Belk Activity Center in Bowers Park. Citizens submitted their questions, which were then presented to candidates by a moderator. Candidates were allowed one minute to respond and questioning lasted for about an hour for both the city council and the board of education. Districts 1, 6 and 7 were represented in the city council discussion. Among other topics, the panel addressed the effect that the increasing student population has on Tuscaloosa traffic congestion. District 6 incumbent Bob Lundell proposed to move the student traffic closer to campus in order to alleviate congestion on McFarland Boulevard. Lundell’s challenger Mike Zeilner said he sees the effi-

ciency in the transportation solutions on campus and hopes to implement some of those systems in the city as a whole. “The way the University is growing,” Zeilner said, “they’ve set a pretty good model.” District 1 candidate James “Coach” Cunningham emphasized the importance of cooperation between the city and the University in order to most effectively address traffic congestion issues. Bobby Howard, District 1 incumbent, expressed interest in moving traffic around the city when possible and reforming public transportation for use on a daily basis for Tuscaloosa residents as well as during special events. The steady increase in population is one of District 7 challenger Vann Caldwell’s main concerns. He emphasized the importance of sidewalks, bike trails and overpasses in order to accommodate those utilizing alternative traveling options. “We need to prepare our infrastructure for growth,” Caldwell said. “All of these are considerations and we’ll explore more options.”

See ELECTIONS, page 3

Sisters of Zeta Tau Alpha welcome the new pledges by singing their sorority song in front of their house.

CW | Norman Huynh

By Karissa Bursch Staff Writer

The week before classes begin also is both enjoy a lull. However, instead of the silence of a sorority fall recruitment week. UA sororities frequently boast large campus anticipating the arrival of thouIt is the week before classes begin — sands of students, the campus is alive pledge classes and an even larger group the time between summer classes and fall with the sound of more than a thousand classes when professors and students can girls hurrying up and down sorority row. See RUSH, page 8

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Freshmen experience outdoors, gain awareness By Desiree Mahr Staff Writer Spending time outdoors is a popular summer pastime for many students, whether they choose to spend time at the beach, go on a float trip, camp over the weekend or take a bike ride. However, some students choose to spend their summertime giving back to their community through an Honors College program called Outdoor Action. This year, over 50 UA students returned to Tuscaloosa one week early to participate in environmental service projects through the fifth annual Outdoor Action. Outdoor Action is a week-long, service-learning course for incoming Honors freshmen that exposes them to the importance of environmental awareness.

“We want to raise environmental awareness about environmental issues, and we also introduce environmental research conducted by faculty members,” said Fran Oneal, faculty advisor for Outdoor Action. Raising environmental awareness is not the only goal of Outdoor Action, Oneal said. Outdoor Action allows incoming freshman to meet new friends, bond and adjust to being on campus. “Students want to leave early to meet friends,” Oneal said. “It’s easier to meet in a small group of 40 students than move into Riverside and meet 200.” Outdoor Action student leader Mollie Scheib, a senior majoring in biology, said Outdoor Action serves as a way for

Students get into action, improve schools By Desiree Mahr Staff Writer While other students relaxed during the last week of summer, a group of UA students returned to Tuscaloosa one week early to take part in a week full of community service through the ninth annual Alabama Action on Aug. 9 through 14. Alabama Action, a program that combines service at underprivileged schools and academics, is offered through the

Honors College. “It’s a multi-dimensional program designed to get the students involved in the community before their freshman year starts,” said Wellon Bridgers, faculty advisor for Alabama Action. “It really introduces them to service-learning and being an engaged citizen that gives back to the community.” A record number of students, including

See ACTION, page 6

See OUTDOOR, page 11

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CAMPUS | Bama Dining to host egg hunt Bama Dining will host “The Great Egg Hunt” today for the start of the 2009 fall semester. There are nearly 1,000 eggs scattered across the campus, containing various prizes and Bama Dining offers. The hunt will last all day. In addition, Matt Mackey, marketing manager for Bama Dining Services, said balloons are flying above all new Bama Dining locations today.

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STATE | Testimony starts in trial of exUAH professor DECATUR (AP) — Madison police testified about responding to domestic violence calls at the home of a former professor accused of strangling his wife. Three Madison police officers were among the first prosecution witnesses Tuesday in the trial of former University of Alabama in Huntsville professor Andrew Pakhomov, who is charged in the killing of Yelena Zakin. Fishermen found Zakin’s body, weighted by a bag of rocks, on June 1, 2006, in the Tennessee River in Decatur. Police testified that Zakin confronted Pakhomov and a female assistant at his office on May 24, 2006. She was charged with assault and criminal mischief after destroying the office. The defense says Pakhomov bailed her out of jail and drove her home, a crucial point to the contention that she bled in the car from an earlier fight and not on the day she was killed. Police were also called to the couple’s home May 25 where Zakin told officers her husband beat her, but the defense claims she was drinking and harmed herself so she could blame Pakhomov. Police believe the professor killed his wife May 28. Other testimony revealed that the couple had gone canoeing a day before she disappeared on May 29. Police also responded to a call at the couple’s home on Jan. 5, 2006, where they found Zakin had a bloody nose and had been drinking, while Pakhomov had a “superficial” bite behind one ear. Pakhomov claimed his wife became violent after he tried to leave the house. No one was charged in those incidents.

NATIONAL | Ga. animal lovers killed by pack of wild dogs LEXINGTON, Ga. (AP) — A shredded piece of shirt, some strands of hair and bloodstained dirt are all that remain along the rural stretch of road where authorities believe a pack of wild dogs fatally mauled an elderly couple. Sherry Schweder, a 65-year-old animal lover, was taking an evening stroll when she was attacked. Her husband, Lothar Schweder, a retired professor, had gone out in search of her. Paramedics who came to the grisly scene Saturday morning found the suspected attackers standing guard. While it’s unclear exactly what happened because there were no witnesses, officials have rounded up 16 dogs they believe were involved. It was the same group of medium-sized, mixed-breed dogs Sherry Schweder worried about, wondering if anyone was taking care of them as she saw them wander around. Experts say the attack is extremely rare — so rare “you are more likely to killed by a bolt of lightning than by a dog,” said Adam Goldfarb, a spokesman for the Humane Society of the United States.

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Davis offers message of hope to freshman class Rep. Artur Davis made a case for Barack Obama the day before the 2008 elections at Gorgas Library.

By Drew Taylor Administrative Affairs Editor Before the awards, the political fame or the urban jungle of Washington, D.C., Rep. Artur Davis, D-Ala., was once a 17-year old boy. Before he graduated from Harvard or he was named one of the 10 best congressmen in the nation by Esquire magazine, Davis said he was once a boy from Montgomery who felt as if the weight of the world were upon his soldiers. “Believe it or not, I was once your age,” Davis said as he

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spoke to a group of students Aug. 14 as part of “Negotiating the Maze,” a program designed to encourage incoming students during the UA Week of Welcome. Staring out into the crowd of exhausted, sweat-drenched freshmen and parents, Davis opened the program with a comment on his surroundings. “You are all entirely too quiet,” Davis said, soon met with energetic laughter from the audience. “You look like you just came from a funeral.” With a political career that started with his job as an Alabama prosecutor 15 years ago, Davis is now a Democratic gubernatorial hopeful for the 2010 race. Relaying his hopes for the UA class of 2013, Davis

related his own experiences as a young man walking across the New England campus with his mother to Kennedy Hall for orientation. To his relief, Davis said he was not the only one with anxious butterflies locked up in his stomach. “She [Davis’s mother] was more frightened than I was,” Davis said. He said it was hard to see past the next few days of orientation, let alone the next four years as an undergraduate or the many years as a public servant. “I had no idea what the next 20 to 25 years would hold for me,” Davis said. Davis said students are blessed to have an opportunity like college come their way because about 40 percent of high school seniors who graduated with them would probably not be there to experience the ride with them, not there or in any other four-year college. With that in mind, Davis posed a question to the students in the audience, asking how students would use all the opportunities they have to better themselves at the University. He said the time to act on these opportunities is now, not when it is too late and your dreams are only dreams. “This is the most optimistic time in your life right now,” Davis said. Regardless of what a person becomes in his life, Davis said there is power in impacting someone else’s life along the way. “That makes you very powerful,” Davis said. “That makes you very consequential. So use that power and that consequence wisely.” However, Davis said there are consequences to this feeling of empowerment. With this power comes the ease of feeling complacent and comfortable and not feeling the need to care for those on the other side of the wall. “Avoid thinking that this world is just about you,” Davis said. “Matter to somebody.” Davis said over the years, he has periodically asked himself one question. “Am I doing all that I should do to be the person that I want to be?” Davis asked, this time posing the question not to himself but to the audience. Davis said no amount of fame, fortune or good will can judge a person better than when they look at themselves in the mirror and think about what they have done. As a person’s own self-perceptions grow with age and experience, how will that person see themselves when they look in the mirror: will they think better of themselves or worse? “One day, you will know what I mean,” Davis said. Elated for the future, Davis said in this generation’s time, so much good will come from the students who take advantage of the time they have to make their mark in the world. “I’m happy to still be young enough to see you along the way and to watch your journey,” Davis said.

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Bama Dining offers new dining experiences By Drew Taylor Administrative Affairs Editor As the campus grows, students’ dining options are growing with it as Bama Dining introduces three new restaurants on campus. Matt Mackey, marketing manager for the Bama Dining Service said this year will be no different. In fact, in some ways, there will be much more than past years. In an e-mailed statement, Mackey listed several developments currently underway from Bama Dining, including the newly remodeled and reopened Buffalo Phil’s at Burke Hall. “With a new, expanded menu and brand new booth seating, we have brought the restaurant atmosphere people love about Buffalo Phil’s on the Strip to campus,” Mackey said in the e-mail. Bama Dining has opened a new restaurant later this fall called Maea, located on the top floor of Lakeside Diner.

ELECTIONS Continued from page 1

District 7 incumbent William Tinker explained the steps that he has already taken in order to address traffic issues. Tinker said there are already plans in place to widen 37th Street and a much greater emphasis on wide sidewalks for bike riders and pedestrians to use. Given the current economic climate, residents expressed concern about how potential budget cuts may affect the city. When asked which areas would be spared from budget cuts, the candidates had many different opinions. Caldwell said he plans to work through the economic challenges without creating great strain on the city by continuing to put federal and state grants to use.

According to the Bama Dining Web site, ua.campusdish.com, the new restaurant will be a full-service restaurant “offering fresh and fun new tastes unlike anything else offered on campus.” Menu items will range from $6 to $14 and include entrée salads, fried green tomatoes and tender-cut fillet. Other new additions for the fall semester will include P.O.D, a convenient store located in Shelby Hall, as well as a Subway located directly between Bidgood and Alston Halls. However, Lloyd Hall will receive the most dining options, such as Boar’s Head Brand, Java City, Chick-fil-A and Pizza Hut. All restaurants in Lloyd Hall will open in January 2010. Mackey said students will really enjoy the Bama Dining experience at Lloyd Hall, complemented by both a great location and a great view. “With seating that will immediately face the Quad, we fully expect to have the kind of

vibe that really reverberates with students,” Mackey said. To make the ordering process simpler and more convenient for students, a new pilot program has been introduced, allowing students to purchase items online at Julia’s Market located in Tutwiler. “The orders will be ready for pickup at the assigned time, and students will not have to pay until they pick up their order,” Mackey said. In addition, all Bama Dining locations are now tray-less in an effort to make the campus more environmentally friendly. Mackey said there are still no plans to accept meal plans in the Ferguson Center Food Court. However, Bama Dining will be offering weekly $4.99 specials throughout the semester. According to the Bama Dining Web site, upperclassmen who have purchased meal plans will now have more options this year. There are now two new plans for commuters wanting to eat on cam-

Tinker said he hopes to address budget cut issues as they arise. “We’re going to look at trying to cut all departments somewhat equally,” Tinker said. “You don’t want to cut any service.” Similar budget concerns arose when candidates for the board of education were questioned. Candidates from districts 3, 4, 5 and 6 attended the forum. Mark Collins, the third District 6 candidate, did not attend the forum. “It’s hard to give money when you don’t have the money to give,” District 6 Candidate Marvin Lucas said. “We must work together and make it through this year.” The incumbent candidate from District 6, Ginnye Capps, referenced her own experience as an educator when describing the unfair expectation for

teachers to provide materials with their personal funding. Walter Boles, a senior at Bryant High School, said he was able to decide which candidate he supports during the discussions. “Of course, I only liked half of what I heard because I picked out my candidate halfway through the meeting,” Boles said. Joan Barth, a nine-year resident of Tuscaloosa, attended the meeting due to her own concerns about the future of the school system. “I’m dissatisfied with the school system,” Barth said. “I was really interested in what the candidates have to say about change, especially since not as many resources are available with the current economy.” Municipal elections will be held Tuesday.

pus between classes. The commuter 50/90 meal plan will allow students living off campus to purchase a block of 50 meals a semester, which averages out to one or two meals per week, according to Mackey. Students who eat on campus three or more times per week can purchase a block of 90 meals a semester. “We have been working with commuters to develop plans that fit their lifestyles, and we certainly look forward to continuing that process throughout the semester,” Mackey said. Meal plans not used in the fall will roll over to the spring semester, but expire at the end of the school year in May. Staff writer Eryn Phillips contributed to this story.

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By Avery Adcock

August 19, 2009

Lately, it seems that talk of drug wars, drug lords and rival killings are not just staying in the movies. On a college campus, it is safe to say that marijuana is easily accessible. This is true not only for colleges, but nationwide in all locations. Every day millions of dollars are made, and millions of lives are in danger because of this unregulated industry. How much longer will the United States allow this underground money factory to exist, despite the danger to citizens and harmful effects on our debilitated economy? In a perfect world, this debate would not exist. However, it is an active topic in American life and it needs to be addressed. Critics of legalization usually mistake what they are actually debating. It is no secret that the use of marijuana for illegal purposes is wrong. However, many disregard the fact that this industry is not going away, and without regulation it will only continue to grow. So the question remains as to whether more states take California as an example and institute measures to control the manufacturing and sales of pot? Regulating this industry would not completely fix the myriad of problems we as a nation currently face, but it would greatly help. Just as alcohol and tobacco sales are

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{ YOUR VIEW } TEXTBOOK PRICES “It is the biggest scam at the University. The prices are ridiculous.“ — Erica Smith, junior, organic agriculture

“The prices are high. I work at a campus bookstore, but you canʼt blame the stores. The books are so expensive to order, and we only make 10 percent proﬁt on each book that is sold.” — Adam Rivers, freshman, geology

“I think that the textbook companies and distributors are taking advantage of daddyʼs checkbook. I wouldnʼt be surprised if there were some kind of underground maﬁa where professors could get a kickback for assigning a certain companyʼs book.” — Miller Wright, freshman, chemical engineering

“Itʼs like a monopoly.” — Hope Henson, sophomore, business

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WE WELCOME YOUR OPINIONS Letters to the editor must be less than 300 words and guest columns less than 800. Send submissions to letters@ cw.ua.edu. Submissions must include the author’s name, year, major and daytime phone number. Phone numbers are for verification and will not be published. Students should also include their year in school and major. For more information, call 348-6144. The CW reserves the right to edit all submissions.

On Friday, thouIn short: The high sands of first-time cost of textcollege students books has arrived on campus become an epiand the University demic problem made every effort to needing swift welcome them to the action. Capstone. It is a shame that the welcome did not extend to the purchase of textbooks, thanks to the state legislature. A higher education is often a burden on the finances of a student and their family. In recent years, tuition, at Alabama and other four-year institutions, has climbed. One study showed that in the last academic year, the average tuition bill jumped by more than 6 percent, and in June, the UA System Board of Trustees approved a 9 percent increase for this academic year. Through all of this, politicians from both parties have pledged to increase financial aid for deserving students. They have kept their promises, but not fast enough to keep pace with tuition increases. But not all forms of government intervention have to take such time. Lawmakers in Alabama could — and should — provide immediate aid to students by suspending the sales tax on textbooks. Few forms of intervention could help more students faster. The University is considering some programs to reduce the cost of textbooks, namely a textbook rental program that the SGA has worked to implement for three classes this semester. We applaud the SGA and University for doing what they can to mollify the failure of legislators to look after students as they so often claim to do. But they can only do so much. It is up to Montgomery to act with meaningful legislation. For the sake of all our pocketbooks, let us hope legislators begin offering students solutions instead of sound bites.

taxed and controlled, the same can be true for marijuana. Marijuana in itself is a much less harmful drug than others current legal ones, such as alcohol. It is impossible to overdose on marijuana and although it does impair your senses, it is not nearly as debilitating. The number of students suffering from alcohol poisoning and almost dying is alarming on this campus. Despite the risks, alcohol is still put on a pedestal. In fact, when it comes to safety, the United States is putting a host of people at risk by not controlling this industry. Mexican drug cartels will stop at nothing to transfer their goods to the United States. Instead of investing millions of dollars into stopping them, which has clearly not worked, the better idea would be to legalize it so the United States could control exactly how much marijuana enters the country. Drug deals are the main source of drug-related violence. Neighborhood drug sales not only endanger the lives of the people living in the neighborhoods, but they also put police officers in extremely compromising situations. Children would not have drug dealers as role models and drug-ridden neighbors might actually have a chance to change if the industry was legalized. The list of reasons as to how pot legalization could help the

United States is a long one. Our economy and the prison system have the most to gain from legalization. Tobacco and alcohol taxes bring in billions every year for the government. Why couldn’t that be true for marijuana? Economists agree that taxing this good would not only help to alleviate our deficit, but it would also make enormous gains in reducing overcrowding in our prison systems. Every day, people are sentenced to prison time for producing and selling pot. If the states controlled who sold pot and how it was sold, there would not be an influx of petty criminals in our corrections system. California has realized the danger of this industry, and other states should follow suit. I am not saying that marijuana should be legal everywhere and to everyone in the United States, but many individual states should reconsider their policies. Many believed California would self-destruct after their amendments in drug regulation, but that has not happened. In a time where our national deficit is only growing, it seems like a pretty good idea to look to the wallets of drug dealers and not to those of the American people. Avery Adcock is a sophomore majoring in political science. Her column runs weekly on Wednesdays.

Black Belt program noble, ﬂawed By Will Thomas Over the course of this summer, it was pretty rare that I actually took the time to go back to my parents’ home. It was during one of these rare occasions that I received my copy of Mosaic, the new Honors College magazine. On the whole, I thought it was a wonderful publication, and I’m not merely taking this position because I had several friends who spent countless hours working on it. The magazine did a good job of capturing, for the first time, what the Honors College here at the University of Alabama is all about. But it was also, perhaps unintentionally, integral in exposing the errors in how the higher education community, and more specifically the University of Alabama, views leadership, civic engagement and community service. One project, called the University Fellows Black Belt Experience, claims its purpose is to “inject hope and prosperity into the impoverished Black Belt Region of Alabama.” Through this experience, these University Fellows (a “highly prestigious program” according to the article) go out into the communities that comprise the Black Belt, and then subsequently develop and execute a project that will “inject hope and prosperity” into the region. The program splits the Fellows up into groups that work on projects concerning health care, economics, policy and the cultural arts. For three weeks in May, they go into communities

and implement their projects. The economics group wrote an article in the magazine about their project. In their essay, they wrote their development sought to promote cultural tourism in the Black Belt in order to catalyze “growth and change.” Sounds perfectly good, right? Good heart, but flawed execution. These projects, while I’m sure they have some level of shortterm benefit to the communities in which they occur, don’t even ask the questions that get to the root of the problem. These programs often times enter with the assumption that the people of the Black Belt live in a way that, while not unacceptable, is fundamentally flawed. How can we expect to truly engage a group of people when we cannot see the value in their way of life, despite its being different? I say this because I had the opportunity over the summer to travel to a small town in the Black Belt not far from Tuscaloosa. We met with some individuals at the community school, which was to be consolidated within the next two years. Several community leaders attended, including the school’s principal and a city councilman, but more than anything, what I noticed was not a feeling of poverty or a feeling of a community yearning for change. Instead, I saw a community that had been denied its right to determine its own destiny and had come to believe that it had never had that right to begin with. It’s a

community with a rich culture, an even richer history, and great potential to be economically prosperous on their own terms. However, many programs that those of us in higher education have promoted and perpetuated have not effectively done what it takes to get communities together in ways that leads to this kind of self-determination. Often, it’s much easier for us, and for our résumés, to go into communities and try to apply the solutions that we may have learned in the often formulaic classroom environment without seeking the depth of relationship it takes to truly engage a community so they may be at the helm of their own fate. I hope that we can all work together to find ways to get the people of the Black Belt engaged in ways that lead them to a sense of empowerment, instead of one of dependence upon the programs that we so often develop and work so hard to implement. At the end of the Mosaic article, one of the students from the Fellows program was quoted as saying, “...money is nice to have, but isn’t everything. As a finance major, that’s something to keep in mind: money doesn’t equal happiness.” Well, from one finance major to another, I think you have that completely right. Will Thomas is a senior majoring in economics and finance. His column runs biweekly on Wednesdays.

Sex offender bill smart for student safety By Steven Oliver

During the last legislative session, the SGA supported a bill authored by state Rep. Jamie Ison, R-Mobile, which prohibits registered sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a college campus. The bill passed, and Gov. Bob Riley signed it into law. We supported the passage of this bill because it is yet another step in the direction of making our campus even safer. In backing this bill, the SGA was supporting the safety of the students it represents and ensuring a safer environment for learning and fellowship. This bill adds more protection for student safety. It goes along with protections already in place such as the UAPD and Crimson Watch. UAPD does an excellent job in keeping our streets safe in and around campus. The SGA, in conjunction with UAPD, is expanding our Crimson Watch program to provide students with all of the resources available to ensure they are safe each and every day. We want to educate students on the proper way to handle any situation, and through programs such as Crimson Watch, we can achieve that.

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“I promise our student body that I will continue to keep student safety as my top priority. “

I wish we lived in a perfect world where we didn’t have to worry about passing bills that limit predators near our campuses, but that perfect world is unattainable. With the passage of this bill and the continuation of programs such as Crimson Watch, we are taking and will continue to take every step we can to make our campus the safest place that it can be for the students of this University. It has been argued that the SGA has spent “political capital” in supporting the passage of this bill. If anything, the SGA has built political capital by seeing this bill pass. We have spent many hours with legislators showing them why we value the safety of our students and why passing this bill will add another layer of safety to our campus as well as other campuses across the state. The SGA is going to continue to look into more ways that we can make our campus safer for our students. I promise our student body that I will continue to keep student safety as my top priority. Every student is an integral part of our Alabama family.

Steven Oliver is the president of the Student Government Association.

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not only get great academic lessons, but also get to see some of the most amazing sites in the world, organizers said. John Davis, a senior majoring in telecommunications and film, also traveled with the Alabama in China program and said seeing the Great Wall was his greatest experience while in China. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was an overwhelming experience, knowing that thousands of years ago millions died to build the wall I was now climbing,â&#x20AC;? Davis said. Jon Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Rourke, a senior majoring in music education, traveled to Salamanca, Spain during the summer to study Spanish and Spanish culture

through Academic Programs International. He said the best thing about traveling abroad was meeting and studying with people from all over the world. Over the past decade, the number of U.S. students studying abroad has increased by 150 percent, according to opendoors.iienetwork.org. Despite the once-in-a-lifetime experience that studying abroad can give, some students are apprehensive about studying in a foreign country due to the language barrier. But Elizabeth Pratt, a junior majoring in French, said living with her house mom, in addition to having to speak entirely in French, helped

her dramatically improve her language skills. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No matter how insecure you are about your language skills in a foreign country, the best thing you can do is get out there and try it,â&#x20AC;? Pratt said. Sarah Suggs, a sophomore majoring in accounting, traveled to Oxford, England to study and said the main thing she took away from the trip was a sense of accomplishment.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had never been as academically challenged as I was in Oxford and at times I felt overwhelmed, but knowing that I successfully completed the courses left me with a great feeling,â&#x20AC;? Suggs said. Angela Channel, the director of overseas study at Capstone International, said it was very important for students to study abroad. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We live in a very small world now,â&#x20AC;? Channel said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We

can connect with someone all the way across the world with the click of a button. It is important that students be prepared to enter a global workforce.â&#x20AC;? Channel also said there were multiple benefits for students who study abroad. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would certainly give one a much needed boost to a resume,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Students have told me that they gain confidence, independence and assurance in the field they are entering into. I also believe studying abroad helps a student evolve into the adult they want to be.â&#x20AC;? For more information about studying abroad, visit international.ua.edu.

community service. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that a lot of these Continued from page 1 students are genuinely the type that want to give back to their 115 Honors College freshmen, communities,â&#x20AC;? Bridgers said. 12 Coca-Cola scholars, 25 stu- â&#x20AC;&#x153;They come in as very hard dent leaders and two student workers. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a part of their co-directors, participated. Half core personality and how they of the participants were out- choose to involve themselves of-state students, and many while theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re at school.â&#x20AC;? The students who had a background impacted by

participate in Alabama Action also desire to meet new students and get a head start on their college career. Dana Lewis, student materials manager for Alabama Action this year, said she could attest to this. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was an Alabama Action participant back in 2006 when I was a freshman, and I had such a great experience that I decided to apply to become a student leader and just kept coming back,â&#x20AC;? said Lewis, a senior majoring in political science and public relations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I met some of my best friends during the program, and we still hang out today.â&#x20AC;? Each year, two schools in the Tuscaloosa area are chosen to work with the freshmen participating in Alabama Action. Matthews Elementary and

Echols Middle School, both located in Northport and part of the Tuscaloosa County School System, were the two sites for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programs. Every day, the students arrived at the elementary and middle school at 8:30 a.m. to start working on their projects. This year, the projects ranged from landscaping and painting murals to creating a pumpkin patch. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The computer lab at the middle school was really in need of improvement, so they repainted it and made an outer space theme for the walls,â&#x20AC;? Bridgers said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They also repainted the middle school library with quotes on the wall and painted artwork on the ceiling tiles. â&#x20AC;&#x153; At the elementary school, the students built an outdoor storage shed and indoor

organizational pieces. They painted a mural at the entrance of the school and also along the staircases. After working on the projects, the Alabama Action students went into the classrooms to teach for two hours, following a specific curriculum set by the student directors. The curriculum for the elementary school was based on role models while the curriculum for the middle school was based on goal-setting. To form a more personal relationship with the younger students, each college student was paired with one or two middle school students to serve as their mentor or â&#x20AC;&#x153;buddyâ&#x20AC;? for the week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;During such a transitional time in their life, mentoring is important for fifth and sixth

grade students,â&#x20AC;? Bridgers said. In the afternoon, the college students were able to learn about the importance of community service through lectures in small group sessions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The academic component is that we have professors come to give lectures in the afternoon on everything from civic engagement, poverty and volunteerism in our society today,â&#x20AC;? Bridgers said. She said Alabama Action leaves a lasting impression on the students who participate, and community service becomes an important part of their college life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of these students go on to be mentors to other elementary students,â&#x20AC;? Bridgers said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This opens their eyes to the need for and the joy from doing service work.â&#x20AC;?

From Spain to England and China and many countries in between, several Alabama students travelled overseas to study abroad this summer. Ashley Atwell, a junior majoring in telecommunications and film, traveled to Beijing and Xiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;an, China for the Alabama in China program for communications students set up by Capstone International. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was a little nervous, and I did not feel well when we got to China,â&#x20AC;? Atwell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But as soon as we stepped out of the airport, I was ready to experience Beijing.â&#x20AC;? Students who travel abroad

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of potential new members. More than 1,400 girls rushed for the Fall 2009 pledge class, according to a report by WVUA, and there were 1,200 pledges at the end of the week, according to a UA news release. Catherine Emens, a senior majoring in Spanish and English and the director of judicial affairs on the Panhellenic Council, said the week was a great success. All of the sororities made quota for the number of potential new members they wanted to accept, and 83 percent of the girls decided to pledge. The majority of the other 17 percent voluntarily dropped out of recruitment and only a small percentage were released, Emens said. “There were fewer girls this

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year at 1,206, but of these girls, the retention rate increased compared to last year,” Emens said. Some notable occurrences at fall recruitment included the Gamma Phi Beta sorority getting the largest pledge class in the nation and the Alpha Phi sorority participating in its first recruitment since the sorority was established on the UA campus last year. “It’s really great that Gamma Phi had the largest class,” Emens said. “It’s a really big deal. They now have the opportunity to grow and be the same size as the other houses on campus. “It’s great for Gamma Phi that they got a lot of really good girls that are really happy to be there. It takes talent to take that many girls,” Emens said. Emens also cited the economy as a good reason to have a larger pledge class.

“With the way the economy is, it’s good that we have the big classes because the houses are hurting because the women in them are having trouble paying for everything,” Emens said. Gamma Phi Beta President Stephanie Riley said other Gamma Phi Beta chapters have sent her sorority numerous e-mails to congratulate them on their results and to see how the sorority accomplished the feat. “I don’t know what we did different than other years,” Riley said. “Recruitment can be very stressful, but this year everybody kept positive. Potential new members could see that everybody was happy to be there and was excited about recruitment.” Riley said the Gamma Phi Beta pledge class is usually right around quota, which is approximately 72 to 75 girls. This year was the first time the sorority

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freshmen to get involved outside of campus activities. “A lot of times when you come to college, you don’t know what you can do outside and outdoors,” Scheib said. “Outdoor Action shows you a kind of pathway into that.” To start off their week, the students took a day-long canoe trip on the Sipsey River. The students also conducted an experiment to assess the health of Sipsey River by collecting mussels. The students observed the diversity of the mussels and recorded the number of mussels that were alive or dead, Oneal said. The students also spent a day at Cahaba River and Hurricane Creek. “We always try to stay near

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Hurricane Bill gathers strength out in Atlantic By Jonathan M. Katz The Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The first hurricane of the Atlantic season loomed far out in the ocean Tuesday, gaining power and moving on a track that forecasters said could take it close to Bermuda by the end of the week. Hurricane Bill was expected to become a major storm in the next couple of days, with winds topping 110 mph (177 kph), following on the heels of two relatively weak systems that did little more than drop rain on the northeastern Caribbean and the Florida Panhandle. It had become a Category 2 storm Monday with winds whipping at 100 mph (160 kph) as it moved on a track expected to be near Bermuda by the end of the week.

Early Tuesday, Bill was centered about 810 miles (1,305 kilometers) east of the Leeward Islands and moving west-northwest near 17 mph (28kph). Bill was a large system, about 300 miles across, so Bermuda faces a potential threat even if the Atlantic island avoids a direct hit. “We are keeping an eye on it for sure,” said Nick Camizzi a forecaster with the British territory’s weather service. It was too soon to tell if Bill might threaten the eastern coast of the United States or how the storm would behave beyond the next four or five days. “The system is certainly large and eventually will be a powerful hurricane,” said John Cangialosi, a meteorologist at the U.S. National Hurricane Center.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;District 9â&#x20AC;? looks like an awesome film for any sci-fi fanatic, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a shame that its previews were more exciting than the movie itself. The movie takes place in Johannesburg, South Africa and features a malnourished race of extraterrestrials, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Prawns,â&#x20AC;? stranded on Earth. The movie is pretty much a reimagining of that countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s apartheid laws, except this time, with aliens instead of Africans. One would think that for a movie to bear Peter Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name as producer, that would mean it has to be good, but this is not the case in â&#x20AC;&#x153;District 9.â&#x20AC;? Up until about 45 minutes in, the movie seems interesting, but when the main character, played by Sharlto Copley, was squirted in the face with some alien fluid, I wanted someone to pull the movie off the stage with one of those hooks. This is when I realized the writer and director, Neill Blomkamp, ran out of ideas. The story takes a dramatic turn, and when I say turnâ&#x20AC;? I mean plummet, when you realize that the main character is now being turned into an alien himself. It is as if three people wrote different sections of the movie and forgot to talk about what they were doing before they put the film in theaters. The use of blood, guts and big explosions temporarily entertains, but I am tired of Hollywood trying to use those instead of quality script writing. There definitely are some influences from David Cronenbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Fly,â&#x20AC;? in which a man slowly turns into a fly throughout the movie. In â&#x20AC;&#x153;District 9,â&#x20AC;? the main character goes through similar changes as his fingernails, teeth and skin start to fall off. This transformation is old news, though. It has been used, but in this movie it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have as gripping an effect on

CW| Aaron Gertler Left: The alien mothership hovers above Johannesburg, South Africa.

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you are a science ďŹ ction fanatic, do not see this movie. the audience. So just because you liked that movie doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to like this one. The acting in the movie was believable at first glance, but as the movie goes on, Copley comes off as being way too goofy for the role. Sometime during the film, that goofy worker turns into an unstoppable, half-alien killing machine. It is just too unbelievable. I understand that it is a movie, but please explain to me how this one wimpy guy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who gets sprayed with some alien spaceship fue lâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; turns into a hero. The acting that was believable wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even a big part of the movie. Several of the interviewees were the most impressive, since they actually seemed to be concerned about the aliens who had accidentally invaded their town. Elizabeth Mkandawie, Greg Melvill-Smith and Barry

rottentomatoes.com The prawns have been held against their will in District 9 by Multinational United for two decades. Strydom were by far the most talented of the actors in the movie. Too bad each of them only had about 15 seconds on camera as interviewees. Overall, the movie is boring and just doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make sense. It seems as if Blomkamp decided to write down whatever he was watching on TV instead of writing the second half of his screenplay. If I had to be nice about it, I would say that the film is a good piece of original crap. The documentary style that is used early in the movie makes it more believable, and since the movie is actually shot in

Johannesburg, the set is very believable. This does not make up for the rest of the movieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s problems, though. There are just too many questions to be asked. How did the aliens and humans understand each other? Also, why did the aliens just not

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Moody Gallery shows artwork of Dozier Bell Paintings show wide views through small windows By Steven Nalley Arts & Entertainment Editor Dozier Bell takes photorealism to such an extreme that she includes what could be the crosshairs photographers peeped through before the age of digital cameras. Vicki Rial, exhibition coordinator at the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, said the crosshairs are like targets, drawing visitors’ eyes to specific areas of Bell’s bewildering landscapes, seascapes and skies. “They act as a safety net in a way, no matter what the subject, and they offer direction to the viewer,” Rial said. “The marks could relate to mapmaking, targets, or navigation.” “Navigator: Paintings by Dozier Bell” opened at Moody Gallery on July 31 and will run until September 4. In lieu of an opening ceremony, Bell will hold a lecture on August 26 at 5 p.m. in 205 Gorgas Library. The event is free and open to the public. “She’s basically going to talk about inspiration for her work and, possibly, some techniques,” Rial said. “I think it’s mostly going to be about what she looks at, what inspires her.” Born in Maine, Bell went to Smith College in Massachusetts for her undergraduate degree, followed by a graduate degree at the University of Pennsylvania and studies at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine. Even though Bell lives and works many miles from the University of Alabama, Rial said Bell was delighted to come to the University, and the Moody Gallery staff is excited about her and her work. “We have been looking at Dozier Bell’s work for three years,” Rial said. “She’s approaching the apex of her career.” Most recently, Bell received one of twelve Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Individual Support Grants and has won residency at the MacDowell

“Night,” acrylic on linen Colony in Peterborough, N.H., among other awards. She has galleries in Barcelona, New York City and Portland, Maine. “Navigator” features artwork from the latter two galleries. Many of the drawings in “Navigator” fit within about 15 square inches of space, fitted in slightly larger frames that leave much of the tall walls of the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art as blank as a canvas. However, on closer inspection, the drawings themselves give visitors a bird’s-eye-view of vast landscapes or wide shots of dwarfed subjects. Rachel Dobson, visual resources curator at Moody, said the small size of these windows into larger worlds makes visitors think about whose point of view Bell uses for the drawings. Dobson, who attended Smith College with Bell, said the crosshairs and other linear markings on certain drawings serve the same function. “It will make the real viewer

dozierbell.com think about who’s viewing, because if you have crosshairs, that means you’re looking through something,” Dobson said, giving a periscope or a telescope as an example. “The perceptive viewer is going to think about why crosshairs are there and what the relationship between painter and viewer is.” Dobson said Bell has had at least two art shows each year for the last several years. The photorealistic detail of Bell’s paintings, Dobson said, contributes heavily to her success and appeal. “She does these very realistic, finely detailed seascapes and landscapes,” Dobson said. “She’s one of the finest painters I’ve ever seen.” Rial said Bell’s paintings appealed not only to a sense of reality, but also a sense of surreality. The paintings may look like snapshots, but Rial said they were like snapshots of dreams.

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Bramble works to turn Tide By Anthony Johnson Staff Writer Under the leadership of firstyear head coach Todd Bramble in 2008, the Crimson Tide women’s soccer team not only landed its first SEC tournament birth in four years, but also pitched eight shutouts, ranking second in the SEC and third alltime at Alabama. Bramble’s past success as a head coach indicates the numbers the Tide put up in 2008 were no fluke. His coaching career included successful stops at Brown, Butler and Clemson, along with experience at the international level, where he was an assistant coach for the United States Under-17 National Team that competed in the World Championships in 1999. “Todd’s record of on-field achievement and success in the classroom made him a standout candidate for our job at Alabama,” UA Director of Athletics Mal Moore said after Bramble was hired. “Todd has a proven resume of consistent success and is a good fit to lead our program to the next level. He’s a proven evaluator of talent, a strong recruiter and a hard worker who will field a tough, smart, competitive team.” During Bramble’s tenure as the head coach of the Lady Tigers of Clemson, he led them

to seven straight NCAA tournament appearances, including two trips to the Sweet 16 and one trip to the Elite Eight. In addition, Bramble’s Tigers finished in the top 25 nationally five times and placed in the top three in the Atlantic Coast Conference three times. Bramble said he attributed the success of ACC soccer to a long line of tradition that he is working to establish in the SEC. “The advantage the ACC has right now over the SEC is the ACC has a little bit more of a soccer tradition,” he said. “North Carolina has done a lot to establish that, but when you look at the top teams in the SEC, they are every bit as good as most of the ACC teams. “I think we have to continue to develop the depth of this conference and we certainly have all the resources available to do that.” Alex Butera, a senior defender who started all 20 games for the Tide last season and also led the team in minutes played (1,714) said Bramble has brought a new attitude and new direction to the program. “His style of play is very different,” she said. “How we play, how we knock the ball around and how we set up is completely different now. We have the UA Media Relations right mindset and right attiSoccer head coach Todd Bramble gives instruction to junior tude.” forward Victoria Frederick. Bramble led the Tide to a 9-9 record Rosaly Petriello, a junior midin 2008, a signiﬁcant improvement from the 2007 campaign. fielder for the Tide who scored

seven points and two goals in conference play last season, said Bramble is more than just their coach. “He has done an awesome job both on and off the field,” she said. “If we need him, he’s always there for us, no matter what the issue is.” Bramble said he is depending on the veterans to lead a 2009 team that will include 10 newcomers. The Tide returns their leading scorers from the 2008 squad, Brooke Rogers and Victoria Frederick. Petriello, Carly Mygrants and Butera also return to lead the defensive backline. Justine Bernier also returns in goal to help lead the Tide. “Justine was competing with Canada in the Under-20 World Cup last season, and we are glad to have her back,” Bramble said. “She’s not only outstanding with her ability on the field, but she’s a great leader as well.” Bramble said the team is united in their efforts to once again earn a trip to bring home an SEC title to the Capstone. “Our expectations are to be back in the SEC tournament competing for a conference title at the end of this season,” he said. “This team wants to gain the reputation as a postseason team, so for that to happen, we’ve got to consistently compete for the SEC title, and we start by getting back to Orange Beach again this season.”

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The Alabama Crimson Tide football team held its last practice of summer Tuesday, as the players got in one final day of school-free football. “Tomorrow starts a regular school week, so we’re going to practice later in the day,” head coach Nick Saban said. “There are a lot more distractions than in camp, where it’s basically football and that’s it.” CW | Alden Jones Saban seemed disappointed in the effort and intensity of the Offensive lineman D.J. Fluker gets rest during drills in Tuesday's practice, coming off the heels of practice. Fluker is one of many freshmen hoping to make an what he called “two good prac- impact in the upcoming season. tices.” having,” Saban said. “There encouraged by the film from “Today was not as good a were a lot of the ‘poor me’s’.” workout as what we’ve been Saban said he was See PRACTICE, page 15

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SPORTS in brief Brett Favre signs with Vikings From staff reports

After a lengthy wavering period this offseason from Brett Favre, the future hall-offame quarterback came out of retirement and signed a twoyear deal with the Minnesota Vikings Tuesday. Sources told ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen and ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter that the Vikings will pay Favre $12 million this year and $13 million next season and that the contract does not contain performance bonuses.

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