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To facilitate voter turnout, the Student Government Association and other student organizations on campus are encouraging students to become registered voters for upcoming elections. Most college students, however, are seeking an education in a city that is not their hometown, and even for Tuscaloosa natives, class schedules or a lack of a convenient means of transportation may render students unable to attend official polling stations to cast their votes. Grant Cochran, vice president of external affairs, said the SGA has been working to
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FAST FACTS 1. Applications for absentee ballots must be given in person or mailed to the Absentee Election Manager, usually the Circuit Clerk.
CW | Jessica Schall Freshman Stephanie Meadow practices at UA homecourse after Alabama Women’s Golf first win at Texas A&M. The Crimson Tide is ranked No. 1 for the first time in the University’s history. By Bobby Thompson Contributing Writer
ranked No. 1 in the Golf World/ NGCA Coaches’ Poll. This is the first time in the University’s history The Crimson Tide football team the team has been ranked No. 1. “Being ranked number one is a isn’t the only team at the Capstone at the top of their game. The UA confidence booster,” junior Brooke women’s golf team was recently Pancake said. “I am proud to be a
part of the first No. 1-ranked team the University has had.” Alabama earned the top spot by winning the NCAA Fall Preview and finishing sixth at the Mason Rudolph Women’s Championship on Sept. 26. Head
coach Mic Potter, who has turned the program around since coming from Furman University in 2004, said it is gratifying to see his program rise to the nation’s
2. Once a request for an absentee ballot has been granted, the ballot must be filled out along with an affidavit that must be signed by the voter in conjunction with a signature from two witnesses age 18 or older or a notary public. 3. A copy of both voter identification and personal identification must be sent.
Source: Secretary of State Beth Chapman’s website
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BP rep talks crisis management Professors adapt to high enrollment By Brittney Knox Staff Reporter bsknox@crimson.ua.edu
By Ethan Summers Staff Reporter summers.ethan@gmail.com With enrollment topping 30,000, some students have begun to question if the University’s growth is helping or hurting their educations. However, many professors expressed mostly positive views of campus growth. Jennifer Greer, chairwoman of the department of journalism, said the growth isn’t hurting her program because of limits on class sizes. “One thing that I would point out is that a lot of the programs like ours, professional programs, tend to have limits on our class sizes,” Greer said. “So even though we have more students, our class sizes can’t change.” Greer said “skills classes” where more teacher-student interaction is needed for a student’s success have not suffered at all. The growth has only motivated faculty to become more imaginative. “We will still keep those class sizes small because le this
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The Student Government and Wellness Fair Association and Project Health are hosting the Student Health • Where: Ferguson Stuand Wellness Fair today at the dent Center Ferguson Student Center. The fair itself is free to stu• When: 10 a.m. to 2 dents, and this year’s fair p.m. focuses on a total approach to health, said Michelle Harcrow, injury, but a proactive effort. advisor for Project Health. Harcrow said health isn’t She listed health as having just the lack of ailments or six focuses: physical, mental,
emotional, spiritual, social and environmental. “To have a balance in all six of those areas is what makes a person truly healthy,” Harcrow said. Harcrow said a financial approach to health would be included in this year’s fair, including an hour-long program about financial awareness and responsibility. “We actually address the financial area of health and we’re going to be offering the ‘Financial Peace for the
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we have to keep our accreditation in place,” Greer said. “We have to come up with creative ways of doing that.” Greer gave JN 311, reporting, as an example. More students need the class, but the college doesn’t have the resources to offer more sections, so Greer and the program restructured the class to a lecture and multiple labs. In those labs, students can receive the one-on-one interaction they need to develop their writing skills, while still learning the lecture material in the larger class section. Greer said graduate assistants play a large part in the department’s handling of the growing student body. Graduate assistants often come with real world media experience, Greer said. They bring new life and updated information to a department where some professors have been out of the media workforce, at least full time, for many years. The struggling economy is another reason Greer said
BP spokesman Ray Melick spoke to the Public Relations Student Society of America on Tuesday about his experience in crisis public relations during the oil spill response. “I wanted to make sure that we were the first people that the news media talked to,” he said. “We knew if we missed that deadline then we weren’t going to be a part of the story.” He said the news media was contacting him 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and BP tried to be very accessible to the media during that time. “We feel that BP’s reputation
will be restored as the coast is restored,” he said. Meg Watson, vice president for PRSSA, said she was very grateful that Melick agreed to speak to the students about his experiences in public relations. “I got his contact information from our state president of PRSSA, and he was gracious enough to come to talk to the students. “A lot of our members are interested in crisis public relations,” she said. Gigi Eyre, a freshman majoring in journalism, said she was very surprised to hear some of the things in the speech. “He talked about some of the
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Next Generation’ program,” Harcrow said. She said the program began Sept. 29 and continues through Nov. 19. Jackie Parks, Harcrow’s assistant and a graduate assistant with the health information and wellness, handled making arrangements with vendors for the fair. “We are having some really great vendors coming to the fair,” Parks said. “We are trying to get a good variety to be
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demand keeps faculty employed full time. Continued from page 1 “I see it as a real positive in this economy,â€? Greer said. “I the growth has been good for have friends at other universithe University. With more stu- ties‌ that are on furloughs. I dents, the department has to talk to colleagues; people are meet a growing demand. That just amazed at how lucky we
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are. I don’t think it’s luck. I think it’s some really smart planning on the part of our president and our Provost.� The growth and its challenges haven’t been limited to one side of campus or one college. David Nikles, a professor
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of chemistry at the University since 1990, said while enrollment has increased, the chemistry department responded by offering more sections and scaling back class sizes. “At that time I had 250 to 300 students in my general chemistry classes,� Nikles said. “Now, the size of the lecture hall limits the class size to less than 200. This was done on purpose to limit the class size. “When classes meet their limits, the chemistry department generally offers more sections.� Nikles said increasing faculty to keep pace with the student body is an unrealistic expectation. “We have hired faculty at a lower rate than the rate of increase in the number of students,� Nikles said. “This is prudent, since it is important that we are careful about hiring high quality faculty. This is a slow task that we take very seriously.� Nikles also said the growth has brought higher quality students and needed funding to the University, allowing for a
better education. “The Provost and my dean are working with the faculty to find substantive ways to improve instruction,� Nikles said. “They have invested heavily into technology, including e-Learning, online access to library resources and putting technology into the classroom. With increased enrollment comes increased financial resources to pay for these investments.� Both Greer and Nikles said they consider the growth, overall, to be very positive and manageable. “Despite the tremendous growth in enrollment, I find I have as much time as ever to spend with my students,� Nikles said. “I have never turned away a student who has come to my office seeking help.� Greer said, “The bottom line is, I’m not going say it hasn’t presented challenges, but overall it has been a really good thing for the University and most faculty realize that. So we just work to do whatever we can to make sure we don’t sacrifice quality.�
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Campaigns begin for homecoming queen election By William Evans Senior Staff Reporter wjevans@crimson.ua.edu
Homecoming queen candidates met Monday evening in the Ferguson Center to discuss campaigning guidelines and regulations. CadeAnn Smith, the homecoming director over halftime and reception and a senior majoring in criminal justice and political science, said the candidates must follow the guidelines set forth in the Homecoming Red Book. She said a link for the Red
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bypass these hindrances to voter turnout by declaring the importance of voter registration and the use of absentee ballots. “The SGA is publicizing the importance of voting in order to get more students to vote absentee,” Cochran said. “We are also holding a registration drive from now until Oct. 23. Forms are located in the SGA office.” Cochran said Oct. 23 is the last day to register for voting, but because absentee ballots must be requested prior to the election, timing is especially important. Students can cast ballots for Tuscaloosa elections if they register to vote, Cochran added. “Because students are in
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top spot. “We are happy to have been voted No. 1 in the coaches’ poll,” he said. “It is nice to see others recognizing where we have come from and what we have done. The ranking will also help our chances at recruiting.” The Tide is determined to stay focused and continue to play well throughout the season. “Being No. 1 is just a number, but it is a good indicator for us,” senior Camilla Lennarth said. “It lets us know we are working on
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able to give our students.” Parks said the fair would address physical health by hosting the Student Health Center and offering flu shots. The shots cost $20 but are charged to a student account. Parks said T-Town PAWS is scheduled to attend. “T-Town PAWS is coming to do some overall advertising for a walk they’re doing,” Parks said. “They’re going to be bringing a couple of animals to the fair and trying to promote exercising with your animals.” Parks said the mental health focus would have counselors from the Women’s Resource
Book can be found at homecoming.ua.edu. Kelli Knox-Hall, convener of the elections board, said the campaign guidelines follow the same rules as the ones set forth during the spring election of Student Government Association executives. Knox-Hall said no University emblems or logos, including depictions of Big Al, can be used for campaign materials. “Just keep it simple,” KnoxHall said. Knox-Hall said candidates cannot chalk within 25 feet of the entrance to buildings, and
no one can campaign inside of a building. “All campaigning has to be done outside,” she said. “You’re not allowed to solicit votes inside of a building.” She said the candidates have to submit a financial disclosure form that tracks all campaign spending and contributions. The campaign-spending limit for each candidate is $250, and receipts for any expenditure must be attached to the bottom of the form, Knox-Hall said. Knox-Hall said the candidates must meet some minimum requirements before
Tuscaloosa over half of the year, they can help vote for candidates and decisions that will affect their immediate community,” Cochran said. “The more students involved, the better.” CadeAnn Smith, president of College Republicans, said absentee voting helps to repair the disconnect that may develop between out-of-town students and Tuscaloosa politics. “It’s important to absentee vote because most students are more interested and familiar with their hometown candidates rather than those of Tuscaloosa,” Smith said. “I think some students see Tuscaloosa as a city that they’re visiting and they have trouble connecting to local candidates.” Smith said students should contact their hometown courthouse to learn how to become
registered for absentee voting. “It does take some time to get your request processed and then send you the ballot, so it would need to be done soon,” Smith said. “I know from personal experience when voting in the primary this summer, it took quite a bit longer than I expected.” Michael Patrick, president of College Democrats, said absentee voting will impact local elections. “I’m not sure if absentee voting will play a large role in the gubernatorial election, but in local elections, it may be more important,” Patrick said. Patrick said students can stop by the SGA office to have a representative help them fill out the requisite voter registration forms, and the SGA will also turn in those forms to the appropriate office.
the right things and moving in the right direction.” “Nothing really matters until the national championships and SEC championships at the end of May. What we can do now is continue to work hard and improve our game,” Potter said. One way the Tide can continue to play well and hold its’ ranking is discipline during practice. “We have worked individually to improve our game, and everyone wants to play better at each event,” Pancake said. At practice, the Tide has been working on a number of aspects in order to ensure the players are performing to the best of
their ability. “As a team we have been working on our putting and short game,” Lennarth said. “We have also been playing scrimmages a lot lately, which is good. When you are playing on the course is when you really learn.” Putting is an important aspect of the game that they are looking to improve. “We shot better at our first tournament than we did at our second, but we scored worse at the first tournament because of our putting,” Potter said. The Tide shot 15-under in the first tournament and only 5-under in the second.
Center and the counseling center present for students to speak with. A large focus of the fair is substance abuse, Parks said. As a health threat, it’s common among college students. “The West Alabama Narcotics Task Force has a lot of really awesome pictures of people that have done meth or who has a meth house,” Parks said. “It’s a really big awareness for drug and alcohol abuse.” LessThanUThink, a campusbased alcohol awareness program, will also be present. Griffith Waller, one of the founders of the LTUT campaign, stressed the program’s focus on awareness, not prohibition. “Instead of using scare
tactics, the LTUT campaign focuses on here-and-now effects of binge-drinking, like calling an ex or forgetting to close one’s credit card at a bar,” Waller said. “It should not be confused with an anti-drinking campaign.” For students looking for a few minutes of relaxation, Parks said massage therapists would be giving free five-minute massages. Both Parks and Harcrow said the focus of the fair is really on making healthy choices. “It’s about making healthy decisions,” Parks said. “It’s a really great fair, and it’s fun. People are giving away free stuff. The booths have awesome and fun ways to make you learn.”
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campaigning for homecoming queen. Candidates, for instance, must be enrolled full-time as students at the University, have a minimum of a 2.5 GPA, have 64 credit hours earned at the University and have a sponsorship from a recognized student organization. She said candidates will be held responsible for any violations of campaign rules, such as having members chalk in the Ferguson Plaza or campaigning on their behalf inside of any building. Knox-Hall said, the
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things that the media took out of context in some instances,” she said. “It really made me think about the power that the media has to shape the public’s perceptions. “I am from Baldwin County that is about 30 minutes away from the Gulf where the oil spill took place and the affects were not as significant to my family, but probably affected people closer to the shore,” Eyre said. She said her family became more cautious with the seafood that they ate, but she feels some of the things regarding the oil spill were blown out of proportion. “This made me think more about what I automatically “It has all come down to putting, so we have to get more consistent around the greens as the season goes on,” Potter said. The team’s greatest strength this season is their collective work ethic. “Our work ethic is unprecedented,” Potter said. “It is better than any other team I have ever been around. I have to make the players leave practice because they work so hard.” A strong determination to succeed will be necessary this season. The Tide has a tough schedule ahead of them.
candidates have to submit any campaign materials, such as stickers, that will be passed out to students so that the Elections Board can keep those materials on file. Smith said the top five candidates after the election will be invited to a party at the President’s Mansion that precedes the homecoming football game against Ole Miss. The parents of the top five candidates will have free seats at the game, Smith said. She said the top five candidates will meet Oct. 14, on Butler Field to rehearse for the
crowning of the homecoming queen at halftime, and each one must bring what they plan to wear Saturday to ensure that the clothing is conservative. The queen is crowned at halftime of the homecoming football game. Sydney Page, a freshman majoring in history and political science, said she believes the homecoming queen election is done for the sake of tradition. “I don’t think there’s a set purpose,” Page said. “It’s just done to continue a tradition.”
believe when I hear it on television, and that it may not be the full truth,” she said. Melick spoke to students about what it was like to be a public relations officer during this time, and how he was brought in after the disaster had occurred. “We wanted to give the news media accessibility and bring some of the news local and not just focus solely on national news outlets such as CNN,” he said. The beaches are now supposedly clean, but tar marts are expected to wash up during storms. Melick also addressed the role social networking websites played in this crisis. “Social media is a huge impact on what we are doing,” he said. “We are really into Facebook chat to stay in tune with what is
being said.” He also addressed the fake Twitter account, BPGlobalPR, that was being run by a man that was not affiliated with the company during the time of the oil spill. “We did see the account and really there was nothing we could do about it,” he said. “We did not address it directly, but we did try to counter it and get people to understand certain issues.” Amanda Coppock, president of PRSSA said, “I was really excited to hear the speech and the efforts of BP as a whole to bring in a spokesperson to be more local. “Our organization tries to bring in speakers that are very interesting to talk about a variety of things so there are so many different facets of public relations,” she said.
“All the tournaments we play ue to succeed for the remainder in are big tournaments,” Potter of the season,” Pancake said. said. “These tournaments all have the best teams in the country. We need to be competitive in every one. If you want to win the national championship, you need to be in tough competitions time after time in order to get accustomed to winning in those situations.” The Tide hopes to continue playing well in the Tar Heel Invitational this weekend. “We hope to play well in all our upcoming tournaments, and we are confident we will contin-
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Campus shouldn’t be burnt by smoking debate By Danielle Beach Smoking is no private affair on The University of Alabama’s campus; a stroll around the Quad or down The Strip is proof enough. A swell of opinions have surfaced, with some for and some against a total smoke-free campus policy. Instead of completely banning smoking on campus, other measures should be taken to protect the rights of smokers while keeping the lungs of non-smokers pink and free of second-hand smoke. Although smoking is inevitably harmful to smokers and victims of second-hand smoking alike, a complete ban of smoking on campus interferes with an individual’s right to the pursuit of happiness. While it may be difficult to find happiness when your body becomes more susceptible to otherwise rare diseases or can no longer fight off the common cold, the euphoric buzz and alleviation of anxiety may be all the happiness one can muster during a stressful day. Currently, 22.1 percent of the adult population in Alabama smokes, which is above the national average. The University simply cannot completely ban a stress-reducer on a college campus (where stress is just as prevalent as Nike Tempo shorts) and not expect a little turbulence. Instead, measures must be taken to educate and encourage, as well as protect the rights of all persons affiliated with the institution; rumor has it that those are the objectives of education administration, anyway. To protect the rights of
individuals to breathe healthy air if they so choose, the University could develop a fair and balanced policy that benefits as many people as possible. However, providing a policy that is easy to abide by, as well as to regulate, may pose problems that outweigh the benefits. One such policy may be, in short, to prohibit smoking in heavily populated areas, inside or within proximity of buildings, residential areas, and outdoor eating areas (e.g. the Ferguson Center). UA is said to already have a policy that discourages smoking within 30 feet of buildings, but a walk to and from class on any given day suggests a lack of enforcement. Anyway, this policy eliminates the opportunity to smoke in the majority of areas on campus. Setting boundaries and providing areas that are properly ventilated, yet convenient and easily accessible, is a more controversial, if not impossible, task of its own. As a non-smoker, I can honestly say that when I walk past a person smoking on my way to class or to work, I have to hold my breath because the smoke makes me sick to my stomach. I can understand the allure of cigarettes (who doesn’t want a quick fix for stress?), but I’m already addicted to clean air. Though the withdrawal symptoms of clean air greatly surpass those of carcinogen-filled air, I’m still not in favor of the negative effects of second-hand smoking. The peaceful coexistence of smokers and non-smokers will not occur unless both parties make an effort to understand the other person’s point of view.
With proper research and distribution of data, the administration can provide both students and faculty with appropriate information regarding smoking and its effects. Emphasis should be placed on effective methods to quit smoking, stress and anxiety management and the effects of secondhand smoking. People who earnestly want to quit smoking should be provided with the support, information and resources to do so. Those who do not wish to quit smoking should be considerate and mindful of those who do not smoke, and they should consequently only smoke in well-ventilated, less-populated areas. Likewise, non-smokers need to respect the rights of smokers while maintaining their own; if a person is smoking in a public area near someone who does not smoke, the non-smoker can politely ask the smoker to refrain from doing so. Even if they continue smoking out of spite of your request, know that they are of the minority and that most people who smoke will kindly oblige. Ultimately, instead of relying on the administration to enforce a policy, it’s up to each student, educator, staff member, Tuscaloosa resident, and anyone else on campus to consider his or her fellow Capstonian’s health and rights before acting. No matter what your stance is on the smoke-free campus debate, don’t allow it to pollute the positive atmosphere we strive for at UA — or the air itself. Danielle Beach is a freshman majoring in education.
Admit or fix inefficient internet By John Anselmo To whom it may concern: please let UA students and faculty know if we are going to have access to somewhat dependable public wireless Internet. If we can have access to dependable wireless Internet, that would be great. That is what most students were told they would have when they first enrolled. If not, just tell us through the UA news e-mail, the monitors speckled across campus, or even send a press release in this newspaper. This way students won’t have to play library hopscotch trying to find a place where they can access their coursework. Just let us know; we will adjust when forced to do so. Sure, adjusting to the parking quagmire we came back to this semester was tough. But after all of the sweat and dust, the walk from the gravel lot behind Publix can be very apt cardio exercise. If no changes are made to the UA Public Wireless Network and we will not be informed that we cannot depend on the network, then please change the name. Guess Connect, Luck Net and Tortoise Web would be appropriate. I will feel a lot more comfortable when I browse through available networks and see that their names reflect functionality.
Given the speed and functionality of the jokingly called “highspeed wireless network” we have here at the University, how are we supposed to be competent students in the 21st century? Now that the classroom and the web are in more than a marriage, we need to have access to the Internet that is actually capable of delivering. So should we stay in our rooms to do work until this is resolved? Sure, unless you live on campus. ResNet, which we all know is the residential wireless Internet access on campus, makes UA Public Wireless Internet look like the Daytona 500. I have no offers for changes in nomenclature for ResNet. Well, maybe McFarland-on-Gameday Net?? Last year, when I served as an SGA Senator, some colleagues and I authored a resolution calling for a student audit of the ResNet network. This survey would be a place where students could voice concerns about the wireless Internet across campus and in residential halls. Upon unanimous passage of the legislation, my colleagues and I went to work. Skeptically, we were forced to board the Bureaucratic Express, a roller coaster that would supposedly take us to the promised land, where student’s voices could be heard. But like all roller coasters, we arrived back were
we started with a case of nausea. Luckily, with the help of others in the SGA, we finally got a survey rolling. Did anyone that could do anything about it take heed to the replies of students? You take a guess. We have countless great resources here at Alabama, and so many great people were willing to help us. With all of the great resources and people, why can’t we have Internet that actually works for students and faculty? We need to just stop asking and start demanding that we have access to Internet that is applicable to our needs as students. If we want to go back to the 1980s pen and paper days, then fine. Just start the process to moving our coursework offline and back to loose-leaf paper and typewriters. We all know that is not the direction we want to. The Capstone has moved at light year speed towards becoming one of the nation’s finest higher learning institutions. However, students and faculty need dependable wireless Internet infrastructure to do their everyday jobs. The Capstone just needs to focus on this issue and formulate a resolution. And form it at a highspeed pace. John Anselmo is a senior majoring in economics.
Structure determines properties. Two years of high school chemistry will drill that scientific fact into you, along with the formula PV=nRT. It is as true in science as it is in government. Electing different government officials temporarily improves the quality of government, but changing its structure can be permanent. On Monday, federal officials arrested 11 Alabama casino owners, state legislators and lobbyists stemming from an investigation of gambling-related vote buying. This state’s susceptible political structure opened the door to such corrupt officials and behavior. The state government has failed to target ethics reform in the past, and it paid the price this week. Even innocently outdated and seemingly harmless structural problems can cause major headaches. Searching for these sorts of lapses and fixing them before a monumental collapse is prudent and worthwhile. As with all large organizations, this university’s structure contains snags as well. Not to the extent as those faced in Montgomery, but they need fixing just the same. The particular area I would like to address here involves SGA elections. Currently, the regulatory body is the Elections Board, which is made up of recommended students, a political science professor and administrative directors and representatives. It is basically the Federal Election Commission for the SGA. My qualm is with its puzzling placement within the Student Affairs division of the University. The head administrative directors of the board primarily serve as directors of the Ferguson Center, which falls under the Housing and Residential Communities branch of Student Affairs. The other administrator represents Student and Campus Life, which also falls under the housing branch. Moving the Elections Board to the Student Involvement and Leadership branch of Student Affairs makes much more sense. Elections are no longer held at the Ferg since they are now held online; thus, restructuring is necessary. Ferg directors have other responsibilities that do not directly relate with students anyway. Bringing in directors that are already involved with students in SGA will allow for better communication and will lessen the Ferg’s burden. Since the SGA Constitution and Code of Laws do not outline specific election procedures, the Elections Board is tasked with handling the yearly election guidelines. Unless the board has contact with the student body, proactive changes cannot be made. Also, directors from a more student-oriented branch can set their priorities to manage election season more effectively. If a candidate for office does not feel as though reporting a campaign dispute or potential violation will amount to any action, the board loses its purpose. Having directors who already have a relationship with students works to alleviate that disconnect. This may resemble a small point of contention, and it is. However, the small issues add up after enough of them are dismissed for their supposed unimportance. Bigger issues are more visible and carry more weight, but the smallest strains can hamstring large reforms. Waiting until something is broken to fix it does not apply when that something may be broken but has gone unnoticed or forgotten. Contested SGA elections have occurred in past years, and reforms such as reducing voting time were implemented after the fact. More can be done though to prevent misconduct and the subsequent distrust in the election process. The structure of election regulation determines the properties of elections, which determine the quality of elected officials. The Elections Board may only matter a few times a year, but the effects of elections last the entire year. We should not wait until it is too late to demand reform.
Wesley Vaughn is a junior majoring in public relations and political science. His column runs on Wednesdays.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Students must show proper etiquette at football games By Erika Goodman
The Alabama vs. Florida game was the most stressful game I have been to in nearly four football seasons. This was not because of the score or the teams, but because of some people in the student section not understanding proper football etiquette. Since my freshman year, I have known that during the game everyone stands and shifts forward. I am not sure why people began standing in the seat they sit in during this game. This caused quite a bit of chaos. Some people were left without seats and having to stand in the aisles. It is common knowledge that everyone stands in the seat directly in front of them. If everyone would follow the same shifting pattern, it would make it much easier for everyone to watch the game. This has been the norm since I began school in 2007, and I am unsure of why it changed Saturday. Also, it is just rude to light a cigarette while waiting in line to enter the stadium, as well as smoking during the game. Students are packed in like sardines, which means smokers are literally smoking in other’s faces. There are smoking sections just for that purpose. It shows poor manners when having such a disregard for the people around you. Some people do not want their game ruined by your bad habit. I want this football season to be a memorable one, and I am sure that if everyone follows the same system, it will be for the rest of the students as well.
Erika Goodman is a senior majoring in journalism and political science.
By Stephanie Brumfield Staff Reporter snbrumfield@crimson.ua.edu After months of research, McNair scholar and art major Patricia Davis will show a series of mixed-media prints in the Ferguson Center Art Gallery. The exhibit, titled “INVASION — Representations of Cancer: Combining Medical and Military Metaphors,” runs from Oct. 5 through Oct. 29 and is one of several components of Davis’s required research as a McNair Scholar. Davis was one of 12 students selected to join the McNair Scholars Program last fall. The program, designed for firstgeneration or disadvantaged college students interested in going to graduate school, awards students a $2,800 research stipend, a $1,100 fellowship, fee waivers for graduate school admissions tests, a trip to California for the McNair research symposium and more. “Students have so many opportunities with the McNair Scholars Program,” Davis said. “We work closely with faculty and graduate student mentors to come up with a research proposal, and we work closely with them to complete it. We’re offered advice about graduate school, and we’re more competitive applicants because we already understand academic research.” Davis’s project examines the way we view cancer and the metaphors we use to describe it. “The way we talk about cancer is very militaristic,” she said. “We’re afraid of it, but we romanticize it, too. We did it with tuberculosis before we found a cure for it. Susan Sontag’s essay ‘Illness is Metaphor’ discusses these metaphors.”
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Just as people use conflicting metaphors for disease in our speech, so do Davis’s prints. By overlaying the prints with drawing and painting techniques, she admits that each one is colorful and beautiful in its own way, but the prints also represent different body systems with different cancers. Military planes, tanks and missiles, with all insignia removed, interrupt the superficial beauty. They represent the invasive aspect of cancer, she said. Each print is a monotype print, meaning they cannot be reproduced, and each print has two numbers on it. The first represents the number of new cases of cancer that will develop by the end of the year; the second represents the number of people who will die of cancer by the end of the year. Pointing to the print representing the respiratory system, located on the wall farthest from the entrance to the gallery, Davis said, “I see this one as the sort of focal piece for the entire collection. It was the hardest for me to make. My mom died of lung cancer in 2007.” In this print, planes emerge out of the darkest spot of the lung, spilling out of the print and onto the wall. When her mom was diagnosed with cancer, Davis said she kept asking herself, “What is this thing that everyone is so terrified of?” and she started researching cancer to understand what was happening to her mom. “I’ve always been interested
in medicine. My mom was a phlebotomist, and I actually came to Alabama thinking I would go into the medical field. Then I started taking art classes and fell in love with printmaking,” she said. “I first started researching cancer as a coping mechanism, but with this project it’s grown to be so much more than that. I’ve turned my research and my art into something that’s not just personal to me. Other people can relate to it, too. Everyone knows someone who has cancer or who has died of cancer.” With cancer prevalent in her family, Davis said her research has been a learning process and a way for her to conquer the disease. “I don’t want to be afraid of this disease,” she said. “People don’t want to go to the doctor when they think something might be wrong, and they wait until it’s too late. Technology has come so far in recent years for that.” At the exhibit’s opening reception on Thursday night, which starts at 7 and lasts until 8:30, Davis said she will be giving people cards so they can e-mail her and give her feedback about her artwork. After the exhibit, Davis’ focus Photo courtesy of Rachel Dobson will be on writing the profes- McNair Scholar Patricia Davis, a junior majoring in printmaking, sional research article that will works on one of her prints for her exhibit, currently displayed in accompany her artwork. She the Ferguson Center Art Gallery. hopes to have it published in the McNair Scholars Journal. By fall of 2011, Davis hopes to be working on her MFA in printmaking and continue the art that she has begun.
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Should Alabamians be jealous of Egyptians? Archaeology buffs might say yes. After all, the Great Pyramid of Giza, the only one of the seven wonders of the ancient world still standing, is in their backyard. What about Alabama’s backyard? What about the University’s backyard? If students are willing to explore, they’ll find the answer 15 miles down Highway 69. The Moundville Archaeological Park preserves what was once the apex of Mississippian culture. From Wednesday, Oct. 6 to Saturday, Oct. 9 the park will host its 22nd annual Moundville Native American Festival. On Wednesday and Thursday, the festivities will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday’s festivities will last until 5 p.m. Students who attend can
expect to learn specifically about Southeastern Native American culture. “We started the festival in 1989 because we wanted to dispel the stereotypes people had about Native Americans,” said Betsy Irwin, the park’s education outreach coordinator and festival director. “Most perceptions of Native Americans are products of powwows – a lot of different customs merged together. The Southeast has a distinctly different culture.” The goal of the festival is to accurately and comprehensively portray an 800-year-old Mississippian culture. This week, students can see this goal achieved through living historians, musical performances, arts and crafts demonstrations, and storytellers. “In our living history camp, the tents are very close to how they were at that time,” Irwin said. “We’ll have many reproductions from the time period.
IF YOU GO ... • What: Moundville Native American Festival • Where: The Moundville Archaeological Park
• When: Oct 6. - Oct. 9 • Cost: $10 for adults, $8 for students [There’s a] fisherman who shows what fishing was like in the 1400s. Or you could visit Knapper’s corner where they make arrows and spear points, basically things guys like to play with.” People seeking theatrics on a larger scale can check out the Warriors of AniKituwah perform the Cherokee War Dance and Eagle Tail Dance. The dance group highlights Cherokee culture and
clothing, as well as the significance of the dances themselves. The warriors have performed in many places including the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Colonial Williamsburg and abroad in Berlin and Montreal. Some people prefer to learn about new cultures at their own pace. Attendees can also visit the park’s museum, the Jones Archaeological Museum. After a five million dollar renovation, many of the park’s employees contend Jones offers a unique museum experience. “At a lot of archaeological museums you see artifacts, think they’re really nice, but don’t really understand that much about the people,” Irwin said. “Our museum is about the people,” said Morgan Parsons, a museum docent and New College graduate. “You can truly immerse yourself in the culture.” The museum seeks to accurately depict a typical Mississippian of the time. Inside stand many life-sized figures of Native Americans. The figures cost $20,000 apiece and are not only life-like in size but also in appearance and form. “They look so real,” Irwin said. “They are staring at you.” The museum also tells the
Above: The Warriors of AniKituwah perform their traditional dances during a previous festival. Left: The museum at Moundville Archaeological Park exhibits many life-sized figures of Native Americans and other artifacts. Submitted photos
Mississippians’ story through their artifacts. The Moundville Duck Bowl, considered by some to be the most important prehistoric artifact in the country, is on loan from the Smithsonian. The Rattlesnake Disk, Alabama’s official state artifact, is another relic on display. The historical demonstrations and state-of-the-art museum are all attractive to the inexperienced tourist. Moundville frequenters agree that the reasons to visit the festival are more profound than arrowheads, wicker baskets, gift shops and cafes. “It was a spiritual mecca, and
it still is today,” Parsons said. Dan Townsend, a historical demonstrator of shell carving from Mississippian culture, has participated in the festival for the past 20 years. He hopes Alabama students attend the festival and take advantage of the park. “People just don’t realize the jewel they have in their backyard,” Townsend said. Admission to the festival is $10 for adults, $8 for students, and free for children under five. Volunteers are always needed. For more information visit moundville.ua.edu.
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Tide players win SEC honors By Britton Lynn Senior Sports Reporter bmlynn@crimson.ua.edu Sophomore guard Chance Warmack was recognized as SEC offensive lineman of the week for his performance in the Florida game. Warmack had key blocks on both of Mark Ingramâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s touchdown runs that gave Alabama the lead in the first half. Junior linebacker Courtney Upshaw was also recognized as SEC Defensive Player of the Week for his seven tackles, four tackles for loss, two pass break-ups and one fumble recovery. The Alabama coaching staff also recognized junior wide receiver Darius Hanks, junior safety Mark Barron, freshman cornerback John Fulton and sophomore running back Trent Richardson for their performances Saturday.
Barron led all the tacklers with 11 stops against the Gators and had the Crimson Tideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only sack of the game. Barron is Alabamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading tackler this season with 31 through the past five games. Richardson was recognized for his performance on special teams and is the only player to be listed by the coaches as a player of the week following all five games this season. This was Fultonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first time recognized by the coaching staff as a player of the week for his work on special teams. He had one tackle in the game on punt coverage and a key block on Julio Jonesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 41-yard punt return in the second quarter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really think our team is progressing,â&#x20AC;? said head coach Nick Saban. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Each week you have a new challenge and learn more about your team. Like how are we going to respond
CW | Drew Hoover Trent Richardson returns a kickoff during the Florida game Saturday in Bryant-Denny Stadium. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the only player to be listed by the coaches as a player of the week following all ďŹ ve games this season. sophomore Dontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;a Hightower said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He is probably one of those guys who wants to shake-and-bake. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a north and south runner. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a really good back.â&#x20AC;? The Alabama defense, which hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t allowed a touchdown from a running back yet this season, continues to work on the fundamentals to keep the Gamecocks from being the first. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We pride ourselves on just going out there and doing our job, whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the red zone or anywhere on the field,â&#x20AC;? Warmack said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As long as you try to dominate on every play that is all you can ask for. But Preparing for one thing you have to pride yourself on is not giving up South Carolina down there. It is about going While the Tide prepares for out there and tackling guys in South Carolina, one player the red zone. You have your they are particularly focusing back against the wall because on is freshman running back you arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that far from the Marcus Lattimore. Lattimore end zone, but you just have to is averaging 91.5 yards per dig down deep inside of you. game and has six touchdowns We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to give up any points down there.â&#x20AC;? this year. This weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game will be the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great SEC back,â&#x20AC;? this week? We play another very good team on the road in a difficult place to play. Are we going to be able to challenge ourselves to continue to do the things we need to do to play at a high standard? Are we going to be relieved with what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done up to this point? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t answer those questions. They have to come from within, with what people accomplish and what they want to do. So far weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve responded fairly well, but not consistently all the time and that is something we have to continue to work on.â&#x20AC;?
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Injuries
As Alabama prepares for South Carolina in Columbia there have been a few roadblocks along the way in terms of injuries. Junior linebacker Chris Jordan pulled his hamstring in the Florida game and is day to day. Saban said they will be seeing how Jordan responds this week in practice. Jones also bruised his knee in the game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Again, you never know how these things are,â&#x20AC;? Saban said about Jonesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; injury. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We did an MRI, checked it out to make sure things are OK, and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be day-to-day at least for the first part of the week to see how he progresses.â&#x20AC;? Neither Jones nor Jordan were wearing black jerseys in practice Monday or Tuesday, but they were not participating at full speed.
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