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Tornado warnings could not stop high fashion last night as the University’s Fashion, Inc. society put on the fourth annual Rock the Runway show, benefitting Charity: Water. A last-minute location change from Woods Quad to Bryant Conference Center did not stop the crowd from pouring in to see the designs of 27 University of Alabama students. Models traipsed the catwalk in everything from vintageinspired to modern designs, country cute to nightclub chic, black to white and every color in between. Fashion, Inc. president and designer Liz Lane, a senior majoring in apparel and textiles design, said despite the confusion of finding a new location and making sure everyone knew about the switch, the show went very well. “It was crazy because all of our signs said Woods Quad,” she said. “So we had to make new ones to try and get the word out.” But the show was meant to be more than just an excuse for Tuscaloosa’s fashion-forwards to wear high heels and bow ties. “When we were putting this thing together, we really didn’t think it was going to be that good,” said Elizabeth Singleton, a junior majoring in apparel and textiles design who modeled a white lace top from Callie Smith’s collection. “But it turned out awesome, and it was a lot of fun.” Singleton said she plans to design for next year’s Rock the Runway. “It will be my senior year and
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The groundbreaking ceremony for Alabama’s new psychiatric hospital on the W.D. Partlow property drew attendees from across the state Tuesday. Cathy Andreen, spokeswoman for the University, said the facility will replace Bryce Hospital. The tentative date of completion is 2013 and building it will cost an estimated $60 to $80 million, Mayor Bobby Herndon of Northport said.
Gov. Bob Riley, Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation Commissioner John Houston, University President Robert Witt and other dignitaries attended the event. “Bryce Hospital has a great history that we want to remember and preserve,” Houston said. He thanked the dedicated employees at Bryce, Partlow and other regional facilities. “We have the finest, most dedicated, capable staff
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Storm doesn’t SGA hosts registration hotline dampen greek trick-or-treat By Ethan Summers Staff Reporter summers.ethan@gmail.com
Every weekday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Student Government Association will host a help hotline for students looking for clarification about how to register for classes. To access the hotline, students should call 348-8401. Vice President of Academic Affairs Aaron Zucker said the
Kids got to trick-ortreat on Sorority Row Oct. 26 at 6 p.m. They were given candy at each sorority house.
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By Brittney Knox Staff Reporter bsknox@crimson.ua.edu Clouds filled the sky Tuesday night, but it did not stop hundreds of little feet from running down sorority row to participate in sorority row’s annual trick-or-treat event. Colonial Drive was graced with the presence of many memorable childhood characters, including Batman, Superman and even Barney. Megan Hayes, a member le this
of the Alabama Panhellenic Council’s executive board and director of the event said that last year there was a turnout of about 800 people. She said she was glad that the weather didn’t stop people from coming out. Hayes, who was dressed as a cowgirl to join in the spirit of the event, said she feels the event on sorority row is safe for families to come and have a good time.
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A candlelight vigil will be held tonight at 6 at Denny Chimes in commemoration of Dating and Domestic Violence Awareness month. The vigil invites the campus community to stand together in solemnity for victims of dating and domestic violence and raise awareness of this abuse, according to a UA press release. Lindsay Mims, student coordinator for the event, said it is important to raise awareness and show support for victims of dating and domestic violence.
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people our age have gone through, are going through, or are at risk for going through in the future.” The ceremony is run by student speakers from different population groups on campus, said Maria Perez-Fisher, peer
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hotline made its debut last year and its success encouraged the SGA to try again. “In the pilot year, we saw some success and are looking to build on it even further,” he said. The program began on Oct. 26, the first day undergraduate students were allowed to register for classes, and will run through Nov. 9. The hotline will not be in operation Oct. 29 due to fall break.
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education program coordinator for the Women’s Resource Center. This year, Caneeka Miller, a UA alum and poet, will be the keynote speaker at the
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THURSDAY
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What: Candlelight Vigil
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Against Domestic Violence Where: Denny Chimes When: 6 - 8 p.m.
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we will direct the caller to the right people to handle the issue,” he said. With the largest freshman class in the University’s history and sophomore and junior classes of near-comparable size, the SGA may face more challenges with registration than they have in the past. “The SGA anticipates a higher volume of calls for this year because the publicity and marketing for this initiative has improved, along with the increase in student enrollment at the University,” Zucker said. “Confusion is not
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something that we anticipate too much of, but we are, of course, prepared for it. “ Throughout many students’ academic careers, the first fall registration is the most intimidating. However, freshmen received in-depth help and walkthroughs at orientation. For spring registration, though, students must plan mostly by themselves and make appointments with advisors. Michael Mills, a freshman majoring in communications studies, said his registration day is Wednesday. He said he’s relied heavily on DegreeWorks to help him sort through requirements and class offerings.
“I spent several hours last semester going through the course catalog and playing with DegreeWorks in order to get an idea of what my four years will probably be like,” Mills said. “DegreeWorks was helpful in knowing exactly what requirements I had left and what classes are provided to fulfill those requirements.” Mills said he faced a challenge when he tried to apply the credit he got from taking Advanced Placement classes in high school to course credit at the University. “The biggest problem I’ve encountered is the lack of classes provided,” Mills said. “Especially this first semester, I had enough AP credits
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that I needed to take classes that sophomores usually take. However, because I had to register as a freshman, I had difficulties finding classes that would fulfill my requirements.” Mills said he’s mostly figured out the system now, but could see how the SGA’s hotline would have been useful during orientation, especially for out-of-state freshmen. “I think the hotline would have been helpful for my first semester, especially if I did not have friends that attend Alabama,” Mills said. “If I had questions, I asked my college friends, and their answers were usually reliable.” Michael Allen, a freshman
majoring in physical education, said registration is tricky due to the way advisors offer help. “They told me what classes to take, but not when to take it,” Allen said. “I’m taking public speaking and biology, and both classes have labs but they never explained how that works—how I sign up for a class and a lab.” Allen said the hotline is a good idea, but it might have been more helpful if it had been offered sooner. “I’m sure it’d help a lot of people,” Allen said. “Before people start registering for next semester, [the SGA] could already be answering calls.”
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do something fun in addition to candy, and our activity that we thought of was face painting,” said Caroline Ascik, a junior Panhellenic delegate for Alpha Chi Omega. She said planning for the event with her sorority wasn’t difficult. “Every girl brought candy and participated in brainstorming ideas for games or activities for the kids,” she said. The event lasted for about 30 minutes before participants were alarmed by the tornado siren signaling that the watch had escalated to a warning. Kat Gillan, assistant director of greek affairs, said they had been in contact with the risk management department and monitoring the weather throughout the evening. “We were informed by the risk management department and went around to all the houses to relay the message to shut down everything,” she said. Latesha Watford, who brings her children to the event every year, said the entire family looks forward to it. “It is a very safe event, and the kids like it a lot,” she said. “It also is a way to do it all in one place instead of going to neighborhoods.”
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“We have the streets blocked off, and UAPD is monitoring the event,” she said. “The candy is packaged ,and we know that the parents want this to be a safe event for their kids, so we strive to provide that type of environment.” Several adults also dressed up for the event, including a husband and wife who dressed as the Nintendo characters Mario and Luigi. “It is our first time to come and I am glad my daughter is having so much fun,” said Jennifer Minor, a parent who brought her daughter to the event. Minor said she came with a friend and they brought their daughters who were dressed as the Little Mermaid and Strawberry Shortcake. She said the children love the fun, and all the candy, but it is also great to know that they are in a safe environment. As families walked down Sorority Row, they saw several houses that not only had candy but face painting and games for the attendees. “All of the houses wanted to
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Peterson speaks his mind on politics Former Agriculture Commissioner candidate calls current world a ‘cesspool’ By Amanda Sams Senior Staff Reporter alsams1@crimson.ua.edu Our country is going to hell in a hand basket, according to Dale Peterson, former candidate for Alabama Commission of Agriculture and Industries, who is now working to help conservatives get elected nationwide. “It’s not about Senate or congressional races,” Peterson said. “It’s about whether or not we are going to survive.” He burst through the Ferguson Center door on Tuesday night wearing his infamous cowboy hat, and announced in his message that he is an average guy who
is sincere. “I am what you see,” Peterson said. “I’m not a politician. I am representative of about 90 percent of America.” If there is one thing Peterson has vast knowledge of, it’s agriculture. Peterson recalls acting as a livestock judge for decades, traveling across the United States and Canada. “I got to see all the kids who loved their animals and loved what they were doing,” Peterson said. “It was pure. They just had their cow or hog and put it out there on a level playing field to be judged for what it was worth.” However, he said when he would leave the livestock competitions on the last day and
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I think it will be a real challenge,” she said. Donations from the show are going to Charity: Water, an organization that builds a well in Africa for every $5,000 raised. Before the show, the University’s donations were at around $2,500. Lane said many people donated at the show, and she hopes they made their goal. “I’m so proud of all the designers and models,” Lane said. “Everyone did such a good job. I’m really happy about that and that we’re giving back to the community as well.” Maryalice Lazarus, a senior also majoring in apparel and textiles design, presented an entire collection inspired by Charity: Water, and the jerrycan, the container which people in impoverished places with no access to clean drinking water use to haul clean water back to their homes. The collection featured bold statements in yellow and black, with exposed zippers and edgy silhouettes. Several of the models even carried jerrycans. “I’m completely excited since every 10 dollars raised can give a person clean drinking water for 10 years,” said freshman Andrew Wash. He and his sister, Whitney, have been heading up the Charity: Water campaign at the Unvirsity. “We will definitely make our goal, one way or another. Not without
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ceremony. Miller has released a book of poetry about relationships and domestic violence, Perez-Fisher said. Miller will focus on being a secondary victim of domestic violence. Other speakers at the vigil will ask fellow students to step up and speak out against violence and lead them in a pledge against it, Perez-Fisher said. In addition, a current UA student will perform a song she has written about domestic violence. Perez-Fisher said students should attend the event because it will help them understand
drive back out through the gates, the world would just turn off. “The cesspool we have today opened up again, and I hated it,” Peterson said. “People at large compete, whether it’s in animals, politics, or whatever. We don’t have a level playing field today.” Dale Peterson is a genuine person, according to John Chapin, a junior majoring in political science and anthropology. “When he came into the room, the whole place lit up, and you could just see people responding to what he was saying,” Chapin said. Peterson said he would not censor anything he believes to
prayer. We’ve been praying a lot.” Whitney Wash said at the beginning of the fashion show that she and her brother have become very passionate about this cause because 1.1 billion people in the world lack access to clean drinking water. Even of those who use the jerrycans to
bring water back, many times the water is too dirty to consume safely. Over 80 percent of diseases are caused by contaminated drinking water, Wash said. If you missed out on Rock the Runway, it’s not too late to donate to Charity: Water. Visit mycharitywater.org/UA.
what the impact of violence is around their direct community here at the Capstone and when they leave the University. “Violence will affect everyone in their lifetime in some way,” Perez-Fisher said. “Whether they are a victim, a friend of a victim, someone who knows someone, witnessed the violence. It is important also to be present to represent the voices of those who cannot be present and also to show your fellow students that you will not stand for violence and you will be there in support for awareness.” In 2009, 40 domestic-violent related deaths were reported based previous documentation of violence and confession, Perez-Fisher said.
In the United States, a woman is beaten every nine seconds and four women are murdered by their intimate partner every day, Perez-Fisher said. One in four women will experience domestic violence in their lifetimes, Mims said. “I have three roommates,” Mims said. “It’s crazy for me to think about that statistic.” The most common age group of dating and domestic violence victims is 19 to 29, Perez-Fisher said. Dating and domestic violence is not just physical abuse, PerezFisher said. “The abuse starts with emotional and verbal [abuse], which are linear, and you can’t have one without the other,” she said.
be true, and even expressed that he thinks the current presidential administration hates America. “Our country is all we have,” Peterson said. “I adore my wife more than anything in this world. But without a country to believe in or goals to obtain once you get out of college – you don’t have squat.” Peterson said the government wants to make students totally dependent on the government after graduation. He said he also believes that if the thumb was taken off of private enterprise, jobs would open up. “You need to govern by the Constitution and let private industry work,” Peterson said. “With those two things,
America can be successful.” While Peterson said he has been asked to run for President, he is still unsure about whether he will enter the race. “Sure, just give me 600 million [dollars] and I’ll do it,” Peterson said. “The liberal press would eat me alive, though, because I’d be true to myself.” People are expected to be too politically correct now, according to Peterson. “We have worn the ‘racist’ word out,” Peterson said. “If I have the wrong color boots on I am racist,” he exclaimed, pointing down to his black boots. He openly admits he does not believe himself to be an elo-
quent speaker, just a genuine down-to-earth American. CadeAnn Smith, the president of College Republicans, who hosted the event, said she was pleased with the speech overall. “I think he’s really entertaining, and one of the more famous Republicans out there lately,” Smith said. “We drew a good crowd tonight.” Peterson told all of the audience members who are considering running for public office in the future to be true to themselves. “There are all kinds of engineers on that long, black train trying to pull you off the tracks along the way,” Peterson said. “You have to be sincere.”
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anywhere in the state government,” he said. Houston said he employed a task force called “system reconfiguration,” in order to envision where the institution will be 15 to 20 years from now. The building will be a state of the art facility and “world class” psychiatric hospital, Riley said, adding that a “haven of love” would more aptly describe it. “I think this is something that some of us will look back in a few years and say ‘this was really something significant,’” he said. The facility will be more like a community setting, according to Riley. Individual rooms for the clients and common areas will be included as well. “It will be more like going to a little town than it is going into a hospital,” he said. There is no comparison between what the patients have now and what they will have at the new facility, he added. Herndon said Sen. Phil Poole
CW | Drew Hoover President Robert Witt, Governor Bob Riley, and other local leaders officially break ground on Alabama's new psychiatric hospital. and Riley put aside political party differences and worked together to make the project work. Herndon said he believes the facility will be great for the entire community. The University has also been recently involved in the process. “Because the University has significant experience and expertise in construction man-
agement, the University was asked to manage the construction of the new hospital, which will be built on the Department of Mental Health’s property, where the W.D. Partlow Developmental Center is located in Tuscaloosa,” Andreen said. Riley said Witt’s leadership and determination were crucial in making the project a success.
OPINIONS
A campus dialogue: #UAchat By Wesley Vaughn
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 Editor • Tray Smith letters@cw.ua.edu
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Youth shouldn’t be apathetic { YOUR VIEW } WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE CHANGES TO FALL BREAK?
“Itʼs annoying that we get a three day weekend because you canʼt really go anywhere.” -Emily LeBeau junior, political science
“All my teachers have cancelled classes, they shouldʼve given us the whole week off.” -Eric Hall senior, accounting
By Gregory Poole The election is less than a week away and politicians are going all-out to win their respective campaigns. There have been some wild moments this campaign cycle and some that were just plain bland. The talking points from the somnambulant Bentley-Sparks debates could have been prerecited by any astute political observer, but at the same time, the Senate candidacy of Christine O’Donnell has been very entertaining as she has flopped like a fish in Delaware. In addition to candidacy craziness, there have also been many different ideas and numerous vibrant discussions on issues like Social Security, defense, immigration and the massive deficit. And, given the electric political atmosphere, turnout for this year’s election will likely be very high on Nov. 2. However, there is one troubling thing about voter enthusiasm for next Tuesday. According to the major polling firms, college-age voters are less engaged than they were two years ago, when the 18 to 30 crowd was more energized than the nation has seen in over a generation, with the result of that effort being the election of President Obama. Now, with enormous unemployment among recent graduates and crushing loads of student debt coming due, many have felt betrayed, lost the will to change their situations, or become completely apathetic. When polling suggests that a third of those our age do not care who controls Congress next year, it is obvious we have a problem. One thing is certain: apathy is not the solution to our current problems.
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of what will happen if we do not visit our polling locations. The most obvious is that our voice will not be heard. With the exception of the 1968 and 1972 elections, the absence of the youth vote has in the past meant that the only voting demographics heard were those mostly aged 50 and up, and therefore any viewpoints expressed by Americans our age were shut out. The nation has paid an extremely high price for this at different times. The result could be the same Tuesday. More importantly, a failure to vote will not only mean that our voice is silent election day, but it will signal we are happy with the direction of this country. As Pope Boniface VIII said, “silence gives consent.” In the context of this column, this quote highlights the implied response people give if they are politically silent — that they are content with the policies their representatives in government enact. While it does sound like I am continually beating the same drum, it’s because I actually am. Voting is very important, regardless of whether you will live in this state, or even this region, after you graduate. We all have a stake in the future of our country and its destiny. All students at the Capstone want what is best for our nation, and want to defend against those who seek to harm that vision. But remember Edmund Burke’s most famous words, “All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men (and women) to do nothing.” Now go forth and vote! Gregory Poole is a graduate student in metallurgical engineering. His column runs biweekly on Wednesdays.
Wesley Vaughn is a junior majoring in public relations and political science. His column runs on Wednesdays.
Religious beliefs unnecessary in modern world By Sam Arnold
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We have millions of jobs gone to China that our parents and ourselves desperately need back; we have a devastatingly high national debt that will come due on our watch; we will also have to solve the entitlement problems that will be home to roost while we are in the workforce. To fix these issues, our generation needs public servants that will work together to keep the American dream alive. However, none of these individuals can be elected if voters don’t put their ballot in the box at the polls. Democracy cannot move ahead if we the people refrain from expressing our points of view. Voting is by far the most fundamental of American rights, but sometimes we forget how precious that right truly is. For more than 200 years, our brothers, our sisters, our fathers and our friends have given their lives for the maintenance of this freedom. Every vote we have cast has truly been cast in both blood and sweat. Our founders and our forefathers knew the precious nature of this action, but over time we have forgotten its importance as the voting process itself has become suspect in many elections. The epic Florida debacle in 2000 between President Bush and Al Gore diluted our confidence. Hard times can make voting seem like the least important item on our list, especially compared to paying bills and putting food on the table. While all of these things are understandable, none of them should deter us from doing our duty as a citizen of the United States. While it is easy to lecture on our duty to vote, the number one reason is the consequences
In 2006, Jack Dorsey, along with Biz Stone and Evan Williams, founded the social media networking and microblogging website Twitter. Originally centered on the question of “what are you doing,” Twitter has “long outgrown the concept of personal status updates,” Stone says. Politicians, corporations, media organizations, celebrities and others have created accounts for purposes beyond clueing followers in on what they ate for breakfast. This very campus has embraced Twitter over the past couple of years. Users have actively participated in two functions of the website. The first is social. Twitter offers an interactive environment that differs from Facebook but still allows for personal updates to followers. The second is information dispensing. Organizations such as the SGA and Creative Campus utilize Twitter as a free publicity tool to announce and promote events and other initiatives. Both serve a valuable role, and I am delighted to see them take root among Capstonians. I have no desire for students and others at the University to change their tweeting ways. I simply want to introduce another feature of Twitter to campus. Hashtags on Twitter are often underutilized. Although humorous as additional clarification at the end of tweets, they can do much more. They help group tweets based on content and create an online platform to discuss subjects. By clicking on or searching for a particular hashtag, you can view every tweet from any user that contains that tag. Already, local hashtags such as #BhamChat and #ALpolitics compile tweets on those two subjects. This forms an inclusive, yet focused chat room for interested users to follow or participate in the ongoing dialogue. That is where #UAchat comes in. Instead of commenting on the University in the boundless confines of cyberspace, tweeting with this hashtag will broadcast tweets to all users looking to engage with those on campus. This should include current students, campus organizations, faculty members and the administration. It is not feasible to hold a physical forum on campus to discuss this university, but Twitter provides a free and easily accessible one online. As with any forum, questions can be raised and answered by anyone. Twitter may not allow for the same civil and structured format of a normal conversation, but it does protect users from intimidation and the potential of being left out by flattening the field. All tweets are read the same, as long as they are clearly presented. It does not matter how many accolades are on a user’s resume or how many followers they have. Each tweet with the hashtag shows up in the chat. We do not necessarily need better dialogue on campus; we just need a more diverse dialogue on campus. The easiest way for students to get involved is to speak up. Sometimes those voices can be drowned out though. Using Twitter to host a conversation about campus will provide the chance for those who cannot normally participate to get involved. If #UAchat succeeds with students, as I think it can, more students and other members of the University should begin to follow it and even participate. The community drives movements on Twitter, and the same can be said for this campus. Any instrument that can host conversations and build community should be sought out. #UAchat is one of those instruments. Twitter harnesses more potential than finding out what a friend or celebrity did on some afternoon. Do not get me wrong, I followed Reggie Bush’s harrowing root canal treatment with great earnest – I am not kidding. The social and distributional benefits only scratch the surface. #UAchat can tap into Twitter’s latent reservoir of online communication. So, begin tacking the hashtag on to the end of tweets about campus issues and look for a moderated chat in the upcoming weeks.
I have to admit, I really did love Michael Patrick’s latest column titled “Religious belief not obsolete,” but not for any reason Patrick would likely have intended. His column serves as a reminder of how far religion has fallen and how dramatically our rational ranks are rising. Religion has lost the battle over its sacredness. It is very hard to consider something “holy” when its holiest adherents are making the news every other day for molesting children. Now, religious apologists are trying to win what would seem, from an outside perspective, to be the most basic, easiest possible debate to have over anything: the debate over its own usefulness! Yet even here, the religious are obviously losing that struggle. First, a small digression. People: you aren’t impressing
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When you “faith,” you get things like suicide bombers, death cults, honor killings, holy wars and the Jonas Brothers. No one needs religion any more than they need heroin. Being raised an addict is no excuse.
anyone by making bold statements about how much you don’t understand the thing you dislike. “I didn’t come from no monkey!” sounds the same as “The Earth don’t look like no circle!” You aren’t just wrong, you’re double-wrong. Seriously, go read a book. One that isn’t written by a theologian. These same people also cannot grasp the concept of morality outside of some primal sky-god-punishesbad-people mythology. We do teach ethics classes on campus that anyone can take if they don’t understand how atheists can be donating more to charity than Christians
(look that one up). Anyway, in Patrick’s article, he attacks Jerry Coyne for asserting that faith and science are incompatible ... I think. I am not sure about this because as soon as he quotes Coyne, he glazes over the point (while half-agreeing to it), and moves onto a very different point about the evolutionary benefit of religion. Because we evolved to believe in false things, Patrick claims, it must be the case that we still need to believe in false things! I mean, it’s not like we have any evolutionary relics that are no longer beneficial to our survival, right? Well, besides wisdom teeth. And appendixes. And the
desire to fill ourselves with fattening foods. You get my point. We have many biological traits and tendencies that we must overcome to be successful as a species. It is probably true that we needed religion at some point when we knew very little about the world and had no better tools to maintain social order. I’m not convinced of this, but it seems plausible. There was a time in history when we didn’t need to get oral surgery to remove extra teeth, or set aside time to exercise so we didn’t kill ourselves with the modern abundance of calorie-dense food. Times have changed. Our technology has outpaced our biology. The key to our flourishing as a species now is not spreading our genetic material as far and wide as possible. We do that too well already. The most important thing now is building a global civilization based on reason. When you reason,
you get things like honest inquiry, peaceful cooperation, empathy, science and progress. When you “faith,” you get things like suicide bombers, death cults, honor killings, holy wars and the Jonas Brothers. No one needs religion any more than they need heroin. Being raised an addict is no excuse. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying religion never does good things. The priest who counsels the suicidal is doing a good thing, but he can do his job even better without injecting stories about zombie demigods and hellfire. You aren’t good because of your god, you are good in spite of it. We have outgrown our need for ancient myths, and now is the time in history where our very survival relies on the rejection of them.
Sam Arnold is a junior majoring in philosophy.
By Ashley Chaffin Contributing Writer Save a swipe on your meal plan or some Dining Dollars this afternoon and give yourself a taste of culture instead. The Critical Languages Center is hosting its annual Exotic Food Tasting Tour from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in B.B. Comer Hall Room 200. “Language is part of the culture, and food is part of a culture too,” said Ning Wang, a Ph.D. student who works in the CLC. “We want the students to have a chance to experience the culture, which makes them want to learn a language.” Anyone planning to attend must bring a minimum of a $6 donation to B.B. Comer to get a ticket, or “passport.” The CLC recommends getting your passport as early as possible in the day because there are a limited number available. “If they come during the event we may not have enough passports and we may have to turn them away,” said Ilyas Ileri, a graduate student who works in the CLC. “We don’t want to
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• When: 3 to 4:30 p.m. German run out of food.” The Modern Languages and Classics Department, which includes the CLC, offers courses in a total of 30 different languages. The CLC is a part of the department that offers courses in 20 languages not typically taught at the collegiate level such as Croatian, Farsi, Norwegian and Thai. With 14 different countries being represented this afternoon, the tasting is an opportunity for students to learn more about these programs and many of the cultures they represent. The tasting has grown every year since it started five years ago, both in the number of cultures represented and the number of people who attend. Last
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submitted photo Nearly 200 people attended last yearʼs food tasting tour. year, 12 different cultures participated, and almost 200 people showed up to eat. “It’s getting really big,” Ileri said. “Next semester this place might not be big enough.” The tasting will be set up down the hallway outside of B.B. Comer 200, and attendees will get the chance to try every country’s cuisine. The passports keep track of the countries that attendees visit through the culinary trip, and each country will stamp the passports after students have sampled their food. “We want people to be able to taste all the different
samplings,” Wang said. To enhance the experience for everyone involved, the tables will be decorated and many of the professors will be dressed in traditional clothing. This not only makes the experience more enjoyable for attendees, but it also makes the tasting more of a learning experience. All of the food is being prepared by natives of the country they represent, making this an ideal opportunity for students to learn outside the classroom and to try many new and different foods from around the world.
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Alabama Wiccans put faith in nature By Karissa Bursch Senior Staff Reporter kabursch@crimson.ua.edu What do most students think of when they think of witches? Harry Potter? Halloween? “Hocus Pocus?” Instead of thinking of fictional characters or a secular holiday, there is a more serious religious ideology that can be associated with the word witch. A number of Alabama citizens and local Tuscaloosa and Birmingham residents practice paganism or Wicca, which is a neo-pagan religion. Ana Schuber, the program manager and curriculum coordinator of continuing studies at the University and a member of the local Unitarian Church, said Wiccan and pagan faiths are widely misunderstood and stereotyped. “There is a misunderstanding there, as there is with most religions,” she said. “Everyone starts assuming stereotypes out of laziness.” There is a small pagan group, made up of fewer than 20 people, at Tuscaloosa’s Unitarian Church, Schuber said. Schuber said there is no connection with Satan or black magic and those that practice Wicca or paganism will not “cast a spell on you.” “A pagan simply means a country person,” Schuber said. “The three major religions grew up within cities while Wicca or paganism developed in the countryside. In the countryside, people are more nature oriented.” Rhiannon Moongazer, a high priestess of the pagan witch coven Gaia’s Sacred Circle based out of Birmingham,
agreed with this definition. “It was the isolated farmers and country folk who continued to live life as people of nature by the breath of the Earth, sun and moon,” Moongazer said. “Basically, a pagan is someone who follows a polytheistic Earth-based belief system and does not conform to or believe in the major religions, i.e. Christianity, Judaism and Islam.” Moongazer said her personal take on being a pagan focuses on treating others well and being respectful and tolerant. “Being pagan means I live with the best of intentions towards my fellow man and all living things including Mother Earth herself,” Moongazer said. “I treat others as I wish to be treated. I work hard to find balance in all areas of my life. I strive to learn all that I can so that I may be respectful and tolerant of other’s beliefs and values while I follow my own path in hopes that it will lead me in a direction of spiritual peace and harmony. I cherish the beauty we all bestow upon this life.” “There is a connection to the planet we live on,” Schuber said. “These are seasonal types of religions, associated with the earth and with the equinoxes, celebrating the earth going to sleep and the earth waking up. These celebrations involve the elements such as fire, earth, water, etc.” There are also lasting contributions that pagans made to drugs and medicine, she said. “It is drawing power from the earth,” Schuber said. “It is the ability to look to the earth for healing.” Schuber said paganism and
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Wiccan practices, which go back very far in history, are reminiscent of religions that existed before Christianity. Schuber also spoke about the assimilation of pagan and Wiccan traditions into mainstream religions. “It’s easy to take over a culture when you let them keep a part of it,” Schuber said. Halloween was originally a pagan tradition of “cleaning of the house” and “changing of the fire” with a focus on paying homage to ancestors, she said. The word bonfire originated from “bone fire,” which is a tradition in which communities would burn the bones of their ancestors. Another example of this is the tradition of Lent, or giving up something for 40 days. “Lent happened among pagans in Europe when stores of food started diminishing,” Schuber said. “Everybody would give up something in order to survive. The Church took that over. There are a lot of connections like that.” She said she feels in this day and age, pagans and Wiccans are feeling more comfortable about being open about their religious practices. “We’ve reached a point in the U.S. where things that were underground have more of a chance to bubble out,” Schuber
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said. “Forty years ago pagans would feel scared or put down, there was a lot of fear in that regard. Today, more people are curious.” An increase in acceptance can be attributed to a decline in attendance at mega-churches and a turning away from organized religion, Schuber said. “People are going to home churches, and that’s where you’ll find more pagans,” she said. “These days people are saying they are more spiritual than religious, which is them turning away from organized religions.” Moongazer said she finds a surprisingly large presence of pagan and Wiccan followers in Alabama. “They could be your neighbor,” Moongazer said. “Look at the turnout there is for Magick City Pagans annual Witches’ Ball. It was so big this year, we had to rent two venues.” Schuber said she encourages students to research and learn on their own about faiths such as paganism and Wicca and not believe stereotypes. “If you want something to be untouchable you say it’s satanic,” she said. “I’ve never met a pagan that is excited about Satan. Wiccan spell casting is more similar to prayer.” “We are not devil worshipers, how can we worship
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something we don’t believe in?” Moongazer said. “We love nature and all it offers. Being called a witch, for those of us who follow that as part of our path, do not take offense to it. The biggest thing I would say is have an open mind and open heart. There are a lot of pagan and Wiccan shops, covens, events and wonderful people that are out there. Research – you can never learn enough. I’ve been doing this for years and I still learn something new every day.” Moongazer recommended students interested in Pagan or Wiccan faiths look on Yahoo or Google and find groups online. Also, students can access witchvox.com and e-mail organizations with respectful questions and inquiries.
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By Sydney Branch Contributing Writer Disappointment surrounds the men’s tennis team this week while the Tide recovers from a series of early losses in the United States Tennis As s o c i at i o n / I n t e r n at i o n a l Tennis Association Southern Regional Tournament this weekend. The Tide hosted the four-day tournament beginning Friday but had no remaining players after day three of the competition. Junior Ricky Doverspike said he felt disappointed in the weekend’s results but sees an opportunity for improvement before the spring season begins. “I don’t think we played to our potential, and we have a lot of work to do,” Doverspike said. Friday’s doubles competition showed promise, as three of the four competing Tide teams beat various opponents in their brackets. Then, in the first round of singles, junior Vikram Reddy and sophomore Jarryd Botha advanced to Saturday’s play, as well as three other Alabama players – juniors Doverspike and Michael Thompson and sophomore Ian Caldwell – who all had byes in the first round. Doverspike said he felt the set up of the tournament allowed the losses the Tide suffered during the second round to minimize the team’s first round successes. “The people that were playing well in their first match
By Bobby Thompson Contributing Writer
UA Athletics Junior Michael Thompson backhands a ball at the USTA Southern Regional Championships on Friday in Tuscaloosa. got knocked out in the second Samford again later in the sea- everyone is lacking some confidence right now, and a few wins round,” Doverspike said. “It was son. “I came off pretty slow,” in a few weeks will improve that, kind of unfair for them that they could not show the coaches and Thompson said. “I played the kid and that everyone will work everyone how well they were last year, and I beat him so I was hard over Christmas break and pretty disappointed. As for that come back and have a good seaplaying.” The Tide won four matches match, he played pretty well. son, a successful one.” The Tide will host the out of nine on Saturday, but due Hopefully we play them again, Crimson Tide Fall Classic at to teams falling in other match- and I can beat him next time.” Kadi defeated both Thompson home Nov. 5. Doverspike said es Saturday, only Doverspike and Thompson returned to and Doverspike on Sunday, this weekend’s performance play in the consolation bracket knocking the two remaining would serve as motivation for on Sunday. Both lost in Sunday Tide players out of the compe- the team. “This is a pretty good wakematches, and the Tide did not tition. However, Thompson said advance to compete in Monday’s he felt that the Tide can correct up call that we did not perform its weekend errors through well on our home courts,” closing matches. Doverspike said. “It was pretty Thompson said he felt he practice. “We have to work hard embarrassing. I think we will go can correct his mistakes from the match and hopefully play and continue to work hard,” out with a chip on our shoulders his opponent Carson Kadi of Thompson said. “I think that for the next match.”
SPORTS in brief Davis out indefinitely after hernia surgery
guard Charvez Davis underwent successful surgery to repair a hernia on Monday and will be out indefinitely until cleared by a physician to return to practice. From Staff Reports Davis suffered the injury in practice last week, and Dr. Alabama men’s basketball Andrew Harrell in Tuscaloosa
performed the procedure. “Our entire team is supporting Charvez as he recuperates from Monday’s surgery,” head coach Anthony Grant said. “We expect him to make a full recovery and anticipate him rejoining his teammates in the near future once he has
been cleared by our medical staff.” A senior guard from Montgomery, Davis is one of the top returning three-point shooters in the Southeastern Conference after converting on 41 percent of his attempts last season.
The women’s tennis team swept the USTA/ITA Southern Regional Championships this weekend. Junior Courtney McLane and sophomore Alexa Guarachi placed first in the doubles competition, and freshman Mary Anne Macfarlane brought home the singles title. This is the first time in school history the Crimson Tide has claimed both titles at the USTA/ITA Southern Regional Championships. “This weekend was a huge step forward for our program and for the team,” head coach Jenny Mainz said. “This was a breakthrough tournament for us, and we hope to carry this momentum on to the spring season.” The USTA/ITA Southern Regional Championships was a crucial tournament for Alabama’s season. Most of the SEC West competed in the tournament. “We wanted to establish ourselves in the West at this tournament,” Mainz said. “This tournament was a good indicator of how we are going to play in the fall.” McLane and Guarachi defeated Mississippi’s doubles team 8-6. Macfarlane defeated Connor Vogel 6-3, 7-6. Doubles partners McLane and Guarachi opened well, but found themselves down 6-5. However, a great return on Mississippi’s serve gave McLane and Guarachi the momentum they needed to take the lead. “The girls did a great job of staying focused and keeping their poise,” assistant coach Rahim Esmail said. “It is good to see them overcome the
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adversities of the match.” In singles competition, Macfarlane’s performance was also exceptional. She won her first three matches, 6-0, 6-0. On her way to the top, she also defeated the No. 20 player in the country, 6-1, 6-1. “Mary Anne did an excellent job of opening strong and being unrelenting,” Mainz said. The tournament winners were not the only Tide players to perform well. Sophomore Tiffany Welcher reached the finals Monday in the consolation draw. Welcher narrowly lost to Auburn freshman Jackie Kasler, 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (8). “I am pleased with Tiffany’s progress,” Mainz said. “She brought her best when it was needed.” The Tide’s next tournament is the USTA/ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships. The USTA/ ITA will also be the last event the Tide will play in during the fall season. Qualifying for the National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships is difficult. For this competition, there are only 32 singles draws and 16 doubles draws. “We can be a breakthrough team at the National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships,” Mainz said. “If we continue to put ourselves in the best position possible to capitalize on opportunities, we will do well in the fall.” The women’s tennis team is confident they will perform well at the USTA/ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships. “It is encouraging to be on the cutting edge with the best of the best at the national indoor,” Mainz said. “This competition would be a great place for us to perform well.”
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Tide uses bye week to recover By Marquavius Burnett Sports Reporter The Alabama Crimson Tide football team will finally have a week off after eight straight weeks of games, including five consecutive Southeastern Conference games. “We have a lot of things that we can improve on,” head coach Nick Saban said. “That is certainly the focus of what we want to do in this week with the bye. Each player has something that he can improve on, and we want him to focus on that, whether it be technique, conditioning or a better understanding of assignments.” The Tide will also be using this time to get players healthy and back from injury. “It’s important for the players to get treatment,” Saban said. “It’s also important to recover physically and psychologically and to get the proper rest.” Defensive backs DeQuan Menzie and Wesley Neighbors did not participate in practice Tuesday due to injuries. Alabama will hold two more practices this week on Wednesday and Thursday. Players will work out individually on Friday before getting the weekend off and beginning preparations for LSU on Monday.
still has a tough schedule ahead. Three of its last four games are against top-25 ranked SEC opponents. Saturday, Nov. 6, the Tide travels to Baton Rouge, La., to face LSU in a game with huge SEC West implications. That will also be the Tide’s last road game of the season. After that, Mississippi State University, Georgia State and Auburn visit Tuscaloosa to play the No. 7 ranked Tide. Auburn is currently ranked No. 1 in the BCS rankings and is at the top of the SEC West. “We’ve had a lot of tough games against a lot of tough teams,” Saban said. “All we can do is control what we can control and make our team the best we can make our team. We have to have them prepared to play the best that we can and take it one game at a time.”
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One major issue facing college and professional football is the number of concussions that players suffer due to big hits. Saban said he thinks coaching will prevent some accidents, but sometimes accidents still happen. Tough schedule “We all try to coach safety in remaining for Tide tackling,” he said. “I think it’s a fine line that when you try to hit Despite being mid-way with your shoulder, you can hit through the season, the Tide someone with your head. I’m all
CW | John Michael Simpson Wide receiver Julio Jones broke his left hand during the South Carolina game. After a career game against Tennessee last week, he can use the bye week to continue letting his hand heal. for player safety.” Saban also said he feels football has improved its efforts to protect players from the days when he played.
“I really don’t know that the game has changed,” Saban said. “There has always been a lot of good hitting. There is a lot more awareness of injuries and
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the consequences of those injuries and how we can prevent some of those things from happening. We’ve tried to create a safer game.”