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Officers light up in Burke RAs hold campus marijuana awareness event

By Karissa Bursch Staff Reporter The smell of an illegal drug wafted through the blood-splattered room as a crowd of costumed students drifted around the area, talking and dancing.

No, this was not a party scene from a Halloween college slasher flick. It was the Halloweed event in the Burke West living room.

On Tuesday students gathered for a Halloween party and marijuana awareness program put on by the residential advisers of the Hackberry community, which includes Burke West, Burke East and Parham Hall.

In light of the upcoming holiday, the Burke West living room was decorated with white sheets splattered with red paint. Strobe lights flashed throughout the party, put into contrast by the fog machines that spewed white clouds of fog into the room.

The event included music, food from Chik-fil-A, candied apples, punch, a costume contest, a pumpkin carving contest and an educational speech about marijuana by Officer John Brown of UAPD. The winner of the costume contest was a residential adviser who donned a Reno 911 cop uniform.

Megan Broome, a sophomore majoring in computer science and engineering, said before the party that she thought the event was looking to be a success.

“I think it will turn out well,” Broome said. “I think a lot of people are going to end up coming. This is the first time I’ve been, and it’s pretty cool. I know they put a lot of work into it.”

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UA teams debate age to drink Students argue morality of drinking age in Moral Forum final

By Sean Abdoli Senior Staff Reporter

CW | Katie Bennett Officer Brown, the community police officer for Burke Hall, lights a controlled sample of marajuana for students to smell at Halloweed in the Burke West living room.

As the debate on the drinking age heats up across the country, four students participating in the Moral Forum attempted to give the debate a higher, more academic tone.

The fifth annual James P. Hayes Moral Forum held its final debate, titled “The Legal Drinking Age and the Role of a Moral Society,” Monday night in Morgan Auditorium to a packed crowd of students. The debate focused on whether it was moral to lower the drinking age.

For the two teams participating, Lissa Tyson, an undecided freshman, and Zackary Stillings, a junior majoring in French, argued the drinking age should be lowered. Hallie Paul, a sophomore in New College, and Christy Boardman, a sophomore majoring in economics, argued to keep the age the same. A coin toss determined which viewpoint each team would argue.

These two teams had advanced through a series of debates that took place in UH 101, the UA Honors College class that Moral Forum is based in.

The debate was judged by Stephen Black, the class professor and director for the UA Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility; Mark Nelson, assistant provost for academic affairs; and William Jackson,

from the Business Integrity and the Smith Foundation and a professor at the school of business.

Tyson and Stillings used the ideas of German philosopher Immanuel Kant to justify lowering the drinking age.

According to the team, moral autonomy is needed to have a moral society, so individuals under 21 were being discriminated against unfairly.

“Those under 21 were used as a means to an end,” Tyson said. “[The drinking age] deprives 18-to 20-year-olds their rights and autonomy for the benefit of others.”

To explain the opposition, Paul and Boardman drew on the theories of English philosopher Jeremy Bentham’s philosophy of utilitarianism, which, according to the debaters, is the theory that a moral action is one that helps the most people at any given time.

“Seeing as the right to life is a natural right,” Paul said, “it’s more important than the right to drink. We must protect people’s rights to life. That is a prerequisite for enjoying any other aspect of life.”

Another argument between the two teams was whether statistics about drinking could be trusted. Stillings and Handley said statistics about drinking were flawed and biased.

“We can take whatever statistics we have and make them

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SGA goes pink Apple store comes to Ferguson SGA promotes breast cancer awareness, moves office hours outside for a day

By William Evans Staff Writer

Students can expect to see a colorful change to their daily routine today. To support the fight against breast cancer, the SGA encourages students to join them in wearing pink today in honor of the victims and families affected by this illness.

Corderrol Harris, the advisory board chairman and a senior majoring in relational communications, said as representatives of the student body, the SGA was obliged to get more people involved in the fight against breast cancer.

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are interested in Apple products and services or for those who already use them without going to Birmingham or Huntsville,” Johnson said.

She said the store will be an Apple-authorized campus store.

“We applied to Apple, they evaluated the campus, store location and sales trends and how many people use Mac products at the University,” Johnson said.

The SUPe Store already has several Mac products in for demo now. The Apple Store will be located across from customer service in the Ferguson Center.

FAST FACTS • An Apple Store will open in the Ferguson Center on Nov. 18.

• The new store will be selling virtually all Apple products and providing tech support.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held Nov. 18, marking the store’s grand opening.

Representatives from Apple will be on campus that day, answering questions about their products and handing out free T-shirts and other prizes. Headphone manufacturer Skull Candy will also be

giving away free headphones to students who visit the store on opening day.

Johnson said the store would be good for both the University and Apple because both companies will benefit from this being on campus.

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Students use Web sites, peers to cheat

By Katie Koenig Staff Writer

search engine, more than 3 million results pop up. One site, customwritings.com, The Internet has made even offers to research and everything easier, from shop- write thesis papers or disserping to research. And some tations.

This all comes at a price. students, faced with a time crunch or tricky subject, find Sites such as Custom Writings it has made writing papers and others charge anywhere from $7.95 for an essay to easier.

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The University Supply Store announced there will be an Apple Store opening in the Ferguson Center next month.

Mandy Johnson, assistant director of general merchandise, said the University has undergone the extensive application process with Apple to bring the store to Tuscaloosa because it would allow people to test Apple products on campus, as well as get support for those who already use them.

“We feel like there wasn’t an outlet for students who

custom-written for you and how quickly you need it.

“Using this service is LEGAL and IS NOT prohibited by any university/college policies,” according to Custom Writings’s site.

The site information says it operates under the assumption that students use the products they provide as a reference for writing their

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“We wanted to choose one day in October to create breast cancer awareness,” Harris said. “To do so, my board has put up flyers for the past two weeks to inform people about the importance of wearing pink on the 28th.”

Harris also said Zeta Phi Beta, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Sigma Lambda Gamma and the Minority Association of PreHealth Students will hand out flyers on Wednesday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the Ferguson Center to foster breast cancer awareness.

In addition to donning pink clothing, the SGA will move its executive officers outside to the Ferguson Promenade today to help answer any questions students may have for their representatives.

James Fowler, the vice-president for external affairs, said the SGA moved its executive officers to the Quad last spring to help students with any questions, but the turnout was below expectations.

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own essays or as study tools for subjects they don’t fully grasp.

To avoid the pitfalls of Internet term papers, some UA students turn to the oldfashioned way to get a paper done by getting a peer to do it for them.

One student who wished

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CAMPUS | UA campus game competition The UA Creative Campus invites you to participate in a competition in game design and development in this year’s UA Game Jam. Participants will form teams and learn how to create a video game.

Teams will learn the basics of game development at the workshops. The games will remain in development until Jan. 28, where they will be judged by a panel and showcased at Creative Campus’ upcoming Pixel Con on Jan. 31.

To participate in the workshops and be able to compete students must attend the mandatory registration meeting on Thursday at Maxwell Hall from 5:30pm to 6:30pm.

Game Jam participants will be grouped in to teams with programmers, art directors, and audio directors. A minimum of a programmer, art director,and audio director is required to register a complete team. At the registration meeting, teams looking for additional members and individuals without a team will be introduced so full teams can be formed.

The first dates are set for Nov. 2, Nov. 4 and Nov. 9 in Bevill 101 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

CAMPUS | Student organizations invited to FAC funding meeting Foresight is an interactive workshop designed to equip student organizations through providing information about the various resources available around campus. Foresight is required for any student organization who requests FAC funding. The first Foresight meeting will be held Thursday at 6 p.m. in Ferguson 301-A. For more information, visit source. ua.edu.

CAMPUS | Tickets for RAGE on sale Students can now purchase tickets to the SGA-hosted event Nov. 4-6 to raise money for the RAGE scholarship. For $25, students get an all-access pass to the three events as well as a T-shirt and koozie.

Tickets are on sale at crimsonartstickets.com.

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“Excess in funds at the SUPe Store help fund scholarships as well as other programs on campus like 348-RIDE,” Johnson said.

The store also will provide two part-time job opportunities for UA students in sales and one full-time computer support service position. This person will be responsible for doing warranty work on Apple devices for students, faculty and staff.

“If we find that we are unable

Halloweed’s purpose is to warn of the consequences that can come with certain choices.

“It’s their decision but I will strongly advise against [smoking marijuana],” Brown said. “There are consequences.”

Erica Jones, a graduate student majoring in higher education administration and the assistant community director for Burke, said the RAs were trying to amp up the Halloweed event compared to last year with the new food.

However, the drug awareness message for the event was the same, Jones said.

“Halloweed is our annual drug awareness program,” Jones said.

“A lot of people come just to see what it smells like.”

Jones said the party atmosphere was a goal of drug awareness.

“This is especially to bring attention to drug awareness in a party environment like this. You always have to be careful of what you’re ingesting,” she said.

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to fix the problem on-site, we will send the device to the Birmingham store at no additional cost, as long as the product is covered under warranty,” Johnson said.

The new store will be selling virtually all Apple products, including iPods, MacBooks,

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MacBook Pro and various accessories and software upgrades. All products purchased by current students are eligible for a student education discount, which makes buying a Mac affordable for students and their families, Johnson said.

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“The number of students who approached us was OK, but it could have been better,” Fowler said. “We have students walk into the office all time, so they’re well aware that we’re here to serve the students.”

SGA President Steven Oliver said the Ferguson Center would be a better location for the SGA officers to

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to buy papers from another student, but rather exchanged assignments, the student said.

The student would do a friend’s math homework, the student said, because it is the student’s better subject.

In exchange, a friend, whose best subject is writing, would do the student’s term paper.

“The person I exchange with is a good writer, so it seems like a better thing to do,” the student said.

The student said the duo has turned to this solution three times. The first two times, it was a last resort where the student had a paper due that could not be finished on time, and then a third time the arrangement was planned with another student several months in advance. The student said all involved were aware of consequences.

“Yeah, it crossed my mind, but not too much because it’s not like it is plagiarism,” the student said. “It was all original words.”

The student would never

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point to whatever political viewpoint we want,” Stillings said.

Boardman and Paul said even though the statistics presented were from a variety of sources, they all showed the drinking age should stay at 21.

“We have to look to what history and statistics have taught us—that the 21-yearold drinking age is beneficial,” Boardman said.

After the debate was over, the three judges conferred and announced Paul and Boardman as the winners of the debate and champions of the fifth Moral Forum.

Paul said her favorite part of the debate was hearing her fellow students’ different opinions.

“I loved competing and hearing all the different takes

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“Having the store right on campus will save not only myself, but the hundreds of other students and Tuscaloosa locals a trip to Birmingham or Huntsville to get things fixed, upgraded or have simple questions answered.”

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Tuscaloosa City Council voted Tuesday to establish rates for privately owned ambulance services.

Ambulance services are on a rotating schedule in Tuscaloosa, charging varying rates for additional services.

Northstar and American Medical Response are the two ambulance services in the city and were previously free to establish their own rates for services. Both companies also billed separately for each individual service administered. They will no longer be allowed to do this, Councilman Kip Tyner said.

Now the ambulance companies must send one inclusive bill. Tyner said there were no objections by either company and the council passed the resolution unanimously.

THC, the main active chemical in marijuana that results in the mind-altered state, was removed from the marijuana prior to the burn, Brown said.

This did not affect the natural smell of the drug.

Brown said students should be familiar with the smell.

“It’s better for students to be familiar with the smell,” Brown said. “For example, this way they can give us tips. It’s good for safety for students and all faculty and staff.”

Brown said his program was important because of the common use of marijuana on the UA campus.

“Marijuana is right next to alcohol for drug use on campus,” Brown said.

Brown said he cannot control students’ choices, but

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people have on the topics,” Paul said.

Molly McPherson, a senior majoring in public relations and political science, said she enjoyed the debate.

“I thought it was a great example of the different political and philosophical opinions we have on campus,” McPherson said. She said the debaters did a good job convincing audience members to think about personal ethics.

After the debate, other participants in the Moral Forum tournament were awarded.

The semi-finalists of the tournaments, Sydney Branch, Blaine Davis, John Elder and Gregory Poole, also won a $500 scholarship.

Elder also won the award for Outstanding Written Case.

Stillings received an award for Outstanding Debater. All members of the final debate won a $1,500 scholarship.

ing in hospitality management, said she is excited the Ferguson Center is opening an Apple store.

“I own a MacBook computer, iPod and an iPhone,” Mazo said.

“Having the store right on campus will save not only myself, but the hundreds of other students and Tuscaloosa locals a trip to Birmingham or Huntsville to get things fixed, upgraded or have simple questions answered.”

Mazo said she thinks the whole campus would agree opening an Apple store on campus is one of the best and most needed additions to the University.

help students due to the traffic around that area.

“We want to get the SGA representatives out of the office to answer students’ questions about anything,” Oliver said. “We’ll be outside from 11 to 3.”

Oliver said he looks forward to a great day where a lot can be accomplished.

“What better day to promote breast cancer awareness than when we’re outside where everyone can see and talk with us,” Oliver said.

buy a paper off of the Internet because of the risks associated with it, the student said.

After turning in someone else’s work as their own and not getting caught, the student said it got easier, but in a way it was the same since the classes, and therefore the work each student was doing, got harder.

The student said both students in the situation got good grades on their assignments.

“I got them good grades on my math, so it seemed like a good trade,” the student said.

The College of Arts and Sciences’ Associate Dean Beverly Roskos-Ewoldsen said she was not sure if there had been a sharp increase in the number of students using the Internet for papers since she has only been at the University for three years, but she did say it was an issue she deals with frequently.

“Almost all the plagiarism cases I have involve using the Internet,” Roskos-Ewoldsen said.

Roskos-Ewoldsen said there are a few ways they can catch students who use the Internet to find papers. One technique is simply to type a phrase into Google to see if it pops up.

The University also uses software like turnitin.com, which saves any paper that is scanned into the software.

This is how students who use other students’ papers instead of buying one on the internet get caught, Roskos-Ewoldsen said.

Roskos-Ewoldsen said there are usually signs that a student is cheating.

“I think it comes down to how the student is doing in the class,” Roskos-Ewoldsen said.

“If they write a paper that is just way better than anything else they’ve done in the class, then that cues us that it might have been written by somebody else. It’s often blatant when they do cheat.”

Roskos-Ewoldsen said as far as punishment, each case is taken on an individual basis and will typically affect their grade in the course. Those students who do choose to have others do their work for them should be aware of the consequences.

“The first time we treat as a learning experience and the second time we treat it harshly,” Roskos-Ewoldsen said.

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Students learn about real estate ACRE, UA student group host event

By Tayler Reid Staff Writer Members of the Alabama Center for Real Estate, along with employees of RealtySouth, met with several UA real estate students Monday evening to discuss the trade. Student members of Rho Epsilon real estate fraternity also attended.

Marie Lawrence, office manager for RealtySouth’s Tuscaloosa branch, began the discussion with an explanation of RealtySouth’s history.

Lawrence offered to let stu-

dents “shadow” an agent for half a day to gain experience and see how things go in a typical day as a realtor.

“We consider this meeting the kick-off to our shadowing events,” Lawrence said. “This opportunity will provide students with the one-on-one experience that will head them in the right direction.”

RealtySouth, the largest real estate company between Atlanta and New Orleans, has offices all over the state, including around 17 in Birmingham alone.

The Tuscaloosa branch was

started in 2005 and has grown from just a few agents to 31 today, Lawrence said.

Jim Dye, vice president of RealtySouth and president of the Birmingham Realtors Association, gave a speech titled “Bidgood to Business in 60 days.”

Dye told the students about how he became a realtor after graduating from the University, and he encouraged students to persevere in their efforts to break into the real estate business. He went over the positive and negative sides of the business. He also explained the importance of networking, or making connections within the real

estate industry.

Dye warned the newcomers that there would be a great deal of hard work involved in the real estate business.

“It can be some of the lowest-paying easy work, or it can be the highest-paying hard work, but you’ve got to pay some dues,” Dye said.

He said that the students’ efforts would eventually be rewarded.

“Real estate is a fantastic business for young people to get into,” Dye said. “There is a great deal of satisfaction that comes from handing someone the keys to their new home.”

Grayson Glaze, executive

director for ACRE, encouraged students to take advantage of the shadowing opportunity.

“The real estate business is relationship-driven, and students need to establish these connections early on in their careers,” Glaze said.

Students at the meeting said shadowing a realtor was a valuable tool that could be

used to their advantage.

“This is going to give us one-on-one experience with professionals who have been doing this for a long time,” said James O’Neill, treasurer of Rho Epsilon. “Since industry networking is so important, I really feel like this is a great opportunity for us students.”

FAST FACTS • The Alabama Center for Real Estate hosted an event with the Rho Epsilon real estate fraternity.

• Students learned about the profession from real estate agents.

New condominiums continues tradition

By Jennie Kushner Staff Writer Andy Turner, a Houndstooth Condominiums sales agent, wanted to resume a tradition from when he was a student at the University: The victory pole.

It stands 30 feet tall and flies eight flags representing the Crimson Tide’s football wins thus far. It is a new tradition the Houndstooth Condominiums hope will grow as they do.

“We used to see the victory poles all the time in the student section when I was in school here, and you really don’t see them anymore,” Turner said.

“We put one up for our residents to give them spirit.”

The pole also raises spirits of anyone who drives past the complex located on 15th Street.

The Houndstooth welcomes its current residents with their display of the victory pole at their entrance.

“When we host weekly tailgates at our clubhouse, we want everyone to cheer on as we hope to raise another victory,” said property manager John Randall said. “The residents seem to enjoy the symbol of the pole, and we like to keep the spirits high at the Houndstooth.”

The victory pole has an Alabama Crimson Tide flag soaring high. Down the pole, the flag of the defeated, along with the score, is flown. Once the flag is made, it is on display the Wednesday following the game, Randall said.

“All the residents and their friends and family will stand out there by the pool and the

fireplace and watch the game and wait for us to put up the next flag,” Randall said.

The residents and employees of the Houndstooth seem to enjoy the rejuvenated tradition.

Scooter Owens, a senior majoring in advertising, has been a leasing agent at the Houndstooth since summer.

Owens said he enjoys working in a spirited environment.

“Our complex supports the team while beginning a new tradition,” Owens said. “I hope that the Houndstooth and the victory pole can grow together.”

Kelsey Jordan, a junior majoring in communications, said she enjoys coming home to the victory pole.

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“The football season gets you pumped up,” she said. “It’s always fun to keep the excitement of Bryant-Denny when you get home everyday.”

Jordan said it is a great year for the new complex to fly the flags.

“With our success this year of us being undefeated, it feels good to see those eight flags flying,” she said.

“It’s nice to come home to because it shows how much school spirit my complex has, and it’s nice that the Houndstooth has such a strong connection with the University and are excited about Alabama athletics,” said Oliver Basse, a sophomore majoring in business.

Adrian Smith, a sophomore majoring in mechanical engineering, said he enjoys seeing the flags when he comes home.

“When you pull in, it makes you feel good because you don’t see any losses on there,” he said.

“It makes you feel good and puts you in a positive mindset.”

Other students who do not live there said they also enjoy passing the flag.

“Although I do not live in the Houndstooth, it pumps me up to know every week another flag with be raised,” said Taylor Hess, a freshman majoring in mechanical engineering.

“I hope our football team continues with their success and more flags are added.”

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End “passthrough pork”

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Wednesday, October 28, 2009 Editor • Alan Blinder letters@cw.ua.edu Page 4

Recovery without jobs?

By Avery Adcock

{ YOUR VIEW } DO YOU THINK THE UNIVERSITY NEEDS TO BUY THE BRYCE PROPERTY?

“Weʼre getting a lot more students, and we could use that land for new dorms.”

— Garrett Walker, freshman, engineering

“Yes. Itʼs on campus. It would also give us a lot more space...for more parking spots, gameday parking, and stuff.”

— Chad Josephs, freshman, pre-law & economics

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On Tuesday, Gov. Bob Riley ordered the presidents of four-year colleges and universities in Alabama to file quarterly disclosure reports about so-called pass-through pork.

Pass-through pork In short: The prachas been a problem tice of passin Alabama for years, through pork and Riley, to his credshould end in it, has taken concrete Alabama. steps to combat what amounts to legalized corruption. The appropriations process is, theoretically, a transparent, open process.

The pass-through pork concept, though, allows legislators to allocate funds for pet programs by earmarking parts of other budgets for their causes.

In 2003, Riley banned pass-through pork among state agencies and, in 2007, the state’s school board voted to ban the practice in Alabama’s two-year college system. In response, some legislators allegedly turned to the four-year system as their conduit for corruption.

Riley’s order came after an incident involving the University. The Tuscaloosa News reported that some $1.89 million had been appropriated to the University, but the University was expected to transfer the funds to the Department of Education for use in schools in Hale, Pickens and Tuscaloosa counties. The appropriation, which was $2.4 million before proration, did not appear in the Department of Education’s budget.

UA President Robert Witt was rightly wary of the mandate and sought an advisory opinion from the state attorney general, who ruled the money could be transferred with approval of the governor or the state’s finance director. Witt and UA administrators deserve credit for avoiding what, in our judgment, was a trap. Seeking an opinion from the state’s highest legal officer was a wise and prudent move.

The attorney general’s opinion noted that the money was to be used for “health and safety issues, classroom instructional needs and facilities needs.”

While no one will argue that such purposes are unimportant, the Legislature’s approach to helping schools is unacceptable.

While, strictly speaking, the tactics the unnamed legislator or legislators (the Legislative Fiscal Office told The Tuscaloosa News there is no paper trail) employed are legal, we think they scrape the outer edge of propriety and integrity.

We expect more. Transparency in government is a bedrock principle of American democracy, and we think transparency is especially important in a state like Alabama, a place with a long and infamous history of political corruption.

If citizens are to trust the state’s leaders, they must have faith that those elected officials will not use backdoor, questionable tactics to satisfy local interests. History shows our government is thrilled to bankroll worthy (and plenty of unworthy) projects. If a cause has merit, we feel confident that the state, even in a fiscal crisis, will support funding.

Pass-through pork, though, is not the way to do business.

Lately, it seems there actually may be hope for the recession and for the American economy, but many are forgetting a crucial element that still is missing: jobs.

Despite the renewed enthusiasm concerning the stock market and other financial sectors, I caution anyone against pulling out their party hats just yet.

After the stock market broke the 10,000 milestone, both investors and ordinary Americans alike celebrated. But Americans who remained unemployed wondered what the big deal was.

Unemployment rates in the U.S. have reached an astonishing high of 10 percent. The Congressional Budget Office estimates it will climb to 10.2 percent by 2010.

Even though many economists are predicting a recovery, I ask how that could be possible with unemployment rates still this high.

One of the issues is that American’s perceptions of the job market vary from state to state.

In some, the jobless market they are facing is much larger than in other states. In Michigan, the unemployment rate is over 15 percent.

This unbalanced recovery is just another illustration of the inequality gap in the U.S. today.

As the gap between the rich and the poor continues to grow, those

receiving the benefits of the recovery are at the higher sector.

The only way the job market will recover is by spending, something that is not happening at the moment. With Democrats and Republicans both walking on thin ice concerning the issue, it seems as though a bipartisan approach is the only other option.

History shows economic stability or instability is the barometer by which we measure our presidents. Despite President Bill Clinton’s affair, people today still love him for, among other reasons, the state of our economy during his presidency.

It may be that the schedule for spending from the stimulus needs to be sped up or tax credits need to be awarded in states that are suffering more, but something needs to be done. The stimulus acceleration would not only help alleviate unemployment, but would keep the Dow Jones Industrial Average at the point we have seen it been raised to recently.

Economists are calling this recovery a “jobless” recovery. To me, that seems to be an oxymoron. By proceeding in the recovery process without addressing unemployment, the housing crisis will not get better and neither will the banking crisis.

Productivity is another issue that needs to be addressed. Since it continues to rise, employers

are hesitant to hire new workers, especially after escaping the worst downturn since the Great Depression.

Consumer spending will get better but not in the immediate future. The only way for any of these goals will be accomplished is through government intervention. It is time for the political parties to stop blaming each other and realize the magnitude of the problem. If both sides cannot coordinate efforts, another recession is in our future.

In September, the deficit was $1.4 trillion, the largest since 1945. It is obvious that any recovery in the job market or alleviating the deficit will take time, but the question is “Will our time run out?” I think so. It might take a year for jobs to recover, but it is obvious there is a problem.

Maybe CNN and Fox News should stop covering stories of the Balloon Boy family and educate Americans on what we are facing. President Obama has faced incredible odds early in his presidency. Recovering from this recession will be his greatest feat. If Congress actually stopped arguing for a minute or two, maybe something would actually get done.

Avery Adcock is a sophomore majoring in political science.

Her column runs weekly on Wednesdays.

Davis and the Ala. Constitution

By Will Thomas Being a kid from Madison County, it was pretty much assured that every year from kindergarten to fifth grade, we would take a trip to Constitution Village in Huntsville.

Constitution Village, for those of you who may not know, is where the first constitutional convention for the state of Alabama was held back in July 1819. While going to Constitution Village was always an interesting experience, it wasn’t really until I came to the University three years ago that I actually learned anything about Alabama’s Constitution today.

And now that I know a little bit more about the Alabama Constitution, I can see why they wouldn’t want to expose children to it. If Constitution Village was about the current Alabama Constitution (written in 1901), it would be a terrifying, haunted house instead of a quaint little 19th century village.

For those of you who may not be familiar with the issues of our Constitution, here is a brief rundown.

With more than 750 amendments, the Alabama Constitution is the longest constitution of any democracy in the entire world.

(Again: the entire world.) To put it in simpler terms, it is a long, drawn-out shop of horrors.

With tax provisions that oppress the poor and leave our state budget very vulnerable to recessions (kind of like the one we’re in now), the constitution also makes it difficult for communities to make their own decisions about how they want to live their lives and act together.

I won’t even go into the fact that it was written by a group of white supremacists who used voter fraud in order to centralize power into their select group of rich, white friends. (Not that anyone on this campus would know anything about groups like that, right?)

Lots of efforts have been made to wrangle this beast of a document, and even the popular Republican Gov. Bob Riley tried to act on the issue. But despite all this hard work, we still have a document that is ineffective, outdated and straight-up racist and classist.

So, when I looked on al.com last week and saw Artur Davis, a Democratic candidate for governor in 2010, standing in front of Constitution Village speaking about the constitution, I loved it.

That is, until I listened to what he was saying.

Davis, bless his heart, claims that in his first year in office, he will force the Alabama legislature to pass a resolution calling for a new constitutional convention to rewrite the whole thing. If Davis expects he will be able to be able to get the legislature, (which took five years of intense lobbying to pass a bill about higher alcohol content in beer), to act on an issue like the constitution in a few months, he is a fool.

Every other gubernatorial candidate seems to agree on that position. Some argue that any convention would be easily hijacked by special interests while others say that it would be better if the Legislature revised the document article by article. (Quick math: five years for more alcohol in beer x over 750 amendments and articles = never going to happen in

any reasonable amount of time.)

Even more insanely, some argue that it shouldn’t be changed at all.

I think they are all missing the greater point. I grew up in Alabama, went to one of the best public high schools in the state and went to Constitution Village a ton as a kid. Yet, despite all this, I had no idea that the constitution affected my life until I was 18 years old.

How can we expect to have any kind of reform for the people if those people don’t know anything about how it affects their daily lives? Forget the arguments about racism, classism and all that jazz — the constitution is why we still have to pay sales taxes on groceries and is part of why our tuition keeps going up.

While Davis seems to think it’s easier to go to Montgomery and demand change, the only way to get a constitution that works for every person of this state is not through political campaigns and lofty rhetoric, it’s through informing people of the constitution’s implications in their daily lives and inviting every citizen of the state, regardless of color, creed, gender, sexual orientation, income and every other thing you can think of to the table to come up with a system of government by and for the people of this state.

Despite my criticisms of him, though, Davis does have something right: The time for constitutional reform is now.

Will Thomas is a senior majoring in economics and finance.

His column runs biweekly on Wednesdays.

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GUEST COLUMN Religion fair game for criticism

By Peter Sloan It seems that Alabama Atheists and Agnostics once again is the talk of Tuscaloosa. Our second round of chalking stirred up a range of emotions in UA students — from glee to contempt — and has been the subject of two letters in The Crimson White.

One offending chalk drawing was the large mural, near the Ferguson Center Plaza, which depicted Jesus of Nazareth holding a serene baby velociraptor. It seems to be precisely that irreverence that has raised so much ire. It is what caused Tyler Malone to write that we “crossed the line,” exhibited “intolerance” and chalk “primarily to insult” non-atheists. Some found the chalking offensive where we equated belief in the doctrine of one of the world’s great religions with belief in fairytales. Frankly, I believe that equation to be true, no matter whether it offends you. If you’d like to try to convince me otherwise, feel free to attend our meetings and participate in the lively discussions.

The cause of offense in both instances is, in fact, not our chalking itself. Rather, it is the widely held belief that religion is not to be criticized. This is a profoundly undemocratic idea and is often disguised as religious “tolerance” or “respect.” I am certainly not arguing against tolerance, nondiscrimination or mutual respect, all of which are vital. I am arguing against double-standards.

Consider political satire. I doubt Malone would say a political cartoonist is “crossing the line” or being “intolerant” when she draws an absurd and unflattering representation of the president. We would probably all agree that such free expression is vital to the political process. Why is religion held to another standard? If you believe your ideas to be correct, why not let the free market of ideas prove it? Religion should not be afforded special status.

When open criticism and satire of all institutions and ideas are no longer actively encouraged in the public forum, democracy dies. I stand behind AAA’s chalkings because I stand behind freedom.

Peter Sloan is a senior majoring in music composition and philosophy. He is the vice president of Alabama Atheists and Agnostics.

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Bryce ofďŹ cial: Priority must stay on patients

By Patty Vaughan Senior Staff Reporter Discussions heated up the last month over the potential move of Bryce Hospital and whether or not the University will obtain the property in the future.

There is another aspect to consider other than just hospital buildings: the patients.

John Ziegler, public information officer for the Department of Mental Health, said the University and Bryce Hospital have kept a close relationship for nearly 160 years and will remain close as final decisions are made. However, Ziegler said he wanted to make sure people remember the patients through the whole process. “[Patients] are the top priority. The others things are secondary,� Ziegler said. “Every day we have committed medical staff, direct-care staff and social workers. We have a whole system of care that is designed to sensitively and effectively help individuals in a psychiatric crisis become stabilized medically and psychologically and be able to return home as quickly as possible.�

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, mental disorders are a com-

mon occurrence worldwide.

According to their Web site, approximately 26.2 percent of Americans ages 18 and older — or one in four adults — suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year.

This information from a 2004 U.S. Census estimates that 57.7 million people are diagnosed with a mental illness. “In addition, mental disorders are the leading cause of disability in the U.S. and Canada for ages 15-44,� the Web site stated. “Many people suffer from more than one mental disorder at a given time. Nearly half (45 percent) of those with any mental disorder meet criteria for two or more disorders.�

Robert McCullumsmith, assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, said even though he cannot comment specifically on Bryce, he understands it is an important facility. “It’s important to have inpatient hospitals that provide services to folks who may not have health insurance that permits them to be in a different kind of hospital,� he said. “On the other hand, you have to realize that these facilities are really expensive to run, so from timeto-time people look at what’s

going on with facilities like this and decide to either move them or add beds or take beds away.

Those are tough decisions made by the organizations that run these hospitals.�

Types of care Many people have misconceptions about how Bryce Hospital works, Zeigler said, and because of medicine and technology, the hospital, in general, is like a revolving door, Ziegler said. “When you go into a primary care-type hospital to get various types of serious surgery, you stay for weeks and sometimes months now,� Ziegler said. “That was unheard of years ago, but it’s the norm now. It’s not quite that quick in the mental health world, but it is the same principle.�

Once patients leave the mental hospital, it is the patient’s choice whether to take the medication prescribed to them or not. In most cases, Ziegler said, the patient complies and takes the medicine. “Ninety-nine times out of 100, we work with the local mental health centers to help provide continuing care plans for that

individual,� he explained. “We have more than 98 percent of the more than 100,000 people that we serve every year who live in the community experiencing recovery.�

McCullumsmith said there are some general principles that psychiatrists follow to help patients leave an inpatient unit to transition into an outpatient one. “Often, patients who are leaving the hospital to be an outpatient from the inpatient unit need social support from family or loved ones,�

McCullumsmith said. “They need a place to live that’s safe for them, and they need to have a way to get their medicines, which is a huge issue because a lot times in an inpatient unit we can provide lots of medicines. But when a patient transitions to being an outpatient then they go home with a month’s supply, but to get more of that medicine they have to have a doctor that they see.�

Specifically at UAB, McCullumsmith said he tells his patients three things that are similar to what other facilities do.

Patients need to go to their appointments, stay off all drugs and alcohol and take

their medications, he said. “Now it sounds simple, but if patients do those three things we can help them stay out of the hospital pretty easily. If [patients] don’t do even one of those three things, [they’re] at risk of having a relapse of your illness, which can lead to hospitalization,� McCullumsmith said. “In our outpatient clinics at UAB that’s the way we think about it. We do our best to help patients to come into their appointments, take their medicines on time and we encourage them to stay off the drugs and alcohol, and we try to provide the best care we can in that way.�

Uncertain future Regarding current events with Bryce, such as the city of Tuscaloosa suing the state government and the University’s rejected bid for the Bryce property, Ziegler said the discussion of moving Bryce has not phased the patients at all. In addition, Ziegler said no matter what decisions are made, the hospital still has the responsibility of caring for the

patients. “The department’s point of view is that we don’t have an agenda other than to go forward with serving Alabama citizens with mental illness in the most efficient manner possible,� Ziegler said.

Along with the patients, the hospital shows a great deal of gratitude toward their employees as well. “They are the backbone of the mental health system,�

Ziegler said. “The real heroes are the people working one on one with folks every day with the people we serve.�

Ultimately, Ziegler said it is important to the hospital that three things are maintained through the negotiation process: the people the hospital serves, employees and citizens of Alabama. “We have to look at the entire system, what’s best for the state of Alabama and the citizens at large because they are the tax payers who pay for these services for their fellow citizens,� Ziegler said. “Wherever our hospital is, those three things will always be right at the top.�

To learn more about mental illness, visit the National Institute of Mental Health at nimh.nih.gov.

FDA to ban sale of raw oysters from Gulf of Mexico

By Cain Burdeau The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — Federal officials plan to ban sales of raw oysters harvested from the Gulf of Mexico unless the shellfish are treated to destroy potentially deadly bacteria — a requirement that opponents say could deprive diners of a delicacy cherished for generations.

The plan has also raised concern among oystermen that they could be pushed out of business.

The Gulf region supplies about two-thirds of U.S. oysters, and some people in the $500 million industry argue that the anti-bacterial procedures are too costly. They insist adequate measures are already being taken to battle germs, including increased refrigeration on oyster boats and warnings posted in restaurants.

About 15 people die each year in the United States from raw oysters infected with Vibrio vulnificus, which typically is found in warm coastal waters between April and October. Most of the deaths occur among people with weak immune systems caused by health problems like liver or kidney disease, cancer, diabetes or AIDS. “Seldom is the evidence on a food-safety problem and solution so unambiguous,� Michael Taylor, a senior adviser at the Food and Drug Administration, told a shellfish conference in

Manchester, N.H., earlier this month in announcing the policy change.

Some oyster sellers say the FDA rule smacks of government meddling. The sales ban would take effect in 2011 for oysters harvested in the Gulf during warm months. “We have one man who’s 97 years old, and he comes in here every week and gets his oyster fix, no matter what month it is,� said Mark DeFelice, head chef at Pascal’s Manale Restaurant in New Orleans. “There comes a time when we need to be responsible. Government doesn’t need to be involved in this.�

The anti-bacterial process treats oysters with a method similar to pasteurization, using mild heat, freezing temperatures, high pressure and lowdose gamma radiation.

But doing so “kills the taste, the texture,� DeFelice said. “For our local connoisseurs, people who’ve grown up eating oysters all their lives, there’s no comparison� between salty raw oysters and the treated kind.

A Gulf Coast oyster — or better still, a plate of a dozen oysters on the half-shell — is a delicacy savored for its salty, refreshing, slightly slimy taste. Some people add a drop of horseradish, lemon or hot sauce on top for extra zest.

Treated oysters are “not as bright, the texture seems different,� said Donald Link, head chef and owner of the Herbsaint Bar and Restaurant in New Orleans.

MCT Campus “This is an area the government shouldn’t meddle in,� Link said. “What’s next?

They’re going to tell us we can’t eat our beef rare?�

Until the 1960s, raw oysters were rarely eaten in the summertime. (The old adage was never eat oysters in the months without an R in them.) But changes in harvest patterns and advances in refrigeration and post-harvest treatment have made the industry a year-round business. About three-fifths of the Gulf’s oysters are harvested during the warm months.

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If federal officials require post-harvest treatment, they “will be ruining an industry that has been around for centuries,� said Sal Sunseri, co-owner of P&J Oyster Co., a French Quarter oyster wholesaler. “We’ve been doing this the same way since the 1920s,� said his brother, Al Sunseri, as shuckers in rubber gloves worked their way through piles of raw oysters destined for oyster bars and restaurants. “We’re located in the French Quarter. We’re not going to get the permits we need to do post-

harvest processing. We don’t have the space for it.�

In Plaquemines Parish, the Louisiana “boot� that juts into the Gulf south of New Orleans, 49-year-old oyster harvester Peter Vujnovich Jr. said the FDA was “totally out of its mind.�

Croatian-Americans like him have been harvesting oysters for decades in the area’s brackish bays and lakes. He said the ban added insult to injury after he spent tens of thousands of dollars upgrading his boats to meet recent refrigeration regulations.

The FDA contends treating oysters would not affect the taste and would save lives. “Oysters that undergo post-

harvest processing treatment will rarely pose a problem,�

Taylor said, “while those left untreated can have deadly consequences.�

The FDA cited California as the best example. In 2003, California banned untreated Gulf Coast oysters and since then “the number of deaths dropped to zero.� By comparison, between 1991 and 2001, 40 people died in California from the infection.

The rule would not affect oysters harvested outside the Gulf.

Oysters are harvested up and down the West and East coasts, but the bacteria is not found in such high concentrations there.

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Wolfkeil helping Alabama’s postseason push Cyrus Ntakirutinka Senior Sports Reporter The UA women’s soccer team enters the last slate of the regular season as they try to push for a bid in the Southeastern Conference tournament. A player giving a large contribution to the team’s postseason push is sophomore defender Veronika Wolfkeil. “She’s been excellent this year,� head coach Todd Bramble said. “She’s got the speed where she’s chased people down from behind in foot races. She rarely gets beat, she’s been matched up against some of the best schools in the conference this year, and I can’t remember a time an

opponent has ever gotten the best of her. She brought the firepower for us this year. And her distribution has improved as well, so we have been able to play through her coming out of the back.�

Wolfkeil played more attacking positions last season for the Tide and recently changed from an offensive to a defensive position at center back. To make the change from an attacking position easier, she said she practiced playing at that position in the offseason. “Luckily I played center back this summer, so I got a little training there,� Wolfkeil said. “Attacking, I wasn’t too sure of myself, but when I get back on

defense, I have to be positive. I have to have a bigger morale.

It’s a different mentality. It’s an honor. I barely played a half last year. So from playing that to playing 90 minutes, it’s amazing. For them to trust me that much is really nice.�

While Bramble said the transition was smooth, the switch for Wolfkeil still had an effect on the rest of the team, especially for senior defender Alex Butera.

The senior said she is grateful to have Wolfkeil and said she is a great asset to the team. “I really like it,� Butera said. “We’ve never played together at center back. I think it was a learning experience the first couple of times. After the first

couple of games, I have complete trust in her. She always covers and communicates really well and very defensive minded.�

Wolfkeil has made a large contribution to the Tide’s defensive effort as she leads the team in minutes played this season.

For Bramble, he said it speaks to her work ethic, which has been the key to her success this year. “It tells you something about her fitness level. She really does a good job of taking care of herself,� Bramble said. “In preseason, she won the starting center back position, which was a pleasant surprise because that was a hole that we had to

fill through graduation, and we weren’t really sure who was going to be able to step in and do it.�

Alabama will host rival Auburn Friday at the Alabama Soccer Stadium at 7 p.m.

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UA coaches selected to lead United States national squad

By Marquavius Burnett Staff Writer There are few greater honors for a coach than to be chosen to coach for his or her country.

That honor was given to Miles Thompson and Margaret Stran of the UA wheelchair basketball program when they were selected to be assistant coaches for the United States national wheelchair basketball team.

Thompson is the head coach of the UA men’s wheelchair basketball team, and Stran is the head coach of the UA women’s wheelchair basketball team. Both coaches said they were happy to be selected to the national team’s coaching staff. “It’s exciting,� Stran said. “It’s a big honor to coach and play against the top competition in the world.� “I’m really excited,� Miles said. “I’ve never coached on this stage before, and I’ve never coached an all female team, so I’m looking forward to the challenge.�

Thompson also said this is another step in his growth process as a coach. “I’ve coached other U.S teams as a head or assistant coach,� he said. “This just feels like the next logical step for me to take in my career.�

Seven years ago, Stran helped start the wheelchair athletics program at the University with Brent Hardin, director of UA Disability Sports. She said it feels great

to see their hard work pay off. “It’s fabulous,� she said. “It’s pretty amazing. I never thought our program would get this big this fast.�

Both coaches are former wheelchair basketball players.

They each have multiple years of experience playing and coaching the sport. Stran has coached at the University for seven years, and Thompson has coached on campus for four years. Stran said she hopes to use this experience as a learning tool to help her team in the future. “I want to become a better coach,� Stran said. “Especially at the international level. I want to enjoy the process of getting together and training.

It’s a different format from coaching everyday. I want to see how that works out.�

Thompson said he just wants to be around other coaches and see how they do things. “I’m sort of a thief,� he said. “I take ideas from other coaches and put them in my back pocket until I need them.�

He said he also thinks this will help the UA wheelchair teams in the future due to the exposure. “It will help with international recruitment,� he said. “Anytime you coach a team and you have USA on the chest, you take pride in that.

We will also get to see how the rest of the world is playing.�

Even though this is a personal accomplishment, both coaches said they still have the team’s best interest in

mind. Stran said despite all her personal success, she does not have a hard time staying grounded. “I coach and work in wheelchair athletics,� she said. “It’s competitive, but winning isn’t everything. You only win if you do things the right way.

You have to stay focused on the fundamentals and other little things.�

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November is National Novel Writing Month, also known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;NaNoWriMoâ&#x20AC;? to those involved.

Tuscaloosa recently added its regional chapter to the organization, making it the chapters first year involved. During NaNoWriMo, participants write a 50,000 word novel non-stop during the month of November. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The goal of the Tuscaloosa chapter is to create a group of writers to support each other,â&#x20AC;? said English professor Sean Hoade. â&#x20AC;&#x153;NaNoWriMo is a fun, yet social way to set themselves up for their future as a writer.â&#x20AC;?

Hoade said he has been involved with NaNoWriMo for a while now.

He said most classic American novels are of the same length of the ones being worked towards during the month of writing.

Chris Baty, who came up with the idea for NaNoWriMo in 1999, has a book titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;No Plot? No Problem!â&#x20AC;? which leads writers step by step to help them get into the groove of writing a novel.

Hoade said many writers involved have gone to get their novels published. The value of the group coming together and meeting is to help as support when those in the group get stuck with writerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s block and need a boost.

Justin Hicks, a sophomore majoring in mechanical engineering, advanced mathematics and computer programming, is municipal liaison of Tuscaloosaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s NaNoWriMo chapter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Writerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s block is an aspiring writerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest foe, and by focusing on quantity, not quality, by setting a word count goal such as the 50,000 setup, you force yourself out of your comfort zone of writing and self-editing and self-questioning as you go, which is basically what is one of the biggest causes of writerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s block,â&#x20AC;? Hicks said.

NaNoWriMo may have the setting of a writing contest, but anyone, writer or not, can submit a story. There is no first place or second place. Instead, something more along the lines of a prize of accomplishment awaits those who complete their novel during NaNoWriMo.

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Over the course of the month of November, the writers accomplish so much from finishing their own novel and becoming better writers in the process. Patricia Mitchell, a former UA student and a participant in NaNoWriMo for more than two years now, said a writer can look back after doing the process more than once and see their improvement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Practice is essential to improvement, and with NaNo, you get an intensive 30-day course in novel-writing,â&#x20AC;? Mitchell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Looking back over my novel from my second year, I can see how much my writing has improved.

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