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UA considers Google as e-mail provider

possible BamaMail server in place of the current system. He said the switchover would most likely take place in the spring.

Google provides a Google Apps Education Edition. McGowan said space next semester, as the University while the University has considered

By Brett Bralley looks to switch students to a new pro- other options for students, includNews Editor vider. ing Microsoft, the feedback he has John McGowan, vice provost and received has been in favor of Google.

Students may go from having 50 megabytes of storage space in their chief information officer, said the The Office of Information BamaMail accounts to 6.5 gigabytes of University is considering Google as a Technology, other UA faculty

McGowan sets goal to implement system by spring semester

members and staff, and members of the SGA met Oct. 16 with Google representatives. Google presented the different features Google Apps Education Edition offers.

Students would still have e-mail addresses ending in “ua.edu,” said Shane Merritt, director and network and computing support for the Office of Information Technology. However, the system would be run by Google, he said.

In addition to any features that Gmail, Google’s e-mail, provides with any account, such as 6.5 GB of space, mobile access and spam and virus protection, students would have access to other features.

Google Docs is a feature that would allow students to create and edit word documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Google Calendar, another

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Painting and Pomping

Witt predicts tuition increase to ease burden President addresses budget cuts, promises no layoffs

By Josh Veazey Senior Staff Reporter “It was the best times; it was the worst of times,” said UA President Robert Witt, quoting Charles Dickens to describe the financial situation of the University. At the annual fall faculty and staff meeting Wednesday, Witt addressed the state of the University in light of both state education budget cuts and the current credit crisis.

“This economic challenge has raised questions in the minds of some — questions about the University’s ability to continue to maintain its momentum, to continue to make progress,” Witt said.

He then presented his plan to keep the University growing amidst an uncertain financial climate.

Witt first cited the record-breaking 5,100 freshmen who came to the University this year as beneficial both because of increased revenue and because it elevated the quality of the student body.

“We originally set a goal of 28,000 [students] by 2013. We will reach that goal four years ahead of schedule,” Witt said.

Witt noted that the 2008 freshman class included over 1,000

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CW | Marion R Walding Left: Addie Heard, a junior majoring in advertising, paints a window at Rama Jamaʼs restaurant on Bryant Drive as part of the “Paint the Town Red” homecoming competition. Judging for all of the painted windows will take place at 1 p.m. Friday. Right: Caroline Amdall (Left), a sophomore majoring in nursing, and Sarah Kimrey, a junior majoring in accounting, pomp the lawn decoration outside of the Alpha Delta Pi house.

Economic slowdown leads to fewer jobs for students

By Victor Luckerson Staff Reporter

As the economy continues to stall and unemployment rates creep upwards, UA students are beginning to feel the squeeze of a shrinking job market.

“The lagging economy didn’t impact recruiting as quickly as I thought it would, but it is here,” said Jerry Paschal of the Career Center.

He said the on-campus job-recruiting season, which usually winds down around the middle of November, is already ending. Many companies have canceled scheduled trips to campus because their travel funds have been cut.

In total, the Career Center has lost about 20

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companies that visited in previous years.

“It’s not a time to slack off on a job search,” Paschal said.

The co-op program, which allows students to alternate semesters of academic work with semesters of full-time employment, is experiencing similar retractions. Out of the 56 companies that visited campus on Oct. 15 to conduct interviews, six have enacted full hiring freezes in the last two weeks.

Roy Gregg, director of the co-op program, said while some companies drop their co-op programs during times of economic hardship, others use co-op students, who receive low salaries and no benefits, as a cost-saving measure.

Though the job market is a bit tumultuous,

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Gregg said he expects the co-op program to match or exceed last year’s $4 million in paid student salaries from employers.

“Students are going to have to be more flexible,” he said. “If they have an opportunity to get work experience before graduation, they need to lock it down and do it regardless of location.”

The job outlook is not a rosy one. The national unemployment rate is 6.1 percent, and Alabama’s rate is 5.3 percent. Both are at their highest level since 2004.

“Jobs in general will depend on the overall health of the economy,” economics professor Gary Hoover said. “Firms won’t hire if they have no opportunity to sell their products.”

Hoover said the economy’s current condition

can be blamed in large part on the weakness of the housing market leaking into other sectors of the economy.

“It would be my opinion that a recovering housing market would signal the end of our woes,” he said.

Whether that end is in sight, he said, was a difficult question to answer.

“It’s hard to predict how long it will take for job growth to recover fully,” Hoover said. “Markets are more global now than they’ve ever been. If we are looking at a global slowdown, the recovery could take longer.”

“The job market usually lags behind the

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Tuscaloosa air pollution within healthy limits

By Drew Taylor Senior Staff Reporter

throughout the state monitor- Department of Environmental ing air quality. Tuscaloosa has Management, said nearly 40 one monitor that tracks air percent of the state’s moniDespite the Birmingham- quality for the area, located on tors are being centered in this metro area’s failure to meet 11690 Southfork Drive. area is because of the large rules on ozone regulation this past summer, Tuscaloosa has ALABAMA OZONE LEVELS been consistent in staying below par.

• The highest level of ozone is in Hoover — 89 parts Th e E nv i r o n m e n t a l Protection Agency set the ozone per billion standard to 85 parts per billion.

• Tuscaloosa has maintained its level at 77 parts The Birmingham News reportper billion ed Friday that the Birmingham • There are currently 25 monitors placed througharea, including Jefferson and Shelby County, failed to meet out the state monitoring air quality ozone standards, with all 10 • The EPA has lowered the level of attainment monitors in the area exceeding from 85 parts per billion to 75 parts per billion the mark. Hoover had the highest at 89 parts per billion.

According to tests, Tuscaloosa has maintained its level at 77 There are currently 10 concentration of businesses and parts per billion. The tests occur monitors in the Birmigham- people in the region. over three years’ time.

“Birmingham known for its area, located primarily in There are currently 25 EPA Jefferson County. Scott Hughes, industries,” Hughes said. “Many - designated monitors placed spokesman for the Alabama people in Alabama live in the

area as well.”

ADEM monitors air quality every day during the summer, starting at the beginning of April and finishing around the end of October. The testing will conclude Friday, followed by a quality control check on the monitors to make sure that the monitors are receiving information correctly.

According to ADEM, most areas in the state are considered “attainment” areas. This means they never enact any plans. However, bigger cities like Birmingham are more at risk due to the large, concentrated population in the area.

Only Jefferson and Shelby County have been considered “non-attainment” in the state.

Regulations for ozone are given by the National Ambient

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• Choreography Contest: 7 p.m., Coleman Coliseum

• Homecoming Pep Rally/Bonfire: 7 p.m., the Quad

• Homecoming Parade: 9 a.m., begins downtown to UA campus

• Drive in Movie: “Hancock,” 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Soccer Fields

• Homecoming: International Music with a UA Flavor: Travel the World through Music, Noon to 1 p.m., Ferguson Center

• NPHC Step Show: 7 p.m., Student Recreation Center

• Football vs. Arkansas State: 2 p.m., Bryant-Denny Stadium

• Guest Recital: Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra, 2 p.m., Moody Music Building Concert Hall, Admission charged

• Rugby Match: Crimson Tide Rugby vs. Ole Boys: 11 a.m., UA Recreation Fields

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CORRECTIONS

In the Oct. 29 edition of The Crimson White, the story titled “‘100 Lenses’ takes a look at the Black Belt region” incorrectly identified CW staffer Patty Vaughn as a colleague of Black Belt 100 Lenses Project founder Elliot A. Knight. In fact, she is not.

The CW regrets the error and is happy to set the record straight. Please also read Knight’s letter to the editor on page 4 of today’s CW.

ANNOUNCEMENTS Send announcements and campus news to cwnews@sa.ua.edu

UA to provide electronic pay statements Human resources/payroll at UA now has the ability to provide electronic pay statements in place of the current paper, direct deposit information.

Instead of receiving paper direct deposit information on payday, employees will receive it electronically via e-mail with a PDF attachment. An employee’s campus-wide identification number, or CWID, will be the secure password for opening an electronic pay statement.

Pay statements will be sent to employees’ Bama e-mail accounts. Therefore, it is important that employees have a forward set up on their Bama account or that they review their Bama account regularly.

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feature, would allow students to create calendars and would give them the option to share them with other users.

Google Sites is another feature that would allow for team Web site creation. It also would also allow for embedded videos images and gadgets, according to Google’s Web site.

Students would also be able to use all Google Talk features, including instant messaging and file transfers, he said.

According to Google’s Web site, students would also be able to customize their

start pages by school informa- Merritt said.

Merritt said the pilot protion or gadgets such as weathgram would consist of about er or games.

One feature Merritt said the 100 students or less and would University is not looking into allow the office of Information

“The hope is to have at least a pilot program up the beginning of next semester.”

— Shane Merritt, director of network and computing support for the Office of Information Technology is the Google Video feature.

While Merritt said the decision to use Google has not been finalized, it is the primary focus for the change that will take place.

“The hope is to have at least a pilot program up the beginning of next semester,”

Technology to work out any technical issues.

McGowan, who was appointed to his position in June, said he has made this transition before at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he held the same position for two years, and at Florida

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “We can neither escape nor ignore our economic environment.”

— UA President Robert Witt

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International University, where he held the same position for five years before that. He said overall the switchovers he’s made at other schools have been easy.

“It was incredibly painless,” he said. “We made the switch overnight, and most students didn’t even realize at first that there had been a change.”

One UA college has already offered Google accounts to students.

The Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration has been offering accounts to their students through Google since August 2007, said John Baker, director of technology at the C&BA. In addition to their BamaMail account, business students have the option of creating another account with the college, which is provided

by Google. Faculty members and staff are provided Google accounts as well, he said.

Baker said before accounts were available, C&BA has its own provider, but many had expressed the desire for more space. After investigating several different options, Baker said the college settled on Google.

“We’ve had a cost saving because we’re not having to run our own mail servers and trained staff,” Baker said.

Merritt said that the system would be free to the University. He said technical support calls would likely decrease significantly.

“The number one call we get [regarding] BamaMail is that students [are] out of space, and we certainly expect that to be a non-issue with Google Mail,” he said. “[The Google Apps Education Edition] offers so many benefits to Bama: storage, features, spam control — just about everything you can think of is better than what we are currently able to provide.”

The provider would also be advertisement-free to students, Merritt said. He said regular Gmail users have advertisements, but Google Education Apps would not allow for advertisements.

“It will be effectively replacing BamaMail,” Merritt said.

“One of the benefits is once you get an address, you get to keep it when you graduate, so we want to make sure we pick an e-mail address for students that will carry with them for life.”

The Office of Information Technology partnered with the SGA, Merrit said, to make sure student feedback in the decision-making process was represented.

Jesse Woods, executive adviser to the SGA president, said he thinks McGowan has aimed to include students in the changes he has made and will make at the University.

“One of the things McGowan has been doing is seeing that more students are involved, and before that wasn’t the case,” Woods said. “McGowan has taken a much more active approach in involving students via committees or internships.”

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economy,” Paschal said. “I think we’re still moving in the negative direction.”

However, Paschal said he hoped that next week’s election might spark the economy in a positive way.

With such an uncertain future for job prospects, students will be forced to take the job hunt very seriously.

“What students see at night on the news is real,” Gregg said. “Each student needs to put their plan together for graduation, regardless of the economy.”

“Look at your options early on,” Paschal said. “Be diligent, be proactive and hurry up and get going with it.”

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Rick and Bubba present guest lecture

By Victor Luckerson Staff Reporter Students in assistant journalism professor Chris Roberts’ Mass Communication 101 class had a different pair of instructors Wednesday — Rick Burgess and Bill “Bubba” Bussey of “The Rick and Bubba Show.”

“I’ve known Bill since grade school and was a groomsman in his wedding,” Roberts said. “These guys went from a small station in northeast Alabama to being aired from Alaska to Maine. How could you not want to bring them to class?”

Burgess and Bussey fielded questions from students and offered insight on the workings of the radio business.

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small as possible, and to increase scholarship support as much as possible.

He noted that raising tuition this year curbed 50 percent of the $36 million hole left in the University’s budget.

Witt promised that the University will not have layoffs of faculty or staff and will not cut any programs.

Faculty senate president Karen Steckol noted that UA faculty did not receive pay raises this year, but in the last few years had received raises that put them above the 50th percentile for salaries among southern universities according to Southern University Group.

“Of course we’re disappointed that we didn’t get raises this academic year,” Steckol said. “The University was poised to do so, until the legislature cut our budget. With the huge cut we received, we were very fortunate that raises were the only negative impact on our institution. Our sister institutions were not so lucky.”

SGA president Cason Kirby said that in response to the current economic climate, the SGA has their increased emergency student loans maximum to $500.

“While this doesn’t address the larger issue of rising tuition and the burden it places on students and their families, we feel this will at least help alleviate some of the worries, especially in difficult times.”

Witt said he thinks one of the most dangerous aspects of the current crisis is its potential to make the UA community lose confidence.

However, Witt asserted that a definite plan was in place, and that the University would continue to grow if it remained tenacious to it.

“We can neither escape nor ignore our economic environment,” Witt said. “But we should not and will not allow that environment to alter our vision, redefine our goals, change our plan or slow our momentum. I’m confident that when we come together next fall, we’ll be able to review progress that will again fill us with well-justified pride.”

often has to wake up before dawn.

“Sunset is just as pretty as sunrise,” he said.

The two said very little of what happens on-air is pre-scripted. They often decide what they’re going to discuss next during the commercial breaks.

They offered plenty of funny anecdotes, from the time Burgess devoured Brett Favre’s half-eaten ice cream sandwich to Bussey’s previous career as a “weed-removing technician” on a golf course.

They also dispensed lots of advice for students looking to enter the entertainment business.

“There’s two things you need in business — an accountant and a lawyer,” Bussey said. He detailed how he and Burgess had succeeded by

incorporating their business and copyrighting the Rick and Bubba brand.

Burgess also warned students to be wary of confusing contracts.

“They’ll never pay you more than you’re worth, but they will pay you less,” he said.

Both men identified hard work as the key to success.

“Perseverance and persistence are more important than talent,” Burgess said. “We kept coming back to work when a lot of people wouldn’t.”

“If you enjoy what you’re doing, you’ll do it better and the finances will follow,” Bussey said. “Never take ‘no’ for an answer.”

He suggested students in every career field get involved with internships.

“You get access to the decision makers,” he said. “Half the battle is getting to the guy or girl who can say ‘yes’ or ‘no.’”

Burgess agreed that extracurricular activity was important.

“The classroom’s good, but students need to take advantage of campus radio and television stations,” he said.

After the class, both Burgess and Bussey expressed excitement at the opportunity to speak to students.

“I’d always dreamed of teaching a class instead of sitting in one,” Burgess said. “This class had a good grasp of the fact that it’s a different world today than it was years ago.”

“Radio is a lot of fun,” he said. “I just want to encourage people to get out there and chase their dreams.”

Residence halls celebrate Halloween

By Patty Vaughan Contributing Writer Several residence halls, including Sommerville Hall, are hosting haunted houses for Halloween this year.

Today is the second day the UA Residence Hall Association and Housing and Residential Communities will be holding a haunted house at Somerville Hall. A carnival will be held tonight on the lawn in front of Paty Hall as well.

Ryan Hofman, community director of HRC, said preparation for the haunted house began in September.

“Terry Stepp, the graduate assistant for the Paty area, has been planning out the preliminary ideas and supplies needed to organize the haunted house,” Hofman said. “He has assembled well over 30 people to help with the haunted house.”

Hofman said the haunted house started last year when Josh Gordon, a resident adviser, asked if he could do a haunted hall program.

Stepp and Hofman asked for people wanting to enter the haunted house to bring two canned good or $2 to help support the Beat Auburn, Beat Hunger food drive.

“As it coincided with the Beat Auburn, Beat Hunger food drive, we decided to make it a fundraising attempt asking students to

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Continued from page 1 students whose high school GPA was 4.0 or higher and 85 National Merit scholars. Witt said the University is also good at keeping students. It has had a six-year graduation rate of 65 percent - the highest in the state. Witt also noted that the University has hired more recruiters and established new recruiting outposts.

Witt said the University will also take advantage of recent, exceptional success of athletic teams and increased television coverage of the University to establish “national coverage and a national platform for communicating about our University.”

Another part of Witt’s financial solution is to raise the percentage of non-resident students, presumably because they pay more for tuition.

“This fall, 37 percent of our freshmen was non-resident. In fall of 2002, 27 percent was non-resident,” Witt said. “If fall 2008 had 24 percent instead of 37 percent, we would have had $7.6 million less in gross tuition.”

Three new buildings — Ridgecrest South, a new engineering and science building, and a new parking deck — are set to open in August of next year. However, the credit crisis has affected the projects, because for weeks it has been impossible to sell bonds.

“We are in the interesting position of having several major construction projects underway that are, for all intended purpose, unstoppable, but we are unable to borrow the money to pay for them,” Witt said.

However, Witt thinks when the market improves, the bonds will have impressive ratings, and will sell easily. Until then, Witt said the University will have “sufficient internal resources to be able to keep all of our projects moving ahead.”

Because of the financial situation, Witt anticipates another increase in tuition, but promised to make it as

“Radio has to get back to what it used to be,” Burgess said. “It’s got to get back into the entertainment business to survive.”

He said “jukebox radio” stations that focused solely on playing music would find it difficult to thrive in the era of iPods.

“Our show is not new or cutting edge,” Burgess said. “It’s what radio used to be — personality driven.”

“The Rick and Bubba Show” airs on 63 radio stations in more than a dozen states.

“If something is funny in Alaska, it’s funny in Florida,” Bussey said.

“It’s all about how you frame it.”

The pair offered a behind-thescenes take on the workings of their show. Burgess admitted he is not being a morning person, though he

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donate canned food,” Hofman said. “It was so successful [last year], that we raised approximately 719 pounds of food for the West Alabama Food Bank.”

The haunted house opened Wednesday night and was held from 8 p.m. until 11 p.m. The house will be open tonight from 8 p.m. until midnight.

Along with the haunted house, there will be a carnival on the front lawn of Paty Hall today from 8 p.m until 11p.m. Hofman said the carnival will feature games, a bungee run and food such as popcorn, hotdogs and pizza.

Volunteers are needed for running the haunted house, according to a flier released by HRC. Volunteering to help with the haunted house will count towards any community service hours. Anyone wishing to volunteer can contact Terry Strepp at hrcpatyacd@sa.ua.edu or Ryan Hofman at rhofman@sa.ua.edu.

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Auburn editor brings Auburn, you’re too weak to donate food challenge to the table

Well, well, well, Alabama. We meet again.

It’s time to face off in what we here on the Plains like to call the “Beat Bama Food Drive.”

Granted, this competition is on a much smaller scale than our other competition, better known as the “Iron Bowl,” but the end result is the same — bragging rights for the next year.

With that being said, congratulations on your solid victory last year. You thoroughly embarrassed us with the 58,319pound difference of donated food.

But as Caroline Hazelrig, director of the food drive, said after Auburn’s defeat last year, “As much as it stinks to lose to Alabama, no one really lost, [because] we had so much food.”

That’s ultimately what this is all about — giving back to our communities. Our two institutions, both engrained with the Southern mentality of helping our neighbors, continually rise to occasions such as these.

game — I know we have here in Auburn. We’ve invited our generous alumni to participate in a painless way, via www. beatbamafooddrive.com. We’ve expanded the number of dropoff locations to better include community involvement. And we’ve aggressively promoted the event to all Auburn students, faculty members and staff.

No one likes to lose two (or Kristen Oberholzer for that matter, six) years in a row. You all probably underThis year will be no differ- stand this better than anyent, in that respect. However, body.

I’m confident enough to say That’s why this year, you you can expect a different win- should prepare for a mighty ner come Nov. 20. Auburn will comeback from Auburn put another tally under the University that shall make food drive “win” column, like your 241,336 pounds look like we’ve done nine out of the last a puny effort.

14 years.

With that, I say game on Hey, come to mention it, Alabama, and War Eagle!

Auburn’s won nine out of the past 14 Iron Bowls.

Kristin Oberholzer is the ediBut you guys try, and that’s tor of The Auburn Plainsman. cute.

Getting back to the food drive, I hope your campus community has stepped up its

Editor’s note: This letter was printed in this week’s edition of The Auburn Plainsmen.

there’s not a damn thing you can do about it.

Because, Auburn, let me tell you this: I’ve been to your city, seen your plains, enjoyed To faculty members, staff, your fine dining and shops students and the distinand whatnot. And I know stuguished staff of The Auburn dents at Auburn University Plainsman: Your time has just don’t have the chops to come. Prepare to be destroyed cut it with us. This will be by your superior neighbors just the latest dropkicking of Corey Craft from the north(west). your spirits, and we’ll cap it My name is Corey Craft, off with our sure-to-be-magand I am the editor-in-chief nificent victory in the Iron of The Crimson White at food drive competition, which Bowl.

The University of Alabama kicked off Oct. 20. I prefer But maybe you’ll prove me — which is a newspaper kind the name “Beat Auburn, Beat wrong, Auburn. Donate your of like The Plainsman, but in Hunger,” which is what we nonperishable and canned Tuscaloosa we have devel- call it up here, but I under- goods at your most conveoped the technology to print stand you guys call it some- nient receptacle, and while thing different. It probably you still won’t beat us, you’ll our newspaper daily.

Why are my hateful words doesn’t sound as good. at least have some satisfacWe dominated you all last tion. Maybe that’ll ease the printed in the hallowed pages of this publication, you may year in a domination the likes pain, just a little. ask? Because, Auburn, please of which has never been seen Probably not, though. understand me when I say in competitive food drive histhat you are about to have tory. This year, we’re going Corey Craft is the editor-inreceive the proverbial kick to exceed our high mark of chief of The Crimson White. in the pants in our annual 241,336 pounds of food, and

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Current tax plans not socialist Recently, there has been a refreshing development within the media’s coverage of this election. It has actually focused on an issue: Barack Obama’s tax plan. Conservatives have labeled it socialism — one reporter, referring to an explanation of the plan Obama gave to a plumber named Joe, asked Vice Presidential candidate Joe Biden if Obama was Marxist.

I have to admit this left me somewhat confused. I can’t seem to put my finger on why Obama’s plan would be considered socialist while McCain’s or Bush’s would not.

It doesn’t seem the tax credits within Obama’s plan can be the reason it has been called socialist, since McCain’s plan, which is not socialist, also contains tax credits. Similarly, the root of socialism within Obama’s plan can’t be the fact it is progressive, in that it taxes different incomes at different rates. McCain’s plan is also progressive and is not socialist. Progressive taxation is part of our Constitution. It doesn’t seem that a progressive rate is socialist in and of itself.

I am forced to conclude that it is not the structure of Obama’s plan that makes it socialist, but rather the details, the actual brackets and percentages that harbor the Marxism. Currently, income in America is taxed with the following brackets: 10 percent for the first $16,050, 15 percent for up to $65,100, 25 percent up to $131,450, 28 percent up to $200,300, 33 percent up to $357,700 and 35 percent thereafter. S corporations making more than $200,300 are taxed at 35 percent, sole proprietorships in that same bracket are taxed at 37.9 percent (if you include payroll taxes). Obama wants to raise the top two brackets 4.6 percent and 3 percent respectively, and raise the S corporations and sole proprietorship rates of the brackets mentioned 4.6 percent and 12.4 percent (again, if you include payroll taxes).

Since most conservatives did not label President Bush’s current rates “socialism,” my questions are: Did Bush select the highest tax rates possible without being socialistic? If so, isn’t Bush a socialist since he set those rates to expire? If not, how high could the four percentages Obama plans to raise be raised without being socialist? Why?

While arbitrary, we set the poverty rate by basing it on the cost of living, which is determined by adding up the minimum market cost of food and shelter in a given region. What metrics do you propose we set the socialist turning point by?

Personally, I would use total socialism — equal distribution of wealth at a 100 percent tax rate — as my basis for comparison. There must, however, be a flaw in this thinking, because it would mean Bush and McCain are also socialist (if 4.6 percent and 12.4 percent less so than Obama). Where does this kind of thinking go wrong?

With the election looming closer, answers to these questions seem urgent. Won’t someone please think of the metrics, er, children?

Trevor Gay is a graduate student studying computer science.

ʻ100 lensesʼ story filled with inaccuracies Bright-eyed youths looking out from behind a pew at Vacation Bible School, pristine farm land and breathtaking sunsets may be better ways to describe the photographs you can see at the Black Belt 100 Lenses: Greene County exhibit than Xavier Burgin’s decidedly negative portrayal in his article in the Oct. 29 edition of The Crimson White.

The exhibit is on display in the Crossroads Community Center lounge through the end of November, instead of October as the article stated.

Burgin also repeatedly talks about the 100 Lenses project as a way to “give a voice to the problems of the area” and that I wanted to “enlighten others of this dilemma.” I think the language used in the article negatively portrays the Black Belt region and is misleading as to the project’s intent.

The students who participate in the project are asked to take photos of things important to them and their community, both positive and negative.

Though there are certainly negative aspects of Greene County, as there are in every community, the majority of the photographs show the positive aspects of Greene County and the Black Belt region.

Anyone who comes to see the exhibit will be able to see the beautiful sights of Greene County and get a sense of the

pride the students have in their home. I want to make it very clear that the 100 Lenses project is not designed to solely point out negative things in the communities we work in, but rather to explore the many positive sides of these communities.

Also, the article attributes a quote to Patty Vaughn and says she is my colleague.

Vaughn is actually a writer at The Crimson White and has no affiliation with the 100 Lenses project. I encourage everyone to come by Crossroads in the next month and explore the rich culture of the Black Belt region through the photographs taken by the youth of Greene County.

Elliot Knight is the co-director of the Black Belt 100 Lenses project.

Wofsey article requires scrutiny Recently, the opinions page of The Crimson White has been filled with debate on the origins of the current financial crisis, and a well-written article by Mike Wofsey deserves further attention.

Wofsey believes thinking mortgages should only be given to people demonstrating ability to repay them is racist.

He makes economist Thomas Sowell, an African-American, look like a prophet for saying, “If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 60 years ago, a liberal 30 years ago and a racist today.”

First, the Community Reinvestment Act is one example of what government did to contribute to the sub-prime debacle. Overregulation is the genesis of our current woes.

Wofsey said, “The CRA does not mandate that banks make risky loans to poor people.

Rather it states that for a bank to receive taxpayer supported FDIC insurance, the bank is not allowed to rubber-stamp rejections to people in poor neighborhoods. They have to look at the applicant’s creditworthiness.”

The Boston Fed, concluding in 1992 that mortgage-lending discrimination was systemic, stated in a manual to mort-

gage-lenders “discrimination may be observed when a lender’s underwriting policies contain arbitrary or outdated criteria that effectively disqualify many urban or lowerincome minority applicants.”

What constitutes “outdated” criteria, according to the Boston Fed? The size of the mortgage payment relative to income, credit history, savings history and income verification were all “outdated” criteria.

Wofsey also said, “In fact, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act shows that over 80 percent of all our recent high-risk loans made were by lending institutions (like Countrywide) that didn’t comply and didn’t have to comply with the CRA!” Incorrect.

It is clear that the CRA is not

completely responsible for the current mess. However, it is also clear that nothing on this scale would have happened in the absence of invasive federal regulations like the CRA. In 1992, the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act required Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to devote 30 percent of their loan purchases to low- and moderate-income borrowers. By 2000, this had been increased to 50 percent.

We should not be surprised that the number of subprime loan originations increased by 24 percent per year from 1994 to 2003. From 2003 to 2006, Fannie and Freddie bought a total of $515 billion in subprime loans, many of which were adjustable-rate mortgages. All that was needed

Cartoons from MCT Campus to tip the scales was for the federal funds rate to increase from 1 percent in June 2003 to 5.25 percent in June 2006.

Wofsey also claimed, according to former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, “the CRA has increased the economies of distressed areas by at least $1 trillion. And unlike our current bailout, that’s $1 trillion that wasn’t paid by taxpayers.”

Had the government not backed Fannie and Freddie, market participants would have demanded a higher rate of return from Fannie and Freddie bonds, thus making it unprofitable for them to engage in such risky lending practices.

Ryan Orlando is a doctoral student studying finance.

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Student journal gains international acclaim

By Amy Castleberry Contributing Writer

The Journal of Science and Health at the University of Alabama, better known as JOSHUA, is an up-andcoming undergraduate science and health journal dedicated to publishing articles, research and reviews from every science discipline.

Faculty sponsor Guy Caldwell said the journal, which was first published in 2002 with five volumes, has attained national attention from prestigious colleges such as the University of Pennsylvania, and has been internationally recognized by

the University of British Columbia in Canada for its various research publications.

“When I had the idea to start JOSHUA six years ago, I would never have envisioned how rapidly it has spread to national, and even international, recognition,” Caldwell said.

“I am most pleased that we are now also attracting editors and submissions from all scientific disciplines across campus, as well.”

Caldwell said some of the specific articles published in the journal have also received significant recognition.

“One article on the bioethics of

cloning led to a student winning a major philosophy prize, and the University of Massachusetts also requested to use another article on ‘Biodiversity and Ethics’ used as part of a graduate school admissions essay,” Caldwell said.

Three of JOSHUA’s past editors have also been named to the USA Today All-Academic Team and other staff members have won national awards, too.

Dan Roberts, a senior majoring in biology and JOSHUA’s editor, is confident in the growth and success of the publication.

“We see all of this attention as the

next step for our publication and would love to eventually be considered the premiere undergraduate science research journal, but for now were just looking for contributions from undergrads around campus,” Roberts said.

Publishing one issue per year, the JOSHUA staff wants to recruit contributing writers to add to their growing collection of articles.

The last issue was published in May. “It’s a very unique opportunity to have a journal strictly devoted to undergraduate research,” said Yhni Thai, assistant editor and a junior

majoring in chemical engineering.

“It’s definitely something for the University to be proud of.”

Those interested in submitting a contribution to JOSHUA must be affiliated with a science or health program and must be sponsored by a faculty member. Submissions must be between 1,000 and 3,500 words and must be submitted before Jan. 1, 2009.

All submissions should be sent to joshua.alabama@gmail.com.

To read previously published articled and editions of JOSHUA visit the journal’s Web site at bama.ua.edu/~joshua/index.htm.

Rick Bragg speaks about new book

By Valerie Cason Contributing Writer A room full of listeners of all ages gathered to hear best-selling author Rick Bragg tell stories of his life from his latest book, “The Prince of Frogtown.”

“I wrote this book for one reason,” Bragg said. “I wanted to find out one or two good stories about my dad.”

Jill Sparks, a sophomore majoring in English and political science, said she first gained interest in Bragg’s writing after reading his collection of newspaper articles, “Somebody Told Me.” “His fresh take on front-porch Southern storytelling that this region of the country grew up on is absolutely captivating,”

Sparks said.

Bragg described stories about the town in which his family lived with specific references to southern culture.

“Only Southerners tell you where something is by telling you where something used to be,” Bragg said.

He read from selected scenes of his book to a laughing audience.

“You can’t make this stuff up,” Bragg said.

He said he selected specific parts of the book to share because of the difficulty he has reading personal stories about his father.

“I read instead scenes, because they don’t make me cry,” Bragg said.

He related to the audience in

between each reading by connecting the listeners to his stories.

“If it were not that so many of us are descended from people who worked with their hands, people wouldn’t understand these books,” Bragg said.

Bragg told a colorful story about his grandmother confronting his father while he was carrying young Bragg to a cow pasture.

“To this day she is the only living human that ever cussed my father and did not fall down,” he said.

Bragg’s writing personalizes each character in his books.

Louise Acomb, a senior majoring in health care management, said she attended the event to learn more about Bragg.

NEW YORK | An author who claims Jerry Seinfeld’s wife plagiarized her cookbook says she wasn’t amused by jokes the comedian made last year on late-night television.

In federal court papers filed Tuesday explaining her position for a December hearing, Missy Chase Lapine said her 7-year-old daughter was upset after Seinfeld joked on David Letterman’s show that people with three names — James Earl Ray and Mark David Chapman, for instance — turned out to be assassins.

Lapine said she “never felt so frightened and vulnerable” as when her daughter came home from school “and asked, ‘Mom, what is an assassin?’”

In a lawsuit filed last year, Lapine claimed Jessica Seinfeld got ideas for her cookbook, “Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food,” from Lapine’s book “The Sneaky

that?” Bragg asked.

He said the beauty of his mother, the Appalachian Mountains and the Southern language inspires his stories.

“You can call it hillbilly language if you want, but it’s prettier than that,” Bragg said.

Bragg said he hears stories from family members every time he goes home.

“It would be foolish in my craft to not want to listen to these people,” he said.

Bragg said he had difficulty retrieving stories from his mother concerning his father.

One audience member asked Bragg how his family dealt with the releases of his books because “All Over but the Shoutin’,” “Ava’s Man” and “The Prince of Frogtown” have

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“I wanted to see what he was like in person,” Acomb said.

“His writing is so entertaining because it is so colorful, and I wanted to actually hear the man that writes these stories.”

Students asked Bragg questions after the reading. When asked how he has remembered the stories that fill his books, Bragg explained that most memories come from stories of others.

“Memories in this book, many of them are mine, little boy memories, but I reported this book front to back,” Bragg said.

He said stories come from his mother, brothers and other family members.

“Why in the world would they embellish beauty like

By Albert Aji The Associated Press

Chef: Simple Strategies for Hiding Healthy Foods in Kids’ Favorite Meals.”

The Seinfelds’ attorney said in a statement Wednesday: “As a comedian, Jerry has a right under the First Amendment to tell jokes.

Ms. Lapine, on the other hand, was not joking when she maliciously accused Jessica Seinfeld, who also has young children, of plagiarism, a charge that is demonstrably false.”

Earlier this year, lawyers for Jessica Seinfeld accused Lapine of falsely claiming she invented the idea of hiding fruits and vegetables in children’s meals when “countless prior works utilized this very same unprotectable idea,” including a 1971 book. They called the lawsuit “opportunistic.”

In her affidavit, Lapine said she did not make accusations against Jessica Seinfeld “to gain media attention, enrich myself or harass the Seinfelds; and I was not lying in wait for an opportunity to become embroiled in a controversy with any celebrity.”

DAMASCUS, Syria | Syria demanded Wednesday that the U.S. and Iraq apologize for an American commando raid mounted from Iraqi territory that killed eight people.

Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Fayssal Mekdad denied U.S. claims that the helicopter raid by special forces Sunday killed a top al-Qaida in Iraq operative who was about to conduct an attack in Iraq.

“We ask of them [Iraqis] and the Americans to investigate and provide us with the background for such a criminal, terrorist act against an independent state ... [and] make an official apology for this aggression and pledge not to repeat it,” Mekdad told The Associated Press in an interview. “What is required of the American government is to confess to this aggression and not be cowardly,” he added.

The strike Sunday near the border with Iraq was an extremely rare U.S. attack on Syrian territory. Though there has been no formal acknowledgment from the United States, officials speaking to the media on condition of anonymity, have said the target of the raid was Badran Turki al-Mazidih, known as Abu Ghadiyah, an Iraqi national linked to al-Qaida in Iraq who was involved in smuggling fighters across the border.

Mekdad said all the victims were Syrian civilians and Damascus does not know

the whereabouts of the wanted Iraqi, Abu Ghadiyah.

“The allegation that this person was killed is a false claim. Therefore, a search for him by world intelligence agencies, including Syria’s, should continue,” he said.

He said Iraq and the U.S. should compensate Syria and demanded they also pledge not to use Iraqi territory to attack Syria again. He warned that if it did happen again, it could torpedo agreements with Iraq.

The U.S. Embassy in Syria warned Americans in the country to remain alert and said it could close its doors to the public.

“The American community in Syria should be aware that unforeseen events or circumstances may occur that could cause the U.S. Embassy in Damascus to close to the public for an unspecified period of time,” said the message posted on the Embassy’s Web site, which was dated Monday but was not widely available until Wednesday.

Syria’s government ordered an American community school and cultural center closed and has complained to the United Nations. But students and teachers attended classes as usual at the Damascus Community School in the capital’s upscale Maliki neighborhood despite the government’s closure order. An employee at the American cultural center, which is linked to the embassy, said it was also open

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all been stories about his family members.

“You hope your kinfolk like your books, and most of my kinfolk like my books,” Bragg said.

Another audience member asked Bragg for advice for a student interested in writing a book.

“Write the best story you got, now,” Bragg said. “Make it personal. Make it human. A story’s got to have blood in it, and I’m not talking about violence,” he said.

Bragg was asked if it is hard for him to write about things that are so personal.

“If it’s not personal and raw, you’ve failed,” Bragg said.

“With memoirs, you get to decide what you leave out.”

Actors appear in video for the vote The Associated Press

NEW YORK |, Leonardo DiCaprio is bringing out the big guns to get out the vote.

Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, Harrison Ford, Will Smith, Steven Spielberg and Justin Timberlake are among the celebrities starring in a new public service announcement produced by the actor, who also appears in the spot.

The video shows the stars struggling to grasp the concept of using reverse psychology to get young people into voting booths.

Required by director Spielberg to say “don’t vote,” Roberts remarks, “That doesn’t make sense.”

Cruise and Smith complain to each other, while Timberlake jokes, “I can do anything. I was in a boy band, OK?”

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conversion percentage and red zone success rate.

One of the primary reasons Through the first eight games for the turnaround is new offenof the season, the improve- sive coordinator Jim McElwain, ments the Alabama offense has who came over from Fresno made from last year have been State prior to the season. “The system and schemes evident both from watching the on offense have balance, and I games and checking the stats.

The offense has shown the think we made improvements in ability to dominate defenses at areas we need to make improvethe line of scrimmage and run ments in, which is throwing the right through them, but at the ball on a consistent basis and same time, they can make the running effectively,� head coach big pass when they need to as Nick Saban said. “That’s all attributed to the well.

The Crimson Tide is averag- input that coach [McElwain] has ing 32 points per game this year made and the staff has made CW File — five more than they did last together as a group.�

The most significant impact John Parker Wilson takes a snap under center in a game in the year. In addition, this year’s offense has a higher third down McElwain has made is the work 2007 season.

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has been making progress during practice. “He was able to do some football related stuff today,� Saban said. “He got in his stance. He jogged a little bit, he’s running again. Hopefully, he will be able to start practicing next week, but it depends on how he progresses.�

The team hopes he will be back for the LSU game next weekend. His injury is very similar to the one Andre Smith suffered earlier in the season, and it took Smith just two weeks to recover. “He’s probably close to about the same as Smitty [left tackle Andre Smith] was the week Cody Update after he missed one game,�

Saban said. “Hopefully, he will he has done with Alabama quar- Wilson all season for low comJunior nose tackle Terrence be able to continue to progress pletion percentages and too Cody will miss his second and be able to contribute some terback John Parker Wilson.

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Saban said.

Under McElwain’s guidance, Wilson has become one of the top quarterbacks not just in the SEC, but also the nation.

Monday, the senior gunslinger was named a semifinalist for the Davey O’Brien, which honors the nation’s top quarterback.

Alabama women’s golf team member Kathleen Ekey was waiting patiently, watching her match-play opponent at last year’s Hooter’s Collegiate Championship, Texas A&M’s Lauren Johnson, tee off on the round’s third hole after sinking a long birdie putt to even the match.

With the rest of Ekey’s teammates down in their respective matches at the time, head coach Mic Potter was not so patient. “He sticks his head in the

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cart and said, ‘I better not see them have the tee again,’�

Ekey said. “I had never seen him like that before. It was unreal.�

After those words, the message was clear. Ekey pulled away from the high-ranked Johnson and Tide golfers Camilla Lennarth and Sarah Sturm also accelerated to the finish, leaving Alabama with a forceful 3-2 come-from-behind victory over the Aggies. “I thrive off that,� Ekey said. “I love match play. It brings a whole different element of golf into the ball game. It’s head-to-head, really intense competition. I love it.�

The No. 6 Tide will travel to Celebration, Fla., this weekend to compete in the annual

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By Spencer White Contributing Writer Head coach Billy Pate made a point a week ago that his men’s tennis team had a chance to cap off the fall season with a strong finish as it hosted the Crimson Tide Fall Championship.

Mission accomplished.

Several Alabama players put on dominant performances in the tournament last weekend, as two doubles teams won the main draws, three singles players won individual draws and five players advanced to at least the semifinals in their singles draws. “I think we have a lot of

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Senior Matt Thibaudeau, who won the top flight in both singles and as part of a doubles team with freshman Ricky Doverspike, came away with the best tournament performance. “Matt obviously had a great tournament,â€? Pate said. “He’s an aggressive, attacking serve-volleyer type player, which you don’t see a lot of ‌ he beat some very good guys.â€?

Doverspike had similar words of praise for his teammate. “I thought Matt played very well ‌ he’s one of the big leaders on our team,â€? he said.

The doubles performance of Thibaudeau and Doverspike was especially impressive considering it was the first time the two had performed together as a doubles team in competition. The duo breezed through the flight and dominated the final match, winning 8-1. “I think they played very well today. They came out hard ‌ and I think we got off to a really good start and we were able to control momentum. Yeah, it’s a new team, but I think there’s a lot of promise for them,â€? Pate said.

Perhaps to no other player does the term “promise� apply more than to Doverspike, a true freshman who put on a statement performance, winning his singles draw, as well

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Stroke forced Olson to retire

By Arthur H. Rotstein The Associated Press TUCSON | Lute Olson’s doctor said Tuesday that the former Arizona basketball coach had a stroke within the last year and he advised him to retire.

The comments by Dr. Steven Knope at a news conference called by Olson’s family offer the first explanation for Olson’s sudden retirement last week, two days after he appeared at the Wildcats’ media day. Olson said at the time he was energized and looking forward to his 25th season with Arizona.

Knope said an MRI confirmed the stroke in the frontal part of Olson’s brain, which left the Hall of Famer with severe depression and impaired judgment.

“This is a rather cruel twist of fate,” Knope said at a McKale Center news conference attended by two of Olson’s daughters, Jodi Brase and Christi Snyder.

“He is quite literally devastated,” Knope said. “He was doing great over the summer and very much wanted to

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fulfill his obligation to the community and the university.”

Knope said Olson is resting at home and is on a blood thinner, and he’s optimistic Olson will recover.

The announcement ended almost a year of speculation about Olson’s health. Rumors began to circulate when he took a leave of absence last season for what he later termed a “medical condition that was not life-threatening.”

Over the last few weeks, Knope said he had talked to Olson about retiring because Olson was struggling to handle his workload as preseason practice opened.

“He just couldn’t put the pieces together,” Knope said.

“He couldn’t do what he needed to do for the team.”

Knope said he ordered the MRI on Monday after Olson did not respond to recent treatment for depression.

“Unlike a typical stroke that you may imagine where someone is unable to walk or talk or move a limb, this stroke occurred in a part of the brain where much of his intellectual function and his motor

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as his doubles draw.

“It was good to see him kind of break out a little bit more and play good in singles.” Pate said. “He’s a great competitor.”

Doverspike said he was happy with his performance but was still his own biggest critic as he turned in his final tournament performance of the fall.

“I’m very pleased by how I played … coach Pate and I had a game plan that we had rehearsed a lot during practice and travel time … but I also think there’s still room to improve. I still have to learn a lot in doubles,” Doverspike said.

Doverspike credited his excellent doubles play to Matt Thibaudeau, who he called “pretty much my mentor” in doubles play.

“After the point, he was telling what I did wrong, if I did anything wrong,” Doverspike said. “That’s what coach Pate wants to do … he wants to pair the older guys with the younger guys and let the older guys teach the freshman such as myself how to play doubles the college way.”

Billy Mertz, the embattled fifth-year senior fighting back from a shoulder injury that sidelined him for all of the 20072008 season, also won his singles consolation draw.

“I think Billy Mertz playing singles in the top flight [was most encouraging],” Pate said.

“The team needs to know he’s back out there and playing healthy.”

Michael Jung and Trey Walston were the winners of the other doubles draw.

“They just kind of hung around and scrapped, and I think they kind of caught their stride [in the finals],” Pate said.

This was the final team event for the fall and ends the early portion of the team’s year.

Hooter’s Collegiate Match Play Championship again, but the tournament has a new twist for 2008.

In past years, the teams were automatically seeded according to ranking, and the heated one-on-one match play began immediately. This year, the first day of the tournament is 36 holes of stroke play, with only the top eight of 16 teams qualifying for the championship bracket match play.

With the stroke play portion counting toward the rankings, and the match play only deciphering head-to-head records in the past, Potter said this year’s tournament is

function was perfectly normal,” Knope said. “So it wasn’t quite apparent. The tipoff and the clue came in the last several weeks, when we began to treat what appeared to be a bout of depression that simply didn’t respond.”

Knope said he had treated Olson for depression in the last year, during which Olson went through a contentious divorce from his second wife, Christine.

In April, Olson appeared ready to return to the grind of major college coaching. Olson told his doctor, “I love the game, I can’t wait to get back,” Knope said.

But something had changed.

Knope said the coach had responded earlier to antidepressants but in the more recent bout he did not and also exhibited out-of-character behavior.

One public example came when a combative Olson sparred with reporters during the April news conference to announce his return. He typically had cool but cordial relations with the media.

“I think we can attribute that behavior to the stroke,” especially important.

“I’ve got a little different perspective [this year],” he said. “It used to be that it was just fun — you could kind of take some chances and go for broke. The stoke play portion of it is going to be a lot more important than what we’ve done in the past.”

Match play tournaments are quite rare in college golf, with the bulk of tournaments being held in stroke-play format.

Alabama freshman Brooke Pancake, who signed with the Tide the week after last year’s tournament, said match play brings a different kind of competitive nature out of golfers than stroke play.

“It’s just a different mentality when you go out there,” she said. “It’s a lot more competitiveness, one-on-one

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Knope said.

At media day last week, Olson expressed contrition about his behavior that day.

“I’ve wished I had that hour back many times,” he said.

Olson’s hands have trembled in recent years, prompting rumors that he has Parkinson’s disease. Knope said Olson suffers from a benign condition called familial tremor but does not have Parkinson’s.

“There is no dementia going on in coach Olson,” Knope said. “He had a mental status exam two days ago, and he scored almost perfectly.”

Knope said Olson is still accepting that his health forced him to retire. Knope said the coach is “beating himself up” for leaving the team shortly before the season.

“I can’t tell you how much Lute wishes he were here today,” Knope said.

Olson’s interim replacement, Russ Pennell, expressed his support.

“Today’s news, as odd as this may sound, is comforting only in that he now knows what he’s up against as he works to return to good health,” Pennell said. instead of just playing the golf course.”

Although the tournament is technically a matchplay event, Potter said, with such a strong field, the most important thing is going to be qualifying well in stroke play to avoid a brutal first-round match up in the eight-team match play.

This tournament is the Tide’s last of the fall season, and Ekey said she expects even more from her team in the spring.

“We’ve had a good fall, but I also think our fall could have been better,” Ekey said. “[This tournament] will give us something good to look forward to in the spring, because I think a lot of good things are going to happen in the spring.”

Thursday, October 30, 2008

SPORTS in brief

CBS to televise LSU game The SEC office announced that CBS Sports will televise the Alabama-LSU game on Saturday, Nov. 8 from Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La. Kickoff will be at 2:30 p.m.

The LSU game marks the Tide’s seventh television appearance of the 2008 season and the third on CBS. The Tide has also appeared on television against Clemson (ABC), Arkansas (Raycom), Georgia (ESPN) and Tennessee (ESPN).

ESPN has asked for its sixday option on Nov. 8 and will choose between Florida at Vanderbilt and Georgia at

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Kentucky, which will kickoff at 7 p.m. Raycom Sports will televise the game not selected by ESPN at 11:30 a.m.

Exhibition game rescheduled

The women’s basketball exhibition game against West Alabama has been moved from Nov. 8 to Nov. 7 at 6 p.m.

Fans can catch their first glimpse of the 2008-09 Tide women’s basketball team Nov. 5 during the Crimson & White match. The event will begin at 7 p.m. and admission is free. The first regular-season contest for Alabama is slated for Nov. 14 when Coleman Coliseum welcomes Centenary College at 6 p.m.

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‘Rocky Horror’ plays on Quad at Bama Theatre Kelsey Stein Lifestyles Reporter

“I would like, if I may, to take you on a strange journey,” one character says in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” That is exactly what is promised for anyone who chooses to attend a showing of “Rocky Horror,” a film released in 1975.

“Rocky Horror” is a “rockmusical send-up of old sciencefiction and horror films,” according to the official fan Web site, www.rockyhorror.com.

The site also describes the film as the first and only film in which the audience can participate. Participation includes people dressing up as characters from the film, acting out the film on stage and shouting lines at the screen while the film plays.

Many viewers use an assortment of props at specified times in the movie, from shooting water

pistols to simulate rain to snapping rubber gloves to flinging toast in the air.

One showing of “Rocky Horror” will take place on the Quad tonight from 7 to 10:30 p.m., and admission is free. University Programs is hosting the event, which includes free food, drinks and candy.

A costume contest will take place for anyone who wishes to enter, and participants are not required to dress up as characters from “Rocky Horror.”

The winners, chosen by the UP Board, will receive cash prizes: $150 for first place, $100 for second and $50 for third.

This year marks the first time UP has held a showing of “Rocky Horror.” Rachel Kelly, film director for UP, said they chose to host one this year because the outdoor movie events they planned last spring were so successful.

“When it came around to

Quad: tonight from 7 to 10:30 p.m., free admission

Bama Theatre: Friday at 9:30 p.m., $10 for admission and $5 for a prop bag planning something fun and different for my October event, I went back to something I knew would work, but I added a few twists,” Kelly said of her choice to show “Rocky Horror.”

Kelly said UP is expecting from 150 to more than 300 people to attend, many of whom have seen the film before. They will distribute prop bags free of charge to encourage people to participate and act out parts of the film.

Another showing of “Rocky Horror” will take place at 9:30 p.m.

on Friday at the Bama Theatre in downtown Tuscaloosa. Tickets cost $10, and prop bags are $5.

The Pink Box Burlesque and wellthatscool.com are sponsoring the event, which also includes a costume contest.

Henri Cheramie, a senior majoring in telecommunication and film, will participate in the showing by playing the parts of Eddie and Dr. Scott.

“It’s a tradition for ‘Rocky Horror’ that a cast plays on stage while the film plays on the screen,” Cheramie said.

He said that everyone should attend a showing of “Rocky Horror,” even if they are a fanatic that has seen it a hundred times.

“Rocky Horror” is a very unique experience, both exciting and funny, and something you don’t see much of in Tuscaloosa.

“It’s not the best movie, but it’s recognizable,” Cheramie said. “The film lends itself to

rockymusic.org “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” will be screening tonight at 7 on the Quad and at the Bama Theatre at 9:30 p.m. Friday.

audience participation and cre- are a lot of people in fishnets and ates a community. Also, there high heels.”

Mardi Gras documentary screens at Bama

By Tyler Deierhoi Contributing Writer The Tuscaloosa Arts Council, in co-sponsorship with the College of Communication and Information Sciences, will present the documentary “The Order of Myths,” tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Bama Theatre.

The documentary, directed by Mobile-native Margaret Brown, sheds light on the history and current state of the Mardi Gras celebration. Brown found success in 2004 with the release of her directorial debut, “Be Here To Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt.” She has familial ties to Mardi Gras — her mother was the white Mardi Gras queen in 1966.

Mobile is home to the oldest Mardi Gras celebration in America. The first ball took place in 1704 and the earliest

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Brown, who will be introducing her film tonight, had originally planned to film a narrative and portray a story.

“I was writing a script and a number of my friends encouraged me to go back to Mobile and do the research there. I found that the people I met were more interesting than anything I could make up,” she said.

Brown described the film as a vérité documentary, focusing on simply observing reality. She also said the film was open for interpretation.

“I don’t want the film to make a point. I want it to start

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dialogue,” she said.

The crew ran into a number of difficulties during filming.

Brown mentioned an incident in which the crew was expected to attend one of the balls in formal wear, which led to Brown spending the evening lugging around film equipment while wearing a ball gown and high heels.

The film has since been nom inated for the Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize.

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By Liz Lane Fashion Columnist

It’s scary how inexpensive these Halloween costumes are. Charley Wood and myself, both design majors at the University, were given a budget of $10 to create a fast, cheap and easy Halloween costume. We know you are busy, with, um, studying, but take a 10-minute break and a Hamilton, and get into character.

Night life THURSDAY • Egan’s — Baak Gwai • Little Willie’s — Tom Wolfe and Mark Lanter • The Legacy — The Gnomes • Mellow Mushroom — The Electric Mudd

FRIDAY • Egan’s Spooktacular — Mansfield, Universe, James Spann and The Suspenders • Jupiter Bar & Grill — The Ugli Stick • Little Willie’s — Mother Pandora • The Legacy — Azz Izz • Mellow Mushroom — The Great Big No

SATURDAY • Egan’s — Skullduggery • Little Willie’s — Bullitt Reunion II • The Legacy — The Ray Brothers

HOMECOMING ACTIVITIES • Friday — Bonfire on the Quad, 7 p.m.

Hank Williams, Jr. concert at Coleman Coliseum, 8 p.m.

• Saturday — Football vs. Arkansas State at Bryant-Denny, 2 p.m.

THE FABULOUS FLAPPER — DESIGNED BY LIZ LANE

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oar into any party in a little • Play with the leftover fabric. Rap? number like this.

This one has a flower made from the bottom.

Dress: $3, America’s Thrift Store • If you’re feeling daring, take some Directions: scissors to the neckline to get the • Find a bridesmaid’s dress that desired look. fits. It’s going to cost you between $3 and $10 at America’s Thrift Feather: $1, Hobby Lobby Store.

Directions: • What sets a flapper apart? Oh la • Simply put in hair with bobby la, they showed some leg! Put the pins. dress on, and get a friend to cut around the bottom. Draw a line if Feel free to elaborate on this it helps. any way you want. Bedazzle it • To hem, you can do a quick hand- with sequins, a hot-glue gun and stitching job. Remember, it doesn’t friends. have to last but a night. You can Not only is the dress idea cheap also buy stitch witchery, a fabric and easy, but it’s also environmenadhesive found at most craft stores. tally friendly, using recycled clothDirections are on the package. ing. Happy Green Halloween!

GOD’S GIFT TO WOMEN — DESIGNED BY CHARLEY WOOD

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or the guy who thought they to Women.” were not going to dress up • Attach card by stapling or stitch— until now. ing it to bow.

• Attach card to shirt with a safety T-shirt: $3, Hobby Lobby pin.

Directions: • Viola! You are God’s gift to women • Umm, put it on? If that’s too dif- — as long as you don’t forget your ficult, you may still need your own pants. parents to supervise your trick-ortreating.

This is the perfect last-minute costume. Keep in mind you could Bow: $4 Hobby Lobby also be God’s gift to men.

Now there is no excuse. Take Blank card: $1 advantage of the holiday by dressing for the occasion in under $10. I Directions: promise, dressing up does not have • Write on the card, “From God, to be that frightening.