TUESDAY NOVEMBER 5, 2013 VOLUME 120 ISSUE 51 Serving The University of Alabama since 1894
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60 percent of freshmen out-of-state Scholarships biggest incentive for students from around the country By Jordan Cissell | Contributing Writer
make up the University’s out-of-state student body, 47 percent of the total enrollment. Fair, now a biology major, is president of The 49, an out-of-state student organization. As the number of scholarships The University of Alabama awards grows each year, so does number of out-of-state students. This fall, out-of-state, overseas military and foreign enrollees comprised 60 percent of the fall 2013 freshman class, according to data provided by the Office of Institutional Research. And while those 4,048 out-of-state freshmen come from all over, the large majority, like Fair, calls one of the
When Douglas Fair, a junior at The University of Alabama, first considered the University, he said it was scholarship offers that caught his eye. Fair, originally from Knoxville, Tenn., eventually decided to give the campus a visit. “Once you come down here, it’s hard not to want to come back,” he said. In the end, Fair joined the 16,298 students that
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four states contiguous to Alabama home – Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and Mississippi. Of those states, 535 students came from Georgia, 359 came from Florida, 216 came from Tennessee, and 78 came from Mississippi. Of the top five states represented in the freshman class’s out-of-state total, only Texas (second) and California (fifth) do not share a border with Alabama. Texas produced 367 enrollees, and California produced 206. At the other end of the spectrum, North Dakota and Wyoming have the smallest representation in the freshman class, each producing one enrollee. Montana and SEE ENROLLMENT PAGE 9
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NEWS | CITY PLANNING
Suspicious envelope deemed not a threat
City planner speaks on walkability in Tuscaloosa
Rose Administration receives questionable package Monday By Andy McWhorter | Assistant News Editor The University of Alabama Police Department and Tuscaloosa Fire and Rescue were called to Rose Administration Building around 4:30 p.m. Monday when a University employee suffered a stinging sensation on her hand after opening an envelope with an unusual odor, Chris Bryant, assistant director of media relations, said. A further examination of the envelope later that night found it to be a normal package and no further cause for concern. The International Admissions office was evacuated after emergency services were contacted, Bryant said. However, Deborah Lane, associate vice president for university relations, said no one was evacuated from the building. Fire and Rescue servicemen donned hazmat suits to remove the suspicious envelope, and emergency vehicle lights could be seen flashing outside Rose Administration Building at least an hour and a half after
the incident. “An employee in the international admissions office opened an envelope, and it had a rather pungent smell,” Lane said. “She reached in and pulled it out, felt a little itchy. So out of an abundance of caution, they called UAPD, and, following our typical procedure, Tuscaloosa Fire and Rescue was called, they removed the substance, and that’s about what happened. “The hazmat people take substances like that, remove them from the room, and then they’ll do some testing on it.” Lane said the employee, whose name was not released, was not taken to the hospital and most likely went home since it was the end of the work day. “The employee is fine,” Bryant said. “No one was taken to the hospital, and no one was injured.” Tuscaloosa Fire and Rescue employees declined to comment on the incident, deferring to University media relations. Bryant said it is not unusual for this office to receive envelopes from all over the world. “We’re just being abundantly careful, which you have to be these days sadly,” Lane said.
and was organized in part by PlanFirst, a UA Honors College class dealing with city planning for non-majors. In his 45-minute lecture about the current state of American cities and how they compare to cities around the world, Speck also talked about the current climate of thought surrounding city development and urban living. Speck said there is a growing trend among the younger generations who desire to live in a walkable, urban environment. He said one in four 19-year-olds are now opting out of getting their driver’s license and 77 percent are interested in living in urban areas. Speck said the trend among millennials may be due to the culture the generation has been raised in with urban shows like “Seinfeld” or “How I Met Your Mother,” rather than the suburban set shows like “The Brady Bunch.” Millennials are not the only ones interested in walkable urban areas, however. Speck said older people often want to live in a place where they can remain active even when they can no longer drive. “At some point, people have to stop driving,” Speck said. “Older people want to live in a
Environmental factors, urban culture draw millenials to cities By Mark Hammontree | News Editor Improving Tuscaloosa’s walkability can have significant impact on the city’s economy, its footprint and the health of its residents, said Jeff Speck, a city planner and architectural designer. Speck, who has been featured on NPR, given a TED talk and has been involved in the planning of numerous city centers and communities including Rosemary Beach, spoke to a large crowd of University of Alabama students and Tuscaloosa residents at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center on Monday night about the benefits of planning a city by considering walking as transportation versus driving. “The key to having a walkable city is where driving is seen as a freedom rather than a necessity,” Speck said. “It’s a question of, ‘If your car didn’t work, could you survive?’” Speck’s lecture was part of a community event sponsored by the Honors College and the Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility
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