WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 6, 2013 VOLUME 120 ISSUE 53 Serving The University of Alabama since 1894
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Does not offer an all-vegan station
Does not have an allvegan dining facility
Includes es a vegan member on udent advisory board its student
Does not label vegan desserts
Offers nondairy milk
Labels vegan entrees
Does not partner with students to distribute vegan food
Participates in Meatless Mondays
Offers at least one vegan entree at every meal
Promotes vegan options CW | Austin Bigoney and Daniel Roth
NOT JUST A DIET The University niversity of Alabama receives ‘B’ on Peta2’s 2013 Vegan Report Card for campus dining halls By Alexandra Ellsworth | Staff Reporter When Julia Whitten walks into the Ferguson Center to eat lunch, she does not join the long line of students waiting for Chick-fil-A or Subway. Instead, she fixes a salad or grabs vegan noodles from the refrigerated section in the food court. Whitten, a sophomore majoring in environmental science and Spanish, is one of 2.5 percent of Americans who are vegan, according to statistics reported by PETA. She has been a vegan for about two years. “At this point, I really love it,” she said. “It’s
been really awesome and very worthwhile when I think about how what I do impacts the environment.” Though 2.5 percent may seem like a small percentage, the Huffington Post reported that interest in veganism may in fact be growing. According to the article, the number of Americans who are vegan has more than doubled in the last three years. Veganism, which is refraining from using or eating animals or animal products, is becoming more popular on college campuses as well, according to PETA. Peta2, PETA’s youth division, surveyed more than 2,000 colleges
TODAYON CAMPUS Campus lecture WHAT: Brown Bag Lecture: ‘Feederism’ WHEN: Noon WHERE: 151 Nott Hall
and universities and ranked them on veganfriendliness. The University of Alabama scored a B, one of four schools in the state to do so out of 24 ranked. The University met six of the 10 requirements. The scores were based on whether the school offered at least one vegan entree at every meal, offered nondairy milk, labeled vegan entrees, included a vegan member on its student advisory board, promoted vegan options, participated in Meatless Mondays, labeled vegan desserts, partnered with students to distribute vegan food, offered an all-vegan station and had an all-vegan dining facility. The surveys
WHAT: Student Recital feat. Matthew Chambless, trumpet WHEN: 5:30 p.m. WHERE: Moody Music Building
City Council votes to pause rezoning Student Housing Task Force request approved Tuesday The Tuscaloosa City Council voted unanimously Tuesday evening to temporarily pause all residential rezoning and construction projects in the area surrounding The University of Alabama campus. The council approved the initial
of no construction until the task force releases its final recommendations. “It is a positive step in the right direction,” Mayor Walt Maddox said. “But we have to look at this as a beginning.” Other recommendations approved in the resolution were to update the comprehensive plan, study the potential use of impact fees, eliminate a provision in the landscape ordinance that interferes with parking in SEE CITY COUNCIL PAGE 2
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Submitted Student Ashley Combs pariticipates in the SkiBama team, not allowing her diagnosis to limit her capabilities.
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WHAT: Dance Alabama! WHEN: 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Morgan Hall Auditorium
You can’t tell by looking at her, and she probably won’t tell you, but Ashley Combs is living with cystic fibrosis. She lives her life just as any other college student would, and she doesn’t let her illness stop her from achieving her dreams. “It’s definitely shaped who I am. It’s given me a lot of wisdom beyond my years, and it’s put my family and I through challenges that most
people don’t face, so that’s made me extremely goal-oriented and relatively focused,” Combs said. “I have a lot that I’ve realized that I want to accomplish because of what I’ve dealt with.” The Colorado native, a sophomore majoring in psychology, is a member of the water ski team, SkiBama. At the team’s most recent competition, Collegiate Nationals, Combs was SkiBama’s top jumper. Cystic fibrosis is a terminal illness all infants are tested for at birth. It affects the lungs and digestive
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WHAT: ‘Bama Girl’ Screening WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Ferguson Theater
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WHAT: Spanish Movie Night: ‘West Side Story’ WHEN: 6:30 p.m. WHERE: 203 B.B. Comer Hall
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recommendations of the Student Housing Task Force, which included a pause approval of rezoning or construction for any areas outside of “the box,” which is the area bordered by Queen City Avenue on the west, 15th Street on the south, McFarland Boulevard on the east and the Black Warrior River on the north – essentially the immediate area surrounding The University of Alabama campus. The City Council voted unanimously to amend the resolution to include “the box” in the area
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were sent to four-year public and private colleges and universities with a dining program. Kenneth Montville, colleges campaign coordinator for Peta2, said the goal of the survey was to encourage colleges and universities to think about what they were offering vegetarians and vegan students. “In past years, we’ve given awards to schools promoting the most vegan food options, but this year we decided to go one step further and look at every school in the country,” he said. “Not only we are showing the top schools, but
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