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TV anchor to lecture on diversity By Jasmine Cannon Senior Staff Reporter jmcannon@crimson.ua.edu Award winning journalist and anchor Soledad O’Brien will speak to students Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Ballroom. O’Brien’s talk, “Diversity: On TV, Behind the Scenes and In

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Where did Occupy Wall Street movement originate? By Rich Robinson Staff Reporter rarobinson2@crimson.ua.edu

As the Occupy Wall Street movement enters November, many around campus, and even the country, do not seem to fully understand it. However, some Alabama students, including Lucie Enns, a senior majoring in political science, have taken part in the protests. “On campus there is a lot of apathy, and this was my outlet for my activism,” she said. According to the popular and, by most counts, official website for the demonstrations, occupywallst.org, the protests are apart of a “leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors, genders and political persuasions.” The website goes on to explain that, “The one thing we all have in common is that We Are The 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%.” Occupy Wall Street has

organized during a period of increased political engagement and unease in the United States. On Feb. 19, 2009, CNBC financial analyst Rick Santelli ignited what would be known as the Tea Party movement. “The government is promoting bad behavior,” Santelli said. “We’re thinking of having a Chicago Tea Party. All you capitalists that want to show up to Lake Michigan, I’m gonna start organizing, we’re going to be dumping in some derivative securities.” Eight days later, Tea Party protests took place in 48 cities across the country. This newfound political energy on the right wing of the American electorate helped fuel the landslide victory for Republicans in the 2010 midterm elections. After the election of many conservative leaders, liberals have slowly begun to organize in opposition of their perceived extreme agendas.

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UA student gets class credit for becoming involved in protest By Rich Robinson Staff Reporter rarobinson2@crimson.ua.edu While many UA students watch the Occupy Wall Street protests from afar, one has jumped onto its front lines and is receiving class credit for doing so. Henry Perkins, a junior in New College, has been receiving credit for his occupation of Zuccotti Park since October and is embracing the opportunity. “I’m sort of the luckiest guy in town,” Perkins said. “I saw what was happening on the Internet and knew that I needed to be there.” Perkins is politically progressive and was sympathetic to the fledging movement during its infancy. “It was a week into it when I decided to go,” Perkins said from New York. “My view is that [the protestors] are fighting for everybody to be nice, which I am all about.” Perkins’s decisions were

not without consequence, though. “I had to drop French 103 and Asian civilization to do this, but I’m getting credit for New 100, New 492, New 216 and I am also getting an independent research credit.” Perkins moved to New York during the first week of October and currently lives in less than ideal circumstances. “I live on a marble bench,” Perkins said. “It feels like home despite the back pain. I’ve got a sleeping bag and a table above me on the bench, and I also have a broken cot and tarp walls.” He also said he had not showered in weeks and that the glamorous life of a protestor turns out to be non-existent on Wall Street. “You wake up and somebody takes a picture of you and then you go to the McDonald’s to use the bathroom.” Perkins said.

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Tide wins exhibition game against UAH By Laura Owens Senior Sports Reporter lkowens@crimson.ua.edu @laurako_O

The Alabama men’s basketball team started off its season by unofficially keeping its home winning streak alive with a 67-60 win against the Alabama-Huntsville Chargers in Coleman Coliseum. “I think coming into the game, the thing I tried to emphasize to the guys was there needed to be a great sense of urgency in terms of our ability to defend their action,” head coach Anthony Grant said. “Very difficult team to defend…I thought overall we did a pretty good job on the defensive end.” With an attendance of 11,662 on Monday night, senior JaMychal Green was the team’s leading scorer with 21 points, making eight field goals and one three-pointer. Sophomore Tony Mitchell led the team in reboundle this

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in America,” said Lowell Davis, assistant dean of students. “We need to have hard conversations with students on campus, and I don’t know if we necessarily do enough of that. We need to give students honest answers.” O’Brien is well known for her award-winning “In America” documentaries. Journalism professor George Daniels has done work with O’Brien on the series in the past. Daniels has helped to organize viewings and discussions on installments of “Black in America” and “Latino in America.” “The idea of having her on our campus to have some discussion about not only diversity in the projects she’s producing, but in the journalism field, I think is outstanding,” Daniels said. One of the partners hosting the event is Capstone Conversations, whose goal is to bring all colleges and students together through conversation and nationally acclaimed speakers twice a school year. “After Cornel West came to campus, we decided the University of Alabama needed to take some efforts to bring people of his caliber to campus on a regular basis or at least more frequently,” Davis said.

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Film explores rivalry drama ESPN documentary explores storied history of Iron Bowl By Kyle Kozak Contributing Writer In some places they watch football. In Alabama, they live it. Tonight, a nationwide audience will get to watch how they live when ESPN airs the documentary “Roll Tide/ War Eagle” at 7 p.m. The film, directed by Martin Khodabakshian, follows the rivalry between Alabama and Auburn from its roots in 1893 to last year’s Auburn comeback in Bryant-Denny. Its story focuses on the past two years, in which the state has produced two national champions and two Heisman Trophy winners, along with the controversies, devastations and triumphs that have come along with them. A group of 700 descended on a neutral site – the Alabama Theatre in Birmingham – on Nov. 1 to watch the film’s opening. It was a scene more reminiscent of a pep rally than a Hollywood-style premier, as chants of “Roll Tide” and “War Eagle” erupted during the movie. The documentary features a wide range of figures in the rivalry, from coaches and former players to media personalities and hardcore fanatics.

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ing with 10, eight of those defensive. Mitchell also had 13 points, giving him a double-double. For the game, the team shot 49 percent from the field and 41 percent behind the arc. Five different Crimson Tide players made a three-pointer, including freshmen Rodney Cooper and Trevor Lacey, sophomores Trevor Releford and Charles Hankerson and senior JaMychal Green. Defensively, Alabama held UAH to 39 percent field goal shooting and 26 percent in threepoint shots. In typical early-season Grant fashion, the five players actually playing rotated in rapid succession. While the starters for the game were Green, Mitchell, Releford, Cooper and freshman Levi Randolph, 11 total players saw the court in the exhibition game.

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They provide insight into the rivalry that even the most fervent fans will appreciate. “I think there are a lot of things people think they know, that once they hear it from the horses’ mouths, it may either enlighten them, or make them feel a little different or reinforce how they feel about the horses,” Khodabakshain said. After the film, the reaction was positive from both Alabama and Auburn fans. “I really enjoyed it,” said Chris Liebe, a junior from Auburn. “They did a great job covering both sides. It was really fantastic.” “I thought it was awesome,” said Shannon Piggott, a senior at Alabama. “It went through the rivalries, but it was kind of a happy ending.” The idea behind the documentary came from the film’s producer, Joe Tessitore. As an analyst, Tessitore covered the 2011 BCS National Championship and both Heisman Trophy ceremonies for ESPN. “I witnessed everything that happened over the two years first hand,” Tessitore said. “I remember saying, ‘this is absolutely surreal.’”

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Sensing the pent up energy Continued from page 1 on the left wing, Kalle Lasn, a Canadian activist and founder of the anti-consumerist magazine Adbusters, registered the domain name occupywallst.org on June 9, 2011. Adbusters then began to organize an event to be held on Sept. 17, Constitution Day, in Zuccotti Park, a privately owned park located a block away from Wall Street. The movement has been steadily growing ever since. “This is a leaderless and peaceful movement without demands at this time,” said Mark Ohtura, a New Yorker who has attended the Protests in Zuccotti Park. “We support no candidate, no party and no platform.” Enns added to the sentiment of Ohtura’s with her own reason for occupying. “I’m not protesting Wall Street, I think that Wall

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Street is vital to the American economic system. But the widening divide between the rich and the middle class is getting worse.” Aaron Van Scyoc, a freshman at St. Johns University in Queens, has also been to the protests and said the point of the movement is not necessarily to send a specific message. “I saw anti-war protesters, universal healthcare supporters, environmentalists, gay rights activists, education advocates, amnesty supporters and those protesting our nation’s drug policy,” Van Scyoc said. However, Van Scyoc also believes that the overwhelming sentiment of the group is on reforming the nation’s financial system. The movement has spread across the country, with large protests being held in hundreds of cities and communities. Last week in Oakland, thousands of people joined together

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in an attempt to shut down the city. Students stayed home from school, as did teachers and some longshoremen from the port of Oakland, which is the fifth busiest in the nation. Last Tuesday, a few hundred protestors marched to a Bank of America branch in Miami to close their bank accounts with the company. Even Tuscaloosa is not exempt from the growing movement, as Occupy Tuscaloosa is slowly being organized online. Many have viewed the protestors as a mix of rabble-rousers, hippies and political radicals who are engaging in a social class war. And the news has not always been positive for the group, as exemplified by the arrest of Tonye Iketubosin last week. Iketubosin is accused of raping two fellow protestors, one 18 and the other 17. But Enns said not all protestors are up to the standards of

Lindsay Lohan out of jail after serving less than ﬁve hours From MCTcampus Lindsay Lohan was out of jail Monday after serving 4 1/2 hours of a 30-day sentence for violating her probation in jewelry-theft and drunken-driving cases. Lohan entered the Century Regional Facility in Lynwood at 8:58 p.m. Sunday and was released before 2 a.m. Monday, riding away in a chauffeurdriven Cadillac Escalade.

She served only a short amount of time because of jail overcrowding and because her offense was nonviolent and came with a sentence of fewer than 90 days, officials said. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner allowed her to avoid a lengthy jail sentence last week, but warned Lohan that she could spend more time in jail if she slips up again.

Members of the New York Police Department keep protesters involved in Occupy Wall Street on the sidewalks during a recent march. MCT | Carolyn Cole the group, and that “the movement has been infiltrated by people who are going to give it a bad reputation.” “My cousin’s husband is one of those rich bankers, and we

stayed in their home when we were in New York, so this is not a personal thing for me,” she said. “With so many issues, I don’t think class warfare is the way to solve the problem.”

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also have a library, which is very cool, and our own security force.” With his final projects not due until December, Perkins said he has time to soak up more of the movement. “These are the best people that I’ve ever met,” Perkins said. “Age, race and religion have stopped mattering in the park. This is the best I’ve ever felt; my life is filled with purpose.” Perkins also has some advice for all students at Alabama. “Drop out of school and come to New York. I recommend that everybody does that.”

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He said that when he is not eating at the various fast food restaurants in lower Manhattan, he is either protesting or working. “I’m writing all the time up here,” Perkins said. “I handwrite my experiences and then transcribe them onto an email to my professors whenever I can get a chance to be on a computer. “We have food and clothes that are donated by supporters and passersby,” he said. “We

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All students, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend the event that focuses on an important part of American culture. Daniels said the event brings someone to an environment that has had issues with addressing racial and ethnic diversity, while providing the opportunity to interact with someone who’s experienced it first hand. “[People should come] because they need to hear from the horse’s mouth why an AfroCuban named Soledad O’Brien is the face of an unprecedented effort to bring issues of race, ethnicity and other kinds of diversity, the untold stories to air,”

Daniels said. “I think often times students don’t understand the importance of going to hear someone who has expertise in a field,” Davis said. “I think to hear her story, to hear how she became a journalist on CNN, to understand why she reports what she reports and why she selects her topics for her documentaries is important for students to understand and listen to.” O’Brien has worked for the network since 2003 according to cnn.com. She has also been an anchor for NBC News and MSNBC. O’Brien’s new documentary and latest installment of the Black in America series, “The New Promised Land: Silicon Valley,” will air on CNN Nov. 13 at 7 p.m.

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Study shows Bama bringing sexy, healthy back By Jordan Cissell Contributing Writer Paris need not worry about Tuscaloosa usurping its claim to the title of “City of Love” just yet, but the results of a recent study show the University of Alabama is demonstrating significant improvement in sexual health. The Trojan Sexual Health Report Card, which annually measures the availability of sexual health resources at over 140 college campuses nationwide, ranked the University No. 38 in the country in this year’s study, up from No. 48 in 2010. Alabama finished fifth in the SEC. The University couldn’t quite measure up to Florida (first in the SEC, eighth overall) but handily outperformed Auburn (12th, 120th). Trojan recruited Bert Sperling, known for his work with BestPlaces.net, to head the research for the Report Card. Sperling, who has directed the study since 2006, pointed to 13 specific criteria by which each school was graded, including contraceptive availability, sources of anonymous advice for students, sexual assault programs and peer support groups. “We were really looking at the availability of sexual health information,” he said. “As well as the kind of information that is available, specifically from the

schools’ student health centers.” According to Sperling, researchers began by contacting administrators and health center officials by phone and through a two-page questionnaire. These evaluations were followed by investigations of health centers’ websites from an “average student’s point of view.” He said no students were interviewed for the study to respect privacy. The results of the self-report methods and website inspection were combined to assign schools a 1-10 rating for each of the 13 criteria. The average of these scores determined each university’s sexual health “GPA.” Sperling attributed the University’s 10-point jump in the standings to the improved availability of information about contraceptives on the Student Health Center website. He said that student peer groups also play a prominent role in the promotion of sexual wellness and awareness at Alabama. Though he commended the University’s positive performance, Sperling also wanted to convey that Alabama has plenty of room for improvement. “The lowest score you got was on the anonymous advice section,” he said. “It’s a very important thing to have some sort of anonymous, public forum for students to ask questions and get answers.”

The availability of information regarding sexual assault was another of the University’s key weaknesses. Sperling indicated the need for the clearer display of the sexual violence hotline number on the SHC website. Margaret Garner, Assistant Dean for Health Education and Outreach in the College of Community Health Sciences and Director of Health Promotion and Wellness at the SHC, felt that researchers “may not be taking the time to delve deeply enough into the availability of resources” to University students. “Students have access to sexual health information from places other than websites,” she said. “The SHC organizes activities throughout the year to engage students in thinking about and practicing sexual health.” In addition to the resources available on the SHC website, Garner pointed to the SHC’s Health Hut program as one of the key tools helping to bring the message of sexual wellness to students. Elle Shaaban-Magaña, Director of the Women’s Resource Center, said in an emailed statement that the WRC “responds to crisis involving interpersonal violence 24 hours a day.” “[Hotline] numbers are listed on the WRC website, websites across campus and various

UA professor studies tornado effects By Jessica Ruffin Contributing Writer jeruffin@crimson.ua.edu UA Professor James Hamilton is conducting a study called the “Silver Lining Project,” which aims to study the prolonged psychological effects of the April 27 tornado. The first part of the study, examining the effects six months after the storm, has just begun. Hamilton, a professor in the department of psychology, is conducting the study in order to study how the effects of the storm affect the overall adjustment of the students afterwards. “The plan is to collect data now, again in April 2012, and again in April 2013,” Hamilton said. “The recruitment emails have already been sent out to students crimson email addresses and about 300 of the 800 have completed the current round of data collection.” These email invitations are not part of a scam, something Hamilton said he is trying to stress to everyone in order to gain as much participation as possible. Those who partake will be paid $40 for their participation in the study, which will be conducted through an online survey. Hamilton went on to say that

the students invited to complete the survey were introductory psychology students who participated in Hamilton’s study last year, entitled Psychology Research Screening. The study was comprised of 10 surveys which studied emotions, social relations and the physical or mental health of the students. Since the majority of the students were present in Tuscaloosa when the tornado hit, Hamilton said this set up an ideal opportunity to evaluate these characteristics of the students before the storm as compared to their same characteristics after the storm. “Because one can never predict such things, the only way you ever get good data to compare folks before and after a disaster is if it happens by accident,” Hamilton said. “Because this is a good thing that resulted from the storm we have called our work the Silver Lining Project - every cloud has a silver lining.” According to the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, survivors of disasters are more likely to experience readjustment issues if they directly experience or witness severe environmental devastation or the loss of home,

valued possessions, neighborhood or community. These circumstances are directly relevant to the April 27 tornado and Hamilton hopes that his study may show these connections between the storm and the readjustment problems of students. “When the study is done we will be able to learn about who develops psychological problems as a result of a disaster experience, and the specific psychological mechanisms that are responsible for that happening,” Hamilton said. “We also hope to make basic scientific advances such as learning about how a major life event like the tornado affects core personality characteristics in young adults.” Many students who have heard about the study are curious to see the outcome. Sarah Mustion, a junior majoring in public relations, heard about the study recently and said she wondered how the characteristics of students would be affected. “It’s a very interesting study and I’m definitely looking forward to seeing how much of an impact the tornado has on the personality traits of students,” Mustion said. “Considering how much the tornado impacted the everyday lives of many people, I think we’ll see some changes.”

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brochures,” she said. “Services are confidential and are at no charge to the clients.” Garner considered the study to be more of an advertisement for Trojan than an altruistic prescription for change. “It seems like they are just looking to sell their product,” she said, “and [the SHC] doesn’t promote specific brands.” Sperling countered Garner’s view with the argument that his research team maintained independent operation from Trojan throughout the study. “[Trojan] asked us to do the study, and we came up with all of the methodology and performed all of the research ourselves,” he said. Bruce Tetreault, Trojan group product manager, argued, “public health and [Trojan’s] interests align.” “Our name being attached to the study adds credibility to the issue,” he said. “Being the leading U.S. condom manufacturer,

we have a responsibility to promote sexual health awareness.” All parties agreed on the importance of sexual health information and programs being available to college students. “Student well-being and safety is our foremost concern,” Garner said. “We are constantly looking for new ways to make information available.” Though she stressed that it was not created in reaction to the

Report Card, Garner previewed a new relationship program that the SHC is investigating for implementation in the spring semester. Tetreault applauded the University’s improvement. “Good job, University of Alabama,” he said. “Your jump in the standing’s demonstrates that UA students care about sexual health and the resources that are available to them.”

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PSU ofﬁcials should be held responsible

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{ YOUR VIEW } WEB COMMENTS IN RESPONSE TO, “STUDENT SECTION NEEDS TO GET ITS ACT TOGETHER” “As an LSU student, I fully agree with this article. Sure it is a loss, but you should always keep your head held up high.” —JB

“I would just like to point out that it is nearly impossible to not be upset after a game like that. Yes, everyone should stand up behind the team and sing the ﬁght song, but you canʼt expect people to not be upset. Especially when they stood in that massive mob of students several hours before the gates even opened. The student section gave it their all during that game, and while I agree that throwing things on the ﬁeld is classless, I think telling them to be ashamed of themselves for being upset is ridiculous.” — Fey2021

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Alabama’s invisible tradition shines By Michael Patrick @MikeJohnPat The Alabama tradition has never been televised, and is not sponsored by O’Charley’s, Taco Bell or Tiffin Motorhomes. The Alabama tradition can’t be found in Bryant-Denny Stadium or Coleman Coliseum, and it cannot be seen from the top of Rose Towers. Our tradition can’t be purchased at Gallettes, can’t be found in the awful food we continue to eat at Buffalo Phil’s and it doesn’t go better with a Coca-Cola. The real tradition of the University of Alabama is found in people – people that have been cultivated by members of the community and have an understanding of the Capstone’s problems and a drive to fix them. The Alabama tradition can be found in an SGA candidate that changed everything. In 2009, Kendra Key ran for SGA President and brought a record number of student voters. Key was a candidate that people believed was worth the effort they put in, and she was able to building a volunteer base that put the fear of God in her opponents. Key fought long, hard and smart against a chorus of cynics and climate of corruption. Key was able

to convince an unprecedented amount of people what she knew she was capable of changing. And while Steven Oliver’s picture hangs in the President’s Room on the third floor of the Ferguson Center, Key’s name is synonymous with “progress” and “change.” Freshmen who have arrived years after Key has been gone from the Capstone still know who she is and what she means. Key may not realize it, but she is more than a person to the UA student body. She represents an idea. Key is the Alabama tradition. But the climate of change that Key helped ignite would not have been possible without another Alabamian who also embodies the UA tradition. Dr. John Blackburn served in the University of Alabama’s administration as the Dean of Men. Dr. Blackburn used his position to fight for justice where he saw none by playing an important role in the integration of the Capstone. Dr. Blackburn believed in a change that cannot be mapped out on a calendar or scheduled in a weekend retreat. He understood that change is a daily struggle. Dr. Blackburn led a principled stand, staring down Governor George Wallace in the schoolhouse door because he knew it was the right thing to do.

Dr. Blackburn believed in the students at The University of Alabama and he had a conviction that made him believe in the greatness of the state of Alabama. Every time he spoke at an event he would ask, “What have you done for the state of Alabama today?” He embraced the daily struggle of doing what is right and moving Alabama ahead. And when the University wanted to honor him, he did not want a building or a statue. He wanted an organization that was a collection of UA’s best and brightest agents of change. The Blackburn Institute is still a functioning organization at The University of Alabama. The Alabama tradition is founded on breaking out of a state of apathy and fostering progression in the face of unthinking mediocrity. We, as students and members of this great community, cannot let these legacies die. We must remember the daily struggle of doing what is right and choose to bear the burden of living a principled existence. So as we move forward, let us ask ourselves, “What have I done to help this University and the state of Alabama today?” Michael Patrick is a junior majoring in political science. His column runs on Tuesdays.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR On fanhood and class By Mandy Anderson Two years ago, I watched as LSU fans in the east upper deck discarded water bottles, cups and Mardi Gras beads down on our student section in frustration and disappointment at their loss. Their actions were the most classless display of sportsmanship I have witnessed until Saturday evening as another Alabama-LSU battle came to a close. Surely I was dreaming, surely it didn’t just happen. It did – the cups and shakers proved it. At the end of a hard-fought game, our field and team were having drinks and shakers hurled at them from the student section. The “Game of the Century” proved one thing Saturday night: Alabama students can no longer use “class” to define themselves. Perhaps in the hype of the pregame, the size of the sideline crowd went unnoticed. That crowd consisted not just of media, but also recruits – the future of our football program.

They witnessed a tough game, a few dirty moves by LSU players and the character of Alabama football. But what will they remember most? What was the last thing they saw happen before leaving BryantDenny Stadium? They saw the intense disrespect shown by our students. What player would want items launched at them after competing for over sixty minutes on a football field? Who would want to play for fans like that? Most importantly, our players are human beings that deserve to be treated with respect, and not only when they win. As heartbroken as we were over the loss, the players were even more upset. They work incredibly hard at what they do, and too often students feel that we have been let down somehow whenever the Tide loses – that players play to please us. This couldn’t be more wrong. The players play for Alabama, and we attend games to support them.

Students are not classless By Dave Folk

Pundits at all levels commented that it was the best college atmosphere they had ever seen. We did our part to a T and then we lost. Of course we were angry with the team and the game; we were a bad kicker away from a locked up 14th national championship. You want us to clap and sing the fight song? Give me a break. This isn’t the PGA Tour – there is no pat on the back for effort. We want to win, that’s our tradition and we aren’t going to settle for anything less. I hate people who act like this is a polo match in the Hamptons - it’s a football game with men trying to kill each other. Be loud, be nasty and don’t sit there and applaud a losing effort.

Cody Jones’s letter to the editor on Monday is everything I hate about Alabama. It’s an absolute joke to complain about how our student section “lacked class” when we beat ourselves on Saturday. First of all, our student section is awful – not just block seating, nor regular seating, nor the upper deck, but all of it. The upper deck (if it ever fills up) is the first part to empty, block seating is more of a social event than a football game and the regular seats are too irrelevant to make any noise. It’s not intimidating to come into Bryant-Denny, except for this past Saturday. We were overpoweringly loud and made that place everything Dave Folk is a senior majoring in communication studies. it should be on a regular basis.

The Tradition video reminds us each game of our legacy. However, with the nation watching, a group of irrational students selfishly released their frustration by trashing our own field. These actions damage our team and university and are completely unacceptable. To the players of the Alabama football team, I apologize. From personal fouls committed against you to the sheer grit and length of the game, you fought hard and never ceased to show class and character. I am sorry that members of your student body – those who sit with you in class and eat with you in the dining halls – were unable to follow the example you set. Thank you for committing to a personal standard of integrity and refusing to sink to the level of your opponents or, for that matter, some members of your student body.

The moral standard of the college football world took a nose-dive Sunday. Typically, the fans and media are quick to judge a coach when they commit wrongdoing. Jim Tressel was regarded as one of the greatest minds in college football before he was caught covering up a pay-for-play scandal with one of his stars. Now he is nothing more than a liar and a cheat compared to others. Mike Dubose, Alabama’s own head coach during the late nineties, will forever be known as the cheater whose actions put Alabama on probation. The acts of these men are nothing compared to what has gone on at Penn State University for the past 15 years. In a very detailed Attorney General’s report, dozens of child sexual abuse allegations were made against long time defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky. In the chilling grand jury presentation, graphic details are given in which Sandusky used “The Second Mile Foundation” to identify, exploit and molest children since 1996. The “Second Mile Foundation,” created by Sandusky in 1977, began as a group foster home dedicated to helping troubled boys. It eventually grew into a statewide charity in which Sandusky remained the primary fundraiser until 2010. Its mission is to “help children who need additional support and would benefit from positive human interaction.” Sandusky used his charity to meet victims. He would then invite them to his home, give them gifts, pay them money and molest them. He literally had access to hundreds of boys in their most vulnerable conditions. These were poor children, some with little to no financial support. Many of them had no other option but to take Sandusky’s gifts. These acts of sexual deviance and manipulation are enough to make any person’s blood boil. They are heinous and reprehensible, and Sandusky will most likely receive the maximum legal punishment. However, the most gut-wrenching and disturbing aspect of the investigation was that many within the Penn State athletic department had knowledge of what was happening and did their very best to cover it up and allow the predator to continue his evil deeds. Sandusky was allegedly seen sexually abusing a ten-year old boy in a locker room shower in 2002. Superiors were notified, and he kept his job. The only attempts Penn State made to stop this predator was to take away his keys. He was also no longer permitted to bring children into a locker room. That is like telling a cold-blooded murderer he can’t carry an automatic weapon around in plain sight. Legendary coach Joe Paterno was told about the incident, and simply reported it up the chain of command. He did not call the police and he did not tell anyone besides his supervisor. Meanwhile, Sandusky remained director of the Second Mile Foundation for eight more years. He was still given access to young children and he could have continued his pedophilic attacks. Multiple Penn State administrators have stepped down, and more are undoubtedly going to follow. Two have been arraigned for the cover up, while many managed to avoided a grand jury. Anyone who had any knowledge of this situation should be fired. The mere fact that those in charge were willing to risk more children being hurt to protect a coach’s legacy is utterly disgusting and disheartening to the human spirit. While Paterno seems to have avoided any criminal prosecution, he will not avoid scrutiny from the public. Paterno could have picked up the phone and called the police. He could have even told the media. Instead, he allowed a man to be around children for eight years when he knew that he was a sexual predator. Paterno does not deserve any Hall of Fame induction. He does not deserve to coach another football game. He does not deserve any more accolades. Protecting a pedophile is a heinous act, and if he deserves anything, it is punishment.

Jake Gray is a senior majoring in economics and journalism. His column runs on Tuesdays.

Mandy Anderson is a senior majoring in nursing.

Campus heartbreaking Saturday By Jamie Blizard Johnson As my husband and I walked to the Quad on Saturday morning before the LSU game, we were appalled at the amount of empty beer boxes and cans that were littering campus. From mounds of trash in front of the Bryce Lawn apartments to the scattered debris outside on the lawns of fraternity houses and Bryant Hall, we wondered what ever happened to pride in our campus. Little did we realize that this would be just the tip of the iceberg of what was to come that day and evening. We tailgate on the quad with our family prior to nearly every home game and this weekend would be no exception. There were student tailgate parties on three sides of

us and some alumni in front of us who had children who were students at UA. The student tailgate parties got so out of control at one point that we were afraid to take our two nieces out of our tents to the restrooms. We saw young adults doing anything and everything. And I mean everything. They invaded our tents, tried to steal food and drinks, destroyed our property, accosted us, insulted us and generally acted like animals. The absolute lack of control, class or modesty was disgusting. I realize that some college students party, but this was beyond partying. This was an orgy. After the game, we packed up our tailgating site and looked around at the mess

that was once the Quad of the University of Alabama. The students around us had trashed their own campus. There was garbage ankle deep in between all sidewalks. There were sofas and chairs just abandoned for someone else to deal with later. Sadly enough, there were unconscious students buried beneath some of the rubble. It reminded me of a high school party where someone’s parents were out of town and the 50 people who were invited had all invited 50 more people until the flood of humanity that poured in had destroyed everything in sight. It was a sobering and heartbreaking sight to see. Jamie Blizard Johnson is a 1999 graduate of The University of Alabama

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Slow entry to Bryant-Denny frustrates students Students line up outside Bryant-Denny Stadium before the LSU game. The crowd was signiﬁcantly larger than past games, but the gates opened at the same time.

By Melissa Brown Staff Reporter mbrown104@crimson.ua.edu

UA students planning to spend last Friday night in front of Bryant-Denny’s student gates were prohibited from doing so by a University email sent Friday afternoon. “UAPD and the entire campus are excited about the LSU game tomorrow,” the email read. “However, students are prohibited from camping out at the student gates of the stadium. Please remember not to show up until you are allowed to enter the stadium on Saturday.” Sophomore Lee Drago said he originally planned to camp out but had to change his plans after receiving the email. “We decided that every two hours we would go to the stadium and check if anybody was there,” Drago said. “When 4 a.m. rolled around on Saturday

CW | Drew Hoover morning, [friends] called me saying they were going to stay put and hold spots.” Drago said he and a few other friends went to the gates around 6 a.m. and remained there until they opened at 4:30 p.m. The group of 14 was prepared

for the long haul, bringing sleeping bags to keep warm and cards to occupy their time. “Most of us were pretty delirious and cold, but we held strong and hung in there,” Drago said. He said his group of friends usually arrives early for games

and is used to a crowd accumulating, but they had never experienced anything like Saturday. “We were used to crowds, but nothing this big,” he said. “It was amazing to just peer over the crowd and have it be shoulderto-shoulder people. The sense of

unity before the game was amazing and got all of us even more excited for the game.” “Because of colder temperatures at night and the large number of people on campus, students were encouraged to wait until Saturday morning to wait at the gates,” said UA spokeswoman Cathy Andreen. Christa Hart arrived at the gates later, around 3 p.m. She said that she received a call earlier in the afternoon that the crowd was already large, and it was almost to the road when she arrived. Hart’s experience was not as pleasant as Drago’s. “It was so packed you could not move,” she said. “People were pushing and shoving. One girl threw up everywhere. People around me said that their wallets were stolen and someone attempted to steal my boyfriend’s wallet. When the gates were opened, there was a mad

rush. It took 30 minutes after the gates opened for me to get in.” Hart said that while she did get a good seat in the lower deck, stadium officials should have opened the gates earlier for the large crowd. “I believe that the gates should be opened early when the line is that long because it will cut down on the pushing and shoving,” she said. “People will still get seated in the same order; they just won’t have to wait in a huge crowd.” For Drago, even a half a day of waiting didn’t yield the desired results. “We really wanted front row,” Drago said. “There were a select number of people let in the gates early in order to put pompoms on the seats. They claimed the first couple of rows. We were extremely disappointed due to the fact that getting there over 12 hours before kickoff didn’t get us front row.”

New Federal Building opens Ignite UA develops freshmen Brett Saunders Contributing Writer

By Lis García Contributing Writer

The city of Tuscaloosa now has a new courthouse that will be home base for many government agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Social Security Administration and the U.S. Marshals Office. The courthouse was opened to incoming employees in the second week of October and to the public by the end of the month. The courthouse began construction with a groundbreaking ceremony in December 2009. The building was designed in a Greek revival style mirroring the architecture of buildings at the University of Alabama. Inside the courthouse, 16 paintings by Caleb O’Connor will be displayed to show the history of Tuscaloosa. “The artwork by Caleb really documents Tuscaloosa and is one of the more interesting things in the courthouse,” said Sarah Meginniss, a law clerk at the courthouse. “The court rooms in the courthouse come with state of the art

Freshmen, check your college résumé. Do you have any noteworthy college activities listed yet? If not, there’s still time to get involved this year. First Year Experience has just opened the doors to its new program, Ignite UA. The program is a community-building experience for both freshmen and transfer students who may not have gotten involved during their first semester on campus. “We’re looking for students who have the potential to lead but might not have taken those steps yet at the University of Alabama,” said Sara Hartley, director of First Year Experience. Hartley said the program was introduced later in the semester so students would have had time to warm up to campus and discover their interests. They will be notified of their acceptance before winter break and have something to look forward to when they come back, she said. She said FYE is in the beginning stages of building the

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But it wasn’t until Tessitore heard Harvey Updyke admit to poisoning the trees at Toomer’s Corner that he was inspired to begin writing. “I was listening to the Finebaum show, and [thought], this is just out of control,”

CW | Mitchell Hughes The new U.S. Federal Building and Courthouse, which faces University Blvd. in downtown Tuscaloosa. technology, including monitors for the jurors to look at evidence and interpreter headsets for people who do not speak English to listen to what is going on in court,” said Meginniss. The cost for the courthouse was $47.8 million, far short of the estimated cost — $67 million — cited in the early stages of planning. All costs for the courthouse were approved and paid for by Congress. “The design phase of the courthouse took about a year, and everything went smoothly during the building. We had

great architects,” said Federal Judge L. Scott Coogler. “With this new Federal Courthouse building we don’t have to worry about it eventually becoming unusable,” said Judge Coogler. “Different agencies will be able to use this facility for their purposes. The criminal probation offices now have sufficient facilities in which to operate in this new building.” The Federal Courthouse will have its grand opening in December with a dedication ceremony at its location in the downtown area of Tuscaloosa.

Tessitore said. “And I just stayed up late on my laptop and started putting together a timeline.” That timeline ended up being “as thick as a 500 page Harry Potter book,” laying out how the movie should be made. “The story was so strong,” Khodabakshian said. “Joe pitched the film, after collaborating with Bruce Feldman,

and they literally green-lit it in seven days. That just doesn’t happen.” As for why Khodabakshain picked ‘Roll Tide’ to go first in the film’s title, it’s better not to ask. “If I hear one more question about why Roll Tide before War Eagle, I swear,” Khodabakshain said. “Apparently alphabetical order doesn’t fly in this state.”

curriculum, which is divided into four different phases. Students will start with a sense of self and move on to campus awareness, connection development and a plan of action for their Capstone experience. The program doesn’t require volunteer hours, but students are encouraged towards civic engagement and knowing what issues are impacting Tuscaloosa, she said. In February, the program’s partner, LeaderShape, will come to campus for a full day of phase three development. LeaderShape will aid students in gaining self-awareness, finding potential to lead and creating a vision, Hartley said. She said the program tried to make the application a simple process in order to attract a diverse group of applicants. Litsa Orban, Ignite UA’s cofounder, said they’re focusing on building a community of students who might not have known each other otherwise but share common interests. “Our main goal for all of these students is to build a community,” she said. Orban said reflection would

be a large component of the program, which she believes will be more than just a passive experience. Instead, Ignite UA will be interactive, filled with activities and simulations. “We want to make this a campus partner effort,” she said. “We can do this together.” Matthew Clayton, a senior majoring in biology, acts as a student coordinator for FYE and helps plan many of the activities for the program. “Right now we’re doing a lot of communications and setting up what programs we want to implement,” he said. “We want to make it a great way for students to get together.” Currently, he’s busy sending out letters for nominators and trying to contact anybody who is in their first year at the University. Applications for Ignite UA are open through Nov. 18 at 5 p.m. They are available at FYE. ua.edu and can be returned to Room 132 of Mary Burke East. Faculty and staff are encouraged to nominate first-year students by emailing the student’s name and contact information to parentsc2@sa.ua.edu.

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FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK

Tide looks to put LSU loss behind them

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SPORTS

this weekend FRIDAY • Volleyball vs Kentucky: 7 p.m. • Men’s Basketball vs North Florida: 7 p.m.

By Marc Torrence @marctorrence Contributing Writer

The so-called “Game of the Century” lived up to its billing. It may not have shown on the scoreboard, but players and coaches both think that it was it was one of the toughest games they’ve been apart of. “It’s probably the most physical game I’ve probably been in all year, maybe all since I’ve been at Alabama,” junior running back Trent Richardson said. “Both teams, we’re fighting for our season, fighting for the national [championship].” The player who may know best was Josh Chapman. The nose tackle was battling in the trenches all night. “It was a physical game,” Chapman said. “We knew coming in that those guys were going to be physical. I mean, it’s the SEC, you’re always going to have a physical game.” But Alabama is ready to move forward. The Crimson Tide has to turn around and go on the road to face the Mississippi State Bulldogs this weekend. Head coach Nick Saban is getting his team focused on the future, rather than the past. “Nothing that happened in that game we can do anything about other than what hap-

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SATURDAY • Women’s Basketball vs Nicholls State: 2 p.m. • Football vs Mississippi State: 6:45 p.m.

“As we move forward, I told the guys it gets for real now,” Grant said. “It’s good to be able to kind of get a feel for what guys are comfortable doing and maybe some lineups that we can tinker with.” All five of the Tide’s freshmen saw playing time, with Cooper being the leading scorer at eight points, having hit two threepointers. Cooper also had seven rebounds, two blocks and one steal. At halftime, Alabama led the Chargers 34-26. A UAH threepointer at the end of the half

pens in the future and what we can learn from,” Saban said. “That’s exactly what we’re going to try and focus on.” “We can’t sit there and be on ourselves about the loss,” junior safety Robert Lester said. “We have to keep pushing forward and get ready for our next game.”

Still a chance for a title? While the Tide suffered its first loss of the season on Saturday, an appearance in the national title game may not be completely out of the picture. Alabama only fell one spot in this week’s BCS rankings, to No. 3 behind Oklahoma State. The Tide is currently ranked ahead of undefeated Stanford. There is also a chance at a possible re-match between Alabama and LSU, who many feel are still the best two teams in the country. “Look at the game,” Richardson said about the rankings. “We don’t deserve to be number one and number two? That’s for [Alabama and LSU]. Who wouldn’t want to see a re-match? That’s probably the biggest game you’ll ever see like that, unless we do get a rematch.” “Our goal is to win a national championship,” cenclosed the gap slightly, but the Tide still kept them to 40 percent shooting in field goals and 31 percent in three-point attempts in the half. Offensively in the first half, Alabama shot 48 percent from the field and 40 percent from behind the arc. Green led the team in points with 10, and Mitchell led the team with five rebounds. Much like last year’s game against UAH, there were only a few comfortable leads. The Chargers came out strong in the second half, cutting Alabama’s lead to as few as three points, but Alabama’s defensive effort prevailed, and the Tide never lost the lead.

CW | Natalie Nichols The Crimson Tide practices hard on Nov. 7 after a tough loss to LSU this past Saturday. to LSU, but the four misses came from outside the 40-yard line. While some fans may blame the kickers for the loss, Nick Saban said it was more about the plays leading up to the field goal attempts. “I think it’s not really fair to put this on the kickers, for Kickers not to anybody,” Saban said. “The percentages kicking the ball blame from the 23 yard line or 24 Alabama kickers were a yard line are a lot better than combined two of six in the loss from the 49, 50 and whatever ter William Vlachos said. “Obviously that kind of took a hit on Saturday, but all we can really focus on is what we’re doing. The games that we have, we have to be locked-in and play our best football.”

Green had one technical foul after he finished an ally-oop in the second half. There were no players on either side that fouled out, though Randolph came close with four personal fouls. “We fouled way too much,” Grant said. “When you look at their three-point shooting, they went 5-for-19, which on the surface looks like a great number, but in reality, you got to add another three or four because we fouled them in the act of shooting three’s. So those are conversions.” Alabama’s first regular season game is this Friday in Coleman Coliseum against North Florida with tip off at 7 p.m.

the rest of the kicks were. What about the four plays that happened before?” The players are trying to keep Shelley and Foster’s confidence up, in case the kickers are needed again in a game. “We don’t bash one player for the team,” Lester said. “It’s a team game, and if we lost, it’s a team loss. No one player lost the game. We want to keep him up, he plays a big role on this team.”

Women’s soccer earns NCAA berth From Staff Reports The University of Alabama women’s soccer team (10-8-3) earned a berth in the NCAA Women’s Soccer Tournament for only the second time in school history, as the Tide will be paired against The University of Miami (9-7-1). “I am happy for the players,” Alabama head coach Todd Bramble said. “They worked so hard, not just this year, but over several years to get the program to this point. They have really bought in to what the coach-

ing staff has asked of them. This is a really big victory for the program.” The Tide will now head to South Beach, Fla. on Nov. 11-13 to take on the Hurricanes in what will be the team’s first NCAA appearance since 1998. “Words can’t even describe the feeling right now,” fifthyear senior defender Carly Mygrants said. “It has been a long time. For the seniors and this program to be going to the tournament, it makes all the running, hard work and extra hours all worth it.”

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Senior showcases art in solo show, reception By Alex Cohen Senior Staff Repoter cohen.alex.c@gmail.com

Amber Jones, a senior majoring in studio art, cherishes her southern perspective, and she doesn’t hesitate to incorporate it into her art. Since Monday, her southerninspired artwork has been on display at the Sella-Granata Art Gallery in Woods Hall as part of her senior BFA exhibition. There will be an opening reception for her exhibit, titled “Hot Steams,” this Thursday, Nov. 10, from 6 to 9 p.m.

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The Crimson White: How did you get your artistic start? Amber Jones: I took a few classes early in high school, but I didn’t feel like I was able to explore the mediums I would like to have used. When I got to the University, my possible mediums were nearly limitless and my teachers were very encouraging. In my first drawing class, the teacher used the term “drawing” very loosely, so I was able to explore many mediums there, and when I took my first 3-D class, Craig Witherspoon encouraged me to pursue my three dimensional work, so I chose sculpture and ceramics as my concentrations.

Amber Jones poses next to a piece of her art featured in her gallery.

CW | Pete Pajor natural, unaltered objects? AJ: The objects I start with have their own history. Most are really aged. I feel it’s inappropriate to add my own mark-making to an object that has survived for 50 or 60 years. If it has survived this long already, then it’s in the state it needs to be in, and I don’t need to change that.

AJ: With my sculptural work, I usually find an object and let it tell me a story. As I said, I don’t typically like to alter the object, so I usually just live with it for a few days, carry it around with me, always have it close. Then the story just comes when I least expect it, usually when I let my mind slow down before I fall asleep. I have to keep a noteCW: Can you take me through book by my bed to write things your artistic process? that come in that magical, hazy

CW: What do you like about the mediums you use? AJ: I work with mixed media and found object installations as well as clay. With the installations, I get to take objects that already have a history and contextualize that history to fit the conversation of my work. I rarely alter the form or surface of the objects in my sculptures, because I feel that the years upon years of history are much more interesting than any mark-making I can employ, so my work is in contextualizing and telling the viewer a story. Clay was love at first touch for me. I just have such an emotional relationship with the material, and I try to let it tell me what it wants to do. Even if it cracks or explodes in the firing, I try to work those marks into the narrative.

moment right before sleep. With clay, I work off of natural forms and textures—mainly sea forms and organic forms like fungi and okra. I like to start with one form and multiply it over and over until it forms one new form. One of my pieces has 795 mushroom shaped attachments. The repetition is soothing.

AJ: This show is an autobiographical expression of my specific experience as a Southerner. I use “Hot Steams,” the show’s title, as a metaphor for my family members who have passed away but still influence my work heavily. There is a strong oral tradition and history in my family, and I am hoping to create an equally strong visual history. CW: Do the pieces ever turn out For example, in a piece how you initially envision them? titled “Survival,” I am comAJ: Usually with clay my forms menting on the hardworkturn out how I want them, but ing nature of southerners. it’s the magic that happens in the kiln that is totally unpredictable. CW: What will happen at your Things turn out unexpected col- reception on Nov. 10? ors or they crack and split open, AJ: The reception will be a great and I just learn to work with that chance to ask me questions because that’s what the clay is about the work and share your telling me it wants to do, who views with me. I can tell you am I to change that? My instal- stories, and you can discuss the lation work can be difficult if I work with others. There will be can’t find a specific item to help free food from 5th and Main in me tell a story. I’m constantly on downtown Northport as well as the lookout. free spirits for those over 21. All ages are welcome, and I’m lookCW: What is the theme of your ing forward to meeting everyone. exhibition?

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