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Students who donate tickets may now win prizes By Drew Taylor Senior Staff Reporter Students looking to receive a spare football ticket or give one away that they are not using are now in luck, thanks to the “My Football Ticket” system online, which donates and transfers tickets digitally to different student ACTion cards. Starting back in the summer, the “My Football Ticket” system gathers donated unused tickets into a ticket bank on the ACTion card Web site. From there, students can register to be on a waiting list to receive tickets that are available in that bank for that week.

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E-Bus numbers on the rise By Dave Folk News Editor Students looking for a safe ride to downtown Tuscaloosa over the weekend have to look no further than the CrimsonRide. Four weeks ago, the SGA and UA Transportation Services, in conjunction with the City of Tuscaloosa announced the Entertainment bus route, which runs Thursday through Saturday nights from 10 p.m. past 2 a.m. Last week, the ridership

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numbers over the first four weeks were released, and though the route it started off slow, it is gaining popularity. In the first half of the four weeks, CrimsonRide reported 71 total riders. In the second

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half, that number more than doubled to 179. “We have steadily increased, [but] we’re still not where we’d like to be,” said UA Assistant Director of Transportation Ralph Clayton.

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The SGA has studied the numbers along with UA Transportation, and is now working to change the routes. SGA Vice President for

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Students confront domestic violence

Aronov lecture hosts Lincoln By Lindsey Holland Contributing Writer Bruce Lincoln will present “In Praise of Things Chaotic: Politics in Creation Mythology” today at 7 p.m. in 205 Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library. The lecture will be the seventh annual Aronov lecture sponsored by the departments of religious studies and anthropology and University Libraries. Lincoln, the Caroline E. Haskell professor of the history of religions in the Divinity

DR. BRUCE LINCOLN LECTURE Where: 205 Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library When: Tonight at 7 School of the University of Chicago, has been called the most influential and rigorous Historian of Religions now

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Self-defense class for women offered next week

Students hold a candlelight vigil near Denny Chimes to raise awareness about domestic and dating violence.

Author and CEO speaks of her experience with violence and her recovery

By Patty Vaughan Contributing Writer

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Opinions: “Liberal” not a negative term ..........5 Sports: Crimson Tide football notebook ....6 Sports: Tide soccer.....6

Law School hosts Christian Coalition and Davis

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The University’s School of Law is hosting Randy Brinson, the president of the Christian Coalition of Alabama, and Congressman Artur Davis for the “Faith and Politics Summit” today. The summit will be held at the School of Law in Moot Courtroom from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. This is the first part of a twopart series. The second forum will be Oct. 28 at Jones Law School in Montgomery.

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Students gathered Wednesday night at Denny Chimes for a candlelight vigil to honor and raise awareness about victims of domestic and dating violence. “We have to make the political nature of this violence clear,” said Stacy Panitch, programs coordinator for the Women’s Resource Center. “The violence we experience in our own homes is not a personal family matter. It is a public and political problem.” The event was sponsored by the Women’s Resource Center, the Alabama Panhellenic Association, the National Panhellenic Conference, the International Fraternity Council, Turning Point, the UA Office of Judicial Affairs, Alpha Chi Omega and Verizon Wireless. Members of the UA theater group “Unscripted” read the poem “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou, and the keynote speaker was Tahiera Monique Brown, CEO of Tavine’ra Publishing and author of “Annihilator of Innocence.” Brown and her family were, for years, stalked and attacked by a man who, even after he was convicted of his crimes, was able to track her through court records and follow her

Many events and activities can make Homecoming Week an exciting time. However, it is imperative that students and faculty members remain safe through these events. The SGA and the Women’s Resource Center have teamed up to add a new event to this year’s homecoming event. Sexual Harassment and Rape Prevention, an 8-hour selfdefense course for women, will be held next week under the coordination of Homecoming director Kendall McGiffert,

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Brinson and Davis will focus on faith’s role in politics on the state and federal levels. Brinson said the Christian Coalition of Alabama is a nonprofit organization that advocates the people of Alabama becoming involved in issues important to the faith community. They also host the Redeem the Vote nonprofit organization, which encourages people to vote. “We are approaching issues like education, economy and proper policies of the Christian community from a position of

faith,” Brinson said. Brinson said there will be opening statements followed by certain topics about which the panel and the audience will ask questions. “We want to hear what students have to say and what interests them,” Brinson said. Brinson said Davis is interested in reaching out to constituencies that are not his usual constituents. “This is a great way for Democrats and Republicans to come together and find common ground from dialogue

instead of having such a polarization in politics,” Brinson said. Brinson said they differ on policies but there is a lot they can agree on instead of arguing and getting nothing done. He said it is good for both sides to build a consensus to find a positive for everybody. “We have never done this before, but we will see how people respond to it,” Brinson said. “We want to learn from each other and the reasoning behind the issues that are important to both sides.”

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TODAY • The Aronov Lecture: Bruce Lincoln on “In Praise of Things Chaotic: Politics in Creation Mythology”: 7 p.m., 205 Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library • Halloween Spooktacular: 5:30 p.m., Children’s Hands-On Museum

FRIDAY

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• Volleyball vs. Tennessee: 7 p.m., The CAVE

• Softball vs. Chattanooga St. and Wallace St.: Noon and 2 p.m., Softball Stadium

• Soccer vs. Georgia: 1 p.m., UA Soccer Stadium

• UP presents Extreme Bowling: 10 p.m., Bama Lanes, register at the Campus Programs office in the Ferguson Center

• Football vs. Tennessee: 6:45 p.m., ESPN

• Afro-American Gospel Choir Parent’s Appreciation Concert: 4 p.m., Ferguson Ballroom

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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.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “It probably takes anywhere from 10 to 15 seconds to do, even for ﬁrst-timers.” — SGA vice president for student affairs Louise Crow on new “My Football Ticket” system

BIRTHDAYS We want to list your birthday here. Send your name, birthdate, year and major to cwnews@sa.ua.edu. Put “birthday” in the subject line. And look for birthday greetings from us on your special day.

THIS DAY IN ALABAMA HISTORY

Oct. 23, 1993: Toronto Blue Jay Joe Carter wins the World Series for his team by hitting a ninth-inning home run over the SkyDome’s left-field wall. It was the first time the World Series had ended with a home run since Pittsburgh’s Bill Mazeroski homered to break a tie with the Yankees in the seventh game of the 1960 series and it was the first time in baseball history that a team won with a come-from-behind home run.

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The available tickets are then sent to those on the waiting list on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no charge to register online or receive a ticket. According to the SGA, approximately 1,000 students are on the waiting list every week. Louise Crow, SGA vice president for student affairs, said there are still not enough students who are utilizing the system to its full potential. The last four home games have totaled approximately 8,865 unused tickets in the ticket bank. Last week’s game against Ole Miss

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working in the United States, and among the most internationally influential scholars of religion, according to a UA news release. Lincoln’s research tends to focus on the religions of pre-Christian Europe and pre-Islamic Iran, the release said. “The stories people tell, and believe, shape the lives that they lead, sometimes in ways they might regret, if they took the time to examine those stories with a more critical eye,” Lincoln said about his work. He is on the committee on medieval studies at the University of Chicago and is an associate faculty member in the departments of anthropology and classics. Lincoln currently resides in Chicago. Lincoln said his lecture points were going to involve taking a close look at a number of ancient accounts of creation,

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Women’s Resource Center’ Stacy Panitch, and Ashkan Bayatpour, SGA director of first year affairs. “[The SHARP program] uses very simple gross motor skill techniques designed to help the woman get away from a potentially dangerous situation,” Panitch said. “First and foremost, though, they learn to use their voice.” Bayatpour said SHARP teaches effective self-defense and escape tactics specifically designed for women. Pantich said drinking does not cause sexual assault, but it does

• Volleyball vs. Kentucky: 1:30 p.m., Softball Stadium

totaled 2,101 unused tickets. To promote the system, the University has placed prizes for students donating the tickets. Prizes include five $100 scholarships and bowl game tickets. No prizes have been awarded as of yet. Crow said the SGA has been working closely with Auxiliary Services since tickets went to a digital format last spring. Crow said the main job the SGA has done has been making the Web site quicker and more user friendly. Students can also transfer any unused ticket to a specific person by entering the individual’s first and last name as well as his e-mail address. The ticket is then transferred to that

student’s ACTion Card. “It probably takes anywhere from 10 to 15 seconds to do, even for first-timers,” Crow said. The Web site features video instructions on how to donate a ticket, transfer a ticket from one person to another or to be put on a waiting list. In recent weeks, the Web site has undergone improvements, one being e-mail confirmation being sent to both the person donating the ticket and the one receiving the ticket. This was done to make ticket confirmation a more secure procedure. The SGA has been active in promoting the system as well, as seen last week with SGA president Cason Kirby

working in conjunction with football head coach Nick Saban to write an e-mail sent through Tide Mail advocating as many students to come to the games and for anyone who would not be using their ticket to donate it to someone else. Crow said this was a subject that had to be addressed. “With the season that the Crimson Tide is having and the number of students who would do anything to go to these games, it’s just not fair,” Crow said. “We want as many students as possible who want to be at that game to have the opportunity to do so.” For more information, visit www.actcard.ua.edu or call 3482288.

including Greek, Persian and Scandinavian, in which something like “chaos” plays an important role. “I want to understand what that means in each case and what sorts of things get labeled ‘chaotic,’” Lincoln said. “Also, who does the labeling and [who] benefits by defining themselves as the solution to the problem posed by that chaos,” Lincoln said. According to the University of Chicago’s Web site, Lincoln’s most recent publications include “Religion, Empire, and Torture: The Case of Achaemenian Persia,” which won the Frank Moore Cross Award of the American Society of Oriental Research for the best book on the Ancient Near East and “Holy Terrors: Thinking about Religion after September 11,” among others. Lincoln grew up in Philadelphia. He then enrolled in Haverford College in Haverford, Pa. As an undergraduate, Lincoln majored in

religion. He obtained his doctorate from the University of Chicago. He lived in Minneapolis for almost 20 years while he taught at the University of Minnesota before moving back to Chicago. “My line of work is academic, not religious. This is to say I study religion but use the tools of a historian, sociologist, philologist, anthropologist and literary critic in my attempts to understand it,” Lincoln said. Lincoln has recently begun to speak on other campuses, with around five to six lectures a year. “I lecture in Europe fairly often and have regular gigs in Siena and Paris. In the U.S., I normally go wherever anyone invites me,” Lincoln said. Lincoln says he will teach for about another five years. He also has hopes of writing a couple books. “And if I live long enough, there’s a fascinating Middle Persian text I’d like to translate,” Lincoln said.

Next month Lincoln will be lecturing at the Free University of Berlin. This year he will also visit the University of Liège, Brown University, the University of Puget Sound, the University of Florida and the American Oriental Society. Lincoln has also lived in Siena, Italy; Uppsala, Sweden; Novosibirsk, in the former USSR; and Copenhagen, Denmark. Lincoln has taught at the following universities either as full-time or visiting professor: University of Minnesota, University of Siena, Uppsala University, Novosibirsk State Pedagogical Institution, University of Købnhavn, Northwestern University and University of Chicago. Lincoln has been married to his wife Louise since 1971. She is the director of the DePaul University Art Museum. Lincoln and his wife have non-identical twin daughters, Martha and Rebecca, who are 30. Both are in graduate school.

increase the risk and severity of the crime. Alcohol is present in 90 percent of sexual assault cases, she said. One in four women will be sexually assaulted in her lifetime and one in five college women will be a victim of dating violence, she said. Panitch said it is necessary that people start speaking out against dating and domestic violence. For these reasons, the SGA asked the Women’s Resource Center to hold the class during Homecoming Week to help create awareness and give a safe, educational experience to those participating in the week’s events, Panitch said. “The SGA has teamed up in the last few years with the UAPD and the Campus Safety

and Security Committee to implement new safety measures,” Bayatpour said. “This has resulted in programs [like] Campus Lighting Initiative and Crimson Watch Program.” Bayatpour said SHARP is not limited to greeks. The program is for all females on the University’s campus. They want everyone on campus to come. “It is important that women learn to protect themselves and take their safety into their own hands,” Bayatpour said. Bayatpour said to participate and receive points, each sorority must have a representative contact Stacy Panitch and let her know how many women will be in attendance from their sorority. After the event, the tally of

those in attendance will be given to the Homecoming committee to give points, but if the women do not attend, the sorority will not receive credit. Non-greek students and faculty and staff members who wish to attend must also register for the class. “If you register, please show up, because the instructors are going to be there on their own time to help you, so please don’t just sign up and decide not to come,” Bayatpour said. The class will be held on Oct. 27 and 28 from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Student Recreation Center. To register for the course, contact Stacy Panitch at the Women’s Resource Center at (205) 348-5536 or e-mail her at stacypanitch@ sa.ua.edu.

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are freshmen,” Crow said. “The upperclassmen, though, are the ones likely to go downtown.” Continued from page 1 With the route revisions, Cobb Theatres is NOW HIRING! Student Affairs Louise Crow the SGA has recently started Perfect part-time job for students. said they were amending the a publicity campaign to boost We offer: Competitive Wages, Flexible Work Schedule, Free routes after looking at the stops ridership and hopefully estabMovie Privileges, Snack Stand Discounts, Etc. Please apply that had the fewest people get- lish the Entertainment Route Monday thru Thursday after 1pm. as a staple of Capstone life. ting on. “It’s convenience. You don’t Call for Showtimes “The routes were focused on residence halls, and the major- have to get out in your car and ity of students living in there drive and find parking, and if they choose to consume an alcoholic beverage — if they are of age — it’s not the emphasis of the Entertainment Route, but it is to provide safe transportation,” Clayton said. With National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week, Crow said the SGA also thinks it can help protect students with the E-bus. Since 1972 “Use the E-bus — take the designated ride,” Crow said. $1 PBR & Natty Light / $1.50 HighLife / $2.50 Baby Bombs “The SGA is giving the students an opportunity to utilize a system that will benefit them for the simple fact that it could cut down on D.U.I.s, and keep the campus a lot safer,” said Diana Andrews, a business senator. The SGA also sees it as an opportunity for students to get to know the town they spend their four years of college in. “Students from out of state don’t get to see the scenery off campus,” said Blake Meyerowitz, a freshman senator assistant. =“There is so much cultural opportunity in Tuscaloosa,” said Lisa Licata, a freshman 1330 Hargrove Rd member of the SGA’s Student Affairs committee. “It’s a good way for people to see all that Tuscaloosa has to offer.”

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Business programs ranked By Drew Taylor Senior Staff Reporter Operations management and corporate strategy, two specialty courses offered by the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, were both recently ranked nationally by BusinessWeek magazine, placing in the top 15 among 96 universities and 11 specialty programs. Operations management placed at No. 12 with corporate strategy placing at No. 14. Culverhouse placed at No. 29 among business schools by U.S. News and World Report’s America’s Best Colleges 2009 in August. J. Barry Mason, dean of C&BA, said what sets these programs apart from others in the country is the faculty members’ drive in teaching and reaching out to the students. “Students are attracted to people who are passionate about what they teach and who have strong reputations

in their fields,” Mason said. Mason said the high rankings for these programs will help attract high-profile companies who recruit students to work for them, such as Procter & Gamble, Shell Oil, Regions Bank, Citigroup Inc. and many others. A recent addition to this list has been BMW. The rankings also help to attract more students that would like to study in those fields. Charles R. Sox, director of the operations management program, said the announcement about the rankings came as a pleasant surprise to him, justifying why he has invested so much into the program. “We’re just very excited to see the rankings validate the progress that we’ve made over the past several years,” Sox said. Operations management, called industrial management until 2002, involves detailed procedures for effectively designing processes and resources a business needs to conduct its daily operations. The program also plac-

es emphasis on quantitative skills, such as analysis, as well as experience working with databases and spreadsheets. Therefore, by the time the student is out searching for a job, he or she already knows what is expected. Sox credits this high recognition of the program to the faculty members who have marketed the program to students and the high enrollment numbers over the last couple of years, graduating around 50 undergraduate students a year, as opposed to several years of graduating only 15 students a year. The program is taught by eight faculty members. According to the syllabus for GBA 490, the course for strategic management, the mission is “To give [students a] hands-on experience in crafting business strategy, reasoning carefully about strategic options, using what-if analysis to evaluate action alternatives and initiating the changes necessary to keep the strategy responsive to newly emerging market conditions.”

Lonnie Strickland, the professor of strategic management, said this course, which is generally the last course a student will take in the business college, is very demanding, analyzing many fine details of business, from its finances to its managerial actions. As a result, the students learn to appreciate all aspects of a business’ processes. “What this does is it gives you great insight about how your task fits into the whole of everything that is happening,” Strickland said. Strickland said strategic management involves incorporating all the knowledge that one acquires since childhood, learning the skills and practices of strategic management and applying those skills in dealing with customers. Specific fields of study that are incorporated into the program are finance, marketing and management. There are currently six professors who teach this course offered at the graduate and undergraduate levels.

Phi Beta Sigma hosts forum By Jessica Alexander Contributing Writer

what is false, and what is good and what is bad,” Key said. Members of the audience asked questions about the policy plans of both candidates and which plans are best for the country. Latham said people should be aware that the President is mainly a public relations figure and his or her policies cannot be enacted without Congressional support. “We’ve come to accept that the president is the most powerful person in the world and he can do whatever he wants, and that’s not true,” Latham said. “He can suggest the bill, but he cannot pass it alone.” He said people should focus on what the House candidates stand for and vote for people whose policies align with their own. Latham went on to say he thinks Obama is better positioned to deliver change because of his leadership qualities. “For decades you have politicians who said. ‘Let’s punt this issue because it’s difficult,’ but at some point and time you have to deal with those issues,” Latham said. “There’s going to be some growing pains, but somebody has to make the tough decisions.” He said it is impossible to

Atheists place ads on buses By Jill Lawless The Associated Press LONDON | London buses have God on their side — but not for long, if atheists have their way. The sides of some of London’s red buses will soon carry ads asserting there is “probably no God,” as nonbelievers fight what they say is the preferential treatment given to religion in British society. Organizers of a campaign to raise funds for the ads said Wednesday they received more than $113,000 in donations, almost seven times their target. Supporters include Oxford University biologist Richard Dawkins, who donated $9,000. The money will be used to place posters on 30 buses carrying the slogan “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.” The plan was to run the ads for four weeks starting in January, but so much money has been raised that the project may be expanded. “A lot of people say trying to organize atheists is like herding cats. The last couple of days shows that is not true,” said comedy writer Ariane Sherine, who started the campaign. While most London buses carry posters for shops or Hollywood movies, Christian churches and Muslim groups have bought bus-side ad space in the past. Sherine came up with the idea after seeing a series of Christian posters on London buses. She said she visited the Web site promoted on one ad and found it told nonbelievers they would

spend eternity in torment in hell. “I thought it would be a really positive thing to counter that by putting forward a much happier and more upbeat advert, saying ‘Don’t worry, you’re not going to hell,’“ said Sherine, 28. “Atheists believe this is the only life we have, and we should enjoy it.” The British Humanist Association, which is administering the fundraising drive, said it had been so successful the campaign might spread to other cities, including Manchester and Edinburgh. Most Britons identify themselves as Christians, but few attend church regularly, and public figures rarely talk about their beliefs. Former Prime Minister Tony Blair was rare among politicians in speaking openly about his Christian faith. “Religious organizations have an automatic tax-free charitable status,” Sherine said. “Bishops sit in the House of Lords automatically. Religious leaders get preferential treatment on all sorts of commissions. “This campaign to put

alternative slogans on London buses will make people think — and thinking is anathema to religion.” Few believers appeared offended by the campaign, although most doubted it would work. “I think people will ask themselves, ‘On what basis can they make that statement?” said Inayat Bunglawala of the Muslim Council of Britain. “So it will get people thinking, so in that sense it can only be good.” Ad agency CBS Outdoor, which manages advertising on many London buses, said it had approved the atheist campaign. Sales and marketing director Tim Bleakley said “our decision to take an ad that promotes God, or one that promotes no God, is based on commercial terms, as long as the advertising copy itself does not breach U.K. advertising standards.” The religious think tank Theos said it had donated $82 to the campaign, on the grounds that the ads were so bad they would probably attract people to religion.

pay off a $10 billion deficit without raising taxes. He said the country will need a candidate who is willing to fix what needs to be fixed even at the expense of his or her political career. “I think Obama presents the possibility of leading us in that direction,” Latham said. Draia Whitted, a senior majoring in human development and family studies, said she attended the forum to gain more knowledge about the election. “Personally, I don’t normally like to get really deep into politics, but I thought it would be good to come out and become more educated for [the] Nov. 4, election,” Whitted said.

New law protects students with illnesses By Danielle Drago Contributing Writer Something some college students have faced is being forced to attend class full time while having a debilitating illness in order to keep their student health insurance. President George W. Bush signed a law Oct. 9 that puts an end to the vicious cycle of student health insurance. According to a release from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Bush’s approval of Michelle’s Law protects full-time college students from losing their studenthealth care if they have a serious medical condition. This law will allow college students to take up to one year of medical leave without running the risk of losing their health insurance. The law was unanimously supported in Congress, the release said. The legislation’s namesake is Michelle Morse, a full-time student at Plymouth State University. Morse was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2003, according to www.michelleslaw. com. Morse’s doctor told her to ease up on her course load, but due to the fact that this would make her family have to begin paying up to $550 a month — something they could not afford — she continued to attend class full-time, according to the site. The strain of college combined with her cancer was devastating to Morse’s health, and she died Nov. 10, 2005. Michelle’s Law was initially introduced to bill by U.S. Sens. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, Judd Gregg , R-NH, and John Sununu, R-NH. The law was enacted in New Hampshire in 2006 and eventually was proposed in both the House and the Senate. “‘Michelle’s Law’ is the courageous story of how Michelle Morse battled her illness,

graduated from college, and ensured that students in similar circumstances in the future are not subjected to what she experienced,” said Sens. Sununu, Clinton and Gregg in a joint press release. “We are proud to introduce a federal version of ‘Michelle’s Law’ to make sure that full-time students whose health insurance is governed by federal regulations cannot lose their coverage if they take a leave of absence from school for health reasons.” Mike Greene, supervisor of the Student Heath Insurance office, said he could not say how many UA students the new law would affect, because most of the student body is healthy. “It would be beneficial to students who have illnesses because they would be able to still receive healthcare,” Greene said. “It sounds like a great law.” According to the University’s Student Health Center Web site, the University requires a student to take six or more credit hours to be eligible for insurance, and they must actively attend classes for at least the first 31 days after the date for which coverage is pur-

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Wednesday, Phi Beta Sigma hosted “Are We Ready for Change,” a forum focusing on the historic aspects of this year’s presidential election. Max Scruggs, the community service chair of the fraternity, said the purpose of the forum was to raise awareness about the candidates from both parties and the changes that will follow the election. “This is a significant moment in history,” said Scruggs, a junior majoring in metallurgical engineering. “We have an African-American for the Democratic Party and a female for the Republican Party. No matter who wins, we will make history.” The five-member panel consisted of: Rosalind Moore, director of graduate student services; Ross Bryan, director of Housing and Residential Communities; Aaron Latham, manager of communications for the Law School; and UA students Phillips Thomas and Kendra Key. The fraternity typically hosts one forum per month. Irvin Carney, a member of Phi Beta Sigma, said they like to have deep and intelligent discussion.

“A lot of greeks have forums with ulterior motives,” said Carney, who is majoring in management and information systems. “I’d rather have 20 people show up for a serious conversation than to have 60 people show up and accomplished nothing.” The forum, which was moderated by seniors Tiffany Minnifield and Corderrol Harris, discussed the media and the tight race between Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain. Thomas said the media is a major artery for campaigns. Key said the media has increased accessibility to the candidates. “You can go on YouTube to see any debate you may have missed,” Key said. “You can become Facebook friends with Barack Obama or watch Tina Fey impersonate Sarah Palin. The media is having so many different effects on consumers.” Kendra Key said the media has done a good job portraying both candidates in a negative light. She said calling Obama a socialist has probably made some people afraid to vote for him. “We have to become educated consumers of media, so we can identify what is true and

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Thursday, October 23, 2008

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Let athletes be athletes The NCAA released the student-athlete graduate success rates of universities across the country last week, which rehashed an old debate I once had with a friend. Why are above-average athletes expected to be aboveaverage scholars? No one ever presumes the opposite. In fact, you’d be surprised if that lanky guy who always has his nose buried in a physics book can even lift a bat. The truth is that it’s unfair to force school on an athlete, just as much as it would be unfair to force sports on the general student body. Some people have natural intelligence; some are born with natural athleticism. I’m not by any means saying that one person can’t have both, just that it’s unfair to link the two across the board. How many talented players have been turned away from

reject you because your 400 individual medley was below average? That wouldn’t make any sense. Yet society views those two scenarios quite differently. The latter would be flagrantly unfair and unfounded, yet the former would be “for the athletes’ own good in the long run.” Who the hell are we to tell 18-year-old adults what is and isn’t good for them? Who are you to tell a guy that his chances of making any real money in the NFL are slim? No one pulled you aside and said that Ryan Wright philosophy major you’re considering is worthless. a future in professional sports The truth is we’re all here because their grades weren’t because we have a talent or up to par? It’s ridiculous. The ability that we want to hone. very fact that they are amaz- We’re all here to sharpen our ing players shows that text- skills and make ourselves marbook intellect means little in ketable to future employees. It sports. So how would you feel just so happens that you have a if you turned in a 36 on the knack for numbers and a penACT, only to have Harvard sion for economics, and this

guy has a sick crossover and a deadly jump shot. You’re trying to get hired by a firm; he’s trying to get noticed by the NBA. It’s as simple as that. And I don’t want to here anything about being wellrounded. If you’re a lawyer who can win 90 percent of your civil cases but can barely dress yourself in the morning, by all means, somebody show shoeless Joe to his new office. And if Michael Jordan had trouble spelling his name, I guarantee you he still would have had a hard time counting his money. The point that I’m getting to is this: As much as I love college sports, the marriage of learning institutions and athletics is not just illogical, but unfortunate for many people. Athletes interested in playing professional sports don’t have any other avenues. The D-League, the CFL — none of those venues are going to give

these athletes even a fraction of the exposure that their college counterparts will. The NCAA and the scouts are locked into a system, and many athletes are left on the outside looking in. I don’t have any elaborate plan to fix the problem. It would be a big step in itself just for people to recognize that there is one. But there is a rather simple solution that no doubt requires some tinkering: Athletes not interested in obtaining a higher education can pay tuition to be on the team. It’s the same scenario as academics. We’re all paying money to have highly qualified teachers instruct us in our respective fields. For those athletes who do want to pursue higher education (which I am all for), they still have their talent as their bargaining chip. The same scholarship could be offered that always has been.

My final point is this: It’s not going to change, and it has nothing to do with the civicminded public relations line trotted out by the NCAA about the honor in being a “studentathlete.” It’s not going to change because it’s not boosting revenue. You call it cynical; I call it reality. The NCAA, just like the rest of the world, cares about one thing: money. If the system became more profitable by not requiring athletes to get a degree, it would have been policy long ago. But the NCAA already has a stranglehold on American amateur sports, if you can even call them that anymore, and it’s not about to loosen the grip over something as trivial as right and wrong, logical and illogical.

Ryan Wright is the CW sports editor. His column runs biweekly on Thursdays.

‘Liberal’ and ‘social’ are not negative terms By Sean Randall

under scrutiny. I must ask, how is that evil? How is it wrong or bad to view all the options or recognize when things aren’t good? People also complain about the “liberal media.” It is true that bias in reporting facts is undesirable. Why just pin that on liberals, though? Conservative bias is just as bad as liberal bias. Yes, Fox News, I refer to you. Let us condemn biased media instead of focusing on one facet of its bias, even if that facet is a statistical majority. Aristotle once said, “Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.” To think outside the societal hand out and to consider that life is not perfect in the way it is now should not be considered a heinous thing. Liberals, by definition, are people that do just that. One of those thoughts spawned is socialism. What is socialism beyond the desire to treat everyone equally in an economic sense? Man being equal was one of the founding ideologies of our nation. Is it wrong to spread that to the economy? While people may disagree, I think to condemn the entire theory as inherently wrong and evil is foolish. Socialism has assisted this country in times of trouble, such as the Great Depression. To keep man separated by economy but pretend we want to treat all men equal is nothing but a lie that many liberals think should end. Please. When someone says they’re liberal, do not jump straight to the stereotypical conclusion of “tree hugger,” “hippie,” “crazy person” or whatever else society wants you to think of liberals as. Some liberals are, indeed, strange and undesirable people. But, for the most part, someone who is truly liberal only realizes that this world is not perfect and wants to do their best to institute the changes that will lead us toward that perfect world. A pipe dream? Perhaps. But not one that should be condemned.

Far too often I hear and see hatred for all things “liberal” and “social” from an alarmingly large number of people. Every Friday in The CW, we see Dave Folk and Paul Thompson mention their disdain for one or the other at least once (occasionally per sentence). We hear hate for the “liberal” media and “social” programs. My own father has gone so far as to call liberals, whom he exchanges with Democrats from time to time, “evil.” I ask myself: Why is there such blanket hatred for liberalism and socialism? Let’s look at what liberalism is before we pass a judgment. MerriamWebster Dictionary says political liberalism is a “belief in progress, the essential goodness of the human race and the autonomy of the individual and standing for the protection of political and civil liberties.” That doesn’t sound bad to me. Wanting progress, protecting liberties … it sounds shockingly similar to the philosophies of certain American revolutionaries like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. We certainly don’t think they were all “evil” men for wanting change and liberty, do we? It goes on to say that a liberal is someone who is “open-minded or not strict in the observance of orthodox, traditional or established forms or ways.” How is that bad? For those Christians reading, Jesus Christ was most certainly a liberal, challenging the tradition set by the Jewish society of his time and presenting a progressive change. No one can truly make a sensible argument that defends tradition as being self-sufficient and good in and of itself. Tradition, while occasionally a nice thing to have, needs another reason to be kept other than just the fact it is a tradition. Slavery was a tradition in America that was rightly struck down. Tradition that harms or hinders humans and their rights should not be kept. Sean Randall is a junior majoring in theatre and Liberals are people who willpw put a tradition philosophy.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Not enough McCain criticism By Ashley Williams There have been numerous times that I have opened The Crimson White, turned to the opinions section and became agitated at the way some of my colleagues have been criticizing Barack Obama. It is very rare that I find an article that someone has written about how unprofessional and unintelligent John McCain appears to be. I don’t know about the rest of the world, but I don’t want a man or woman who can’t compose him or herself with maturity while under stress or pressure to lead me. In all three presidential debates, John McCain appeared to be very nervous and, by judgment of his eye contact, the promises he was making to America seemed to be very insincere. Shall I quote you, “I am begging everyone reading this to please look at the issues and not

the faces, the war wounds or the color of the skin?” Yes, let’s look at the issues here. Or should I ask what issues are you really referring to? It seems to me that the issues you are referring to are that Barack Obama is an AfricanAmerican, he seems to be the most qualified. Well, I am an African-American and I am for Obama, and it’s not because he has the same racial background as I do. It is because I judge with my heart and my wisdom, and not with my eyes. A person shouldn’t succeed or lead because of who he knows but because of what he knows and how well he knows it. Ashley Williams is a junior majoring in general business.

Thought crimes By Shery Butler

headline in an article titled “Hate speech intolerable.” Defacing a title, a building, or any item is a sign of disrespect, but can hardly be considered hateful. What are often referred to as “hate crimes” in our land are nothing more than an attempt by some to police thought. As a press organization, I would expect the CW editorial board to be more in the mold of President Thomas Jefferson. w“During his presidency, Humboldt, the celebrated traveler, once visiting him, discovered in a newspaper upon his table, a vile and slanderous attack upon his character. ‘Why do you not hang the man?’ asked Humboldt. ‘Put the paper in your packet,’ said Jefferson, with a smile, ‘and on your return to your county, if any one doubts the freedom of our press, show it to him, and tell him where you found it.’” To call the sophomoric act hateful is not worthy of any editorial board which values freedom of speech.

In the Oct. 17 edition of The Crimson White, the CW editorial board blasted the actions Shery Butler is an alumna of of an individual for modifying a the University.

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No one is ‘pro-abortion’ By Cortnee Howard

we will never be able to reconcile everyone’s beliefs with the realities we must face as With the election a short Americans. Our inability as a three weeks away, our cannation to reach a consensus on didate’s differing views on this issue does not stop teenagcontroversial topics like aborers from getting pregnant, does tion have been getting quite a not stop condoms from breakbit of attention in the media. ing and does not decrease the Affectionately dubbed as “that dismally large population of liberal, hippie Democrat” in my American children who will group of conservative friends, never be adopted. No matter I am frequently under attack what, there is one for my pro-choice thing pro-life advoviewpoint. While I cates cannot deny: generally let these “America is a melting pot — full of competthe mother of the comments go, John ing ideas, views, goals and morals. This is child is alive. And McCain’s repeated one of the primary reasons we have laws and she, no matter what use of the rather a Constitution: to help prevent the things that the nature of her cirridiculous term divide us from destroying us.” cumstances, always “pro-abortion” to has rights. describe Barack No, I do not think Obama’s pro-choice view has compelled me to clar- one: the idea that a woman has an unborn child deserves to a basic right to privacy, which be aborted because its mothify my stance. First of all, I do not “sup- includes both her body and er was negligent, careless or raped. And yes, I do feel that port” abortion. The idea that pregnancy. Unfortunately, this is gener- abortion is in many ways a those who support a woman’s right to choose are somehow ally where my argument starts barbaric and even damnable encouraging women to have to fall apart for most of my act. Nevertheless, God is God, abortions is a largely unfair conservative friends. Mainly life is life and everything else accusation. There are many because I used the word is everything else. As the old American women, including “rights.” At this point, one of saying goes, you can pick your myself, who would be abso- them, who is most likely on choices, but you can’t pick lutely devastated if their moth- the verge of tears, will argue your consequences. Whatever er, daughter or sister had an “well if you care so much about moral implications hang in the abortion. Nevertheless, there rights, you baby killer, then balance regarding abortion are is a fundamental difference what about the baby? Isn’t it between the woman and whatbetween agreeing with the idea alive? Doesn’t it have rights ever god she believes in. But no matter what I or anyone else of abortion itself and believing too?” My answer to this question? believes, as long as the baby is that a woman, not the governWell, quite frankly, it still in its first trimester, I will ment, ultimately has the right always support a woman’s conto decide what happens to her depends on who you ask. If you ask conservatives, the stitutional right to choose. own body. America is a melting pot — answer is yes. If you ask liberfull of competing ideas, views, als, the answer is no. But, if Cortnee Howard is a sophogoals and morals. This is one of you ask me, I say the answer more majoring in communicathe primary reasons we have really doesn’t matter, because tion sciences and disorders. laws and a Constitution: to help prevent the things that divide us from destroying us (or, at the very least, to ensure everyone’s rights are being equally protected). I firmly support the ruling in Roe v. Wade because it provides an essential point of clarification for our judicial system. It views abortion not from a moral or political standpoint, but from a constitutional

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CW | RF Rains (Above) A truck mangled from a crash caused by a drunken-driver shows students the dangers of driving under the influence. The truck was in the Ferguson Center plaza on Wednesday. (Left) James Foster Anderson, a sophomore majoring in finance, was riding in the passenger seat when a drunk driver merged into his car coming off the interstate.

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Continued from page 1 as she moved and changed her identity. Brown experienced homelessness, received food stamps and welfare and suffered a coma and amnesia. “There was so much I had to re-learn to survive in an unforgiving world. I was confused in this jungle called life,” Brown said. “At first, it was depressing for me. But I came to appreciate living true and truly living. Fast-forward 20 years and I am standing here today before you as a survivor. As I am speaking to you at this very moment, someone is enduring the unthinkable.” Kristin McDonald, a senior and vice president of Alpha Chi Omega, said ACO sponsored the vigil and is involved in domestic violence philanthropy because many of their sisters and friends have been victims and the act is too often overlooked. “A lot of times, victims of domestic violence aren’t seen as victims — people think it was brought upon them by their actions or their words,”

McDonald said. “Sometimes, women don’t even realize it’s happening to them, and then they’re ashamed about it when they do. They feel like it is their fault.” Panitch said one of the goals of the vigil was to acknowledge portrayals of women in the media that might encourage misogyny or violence. “It’s an accepted thing in society right now to see a woman with a knife to her throat and looking like that’s a great time for her, or a sexual experience,” Panitch said. “Calling someone a ‘ho’ or a ‘bitch’ is not okay. We laugh, because we know, of course, it’s not, but how often do we hear these words said and we don’t say anything?” Another issue addressed was verbal abuse, which Panitch said is too often not defined as abuse, and because it is not taken as seriously as physical abuse, often leads to more serious problems. “You’re losing your self-confidence; you’re alienating your friends because they don’t like the person you’re with, and all the sudden, you’re stuck,” Panitch said. “We need to

start raising awareness and have people say, ‘That’s not cool that you speak to someone like that.’ That is what is going to stop the perpetual violence that is happening in a relationship.” For bad relationships that do reach a physical level, Panitch said, the most important thing a friend can do is to not pressure them, and to constantly be available. “Saying to a friend, ‘Why don’t you just leave?’ is not good enough to make her leave. It’s going to make her be very defensive of this person and possibly alienate you,” Panitch said. “We shouldn’t pressure the person. Often when someone decides to leave, that’s the most dangerous time for that person.” Panitch noted that one in five women in college will be a victim of dating violence. “We live in a very violent culture and we don’t have control over all of it,” Panitch said. “But we do have the ability to speak out. We do have our words. We do have the ability to believe in each other and believe when a victim confides in us.”

NASA chief: Criticism hurting space agency morale By Jay Reaves The Associated Press HUNTSVILLE | Unfounded criticism of America’s next-generation moon rocket is hurting NASA morale but hasn’t stopped progress on the craft, the space agency’s administrator Michael Griffin said Tuesday. Griffin said critics in the media and on anonymous Internet blogs can “chip away” at the agency by questioning the motives and ethics of engineers designing the new rockets. Briefing charts used by NASA managers sometimes show up on Web sites without the proper context, he said, and opponents of the agency’s plans to replace the space shuttle with two new rockets have wrongly accused NASA managers of incompetence and worse. “Are we at a place where differences of engineering (opinion) are cited as evidence of lying

or malfeasance? This is not how any of us were taught to conduct an engineering discussion,” he said at a symposium of top NASA leaders and industry executives in Alabama. Griffin said the criticism hasn’t slowed development of the Ares rockets being designed for the Constellation program to lift astronauts and cargo to the space station, the Moon and eventually Mars, but it is still hurting. “I think there is a certain amount of damage to people’s morale that accrues when they know themselves that they are doing good work and telling the truth and the product of their work is besmirched anonymously by others who bring forward no data and can do so almost continuously,” he said. A NASA safety panel reported in August that the space agency and its moon program had problems related to employee morale, funding and leadership.

Food allergies increasing in US kids, study says By Mike Stobbe The Associated Press ATLANTA | Food allergies in American children seem to be on the rise, now affecting about 3 million kids, according to the first federal study of the problem. Experts said that might be because parents are more aware and quicker to have their kids checked out by a doctor. About one in 26 children had food allergies last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday. That’s up from 1 in 29 kids in 1997. The 18 percent increase is significant enough to be considered more than a statistical blip, said Amy Branum of the CDC, the study’s lead author. Nobody knows for sure what’s driving the increase. A doubling in peanut allergies — noted in earlier studies — is one factor, some experts said. Also, children seems to be taking longer to outgrow milk and egg allergies than they did in decades past. But also figuring into the equation are parents and doctors who are more likely to consider food as the trigger for symptoms like vomiting, skin rashes and breathing problems. “A couple of decades ago, it was not uncommon to have kids sick all the time and we just said ‘They have a weak stomach,’ or ‘They’re sickly,’” said Anne Munoz-Furlong, chief executive of the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network, a Virginia-based advocacy organization. Parents today are quicker to take their kids to specialists to check out the possibility of food allergies, said Munoz-Furlong, who founded the nonprofit in 1991. The CDC results came from an in-person, door-to-door survey in 2007 of the households of 9,500 U.S. children under age 18. When asked if a child in the house had any kind of food allergy in the previous 12 months, about 4 percent said yes. The parents were not asked if a doctor had made the diagnosis, and no medical records were checked. Some parents

may not know the difference between immune system-based food allergies and digestive disorders like lactose intolerance, so it’s possible the study’s findings are a bit off, Branum said. However, the study’s results mirror older national estimates that were extrapolated from smaller, more intensive studies, said Dr. Hugh Sampson, a food allergy researcher at the Mount Sinai School of medicine. “This tells us those earlier extrapolations were fairly close,” Sampson said. The CDC study did not give a breakdown of which foods were to blame for the allergies. Other research suggests that about 1 in 40 Americans will have a milk allergy at some point in their lives, and 1 in 50 percent will be allergic to eggs. Most people outgrow these allergies in childhood. About 1 in 50 are allergic to shellfish and nearly 1 in 100 react to peanuts, allergies that generally persist for a lifetime, according to Sampson. Some people have more than one food allergy, he said, explaining why the overall food allergy prevalence is about 4 percent. Children with food allergies also were more likely to have asthma, eczema and respiratory problems than kids without food allergies, the CDC study found, confirming previous research. The study also found that the number of children hospitalized for food allergies was up. The number of hospital discharges jumped from about 2,600 a year in the late 1990s to more than 9,500 annually in recent years, the CDC results showed. Also, Hispanic children had lower rates of food allergies than white or black children — the first such racial/ethnic breakdown in a national study. The reason for that last finding may not be genetics, said Munoz-Furlong. She is Hispanic and said people in her own family have been unwilling to consider food allergies as the reason for children’s illnesses. “It’s a question of awareness,” she said.

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Coffee to play Tennessee Game versus Vols set for Thurs. night

Coffee misses last two games with injury, suspension By Ryan Wright Sports Editor

Junior Glen Coffee will likely get more carries against a Tennessee team in the first quarter Saturday than he’s had in his entire career. An injury kept the running back away from a 16-13 loss at Neyland Stadium in what would have been his sophomore season, and the textbook scandal kept Coffee out of Alabama’s 41-17 blowout over the Vols last year. “Last year, I had to watch from my couch,” he said. “We played a great game last year. I was excited to see my team win, but at the same time I wanted to be part of it. This year I’m fortunate to go out there and play.” The junior has only two career carries against Tennessee. He rushed for five yards in the 6-3 win at home in 2005, when Ken Darby was Alabama’s feature back. However, Coffee said getting

By Cyrus Ntakirutinka Sports Reporter

CW | Matt Abbey Nick Saban throws a pass during defensive secondary drills in practice on Wednesday. his first shot at significant time against a rival like Tennessee isn’t going to change his mentality. “I don’t put much in rivalry games,” Coffee said. “I feel like you should be amped up to play any game, no matter who it is. Rivalry game or no rivalry game, it doesn’t matter.”

McCoy recalls mascot attack Wide receiver Mike McCoy will go to Neyland Stadium for the first time since he was famously bitten by the Vol’s mascot his freshman season. The dog, Smokey, bit McCoy in pregame warm-ups when McCoy backpedaled into him during a drill. “That would have to be the strangest [thing to happen to me on a football field],” McCoy said. “A lot of people denied it. But hey, it happens.” McCoy said he felt good returning to the field in the Ole Miss game after being sidelined by a hamstring strain. He caught his first touchdown of the season on a 30-yard fleaflicker in the second quarter.

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“I don’t put much in rivalry games. I feel like you should be amped up to play any game, no matter who it is. — Running back Glen Coffee

“It was terrible,” McCoy said of having to sit out the Kentucky game with the injury. “I’ve never sat on the sideline except for my freshman year. It’s like giving a dog a steak and then going back to dog food again. It’s not good. It’s not a good feeling at all.”

Injury Update Nose tackle Terrence Cody, who was recently diagnosed with a sprained MCL, started biking Wednesday as part of his rehabilitation, head coach Nick Saban said. “He’s making good progress,” he said. “He’s doing as well as can be expected.” Saban also said he has been pleased with the practice play of Josh Chapman and Lorenzo Washington, the most likely candidates to play in Cody’s absence. Wide receiver Earl Alexander, who is battling a recurring foot injury, has practiced the last two days after resting Monday, Saban said.

The Alabama soccer team is entering the late stage of the season with a 9-6-1 record. The team is heading to Knoxville, Tenn., Thursday night for a midweek match against the Volunteers. The Crimson Tide will look to put behind them a 6-1 loss at home to No. 7 Florida, which remains undefeated in the SEC. Head coach Todd Bramble said he thinks his team will perform well this week against the Volunteers. “At the end of the day, all it means is that we get zero points [toward the SEC standings] out of the game,” Bramble said. “The amount of goals that we conceded is insignificant. The emotion of the players doesn’t seem to be affected at all. If the weekend before is any indication of how we are going to respond to a big loss, then I’m fully confident that this team will bounce back with no problems.” The team has shown an ability to bounce back this season following big losses to top teams Southern California and LSU to perform well in the next set of matches. Alabama stands at 4-4 in conference play this season going into Knoxville. The record gives coach Bramble confidence in his players in facing the 88-0 Volunteers sporting a 5-3 record in the conference. “I know them well from my time in the ACC,” Bramble said. “They are a team that’s capable of winning the SEC championship. Our team is

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Tide prepares to face Vols

Playing in the rain

By Laura Owens Contributing writer

According to www.weather. com, there is a 30 percent chance of rain in Knoxville, Tenn., Saturday. Saban said the team does have wet ball practice but added that rain is like any other external factor, something the team shouldn’t worry much about because it can’t be controlled. “If it rains, I’ll bet it rains on both teams,” he said. Coffee echoed Saban’s thoughts. “It doesn’t change anything,” he said. “You just have to keep that in the back of your head and be prepared for the rain, be prepared for a wet ball. I don’t mind the rain, but I’d rather it be dry out there.”

Last week, the varsity rowing team secured top-ten finishes at the Head of Charles Regatta held in Cambridge, Mass. They finished 10th, with only two collegiate teams finishing before them. “I thought we did a good job out there, but I thought we could’ve done even a little bit better,” said head coach Larry Davis in response to his varsity’s performance. “We did come in top ten, which is an accomplishment. With a little bit of polishing with a few places in the middle of the race, we could probably finish top five.” Meanwhile, the novice team came back from the Hobbs Island Regatta held in

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Huntsville with both a gold and silver medal. “They kept it calm,” Davis said about his novice team. “They went out there and executed.” After both teams’ races, Davis has an even better understanding of his team and the areas in which they need to improve. “We look at what we achieved and what we would like to have achieved. We look at some of the things that occurred that might have kept us from achieving our maximum,” Davis said. “At the Charles, the main thing was keeping ourselves composed. In the middle of the race there were some things going on that distracted us, and we lost our composure. That was a big difference between being top ten and top five.” Now the team looks to Saturday when they will compete in the Head of the Tennessee Regatta, in which they will race rival Tennessee. “Our main focus is Tennessee,” said senior rower Victoria Croy. Junior rower Bailey Sanders is very optimistic about the upcoming regatta. “I think we can definitely medal. If we stay calm and strong, we can get at least second place,” Sanders said. Sanders is the coxswain for her boat. The coxswain is the person stationed at the head of the boat and who, instead of physically rowing, keeps the boat calm, motivated and on track. “It’s kind of stressful sometimes. But I also really like it because I like having different jobs from everyone. It’s kind of like being a leader in the boat,” Sanders said.

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By Matthew Glasscock Contributing Writer This film by infamous German director Werner Herzog best represents his devil-may-care attitude that accents most of his better films. Herzog is a consummate maverick filmmaker and his legend seems to grow exponentially every year, particularly in the eyes of Herzog himself. He allegedly learned the craft of filmmaking from an encyclopedia and began making films once he dropped out of Munich University after only a few days, but not before managing to steal a 35mm Arriflex from the school’s film department. “Fitzcarraldo” depicts the story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, a.k.a. Fitzcarraldo, and his obsession with bringing European opera to the dark, remote jungles of the Amazon Basin. He is consumed by the idea of erecting a lavish opera house in an impoverished Peruvian city around the turn of the 20th century. To finance his ludicrous dream, he must get into bed with the greedy rubber barons who have a stranglehold on all of the business ventures in the area. Who better to tackle such a trivial and absurd subject than Herzog? Klaus Kinski plays the enigmatic title role, and performs it to perfection. His maniacal acting style breathes convincing credibility into a somewhat contrived character. No other actor comes to mind that can portray pure obsession to the degree Kinksi can. Just one look into those crazed, Aryan eyes and you will become a believer. The climax of the film involves the seemingly impossible filmmaking mission of moving a 300ton steamboat over a mountain without the use of any special effects. Herzog, to his credit, insisted on actually performing this arduous task and documenting it for the film. The controversies, injuries and rumors that surround “Fitzcarraldo” are so numerous they inspired filmmaker Les Blank to make an entire film on the making of the movie, titled “Burden of Dreams,” which gives a mostly impartial view into the madness of both Herzog and Kinski and the overall psychosis of the film’s production. Much like Francis Ford Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now,” the film is focused on a psychologically and physically draining adventure into insanity. The further the steamboat travels down the Amazon River, the further the audience travels into the dark recesses of the disturbed mind. Herzog and Kinski have had

By Ryan Mazer Lifestyles Editor Bama After Dark, a division of University Programs, will be hosting a night of Extreme Bowling for students tomorrow at BAMA Lanes from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. A sign-up sheet for the event can be found in the Campus Programs office located in the Ferguson Center across from the University Supply Store. The event is free for students. UP president Barrett Sullivan described the event, which is part of Alcohol Awareness Week, as an “alternative to going to bars or other places where there

impawards.com quite a tumultuous relationship as director and actor over their respective careers, but Herzog’s direction and his ability to capture Kinski’s brief moments of bridled insanity are a joy to watch. They have, according to legend, threatened to kill one another many times over during their time together. Unfortunately, through the years, Herzog had deteriorated into a much mellower and gentler filmmaker and has lost his trademark tyrannical edge, which has in the past worked to his advantage and translated into a better product. I can’t tell you how utterly disappointed and letdown I was when I finally forced myself to view the rather pedestrian “Rescue Dawn” that Herzog released in 2006. It seems that with both age

and success, Herzog has either forgotten or lost that which made him such a unique filmmaker of the 1970s and 1980s. Without the insatiable creative drive to undertake the impractical or the outright ridiculous, he has turned into the older, safer version of himself that so many

‘Fitzcarraldo’ Starring: Klaus Kinski, José Lewgoy

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Professors show creativity By Xavier Burgin Contributing Writer

Gazing into far-away galaxies and blank space from the back-left corner of the classroom, many students ponder an intriguing thought: What are professors like after hours? For an answer to this profound question, students can head to Little Willie’s tonight at 7, where UA English instructor Kevin Brown will be hosting an installment of the Barbed Wire Reading Series. Featuring a cast of professors from the English department, the event aims to display the underlying creativity of professors seldom seen within the confines of their classrooms. The reading will showcase various forms of writing — including poetry, fiction and non-fiction — as per Brown’s goal to not hinder the literary expression of the readers. One such reader, UA professor Carl Peterson, said the event is enriching and necessary. “This reading series allows non-tenured faculty to generate a creative community that encourages each of us to continue our artistic pursuits while

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might be alcohol.” Limited space is available, so interested students should register at the Campus Programs office while they still can. “It should be a fun way to entice students to party in ways other than with alcohol,” Sullivan said. For more information, contact the Office of Campus Programs at 348-7525.

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By David Bauder The Associated Press NEW YORK | CBS is continuing its strong start to the new television season, but for NBC and Fox, last week was one to forget. CBS was the only one of the top five networks with more prime-time viewers last week than it had for the same week a year before. Ten of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 20 most-watched prime-time shows were on CBS, according to Nielsen Media Research. The consistent hit â&#x20AC;&#x153;CSI: Crime Scene Investigationâ&#x20AC;? led the way. CBS is also doing well with its new Simon Baker series, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Mentalist,â&#x20AC;? which was Nielsenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s No. 5 show last week. ABCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brightest spot was â&#x20AC;&#x153;Samantha Who?,â&#x20AC;? the Christina Applegate series that had 11.4 million viewers turn out to support the star as she returned to work following breast cancer surgery this summer. It was the second mostpopular sitcom on TV, behind CBSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Two and a Half Men.â&#x20AC;? For Fox, â&#x20AC;&#x153;American Idolâ&#x20AC;? canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come soon enough. The network had a startling 5 million fewer viewers this year than the same week a year ago. The primary culprit was baseball, as the networkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coverage of the National League Championship Series between Philadelphia and Los Angeles laid an egg. The deciding fifth game had barely more than 8 million viewers.

Fox is holding its breath for the World Series between the Phillies and virtually unknown Tampa Bay Rays. Only a long series is likely to help the network. By far, no NBC prime-time show last week could match the ratings for the late-night â&#x20AC;&#x153;Saturday Night Liveâ&#x20AC;? with Sarah Palin, which had an estimated 14 million viewers. No primetime NBC series even reached 10 million viewers, with the exception of Sunday nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s football game. Given the prime-time problems, it was remarkable that NBC News managed to win in the ratings for its analysis of the final John McCain-Barack Obama debate, and for its evening newscast. For the week, CBS averaged 11.5 million viewers (7.3 rating, 12 share), ABC had 9.2 million (5.9, 10), NBC had 7.2 million (4.6, 7), Fox had 6.7 million (4.2, 7), the CW had 2.1 million (1.4, 2), My Network TV had 1.6 million (1.1, 2) and ION Television had 580,000 (0.4, 1). NBCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nightly Newsâ&#x20AC;? led with 7.8 million viewers to ABCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;World Newsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? 7.6 million (both 5.3 ratings, 11 shares) in the evening news competition. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;CBS Evening Newsâ&#x20AC;? had 5.9 million viewers (4, 8). A ratings point represents 1,145,000 households, or 1 percent of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s estimated 114.5 million TV homes. The share is the percentage of inuse televisions tuned to a given show.

As the lights dimmed and the crowd slowly quieted throughout the theater, snippets of German and English floated around, adding to the atmosphere. The Bama Theatre smelled of freshly popped popcorn and the room was pleasantly cool. The second film of the night, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Das Leben der Anderenâ&#x20AC;? (â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Lives of Othersâ&#x20AC;?), started up after a small run of retro theatrical advertisements. It was the second film of the series as well as the first of the more serious films, and it proved to be worthy of its place. The festival, held by the Arts Council of Tuscaloosa and sponsored by Mercedes-Benz, succeeded in representing the German style of cinema as well as exposing attendees to several products of German culture. The first film of the festival, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Das Doppelte Lottchenâ&#x20AC;? (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lottie and Lisaâ&#x20AC;?), drew in a small crowd, including many children. Vona Robbins, who brought her two sons, spoke about the importance of the festival. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a chance to get a little culture in Tuscaloosa,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m glad I came.â&#x20AC;? The opening film was followed by an hour-long reception featuring authentic German cuisine provided by Barbara Knodel. Knodel, a teacher at the German Supplementary School, was also on the committee responsible for choosing the movies that were shown. The culinary works of the night consisted of traditional

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Takeiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nuptials. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The whole thing makes me feel badly,â&#x20AC;? Shatner said in the video. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Poor man. There is such a sickness there. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so patently obvious that there is a psychosis there. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what his original thing about me was. I have no idea.â&#x20AC;? Takei and Brad Alman tied the knot Sept. 15. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Star Trekâ&#x20AC;? alums Nichelle Nichols and Walter Koenig who played Uhura and Chekhov, respectively were among the attendees at the multicultural ceremony at the Japanese American National Museum. Takei and Altman had previously stated that Shatner was invited to their wedding, but he never RSVPed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is unfortunate that Bill was unable to join us for our wedding as he indeed was invited to attend,â&#x20AC;? Takei responded. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is our hope that at this point he joins us in voting no on Proposition 8, which seeks to eliminate the fundamental right for same-sex couples to marry in California.â&#x20AC;? Shatner said he felt he never knew Takei when they worked together on the original TV series and later in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Star Trekâ&#x20AC;? films.

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SANTA MONICA, Calif. | A wild ride that led to Lindsay Lohanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arrest has sparked another lawsuit. Court records show that three men who claim they were in a sport utility vehicle that Lohan commandeered in July 2007 sued the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mean Girlsâ&#x20AC;? star last week. Their allegations include battery, false imprisonment and that the actress was negligent when she allegedly took over an SUV belonging to one of the men to chase her recently fired assistant. That chase ended when the assistantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother called police because she was being followed and led Lohan toward a police station. Officers suspected Lohan was drunk and arrested her. Lohan eventually pleaded guilty to two counts of being under the influence of cocaine stemming from the Santa Monica arrest and an earlier drunken driving arrest in Beverly Hills. She served 84 minutes in jail and entered rehab.

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COBB HOLLYWOOD 16 • “Appaloosa” (R) • “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” (PG) • “Body of Lies” (R) • “Eagle Eye” (PG-13) • “The Express” (PG) • “Fireproof” (PG) • “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” (G) • “Max Payne” (PG-13) • “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist” (PG-13) • “Nights in Rodanthe” (PG-13) • “Pride and Glory” (R) • “Quarantine” (R) • “Religulous” (R) • “Saw V” (R) • “The Secret Life of Bees” (PG-13) • “Sex Drive” (R) • “W.” (PG-13)

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By Laura Fenton Contributing Writer As the weather turns brisk, the temperature will not be the only cause of chills. With Halloween approaching, Mike Dodson, SGA vice president of External Affairs, and Lauren Lambuth, director of city affairs, have arranged a Tuscaloosa Haunted History Tour as part of an initiative to enlighten students, faculty members of the Tuscaloosa area. All proceeds benefit the Tuscaloosa County Preservation Society. “This event appeals to everybody,” Dodson said. “It is great for morale and even if you don’t believe it, you’re going to be entertained. There is a lot of history combined with these stories.” The tour begins at Woods Quad with a 15-minute walk between campus locations before moving to downtown Tuscaloosa via

CrimsonRide buses. Once downtown, attendees will stop at the Drish House for a lightsout session with electronic voice phenomenon recorded at the location, in addition to a séance-style event and a special surprise. Scientific techniques for analyzing this phenomenon will be taught and tour-goers are invited to bring their cameras to capture the experience. Members of the Tuscaloosa Paranormal Group will ask questions to the spirits. Tickets are $7 and are available for purchase by cash or check and with a valid ACTion card from the SGA office until Oct. 29th at 5 p.m. You will also receive a reminder email from the SGA the night before your tour. Proceeds from the event will be donated to the Tuscaloosa County Preservation Society. For more information contact Mike Dodson at 205-601-6528 or Lauren Lambuth at 251-232-6575.

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