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Survey: students happy with Bama Dining

By Drew Taylor Senior Staff Reporter Bama Dining recently released their survey results from the Fall 2008 semester concerning on-campus dining. About 1,500 students were polled over the course of a week to garner the results.

The surveys examined several aspects of on-campus dining ranging from the speed of service, food quality and price.

For the Fall, the overall dining experience scored 5.51 points out of 7, a 0.12 point increase from the Fall 2007 survey. Since Spring 2008, the overall experience rating has increased 0.37 points.

Matt Mackey, marketing manager for Bama Dining Services,

said overall, the student body is pleased with the way Bama Dining is conducting its operations, but that there is always room to grow, particularly in changing a certain stigma the dining service has with a majority of the students.

“We have an issue with people that have the mindset that it is expensive to eat on campus,” Mackey said.

In terms of price and value, nearly 34 percent of students who took the surveys found the pricing excellent with 52 percent calling it average, making it the lowest percentage that was found excellent of the total 15 categories.

Totaling 4.56 points, this is a 0.4 point increase since fall 2007. Mackey said there has

been extensive research done

by Aramark, the primary food supplier for the University, in keeping track of market and retail price in various convenience stores, with conclusions that food at the University is either on par with the actual market prices or a little cheaper.

Through the dismal economy, Mackey said Bama Dining has seen the budget cuts and financial setbacks that many food retailers are currently going through. With this in mind, Mackey said Bama Dining is doing all it can to decrease price fluctuation as little as possible.

“As much as we can do on our

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CW | Drew Hoover Jacob Buettner, Joe Kidd and Bryant Hitson eat together at the Lakeside Diner on Wednesday night. Bama Diningʼs fall 2008 surveys indicate students are generally pleased with on-campus eaterues such as Lakeside Diner.

Off-campus Pilates machines make UA debut groceries offer lower prices

By Josh Veazey Senior Staff Reporter

Students needing groceries can find most of what they need on campus instead of driving to a store, but may face a serious trade-off in

price, value and variety.

Julia’s Market, located in Julia Tutwiler Hall, and the Lakeside Market, located in the Lakeside Dining Hall, mainly feature food and

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CW | Marion R Walding Kristen Durham, the assistant director for membership and fitness services at the Student Recreation Center, demonstrates how to use the new pilates machines Wednesday afternoon.

By Martha Gravlee Contributing Writer

undergoing certification classes.

“It is one of the leading certification bodies,“ said Kristen Durham, assistant direcThis semester, UA students will have tor of Membership and Fitness Services.

Although the machines have been a new workout option. The Student Recreation Center has purchased six new delivered and will likely be assembled by Tuesday, they will not be used until late pilates machines.

The machines, called Reformers, were March, when the University Recreation purchased from Balanced Body, a com- team has finished certification.

Mat pilates has been one of the most pany from which UA trainers are also

CW Photo Illustration| Marion R Walding Valerie Jones, a senior majoring in marketing, compares prices at Target.

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popular classes offered by the Rec Center for over two years, Durham said, and the amount of interest shown by students is a good indicator of how successful the classes utilizing the reformer will be.

“We hope it will be very popular,” Durham said. “We have high hopes that this will be well-received.”

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Gaza protestors gather in front of City Hall

By Karissa Bursch Staff Reporter

order to bring attention to the issue.

“I think Israel’s assault is With tears in her eyes, way over the top compared unable to tell the story her- country and country and

“We are pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli. We are pro-peace,” — Tuscaloosa resident Laila Liddy self, Sohair Temraz, a Gazan who came to the United States a few months ago, let fellow protestor Tashia Islam tell the story of her family in Gaza.

Temraz’s family is currently living in the basement of a four-story building while the attacks on Gaza from Israel continue, Islam said.

On Wednesday, concerned Tuscaloosa residents and UA students gathered in front of City Hall to protest the Israeli invasion of Gaza.

Mary Ann Robbins, one of the organizers of the protest, said she and her friend Laila Liddy, who is from Palestine, are not associated with a group but they both wanted to organize the protest in

weapon to weapon,” Robbins said. “The United States is in the habit of giving blind support to Israel.”

The protestors gathered in front of City Hall with a multitude of signs and black cloth wrapped around their arms representing the deaths of the Gazan civilians.

“We’ve been outraged,” Liddy said. “We want an immediate cease fire in Gaza and Israel.”

Liddy said she thinks just a single life is too bad to lose but in Israel 13 people have CW | Marion R Walding lost their lives, two of which “I just think that itʼs important for everybody thatʼs interested were civilians. In Gaza almost in humanity to stand up against these atrocious acts against 1,000 people have lost their people who are basically held hostage in their own homes,” said Laila Liddy, a social worker and member of the Tuscaloosa Peace project, explaining why students and residents marched in See GAZA, page 2 protest today against Israelʼs invasion of Gaza.

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cereal — 14 oz. for $6.59 ($0.47 per oz.) while Publix features multiple sizes, including a Continued from page 1 23 oz. box for $4.79 ($0.20 per cosmetic items in single-serv- oz.). Also, for milk, neither ing and travel-sized portions, on-campus store has a gallon such as microwavable Betty bottle. Julia’s sells for $2.59 Crocker’s “Bowl Appetite!” per half gallon and $1.99 for a Hormel “Compleats,” and quart; Lakeside sells for $2.99 smaller bags of Lay’s potato per half-gallon and $1.99 for chips. These items seem ideal a quart. By comparison, Walfor students who need a small, Mart sells all three sizes, its temporary fix before they can gallon going for $3.29.

Large grocery stores fretake the time to go shopping quently push items into off-campus.

However, smaller packag- packs of 12 or 24 in order to ing sometimes means getting drive down the cost per unit. less product for your money. Julia’s and Lakeside seem to For example, Julia’s features sometimes do the opposite. In one size for Frosted Flakes Lakeside, a single two-pack

of Pop-Tarts is $ 0.89, but an eight-pack of the same item is $3.69 (if you want eight PopTarts, you can just buy four of the two-packs for only $3.56).

Both on-campus stores seem to have niches, and provide numerous products that the other does not. Lakeside has an impressive variety of organic foods while Julia’s offers several whole grain products. Julia’s, being slightly bigger, includes an extended aisle of toiletries, including several brands of shampoo, conditioner and hair gel. As of yesterday, Lakeside had a very limited supply of hair products and no toothpaste.

Wal-Mart beats out Publix and campus outlets almost completely across the board, sometimes being a third or even a fourth of the cost of Julia’s or Lakeside. But to get there, it’s a generous drive down McFarland, and includes a left turn at the Skyland/ McFarland intersection, where it is not uncommon to wait over a minute for a left turn light. Though it is slightly overpriced, Publix seems to be a happy medium, offering a wide variety — an entire shelf of which is health-conscious — that is only a short drive or for some students a walk away.

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Many students taking the mat pilates classes have been requesting the machines, she said.

“There are few opportunities in this city to use reformers,” Durham said. “We have been approached about this by our patrons for a very long time.”

“This is a series of pulleys and strings that intensifies the intensity of the workout,” she said. “This is a wonderful form of exercise that we are honored to offer. It’s just another piece of the puzzle for us to offer the most well-rounded programs we can.”

Neika Nix, a personal trainer at the recreation center, said she is very excited about the new machines.

“I think this is good for so many different types of people,” she said. “People with chronic pain can help lengthen and loosen their muscles, athletes and dancers, too. No matter your gender or age, pilates is an amazing form of exercise.”

“Pilates is really becoming more mainstream,” she said, “and as more people are starting to see the positive results I think that the University’s students will be excited to take it to the next level with the machines.”

Nix said by purchasing the reformers University Recreation is keeping itself ahead of the curve among local exercise facilities.

“They used to only be available in big cities,” she said.

“The fact that we have them here shows that the Rec center is listening to their patrons’ needs and wants and is investing in them.”

Melissa Mills, a sophomore majoring in political science and Chinese, said she looks forward to using the machines.

“I’m really excited that they are using the machines because as a girl I don’t like using weights. I love being able to use my own body weight,” Mills said.

Students can look for information regarding classes utilizing the machines in March, after University Recreation pilates instructors have been certified to train with the equipment.

end to absorb the cost of food or to find new ways to go through it, that’s less cost that we have to then pass on to the student body,” Mackey said.

In this light, Mackey said it has been prudent to adjust the conditions that can be facilitated the cheapest and

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GAZA

Continued from page 1 lives, of which 50 percent are women and children.

“The amount of atrocities inflicted on the Gazans is way over the top,” Liddy said.

“Gazans are basically imprisoned in Gaza. Tunnels are

the quickest. Generally, this area is normally found in menu selections, which will then go through the recommended changes to meet majority needs and will be heavily advertised to accommodate the student body. The same process meets with changes in the hours of operation, which scored 51 percent in the “excellent,” or six to seven point range and 42 percent for average, or three to

four points.

Currently, Bama Dining is constructing a Web site, called bamadiningsavesyoumoney.com, that will detail food pricing and hours of operation in addition to special events. The Web site is scheduled to be up and running by the end of the month or the first week of February.

For additional information about on-campus dining, visit campusdish.com.

used to bring in basic human needs.”

Liddy said they do not just want the cease-fire but a just resolution so the fighting will not just resume later.

“We are pro-Palestinian and and pro-Israeli. We are propeace,” Liddy said.

Christine Jackson, a sophomore majoring in nutrition

and member of Students for a Democratic Society, participated in the protest.

“I think it’s important to participate in a protest like this because of all the deaths and terrible things that have been happening to the Palestinian people,” Jackson said. “Not a lot of people are aware of the horrible things.”

New Ill. Senate set for governor impeachment trial

By Christopher Wills Associated Press Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. | Hours after impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich convened a new Illinois Senate and urged lawmakers to “find the truth,” senators took the first steps Wednesday toward a trial to determine whether the governor is ousted from office for corruption and abuse of power.

The Democratic governor presided over the first meeting of a Senate whose most urgent task is putting him on trial. He was greeted by silence as he entered the Senate chamber through a back entrance, took the podium without introduction and banged a gavel to call the session to order. He mostly stuck to the formalities of overseeing the ceremony during the hour or so he presided over the chamber.

But as he handed the proceedings over to incoming Senate President John Cullerton, a fellow Democrat from Chicago, Blagojevich said he hoped senators would “find the truth and sort things out, to put the business of the people first.”

He also called on state senators to act “with malice toward none, with charity for all,” referring to Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address, delivered near the

end of the Civil War, when he implored his countrymen to “bind up the nation’s wounds” and work toward peace.

He left through a back door to the Senate chamber. The Senate did not provide a group of escorts that would walk a governor out the front door to allow plenty of time for handshakes and backslaps.

Soon after, the Senate took the first formal steps toward a trial, approving rules for the proceedings and swearing in members as jurors.

Blagojevich spokeswoman Kelley Quinn said the governor’s legal team on Wednesday accepted a summons from the Senate for the impeachment trial.

Senators fell silent and took their seats as two staffers wheeled in a dolly stacked with nine boxes of evidence and files from the House impeachment committee. House-appointed prosecutor David Ellis then read details of the governor’s impeachment into the record.

Republican Sen. Dan Rutherford said the silence and the desks adorned with flowers — left over from earlier festivities — were a bit eerie.

“Unless it’s the resolution to memorialize the death of a colleague, I haven’t heard it this quiet in the chambers,” Rutherford said.

The Illinois House

impeached Blagojevich last week on a 114-1 vote, more than a month after his Dec. 9 arrest on federal corruption charges. New House members also sworn in Wednesday reaffirmed the vote, with the governor’s sister-in-law as the only dissenting vote.

Rep. Deborah Mell, whose sister is married to Blagojevich, is a freshman Democratic representative from Chicago.

In a statement issued later, Mell said she “could not in good conscience vote for his impeachment.”

“I have known the governor for more than 20 years and the charges in the impeachment were difficult to reconcile with the man and brother-inlaw I know,” Mell said.

“Our Inauguration Day is traditionally a day exclusively for celebration, but the oath we’ve just taken requires that we immediately take up the issue of the governor’s lack of fidelity to the state constitution and its laws,” Democratic Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie said before Wednesday’s vote.

Illinois House Speaker spokesman Steve Brown said the second impeachment vote was needed because the previous chamber’s vote had expired, and legislators wanted to be sure the move stands for the upcoming Senate trial.

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NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS | PART TWO OF FOUR

Students pack rec to get in shape Editor’s Note: This is the first of a four part series examining several common new year’s resolutions and tips on keeping them.

By Brett Bralley News Editor January is the busiest month at the Student Recreation Center because many students are there with the New Year’s resolution to get in shape, said George Brown, executive director of University Relations.

The amount of students at the Rec usually starts to dwindle by March though, as students don’t keep up with their goals, Brown said.

To keep up with their resolutions, Brown recommends that students approach getting in shape with realistic goals in mind.

Goals should be maintainable, yet challenging, he said. He said students should keep long-term goals in mind, while still concentrating on weekly goals.

Students must keep in mind,

according to data collected by University Recreation.

University Recreation’s next goal is to increase the amount of times students actually come in, Brown said.

Mondays are always the busiest at the Rec, Brown said. The “People sometimes start to see results fast after just a few busiest hours at the Rec are weeks, but then they’ll get a load of tests or come down between about 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. with a cold or a flu, and then they get discouraged and give Students can also set up sesup, with whatever kind of goal setting, there are going to be sions with personal trainers. setbacks.”

According to the Rec center’s Web site, students can set up — George Brown, executive director of University Relations. a personal training session for $25 a session. Students that schedule with a partner pay $15 each. Training sessions load of tests or come down with to keep your goals.”

Students also need to make can also be e-mail based for a cold or a flu, and then they get discouraged and give up,” sure they carve out the time $50 a month.

Brown said the Rec center Brown said. “With whatever for their workouts. Brown reckind of goal setting, there are ommended that students treat has about 25 certified personal working out almost like an extra trainers and works with almost going to be setbacks.”

Brown also said he recom- class. A workout schedule that 200 clients.

Kristina Taylor, a senior mends students taking a day students follow will more likely off during the week. He said if be kept up with versus going to majoring in telecommunicastudents give themselves that work out whenever they have tions, said she has taken health classes at the Rec to stay in reward during the week, it will time.

In 2008 just over 80 percent of shape. She said classes she has keep them exercising longer.

Traveling in pairs also is a the student population visited taken at the Rec allowed her to good way to keep up with exer- the Rec center at least once, learn how to work many of the however, that there are going to be setbacks, he said.

“People sometimes start to see results fast after just a few weeks, but then they’ll get a

cise goals, Brown said.

“It gives you a sense of ‘We’ll pull through this together,’” he said. “It gives a sense of camaraderie if you work with a partner

MCT Campus machines on the first level.

“Taking [those] sort of classes helps motivate me not to be sedentary,” she said. “When it’s warm outside I’ll go work out often but in the winter it’s

hard to motivate me to stay active. Taking these classes helps keep me motivated.”

Christy Conner contributed to this report.

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WASHINGTON | Presidentelect Barack Obama would spend the remaining $350 billion of a financial bailout fund on expanded lending and reduced foreclosures and would not use the money to help other industries, lawmakers said Wednesday after discussions with Obama emissaries.

The Senate was set to vote Thursday on whether to release the money. Lawmakers insisted that Obama advisers put their assurances in writing before the vote.

Seeking to secure votes from wary members of both parties, Obama aides fanned out across the Capitol on Wednesday. Their lobbying effort culminated in a closed door meeting between Senate Republicans and top Obama economic adviser Larry Summers and incoming White House chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel.

The private guarantees went further than what Obama’s team has been willing to discuss publicly about his plans for the second half of the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Obama has asked Congress for the money and has been trying to overcome misgivings from lawmakers over how the Bush administration spent the first half of the fund.

Democrats were growing increasingly optimistic that the Senate would agree to release the money to the new administration. And even reluctant Republicans praised Obama’s outreach.

“These folks have much more credibility already than Secretary Paulson,” Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., said, referring to the Bush administration’s treasury secretary, Henry Paulson.

Still, Republicans demanded that the incoming Obama administration put in writing details of the conditions and goals for the money.

“There is a real concern that it’s one thing to say it in the privacy of that room; it’s another thing entirely to put something on the record,” said Sen. John Thune, R-S.D. While the criticism of the Bush administration’s handling of the bailout has been bipartisan, Republicans were especially opposed to using the bailout funds to help out nonfinancial sector industries.

Money from the fund has been used to assist insurance giant American International Group Inc. and automakers General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Summers and Rahm “did not represent they are in favor of industrial policy.”

“We’d like to see something publicly stated with reference to that issue,” he added.

In the House, Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., said Summers assured him that Obama would commit a significant portion of the bailout money to foreclosure relief.

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The House on Thursday was scheduled to vote on Frank legislation that would place broad restrictions on the bailout program. One major provision would require that the new administration spend between $40 billion and $100 billion on reducing the number of foreclosures.

“I believe they would have done this anyway,” Frank said after speaking to Summers on Wednesday.

Obama’s transition office would not comment on discussions held with members of Congress.

The House bill has little chance of passing the Senate.

Summers this week submitted a three-page letter to congressional leaders as part of Obama’s request for the money that outlined the Obama economic team’s goals. But several Republicans and Democrats said the letter was not specific enough and said they needed

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Congress built in a safeguard by requiring that after the first $350 billion of the bailout fund was spent, Congress could reject spending the second half. Obama has said he needs the additional money to help extend loans to small businesses, consumers, homeowners and local governments.

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Don’t ask us to miss “Don’t Ask” Most of The Crimson White’s editorial board is overjoyed at seeing the beginning of the end for the oppressive U.S. Military policy “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”

Barack Obama plans to end the policy after taking office, according to a Fox News report released yesterday. We were pleasantly surprised at this decision on Obama’s part. “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” enacted in the 1990s under Bill Clinton, is the policy which has prevented gays and lesbians from serving openly in the Armed Forces.

We fail to see how the sexual orientation of the person fighting next to you matters.

None of us have served in the military, but what difference does it make if the guy fighting next to you likes guys? When the bullets start flying, it won’t be about what

he or she likes and doesn’t like — it’ll be about surviving and helping your fellow service members survive.

At its most basic level, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” implies that gay and lesbian citizens are not as capable of serving their country as their straight counterparts.

We don’t think that’s right.

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By Sean Randall With school starting back in full swing, grades are something on most everyone’s mind.

Having a high grade point average is important to almost everyone at this school. And yet, GPA is perhaps the most pointless, moronic and archaic system for determining “betterness” since the BCS. Let’s consider what a GPA represents. The better GPA you have, the better you’ve done in classes. Does that mean a high GPA means you’re intelligent?

Heck no. The game show “Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?” loves to pull people who had or have high GPAs and watch them fail on crazily simple questions like fourth grade mathematics. Further, intelligence doesn’t really have a bearing on how you’ll do in classes, which is all your GPA represents.

Consider the reverse. Low GPA equals low intelligence.

That’s clearly not true. I’m a great example. I was, my first two years, a terrible student.

I skipped out on class a lot, refused to go to classes that bored or angered me, et cetera.

My GPA, obviously, wasn’t so great because of that attitude.

Yet I am most certainly an intelligent person. Perhaps some will call me arrogant for saying so, but it’s a simple fact. I am intelligent by society’s standards. I have an IQ somewhere in the triple digits (I think it’s past 130? But I forget.). I got a 31 on my ACT, and something like a 1600 on my SAT (preessay section). I’ve been in accelerated learning programs at my school since the 1st grade and skipped 5th grade math.

Society, and my capacity to reason, tells me I have a pretty high intelligence factor. But GPA? Well, hopefully I’ll have a 3.0 by the end of this year, but that’s still not “high,” just all right.

So if it doesn’t show intelligence, does it show one’s knowledge? Or what one learned?

Again, no. Grading systems are too scattered amongst teachers for any sort of uniformity to be given to what grades truly represent. Some teachers change grades based on attendance.

You could pass every test with a 100, and fail a course because you didn’t come to class. Or, you could have a C+, but show up every day and suddenly you’ve got a B- or B. And after all, one can pass a class and not have learned a thing. They may

have known it all ... they may have cheated ... or maybe, they just knew how to suck up and do enough extra credit to pass by.

Then there’s the entire skill behind finding easy classes and professors. I admit I’ve done it before. I ask friends for teachers who don’t have attendance policies, teachers who are lenient on grading, who don’t require as much reading, et cetera. And then there are always online courses, supposedly much easier on average than an actual class.

So, your grades aren’t based on intelligence, knowledge, ability or learning. Maybe some of them are from time to time, like a logic class where there is no bias in teaching, grading or making tests, there is only right and wrong. But as a whole, grades have nothing to show but a conglomeration of meaningless stuff. Someone with a C may be just as smart as someone with an A+. Maybe they learned more, the same or whatever. But teacher bias, attendance and all those other things make that huge difference.

GPA, as it currently stands, is a meaningless number that has far more stock put into it than

it deserves. It shows no amount of work ethic, knowledge or skill. Unless grading becomes uniform for all classes, GPA is a pointless thing because we have no clue what it means.

And we all know that teachers will never allow any such uniformity to occur, because that would mean uniform teaching more or less. Being from two of the most biased departments in college, philosophy and theatre, I can say with certainty that no two teachers can agree fully as to what is even true in those departments.

Do I have a solution? Not this time. I’m intelligent, yes, but my thoughts haven’t really gone toward this dilemma for as long as would be required to make a solution. To me, uniformity would be the only way I can see GPA meaning anything, and that would just be immensely boring, don’t you think? Perhaps someone out there, someone wiser, maybe even someone reading this, can think of something that better represents ability.

It’s something worth thinking about.

Sean Randall is a junior majoring in theatre and philosophy

Tuscaloosa theater full of dull movies

By Matthew Glasscock

Remember when Tuscaloosa had two movie theaters in town? Sure, they weren’t as plush or as swanky as the Hollywood 16, but I seem to recall a little more variety.

The healthy rivalry fostered good ol’ capitalistic competition, which gave us, the paying customers, a better selection in movies no matter how minute. Even though the Fox 12 would only show “arty” films at around 10 or 12 p.m. in one of the tiny closet-theaters, at least you had the option.

I know because I have been in Tuscaloosa for half as long as some of you have been alive. This is not a fact that I am necessarily fond of; I’m just

saying I know a few things about T-Town. Hey, at least I’m not a townie.

It is getting close to Oscar time, and I wouldn’t mind catching a few of the films before the awards are officially passed out. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not that crazy about the Oscars. In fact I tend to regard the whole thing as a huge waste of money and nothing more than a glorified version of a high-school student council election. But, Oscar time is also when the big studios release the films they have been sandbagging all year, which usually translates to a better product for movie going audiences everywhere.

In the spirit of the Oscar season, I was checking Moviefone’s

Web site to see if any of the contenders were playing at our singular theater. What I discovered was a sad state of affairs.

“Hancock” — At first I checked to make sure I wasn’t on an archived page. Nope, it’s true. Isn’t this the same piece of crap we were offered last summer? What gives? It’s 2009.

Are you telling me that instead of “Slumdog Millionaire” we have to see “Hancock” again?

“Marley & Me” — This movie has been the number one film for two or three weeks now, and I am amazed. I understand that we are in a recession and the whole thing about wanting to escape reality, but come on.

I can only hope Marley contracts rabies and Owen Wilson

is forced to put him down in the end.

“Four Christmases” — Bottom line, Christmas is over.

Move on.

“Seven Pounds” — Oh goody, another weepy Will Smith drama. I can never get enough of those.

“Not Easily Broken” — Hasn’t Tyler Perry exhausted this formula already? Do we really need inept wannabes trying a whack at it?

“Yes Man” — I have already seen this movie a thousand times before, and every one of them starred Jim Carrey. I guess sometimes you just got to feed the monkey.

“Bolt” — Yet another movie about a dog. Oh, but wait, this one is animated which gives it

a twist and hey look, it’s also in 3-D. Okay, just so you know, with the exception of IMAX, anytime you see a movie in 3-D, it sucks. That’s why they put it into 3-D. The film tested poorly so they slapped on an obsolete gimmick like 3-D, and what do you know? It sells.

“Valkyrie” — I love World War II films, but Tom Cruise as a Nazi. Right.

“The Spirit” — I have heard absolutely nothing about this film from anyone. It looks pretty, but I am a little suspicious about how well a writer of comic books can direct a film.

I can just wait until the DVD comes out to see this one.

“Bedtime Stories” — Walt Disney and Adam Sandler. No thank you.

“The Reader” — I love Kate Winslet and she has already won a Golden Globe for her role in this film. I hated “The Hours” (it felt like hours) and the same director, Stephen Daldry, is at the helm so I am a little hesitant to get too excited about this one.

As you can see there is very little to choose from right now.

I was happy to see that “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” was playing along with “Gran Torino.” Though they will probably already be gone by the time I get around to seeing them, at least we have a few decent films to choose from in the cultural worm-hole that is Tuscaloosa.

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where, but “Third” is an amazing record. You’ll be amazed by its quality and craftsmanship.

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7. Sons and Daughters — “This Gift” Sons and Daughters is probably the exact opposite of Portishead, in that, instead of Portishead’s slow, creepy rhythms, Sons and Daughters is insanely fast, peppy and very catchy. On “This Gift,” they create a collection of fine songs, all that accomplish the feat of being catchy and damn-near unskippable. I have ranted on the joys of this CD before, so look back through my CW blogs for reasons this record is so … joyous. It’s just a catchy blast of indie rock.

8. Portishead “Third”

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I feel really bad that it took me until this year to properly discover the pioneering trip hop (read: electronic music) group Portishead, but they kind of made it hard for me not to. “Third” is the British collective’s first release in 11 years, yet nothing here suggests any rust between releases.

Beth Gibbons’ beautiful voice merged with the sexy but scary background strikes the perfect tone. Those who want happy electronica with noises, beeps and bloops should look else-

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9. Little Joy — “Self-Titled”

10. Beck — “Modern Guilt” Can an album be considered a disappointment, the most lackadaisical record in an artist’s catalogue and still worthy of being heard? I don’t entirely believe everything I just said about Beck’s downright amazing “Modern Guilt,” though Beck did seem bored with this record extremely quickly. On one hand, it feels like Beck wanted to be freed from a major label contract, which in comparison to major-label swan songs like Mos Def’s Geffen Records departure record, “True Magic,” this seems like an insult. On the other hand it’s Beck, and Beck is always intriguing just by being himself.

can stand on her own two feet without the blonde wig.

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8. Various Artists

toured with the Vans Warped — “Twilight (OrigiTour. After several stints on stage nal Motion Picture with fellow artist Katy Perry the duo released their debut album, Soundtrack)” “Want.” 3OH!3 has something to say in the music business, even The movie was one of the if it’s covered in a blustering syn- biggest surprise box office thesizer and immature lyrics. hits of 2008, so it’s only fitting the album would do just as well. The album is a collec5. Ryan Adams tion of rock music from Muse and the Cardinals to Rob Pattinson himself. With helping out, this — “Cardinology” Paramore album is a must-have!

After a few solo albums, Ryan Adams reunited with The Cardinals for “Cardinology.”

Adams can only be described as a modern-day artist in the traditional sense. This album is filled with great songs that have a natural flow.

9.

The Jonas Brothers — “A Little Bit Longer”

Call them Hanson 2.0 or the modern Beatle-mania, you can’t deny it was the year of the Jonas 6. Katy Perry — Brothers. The Disney rockers let “One of the Boys” everything go with their third album. With song titles ranging Katy Perry is one of the break- from “Lovebug” to “Video Girl,” out stars of 2008. Her song, “I the tween sensations are slowly Kissed a Girl,” took the radio creating an opportunity to break world by storm, and she became away from their campy image. an overnight celebrity.

7. Miley Cyrus — “Breakout” The Disney starlet’s first “Miley” album couldn’t have turned out better if Walt Disney had risen from the grave and sprinkled some fairy dust on it. From break-up songs to ’80s remakes, Cyrus proves that she

10. The Killers — “Day & Age” The native Las Vegas group’s third studio album is a healthy combination of its previous albums. To say the least, it’s fun, as “Day & Age” saw the Killers experimenting with new instruments and beats and dabbled with other genres.

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I guess the words “out of nowhere surprise” apply to this record, because the third most interesting member of the Strokes — drummer Fab Moretti — has made easily the most interesting side project out of the bunch. It is a perfect blend of the chilled-out Strokes sound, and nice tropical elements.

Thursday, January 15, 2008

HONG KONG | Asian stocks tumbled Thursday, with benchmarks in Japan and Hong Kong dropping four percent or more, on gloomy U.S. holiday sales and renewed concerns about the banking industry.

Sentiment was pummeled across Asia after a U.S. government report showed retail sales dropped 2.7 percent last month, more than double the decline economists had expected and providing alarming evidence that American consumers are slashing their spending amid the

global slump.

Meanwhile, a flood of negative news about international banks reignited worries about the financial system.

Deutsche Bank AG, Germany’s biggest bank, on Wednesday reported a 4.8 billion euro ($6.4 billion) loss for the fourth quarter, blaming “exceptional market conditions.” Analysts said HSBC PLC, Europe’s largest bank, may have to raise $20 billion to $30 billion.

“Everybody is worried the global recession will hurt bank earnings because of bad debt,” said Francis Lun, general manager of Fulbright Securities Ltd. in Hong Kong.

“And retail sales are very bad. Things are bad for everybody.”

In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 stock average fell 335.68 points, or nearly four percent, to 8,102.77, with sentiment further hurt by new figures showing that Japanese machinery orders, a closely watched indicator of corporate spending, plunged in November.

Elsewhere, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index tanked 4.7 percent to 13,049.19, and South Korea’s Kospi dived five percent to 1,123.07. Markets in Australia, Singapore and Taiwan fell three percent or more.

The sell-off followed markets

in Europe and the U.S., where the Dow Jones index fell 248.42, or 2.9 percent, to 8,200.14, its lowest close since Dec. 1. All 30 stocks that make up the Dow fell. The S&P 500 fell 29.17, or 3.4 percent, to 842.62.

Oil prices lost ground again, with light, sweet crude for February delivery off 45 cents at $36.83 a barrel in Asian trade.

The contract lost 50 cents to settle at $37.28 overnight on demand concerns after a government report showed that crude inventories continued to grow.

In currencies, the dollar weakened to 88.99 yen, down from 89.13, and the euro fell to $1.3163 from $1.3199.

Truce proposed in talks with Hamas, Israel The Associated Press CAIRO, Egypt | Egypt and Hamas are close to a deal for a 10-day cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group in Gaza, where the death toll from the Israeli offensive exceeded 1,000, officials said Wednesday.

Egyptian and Hamas officials expressed optimism that an agreement for a temporary halt in fighting could be sealed soon and presented to Israel.

But even if all sides sign on, further talks will be needed to resolve contentious disputes over policing Gaza’s borders and ensure a longer-term truce.

“We’re working with Hamas and we’re working with the Israeli side. We hope to reach an outcome soon,” Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossam Zaki told the British Broadcasting Corp.

Nine Israeli human rights groups accused the army of endangering Gazan civilians and called for a war crimes investigation. The groups wrote to Israeli leaders that the Gaza campaign has left civilians with nowhere to flee.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said Israel supports freedom of expression, even if an opinion “is not based on any solid evidence and even if it is tainted with political bias.”

Guerrillas in Lebanon sent rockets crashing into northern Israel on Wednesday for the second time in a week, drawing an Israeli artillery barrage and threatening to drag the Jewish state into a second front.

Egyptian and Hamas officials held intensive talks in Cairo. Late Wednesday, Salah al-Bardawil, a Gaza-based Hamas official, stopped short of saying Hamas had accepted the Egyptian proposal. He told reporters that “we submitted our points of view” on the proposed deal, adding, “We hope that this Egyptian effort will succeed.”

Ghazi Hamad, another Gaza-based Hamas official,

told the BBC, “I am optimistic now because I think there is no other choice for us. ... This kind of agreement can be done now, and I think now there is good progress in Egypt. We hope that now Egypt will contact Israel and talk about all issues.”

But there were signs Hamas’ leadership-in-exile had reservations. Osama Hamdan, a leading Hamas official in Beirut, said there were still points Hamas had not agreed to. “We do not agree with the initiative as it stands now,” he told Al-Jazeera TV. The contradictory comments were the latest sign of cracks between Hamas leaders under fire in Gaza and the leadership-in-exile, which is largely based in Syria and is seen as more hard-line. Hamas officials, however, insist that the movement is unified, and it was not clear if Hamdan’s tougher tone was a negotiating tactic or a sign of division.

Israel launched its offensive Dec. 27 to halt years of Palestinian rocket attacks. It has said it will press forward until Hamas halts the rocket fire and receives guarantees that Hamas will stop smuggling weapons into Gaza through the porous Egyptian border.

The offensive has killed at least 1,025 Palestinians, about half of them civilians, including 300 children and teenagers, said Dr. Moaiya Hassanain of the Gaza Health Ministry. The toll included 68 Palestinians who were killed or died of wounds Wednesday. More than 4,500 Palestinians have been wounded, medical officials said. Thirteen Israelis have also been killed, four by rocket fire from Gaza.

Jakob Kellenberger, head of th e international Red Cross, welcomed the three-hour daily lulls in the fighting set

by Israelis to let groups send in aid and assist the wounded in Gaza, but he said more time was needed.

“You must have access at any time to people who are wounded,” he said.

Israel showed no signs of slowing its bruising offensive as fighting raged early Thursday north and south of Gaza City, where explosions and gunfire could be heard.

Hospital officials said seven people were killed — four militants shortly after midnight in southern Gaza and three people an hour later in Gaza City.

On Wednesday, Israel struck some 60 targets. One airstrike hit an overcrowded cemetery, spreading human remains over a wide area. The army said the airstrike targeted a weapons cache hidden near the graveyard. And two firefighters were killed in an airstrike as they extinguished a blaze started by a shell in a residential building, Palestinian medics said.

Under the Egyptian proposal, Hamas would back off its demand that Israeli troops withdraw from Gaza and borders be opened immediately as part of any halt in fighting.

Instead, Israeli forces would remain in place during a 10day cease-fire until details on border security are worked out, Egyptian and Palestinian officials close to the talks told The Associated Press. They spoke on condition of anonymity to provide details of the closed-door negotiations.

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met late Wednesday with Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni to discuss the cease-fire efforts. In a sign of progress, Israel’s chief negotiator, Amos Gilad, planned to fly to Egypt on Thursday to present Israel’s stance, a senior defense official said. Gilad had put off the trip in recent days, saying the time was not yet ripe.

A senior Israeli official said it was far from certain that Israel would accept the deal.

He said Israel welcomed many parts of the plan, but is concerned that Hamas will not respect a cease-fire as long as troops are in Gaza. The Israeli officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the press. Israel has made clear

that the Cairo talks are key to determining whether it widens its offensive.

Israeli leaders signaled that they have crippled Hamas to their satisfaction after 19 days of heavy bombardment and ground fighting, but were holding out for international guarantees that weapons would no longer be smuggled into Gaza.

The rocket fire from Lebanon caused no injuries, but sent residents scurrying to bomb shelters. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, and speculation focused on small Palestinian groups.

Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed guerrilla group that fought a monthlong war with Israel in 2006, denied involvement in last week’s attack.

In a Web audiotape Wednesday, al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden urged Muslims to launch a holy war against Israel. Iran’s top leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, issued a religious opinion, or fatwa, forbidding the purchase of any Israeli goods or trade with Israeli companies.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened a visit to the Mideast on Wednesday, urging an immediate halt to the violence.

“It is intolerable that civilians bear the brunt of this conflict,” he said after talks in Cairo with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. “Negotiations need to be intensified to provide arrangements and guarantees in order to sustain an endurable cease-fire and calm.”

Ban is scheduled to arrive Thursday in Israel. He will also visit Jordan, the Palestinian-controlled West Bank, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria and Kuwait. His itinerary does not include a stop in Gaza because of the ongoing conflict.

In Paris, the French and German foreign ministers urged an immediate Gaza cease-fire, saying in a statement that such a measure would “provide space to address the humanitarian crisis.”

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Tide falls at Mississippi State, 83-74 Associated Press STARKVILLE, Miss. | In a game that was as much a competition of styles as it was rivals, Mississippi State’s speed and accuracy triumphed.

The Bulldogs defeated Alabama 83-74 Wednesday night behind a career-high 17 points from guard Phil Turner.

M S U ’s (12-5, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) four-guard lineup created mismatches for Turner on the offensive end as the Bulldogs beat the Crimson Tide (11-5, 11) for the fifth straight time.

Turner hit six of ninew 3pointers and had 15 of his points in the second half.

“That’s the advantage we have playing small,” Turner said. “I saw some open shots and just stepped up.”

Alabama led 36-33 at halftime, but the Bulldogs opened the second half on a 13-5 run

STAT BOX ALABAMA

MSU

Points:

74

83

Rebounds:

27

32

Fouls: Steals:

18

10

7

8

and the Tide never regained the lead. MSU led by as many as 13.

“They stretched us out so far when they made those threes that then it was a little harder to help inside,” Alabama coach Mark Gottfried said.

“They played a much better second half than we did.”

MSU shot 66.7 percent from the field in the second half (16 of 24) to erase a three-point halftime deficit and win its

10th conference home opener in 11 seasons.

The Bulldogs had 18 assists and were 11 of 24 from beyond the arc, marking their fourth straight game with at least 11 3-pointers. Alabama hit only three of nine 3-point shot attempts and had 13 turnovers.

“It comes down to, ‘Who’s going to put their will on who?’” MSU coach Rick Stansbury said. “Are we going

to let them enforce their will on us and win with their big guys, or are we going to impose our will on them and make them guard our small guys? In the first half I thought they controlled the game, but in the second half I thought we controlled the tempo and that’s what made the difference.”

Dee Bost and Barry Stewart added 13 points each for the Bulldogs, while Jarvis Varnado chipped in 11 points and 10 rebounds for his 13th career double-double.

“In the first half I was settling for just jump shots,” Bost said. “In the second half, I just tried to find my teammates and they made the shots.”

MSU’s bench contributed 23 points and 13 rebounds.

“The bench is just playing with more confidence,” MSU foward Romero Osby said.

AP Photo | Rogelio V. Solis “The starters are giving us a Mississippi State forward Ravern Johnson (2) scores a first-half chance to just add on to what dunk over Alabamaʼs Jamychal Green (32) during an NCAA they are doing and we are tak- college basketball game in Starkville, Miss., Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009.

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Tide headed to Illinois to open spring season

By Cyrus Ntakirutinka Sports Reporter The Alabama women’s tennis team begins the spring season this Friday at the Northwestern Invitational in Evanston, Ill. The Crimson Tide will face strong competition in No. 1 ranked Northwestern, No. 20 Florida State and No. 62 DePaul. “[It is a] good field, great preview of what’s to come for the season,” head coach Jenny Mainz said. “We really want to gain match experience.

The objective is to see how our doubles team responds in chemistry and performance, gaining momentum and confidence for the season.”

The Tide players are prepared to start the spring season with the momentum they mounted in the fall season.

“I am really pleased with our advancement and

progress through the fall season,” Mainz said. “We focused a lot on improvement in our doubles area and I thought we did see a vast improvement across the board. And that’s going to help us springboard into the spring campaign.”

Mainz will field a fairly young squad in the spring season, but she said the players have rallied behind the leadership of senior Shelley Godwin.

Godwin had an impressive fall campaign, finishing with an 11-5 record.

“The most important thing is work ethic,” Godwin said.

“We try to possess it day in and day out. We know we are not the most talented team, but we know by working hard that can get us where we want to be.”

Godwin’s work ethic helped drive other members of the team to success this fall.

Sophomore Tiffany Welcher

finished the fall with nine singles matches and three ranked wins. Fellow sophomore Meritt Emery also seems to benefit from Godwin’s performance.

“She is a great leader on the court and off the court,” Emery said. “I know every time she goes out there she is willing to put it on the line and give everything for us. So when I go out there it makes me want to do the same for my teammates.”

Alabama will need to keep up the pace in a tough conference that has improved since last year.

“We have a steep climb in front of us,” Mainz said. “We have to play a very strong schedule. The SEC is looking very good; it is an improved league this year. Teams that were a little bit down last year, I think, will be much improved.

We have a lot of work in front of us, but I like the way we are

working in our dedication. It’s noticeable.”

The Alabama players planned to train individually over the holidays to enter the spring season in top form.

“You could tell the first day we came back that we all lived up to those goals,” Emery said, “and got better over Christmas instead of sitting around just eating cookies.”

“I’m optimistic about this season,” Mainz said. “I think we have worked tirelessly on and off the court to really put ourselves in a position to step up this year. It’s time for us to step it up. It’s time for us to take it to the next level and turn in some results. I feel that they are committed to that and it’s evident in their dedication.”

Alabama will return to face the University of TennesseeChattanooga at home on Jan. 25.

UA Athletics | Jessica Smith Shelley Godwin finished the fall season with an 11-5 record.

Womenʼs head coach Jenny Mainz is counting on the senior to lead the young sqaud in the spring slate, which begins Friday in Illinois.

McCoy leaving Pitt, Bradford back at Oklahoma The Associated Press Sam Bradford is going to play at Oklahoma for at least another year. Fellow sophomore LeSean McCoy is headed for the pros.

Bradford, the Heisman T r o p hy w i n n e r, said Wednesday he will pass on the NFL draft and return to Oklahoma for his junior season. The Sooners lost to Florida in the BCS national title game last week.

Bradford led the nation with 50 touchdown passes and a quarterback rating of 180.8.

He likely would have been one of the first quarterbacks taken in April’s draft.

He’ll also be taking another crack at the Heisman. Archie Griffin of Ohio State is the only player to win two Heismans.

Florida quarterback Tim Tebow, the 2007 winner who is returning for his senior season, finished third behind Bradford in the Heisman voting this season.

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Thursday is the deadline for juniors and third-year sophomore such as Bradford and McCoy to make themselves draft eligible.

Pittsburgh’s talented running back McCoy will head to the NFL as the owner of several school records.

McCoy told coach Dave Wannstedt of his decision in a phone call Wednesday.

The two met last Friday, but a teary-eyed McCoy couldn’t make up his mind. He delayed the decision again Monday.

“I have frequently played both choices in my mind. I have considered my alternatives and I have prayed,” McCoy said in a statement issued by the school. “I have made my final decision and will forego my junior season.”

NFL scouts project the 5foot-11, 210-pound McCoy as a late first-round to early second-round pick.

Other players deciding to return to school Wednesday

included LSU running back Charles Scott and offensive lineman Ciron Black; Kentucky cornerback Trevard Lindley; and UCLA cornerback Alterraun Verner.

For LSU, Scott ran for 1,174 yards, the fifth-best mark in school history and 18 touchdowns in 2008.

Black has been the starting left offensive tackle for the past three years. He has started 40 consecutive games for LSU. “It’s really good for me to come back,” Black said. “I’m

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By Josh Hedrick Lifestyles Reporter Prominent forte pianist Andrew Willis and violinist Gesa Kordes will perform in concert as part of the 20082009 University of Alabama Celebrity Series tonight at 7:30 in the Moody Music Building Concert Hall.

“We wanted to get nationally and internationally known musicians to come here,” said UA Professor of musicology Joanna Biermann. “And that’s why we are so excited to have Willis and Kordes here performing this period-instrument concert.”

Willis is internationally distinguished for his performances on historic and modern pianos. His ventures with the early piano as a soloist and in period-instrument chamber orchestras such as the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra, the Apollo Ensemble and the Philadelphia Classical Symphony has distinguished his career. As a faculty member of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, he directs the biennial Focus on Piano Literature.

Tonight’s concert, “A Composer and His Instrument

in an Age of Discovery,” will feature Willis performing early, middle and late Beethoven works on three different historic pianos such as those that Beethoven and his contemporaries would have composed for in their era.

Kordes’s career also includes soloist work as well as numerous chamber ensembles and Baroque Orchestras, namely the Washington Bach Consort, Ensemble Musical Offering and Opera Lafayette.

She has toured and recorded solo and chamber music across the U.S., Central America and Israel, and is currently a doctoral candidate in musicology.

She and Willis will also perform a concert, “The Rise of the ‘Violin Sonata’ in the 18th Century,” using instruments from the time period.

“These are the kind of instruments Beethoven would have heard and used when he has composing these works,” Biermann explained. “That’s why it’s so thrilling. The piano was in flux at the time and there was tremendous pushing of the piano makers and utilization of the different instruments. It is quite different and gives people a chance to hear popular Beethoven

pieces in a new, exciting way.”

The School of Music’s endowed chair in music makes the Celebrity Series possible. In addition to Willis and Kordes’s large concert tonight, they have also spent the week on campus in the School of Music’s musicology department, working with students and giving lectures and hands-on advice.

The pair also participated in master classes, wherein students perform in front of the experts and are offered critiques and stylistic tips on their interpretations and performances. The classes are open to all students and the general public.

“There are so many ways to play beautiful music,” Willis said during Wednesday night’s master class. Still, students are grateful for the opportunity to hear advice from world-renowned instrument and musicology experts.

“Beethoven is the most famous composer that ever lived,” Biermann said. “This concert is [an] amazing chance to hear works performed on the early instruments they were written for. It really shows the great variety of things that pianos

have been; they represent the early years. Everyone who knows Beethoven can attend and leave with a new take on his work.”

“There are still concerts upcoming as well, and they feature world-class musicians.

These people are regarded as some of the best there are and are really not to be missed,” Biermann said.

Tonight’s concert ticket prices are $22 and $15 for general admission, $7 for students and are available at the box office.

What: UA School of Music’s Celebrity Series presents Andrew Willis and Gesa Kordes When: Tonight at 7:30 Where: Moody Music Building Concert Hall

Cost: $7 for students, $22 and $15 general admission

www.ua.edu Pianist Andrew Willis will be playing at the Moody Music BUilding Concert Hall Tonight at 7:30.

Annual Thirsty for Thursday art event today

By Kelsey Hendrix Contributing Writer If you’re looking for a classy way to spend your Thursday evening, Thirsty For Art may be the perfect event. The Westervelt-Warner Museum of American Art will be hosting its annual Thirsty for Thursday event this evening from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Thirsty For Art is a social event during which members of the museum and guests are invited to come enjoy a musical performance and admire the artwork that the museum has

to offer.

“At each of our social events, we have a musical group come perform at the museum,” said Rachel Thorington, the museum’s adult event and tour coordinator. “This year we are excited to be welcoming the brass quintet from the University since our performers from UA were such a big hit at our Christmas social.”

While listening to the quintet, attendees are encouraged to tour the museum which is known for its collection of American artwork.

“Here at the Westervelt-

Warner Museum we house one of the world’s finest collections of paintings, sculptures, furniture and decorative art,” Thorington said. “For more information on the art, those interested can visit our Web site which offers a great idea of what our museum has to offer.”

Not only can those attending expect to enjoy classic music and see timeless works of art, but they can also be ready for refreshments and a selection of wine located in the Impressionist Gallery, the largest gallery in the museum.

“While we encourage all members and the general public, including students, to come to this event, it is specifically geared for an audience of 21plus since we will be serving wine,” said Kathie Thurman, school tour coordinator and office manager. “However, if younger students do wish to come, they must notify us in advance and have the proper form of identification.”

Overall, this event is designed to be a social gathering where members and guests can casually enjoy art and each other’s company.

“On the invitations we’ve sent out to our members, we explained that ‘after a hectic holiday season, it is time to lose yourself in an elegant and relaxing atmosphere here at the Westervelt-Warner Museum,’” Thorington said. “It’s just going to be great time for people to come meet Mr. and Mrs. Warner who will be thanking everyone for attending and to make new friends with those enjoying the same American art.”

No tickets are necessary for the event. All members can attend for free and guests can receive admission for $5 at

the door.

“This year will be a little different from the others,” Thorington said. “Since we are a non-profit organization, instead of using the money we receive from guests to pay for the event, we are looking to receive sponsorship that way the money we do receive from admission can go directly into the Jack Warner Foundation Fund.”

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For the longest time, punk rock simply tried too hard to be punk. I’ve been wowed by efforts from bands like The Gaslight Anthem — who would be 11th on this list — but something has been missing from the genre of late. Ultimately, there’s not enough “rock” in “punk rock.” The Bronx totally has that covered. While great for most bands, change would ruin The Bronx’s sound. They have such an ability to write concise three-minute punk songs that are pure blasts of sound that I cannot imagine them doing anything else. On “The Bronx (III),” they simply create 11 kicking songs that are a perfect companion to the first Bronx record. Thus, with simplicity and consistency, they create another fine release.

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For a couple of months, I kind of slept on this album. I liked it, but not as much as I had liked the others by the band. Then one day, I turned on my iPod and listened to the song, “Crying.” And, effectively, my mind was blown. “Crying” is such an infectious song that it played a million times on my iPod shortly after that day. This same process occurred with “Stork and Owl,” “Family Tree,” “Love Dog,” “Golden Age” and the album’s best track, “DLZ.” All of the album’s songs may not be tracks that stick with you on first listen, but oh my, are the amazing by the 40th.

“Circus” is a sum of Spears’s ten years as the princess of pop. The album is everything is should have been and more. It confirms that Britney is back. Whip and spanx included.

2. Metallica — “Death Magnetic” Seventeen years ago, Metallica released “The Black Album” on the heels of an amazing song called “Enter Sandman.” You might have heard of it. Since that album’s release, Metallica has tried and failed to capture the spirit that made them such an intriguing band. Now, the band releases “Death Magnetic,” over an hour of pure thrash. This is an hour of rock that brings back everything that fans didn’t hate about Metallica. And after 17 long years, I can say that once again Metallica made an album that didn’t suck.

2. Ladyhawke — “Ladyhawke” Not to be confused with the 1985 fantasy film, Ladyhawke’s selftitled debut album is in a league all its own. “Ladyhawke” is a utopia of ’80s inspired beats and insightful lyrics. She might not have made a commercial imprint, but she’s got this critic begging for more.

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In “Fallout 3” we find the Capital Wasteland, a post-nuclear rendition of Washington D.C. that is the most fully engrossing game world ever crafted. The game is both thrilling and incredibly bleak, and when traveling through the wastes, I found myself truly identifying with my lovingly crafted character to the extent to which I began to feel it was actually me battling raiders and mutants in the ruined cityscape. A truly monumental accomplishment.

The mix of platforming, social networking and your imagination can lead you to create almost anything you can imagine.

“LittleBigPlanet” allows you to share your creations with your friends and the world. Its charming soundtrack and level designs will put a smile on your face, and you’ll definitely hear more from Sackboy in the future.

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Lesser Lateral malleolus sciatic notch

Parietal Occipital

Radius Ulna Carpals

Femur Lateral condyle Medial condyle Fibula

HAND 1. Scaphoid 5. Trapezium 2. Lunate 6. Trapezoid 3. Triquetal 7. Capitate Distal Talus Obturator 4. Pisiform 8. Hamate Navicular foramen carpals (Behind Hamate) (see below)Cuneiforms (I, II, III) Ischium Phalanges

Ulna Tibia

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LATERAL VIEW Femur

Inner layer

Lambdoid

Lateral condyle Medial condyle Fibula

Phalanges Calcaneus Metacarpals Metatarsals

Phalanges

POSTERIOR VIEW SKULL Supraorbital foramen

w w w. s u p e s t o r e. u a . e d u Fibula

Tibia

Fibula Medial malleolus Lateral malleolus

Cuneiforms (I, II, III)

SYSTEM

Maxilla

Acromion Ilium Sacroiliac joint Spine of scapula Sacrum

Lateral epicondyle of humerus Posterior Clavicle superior iliac spine Coronoid Process Medial Sternum sacral crest Tuberosity

Scapula Humerus

Phalanges Pubis

Frontal Temporal

SYSTEMHyoid

SKELETAL

Sacrum Head Ribs Coccyx Medial epicondyle Olecranon Ischial of humerus Metacarpals spine Ulna Phalanges Ilium Lateral epicondyle Lesser of humerus Posterior Greater trochanter sciatic notch Pubis superior iliac spine Coronoid Radius Lesser trochanter Femur Process Medial Ischium Medial epicondyle of femur Anterior Tuberosity sacral crest superior Pubic symphysis Lateral epicondyle of femur

Ilium

Sacrum

Frontal SKELETAL Maxilla Temporal Parietal Zygomatic Cervical Mandible Occipital vertebrae Manubrium Coracoid process THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE ANATOMY Clavicle ALL-IN-ONE Cervical vertebrae Acromion Lesser tubercle FrontalScapula (I-VII) Frontal Parietal Greater tubercle Zygomatic Costal Bicipital groove Temporal cartilage Mandible Occipital Scapula Sternum Humerus Maxilla Manubrium Ribs Lumbar Humerus Xiphoid process Clavicle vertebrae Cervical Mandible vertebrae Medial epicondyle Olecranon Trochlea

Talus

Calcaneus

Talus Navicular

HAND 1. Scaphoid 5. Trapezium 2. Lunate 6. Trapezoid 3. Triquetal 7. Capitate 4. Pisiform 8. Hamate

Tibia

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