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SGA ELECTIONS BOARD

Board to address alleged violations By Victor Luckerson Senior Staff Reporter

This week the Elections Board and University administration will arrive at a decision regarding possible repercussions for campaign violations in last week’s SGA elections. A press release issued Monday stated, “We have reason to be concerned over what we believe to be expressions of incivility and non-collegial behavior during the elections process. We have received complaints alleging campaign violations and plan to investigate each of these claims in the coming days.” Ben Harmon, chair of the Elections Board, said the board convened in an

emergency meeting on Tuesday to look at complaints filed during last week’s election, in which Steven Oliver defeated Kendra Key by 261 votes. Today the board will submit a list of complaints and recommendations for action to Mark Nelson, vice president for student affairs. Nelson will approve or disapprove of the board’s recommendations, and these decisions will be handed down to the Key and Steven campaigns on Thursday. “We got a lot of duplicate complaints,” Harmon said. He said they had whittled down the large volume of complaints to specific problems that they can issue recommendations on. However, he said the exact the nature of the complaints and

Alpha Phi becomes full chapter By Patty Vaughan Staff Reporter

One-hundred-ninety-four women were initiated into the Alpha Phi chapter last Friday making it an official sorority on the UA campus. Each woman signed a charter that will hang in their house, said Gentry McCreary, director of greek affairs. On March 7 there was a banquet that was a celebration of the installation. Students, staff, faculty members and friends made up the more than 500 people who attended the banquet. “They’re extremely excited and it’s a very big deal,” McCreary said. “This installation is the largest in the history

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Honor societies to reselect members By Victor Luckerson Senior Staff Reporter

CW | Marion R Walding Top: Colin Whitworth, a freshman majoring in English, draws with sidewalk chalk on the Quad Tuesday afternoon. Whitworth and his friends said they were bored and decided to go chalk. Bottom: UA alumnus Dustin P., left, and Zac Tavel, a junior majoring in studio art, relax as Rusty, Tavelʼs dog, plays on the Quad Tuesday afternoon. “I just came out here to play with the dog and relax in my hammock,” Tavel said.

The Mortar Board and Blue Key, two senior honor societies, will be reselecting their members for next year in the coming weeks. The decision comes after last week’s discovery of a flaw on the Coordinating Council of Honor Societies Web site that allowed current members to view the personal information of applicants during the selection process. This flaw compromised the blind selection process of these honor societies. “We want to make sure we get it right,” said Patty Ann Green, Mortar Board president. “We just want to ensure the integrity of the process is maintained. The system has been improved.” She said Web masters had gone into the online system to ensure that the same problem would not arise again. Green said the Mortar Board would go through its reselection process the week after spring break. Blue Key also experienced problems with members being able to view applicants’ personal information and is in the midst of a reselection process. “We just decided it was definitely the most fair and ethical way to do a reselection process that did not expose

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certain actions.” “I think people took the online voting as a license for behaviors that were uncivil,” Harmon said. He said some people were “pushing the limit,” doing whatever necessary to get votes. Harmon said other factors besides the new online system also contributed to the intensity of the campaigns. “It was two strong candidates this year,” he said. Despite problems, Harmon said he felt this year’s election was a success in many ways. “We saw voter turnout increase 290 percent,” he said. “A lot more students were vocal about their ideas. The online system was easy to use and students liked it.”

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said. “We’ll look at what the Elections Board has said and we’ll work with administration to see what needs to be done. We want to move past this as quick as we can so we can get the campus united and accomplish some good things for this school in the next year.” Key expressed hope that future elections will remain honest. “I hope the Elections Board will be able to bring some integrity to the elections process and ensure future participants in elections will know the process will work for them,” Key said. “This election cycle gave a lot more access to voting, but there were some unanticipated events that occurred because of not having rules to prevent

of the UA as well as the Alpha Phi as a national sorority.” Not only is Alpha Phi the largest chapter in the national organization but it is also the only chapter in Alabama. Alpha Phi’s first installation at Alabama was in 1932, and lasted until 1963. However, due to dwindling membership the sorority closed, McCreary said. At the banquet, however, a few members of the original installation were there to celebrate. “Women in their seventies and eighties came back and were able to finally feel that their home that had been on campus when there were here as students was now back,”

CW | Norman Huynh Alpha Phi is the Universityʼs newest sorority, however, its first installation was from 1932 to 1963.

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the Election Board’s recommendations could not be revealed until they had been reviewed by Nelson and assessed by both campaign teams. Harmon said the board received complaints in roughly equal volume concerning both the Key and Oliver campaigns. Last week The Crimson White reported widespread campaign violations concerning inappropriate sidewalk chalking, vandalism, coercive use of laptops and inappropriate soliciting of votes inside University buildings. Oliver said he stood by the fact that he and his staff had run a fair campaign. “We were all aware of the rules,” he

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By RF Rains Assistant Photo Editor A mix-up in notification procedures nullified the Alabama Book Store’s historic building designation. The council voted Feb. 17 but had to reapprove the designation again. More business from Feb. 17 was revisited tonight. Rather than make “30 or so separate phone calls,” city councilman Lee Garrison summoned constituents with an interest in the controversial College Park Historic District together to explain that the council had no jurisdiction to make the designation. “Everybody makes mistakes,” he said. “This was one.” The council can’t originate

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“Everybody makes mistakes. This was one.” — city councilman Lee Garrison

case of College Park, they did not. The Committee was hung up on some things — for example, the empty lot owned by Gene Carpenter, who sent lawyers to speak against the designation on Feb. 17. For an area to be “historically significant” it has to have a structure

that is architecturally significant, linked to a historical figure or part of history. A development plan for more Bluff Apartments was approved unanimously tonight. Jason Walker from Almon Associates described the complex to be built on Seventh Avenue East at the site of the old water woks as a “top-of-the-line, highend student apartment community.” The 24 units will overlook the Black Warrior River and cost around $100,000 each. The final vote to approve the plan will be next Tuesday. Walker said they could break ground as soon as that Thursday. Minutes from all city council meetings can be found on the Tuscaloosa City Web site.

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• Paul R. Jones Artist Lectures presents Aimee Miller — 5 p.m., 205 Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library

• Graduate Student Association general meeting — 6:30 p.m., 309 Ferguson Center

• West Alabama Quilter’s Guild meeting — 9:30 a.m., Tuscaloosa Department of Transportation

SPRING BREAK • “The Environmental Family in a Changing World” presented by the UA Arboretum’s Saturdays — 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., UA Arboretum

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

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Earthfest Art Celebration The University of Alabama Environmental Council is accepting applications for artists to display their work at Earthfest 2009. Earthfest, which will be held April 19, is a preliminary Earth Day celebration on the Quad that seeks to unite members of the Tuscaloosa community. We invite University students and faculty members, as well as area residents to apply. For more information, contact akmabry@gmail.com.

Creative Campus intern applications due soon The Creative Campus Initiative is accepting applications for its 2009-10 Intern Class. Creative Campus seeks interns representative of all 13 UA colleges and schools and is open to both undergraduate and graduate students. Interns are hired to serve UA and our community by developing innovative ways of approaching art, education, economy and leadership through collaborative student-driven project development and implementation. Applications are available at www.creativecampus. ua.edu and are due by midnight on March 12.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “I’ve never been to Japan. If you put me in a room with a Japanese movie, I couldn’t relate to it. In the same way, Hollywood can’t relate. You can’t put ten white people in a room and ask them to watch a movie that they can’t relate to.” — Trey Moe, a junior majoring in telecommunication and film, on white audiences watching black films

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Canada Chief Justice spoke monday By Christy Roach Staff Reporter The University’s Law School hosted Canada’s Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin at the spring 2009 Albritton lecture Monday. UA Law School hosts the Albritton lecture biannually, and is open to the public. The lecture was established in 1996 by Judge William Harold Albritton,III. Chief Justice McLachlin spoke about U.S. and Canadian Constitutional law and how they favor each other and differ. “In order to understand and appreciate your own traditions you need to step back and observe other traditions,” McLachlin said. McLachlin said the differences are rooted in each country’s history. She said both began as colonies of Great European powers, but formed into two distinct different countries. “Where the U.S. was born of revolution, Canada was formed out of evolution,” McLachlin said. McLachlin said the two nations differ in three areas

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— political, social and legal. She discussed the many differences of each area between Canada and the United States. “We say that Canada formed from fancy balls and French champagne, while the U.S. came from wars,” McLachlin said. McLachlin did not condemn either country’s development, but rather acknowledged how the two colonies came to be. She focused on Canada’s pragmatic accommodation method, which focuses on common sense and avoiding conflict. Aaron Latham, the communications director for UA Law School, said Chief Justice McLachlin gave an interesting analysis on the similarities and differences between the two governments. He said this lecture is a way to draw in some of the brightest legal minds of today’s world. “Chief Justice McLachlin brings a unique and compelling perspective as Canada’s first female chief justice,” Latham said. Latham said the students he spoke with about the lecture gave positive feedback. He said most of the students attending are interested specifically with comparative and international law, and this was a great chance for them to go beyond reading the news or court opinions. “Impact is difficult to measure, but this lecture is beneficial in the long run,” Latham said. Michael Freiman, a law student, said he attended the lecture because he was interested in judicial processes of other countries and what the chief justice had to say about Canada’s judicial system. He said it was interesting hearing her highlight the differences between each country’s judicial system. “It is interesting learning the distinction between

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CW | Jerrod W Seaton Canadian Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin discusses why America and Canada have subtle yet distinct differences in our legal systems. Canada’s cooperative pragmatism, but I do not know if it would work in the U.S.,” Freiman said. Freiman said these lectures help students better understand the U.S. legal system. He said listening to the speakers’ perspectives may help students wanting to approach that profession.

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McCreary said. “They hadn’t seen the ceremony in 40 years and it’s neat for them to be back and get to be a part of that experience.” “We’ve actually met our alumni before initiation, and to have them come back to our initiation process we really got a feel for what it was like,” said Nicole Blum, the president of Alpha Phi. “It meant a lot to us because it was a look into the future and it showed us that we [could] come back here like they did and see how much the chapter has grown.” Alpha Phi members had to do what every other greek organization has done on campus to become official. They participate in Alpha Phi’s new member program, elect officers and function with an executive board, said Deana Gage, a member of the

“We get exposure to different perspectives on law, and we need diverse perspectives,” Freiman said. The next Albritton lecture will host U.S. Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas. Chief Justice John Roberts will speak at the Albritton lecture in spring 2010.

International Executive Board and the team leader for Team Bama. They had to set everything up and be able to have everything in place to be in operation on their own. “We will be very much a part of the greek system at UA and we’re very eager to be involved in the greek community,” Gage said. “We’re excited to be there and be working with everyone else on campus whether it is greeks and non greeks.” Alpha Phi will be the 148th Alpha Phi chapter that has been added to the National organization. Georgia Tech will be the 149th when they are installed in April. Most of the time at the University, if a colony starts it will turn into a full chapter, McCreary said. There are cases where a colony doesn’t get off the ground but most of the time installation does occur. The feeling is of excitement for the women as well as relief, Blum said. “I think for a while there was a lot of anticipation and we couldn’t wait for it to happen but now that it has happened it is a relief,” Blum said. “We did feel a part of the Greek community before, but I think it’s definitely a different feeling now that we have gotten to sign the charter. “We have a charter, we have a house and we have we can call each other which is an official sisterhood.” Gage said she wanted to emphasize how warming and welcoming the University was with all of the effort to make Alpha Phi a full chapter. “We owe a great deal of gratitude to UA because we felt like it’s been a home to us,” Gage said. “We couldn’t have asked for a better colonization situation, couldn’t have asked for a better group, and I wish they could all be like that.” “We’re extremely pleased with what they’ve done,” McCreary said. “This effort has been a real partnership with the university and Alpha Phi and we’re thrilled with how successful the chapter has been and we certainly look forward to working with them future.”

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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Creative Campus intern spots open to students Kellie Munts Contributing Writer

The Creative Campus Initiative is accepting applications from students interested in building their careers and benefiting the University simultaneously. The opportunity to apply for an internship with Creative Campus for the 2009-2010 school year ends Thursday at midnight. Alexis Clark, Creative Campus Coordinator, said she encourages anyone interested in the program to take the opportunity to apply. Clark said the program does not have a GPA requirement in order to participate, and is not an honors society. For some students whose colleges require internships for their degrees, the internship program may satisfy one semester of credit. The program welcomes any student interested in participating, Clark said. “We want a representation that is true to what you find at UA,” Clark said. “We don’t just want art majors by any means. We want any student out there that feels that they have something to offer the University and has the passion to see that vision through.” The application itself is an exhibit of creativity, Clark said. The Web format is structured to look like a restaurant menu and gives each category of information a title that could be found on an average menu. By dividing the application this way, Clark said, the information is grouped together into categories that are all related. Clark said the application process is intended to give the group that assesses them a view of the personalities of the applicants.

Uploading a sample of creative flair is a component of the application that allows the staff to see a creative representation of the applicant. Additionally, students are asked to suggest a program that they are passionate about bringing to the University. This gives the program directors a sample of the ideas the applicants could bring to the program itself. Through the application process and the interviews that follow, applicants are required to express their ideas and creativity both to the current interns as well as a panel of judges. Among the other questions, students are asked to explain the ways in which the Creative Campus internship could be

a benefit both in their professional and personal lives. “We’re really trying to stretch them with this question,” Clark said. “What Creative Campus hopes to do is help individual students identify new directions for their futures that they may not have considered before, like working in a field that they may not be expecting to have a job in.” While the program does allow participants to work in the fields in which they have previous experience, it also pushes interns to step outside of the comfort zones of their individual majors, Clark said. When Michael Wynn, a sophomore majoring in advertising, entered the program as a project-based intern in fall

2008, he was surprised to find himself working outside of the advertising field. “The biggest part of it was that I came in as an advertising major thinking I was going to work with advertising,” Wynn said. “It’s really expanded my horizons on what potential I have as a person. I’ve been able to learn delegating abilities, leadership abilities and definitely time management abilities.” Throughout the Creative Campus experience, interns are required to work together to form a collaborative unit that works to get the goals of the program accomplished, Clark said. While the application and interview process for fulltime interns is being held this

spring, Clark said she encourages students to apply to the program at any time. “Even though we do have this application process in the spring so that we can have a full staff when we come back in August, we are open to people applying at any time and interviewing with us,” Clark said. “We encourage anyone that wants to see more students get involved on campus to set up an interview and show us what they have to offer.” Wynn said he thinks his experience at the University has been greatly impacted by

his work with the Creative Campus Initiative. The experience of enriching an individual’s life through his work is something that is indescribable, Wynn said. “It’s not about how much creativity or artistic ability you think you have, and it doesn’t matter what you think you can do,” Wynn said. “Creative Campus will take what you have and will make it something amazing. It has expanded my abilities in ways that I never thought I could work and is an amazingly enriching experience.”

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Outsourcing Make spring break fun, safe more than jobs We Americans are all about exporting our ideals. Democracy, freedom, hard work and rugged individualism, we want the world to share our beliefs. We even launch military campaigns with names like “Operation Enduring Freedom” to ensure other countries share our beliefs. We seem to draw the line when the beliefs we would export might make our Nikes and iPhones even more expensive. We always hear about the American ideal of honest pay for an honest day’s work, yet we willingly hand over billions of dollars to companies that lay off American workers making a living wage because they can pay sweatshop workers in third world countries pennies a day. We want people in other countries to be free to speak and vote, but not to unionize and make a fair wage. Paying these cheap overseas workers respectable wages would cut into that precious corporate profit margin, and we always hear that huge corporate profits are instrumental in having a successful economy. Since big businesses have been making more money than ever recently, aren’t you rich and happy? Of course you aren’t. We as college students look out on a bleak future full of fruitless job searching. There used to be a time when a 9 to 5 job meant you could raise a family, own a house and live out the American dream. These days the American dream of having a decent job seems to be losing out to the other American dream of cheap stuff made in thirdworld sweatshops. How about requiring that any company selling products in the United States follows certain labor standards? Labor standards are perhaps a little more lax than those here in the States, but stricter than the near-absence currently in place. Simple things like a fair minimum wage, the right to organize and fair working conditions and hours. Now we’ve all heard the arguments against issues like these. A minimum wage creates unemployment because it restricts the free labor market. You no longer have those people who work full-time and are making far less than they need to survive (people who then have to turn to crime or other lifestyles to make a living). It can also be argued that the cost of living in these countries is lower, so the wages can be lower but some of these wages are still far below the cost of living. Nobody, American or not, should work full time and

Jon Reed still starve. The right to organize is a fairly new development. Here in the United States we lacked it until the beginning of the 20th century. It could be argued that the right to organize helped to prevent a violent communist uprising in the United States not unlike the Russian Revolution because it gave workers the right to have their voices heard over the clamor of their bosses. Legally, the right to organize is nearly universal, but in reality it is scarcely the truth. In Taiwan, there are no repercussions for employers who fire union organizers without reasonable cause, according to a 2006 report to the WTO by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. Even in the United States, intimidation by employers against workers who intend to unionize is incredibly strong. What benefit do Americans stand to gain from improving labor standards and conditions around the world? Consider this: if a company is faced with the choice of building a factory in Tuscaloosa or a factory in Malaysia and they would have to pay and treat the workers roughly the same, where would they build it? Considering the United States remains the world’s greatest nation of consumers, we can put our voices and our dollars to good use and improve the lives of workers everywhere, perhaps helping ourselves out along the way. Surely, someone will call these ideas “protectionist,” but that’s just another hypocrite picking and choosing which ideals to export. After all, isn’t it “protectionist” to defend America from terrorists? What’s so wrong with defending America’s workers from unfair overseas competition? Besides, if we are in fact a nation founded on stopping tyranny, maybe we should take a look at the tyranny of our own corporations. Jonathan Reed is a freshman majoring in political science and journalism. His column runs bi-weekly on Wednesdays.

It’s the time of year again. The weather is getting warmer and now that daylight saving time has started, the days are getting longer. Everyone is totally over school and we all just want to go play Frisbee or read a book on the Quad. We are all longing for spring break. Everyone has been preparing for this next week by making reservations, spending extra time at the Student Recreation Center and even a little time in the tanning bed. We’ll have a whole week of freedom from obligation to papers, projects and presentations. All we will have to worry about for an entire week is where we are eating and where the party we’ll be attending is located. Some of the hardcore spring breakers have already left and won’t even be here to read today’s paper. Spring and summer vacations make me a bit nervous. After going to the same high school as Natalee Holloway, it’s hard for me not to worry about vacation taking a turn for the

unfamiliar place, but our parents have taught us how to avoid these dangers since before puberty. Young men and women alike shouldn’t only be cautious of strangers. We must also be wary of ourselves. I would hate to read about another college kid who fell off the balcony of some condominium because they were wasted. We are all intelligent enough to get into college, so put some of that sense to good use. I hope everyone has at least one person going on vacation with them. The buddy system is always a good plan, as long as everyone follows through and does their parts. This works especially well if you take turns being the drunken buffoon. Spring break is a time for your body and mind to rest and rejuvenate. Give your body time to relax instead of completely overwhelming it with alcohol and whatever substances your heart desires. Dare I say it, maybe this spring break we should take a break

Jessie Landon worse. I have seen first hand how people, an entire community for that matter, can be affected by a vacation tragedy. Ladies, please be careful. There isn’t much else I can ask. It seems that during vacations we may tend to try to have a little too much fun. I am all for having a good time, but we all have limits and we need to embrace those limitations. There are all kinds of dangers we know to expect in an

from our typical, college-partying ways. Take this break from your regular life, all the stress and monotony, and do something new and different. Whether you are heading to the beach or the mountains, take this time to relax and fill your body with good energy. Drink lots of water and eat healthy foods. Even go a little further out of your comfort box and try some local food you’ve never had before. I hope all of you have a wonderful, safe spring break. If you’re going to the beach, good luck working on that tan, but make sure you’re wearing that sunscreen. If you’re going skiing, don’t break any bones. If you’re going home, then enjoy seeing your old friends. And if you are leaving the country, I’m extremely jealous. Whatever you’re doing, relax and have a wonderful time. Jessie Landon is a junior majoring in journalism. Her column runs on Wednesdays.

I’m sick of the fanatics By Joshua Riles Recently, I read two columns about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in which each writer presented fanatical opposing views of the on going conflict. This article is intended to seek middle-ground and to represent other Americans who aren’t die hard conservative or liberal. Not to suggest that everyone of a particular political ideology is in favor of a particular view, but instead, that liberal rhetoric tends to support Palestine and conservative rhetoric tends to support Israel. Corey Smith heaps the title of anti-Semitism on supporters of Palestine while Alexander Perry contends that Israel is nothing more than a nation of murderers. It seems to me that both of Perry and Smith are so entranced by their own cause that they have failed to even

consider the other’s argument. They’ve been blinded by their own passions. Just consider being rational for a moment and listening to reason. The philosophers of ancient Greece believed the ultimate goal of a debate was not to win, but instead, to find the greater truth. Have either of you considered that there may be truth in both arguments; that maybe both Israelis and Palestinians are responsible for this continuing conflict. I’m probably going to piss off supporters on both sides, but I’m tired of the fanatics screaming and hollering while middleAmerica remains silent. I apologize if the proceeding statements seem to single out Perry, but since I only have a copy of the paper with Perry’s opinion, I can only rebut some of the claims he made. I agree with Perry that Israel is guilty

of using more force than is probably necessary in the securing of its borders and there is no doubt that innocent civilians were killed in Israeli air strikes. However, to assume Israel invaded Palestine without provocation and only with intentions to “murder” and “suppress” is absurd. In fact, in the most recent Israeli occupation, it was Hamas who stated that they would not resign the cease-fire on the premise that they were “protecting Palestinians” and saw no need to continue the cease-fire since it only benefited Israel. In addition, Palestinian militants fired 11 rockets into Israel the day before the cease-fire actually ended. I would elaborate on other topics Perry brought up, but I’m limited by word count. I would only ask that those who condemn Israel for its

actions begin to understand the difficult situation that Israel finds itself in. Neither is it the fault of the Palestinian people who Hamas and Fatah are so bent on destroying the nation of Israel. Don’t deny it either; they’ve made it explicitly clear. The occupation of the Gaza strip by Israel is primarily political, but the war that Hamas is waging is rooted in religious ideology. However, you are right Perry. This ideology is not anti-Semitic for the simple reason that Muslims and Jews are both Semites since they all claim to be descendants of Abraham. I only ask that the fanatics try to listen to someone else’s point of view, just once. Joshua Riles is a senior majoring in history.

CW not “the other machine” By Meganne Rockman In Monday’s edition of The CW, the article “The Other Machine” caught my attention. Thaddeus Parker stated if the greek system here at Alabama can be labeled the “Machine” then The Crimson White should also be labeled the other “machine” (though why one was capitalized and the other not was a bit puzzling to me). That’s ridiculous. The CW was just expressing their views, as they do in nearly almost every edition of the paper. Kendra Key was handsdown a better candidate for the student body and that’s why The CW supported her. Nearly everything on her platform from “returning Rec center parking space to students to allow more daytime workouts”

campus aren’t the only ones who come from families who have achieved “a level of success and financial standing.” My mother was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi, and eventually rush chairman, when she was in college but realized that all the parties, meetings and forking over money wasn’t worth it and left. I entered the University as an out-of-state student and didn’t know anyone here. My mom asked me if I wanted to rush and if I did, it was perfectly OK. It was a good way to meet people and we were at “a level of success and financial standing” so it was a possibility for me. I opted to take a completely different route with my college experience. I joined the Million Dollar Band. Over three years, I’ve never missed a game at Bryant-Denny Stadium. I’ve

been to nearly every stadium in the SEC and then some, and I’ve stood just feet from Nick Saban and the rest of the Crimson Tide football team. And you know what? It didn’t cost me a dime. I don’t regret my decision, especially after seeing what lows the greek system will go to make sure one of them remains head of the SGA. It seems as if this whole greek vs. independent battle going on is just as bad as racism. One group isn’t any better than the other. If students as a whole would just get over this ridiculous idea, the entire campus could come together and work towards bettering our university as a whole.

Lincoln did, “We are not enemies, but friends.” The students in your classes may look different than yourself, but we are all deceptively the same. We have the same desires — we are all here to better our lives by earning an education. We have the same concerns — we worry about money and relationships. Acknowledge similarities and embrace differences. The administration has been doing its best to facilitate inclusiveness through the Crossroads Community Center and programs like it. However,

it ultimately falls on students to make change. We have the power to alter the future of the University. We must make this institution a place we can be proud of, a place of acceptance of new ideas and diverse individuals. We continue to be haunted by discriminative ideals passed down from previous generations. Their time has passed. Ours has come. Let us make this our University of Alabama.

to “creating a campus-wide wireless network that would reach all academic halls and residential buildings” would personally benefit nearly every student on campus, as compared to Steven Oliver who wants to provide “Financial Affairs Committee allocation forms online to allow students easier access to funding at the SGA provides organizations” and “continue working with the UAPD and Tuscaloosa Police to improve safety for all members of our community.” It didn’t take a student newspaper to persuade a campus to vote for Kendra Key, it took half a brain to see that she was the better candidate for the job. Another thing about Parker’s article was this whole idea that if a student isn’t greek, they want to be greek. Not true, Mr. Parker. And the greeks on this

Meganne Rockman is a junior majoring in geography.

Accept diversity on campus By Thomas Cantu

After reading the responses to the SGA elections in Monday’s edition of The Crimson White, I became fully convinced that we are ignoring the elephant in the corner. No, I am not suggesting that Big Al should have been elected as SGA President; I am referring to the fundamental problem with the Machine. Let us look past the tactics used by the Machine to influence elections. I cannot comment on them as I am not a member of a fraternity and have no firsthand

knowledge of the methods. In order to examine the true concern, we will attempt to ignore that issue. Allow us to view the Machine as a well organized voting bloc and an extremely successful organization. Why would I not want to become a member and have a greater chance of being elected to the SGA? Anyone seeking a position in the SGA would love to increase his chances of winning. So, what do I have to do to become part of the powerful Machine? Membership in the Machine is

exclusive to traditionally white fraternities and sororities. First and foremost to be a member, the student must be white. Sorry, if you’re black, brown, red or yellow, you’re out of luck. Second, the individual must be able to pay dues to the previously mentioned greek organizations. The in-state student pays approximately $3000 for tuition. Dues approach the same amount. Who can afford to pay tuition twice? Not only does the Machine discriminate based on race, but on economic status as well. This is the true problem: a racist, elitist

group controls student politics on campus. The ghost of Gov. George Wallace continues to stand in the schoolhouse door. Yes, the University has integrated in regards to admission. What is overlooked is the importance of inclusion. We continue to have segregation on campus. Walk through the Ferguson Center at lunchtime and you will see clear divisions within the seating areas. Walking across campus, we see a fellow student that appears different from us and view him as a stranger. We must realize that, as Abraham

Thomas Cantu is senior majoring in Spanish.

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Economic strain felt on University By Drew Taylor Senior Staff Reporter

In a recent survey conducted by the Bureau of Labor, Alabama ranked 24th in lowest unemployment at 6.7 percent. Despite the city of Tuscaloosa coming in with only 5.6 percent unemployment, among the state’s lowest, it is still more than double that of December 2006. With the city finding ways to keep unemployment down, the University is no exception to this. With the economy on a downturn, many students have been busy searching for jobs, specifically with the University’s federal work-study

and student assistance programs. Don Simmons, associate director of operations for Student Financial Aid, said from what he’s seen, more students than ever have been applying for work-study positions, which range from on-campus jobs to community service and tutoring in the Tuscaloosa area. “Not only do we award this money to the students, but we set them up in the payroll system,” Simmons said. Simmons said the work-study program, currently in its 20th year, is a good way for students to assimilate into Tuscaloosa’s workforce while helping businesses that

need workers. “We want to help the student toward their degree,” Simmons said. “It is has to have some employment merit to it.” In 2007, there were nearly 2,400 jobs that were posted to the Financial Aid Web site through myBama, which has continued to grow and develop. Simmons said there has not been much action taken in advertising the programs to students, maintaining contact with companies that have posted jobs on the site in the past and looking into recruiting new ones. “Our commitment is no different than it has been in the past,” Simmons

said. “We always try to thank these companies for helping our students out in this capacity.” Travis Railsback, manager of recruitment for UA Human Resources, said student assistance is similar to work-study in that they both work in the same capacity, but that unlike corporate collaboration, the student assistant program works through department funding and is updated through human resources. With various projects that go on throughout the year, Railsback said it is to the University’s advantage to hire students in various capacities. “We do see a fair amount of

technology jobs because we find that students have the skill sets that many of us don’t have,” Railsback said. “If we hire a student to do the job, it’s a win-win situation for us.” With many companies going through layoffs or hiring freezes, Railsback said the issue is not with the workers. “It’s really not hard finding students that want to work,” Railsback said. “It’s finding the opportunities for them to work that are difficult.” Currently, there are 19 student assistant positions available on hr.ua. edu/employment. This list is updated everyday.

Students discuss black stereotypes By Josh Veazey Senior Staff Reporter “Stanky Leg,” “Getto Barbecue” [sic], and the infamous “leprechaun” news report were just a few of the viral videos used to spark debate about the role of African Americans in pop culture at Monday night’s forum “B.E.T…WTF?” “At one point does it stop becoming entertainment and start becoming ignorance?” asked moderator Errol Bryant. The discussion was the second installment in a forum series created by student group Collegiate Politicians. One clip showed a children’s program featuring a giant mascot decked in street clothes and jewelry using rap lyrics to urge kids to read.

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applicants’ personal information,” Blue Key president Austin Ladner said. He said the applications, which are assigned a number as their identifying mark, would be renumbered from the initial selection process. “The breakdown in technology that happened previously has been fixed,” Ladner said. “[Selections] will be made strictly by the criteria.” Green said she and other honor society presidents worked with the dean of students office and Mark Nelson, vice president for student affairs, to arrive at the decision. “There is no proof of wrongdoing, but because the info was available, we felt we had to redo the elections,” Nelson said. He said preserving the integrity of the selection was important and that duty extended to making sure there was not even an appearance of wrongdoing.

Danielle Blevins, president of the Capstone Association of Black Journalists, expressed dismay that whether it is B.E.T or children’s programming, hip hop seems to be defining the black image. It is one so pervasive, she said, that black people actually apply it to themselves. “Of all the things that have come out of our culture, these are the ones that are perpetuated into the mainstream culture, who doesn’t understand what our society is,” Blevins said. “I personally feel that we offer more to our nation than what we just saw.” Clips like “Getto Barbecue” and the song “Stanky Leg” by Them G Spot Boyz raise concern among the panel that not only do videos contain explicit content, put that people

gravitate toward superficial work instead of music with denser subject matter, such as Talib Kweli albums. “The point of music is to inspire and to make people think,” said Amelia Hastings, a senior in New College. “Something like ‘Stanky Leg’ doesn’t really do anything for me. It doesn’t make me reflect in anyway.” Kendra Miller, a senior majoring in theater, suggested that though “trash” is a problem among black entertainment, it may be evidence of the nature of pop culture in general. “It doesn’t need to be on television just like ‘My Redneck Wedding’ doesn’t need to be,” Miller said. “That’s with any TV station. Most TV stations do what sells first, and then they

throw in pieces of what they want to here and there.” The clip that made the room erupt with laughter, however, was a Mobile news report in which several members of a black community claim to have seen a leprechaun in a tree. Hastings, who works at WVUA, said she thought the clip was more about capturing a local novelty than making fun of black people. “People love crazy things like that. We had ‘Cuddle’s Watch’ — there was a cat that was stuck up in a tree for three days, and we made a big show of it,” Hastings said. “If a white community had [something like the leprechaun video], we would have covered it — it just happened to happen in a black community. But [the leprechaun video] did showcase

stereotypes, and I think the reporter played it up.” A more shocking video was “Read a Book,” in which a rapper yells, in Lil’ John-style chanting, common sense advice to the black community like “Brush your teeth,” “Raise your kids,” and “f--- spinnin’ rims, buy some land.” Miller and Trey Moe, a junior majoring in telecommunication and film, suggested that white America may lack the context to view black entertainment in many instances — both in more critically-acclaimed content like Spike Lee films, and in more stereotypical content, such as Wayans Bros. films. “I’ve never been to Japan. If you put me in a room with a Japanese movie, I couldn’t relate to it,” Moe said. “In the

10 shot, killed in south Ala. towns; shooter dead The Associated Press SAMSON | A gunman went on a shooting spree in two neighboring south Alabama towns Tuesday, killing nine people before he shot himself at a metals plant, authorities said. Police are investigating at least four separate shootings, all believed to be done by one gunman, whose name was not released, the Alabama Department of Safety said in a statement. The shootings began late in the afternoon in Samson. The shooter killed five people in one home and one each in two other homes. The gunman also shot at a state trooper’s car, striking the vehicle seven times and wounding the trooper with broken glass. He then killed someone at a Samson supply store and another person at a service station, the safety department said. Police pursued him to Reliable Metal Products just north of Geneva, about a dozen miles southeast of Samson, where he fired an estimated 30 rounds. One of the bullets hit Geneva Police Chief Frankie Lindsey, who was saved by his bulletproof vest, the safety department said. The statement says the gunman then went in

the plant and shot himself. His name was not released. The gunman had worked at Reliable Metal, said state Rep. Warren Beck, a Republican whose district includes Geneva. “My secretary heard gunfire everywhere,” he said. “This is one of the most tragic events ever in Geneva County.” State Sen. Harri Anne Smith, R-Slocomb, said some of those killed in Samson were sitting outside. “He was just driving down the street shooting at people sitting on their porches,” she said. “A family was just sitting on the porch and they were shot.” Reliable Metal Products makes grills and vents for heating and AC systems, mainly for hotels. A call to a person who answered the phone at the plant said no one could talk about the shooting. The towns of Geneva and Samson are roughly 30 miles south of Fort Rucker, near the Florida border in southeast Alabama. Geneva’s population is about 4,400 and Samson, 2,000. Smith and Beck were at the Statehouse when state troopers came to get them and took them Jay Hare | Dothan Eagle to Geneva County. Smith said the governor’s An unidentified man is reflected in a storefront window that was office is sending resources and state troopers shot during the shooting spree in Samson, Ala. are setting up a command post.

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same way, Hollywood can’t relate. You can’t put ten white people in a room and ask them to watch a movie that they can’t relate to.” As for the fate of B.E.T., Miller suggested that it may be beyond salvaging, because of the image it has created for itself, and because it is owned by Viacom, a corporation the panel thinks is not likely to change its content anytime soon. “Everybody already has their perception of what B.E.T. is, and you already have the black community not liking it,” Miller said. “The best bet is to start a new ‘B.E.T.,’ or something like it.” Collegiate Politicians will host an open forum in the Ferguson Center game room on March 23 at 6:30 p.m.

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Frightful ﬁlm contest for students UA online arts magazine hosts horror ﬁlm contest By Jessica Cheek Lifestyles Reporter

The Killer Film Contest, hosted by The Missing Ink, is a horror film competition underway until March 24 for all UA students interested in creating a short horror movie. A

free screening will be held on March 31 to showcase the films and honor the contest winners. Prizes include a video camera and an iPod shuffle. The Missing Ink is a student-operated online art magazine that features UA community artwork including

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photography, creative writing, visual art and videography at missingink.ua.edu. Stephanie Summer, editor-inchief of The Missing Ink, said she hopes the contest will stir creative interest in filmmaking across campus. “The goal of the film contest and screening is to heighten awareness and creativity of student film production,” she said. The Missing Ink provides information about artistic people, organizations and events on campus — that is why we are showcasing film.” There has never before been a horror film competition like the Killer Film Contest at the University, but many students have taken part in other film events like Campus Moviefest in February. Summer said she

advises participants in this particular contest to think of innovative ideas that other students may not consider. “Think of something creative, or something that others may not do such as a comedy horror or a documentary-type horror film,” she said. “Keep sound in mind, either sound effects or a soundtrack — but follow the copyright rules [against] using music that is not originally yours.” Students may submit up to two films of 1-5 minutes or 615 minutes to the Killer Film Contest for a chance to win prizes in five categories — best overall film, best sound, most innovative plot, best actor and best scream. Specific guidelines for the competition are on The Missing Ink Web site.

Summer encourages students of all majors to participate. “I encourage anyone with a love for film to submit to the contest — you don’t have to be a TCF major,” she said. In conjunction with the screening on March 31, tours of the supposedly haunted Kilgore House will be offered after the video presentations. The Killer Film Contest was inspired by the house, which was recently examined for evidence of being haunted. The video footage of the inspection, which did find haunting evidence, will be available soon on The Missing Ink. The March 31 screening will begin at 7 p.m. at 127 Biology Building, with the tours following after that. The Kilgore House is located across the

street from the Biology Building, so anyone who is interested can walk there for a tour after the show. “Students should attend the screening to show support of the filmmakers at [the University], to experience a short horror films made by their fellow talented students and to get a tour of a real haunted house on campus, while learning about the history of the grounds they walk on everyday,” Summer said. Anyone on campus is invited to become involved with The Missing Ink, whether they are a student or a member of the faculty or staff. The magazine is offered as a class through New College, but it also welcomes contributing writers and artists.

Fungus among us By Josh Hedrick Lifestyles Reporter Walking into a local farmers

market for a basket of locally grown fruit and veggies brings certain expectations to mind. There will probably be older,

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a senior majoring in business. “There is definitely a trend of people wanting fresh, local food, as well as more and more talk about the green movement and sustainability. Mushroom farming is one of the most environmentally friendly options out there.” Parker said he always had a passion for science and was introduced to mushroom cultivation, or mycology, five years ago. The pair met through the Mallet Assembly and the idea for the business began to take root. “I got really interested in [mycology] and did it as a hobby,” Parker said. “Then I got more serious about it. [Cain] and I figured it all out about a year ago now.” Utilizing Cain’s experience in

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“It makes me realize that Her lecture will cover the larger venues is way up, but a musicologist named Columbia University professor to with James Webster. She said she music of the Enlightenment critics so often wring their the profoundest thoughts held found musicology an interest- as well as the specific works hands about the decline of by human beings have been of 18th century composers classical music,” she said. “I expressed in musical form,” ing and intriguing topic. talk classical music

FUNGUS Continued from page 6 the business field and Parker’s technical know-how, the two formulated a plan and put it in action. Tuscaloosa Organic Produce was born. The partners have built a business that is gaining market share and has become streamlined and environmentally friendly, Cain said. TOP mushrooms can be found at the Greensboro Farmers Market as well as the farmers market on campus. The company also vends to Epiphany Café, which uses many local organic ingredients in their dishes. “We’ve been using [TOP Mushrooms] for several months now,” said Tres Jackson of Epiphany Café. “You get more care with better quality ingredients grown locally. Otherwise you end up with stuff that was gassed and shipped across the country from California or elsewhere.” TOP is also arranging to have Manna Groceries sell fresh mushrooms. Manna recently hosted a tasting of food cooked with TOP mushrooms. Bo Hicks, grocery manager

of Manna, said the chicken marcella was well received and hoped that students use more organic foods and stop to think about what they put in their bodies. “Our research has shown tons of evidence that suggest the innumerable health benefits of mushrooms,” Parker said. “And that is not even to mention their nutritional value. Mushrooms are between 1530 percent protein, with much fewer calories compared with meat.” While many students are uncertain about summer internships, finding jobs after graduation and mounting debt, Cain and Parker believe their entrepreneurial endeavor secured for themselves a promising foundation on a promising new trend. “It’s been a lot of work. And the returns came gradually,” Parker said. “We spent the first six months paying our dues and learning our techniques — we learned what not to do. We learned the actual process of [mushroom farming] on this scale. It is different than what you may think in your head before you actually get involved.”

“I enjoyed combining both worlds, though as time went on I became much more involved with musicology and less with playing,” she said. “Musicology combines so many aspects of history, analysis, culture, aesthetics and performance that I was pretty swept up by it.” Musicology is the study of music from a scholarly perspective that is broken down by categories including history, culture, theory and performance. After Cornell, Sisman attended Princeton, where she received her doctorate in music history before moving on to teach.

Ludwig van Beethoven and Joseph Haydn. “The lecture is about music in which the ‘light’ in ‘Enlightenment’ is rendered both literally and figuratively,” she said. “I will also consider how what I call, ‘the music of illumination’ connects to eighteenth-century ideas of the beautiful and the sublime, and will relate these to specific works by Haydn and Beethoven.” On a personal level, Sisman said she thinks classical music has a large role to play in today’s culture and is not fading. “Concert and opera attendance in both smaller and

hear so much vibrant, com- she said. mitted, exciting music-making these days that I can’t believe people aren’t getting its messages.” What: “Beethoven, She said classical music is present in many different Haydn and the Music entertainment mediums. of Illumination” lecture “Broadly defined,” she said, from Columbia University “classical music can also be Professor Elaine Sisman found all over the spectrum of musical experience — in film, When: Tonight at 7:30 popular music and theater.” She said she thinks classical Where: Moody Music music is a valuable medium Building Recital Hall for the conveyance of human thoughts and emotions.

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Bender Professor of Music at Columbia, where she has taught since 1982, after tenures at the University of Michigan and Harvard University. She grew up in New York City and said she was born into a musical family. “My mother was my first piano teacher and my father played the violin,” Sisman said. “They took me and my sister to concerts, opera and ballet.” She attended school at Cornell University, where she studied piano with classical pianist Malcolm Bilson. During her senior year, she worked on an honors thesis

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Tide’s leader heads to NCAA Championships

Tyson David will be representing Alabama in the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships this weekend. David is ranked No. 1 for the 5,000m in the SEC with a time of 13:36.72. He also holds the record for the fastest 10,000m race in Alabama history with a time of 28:23.01. He’s ranked second in Alabama history for the 5,000m and third for the 3,000m.

But the junior is more than just a runner; he is a leader. Now, as a member of the Crimson Tide track and field squad, he is not just leading by quicker times, but also leading by example. “Tyson is a quiet competitor,” head coach Harvey Glance said. “He doesn’t talk much; that’s why I call him a quiet leader. He doesn’t run his mouth about what he’s going to go out there and do; he just goes out there and does it.”

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UA Athletics Three Alabama men’s basketball student-athletes earned SEC postseason accolades from the league’s coaches, the SEC office announced Tuesday. Senior Alonzo Gee was named second team AllSEC. JaMychal Green was a unanimous selection on the all-freshman team, and sophomore Justin Knox was voted as the league’s ScholarAthlete of the Year. Gee was voted second team All-SEC after averaging 14.8 points and 7.3 rebounds per

game, ranking 12th and 11th in the league, respectively. The Riviera Beach, Fla. native scored in double-figures in 13 of Alabama’s 16 league contests and wrapped up the season with 1,593 career points, 11th all-time at UA, and 717 rebounds in his stellar fouryear career. He is just the 11th player in school history with 1,500 points and 700 rebounds in a career. The postseason honor is the second of his career as he was named to the league’s all-freshman team in 2006. Green became the Tide’s first all-freshman selection since 2006 after starting all but one game (missed start due to injury) and averaging 10.2 points and a team-high 7.5 rebounds per game. One of only three unanimous selections to the all-freshman squad, the Montgomery, Ala. native had six double-doubles and five in

Wednesday, March 11, 2009 SEC action, the second most of any player in league play this season. In SEC games, Green led all freshmen in rebounding (7.9 rpg) and blocks (1.6 bpg) and was fifth in scoring (11.6 ppg). Knox garnered Alabama’s second ever Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award by starting in 29 of the Tide’s 30 games while maintaining a 3.22 grade-point-average in the classroom. The pre-business major averaged 5.7 points and 5.1 rebounds per game while converting on 48.1 percent of his field goal attempts. Knox averaged 20.5 minutes per game in his second season with the Tide. The trio of award winners and their teammates will begin postseason play on Thursday against Vanderbilt in the SEC Tournament. Tipoff at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Fla. is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.

Tide. Tide downs UAB 6-3 theAlabama will host Mississippi UA Athletics BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The No. 2 Alabama softball team earned the sweep over in-state rival UAB by defeating the Blazers 6-3 Tuesday. The Crimson Tide plated six runs on 12 hits to improve to 182 on the season. UAB drops to 8-11 on the year. Freshman Amanda Locke improved to 4-0 on the season after allowing three hits and two runs while striking out five in 5 and one third innings. Charlotte Morgan earned her first save of the season after tossing 1 two thirds of one-run relief. Senior Kelley Montalvo belted her fourth home run of the season as she went 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBIs. Lauren Parker and Brittany Rogers both added three hits apiece for

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The Alabama women’s golf team comes into this season with some lofty expectations to satisfy. The team finished its fall season ranked No. 5 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Power Index. They also finished 12th last spring in the 2008

NCAA Championships. “We did really, really well last fall,” freshman Brooke Pancake said. “That’s always a huge excitement for this season, trying to get the best out of every single player for every tournament. Everybody’s working really hard, so I think we have a really good chance of finishing extremely well in

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just about every tournament, especially at nationals, which is what our main goal is.” Head coach Mic Potter has called this season’s team the hardest working team he’s ever coached. He said the girls pride themselves in working longer practices and staying out at the driving range later than other teams. Even during the interviews, he said they did not want to be out of practice longer than five minutes. It’s clear they will do anything to be the best. “I have a bigger problem getting them out of [the practice

facility] than I do getting them here, so we can lock the doors and lock the gate,” Potter said. “They always want to stay. A good example is we had workouts this morning at 7:15, when the workout was over I think four out of the five or six that were left stayed and did extra.” Potter said he prides in the fact that he does not have to motivate the girls to work hard because they are so determined already — their work ethic screams it. Most of the girls on the team aim to play golf professionally after college, thus they will do

anything to get ahead early in their career now. “They know that unless they put their best into it everyday that [golfing professionally] won’t happen. It makes my job easy,” Potter said. Work ethic, excellent recruitment and a determined family are some of the attributes that put the eight girls on the team ahead of every other golf team in the nation. They hope those same attributes will bring them a win at the SEC Championships, as well as an NCAA Championship appearance.

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