,UAB’S OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER
VOLUME 59, ISSUE 1
TUESDAY, JAN. 16, 2018
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Kaleidoscope From this point on New Years resolutions push for best goal-setting behavior Allie Milton Life & Style Reporter miltona@uab.edu
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s the month of January progresses and the added obstacles of school and work replace the freedom of the holidays, many students begin to struggle with their New Year’s resolutions. Goal-setting itself is inherently psychological and goals can be divided into different categories, such as long-term and short-term or objective and subjective. Perhaps the most important goal distinction, though, would be between outcome goals that deal with a specific result, performance goals that are measurable and can lead to outcome goals and process goals that help achieve performance goals and work especially well short-term.
“The biggest issue with New Year’s resolutions have to do with the goals themselves,” John Gampher, Ph.D. in psychology, said. According to Gampher, people tend to set long-term goals instead of short-term goals and pick things that are difficult. Subjective goals are also more likely to fail than objective goals. Outcome goals are objective, but work best as long-term motivators. “It is best to set midterm performance goals, and shortterm process goals so they won’t lose energy,” Gampher said. “Also remember that unrewarded behavior does not continue and neither do resolutions that are contingent upon the actions of other people.” At the UAB Recreation
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
The best start in history Sarah Oetken Sports Reporter sarahoak@uab.edu
The tenacious trio dominated the hardwood yet again on Saturday, Jan. 13 as Miyah Barnes, Deanna Kuzmanic and Rachael Childress combined for 51 points, leading the Lady Blazers to their first win over the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers in seven years. UAB improved to 14-2 on the season and 3-0 in conference play with the 79-61 win, giving them a narrow lead in Conference USA early on.
See WOMEN’S, Page 6
See GOALS, Page 10
UAB junior guard Deanna Kuzmanic dribbles down the court during the Blazers’ matchup against Western Kentucky Saturday, Jan. 13 in Bartow Arena. PHOTO BY DAWSON MILES/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
The Martin Luther King Jr. looks over Kelly Ingram Park. PHOTOS BY BELLA TYLICKI/ COMMUNITY REPORTER
Day of reverence and service Bella Tylicki Community Reporter btylicki@uab.edu
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n what would have been his 89th birthday, Martin Luther King Jr. was honored through community service efforts across the country. This homage particularly befitted King as he said in Montgomery in 1957, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: what are you doing
for others?” Since 1983, King’s birthday has been a federal holiday, but it is only since 1994 that it is a congressionally delegated National Day of Service. Thanks to King’s friends and fellow civil rights leaders, Rep. John Lewis and Sen. Harris Wofford, the
third Monday of January is officially named the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, informally called MLK Day, intended to be a “day on, not a day off.” The Corporation for National Community Service works with The King Center in Atlanta to organize an annual national campaign for MLK Day, offering grants to a variety of organizations and schools each year to help develop service opportunities. “In addition, a growing number of major U.S. companies are investing money, supplies and employee time to make a difference in their communities by supporting MLK Day of Service,” said Samantha Warfield, a representative of CNCS. “... Together, families, colleagues, friends and congregations will deliver meals, refurbish schools and community centers, collect food
See MLK, Page 8