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Dear World Photoshoot Student share their story at the Dear World event. Page 2
Opinion: Free speech & hate
PSA from USA Audiology students Learn how to protect your hearing and know how loud is too loud. Page 4
NEWS
Joel Goode, opinion editor, talks about his views on hate speech. Page 6
NEWS
Alabamaians vote “yes” to all 14 statewide amendments By Jaccob Hearn | Editor-in-Chief
The general election where last week and although the presidency was the most important thing on the ballot, Alabamians voted on other issues and amendments that will affect us more directly. Ron Shelby was re-elected as senator, a position he has held since 1987. There were also 14 statewide amendments on the ballot, all of Students and facutly can see students working on their project at the glass blowing studio outside of the Visual Arts Building. Photo by Jake Cannon. which were approved by voters. Although all are important in their own right, the amendments Rene Culler denied tenure after six years of work with program presented here may be more interesting to USA students. By Thomas Adent | Reporter Statewide Amendment 2 was a landslide approval by voters with student has stated seeing Culler “go Expert glass blower Rene Culler program when it was started in nearly 75,000 more voting yes. off ” on other students for doing was recently denied tenure after six 2010. The amendment prevents money something incorrectly. years with South Alabama’s glass Unfortunately, Culler has generated for state parks from According to many of her experienced some tension among blowing program. students, however, she only gets on being taken and used elsewhere. Culler, a Fulbright Senior the other faculty since she arrived. This will protect places like Gulf to students firmly when there is a According to some students, Research scholar and extremely less than professional behavior concern for safety or when she has State Park, which is a major tourist decorated artist, was personally to repeatedly tell students the same attraction, from continued budget (directed towards both students selected by the late President cuts which has resulted in closures and other faculty) is what led to thing. Moulton to be the head of the of parks across the state. South Alabama glass blowing the denial of Culler’s tenure. One See page 3 See page 3
Renowned head of galss blowing department loses tenure