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Thursday, October 30, 2008 Serving the University of Alabama since 1894 Vol. 115, Issue 48

By Victor LuckersonStaff Reporter

As the economy continues to stall and unem-ployment rates creep upwards, UA students are beginning to feel the squeeze of a shrinking job market. “The lagging economy didn’t impact recruit-ing as quickly as I thought it would, but it is here,” said Jerry Paschal of the Career Center. He said the on-campus job-recruiting season, which usually winds down around the middle of November, is already ending. Many compa-nies have canceled scheduled trips to cam-pus because their travel funds have been cut. In total, the Career Center has lost about 20

companies that visited in previous years. “It’s not a time to slack off on a job search,” Paschal said. The co-op program, which allows students to alternate semesters of academic work with semesters of full-time employment, is experienc-ing similar retractions. Out of the 56 companies that visited campus on Oct. 15 to conduct inter-views, six have enacted full hiring freezes in the last two weeks. Roy Gregg, director of the co-op program, said while some companies drop their co-op pro-grams during times of economic hardship, oth-ers use co-op students, who receive low salaries and no benefits, as a cost-saving measure. Though the job market is a bit tumultuous,

Gregg said he expects the co-op program to match or exceed last year’s $4 million in paid student salaries from employers. “Students are going to have to be more flex-ible,” he said. “If they have an opportunity to get work experience before graduation, they need to lock it down and do it regardless of location.” The job outlook is not a rosy one. The national unemployment rate is 6.1 percent, and Alabama’s rate is 5.3 percent. Both are at their highest level since 2004. “Jobs in general will depend on the overall health of the economy,” economics professor Gary Hoover said. “Firms won’t hire if they have no opportunity to sell their products.” Hoover said the economy’s current condition

can be blamed in large part on the weakness ofthe housing market leaking into other sectors ofthe economy. “It would be my opinion that a recoveringhousing market would signal the end of our woes,” he said. Whether that end is in sight, he said, was adifficult question to answer. “It’s hard to predict how long it will take for jobgrowth to recover fully,” Hoover said. “Marketsare more global now than they’ve ever been. If we are looking at a global slowdown, the recov-ery could take longer.” “The job market usually lags behind the

Economic slowdown leads to fewer jobs for students

By Brett BralleyNews Editor

Students may go from having 50 megabytes of storage space in their BamaMail accounts to 6.5 gigabytes of

space next semester, as the University looks to switch students to a new pro-vider. John McGowan, vice provost and chief information officer, said the University is considering Google as a

possible BamaMail server in place of the current system. He said the swi-tchover would most likely take place in the spring. Google provides a Google Apps Education Edition. McGowan said while the University has considered other options for students, includ-ing Microsoft, the feedback he has received has been in favor of Google. The Office of Information Technology, other UA faculty

members and staff, and members of the SGA met Oct. 16 with Google representatives. Google presented the different features Google Apps Education Edition offers. Students would still have e-mail addresses ending in “ua.edu,” said Shane Merritt, director and network and computing support for the Office of Information Technology. However, the system would be run by Google, he said.

In addition to any features that Gmail, Google’s e-mail, provides withany account, such as 6.5 GB of space,mobile access and spam and virus pro-tection, students would have access toother features. Google Docs is a feature that wouldallow students to create and edit worddocuments, spreadsheets and pre-sentations. Google Calendar, another

UA considers Google as e-mail providerMcGowan sets goal to implement

system by spring semester

Painting and Pomping

See E-MAIL, page 2

CW | Marion R WaldingLeft: Addie Heard, a junior majoring in advertising, paints a window at Rama Jamaʼs restaurant on Bryant Drive as part of the “Paint the Town Red” homecoming competition. Judging for all of the painted windows will take place at 1 p.m. Friday. Right: Caroline Amdall (Left), a sophomore majoring in nursing, and Sarah Kimrey, a junior majoring in accounting, pomp the lawn deco-ration outside of the Alpha Delta Pi house.

See JOB, page 2

By Josh VeazeySenior Staff Reporter

“It was the best times; it was the worst of times,” said UA President Robert Witt, quoting Charles Dickens to describe the financial situation of the University. At the annual fall faculty and staff meeting Wednesday, Witt addressed the state of the University in light of both state education budget cuts and the current credit crisis. “This economic challenge has raised questions in the minds of some — questions about the University’s ability to continue to maintain its momentum, to continue to make progress,” Witt said. He then presented his plan to keep the University growing amidst an uncertain financial climate. Witt first cited the record-breaking 5,100 freshmen who came to the University this year as beneficial both because of increased revenue and because it elevated the quality of the student body. “We originally set a goal of 28,000 [students] by 2013. We will reach that goal four years ahead of schedule,” Witt said. Witt noted that the 2008 freshman class included over 1,000

Witt predictstuition increase to ease burden

President addresses budget cuts, promises no layoffs

See WITT, page 3

By Drew TaylorSenior Staff Reporter

Despite the Birmingham-metro area’s failure to meet rules on ozone regulation this past summer, Tuscaloosa has been consistent in staying below par. The Environmental Protection Agency set the ozone standard to 85 parts per billion. The Birmingham News report-ed Friday that the Birmingham area, including Jefferson and Shelby County, failed to meet ozone standards, with all 10 monitors in the area exceeding the mark. Hoover had the high-est at 89 parts per billion. According to tests, Tuscaloosa has maintained its level at 77 parts per billion. The tests occur over three years’ time. There are currently 25 EPA - designated monitors placed

throughout the state monitor-ing air quality. Tuscaloosa has one monitor that tracks air quality for the area, located on 11690 Southfork Drive.

There are currently 10 monitors in the Birmigham-area, located primarily in Jefferson County. Scott Hughes, spokesman for the Alabama

Department of Environmental Management, said nearly 40 percent of the state’s moni-tors are being centered in this area is because of the large

concentration of businesses and people in the region. “Birmingham known for its industries,” Hughes said. “Many people in Alabama live in the

area as well.” ADEM monitors air qualityevery day during the summer, starting at the beginning of April and finishing around the end of October. The testing will conclude Friday, followed bya quality control check on the monitors to make sure that the monitors are receiving informa-tion correctly. According to ADEM, most areas in the state are consid-ered “attainment” areas. Thismeans they never enact anyplans. However, bigger cities like Birmingham are more at risk due to the large, concen-trated population in the area. Only Jefferson and ShelbyCounty have been considered “non-attainment” in the state. Regulations for ozone are given by the National Ambient

Tuscaloosa air pollution within healthy limits

ALABAMA OZONE LEVELS• The highest level of ozone is in Hoover — 89 parts per billion• Tuscaloosa has maintained its level at 77 parts per billion• There are currently 25 monitors placed through-out the state monitoring air quality• The EPA has lowered the level of attainment from 85 parts per billion to 75 parts per billion

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feature, would allow students to create calendars and would give them the option to share them with other users. Google Sites is another feature that would allow for team Web site creation. It also would also allow for embed-ded videos images and gad-gets, according to Google’s Web site. Students would also be able to use all Google Talk fea-tures, including instant mes-saging and file transfers, he said. According to Google’s Web site, students would also be able to customize their

start pages by school informa-tion or gadgets such as weath-er or games. One feature Merritt said the University is not looking into

is the Google Video feature. While Merritt said the deci-sion to use Google has not been finalized, it is the prima-ry focus for the change that will take place. “The hope is to have at least a pilot program up the beginning of next semester,”

Merritt said. Merritt said the pilot pro-gram would consist of about 100 students or less and would allow the office of Information

Technology to work out any technical issues. McGowan, who was appoint-ed to his position in June, said he has made this transition before at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he held the same position for two years, and at Florida

International University,where he held the same posi-tion for five years beforethat. He said overall the swi-tchovers he’s made at other schools have been easy. “It was incredibly painless,”he said. “We made the switchovernight, and most studentsdidn’t even realize at first that there had been a change.” One UA college has already offered Google accounts to students. The Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration has been offering accounts to their stu-dents through Google since August 2007, said John Baker, director of technology at the C&BA. In addition to theirBamaMail account, business students have the option of creating another account with the college, which is provided by Google. Faculty membersand staff are provided Google accounts as well, he said. Baker said before accountswere available, C&BA has its own provider, but many had expressed the desire for more space. After investigating sev-eral different options, Baker said the college settled on Google. “We’ve had a cost savingbecause we’re not having to run our own mail servers and trained staff,” Baker said. Merritt said that the sys-tem would be free to the University. He said techni-cal support calls would likely decrease significantly. “The number one call we get [regarding] BamaMail is that students [are] out of space,and we certainly expect that to be a non-issue with Google Mail,” he said. “[The Google Apps Education Edition] offersso many benefits to Bama: storage, features, spam con-trol — just about everything you can think of is better than what we are currently able to provide.” The provider would also be advertisement-free to stu-dents, Merritt said. He said regular Gmail users have advertisements, but Google Education Apps would not allow for advertisements. “It will be effectively replac-ing BamaMail,” Merritt said. “One of the benefits is once you get an address, you get to keep it when you graduate, so we want to make sure we pick an e-mail address for studentsthat will carry with them forlife.” The Office of Information Technology partnered with the SGA, Merrit said, to make sure student feedback in the decision-making process wasrepresented. Jesse Woods, executive adviser to the SGA president,said he thinks McGowan hasaimed to include students in the changes he has made and will make at the University. “One of the things McGowan has been doing is seeing that more students are involved,and before that wasn’t the case,” Woods said. “McGowan has taken a much more active approach in involvingstudents via committees or internships.”

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economy,” Paschal said. “I think we’re still moving in the negative direction.” However, Paschal said he hoped that next week’s elec-tion might spark the economyin a positive way. With such an uncertain future for job prospects, stu-dents will be forced to take the job hunt very seriously. “What students see at night on the news is real,” Greggsaid. “Each student needs to put their plan together forgraduation, regardless of the economy.” “Look at your options earlyon,” Paschal said. “Be diligent,be proactive and hurry up and get going with it.”

“The hope is to have at least a pilot program up the beginning of next semester.”

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students whose high school GPA was 4.0 or higher and 85 National Merit scholars. Witt said the University is also good at keeping students. It has had a six-year gradua-tion rate of 65 percent - the highest in the state. Witt also noted that the University has hired more recruiters and established new recruiting outposts. Witt said the University will also take advantage of recent, exceptional suc-cess of athletic teams and increased television cov-erage of the University to establish “national coverage and a national platform for communicating about our University.” Another part of Witt’s financial solution is to raise the percentage of non-resi-dent students, presumably because they pay more for tuition. “This fall, 37 percent of our freshmen was non-resi-dent. In fall of 2002, 27 per-cent was non-resident,” Witt said. “If fall 2008 had 24 per-cent instead of 37 percent, we would have had $7.6 million less in gross tuition.” Three new buildings — Ridgecrest South, a new engi-neering and science build-ing, and a new parking deck — are set to open in August of next year. However, the credit crisis has affected the projects, because for weeks it has been impossible to sell bonds. “We are in the interesting position of having several major construction projects underway that are, for all intended purpose, unstop-pable, but we are unable to borrow the money to pay for them,” Witt said. However, Witt thinks when the market improves, the bonds will have impressive ratings, and will sell eas-ily. Until then, Witt said the University will have “suf-ficient internal resources to be able to keep all of our projects moving ahead.” Because of the financial situation, Witt anticipates another increase in tuition, but promised to make it as

small as possible, and to increase scholarship sup-port as much as possible. He noted that raising tuition this year curbed 50 percent of the $36 million hole left in the University’s budget. Witt promised that the University will not have lay-offs of faculty or staff and will not cut any programs. Faculty senate president Karen Steckol noted that UA faculty did not receive pay raises this year, but in the last few years had received raises that put them above the 50th percentile for sala-ries among southern univer-sities according to Southern University Group. “Of course we’re disap-pointed that we didn’t get raises this academic year,” Steckol said. “The University was poised to do so, until the legislature cut our bud-get. With the huge cut we received, we were very for-tunate that raises were the only negative impact on our institution. Our sister insti-tutions were not so lucky.” SGA president Cason Kirby said that in response to the current economic climate, the SGA has their increased emergency student loans maximum to $500. “While this doesn’t address the larger issue of rising tuition and the burden it places on students and their families, we feel this will at least help alleviate some of the worries, especially in dif-ficult times.” Witt said he thinks one of the most dangerous aspects of the current crisis is its potential to make the UA community lose confidence. However, Witt asserted that a definite plan was in place, and that the University would continue to grow if it remained tenacious to it. “We can neither escape nor ignore our economic envi-ronment,” Witt said. “But we should not and will not allow that environment to alter our vision, redefine our goals, change our plan or slow our momentum. I’m confident that when we come together next fall, we’ll be able to review progress that will again fill us with well-justified pride.”

By Victor LuckersonStaff Reporter

Students in assistant journal-ism professor Chris Roberts’ Mass Communication 101 class had a dif-ferent pair of instructors Wednesday — Rick Burgess and Bill “Bubba” Bussey of “The Rick and Bubba Show.” “I’ve known Bill since grade school and was a groomsman in his wed-ding,” Roberts said. “These guys went from a small station in north-east Alabama to being aired from Alaska to Maine. How could you not want to bring them to class?” Burgess and Bussey fielded ques-tions from students and offered insight on the workings of the radio business.

“Radio has to get back to what it used to be,” Burgess said. “It’s got to get back into the entertainment busi-ness to survive.” He said “jukebox radio” stations that focused solely on playing music would find it difficult to thrive in the era of iPods. “Our show is not new or cutting edge,” Burgess said. “It’s what radio used to be — personality driven.” “The Rick and Bubba Show” airs on 63 radio stations in more than a dozen states. “If something is funny in Alaska, it’s funny in Florida,” Bussey said. “It’s all about how you frame it.” The pair offered a behind-the-scenes take on the workings of their show. Burgess admitted he is not being a morning person, though he

often has to wake up before dawn. “Sunset is just as pretty as sun-rise,” he said. The two said very little of what happens on-air is pre-scripted. They often decide what they’re going to discuss next during the commercial breaks. They offered plenty of funny anecdotes, from the time Burgess devoured Brett Favre’s half-eaten ice cream sandwich to Bussey’s previous career as a “weed-removing techni-cian” on a golf course. They also dispensed lots of advice for students looking to enter the entertainment business. “There’s two things you need in business — an accountant and a law-yer,” Bussey said. He detailed how he and Burgess had succeeded by

incorporating their business and copyrighting the Rick and Bubba brand. Burgess also warned students to be wary of confusing contracts. “They’ll never pay you more than you’re worth, but they will pay you less,” he said. Both men identified hard work as the key to success. “Perseverance and persistence are more important than talent,” Burgess said. “We kept coming back to work when a lot of people wouldn’t.” “If you enjoy what you’re doing, you’ll do it better and the finances will follow,” Bussey said. “Never take ‘no’ for an answer.” He suggested students in every career field get involved with intern-ships.

“You get access to the decision makers,” he said. “Half the battle is getting to the guy or girl who can say‘yes’ or ‘no.’” Burgess agreed that extracurricu-lar activity was important. “The classroom’s good, but stu-dents need to take advantage of cam-pus radio and television stations,” he said. After the class, both Burgess and Bussey expressed excitement at the opportunity to speak to students. “I’d always dreamed of teaching a class instead of sitting in one,” Burgess said. “This class had a good grasp of the fact that it’s a differentworld today than it was years ago.” “Radio is a lot of fun,” he said. “I just want to encourage people to get out there and chase their dreams.”

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Several residence halls, including Sommerville Hall, are hosting haunted houses for Halloween this year. Today is the second day the UA Residence Hall Association and Housing and Residential Communities will be holding a haunted house at Somerville Hall. A carnival will be held tonight on the lawn in front of Paty Hall as well. Ryan Hofman, community director of HRC, said prepara-tion for the haunted house began in September. “Terry Stepp, the graduate assistant for the Paty area, has been planning out the prelimi-nary ideas and supplies needed to organize the haunted house,” Hofman said. “He has assembled well over 30 people to help with the haunted house.” Hofman said the haunted house started last year when Josh Gordon, a resident adviser, asked if he could do a haunted hall program. Stepp and Hofman asked for people wanting to enter the haunted house to bring two canned good or $2 to help sup-port the Beat Auburn, Beat Hunger food drive. “As it coincided with the Beat Auburn, Beat Hunger food drive, we decided to make it a fundrais-ing attempt asking students to

donate canned food,” Hofman said. “It was so successful [last year], that we raised approxi-mately 719 pounds of food for the West Alabama Food Bank.” The haunted house opened Wednesday night and was held from 8 p.m. until 11 p.m. The house will be open tonight from 8 p.m. until midnight. Along with the haunted house, there will be a carnival on the front lawn of Paty Hall today from 8 p.m until 11p.m. Hofman said the carnival will feature games, a bungee run and food such as popcorn, hotdogs and pizza. Volunteers are needed for running the haunted house, according to a flier released by HRC. Volunteering to help with the haunted house will count towards any community service hours. Anyone wishing to volun-teer can contact Terry Strepp at hrcpatyacd@sa.ua.edu or Ryan Hofman at rhofman@sa.ua.edu.

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Current tax plans not socialist

Recently, there has been a refreshing development with-in the media’s coverage of this election. It has actually focused on an issue: Barack Obama’s tax plan. Conservatives have labeled it socialism — one reporter, referring to an expla-nation of the plan Obama gave to a plumber named Joe, asked Vice Presidential candi-date Joe Biden if Obama was Marxist. I have to admit this left me somewhat confused. I can’t seem to put my finger on why Obama’s plan would be consid-ered socialist while McCain’s or Bush’s would not. It doesn’t seem the tax cred-its within Obama’s plan can be the reason it has been called socialist, since McCain’s plan, which is not socialist, also con-tains tax credits. Similarly, the root of socialism within Obama’s plan can’t be the fact it is progressive, in that it taxes different incomes at different rates. McCain’s plan is also progressive and is not socialist. Progressive taxation is part of our Constitution. It doesn’t seem that a progres-sive rate is socialist in and of itself. I am forced to conclude that it is not the structure of Obama’s plan that makes it socialist, but rather the details, the actual brackets and per-centages that harbor the Marxism. Currently, income in America is taxed with the following brackets: 10 percent for the first $16,050, 15 percent for up to $65,100, 25 percent up to $131,450, 28 percent up to $200,300, 33 percent up to $357,700 and 35 percent there-after. S corporations making more than $200,300 are taxed at 35 percent, sole proprietor-ships in that same bracket are taxed at 37.9 percent (if you include payroll taxes). Obama wants to raise the top two brackets 4.6 percent and 3 per-cent respectively, and raise the S corporations and sole propri-etorship rates of the brackets mentioned 4.6 percent and 12.4 percent (again, if you include payroll taxes). Since most conservatives did not label President Bush’s current rates “socialism,” my questions are: Did Bush select the highest tax rates possible without being socialistic? If so, isn’t Bush a socialist since he set those rates to expire? If not, how high could the four percentages Obama plans to raise be raised without being socialist? Why?

While arbitrary, we set the poverty rate by basing it on the cost of living, which is deter-mined by adding up the mini-mum market cost of food and shelter in a given region. What metrics do you propose we set the socialist turning point by? Personally, I would use total socialism — equal distribution of wealth at a 100 percent tax rate — as my basis for compar-ison. There must, however, be a flaw in this thinking, because it would mean Bush and McCain are also socialist (if 4.6 percent and 12.4 percent less so than Obama). Where does this kind of thinking go wrong? With the election loom-ing closer, answers to these questions seem urgent. Won’t someone please think of the metrics, er, children?

Trevor Gay is a graduate stu-dent studying computer sci-ence.

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inaccuracies Bright-eyed youths look-ing out from behind a pew at Vacation Bible School, pristine farm land and breathtaking sunsets may be better ways to describe the photographs you can see at the Black Belt 100 Lenses: Greene County exhibit than Xavier Burgin’s decidedly negative portrayal in his article in the Oct. 29 edition of The Crimson White. The exhibit is on display in the Crossroads Community Center lounge through the end of November, instead of October as the article stated. Burgin also repeatedly talks about the 100 Lenses project as a way to “give a voice to the problems of the area” and that I wanted to “enlighten others of this dilemma.” I think the language used in the article negatively portrays the Black Belt region and is misleading as to the project’s intent. The students who participate in the project are asked to take photos of things important to them and their community, both positive and negative. Though there are certainly negative aspects of Greene County, as there are in every community, the majority of the photographs show the posi-tive aspects of Greene County and the Black Belt region. Anyone who comes to see the exhibit will be able to see the beautiful sights of Greene County and get a sense of the

Well, well, well, Alabama. We meet again. It’s time to face off in what we here on the Plains like to call the “Beat Bama Food Drive.” Granted, this competition is on a much smaller scale than our other competition, bet-ter known as the “Iron Bowl,” but the end result is the same — bragging rights for the next year. With that being said, con-gratulations on your solid vic-tory last year. You thoroughly embarrassed us with the 58,319-pound difference of donated food. But as Caroline Hazelrig, director of the food drive, said after Auburn’s defeat last year, “As much as it stinks to lose to Alabama, no one really lost, [because] we had so much food.” That’s ultimately what this is all about — giving back to our communities. Our two institu-tions, both engrained with the Southern mentality of helping our neighbors, continually rise to occasions such as these.

This year will be no differ-ent, in that respect. However, I’m confident enough to say you can expect a different win-ner come Nov. 20. Auburn will put another tally under the food drive “win” column, like we’ve done nine out of the last 14 years. Hey, come to mention it, Auburn’s won nine out of the past 14 Iron Bowls. But you guys try, and that’s cute. Getting back to the food drive, I hope your campus community has stepped up its

game — I know we have here in Auburn. We’ve invited our generous alumni to participate in a painless way, via www.beatbamafooddrive.com. We’ve expanded the number of drop-off locations to better include community involvement. And we’ve aggressively promoted the event to all Auburn stu-dents, faculty members and staff. No one likes to lose two (or for that matter, six) years in a row. You all probably under-stand this better than any-body. That’s why this year, you should prepare for a mighty comeback from Auburn University that shall make your 241,336 pounds look like a puny effort. With that, I say game on Alabama, and War Eagle!

Kristin Oberholzer is the edi-tor of The Auburn Plainsman.

Auburn editor brings challenge to the table

Editor’s note: This letter was printed in this week’s edition of The Auburn Plainsmen.

To faculty members, staff, students and the distin-guished staff of The Auburn Plainsman: Your time has come. Prepare to be destroyed by your superior neighbors from the north(west). My name is Corey Craft, and I am the editor-in-chief of The Crimson White at The University of Alabama — which is a newspaper kind of like The Plainsman, but in Tuscaloosa we have devel-oped the technology to print our newspaper daily. Why are my hateful words printed in the hallowed pages of this publication, you may ask? Because, Auburn, please understand me when I say that you are about to have receive the proverbial kick in the pants in our annual

food drive competition, which kicked off Oct. 20. I prefer the name “Beat Auburn, Beat Hunger,” which is what we call it up here, but I under-stand you guys call it some-thing different. It probably doesn’t sound as good. We dominated you all last year in a domination the likes of which has never been seen in competitive food drive his-tory. This year, we’re going to exceed our high mark of 241,336 pounds of food, and

there’s not a damn thing you can do about it. Because, Auburn, let me tell you this: I’ve been to your city, seen your plains, enjoyed your fine dining and shops and whatnot. And I know stu-dents at Auburn University just don’t have the chops to cut it with us. This will be just the latest dropkicking of your spirits, and we’ll cap it off with our sure-to-be-mag-nificent victory in the Iron Bowl. But maybe you’ll prove me wrong, Auburn. Donate your nonperishable and canned goods at your most conve-nient receptacle, and while you still won’t beat us, you’ll at least have some satisfac-tion. Maybe that’ll ease the pain, just a little. Probably not, though.

Corey Craft is the editor-in-chief of The Crimson White.

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Kristen Oberholzer

Corey Craft

Wofsey article requires

scrutiny

Recently, the opinions page of The Crimson White has been filled with debate on the origins of the current financial crisis, and a well-written arti-cle by Mike Wofsey deserves further attention. Wofsey believes thinking mortgages should only be given to people demonstrating ability to repay them is racist. He makes economist Thomas Sowell, an African-American, look like a prophet for saying, “If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 60 years ago, a lib-eral 30 years ago and a racist today.” First, the Community Reinvestment Act is one exam-ple of what government did to contribute to the sub-prime debacle. Overregulation is the genesis of our current woes. Wofsey said, “The CRA does not mandate that banks make risky loans to poor people. Rather it states that for a bank to receive taxpayer supported FDIC insurance, the bank is not allowed to rubber-stamp rejections to people in poor neighborhoods. They have to look at the applicant’s credit-worthiness.” The Boston Fed, concluding in 1992 that mortgage-lending discrimination was systemic, stated in a manual to mort-

pride the students have in their home. I want to make it very clear that the 100 Lenses proj-ect is not designed to solely point out negative things in the communities we work in, but rather to explore the many positive sides of these commu-nities. Also, the article attributes a quote to Patty Vaughn and says she is my colleague. Vaughn is actually a writer at The Crimson White and has no affiliation with the 100 Lenses project. I encourage everyone to come by Crossroads in the next month and explore the rich culture of the Black Belt region through the photographs taken by the youth of Greene County.

Elliot Knight is the co-direc-tor of the Black Belt 100 Lenses project.

gage-lenders “discrimina-tion may be observed when a lender’s underwriting policies contain arbitrary or outdated criteria that effectively dis-qualify many urban or lower-income minority applicants.” What constitutes “outdat-ed” criteria, according to the Boston Fed? The size of the mortgage payment relative to income, credit history, sav-ings history and income veri-fication were all “outdated” criteria. Wofsey also said, “In fact, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act shows that over 80 percent of all our recent high-risk loans made were by lending institu-tions (like Countrywide) that didn’t comply and didn’t have to comply with the CRA!” Incorrect. It is clear that the CRA is not

completely responsible for the current mess. However, it is also clear that nothing on this scale would have happened in the absence of invasive feder-al regulations like the CRA. In 1992, the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act required Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to devote 30 percent of their loan purchases to low- and moderate-income borrow-ers. By 2000, this had been increased to 50 percent. We should not be surprised that the number of subprime loan originations increased by 24 percent per year from 1994 to 2003. From 2003 to 2006, Fannie and Freddie bought a total of $515 billion in sub-prime loans, many of which were adjustable-rate mort-gages. All that was needed

to tip the scales was for the federal funds rate to increase from 1 percent in June 2003 to 5.25 percent in June 2006. Wofsey also claimed, according to former TreasurySecretary Robert Rubin, “the CRA has increased the econo-mies of distressed areas by at least $1 trillion. And unlike our current bailout, that’s $1trillion that wasn’t paid bytaxpayers.” Had the government not backed Fannie and Freddie,market participants wouldhave demanded a higher rateof return from Fannie and Freddie bonds, thus making it unprofitable for them to engage in such risky lendingpractices.

Ryan Orlando is a doctoralstudent studying finance.

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By Amy CastleberryContributing Writer

The Journal of Science and Health at the University of Alabama, better known as JOSHUA, is an up-and-coming undergraduate science and health journal dedicated to publish-ing articles, research and reviews from every science discipline. Faculty sponsor Guy Caldwell said the journal, which was first published in 2002 with five volumes, has attained national attention from prestigious colleges such as the University of Pennsylvania, and has been internationally recognized by

the University of British Columbia in Canada for its various research pub-lications. “When I had the idea to start JOSHUA six years ago, I would never have envisioned how rapidly it has spread to national, and even interna-tional, recognition,” Caldwell said. “I am most pleased that we are now also attracting editors and submis-sions from all scientific disciplines across campus, as well.” Caldwell said some of the specif-ic articles published in the journal have also received significant recog-nition. “One article on the bioethics of

cloning led to a student winning a major philosophy prize, and the University of Massachusetts also requested to use another article on ‘Biodiversity and Ethics’ used as part of a graduate school admissions essay,” Caldwell said. Three of JOSHUA’s past editors have also been named to the USA Today All-Academic Team and other staff members have won national awards, too. Dan Roberts, a senior major-ing in biology and JOSHUA’s edi-tor, is confident in the growth and success of the publication. “We see all of this attention as the

next step for our publication and would love to eventually be consid-ered the premiere undergraduate science research journal, but for now were just looking for contribu-tions from undergrads around cam-pus,” Roberts said. Publishing one issue per year, the JOSHUA staff wants to recruit contributing writers to add to their growing collection of articles. The last issue was published in May. “It’s a very unique opportunity to have a journal strictly devoted to undergraduate research,” said Yhni Thai, assistant editor and a junior

majoring in chemical engineering. “It’s definitely something for the University to be proud of.” Those interested in submittinga contribution to JOSHUA must be affiliated with a science or health program and must be sponsored by a faculty member. Submissions must be between 1,000 and 3,500 wordsand must be submitted before Jan. 1, 2009. All submissions should be sent to joshua.alabama@gmail.com. To read previously published arti-cled and editions of JOSHUA visit the journal’s Web site at bama.ua.edu/~joshua/index.htm.

Student journal gains international acclaim

By Valerie CasonContributing Writer

A room full of listeners of all ages gathered to hear best-sell-ing author Rick Bragg tell stories of his life from his latest book, “The Prince of Frogtown.” “I wrote this book for one rea-son,” Bragg said. “I wanted to find out one or two good stories about my dad.” Jill Sparks, a sophomore majoring in English and politi-cal science, said she first gained interest in Bragg’s writing after reading his collection of news-paper articles, “Somebody Told Me.” “His fresh take on front-porch Southern storytelling that this region of the country grew up on is absolutely captivating,”

Sparks said. Bragg described stories about the town in which his family lived with specific references to southern culture. “Only Southerners tell you where something is by telling you where something used to be,” Bragg said. He read from selected scenes of his book to a laughing audi-ence. “You can’t make this stuff up,” Bragg said. He said he selected spe-cific parts of the book to share because of the difficulty he has reading personal stories about his father. “I read instead scenes, because they don’t make me cry,” Bragg said. He related to the audience in

between each reading by con-necting the listeners to his sto-ries. “If it were not that so many of us are descended from people who worked with their hands, people wouldn’t understand these books,” Bragg said. Bragg told a colorful story about his grandmother con-fronting his father while he was carrying young Bragg to a cow pasture. “To this day she is the only liv-ing human that ever cussed my father and did not fall down,” he said. Bragg’s writing personalizes each character in his books. Louise Acomb, a senior major-ing in health care management, said she attended the event to learn more about Bragg.

“I wanted to see what he was like in person,” Acomb said. “His writing is so entertaining because it is so colorful, and I wanted to actually hear the man that writes these stories.” Students asked Bragg ques-tions after the reading. When asked how he has remembered the stories that fill his books, Bragg explained that most memories come from stories of others. “Memories in this book, many of them are mine, little boy memories, but I reported this book front to back,” Bragg said. He said stories come from his mother, brothers and other family members. “Why in the world would they embellish beauty like

that?” Bragg asked. He said the beauty of his mother, the Appalachian Mountains and the Southern language inspires his stories. “You can call it hillbilly lan-guage if you want, but it’s pret-tier than that,” Bragg said. Bragg said he hears stories from family members every time he goes home. “It would be foolish in my craft to not want to listen to these people,” he said. Bragg said he had difficulty retrieving stories from his mother concerning his father. One audience member asked Bragg how his family dealt with the releases of his books because “All Over but the Shoutin’,” “Ava’s Man” and “The Prince of Frogtown” have

all been stories about his fam-ily members. “You hope your kinfolk like your books, and most of mykinfolk like my books,” Bragg said. Another audience memberasked Bragg for advice for a student interested in writing abook. “Write the best story you got,now,” Bragg said. “Make it per-sonal. Make it human. A story’sgot to have blood in it, and I’mnot talking about violence,” hesaid. Bragg was asked if it is hardfor him to write about things that are so personal. “If it’s not personal and raw, you’ve failed,” Bragg said.“With memoirs, you get to decide what you leave out.”

Rick Bragg speaks about new book

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NEW YORK | An author who claims Jerry Seinfeld’s wife plagia-rized her cookbook says she wasn’t amused by jokes the comedian made last year on late-night televi-sion. In federal court papers filed Tuesday explaining her position for a December hearing, Missy Chase Lapine said her 7-year-old daughter was upset after Seinfeld joked on David Letterman’s show that people with three names — James Earl Ray and Mark David Chapman, for instance — turned out to be assas-sins. Lapine said she “never felt so frightened and vulnerable” as when her daughter came home from school “and asked, ‘Mom, what is an assassin?’” In a lawsuit filed last year, Lapine claimed Jessica Seinfeld got ideas for her cookbook, “Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food,” from Lapine’s book “The Sneaky

Chef: Simple Strategies for Hiding Healthy Foods in Kids’ Favorite Meals.” The Seinfelds’ attorney said in a statement Wednesday: “As a comedian, Jerry has a right under the First Amendment to tell jokes. Ms. Lapine, on the other hand, was not joking when she maliciously accused Jessica Seinfeld, who also has young children, of plagiarism, a charge that is demonstrably false.” Earlier this year, lawyers for Jessica Seinfeld accused Lapine of falsely claiming she invented the idea of hiding fruits and vegetables in children’s meals when “countless prior works utilized this very same unprotectable idea,” including a 1971 book. They called the lawsuit “opportunistic.” In her affidavit, Lapine said she did not make accusations against Jessica Seinfeld “to gain media attention, enrich myself or harass the Seinfelds; and I was not lying in wait for an opportunity to become embroiled in a controversy with any celebrity.”

Cookbook author not amused by Seinfeld’s jokes

By Albert AjiThe Associated Press

DAMASCUS, Syria | Syria demanded Wednesday that the U.S. and Iraq apologize for an American commando raid mounted from Iraqi territory that killed eight peo-ple. Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Fayssal Mekdad denied U.S. claims that the heli-copter raid by special forces Sunday killed a top al-Qaida in Iraq operative who was about to conduct an attack in Iraq. “We ask of them [Iraqis] and the Americans to investigate and provide us with the background for such a crimi-nal, terrorist act against an independent state ... [and] make an official apology for this aggression and pledge not to repeat it,” Mekdad told The Associated Press in an interview. “What is required of the American government is to confess to this aggression and not be cowardly,” he added. The strike Sunday near the border with Iraq was an extremely rare U.S. attack on Syrian territory. Though there has been no formal acknowledgment from the United States, officials speaking to the media on condition of anonymity, have said the target of the raid was Badran Turki al-Mazidih, known as Abu Ghadiyah, an Iraqi national linked to al-Qaida in Iraq who was involved in smuggling fighters across the border. Mekdad said all the victims were Syrian civilians and Damascus does not know

the whereabouts of the wanted Iraqi, Abu Ghadiyah. “The allegation that this person was killed is a false claim. Therefore, a search for him by world intelligence agencies, including Syria’s, should continue,” he said. He said Iraq and the U.S. should com-pensate Syria and demanded they also pledge not to use Iraqi territory to attack Syria again. He warned that if it did hap-pen again, it could torpedo agreements with Iraq. The U.S. Embassy in Syria warned Americans in the country to remain alert and said it could close its doors to the pub-lic. “The American community in Syria should be aware that unforeseen events or circumstances may occur that could cause the U.S. Embassy in Damascus to close to the public for an unspecified peri-od of time,” said the message posted on the Embassy’s Web site, which was dated Monday but was not widely available until Wednesday. Syria’s government ordered an American community school and cultural center closed and has complained to the United Nations. But students and teachers attended classes as usual at the Damascus Community School in the capital’s upscale Maliki neighborhood despite the govern-ment’s closure order. An employee at the American cultural center, which is linked to the embassy, said it was also open

Syria demands US apology, compensation

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By Jason GallowaySports Reporter

Alabama women’s golf team member Kathleen Ekey was waiting patiently, watching her match-play opponent at last year’s Hooter’s Collegiate Championship, Texas A&M’s Lauren Johnson, tee off on the round’s third hole after sink-ing a long birdie putt to even the match. With the rest of Ekey’s team-mates down in their respec-tive matches at the time, head coach Mic Potter was not so patient. “He sticks his head in the

cart and said, ‘I better not see them have the tee again,’” Ekey said. “I had never seen him like that before. It was unreal.” After those words, the mes-sage was clear. Ekey pulled away from the high-ranked Johnson and Tide golfers Camilla Lennarth and Sarah Sturm also accelerated to the finish, leaving Alabama with a forceful 3-2 come-from-behind victory over the Aggies. “I thrive off that,” Ekey said. “I love match play. It brings a whole different element of golf into the ball game. It’s head-to-head, really intense competition. I love it.” The No. 6 Tide will travel to Celebration, Fla., this week-end to compete in the annual

WOMEN’S GOLF

By Greg OstendorfAssistant Sports Editor

Through the first eight games of the season, the improve-ments the Alabama offense has made from last year have been evident both from watching the games and checking the stats. The offense has shown the ability to dominate defenses at the line of scrimmage and run right through them, but at the same time, they can make the big pass when they need to as well. The Crimson Tide is averag-ing 32 points per game this year — five more than they did last year. In addition, this year’s offense has a higher third down

conversion percentage and red zone success rate. One of the primary reasons for the turnaround is new offen-sive coordinator Jim McElwain, who came over from Fresno State prior to the season. “The system and schemes on offense have balance, and I think we made improvements in areas we need to make improve-ments in, which is throwing the ball on a consistent basis and running effectively,” head coach Nick Saban said. “That’s all attributed to the input that coach [McElwain] has made and the staff has made together as a group.” The most significant impact McElwain has made is the work

he has done with Alabama quar-terback John Parker Wilson. Last season, critics knocked

Wilson all season for low com-pletion percentages and too many turnovers. This season,

he is completing 62 percent of his passes and has only thrown three interceptions all year. “I think he’s added a lot of sta-bility for John Parker in terms of consistency and what he expects and what he wants to do and trying to keep him in a busi-ness frame of mind about what he needs to do to play well,” Saban said. Under McElwain’s guidance, Wilson has become one of the top quarterbacks not just in the SEC, but also the nation. Monday, the senior gunslinger was named a semifinalist for the Davey O’Brien, which honors the nation’s top quarterback.

Cody Update

Junior nose tackle Terrence Cody will miss his second straight game this weekend but

has been making progress dur-ing practice. “He was able to do some foot-ball related stuff today,” Sabansaid. “He got in his stance. Hejogged a little bit, he’s runningagain. Hopefully, he will be ableto start practicing next week,but it depends on how he pro-gresses.” The team hopes he will be back for the LSU game nextweekend. His injury is verysimilar to the one Andre Smithsuffered earlier in the season, and it took Smith just two weeks to recover. “He’s probably close to aboutthe same as Smitty [left tackleAndre Smith] was the weekafter he missed one game,” Saban said. “Hopefully, he willbe able to continue to progressand be able to contribute somenext week.”

Offense shines under McElwain

CW FileJohn Parker Wilson takes a snap under center in a game in the 2007 season.

By Spencer WhiteContributing Writer

Head coach Billy Pate made a point a week ago that his men’s tennis team had a chance to cap off the fall sea-son with a strong finish as it hosted the Crimson Tide Fall Championship. Mission accomplished. Several Alabama players put on dominant performanc-es in the tournament last weekend, as two doubles teams won the main draws, three singles players won indi-vidual draws and five players advanced to at least the semi-finals in their singles draws. “I think we have a lot of

options,” Pate said about the play of his team and the futureof his lineup for the springseason. Senior Matt Thibaudeau, who won the top flight in both singles and as part of a doubles team with freshman Ricky Doverspike, came away with the best tournament per-formance. “Matt obviously had a great tournament,” Pate said.“He’s an aggressive, attack-ing serve-volleyer type player,which you don’t see a lot of … he beat some very good guys.” Doverspike had similar words of praise for his team-mate. “I thought Matt played verywell … he’s one of the big lead-ers on our team,” he said. The doubles performance ofThibaudeau and Doverspikewas especially impressive considering it was the first time the two had performedtogether as a doubles team incompetition. The duo breezedthrough the flight and domi-nated the final match, winning8-1. “I think they played very well today. They came out hard … and I think we got off to a really good start and we were able to control momen-tum. Yeah, it’s a new team, butI think there’s a lot of promise for them,” Pate said. Perhaps to no other player does the term “promise” applymore than to Doverspike, atrue freshman who put on a statement performance, win-ning his singles draw, as well

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Hooter’s Collegiate Match Play Championship again, but the tournament has a new twist for 2008. In past years, the teams were automatically seeded according to ranking, and the heated one-on-one match play began immediately. This year, the first day of the tour-nament is 36 holes of stroke play, with only the top eight of 16 teams qualifying for the championship bracket match play. With the stroke play portion counting toward the rank-ings, and the match play only deciphering head-to-head records in the past, Potter said this year’s tournament is

especially important. “I’ve got a little different perspective [this year],” he said. “It used to be that it was just fun — you could kind of take some chances and go for broke. The stoke play portion of it is going to be a lot more important than what we’ve done in the past.” Match play tournaments are quite rare in college golf, with the bulk of tournaments being held in stroke-play format. Alabama freshman Brooke Pancake, who signed with the Tide the week after last year’s tournament, said match play brings a different kind of competitive nature out of golf-ers than stroke play. “It’s just a different mental-ity when you go out there,” she said. “It’s a lot more competitiveness, one-on-one

instead of just playing the golf course.” Although the tourna-ment is technically a match-play event, Potter said, with such a strong field, the most important thing is going to be qualifying well in stroke play to avoid a brutal first-round match up in the eight-team match play. This tournament is the Tide’s last of the fall season, and Ekey said she expects even more from her team in the spring. “We’ve had a good fall, but I also think our fall could have been better,” Ekey said. “[This tournament] will give us something good to look for-ward to in the spring, because I think a lot of good things are going to happen in the spring.”

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as his doubles draw. “It was good to see him kind of break out a little bit more and play good in singles.” Pate said. “He’s a great competitor.” Doverspike said he was happy with his performance but was still his own biggest critic as he turned in his final tournament performance of the fall. “I’m very pleased by how I played … coach Pate and I had a game plan that we had rehearsed a lot during prac-tice and travel time … but I also think there’s still room to improve. I still have to learn a lot in doubles,” Doverspike said. Doverspike credited his excellent doubles play to Matt Thibaudeau, who he called “pretty much my mentor” in doubles play. “After the point, he was tell-ing what I did wrong, if I did anything wrong,” Doverspike said. “That’s what coach Pate wants to do … he wants to pair the older guys with the young-er guys and let the older guys teach the freshman such as myself how to play doubles the college way.” Billy Mertz, the embattled fifth-year senior fighting back from a shoulder injury that sidelined him for all of the 2007-2008 season, also won his sin-gles consolation draw. “I think Billy Mertz playing singles in the top flight [was most encouraging],” Pate said. “The team needs to know he’s back out there and playing healthy.” Michael Jung and Trey Walston were the winners of the other doubles draw. “They just kind of hung around and scrapped, and I think they kind of caught their stride [in the finals],” Pate said. This was the final team event for the fall and ends the early portion of the team’s year.

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CBS to televise LSU game

The SEC office announced that CBS Sports will televise the Alabama-LSU game on Saturday, Nov. 8 from Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La. Kickoff will be at 2:30 p.m. The LSU game marks the Tide’s seventh television appearance of the 2008 season and the third on CBS. The Tide has also appeared on televi-sion against Clemson (ABC), Arkansas (Raycom), Georgia (ESPN) and Tennessee (ESPN). ESPN has asked for its six-day option on Nov. 8 and will choose between Florida at Vanderbilt and Georgia at

Kentucky, which will kickoff at 7 p.m. Raycom Sports will tele-vise the game not selected byESPN at 11:30 a.m.

Exhibition game rescheduled

The women’s basketball exhibition game against West Alabama has been moved fromNov. 8 to Nov. 7 at 6 p.m. Fans can catch their first glimpse of the 2008-09 Tide women’s basketball team Nov. 5 during the Crimson & White match. The event will begin at 7 p.m. and admission is free. Thefirst regular-season contest forAlabama is slated for Nov. 14 when Coleman Coliseum wel-comes Centenary College at 6p.m.

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SPORTS in brief

By Arthur H. RotsteinThe Associated Press

TUCSON | Lute Olson’s doc-tor said Tuesday that the for-mer Arizona basketball coach had a stroke within the last year and he advised him to retire. The comments by Dr. Steven Knope at a news con-ference called by Olson’s fam-ily offer the first explanation for Olson’s sudden retirement last week, two days after he appeared at the Wildcats’ media day. Olson said at the time he was energized and looking forward to his 25th season with Arizona. Knope said an MRI con-firmed the stroke in the frontal part of Olson’s brain, which left the Hall of Famer with severe depression and impaired judgment. “This is a rather cruel twist of fate,” Knope said at a McKale Center news con-ference attended by two of Olson’s daughters, Jodi Brase and Christi Snyder. “He is quite literally devas-tated,” Knope said. “He was doing great over the summer and very much wanted to

fulfill his obligation to the community and the univer-sity.” Knope said Olson is resting at home and is on a blood thin-ner, and he’s optimistic Olson will recover. The announcement ended almost a year of speculation about Olson’s health. Rumors began to circulate when he took a leave of absence last season for what he later termed a “medical condition that was not life-threatening.” Over the last few weeks, Knope said he had talked to Olson about retiring because Olson was struggling to han-dle his workload as preseason practice opened. “He just couldn’t put the pieces together,” Knope said. “He couldn’t do what he need-ed to do for the team.” Knope said he ordered the MRI on Monday after Olson did not respond to recent treatment for depression. “Unlike a typical stroke that you may imagine where some-one is unable to walk or talk or move a limb, this stroke occurred in a part of the brain where much of his intellec-tual function and his motor

function was perfectly nor-mal,” Knope said. “So it wasn’t quite apparent. The tipoff and the clue came in the last sev-eral weeks, when we began to treat what appeared to be a bout of depression that simply didn’t respond.” Knope said he had treated Olson for depression in the last year, during which Olson went through a contentious divorce from his second wife, Christine. In April, Olson appeared ready to return to the grind of major college coaching. Olson told his doctor, “I love the game, I can’t wait to get back,” Knope said. But something had changed. Knope said the coach had responded earlier to antide-pressants but in the more recent bout he did not and also exhibited out-of-charac-ter behavior. One public example came when a combative Olson sparred with reporters during the April news conference to announce his return. He typi-cally had cool but cordial rela-tions with the media. “I think we can attribute that behavior to the stroke,”

Knope said. At media day last week, Olson expressed contrition about his behavior that day. “I’ve wished I had that hour back many times,” he said. Olson’s hands have trembled in recent years, prompting rumors that he has Parkinson’s disease. Knope said Olson suf-fers from a benign condition called familial tremor but does not have Parkinson’s. “There is no dementia going on in coach Olson,” Knope said. “He had a mental status exam two days ago, and he scored almost perfectly.” Knope said Olson is still accepting that his health forced him to retire. Knope said the coach is “beating him-self up” for leaving the team shortly before the season. “I can’t tell you how much Lute wishes he were here today,” Knope said. Olson’s interim replace-ment, Russ Pennell, expressed his support. “Today’s news, as odd as this may sound, is comforting only in that he now knows what he’s up against as he works to return to good health,” Pennell said.

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“I would like, if I may, to take you on a strange journey,” one character says in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” That is exactly what is promised for anyone who chooses to attend a showing of “Rocky Horror,” a film released in 1975. “Rocky Horror” is a “rock-musical send-up of old science-fiction and horror films,” accord-ing to the official fan Web site, www.rockyhorror.com. The site also describes the film as the first and only film in which the audience can partici-pate. Participation includes peo-ple dressing up as characters from the film, acting out the film on stage and shouting lines at the screen while the film plays. Many viewers use an assortment of props at specified times in the movie, from shooting water

pistols to simulate rain to snap-ping rubber gloves to flinging toast in the air. One showing of “Rocky Horror” will take place on the Quad tonight from 7 to 10:30 p.m., and admission is free. University Programs is hosting the event, which includes free food, drinks and candy. A costume contest will take place for anyone who wishes to enter, and participants are not required to dress up as char-acters from “Rocky Horror.” The winners, chosen by the UP Board, will receive cash prizes: $150 for first place, $100 for sec-ond and $50 for third. This year marks the first time UP has held a showing of “Rocky Horror.” Rachel Kelly, film direc-tor for UP, said they chose to host one this year because the out-door movie events they planned last spring were so successful. “When it came around to

planning something fun and dif-ferent for my October event, I went back to something I knew would work, but I added a few twists,” Kelly said of her choice to show “Rocky Horror.” Kelly said UP is expecting from 150 to more than 300 people to attend, many of whom have seen the film before. They will distrib-ute prop bags free of charge to encourage people to participate and act out parts of the film. Another showing of “Rocky Horror” will take place at 9:30 p.m.

on Friday at the Bama Theatre in downtown Tuscaloosa. Tickets cost $10, and prop bags are $5. The Pink Box Burlesque and wellthatscool.com are spon-soring the event, which also includes a costume contest. Henri Cheramie, a senior majoring in telecommunication and film, will participate in the showing by playing the parts of Eddie and Dr. Scott. “It’s a tradition for ‘Rocky Horror’ that a cast plays on stage while the film plays on the screen,” Cheramie said. He said that everyone should attend a showing of “Rocky Horror,” even if they are a fanatic that has seen it a hundred times. “Rocky Horror” is a very unique experience, both exciting and funny, and something you don’t see much of in Tuscaloosa. “It’s not the best movie, but it’s recognizable,” Cheramie said. “The film lends itself to

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By Tyler DeierhoiContributing Writer

The Tuscaloosa Arts Council, in co-sponsorship with the College of Communication and Information Sciences, will present the documentary “The Order of Myths,” tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Bama Theatre. The documentary, directed by Mobile-native Margaret Brown, sheds light on the history and current state of the Mardi Gras celebration. Brown found suc-cess in 2004 with the release of her directorial debut, “Be Here To Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt.” She has familial ties to Mardi Gras — her mother was the white Mardi Gras queen in 1966. Mobile is home to the old-est Mardi Gras celebration in America. The first ball took place in 1704 and the earliest

records place the first parade in 1711. Over time, the city eventu-ally split the celebration between whites and blacks. Both sides celebrated with glitzy parades and extravagant balls, albeit with an unspoken social order dividing the two. Brown, who will be introduc-ing her film tonight, had origi-nally planned to film a narrative and portray a story. “I was writing a script and a number of my friends encour-aged me to go back to Mobile and do the research there. I found that the people I met were more interesting than anything I could make up,” she said. Brown described the film as a vérité documentary, focusing on simply observing reality. She also said the film was open for interpretation. “I don’t want the film to make a point. I want it to start

dialogue,” she said. The crew ran into a numberof difficulties during filming. Brown mentioned an incident in which the crew was expected to attend one of the balls in formalwear, which led to Brown spend-ing the evening lugging aroundfilm equipment while wearing a ball gown and high heels. The film has since been nom inated for the Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize.

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By Liz LaneFashion Columnist

It’s scary how inexpensive these Halloween cos-tumes are. Charley Wood and myself, both design majors at the University, were given a budget of $10 to create a fast, cheap and easy Halloween cos-tume. We know you are busy, with, um, studying, but take a 10-minute break and a Hamilton, and get into character.

Roar into any party in a little number like this.

Dress: $3, America’s Thrift StoreDirections:• Find a bridesmaid’s dress that fits. It’s going to cost you between $3 and $10 at America’s Thrift Store.• What sets a flapper apart? Oh la la, they showed some leg! Put the dress on, and get a friend to cut around the bottom. Draw a line if it helps.• To hem, you can do a quick hand-stitching job. Remember, it doesn’t have to last but a night. You can also buy stitch witchery, a fabric adhesive found at most craft stores. Directions are on the package.

• Play with the leftover fabric. Rap? This one has a flower made from the bottom.• If you’re feeling daring, take some scissors to the neckline to get the desired look.

Feather: $1, Hobby LobbyDirections:• Simply put in hair with bobby pins.

Feel free to elaborate on this any way you want. Bedazzle it with sequins, a hot-glue gun and friends. Not only is the dress idea cheap and easy, but it’s also environmen-tally friendly, using recycled cloth-ing. Happy Green Halloween!

For the guy who thought they were not going to dress up — until now.

T-shirt: $3, Hobby LobbyDirections: • Umm, put it on? If that’s too dif-ficult, you may still need your parents to supervise your trick-or-treating.

Bow: $4 Hobby Lobby

Blank card: $1

Directions:• Write on the card, “From God,

to Women.”• Attach card by stapling or stitch-ing it to bow.• Attach card to shirt with a safety pin.• Viola! You are God’s gift to women — as long as you don’t forget your own pants. This is the perfect last-minute costume. Keep in mind you could also be God’s gift to men. Now there is no excuse. Take advantage of the holiday by dress-ing for the occasion in under $10. I promise, dressing up does not have to be that frightening.

THE FABULOUS FLAPPER — DESIGNED BY LIZ LANE GOD’S GIFT TO WOMEN — DESIGNED BY CHARLEY WOOD

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