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Monday, September 19, 2011 Serving the University of Alabama since 1894 Vol. 118, Issue 24
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Change In Enrollment Among SEC Schools, Past 5 Years (No. of Students)
By Katherine MartinAssistant News [email protected]
Enrollment at the University hit a new high this fall at a record 31,474 students, accord-ing to a UA press release. Total enrollment is up 5 per-cent with an increase of 1,515 students since fall 2010, and includes 26,234 undergrads and 5,513 graduate and first pro-fessional students, the release stated. This year’s freshman class is largest in the University’s his-tory with 5,772 students. “Once again this fall we wel-
comed to campus the largest and most academically tal-ented freshman class in our history,” UA President Robert Witt said. “We are pleased that excellent students are recog-nizing the quality and value of a University of Alabama educa-tion.” Last fall, Witt announced a goal of increasing enrollment to 35,000 by 2020 or earlier. Enrollment is up 62 percent from Fall 2002 and has been fol-lowing an upward trend since 2001, according to the Office of Institutional Research.
Bama enrollment reaches all-time highUA’s addition of nearly 8,000 students in 10 years outpaces all other Southeastern Conference schools
See ENROLLMENT, page 5
By Taylor HollandAssistant News Editor
University of Alabama trustees approved resolutions Thursday to continue construction on the North Bluff Residential Community, as well as construct a digital media center inside Bryant-Denny Stadium. The trustees also approved the opening of a second Woods & Water, Inc. location. The busi-ness will open on The Strip at 1201 University Blvd., the former location of the Booth. Tuscaloosa trustee Paul Bryant Jr. was also unanimously recommended and elected as president pro tempore of the Board of the Trustees. “Every year, the trustees reelected the position,” said
Kellee Reinhart, vice chancel-lor for system relations of the University of Alabama system. “A trustee is eligible to serve three successive one-year terms, so Trustee Finis St. John from Cullman, Ala., who completed his third year [Friday], passed the gavel to his successor, Trustee Bryant.” While in the PhysicalProperties Committee Meeting, trustees voted to approve the second phase of construction on the North Bluff Residential Community and its $62.5 million budget. The community, which is expected to open next fall, is expected to house more than 800 students and feature a semi-pri-vate courtyard with a landscaped area and pavilions.
Trustees OK multiple plans’ next movesNorth Bluff and The Strip to see changes with board’s approval
By Amanda SamsNews Editor
A fund has been set up in honor of Trey Johnson, a gradu-ate student in the Culverhouse School of Business at the University of Alabama who died on Sept. 11 from gunshot wounds outside of Sterling Crimson apartments.
“For the memorial fund, we all (current students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends) want Trey to always be remem-bered as well as help out his family with these unexpected expenses,” said Heather Davis, Johnson’s academic adviser, boss and friend. “We have three main goals with the fund. First, we will be purchasing a brick in his honor on the Crimson Promenade. Secondly, we want to help his family with expenses.
And finally, we want to create a Trey Johnson scholarship fund for Operations Management students.”
Davis said her ideal goal would be to raise $15,000 to $20,000, and that the fund accepts cash, checks or online credit and debit card donations.
UA students start memorial fund for fallen student
See BOARD, page 5
See FUND, page 6
• Purchase a brick in his honor on the Crimson Promenade
• Help his family with expenses
• Create a Trey Johnson scholarship fund for OM students
GOALS OF FUND
Tide’s running backs put on a show against the North Texas defense
328 - Number of yards Trent Richardson and Eddie Lacy combined to rush for.
0 - Number of points the defense allowed, posting their fi rst shut-
out since 2009
2.7 - Number of yards North Texas averaged per offensive play, compared to 9.5 for the Tide.
2 - Number of times Alabama had to settle for fi eld goals when they got in the red zone.
129.5 - Yards per game Alabama has allowed at home this season.
3.5 - Number of points per game Alabama has allowed at home this season.
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Parliamentary elections slated for Nov. 21 in Egypt
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Dr. Jeff McMahan, pro-fessor of philosophy at Rutgers University and author of “The Ethics of Killing: Problems at the Margins of Life and Killing in War,” will be opening the University of Alabama’s annual Philosophy Today Lecture Series with his lec-ture, “What Rights May We
Defend by Means of War?” Dr. McMahan’s work, includ-ing essays on the ethics of cloning, stem cell research and genetic enhancement, has been supported by the MacArthur Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the U.S. Institute of Peace, the American Council of
Learned Societies and the Guggenheim Foundation. While in Tuscaloosa, Dr. McMahan will also teach an advanced phi-losophy seminar and con-duct a faculty colloquium. Philosophy Today will open on September 27 at 7:30 p.m. with Dr. McMahan’s lecture in 205 Smith Hall.
Dr. Jeff McMahan to open Philosophy Today series UA student published in The New York Times Alexandra Franklin, a soph-omore majoring in English with a specialty in creative writing at the University of Alabama, was published in the Sept. 11, 2011 issue of The New York Times. Her essay, “Part of a Whole, but Still Me”, dis-cusses how Franklin struggled through anorexia while trying to reconcile her feminist views
with her long-term relation-ship with Dan, a high school football player now attending the University of Mississippi. Franklin received a $300 freelance fee for her essay. Go online at www.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/fashion/mod-ern-love-revelations-of-a-fem-inist.html to read Franklin’s essay.
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Egyptian parliamentary elections first planned for September are now slated for Nov. 21, broadcaster Al Arabiya reported Saturday, citing the election commission chief. The voting would occur in three stages, concluding Jan. 3. Elections for the second chamber of Parliament, the Shura Council, would begin on Jan. 22 and conclude on March 4. Egypt’s ruling military coun-cil, which has held power since ousting former president Hosni Mubarak in February, has been under increasing pressure to set a date for elections for the promised transition to democ-racy. No dates were set for presi-dential elections, which the military council has promised will follow the parliamentary votes. Meanwhile, video footage of snipers firing on protesters in Egypt was shown in court
at the trial of Mubarak on Saturday, the semi-official Al Ahram newspaper reported online. Mubarak is charged with having ordered the killing of protesters in the popular upris-ing that led to his ousting earli-er this year. Around 850 people were killed in the protests. The audio-video material presented by lawyers for the families of the victims, showed snipers positioned on the roof of the Interior Ministry in Cairo using automatic weap-ons firing on protesters at nearby Tahrir Square, accord-ing to the report. Mubarak, who is also facing corruption charges, is being tried alongside former Interior minister Habib al-Adly and six former security aides. All have pleaded not guilty. In the coming days, the court will examine evidence in the Mubarak case before the head of Egypt’s ruling military coun-cil, Hussein Tantawi, testifies in camera on Sept. 24.
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By Jordan Cissell and Matt Mecoli The Crimson White
Margaret Garner, assis-tant dean of the College of Community Health Sciences and director of Health Promotion and Wellness, will be presented with the American Dietetic Association’s Marjorie Hulsizer Copher Award, the institution’s highest honor, this Saturday.
The award was endowed in honor of Marjorie Hulsizer Copher, who made lasting con-tributions to the field of dietet-ics during and after WWI by her husband, Dr. Glover Copher, after her death.
The award is given annually to the dietician who displays outstanding achievement in nutrition and dietetics leader-ship and education.
Garner will be picked up
Dean Garner to receive ADA’s highest award“I’ve been able to do
everything I love, because I’ve had the opportunity to
teach, mentor and be profes-sionally active.”
— Margaret Garner
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by limo at the San Diego International Airport on Thursday. Hundreds of dieti-cians will be gathering to congratulate her at the open-ing session of ADA’s Food
and Nutrition Conference and Expo.
In addition to being an asso-ciate professor in the School of Medicine, Garner is at the heart of most health-related programs on campus. She is the assistant dean of Health Education and Outreach and the director of Nutrition Education and Services. Many of her programs, such as the rising tide fashion show, have won awards.
Garner’s passion for nutri-tion and wellness is fueled by her belief that the subjects are of major importance to every-one.
“Nutrition affects every sin-gle person in the world every single day,” she said.
Garner said receiving the distinction was a humbling experience.
“I’ve been able to do every-thing I love,” she said, “because I’ve had the opportunity to
teach, mentor and be profes-sionally active.”
Her ties to the University run deeper than her professorship, however. Her husband, Robert H. Garner, was a chemistry professor emeritus who served for 35 years on the UA faculty before his passing in 2004. All five of their sons attended the University, as well.
Dr. Michelle Harcrow, assistant director of Health Education and Promotion, said she was not surprised by Garner’s selection as this year’s award recipient, and described her as a “thinker
and a doer who … can dream big and then bring those dreams to fruition.”
“She epitomizes servant leadership and sincerely cares about the welfare of others,” Harcrow said in an email.
Through the Department of Health Promotion and Wellness, Garner said she seeks to engage students in making lifestyle changes for their well being through initia-tives like the Health Hut and Bama Car.
She insisted that it is feasi-ble for college students to eat and live healthily, adding that “it is all about choices.”
While she was an under-graduate student in home eco-nomics at Georgia Southern College, Garner became inter-ested in nutrition after an influential professor sparked her interest in the subject. She said the impact of her former teacher Ms. Todd, prompted
her to earn her Master of Science in Nutrition from the University of Tennessee.
Garner places special impor-tance in the role mentors have played in her life, and she con-tinues to tout her belief in the significance of mentoring the next generation of students, especially in the fields of nutri-tion and dietetics.
“I want faculty to not give up on inspiring,” she said, “and I want students to see [nutri-tion] as an incredibly fulfilling profession.”
Garner has big plans for the future of Health Promotion and Wellness at the University of Alabama. During her accep-tance speech on Saturday, Garner said she plans on chal-lenging others to adopt the same approach.
“Make a difference where you are,” she said. “Carry the flame, but then ignite the flame in someone else.”
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Witt, UA cannot defend systemic segregation
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By John Davis
This past summer I spent some time in Germany with a good friend. We had worked all summer, so we treated our-selves to a last hurrah of sorts before our senior year by stay-ing in hostels in Munich and Stuttgart. This wasn’t my first trip to Europe, but it was the first time I went without family, as well as my first experience with a hostel. Telling people you’re travel-ing abroad is like saying you just bought a puppy or are looking to buy a car – wheth-er you want it or not, you are going to receive lots of advice, most of which is ridiculous. People spoke of money belts and copies of passports as if the entirety of Europe was out to pickpocket everyone stepping off a plane from America. I had heard this all before – again, international travel wasn’t new to me – but the one that really stood out was a piece of information that we, as
citizens of this nation, all kind of know, if only because other Americans keep beating it into our heads: don’t broadcast your nationality, because the rest of the world hates America. It was a thought I didn’t spend too much time on until one night in particular at the hostel bar. My friend and I were sharing liters of beer with an Italian, two Australians and a German when I had a thought that now seems rather obvious. It’s easy to hate the abstract collective; it’s easy to say, “I hate the French,” or, “America is the devil’s land.” But when it comes down to the micro level, it’s a lot more difficult to share a beer with a genuinely nice person but still dislike them for being from a particular coun-try. The reason I bring all this up is this – a lot has been made in the last couple of days regard-ing stories printed in The Crimson White about a per-ceived racial barrier that still exists within the greek system.
The legitimacy (or illegitima-cy) of this claim aside, it is poi-sonous for us as a community to attack each greek individual as a racist. Yes, a young black woman was dropped from recruitment. Yes, this has happened before. But alongside each of those young women were 70-plus other young women who were left just as confused as to what went wrong. There’s a lot of us not associated with the frater-nity/sorority system that don’t know about the recruitment process, and to use racism as the first conclusion is both irre-sponsible and lazy. I am not marginalizing the fact that our greek system is segregated and that everybody seems to be okay with that. It absolutely needs to change. There are ways, though, to go about desegregation that don’t involve calling everyone on New Row a racist while shov-ing minorities down their col-lective throat. For instance, push rush week
back into the semester, like it was before Dr. Witt took over as president. Give people an opportunity to meet others around campus before they get thrown into the weeklong small-talk session; that way women who didn’t know any-one on campus initially aren’t at an inherent disadvantage. Along with that, encourage more African-Americans to go through rush. If there turns out to be institutionalized racism in the greek system, it will be a hell of a lot easier to prove if one or two hundred black men or women get dropped within a few days instead of just one. And if it turns out that there isn’t institutionalized racism, then we’ll have the beginning of a truly desegregated greek system. Most importantly, though, we need to openly communi-cate with everyone around us. Many people like to claim The Crimson White has an anti-greek agenda, but it’s difficult to portray the greek individu-
al’s perspective when after neg-ative stories about the greek system, greek students are emailed and encouraged not to speak with Crimson White reporters. However, as an individual, you don’t have to rely on an advisor or some other person in a position of power to speakon your behalf. If you feel the greek system was unfairly por-trayed, write a letter to the edi-tor or a guest column to explain why. Your voice will be heard. Like many people, I read the articles last week and jumped to the natural and most extremeconclusion. But I suspect unlike most of those same people, I had the good fortune to hear several members of sororities explain their perspective. To those young women I am mostgrateful, because it was their words that took me back to that hostel half-a-world away.
John Davis is a senior major-ing in telecommunication and film.
By SoRelle Wyckoff
Watching a relationship crumble into relation-ship rubble has few positives, but one of them issome form of entertainment. The level of entertain-ment depends on how dramatic the separate indi-viduals are and how well known the couple is. Fortunately for us, we have been entertainedquite a bit in the past few weeks by one of theUniversity of Alabama’s oldest and most endearingcouples. In addition to their high profile relation-ship, one of the lovers in the struggling triangle isnot only dramatic, but close-minded and unneces-sarily stubborn. But whatever, these personality cons onlyincrease our entertainment value. After a long, steady relationship, Bryant-DennyStadium and “Student Organization Seating” (aka,block seating) seem to be on the rocks; we’ve seentheir scandal sprayed across the pages of this paperfor weeks. Attempts to salvage this relationship have beenoffered by the always optimistic SGA and Universityfaculty, but it seems like this relationship has beenquestionable long before their troubles went public. I am by no means a relationship expert, but afterwatching the interaction between Bryant-Dennyand block seating, I can’t say I’m surprised. Blockseating’s behavior choices have been questionable,and quite frankly, she’s getting old. Perhaps it’s time for Bryant-Denny to move on tosomeone younger, someone who can still show hima good time and make him feel passionate again. First-come, first-served, fair seating is callingBryant-Denny’s name. Curling a red painted fin-gernail toward him, tempting him just enough toconsider breaking up with his girlfriend of old andmoving on to quite possibly something better. So, let’s cross the fence to the promised land ofequality. Anyone who’s an Alabama student can sithere, right? I mean, I just want to watch the nation’s great-est football team annihilate a Division II paid oppo-nent. I feel unwelcomed in block seating becausemy organization doesn’t have a section (only male-dominated organizations count, anyways), and Godforbid I step on someone’s toes by standing in theirsection. I’m told that the bleachers on the other sideof the fence are shinier anyway. The land of idealis-tic equality always wins. Steely eyes and a “sorry, these seats are taken,”push over my first attempt. Fair enough, seat saved,no harm, no foul. But when it keeps happeningagain and again, I’m starting to realize my “Greekletter, Greek letter, Greek letter hearts the tide” pinis giving off radioactive waves. “Why don’t you just go sit in the greek section,that’s what it’s there for right?” And there it is. So general student seating is not as charming asshe advertised. She seemed so genuine, and watch-ing her and Bryant-Denny, I thought I saw a connec-tion. If she just gave Bryant-Denny a chance, I knowthey’d hit it off. Maybe all I need to do is sit down with generalstudent seating and give her a few tips on gettingback in the game. A little reminder of her potentialwill give her the confidence and charm needed towin over the heart of Bryant-Denny. She has beensingle for around forty years after all; the datinggame has different rules now. Be open minded, general student seating. I knowmy experiences with you are not representativeof your entire personality, but it’s time to trim thenegative fat and be genuinely open to the idea of sit-ting with groups and organizations that currentlydominate the block seating side of the fence. Changes in the rules or the “Student OrganizationSeating Handbook” won’t do anything if there isn’t achange in attitude first. If change is what you’re ask-ing for, then you need to be ready and open mindedfor change to occur. We are Alabama students first, members of ourseparate organizations second. If we can’t graspthat idea, we aren’t going to get anywhere. Student Organization Seating, don’t take it per-sonally. It’s not you, it’s Bryant-Denny; it’s also 2011,and time for some change. They always say breaking up is hard to do.
SoRelle Wycoff is a junior majoring in history andEnglish. Her column runs on Mondays.
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CW PollDo you think the
tornado has made the University student body more unified?
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Do you think the greek community should be more
racially inclusive?
This Week’s Question:
The University offers a wide range of options for students to become involved on campus, including nearly 400 organizations that appeal to a wide range of students’ interests and needs. I encourage all students to take advantage of the many academ-ic, social and volunteer opportunities available at the University during their time on campus.
Approximately 25 percent of our student body participates in the Greek system at UA, which includes traditionally African American, traditionally white and multicul-tural sororities and fraternities. The organizations that make up our Greek system regularly participate together in campuswide programs and co-sponsor events and initia-tives. As independent social organi-zations, it is appropriate that all our sororities and fraternities – tradition-ally African American, traditionally white and multicultural – determine their membership.
It’s not you, block seating. It’s me.
Lessons found abroad for problems here at home
As students of The University of Alabama, we were both saddened and embarrassed last week when President Witt defended segrega-tion in the greek community. “It is appropriate that all our sororities and fraternities – tradi-tionally African-American, tradi-tionally white and multicultural – determine their membership,” Witt said. Effectively, he said that it is acceptable for organizations who build houses on University land, in some cases with University bonds, to continue to disqualify certain students from membership because of their race. Obviously, that is not appropri-ate. Segregation in the greek sys-tem isn’t limited to “tradition-ally white” or “traditionally black” organizations. Since President Witt arrived on campus, two new all white sororities have been estab-lished. They had no “traditional” race affiliation, yet neither have any black members. Witt’s statement was only a partial response to five questions submitted to him by The Crimson White. If he had answered them in full, we may have been able to offer more insight into his thinking on this subject. Unfortunately, when it comes to equality in the greek system, like other challenges on campus, the administration seems to pre-fer ignoring the issue to having a full and constructive conversation about it. The Crimson White last asked Witt about diversity in the greek community in February, after a racial epithet was shouted at a black UA student from a fraternity house. When asked whether the segregated nature of the greek sys-tem contributed to that incident, he simply replied, “No.” When asked to elaborate, he
said, “I’m strongly tempted to say what part of ‘no’ is unclear, but I don’t think there was any relation-ship between the incident and our greek system.” Witt classifies fraternities and sororities as “independent social organizations.” But when greek organizations want to throw par-ties, they are required to register them with the University. If they violate rules pertaining to alco-hol or hazing, they can be put on social probation or kicked off cam-pus. Only when they repeatedly discriminate against potential new members because of race does the University classify them as inde-pendent groups that govern them-selves autonomously. President Witt came to our cam-pus with a great vision, and he has had phenomenal success in recruit-ing more, smarter students who have boosted our rankings and won prestigious awards. We are a better university as a result. But when it comes to the cul-tural and leadership issues that define the character of our campus, President Witt has no vision. He just passes the buck. It is one thing to lead a University through a period of outstanding numerical growth; it is entirely dif-ferent to challenge a University’s students, faculty, and alumni to abandon the cruel and tired tradi-tions that have divided this campus for far too long. Our president is so averse to addressing these issues that he doesn’t even pay lip service to prog-ress. He could have made a state-
ment highlighting the excellent work leaders in our greek commu-nity are doing, through groups like Greeks T.I.D.E. and other forums, to promote diversity and equal-ity. Instead, he chose to disregard those student-driven initiatives and defend the indefensible status quo. Perhaps most troubling, though, is that President Witt’s recent comments on racial divisions in the greek community were much more defensive than his earlier comments. In 2003, he said he was optimistic a multicultural student would be accepted into a white sorority that year. Eventually, Carla Ferguson became a member of Gamma Phi Beta, realizing Witt’s vision. But no black girl that went through rush this year was suc-cessful. Why does the administra-tion care less now than it did then? Is our culture so engrained with prejudice that, after eight years on campus, President Witt has become less supportive of greek integration? Or has his willingness to lead just diminished? Going forward, it is our sincere hope that President Witt and the UA administration will at the very least speak candidly about the racial issues that seem to produce national headlines for our campus every few years. Students, staff and alumni should demand real answers form the leaders of this University.
Our View represents the consen-sus of The Crimson White editorial board.
Is our culture so engrained with prejudice that, after eight years on campus, President Witt has become less supportive of greek integration? Or has his willingness to lead just diminished?
QUESTIONS TO WITT GO UNANSWERED
1. Dr. Witt said in 2003 that he thought the small pool of black women, coupled with media pressure on them, was imped-ing the integration of sororities. Those comments were made almost 10 years ago--the uni-versity has grown to 31,000+ students since then, signifi-cantly increasing the pool of candidates. Media coverage on the issue, as well, has signifi-cantly dropped off since Melody Twilley was on campus in 2000-2001-2002. In Dr. Witt’s view, what is impeding the accep-tance of minority students, specifically black students, into traditionally white sororities today?
2. Is it necessarily important for the image AND culture of the University for black stu-dents to be accepted into tra-ditionally white sororities? Please address both separately
(image: how prospective stu-dents and alumni--donors--view the University; culture: the different sentiments and opinions of students on campus as affected by the University’s history, which includes a legacy of segregation.)
3. Dr. Witt said in 2003 that he was confident “sororities would make a good-faith effort at diversity.” Does he feel they have done so?
4. Does Dr. Witt support active administrative involvement in the integration of sororities? Why or why not?
5. Does Dr. Witt agree or dis-agree with the sentiment, expressed in past faculty sen-ate meetings, that segregated sororities should not be allowed to reside on campus? Why agree or why disagree?
The following questions were emailed to the Offi ce of Media Relations on Sept 12 to be answered by President Witt.
Witt provided the follow-ing general response to all questions on Sept 14.
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By Kendall MaysContributing Writer
The University of Alabama commemorated Constitution Day on Friday by hosting a lecture from federal judge Lynn Hughes. The speech, which was sponsored by the department of political sci-ence within the College of Arts and Sciences, was held in the Ferguson Center Theater and was well received by stu-dents and faculty. Hughes, an Alabama gradu-ate from 1963, has served as federal judge of the Southern District of Texas since 1985. The Houston native’s speech, “Our Unfinished Revolution,” focused on the undying responsibilities of Americans to uphold ideals of liberty and equality as prescribed by the
Federal judge Hughes speaks on Constitution
To keep up with the grow-ing number, UA Spokeswoman Cathy Andreen said the University has planned careful-ly for growth in both numbers and quality since 2003 by add-ing faculty, facilities and sup-port functions. In 2003, the University employed 1,115 faculty mem-bers and had a total enrollment of 20,290 students, according to Provost Judy Bonner and the Office of Institutional Research. In 2010, faculty members had increased to 1,618 with a fall enrollment of 30,232, keeping the ratio of faculty to students relatively equal.
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According to Board of Trustees books, the North Bluff Residential Community will be partially built on the footprint of the existing Rose Towers, which will be demolished in 2012. The Annual Consolidated Capital Projects and Facilities Report which was presented to the Board of Trustees in June 2011 also called for a new rec-reational facility, which will contain weight and fitness training, multi-use gymnasium space, group exercise and per-sonal training opportunities, as well as a dining center, to serve students living on the north
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U.S. Constitution. Hughes’ speech was an official commemoration of Constitution Day, on behalf
of the University of Alabama. Constitution Day, officially known as Constitution and Citizen Day, is a federal observance that recognizes the ratification of the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787 and all U.S. citizens bound by it. Before his official speech at 3 p.m., Judge Hughes spoke in front of a political science class taught by Joseph Smith in Mary Hewell Alston Hall. In the lecture, Hughes out-lined the need for the divi-
sion of powers outlined in the Constitution and spoke of the need of Americans to maintain accountability with their elected officials. The best method to maintain that accountability is through vot-ing. Bryant Hitson, a senior majoring in history, is a mem-ber of Smith’s political science class who attended the lecture on Friday. “What was most important was the encouragement of the American voter,” Hitson said.
In addition to hiring addi-tional faculty members, the Capstone has been continuous-ly adding construction projects to accommodate the growing campus population, Andreen said. The University is currently building a new student housing facility, phase one of the North
Bluff Residential Community. The facility is set to open in August 2012 and will house more than 900 students, Andreen said. The Board of Trustees has just approved the second phase of the residential community, which will be a seven-story, 864-bed facility next to phase one. Andreen said the University also plans to build a student recreational center and dining hall between the two new build-ings.
Additionally, phases three and four of UA’s Science and Engineering Complex, which began with the construction of Shelby Hall completed in 2004, are now under construction and are expected to be complet-ed in 2012 and 2013 respectively.
For student reaction about UA’s growing population, visit cw.ua.edu and check out Opinion’s Editor Tray Smith’s latest addition of Student Sound-Off.
“He’s more Republican than most Republicans. He’s concerned with what the law states, not his opinion. And because he’s a judge, he doesn’t have a constituency to please with every decision.”
— Michael Grierson
“Our participation in govern-ment through voting keeps our interests at heart and prevents a certain kind of tyr-anny.” Tyranny, in Hughes’ opin-ion, is the product of too much power in the hands of one person or group with an agenda. Corruption, accord-ing to Hughes, is thwarted in the Constitution through an intentionally slow legal pro-cess and division of national power. “Power is like manure; if you pile it up, it stinks,” Hughes said, “but if you spread it around, it may do some good and grow something.” Michael Grierson, a senior majoring in journalism, attended the speech and was most impressed by the hard-line view Hughes takes on the
Constitution. “He’s more Republican than most Republicans,” Grierson, said. “He’s concerned with what the law states, not his opinion. And because he’s a judge, he doesn’t have a con-stituency to please with every decision.” The responsibility of the public to keep the ideals of national integrity and justice was the focal point of both lec-tures. Hughes, who spoke of the power of the Constitution, cited discipline as the main goal of a proper government and the responsibility of its citizenry. “When we won the Revolution, we disciplined King George,” Hughes said. “But, when we drafted the Constitution, we disciplined ourselves.”
“We are pleased that excellent students are recognizing the quality and value of a University of Alabama education.”
— Robert Witt
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Three bills were debated at the SGA Senate meeting last Thursday. The first was Bill 30-11, which was an amendment to the rules regarding special sessions of the First Year Council (FYC). The bill was vetoed by SGA President Grant Cochran. It was vetoed on the grounds that in changing the rules for the FYC the Senate had violated the FYC’s independence as a sepa-rate chamber and, in doing so, violated the SGA Constitution. The bill originally gave the Speaker of the Senate the authority to call special sessions of the FYC.
Senate battles Cochran over First Year Council veto The Senate voted to amend the bill so that the President of the SGA would also have the authority to call special sessions of the FYC. Should this amended bill be vetoed, the Senate intends to override the veto. The second matter was Resolution 25-11, which encour-aged students to take advan-tage of Bama Dining options. The resolution was contended on the basis that the Senate shouldn’t be endorsing a private company. Since Bama Dining is run by Aramark, it is not tech-nically under the aegis of the University. After a roll call, the resolution was passed. The final matter concerned the allocation of funds to stu-dent organizations. Two stu-
dent organizations – the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) and The Capstone Agency – both requested funds to travel to the same conference in Orlando. Upon investigation, it was noted by the Financial Affairs Committee (FAC) that some of the members appeared to be requesting funds through both organizations. After speaking with the organizations, the FAC approved $1200 for the PRSSA (of the requested $1987.50) and $1200 for The Capstone Agency (of the requested $2120). Additionally, Sen. Austin Barranco, a sophomore repre-senting the College of Arts and Sciences, has drawn up a peti-tion to demonstrate student sup-port for two new parking decks,
one behind Shelby Hall on the newly acquired grounds of Bryce Hospital, and the other on the current location of the West Commuter lot. In a meeting Saturday morn-ing between Barranco and University Planner Dan Wolfe, it was confirmed that there will be a parking deck behind Shelby Hall. As to the West Commuter lot, Barrando said, “Until we can come up with a way to allevi-ate congestion, we won’t have a parking deck there. But I’m still looking to find a solution … we talked about possibly hav-ing police officers during heavy traffic times to deal with conges-tion.” A link to the petition can be found on the SGA website.
By Ashanka KumariContributing Writer
The Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration welcomes a new leader for the first time in over 20 years. After serving for 10 years as a faculty member in statistics, Associate Dean of Research and Senior Associate Dean J. Michael Hardin replaced Barry Mason as the new dean of the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration. “Dr. Hardin gained an inti-mate working knowledge of both the college and the University in his role as senior associate dean,” Executive Vice President and Provost Judy Bonner said. “This understanding, together with his commitment to both rigor and relevance, will enable him to provide effective leader-ship immediately.” Hardin said he will use
Culverhouse College of Commerce gains new dean
three principles to judge his decisions and build on the foundation that Mason built. “Innovation, rigor and rel-evance—I call that my IR2 plan,” Hardin said. “Anything we do, I want to ask care-fully, ‘Is this innovative?’ ‘Are we thinking of fresh and new
thoughts?’ The rigor is about whether we are demanding enough out of our students and faculty. Are we carefully thinking about the things we are doing—not because they are done in the past but that they make sense now?” In using those three prin-ciples, one of Hardin’s major goals is to increase focus on students getting jobs and con-tributing to economic society. “If in the next 10 years—the next governor of the state, president of the U.S., the next CEO of Microsoft—if those are C&BA graduates, those are the kinds of people I want us to be educating and train-ing today,” Hardin said. For students, Hardin emphasized preparation for their future careers as one of his highest priorities. “I want to really make sure that we prepare them for their jobs,” Hardin said. “Most students major in business because they want to get jobs
“Innovation, rigor and relevance—I call that my IR2 plan. Anything we do, I want to ask care-fully, ‘Is this innovative?’ ‘Are we thinking of fresh and new thoughts?”
— J. Michael Hardinwhen they graduate—that’s a high priority for me. “I have actually offered myself to travel to business-es like Yahoo! and Google to talk to them about how won-derful our students are. We have a wonderful work ethic and I know Coach Saban talks about how he wants his foot-ball team to fear how physical we are — I want other people who will give our students jobs to fear our work ethic in the same way.” Barry Mason, former dean and Russell Professor of Business Administration and Interim Director of the Alabama Productivity Center, said the process of select-ing the new dean involved a national search.
“Provost Judy Bonner appointed a committee with the responsibility of a nation-al search to recommend three finalists whom she inter-viewed before making the decision on whom to offer the position,” Mason said. Following Mason’s foot-steps, Hardin said he feels he is just adding to what was already built. “I think that Dean Mason laid a great foundation and was a great leader during his 23-year reign,” Hardin said. “I don’t see myself changing things, I just see myself build-ing on the foundation he laid.” Mason said Hardin is bring-ing a lot of experience into the position. “[Dean Hardin] will bring
a wealth of experience both as having served as Senior Associate Dean and Associate Dean of Research in the col-lege in addition to a wide breadth of experience from UAB where he was a faculty member before coming to the University of Alabama,” Mason said. Hardin said, “I want them to be what I call hyper-suc-cessful and not just do great, but exceed all expectations. I want our graduates to be the ones that will get promoted early because they are work-ing everyone under the table.” Bonner said she is positive that the new dean will collab-orate well with the faculty to lead at a high level. “I am confident thatDean Hardin, with the sup-port of the faculty, will lead the Culverhouse College of Commerce to a new level of national prominence as mea-sured by national standards,” Bonner said.
“We will also be creating a
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Trey Johnson Adversity Award to be included in our yearly Honor’s Day ceremony,” Davis said. “Of course, the recipient will definitely have some big shoes to fill.”
Davis said Johnson was an all-around amazing person with a heart of gold.
“Trey was an excellent worker and very friendly face to greet guests and students in the department,” she said. “As a stu-dent, Trey was extremely intel-ligent and fought through so much adversity to be as success-ful as he was. He would always help students when they couldn’t understand something.”
Consequently, Johnson became a mentor for many cur-rent students and even alumni in the OM department. Over the years, Johnson became more than just an employee or student to Davis—he became one of her closest friends as well.
“He knew he could confide in me as well as I could confide in him,” Davis said. “All of these areas show what a well-rounded individual Trey was. He could always put a smile on your face. I know he is watch-ing over all of us now, and we will see him again someday.”
Johnson’s friends and
classmates in Operations Management originally came up with the idea to start the fund because he was such an integral part of the OM depart-ment. They wanted to help hisfamily with the funeral expens-es and remember Trey for how great of a person he was.
“Trey J. was one of the most sarcastic and hilarious people I knew,” said Shauna Myers. “You couldn’t help but laugh and have a good time when you were around him. He had agreat heart and would go out of his way to help anyone. Heavendefinitely gained an angel that this temporary world lost.”
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By Lauren Ferguson Staff Reporter
Competing in a sport that combines swimming, biking and running might be daunt-ing for some people, but for UA professor Catherine Pagani, not only is it possible, it’s fun.
Pagani recently returned from a 10-day trip to Beijing for the International Triathlon Union World Championship.
She represented Team USA in the sprint distance triath-lon, which consisted of a .45 mile swim, 13.2 mile bike ride and 5K run.
“I started out just run-ning,” Pagani said. “There were people in my running group who biked, and I could already swim, so that’s how I got involved with triathlons.”
Pagani’s first triathlon was a half Ironman, which is much longer than a sprint triathlon.
“I like the level of fitness of triathlons,” she said. “Training is never boring if you train smart. There is something so wonderful about learning your limits in a controlled way and building up to three sports.”
Last September, she com-peted in the USA Triathlon National Championship held in Tuscaloosa along the Black
Warrior River and qualified to race in Beijing.
She also teaches Asian art history, and she has traveled to Beijing several times before, though she had never been to the part of the city where the race was held.
“The course was located in northern Beijing,” she said. “It was so pretty with rolling hills and the island with a pagoda.
It felt great being back there.” The race venue in Beijing
was the same one used for the 2008 Olympics and has since been upgraded. The swim-ming leg of the race took place in a reservoir near the histori-cal Ming Tombs.
“I finished the swim leg in fourth place and that felt awe-some,” she said. “However, there was a downpour of rain
Art professor competes in triathlon in Beijing
Submitted PhotoCatherine Pagani stands on the Wall Of China while visiting the country to compete in a triathalon.
“It is important to have a regular exercise routine. It
makes me happier and more effi cient with my job.”
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making the biking my weak-est leg. It was a very technical course and I lost my top spot because of that.”
Pagani said that, overall, she was happy with her run and her race, and transitioning is often considered the fourth event. If a person is not strong and precise with transitions, they can lose a race.
“One of the biggest chal-lenges with this sport is bal-ancing the commitment of a job and the needs of the sport,” she said. “I usually get up early in the morning for a run or teach a spin class, and then do something late in the afternoon too.”
She structures her weeks around training, with Saturday and Sunday being
important days for training events such as long distance runs.
“Getting enough rest is important,” she said. “Cutting back on sleep and nutrition is the worst thing you can do. You have to stick with a rou-tine.”
When Pagani became the chair of the art department, she said she let aspects of the job consume much of her life, and exercise became a way for her to help alleviate the stress.
“It is important to have a regular exercise routine,” she said. “It makes me happier and more efficient with my job.”
She was inspired by the multiple 80-year-old racers who took home gold medals and plans to continue racing for as long as she can.
“Going abroad was not just about competing,” she said. “I did it all by myself, with all my stuff. It was an adventure, and it’s all about personal challenges.”
Bama Art House Film Series begins againLIFESTYLES IN BRIEF
The Bama Theatre’s power was restored over the weekend after power outages caused them to cancel events last week, including The Bama Art House screening of the film “Beginners.”
Instead of cancelling the screening all togeth-er, The Bama has decided to show the film tonight Monday, Sept. 19 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the show can be bought at the box office before the show and prices will remain the same, $7
for general admission and $6 for students and seniors.
“Beginners” is the story of a young man who is flooded with memories of his father, who, at the age of 75, announced his cancer diagnosis and came out of the closet, as he falls in love.
Tuesday’s screening of “Terri” and the rest of The Bama Art House series will continue as planned.
Creative Campus blog seeks writersCreative Campus’ online arts and commu-
nity website, The Dome, will accept applica-tions for the 2011 staff.
They are looking for bloggers and tradi-tional journalists to contribute to the maga-zine. The Dome covers all types of creativity across campus from video games to food to the arts.
Last year, the staff was made up of mostly undergraduate students, but they are hoping
to expand the staff to include graduate stu-dents, faculty and community members.
The Dome is also hoping for new staffers who have an interest in working on multime-dia projects, which they haven’t been able to implement previously.
Anyone interested in applying should do so by the end of the day today, Monday Sept. 19 by filling out the online application on their website, thedome.ua.edu.
By Miranda MurphySports Reporter
The Alabama women’s soc-cer team improved their record to 5-2-1, defeating Morehead State University on Sunday. The Crimson Tide won its first ever match against Morehead State 2-1.
“We’ve got mixed emotions coming out of here,” head coach Todd Bramble said. “We found a way to get the win and the game, but it wasn’t our best per-formance.”
The Tide struck early when junior Ashley Willis took the ball to the far post in the first minute of the game. The goal was Willis’s second of the sea-son.
Morehead State University tied the game up in the sec-ond half when Devon Jordan chipped the ball past sopho-more Shanna Brooks.
“It was a good shot from the outside,” Bramble said. “It just snuck in under the crossbar. I thought Shanna’s footwork and the ability to try to get back to that was good, but it was just
placed perfectly.”Both teams had some good
scoring chances and picked up their pace after Morehead’s goal.
“It was really intense for both teams,” Brooks said. “We pulled the win out, but we also gave them the chance to score goals that we shouldn’t have let them have.”
Freshman Pia Rijsdijk scored the game-winner in the 75th minute after following through on a shot by senior K.K. Duffy. The goal was Rijsdijk’s first goal with the team.
“Being the first to rebounds is extremely important, whether
its goals coming off of the goal-keeper, goalpost or crossbar,” Bramble said. “Fortunately, Pia was paying attention to detail today and got there and had the composure to stick it in.”
Brooks earned a win in her second game with the Tide this season, as goalkeeper Justine Bernier is currently playing for Team Canada.
“I think we are ready for next week,” Rijsdijk said. “We are doing better every week. It wasn’t our best play today, but we’re ready for SEC play.”
The Tide will play Vanderbilt Friday at 7 p.m. and Kentucky on Sunday at 1 p.m.
By Tony Tsoukalas Sports Editor
Traditional running teams often play an offense described as three yards and a cloud of dust. Saturday night, Alabama running backs Trent Richardson and Eddie Lacy’s play could be described as three yards or a cloud of dust, a cloud of dust the dynamic duo left defenders in.
The two running backs took turns breaking electrifying touchdown runs, scoring on four 40-plus yard touchdowns en route to a combined 328 yards on 20 carries.
“I’ve never seen anything like that,” Lacy said. “When we broke it was 30 or 40 plus yards, but when we ran short plays it seemed we only got a few yards.”
Lacy and Richardson both had career days. Lacy rushed for 163 yards on nine carries. Lacy racked up most of his runs on just two plays, 43 and 67-yard touch-down runs. The 67-yard scamper was the longest in Lacy’s career.
“That is one of the best feelings as a running back,” Lacy said. “You don’t have to worry about anybody touching you or hitting you. The offensive line did what they are supposed to do and the wide receivers blocked down field, just scoring a touchdown is one of the best feelings ever.”
For Richardson, it was much of the same story. The Heisman hopeful had just 23 yards on six carries in the first quarter. Richardson, however, turned on the jets late, scoring on 58-yard and 71-yard touchdown runs en route to 169 yards on 11 carries.
“It is always a relief (to get a big gain),” Richardson said. “You pound them and pound them for so long, and you are sitting there waiting. You know you are going to pop off sooner or later, and we did.”
Alabama’s 347 rushing yards are the most the team has rushed for all season. Both running backs credited the performance of the offensive line to create big holes to run through.
“The offensive line looked great,” Lacy said. “I love them. They are only getting better every week, and I am behind them 100 percent.”
Alabama center, William Vlachos, said the big runs indi-cated that everybody on the line was doing his job.
“It is a sign of everybody know-ing who they are responsible for,”
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Vlachos said. “When we do it right, that is the kind of stuff that happens.”
With the Tide losing several running backs to transfers and injuries this off-season, many questioned the team’s depth at running back. However, Richardson and the offense were never concerned.
“A lot of people questioned it,” Richardson said. “We weren’t worried about it, because we knew we had a lot of people that could step in. Jalston Fowler, Eddie Lacy and Blake Sims, those boys bring a lot to the table. I know that when I am out, I am secure with them in the game.”
Last game’s performance should give the Razorbacks plenty of things to focus on.
Richardson said that due to the weapons Alabama has on offense, it is a very hard offense to plan for.
“They are going to have to watch a lot of film on us,” Richardson said. “Like I said, we are not just a one player team. We are moving the ball and our quarterbacks are good.”
Now that the Tide has seen the potential of the ground game, the trick will be maintaining the suc-cess on offense for the remainder of the season.
“It seems like this offense is really starting to click and gel together,” Richardson said. “The chemistry is starting to get together and the offensive line did pretty well the second half so we just need to keep moving on.”
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your friends. Your thorough attention to detail unjams something that was stuck. Let go of a preconception. Keep trying, until you get it right.Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Today requires patience when it comes to work and your significant re-lationships. You may be rewarded with a bonus. More work comes in. Keep it organized, one task at a time.Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- You’re in the middle of a busy phase. Structure provides support. Take new responsibilities. Put more energy than money into your projects. Do it for love.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 6 -- Romantic intensity could present challenges in the morning. Resist any urge to flee, and accept what you get. Do what’s required to restore harmony. Talk about nest eggs later.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Today may bring reversals in love and in communications. You could avoid this and bury yourself in your work. Call in reinforcements if needed. Contemplation rewards more than ac-tion.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 6 -- There’s much to learn from young people now. Surround yourself by the creative spirit of the youngest genera-tion. You can’t bottle youth, but it’s communicable.Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Choose family over romance. Focus on cleaning and organizing your nest and on hanging out at home. Com-promise to avoid silly arguments that waste time.
Student Graphic Artist - 0805999. Assistant needed to provide copy-editing, graphic layout and design support forAdministrative Services. Applicants must have working knowledge of InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, CS4, and other Macintoshdesktop publishing software. Must have basic layout, design and copyediting skills. Job close date: 9/16/2011.
SLIS IT Support Student Assistant – 0806010. Assistant needed for IT support for the School of Library and Information Studies.Applicants must have experience with various content management systems and be proficient with modern web languages(Dreamweaver, PHP, CSS, etc) and computer hardware/software instal-lation, configuration and trouble-shooting. Job close date:9/23/2011.
eTech Web Development Student Assistant - 0806017. Assistant needed for development and pro-duction of Web applicationsfor Office of eTech. Applicants must be proficient with PHP and MySQL web platforms, and fluent in mod-ern web languages,including HTML, CSS, Javascript, etc. Applicants must have 2.25 cu-mulative GPA or higher to be con-sidered. Job close date: 9/23/2011.
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