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By Marilyn VaughnContributing Writer

There are a lot of things peo-ple may not know about Kirani James. James is a sophomore, hails from the Caribbean nation of Grenada, is an All-American, and at the moment, he has the fastest 400-meter time in the world this year. James came to the men’s track and field team last January; this is his first full season with the Crimson Tide. Though James has a lot of natural talent, the coaching staff was grateful to have a full season with James this year to cross train him with weights, hills and strength workouts. Last week James ran a 45.47 in the 400 meter, earning an automatic bid to the indoor

UA, fraternity silent on punishment

Sprinter owns world’s best 400m

Experts: Freedom of speech has limits

By Sydney BranchContributing Writer

Religion, economics and the separation of church and state all found arguments at Monday night’s forum on Sunday alco-hol sales at the Tuscaloosa Public Library. Friday is the deadline to reg-ister to vote for the proposi-tion in Tuscaloosa. The League of Women Voters hosted the forum in an attempt to educate the public on all sides of the debate surrounding Sunday sales. The forum featured a debate between Bob Woodman, who supports sales, and Reverand Edward Steelman, who

opposes them. Economics are the main reason for Woodman’s sup-port of the proposition, citing business-related concerns with continuing the ban on alcohol. “I want to extend business opportunities,” Woodman said. “Recruiters go to Birmingham or Atlanta instead of Tuscaloosa. Sunday sales translate to new business. New business translates to new jobs. New jobs translate to new tax revenue.” Woodman said the lack of Sunday sales is especially diffi-cult to explain to international companies.

Alcohol referendum spurs strong debate

Student play brings realistic depiction of Great Depression

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By Jonathan ReedManaging Editor

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Repercussions for a Friday incident involving the use of a racial slur in front of the Delta Tau Delta house will remain private, according to University officials and the national lead-ership of Delta Tau Delta inter-national fraternity. Jim Russell, executive vice president of Delta Tau Delta,

TIMELINE OF RACIAL INCIDENT

Friday, 4:25 p.m.Student inside Delta Tau Delta fraternity house yells racial slur at graduate student Justin Zimmerman

Friday, 4:40 p.m.Zimmerman calls UAPD, files police report

Saturday morningUAPD alerts University adminis-trators

Saturday,2 p.m.UA President Robert Witt sends out cam-puswide e-mail

Saturday

Student who made racial slur suspended from Delta Tau Delta

MondayNational Delta Tau Delta president personally apologizes to Zimmerman

TuesdayUniversity, DTD say disciplinary action taken against student will remain private

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By Katherine MartinStaff Reporter

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There has been much debate whether hate speech qualifies as free speech as a direct result of the incident that occurred on Feb. 4 involving a UA student directing a racial slur toward another student.

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said the organization does not discuss disciplinary actions publicly. “It’s an ongoing investi-gation,” he said. “Once it’s

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“The First A m e n d m e n t e s s e n t i a l l y says the gov-ernment can-not regulate speech because it disagrees with the speak-er’s message,” said Bryan Fair, a UA law pro-fessor who spe-cializes in First A m e n d m e n t rights. “The Supreme Court u l t i m a t e l y interprets the

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Constitution and decides whether or not it is permissible.” Government can regulate speech that advocates unlawful activities, what is defined as obscene and commercial adver-tising, Fair said.

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Sophomore sprinter Kirani James prepares for a race at the Alabama relays last season. James ran the fastest 400-meter time in the world for this year at the Meyo Invitational over the weekend.

CW | Drew HooverCast members of “Flora, The Red Menace“ rehearse Tuesdsay night in Allen Bales Theatre. The play addresses issues such as unemployment, money and love. The show will run Feb. 14 to Feb. 20. For the full story, see page 8.

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When: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

What: Judicial Board An-swers Student Questions

Where: SGA Offi ce in Ferguson Center

When: 10 a.m. – 2p.m.

What: Alpha Kappa Alpha Jeans for Teens

Where and When: Ferguson Center 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.Tutwiler Hall 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.Riverside W 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.Ridgecrest 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

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Fair used an example of the Ku Klux Klan burning crosses in yards. “The government couldn’t prohibit me from burning a cross on my own property,” Fair said. “But they could if I burned the cross on the yard of an African-American family.” Fair said it always depends on the context. “If the speech occurs in the context where it indi-cates the intent of bodily harm, the court says it can be regulated, Fair said.” The University of Alabama Code of Conduct recognizes the significance of student rights, including freedom of expression, said Deborah Lane, assistant vice presi-dent of University Relations. However, students are also required to respect the dignity and rights of others, Lane said. “Verbal abuse, harass-ment or other conduct that threatens or endangers the health or safety of a person is considered a violation of the University’s Code of Conduct,” Lane said. As with all instances involving charges of harass-ment, Lane said, all the facts and circumstances must be examined to determine whether one’s freedom of expression has so exceeded boundaries of decency that it loses its protection. The word directed at the black student suggests a certain point in history in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when the term was used to degrade or exclude individuals, Fair said. The word has a certain context when a white person directs it to a black person, he said. “It’s probably one of the worst epithets that a white person could use against a colored person,” Fair said. There is a specific his-tory that goes with it that is passed from generation to generation among white people and the message has been passed within the black community as well, he said. When white people say the word to black people, Fair said, it is usually used in the context that they are unfit to associate with white people due to superior sta-tus. “Some people understand the term as a hammer,” Fair said. “A loaded weapon to degrade another human.” Fair said this is the second time since last Tuesday that a student has come to him and said they have had the word directed toward them. “Unfortunately, I don’t think this is an isolated occasion,” he said.

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What: Campus MovieFest Red Carpet Finale

Where: Ferg Center The-ater

When: 7 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

What: The Huxford Sym-phony Orchestra

Where: Moody Concert Hall

When: 7:30 p.m.

What: Susan and Gaylon McCollough Medial Schol-ars Forum

Where: Shelby Hall

When: 4 p.m.

Ferguson Center ac-cepting applications for Penny Allen Award Faculty and staff are encour-aged to submit nominations for the Penny Allen Award no later than noon on March 11. The award recognizes one student and one non-student (faculty, staff or administrative person-nel) who have made a signifi-cant contribution to student life at the University. Criteria, in order of importance, include: service and dedication to stu-dents; leadership activities; professional and other activi-ties; and lack of past recogni-

Pulitzer prize-winning New York Times columnist to visit Feb. 22 Pulitzer prize-winning jour-nalist Thomas L. Friedman will visit the University of Alabama on Tuesday, Feb. 22. Friedman, the author of “The World is Flat” and “Hot, Flat, and Crowded,” will address students from

tion. Student nominees must also be rising juniors or seniors and have a GPA of at least 3.0. Nomination forms can be found at ferguson.ua.edu under the Applications tab. The School of Social Work and the Alabama Union Board of Governors established the award in honor of the late Sara Bell Penrod (Penny) Allen, a former chairwoman of the School of Social Work under-graduate program.

Hexcel Corporation, a NYSE list-ed international producer of com-posite materials, reinforcements

Hexcel corporation visits campus

and structures serving com-mercial aerospace, space & defense and electronics will host an information session. Interested students should meet representatives Monday Feb. 14 at 6 p.m. in Ferguson

3:30-4:30 p.m. in the Ferguson Student Center Theater. He will also speak at 7 p.m. at the Bryant Conference Center’s Sellers Auditorium. The eve-ning speech is open to the general public.

Micron Technology, one of the world’s leading semi-conductor companies, invites students to an information ses-sion Mon. Feb. 14 in Ferguson 309. This meeting will intro-duce students to career oppor-tunities with the industry leader in flash and memory technologies.

Micron Technology hosts info session

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By Stephen WalkerContributing Writer

The Theta Sigma chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority is teaming up with nationwide retail chain Aeropostale to sponsor a campus-wide cloth-ing drive for disadvantaged children. The drive, called “Jeans for Teens,” is part of a national effort by Aeropostale and the non-profit youth orga-nization DoSomething.org to collect gently used jeans for homeless youth. According to a news release from Aeropostale’s media relations department, this is the fourth year that the cloth-ing store has sponsored the nationwide program. To kick start this year’s campaign, Aeropostale contributed 10,000 pairs of brand new jeans. Through the efforts of volun-teers across the country, the store expects to collect its mil-lionth pair of donated jeans this year, the release states. “It’s hard to think of people not having jeans when we have so many,” Alpha Kappa Alpha media spokeswoman Sade Mays said. Mays, a senior majoring in marketing and public relations, said the sorority sisters have greeted the drive enthusiasti-cally, with many promising to “donate way more than two pairs of jeans.” “We are a community ser-vice organization, and our mis-sion from day one has been to

Sorority tries on jean charity drive

serve mankind,” Mays said. Jeans for Teens was selected because it parallels the soror-ity’s current platform of “global leadership through timeless service,” she added. The sorori-ty is using this platform to help others, especially teenagers. After the jeans from today’s drive have been collected, they will be transported to the local Aeropostale store, which will then distribute them to home-less shelters in the community. One out of every three homeless people in the U.S. is under the age of 18, accord-ing to DoSomething.org. Jeans for Teens is partnering with hundred of thousands of vol-unteers and more than 600 homeless shelters nationwide to raise awareness about youth

homelessness and provide warm clothing for those affect-ed by it. “No teen should go without warm clothes this winter,” said “90210” star Matt Lanter, a national spokesman for the program. “We want our fans to run jean drives in their schools and communities to help us reach this goal.” For those who are reluctant to part with their used jeans, Aeropostale is providing some motivation. “They did promise to give us 25 percent off a new pair for each pair of jeans donated,” Mays said. Once the jeans have been collected and turned over to Aeropostale, the sorority will receive one coupon from Aeropostale for each donated pair of jeans. These coupons will then be made available to Jeans for Teens participants. “We all know that this is America and teens are every size from zero to probably 22,” Mays said. “So, it doesn’t mat-ter the size. We are grateful to get anything.” Students who are interested in the program but unable to participate in AKA’s Jeans for Teens drive may drop off their donations at any Aeropostale location before Feb. 13. There are four drop-off locations for today’s drive: Ferguson Center from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Tutwiler Hall, Riverside West and Ridgecrest from 6-8 p.m.

• What: Jeans for Teens drive

• Where: Ferguson Center (11 a.m. – 1 p.m.) Tutweiler Hall, Riverside West and Ridgecrest (6 p.m. – 8 p.m.)

• When: Today

• Sponsered by: Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority

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NCAA Championships in mid-March. This finish brings James’ total to two automat-ic bids to NCAAs in March. James also will be compet-ing in the 200 meter race. But James would also like to see his two relays, the 4x400 meter and distance medley, qualify for NCAAs. However, the indoor season is wrapping up, and there are only a few more opportunities to put up NCAA qualifying times. “We’re running out of time, but at the same time I think we have a cushion with the last chance meet,” head coach Harvey Glance said. “We also have to go out this week and perform well.” This weekend the men’s team will travel to Seattle, Wash., to compete in the Flotrack Husky Classic. The Flotrack Husky Classic will be the Tide’s last meet before the Southeastern

Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. “This is a real big meet for us because the competition will be there,” Glance said. “The level of depth that each and every one of these races has is unbelievable.” Harvey said the competition at this upcoming meet could rival that found at the NCAA meet. “This meet could be as good as the NCAA Championships,” Glance said. “Once you get to the NCAA Championships, there is so much strategy involved at the meet. You’re probably going to get bet-ter results at this meet than the NCAA Championships because it’s pedal to the metal.” Glance believes his distance squad can compete with the best of them out west. Last week, the Tide had four of its mile runners finish in the top 10 at the meet. Glance acknowledges over half the scholarships on the team are allocated to the distance squad. One distance event

that Glance feels confident will get an automatic bid to the NCAAs is the distance medley, which consists of legsof 1200 meters, 400 meters, 800meters and 1600 meters. “We’ll try to put together a distance medley relay,” Glancesaid. “I think we should haveone of the top 10 relay teams in the country. We’re going to try to put it away early and get an automatic bid to the NCAAs.” With James running a leg on this relay, the Tide’s chances of qualifying may beincreased. “He’s running extreme-ly well and fast; we just got to make sure we keep him healthy,” Glance said. “Nothing’s guaranteed.” James carries the same humble mentality and knows people are aiming to take histitle of fastest 400-meter run-ner in the world. “They’re just looking for the right time to strike; that’s howI see it,” James said. “A meet is a meet. If NCAAs were tomor-row I think I’d be ready for it.”

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WE WELCOME YOUR OPINIONSLetters to the editor must be less than 300 words and guest columns less than 800. Send submissions to [email protected]. Submissions must include the author’s name, year, major and day-time phone number. Phone numbers are for verification and will not be published. Students should also include their year in school and major. For more information, call 348-6144. The CW reserves the right to edit all submissions.

EDITORIAL BOARD

Victor Luckerson EditorJonathan Reed Managing Editor

Tray Smith Opinions EditorAdam Greene Chief Copy Editor

“He was not very clear as to what and

why he was ad-dressing this issue.”— Mathew Pereda, freshman, majoring in International Studies

“I think the Presi-dent made the ap-propriate choice to address the issue. Racism is still very

common on campus that usually results in the turning of

heads.”— Joe Robertson,senior, majoring in Art

YOUR VIEW { }By Wesley Vaughn

The incident lasted a few minutes, maybe less. It took longer to voice the offensive slur than it took to con-sider shouting it out in the first place. Initially, it only involved two students, but within 24 hours, it became the talk of the University after President Witt sent a terse, vague e-mail. The story was soon pieced togeth-er with the help of rumors and hear-say on Twitter and through word of mouth. Since then, the facts have revealed an incident that is highly embarrassing for not just one stu-dent but also for his associations, the student body as a whole and the administration. Everyone linked with the University suffered. I am not saying similar incidents have not happened before, but this particular event lit the necessary matches to spark a fire that still burns today. There are numerous angles and players within this story, and many individuals spanning all reaches of campus could arguably share responsibility for vastly different rea-sons. Blaming them though, rightly or wrongly, will not solve any prob-lems. This would ruin any chance of realizing a more unified student body and administration. I do not have the senseless belief that we can eradicate racism on this campus or off of it. I am not qualified to speak on that matter, and that’s not even what I’m trying to get at. The fact is that we as UA students are not comfortable with each other. This transcends race, socioeconomic background and other demographi-cal categories. It certainly does not

apply to every student or every group, but the feeling is prevalent. I have heard it and discussed it with too many people far too often for it not to be. F o r some rea-

son, we all enroll here and soon the associations that we make begin to divide us instead of uniting us. I am talking about the major organiza-tions and segments on campus as well as the smaller groups and the students who decide to not become involved. Instead of collaborating to

work towards the betterment of the University as a whole, we tend to work selfishly and independently for our particular associations and our-selves. We are all guilty. I do not imagine a day when a UA student no longer hesitates to sit down next to an unknown fellow stu-dent to eat lunch. Nor do I imagine a day when all UA students work to make campus some utopian dream. Though actions and tangible results may be the easiest way to measure success and what students here demand in order to believe in progress, neither makes a practical

gauge for how strongly we should believe that this university is on the right track. If we have the predisposition to distrust what others tout as progress, then the actions and results that we originally desired will not matter. A feeling of hope and trust must be ingrained in the entire student body for any steps forward to impact the UA culture. As affirmed by last Friday’s inci-dent, that feeling is delicate. It only takes one brief, ill-advised moment for that mutual campus feeling to shatter, so we must be careful. We have reached a perfect point to begin building this feeling and the UA identity, even though it took an unfortunate incident to drive us here. Communities across the entire country deal with problems similar to ours, but that cannot be a rea-son to give up. Our problems seem to affect us to a much larger extent, which should prove that we there are precedents to what we can accom-plish. I am asking you to believe that something is possible and ongoing even though you may not be able to see the entire process. I am asking this after an incident that does not bode well for any of us, and I am ask-ing this on behalf of the future of this university. We cannot allow this moment to pass by and return to business as usual. We must begin to trust each other.

Wesley Vaughn is a junior major-ing in public relations and politi-cal science. His column runs on Wednesdays.

By Samuel White

Fifty-five years ago, Autherine Lucy became the first African- American to enroll at the University of Alabama. Lucy’s attendance at the University was met with much opposition from the community, and hostile conditions led to her expulsion due to what the University alleged was their inability to provide sufficient pro-tection for her as a student. Seven years later, Gov. George Wallace stood in the door of Foster Auditorium to prevent the enroll-ment of two African American stu-dents – Vivian Malone and James Hood. Since 1963, the racial climate at the University has evolved tre-mendously. Blacks have held positions in student government, hold high-ranking positions as faculty mem-bers, and make up the pedigree in some winning sport programs at the University, including bas-ketball and football. However the actions of one UA student, and, more importantly, the response from President Witt and university officials, will prove just how far we’ve come. Like many other students, I do not believe that President Witt’s 63-word e-mail did enough to describe the incident that hap-pened last Friday or repudiate

MCT Campus

University sends mixed messages on race relations

Racial incident, campus identity

By Jeff Elrod

In view of the recent incident involv-ing Justin Zimmerman and the racial slur directed at him, I cannot help but notice that the University is sending mixed signals. University administrators say that they want this to be a campus where everyone feels respected and supported. However, I see very little action to back up these sentiments. Take, for example, the Living-Learning Communities (particularly the Parker-Adams program). These communities are purpose-fully small so that students get to know each other and interact with each other on a level that students who live in larger dorms (such as Ridgecrest) do not experience. In these smaller dorms, students become like a fam-ily because they see each other and interact constantly. I lived in Parker-Adams my fresh-man year, and it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The friendships I made there are still strong today. While I was there, I saw a group of roughly 85 students accomplish in many ways what the University wishes to accomplish all across campus. We all came from different backgrounds and we were a very diverse group, yet we did not let those differences interfere with our friendships. We all hung out together in and out of the dorm and we would all go eat together on and off campus. It did not matter if we were black or white; we were all friends who lived together. Living-Learning Communities such as Parker-Adams are all-inclusive communities which

LETTER TO THE EDITORUniversity must defend progress

The University’s apparent hypocrisy in 2011, with regards to housing, implies that some groups are more deserving of a close-knit community than others.

bring students from all walks of life together. Unfortunately, at the end of this semester, Parker-Adams will be torn down. The LLC program will continue — it is being moved to Harris Hall, where it will be one of the programs in that dorm — but the community aspect that has made it a success will not be as strong in Harris as it was in Parker-Adams. It is not the program, but the size and structure of the program that builds this all inclusive type of community. I know the economic reasoning behind this, but I do not accept it — to me, it is worth it to have more of these small, integrated communities where students closely interact. Parker-Adams, along with Byrd and Wilson Halls, are being torn down in order to build three new sorority houses; this is where the message of the University administrators becomes blurred. The University is tearing down and essentially destroying programs that foster integrated, all-inclusive commu-nities and replacing them with greek hous-ing that is anything but integrated or all-inclusive (I say “destroying” because with-out the proper structure, these programs do not reach their full potential). I do not think that anybody would deny that sororities and fraternities are segregat-ed communities in which the members tend to be similar in many aspects of their lives. The message seems to be that if students want a close-knit community, then they must join a fraternity or sorority. The dorms most freshmen live in are resort-style complexes where little inter-action takes place between students who do not live in the same suite. This is unfair to students. It is also contradictory for the University to say it supports diversity and acceptance of all when it sends the message that only those who join a fraternity or soror-ity can enjoy the benefits of community liv-ing. The University is destroying these inte-grated communities so they can make more room for segregated communities. It is a shame that in 2011, the words “integrated” and “segregated” communities have to be used when describing housing on a college campus, but that is what it boils down to. Friday’s incident directly indicated that within some individuals, a 1960s worldview has not yet been eradicated. However, the University’s apparent hypocrisy in 2011, with regards to housing, implies that some groups are more deserving of a close-knit commu-nity than others. Bettering race relations is something that we all have to be willing t o work to achieve. It starts by taking an initiative and then it becomes a reality only through persistence. It also requires all of us, whether we are students or administrators, to turn our well-intended messages into actions and tangible results.

Jeff Elrod is a sophomore majoring in political science and an SGA senator.

Friday’s perpetrator has boldly challenged the prog-ress of this university, this city and a movement that spans many decades and costs many people their lives.

such behavior. Without identi-fying the word used, President Witt described the term as being “offensive to our community, and ‘especially upsetting’ to African Americans.” Given the history of this great country and the inci-dents that took place on this cam-pus so many years ago, this behav-ior is beyond offensive. It is deplor-able, appalling, shocking and unac-ceptable to say the least. A 147-word e-mail sent by SGA President James Fowler on Monday did more to describe and promote voting for seven-day alcohol sales than any university official’s response or repudiation to this incident. President Witt says that appropriate disciplinary action will be taken. What is appro-priate disciplinary action for such an incident? In the recent past such behavior has been masked with cowardly anonymity, which has made disci-plinary action virtually impossible.

Friday’s perpetrator has boldly challenged the progress of this university, this city and a move-ment that spans many decades and costs many people their lives. Any action less than expulsion is a slap in the face to the pioneers of this movement, is disingenuous to the courage and resolve of Autherine Lucy, Vivian Malone Jones and James Hood, and is a message of indifference to every minority stu-dent enrolled at the University. I implore the University to inform it’s students of such action when it is finally taken. To simply shake a finger at an incident of such mag-nanimous proportion is the equiva-lent to placing Governor Wallace back in front of the doors of Foster Auditorium. There is no system of development and growth on this planet where “backwards” is a sign of forward progress.

Samuel L. White is a senior major-ing in telecommunication and film.

We have reached a perfect point to begin building this feeling and the UA identity, even though it took an unfortunate incident to drive us here.

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By Gregory Poole

When President Obama gave the State of the Union speech on Jan. 25, many in America were already tone-deaf to the propos-als, including a large chunk of this campus. Coming into the address, I too was skeptical. I did not want a pep rally-like speech this year, but a detailed roadmap instead. I was surprised when it came to the segment on science fund-ing, and I found that Obama and I share common ground. In the past 60 years, our nation’s economy has grown from being an equal to many of the pre-war European powers to a stalwart that the rest of the world watches with envy. What most of this paper’s readers do not know is that there was a key turning point that fueled that intense growth and has been largely ignored in the history books. While our high school and col-lege textbooks regularly men-tion the reparations required in the Treaty of Versailles that ended WWI, reparations were also required in the Potsdam Agreement. Unlike their pre-decessors, the Allied leaders knew better than to require a dollar amount from a ravaged economy, so the U.S. received payment in German patents and industrial assets instead. It was during this time that we received people like Wernher von Braun to run the space pro-gram, which allowed us to have our “Sputnik Moment” and reach the moon. Congressional authorization of research dollars in the 1950s and 1960s allowed us to leap ahead of everyone else in devel-oping the newest technologies that better improve our quality of life. Today, our national labo-ratories open the door to new ideas and products daily with discoveries that are published in research journals and eventu-ally make their way to the U.S. Patent Office. For the past three genera-tions, we have enjoyed this dom-inance in innovation, but today there are more players that have joined the competition, notably

the BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, China and India). As these devel-oping economies become mar-kets for research dollars, our research efforts and funding have stayed stagnant. In fact, the NSF, NASA and the NIH receive only a sliver of the overall gov-ernment spending pie, and the allocations hardly increase enough to match inflation. While the past few years have seen additional increases, the amount of funding is still lack-ing to say the least. If we do not realize the importance of fund-ing fundamental science and its applications, we will not only lose our position as the R&D center of the world, but will lose the business associated with the patents that would have been generated. `Fortunately, it does not have to be this way, as our universities are still the world’s top centers for discovery. They give us a unique opportunity to innovate our way into the future. With a few simple changes, it will be possible for us to main-tain our status as scientific pio-neers and keep our economic dominance. First, we must realize that while our deficit is at an unsus-tainable level and must be tack-led, there is a difference between frivolous, unnecessary spending and investment capital. A gov-ernment riddled with duplica-tive programs personifies the very notion of frivolous spend-ing, not to mention the $15.9 bil-lion that goes to “pork-barrel” spending — appropriations that the very politicians who passed them into law now suddenly detest. In fact, reallocating the pork money to any of the research arms would translate to nearly a 50 percent increase in the NIH budget, a 100 percent increase in the NASA budget, and a 200 per-cent increase in the NSF budget, all while being completely defi-cit neutral. Considering these dollars actually lead to new products that could be produced in the U.S., I find this to be a much greater use of money than, say, installing precast concrete toi-lets in a Montana national forest

(Note: the government actually did that). Secondly, we need to face the fact that we are not produc-ing enough domestic engineers and scientists, and that previ-ous efforts to get people into the STEM fields have not been wildly successful. Even though the U.S. still churns out more doctorates and master’s degrees than ever before, many of these graduates are foreign students whose visas are revoked as soon as they complete commence-ment, in effect giving those indi-viduals’ knowledge to our inter-national competitors. This must change if we are to innovate the future technologies that we will need. Our govern-ment immigration authorities should issue a solemn promise that upon conferral of a stu-dent’s Ph.D., there will automati-cally be a green card waiting for them and a fast track to citizen-ship. While this will not prevent all foreign graduates from leaving, it will allow those who wish to stay to contribute to the U.S.’s pool of knowledge. `But, as usual, there are those who are against such measures for reasons of “big government,” being unconstitutional, or just being plain obstructionism. Consider these arguments against just one of the many examples of how the federal government’s funding of sci-ence has greatly improved our lives. In 1994, the NSF awarded a grant to Stanford University to investigate new ways to search for content on the web using an algorithm that gave a webpage a rank and broadcast those results onto a single list. That research grant was wildly successful, and led one foreign student from the former Soviet Union to live the American Dream. In fact, you might have taken advantage of that algorithm to find this col-umn. The researcher’s name? Sergey Brin. The company? Google.

Gregory Poole is a graduate stu-dent in metallurgical engineer-ing. His column runs biweekly on Wednesdays.

Innovating into the futureIncident creates black mark on campus, community, beyond

By Alex Hollinghead

We all ought to be utter-ly outraged. Here we are in 2011 and black students can’t walk around campus without being accosted over their skin tone. Racism is not okay. It’s a primitive mindset that any respectable person should revile. It’s an illogi-cal, detestable stain on the conscience of humanity, and a sin we need to purge from our collective soul. Justin Zimmerman is not your “boy.” He’s an intel-ligent, vital member of our community. The thousands of other African American students on this campus are as well, and no one has the right to treat them like they are second-class citizens and assault their dignity. What sort of self-aggrandizing attitude must one possess to feel entitled to shout a word I can’t even bring myself to type to a random person from their window? A word that was invented to subju-gate and oppress a group of people because of their skin color? A word stained with the blood of a brutally enslaved people, shouted at lynchings, used to enforce a cruel caste system of pov-erty and miseducation? Delta Tau Delta should be deeply ashamed. One of your members shouts something so despicable out of the win-dow of your fraternity, and only one of you possesses the guts or moral fiber to speak up? Which is it? Was everyone else in the room a bigot or just a coward? Forgive me if I’ve got the situation all wrong, but this is the story we’ve been pre-sented with. I hate to be so brash, but I’m tired of hav-ing something new about the University to be ashamed of so frequently. “Committed to Lives of Excellence.” Isn’t

that your motto? Maybe sometimes the hatred festering in peoples’ hearts becomes too much for their fragile psyche to bear, and they have no choice but to spew venom at their fel-low human beings. Or per-haps they feel so inferior as a person that the only avenue they can find to give themselves dignity is to ascribe to a series of hateful delusions meant to reinforce some type of inherent supe-riority. But then, maybe they are so uneducated or inept in their capacity for critical thought that they actually believe in racial superiority and thus feel convicted that it should dictate their con-duct. Who knows? And if you don’t have the heart or decency to rec-ognize the inherent sig-nificance of treating your human brothers and sisters with equality, then let me appeal to your sense of prac-ticality. Consider the vitality of our state. It’s awfully hard to convince people to relo-cate or start a business in a place where no one wants to live. When all people can think of when they hear “Alabama” is racism and ignorance, they tend to feel a little put off. Let’s look at the big pic-ture. Tradition and heri-tage are important to Alabamians. But some of our heritage needs to serve as a solemn reminder and not be glorified. Some of our stories should constantly remind us of the evil that men are capable of, in addition to the incredible strength of the human spirit and the bound-less possibilities of passion-ate people. Our heritage is slavehold-ers and sharecroppers. It’s Miracle Workers and coal miners. It’s artists and rocket scientists. Revolutionaries

and reactionaries. Our soil was the battleground of the Civil Rights Movement, and on our streets were Freedom Rides and marches to Montgomery. We’ve got great stories about Atticus Finch and Rick Bragg. But we’ve also got horror stories about church bombings and syphilis experiments. The Old South is long gone. We can’t have a New South if we’re stuck in a Reconstruction era mindset. Alabama is the eighth poor-est state in the U.S. We rank consistently in the bottom 10 states in education. United Health puts us as the third least healthy state. What we’re seeing here is the slow death of our piece of the South. If we don’t get our heads and hearts in the right place, then we’ll continue to dig our own grave. Yes, we have our positive stories and grand moments. But we also have an ugly side. And it seems more and more we show the ugly side, as the nation around us embraces equality and modernizes. All people have heard from Alabama in the past few years is church fires, Tim James ads and religious intolerance at its Capstone university, not to mention annual episodes of racism from its fraternities. It should be our mission as a people to live up to the indelible words etched into the fabric of this nation at it’s founding: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal...” And that means we must take a stand against this hideous attitude and promote a society where people are treated equally.

Alex Hollinghead is a junior majoring in math and phi-losophy.

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concluded, the appropriate steps will be taken at that time. The investigation remains open and I do not have a time frame for when it will be concluded.” On Monday the organiza-tion’s national president apolo-gized personally to Justin Zimmerman, the black stu-dent who the slur was targeted toward, according to a press release issued by Delta Tau Delta. “Delta Tau Delta does not condone, support or tolerate such conduct,” Russell said in the release. “We believe this was the act of one member. His behavior is not representa-tive of the Alabama chapter or the national fraternity. It is out of alignment with the stated

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values of Delta Tau Delta.” Sean Keeler, president of the Delta Eta Chapter on the University’s campus, said his chapter will fully comply with the national office’s investiga-tion. Deborah Lane, assistant vice president of University Relations, said the University would not discuss disciplin-ary action taken due to privacy issues. “Depending on the situation, verbal harassment/abuse could be handled with a disciplinary warning, probation or suspen-sion,” Lane said in an e-mailed statement. “Due to student pri-vacy concerns, the University is unable to comment on any particular student’s disciplinary proceeding.” Lane said the fraternity itself does not have a history of racial incidents.

“DTD has not been repri-manded by UA for any racial incidents in the past five years,” she said. A statement released Monday by the Black Faculty and Staff Association called for swift dis-ciplinary action against the indi-vidual who used the term. Joyce Stallworth, senior associate dean in the College of Education and president of the Black Faculty and Staff Association, said the individual involved should be suspended for 12 weeks. That suspension should involve programs to increase awareness of different cultures, including researching different cultures and studying the his-tory of racial slurs, she said. The BFSA statement also called for increased diversity training for students. “The Association once again

urges University leaders to design and institutionalize diver-sity training and educational programming for our student body which would demonstrate the University’s commitment to creating an inclusive and wel-coming campus culture,” the release stated. “Now is the time for the University to make unmistak-ably clear to its students (both current and prospective), its alumni (as are many of us), and to the world that these types of racial epithets or other disre-spectful epithets will not be tol-erated at the Capstone.” Nancy Hogan, president of the Black Student Union, disagreed with the Stallworth’s call for tough disciplinary action. “I think the least appropriate way to go about it is to make the repercussions punitive,” she said. “Even though the act is

obviously not something that is looked upon in a positive light, you don’t want to go around punishing students. You want to look at a preventative measure.” Hogan said institutions cur-rently on campus, such as the Crossroads Community Center, already help with cultural sensi-tivity on campus. “I feel like we may just need to start highlighting those posi-tive features more so that people know exactly know where to go, so that we don’t need to have dis-cussions like this in the future,”

she said. Lane said the University has many organizations that encourage cultural sensitivity, including Crossroads, the Greek Leadership Summit and the Diversity Lecture Series. “The University has invested significant resources in a variety of programs designed to ensure that we have a welcoming and inclusive campus,” she said. Victor Luckerson, Will Tucker and Katherine Martin contrib-uted to this report.

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next year,” Woodman said. “Bringing in suppliers will be more difficult without Sunday sales. Often it is hard to explain to Europeans why the major city in this county does not

allow Sunday sales. The field is not level.” The basis for banning Sunday sales is motivated by religion, Woodman said. “This whole issue is not

about alcohol,” Woodman said. “We take into consideration the diversity of our commu-nity. There is only one reason to have prohibition of alcohol sales on Sunday. It kind of says this is religion.” Steelman said that his argu-ment against sales comes from his religious background. “I think that it is not right to drink on Sunday,” Steelman said. “Sunday is a day set aside to worship, recreate, go to the parks. It introduces an ele-ment we think is unnecessary. I would eliminate it all together if I could, but that is not realis-tic.” Steelman also opposes Sunday sales in part for the risk of increasing underage drinking across the University of Alabama campus. “Young people are going to get out there and they are going to underage drink,” Steelman said. “When it is available they are going to get access to it.” Woodman said that allow-ing alcohol sales on Sunday would not drastically alter the

behavior of university students or residents of Tuscaloosa. “Alcohol is a legal commodi-ty,” Woodman said. “If they are going to drink, they are going to drink. This commodity is legal in our state. Nothing prohibits alcohol from being possessed or consumed on Sundays. That is not going to change.” Students at the University hold varying opinions on Sunday sales. Sophomore Trent Madison said he opposes alcohol sales on Sundays but will probably drink more if the measure is passed. “There is going to be more drinking,” Madison said. “I am going to drink more, probably more in both moderate and

“Now is the time for the University to make unmistak-ably clear to its students (both current and prospective), its alumni (as are many of us), and to the world that these types of racial epithets or other disrespectful epi-thets will not be tolerated at the Capstone.”

— Release from the Black Faculty and Staff Association

excessive quantities. It depends on who I am hanging out with.” Freshman Katie VonDiezelski said she does not think most students at the University will change their behavior if Sunday sales are passed. “Most parties are on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights anyways,” VonDiezelski said. Madison said that those who want to drink on Sunday can plan around the current law. “If you are going to drink, you might as well be smart enough to buy it ahead of time,”Madison said. The Sunday sales vote will take place Tuesday, Feb. 22.

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“I think that it is not right to drink on Sunday,” Steelman said. “Sunday is a day set aside to worship, recreate, go to the parks. It introduces an element we think is unnecessary. I would eliminate it all together if I could, but that is not realistic.”

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• Men’s basketball at Vanderbilt: 8 p.m.

• Softball vs Samford: 6 p.m.

•Men’s tennis at TCU: 2 p.m.

•Gymnastics vs Auburn: 7:30 p.m.

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SPORTS this week

From staff reports

On Monday, Alabama head coach Nick Saban announced the hiring of Mike Groh, who will serve as wide receiver coach and recruiting coordinator with the Crimson Tide. Groh, a former quarterback at the University of Virginia, joins Alabama’s coaching staff after serving as the quarter-back coach at Louisville last season. Groh spent eight years at Virginia (2001-2008) and three of those seasons coaching the wide receivers. “We are excited to have Mike join our staff,” Saban said. “He did an outstanding job here a year ago and when he left, he was one that I hoped we could bring back to Alabama at some point. Groh spent the 2009 season at Alabama as an offensive graduate assistant as the Crimson Tide recorded a 14-0 record en route to the national championship. “He knows the game and what we want to do in terms of philosophy and terminol-ogy from an offensive standpoint,” Saban said. “He relates well to the players and is also a very good recruiter. We are pleased to have Mike and Elena [Groh’s wife] back with our football program at the University of Alabama.” Groh said, “Having been at the University of Alabama for the 2009 national champi-onship season, I have a great appreciation for the Alabama football tradition and the first-class manner in which Coach Saban runs his program. The opportunity to join Coach Saban’s staff at Alabama is special and I’m excited to be back. I had a terrific experience last season coaching for Charlie Strong at Louisville and learned a great deal from him. Under his direction, I’m con-fident they will compete for many Big East championships in the years to come.”

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By Seth BowmanContributing Writer

The Alabama women’s track and field team was back in action this weekend competing in the Meyo Invitational at Notre Dame’s Loftus Center. The first day of competition gave coaches a good result and helped the coaching staff lock in on what needs to be improved. “We had some good things,” assis-tant coach Scott Roberts said. “We also had some things we still need to work on, and we’ve got a couple weeks to get those things ironed out.” One of the highlights on the first day of competition was Alabama junior Krystle Schade’s performance in the high jump. Schade cleared 5-11.5 to match her indoor personal best and take the high jump event by an inch. On her second attempt, she cleared 5-11.5 again to finish the competi-tion just two inches shy of the school record. Juniors Kaylon Eppinger and Audra Frimpong did well in the 60-meter hurdles and finished third and eighth respectively in the preliminaries. In the weight throw, junior Amethyst Holmes exceeded her personal best by

posting a 63-7, which is three feet more than her previous best. She finished third in the event. The Tide had a good first day of

competition and took that momen-tum into the second day at the Meyo Invitational. Eppinger and Frimpong placed fourth and eighth in the 60m hur-dles prelims on the second day, and finished fifth and ninth in the 60m hurdles finals to conclude the event. Sophomore Andrea Torske finished third in the 3,000m with a time of 10:00.78, which is her best thus far. In the shot put, Alabama sopho-more Wilamena Hopkins finished sec-ond with a throw of 50-8.25. The Meyo Invitational continued to give the young Alabama squad expe-rience and confidence, posting eight top-10 finishes and seven personal best. “We showed improvement with mental toughness,” junior Camilla

Armstead said. “Coach has really been helping us with our technique and getting us to really push on near the end of the race… I’m really excited

with how we are progressing.” As the season moves forward and the team is gaining experience, the coaching staff wants to really focus in on building team chemistry. “Team chemistry is always an issue,” Roberts said. “We want to make sure these young kids understand what it means to wear the Alabama uniform, and so we’re always looking to help those athletes to mature in that way. From now until the conference meet, we’re going to be spending a lot of time sharpening up and getting into a position where we can put forth our best effort.” Next weekend the women’s track team will be heading to College Station, Texas, where the team will compete in the Texas A&M Conference Challenge on Saturday.

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By Lauren FergusonContributing Writer

The Alpha Psi Omega Theatre Honor Society will be offering Valentine-O-Grams for those wishing to send a gift to someone special or a friend. They will be offering these services Feb. 12-15 for $10 per song or sonnet. Each purchas-er will be able to request either 14 lines of a Shakespearean love sonnet or 16 lines of a song to be performed for a special someone by a live performer. Tommy Walker, a sopho-more majoring in musical theater, said it is the first time Alpha Psi Omega has done this fundraiser and hopes that it has a successful turnout. “I am not nervous at all,” Walker said. “It will be fun. We

jump at opportunities to per-form.” The event was inspired when Alpha Psi Omega was seeking new ways to display their artistic abilities to the UA community, and the chapter is very excited about the project. Fliers and Facebook have been the main form of adver-tisement for the event, but they are hoping for news to spread by word of mouth as well. “[Sonnets and Songs] is an unconventional and cool idea for this campus,” Walker said. “It is a more creative gift for Valentine’s Day and it is for a good cause.” The money earned from Sonnets and Songs will support West Alabama AIDS Outreach, a nonprofit organization

seeking to educate communi-ties about HIV/AIDS and pro-viding services to those affect-ed by the disease. In addition to the Sonnets and Songs fundraiser, Alpha Psi Omega also holds a spring

performance to raise money for charity. “It will be a good way to practice reciting Shakespeare and Alpha Psi Omega will be spread about amongst the student body,” Walker said. “This will increase knowledge about the organization and

its talent.” If a person does not have a song in mind or is unfamiliar with sonnets, Alpha Psi Omega will send suggestions of each that they can perform. Each member has at least one son-

net memorized and can learn lines from suggested songs. Those interested in send-ing a Valentine-O-Gram can e-mail Walker to set up an appointment and either pay in advance or pay when the val-entine is delivered. “Sonnets will be recited

By SoRelle WyckoffContributing Writer

As Feb. 14 looms closer, one group of students will be focused on something other than Valentine’s Day. Next Monday, the department of theatre and dance is debuting “Flora, the Red Menace.” The musical is the story of Flora Mezaros, a young graph-ic artist looking for work dur-ing the Great Depression. The cast of nine is filled with char-acters such as communists, a dancing duo and a plotting sec-retary. The show is running Monday, Feb. 14, through Sunday, Feb. 20, at the Allen Bales Theatre. Tickets are $10

for both students and general admission and can be pur-chased at the Theatre & Dance Box Office in Rowand-Johnson Hall or by calling 348-3400. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, with a matinee per-formance Sunday at 2 p.m. D i r e c t o r M a t t h e w Burkholder said one of the reasons he chose “Flora” for this season is its applicability to current life situations. “Every page I turned think-ing ‘this part is about today,’ or, ‘this is something people struggle with on this cam-pus,’” he said. Because the cast is so small, Burkholder said he got a chance to “really dig in” to the

music and characters. The cast has been work-ing for about five weeks on a range of dance numbers, scene blocking and harmonies in preparation for the upcoming show. “It has been a blast work-ing with this cast of people,” said Renee Reineck, a senior majoring in musical theater and interior design who plays the role of Flora in the musi-cal. Echoing Burkholder, Reineck said that despite the age of the play, the issues and struggles addressed are still applicable to the students of this campus. “It’s about a group of people in their twenties who come

together over friendship and love and overcome unemploy-ment and money issues and dating, just like everyone on this campus,” Reineck said. “It is very realistic,” said Amber Gibson, a sophomore majoring in theater and English who plays the Head Communist in the play, and is Flora’s adversary.“It’s not the happy ‘everybody goes home with everything worked out’ kind of play,” she said. However, despite the realism of the plot and characters, the overall message of optimism remains the most important and enjoyable part of the musi-cal, according to members of the cast and crew.

“Even though the play takes place in the Depression, it’s all about optimism, hope, change,” Burkholder said. “If you want to leave the theater with a feeling that things can be better, this play is for you.” Burkholder pointed out that “Flora, the Red Menace” plays a part in theater history as well. “‘Flora, the Red Menace,’ is the first play written by Kander and Ebb, the writers of ‘Chicago’ and ‘Cabaret,’” Burkholder said. “One of my favorite things about the show is the killer tap number.” Between the tap number”and the optimistic plot, Gibson said the Valentine’s Day opening of the play allows for a date

opportunity. “It’s a great ‘date play,’”Gibson said. “And besides itbeing a marvelous show withmarvelous people, it’s justeverything a musical shouldbe.”

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(since it’s Shakespeare) and per the individual’s request, we can sing any song they desire… within certain lim-its,” said Barrett Guyton, a senior majoring in theater and healthcare management. “Let’s just say we probably won’t get up and sing ‘Baby Got Back’ unless someone pays us a good deal of money.” The person purchasing the valentine chooses the time and place for the singers to per-form, whether it is on the Quad or in a building. “We have already had requests from students and faculty and are getting more every day as the word spreads,” Guyton said. “Some of our members have already expressed interest in wanting to send a Valentine-O-Gram to their significant other.” Almost all members of Alpha Psi Omega will be par-ticipating at different times throughout the four days of performances.“We feel that once people see

what we are doing, many more will take an interest,” Guyton said. For more information about Sonnets and Songs, e-mail Tommy Walker at [email protected]

Valentine-O-GramsWhat: Alpha Psi Omega will sing a song or sonnet to your beloved

When: Feb. 12 – Feb. 15

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LIFESTYLESthis week

Find the perfect place for V-DayUA Arboretum

Whether it’s packing a bottle of wine and a picnic-basket and finding a sunny, grassy area together, admiring the scenic view hand-in-hand on a tree-top lookout, or sneaking off into the depths of the Tuscaloosa forestry for some alone time, the Dallas Arboretum is a great place for a Valentine’s Day date. It gives you a chance to do something healthy and different while also enjoying the beautiful Tuscaloosa sunshine. Plus, we’re college students, so we all know that money is an issue, and it is abso-lutely free. Get in touch with your wild side and go the arboretum for your Valentine’s date. The arbo-retum, located off Veterans Memorial Parkway, is open from 8 a.m. to sunset. For more information, visit arboretum.ua.edu.

Carpe Vino

For the 21-and-up crowd, you can save some money by cooking together or picking something up then going out for drinks. Carpe Vino is a wine bar on Greensboro Avenue where you can conveniently bring in your own dinner and pop open a bottle of wine. They offer a wide selection of wine from around the world, and with more affordable $10-$15 bottles, you can choose one based on your budget.

Kozy’s/OpusIf you’re looking for the traditional dinner date (and looking to splurge on your significant other), both Kozy’s Restaurant, located at 3510 Loop Road, and Opus, in Northport, are offering spe-cial Valentine’s Day dinner menus Monday night for $79 per person. Each menu will have four courses with four selections for each course, featuring items such as pan-fried oysters, rosemary encrusted rack of lamb and pomegranate crème brulee. Both restaurants will be open from 5 to 9:30 p.m. on Valentine’s Day. Reservations are strongly recommended for either restaurant. You can reserve a table by calling Kozy’s at 556-0665 or Opus at 722-2191.

PieLab

If you’re looking for a more alternative Valentine’s date, PieLab might be the place for you. Though it’s a bit of a drive – about 40 minutes from campus to Greensboro’s Main Street – the prices alone make it worthwhile, with home-made pie for $2 and coffee for $1. The combination of café, forum for discus-sion and design studio provides a casual atmo-sphere for you to spend a few hours chatting with your date. PieLab is open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

CW|Drew HooverCarpe Vino offers a wide wine selection

Submitted PhotoPieLab in Greensboro provides a casual atmosphere for a Valentine’s date.