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Michelle D. AmaralNews Editor

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Searching for a stimulat-ing scienti� c environment? According to a recent survey, there’s no place like home.

In a survey conducted by “� e Scientist” magazine, UAB was ranked � � h in the nation when readers were asked to rate their workplace on features such as quality of mentorship, salary, and tenure opportuni-ties. � e survey, entitled, “� e Best Places to Work in Aca-demia,” revealed that overall, scientists on campus are partic-ularly enthusiastic about their level of pay and the resources that are available to them; many also enjoy a good deal of job satisfaction.

“I personally knew UAB is a great place to work, but to get

the national spotlight shown on us was like going to a BCS bowl game for [the] scienti� c community here on campus,” said Mick D. Edmonds, presi-dent of the Graduate Student Association.

Edmonds, a graduate stu-dent in the Department of Pa-thology, feels that he made the right choice when he decided to move across the country from Washington to attend UAB.

“� e University’s training environment has allowed me to interact with world experts in my � eld of study, and compete and receive a fellowship from the Department of Defense.”

UAB’s � � h place ranking comes as an enormous jump from last year’s rank of 47. Much of this advancement is at-tributed to the school’s interdis-ciplinary style of research that pulls together scientists from a

variety of campus departments to study a certain topic. In this way, each department brings its own expertise to the table.

According to graduate stu-dent Marcienne Wright, there are currently over 20 Interdisci-plinary Research Centers in the UAB Joint Health Sciences. She feels this type of environment fosters cutting-edge research.

“� e collaborative struc-ture of these centers has led to ground-breaking discoveries and therapeutic applications. For example, the UAB Athero-sclerosis Research Unit, which is a part of the UAB Center for Aging, includes faculty with backgrounds in compu-tational structural biology and informatics, biochemistry, and physiology. Research from fac-ulty in each of these disciplines has contributed to the develop-ment and therapeutic use of a

class of mimetic peptide drugs designed to treat vascular dis-ease. � ese drugs are currently in early stage clinical trials.”

One UAB student � nds heightened inspiration for his work as a result of collaborat-ing with other labs.

“My overall work experience has been great … everyone I’ve worked with is so helpful,” said Sean Markwardt, a graduate student in the Department of Neurobiology. “It’s also excit-ing for me to be developing collaborations with other labs. It really motivates me as a sci-entist.”

UAB President Carol Gar-rison, Ph.D., anticipates that this � � h-place ranking will aid recruiting e� orts to bring new students and faculty to the uni-versity.

“Students and faculty want to learn and work in support-

ive and creative environments,” she said.

Edmonds agrees and adds that the news will also serve to increase retention rates for the current UAB students.

“� ere is a huge increase in enrollment in the biomedi-cal/basic sciences right now because students are taking undergraduate science classes, becoming exposed to � elds of science where the knowns are outnumbered by the un-knowns, and deciding they would like to join those investi-gations,” Edmonds said. “When they ask their professors about the top places to do those stud-ies, undoubtedly the answer is UAB.”

In the midst of celebration, however, key issues still exist in the area of student health care.

“I can speak as a scientist, both from the perspective as

a UAB employee and a UAB graduate student, that UAB is a fantastic place to work,” said graduate student Rachel Gill. “My only complaint is in regards to graduate student medical bene� ts, but I’m con� -dent the UAB administration is working hard to ensure that the health of its students is not an a� erthought.”

Wright says that she would like to see more interactive methods that announce, among other things, discoveries taking place on campus.

“UAB Blazernet is a great portal for learning about the UAB research community. I’d like to see Blazernet incorpo-rate message boards for re-agent, equipment, and protocol exchange and develop campus-wide interactive blogs that re-view recent UAB advances in science research.”

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Willkommen! Ciao! Bon-jour! Hola! � ese are just some of the greetings students may have received at the vari-ous events organized all over campus during the nationally recognized International Edu-cation Week Nov. 14-21.

� e week is an annual ini-tiative by both the U.S. De-partment of State and the U.S. Department of Education to promote international ex-change, mutual respect, and understanding among people around the world, according to this year’s press release from Secretary of State Condoleez-za Rice.

However, each institution

that participates has the ability to interpret that goal in the way it deems best. UAB’s events were o� cially organized by the Study Away O� ce in co-operation with International Scholar and Student Services, but many di� erent o� ces and departments helped bring the week’s events to fruition.

� e UAB Recreation Cen-ter sponsored a World Cricket tournament and a U.S. vs. World soccer game at the in-tramural � eld, as well as an International Climb along the indoor climbing wall.

“It’s like a � ag trail,” said International Student Services Advisor Stacye Fraser about the wall. “� e Campus Rec Center has worked with us for several years.”

Fraser attended most of the

events and was especially im-pressed with the daily “Inter-national Cuisine at the Com-mons on the Green” events. � e international kitchen at the Commons featured a dif-ferent country and o� ered a di� erent international dish each day. With foods from Nigeria, Lebanon, India, and more, it was de� nitely a step up from standard fare.

International Chef Jeker-rius Williams, while tossing onions and cooking beef for a Japanese Gyudon bowl, said he had really enjoyed cook-ing the di� erent international foods.

“We gave them the recipe for couscous,” said Interna-tional Studies senior Kristen Co� ey, who with Internation-al Studies major Adam Smith

wrote students’ names in Ara-bic upon request.

Friday at the Commons featured Japanese culture. Ori-gami and Japanese calligraphy were available at tables in the common area. Passers-by could even try on a traditional kimono. Volunteer Sonoko Fukagawa � tted chemistry freshman Simone Ridgeway with the customary garment.

“I love their traditions,” said Ridgeway. “I’m actually think-ing about a Japanese minor.”

Fraser indicated that not only were UAB students get-ting a taste of international tradition, but that internation-al students would get a taste of American tradition Friday night as the o� ce teamed up with the local South Highland Presbyterian Church for a

massive � anksgiving dinner.Another highlight of the

week is the international photo contest, which is in its fourth year at UAB. Each year, faculty and sta� , international students, and study-abroad students can submit photos from their travels.

� e winners get published in a calendar or on note cards that are sold at the Internation-al Student Services o� ce with the hopes that enough money will eventually be raised to sponsor a scholarship.

“Our whole goal is to help expose students to the world!” said Fraser. “It’s really nice that [all the participants] take the time to put on these exhibi-tions for their fellow students and the faculty and sta� of the campus.”

Blazers experience culture during education week

� e right to freedom of speech is guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Con-stitution of the United States, but in practice that right is of-ten subject to interpretation.

Should a pro-life group be allowed to display photo-graphs of aborted fetuses and compare them to the tragedies of the Holocaust? Should a fra-ternity be permitted to dress their inductees with hoods and masks and march them around campus because it is tradition? Should we tolerate a reverend who preaches dam-nation to passers-by through a megaphone outside the class-room? Students addressed these types of issues at an open forum in the Hill University Center on Nov. 17.

� e forum “Free Speech: Should you be able to say anything on campus?” drew a room full of interested stu-dents and sta� . A� er a brief introduction from Tomas Al-exander, director of Student Involvement and Diversity, Ja-mie Grimes, the moderator at the event, passed the pressing question around the room.

“I think we should be able to say whatever the [expletive] we want to,” said UAB alumnus Jon Paolone. “I’m a big believ-er in free speech … Generally, you have to keep the bounds of tolerance open as much as possible to be exposed to dif-ferent viewpoints, including those which you may � nd hor-ribly o� ensive.”

But Assistant Director of Student Involvement Jason Meier disagreed.

“When your freedom of speech competes with that ability [of students to grow academically] there is a

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Derrick Dean, Ph.D., an associate professor in UAB’s Department of Materials Sci-ence & Engineering, is always excited to hear about the ac-complishments of his stu-dents. He is most certainly proud to be the graduate advi-sor to Keith Green, who, along with a graduate student in the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, received a $24,000 fellowship from the Alabama Space Grant Consor-tium, a participant in NASA’s National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program.

“I am happy to advise students who are capable of competing for and winning support for their academic studies from an outside source such as NASA,” Dean said.

Dean, who initially made Green aware of the opportu-nity, sees his achievement as highly bene� cial not only to his advisee, but also to UAB.

“� is is a de� nite posi-tive for our department and the School of Engineering, because it signals that we are producing good students and the research being conducted is relevant to the high tech ap-

plications of NASA.” � is year’s award makes

Green a second consecutive recipient, and he couldn’t be more thankful.

“I’m grateful that this award has allowed me to pur-sue my dream, which is to earn a Ph.D. in materials en-gineering,” Green said.

He envisions himself in the future working at a NASA research facility or teaching in academia, and he believes that receiving this award will help him draw closer to that vision.

“� is award has also broad-ened my horizons of potential employers that I would like to work for,” said Green.

Green’s fellow recipi-ent, Douglas White, is in the physics Ph.D. program and is researching Laboratory Stud-ies of Carbon Dioxide Ices in Support of Spitzer Space Telescope Observations. He is straightforward in revealing how his monetary award will be used.

“Obviously, this money will provide food, shelter, and oth-er bare essentials with which I can survive and be physically able to perform my duties as an astrophysicist,” White said.

� e ASGC also granted $1,000 scholarships to three of

UAB’s undergraduate physics students. Alexander Vaughn, Clayton Kelleher, and Frank Perkins are all seniors who will continue their education with post-graduate research.

� e 50 students who re-ceived either ASGC scholar-ships or fellowships were hon-ored with an awards luncheon inside of the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville on Nov. 14.

Charles Meegan, Ph.D. and a NASA astrophysicist, gave a presentation during the lun-cheon on gamma-ray astro-physics, which White said was “very interesting.”

John Gregory, Ph.D. and director of the ASGC, pre-sented certi� cates and gi� s to students. A� erward, tours were given of the MSFC, dur-ing which time Kelleher said they were able to see space-cra� being constructed and some glimpses of NASA’s fu-ture objectives.

� e ASGC is a� liated with seven Ph.D.-granting uni-versities statewide, including Tuskegee, Auburn, and South Alabama. One of its primary stated goals, according to Program Director Debora Nielson, is to inspire, enable,

UAB’s Integrated Market-ing Communications class teamed up with EdVenture Partners and Chevrolet to cre-ate a real-life marketing cam-paign for the car company.

According to a press re-lease about the event, the students created an in-class working marketing agency called Green Tie Promotions, which has been responsible for researching, implement-ing, and evaluating an inte-grated marketing campaign. � e campaign is aimed at cre-ating awareness and interest amongst the target market for their client, Chevrolet.

Trista Cox, a marketing student and member of the

Integrated Marketing Com-munications class, joined her 17 classmates to create a cam-paign to promote Chevrolet’s line of environment- and gas-friendly automobiles.

“[Green Tie Promotions] held an event in the Mini Park on Nov. 11 to promote Chev-rolet and to raise money for the Jimmie Hale Mission, and we held mini events during the Homecoming bon� re and foam party,” said Cox.

� e o� cial media release about the Nov. 11 Mini Park event states that the students’ primary goal was to commu-nicate Chevrolet’s commit-ment to help make a di� erence in the world. � e students did this by showing their audience that Chevrolet is a forward-thinking company pursuing multiple, real-world fuel and

energy solutions.According to the press re-

lease, the Mini Park event also included free food, a sumo wrestling activity, games, mu-sic, and more. � ere was also a ra� e that gave students the chance to win mp3 players, GPS systems, and even a Nin-tendo Wii. Chevrolet provid-ed vehicles for display, and so students could interact with them. A Chevrolet represen-tative was also on-site to an-swer questions. � e students decided to make an impact on the Birmingham area by raising funds for the Jimmie Hale Mission throughout the campaign since the mission seeks to transform the lives of troubled men and women in Birmingham.

� e UAB students formed Green Tie Promotions as part

of the Chevrolet Marketing Program, which is managed in conjunction with Chevro-let by EdVenture Partners in Orinda, Calif.

“EdVenture Partners is a marketing consulting � rm that partner corporations and government agencies with real-world marketing or re-cruiting problems with col-lege campuses,” said Jennifer Hershiser, account manager of EdVenture Partners. “As the EVP Chevrolet account manager, I am the liaison be-tween the class and Chevrolet that works with both to ensure that Chevrolet’s marketing objectives for the Chevrolet College Marketing Program are met and exceeded.”

� e Chevrolet Marketing Program involves � ve select schools in the Southeastern

United States, which this year includes UAB. � e schools are competing against each other to win the Scholastic Achievement Award for the best campaign throughout the program. � e winning agency, according to the pro-gram’s objectives and mea-sured results, will present their campaign results at the Chevrolet Southeast regional o� ce, in Alpharetta, Ga., in December.

“I really look forward to hearing whether we’ve won,” said Chris Carpenter, leader of Green Tie Promotions. “I think we have a pretty good chance of winning, we just want to make people more cognizant of what Chevy has to o� er.”

The best works of art cre-ated by students in the UAB Department of Art and Art History are on exhibit at the UAB Visual Arts Gallery at 900 13th St. S., Nov. 14 - Dec. 5 at the Juried Student An-nual Exhibition. Juror to be announced. Free. Call (205) 934-0815.

The display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt will be held at the Blazer Hall Residence Life Center Dec. 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is sponsored by Safe Zone, Student Housing and Resi-dential Life and SHAPE. The display of the three sections of the AIDS Memorial Quilt is part of a global commem-oration of World AIDS Day, Dec. 1. Free. Contact Debbie Margette at (205) 975-4412.

Discussion Book Dialogues. Michele Forman and Rosie O’Beirne, of the Center for Urban A� airs, will present student ethnographic � lms “Food to Fuel” by Rachel Thompson & Jim Warnock and “Saved: The Story of the Watercress Darter” by Ingrid Pfau & Linh Tran Dec. 18, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., in the Blazer Hall Community Center. Free. A complete list of Discussion Book activ-ities can be found at http://main.uab.edu/Sites/DOE/ECR/discussionbook/45047/.

ASC Kids’ Club presents “A Dickens Vest Pocket Christ-mas Carol,” an original ASC theatrical production, Dec. 7, 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., pre-sented by the Alys Stephens Center, 1200 10th Ave. S., Birmingham. Tickets are $7. Part of the ASC Kids’ Club Series. For more informa-tion, call (205) 975-2787 or visit www.AlysStephens.org.

Second City’s Dysfunc-tional Holiday Revue, Dec. 14 at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., presented by the Alys Stephens Center, 1200 10th Ave. S., Birmingham. Tickets are $65, $45, $35 and $25; students $20. Part of the Beyond Comedy Series. For more information, call (205) 975-2787 or visit www.Alys-Stephens.org.

UAB Jazz Ensemble con-ducted by Steve Roberts. Dec. 2, 7 p.m., Alys Stephens Center’s Jemison Concert Hall, 1200 10th Ave. S. Free. Call (205) 975-2787.

UAB Department of Music Student Recital, Dec. 3, noon, UAB Mary Culp Hulsey Recital Hall, 950 13th St. S. Free. Call (205) 975-2787.

UAB Jazz Ensemble, Dec. 5 at 3:30 p.m., Alys Stephens Center’s Jemison Concert Hall, 1200 10th Ave. S. Con-ducted by Steve Roberts. Free. Call (205) 975-2787.

UAB Middle School Honor Bands Concert, Dec. 6 at 3 p.m., Alys Stephens Center’s Jemison Concert Hall, 1200 10th Ave. S. Free. Call (205) 975-2787.

Christmas at the Alys, Dec. 7 at 3 p.m., Alys Stephens Center’s Jemison Concert Hall, 1200 10th Ave. S. Join the UAB Department of Music choirs as they present this holiday favorite. Free. Call (205) 975-2787.

UAB Wind Symphony, Dec. 12 at 3:30 p.m., Alys Ste-phens Center, Jemison Con-cert Hall, 1200 10th Ave. S. Conducted by Sue Samuels. Free. Call (205) 975-2787.

Class competes in Chevy marketing campaignHannah K. WebberSta� Writer

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Arguably, the biggest is-sue in the nation today is the economy.

No matter what status you hold in society, the slumping economy is having an impact on everyone.

In response to the situa-tion, many people have de-cided to enroll in business school.

A research study by Ka-plan Test Prep and Admis-

sions shows that “75 percent of business schools report [the] admissions process is more competitive from three years ago.”

“Our survey was of ad-missions o� cers at business schools, not colleges’ under-graduate business depart-ments/programs. In order to attend a business school and get your MBA you have to have � rst graduated college,” said Russell Scha� er, senior communications manager at Kaplan.

Mainly in business, law and graduate schools, there has been nearly a 45 percent increase in interest.

Kaplan surveyed a total of 245 business school admis-sion’s o� cers and found that a lot of graduate schools are opening up more seats for the profession.

Liza Weale, director of Graduate Programs for Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions, said the in� ux of students into the graduate programs is a “historical trend” and when

the economy is in shambles, these programs become more popular.

“Many students and young professionals view business school, law schools, and grad-uate school as safe havens to ride out the challenging job market and come out even more employable,” she said.

Weale does not know how long this trend will last, but says experts predict this eco-nomic crisis will go well into next year.

If this should happen, then

applications for admissions will get more complex and competitive for students.

Most requirements for business schools include a GMAT score, undergraduate GPA, work experience, and letters of recommendation.

One UAB student believes the increased enrollment in business schools is actually due to the breadth of oppor-tunities the � eld o� ers.

“I think there is an increase

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Graduate degrees rise in failing economy

NASA recognizes students at Space Flight CenterJared A. SuttonSta� Writer

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see NASA, PAGE 3

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A team of students from the UAB Department of Phi-losophy placed second at a regional ethics bowl in St. Pe-tersburg, Fla., against 18 other teams.

� e UAB team beat other teams such as Emory, the U.S. Naval Academy, and West Point. � is year was the � rst year a team from UAB com-peted in the ethics bowl.

� ere were seven students who competed in the bowl. According to Gregory Pence, professor of philosophy and team leader, much prepara-tion went into this ethics bowl.

“We had about two dozen UAB faculty grill us and serve as guest judges,” Pence said. “In fact, the UAB judges were harder than the real judges.”

Jennifer Ghandhi, a team member, says students were chosen, in part, based upon their performance in previous class debates.

“Last spring, in Dr. Pence’s honors seminars, we used the debates as a method of learn-ing about ethics,” she said. “� is summer, Dr. Pence de-cided to enter a team in the Regional Ethics Bowl compe-tition, and I had enjoyed de-bating last semester so much that I decided to be in his class this semester. For the � rst few weeks of class this fall, we de-bated each other in teams of four or � ve. Given our level of performance up to that point in the class, our e� ort and participation in class debates,

our participation in debates in previous bioethics seminars, and our chances of being able to participate in the competi-tion another year, [myself] and four others were chosen for the starting team.”

Daniel Sandlin, another member of the team also ex-plained how he was chosen.

“Everybody on the team was a part of the Early Medi-cal School Acceptance Pro-gram, under the direction of Dr. Pence,” he said. “I had read about the ethics bowl and most of my philosophical study at UAB has concerned ethics, so it was naturally an interesting subject to me. Ad-ditionally, I have always en-joyed debating and a� er a few debates, I was hooked.

Another team member, Khushboo Jhala, agrees.

“We had a freshman EM-SAP seminar course, and then Dr. Pence sent out an e-mail saying that the EMSAP course was also the tryout course for the team,” Jhala said. “In class, we had debates and we had preparation and he picked the top � ve based on a series of debates.”

Pence explained that the questions asked in the com-petition related to ethical problems.

“� ere was a question about single women in the military; would they lose cus-tody of their children?” Pence said. “We also had a case on the Somali pirates.

Jhala explained that they knew the cases beforehand and could do research before-hand.

She also said they could

not bring any materials to the competition.

“It made things easier in the sense we knew what we were going up against, but I think the main hard part about it was that we didn’t have any material in front of us while we were debating. � e information we had to re-search had to be in our heads,” Jhala said.

Pence also explained how the team was judged.

“We were judged by wheth-er we enumerate the main ethical issues,” he said. “It was really important to say, ‘My � rst ethical issue is, my sec-ond, my third’. We were also evaluated [on] whether we fully considered other points of view. We were also evaluat-ed on whether we bought up irrelevant stu� , and we were also evaluated on whether we were logical, intelligent, and persuasive.

Because of the team’s placement, they will advance to the national competition in Cincinnati on March 5.

from ECONOMY, page 2

from NASA, page 2

Ethics team takes second

SPEECH, from page 1

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“We track our fellows for 5 years a� er they leave the pro-gram, and we know that many immediately take jobs with aerospace companies and with U.S. government labo-ratories, including NASA,” Nielson said.

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Applications for the 2009-2010 academic year will be available in December.

For more information about the ASGC, or how to apply for a scholarship or fel-lowship, visit www.uah.edu/ASGC/index.php.

in the number of students at UAB is not so much because of the economy, but the great op-portunities it o� ers and the pres-tige of the school of business,” said Kevin Tigg, a business mar-keting major in the UAB School of Business. “� e business � eld is also very broad and a degree in business is more � exible than

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problem,” said Meier. “� ere is a problem when protes-tors show up in front of your classroom and force photos of aborted babies or scream [ob-scenities] at you when you’re trying to go to class.”

Generally, most of the stu-dents in the room believed that there should be reason-able guidelines for the extent of free speech, especially when the message is o� ensive. But that raised another question.

“I want to know who that person is to rule and regulate what we say,” said Coordina-tor of Judicial A� airs Debbie Morgette.

� e attendees suggested self-regulation, common sense, and even a school committee that would be responsible for the regulation of free speech, but collectively, no suitable so-lution could be agreed upon.

� e � nal question from the moderator drew attention to a more extreme form of free speech.

“How many people think

that UAB should allow a group of Ku Klux Klan members to have a rally on campus?” asked Grimes. “What about Al-Qae-da?”

� e room fell silent for a moment.

� en Black Student Aware-ness Committee advisor Sunni Solomon said, “� e organiza-tion has a history of violence toward a signi� cant popula-tion of students at the univer-sity! As a university, I think that there is an expectation that we protect our students from harm.”

� e room mostly agreed, but again the question of who should decide what the limits are to free speech was raised. Alexander pointed out that some students had suggested the use of a collective moral compass.

Meier spoke up. “Just because the commu-

nity feels a certain way doesn’t mean it’s right or it’s equitable,” he said.

Grimes closed the forum by thanking the participants for their attendance.

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Unless you have no contact whatsoever with a television or have been living under a rock — or a co� n — you’ve no doubt caught wind of the “Twilight” phenomenon.

Posited as � lling the void le� by the Harry Potter � lm series, which was relocated to next year, “Twilight” seems like a can’t miss, at least with the legions of teenage girls (and their moms, who should know better) who worship at the alter of creator Stephenie Meyer. � ough her quadrilogy — just completed with the publication of the � nal entry “Breaking Dawn” this past summer — may not have grossed the multi-billions of J.K. Rowling, it’s certainly struck a chord.

Ever the intrepid reporter, I braved the murky waters of the � rst book in the series, “Twilight,” as preparation for seeing the movie. (Full disclosure: Yes, I am one of those people that thinks the book is nearly always better.)

Much to my surprise, the book hooked me right away, which probably has much to do with my being in the past an Anne Rice and “Bu� y, the Vampire Slayer” addict, and therefore, primed at the pump to fall for this sort of thing already.

� ose allusions are as good a reference point as you could ask for, having clearly been big in� uences on the series, but “Twilight” sets itself apart in a number of ways. Namely, it’s not quite as sexually active (at least at this point of the story) as Rice, or as tongue-in-cheek as “Bu� y.” � is is teen + vamp love played straight, with maximum angst, to say the least.

� e story begins when the mature-for-her-age Bella (Kristen Stewart) opts to relocate to the small town of Forks, Wash., from the decidedly sunnier climes of Phoenix, Ariz., in order to give her newly remarried mom some space and avoid being a third wheel.

Moving in with her like-minded father, who also keeps mostly to himself, Bella su� ers the expected � sh-out-of-water growing pains, but rebounds pretty quickly, as the notoriety of being the sheri� ’s daughter won’t allow her to be le� alone for long. She bonds with the eager-beaver puppy dog Mike (Michael Welch, formerly of “Joan of Arcadia”); the sassy, sexy Jessica (newcomer Anna Kendrick, a star-in-the-making); and reconnects with her sweet childhood pal Jacob (Taylor Lautner, late of “My Own Worst Enemy”), among others.

However, it’s the mysterious Cullen and Hale clans that really pique her interest, with their pale skin and supermodel looks, particularly loner Edward (Robert Pattinson, a.k.a. “Cedric Diggory” from “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”). All are foster kids “adopted” by one Dr. Cullen and his wife Esme, though not in the traditional sense. As you’ve no doubt surmised by now, the crew is entirely comprised of vampires, but the beasties don’t stop there, as — spoiler alert! — there are other creatures roaming the landscape, including implied werewolves, setting

the stage for a future turf war, a la the “Underworld” � lm series, only on a smaller scale. � e trouble begins when a crew of vamp outsiders rumbles into town and starts killing humans, including the wild card James (“O.C.” refugee Cam Gigandet) and his feral-looking girlfriend Victoria (super-sexy Rachelle Lefevre, from, amusingly enough, “Big Wolf on Campus”).

James notes Edward’s a� ection for Bella and a showdown between the two is a foregone conclusion. Meanwhile, Bella is still trying to wrap her head around the existence of things that actually do go bump in the night, much less being in love with one of them. � e scene where she goes to meet Edward’s vamp-fam is priceless, resulting in the funniest such scenario this side of “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?,” only with Bella as the potential “Guess Who Could End Up As Dinner?” � ough the � lm could stand a little more levity of this sort, it’s probably wise it keeps such moments to a minimum, lest they upset those aforementioned die-hard fans. Still, there are times the � lm verges on parody, especially early on, as Edward tries to � ght his impending feelings for Bella.

Fortunately, the � lm rights itself each time it verges on losing its way, which is no doubt the doings of � lmmaker Catherine Hardwicke. � at � lm’s co-star and co-scripter Nikki Reed also pops up here in near-unrecognizable blonde form as one of the vamps, the feisty, protective Rosalie Hale.

Given that the two have worked together on all but one of Hardwicke’s � lms, the well meaning stumble “� e Nativity Story,” perhaps she should consider Reed a good luck charm, as both “� irteen” and the entertaining “Lords of Dogtown” featured the talented actress.

Indeed, those � lms make Hardwicke the perfect choice for the “Twilight” series, as she has shown incredible aptitude for � lms that primarily feature teen boys and girls. She gets teens in a way few directors do these days. In short, she makes them feel true to life instead of feeling like some Hollywood version.

Kudos should also go to the excellent, o� -breathtaking, cinematography of Elliot Davis, an old hand at this sort of thing, thanks to one of his early � icks, the cult classic “Vamp.” (Davis also worked on all of Hardwicke’s previous � lms, so he may be a good luck charm in his own right, “Nativity” notwithstanding.) � e cast is everything a fan of the books could hope for, what with the strong casting of Stewart, an actress I’ve been following for some time, thanks to such guy friendly endeavors as the sci-� hoot “Zathura,” the underrated horror � ick “� e Messengers,” and the true-life adventure story “Into the Wild.”

She radiates intelligence, as well as beauty, and nails the complex emotions that so many fans related to from the book. Ditto the appropriately swoon-inducing casting of Pattinson, who threatens to go o� the rails at any time, performance-wise, but never quite does, no doubt because of Hardwicke’s skillful direction.

� ose guys groaning at the thought of all this romance should know that there’s also a fair amount of action to be found, including an exciting climax and some ni� y special e� ects. Not to mention featuring hotties for all tastes, what with Stewart, Reed, Lefevre, and Kendrick (who’s like her generation’s Lacey Chabert) onboard, not to mention adorable Christian Serratos as a — be still my heart — newspaper writer. � e end result is a little like “� e Lost Boys” from the perspective of a teenage girl, and I do mean that as a compliment.

Only time will tell if the series proves as popular as the books, but this is as close to a slam-dunk as you’re likely to � nd this season, that’s for sure. Word is Meyer, who has a brief cameo here in a local diner, fumbled the � nale, but having not gotten that far in the series, I can only say that, either in book or � lm form, “Twilight” is a trip worth taking. Besides, what the naysayers don’t get, the teenage girls — and yes, even their moms — understand.

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Vampires have made a comeback — and not just in the sense that they are roaming around despite being dead.

� e “Twilight” franchise has become insanely popular among people of all ages and HBO’s “True Blood” has a massive following with the more mature audiences. Both the � lm and HBO series are based on books, the “Twilight” series by Stephenie Meyer and “� e Southern Vampire Mysteries” by Charlaine Harris, respectively.

“Twilight” opened Friday to crowds who bought tickets in advance and waited in the colder-than-usual weather, thereby proving extreme devotion to a story about a girl, Bella Swan, and her love for one very undead teenager named Edward Cullen. Meanwhile, in the comfort of their living rooms viewers are able to tune in on Sunday nights to watch Sookie Stackhouse, a Louisiana waitress, adore and lust a� er Civil War veteran-turned-vampire, Bill Compton.

� ese vampire hits are hugely successful, and have near-obsessive fan bases. I’m fascinated at the presence of stickers and shirts reading, “I love Edward Cullen!” and “I Want to Get Bit.” � is begs the question, what do people see in vampires? What is the appeal of the undead as romantic interests?

I’ll be the � rst to admit that the actors portraying Edward Cullen and Bill Compton are pretty hot, but the thought of vampires as boyfriends is beyond me. So what if they never age? � eir timeless attractiveness would only end up making you feel insecure about having picked up wrinkles and gray hair during the human aging process. And anyway, what girl really wants her guy to be better looking than she is? In pursuing a relationship with a vampire, you can forget about going on any picnic

dates, what with the

whole dying-in-the-daylight factor? No strolls in the park on a gorgeous a� ernoon, and de� nitely no waking up to a pancake breakfast in bed. On the subject of food, dating a vampire also means giving up garlic. Don’t plan on enjoying any dinner dates at Olive Garden or Macaroni Grill. I think Taco Bell and Wendy’s are the safest bets, and luckily they are both open late.

In fact, the “Twilight” vamps don’t eat at all, though they do feed on animals — their blood, that is. So, if you’re a big-time animal lover, or a card-carrying member of PETA, they’re probably not the best dating material.

Apparently, vampires don’t do well with silver, either, according to Bill on “True Blood.” It burns them. So, for all you silver-loving girls, jewelry made out of it will be out of the question when spending time with your undead love.

Obviously, you won’t be receiving any silver necklaces, bracelets, or rings as tokens of a vampire guy’s love, as they can’t so much as touch the stu� .

Oh, and a visit to the church on Sunday mornings for all you Christians is probably not in the cards, given the vampires’ deathly allergic reaction to cruci� xes. I understand that some people are into rough stu� when it comes to hooking up, but with vampires that concept is taken to an entirely new level. Biting — not nibbling — is almost a sure thing. � ose fangs are extremely sharp, and I’m pretty sure they sink in deeper than would be considered pleasant. In my opinion, Edward Cullen and Bill Compton, as handsome and charming as they may be, are not suitable for romantic relationships with the living. Eventually that excitement of being with a 200-year-old smoking-hot undead dude will wear o� and you’ll be le� with nothing but a bunch of nighttime trysts and bites much worse than any mosquito’s.

Not to mention he’ll probably leave you for a hot vamp chick who doesn’t age once you get old and grey, if not before! Me, I think I’ll pass, thank you very much, and take my chances with the living.

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Kristin Stewart plays Bella Swan, a teenage girl who falls in love with vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) in “Twilight.”

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With the country falling in love with vampires all over again with the release of “Twilight,” good gossip is hard to � nd.

But, there’s always a bunch of strange stories � oating around that, although they aren’t technically related to the sparkling stars of Hollywood, are interesting nonetheless.

� e � rst story comes from the land Down Under, Australia, courtesy of www.NineMSN.com and www.Telegraph.co.uk.

David � orne, a seemingly normal citizen (later con� rmed to be a serial prankster, if you can believe it), attempted to pay an overdue bill with a crude drawing of a smiling spider.

In a series of e-mails that have quickly spread across the Internet, � orne attempts to pass o� his childish drawing as an item worth $233.95, the amount of his overdue bill.

Jane Gilles, the woman who responded to � orne’s e-mails on behalf of her company, kept her cool by telling � orne politely that he could not pay his bill with a drawing, even a� er � orne insisted she rejected the drawing simply because it did not have the correct number of legs.

At one point during the correspondence, � orne sent an out-of-o� ce reply stating that he was “travelling through time” and would be “returning last week.”

� e series of e-mails ends with � orne informing Gilles that is was silly of him to attempt to pay a bill with a spider drawing.

Gilles later e-mailed � orne saying that she was laughing through the whole correspondence, and I don’t blame her. � at spider drawing alone is enough to make you laugh (does anyone remember the amateur sketch of Mobile’s leprechaun?).

In the same vein as those cleverly askew people such as � orne, our favorite dark pair, Johnny Depp and Tim Burton, are teaming up again (according to www.artistdirect.com, www.reuters.com, and www.cinematical.com) for Burton’s version of “Alice in Wonderland,” set to be released in 2010.

� is time, Depp is gearing up in a lot of creepy makeup and donning a di� erent personality — with that Depp � air, of course — as the Mad Hatter. It’s not Jack Sparrow, but I’m sure this role will � nd a way to show Depp’s talent, as every role usually does.

Pictures of Depp in full costume are � oating around the Internet, and I must say, it’s a strange combination of Willy Wonka and Edward Scissorhands, and I wonder if that is what I should look forward to in Burton’s latest project?

Depp to portray Mad Hatter


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‘We Have Signal’ makes a triumphant return to televisionAlyssa MitchellPhoto Editor

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Director Matt Whitson, a music technician graduate from UAB, and his brother James Whitson take Kaleido-scope on a behind-the-scenes look at the first recording of the indie music program in months.

“We took some time off to get more funding for a Web site, but now we’re booked through the end of the year. Otherwise, there is no expo-sure for new music or indie music that is so big here. It is

not on commercial radio and it is certainly not on MTV,” Matt Whitson said.

Variety is a key phrase for the show, dubbed “Birming-ham’s Austin City Limits,” even if all of the perform-ers fall into the category of rock’n’roll.

“We are both freakish mu-sic consumers so when we first started this project we compiled a list of bands that play at Cave 9, but we decided that Bottletree was edgier and was a better fit for APT audi-ences,” Matt Whitson said.

“We have Signal: Live from

Birmingham,” records weekly at the Bottletree Cafe, which is known for its broad spec-trum of musicians.

“There is a lot of indie, psychedelic and ‘out-there’ folkish stuff we have record-ed. We would like to do a hip-hop act, and they had one the week before we started shoot-ing but we couldn’t scramble a crew quick enough to film it,” Matt Whitson said.

Another reason why the Whitson brothers choose the cafe is that it represents a cultural shift in Birmingham society.

“Bottletree is the new-school Alabama. It is steeped in Southern tradition, but it is thoroughly modern. The mu-sic played there is good, and Bottletree is great and under-represented,” James Whitson said.

From their first recording of the Fiery Furnaces in Feb-ruary, to their most recent re-cording of Teen Getaway, the brothers have had a fun time creating the show.

“I started out thinking I would play bass and shoot bands, and then I got a job at APT as a video editor and it

just made sense for a guy with a musical background to start something like this,” Matt Whitson said.

“People were in the right place to make this great, and I’m doing something with music which is something I love, so I keep doing it,” James Whitson added.

All of their hard work is starting to pay off. According to James Whitson, people out-side of Alabama know where the cafe is located and bands are skipping Atlanta to have the chance to take the stage at Bottletree.

“We want to bring this mu-sic to a new audience, and the bands we show are generally interesting enough to hold viewer’s attention without skipping through the channel. This is something for younger people to fill the void between kids shows and the programs for older adults,” Matt Whit-son said.

James Whitson has high hopes for the show’s future.

“If it blows up and becomes an institution unto itself, and bands come here just so we can film them, that would be great,” he said.

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Issues of race, injustice, iden-tity, choice, politics, faith and the unconscious are all on display cur-rently at the UAB Visual Arts Gal-lery for the 2008 Juried Student Annual Exhibition.

Walking into the gallery, at first glance you notice there are no names or titles on any pieces. Each piece is specifically numbered so that viewers my use a list of works reference sheet to scan through for artist name, piece title, and price.

Viewers also notice more ob-viously two various pieces that are small installation sized pieces hanging from the ceiling. Both pieces appear to invite viewers to an investigation through self, faith, and identity.

Likewise, the various student pieces along the first walls of the front room treat viewers to the past, present, and future minds of UAB student artists. While some artists investigate methods of tor-

ture or enslavement by the govern-ment or select groups, many art-ists are interested in the apparent form of the objects and the world around them.

Based on the juror’s selection for the four awards of distinction, the main focus of this year’s work did not center on painting or one particular method of expression, but more on the investigative po-tential behind particular pieces.

Using Jonathan Gann’s Untitled as an example, the piece appears to be a wearable shirt. It seems to stand strongest in that fact and no matter where the eye leads after that realization, the point of wear remains constant.

Since his piece presents the viewer with selected fragments of the Bible manipulated into a shirt, the viewer is asked to imagine could or would they wear such a literal covering and wearing of the Scripture? Again, the focus is on investigation, not particularly method, though method clearly plays heavily into this piece’s im-pact.

Leslie Sharpe, an AT&T fellow and assistant professor of Digital Art at Indiana University, Bloom-ington, served as this year’s 2008 Juried Student Annual Exhibition Juror at UAB, as well as lecturer.

Sharpe’s lecture centered on the ghost in the machine, the un-heard and unseen messages from the world we believe is dead or too robotic to have a obvious physical presence.

Her thoughts and feelings on her pieces are best served by her writing as they present her full ideas as a collective unit to absorb.

During her lecture she spoke of her early art in painting and how she slowly transitioned to multi-media sculpture and then eventu-ally to digital multi-media. Her art now speaks mostly of this digital ghost in the machine and human-to-machine interaction.

The works featured in the pic-tures are all “student” works she chose for the exhibition. The final selections of art for the exhibition will be on display until Dec. 5 at the UAB Visual Arts Gallery.

Visual Arts Gallery hosts student work

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Johnathan Gann’s Untitled blends clothing and Bible scriptures.

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On Nov. 4, California voters passed Proposition 8. Many people were surprised by the outcome of the vote, and now want the courts to overturn the decision. Though only Californians could vote on Proposition 8, the issue of same-sex mar-riage has lead to questions about how we see marriage in this country, and how we’ve come to define it.

Back in May, the Cali-fornia state Supreme Court voted to overturn the state laws that banned marriage between same-sex couples, and thousands of gay couples got married.

Proposition 8 was a Cali-fornia state ballot proposition to amend the state constitu-tion to restrict the defini-tion of marriage to a union between a man and woman.

The reasons why so many people are opposed to gay marriage varies, but I’ve heard some people say that they believe that same-sex marriage would undermine the institution of marriage. Essentially, some people’s idea off marriage would be tarnished, if gay people were given the right to marry.

I know that many Chris-

tians believe that homosexu-ality is forbidden according to the Bible, and therefore the idea of same-sex marriage should not be entertained.

However, some people simply believe that the word “marriage” has always been a union between a man and woman. From the many ob-jections I’ve heard concern-ing same-sex marriage, they all stem from the word “mar-riage.” Some people wonder if the word “marriage” were not used, but same-sex couples were given the same rights as a married couple, would that be acceptable.

I think many gay couples would say “No, we have the right to be married.” They too want this symbol of commit-ment.

There really doesn’t seem to be that great of a difference in the reasons why people want to get married, gay or straight. They simply want to commit themselves to another person, for whatever reason.

It seems to me that some-times, especially with the issue of same-sex marriage, the word “marriage” has been glorified. I guess this would be fine, if our actions actually seemed to support this view of marriage.

Let’s face it, for many years this country has seen a high divorce rate.

When the divorce rate seemed to be declining, it seemed to be because less people were getting married in this country, opting to simply live with their signifi-cant other.

Many people would say that they would consider marriage a “sacred” union, but not all of them get mar-ried in churches. In fact, not all of them are married by ministers. You can go to the courthouse to get married, you can even go to Las Vegas and get married by an Elvis impersonator if you’d like.

There are even drive-thru chapels now, where people can go through a drive-thru, if they’re in a hurry, and get married. Some people will simply get married on a whim, knowing they can an-nul the marriage or divorce rather easily. Many people’s “passion” for the sanctity of marriage, doesn’t seem to re-ally translate to how they are actually living.

At one point in this country’s history, interracial couples were not allowed to marry. I can only imagine the reasons given for that decision, or maybe some didn’t feel it required reason-ing. In the late ’60s, the U.S. Supreme court struck down the law forbidding inter-racial marriage, but many states still had it as part of

their constitutions. In fact, Alabama didn’t take the law off the books until 2000, and there weren’t an overwhelm-ing number of voters who voted to do this.

If you were to ask several different people to define marriage, you would be likely to get several different an-swers. I would also guess that many of the responses would be far more “romanticized” than they would be if you would have asked the same question 100 years ago.

So many people seem to accept the idea of people marrying for convenience or money, or pretty much any reason, as long as the couples are not gay.

I guess I’m saying that it seems odd to me when people say they want to “preserve” the word “mar-riage,” as if same-sex mar-riages would somehow taint the institution of marriage. I think heterosexual couples have already done that, and for many years.

I think this battle over the issue of same-sex mar-riage will continue for quite a while. In fact, in Califor-nia, the Supreme Court has agreed to review the legal challenges to Proposition 8. This whole issue of same-sex marriage seems to come down to semantics, perhaps more than anything else.

‘Marriage’ fight just semantics?

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This weekend is Thanks-giving Day weekend. When we think of Thanksgiving,

some of us will be looking forward to football. Some of us might be looking forward to lots of

good food. Others may look forward to spending time with friends and family we don’t see very often.

What is special about Thanksgiving, though, is that it is a holiday not about reli-gion, or about someone who did something famous long ago, or any of those things. It is simply a day we take out of all the others to celebrate that for which we have to be thankful.

In our modern, more than slightly cynical society, it is more common to aggrandize the negative. Cynical, in fash-ion terms, is the new “black.” So a holiday celebrating the things we have to be thankful for may not be embraced, but it should be.

Even if you don’t agree with current President George Bush, we can be thankful that since 2001 we haven’t had another terrorist attack on our country. Even if you didn’t vote for cur-rent President-elect Barack Obama, we can be thankful that we have elected a leader who’s presidency will go far in narrowing the divide between minorities in our country.

We can also be thankful for the smooth transition of leadership we enjoy; unlike so many other countries where new leadership is often the result of, or results in, violence and upheaval.

Perhaps this is the real

message we should take from Thanksgiving, not only to be thankful for the things it’s easy to be thankful for, but to be thankful for those things which go unrecognized.

The war in Iraq has been going on for many years now, but just this month the final agreement was made between our government and the Iraqi government to bring all our troops home in just 36 months. No matter where your sentiment toward the war lays, this agreement is one for which we can all be thankful.

The economic news hasn’t been very good lately, but with gas prices dropping steadily and economists predicting consumer prices to decline in the upcoming months — especially with Christmas around the corner, this is something for which we can be thankful .

Closer to home, here at UAB we can now see the results of years of work and

planning — not to mention some incredible inconve-niences to the student body — the campus green, the recreation center, the com-mons, plus new classrooms, new dorms, and a new park-ing deck have all finally come into being.

When I talk to my father, a UAB alumnus, he tells me stories of a time when UAB was simply a few buildings in downtown Birmingham with a fledgling basketball team.

Now UAB has a football team, a soccer team, and is one of the largest employ-ers in the state of Alabama. Certainly these are things for which we can be thankful.

So as you spend time with family and loved ones this Thanksgiving Day, remem-ber to give thanks not only for those things for which it’s easy to be thankful, but to also be thankful for the things which may go un-noticed and unappreciated. You’ll feel better if you do.

A time to count one’s blessings, large, small, obvious, obscure

Cynically Speaking by Jared Sutton

Surely everyone knows by now that President-elect Obama has been speaking with Sen. Hillary Clinton about the position of Secre-tary of State in the Obama cabinet. By the time you read this a decision may have been made, but assuming that isn’t the case let’s examine the pros and cons of this idea.

The ProsA large portion of the vot-

ers in this country thought Clinton was qualified to be president, so the support is definitely there. She has been in the White House before as first lady and knows a little about how things are run in the Oval Office, thanks to her husband Bill, who most peo-ple think was a pretty good president — he left office with a 60% approval rating, which is double what George Bush has at the moment.

She has foreign policy experience and commands respect both in Washington and throughout the world. Her plans for health care and education reform are similar to Obama’s, and she could help him implement such changes more quickly if working from within the White House. Depending on whom you ask, this could help her in any future bids for the presidency of the United States.

The ConsHaving Clinton in an

Obama administration may awaken some sore feeling some of the country may have from the last time a Clinton was in office.

As someone who has been in Washington for a long time, she could undermine Obama’s message of change.

Again depending on whose opinion you are hearing, it could cripple her chances of running for president again in the future (this may not be a con for everybody).

Some fear that Obama has already appointed too many members of the former Clinton administration and that this will solidify an Obama presidency as Clinton 3.0 instead of the new politics of hope and change that was promised on the campaign trail.

Obama has already said that Clinton was on his shortlist for vice president and has mentioned many, many times how much he admires and respects the Clintons and has called Clinton a “valuable asset” on more than one occasion. It remains to be seen just how important she will be in the coming years.

Pros and cons of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton


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This is the week that the entire state of Alabama stands completely still as the rest of the world revolves.

The Thanksgiving leftovers billowing out of everyone’s re-frigerator will mean only one thing come Saturday: the Iron Bowl has officially arrived.

It is a rivalry so fierce in nature that Sports Illustrated actually dubbed it the No. 1 rivalry in all of college foot-ball as the new millennium approached.

But the last 10 years have dramatically altered that per-ception as the Crimson Tide has struggled to find continu-ity among its coaching staff, establish a true identity as a program, and just simply muster winning seasons.

It really has been sad to witness the decline of the im-portance of a game previously so synonymous that Keith Jackson’s career was defined by calling the play-by-play.

The once legendary match-up, best known for featuring two perennial top-25 teams battling for SEC supremacy in the CBS spotlight, has man-aged to find itself being pro-moted as the Raycom game of the week during the past decade.

The annual collision be-tween the Tigers and the Tide may have lost some of its lus-ter on the national stage, but right smack-dab in the great state of Alabama, the Iron Bowl always has and always will be a way of life.

Regardless of what Ala-bama or Auburn’s overall re-cord, current ranking, or con-ference standing is, one thing that is more certain than death and taxes is the fact the game won’t be decided until the fourth quarter.

Only four Iron Bowl con-tests over the course of the last 25 years have been decided by more than 10 points.

The thrill of owning 365 days worth of bragging rights is the ultimate compelling factor for the players when they snap on the chin-strap and compete to bring home the Foy-ODK Sportsmanship Award.

Alabama currently owns the best overall record in the series with 38-33-1 ad-vantage over Auburn, but it is the Tigers who will come into Bryant-Denny riding an unprecedented six-game win-ning streak over the Crimson Tide.

As a matter of fact, Bear Bryant probably turns over in his grave every day realiz-ing that Auburn — “the cow college from down the road” — has somehow managed to become the more consistent and dominant program in this state since his retirement. Auburn has owned Alabama during the last quarter cen-tury, posting a 16-9 record.

But the Tigers recent suc-cess mauling the Tide appears to be in serious jeopardy as the opening kickoff approaches.

Even though Christmas won’t be celebrated until Dec. 25, St. Nick has already made an early visit to Tuscaloosa this year and hand-delivered Alabama an undefeated 11-0 record heading into the big-gest game of the season.

A win over Auburn would be that special little

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The UAB men’s basketball team had a busy week trav-eling across two time zones while picking up three wins. The players gave credit to the strength and conditioning program for keeping up the team’s stamina.

“It was very tiring, but we we’re fully prepared for it with our strength and condi-tioning coach [Lou DeNeen] and trainer [Brian Koch],” said senior forward Lawrence Kinnard. “It was great know-ing we could fight through fatigue and get quality wins against quality teams.”

The Blazers started the week with a trek to Tucson, Ariz., to take on the Santa Clara Broncos. The Blazers edged out the West Coast Conference foe 64-61.

UAB trailed by seven at halftime, but the Blaz-ers turned up the heat in the second half to outscore the Broncos by 10. The win set up a matchup with Arizona, who beat Florida Atlantic 75-62 in coach Russ Pennell’s debut.

Robert Vaden scored a

game high 23 points, includ-ing 3-of-7 beyond the arc. Vaden made all eight free throws and grabbed nine re-bounds.

Senior guard Paul Delaney scored 20 points and pulled down five rebounds with a pair of steals and assists.

“[Santa Clara] is very dis-ciplined. They’re a team that plays really hard,” said Kin-nard. “We stayed with our de-fensive scheme and came up with some stops in the end… that’s what helped us come out with a win.”

The next game pitted the Blazers against the regional host Wildcats. Delaney is the last remaining member on the 2005 team that suffered an 85-63 loss to Arizona. UAB faced an Arizona team that is in the midst of a transi-tion after Lute Olsen’s sudden retirement.

UAB started off hot as they shot 50 percent from the field in the first half. The Blazers were 7-of-14 from three-point land while Ari-zona could only make 2-of-10 from downtown. They were rewarded for their hot shoot-ing with a 41-31 point lead at the break.

“We got off to a good start, but we let them get back in the game,” said Vaden. “We fought hard for 40 minutes.”

Arizona stormed back and made a game of it in the second half. Arizona outshot the Blazers 46 percent to 39 percent in the second half, but lost in an odd fashion. Sophomore forward Jamelle Horne was whistled for an in-tentional foul with 0.8 second remaining as Delaney tried a prayer from past half court. Delaney made one-of-two, and iced the game with an in-bound pass for the win.

Horne clearly didn’t rec-ognize the 71-71 tie on the scoreboard at the time of the foul.

Arizona outrebounded the Blazers 47-29. Junior forward Jordan Hill played like a beast on the post with his 13 points and game high 22 rebounds for the Cats.

Vaden led the way for the Blazers with 20 points, five re-bounds and three assists.

Kinnard added 16 points and 8 rebounds for the Blaz-ers, including 4-of-10 from downtown.

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Senior forward Lawrence Kinnard takes a jump shot against host team Arizona. The Blazers beat the Wildcats 72-71.

UAB men’s basketball opens season at 3-0

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UAB’s defense held East Carolina to 278 total yards, but could only muster 258 of their own despite quarterback Joe Webb’s efforts.

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The UAB basketball team left Mobile with a sour taste in their mouths following a 77-64 loss to in-state foe South Alabama.

South Alabama won the rebounding battle 50-45 against the Blazers. South Al-abama displayed a solid effort on the glass, pulling down 22 rebounds.

“We made some mistakes tonight. We didn’t rebound as well as we should’ve, and be-cause of that we gave up too many second-chance points off of offensive rebounds,” said coach Audra Smith.

The team dug themselves into a deep hole after trailing by as many as 18 points in the first half. They managed to make some shots and narrow the lead to 12 as the Jaguars took a 45-33 lead into half-time and didn’t look back.

Both teams played to a

standstill in the second half as the Jaguars cruised to an easy win. One reason for the team’s loss was 21 turnovers in comparison to South Ala-bama’s 16.

“We also had too many turnovers, especially early in the game,” said Smith. “Hope-fully, we can learn from this game and move on.”

Junior guard Fatiha Salaam tied for a team high 16 points with a pair of rebounds and assists on 5-of-9 shooting.

Tamika Dukes nearly scored a double-double effort with nine points and a game high 11 rebounds. Like Jones, Dukes struggled offensively with a 4-of -18 effort from the field.

Guard Shakira Nettles scored a game high 17 points and recorded three assists on 7-of-11 shooting, including 3-for-5 from downtown in the winning effort

Senior guard Jessica scored 16 points but shot a disap-pointing 5-of-16 from the

field and missed all eight of her three-point attempts. She shot a solid 6-of-7 from the free throw line and grabbed six rebounds.

Senior Karina Sproal tal-lied 15 points on 5-of-10 shooting, five rebounds and three assists. She was three out of five from the three-point line.

The Blazers lost for the second time in a week as they were belted 79-57 by Char-lotte on Friday night.

The Blazers took a 30-28 lead with a little over six min-utes remaining in the first half, but the 49ers 16-6 run at the end of the first half gave Charlotte a 44-36 advantage at halftime.

Charlotte’s 7-0 run in the first two minutes of the half blew the game open as Char-lotte led 51-36. The 49ers nev-er looked back and cruised to an easy 22-point win over the Southsiders.

UAB didn’t have many an-swers against the former Con-

ference USA foe. The Blazers lost the turnover battle again as they gave the ball away 20 times compared to Charlotte’s 12 in the crushing defeat. Smith says the team needs to improve on the turnovers and rebounding in order to com-pete this year.

“After tonight, we have things we need to go back and work on,” said Smith. “We need to do a better job re-bounding, especially not giv-ing up on the offensive boards. We also have been turning the ball over too much. We need to take care of the ball.”

Dukes scored a team high 16 points on 7-of-16 from the field and tied for a game high nine rebounds.

Jones struggled from the field again as she scored 14 points on 5-of-18 shooting while dishing out four assists and grabbing three rebounds.

Sophomore guard Amanda Petersen scored 13 points, but struggled with her shooting while shooting 4-of-11 from

the field and 3-of-9 from be-yond the arc.

Junior guard Aysha Jones dominated for Charlotte with 22 points on 8-of-11 from the field, four rebounds and three assists.

Junior forward Erin Floyd chipped in with 16 points on 5-of-12 shooting and five re-bounds.

Junior forward Ashley Spriggs scored 12 points and recorded three rebounds and three assists.

According to Smith, she’s proud of the team’s never-give-up attitude, but admits there is still a lot of work to do.

“I am proud that this team did not give up tonight,” said Smith. “But, we have some work to do to get better.”

Charlotte improves to 3-1 on the season while UAB falls to 1-2 on the season. The team will be back in action on the eve of Thanksgiving as they battle the Auburn Tigers in Bartow Arena at 7 p.m.

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UAB nearly made the C-USA East standings very interesting heading into the final game of the season. In-stead, the Blazers could not score on their final drive of the night against East Caro-lina and lost 17-13 at Legion Field.

A UAB win would have put them in a five-way tie for second place in C-USA’s East Division, and only a game be-hind first-place East Carolina. Despite how bleak this sea-son has looked for the Blaz-ers, they were one possession away from creating that kind of chaos heading into the last week of the college football season.

It looked as if UAB was on their way for such a scenario when quarterback Joe Webb led the Blazers all the way to the ECU 40-yard-line with

less than two minutes remain-ing. Instead of marching into the end zone, however, UAB committed their lone turn-over of the night when Webb’s pass deflected off the hands of Zach Langford and into the thankful grasp of ECU’s Pierre Bell to seal the victory for ECU.

“I’m proud of the way we played all the way till the end,” said UAB head coach Neil Callaway. “We made too many mistakes to win the football game, though. It was all phases of the game. Where we are at as a football team, there’s not a lot of margin for error.”

UAB’s focus entering the game seemed to be to limit their mistakes and establish the run, which was evident by the play call selection during the opening quarter: 15 run plays and three pass attempts.

The game plan looked as though it would work to per-fection when UAB drove 60

yards on their opening pos-session for their only touch-down of the night. The drive was capped by a 3-yard Webb improvised scamper into the end zone.

Webb finished the game with 75 yards rushing on 15 attempts, while throwing for 116 yards and completing 11-of-25 pass attempts with no touchdowns and an inter-ception.

UAB’s defense played per-haps their best game of the season, forcing the first of their five turnovers on ECU’s first offensive play of the game. ECU’s Davon Drew caught a pass for 26 yards before Keon Harris stripped the ball and Matt Taylor jumped on it for the Blazers.

Despite the good field po-sition, UAB could not find the rhythm they had on the opening drive, going three-

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The Tide will more than likely be a 14-point favorite when the Tigers visit Bryan-Denny in what very well could be Tommy Tuberville’s final game.

It’s no secret that the 2008 campaign has been a disaster more cataclysmic than Ka-trina on the Plains. Auburn enters the Iron Bowl with its first losing record since Tu-berville left Oxford in a pine box.

On the surface, you might assume Auburn would be the team coming into the game tighter than a lug-nut on a tire due to the fact that the Tigers appear to be playing to

keep Tuberville on the side-lines at Jordan-Hare. But it’s actually Alabama who may be wound up more than a music-box because a loss in the Iron Bowl would ultimately de-stroy any chance they have at holding up the crystal trophy in Miami.

With the uncertainty of Tuberville’s job hanging in the balance, and Nick Saban’s return to the championship podium a distinct possibility, there is more riding on the outcome of this rivalry than ever before.

The national pundits be-lieve Auburn has less of a chance of winning than a blind man finding a needle in a corn field, yet those same pundits are also convinced Alabama appears more un-sinkable than the Titanic.

Maybe this year’s game will go a long way toward restoring the glory years of what once was known as the No. 1 rivalry in all of college football.

Will this year’s outcome be judged as karma or fate?

As the sun begins to set and the moon begins to rise, the play clock will tick down to zero, and the only sig-nificant thought to cross any Alabamian’s mind will be the final verdict reading on the scoreboard in the end zone of Bryant-Denny.

Thanksgiving will officially be over, indicating it’s Iron Bowl week in Alabama, and everything else in life that isn’t associated with football will become irrelevant once the coin is tossed at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday afternoon.

Terrence Roderick once again provided a big boost off the bench. He scored 12 points and pulled down 6 boards on 5-of-9 shooting.

“The Arizona win was a great game. We threw the first punch at them and they responded. We kept fighting, digging and clawing. We were very ecstatic with the win.”

The Blazers headed back to the East coast on Saturday afternoon to take on the Old Dominion Monarchs at Ted Constant Center. This win pushed UAB’s record to 4-0 on the season.

Old Dominion didn’t seem to find a solution to UAB’s of-fense as the Blazers shot 63 percent from the field in the first half. They also made 8 of 10 trays from downtown. The Monarchs still had an array of hope after the Blazers took a 10-point lead at halftime.

Both teams struggled from the field as Old Dominion shot a freezing 24 percent from the field in the second half to help secure the 15-point win for

the Blazers.“[Old Dominion] hit the

boards hard and we know Oklahoma will do that. We need to focus on rebounding on a team,” said Vaden.

Vaden scored a game high 28 points and tallied 6 re-bounds. He shot an amazing 8-of-13 from downtown.

Kinnard came up big with 17 points and a game high 10 rebound double-double. He made 8 of his 13 shots from the field.

Delaney scored 15 points, and recorded five rebounds and five assists in the win.

Junior guard Marsharee Neely scored 14 points and 8 rebounds on a tough 5-of-13 shooting day.

Junior forward Jonathan Adams was one point shy of double-double. He scored nine points and grabbed 10 rebounds.

The Blazers did a good job in recording a convincing win in a trap game before facing the 12/14 ranked Oklahoma Sooners.

“Old Dominion is a good team in an environment with a crowd,” said Kinnard. “We showed a good effort because

a lot of teams would’ve looked ahead. We wanted to make a statement that we weren’t looking ahead.”

Next up on the itinerary is the Oklahoma Sooners at Madison Square Garden in New York on Nov. 26 at 8 p.m. The Blazers will face either Boston College or Purdue regardless of a win or loss. If they lose, they’ll play in the consolation game at 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 28. If they win, they’ll play in the champion-ship game at 2:30 p.m. on the same day.

“It will be very exciting [to face Oklahoma],” said Kin-nard. “Arizona was exciting and the Oklahoma game will be the same excitement. This is what we’ve been working on all summer. We’ll give it all we’ve got and hopefully we’ll come out with a win.”

Griffin will be going into the game as one of the hot-test players in the country following his dominating per-formance against Gardner-Webb. He scored 35 points on 14-of-20 shooting, pulled down a remarkable 21 re-bounds, dished out five assists, and recorded three steals.

“Griffin is perhaps the number one pick in the [2009] draft. He is one of the most big-time players,” said Vaden. “Oklahoma is one of the best teams, but I think we’re up to the challenge.”

and-out their next five pos-sessions, while ECU scored their first touchdown midway through the first quarter when quarterback Patrick Pinkney found Drew from 10 yards out to tie the game at 7-7.

Drew was the difference maker for ECU in a game dominated by defense. The senior tight end caught sev-en passes for 95 yards and a touchdown to lead all receiv-ers.

UAB would not put to-gether another significant drive until their final posses-sion of the half, which started with a Kevin Sanders leap-ing interception at the UAB 39-yard-line.

It was Sander’s sixth pick of the year, good for first place in C-USA. More importantly, the interception moves the senior cornerback into a tie for second place on UAB’s all-time list with 14, just two short of the record.

The Blazers drove the ball all the way to the ECU 3 and were faced with a fourth-and-one with 1:22 left in the half. Instead of lining up and run-ning a play, UAB opted for

trickery, which resulted in an illegal shift penalty and forced a 26-yard field goal. Chip shot, right? Wrong, Swayze Waters missed the field goal and the game was tied at the break.

After the teams swapped field goals in the third quar-ter, Waters made his second field goal of the night, this time from 27 yards, to give UAB a 13-10 lead with 14:12 remaining in the game.

The game appeared to be shifting decisively in favor of UAB when Nic Davidson re-covered a Pinkney fumble on their next play from scrim-mage at the ECU 42. The Blazers once again could not convert on the good field pos-session and missed their best chance to put away the game when Webb overthrew a wide-open Rashaud Slaughter with only green between him and the end zone.

ECU made the Blazers pay for their mistake when they put together a nine-play, 55-yard drive capped by a Brandon Simmons 2-yard run to give ECU the lead with just 2:20 left to play in the game.

UAB now travels to UCF for the final game of the sea-son Saturday at noon.

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Sun-day’s Conference USA Vol-leyball Championship, which featured the league’s top two teams, lived up to its billing. Top-seeded Tulane and No. 2 seed UAB went back-and-forth for two hours before the Green Wave outlasted the Blazers, 3-2 (25-20, 19-25, 25-9, 20-25, 15-6).

UAB (25-6) had been the only C-USA team to defeat Tulane (27-5) this season. The Blazers earned a five-set win Oct. 5 when the teams met in Birmingham. The 15-6 margin in that final set was the same score UAB lost by Sunday.

“I think any time these two teams step on the floor, it is going to be a battle,” UAB head coach Kerry Messersmith said. “It has been that way in the

three years that I’ve been here. We just didn’t get a lot of of-fensive productivity today, so we struggled. Tulane is a great team, and you have to play great to beat a great team.”

Ivana Bozic led the UAB charge with her 18th double-double of the season, posting 17 kills and 13 digs. Nevena Stefanov handed out 26 assists in the match, and Aleksandra Vujovic led the Blazers in digs with 21.

Stefanov and fellow senior Lilly Domingos represented UAB on the all-tournament team.

In Sunday’s match, the Blaz-ers overcame a decisive third-set loss by bouncing back to take the fourth set, forcing a fifth and decisive frame.

Tulane, however, re-grouped and jumped out to an early fifth-set lead. The Green

Wave held an 8-4 lead when the teams changed sides and opened their advantage up to five at 11-6 on a Jen Linder kill.

A UAB time out could not stop the momentum. Tulane came out of the break and served out the match with five straight points. A kill by Bridget Wells on match point sealed the win.

“For whatever reason, to-night wasn’t our night,” Mess-ersmith said. “We had a good weekend, and these seniors have accomplished so much. They won one championship and have been runner-up in two. I just can’t say enough about how proud I am of these kids.”

Sunday’s contest marked the fourth straight year the C-USA Championship final has gone five sets. UAB has been

involved in the last thee tour-nament championship match-es, winning the title in 2006.

“You just have to give a lot of credit to our seniors because they are the ones who have led us here all three years,” Messer-smith said. “I know they were a little disappointed because you want to win your confer-ence championship, but we told them there is nothing to be ashamed of. We have three trophies to prove it, and we’re hopefully not done yet.”

The final verdict Sunday overshadowed a solid fourth set for UAB. The Blazers were on the brink of defeat after dropping a 25-9 decision in the third. But UAB pulled things together to keep the match alive. The Blazers, which hit .467 as a team in their first-set win, posted a .394 hitting per-centage in the fourth.

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