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By Jordan CissellContributing Writer

Today at noon, University of Alabama students are invited to participate in the Not Isolated March, which will proceed from the Malone-Hood Plaza outside of Foster Auditorium to the Ferguson Center as a peaceful demonstration to raise aware-ness of minorities’ rights in the campus community.

“It is time to make a state-ment about our campus and the type of collegiate environment that we both have and desire,” said Sean Hudson, public rela-tions director for the Social Work Association for Cultural Awareness (SWACA), the group sponsoring the event in conjunction with several other campus organizations.

Though the march comes little more than a week after

the chalking of racial slurs on Moody Music Building, Hudson said the inspiration for the event arose much ear-lier, from racial slurs yelled on fraternity row in the spring semester of 2011, racial and gender slurs chalked on the Quad also in spring of 2011 and gay-bashing on The Strip in the summer.

Racial slurs spur march on campusMarch aims to promote moreinclusion between UA students

See MARCH, page 3

CW | Margo SmithFraternity members put on their best high heels and take part in the Walk A Mile in Her Shoes relay race sponsored by Alpha Chi Omega.

Sociology 101 was split into two separate sec-tions when students had to sit on the fl oor the fi rst day of class.

CW | Megan Smith

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Earlier this semester, hate speech incident directed toward the Mallet Assembly, the University of Alabama’s independent honors living facility, occurred on campus but garnered no public response from University offi-cials.

“Mallet has – unfortunately – been the recipient of some verbal harass-

ment for the past couple of years,” said Jeffrey Guenther, who teaches at the University and serves as the Assembly’s live-in faculty advisor. “This year has seen a marked increase in the frequency of incidents of verbal and physical harassment.”

Although hate speech is nothing new to members of the Mallet Assembly, Guenther and other members of the Assembly have witnessed an escala-tion of hate incidents in recent months.

“Ever since I was elected to the

position of Mallet’s Chairman of the Board of Governors, there have been times that vehicles have driven past the building and their occupants have yelled obscenities and derogatory comments toward Mallet and its mem-bers,” he said. “There have also been a number of pranks and an instance of theft of property.”

Guenther said the most disturbing event of the semester took place at the beginning of September, shortly after the Assembly’s Executive Committee

Meeting had adjourned.“I went to the front of the building to

see if anything was out of the ordinary because students had reported some

immature, shameful behavior originat-ing from across the street,” he said. “After opening the door and receiving anecdotes of what had happened while the Executive Committee Meeting was in session, I heard the first bout of inap-propriate, defamatory and discrimina-tory language first-hand. One or more individuals yelled a few phrases such as, ‘Mallet’s gay,’ ‘[Expletive] Mallet,’ and ‘Mallet faggots are going to die!’”

Mallet Assembly targeted by hate speechHostility between dorms escalates from verbal incidents to pranks resulting in student hit by car

“This year has seen a marked increase in the frequency of

incidents of verbal and physical harassment.”

— Jeffrey Guenther,Mallet Assembly’s live-in advisor

See MALLET, page 3

By Mazie Bryant Contributing Writer

As the campus population grows to 31,747 students, faculty and students alike have noticed an increase in class size to accommodate the escalating numbers. Overcrowding and uncom-fortable conditions in the classroom have become common complaints from students. “It’s hard not to notice how

crowded classes are,” said Susanne Treece, a sopho-more majoring in English. “Every student is sitting directly beside another stu-dent. Everyone is tightly packed into the classroom.” During the first week of the semester, classroom overcrowding was a larger problem due to miscom-munication issues between faculty members.

Overcrowding makes students cram into class

• What: Not Isolated March

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See CROWDING, page 3

By Kyle BorlandContributing Writer

The UA Men’s Wheelchair Basketball team will play an exhibition game against the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity as part of a fundraiser this Thursday, Oct. 20. Admission to the game is $5 and students can pay with their

Action Cards. All proceeds will go directly towards the WCBB team. The game starts at 7 p.m. in the Student Recreation Center. To make things more inter-esting the Phi Gam team, which has no wheelchair experience, will start the game with a 40-point lead. The WCBB said they hope for a large crowd

and recommended that people buy tickets in bulk. Sororities are encouraged to attend and will receive points from their

respective organizations if they do.

Men’s Wheelchair Basketball team takes on Phi Gamma DeltaIn an effort to raise money, the team will play an exhibition game Thursday

The Wheel-chair Bas-ketball team will take on Phi Gamma Delta this Thursday.

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See BASKETBALL, page 2

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Students wearing heels, both male and female, raced through obstacles on Colonial Drive Tuesday in an attempt to raise awareness of domestic violence. The event, called Walk a Mile in Her

Shoes, cost participants $10 with all pro-ceeds going towards Turning Point of Tuscaloosa, a private, non-profit corpora-tion that provides comprehensive quality services to victims of domestic abuse and sexual assault. Abby Grace Brown, the vice president of fraternal relations for Alpha Chi Omega, the group that hosted the event, said she

was pleased with the event. “We had a great turnout, somewhere between 350 and 400 participants came out from all across the UA campus,” Brown said. “We’re excited to have them here and to help raise awareness for domestic violence.”

See HEELS, page 3

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Dozens of leaded-glass windows and brass rail chains, door knobs and drinking water fountains at some of Disneyland’s most popular attractions expose children to high levels of lead, according to an envi-ronmental group seeking a court injunc-tion Tuesday to require the amusement park to cover the items or post health warnings. The Mateel Environmental Justice Foundation filed a lawsuit in Orange County Superior Court in April against Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S. Inc., alleging excessive levels of lead in such commonly touched objects as the Sword in Stone attraction, where Disneyland photographers encourage children to pose while pulling on the sword handle. Other objects include brass door knobs at Minnie’s House and stained-glass win-dows in a door at the entrance to a beauty salon in Cinderella’s Castle. Testing conducted in June and December for Mateel, called wipe testing,

aimed to mimic what happens when some-one touches lead-tainted items. In those tests, a volunteer wiped his hands with a laboratory version of a moist towelette, then touched windows, brass chains and door knobs throughout the park. In each case, the volunteer then wiped the palms and fingers of his hands with a second towelette, which was analyzed by an independent laboratory. The tests found hand lead exposures at the Haunted Mansion, Peter Pan Ride and Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride of 1 microgram, 9.75 micrograms and 5.82 micrograms respec-tively, Mateel said. A wipe sample taken from a stained-glass Pinocchio window in the dining area of Village Haus restaurant found a lead exposure of 350 micrograms, Mateel said. Under state law, warnings are required if exposure for average users exceeds 0.5 micrograms per day. Lead attacks the nervous and reproduc-tive systems, causes cognitive and behav-ioral changes and increases the risk of cancer.

Rotaract Club hosts Pink Out eventThe Tuscaloosa Rotaract Club is hosting a “Pink Out” event in support of breast cancer awareness tonight from 7-10 PM at The Red Shed. It is $5 to enter and all the proceeds

go towards Susan G. Komen for the Cure. There will be a live band and appetizers. Drink specials include $2 baby bombs, $1.50 domestic beers and $3 pitchers.

“This is something to kick off the sea-son and have a little fun,” said men’s and women’s wheelchair basketball coach Brent Hardin. “What our guys are going to do is spot the fraternity 40 points. They will probably beat them 80-40 or something like that.” JD Derby, a member of the WCBB, said the idea for this event origi-nally started out as a joke between team members a couple weeks ago. It continued to come up and eventu-ally they decided to make the idea a reality. “It was completely random and a joke but as we talked about it more, we realized that this could have some real potential,” Derby said. Each member of the team is required to raise $1000. Derby said he hopes this game will raise enough money to make it a staple fundraiser for the team in the future. “We are really hoping to make this a once-a-semester event on campus,” said Derby. The team said they hope not only to repeat this but also to be

able to expand it. “We have a lot of ideas for mak-ing this event even bigger. We real-ly want this to become something that students look forward to every semester,” he said. The WCBB will play about 35 games during the regular season and then travel to the National Intercollegiate Championship at the University of Illinois. The team said they want to improve themselves and their skills during trips to the Final Four, which they have reached the past two years, and aim to compete in the men’s championship game this season. “Most people that I talk to think our guys are favored to go pretty far this year,” Hardin said. “I wouldn’t be surprised to see our guys for a cham-pionship this year.” Hardin encouraged fans that have not witnessed to wheelchair basket-ball to come out Thursday and check out the team for themselves. “If they haven’t seen basketball before, people will be surprised with how athletic our players are,” Hardin said. “Our guys and our girls are some of the best athletes on campus.”

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Supporters of the march argue that discriminatory acts such as these impede students’ pursuit of education and growth at the University. The Black Faculty and Staff Association confirmed this assertion in an issued state-ment, saying that the display of such prejudices “perpetu-ates an unwelcoming and hos-tile campus environment.”

“This is not an isolated prob-lem,” Spectrum President Lauren Jacobs said. “This is not just about racism. There are problems with homopho-bia, sexism and other forms of discrimination.”

Adrienne McCollum, presi-dent of SWACA, said the best way to begin addressing the issue of discrimination at the University was to bring awareness to the campus community through mean-ingful demonstration.

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“Some overrides were given by well-intentioned staff who thought that the capacity for the classrooms had not been reached when in fact it had,” said University Registrar Michael George. “In each case, the class-room capacity was exceeded by mistake. These problems were resolved expeditiously either by moving the classes to larger classrooms or asking students to move to a different section that still had seats available.” However, even though the stu-dent body has increased dras-tically, the student-to-teacher ratio in 2006 of 19:1 was the same five years later in 2010. Due to good planning and execution, the University has been able to maintain the relatively low class-

room ratio, said Judy Bonner, executive vice president and provost. “As part of our plan to accom-modate the larger student body, we had the capacity to grow without the addition of any new classrooms by simply improv-ing our classroom utilization,” Bonner said. Since this situational accom-modation, smaller classes seem to fell the burden and uncom-fortable atmosphere of over-crowding more directly than larger classes. Smaller classes must find the space and seating to serve their students. “Some classes contain a ran-dom assortment of seating arrangements to fit the number of students,” Treece said. “Many times classes feel claustrophobic and tend to create an awkward proximity between students.” By contrast, some professors have noticed that, although

the student population at has increased, their classrooms are less crowded due to departmen-tal maneuvering. “Class enrollment has indeed increased over the past several years, commensurate with the student growth at UA,” biol-ogy professor Kim Caldwell said. “However, to accommo-date for this, the Department of Biological Sciences now offers more sections of each class so that all students who want to take the course have an experi-ence that is not overcrowded in our auditorium. In general, our department has opened more sections of several of our core curriculum courses to accommo-date student growth.” Unfortunately, some profes-sors notice that overcrowd-ing is not an important issue because of a decrease in stu-dent involvement throughout the year. Anthropology profes-

sor Elizabeth Cooper said she believes her classroom might feel uncomfortable if students attended class regularly. “If students were as enthusi-astic about class attendance as they were at the beginning of the semester, overcrowding may be more of a problem in my class than it is in reality,” Cooper said. If students are still uncom-fortable with the crowding of classrooms, office associate for the Honors College Yolanda Williams reminds students that with an average student-to-teacher ratio of 15:1, the Honors College is a great way to avoid the stresses that overcrowding can cause. “In the Honors College, class-es tend to be much smaller compared to their non-Honors equivalents,” Williams said. “We offer students a more individual approach to learning that is hard to find in other classes.”

Brown said although the topic is a tough one to talk about, it is important to continue to do so. “Many people don’t realize how many people are affected by domestic violence,” she said. Alabama ranked second in the nation in the rate of women killed by men, according to a study released last month by the Violence Policy Center. Further statistics showed that one in four women experience domestic violence in their life-times, according to a press release from Alpha Chi Omega. Jeremiah Knight, the direc-tor of customer service for Verizon in Huntsville, Ala., said he and Verizon were pleased to partner with the event to raise awareness of domestic vio-lence. He also spoke about HopeLine, Verizon’s program through which users donate cell phones they no longer use

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Wishing to diffuse the situ-ation, Guenther confronted some of the students about their behavior.

“I decided I would inform the group of students from which the verbal harassment seemed to originate about the possible repercussions of their behavior,” he said. “I walked over to the front of Paty – with two student residents of Mallet to serve as witnesses – to where that group was sitting, introduced myself as a faculty member and facul-ty-in-residence for the Mallet Assembly, and explained that their actions could be interpret-ed as creating a hostile environ-ment for students and a hostile work environment for myself.”

Guenther also informed stu-dents that such behavior could result in either the University Police or Student Affairs becom-ing involved in the situation.

After talking with the resi-dents of Paty Hall, the Mallet Assembly sign was stolen, Guenther said. A Mallet officer who tried to stop the theft was struck by a pickup truck at a low

speed. Also, two other residents of Mallet Assembly were physi-cally harassed.

As a member of the Mallet Assembly, Guenther said he is angered by the hate shown by some students toward the Assembly, but is unsure of their motivation.

“At times I get quite angry because I identify with Mallet, its residents and its officers,” Guenther said. “On the other hand, I wonder if the students engaging in harassing language and behavior fully comprehend what they are doing.”

Guenther said he believes the University has a responsibility to educate students about the dangers of hate speech.

“As an institution, I personally believe that UA has an obligation to educate students about what harassment and assault look like and the repercussions that engaging in acts of harassment and assault can have in the pro-fessional world,” he said.

As a recipient of hate speech, Guenther advises those who would use derogatory terms against a minority of any sort to think twice before doing so.

“Before using any word as a pejorative or spouting any

derogatory term for a racial, religious or sexual minority or person or group with any other legally protected status, realize that a person representing any one of those groups could be in your presence,” Guenther said. “Or, you could simply remem-ber this age old adage: Love thy neighbor as thyself.”

University faculty and lead-ers of campus organizations expressed disgust for hate speech targeting the Mallet Assembly.

“I am appalled at this behavior and hope that we can locate the students who are engaging in creating an unsafe environment for our students, faculty, and staff,” said Joshua Burford, pres-ident of the Capstone Alliance, the University’s professional organization for LGBTQ faculty and staff.

Many challenges remain for the University in solving the problem of hate speech against all minority groups, said Meredith Bagley, who teaches at the University and is part of the Capstone Alliance, Safe Zone and Spectrum.

“The University clearly has stern challenges around race-based hate speech on this cam-

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pus,” Bagley said. “However, we know that hate does not discrim-inate and thus our responses and awareness need to include the wide range of unfortunate and ugly actions taken by big-oted people.”

to them to be refurbished or recycled. The phones are then turned around and given to domestic violence centers. Since 2001, Verizon has raised about $8 million for HopeLine, he said. Knight announced the University would show a movie in the Ferg Theater on Nov. 14 entitled, “Telling Amy’s Story,” a documentary about a former Penn State student killed as a result of domestic violence. “We want as many people

as possible to know the signs of domestic violence,” he said. “Oftentimes, we may know someone who is experiencing this and fail to act. Events such as this one will help everyone be able to identify some of domestic violence’s warning signs and find the courage to act. “It’s all about getting excited and having fun, but to also real-ize that to walk a mile in her shoes is not so much fun,” he said.

“Everybody needs to come together, help raise awareness, and show that discrimination on any grounds is not acceptable,” she said.

Jacobs suggested taking the solution one step further. She proposed the creation of a forum to open up a dialogue on why these events occur and facilitate better understanding between students.

Both Jacobs and McCollum encouraged anyone interested in marching to come join in the demonstration. Poster-making meetings were held in the eve-ning on Sunday and Monday to get students involved early. Marchers will meet at the Malone-Hood Plaza at 11:30 to get ready and distribute signs before the march begins at noon.

“The whole purpose of this march is inclusion,” McCollum said. “We encourage all students to come out and show support

for making this happen, even if they’re not part of a minority group. Having everyone walking with us will speak volumes and show that people really care.”

McCollum emphasized that the march was not an effort to bash the UA administration or the student body, but rather to publicly address the issue, a sentiment shared by Hudson.

“It should be stressed that UA is not a bad campus,” he said. “However, there are a number of individuals who refuse to acknowledge the issues and help build a more inclusive cam-pus.”

Organizers predict the march will mark the first steps down the road toward a more accept-ing Capstone community.

“I believe that we can create a more harmonious campus envi-ronment,” McCollum said, “and the creation of that environment starts this Wednesday.”

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By Brad Tipper

A week ago, the Tuscaloosa News printed anarticle titled, “Immigrants fearing deportation makeplans for kids.” My first thought was that the title wasmerely stating the obvious. Wasn’t this “fear” that is being felt by members ofour community, though maybe not legal, the purposeof HB-56? What this article did illustrate was that thisbill’s effects are widespread across our state, and notjust as simple as ensuring that illegal immigrants arebrought to “justice.”

With the current state of the American economy,it is completely understandable for citizens and law-makers alike to not want to provide for people whoare not legal citizens of our country. This is an idea I not only understand, but alsoagree with. It is a ridiculous concept that a nationin as much debt as we are at the moment should beexpected to pump out money in the direction of ille-gal aliens. But what about the other side of it? As so manyhave used as a defense, it is true that in many casesillegal immigrants who work in jobs in our commu-nity do not pay taxes directly out of their paycheck,there are other areas where they must be subjectedto the same standards as legal citizens. Sales and property taxes, which bring the mostamount of revenue to the state, are still obviouslypaid no matter if you’re in our state legally or ille-gally. So what happens if 4 percent of a state’s popula-tion is no longer here to pay the two taxes that bringthe most amount of revenue to the state? You don’thave to be an economics major to understand that theamount of money coming in from both of these taxesdrops substantially as a result. This economic effect is not even including themassive hit that the agriculture, landscaping, foodservice, maintenance, and construction fields havetaken due to workers not showing up to work, andthe boycotts in these industries that have taken placein reaction to the bill. But the social impact that comes along with thisbill is the most concerning aspect. Though last weeka federal court struck down the parts that were themost unsettling, including the requirement for stateofficials to check the immigration status of studentsin public schools, the underlying social effects arestill evident. Parents, concerned about the possibility of beingforced to no longer live in our country, must makeplans and arrange legal documents to allow friendsand family to take custody of their children who areconsidered legal residents because they were bornhere. This problem arises only because parents wanttheir children to have a better life, the life in whichthey were seeking in coming to our great country.This law forces many to worry about the future of notonly themselves, but their own children’s as well. There are other social implications from thisbill. Victims of crimes are now hesitant to go to theauthorities because of the fear of being deported bysimply reporting the crime. No matter a person’slegal status, they should not be afraid to approach thepolice about a crime in which they were the victimsin the state of Alabama. I am an advocate of initiatives that decrease and/orcompletely stop illegal immigration, so in that aspectI do agree with our state’s commitment towardenforcing federal laws against illegal immigration.But this bill steps over the line. As a nation built on strong morals and freedom,I do not believe we as Americans can support lawsthat encourage racial profiling and instill fear intothe daily lives of individuals who simply wish to builda better life for themselves and their families. In the end, this bill has mostly only inspired nega-tive responses from across the nation, includingappeals of the law from numerous bodies includingreligious groups, civil rights groups, the Mexicangovernment and our own federal government. Is the social, economic and legal implications ofthis bill really worth having the toughest immigra-tion law in the nation?

Brad Tipper is a sophomore majoring in political sci-ence and economics. His column runs biweekly onWednesdays.

Immigration bill crosses line

By Ryan Davis

As a former member of the Million Dollar Band, I’ve experi-enced some hostile football envi-ronments. The 2008 Tide game in Death Valley was Nick Saban’s first time visiting LSU as Alabama’s head coach. Reportedly, some LSU faith-ful would spit before and after they mentioned his name. I counted over 200 middle fingers between entering campus and arriving at the stadium, and the MDB had to walk into the stadium through a police barricade due to the hostility of the fans. Tennessee’s Neyland Stadium, Auburn’s Jordan-Hare Stadium and Georgia’s Sanford Stadium all factor into my hostile environ-ments list. However, while LSU ’08 easily ranks first among my experi-ences of hostility and loathing, sec-ond place on my list might surprise you. Bryant-Denny. As an MBA student, I enjoy the privilege of sitting in the MBA block section, which is located next to Pi Kappa Alpha’s seating section. Now, due to some unusual circum-stances, I was later than normal in arriving at the stadium for the Vanderbilt game, and due to my section being full, I sat on the edge of the Pi Kappa Alpha block. Of course, this was after confirm-ing with stadium staff that all sec-tions were fair game for seating 45 minutes before kick-off. As expect-ed, a flood of pledges and their dates converged upon the section about 20 minutes before kick off, and some inebriated red-headed step child of a pledge pointed me out and demanded that I leave his section.

My friends and I responded calm-ly that, per block seating rules, we were within our rights to remain in the section, and that we weren’t moving. If he had a problem, he could consult with the police or Gameday staff and ultimately learn that we were right in our stance. I was utterly shocked (sarcasm) to discover that this civil alterna-tive was not the preferred course of action for this fine young and upstanding pledge. Instead, he response was as follows: “Well, if you want to stay, then that’s on you. You probably won’t enjoy it. Don’t be surprised if you end up with spit on your back or your face.” Another fraternity “nicely” warned me that I would probably be infuriated, if not humil-iated, by the time the game ended. Now, I’ve dealt with senses of entitlement, but this was ridicu-lous. I am unsure of how a young college student here gains the fool-ish gall to blatantly threaten other students at a game in which we are all present to support an athletic team…about a seat. He pushed my girlfriend before leaving to find his big brother, and I somehow man-aged to control myself in telling him to get away from us rather than taking violent measures. Over the next ten minutes, we were approached by an older Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity brother, a Homecoming Committee member and organizer (who said we should move because he hadn’t slept all weekend and he was late due to being at the President’s Mansion, like we were supposed to just give up our seats for his large, sweaty pleasure), and heard numerous sorority girls screaming lines regarding “f-ing GDIs” needing to leave.

We also noticed an SGA officer wearing his nametag while pouring alcohol from a disposable flask into a pledge’s cup. Fortunately, as we directed each of these hostile, over-ly entitled students to the stadium staff, they each were reminded of block seating regulations and given no choice but to let us be. Our fine red-headed friend did return a few more times, attempting to force us to leave. Ultimately, everything turned out fine. After all, the section was empty after halftime, as it always is. Life just has so many ironies. I won’t bore the student body or further arouse emotions by using this experience as a springboard to argue about the hypocrisy and stu-pidity of block seating. That argu-ment has been made, and is prob-ably pointless to perpetuate. However, I am appalled at the uninformed hostility that fellow Alabama students so easily display toward fellow students, over seat-ing, in spite of our being in compli-ance with block seating rules. Fraternities and sororities, if you are going to champion your unde-served special sections, inform yourselves on how they work. Try to make sure your pledges come just a few minutes earlier to the games if they want to sit down. Don’t make a pledge enforce atten-dance in your seating sections. Finally, to my fellow GDIs, go sit in your favorite fraternity’s section. Just wait until 45 minutes before kick off and go camp out. They probably won’t be there to stop you when you get there and they’ll only be at the game for about an hour anyway.

Ryan Davis is an MBA student.

By Wesley Vaughn@WesleyVaughn

As a public relations major, I feel it necessary to inform the Capstone about the purpose and practice of proper public relations in light of the University’s recent decisions regarding its legally questionable use of FERPA, President Witt’s cookie-cutter racial incident email and any other passive maneuver-ing in recent history. The Office of University Relations handles public relations for the University, and its goals are listed on its website’s home page. Here are the two that stood out for me: “To strengthen the sense of community, connection and loy-alty between UA and its key stake-holders.” “To increase the value that key stakeholders place on the ways UA fulfills its mission of teaching, research and service.” Those sound pretty great, right? Assuming that students do count as “key stakeholders,” that is. If not, the University’s lack of stu-dent acknowledgement makes absolute sense. As administrators love to say, though, it’s like this everywhere. To prove them wrong, I set out to find a higher education institution that strived to involve students as much as possible. The rampant cynicism on campus led me to believe that I would have to scour the entire country for just one school that fulfills my insatiable optimism. Capstonians, I am glad to report that I found such a place. Thousands and thousands of feet away from the University of Alabama sits Birmingham-

Southern College, our state’s pro-verbial and literal college on a hill-top. In a letter to Inside Higher Ed, BSC’s president wrote, “Caring for students, faculty, staff, and alum-ni cannot be simply sending out monthly missives on the state of the college or university.” But, BSC is still licking its wounds after an embarrassing and costly financial crisis. There is no way its president has enough time to actually show he cares. Let me guess, he walks around cam-pus and talks to everyone? Fat chance. He continued, “I spend at least two hours a day walking the cam-pus, visiting classrooms, eating in the cafeteria, attending sports practices and events, and simply talking to students, faculty and staff.” Excuse me as I eat crow. This guy must be some radical hippie taking over a distressed liberal arts college, right? Wrong. Gen. Charles Krulak, a 35-year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and former member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was named president of the college this past March. I know that Krulak is still in his

honeymoon period, and I know that Birmingham-Southern was looking for anyone to lift it out of its sorrow, but until his hir-ing afterglow wears off, we won’t know how successful he is in upholding his promises. I’m not even asking for or expecting that degree of com-mitment. I’m asking for actions beyond failed meetings with fra-ternity presidents, temporary discussions with campus leaders and manhandling of the student government. For his relative inexperience, Krulak recognized a PR problem and has sought to mend it. He may fall short of the lofty expectations he has erected, but at least he set out lofty expectations in the first place. Even if he fails, he should gain the respect of students on the way. He has already attracted rave reviews in the BSC student news-paper. I have to assume that is one of the ultimate goals of all university presidents – unless, of course, a university president disparages the student newspaper and refus-es to meet with its editors. Good call, President Witt and media relations. Because, as no PR pro-fessionals or textbooks will tell you, all good PR campaigns are run without the help of media out-lets. Although irritated students will graduate, their opinions will not. Until the administration and uni-versity relations accept their PR mistakes, one of the top PR pro-grams in the nation will ironically sit a block away.

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

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I am writing this letter to address my concernswith Matthews Elementary, a public school inTuscaloosa. Due to lack of funds and awareness, theelementary school is unable to supply its studentswith the proper supplies and help they need. After the April 27 tornado, Matthews Elementarylost many supplies and need help replenishing theirfunds. I worry that without help in raising aware-ness, the students at Matthews Elementary will notbe able to prosper and get a proper education. I want to thank Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority forholding a book drive for Matthews Elementary andsending supplies to the school earlier this year. Thissupport is a positive thing because other chapters ofKappa Kappa Gamma around the world are support-ing public schools in the same way. Providing moreinformation to University of Alabama students willhelp raise awareness for Matthews Elementary. I believe that by raising awareness for MatthewsElementary, the community will be able to gatherthe supplies needed and make the school a place forchildren to receive a proper education. Meghan Brantley is a freshman majoring in busi-ness.

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The Alabama Symphonic Band will be playing their first of four concerts of the year this Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Moody concert hall; the concert is free and open to the public. The Symphonic Band is a wind ensemble, much like an orchestra with added instru-ments such as trumpets and the like. Each musician plays more as a soloist within a large group, like a track and field athlete in the Olympics. This band, under the instruc-tion of Randall Coleman, the associate director of bands for the University of Alabama, and Adam Dalton will be perform-ing pieces by legendary march composer John Phillip Sousa and Ryan George. “It will appeal to everybody,”

By Jefferson Fabian

Take a nice, long look at those two clowns pictured with this article. What questions immedi-ately come to mind? I’ll go ahead and answer the big three: 1. Yes, they are in fact wear-ing bullet belts, 2. No, this is not KISS and 3. Sorry, but I really have no idea if they were seri-ous in this or not (though I hope they were). If you can truly view these individuals and think to yourself, “Hey, I could totally take something, anything these guys do seriously,” then you are a better man than I. With the best and most evil of holidays approaching rapidly, I introduce you to the most evil of metals: the black metal. Black metal as it is known today was born in the dun-geons (moms’ basements) of Scandinavia in the late 80s as bands like Norway’s Darkthrone, Immortal and Mayhem began taking the influences of 80s speed and thrash metal bands and morphing them into a grim, cold and entirely unique form. This new subgenre of metal is now known today by its extreme primitiveness and minimalism as well as its overbearing abra-siveness and bleakness. Another token characteristic of the genre is the propensity of the musi-cians to make the production of the music sound as ungodly awful as possible. Despite having such a distinct, polarizing sound, most of black metal’s international recognition stems from its often Satanic lyri-cal content and the genre’s noto-rious beginnings in the Norway black metal scene. In Norway, early pioneers of the style held

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Adam Bearden, a trumpet play-er for the symphonic band, said. Bearden, a junior majoring in music education, has been in the symphonic band for three years but has played the trum-pet for much longer, 10 years to be exact. The band practices twice a week, on Mondays and Wednesdays. “It’s really something we

can’t pull off,” Bearden said. After performing for three years, Bearden no longer gets nervous, just anticipatory. “I’m just ready to get out there and play music,” he said. His favorite piece of the performance is either Sousa’s “Nobles of the Mystic Shrine” or “Hymn To The Infinite Sky” by Satoshi Yagisawa. A trumpet player, Bearden enjoys Sousa because it is “quintessential trumpet playing”. “Melodies allow for bolder statements, but also softer, more melodical musical passages,” he said. Whatever they play, Bearden and the other band members, are confident in their reper-toire under the guidance of Mr. Coleman. “He is an excellent model for the music education majors in the ensemble,” he said.

staunch nationalistic and highly anti-Christian ideologies. Black metal fanatics, including both major musicians and fans alike, participated in over fifty church burnings during the genre’s peak years from 1992 to 1996, but that doesn’t even cover half of the bizarre, disturbing occur-rences of this time. However, if I had to pick one particular story that encompasses everything this movement was at the time, it’d definitely be this one about a little band called Mayhem. Mayhem formed in 1984 in Oslo, Norway, with their origi-nal vocalist Per Yngve Ohlin, or “Dead,” as he was known by band mates and fans. In 1991, Dead committed suicide in “an old house in the forest” that the band was residing in at the time. When fellow band mate Euronymous found Dead…well, dead, he then proceeded to take pictures of the scene. Rumors

abound that the band made a stew out of pieces of Dead’s brain, and the band themselves claim that necklaces were made out of pieces of his skull. Two years later, Euronymous was stabbed to death by a former band mate. Somehow this band still exists with only one remain-ing original member that’s not murdered or a murderer. Whether that lighthearted anecdote piqued your interest or revolted you, you’d be hard-pressed finding a more dividing, cold and haunting genre of music than black metal. I realize none of that sounds very appealing (at all) and it certainly isn’t easy listening, but when you’re trying to figure out what to listen to on a cloudless, full-moon October night, you might just reach for Darkthrone’s “Transylvanian Hunger” over the Misfits or Screamin’ Jay or whatever peo-ple listen to for Halloween.

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Halloween has changed since University of Alabama students were in elementary school. Bobbing for apples and trading collected candies are activities of the past, replaced by standing over kegs and migrating from costume party to costume party. In the haze of beer and revealing costumes, the holi-day has lost some of its mysti-cism. In the interest of revital-izing some of that spooky awe, here’s a brief history of Oct. 31. Most believe Halloween has its roots in the United Kingdom where, around 2000 years ago, the Celts celebrated their fes-tival of Samhain. Marking the beginning of the Celtic New Year, Nov. 1 officially brought an end to the harvest sea-son and the start to a winter marred with cold, darkness and death. The origins of our Halloween are associated with the party beforehand. On the Celtic New Year’s Eve, Oct. 31, the dead were thought to return to Earth. People danced, cross-dressed, told fortunes, pulled pranks and built bonfires whose embers were transport-ed in hollowed-out turnips (the first Jack O’Lanterns) all in the name of aiding the good spirits and blocking the bad. Then, the Romans came, and with the Romans, naturally, came their parties. During their 400 years of ruling over Celtic lands, the empire incorporated two of their own festivals with

Samhain. One festival, Feralia, was a day in late October on which the Romans celebrated the dead. The other festival honors Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruitful abundance. Pomona’s symbol is an apple, and combining her festival with Samhain may explain today’s tradition of “bobbing” for apples. As Christianity spread throughout the empire, new traditions clashed with old ones. All Saints Day, a Catholic holiday celebrating the saints, originally held on May 13, was moved to Nov. 1 in an attempt to draw attention away from the Pagan religions. Eventually, the Church made Nov. 2 All Souls Day, also known as All-Hallows. The night before All-Hallows, originally Samhain, became known as All-Hallows Eve and, ultimately, Halloween. As Protestants colonized America in the 18th century, harvest festivals became common. European cultures meshed with Native American spiritualism as Colonial Halloween festivities included tomfoolery and ghost stories. Eventually, the arrival of the Irish in the mid-nineteenth cen-tury helped to make the festival a national event. The Irish also brought their fall custom of dressing in costume and going door-to-door asking for money and food. This tradition eventu-ally became trick-or-treating. Recently, Halloween has become more conservative. When the baby-boomers were children, the holiday had rid itself of spiritual overtones, replacing them with Snickers.

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The Tennessee game is Alabama’s last before its bye week, and it’s typically around this time in the season that the team can start to look sluggish. However, senior cen-ter William Vlachos said the team’s energy level has been really great so far in practice this week. “It’s been really good,” he said. “It’s been really spirited. This time of the year, you kind of have to make a conscious effort to make sure it is like that because it gets a little monotonous in this time of the year, when you’ve been prac-ticing for a while, and every-body’s a little nicked up, but I think the energy level has been exceptional. We’ve got to continue that until Saturday.” Last season in particular, when six teams had a bye week before playing Alabama, it began to wear on the team, with three of those six teams winning the game. “Last year, we lost some games in this stretch, in this part of the year, so I think we’re conscious of that. Also, when you watch the film, yeah you score 52 points and rush for 389 yards, but you also see about 200 yards out there that you missed as an offense. We’re hungry right now.”

Approaching the record Sophomore quarterback AJ McCarron has been shak-ing up the usual role of an Alabama quarterback. While most Crimson Tide quarter-backs are referred to as game managers, McCarron is also a playmaker. The sophomore has gone six games and 151 passes without an interception, a record that is third best in school history.

The longest streak is 190 pass-es set by Brodie Croyle, and second place is held by Jay Barker. McCarron has just surpassed the most recent quarterback to graduate, Greg McElroy, whose record was 149 passes. For the receivers, they’ve been playing a big role in this season, with McCarron’s abil-ity to thread the needle and see downfield. Senior wide receiver Brandon Gibson, who got his first career touchdown reception Saturday against Ole Miss, said McCarron will continue to improve in his next few years with the Tide. “He’s going to be a great quarterback,” he said. “He’s going to develop a lot more this year and even next year. If he keeps coming in with the same work ethic, the same attitude, he’s going to be a great quarterback for us.”

High school rivalries In high school, Gibson and McCarron played for rival high schools in Mobile, with Gibson playing at UMS-Wright and McCarron at St. Paul’s Episcopal School. Gibson said they never hated each other, just the other’s school. “We had two schools on the same street, so it was a lot of fun,” he said. “It was pretty competitive. We all grew up in park football leagues. Back at home in Mobile, I need to go see those guys and wish them good luck because it’s definitely a lot of fun playing against St. Paul’s.” He said that rivalry is comparable to the Alabama-Tennessee rivalry. “It’s a big rivalry game,” Gibson said. “We’re taking everything really seriously this week, focusing on the things that we’ve got to have for this week and not looking ahead.”

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The Alabama women’s soc-cer team will face Southeastern Conference opponents Tennessee and Georgia this weekend. “These teams are ranked higher than us, so it’s a great opportunity for our team,” head coach Todd Bramble said. “We’re pretty excited.” The weekend games may decide the fate of the Crimson Tide and their advancement in the SEC tournament. “These games will either make us or break us,” Bramble said. The top eight teams in the SEC overall will advance to the SEC Tournament. The Tide is cur-rently ranked third in the SEC West and will go into the week-end with a 2-5-1 SEC record and a 7-7-2 record overall. Tennessee (12-4-0, 5-3-0 SEC) is currently ranked fourth in the SEC East and 26th overall. Georgia (12-4-0, 6-2-0 SEC) is cur-rently ranked second in the SEC East and 46th overall. “These games are not only important to the rankings, but also so we can get a good 90- min-ute game under our belt,” senior goalkeeper Justine Bernier said. “It’s going to be huge for us to start out strong and finish strong.” The Tide split its last two games with a win against Arkansas 3-0 and a loss against LSU 2-0.

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Bama faces big weekendBy Morgan UptonContributing Writer

The University of Alabama will continue conference play this weekend on the road against LSU and Arkansas. The Crimson Tide is hopeful to have junior Kayla Fitterer back into the lineup. Fitterer has been out of the lineup for the past four matches nursing pains in her lower abdomen. Fitterer almost played during last weekend’s matches, but said she wasn’t fully healthy. Now at 100 percent, Fitterer is ready to get on the court. “I’m excited to get back in there,” Fitterer said. “I haven’t sat out for four games in a row, that I can remember, since freshman year maybe. It’s hard being on the sidelines when you’re used to playing and starting, so I’m just excited to get back in there and help out the team.” Fitterer produced almost one-third of Alabama’s offense. Without its go-to player, the Tide had to make adjustments. Head coach Ed Allen said hav-ing Fitterer back in the lineup would be a great benefit to the team. “We’re adding someone who clearly makes us better offen-sively,” Allen said. “We began a season leaning on her too much and now we’ve learned to not lean on her at all. We’ve grown accustomed to playing without her, so anything we get from

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Alabama’s Men’s Tennis team has been training hard since its mediocre performance at the All-American Main Draw in Tulsa, Okla. The men will be traveling to compete in the USTA/ITA Southern Regional Championships in Auburn where

they will compete against LSU, Auburn, Ole Miss, Mississippi State and Tulane among other schools. Head Coach Bill Pate acknowl-edged that their performance at the All American Main Draw was not their best performance, but also was not their worst. Pate said that despite their per-formance at their last matches, he

still believes they have a chance to do well. Pate said he expects a lot from junior Jarryd Botha and senior Ricky Doverspike, but said they are very close to where they need to be. “We’re still trying to figure out doubles combinations,” Pate said. Pate said when compet-ing in the Southern Regional Championship he will approach

practice the same way he would for any other event. “It may be a greater opportu-nity and have greater rewards, but we look for the same things as any other performance.” Jarryd Botha said everything comes down to what they can do, not what their opponents do. “You can only control what you control,” Botha said.

Botha is coming off a conso-lation finals defeat in the All-American Main Draw and has been training ever since. “I’ve been focusing more on the mental part,” Botha said. “I’ve been more consistent as well.” Botha said the team’s key strengths in upcoming matches include solid chemistry and good fitness.

“I think we have a very physi-cal fit team,” Botha said. Botha said he has high expec-tations for the Tide, adding thathe would not rule out the possi-bilities of some upsets happeningthis weekend. “We’ve been very close a num-ber of times,” Botha said. “I thinkthere will be upsets this week-end.”

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her is going to be a bonus.” Many of the Tide’s players stepped up during Fitterer’s absence, and with everyone’s role increased, Allen expects a stronger team. “Our team has had to grow the past two weeks without her,” Allen said. “I think we should be a better team than we were before she got hurt.” Alabama will travel to Baton Rouge to take on the Tigers Friday night at 7 p.m. The team will then head to Fayetteville to compete against the Razorbacks on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. This is the second time these teams will face off against each other. “They came here so we know how they play and what we can

do to win,” Fitterer said. “We need to focus on what we can to do and me getting back into thelineup and just practicing as awhole team right now.” Allen said consistencywould continue to be a main point for the weekend, saying the first matchup against LSU and Arkansas were wins they should have picked up. “We had sets get away from us that we had sizable leads in,” Allen said. “So, we have to do a much better job of playing consistently through points 1-25 and not just 1-20. That’s our biggest issue, closing out sets in the final five points.” Alabama will return to Foster Auditorium to host Georgia on Oct. 28 and Auburn on Oct. 30.

Bernier said the team needs to have the mentality to give the games their all this weekend. “We need to keep compet-ing no matter what happens,” Bernier said. “If we go into the game thinking we are going to compete in every play, then at the end of the game we’re going to be really happy with the results.” Bramble said the team is not changing a lot, but they’re work-ing on gaining scoring chances for the upcoming games. “We’ve been doing good this season,” Bramble said. “We just

need to work on scoring some more goals.” The Tide will play the University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers at home on Thursday, Oct. 20, and then the team will travel to Athens, Ga., to face the University of Georgia Bulldogs on Sunday, Oct. 23. “Playing Tennessee at home is going to be huge because we have an amazing support sys-tem at home and amazing fans that come out,” Bernier said. “It’s going to be a really good weekend.”

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