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Highlights from Nov. 5 Board of Trustees Meeting
Indoor tennis stadium to be located south of the existing tennis complex | Projected cost: $6,000,000
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Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice returned to her childhood home of Tuscaloosa Thursday to discuss her latest mem-oir, “Extraordinary, Ordinary People” in the Ferguson Center Theatre. “The title of the book really speaks to the two aspects of my family,” Rice said. “In an ordi-nary sense, my mother was a schoolteacher and my father a high school guidance counsel-or. What’s extraordinary is that they provided every education-al opportunity to me. Education was a kind of armor against segregation.” Despite the tough living con-ditions, Rice said her parents and fellow community mem-bers had the children convinced they could still be president one day. Rice said the real challenge of writing the book was explain-ing the experiences from the perspective of a family, and particularly a child, and not the way the story has been told by civil rights activists before her. “Right around 1962 and 1963, Birmingham came to be known as Bombingham,” she said. “It was a terrible time. We all sud-denly realized that our parents couldn’t protect us anymore. I can vividly remember that my father sat out on our porch with a shotgun all night.” In a press conference after her book signing at Foster Auditorium, she said the word “racist” is overused, prevents progress and acts as a virtual mute button in conversation today. “Don’t rest on your lau-rels,” Rice said. “Turn the volume down on race, but keep the conversation going.”
By SoRelle WyckoffContributing Writer
Forty-three years ago, a junior from the University of Alabama took the stage at the Miss Universe pageant and won. Nominated by older girls in her sorority, Sylvia Hitchcock borrowed a gown, put on a swimsuit and took the stage at the Miss Alabama USA competition. After being crowned Miss Alabama, she moved on to win Miss USA and finally Miss Universe 1967.
This weekend, the Miss Alabama USA and Miss Alabama Teen USA pag-eants will take place at the Bama Theatre. This will be the first time the pageants take place in Tuscaloosa, and Dohn Dye, executive director for Miss Alabama USA, said he believes the change brings many posi-tives. “This move gives us the opportunity to breathe new life into the pageant,” Dye said. “It gets lost in Birmingham. Tuscaloosa will embrace it and the
From staff reports
ESPN reported Thursday that John Bond, a former Mississippi State quarterback, said one of his former teammates with the Bulldogs solicited a six-figure payment for quarterback Cam Newton’s commitment before this season.
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The UA system board of trust-ees approved a Stage I resolu-tion to build new housing for the sororities Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Gamma Delta, Delta Delta Delta and Delta Gamma, Thursday. As the separate resolutions for the houses stipulate, the houses will be built behind the President’s Mansion in the new Magnolia Development. Gentry McCreary, director of greek affairs, said sororities were able to apply for the new housing, and the four chosen were selected based off of need and merit. He said topics such as grade point average, community ser-vice and number of members played into the selection process for the bid for housing.
He said the growth in enroll-ment at the University has led to a growth in members of the sororities on campus. Their houses, he said, have in some cases become too small to accommodate the grow-ing pool of their respective memberships. “It speaks directly to the growth in the UA community,” he said. McCreary said the greek com-munity has more than doubled in size since 2003 when it was about 3,000 members strong. Nicole Bohannon, a member of Alpha Gamma Delta and a junior majoring in political sci-ence, said the sorority had to compete with other sororities’ applications to win the bid for a lot. “The application was pretty
Rice: ‘Racist’ overused Former Secretary of State discusses growing up in Tuscaloosa
Cam Newton allegedly offered money for Mississippi State commitment
Sororities to acquire four new houses
By Amanda SamsSenior Staff Reporter
Bear Bryant was delivered by a midwife before the state of Alabama stopped issu-ing licenses for midwives in the 1980s, according to Ballie Schantz, a member of a group on campus raising money to
legalize the practice of mid-wifery statewide. Schantz’s group fundraises for the Alabama Birth Coalition, a non-profit, grassroots organization whose mission is to offer safer, healthier birth alternatives to mothers. “A lot of people don’t want to go to the hospital and deal with all of the machines and drugs,”
Schantz said. “They would pre-fer the experience of a home birth. Midwifery is illegal in Alabama, though, because they say it is unsafe.” Schantz explained that mid-wives go through the same training as nurses and know all of the same procedures. “It’s a little ridiculous that it’s illegal,” Schantz said. “A taxi
driver can deliver your baby, an unlicensed person can deliver your baby, but a licensed mid-wife faces prosecution for delivering your baby.” Ten states across the nation prohibit midwifery by stat-ute, judicial interpretation or stricture of practice, accord-ing to the Midwives Alliance of North America.
“I can’t imagine doing it any other way,” said K.C. Vick, a junior in New College. “Doctors in hospitals often look at births more as an emergency situ-ation instead of a natural and beautiful process. I want giving birth to be a unique, organic experience I can enjoy.” Vick said she believes if peo-ple stopped talking negatively
about pregnancy and startedlooking at it in a natural light,then birth would be much more enjoyable for women. “I just learned the pain youexperience during pregnancyruns along the same nerve end-ings as pleasure,” Vick said.“Midwives are highly-trained
Pageant comes to Tuscaloosa
Advocates push for Ala. midwifery legalization
Corolla FileIn 1967, Sylvia Hitchcock, then a junior at the University, was crowned Miss Alabama, then Miss USA and Miss Universe.
See RICE, page 2
See PAGEANT, page 6
See SORORITY, page 2
See MIDWIVES, page 2
See NEWTON, page 2
CW | Jerrod SeatonFormer Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice signs a book Thursday at Foster Auditorium. Rice visited campus to discuss her new book and her time in the national spotlight.
• What: Miss Alabama USA Competition
• Where: Bama Theatre
• When: Sunday at 6:30 p.m.
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girls involved.” The pageant begins Nov. 6 at 8 p.m. with the presentation
SPORTSSPORTSTide must prepare for Tide must prepare for two LSU quarterbackstwo LSU quarterbacks 33
New Phi Delta Theta fraternity house adjacent to new Pi Kappa Alpha house | Projected cost: $6,260,625
CW | Brian Pohuski
For more details from Thursday’s meeting, go to cw.ua.edu
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extensive,” she said. “Our soror-ity was given points based on a variety of topics ... With growing chapter numbers and a growing rush, it’s important that we can accommodate more people com-ing into the sorority.” Bohannon said the influx of members into sororities has become a common issue on Sorority Row. “It’s definitely a widespread issue, but it’s the best problem we ever had,” she said. She said the construction of new housing for the four sorori-ties is a great opportunity to incorporate new sororities onto campus to lighten the influx of members into sororities already with housing on campus. McCreary said other sorori-ties will have the chance to move into the houses the selected sororities leave on Sorority Row. Bohannon said Alpha Gamma Delta will be able to incorpo-rate new elements into the new house. “We will have the ability to incorporate bedrooms for the first time,” she said. “We’re excited about the opportunity to utilize bedroom space. There was a time when every girl had to live in the sorority house at one point during her college career.” All the sorority houses are expected to be opened by fall 2012.
Rice emphasized that race, creed or color should not be an issue at all, but mentioned that she has faced discrimina-tion. “Working hard allows us to push forward. Certainly sometimes people looked at me as a black woman,” Rice said regarding her stint on the national political scene. “But since I couldn’t recreate
professionals who can help to make it a positive experience.” Some female students, howev-er, cringe at the thought of giving birth anywhere except inside the sterile walls of a hospital. “I want a doctor and epidurals when I give birth,” said Ashley Thomas, a sophomore majoring in philosophy. “I don’t want to be at home with a midwife, because you never know when something is going to go wrong. I want to be in an environment that’s pre-pared to deal with any complica-tions.” Melody Hoffman, a sophomore majoring in communication stud-ies, shared Thomas’ opinion. “No, I would not have a mid-wife,” she said. “I want to be in a hospital with a practiced doctor.”
Bond told ESPN that the for-mer teammate, who said he was representing Newton during his recruitment, told him other schools had already offered $200,000, but since Newton really liked Mississippi State and had a relationship with head coach Dan Mullen dating to when both were at Florida, Mississippi State could get him for $180,000. Sources told ESPN.com that the former player Bond referred to is Kenny Rogers, who is cur-rently under investigation by the NFL Players Association due to his possible involvement in contacting college players for agent Ian Greengross. “If Rogers tried to solicit money from Mississippi State, he did it on his own, without our knowledge,” Cecil Newton, Cam’s father, told ESPN. Bond said an NCAA investiga-tor came to Mississippi to meet with him and Mississippi State officials in early September. SEC associate commissioner Greg Sankey, who oversees con-ference compliance, said the league received “specific infor-mation” regarding the Newton allegation in late July of this year. “We have been made aware of the allegation. Unfortunately, we cannot comment at this time,” Auburn assistant ath-
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NEWTONContinued from page 1
MIDWIVESContinued from page 1
Schantz’s group of approxi-mately 20 members is not trying to force midwifery on Alabamians. Instead, they sim-ply want to give women the choice, Schantz said. “Basically, from my stand-point, I think we should keep society open so the members of society can live their lives the way they want to,” said Josh Gray, a junior majoring in politi-cal science, and a member of the group. “If I were to marry someone who wanted to have a midwife, then that would be OK, because it’s really a personal decision for the mother.” Gray and Schantz, along with other members of the group, recently hosted a walk to raise money for this cause. They are also planning to show a movie entitled “The Business of Being Born” in the Ferguson Center during the spring semester. A midwife will attend the screening to talk about her work and why the age-old option of home birth is still appealing to many women. “I feel like if you have a rela-tionship with a midwife, it will make you more comfortable giving birth to your baby,” said Alexandria Washington, a soph-omore majoring in early child-hood development. “You also have more options about where to give birth. I believe it’s just as safe, because while midwives may lack some of the high-tech equipment, they are just as highly trained as the staff in a hospital.”
• Alpha Delta Pi: $10,272,000
• Alpha Gamma Delta: $7,800,000
• Delta Delta Delta: $11,478,746
• Delta Gamma: $5,900,000
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myself as a white man, I just kept pushing forward.” Rice also talked about her time living in Tuscaloosa, after her family moved from Birmingham near the end of 1965. “I remember I was furious when my family told me we were moving,” she said. “But my father wanted to become involved in a college, so we moved here and he became the dean of students at Stillman. It was really a wonderful envi-ronment. “At the time, UA was still integrating, and many African Americans would come to Stillman to just walk around. Itwas really a safe environment.” It was during their time at Stillman that Rice’s father began his lifelong friend-ship with John Blackburn, a former administrator at the University who is famous for helping peacefully integrate the school’s campus. Rice told students in atten-dance to take economics courses while enrolled in col-lege. She polled students in attendance, telling her audi-ence to take at least three eco-nomics classes. “The studying of econom-ics is essential in understand-ing the international system,” she said. “You get more out of doing something that is difficult for you. Find a men-tor, someone who opens up a new world to you. I love the moment when I can see in my student’s eyes that I’ve said something that intrigues them.” In reference to her and President Bush’s silence towards the Obama adminis-tration, Rice said she under-stood the difficulty of the tasks they face. “It’s a whole lot tougher in there than out here,” she said. “The media can some-times make that tougher. If I have something to say, I’ll call them.” Rice also addressed public opinion, and the difficulties she’s experienced, whether in public office or as provost at Stanford University. “Today’s headlines and his-tory’s judgments are rarely the same,” she said. Rice said she has already begun writing her next book, in which she addresses the effects of Sept. 11, and would love to return to the University to speak about it. After her talk in the Ferguson Center Theater, she signed copies of her latest novel inside the newly reno-vated Foster Auditorium from 1 to 2:30 p.m.
letic director for media rela-tions Kirk Sampson told ESPN. “However, Cam Newton is eligi-ble to play football at Auburn.” Multiple media reports have said Cam Newton preferred Mississippi State over Auburn, but that his father wanted him to go to Auburn. According to a Sports Illustrated article last week, Cam Newton left the deci-sion to his father. Cam Newton transferred to Auburn from Blinn College in Brenham, Texas. He left Florida after his freshman season.
9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, on the University Recreation fields.
Health Center. The SHC will host events at Rose Towers on Nov. 10 from noon to 4 p.m. and at Tutwiler Hall on Nov. 17 from noon to 4 p.m. Each flu shot costs $20, and will be charged to the student’s University account. The SHC regularly offers flu shots Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Fridays, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Gallery. The show, titled Capstone Expo: A Senior Art and Design Show, will present the work of the top 15 students majoring in any form of art or design. Artwork can be from a class assignment or work created specifically for the showcase. Applications for the expo are available by e-mailing fergart-
[email protected]. Applications are due Friday, Nov. 5 at 5 p.m. For more information, visitfer-guson.ua.edu.
By Mike AlbaneseContributing Writer
As one of the oldest sports around, very little about archery has changed over its thousands of years of practice. Despite this lengthy history, the popularity of the game at the University has increased only recently. During his first year on cam-pus, Patrick Croce, a sophomore majoring in theater, found there was nowhere to practice archery. “Last year when I got here, there was no archery club, so why not try and start one?” Croce said. Croce, president of the archery club, grew to love archery while he practiced frequently as he was growing up. “It was something that started out as an interest,” he said. “I did
a little bit at summer camp over the years and snowballed from there.” Even though archery is recog-nized as a club, the team faces some major hurdles moving for-ward growing their club. The biggest problem they face is the University finding space for them to practice and play. “The issue lied in the fact there was nowhere on campus for any of us to shoot” Croce said. “I’ve been involved with negotiations with the University and outdoor recreation trying to get a place just for us.” He said the lack of area to practice has prevented them from organizing and meeting to properly function as a club. However, the reason they have not been given the land is clear to Croce.
“It’s a safety issue I would have to say,” he said. “While they’re not guns, bows are still deadly weapons. I have assured them I am a legitimate instructor with USA Archery. I guess the biggest issue for the University is the liability factor.” Over the last few weeks, there has been progress in starting operations with the Student Recreation Center due to the interest that has been generated in the student population. Croce said they have about 45 people interested and ready to play. The talent and skill of those people covers the whole spec-trum, according to Croce. “People send me e-mails saying, ‘Hey, I saw you in The Crimson White, you have an archery club. I’ve never shot an arrow a day in my life and I think
it’s really cool,’” he said. As well as beginners, he said people who have been shooting for years have contacted him and have shown interest in the club. If they get the proper autho-rization, Croce plans to affiliate the group with the National USA Archery club program, divided into two parts. One part will be competition based and the other for learning and having fun. Right now, the main goal for Croce is for the team to enjoy themselves doing something they love. “Right now we want to get going and have some fun,” he said. For more informa-tion on the archery club, contact Patrick Croce at [email protected].
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CLUB SPORTS
Archery growing in popularity
By Marilyn VaughnContributing Writer
Equipped with just five runners each, the men’s and women’s cross country teams headed to Columbia, S.C., ear-lier this week to compete at the Southeastern Conference Championships. The men had their eyes on matching a first place finish, like last season and the sea-son before, while the women were hoping to make a run for the top four. Unfortunately, both teams fell a bit short of their expec-tations, with the men bringing home a second place finish and the women a sixth place finish. “The last two years we’ve made really nice progress, and I’ve been really pleased with that,” women’s head coach Randy Hasenbank said. “This year, for whatever rea-son, we were just flat in some of our key races.”
Competition was stiff at the SEC Championships with unexpected teams edging the Tide out of the top four. “They competed very hard,” Hasenbank said. “The result is the result of a tough confer-ence. It’s a very competitive conference. We’ve beaten a lot of teams this year that went on to win their respective con-ference titles. [The SEC] is a tougher conference, although we still didn’t perform to where I think we’re capable of. “We’re just a little off, and we’ve got one more meet, the regionals, to see if we can take a shot at beating some of the teams we haven’t gotten past this year.” That being said, all five women who competed put up solid times, with the whole squad finishing within 45 sec-onds of each other. “ I n t h e [ S E C Championships] Kelsey [Johnson] performed really
well, and had her best race of the season,” Hasenbank said. “Leigh [Gilmore] and Andrea [Torske] were strong again. We just didn’t quite put all five together on the same day. We finished about where we were predicted to finish by the coaches’ poll. But really we wanted to go in and battle for a top four spot.” Though the women did not finish where they would have liked to, they still acknowl-edged that they competed hard and faced a tough field. “I think we were all psyched up before the race,” said junior Dayle Van Ess. “A lot of us ran either our PR’s [per-sonal record] or actually did PR.” For Van Ess, the SEC Championship was the first meet where she scored and ran in the top five on the team. For the men’s team, a sec-ond place finish was not enough. “The effort was good and
By Tony Tsoukalas Senior Sports Reporter
Alabama is coming off of a bye week, which gives the play-ers ample time to rest and pre-pare for their next opponent. Bye weeks give teams a crucial advantage because they allow teams to focus an extra week on the next team’s game style. However, in preparation for Saturday’s game against LSU, the Tide will not only be focus-ing on one team but also on two different quarterbacks. “I think in this case there is a significance in the style of the quarterbacks,” head coach Nick Saban said. “It does make a bit of a difference.” Though the Tide has faced other quarterback tandems in the past, the combination of Jarrett Lee and Jordan Jefferson might be the most dramatically different pair the Tide has seen. On one hand, LSU possess-es a running quarterback in Jefferson, who can scramble and run option plays. “They have used him this year as more of a running-type quarterback,” Saban said. “He is very capable of throwing the ball — he has a strong arm — but he has made more plays with his feet.” On the other hand is Jarrett Lee, who is an accurate pass-er, but is not as mobile in the pocket. “Jarrett is more of a passer,” Saban said. “He is probably the classic drop-back style quarter-back; he gets rid of the ball quick and gets it to the right guy.” So how does the Tide prepare
Tide ready for two-headed attack
Teams still optimistic for NCAA Regionalsthe outcome was fine, but we obviously started off the year with the goal of winning that meet,” head coach Joe Walker said. The men were edged out by nearly 30 points as the Arkansas team won the meet with 34 points while the Tide finished with 62 points. The men went into the race expecting to repeat as SEC Champions. Senior Julius Bor, who finished first on the team, was disappointed with the team’s performance. “I think we didn’t have a good day that day,” Bor said. Bor finished fourth overall at the meet, earning All-SEC honors. Bor and his four other teammates will now pre-pare to gear up for the NCAA Regionals meet in Birmingham on Nov. 13. Bor said he already knows the focus of his practice in the coming week to prepare. “I’m working with my final kick,” Bor said. “I need to be working on the last part of
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my race.” Both coaches are confident in their athletes’ conditioning and will be focusing on rest and mental preparedness for next week’s meet as well as having their athletes run together in the race. “We look more at the gaps between athletes,” Walker said. “Time in cross country is pretty irrelevant.”
for two vastly different attacks? Junior linebacker Dont’a Hightower said that the key to success is making each quarter-back play at the opposite style they are used to. “Jordan Jefferson, he’s a real good runner, you want to try to keep him in the pocket and try to make him beat us with his arm,” Hightower said. “He has trouble sometimes hitting a wide open receiver. We want to take that and use it to our advantage. The other quarterback [Lee] is not very mobile, but he has a great
arm. “We want to get him out of the pocket and get him more uncom-fortable,” Hightower added. Though the Tide is prepared for both quarterbacks, junior defensive lineman Marcell Dareus said he prefers a quar-terback whose head he can get inside. “I like the antsy quarter-backs,” Dareus said. “I like the ones who like to go out there and move a little bit. You can rattle their cage.” Running quarterbacks often
lack the passing skills of pocket passers, Dareus said. “The ones that can move a little bit can’t throw the ball as good, to me,” he said. “I’m not taking anything from [Jefferson]. He’s good. He makes plays downfield, throws the ball pretty well, he does his thing, but me personally, I’d like to play against quarterbacks who like to run the ball.” Another thing the Tide must prepare for is LSU head coach Les Miles, who is commonly referred to as “The Mad Hatter”
for his risky gambles he takes on the field. “When you look at Miles, he’s a gambler,” he said. “It can be third and seven and he will call a shuffle pass. You just got to be prepared for both ways around.” Hightower said that no matter who they are up against, the key to success will be how well the team keeps its focus on Saturday. “You just got to play assign-ment football,” Hightower said. “You’ve got to have mental focus and know what your job and assignment is.”
LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson starts to run through the Alabama defense last year in Alabamaʼs 24-15 victory over the Tigers.CW | Bethany Martin
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“Why do we need a new recreation
center? As Iʼm sure President Witt is aware, we have one of those al-
ready, and itʼs ex-cellent. When I was looking at universi-
ties a couple of years ago, the Rec Center was one of the best recreation-al facilities I saw.”
— Tyler, in response to “UA
looks to raise admission standards”
“I donʼt think the purpose of it was to be funny. Iʼm quite sure funny didnʼt
even register in the minds of those in-
volved when work-ing on the fi lm.”
— Jasmine,in response to “En-tertainment: West’s
‘Runaway’ ridiculous and unfunny”
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By Austin Gaddis
Fellow students, our message to Washingtonwas clear on Tuesday: We’re tired of the statusquo. We’re tired of the spending, the out-of-controlleaders who couldn’t even pass a budget, the par-tisanship, the unemployment rates and the arro-gance of the Obama administration along withthe Pelosi-Reid Congress. Election Day was our day to fight back, andwe did not disappoint. The Republicans haveregained control of the House and even thoughthe Senate is still under the control of theDemocrats, the GOP now has 46 seats. Here are the highlights of the campaign: Most interesting race — The highly publicizedSenate race in Nevada saw political newcomerSharron Angle fail in her attempt to unseatSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid. All eyes were on Nevada voters as Americawaited to see a true referendum on Reid’s con-gressional track record. Angle was a high profile Tea Party pick andwas loved by conservatives, even though some ofher ideas are seen by many to be a little too rightwing. If she could have replaced Reid, Democratswould have taken a critical blow to their agen-da going into the second half of the Obamaadministration. Despite many polls showing Angle ahead ofReid going into Election Day, Reid held on to hisseat. Least interesting race — Sadly, one of the mostboring races in the country was for governor ofAlabama. Since the beginning of the campaign period,almost anyone who knows the political landscapein Alabama knew that Republicans were going torun away with this gubernatorial election. Although the Republican candidate,Tuscaloosa dermatologist Dr. Robert Bentley,was a surprise choice for the nomination, RonSparks and the Democrats never had a shot. There was no mudslinging in the race, whichbored me to death. When Bentley was deter-mined the winner last night, no one in the statewas surprised.
Biggest surprise — Perhaps one of the big-gest winners of the 2010 midterm election wasn’teven a candidate — it was a movement called theTea Party. Anyone two years ago would have laughed atthe idea that a conservative grassroots organiza-tion could have such a profound impact on thepolitical make up of Washington D.C. The Tea Party backed hardcore fiscal andsocial conservatives and gave any candidate whowas lucky enough to secure a nod a new wave ofenergized political supporters. The Tea Party will continue to be a drivingforce as we get into the 2012 presidential cam-paign season. Their unofficial leader, formerAlaska Governor Sarah Palin, is a front-runnerfor the Republican nomination. Pay close atten-tion to the Tea Party throughout the next twoyears. Who to watch — A flood of new faces will soonbe coming to Washington, many of whom arealready well known due to their neck-in-neckelection campaigns. Senator-elect Rand Paul ofKentucky and Marco Rubio of Florida are sure tobecome quick household names in the Senate. Two women have made my watch list in theHouse. Kristi Noem of North Dakota is the besteye candy to hit politics since Sarah Palin. Hertrue conservative values made her a quick TeaParty favorite. She will certainly be a force to bereckoned with in the House and her future withthe Republican Party looks bright. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota has recentlycome on the radar as a front-runner for leader-ship within the Republican Party. As the Housenow has a Republican majority, Bachmann’s doorof opportunity has just opened. Keep an eye outfor her; she’s going to do big things.
President Obama and the Democrats now havea choice to make. They can either continue withtheir unpopular left-wing, agenda, or they canuse this election as a lesson learned from theAmerican people. Bipartisanship will be the key to Congressionalsuccess during these next two years. The presi-dent and Democrats must now consult with bothsides of the aisle if they want to be productiveduring the second-half of this presidential term. As Republicans now control the House ofRepresentatives, I would like to echo the wordsof Speaker-to-be John Boehner. He stated in hisacceptance speech on Tuesday, “Let’s start rightnow by recognizing that this is not a time forcelebration, … this is a time to roll up our sleevesand get to work.” There is much to be done throughout thesenext two years. With a sense of balance nowbeing restored to Washington, we will finallybe able to see input from both Republican andDemocrats. The elections were tough, and sur-prising in some areas. It is time to put differ-ences aside and work together to put Americaback on the right track.
Austin Gaddis is a sophomore majoring in pub-lic relations and communication studies. His col-umn runs biweekly on Fridays.
By Robert Clark
Here’s a fact I bet you didn’t know about America: its sitting president is a broken record. Sure, most of the country grooved to the timeless classic “Change and Hope,” and who can forget the touching power ballad “We Are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting For?” But the audience has proven to be bitterly disappointed by the follow-ups “Bush Did It,” “Reckless Spending Bonanza!” and “Astronomical National Debt.” Because of the popular belief that Obama’s previous releases have left many of Obama’s fans jobless and the nation’s treasury circling the drain, reporters asked the president on the morning after the 2010 midterms if the election results constituted a “fundamen-tal rejection” (AP reporter Ben Feller’s words) of the Obama agen-da. How did Obama respond? With a greatest hits CD. No mat-ter what your grievance, “Don’t Stop Believing: The Best of Barack Obama” has more played-out responses than Journey’s legal team has valid points about copy-right infringement. You don’t like the health care bill? Obama’s searing lyrics on “Why Beat a Dead Horse?” will set you straight. You don’t think Obama will reduce spending? On “Band-Aid Solutions that Distract From the Fundamental Nature of My Agenda,” Obama
ignores earmarks. You don’t think Obama values bipartisanship? Sounds like someone hasn’t heard “Compromises on Irrelevant Issues.” That’s right. Obama’s response to his falling chart numbers is the same as Coca Cola’s response to the failure of New Coke: hit ‘em with the classics. From the onset of his reign as America’s First Songbird, it was obvious that Obama would pur-sue health care reform, a carbon tax, and universal education. Now, however, voters are enraged that
each proposal costs enough to buy every third world child a private tutor to teach them how to dougie and a bumpin’ stereo to do it to. Reporters asked Obama how he will work with Republicans to reduce spending. Obama respond-ed that “there are whole bunch of areas we can agree on” like energy policy and education. Sound familiar? It’s a rip off of Bill Clinton’s “That Depends What ‘Is’ Means” from his plati-num LP “Gettin’ Laid and Dodgin’ Questions.” Obama refused to consid-er that his policy choices are
inherently unpalatable to voters, so he took a page from Slick Willy’s book and talked about something else. Except this tangent reveals Obama’s belief that bipartisanship means voting for Obama’s agenda. How dope is that? Hella dope. The president just opened the “Chicago Politician’s Dictionary” and read the definition of coopera-tion: doing want I want you to do. That takes mad cojones, but it doesn’t exactly have that fresh smell that made Obama’s early material so endearing. If there’s
anything I’ve learned from watch-ing MTV, besides that abortion should not only be allowed but encouraged in the state of New Jersey, it’s that once an act gets stale, another cookie-cutter corpo-rate puppet show replaces it. Will the Change Train be derailed? Will Obama be cast alongside dozens of broken strip-pers in a new VH1 reality show? Only time and Barack Obama’s ability to come up with new mate-rial will tell.
Robert Clark is a senior majoring in history and political science.
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By Tray Smith
In 1992, independent candidate Ross Perot captured 19 percent of the presidential vote from people who otherwise would have likely voted Republican and enabled Bill Clinton to trip into the presidency. The young Democrat immediately set about trying to nationalize health care, allow gays to serve openly in the military and raise taxes. He was soundly refuted two years later when Republicans won control of the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time in 40 years. Is this déjà vu or what? After Barack Obama won the presidency two years ago and brought a bunch of Clinton has-beens back into important govern-ment positions, many assumed they had learned from experience. M ayb e t h at wa s n ’ t n e c e s -sary. As President Obama explained to Arkansas congressman Marion Berry in January, “The big differ-ence here and in ‘94 was you’ve got me.” A big difference indeed. Republicans picked up at least 63 seats in the House on Tuesday, nine more than they gained in 1994. But hey, don’t blame President Obama. He was still community organizing back in 1994, so maybe he didn’t realize what was at stake in this whole midterm election thing. Obama recently explained the public’s discontent with Democrats by saying that people are “scared,” and “we’re hard-wired not to always think clearly when we’re scared.” After all, how could clearly thinking people
throw the Democrats out of the majority? Unless, of course, some of them did get “scared”, as Obama spent his first two years in office on health care reform, trying to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” and insisting the top income tax brack-et be allowed to climb back to the “Clinton rate” of 39.6 percent. Democrats are like spoiled children who can’t take no for an answer. Regardless of how many times the public rejects their agenda, they convince themselves that their suffering is merely a result of miscommunication or Republican opposition and try again. In 2008, their presidential candi-date managed to get a majority for the first time in 34 years, and they
declared the end of the Republican Party. Sam Tanenhaus, the edi-tor of The New York Times Book Review, even penned a book titled “The Death of Conservatism.” Democrats winning elections is like South Carolina beating Alabama; it so rarely happens, they go haywire and overreact. The inevitable result is public revulsion over their agenda. Republicans have won seven of the last 11 presidential con-tests; every Democratic victory since 1964 has been the result of some strange historical aberra-tion unrelated to their ideological agenda. Carter won in 1976 as a result of the aftermath of Watergate and President Ford’s decision to par-don Nixon, and was tossed out four
years later. Clinton won because of Perot, and was re-elected when Colin Powell decided not to run for president. (In hindsight, we were better off.) Obama won because a global financial meltdown unfolded in the middle of the campaign. Carter, Clinton and Obama all misinterpreted their victories as a mandate for their policies, and all suffered for it at the polls. Republicans, who can handle victory because they are more accustomed to it, somberly responded to their stunning gains in Tuesday’s election with a level of humility rarely seen from Democrats in 2006 and 2008. “Let us be under no illusion — many of those who cast their vote for Republicans yesterday have
their share of doubts about whether we are up to the task of governing; about whether congres-sional Republicans h ave l e a r n e d our lesson,” said Congressman Eric Cantor, the second
ranking Republican in the House, in response to the results. Cantor’s caution was recogni-tion that America still has two very alive and dynamic politi-cal parties; over-interpreting the results of one election as a perma-nent political realignment leads to a self-defeating and false sense of confidence. Hopefully Democrats now realize this as well, and will end their foolish speculation about the demise of the GOP. Still, one party does stand out as the consistent preference of the nation’s center-right majority. That preference was made clear again Tuesday.
Tray Smith is the opinions editor of The Crimson White. His column runs on Fridays.
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member of Team Mario. “These requests can hinder one team or help the other. Donators are directly shaping the direction of the marathon.” In order to have an influence in game play, viewers must donate. To donate, viewers on Ustream can click a link to the donation widget. At the widget, participants can use PayPal to make a donation. Upon donat-ing, they can use the comment box to indicate how they want to affect play, where they have many options. “You can put anything in that comment box,” Mintz said. “You can buy penalties with dona-tions. For instance, if you’re real-ly gunning for Team Mario, you can decide to make Team Sonic play with blindfolds or Chinese finger traps. We try to make cre-ative penalties that are worth people’s time.” The two teams each have eight people — mostly mem-bers of ABXY — who will rotate playing responsibility during the
48-hour span. Those not playing will be charged with communi-cating with the viewers, com-mentating on game play, and, of course, ordering pizzas. A charity video game mara-thon might be a bizarre idea to some, but it has precedent. “A lot of different organiza-tions do this,” Kilborn said. “The Mario marathon took place over the summer — they raised almost $90,000. A few weeks ago, IGN did the ‘Extra Life’ marathon, focusing on games that have not yet been released.” Child’s Play raises money to put video games in hospi-tals. Funds from Pixelthon will specifically go to the Children’s Hospital of Alabama in Birmingham. In the spirit of helping children, Pixelthon gam-ers will focus on video games from their own childhood. “It’s nostalgic,” Kilborn said. “These games entertained us back in the day, and it’s a worthy cause to bring new entertain-
ment to kids who are stuck in a scary place. They have few com-forts.” ABXY is aiming to raise $1,000 for the hospital. Given the prece-dent, this goal is certainly within their reach.
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Giving to charity is a reward-ing process. After all, most peo-ple can agree that knowing your dollar is changing lives is a good feeling. But giving that dollar isn’t always fun. In fact, some-times it only involves putting a combination of Washingtons and Lincolns into a basket and passing the basket to the left. While this is rewarding, it is also dull. Is it possible for the process to be both rewarding and excit-ing? The ABXY Gaming Network believes it can be. Tonight at 6, ABXY will kick off Pixelthon, a charity gaming marathon intent on raising money for the char-ity Child’s Play. The marathon is sponsored by the University’s Creative Campus Initiative and will last until 6 p.m. on Sunday. “Basically, it’s a fun way to raise money,” said Michael Mintz, a sophomore majoring in
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they have for the weekend. “Pageants teach you a lot about yourself,” Dye said. “When those girls get on stage, they ‘do their thing’ and you can see self-confidence building.” “I’m a shy person most of the time, but when I’m on stage, I’m at my best,” said Kia Boyd, a senior majoring in African-American studies. “Pageants are such a positive experience, not only because they build con-fidence, but also because they teach you discipline.” Boyd, like many of the other competitors, has been preparing for the pageant throughout the past few months. From practic-ing interview questions to diet and exercise, the preparation process can be demanding, but many competitors believe the sacrifice is worth it. “It’s that moment when you’re walking on stage,” McCloud said. “It goes by so fast. You almost feel like you’re alone out there. It’s in warp speed, but I love it every time.” Dye encourages the Alabama community to attend, not only to support the eight women who will be representing the University along with their des-ignated region, but to see what he calls “one of the premier events of the state.” “This isn’t your momma’s beauty pageant,” Dye said. “There’s a little something for everyone. And who knows, maybe even the next Miss Universe will be up there.” Tickets are available online at missalabamausa.com, and, starting Friday at noon, at the Bama Theatre box office. Tickets will also be on sale Sunday from 8 a.m. until the start of the show.
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Bringing the competition to Tuscaloosa was a smooth tran-sition, Dye said. “The city of Tuscaloosa was extraordinarily helpful, and there are so many University connections, it just worked out so well,” he said. Dye himself attended Alabama, and his close friend, Christopher Dean, is choreo-graphing the show’s dance numbers. Dean graduated from the University with a degree in dance and works as a choreog-rapher in New York City. “This is also something new this year,” Dye said. “He’s going to bring a lot of energy into the pageant, making it a really fun show.” Not only will former UA grad-uates be a part of the pageant, eight current University stu-dents will be competing on the Bama Theatre stage as well. And while some of the women participating may have more experience than others, each of them expressed excitement for the upcoming weekend. “I’m a little nervous,” said Mary Margaret McCloud, a junior majoring in public rela-tions. “But really, I’m more excited than anything. We’ve been waiting so long for this weekend, and now it’s finally here.” Heather Foster, a senior majoring in public relations, said she was excited to see the new changes implemented this year. “Not only is it in Tuscaloosa, but our new director, Dohn, is making this pageant better than ever before,” she said. And to many of the competi-tors, winning is not the only goal
Alabama USA competition con-tinues in the same style and will conclude with the crown-ing of Miss Alabama USA. T h e winner of Miss Alabama USA will go on to compete in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant scoring is divid-ed equally between an inter-view portion, a swimsuit por-tion and an evening wear por-tion. Unlike the Miss America circuit of pageants, there is not a talent portion.
“It’s a beauty pageant,” Dye said. “These girls are judged on beauty, intelligence and charisma.” The Miss USA pageant circuit reaches women from all parts of the country, and this week all areas of Alabama will be represented. “This weekend, Tuscaloosa is going to face an influx of 90 of the most beautiful women in the state, if not the nation,” Dye said.
show, which includes 90 com-petitors in eveningwear and swimsuit. Sunday at 2 p.m. the top 15 finalists will be announced for Miss Alabama Teen USA. Then there will be an interview portion of the competition and the crowning of Miss Alabama Teen USA. Sunday night at 6:30, the Miss
By Ashley ChaffinContributing Writer
Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre will dance its way back into Morgan Auditorium for its fall performance next Tuesday. Performances will be held Tuesday through Thursday at 7:30 p.m. and on Friday at 5:30 p.m., and will showcase chore-ography from the department of theatre and dance staff, as well as the talents of ARDT members. Tickets are $12 for students, $15 for seniors, faculty and staff and $18 for adults. Last year’s ARDT spring con-cert featured its first full-length production, “Cinderella,” but this concert is going back to ARDT’s original style of short performances, each by different choreographers. “Repertoire is why I started the program,” said Cornelius Carter, director of UA’s dance department and founder of ARDT. “I wanted a dancer to be able to go from ballet shoes to bare foot in zero seconds, and to train the dancers in a way that once they leave they should be able to do any kind of company they desire.” Next week’s concert has per-formances that pull inspiration from all different styles of dance including classical ballet, jazz, Broadway and many others. Carter said he pulled his inspiration from the freedom of modern dance and the theatri-cal aspects of jazz and ballet to create his piece, “After the Rain,” which focuses on the complexi-
ties of relationships. “[It’s about] how in everyday life we deal with this wonderful journey of love, loss, moving on and finding ourselves,” he said. “It shows the beauty and some-times the moments that are not so beautiful but yet in the midst of it you pick yourself back up and you go on.” Sarah M. Barry, assistant pro-fessor of dance at the University, decided to push the boundaries of the space on the stage with her piece titled “there, again.” She created a set for the danc-ers to perform in that has four separate boxes, all 6-by-6 feet on the floor and 7 feet tall. The four boxes are stacked in two levels, with two on the top level and two on the bottom. “It gives it a kind of sense of place,” she said. “You’ll see the dancers sort of individually deal-ing with the space they are in; that is what the dance becomes about.” The different sets, styles and themes in the separate pieces of the entire performance show what ARDT is all about. Carter wanted to work with dancers who could perform in all differ-ent styles and settings. He start-ed this program when he saw a need to create a pre-professional program that would prepare stu-dents for any professional dance career. He said the success of the alumni in professional settings has been phenomenal and that was the point of the program in the first place. One alumnus from the first class of ARDT,
ARDT pushes bounds of dance• What: ARDT fall performance
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Christopher Dean, said that the program has progressed “leaps and bounds” since it began 10 years ago. “It was the year before Morgan, it was bare bones,” he said. “Literally it was just teach-ers and students and we were just generating quality dancers.” The one thing about ARDT that has remained consistent is the ability to create quality dancers through the program. Next week’s concert will feature dancers who all dance in several pieces throughout the entire performance; one dancer is in three separate and sequential pieces. Dean said that all of these dancers are working on a profes-sional level, balancing rehears-als for all the different pieces as well as their difficult class sched-ules. He is most excited about the level of sophistication in the upcoming performances and
could not compliment the work of the choreographers enough during rehearsals. “I’m excited about how some-how we dig into the bottom of
ourselves and continue to push and challenge students in a way that every semester the work becomes more complex,” Carter said.
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