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Oftentimes,wearesoself-absorbedthatweforgetanyoneisaroundus.Andthismind-set

canalsoapplytothepeopleinthesameroom.Wetalkoncellphones,blareiPods,andanumberofotherannoyinghabits,likebangingawayonakeyboard.Ifthisistheamountofattentionwepaytothepersonsittingnexttous,howoftendoweconsiderthepeopleontheothersideoftheworld?Weseemedtobe

concernedwhenthesepeoplearefacingsometypeofdisasterortragicevent.Americansspendmostoftheirday-to-day

livesthinkingofthemselves.Weyellattheother“dumb”driversontheroadbecauseweleftthehouselate.Wearealwaysconcernedaboutthebestchoiceforuswithlittletonothoughtabouthowitwouldaffectsomeoneelse.Weevensaythatifsomeoneisgoingtocometothiscountry,heorsheshouldlearntospeak“American”first.Sohowwillwereactwhen41studentstravel

toLivingston,AlabamatocompletetheirdualdegreesatUWA?Thismaynotseemlikealifechangingevent

forus,butforthe41travelingstudents,itwillbe.ThesestudentsgrewupandcurrentlyliveinChina.Ofthese41spotsavailable,34studentshavecurrentlybeenconfirmed.Atthispoint,UWAwillhost12youngmenand22youngwomenranginginagefrom17–23inthecom-ingfallsemester.Theyhaveappliedandbeenselectedto

participateinanexchangeprogrambetweenUWAandGuangdongUniversityofFinance(GUDF).AllofthestudentstravellingtoUWAwillbe

housedinHooverApartmentsPhase2,whichiscurrentlyunderconstruction.Whenthestudents

arrivetheywillhavecompletedtwoyearsofcollegeatGDUF,includingacourseinEnglish,andwhentheysuccessfullycompletethepro-gramtheywillgraduatewithdualdegreesfromGDUFandUWA.“WhereisGuangdongUniversity?”Theobvi-

ousanswerisChina,otherwiseknownbythepropernameofPeople’sRepublicofChina.Thecountryisdividedinto23provinces;theseareasarecomparabletoour50states.Buttobemorespecific,theuniversityis

locatedinthecityofGuangzhou.GuangzhouisnotonlythecapitalcityoftheGuangdongprovince,butitalsohappenstobethelargestcityoftheprovince.Theprovinceislocatedonthesoutherncoastofthecountry.ItisborderedbytheSouthChinaSeaandHongKongliestothesouth.GuangzhouisaportcityonthePearlRiver

withacitypopulationaround6million.IfthepopulationofLivingstonweremultipliedby1,700,Guangzhouwouldstillbesignificantlymorepopulated.Whenthesurroundingurbanareaisincludedintothisestimate,thepopula-tiongoesuptoroughly11.85millionpeople.Guangzhou’sUSsistercityisLosAngeles,Calif.,whosesizeandpopulationGuangzhoualsosurpasses.Thecity’slocationatthemouthofthePearl

RiverandborderingtheSouthChinaSeamakeittheideallocationforimportsandexportsviawaterways.Guangzhou’saccessiblewaterwaysmakeitChina’sleadingmanufacturingandcommercialarea.Guangshou’sideallocationisalsoaidedbytechnologicaladvancementsmadebythecity’sstrivingtobecomeatech-nologicalandscientificworldleader.ThecityofGuangzhouisover11,000miles

awayfromLivingston,Ala.TheshortestflighttoGuangzhoufromtheBirminghamInternationalAirportwouldstillbeanovernightflightof25hours.However,ifsomeonewantedtodrivefor11,000miles,theycouldtravelacrosstheUnitedStatesfourtimesbeforetheodometerhitthe11,000milemark.

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andhadtobehomeateleven-acur-fewthatIdidnotobey-butafterprom,IwishedIcouldhavehadonelastchancetogetitright.Iwantedmydatetobemyhighschoolcrush,andIwantedthemostbeautifuldress,butenoughaboutme.Recently,TheUniversityofWestAla-

bamahelditsLastChanceProm.TheCampusActivityBoardmembersde-cidedtheywantedtotrysomethingfresh.

JasonGardner,theDirectorofStudentActivities,saidthatalotofhardworkandresearchwentintoputtingthispromtogether.Heexplainedhowhe,alongwiththeCampusActivityBoardmem-bers,cameupwiththisidea:“Well,theCampusActivityBoardmemberswantedtotrysomethingnew,andaftermuchresearch,wefoundthatTheLastChancePromwasverypopular.Wefiguredthatitwouldbesomethingfuntotry.”ThePromhadover100studentsinattendance.Themusicwasgreat,thefoodwasgreat,andthemoodwasjustright.UWAstudentDexterMcDonaldsaid,

“Ireallyenjoyedit;”McDonaldsaid,“Ienjoyedthesnacks,andIlikedthefactthatpeopleactuallydressedup!”WillthisbethelastpromatUWA?“No,thisissomethingthateveryoneenjoyed,”Gard-nersaid,“wehadagoodturnoutforthefirsttime,andthisissomethingthatwanttocontinue.”Ifyoumissedthepromthefirsttime,keepyoureyesandearsopenforthenextLastChancePromandotherexcitingeventssponsoredbyCAB.

PreviewDaywasheldonSaturday,March19.ThiseventwassponsoredbytheUWAOfficeofAdmis-sions.Onehundredfiftyhighschooljuniorsand

seniorsweresigneduptoat-tend.StudentswereinformedaboutPreviewDaythroughmailedinvitations,alinktosignupontheUWAwebsite,andagroupcreatedonFa-cebook.DuringPreviewDaythesestudentsandtheirfami-lieshadachancetoexploreUWA,learnabouttheuniver-sity,andtakeatourofthecampus.Theyalsohadthechancetomeetandinteractwithprofessorsandcurrentstudents,tolearnaboutschol-arshipsandfinancialaid,andtogettoknowGreeksandothercampusorganizations.PreviewDayisagreatwayto

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partofSeanTuohy.Althoughheishesi-tantatfirstwhendealingwithMichael,hegrowstothinkofMichaelasasonandloveshimjustthesame.Healsoknowswhentobeobedientanddoashiswifesays(husbandsshouldlearnfromthis).KathyBatesembodiesMissSue,a

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moonandtheearth,approximatlyninetimesthedistancearoundtheearth.ThisSupermoonwas20percentbrighterand15percentbiggerthanthemoonisatanyothertimesince1993.In2008,therewasalmostasupermoon,butnotquite.Ifyoumissedthebeautifulmoonon

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Maybeyougotoamovietheaterweeklytospendtimewithfriendsortorelaxwithyourfamily.Ifgoingtothetheaterisnotonofyourregularactivities,attheveryleastyouoccasionallygoforsocialtime.Youmayhavemov-ienights

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ieroutinealittlethisweek-endandgototheannualMovieUndertheStarsnightinPrattville?Thisyear,Planet51willbe

shownona30footinflatablemoviescreenatCootersPondPark.TheshowingwillbeginatsundownonFriday,March26.Admissiontothismovieeventisfree.Ria’sPizzeriawillbesellinglargepizzasfor$5.00onsite.Noalcoholisallowed.Planet51,directedby

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recordeda6-0,6-0win,whileGerdingandPopovafinishedoutwitha6-1,

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LucasCruztookhissinglesinstraightsetsandaddedanotherwin,making97wins.IfCruzcanmake100wins,hewillbethefirstpersontoeverdosoinUWA’shistory.JuanTellez,

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tsunami, earthquake wreak havoc on japan

AsUWAstudentsprepareforSpringBreak,somestudentsaremakingalternateplans.Manystudentsfrom

theU.S.andCanadawereplanningtogotoJapanandstudyduringtheirtimeawayfromschool.One21-year-oldMeridianCommunityCollegestudenthadjustarrivedinTokyowhentheearthquakechangedherpreconceivednotionsofJapaneseculture.CarrieMitchellofMeridianhadjustarrivedinherhotelroomwhentheunmistakableshak-ingbegan.Asshemadeherwaydownthestairstosafety,

MitchellmetotherEnglishspeakingpeoplewhoweregoingthroughthesamenightmare.Theywerestillto-getherasthe8.9quakestopped,andthepanicstarted.Aswordoftheaftershocksandpossibletsunamisspread,Mitchellandhernewfriendsstayedtogether.Thehotelfoundasafeplacetoshelterthoseintheirchargeandmakethemconfortable.Mitchellmadeplanstoreturnhomeassoonasaflightbecameavailable.ShesafelyreturnedtoMeridianonThursdayaftermanydaysofprayersfromherfamilyandfriends.The2011GreatEarthquakeofJapanhasadeathtoll

ofover20thousand-twoweeksaftertheearthquake.Nearly500thousandpeoplearelivinginshelters.Noonehaspredictedtheamountofdamagescausedbythisquake,tsunamiandaftershocks.The7.3earthquakeof1995caused$100billionindamagesandwasonceconsideredthemostexpensivenaturaldisasterinhistory.TheGreatEarthquakeofJapan-2011hasbeenup-

gradedtoa9.0onthescaleusedtomeasureearth-quakesaroundtheworld.In1935,twostudentsfromtheCaliforniaInstituteofTechnology,CharlesRichterandBenoGutenberg,developedawaytomeasuresuchoccurrences.Theirscaleisbasedonstrengthanddurationoftheseismicwavesduringtheearthquake.Itisnowreferedtoasthemomentmagnitudescale,sinceithasbeenimprovedthroughtheyearstobettermeasurethemovement.Thescaleusesaformulaofbase-10Logarithms.Each

numberis10timesasbadasthenumberbeforeit.Twois10timesworsethanone.Inthissystem,onequakecanbecomparedwithanyotherone.Aquakethatmeasuresbelow3cannotbefelt.Ami-

nororlightquakeisfrom3-5.A5-7quakeisamoderateorstrongquake,anda7-8isamajorearthquake.An8-9isagreatearthquake.Atleastoneearthquakeofan8magnitudehitssomewhereintheworldeachyearandusuallyhasadeathtollof10thousandpeople.A9hitssomewhereintheworldevery20years.TheGreatChil-eanEarthquakeof1960wasa9.5.A10hasneverbeenmeasured.A10wouldcauseplanetwidedestruction.Tocomparethetruescaleofdamagewithaknown

event,wecanlookatWorldWarII.A.5doesthedam-ageofalargehandgrenade,a1.5doesthedamageofaconventionalbomb,anda2.5doesthedamageofablockbusterbomb.A6.097wasmeasuredwhentheU.S.droppedtheatomicbombonNagasaki.

Anearthquakeof8.22compareswiththeTsarBomba,thelargestthermonuclearweap-onevertested.TheTobaeruptionwasoneofthelargestknownvolcanicevents75millionyearsago,anditmeasured8.5.TheEruptionofKrakatoainIndonesiain1883mea-sured8.7.TheLisbon,PortugalEarthquakein1755measured9.0.TheYucatanPen-

insulaimpact,whichcreatedtheChicxu-lubCrater65millionyearsago,wouldhavebeena12.33,andthemagnitudeoftheStarquakeonthemagnastarSGR1806-20registered22.78onDecember27,2004.InJapan,eachdayafterthequake,newhardships

arefound.Houses,businesses,cars,trucksandtrainsarepiledontopofeachother.Onebullettrainisstillmissing.Thetsunamicausedamajorproblemwiththe

FukushimaDai-ichinuclearpowerplant,andexpertsareworkingtorestartthedamagedcoolingsystembeforeradiationcanleakfromtheholdingtanks.Nowradiationhasbeenfoundinthemilkandfoodfromthesurroundingcountryside.ThiscontaminationwillcausemorehardshiponthefarmersofnorthernJapan.Manypeopleareexpectingagreatdropinthetour-

ismbusinessforthecomingweeksandmonths.Tourismbringsinover$5millioneachyeartotheJapanesepeople.Thedamagefromthe2011earthquakeisinthenorthernpartofJapan.Tokyoisrecoveringandthesouthernpartofthecountryhadverylittledamage.SouthernJapanisstillabeautifulplacetovisit.Inthemiddleofallthedamage,rainbowscanbe

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suitsmadefromDemron.ThismaterialwascreatedbyDr.RonaldDeMeotoprotecthispatientsfromover-exposuretox-rays.Eachsuitisvaluedat$1,700.StoriesofchildrencollectingmoneytohelpJapanareinthenewseverynight.Inaddition,donationsiteshavebeensetupontheWorldWideWeb.Thebestwaytogiveamonetarydonationistogivetoanestablishedrelieffund.Oncampus,youmaydropyourcontributionattheWesleyFoundation.TheUnitedMethodistCommit-teeonReliefgives100percentofthemoneyitcollectsonbehalfoftheproject.

Althoughearthquakeshappeneverywhere,theresi-dentsofAlabamaandMississippiarenotaccustomedtobeingwakenedbythetremorsofaquake.Never-theless,Theydohappennearus.Alabamahasseveralmildquakeseachyear.LastSaturday,a2.5quakewasrecordedinNewMarket,MadisonCounty,Ala.,about10a.m.Thenexttimeyoufeelthegroundshake,itmighthave

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Allsportshaveincommonaplayoffsystem.Someofthoseplayoffsystemsarecriticizedwhileothersareembracedas

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topassinMarchofeveryyear.Over4millionpeoplehavefilledoutabracketforthe2011NCAABasketballChampion-ship,alsoknownasMarchMadnessandTheBigDance.ThesefansagreewithCalebHynds,

UWAstudent,that“it’sthebesteventinsports.”PRNewswiresaysthat“fillingoutabracketisoneofthemostenjoyablewaystoparticipateinMarchMadness….Youmayneverhitthegame-winningshotinanNCAAChampionshipgame.

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knowwhowillwinonagivennight,andthat’sgoingtomakeitreallyexciting.”Thisisgoingtobeatremendoustournamentwithoutstandingathletesoneachteamand“that’swhenyou’regoingtoseealltheupsetsthatweallfallinlovewitheachyear,”saysJohnson.SanDiegoStateisarguablythemosttalentedteaminthe

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Song: Cool Thing Artist: Rascal FlattsMaybeyoualreadyhavesomebodytosharethis2011SpringBreakwith.Ifso,“Cool

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Song: Shore Thing Artist: Luke BryanThetitleofthealbumthissongistakenfromis“SpringBreak,”sothissongshould

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Song: Like A G6 Artist: Far East Movement, The Cataracs, and DevAreyoufeelingflythisSpringBreak?FlylikeaG6?Ifso,blast“LikeaG6”through

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Song: Dynamite Artist:Taio CruzIs“Iwannacelebrateandlivemylife”thethemeofspringbreak?Ithinkso.Taio

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beinginstitutionalized,EmmatookoutherfrustrationonGreenlee.MarissabidonScottatthebachelorauctioninsteadofJR.Later,JRwarnedMadisonthatScottandMarissaweremuchcloserthanshewasbeingledtobelieve.Kendall’sdatewaswithGriffin,andsheplannedtousethetimetoquestionhimaboutthemissingdrugs.WaittoSee:JessehelpsdeliverhisandAngie’sbaby.

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFULBillconfessedtoKatie

thattherewasmoretoAmber’saccidentthanjustthetreebranchfall-ingonher.OlivertoldHopethathewouldwaitpatientlyforhertocomebacktohim.ThomasaskedSteffypointblankifshewasinlovewithBill.HopeleftthedinnerpartyearlyafterlisteningtoAm-bertalkaboutherbaby’sultrasound.Outside,HopeandLiamsharedapas-sionatekissbeforeshedroveaway.WaittoSee:BrookeandStephanieshareanawkwardflighttoParis.

DAYS OF OUR LIVESEJwasovercomewith

jealousyafterseeingTaylorandBradyatthepubtogether.VivianwasdeterminedtofindoutwhatStefanowaskeeping

secretfromKate.Stepha-nietoldDarioallaboutMelanie’sscandalouspast.Ciaramisinterpretedaconversationbetweenherparentsandplannedtorunaway.StefanoencouragedEJtoactonhisfeelingsforTaylor.AbbyrealizedthatsheandChadcouldneverbefriendsafterhewenttolivewiththeDiMeras.WaittoSee:Faybecomesprivy

toStefano’sevilplan.

GENERAL HOSPITALJasonandElizabeth

sufferedanenormousheartbreakwhenJakedidn’tsurvivetheacci-dent.Agrief-strickenCarlytentativelyapproachedJasontoaskifhewouldbewillingtodonateJake’sorganstohelpsaveherdaughter,Josslyn.Sonnycouldn’tstopthinkingaboutgettingrevengeonTheo.CarlyandSameachfearedthattheywerethe

onewhocausedJake’sdeath.Lisapulledascal-pelonRobinduringtheirconfrontation.FrancosentathreateningmessagetoCarlyaboutJosslyn.WaittoSee:LuckymakesaconfessiontoMaxie.

ONE LIFE TO LIVENigeladmittedthatClint

didn’tcomehomethenightofEddie’smurder.BlairtoldJohnabouttheoldphotoofToddthatTomaswascarrying.JamestoldNateabouthisex-girlfriendbackinOhio.Shanewasrushedtothehospitalaftersufferinganasthmaattack.Jessica’strueselfre-emergedwhilesharingakisswithCut-ter.JoeyfoundoutthatAubreybrokeupwithFordbecausehewasn’trich.WaittoSee:KourtneyKardashiandebutsasKas-sandraKavanaugh.

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESSHeatherdecidedtoset

theshoponfireinordertoescapeherkidnappers.Chancerescuedherandtoldherthathelovedher.DeacontoldNikki’schil-drenthatshewasdrinkingagain.TuckerfiredJackfornotfulfillinghisprom-ise.Sharonwasorderedtostayinjailuntilhertrial.PhyllisandAdamteamedupinThailandtosearchforKoa.WaittoSee:JanagetsclosertolearningPrimrose’ssecret.

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Anartistwalkedintothegallerywherehisworkswerebeingdisplayedandaskedthegalleryownerifanyofhispaintingshadsold.Thegalleryownerreplied,“Well,I

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Theicecreammanhasoftenbeenaprizedfigureintheheartsof

neighborhoodchildrenaroundthecountry.Oncethesechildrenhearthewell-knownsongassociatedwiththeicecreamman’struck,theirheartsbegintorapidlyrace,andthehighlightoftheirdayhasfinallyarrived.However,despitetheseem-

inglyinnocentappearanceofthisicecreammanandhisconsumers,oneicecream

contributorinNewYorkCityhasdestroyedthisexteriorinoneoftheworstwayspossible.OnMarch18th,LouisScalawasarrestedforallegedly

sellingillegalprescriptiondrugsfromhisicecreamtruck,andthisdrugdealerapparentlymademorethan$1milliondollarsintheprocess.Scalasoldicecreamtonu-merousinner-cityNewYorkchildrenfromhisseeminglyappealing“LickitySplit”truck.However,thistruckwouldsupposedlymakeaddition-

alstopsatpredeterminedspotswheredrugcustomersknewtheycouldbuytheillegaldrugoxycodone.Ac-cordingtotheNewYorkOfficeoftheSpecialNarcoticsProsecutor,Scalaapparentlysoldmorethan40,000prescriptionpillsfromhisicecreamtruckarounddiffer-entareasofStatenIsland.Thisdealeriscurrentlyfacingchargesforheadinga

30-persondrugringwhichincludedmorethanadozendrugrunnerswhofilledfakeprescriptions.Additionally,officialssuspectthatNancyWilkinsabusedherpositionasanassistantataManhattanorthopedicofficebystealingblankprescriptionpadsandsellingthemfor$100dollarsapage.MostoftheindividualswhoScalarecruitedtofill

thesebogusprescriptionswerebothfinanciallydesper-ateandultimatelyaddictedtooxycodone.Accordingtoofficials,thiscasedemonstratesthein-

tenseriseofmanypeople’sprescriptiondrugaddictionbecauseitshowsthedesperatedistributionpracticesofdrugdealersandthestructureofthedrugunderworld.

OnMarch9,1999,dur-inganinterviewwithWolfBlitzer,AlGoremadethefollowingclaim:“DuringmyserviceintheU.S.Con-gress,ItooktheinitiativeincreatingtheInternet.Itooktheinitiativeinmov-

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Birthdays:AndrewMellon,1855,financierHarryHoudini.1874,magicianSteveMcQueen,1930,actorEvents:In1989,theExxonValdezspills240,000barrelsofoilinthePrinceWilliamSoundinAlaska.Exxonrefusestocleanup.

Birthdays:JackRuby,1911,murdererArethaFranklin,1942,singerEltonJohn,1947,singer/songwriterEvents:In1634,thefirstsettlersarriveinMaryland.

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