Rec increases classes tomeet demand for popularexercise techniqueBY ELLEN BURKEContributing Writer

aybe it’s the abilityto create long, sexymuscles.

Or maybe it’sbecause Hollywood’s hotteststars are swearing by it. Forwhatever reason, UA studentscan’t get enough of Pilates thissemester.

The exercise technique,invented some 70 years ago byJoseph H. Pilates, employs aseries of controlled move-ments to improve body flexi-bility and strength.

In August, three Pilatesclasses were offered at the RecCenter, but that was notenough to accommodate thestudents interested, said StaciePegenau, coordinator of groupexercise for the Rec.

Students were consistentlyturned away from the classes,which can only handle 30 par-ticipants. There are now sixPilates classes to meet thedemand, she said.

The time range of classeswas also expanded, allowingmore students to work Pilatesinto their schedules, she said.

She said the class offeringsare designed to accommodateall Pilates skill levels.Equipment, such as weightedballs, are available for studentswho want to increase the exercises’ difficulty.

Tiffany Davis, a graduatestudent in health educationand promotion, has beenteaching Pilates at the Rec forthree years.

She said her spring semesterclasses were so full that peoplewere lying on the floor to

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Phi Iota Alpha is close toestablishing an official UAchapter, thus becoming theCapstone’s first Latino-basedfraternity.

Victor Ramirez, an officialfrom PIA’s national organiza-tion, who is responsible for thegroup’s expansion to theUniversity, said the group

needs a faculty adviser, but thefraternity has several candi-dates for the position.

Once one is chosen, it’smerely a matter of paperwork,Ramirez said.

The fraternity is designed tospread Pan-Americanism, theideology of unifying all LatinAmerican nations and peoplesthrough its chapters.

Ramirez said the fraternitywill spread its ideals throughcultural- and community-based service projects. Ramirezsaid the group hopes to workwith middle to high school students in particular.

“Being Latino is not one

culture, it’s many cultures,” hesaid.

The fraternity has two stu-dents completing the pledgingprocess, Ramirez said, and theyshould be finished sometimenext month.

Sophomore Daniel Asper,who would serve as presidentof the UA chapter of PIA, saidthere was a need for a Latinofraternity on campus.

“I wanted a place where wecould get together and beheard on campus, sort of like arefuge for Latino males,” Aspersaid.

He said the group is recruiting,

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More than 400 potentialengineering students visit CapstoneBY RYAN WRIGHTContributing Writer

A group of high school stu-dents taking a tour of theCapstone is fairly commonsight, but more than 400potential students could beseen roaming campusThursday as part of the events

associated with the annualEngineering Day.

All engineering classes werecanceled, but at least one stu-dent was confused about thesudden influx of new faces.

“It makes sense now,” saidTaylor Blake, a sophomoremajoring in public relations,when informed about theactivities surrounding E-Day.“I was like, where are all ofthese people coming from?”

All eight engineeringdepartments set up informa-tion tables and coordinated

tours to expose aspiring stu-dents to the different majors.Visitors viewed and interactedwith several current and pastengineering projects.

“I liked the hands-onexperience of the flight sim-ulator at the aerospace site,”said William Lake, a juniorfrom Bryant High School.

An on-site Mini Baja,which was built by mechani-cal engineering students forcompetition against otherschools, and a concretecanoe garnered similar

interest.“They’re doing a good

job,” said Tyler Autrey, a sen-ior from Winfield HighSchool. “Based on the pre-sentations, I want to entermechanical engineering.”

Kevin Whitaker, associatedean of the College ofEngineering, said E-Day isan “engineering openhouse.”

“You can make Web sitesand send out fliers, but this is a

E-Day attracts high schoolers

CW/ Kristen ManceCynthia Gilmer, a business graduate student, attends a Pilates class at the Rec Center Wednesday night. TheRec Center has increased the number of Pilates classes to meet student demand.

Local religious groupsrecruit in various ways

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In about two weeks,Baptist Campus Ministrieswill take a group of studentsto Coaling, where they willhave a “barn dance” on theeve of the Alabama-Mississippi game.

“We have a ton of peoplego to that every year,” saidcampus minister MattKerlin.

From Bible classes tobarn dances, various reli-gious organizations aroundcampus are doing their bestto recruit students to their

congregations.Baptist Campus

Ministries’ most popularweekly program is theTuesday night worship serv-ice called “Discovery,”Kerlin said.

“We probably run about220 people each Tuesday sofar this semester,” Kerlinsaid.

BCM also hosts a com-munity service projectcalled Kids Club onTuesdays, and participantscreate intramural sportsteams.

BCM also takes trips forretreats and conferences,Kerlin said, along with amission trip every SpringBreak.

“We always go to Mexico,

CW/ T.G. PaschalChristi Giles and Daniel Robinson lead the worship service at theCalvary Baptist Church’s freshman Bible study Monday night.

Daniel Asper, VictorRamirez andFrancisco Yegresstand on the bridgeto the Riverside complex. Ramirezis overseeing theexpansion of PhiIota Alpha, a national Latino-based fraternity,onto UA. Asper is astudent who willserve as the fraternity’s president. Yegres isa student interested in thefraternity.

CW/ Charley PardenSee LATINO Page 3

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CW / T.G. PaschalRussel Veale of Parker High School sits with Big Al outside of H.M. ComerHall during E-day Thursday. Big Al came to the event and entertained themore than 400 visiting high school students.See E-DAY, Page 2

See PILATES, Page 3

great way to reach out to stu-dents,” Whitaker said. “It’s avery simple and effective wayto increase interest in the col-lege and the University as awhole.”

The event saw a goodturnout, Whitaker said. Morethan 400 students from highschools in Prattville,Huntsville, Heflin,Montgomery, Birmingham,Tuscaloosa and other areasventured to the Capstone.

E-Day, a more than 20-yeartradition, has been a “contin-uing success,” Whitaker said.Several student volunteersattributed their engineeringcareer choice to their E-Dayexperience.

Meredith Caldwell, a seniormajoring in mechanical engi-neering, said she volunteeredher time to explain herinvolvement in the all-femaleMini Baja team.

“It’s good to be a femalerepresentative for engineer-ing,” Caldwell said. “Seeingme talk about something likea Baja gives confidence togirls who otherwise might nothave considered such amajor.

“Plus, I think I turned a fewpeople away from Auburn.”

The volunteers’ efforts wereeffective on at least onepotential engineer. ChrisJames, a freshman at EastLawrence High School,expressed a fear that he“might be turning into anengineer.”

Only rain hindered theexperience. It’s off and onpresence forced studentsinside or under awnings sev-eral times during the day.

“Everybody has been reallyfriendly; it’s interesting.Everything has been prettynice,” said Daniel Williams, asenior at East Lawrence HighSchool.

Cody Snipes, a junior atTuscaloosa County HighSchool, said not everyoneattending E-Day was not nec-essarily interested in learningmore about UA engineering.

“Half the kids are just hereto get out of class,” Snipessaid.

Students in the College of

Engineering seemed toappreciate the off time aswell.

“Thursdays are busy for me— the time off is awesome,”said Blake, who has classes inthat area.

BY LIBBY ROGERSContributing Writer

Denied admission to theUniversity 56 years agobecause he was black, PaulJones experienced firsthandthe pain of rejection andracism.

But, despite UA wrongs,Jones came back Thursday totalk to 20 law students aboutthe importance of race equal-ity and collaboration. He alsocame back to show off someof his collection of African-American art at the SarahMoody Gallery of Art.

“Years ago this man wasrejected by the University,and here he is now honorableand a contributor to the

University,” said law profes-sor Alfred Brophy, whoorganized the lecture in col-laboration with the Black LawStudents Association. “Thismoment is all the more pow-erful because of how unex-pected it is.”

Brophy and Jones becamefriends when Brophy pre-sented a resolution to the UAFaculty Senate in 2004 askingfor the University to apolo-gize for once condoning slav-ery.

“Dr. Jones sent me a copyof his denial letter from theUniversity from when heapplied to law school here,”Brophy said.

Copies of the denial letterwere passed out to all atten-

dees of the lecture.Tracie Todd, a member of

the Black Law StudentsAssociation, said copies ofthe letter were also given toall first-year law students thatare members of BLSA.

“The letter is a very solemnreminder of the people whofought for us to be here,”Todd said. “It’s such an inspi-ration. One girl even framedit.”

Jones talked about theinfluence of art and a societydominated by whites on hislife.

Jarrett Tyus, a second-yearlaw student, said he enjoyedJones’ lecture.

“His story was so com-pelling, and I’d never thought

about how art, business andpolitics melted together, buthe really explained that,”Tyus said.

“He gave me a really goodperspective on how peopleneed to realize and takeadvantage of African-American art,” said TyriaWhite, a third-year law stu-dent.

“Be as you good as youcan,” Jones said. “Be in a cli-mate that allows you to takesome stands. We can’t dissi-pate energy focusing on eachother. Focus on problems.Collaborate as equals.”

The Paul Jones Collectionwill be on display at the SarahMoody Gallery of Art throughNov. 20.

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Quarters on the Quad deadline todayThe deadline for student organizations and teams to turn

in registration to the Community Service Center for nextweeks Quarters on the Quad event is today at noon.

At the Wednesday event, student organizations and teamscan sponsor sections of the Quad and ask people walking byto donate a quarter for Hurricane Katrina relief from 10 a.m.to 4 p.m.

Teams must consist of eight students. Applications can befound at volunteer.ua.edu or at the Community ServiceCenter’s office in 355 Ferguson Center.

There were around 800 people in attendance at theStudents’ Rights and Responsibilities forum in the FergusonCenter ballroom Wednesday night.

The Crimson White incorrectly reported 250 people inattendance.

Alabama Arise organizer to speak SundayAlabama Arise organizer Danny Jones will speak Sunday

night at 6 at the Wesley Foundation on Hackberry Laneacross from Mary Burke Hall. Alabama Arise promotes legis-lation that is designed to improve the lives of low-incomepeople.

For more information, e-mail wesley@dbtech.net.

Second S.P.I.R.I.T. campaign underwayThe University has kicked off its second Students Playing

Important Roles in Tradition student fundraising campaignin efforts to raise $12,000 for scholarships.

The first S.P.I.R.I.T. campaign, held last spring, raised$9,000 that was used to give scholarships to four students.

The campaign asks students to donate $2 to theUniversity. Funds will go to students who are the first in theirfamilies to attend college.

Students can swipe their ACTion cards at S.P.I.R.I.T. loca-tions in the Ferguson Center and Rec Center or they candonate online at spirit.ua.edu. Checks can be mailed toUniversity of Alabama Office of Advancement, S.P.I.R.IT.campaign, Box 870122, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487. The cam-paign ends Nov. 10.

For more information, contact S.P.I.R.IT. campaign coor-dinator Graham Smith at 348-5535 orgsmith@advance.ua.edu.

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exercise because all of themats had been taken up.

In the past, Davis had toturn people away from fullclasses, but the additionalinstructors and classes havehelped the situation, shesaid.

There are usually about 20people in each class, Davissaid.

She said one major disad-vantage of having a largeclass is trying to make surethat everyone is doing thecorrect position for eachexercise.

Instructors like Davis, whohave a very loyal following,might be contributing to theincreased interest in Pilates,said Erin Finley, a seniormajoring in public relations.

Finley said Davis is herfavorite instructor becauseshe challenges students to doexercises that are difficult.

“I like Pilates because Ireally feel exhausted after theworkout,” Finley said. “I feelthat it was worth my time.”

Latesha Dejean, a sopho-more majoring in specialearly education, said shewould only go to the Pilatesclasses Davis teaches.

“I memorized the scheduleso I knew when Tiffany Daviswould be teaching,” Dejeansaid.

Finley said having Pilatesat the Rec Center is greatbecause other gyms chargeat least $30 to learn the exer-cise technique.

Davis said Pilates is grow-ing because it is a good alter-native for people who don’twant to lift weights but wantto stay in shape.

Katrin Braun, a seniormajoring in library sciences,agreed.

“You sweat, but it’s notoverly exhausting,” Braunsaid. “I don’t like liftingmachines, and Pilates helpswith muscle strength andstretching.”

Braun said she wants tocontinue taking Pilates class-es because it helps her backproblems.

Pegenau said the majorityof people in Pilates classesare female, but a few men go

to class each week. “People think ballet when

they hear Pilates,” she said. Even though the classes

tend to start out at capacity,the numbers usuallydecrease as the semestergoes on, Pegenau said.

“After Halloween, participation declinesbecause studies becomeharder,” she said. “If there are20 people in each classtowards the end of thesemester, then more classeswill be added.”

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CW/ Kristen ManceThe Rec Center has expanded its Pilates classes to accomodate theincreased number of participants.

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and at least six more memberswill likely pledge in thespring.

The men chose PIA over othernational Latino fraternities tostart at the University, Asper said,is because of the prestige it holds.

“It’s not just a group ofHispanics or a social group,”Asper said. “It’s an intellectualgroup, and when we met withsome of the other brothers, theywere very professional and confi-dent in the attitude they por-trayed.

“You can see the brotherhoodwith their actions, and we

wanted that as well as an organi-zation that’s actually known forwhat it does, too.”

Sigma Lambda Beta, a Latino-based, multicultural fraternityhas also begun the process ofstarting a UA chapter and is mak-ing progress, said GuillermoPuente, a junior majoring inmechanical engineering, who isleading an interest group for thefraternity.

He said there are about 20members actively working tocreate the chapter.

Puente said the main differ-ence between the two fraterni-ties is that Sigma Lambda Betadoesn’t focus on Pan-Americanism and also makes an

appeal to Latinos and Latinodescendents who are fromplaces like Florida or Texas, whodo not have stronger ties to LatinAmerica.

Though no official plans havebeen established yet, Asper saidPhi Iota Alpha will participate inservice projects that will reachminorities and underprivilegedchildren in the community.

Phi Iota Alpha will hold aninformational meeting for inter-ested students on Saturday at 3p.m. in the Ferguson CenterForum.

Student life editor Mike Faulkcontributed to this report. He canbe reached at faulk@cw.ua.edu.

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BY BOB JOHNSONThe Associated Press

BAYOU LA BATRE — FormerPresident Bill Clinton visitedAlabama’s storm-batteredbayou Wednesday and prom-ised that distribution of $100million in privately raised hurri-cane relief on the Gulf Coast willnot be tied to politics.

“Nobody has got a dog in thishunt,” he said. “We’re justAmericans trying to work thisthing out.”

Clinton, joining former

President George Bush in thefund-raising effort afterHurricane Katrina, met withbayou residents and officials,including Gov. Bob Riley, in ashed normally used to unloadshrimp on the seafood village’swaterfront.

He came to Alabama aftertouring parts of Mississippi ear-lier Wednesday and said thegoal is to provide funds torelieve problems that govern-ment can’t solve.

In Bayou La Batre, wheremost make their living from thesea, all 50 seafood-processing

plants are shut down and finan-cially wrecked fishermen lackcash to buy fuel and put theirvessels back in operation. Cityofficials also said only 8 percentof those in town had floodinsurance, while at least 800homes were mostly lost tofloodwaters.

Dressed in khakis and a navyblue short sleeve shirt, Clintonstopped to chat and sign auto-graphs with people lined upoutside the shrimp shed. Acrossthe street, Gail LaForce voicedthe complaint that Clintonheard throughout his visit.

Clinton promises bayou townrelief not tied to politics

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This is the final part of a seven-part series.

There’s a certain symmetryto all of this.

When this series started sixweeks ago, Washington, alongwith the rest of the nation, wasbracing for a round of poten-tially bruising Supreme Courtconfirmation hearings.

Now, Harriet Miers waits forher turn to go before theSenate after being tapped onMonday to fill Sandra DayO’Connor’s seat on the Court.Six weeks ago, the Americanpeople knew very little abouttheir next presumptiveSupreme Court justice. Now,we know even less.

Miers, if nothing else, is aBush loyalist, seemingly cho-sen on the virtue of her con-nection to the president alone.We know precious little abouther ideology aside from briefsnippets like her $150 dona-tion to a pro-life advocacygroup. But couple that with a$1,000 donation to Al Gore’sfirst run for the White House in1988, and Miers is an ideologi-cal riddle.

That uncertainty doesn’twin public opinion battles. In aGallup poll taken on Mondayand Tuesday, 49 percent ofthose surveyed said theywould be less likely to supportMiers’ nomination becauseher views on most major issues

aren’t known. Her judicialinexperience proved almost astroublesome for most peopleas 46 percent said they wouldbe less likely to support Miersbecause she had never been ajudge.

Her inexperience is trouble-some but not a deal breaker.After all, justices like WilliamTaft (president), Hugo Black(senator) and Earl Warren(governor) were politiciansbefore they were appointed tothe bench. Even the recentlydeceased William Rehnquisthad no experience as a judgewhen Richard Nixon namedhim to the court.

Miers is still a lawyer, andthe last time I checked, theydon’t hand out law degrees likethey’re from the University ofPhoenix Online. She was alsothe president of the Texas BarAssociation, which means herpeers respect her. While shedoesn’t have time on thebench, she’s probably got asound legal mind, albeit one

that needs to be probed by theSenate Judiciary Committee.While I’ll allow a president theright to choose whomever hedesires for the Court, I’d like tohave some coherent inkling asto their disposition.

Still, despite whatever criticsprotest, Miers will likely gain aseat on the Court. Her nonex-istent record doesn’t providethe radical background need-ed to sink her nomination, andthere’s little chance thatembarrassing personal orphilosophical details will riseduring her confirmation hear-ings to turn the majority of theSenate against her.

Miers will gain a seat on thebench. So will other nomineesto come in the remaining daysof this administration and oth-ers in the future. Judges come,and judges go. Yet the SupremeCourt remains.

As an institution, the Courtis a vital part of the tapestry ofour democracy, a distinctlyAmerican establishment weshould be proud of. Whileother countries struggle toprovide the necessities of lifeto citizens, we’re able to debateissues like free speech and theproper place of religion in gov-ernment.

To debate those issues, wehave nine thoughtful anddeliberative individuals whotheoretically rule without self-interest in mind, instead

considering only the rule oflaw and the Constitution.

As citizens, we might ques-tion the Court’s power or someof its decisions, but we gener-ally respect it.

After all, since the earliestdays of our republic, it hasbeen a guardian of the peopleand a protector of our rights.

While there are painfulexceptions such as the DredScott case (in which the opin-ion stated “[Blacks] Had norights, which the white manwas bound to respect”) andPlessy v. Ferguson (a case thatestablished the grounds forlegalized segregation), thecourt has been the single insti-tution on the forefront of keep-ing the American people andtheir leaders honest.

They are the ones continu-ing to expand the definition of“men” in the Declaration ofIndependence’s statement ofhope and promise in “All menare created equal.”

I have faith in that promise. Ihave faith in the rule of lawand its sacred place above par-tisan politics.

Despite justices with wildlydiffering ideologies anddespite an uncertain futurewith the Roberts Court, I havefaith in the Supreme Court.

Will Nevin is opinions editor ofThe Crimson White. His column appears on Fridays.

BY TAYLOR STRONG

My friend has spent threeyears trying to find happinessat the University.

He has switched majors,roommates and has come incontact with more than a fewbigots. He has smiled andwalked down the Quad seasonafter season, and it took himuntil now to realize what wasmissing: his heart.

When he told me he wasleaving, my initial responsewas to beg him to stay and totell him to stick it out for onemore year.

But I know, just like heknows now, that you cannotfind happiness in a place or aperson or a thing. You have tofind happiness in yourself andtake the steps necessary tomake it happen. There issomething about being in col-lege that draws us away fromourselves.

We live in a world where weare constantly preparing for

the next step. We study forclass to make good gradesthat will help us to graduatewith honors and to help usfind our dream job. We joinorganizations rarely because

we are interested, but becausewe want something, anything,to make us look good onpaper. We work out to lookgood in a bathing suit onspring break. We get jobs tohelp us buy thebest Christmas presents.

We go through the seasonsof our life waiting for tomor-row, but it is rare that we stop,take a breath and appreciatetoday.

By no means would I con-sider myself a Southern girl.In fact, there are so many

characteristics about me thatare so blaringly of Yankee spir-it that it is a wonder that Ihave made it.

But, I enjoy it here, I amhappy here simply because I

have been able to stay true tomyself, a gift I am thankful forabove many.

Like my good friend who issoon to be far away, I havecome to realize that some-times what makes us feelright, what makes us feel likewe are on the right path, is notalways easy and is not alwayslooked at favorably by others.

This is my third year here,and I have had my fair shareof experiences that have leftme standing alone, with a fewrebels on my side. I have

made bad grades; I have madebad choices.

I have made my parentswonder what they did todeserve the stress I inevitablycaused them in my late teens.

But every single time, Iwent against the current andfelt as though I had nobody,that was another step madeon the way to finding innerpeace. I have learned toaccept myself, exactly how Iam.

I encourage people to stepback and take a look at theirlives. I encourage all of you toexamine it and make sure thatyou are on the path that youwant to be, not on a path thatwas chosen for you.

Falling down, messing upand making huge mistakes areall worth it.

Those experiences thatonce seemed negative canlead you to the life you weremeant to live: your own.Taylor Strong is a juniormajoring in journalism.

Live life according to your own path

We go through the seasons of our life waiting fortomorrow, but it is rare that we stop, take a breathand appreciate today.

Letter to the EditorProfessor still hates cheer

In response to ChaseEspy’s editorial inWednesday’s The CrimsonWhite, I must point out thatno amount of enthusiasmand acceptance on the partof fans, no number of coun-terexamples of good sports-manship or negative exam-ples of bad sportsmanshipby students from otherschools, and no claims thatthe outcome of the gamewas influenced thereby canalter in any way the funda-mental nature of what isbeing done when the stu-dent body yells: “We justbeat the hell out of you!”

Espy claims that theCrimson Tide fans provedthemselves to be “of exem-plary character in the face ofvictory” apparently becausethe “Rammer Jammer”cheer at the end of the gamewas “one of the most invig-orating and intimidatingdisplays ever to come fromBryant-Denny Stadium.”

My opponents keep mak-ing my arguments for me.

Cheering for the hometeam is good sportsman-ship. Cheering against the

opposing team is badsportsmanship.

Doing it by the thousands,with great enthusiasm andsense of relish before anaudience of millions onradio and television doesnot change fundamentallythe hostile, negative,demeaning nature of what isbeing done.

It just increases the dam-age that results.

Espy suggests that theFlorida fans left the stadiumunder police escort. Badsportsmanship on their partnot withstanding, are we tocelebrate an atmosphere socharged with hostile emo-tion that fans must berestrained at the end of thegame to avoid a riot?

I say we need to reviewour support for this cheer,not only for the distraction itcauses from the game itselfand the damage it does toour image, but for the verypotency with which itcharges the crowd with neg-ative energy.

Such a result is a liability,Mr. Espy, not an asset.

Marvin JohnsonAssociate professor of music

Judiciary more than politicsMMyy VViieeww

Will Nevinnevin@cw.ua.edu

Does George Bush care about black people?According to rapper Kanye West’s televised

remarks in a telethon for Hurricane Katrina victimsa month ago, he does not.

We’re revisiting the controversial statement nowbecause The Crimson White wanted to take a look atyour opinions on the matter.

And what exactly are your opinions? Out of 130students unscientifically surveyed, 65 of them saidBush does indeed care about black people, while 57said he didn’t and eight were uncertain.

While that seems split down the middle, the racialdivisions lie just under the surface. Forty-two whitepeople said Bush cares about black people, but 40black people answered the opposite to the samequestion. USA Today did a scientific poll inSeptember, which resulted in answers similarlydivided along racial lines.

Katrina brought back a discussion of race andclass to the national discourse. In this country, wedo a good job at hiding racial issues that we’d preferto keep in the closet, pretending they’re not therethe entire time.

Black people have a history of being abused in theUnited States. After the country had to bloodilyatone for slavery with the Civil War, blacks weregranted citizenship, yet they had to wait for almost100 years in some places to realize the full benefits ofthat status. The questions asked in the CW surveystruck at the very core instincts, beliefs and teach-ings given to most people; the differing responsesshouldn’t come as a great surprise.

And our opinion? Bush is not a racist — just lookat his Cabinet. Secretary of State Condoleezza Riceand Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez are twominorities with important positions in the adminis-tration. To say that Bush doesn’t care about blackpeople is an oversimplification.

If anything, Bush is a classist, focused mainly onthe wealthy elite that supports his tax and econom-ic policies. And as far as the government response toKatrina, we say you can chalk that up not to race butto incompetence.

Still, West’s remarks, no matter how uninformedthey might have been, were a good way to breakopen the national debate once again. We can shushracial debates or push them under the rug, but everynow and then, you can bet these issues will resur-face.

Our View is the consensus of the CW editorial board.

but this year, we’ll probablygo to help out with hurricanerelief,” Kerlin said.

Kerlin said BCM’s systemof outreach is comprehen-sive. They call people, sende-mails, visit dorms, writeletters and visit otherchurches.

“We begin this while stu-dents are still in high school,”he said. “We go to churchesaround the state and talk tohigh school seniors aboutBCM.”

During the first few weeksof school, members chalk theQuad and participate in Geton Board Day, Kerlin said.

“The best [way to get peo-ple’s attention] is to do agood job so when peoplecome, they bring friends,” hesaid. “Word of mouth is thebest.”

While the First BaptistChurch of Tuscaloosa workswith BCM, it also hosts someindependent activities.

Tim Simpson, college min-ister at First Baptist, saidalong with Sunday servicesand Bible study, the churchholds a college Bible studyon Wednesday nights at TheLoft, their college buildingon Greensboro Avenue.

“Right now we’re doing aseries called ‘My No Good,Very Bad Date,’ a datingseries,” Simpson said.

The church also has small-group Bible studies and gen-der-specific Bible studies.

“Then, we do socials anddifferent things like that,”Simpson said.

First Baptist will also par-ticipate in the upcomingbarn dance, Simpson said.

The church also holds athrift store formal in thespring, he said.

“Students go buy clothesat a thrift store and come anddance and things like that,”Simpson said.

The Canterbury EpiscopalStudent Forum on HackberryLane interests students byholding informal discussiongroups, said Jack Alvey,Student Forum president.

“We talk about currentevents, the Bible, the historyof the Bible, issues in thechurch and issues in the

world,” Alvey said.The discussion sessions,

which begin at 9 p.m. onWednesdays, mean a lot tothe people who come, Alveysaid.

“I think people gain morefrom Wednesday night serv-ices than anything becausewe sit down and discuss per-sonal issues in a more inti-mate setting,” he said.“Everybody can see eachother; and it’s more interac-tive, you get to know yourneighbor a little bit better.”

Along with discussiongroups, Canterbury holds acontemporary Eucharist, aservice commemorating theLast Supper, for students.

“We use the same liturgy,but we use guitar musicinstead of organ music,”Alvey said.

They also hold a servicecalled Compline every otherTuesday on the Quad, whichAlvey said is a good opportu-nity to worship outside.

He said the forum alsoencourages students to par-ticipate in service projects.They work with Meals onWheels every fourth Sunday,and they help with fundrais-ers such as a Halloween car-nival in October and a pan-cake supper every MardiGras.

This year, the forum start-ed a movie night every firstWednesday of the month.After the movie, student vol-unteers give a theologicalreflection on the movie,showing how “all thingsrelate to God,” Alvey said.

The Wesley Foundation,the United MethodistChurch student center onHackberry Lane, has a varietyof activities to draw studentsas well.

“We’ve got all sorts ofthings depending on whatthe student’s interest mightbe,” campus minister KenSmith said. “We do a series ofprograms Sunday nights dur-ing the fall semester. Webring in different speakers totalk on topics of interest.”

Grilled Cheese Day onWednesdays is a big hit,Smith said, as are communi-ty service projects withHabitat for Humanity andother groups.

“We try to attract students

by offering a wide variety ofthings that might interestthem,” he said.

Chris Nelson, chapterpresident of the LutheranStudent Fellowship, saidword of mouth was the mostcommon way for students tolearn about the organization.

He said the Fellowshipholds a dinner and Biblestudy for students everyTuesday.

Since the group is smallerthan some other campusreligious organizations,meetings are intimate.

“We know each other pret-ty well, and we’re all goodfriends,” Nelson said.“Occasionally we’ll do some-thing on the weekend, likedinner at someone’s house,and we have gone to see amovie a few times.”

The Fellowship also partic-ipates in service projectssuch as a Habitat forHumanity service day thisweekend, he said.

The Catholic StudentFellowship at St. FrancisCatholic Student Center getsstudents involved with sever-al programs, including a

retreat this weekend.The Fellowship holds a

“Search” retreat every semes-ter, in which all denomina-tions can participate, mem-ber Emily Burgio said.

This semester’s will beheld at Camp Hargis, aBirmingham YMCA retreatcenter.

“We get 50 to 80 peopleeach semester,” Burgio said.“We get people from all over,not just from the University.”

Will Shaffer is director ofthe Search team, which is incharge of retreats.

“Anybody can come,”Shaffer said. “We have gamesand all sorts of activities, likea coffee house themed party.It’s a great weekend to getaway, because there’s nofootball game.”

The retreat includes smallgroup talks, Mass andReconciliation, Shaffer said.

If students want to partici-pate in the retreat, they canmeet the group at 3 and 5p.m. today at the St. FrancisCatholic Student Center at811 Fifth Avenue.

Along with retreats, theFellowship gets students

involved through a serviceorganization, Thursday nightmovies, intramural sportsteams, Tuesday Mass andsupper and an informal Massin the student library at the student center.

Other area organizations,such as B’nai Brith HillelFoundation and the MuslimStudent Association, areavailable to students as well,but representatives fromboth groups did not respondbefore press time.

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from staff reports ...

MFJ accepting submissions forfall issue

Marr’s Field Journal, theCapstone’s undergraduate lit-erary journal, is now accept-ing submissions for its fallissue. The deadline to submitis Oct. 14.

Marr’s accepts poetry,prose, translations, sheetmusic and visual art of allforms. Submissions should besent to mfjsub@sa.ua.edu,along with the author’s name,campus-wide identificationnumber, e-mail address,phone number and mailingaddress in the body of the e-mail.

Literary submissionsshould be sent as an attach-ment in Microsoft Word orNotepad format. Visual artshould be sent as an imagefile attachment. Those whosubmit their works should notinclude their name in thework.

For more information, sendan e-mail to mfj@sa.ua.edu.

AlabamaEnvironmentalCouncil social Sunday

The Alabama EnvironmentalCouncil will have a socialSunday at 3 p.m. on the Quad.

Members can get to knoweach other while playingFrisbee and croquet.

Ideas for spring events andthis year’s EarthFest will bediscussed.

There will be homemadevegan ice cream and snacks.

FAC allocationsapproved by Senate

The SGA Senate approvedallocations made by theFinancial Affairs CommitteeThursday night from thecommittee’s first meeting ofthe fiscal year that took placeMonday.

Out of $61,325.43 request-ed by 13 student organiza-tions, the FAC allocated atotal of $18,160.03 to 11 ofthe organizations. Twogroups had their requeststabled because their repre-sentatives failed to show upat the meeting.

An additional $1,370.56from the previous fiscal yearwas allocated to two studentorganizations whoserequests for funding hadbeen pending from the pre-vious fiscal year, whichended Sept. 30.

The following organiza-tions received funding fromthe FAC:� The Student BarAssociation received $9,000.� The African AmericanGraduate StudentAssociation received $480.� The Chinese StudentAssociation received$141.34.� The Performance PoetryReading Series received$2,000.� The International StudentAssociation received $915.� The Muslim StudentAssociation received $1,248.� The Pre-Law StudentAssociation received $1,174.� The UA chapter of NAACPreceived $1,444.� The Society of WomenEngineers received$1,341.69.� The Alabama StudentGerontological Society ofAmerica received $116.� Alabama InformationManagement received $300.� The Athletic TrainingStudent Associationreceived $770.56.� Phi Kappa Psi received$600.

It was also announced atthe meeting that all senatorswere required to donate tothe Quarters on the Quadfundraiser set for Wednesdayand were asked to helpinform people about theevent.

—Mike Faulk

Church Contact Information� Baptist Campus Ministries401 University Blvd. Lobby Phone: 345-3047Office Phone: 345-3983E-mail: mkerlin@bama.ua.eduWeb site: http://uabcm.com

� First Baptist Church ofTuscaloosa721 Greensboro Ave. Phone: 345-7554Web site: www.fbctuscaloosa.org

� Canterbury Episcopal StudentForum

812 Fifth Ave. Phone: 345-9590E-mail: canchap3@comcast.netWeb site:www.canterburychapel.org

� Wesley Foundation505 Ninth St.Phone: 758-3502Email: wesley@dbtech.netWeb site: www.dbtech.net/wesley

� Lutheran Student Fellowship911 Fifth Ave. E-mail: uniluchap@bellsouth.net

Web site:http://bama.ua.edu/~lutheran

� St. Francis Catholic StudentCenter811 Fifth AvenueParish Office: 758-5672Student Center: 752-8631E-mail: stfrant@bellsouth.net

� B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation728 Wallace Wade Ave.Phone: 758-3280E-mail: hillel@bama.ua.eduWeb site: http://bama.ua.edu/~hillel

When you pick us up, we won’t disappoint you

in the morning.

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Play tells emotional stories of four womenBY BEN FLANAGANEntertainment Editor

The UA Women’s ResourceCenter will present BradBailey’s play “Womenfolks”tonight and Saturday night at7:30 in the Ferguson CenterTheater in recognition ofDomestic Violence AwarenessMonth.

“Womenfolks” is the storyof four southern womenwhose separate experiencesare intertwined. From surviv-ing domestic violence to cop-ing with the loss of a daughter,the stories play from both adramatic and comedic angle.The play is separated into fourseparate monologues amongfour different actresses.

Kathy Wilson, who playsDora, said “Womenfolks” hasbeen a memorable experi-ence, especially since she hasbeen working with friends.

Wilson, Drew Baker, LisaWaldrop and Ava Buchananstar as the four women por-trayed in the play.

“What’s been great is thatthe four of us are closefriends,” Wilson said. “It’sbeen so neat for us to do thistogether.”

Wilson said she and hercompanions thought this par-ticular month was more thanan appropriate time to per-form the controversial pro-duction.

Steve Ray, a UA theatre vet-eran who has both directedand acted in several UA pro-ductions, directs the play. HisUA directing credits include“The Hypochondriac,” “ThreeDays of Rain” and “Pippin.”

Wilson, who has acted forboth the UA theatre depart-ment and Theatre Tuscaloosa,said working with Ray has beenbeneficial, thanks especially tothe solid communication

between Ray and Bailey.“[Ray] is wonderful. He’s

directed two of us severaltimes,” she said. “He knowshow to interpret Brad’s workon stage.

“We love the playwright.He’s a wonderful writer. Heknows how to write southernfemale characters.”

Bailey is a UA graduate. Hisplays include “A Sad Song forthe Whippoorwill,” “StolenThunder” and “The GospelAccording to Esther.”

Wilson said what’s impor-tant about this production isgetting the word out ondomestic violence.

Tickets can be purchased bycash or check at the Women’sResource Center or at theFerguson Center. Any remain-ing tickets be available forpurchase at the door startingat 7 p.m. Regular tickets are $9and student tickets are $4.Proceeds will support the freeservices offered by WRC tovictims of domestic violence.

BY KATIE COALEContributing Writer

The annual MoundvilleNative American Festivalkicked off on Wednesday andwill run through Saturday atMoundville ArchaeologicalPark.

The festival features per-formances and dances byAmerican Indians and craftsand music that show the her-itage of southern AmericanIndians.

Betsy Gilbert, programdirector for MoundvilleArchaeological Park, said themost popular area of the festi-val is the stage, where dancesare performed.

“We have Choctaw dancersthat perform traditionaldances,” Gilbert said. “Theydon’t perform powwows —they are traditional dancesthat American Indians in theSouth have done for 500years.”

Stomp dancing was per-formed by the Creek andSeminole Indians. The womenstrap turtle shells filled withpebbles onto their legs, andwhen the men start playing acadence the women begindancing and shaking the rat-tlers, Gilbert said.

On Friday, the TallahasseeTribal Town Dancers will per-

form the traditional Choctawstomp dance.

Choctaw social dancing isperformed by the Ala HinteChildren Dancers from west-ern Tennessee, Gilbert said.This is a traditional dancewhere the American Indiansdance around in a circle. Thesnake dance is also a populardance, she said.

“The snake dance is like thewhip,” Gilbert said. “It starts asone long chain and then coils

up and then uncoils. The per-son on the end is left running,trying to keep up.”

On Saturday, Lyndon Alec,an Alabama Coushatta fromLivingston, Texas, will performa hoop dance, Gilbert said.Alec takes hoops and makesdifferent shapes out of them,such as eagles or bears, andends up with about 20 hoopsaround him, she said.

The best part about the fes-tival being in Moundville is the

300 acres it is spread out on,Gilbert said.

“It is never busy in one partbecause we have such a largearea to work with,” she said.“Everything is equally spreadout.”

At the museum, vendors setup and sell the goods theymake, ranging from necklacesto bow and arrows, Gilbertsaid. There is an arrow corner,an archeological demonstra-tion and a target range forarchery. Tour guides are alsoavailable at the festival toshow people around the park,she said.

“Our performers showAmerican Indian dances, tellstories and play the cultures’music,” Gilbert said. “Wehave demonstrators thatshow how to weave basketsand do bead work and ven-dors that come here to dis-play and sell their work.”

The festival attracts manychildren, Gilbert said. OnThursday, about 3,000 third-and fourth-graders camethrough the festival.

Gilbert said the festival hashad great support from UAofficials. The University hasbrought out about 60 studentvolunteers, she said.

Gilbert said the festivalends on Saturday with aChoctaw bluegrass concert

by Glen Bonham and a con-cert by Dragon Fly, a CreekIndian group that mixesrhythm and blues withAmerican Indian music.

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Marty Haythron, owner of Ancient Hands pottery company, packs up someof his pieces at the end of the day Thursday at the Moundville NativeAmerican Festival.

‘Womenfolks’ another domesticviolence play performed at Ferg

CW/ E l l io t KnightDrew Baker plays Annette in theperformance of "Womenfolks" inthe Ferguson Center Theater.The play will be performedtonight and Saturday at 7:30.

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Rams coach has heartinfectionKIRKLAND, Wash. (AP) — St.Louis Rams coach MikeMartz says the infection thathospitalized him late lastweek involves his heart and isgetting worse.

He expects to miss practicethe next two days.

Martz, 54, said doctorsthink he has endocarditis, abacterial infection of theheart’s inner lining or theheart valve.

He was hospitalized lastFriday with what doctorsbelieved was a sinus infec-tion.

Lions’ WR suspendedALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) —Detroit wide receiver CharlesRogers was suspended forfour games for violating theNFL’s substance abuse policy,the latest setback to aninjury-plagued career.

The suspension is the lat-est in a series of problems forthe second overall choice inthe 2003 draft, who missedmuch of his first two seasonsafter twice breaking his rightcollarbone.

Mike Shula said it best.Shula was a player on the

Alabama football team whenthe “Rammer Jammer” cheerwas still relatively young in the1980s, and now almost 20years later he calls it a part ofAlabama’s tradition.

“I think the cheer is part ofour tradition here at Alabama,and I think we have great tra-dition,” he said

Hear that everybody? It’snot the bad habit someonetried to make it out to be.

The football players love thecheer. Tailback Ken Darbydoesn’t want the cheer to goanywhere, saying it’s one of thethings that lets people knowthat Crimson Tide fans are“into it more than anything.”

“I think we should keep itand if anything, play it more,”he said. “That’s my opinion. Ifwe beat a team pretty bad, I’drather hear that than any-thing.”

Linebacker Freddie Roachdoesn’t mind hearing thou-sands of fans screaming theinfamous words.

“If I had the CD of it, I’dprobably play it in my carevery day before I came overto workout at practice,” hesaid.

“Seriously, what’s wrongwith it?”

So with that being said, canwe put this debate to rest?

When one of my politicalscience classes is in the mid-dle of a debate on racial com-ments in politics and one guycan’t help but exclaim, “Heyy’all, there are more impor-tant things to talk about!Alabama football is on thecover of Sports Illustrated!” itreally makes me start to won-der.

I know it was a joking com-ment, but with the debate onthe “Rammer Jammer” cheercontinuing to dominatemeetings, classrooms andmeals, it makes me want toremind everyone that there ismore to life than sports. Andmore specifically, Alabamafootball cheers.

So can we end this debate?Let’s not waste time voting onit as a referendum to the SGAhomecoming ballot, when itwon’t affect the cheer regard-less of how the student bodyvotes. (Plus, we all know it’dbe some ridiculously lopsidedvictory in favor of keeping thecheer.)

Yes, there are some profes-sors and a few disgruntledstudents who like to hearthemselves talk about howrude and crude and inappro-priate it is to scream “We justbeat the hell out of you!” atopposing teams, but thenumber of people opposed tothis particular tradition seemto be in a vocal minority.

We’ve got an Alabama foot-ball team that is 5-0 and shin-ing in the national spotlightafter a decade of trials.

If “Rammer Jammer” both-ers you that much, you havethe freedom not to cheer withus after the many victoriesmore than 80,000 fans hope tosee at Bryant-Denny Stadiumthis season.

But let’s move our conver-sations and debates on tothings that really matter.

Jessie Patterson is a seniorsports reporter for TheCrimson White.

Time to stop ‘Rammer Jammer’ debate

CW/ Elliot KnightAlabama cornerback Simeon Castille celebrates with fans after the Tide’s31-3 win over Florida. Players and coaches said they were in favor ofkeeping the “Rammer Jammer” cheer.

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BY BUDDY HUGHESSports Editor� hughes@cw.ua.edu

The Alabama softball teambegins its preparation for the2006 season this Friday whenit plays host to the Fall Brawl.

The Crimson Tide will wel-come community collegesWallace-Hanceville andWallace-Dothan for round-robin play this Saturday.

Wallace-Hanceville andWallace-Dothan will start theaction at noon at the UA soft-ball complex. Alabama takesthe field against Wallace-Dothan at 2 p.m., and theTide will close out the daywith a match against Wallace-Hanceville at 4 p.m.

This is the first of two FallBrawl tournaments Alabamawill host.

Alabama will play host toJefferson State and Chipolanext weekend.

Alabama head coachPatrick Murphy said in a pressrelease that he is looking for-ward to getting a lot of playersvaluable experience.

“We’ve got four games, twodoubleheaders, and we’llhave four starting pitchers,”Murphy said. “Everybody willplay, everybody will start.

“We don’t want to see themin a mop up roll, I want to seethem when the pressure is onand see how they respondbecause you never reallyknow until they get in there,

and it’s 2-2 in the seventh.”Last year, the Tide put

together another impressiveseason, winning the SECTournament and making it allthe way to the Women’sCollege World Series beforebeing eliminated byTennessee.

Roberta Allison FallTennis Classic

Softball won’t be the onlysports action in Tuscaloosathis weekend.

The Alabama’s women’stennis team will host the 20thannual Roberta Allison FallTennis Classic starting todayat 8 a.m.

The event hots 74 playersand 12 teams including in-state foes Auburn-Montgomery, BirminghamSouthern, South Alabama andSamford.

Other schools includeMemphis, Mississippi State,Florida State and Iowa.

Alabama women’s tenniscoach Jenny Mainz said in apress release that this year’sevent is special because it isthe 20th anniversary.

“This is a special event forour program,” Mainz said.“This year’s Roberta AlisonClassic is especially meaning-ful in that it marks the 20thedition of an event that hon-ors a legendary pioneer inwomen’s college tennis.”

The Tide’s Mari Muller isriding a hot streak after a victory at a tournament inNew Mexico. Muller beatteammate Shelley Godwin towin the tournament.

Godwin, a freshman, willbe making her home debut atthe Classic.

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BY R.B. FALLSTORMThe Associated Press

ST. LOUIS — Mark Muldertossed aside a pair of poortuneup starts and put the St.Louis Cardinals on the brink ofa playoff sweep.

Mulder pitched shutout ballinto the seventh inning andthe Cardinals once again builtan early lead, beating the SanDiego Padres 6-2 Thursday fora 2-0 edge in their first-roundNL series.

Matt Morris will try toclinch it for St. Louis onSaturday at San Diego againstWoody Williams.

The Cardinals, who led themajors with 100 wins this

season, have advanced to theNL championship series fourtimes in five chances undermanager Tony La Russa. SanDiego, which limped into theplayoffs with an 82-80 record,hasn’t shown any signs ofstopping them.

Seven teams have ralliedfrom a 2-0 deficit in divisionseries play — the last team todo it was Boston againstOakland in 2003.

Mulder was 16-8 in his firstseason since being acquiredfrom Oakland, but gave upseven earned runs over 5 2-3innings in two starts after theCardinals clinched the NLCentral.

Plus, the lefty was a

decidedly better pitcher atnight (14-3, 2.26 ERA) thanday (2-5, 6.86).

Mulder scoffed at both ofthose trends the day beforeGame 2, blanking a lineupstacked with seven right-handed hitters until the lateinnings and backed by fourdouble plays, tying the NLDSrecord.

The Cardinals’ first fourruns came on balls that didn’tleave the infield — or in onecase, even the catcher’s glove.David Eckstein had a run-scoring groundout and asqueeze bunt, Yadier Molinahad an RBI grounder andAlbert Pujols drew a bases-loaded walk to finish Pedro

Astacio after four innings.As in Tuesday’s opener,

when the Cardinals took aneight-run lead behind ChrisCarpenter before the Padresrallied in an 8-5 loss, it got alittle closer at the end.

A double by Khalil Greene, asingle by Joe Randa and XavierNady’s run-scoring single cutthe deficit to 4-1.

Reggie Sanders, who drovein an NLDS-record six runs inGame 1, hit a two-run doubleoff Rudy Seanez in the sevenththat made it 6-1. Sanders haseight RBIs in eight at-bats thisseries after totaling five RBIs infive previous division seriesappearances covering 68 at-bats.

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