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Cartoon portrayals of the Prophet Muham-mad led to violence Jan. 7 at the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. The caricatures, considered blasphemous in the Is-lamic tradition, incited an attack that left 12 members of the staff dead. The casualties in-cluded writers, illustrators and the magazine’s top editor. Many journalists, cartoonists and advocates for satire and expression have spoken about the necessity of freedom within the press.

Journalist Jeremy Gray worked to share the news of the attack first and foremost. “As part of my job, I post AP’s international news on al.com,” said Gray, a managing pro-ducer for the news website. “I scrambled to compile a photo gallery and wire copy. Once I could pause for a second, I was incred-ibly sad for the victims and their loved ones.”

UM mass communication professor Ran-dall Scott discussed the importance of the freedoms of the magazine’s creators that were violated, saying “Freedom of press and free-dom of expression must include ideas that you disagree with.” Bruce Finklea, assistant pro-fessor of mass communication at the Univer-sity, spoke of how this was highlighted in the aftermath.“It has largely turned into a celebra-tion of free speech,” said Finklea. Gray com-mented on these essential freedoms, and said of his own publication, “We would not ex-ist were we not free to write what we want.”

“Humor has a power to change minds that more conventional forms of journalism might not,” Gray said of the value of satire in the vein of Charlie Hebdo. Scott added to that point, saying “Satire is essential to keep politicians and religious and business groups in line...The press must keep a close eye on their activities and critique their actions.” However, Finklea was quick to point out the distinction between straight journalism and satire. While he refer-enced the long history newspapers have with publishing satirical comics, Finklea went on to say, “People need to keep in mind that satire and journalism are separate forms of storytelling.”

No one’s laughingLocal journali st s weigh in on Charlie Hebdo Massacre

On Friday Jan. 23, U.S. Dis-trict Judge Ginny Granade struck down Alabama’s Sanctity of Marriage amendment for being unconstitutional. The decision arose from a case concerning the second parent adoption rights of two Mobile residents, Cari Searcy and her partner Kim McKeand.

The couple raised their nine year old son, Khaya, from birth and applied for Searcy to be le-gally recognized as the boy’s adoptive parent in the state. When their request was de-nied, the pair sued the state.

“Those children currently be-ing raised by same-sex parents in Alabama are just as worthy of protection and recognition by the State as are the children being raised by opposite-sex parents,” Granade stated in her ruling.

As news of the ruling spread, Attorney General Luther Strange asked for an immediate stay, or hold, on Granade’s ruling. On Jan.

25, the district judge announced that she would grant the Attorney General’s request for two weeks.

The following day, the At-torney General’s office filed an additional stay to the 11th U.S. District Court of Ap-peals to block Granade’s case.

A second Mobile gay couple was granted the right to marry on Monday, according to Al.com. The two men, James Strawser and John Humphrey, filed a suit for the right to marry in September. Granade examined the case on Jan. 26 and used her decision from the earlier Searcy case to grant the marriage right to the two men.

Currently, the stay on Granade’s decision will ex-pire on Feb. 9. It is then that Searcy and McKeand, Strawser and Humphrey as well as sev-eral other Alabama same sex couples could officially marry in accordance with the law.

Marriage equality may fall on Dixie

Mobile judge overturns Alabama’s same-sex marriage ban, but two-week stay on decision keeps couples in limbo

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See “No one’s laughing,” page 5

It makes me happy that I can one day be married in my home state, with my family and at my parish that now allows same-sex blessings. Even though we have a ways to go and marriage is not the final step, it makes me feel a little bit more at home in our great state... and elated that we weren’t last!!!”

Quincy Hall

Birmingham, AL-

Alabama state Rep. Patricia Todd warned in a Facebook post that she would reveal the infidelities of several Alabama politicians on Jan. 26. The first openly gay Alabama legislator’s threat came after several Alabama Republican politicians reacted negatively to the Jan. 23 decision by U.S. District Judge Ginny Granade to strike down Alabama’s Sanctity of Marriage act.“I will not stand by and allow legislators to talk about 'family values' when they have affairs, and I know of many who are and have,” Todd stated on her Facebook page.Todd appeared on MSNBC’s “All In With Chris Hayes” the next day to speak on her defense of gay and lesbian couple’s family values. She has yet to enact on her origi-nal threat

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An early morning accident turned into a confusing struggle for power on Jan. 26 in Lipscomb, AL. Accord-ing to al.com, Lipscomb Mayor Lance McDade was driving police officer William Henry Bynum to UAB West for a drug test after the officer crashed his city vehicle. Eventually, fellow officer Warren Powe pulled over the two city officials. Once pulled over, Powe ar-gued that the mayor could not drive the officer from the scene of the crash. When Bynum got out of the car to understand what the conflict was about, Powe tackled, handcuffed and maced his fellow policeman. Bynum later received medical attention after the incident. An investigation is currently under way.

I realize that change is difficult for some people, but I do believe that people who oppose marriage equality today will eventually real-ize that we are not the enemy and we will not tear apart the social fabric of society. I am excited that Alabama is one step closer to-wards equality for all its citizens.”

Senior class presidentKelly WackerAssociate professor of art

Montevallo Reacts...

In a recent YouGov poll, French adults were asked if they agree or disagree with the following statements

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Freedom of the press is a fundamental freedom of the French Republic and must be defended at all costs.

I’m prepared to see my own freedom reduced if it can benefit the public interest.

In order to preserve the freedom for all, it is sometimes necessary to take measures that restrict individual liberties.

Source: yougov.comGraphic: Greg Good, TNS

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BY REED STRENGTH, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

BY LILY ELMORE, ONLINE EDITOR

BY REED STRENGTH, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

After Feb. 9, barring legal action from the 11th U.S. District Court of Appeals, Alabama will become the 37th state to recognize same-sex marrage.

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Business ManagerStephanie HoweThis is usually how it goes. We’re sitting at

the table and the waiter brings us the check. Of course it’s a single check because wait-ers just assume that the man will pay, and I don’t want to ‘emasculate’ my date by ask-ing for separate checks. I throw down my half in cash and my date reluctantly does the same. This only happens after my date asks, “Are you sure you want to? I will pay for you.”

Many people will find this as strange as my mother does, but I don’t find it strange at all.

Sure he wanted to pay for me and it’s customary for the man to pay on a date, but I want to pay for myself. It’s empowering to spend the money I earn on things I want. After all, I don’t need to be “taken care of” by a guy I’m just getting to know.

One of my best friends in high school would always tell me that men pay because a woman deserves to be “spoiled.” If said woman isn’t be-ing “spoiled” she’s obviously with the wrong man. This concept has always perplexed me. The connotation I have of “spoiled” is a lit-

tle kid screaming its head off about not get-ting the newest version of Tickle-Me-Elmo.

Needless to say, “spoiled” has never been a word I wanted to have associated with myself.

I also hated the idea of thinking of my date as some sort of endless supply of wealth only used to make me happy. I have never been delusional enough to think that some-one else’s money is something I deserve or that I’m some sort of monetary investment. I’m much better than some machine that can only be appeased with a man’s level of spending.

Another reason I like to pay for myself is the strings some (not all) men attach to pay-ing for a date. I repeat: I’m a person not an investment. Sure, most men who make the mistake of believing this are younger and don’t understand that women aren’t carou-sels. Sticking quarters into them won’t ensure a ride and it won’t ensure a second date either.

There are exceptions I make. For example, if it’s my birthday I do want my date to pay. Or if he decides he wants to double date with a couple that I can’t stand, I will passive aggressively ask him to pay my end. Lastly, if my pet dies, which is the saddest thing in the world, he should pay.

In the end, it’s just better to split the bill. Then there are no expectations of a sec-ond date if it didn’t go well. I’m showing that I can take care of myself and it’s just fair.

Why I like to pay for myself

“Street style” has for years been correlated with laid back denim and the grunge hipster look, but today’s leaders in the fashion capitals of the world have taken on a new aura: ath-leisure.

Once shunned by fash-ion connoisseurs, athletic wear and trendy gym out-fits took over the streets of fashion weeks across the globe in the recent seasons. When Chanel and Dior debuted sneakers in their haute couture shows, the comfy-cool style was of-ficially back in action and has come to life stronger than ever before. High end designer Alexander Wang, who just released his line of ath-leisure wear for H&M, states “I live in gym clothes. When you go out on the street, it’s the uniform now.”

According to style.com, this rising trend sparks from the idea that “it’s never been cooler to be seen looking like you’ve been working out,” and the CEO of Nike, Mark Parker, has recently proclaimed that “Leg-gings are the new denim!”

Top of the line design-ers are not the only ones driving this movement. The push for a healthy lifestyle has gone interna-tionally viral, and the once professionally dressed, high-heeled fashionistas have adopted ath-leisure wear. It is no longer un-acceptable to show up to parties without your high heels. Whether they are Nike or one-of-a-kind Cha-nel, fitness is the new cool, and that is what seems to be driving this movement.

Getting in that morn-

ing workout before work has become mandatory in the lives of many, and now street stylers can make it from the gym to work, and back for afternoon outings in one comfy-cute outfit. Being con-stantly on-the-go, one can easily layer a sweater or jacket over athletic pieces to create a put-together look without all the fuss.

Billionaire designer Tory Burch, as well as celebrities such as Carrie Underwood, Rihanna and even Beyonce, are team-ing up with top athletic wear brands to inspire healthy living and drive the ath-leisure movement.

As college students who find it hard to get out of our sweatpants every morning as it is, this is an instant relief. Forget the pressures to dress up for class and grab your favor-ite sneakers, off the shoul-der tees and cuffed-ankle sweats, because the ath-leisure way is here to stay.

Ath-leisure takes over fashion

On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a new movie couldn't be more appropriate.

"Selma" is an effective recreation of the politics behind King's nonviolent movement, as well as the toll King's mission took on his marriage and his personal life. The movie, directed by a black woman, Ava DuVernay, focuses on events leading up to King's suc-cessful march in Selma, Ala., that galvanized public support behind the Voting Rights Act President Johnson ushered into law in 1965.

"Selma" is rendered poignant by David Oy-

elowo's extraordinary performance, which cap-tures King's style, inflections and persona to perfection. You could almost believe King was portraying himself. It's criminal that Oyelowo was unfairly overlooked in the Oscar nomina-tions for best actor, as was DuVernay in the best director category. Though "Selma" did get a couple of nominations, it deserves many more.

The events portrayed in "Selma" should be a standard part of the education of every American high school student, yet 50 years later it is sometimes still contentious to bring

civil rights history into classrooms. King is indisputably a seminal figure in American history. Extraordinarily, "Selma" is the first major Hollywood biopic devoted to him.

During his lifetime, King was the country's premier civil rights leader. But while he was beloved internationally, he was also despised by millions in his home country. He was un-der continual surveillance by the FBI, and lived under the constant threat of assassination. King did not live to see the daywhen politi-ciansfrom both major parties sing his praises.

King's legacy has two major aspects. America remains significantly more com-fortable with one aspect than the other.

It's popular to honor King for his personal courage and his nonviolence. The passage of time reinforces the fact that King's moral con-victions were entirely on the right side of histo-ry. Martin Luther King Day commemorations have sometimes become happy, celebratory occasions by emphasizing King's benevolence.

What'sharder to swallow for some people is how wrong America was during his time. American values were so distorted that a lot of white Americans supported legal segrega-tion. It remains problematic for many patri-otic Americans to acknowledge how deeply the country betrayed its own stated ideals.

King's legacy still compelled political battles through the 1970s and '80s. Ameri-cans with guilty consciences abhorred the duty to honor him. President Reagan reluc-tantly signed the federal holiday honoring King into law in 1983. The last state to sanc-tion King Day was South Carolina in 2000.

"Selma" provides an opportunity to look back. But this Martin Luther King Jr. Day in particular, we also have to look at cur-rent injustice. The movie arrives at a time when the country has been riveted by a na-tionwide movement against police brutal-ity. No one can doubt on Jan. 19 that King remains relevant _ and his work unfinished.

“Selma” fitting tribute on Martin Luther King Day

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The opinions expressed on this page are not necessarily those of the university, its officials, its faculty, or the student body.

Dear Talulah,I’m new to the university. Not like freshman new, more like transfer new. Over the win-ter break before I moved, I expected having to meet new people, learn a new campus and get used to a new way of life. What I didn’t expect was herds of cows and prides of lions chanting strange songs or twisting common hand gestures into earth shatter-ing symbols of school pride. What am I supposed to do? Any allegiance that I could claim for college night would be a complete sham, with the shows two weeks away.

Sincerely,

Green with Ambivalence

Dear Green With Ambivalence,

Well, first off, welcome to the university of Montevallo! It’s true dear, from an outsider perspective, our worship of a farm animal and jungle cat can look a bit ridiculous.

My advice to you is to wait. I know every-one must seem awfully preoccupied with their side duties right now, but as you said, College Night is two weeks away from be-ing over.

It may seem inclusive, but I urge you to go to one of the shows. The weeks leading up to college night are honestly a lot of talking, bolstering and jeering. The performance nights feature the true unity and spirit that everyone claims from the tradition.

It is there that I think you will be able to make a decision regarding what side to join. If the shows have no effect on you, then stay in the cool green shade you already subscribe to, and get ready to make friends with a lot of worn out, but friendly students on this campus.

Best of luck,

Talulah

Talking with Talulah

BY RYANN TAYLOR

BY DARRYL LORENZO WELLINGTONTRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

BY SAVANNAH BUTTRAM

Photo by Reed Strength

Photo courtesy of Atsushi Nishijima/Paramount Pictures

Laura Poythress Jasmyne Ray

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Comedy act has Farmer laughing

School cafeteria food is commonly complained about among any student body, but with head chef Jason Quarles, students at UM may breathe a little easier.

Quarles is the man in charge of run-ning the kitchen and creating the caf-eteria’s menus, which run on a three week cycle. He works on each cycle for about a week and he tries to meet the needs of UM students. “I have complete control over the menus,” said Quarles. “If I start getting complaints, I can go into the online menu and implement the changes needed as soon as [the next day].”

The menu is largely influenced by student feedback, according to Quar-les. “When we came back in the fall, that menu was based off of the menu for the spring before, where it was a big hit. But apparently the incoming fresh-man class in the fall had totally differ-

ent taste,” he said. “The menu now is to-tally different except for Fried Chicken Friday. That’s the only thing I kept.”

According to Quarles, the new menu will focus more on grilled items and less on fried. He would like to be able to serve different steamed vegetables as sides. Hav-ing some types of vegetables is a struggle due to a broken steamer that was supposed to be replaced by the University months ago. Right now, the kitchen is having to settle for boiling some vegetables, like broccoli, that ideally would be steamed.

In an attempt to keep things interesting, Quarles makes an effort to have new things on the menu each month. A new change for the spring semester is the addition of the Birthday Club. “There will be one day each month where it’s the Birthday Club for that month,” said Quarles. These days will be to set to recognize the birthdays of

that month, and their baker will be making all birthday-themed desserts for the day.

“Your Region” and “Your World” are menus that are also there to add variety. “Your Region” features food from differ-ent parts of the United States, while “Your World “focuses on different countries. Feb-ruary’s two days will have menus modeled after food from Hollywood and Taiwan.

There are two ways to give the head chef your feedback. A close to home option is to contact your residence hall liaison, who will attend monthly meetings for the advi-sory committee and share your comments. You can also visit DineOnCampus.com/Montevallo and use their feedback forms which are available under the “Be Heard” tab. “I welcome the feedback because it helps me create menus. I want to cook something you want to eat,” said Quarles.

Behind the kitchen doors with Chef Jason

Shifting and fidgeting in their seats in the stu-dent center, students gath-ered Thursday, Jan. 22, to watch comedy duo Steven Baucom and Chris Killian.

Killian is an acclaimed comedian who first won major recognition as a final-ist in the 2010 International Songwriting Competi-tion, and now he has a best selling album on iTunes titled “Viral Inflection.”

After a late start, Bau-com opened up the act with self-described “Laffy-Taffy” humor, referencing the chewy candy’s bad puns. He then transitioned into a small set that consisted of self-deprecating humor that mostly centered on his inability to acquire a girl-friend or even just a date.

Throughout his whole set, Baucom displayed a wonderful sense of pace. His jokes were told promptly, but not at a breakneck pace.

He then moved into a series of funny stories rang-

ing from tales of strange compliments to trips to the zoo, to the troubles of being small. The crowd cheered and clapped as Baucom finished his set and left the spotlight for Killian.

Running off the mo-mentum of Baucom, Killian took advantage of the high energy crowd and jumped right into his material. He began his set with jokes about southern stereotyp-ing and scary and not scary mascots. He then transi-tioned into funny stories with quirky observations about being a single father.

Next, Killian did mu-sical impersonations of Ed Sheeran, Katy Perry and Taylor Swift. Using songs from Sheeran’s al-bum “X,” his caricature of the singer bemoaned the issues of being a ginger. Killian’s Katy Perry and Taylor Swift explored the subjects of having breasts and eating Taco Bell after being high, respectively.

To finish, he called audience member Cole Riley, a freshman mass communication studies ma-jor, to join him on stage.

The comedian seated Riley and subjected him to lip-syncing and suggestive dancing all to the music of ”Boyfriend” by Justin Bieber. Put into a state of near shock, Riley comment-ed afterwards that the ex-perience “was all good fun, but slightly uncomfortable.”

Although much of Killian’s comedy involved low-brow sexual humor, the quality of his set was anything but poor. He and Baucom combined great pacing and high en-ergy with genuine crowd engagement by making the jokes to the crowd rather than at the crowd.

If the excited cheers and yells were any cri-teria to judge by, Bau-com and Killian sat-isfied their audience.

Purple and Gold sides reveal signs and hold pep rally to raise spirits

FebruaryCaf Menu

Feb. 2nd - Groundhog Day

Feb 11th - Twisted Mac Bar

Feb 12th - Your Region: Hollywood

Feb 14th- Valentine’s DayFeb 16th- February birthday celebrationFeb 19th- Your World: TaiwanFeb 22nd- Chinese New Year

To begin the College Night season, both sides gathered in front of Farmer Hall for the reveal of their signs. Both signs have a distinct hor-ror theme: Purple Side’s featured a cow version of Dracula in a purple cloak and Gold Side got their inspiration from season three of American Horror Story.

BY HAYLEY STEWART

BY JESSE BYRON

INTRO BY JASMYNE RAY

PHOTOS BY DONNIE BENNETT

Graphic by Connor Bucy

Chris Killian entertains students with parodies of popular songs.

Photo by Jane Goodman

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Sav-N It, the small gro-cery store located on Main Street, is known for its low prices and varying stock.

It’s owned by Alabama native Thaddeus Patterson. “He was looking at the con-cept of the University and the small close-knit com-munity,” said employee and relative Renae Patterson. “He was looking to just help people in these tough economic times and days.”

Patterson says that business is doing well and progressing despite the occasional slow day.

Sav-N It aims to keep students coming back by

listening to what they want. “There is always demand for more convenience food,” said Patterson. “But a lot of stu-dents try to eat healthy also, so we keep that in mind.”

Patterson said that the most popular items they sell are cereal, soup bowls and healthy snacks. “Ath-letes are also surprised to find we have a good selec-tion of protein bars and shakes for them,” she said.

Thaddeus Patterson aims to keep prices low by buy-ing products from distribu-tors and warehouses who have extra items that will expire soon. “He tries to

buy things as cost-efficiently as possible, and then pass those discounts on to the consumer,” said Renae Pat-terson. “There are no par-ticular brands that we always buy from, but we really like when we can get merchan-dise from organic markets.”

For those concerned about the safety of food prod-ucts past their best-by date, Patterson says that all their sales are governed by the United States Department of Agriculture, so nothing unfit for consumption can be sold.

Sav-N It is open Monday through Satur-day from 8 a.m. -5 p.m.

Sav-N It’s top selling items include cereal, soup bowls and various snacks.

Sav-N It aims to save money for students

LeBaron Hall hosts soul and hymnal performance

UM music professor Roderick George and Flor-ida State University (FSU) assistant professor of voice Marcia Porter celebrated African-American musi-cal heritage on Jan. 13 in LeBaron auditorium. The performers sang a selec-tion of traditional African-American spirituals and poems. FSU assistant pro-fessor of coaching Valerie M. Trujillo accompanied the pair on piano. All of the music Trujillo played was either the work of an African-American compos-er or a traditional hymn.

Porter was the first to take the stage. She sang a selection of poems by Af-rican-American poet Lau-

rence Hope set to music by classical composer Harry T. Burleigh. Porter said she was drawn to these compo-sitions specifically for their “richness of harmony.”

George performed next. He sang a selection of four Paul Laurence Dunbar poems. The poems were set to music by the com-poser Adolphus Hailstork. George said he chose the Dunbar poems because of their “natural lyrical quality.” Both singers per-formed their chosen sec-tions with great reverence.

After a brief intermis-sion, Porter returned and performed four traditional African-American spiritu-als. She performed one song

acapella with Trujillo com-ing in on piano towards the end. George did the same when he returned to the stage. He found greats moments of humor and humanity in the pieces he sang. To end the perfor-mance, both George and Porter joined in a duet of the song, “He’s got the Whole World in His Hand.”

Erin Watts, the ad-ministrative assistant of the music department, said she enjoyed the per-formers’ “ability to en-gage emotionally.” Frank Curtis, a senior art ma-jor, said the performance was a “good mix of more traditional and gospel.”

The University’s website describes the Montevallo Ambassador Program Scholarship (MAPS) as its “most pres-tigious scholarship program.” Awarded to 10 incoming freshmen every year, the scholarship covers tuition, room, board and other fees like buying textbooks.

Since university scholarship funds can only be used at the school bookstore, the MAPS students have to buy their textbooks at Barnes and Nobles on Main Street.

“Institutional scholarships are pro-vided from a variety of sources, includ-ing state funding and donations,” said DeAnna Smith, vice president of business affairs. “Therefore, we have an obliga-tion to utilize these resources efficiently.”

According to Smith, there have been is-sues regarding what students are allowed to buy with their scholarship money. In a recent review of the bookstore purchases on student accounts, it was discovered that students were buying supplies that they didn’t exactly need for class, like copy pa-per or pens, in addition to their textbooks.

“As a result, it has become neces-sary to verify which supplies are al-lowable and to strengthen procedures that ensure only appropriate items are charged to student accounts,” Smith said.

As of the Spring 2015 semester, MAPS scholars will be required to bring a copy of their class syllabus to the bookstore with them when they are purchasing sup-plies. If an item is not specifically listed on the syllabus as required for the stu-dents to have for their course, it cannot be bought with their scholarship money.

Giselle Casadaban, a sophomore communication major and one of the 39 students at the university with the MAPS scholarship, broke down how she spends her scholarship funds.

“Excluding textbooks, I probably spent roughly $50-$100 per semester,” she explained. “My textbooks usually cost between $450-$650 per semester.”

Jake Smith, a senior English ma-jor, has never bought supplies with his scholarship money and spends around $500 a semester on textbooks.

“Regardless, the University is paying for my tuition and housing on top of a book stipend, so I really don’t feel like I have a right to complain about having to buy pens and notebooks,” Smith said. “I’m not even sure that was part of the deal to begin with.”

According to Jacob Robertson, an-other senior English major, the letter-ing of the scholarship states that books would be provided for, nothing else.

Robertson spends approximately $100 per semester on supplies, claiming that the bookstore sells them for more than triple of what a store like Wal-Mart would charge. The price of his textbooks vary, averaging to about $600 per semester.

“Ultimately, MAPS scholars are able to come to this amazing university for next to nothing,” Robertson says. “I’ve been handed a golden ticket: what should I care if they don’t throw in free checked bags?”

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February 2015 Calender of Events

6:00 p.m. Spectrum MeetingFarmer Meeting Room

8:30 p.m. Anime Club MeetingHarman 119

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10:00 a.m. Blood Drive Farmer Hall Meeting Room

5:00 p.m. UPC Stuff A Friend Anna Irving Dining Hall

8:00 p.m. Resonate Worship ServiceMontevallo BCM

10:00 a.m. Blood DriveFarmer Hall Meeting Room

11:00 a.m. Cafe Escape Baptist Campus Ministries building

5:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball vs. Georgia Southwestern Student Activity Center

7:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball vs. Georgia SouthwesternStudent Activity Center

7:30 p.m. Chess Club MeetingHill House

8:30 a.m. Mayor’s Quarterly Business BreakfastLucky’s Supermarket Cafeteria

10:00 a.m. Free Tax Return Filing Assistance Morgan 202

12:00 p.m. Shuttles to Alabaster Becoming Statue

2:00 p.m. Men’s College Night Ultimate FrisbeeIntramurals

2:00 p.m. Montevallo LGBT Information and Support Group MeetingGlobal Community Outreach Building

2:00 p.m. Women’s College Night Basketball GameMyrick Gym

1:00 p.m. Women’s Tennis vs. Clark Atlanta Tennis Court

9:00 a.m. College of Education Code of Ethics & Professional Conduct MeetingWills Conference Room

5:00 p.m. Ultimate Frisbee Coaches’ MeetingFarmer Hall Meeting Room

5:30 p.m. Montevallo City Council MeetingCity Hall

6:00 p.m. Active Minds MeetingComer 309

6:00 p.m. Spectrum MeetingFarmer Meeting Room

8:30 p.m. Anime Club MeetingHarman 119

5:30 p.m. College of Education Homecoming DinnerAnna Irvin

8:00 p.m. Resonate Worship ServiceMontevallo BCM

5:30 p.m. Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance Meeting Reynolds 116

7:00 p.m. Korean Culture Club MeetingReynolds 226

7:00 p.m. Spectrum Movie NightBand Room

8:00 p.m. Secular Student Alliance MeetingMorgan-Comer Commuter Lounge

11:00 a.m. Meet Me on Main/Downtown Revitalization meetingGlobal Community Outreach Building

1:15 p.m. Amnesty International MeetingComer 307

1:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball vs. Armstrong State Student Activity Center

2:00 p.m. College Night Women’s Volleyball Myrick Gym

3:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball vs. Armstrong State Student Activity Center

1:00 p.m. Women’s Tennis vs. West Alabama Tennis Court

2:00 p.m. Softball vs. West AlabamaSoftball Field

5:30 p.m. Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance MeetingReynolds 116

7:00 p.m. Korean Culture Club MeetingReynolds 226

8:00 p.m. Secular Student Alliance MeetingMorgan-Comer Commuter Lounge

11:00 a.m. UPC Oxygen Bar and Massage Chairs EventAnna Irvin Dining Hall

12:00 p.m. Softball vs. StillmanSoftball Field

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Scott felt that, while the Charlie Hebdo attack is an example of “obvious danger,” “The greatest problem for journalists is to remain objective...reporters should be watch dogs, not lap dogs or attack dogs.”

Gray mentioned an attack on journalis-tic freedoms close to home. “Alabama just this week tried to set strict definitions of what a journalist is in order to keep blog-gers at bay,” said Gray, referring to legis-lature brought by Sen. Del Marsh (R-An-niston) seeking to change the official state definition of a journalist in reference to press privileges in the Alabama House and Senate. “I don’t worry much about physi-cal dangers,” Gray said. “The thing that

concerns me are limits being placed on in-formation that should be readily available to journalists and the rest of the public.”

International responses to the attack continue. Thousands marched in Paris on Jan. 11 in support of press freedoms. In at-tendance at the march were several world leaders, including British Prime Minis-ter David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Palestinian Author-ity President Mahmoud Abbas. Miss-ing from the group was any top-rank-ing US official, which Finklea believed “very short-sighted of the White House.”

No one’s laughing

With the anniversary of the Crimean crisis less than a month away, the conf lict between Russia and the Ukraine remains ongoing.

As of Jan. 12, Ukraine’s impeached president Vik-tor Yanukovych has been on Interpol’s wanted list under a red notice, a kind of international ar-rest warrant. It has been almost a year since he f led Ukraine to Russia after being impeached for the embezzlement of billions of public funds.

He f led to Russia after last February’s protests, during which he was ac-cused of ordering snip-ers to fire on the protest-ers. According to abc.net, “Ukrainian interior minister Arsen Avakov ac-cused Moscow of violat-

ing international law by giving shelter to the most wanted man in Kiev.” As of yet, Russia has not turned the disgraced president over to Interpol.

Bloodshed occurred on Jan. 13 when a civilian bus was struck by an artillery shell, killing at least 12 civilians and wounding many more, according to the Ukrainian government via BBC News. The orga-nization also reported that the bus was at a govern-ment checkpoint in Buhas, 22 miles outside of the reb-el stronghold of Donetsk.

The number of casual-ties from the incident are currently unclear, as dif-ferent news stations report between 11 and 13 dead.

The attack is labeled by Yahoo News and The

Wall Street Journal as “the war’s bloodiest incident since a September truce” and “the largest death toll in months,” respectively.

BBC News has cur-rent Ukrainian Presi-dent Petro Poroshenko recorded as blaming the rebels and those “arm-ing them and inspiring to commit bloody crimes.”

Vyachelav Abroskin, head of the Donetsk re-gional interior ministry, stated that the target was a roadblock set up close to the Ukrainian town of Volnovakha. He claims that the attack went wrong.

Angela Merkel and François Hollande, the leaders of Germany and France respectively, con-tacted Poroshenko to ex-press their condolences and agreed to the ur-gency of holding a meet-ing to seek a ceasefire.

Studies in the last year have revealed that puberty blockers, a medication used for stopping early onsets of puberty, may be available in cases of young children who identify as the gender oppo-site the one they are born as.

A study conducted at the Leiden University Medical Center in The Netherlands found that puberty block-ers do not harm adolescent bones, as was originally feared. Puberty blockers, also called puberty inhibi-tors or puberty suppressors, are a group of medications used to inhibit puberty. One such medication, Lu-pron Depot, has been in use for 30 years for vari-ous purposes according to Stephen Rosenthal, medi-cal director of the Child and Adolescent Gender

Center via Medical Daily. The medications were

originally used to treat early puberty in children but have also been used to stop puberty in preteens diagnosed with gender identity disorder (GID). This is due to the harm-ful effects they can have physiologically from being forced to be a gender they do not believe themselves to be. The study’s lead au-thor, Henriette Delemarre-van de Waal, is recorded by New Medical as saying that hormonal interven-tions that block puberty in children with gender dysphoria can alleviate the stress of it. Reversible hor-mone treatment can relieve the psychological damage and allows the adolescent time to explore whether

permanent hormone treat-ment and sex reassignment surgery is the best option.

Previous concerns have been discovered to be un-founded, leaving the treat-ment open to parents of young children with GID.

Frank Curtis, cur-rent president of SPEC-TRUM, Montevallo’s LGBTQA alliance and support group, offered his thoughts on the findings.

“If there are more stud-ies that replicate that re-search I think that it would better. It won’t affect the transgender community in Montevallo, because Montevallo is such a small community. I think it’s more about the future of the transgender commu-nity than anything else.”

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Page 6Arts & LifestyleFor Birmingham band The

Old Paints, stardom is not an ex-pected goal. The current duo has no plans to set an official release date for the new album they are recording in February. “We’re not famous anyway,” Harris reasons casually. “Y’know, Little Rock or Atlanta, they’re not concerned when we’re releasing our record.”

Despite limited expectations, the band is looking to grow in the new year. The duo is cur-rently in the middle of book-ing several southeastern shows, one of the first being their Feb. 13 performance at Montevallo’s own Eclipse Coffee and Books.

Currently, Harris sings and plays guitar while the other Old Paint, 18 year old Breely Flower, handles percussion duties. The pair plan to bring a few more members into the fold to expand their sound. Virginia Phillips, a recent UM graduate and mem-ber of psychedelic rock band Plains, will handle bass duties.

Harris formed the Old Paints two years ago after returning to Birmingham with the goal to play music again. The original line-up quietly released an album simply titled “First Ten Songs” in 2013.

Eventually, Harris’ band be-

gan to dissolve. He considered going solo with the name un-til he found Flower at a weekly Open Mic Event he hosted at Good People Brewery in Bir-mingham. “We just kinda made it up as we went along and have gotten pretty tight,” Harris said.

The Old Paints’ live sets in-clude stripped back acoustic originals peppered with Ramones covers, whom Harris calls “the greatest American rock band ever.”

A video on AL.com’s Birming-ham sessions features the band playing the Magic City referencing “Anything.” As Harris sings and plays a repeated pop lick on the guitar, Flower’s bright voice joins in as she taps along on not a drum kit, but a large yellow cedar log.

This piece of timber is The Old Paint’s percussion instrument of choice for the hundred or so shows they’ve performed. Harris cut the log from a cedar tree about a decade ago. He explained that it features great acoustics and is much easier to set up than a typical drum kit.

“I’ve never been the kind that thinks, ‘Well you have to have this kind of guitar with this kind of setup and this kind of ampli-fier’...The things that are mass produced, that’s convenient, but

that doesn’t mean it has to be the way it is. You can make mu-sic on anything,” Harris said.

For the band’s Montevallo de-but, Harris promised that the Old Paints will “kick a little booty” and that Eclipse’s small size will only heighten the performance.

“I like intimate. I like being next to people and having to be in the moment with them. I feel like live music starts to be some kind of a party. It is about the people that are there, it’s not just about the musicians. There is some sort of dialogue that takes place.”

During the set, the band will perform a mix of covers, old songs and new tunes off the up-coming record. Patrons may have the chance to hear Harris’ fake love song to Hermione Granger aka Emma Watson. He chuck-led as he attempted to explain the purpose behind the song. “Is she the most beautiful woman on Earth? I don’t know..maybe.”

While the Old Paints have sev-eral career defining goals they hope to achieve in 2015, Harris jokingly said that a personal one is for Wat-son to hear the song once it is prop-erly recorded. “Whatever happens from there is just fate,” he said.

Birmingham’s the Old Paints talk Eclipse show, new record

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