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Women’s the 10 basketball dominates Scene presents semester in review SPORTS Alabama State Thursday, December 2, 2010 Serving the University of Alabama since 1894 Vol. 117, Issue 64 Farewell, Four Loko Campus Phusion Projects, LLC plan to exam prep eliminate stimulants in its caffeine-alcohol options crossover available By Taylor Holland Senior Staff Reporter [email protected] With finals week on the horizon, most students are finding themselves in a time crunch, struggling to finish papers and prepare for exams. But the University has established many differ- ent facilities, not only to help ease the pain of finals week for students, but also to help their grades improve. One such facility is the Writing Center, located inside of Lloyd Hall. There, the staff reviews stu- dents’ papers and gives advice on how to improve them. See EXAMS, page 2 FAST FACTS • The Writing Center will be open through Friday Dec. 3. • The Center for Teaching and Learning is open until Friday Dec. 10. SGA keeps CW | Thomas Lewallen fall budget By William Evans Senior Staff Reporter [email protected] balanced, The mixmixture of alcohol with caffeine in beverages such as Four Loko and Joose produces a health hazard that deserves to be banned from sale, said Delynne Wilcox, assistant director of health transparent plplanninga and prevention. TThe combination of the stimulant caffeine with By Katherine Martin the depressant alcohol masks the effects of drunkenness Staff Reporter that usually enable people to determine when to stop drinking, [email protected] Wilcox said. The caffeine in drinks such as Four Loko and Joose generates a ffeeling of alertness and increased mobility in a person who is becoming This semester, the Student Government intointoxicated from a drink that boasts an alcohol content worth that of three Association was able to implement many new pro- beers in one 12-ounce can, she added. grams while still staying within their operating “It’s not just an alcoholic beverage,” Wilcox said. “It’s malt liquor, which con- budget, said Ian Sams, SGA communication direc- tains more alalcohol, and the size that they’re selling it in—a 16-ounce can—contains tor. Sams said it is difficult to pinpoint a most and See LOKO, page 6 least successful program SGA has implemented this year. “We have an incredible number of programs we’ve executed this semester that have done well,” Tweet of the Week Danielle Blevins, Sams said. “For this first time in a long time we’ve been able to engage a broader section of the cam- “The problem is anything an idiot does is dangerous. 2nd year law student, pus community.” People should just make better choices in general.” @danielleblevins See SGA, page 6 UA commissioned art captures championship win By Stephanie Brumfield “Red Sea Parting” is licensed the company. “chalouje,” its patent-pending “Red Sea Staff Reporter by the Collegiate Licensing After designing the image, process of distilling and layer- Parting” [email protected] Company, which permits the the company presented the ing photographs to give images is a piece artwork to use official logos. artwork to the associate ath- depth. of art To commemorate the 2009 Unlike other images, “Red letic director for football, Mike “Our process allows us to depicting national championship, the Sea Parting” was officially com- Vollmar, who then showed it to layer and blend several images the 2009 Birmingham-based company missioned by the University’s the coaches, Harwood said. to make them come together national ActionSportsArt has released athletic department and will “They loved it,” Harwood as one image, whereas in other champi- “Red Sea Parting,” a multi-lay- therefore include the athletic said. “We created a custom- collages, images look flat and onship er image that shows running department’s official seal. sized canvas that’s 4 1/2 feet by cut-out,” he said. game back Mark Ingram plowing During the four-and-a-half 6 feet for Coach Saban’s office. The four founders of aginst- through the Texas defensive month commissioning process, Several other coaches have our ActionSportsArt came up with Texas. line to score the game’s first ActionSportsArt dealt directly artwork, too.” the process while trying to cre- touchdown. with the athletic department, Harwood said that the rea- ate a unique birthday present Submitted Like all other images pro- said Cort Harwood, co-founder son his company’s art has Photo duced by ActionSportsArt, and chief operating officer of been so well-received is due to See ART, page 13 cle th ecy is r pa se p a e r today’s paper e today l INSIDE • WEATHER P P l e a Briefs ........................2 Lifestyles ..................12 Partly s P.O. Box 870170 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Newsroom: 348-6144 | e • 59º/34º Friday r r e e c Opinions ...................4 cloudy p Fax: 348-4116 | Advertising: 348-7845 | Classifi eds: 348-7355 Puzzles ....................17 y a c p l Clear e s i t h Letters, op-eds: [email protected] Press releases, announcements: [email protected] Sports .......................8 Classifieds ............... 17 56º/29º ON THE MENU ON THE CALENDAR LAKESIDE Lunch TODAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Cinnamon Roasted Pork Loin Escalloped Potatoes What: UA ALLELE Lecture What: Hilaritas - University What: Wheelchair Basket- Vegetable Medley Singers and the Alabama Spinach and Pita Chips Series Continues with Har- ball Tournament Jazz Ensemble give a per- Eggplant Parmigianino (Vegetarian) vard Biologist Hopi Hoekstra - “From Darwin to DNA: formance of holiday music. Where: Student Rec Center Dinner How Organisms Adapt to Tickets for Students are $6 When: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. BBQ Chicken for Section A and $4 for Macaroni and Cheese their Environment” Baked Beans Section B. This is an MUS Where: UA Biology Build- 121 approved event. Corn on the Cob ing Auditorium What: A Not SO Silent Vegetarian Burger (Vegetarian) Where: Frank M. Moody Auction sponsored by UA When: 7:30 p.m. Music Building Opera Theatre - $20 per BRYANT When: 7:30 p.m. person $35 couples Beef Lasagna Where: Choral Operal Chipotle-Glazed Pork What: Platform Magazine Room of the Moody Music Herb-Roasted Red Potatoes Fundraiser Building Broccoli with Cherry Tomatoes Mediterranean Pasta (Vegetarian) Where: Innisfree Irish Pub When: 7 p.m. When: 7:30 p.m. - 12 What: To the Mountaintop: a.m. BURKE Tim Rollins and K.O.S. What: ‘Side by Side’ Unites Where: 103 Garland, Cuban, American Photogra- Country Meatloaf with Gravy Sarah Moody Gallery of Art phers in UA Show Steamed Yellow Squash Chicken and Wild Rice Soup When: 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Where: Grand Gallery of Oven Browned Potatoes What: Alive at 25 Defen- Smith Hall Grilled Portabello Mushrooms sive Driving (Vegetarian) When: 10 a.m. - 4:30 Where: Room G54, Rose p.m. Administration Building FRESH FOOD When: 9:30 a.m. - 12 Buttermilk Fried Chicken p.m. Submit your events to Macaroni and Cheese [email protected] Season Broccoli Zesty Red Beans and Rice Vegetables Stir-Fried (Vegetarian) ON THE GO ON CAMPUS Page 2• Thursday, Capt. Loyd Baker said. Baker said the suspect has on Monday, Dec. 6, and 5 p.m. Student raped Baker said the woman, been identified but has yet to Students can request on Wednesday, Dec. 8. Students December 2, 2010 Saturday who is a UA student, said be charged at this time. bowl game tickets will need to go to actcard.ua.edu she was forced into a room The rape occurred in the to add themselves to these lists. A 19-year-old female at the fraternity house and 500 block of Jefferson Avenue, next week Detailed information concern- EDITORIAL told the Tuscaloosa Police raped. but Baker declined comment UA students interested in ing the purchase of tickets for Department she was raped at The suspect, who is not a on the name of the specific purchasing bowl game tickets post-season football games will • Victor Luckerson, editor-in-chief, a fraternity house on campus student, was a male the victim fraternity house. should add themselves to the be sent via e-mail within the [email protected] Saturday at 1:30 a.m., TPD had just met. ticket request list between noon coming weeks. • Jonathan Reed, managing editor, [email protected] • Brandee Easter, print production editor “Right around now and at Niiler said none of his 35 ing as an active and inquisitive problems while studying for • Marcus Tortorici, multimedia EXAMS midterms time, that’s when it’s employees has shown any strug- reading audience for their work. their own finals. Continued from page 1 editor crunch time,” Niiler said. “We’ve gles in their performance while We achieve that client by client, “We work with our tutors • Will Tucker, news editor, had more walk-ins now than on preparing for their own finals. paper by paper.” and give them detailed orienta- [email protected] Luke Niiler, director of the our normal weeks, but our staff “The staff does a wonder- The Writing Center will be tion sessions to tell them what • Kelsey Stein, lifestyles editor Writing Center, said they have has done an amazing job jug- ful job of coping,” he said. “Our open today and until 6 p.m., and to expect,” she said. “First and • Jason Galloway, sports editor been as busy as ever, if not a little gling all of their responsibili- goal here is to help students Friday until 3 p.m. before clos- foremost, we want our tutors to • Tray Smith, opinions editor busier. ties.” become better writers by serv- ing for the rest of the semester.