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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 9, 2013 VOLUME 120 ISSUE 38 Serving The University of Alabama since 1894 NEWS | SHEPHERD BEND WATER FILTRATION PROCESS Proposed Shepherd Bend Coal Mine Site Alum Carbon (coagulation) (taste and odor control) Birmingham’s Sodium Hydroxide R Chlorine (disinfectant) E Drinking (corrosion control) IV R Water Intake R B IO LACK WARR Chlorine (disinfectant) Black Warrior River Coal Settling Basin Sand STEP 1 Filter PRE-TREATMENT STEP 2 FILTRATION Reservoir Potential Contaminants Drinking Water (Selenium, Mercury, Lead, STEP 3 to Faucet Pyrite, Copper) POST-TREATMENT Normal Filtered Contaminants CW | Photo Illustration by Austin Bigoney, Graphic by Belle Newby DO YOU MINE? *Information obtained from blackwarriorriver.org PUBLIC OPINION SERVES AS FINAL FACTOR By Samuel Yang | Staff Reporter approving the mine issued by the Alabama the UA Board of Trustees to ban mining on Surface Mining Commission has been tangled the property in question. TODAYON CAMPUS Shepherd Bend Mine, the surface coal mine in courts from Birmingham to Walker County. “We want there to be as much pressure on that would be situated near a Birmingham Milton McCarthy, ASMC deputy attorney the UA system leaders as possible,” Scribner Water Works facility, does not technically general, said the “sum and substance” of the said. Local culture exist yet. None of its land has been leased, but issue was whether the permit was appropri- In this case, student government oppo- WHAT: Moundville Native American Festival part of it has been permitted. And all of it has ately issued. sition from all three campuses creates a WHEN: 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. been the focus of, among other things, resolu- “Most people don’t want a coal mine in their cemented argument for organizations like tions from Student Government Associations backyard, so to speak, and we understand the Riverkeeper, which have been fighting on WHERE: Moundville Archaeological Park at all three University of Alabama System that. But that’s not the criteria for whether legal and public fronts. campuses. the permit is issued or not,” he said. “We just “I think there’s an extra element of excite- UAH, the last and least likely to be affected have to follow the black-and-white letter of ment to UAH’s resolution because it completes of the sister campuses, has joined UA and the law.” a trifecta,” he said. “That’s an unprecedented Student housing UAB in drafting an official opinion in opposi- Because the permit’s legality is separate level of solidarity across the three UA cam- WHAT: Off-Campus Housing Fair tion to the mine. from its public popularity, SGA resolutions puses. Considering how different the three “We just wanted to come alongside Bama WHEN: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and community petitions cannot single- colleges are from each other, yet they’ve all and UAB and help them out,” Taylor Reed, handedly stop the mine if UA leases the land come to the same conclusion about this mine, WHERE: Main Floor Ferguson Student Center a member of the UAH SGA who wrote and and mineral rights for the property. Charles I hope that gives the UA leadership something passed the resolution, said. “We want what’s Scribner, executive director of the Black to think about in making this very important best for all of our sister campuses.” Warrior Riverkeeper, said the UA system is decision.” He said it was important to take a stance “in the driver’s seat” when it comes to the So far, UA maintains that it “has not been LGTBQ+ History Month because in this case, apathy can translate into mine’s progress. approached about leasing or selling the land WHAT: Queering the Classroom: Teaching, support. “There’s no mining out there, and we want and has no current plans to do so.” “It’s not a rivalry; it’s a friendship,” he said. to keep it that way perpetually,” he said. Cathy Andreen, director of Media Research & Service with a Twist “It’s a whole bigger issue.” “That’s where UA can end this.” Relations, said student opinion and interest in WHEN: Noon-12:55 p.m. The issue has been the subject of debate, Public opinion, which carries no weight such issues is of value to UA. WHERE: 344 Reese Phifer Hall resolution and legal action after the mine was during legal procedures, could potentially proposed in 2007. Since then, a 2010 permit close the mine before it opens if it can sway SEE MINE PAGE 7 Quad puppies NEWS | FAIR LABOR WHAT: Puppy Break WHEN: Noon-2 p.m. WHERE: Quad across from Lloyd Hall Group petitions UA to affi liate with WRC working conditions in Bangladesh’s gar- company in the Dominican Republic that Students for Fair Labor ment industry are notoriously poor. is the only garment producer on the col- support worker rights, safety “Fair labor issues, I think, are impor- lege market that pays its workers a living Film scene tant to students because virtually every- wage and is monitored by the Workers WHAT: Spanish Movie Night: ‘Miel para Oshun’ By Ellen Coogan | Contributing Writer one works, and I think work is just one of Rights Consortium. WHEN: 6:30 p.m. those issues that everyone can get around The WRC is an independent watchdog A fire broke out Tuesday in a garment because of the universal nature of it,” organization that monitors factories to WHERE: 203 B.B. Comer Hall factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, during Mark Ortiz, president of the Students for ensure workers are treated with respect overtime hours killing at least 10 people Fair Labor organization, said. “In the case and dignity. and injuring about 50. In April, the col- of the garment industry, students really Students for Fair Labor’s current mis- lapse of another garment factory in that have a direct influence over the workings sion is to get the University to affiliate with Out on the town area killed 1,127 workers due to neglect of of it.” the WRC. Other Southern universities, like WHAT: The Lumineers building codes. Last semester Students for Fair Labor at the University of Kentucky, the University The University of Alabama campaigned for of Tennessee and the University of Texas at WHEN: 7 p.m. Around three-fourths of Bangladesh’s exports are clothing, and while the cause and succeeded in getting the SUPe Store WHERE: Tuscaloosa Amphitheater of Tuesday’s fire is yet undeclared, to offer garments made by Alta Gracia, a SEE LABOR PAGE 3 cycle re th se is email today’s paper today tomorrow a p le a [email protected] Wednesday Thursday P p e Briefs 2 Sports 6 r • • Partly cloudy Partly cloudy • r r Opinions 4Puzzles 7 e e P P p p website l l a a e Culture 5 Classifi eds 7 e p p a a cw.ua.edu s s 79º/59º 79º/59º i e h t r e e c l y INSIDE c CONTACT WEATHER Wednesday CAMPUSBRIEFS October 9, 2013 p.2 Ferg hosts Housing Fair The Offi ce of Housing and Residential Communities will hold an Off-Campus Housing Fair on Wednesday from 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. on the Ferguson Center main fl oor. SCENEON CAMPUS The event will feature more than 25 properties to preview. Representatives from local apartment complexes will be available to answer any questions students have regarding their amenities, rates and upcoming deals. Play on MLK coming to campus The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences will partner with Red Mountain Theatre Company of Birmingham, Ala. to bring “Letter from Birmingham Jail” to Morgan Auditorium Monday, Oct. 14, at 7:30 p.m. The play will feature a dramatic re-enactment of Martin Luther King’s famous letter he wrote from a jail cell in Birmingham in 1963. This letter eventually became one of the most important documents in the civil rights movement. In the letter King responded to eight white clergymen who accused him of bringing unnecessary chaos to Birmingham. Students will play the eight clergymen and several other roles. The event is part of the University’s “Through the Doors” campaign, which is a year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of integration on campus. CW | Austin Bigoney Admission is free, but tickets are required. Ticket Students are interviewed for their input regarding poverty and the role of government in a documentary for a TCF class. reservations are available on School of Music’s website, uamusic.tix.com. SHC holds student health fair THURSDAY FRIDAY WHAT: Moundville Native WHAT: Allen Parrish, CS The Student Health Center’s department of health promotion is hosting its annual fall student health fair American Festival Colloquium Series Wednesday at the Ferguson Center plaza from 10 a.m.-2 WHEN: 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. WHEN: 11 a.m. p.m. WHERE: Moundville WHERE: Room 3437, Science The SHC will be offering free fl u shots as well as free Archaeological Park and Engineering food items from Chipotle and TCBY. Coupons and Complex promotional material will be offered from several TODAY WHAT: Homegrown Alabama businesses on and off campus, and chair massages by WHAT: Puppy Break Beth Murphy Massage will also be available. WHAT: Moundville Native Farmers Market WHEN: Noon-2p.m. There is no charge for attending the health fair, and free American Festival WHEN: 3-6 p.m. WHERE: Quad across from T-shirts will be given to the fi rst 200 visitors. WHEN: 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. WHERE: Canterbury Episcopal Lloyd Hall UA employees will be able to get a shot during the WHERE: Moundville Chapel employee health fair at Coleman Coliseum from 7:30 a.m.- Archaeological Park WHAT: Free Flu Shots 1 p.m.

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