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Opinions: Speech Great Big No to Riley leads Crimson 4 is meaningless 7 play Little Willie’s 12 team to victory Wednesday, October 31, 2007 Serving the University of Alabama since 1894 Vol. 114, Issue 47 Ghostsand goblins October garners cancer awareness Trammel, a graduate stu- to trying to find out if you’re Groups fund breast dent and high school teacher, going to live.” cancer research was diagnosed with an aggres- That was 20 years ago. sive form of breast cancer. Trammel is a part of the ever- BY CHARITY SCOTT “In that one moment every- increasing number of women Student Life Editor thing changed,” she said. “You ■ [email protected] go from your ordinary routine See CANCER, Page 2 When Elizabeth Alexander Trammel first felt the bump on her chest while taking a shower she was concerned, not alarmed. Small and hard, located roughly four inches below her collarbone above her left breast, it was sensitive to the touch and felt like a BB shot. A friend told her to have it checked out, and even rec- ommended a doctor — Joe Aiken. A routine exam turned into a biopsy appointment, though she was reassured that it was probably nothing CW/ Whitney Walker to worry about. Jenny Lessman, a freshman majoring in nursing, holds up a game for Trick or Treat on sorority row Tuesday night. “I remember waking up in Contributed photo The annual event allows children from the Tuscaloosa area to trick-or-treat at the sorority houses on campus. the recovery room and Dr. Aiken was sitting by my bed,” Elizabeth Alexander Trammel (middle) stands with her two sons, Ben she said. “He said, ‘It’s not Giles Stevens (left) and Hooper Stevens. Trammel is a breast cancer add to the feel of the night brought her 13-month-old good news.’” survivor, and next year will be 20 years since she beat the cancer. Many attend Halloween and to have fun themselves. son for his first Halloween party on sorority row Angel Hufhan, a freshman away from home. majoring in telecommu- “All of the sorority sisters BY PAUL THOMPSON nication and film, said she have been really warm and Staff Reporter enjoyed the opportunity to gracious,” Dixon said. “We ■ [email protected] feel like a child again. will definitely be back next LSU fans to mock Crimson “I love doing this for the year.” Dressed as witches, prin- kids, too,” Hufhan said. “It’s Many of the sororities cesses, pirates and zombies, great to create this kind of had set up games for the children and their parents atmosphere for the kids.” kids to play to get candy. At Tide tradition at game packed sorority row Tuesday Lilly Wofsey, a 7-year-old Alpha Omega Pi, kids could night for the UA Junior dressed as a “superstar diva” feel “brains,” “eyeballs” and Panhellenic Council’s annual said she really enjoyed trick- “worms,” after which they BY JASON GALLOWAY having to use our tradition instead of having Sorority Row Trick or Treat or-treating on sorority row. were rewarded with candy Contributing Writer their own.” event. “I like getting all of the prizes. Bryant won six national championships and Julia James, a senior candy,” Wofsey said. “It’s a lot At Delta Delta Delta, kids The Houndstooth hat that legendary coach 13 SEC championships in his 25 years as head majoring in psychology and of fun.” could go fishing for prizes Paul “Bear” Bryant wore while pacing the side- coach at Alabama and was inducted into the president of the Alabama Cierra Silver, a senior and candy. Dixon said that lines for the Alabama football team may be College Football Hall of Fame in 1986. Panhellenic Council, said the majoring in nursing, brought this activity was her son’s the trademark symbol of the Crimson Tide’s “This just shows a lack of respect by LSU annual event has been going her daughter, Ananda, to favorite. tradition, and LSU fans plan to don a mockery fans,” said Allen Roberts, a freshman majoring on longer than she had been trick-or-treat. “It was great that the sisters of it Saturday when the No. 3 Tigers travel to in criminal justice. a student at the University. “We’ve been having a great helped Will fish,’” Dixon said. Tuscaloosa. Roy told The Daily Reveille that his Facebook “It’s been something that time playing all of the games,” “He really enjoyed it.” An article printed in Friday’s issue of The group has attracted some attention from trash- we all get together to do for Silver said. “Ananda likes get- Kappa Delta took their Daily Reveille, LSU’s student newspaper, talking Alabama fans who are angered by the the area children every year,” ting the candy, too.” decorations to the next level featured three students who purchased 60 hats. He said at least 30 Alabama students James said. Another sorority row visi- by setting up a toilet paper houndstooth hats and decorated them with a were in the group before he banned them for James said the event was tor was Kimberly Michael, graveyard for kids to make purple band around the outside of the hat and creating a fuss. just as fun for members of the a graduate student in envi- their way through. a yellow feather through the band. “It is classless of LSU fans to disgrace a great sororities as it was going to be ronmental engineering, who Dupree Yancey, a junior “There is no better idea than to put purple ball coach like that,” said Hunter Spurgeon, a for the children who decided brought her triplets along majoring in advertising, said and gold on a Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant hat and have freshman majoring in mechanical engineer- to come. with her. She said they had she enjoyed being part of the whole student section wearing them,” LSU ing. “It’s great to see all of the been coming for two years what has become a Halloween junior Nathan Roy told The Daily Reveille. It is doubtful whether the reaction to these costumes the kids are wear- and planned on returning in tradition on the University’s Roy and two friends — junior Mustafa hats on game day will be pleasant, and there is ing,” James said. “Besides, it the future. campus. Mohammad and senior Hussien Mohammad no telling what extent Alabama fans may go to gives us the opportunity to “This year has been great,” “It’s really nice to get all of — are selling their hats for $25 on Facebook. display their displeasure. feel like kids again.” Michael said. “We feel really the local kids and their fami- com Marketplace and are trying to encourage “It will be all-around pandemonium, and Many of the sororities dec- safe bringing the kids here; lies out for a great time with other LSU students to make their own hats. Alabama fans will not be happy,” said Lake orated their houses in cel- it’s so much better than going us on sorority row,” Yancey “The houndstooth hats are clearly an Koelling, a junior in majoring in communica- ebration of Halloween. Some door-to-door.” said. “We really enjoy having Alabama tradition,” said Sarah Shea, a fresh- tions. members of the sororities Leslie Dixon, a faculty everyone come out and have man majoring in elementary education. “For said they wore costumes to member at the Capstone, a great time with us.” [LSU] fans to be wearing them means they are See MOCKERY, Page 3 Some Tutwiler residents make alternate housing plans for Halloween in health care management, there will be a murder — either such a vision. Sinister rumors convince lives in Julia Tutwiler Hall of everyone in the building or Jessica Discuillo, a fresh- some residents to and has heard one of several one random woman plucked man majoring in restaurant variations of an urban legend from the top floor. In most and hospitality management, leave rooms tonight involving a prophesied mur- versions, there is nothing to also said she plans to stay else- BY MARTHA GRAVLEE der on Halloween. fear after midnight, while in where for Halloween. Staff Reporter The legend, which is com- others, the threat persists to “I live on the 14th floor — ■ [email protected] mon at colleges across the the morning on Nov. 1. which is really the 13th — and United States, usually men- Though the details of what they say that on Halloween, Ashley Davis does not con- tions a women’s residence hall will happen on Halloween some guy’s going to come sider herself a superstitious with a cursed number of floors vary, the source is relatively and take one of us and kill person. However, she will not located near a cemetery, rail- constant. her,” Discuillo said. “I’m going be staying in her residence road tracks, mental hospital, Nostradamus, a 16th-cen- to sleep in someone else’s hall room tonight. large clock or some combina- tury apothecary and reput- room.” “I do not want to take my tion of the four. Tutwiler Hall, ed prophet, is credited with Some Tutwiler residents take chances,” she said. “I don’t with its “unlucky” 13 floors, predicting this event at the a more flippant tone when dis- CW/ Whitney Walker know where I’ll be, but I won’t fits this description. same time that he was detail- cussing the legend. Many UA students who live in Tutwiler Hall are not staying in their residence be here.” According to the tale, at such ing the apocalypse.