NEWS 3 6 SPORTS Engineering and Science: Football practice notebook: not just a boys club anymore Lacy expected to return Wednesday, October 12, 2011 Serving the University of Alabama since 1894 Vol. 118, Issue 38 Moody arch chalked with racial slurs President Witt sends email to students addressing incident By Stephen Nathaniel Dethrage pseudonym Johnny Rebel. Special Project Reporter According to an administra- [email protected] tor in Moody, a black female student reported the chalking, A currently unidentified per- and University of Alabama son or group of people chalked Police Department was called. racist slurs and pictures on After pictures were taken the archway in front of Moody and a police report filed, the Music Building during the day messages and pictures were Tuesday, according to witness- washed away, the administra- es and the UA administration. tor said. Witnesses said the vandal- University President Robert ism depicted a figure hang- Witt responded with a uni- ing from a noose and several versity-wide email vaguely racial slurs and statements. detailing and strongly con- Submitted Photo The chalking also report- demning the actions, mirror- Creative Campus interns prepare for another year at Quidditch on The Quad. edly included the words, ing his response to the verbal “I’m an Alabama nigger and racial harassment of Justin I want to be free,” the open- Zimmerman on campus in ing lyrics to a song by coun- February of this year. try musician Clifford Joseph Quidditch on the Quad returns Trahan, who sang under the See CHALKING, page 2 After a surprising turnout last year, registration for the game inspired by Number of suicide deaths for 15-24 year-olds (2007) 158 865 89 191 Harry Potter ends October 21 572 196 95 729 1,396 594 1,131 By Rebecca Howard nothing short of magical.” 516 Contributing Writer Through the fun and magic 223 102 1,108 96 378 271 of Quidditch on the Quad, 101 790 471 322 1,295 1,441 596 From the view at Denny players must remember that 181 808 95 3,602 36 (D.C.) 518 Chimes, the field looks this is also a physical sport. 811 649 300880 smooth as velvet. At both Creative Campus interns said 382 1,016 844 1,077 592 530 ends of the Quad stand three the game is more of a fast- 531 402 396 997 gold hoops, fifty feet high. paced combination of rugby, 401 522 The crimson figure on a volleyball and soccer. 2,433 broomstick moves so fast, it The “Quidditch 101,” 2,587 becomes blurred. Teams are explained by Tucci, is as fol- 149 lined up, ready to go. The sec- lows: 133 ond annual Muggle Quidditch There are seven players on CW | Taylor Stec CW | Drew Hoover World Cup is about to kick off. a field at a time, three boys Students compete in last year’s Quidditch on the Quad on Nov. 14, Quidditch on the Quad, and three girls, and one seek- 2010. Registration for this year’s tournament starts Oct. 21. a campus-wide muggle er chasing after the snitch Quidditch tournament hosted (University student dressed Suicide rates by Creative Campus, is back in gold head-to-toe). reign over the entire campus point is to have fun and pro- on Nov. 13 for its second sea- All players are required until it is caught. mote imagination. She said son. The event is based off of to keep their broomstick Alyssa Dinberg said this one great thing about college the Quidditch World Cup in in between their legs at all year would include much is that there are opportuni- higher at UA than the fourth Harry Potter book, times. Capes are encouraged. more than just the game of ties to get involved in so many “Harry Potter and the Goblet Three chasers each have a Quidditch. This world cup unique activities such as this. of Fire.” quaffle, a semi-deflated vol- will be surrounded with Creative Campus puts on this While last year brought a leyball, which you shoot magic, including potion sta- event in the “name of fun,” average statistics surprising turnout and appre- through the goals, hula hoops tions. Bama Dining is bring- celebrating literacy and J.K. ciation of the event, senior on rods, protected by the ing butter beer, and there will Rowling’s imagination, Tucci By Melissa Brown “When someone accesses Creative Campus intern keeper. There are two beaters also be children’s stations set said. Staff Reporter Alexandria Tucci said this who use dodgeballs, known up. Dinberg said you could “We take silliness very seri- help, the suicidal impulse year going to be a lot bigger. as bludgers, to try and hit the really use your imagination ously,” Tucci said. “People get Going to college may cut goes away fairly rapidly.” “It’s exciting, because we opposing team. The last and and have fun during this fes- really qrunk for Quidditch.” a young person’s risk of know people are excited,” final player, the seeker, chas- tivity. attempting suicide in half, — Larry Deavers, executive director of Tuscaloosa’s Tucci said. “I want it to be es the snitch, which has free Tucci said she believes the See QUIDDITCH, page 5 experts say. According to an article Family Counseling Service published in the Journal of the American Medical or have more resources.” Health Center juggles increase in student traffi c Association in 2006, the school Despite a lower national suicide rate, estimated to be trend among college stu- By Jasmine Cannon Students wait for about 7.5 per 100,000 students, dents, the University’s suicide Senior Staff Reporter their name to is about half the rate seen in rate since December 2010 is [email protected] be called at the nonstudents of the same age. approximately double the Student Health The article states that an estimated national rate of 7.5 The Student Health Center has seen an Center, located estimated 1,100 suicides and per 100,000. influx of students during this cold and flu next to the Stu- 24,000 attempts occur in col- According to the American season. The waiting room has been full of dent Recreation lege students ages 18 to 24. Foundation of Suicide students seeking attention, everyday at all Center, on Oct. Lee Keyes, psychologist Prevention, suicide is the hours of the day, for anything from simple 10. and executive director of third leading cause of death colds to broken limbs. In September alone, the University of Alabama among American 15-24 year the SHC saw nearly 4,000 students. Counseling Center, said olds – regardless of education. While the center may be convenient for there are several theories to Larry Deavers, execu- students, the wait times are causing many account for this data. tive director of Tuscaloosa’s to complain. “If you think about who Family Counseling Service, Steve Galvez, certified registered nurse is in college, they’re people echoed Keyes’ idea of forward practitioner at the SHC, said wait times who are forward thinkers and thinking when asked why are shorter in the morning, ranging from CW | Bryce Denton planning for their futures,” young people commit suicide. 10-15 minutes, and greater around lunch- Keyes said. “Folks who may He said young people’s limit- time, when waves of students come in at dents],” Galvez said. was not too long for her. Jordan said wait not have hopes or plans ed life experiences might fac- once. Samantha Jordan, a freshman majoring time generally depends on the services the about the future may be more tor into the decision to take “With our staff, during that time, we try in criminal justice and psychology, said student needs. depressed. Also, people who one’s life. as much as we can to change our sched- she was in and out of the SHC within an are able to go to college are ule around it and accommodate [the stu- hour and a half, and that the wait time See SHC, page 3 often economically better off See COUNSELING, page 2 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 Sports .......................6 Partly s P.O. 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