| Summary: | The Kaleidoscope is the official student newspaper of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA OCTOBER 6,2012 2:00PM Complete HOMECOMING SCHEDULE 6B Tuesday, October 2, 2012 Vol. 45 No. 30 2 Sections •12 pages Mary Jane Chen News Editor news@insideuab.com e UAB Presidential Search Ad-visory Committee had been o cially named and held their rst meeting last Wednesday, September 26, 2012. Led by UA System Trustee John McMahon as the committee chair-man, the committee is composed of 31 members representing students, faculty, and the community, and will have the responsibility of presenting candidate recommendations. McMahon has been a long time business leader in our community, holding positions on various boards including: UAB Health System, Pro-tective Life Corporation, and ProAs-surance Corporation. “ is is as important decision as anyone around the table will make in terms of helping identify the candi-dates for the presidency,” McMahon said when opening the meeting. e main discussion for the rst meeting was the attributes, oppor-tunities and challenges for the next president. “List of attributes are still being worked. ere was a lot of discussion of what this individual will need to bring to the table,” Kellee Reinhart, the committee spokesperson, said. “Certainly a national reputation, someone who has an ability to inspire con dence and trust, someone who has a talent for interdisciplinary col-laboration. ese are just among the many qualities discussed.” So far, no individuals have been named as potential candidates. “Any discussion of individual names are premature at this time, said Reinhart. “ e goal at this time is to have the search concluded about early spring.” Process of UAB Presidential Search O cially Begins Kaylyn Alexander Sta Writer Kaylyn@uab.edu Last week, the Spanish and Latino Student Association (S.A.L.S.A) hosted the rst-ever Latin Fire Festival to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. Hispanic Heritage Month is the period from September 15 to October 15, and is dedicated to recognize Hispanic and Latin Americans’ contributions as well as to celebrate the group’s heritage and culture. In 1968, Hispanic Heritage Week was established under Lyn-don Johnson’s Presidency. Twenty years later, President Ronald Rea-gan approved the Public Law 100-402, an amendment that expanded the week-long celebra-tion to a month. e beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15, was chosen because ve Latin American countries--Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Hondu-ras, and Nicaragua--share this Hispanic Heritage Month continues with re Andrew Metzler/Contributing Photographer S.A.L.S.A. keeping Hispanic Heritage Month hot at the Latin Fire Fest. The Fire Fest. features authentic Latin music like the Maracas from Caracas, Venezuela. date as the anniversary of their independence. e festival was a night lled with live Hispanic music by DJ Paco, Corazon Azteca, Mariachi Singers; dancing by Toshio and Danny, and Break Dancers “Los Flores”; food and more. “Under the circumstances, us Hispanics are currently facing in Alabama, S.A.L.S.A hopes that Hispanic Heritage Month and the Latin Fire Festival has made a clearer vision of what our culture is,” said Diana Padilla, S.A.L.S.A Education and Outreach O cer. e organization raised money for future events by sell-ing authentic food from Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and other countries with the help of local Hispanic businesses including Mi Pueblo Supermarket, Margarita Grill, and more. “I love the fact that many students came out to support us by buying food, singing, danc-ing, and learning about our cul-ture, which made for a memo-rable night. S.A.L.S.A o cers and members can’t not wait for next year’s event!” said Padilla. “ e outstanding student participation in this event [Latin Fire Festival] and other Hispanic Heritage Month events, such as Rosario Dawson’s lecture, gives me hope that sometime in the fu-ture, Hispanics will not be seen as targets for discrimination and be able to live in an ignorance-free world,” said Padilla. S.A.L.S.A’s next event to cel-ebrate Hispanic Heritage Month is Fiesta, Alabama’s tenth Annual celebration of Hispanic culture and heritage. e festival will ed-ucate the public about the many Hispanic countries and cultures by presenting the best of His-panic art, music, food, and dance. Fiesta will be held at Linn Park on October 13, 12-8 p.m. Upcoming events for the month-long cel-ebration include lectures, interest group meetings, a documentary, and a scholarship informational. 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Hela Cells at College Night Russ Timothy Sta Writer RussT926@aol.com e Birmingham Museum of Art hosted its Eighth an-nual College Night Discussion Book Forum this past Wednes-day, Sept. 19, and the night’s topic of conversation regarded the book “ e Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot. Since 2005, UAB has select-ed each year’s discussion book as a tool to help introduce in-coming freshmen to di cult dialogues as well as provide insight to ethical questions, contemporary issues, and un-derstanding of diversity. “I really liked [the book],” says Lenora Goodman, fresh-man music and biology ma-jor, “so I wanted to get more knowledge about it.” e forum took place in a dimly lit, tan auditorium in heart of the museum with ap-proximately 200 students ll-ing most of the seats. On stage sat two experts on the book, Jonathan Miller and Bruce Ko , who delivered a basic ex-planation of Henrietta Lacks’s life and answered questions that students had. Henrietta Lacks (1920 - 1951) lived the majority of her short life in Virginia and is the unwitting source of the cells which were cultured to create the immortal HeLa cell line. Her cells have been used for great scienti c advancements such as polio vaccinations and research on cancer, AIDS, gene mapping and many other sci-enti c pursuits. A er giving birth to her h child, Lacks began to bleed abnormally and profuse-ly. A er being referred to John Hopkins Hospital, she was di-agnosed with cervical cancer. Due to the abnormality of her condition, the doctors per-formed a few tests on her body and took a sample of her tumor for further examination - with-out her permission. A few months later, her condition worsened, the cancer having metastasized throughout her body, and she re-admitted herself into John Hopkins; she remained there until her death. She is now buried in an un-marked grave in her family’s cemetery. “ ere should be a lot of recognition for Henrietta Lacks,” says freshman nurs-ing and pre-med major Elise Mayer. “I mean, [the doctors] didn’t even get her name right at rst.” A goodreads.com article on e Immortal Life of Henri-etta Lacks had this to say about Lacks’ life: Rebecca Skloot so brilliant-ly shows, the story of the Lacks family—past and present—is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimenta-tion on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stu we are made of. Because Lacks’s cells were taken from her without her consent, many people question whether or not her rights were violated. “If I had a disease and peo-ple asked me for my cells for science, then I’d say sure,” says Goodman, “but I understand that a ‘no’ is a ‘no.’ at is their right.” It wasn’t until 20 years a er Henrietta Lacks’s death that her family even learned about her “immortality.” Her cells had launched a multimillion-dollar industry that sells hu-man biological materials, but her surviving family never saw any of the pro ts. UAB provided a free bus shuttle from Blazer Hall to the museum, and the museum provided an assortment of re-freshments, presentations, col-lection tours, and activities for students following the discus-sion’s end. “We even missed the bus down here, but I wasn’t gonna miss it,” says Goodman. Carlene Robinson Sta Writer drcarob@uab.edu Friday 9/21 • $500 Bike stolen at North Pavilion. Saturday 9/22 • Marijuana was found in Blazer Hall at 1:29 a.m. • Six criminal trespass warnings issued. Monday 9/24 • At Jeff erson Tower, a walk clock was stolen on Sept. 21 at 5 p.m. It was valued at $75. • A store reported stolen locking handles on Sept. 21 at 12 p.m. They were recovered on someone’s per-son on Belk 9th Avenue. The suspect was arrested on the spot. • Three criminal trespass warnings issued. Tuesday 9/25 • Medical Educati on Building reported a stolen tele-phone valued at $75. • A man was seen breaking and entering a car on September 20. He stole a laptop worth $800. He was arrested today. • Vehicle was reported stolen on Belk 4th Ave. S. at 11:55 p.m. Wednesday 9/26 • Assault reported in the Bevill Biomedical Building at 3:19 p.m. • At the Spark Center, a laptop and a handbag was stolen at 3:28 p.m. It was valued at $2,600. Thursday 9/27 • A man at empted to shoplift from the Kangaroo gas stati on on 11th Avenue. He was caught stealing Hard Lemonade© and was arrested at 6:20 p.m. • In Lot 7D, a car was damaged by a hit-and-run driver at 11 a.m. The damage was valued at $3,000. Apologize for the Confusion The Acti ve Shooter Alert noti ce that set the enti re campus on edge was sent out by the UAB police. It was indeed a test that sent out a text message, email, and a phone call. The scenario was set in the Center Nuclear Imaging Research building from 10:16 a.m. unti l 1:10 p.m. B-alert was created to make sure students are safe and calm. With all the fuss it created on campus, it harmed rather than helped. UAB Police also wants to apologize for any confusion students or parents might have had. They say they do these tests to learn the best method of implementati on: “This is the reason we drill, so that we can improve, and we’ll learn from this. Im-portantly, we will make it clearer that it is a simulati on and not an actual emergency.” Laurie Christolear Contributing Writer christolear@uab.edu Jessica Simpson, pro-gram consultant at the Alys Stephens Center, wanted to create a show specific for Alys Stephens Center, and that is exactly what she re-ceived. Last week, Cirque Alys Aerial Music launched their show through short demos held throughout the week. Each demo featured diverse artists and gave audiences a unique musical experience. “It’s a program for di-verse audiences,” said Simp-son. Simpson strives to host a diverse array of artists at the Alys Stephens Center to cater to UAB’s diverse stu-dent body. Simpson encourages Meet the Artist events as ways that students at UAB, and at visiting schools can experience new things. “We bus kids in for all performances,” said Simp-son. “Hopefully this ex-posed them to shows and art that they can experience in an environment they usually aren’t a part of.” Simpson encourages students to learn more about the arts, and to get involved. “Make Alys Ste-phens Center your own performance center.” “One day, there is an in-novated show like this, the next day a comedian, then the next day a jazz perform-er,” Simpson said. One of the most inter-esting aspects of the Cirque Alys Aerial Music show is that it appeals to all ages. “We really strive to ap-peal to all ages, all back-grounds, all people. We want each person to con-nect to what we do,” said Andrea Brook, director and Earth Harp player. “We want people to recognize their potential to create something new.” “Because the Cirque Alys Aerial Music perfor-mance is site specific, it lets us allow the location to be the muse,” said Brook. David Block, pianist and beats and electronic ele-ment produces spoke spiri-tually about the show. “We want to create time-less music, something that will still be interesting and inspiring 20 years from now,” Block said. “Which is possible with the variety of audience members.” “Music provides an op-portunity to transcend lan-guage. Audiences can inter-pret without adding words to it. It’s a visual experience as well,” said Block. The Alys Stephens Cen-ter has many upcoming shows open to students and the Birmingham commu-nity. For more information, visit the Alys Stephens Cen-ter website. Alys Stephens Center promotes diversity with acrobatics Laurie Christolear/Sta Writer Cirque Alys Aerial Music comes to Aly Stephens Center. InsideUAB.com Tuesday, October 2, 2012 — 3-A Who’s Who Student Life is accepting applications for Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges until October 31, 2012. This program exists as one of the most highly regarded and long-standing honor programs in the nation. Recognition is based upon scholastic achievement, experience and/or performance in the areas of collegiate and extracurricular activities, and involvement in civic/ community/service organizations. Applications available in HUC 110, 133, 135, 136, 440 and on-line at http://studentmedia.uab.edu/ advertise/ad-pages/whos-who-nominations/ Don’t wait, apply early! 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Along the walls and within each studio, the UAB art faculty showcases their individual works and styles. “I think what I love the most are these giant windows, and then the fact, that’s in the down-town area,” Doug Barrett, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design. “ ere’s the kind of energy and vibe around here which is nice to work in.” Before, the faculty only had their classroom studios as their work space, which is on the third oor of an older building. With a new personal research space, the art faculty can contribute more works and inspire the community. “I want more events like this and see the community more involved,” said Christopher Lowther. “And with the open windows, people passing can see us work and see the process.” ere were many students who came out and supported the open house. Many students me-andered around the studio and talked to the pro-fessors before heading out to the back for some free food. “I like how they took an old building and revitalized it. I like how the teachers have their own space so they can collaborate with each other,” said Angela Outsuy, a senior. “It’s really awesome to have an art place in the middle of downtown and impact the surrounding area. Maybe it’ll inspire some people.” New addition to UAB: Open house for faculty art studios UAB News University of Alabama at Birmingham Pro-vost Linda Lucas today announced that Robert E. Palazzo, Ph.D., will be the interim dean of the UAB College of Arts and Sciences e ective Oct. 1. Palazzo comes to UAB while taking a leave from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., where he has been a professor of biology since 2002. Palazzo was provost of RPI from 2007 to 2011, and served as acting provost prior to that. He was the acting director and director of the Institute’s Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies from 2004 to 2006. Palazzo was chair of the biology department there from 2002 to 2005. Palazzo was selected to guide the UAB Col-lege of Arts and Sciences a er careful consider-ation, says Provost Lucas. “We are pleased to announce the appoint-ment of Dr. Palazzo. rough his extensive ex-perience as an educator, researcher, leader and mentor, we believe he displays the best combina-tion of qualities needed to lead the College dur-ing this transition,” Lucas says. e UAB College of Arts and Sciences is home to academic disciplines that include the arts, humanities and sciences. It was created a er an academic realignment commission reviewed and assessed various options for the organiza-tion of UAB’s non-medical schools in 2009. Committed to the UAB spirit of indepen-dence and innovation, the college enables stu-dents to design their own majors, participate in undergraduate or graduate research or com-plete graduate degrees on a ve-year fast track. rough productive partnerships, exible cur-ricula and a bold, interdisciplinary approach to teaching and learning, the college is preparing students for success in the ever-changing global marketplace of commerce and ideas. Palazzo earned his doctoral degree in biolog-ical sciences at Wayne State University in 1984 and he had received his bachelor’s degree in bi-ology there in 1979. He also spent a year as a re-search associate and completed a three-year post doctorate in the University of Virginia’s biology department. His previous experience includes serving as a visiting professor at Harvard University Medi-cal School and 10 years with the University of Kansas in a variety of roles, including chair of the Department of Physiology and Cell Biology and professor for the Department of Molecular Biosciences. Prior to his work in Kansas, Pala-zzo spent three years as an assistant scientist and principal investigator for the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass. Palazzo is on the board of advisors for Sci-enti c American Magazine. He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Society for Cell Biology and a Corporation Member of the Marine Biological Laboratory. He is widely pub-lished in scienti c journals. His research interests include: centrosomes and cellular organization; cell replication and cancer; fertilization and reproduction; regula-tion of cell motility; and drug discovery. Welcoming the new Interim Dean of the UAB College of Arts and Sciences Recent illnesses emerge on campus Carlene Robinson Sta Writer drcarob@uab.edu Many students have come down with a variety of illness over the past three weeks. According to the UAB Student Health Services, sore throats are the most common condition, and about half of those result in strep. 10-15 students have been diagnosed with a mild in uenza and the same goes for viral upper respiratory infections. Since students are living in close quarters, Student Health advises that students get their u shots early. Statistics show that sicknesses spread faster on a college campus. Washing hands is still the best way to prevent the spread of disease. “If you cough or sneeze, get a tissue and cover both your nose and mouth,” remarks Michael Faircloth, Director of Student Health. “Once your done throw it away. Most students try to save it for later and put it in their pocket. No! row it away.” ough last year’s u season was considered mild, health experts warn that this year’s in uenza is unpredictable and the disease could take a serious toll on many Americans. If students are feeling light-headed or have unusual body aches, then stay at home. Faircloth notes, “Unless it is completely necessary, don’t go out. If you do, wear a mask. It really does make a di erence.” Most diseases are airborne and acquired by sick people still going about their daily life. For any further information, go to the CDC website. UAB News For nearly a decade, Angela Barnhart knew she had a hysterectomy in her future. Like thousands of women, Barnhart had developed extremely large broids — benign tumors that develop in the uterus — that would eventually require surgery. Uterine broids are the most common non-cancerous tumors in women and are most com-monly found during the middle and later repro-ductive years. While small broids don’t cause symptoms in most women, they can grow to cause heavy and painful menstruation, painful sexual intercourse, and frequent or urgent uri-nation. In the past, treatment would have required an invasive and painful open procedure. But with today’s surgical advances, women like Barnhart —previously not considered candidates for tra-ditional laparoscopic or vaginal hysterectomies due to the size of either their broids or uterus itself—now have a minimally invasive option in robot-assisted hysterectomy. “We are able to perform more advanced minimally invasive surgery with the robot that, in the past, would have resulted in an open procedure,” says University of Alabama at Bir-mingham OB/GYN Heather Greer, M.D. “ e 540-degree wristed articulation of the robot instruments coupled with the superior magni- cation of the robotic camera allows us to per-form more challenging procedures, speci cally in those patients with complex pelvic anatomy such as large broids or excessive scar tissue resulting from multiple C-sections or previous abdominal surgery.” Barnhart knew her broids were large — one was big enough it could be seen on the ultra-sound when she was pregnant with her son, who is now 9 years old. ey didn’t cause any issues with her pregnancy and she lived with them for many years. Earlier this year, however, that all changed. “I started feeling a lot of discomfort and had other issues that come along with broids,” she says. “Because they were so large they were put-ting a lot of pressure on my internal organs. I was referred to Dr. Greer by a friend and had my hys-terectomy in July. I feel great now.” Greer says that in addition to broids there are other non-cancerous conditions that make women candidates for robotic hysterectomy. ese include: • Adenomyosis, which occurs when the en-dometrial tissue that lines the uterus grows be-yond the uterine lining into its outer, muscular wall. is can result in painful, heavy menstrual periods. It is more common in women who are over 30, who have had children, and who have had uterine surgery including C-sections. • Dysmenorrhea, or an excessively painful menstrual period, which is more common in women in their teens and 20s, but can be experi-enced by women throughout their childbearing years. “Every woman should consider a robotic hysterectomy as an option,” Greer says. “Choos-ing a robotic hysterectomy is an excellent deci-sion for those women with excess scar tissue as well as women with other medical conditions such as obesity and diabetes.” at is because ro-botic surgery “decreases morbidity and potential postoperative complications,” Greer notes. “I didn’t realize how the broids were a ect-ing my day-to-day life,” she says. “I had lived with them for so long I didn’t know how much of my energy was being zapped by them. I am sur-prised by the amount of energy I have since my surgery. Now that they are gone, I feel amazing.” UAB NEWS Daniel Twieg/Photo Editor UAB Open House’s successful turnout for new art studios. Hysterectomy assisted by robotics Tripp Larsen Sports Editor sports@insideuab.com UAB went into Saturday’s game with more con dence than most 0-3 teams head-ing into a tough conference schedule. With losses to big programs like Ohio State and South Carolina, some of the Birmingham fans hoped that their team would be able to capture the rst win of the sea-son and the rst ever over Tulsa when they played host to them in Birmingham. e Golden Hurricanes would be coming to the Magic City as the Blaz-ers would open up Conference USA play against the 3-1 squad. It would have been tough to imagine a better start for the Green and Gold, and actu-ally according to Coach Garrick McGee it followed script, a er the game McGee had this to say about the opening o ense play for his squad, “We said on the rst play of the game, a er he kicks it in the end zone… We are going to put the ball on the le hash. We are going to call a post to J.J. and he is go-ing to score a touchdown and it happened.” He went on to say, “Maybe we just thought it was going to be easy from there, but football games are hard. Until we learn that you have to con-centrate and compete for sixty minutes to win a football game, we are going to have trouble winning. e second score was set up by a familiar scene for Blazer fans, a punt block. With the second punt block in as many games, UAB put 7 more up on the board to recapture the lead. Tulsa’s o ense, however, proved to be too much. e rst year head coach’s team was outgained substantially by the Golden Hurricane o ense, with Tulsa racking up 478 yards of total o ense while the Green and Gold put up 338. Tulsa came in to the game second in the nation with 19 sacks and the defensive line added to the large total, put-ting Brown on the ground seve times in the back eld as well as disrupting the rushing attack of UAB, keeping them to one yard rushing on 35 attempts. For a while it looked as if the Oklahoma team was go-ing to run away with it before senior linebacker Marvin Bur-dette and the defense tightened down giving Austin Brown a chance to lead the o ense on a comeback. McGee said, “For a while we just decided to things the right way. at’s the only way you can win. To trust your coaches and do what they are coached to do.” McGee’s sta can’t be happy about are the 12 penalties that cost the Blazers 115 yards. Mc- Gee commented, “It is just not very good thinking, not very smart, just not playing winning football.” Despite the absence of a running game, the multitude of penalties, and being over-powered on both sides of the ball, UAB had a chance late in the game to pull it out; however, a few too many mistakes by freshman quarterback Austin Brown late in the game includ-ing two turnovers on the last two drives proved to be too much. e rst time starter had this to say about tough game, “It’s always frustrating to lose. e team is still hungry; we still haven’t won a game so we keep building more and more frustration. For me to cause the loss is even more frustrating on my part.” When the clock struck ze-ros, Tulsa did enough to pull out a victory beating the Blaz-ers in Legion Field, 49-42. When talking about the game McGee said, “Ultimately when the game is on the line we didn’t make enough plays to win it. So it is the same story.” is is another game that UAB had many chances to win, had two drives late in the game, so as a team losing three tough, close games and dropping a fourth to a top ten team in the nation in a game that was closer than the box score showed, Marvin Bur-dette said a er the game, “It’s not just this week the previous weeks too. You come close to the win and just not pulling out the win. It just goes to show we need to focus more and nish. Every game is based on the n-ish we make hard on team now we just have to nish.” ere were several bright spots for the game, Jamarcus Nelson stood out scoring twice on four receptions totaling 146 yards. Red zone o ense was an-other problem area for UAB going into the game, but on this day, the o ense would score a touchdown on all three at-tempts with the ball inside the twenty. Barring a huge upset, UAB should pull out there rst “W” next week in a homecoming game against South East Loui-siana University Lions at 2 p.m., Saturday in Legion Field. 4-A— Tuesday, October 2, 2012 UABkscope.com Tim Melton features@UABkscope.com Tripp Larsen | Sports Editor sports@insideUAB.com sports Like Us! We need you to Like us. We really do. We have an overwhelming need to be liked. You can feed our obsession and win some cool stuff. We’ll be drawing names from among the Likers (is that a word?) for giveaway T-shirts and other prizes. Plus, the Facebook feed keeps you up to date with the latest campus news, sports and events as reported by students. www.facebook.com/uabkscope UAB still searching for rst win after falling to Tulsa 49-42 Kyle Thompson/Sta Photographer (Above) Junior Jackie Williams stretches for a deep pass over the head of a Tulsa defender. (Below) Wide-out Jamarcus Nelson gains yardage and a touchdown. Many students still not ‘Playing Their Part’ Chase Cole Sta Writer Chascole@uab.edu is week marks UAB’s an-nual homecoming celebration, a special time when the Univer-sity invites the local community as well as alumni and students to gather for an array of activi-ties and events in an e ort to encourage unity and promote school spirit. Homecoming events have become a staple for many uni-versities. Some schools, whose roots stretch back as far as the 1800s, have elaborate celebra-tions that almost always include parades, free food, contests with prizes, and a football game to cap o the festivities. UAB is no di erent. For weeks, many organizations have been gearing up to promote Blazernation. To kick the week o , the UAB Women’s Soccer team will take on East Carolina at 1 p.m. at West Campus Field Sunday, Sept. 30, followed by “Paint the Town” which will be held at Hill University Center at 3:00 p.m. Both events are free for UAB students and open to the public (with a church or worship bulletin, admission to the game is free to the public). e rest of the week is lled with a number of free activi-ties that students can engage in. ere will be pancakes and karaoke Monday night at e Commons on the Green. On Wednesday there’s the annual Gurney Derby down on 13th street between 8th and 10th Ave-nue, and the cookout and Green and Gold games that follow in the UAB Mini Park. All of these events have been arranged to get students, alum-ni and the entire community to show their Blazer pride. is year’s nale, you de - nitely won’t want to miss, on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012, join us at Legion Field as the UAB Blazers football team captures their rst win of the season when they face the Southeastern Louisiana Lions at 2 p.m. ere has been a lot of talk lately about school spirit and having personal pride in your university. Recently the ath-letic department sponsored a billboard o I-65 that features head football Coach Garrick McGee asking each of us to play our part and get involved with UAB, especially the athletic de-partment, to build something special together. Continued on 5A David McCaw Senior Sta Writer djwppictures@yahoo.com Fighting a back and forth record thus far, the lady Blaz-er’s volleyball team took their talents to the Lone Star State this Friday for a weekend kick-o that proved to be a quick but painful hit on the Birmingham natives. In what proved to be a close call number of sets, rival UTEP narrowly swiped away three wins from UAB, who was biting at the heels. e Miners took the rst two sets by a modest two points with duplicate scrores of 23-25 in both sets, barely leaping ahead to take the lead. e Green and Gold fought back and forth with UTEP swapping leading pos-tions over nine times with 19 ties taking place in the Me-morial Gym. UAB held back the Min-ers for most of the rst set with a 20-15 advantage but attacks allowed for error and the ladies slipped giving up 10 marks to UTEP. Working the same strat-egy as before the Blazers went into the second set xed on revenge with a 19-18 lead un-til the Miners revved up and shot down UAB’s attempts at a comeback win. Success now relied upon the Birmingham women’s drive to take the - nal set. However, unlike the previous matches, UTEP did not wait around for an oppor-tunity in the third frame to take the win from the Blazers and wrapped up the evening with a hit range of .291. e Miners nished out the eve-ning with a 14-25 slam. Even though the trip to El Paso proved to be a smudge in the Blazer’s rep they le the court with some memo-rable mentions. With a .500 hit swing, Kiriana Hirini led the team while Sam Serlety followed hitting .417 for the night along with eight kills against UTEP. Senior Kate Morrell bolted across 10 kills to threat. e loss no doubt downed Blazer morale amongst the ladies, but with about half of the season be-hind them UAB can only set its sights on what the future has to o er. With just two more away games before a long Birming-ham streak, the women may just have a chance to take back what they want this sea-son: success. Volleyball team falls to UTEP in straight sets InsideUAB. com Tuesday, October 2, 2012 — 5-A PRINTING AND MAILING www.uab.edu/printmail 934-3790 • printingservices@uab.edu Copy Services: 975-8045 Mailin g Solutions: 934-4181 Check out our NEW easy to use online ordering system at uab.edu/printmail Enable your mobile phone. Download a QR-Code reader from the following sites: www.beetagg.com www.quickmark.com.tw/En/basic/index.asp www.alabamaforeverwild.com To learn more about Forever Wild lands, visit: Your public lands Did you know? Forever Wild is your public lands program, providing outdoor recreation opportunities while also protecting wildlife habitats. The public’s use of Forever Wild land is virtually free (hunters must have a license), and no tax dollars are involved in its management. Playing Their Part from page 4A But what does it really mean to “play your part”? If you’re not a part of the athletic depart-ment, and you aren’t compensated nor have a vested interest in the game, what is your incen-tive? What does it really mean to be a fan or to love your university? When do you play your part, and what exactly is your part to play as a student or alumnus or even as John Q public that just happens to live in the area. Personal responsibility is an individual ques-tion, and if you ask 100 people you will get 100 different answers but one thing is certain, there is something each of us can do that requires little effort but has the greatest impact, and that is to constantly promote UAB everywhere you go. Regardless of whether you are currently a stu-dent, alumni or just a resident of the Birming-ham area, like it or not, UAB is your University; it’s the states largest employer, and we need each other. Now, there are some who seem to disagree with this philosophy, and seem to share the common goal of unity and community spirit. Recently, I walked into the local Subway, here on campus, next door to Snoozy’s bookstore to grab a bite after one of our games. As I complet-ed my order, I was given the choice to receive a souvenir cup of my favorite “Alabama” team and was surprised that neither option had anything to do with UAB. When asked why there wasn’t a Blazer souvenir cup, the standard “these were sent from the corporate office” answer was given by the Subway employee, followed by the com-ment “But isn’t UAB a part of the University of Alabama? Aren’t they the same school”? The answer to this question, for all intents and purposes, is no. The Alabama School System, which comprises UAB as well as UAT and UAH, does share the same endowment, and board of trustees; however, each school maintains its own identity, and its own autonomy. UAB may have begun as an extension center years ago, but as of 1969, UAB broke the shackles, and with the inclusion of the UAB Health System, quickly be-came the lifeline of the Birmingham metro area. The fact is that when it comes to the athletic department, UAB has a relatively young pro-gram. Especially when compared with our in-state “Big Brothers” who have been around for over a century and achieved a storied history of both winning and national championships that has gathered generational fans along the way. Anytime anyone promotes another Univer-sity, especially while on campus, it severely di-minishes the work that has been done to improve our athletic department and establish our own identity Many of these generational fans are also stu-dents at UAB. Several weeks ago a small group of dorm students decided to gather at Blount Hall to show support for their favorite teams. These students reserved a movie room and went as far as to hang unofficial fliers around the dorm offer-ing free food and drink to anyone who wanted to enjoy in the festivities. see Playing Their Part on 6A Clarence Barbour/Staff Photographer UAB faithful look on at the football game at Legion Field. Houston McDuffie/Staff Photographer Moses Adeniran squares his feet to deliver a pass in this week’s action against SMU. Chase Cole Staff Writer chascole@uab.edu UAB’s men’s soccer team suffered the toughest loss of their season in their first conference match Saturday night in front of 665 fans at West Campus field. The UAB Blazers (5-3-2) fell hard Saturday night as they battled back and forth with the Mustangs (6-2-2) for the entire 90 minutes of play. “When you look at the stat sheet it pretty much tells the story of the game,” said Blazer head coach Mike Get-man. “I thought our guys played extremely well all the way through. At times, it felt like we were playing against 12 and not just 11, But I think we did enough to win the match, but in soccer you still have to put the ball in the net.” In the first-half UAB out shot SMU 10-5 and allowed only one shot on goal which was saved by goal keeper Raphael Ville. Defensively, SMU was no match for UAB who dominated the field and controlled the pace of play throughout the game. As the second half opened, it seemed as if the Blazers had a firm handle on the game when suddenly a simple foul led to an SMU penalty kick by Andrew Mo-rales in the 59:29 minute of the game giving the Mus-tangs a 0-1 lead. Shortly after the penalty kick play-ers on both sides of the ball seemed overly agitated, which caused more aggres-sive play and several yellow cards. Men’s soccer drops C-USA opener, loses to SMU 1-0 Chase Cole Staff Writer Chascole@uab.edu Marshall (6-5) outplayed the Lady Blazers (2-9) Friday night at West Campus field in front of 180 fans. The game started slowly as UAB struggled to figure out Marshall’s organized and methodical defense. It took a few minutes for the Lady Blazers to figure out how to win the ball, but once they did they made scoring look easy. The first goal of the night was scored by junior Abby Phillips who was assisted by senior Emma Jane Smith as freshman Hannah Coffin sent a cross from the right side of the field which Phillips plant-ed in the corner of the net. “We came out great to-night. Everyone was knock-ing the ball really well and everyone was working really hard, but as a unit we broke down a couple of times, and unfortunately, they took ad-vantage of it.” said Phillips. “After we score we just have to make sure that we take care of business, and for the next five minutes go at them hard.” Phillip’s words echoed what happened just two min-utes after she scored her first goal of the season. Marshall answered UAB’s goal with one of their own in the 41st minute of the match when Morgan Cain scrambled in front of the goal after a cor-ner kick and bunted the ball into net tying the game just before half time. The second half of the game began much like the first half as UAB struggled defensively and in the 59th minute gave up another goal as the goal keeper tried to grab a cross and missed as Marshalls Cain capitalized on yet another Blazer mistake sending Marshall up 1-2. “We have to make sure we capitalize on all of our op-portunities,” said Junior Jo-hanna Liney. We pass the ball so well, but we gave away too many goals tonight.” Thundering Herd etches past Lady Blazers, 3-2 That didn’t stop the Blaz-ers, whose offence seemed to explode. Kofi Gyawu had five shots that night alone, with Chase Wickham fol-lowing behind him with two shots, while Karl Chester, Mladen Lemez, Norris How-ze, Diego Navarrete and Ian Svantesson each had one a piece for a total of 12 shots on goal. With just over a minute left on the clock UAB had a couple of chances to tie the game, but they were thwart-ed by 2 SMU defenders who headed the ball out of the box just as time ran out for the Blazers. While SMU’s goal keeper dove for 10 saves Saturday night, the penalty kick the Mustangs scored early in the second half was enough to secure three tournament points, and a conference win for SMU. “Soccer can be a really cruel game,” coach Getman said. “You can have 12 shots on goal, only one shot on your goal; you can win in every statistical category; you can win in possession; you can win in chances, but sometimes the ball just doesn’t want to go in the goal. Overall, I thought we did a pretty good job. I think the guys carried out the game plan that we had tonight, so there’s nothing to change; we just have to keep plugging away. Over the course of a season if you play well every-day, things will go your way.” Conference play contin-ues for the Blazers during Homecoming week as they travel to Miami for their next conference matchup against Florida International Oct. 6 @ 6 p.m. UAB’s second score came in the 68th minute of play when Paige Hanks had the ball out on the left side of the field. Liney made a slash-ing run as Hanks slipped the ball behind the defenders al-lowing Liney to plant the ball into the back of the net tying the game. The final goal of the night was scored for Marshall off a penalty kick in the 78th min-ute of the game bringing the final score to 2-3. “We gave up goals that we shouldn’t have,” said head coach Harold Warren. “We just have to get better defen-sively; we can score goals, now we just have to focus on defending as a unit.” UAB, now with two con-ference losses, continues conference play this Sunday to kick off UAB’s Homecom-ing week as they face East Carolina University at 1pm on West Campus Field. Harold Warren’s team has seven more games to gear up for before the Conference USA tournament in El Paso, Texas where they will visit next weekend to take on con-fernce foe UTEP Miners. The Blazers have gotten the offense working that was struggling earlier in the sea-son and now will need to lock down on defense to help pull out some of the close match ups. UAB hopes a boost from homecoming will help gain some momentum moving forward as they still have a shot in evening up the regu-lars season record. InsideUAB.com Tuesday, October 2, 2012 — 6-A GoANG.com/AL 1-800-TO-GO-ANG AND YOU THOUGHT HAVING A COMPANY CAR WAS COOL. Serving part-time in the Air National Guard, you’ll get behind the wheel of today’s most exciting technology. You’ll also develop the skills you need to succeed in your civilian career while receiving a steady paycheck and generous benefits, including affordable health insurance, college tuition assistance and a military retirement plan. Talk to a recruiter today to learn more. Playing Their Part From 5A ey were playing their part, but unfortunately not for the Green and Gold as neither of the teams on the screen were UAB, who incidentally played Troy University at Legion eld that day. Dustin Welborne, President of the Gang Green Society, was furious when he learned about the incident. UAB’s marketing department along with the Gang Green society work tire-lessly and continuously to promote the Green and Gold both on and o cam-pus. And while you may not be a hor-rible person for sporting your crimson or orange and blue on UAB’s campus, you can bet your bottom dollar that the opposite seldom ever happens. “In the future you’re going to have that UAB diploma; can you really say that you got involved, that you went to the games, you got painted up”? Welborne said. “Your diploma is go-ing to say UAB, and it’s going to have our colors, and you’re going to put it into a frame that says UAB. Each time you look at your diploma you’re going to think of how proud you were to go there while you were there and what you’re still doing to promote UAB a er you have le .” Fan attendances at UAB’s home sporting events (football, soccer, bas-ketball) are o en a hit or miss and there are several factors that contrib-ute to the lack of attendance. When you ask most Birmingham residents what are the best college football teams that they follow, immediately people think of division one FBS pro-grams. For an upstart program like the Blazers, whose football team has only been around since 1989 as a club team and didn’t go division one until 1996, it’s going to take time to establish ourselves. However, even in that short period of time UAB has managed to have a bowl appearance, as well as athletes who have not only gone on to play in the NFL but also been selected for Pro Bowl appearances. ere are several things we can do to increase fan participation, said Daniel Killilea, Assistant Marketing Director for UAB’s athletic depart-ment, “the rst is to educate the public about who we are, and then we have to win games and put a quality product on the eld. We have to start winning in every area of our athletic depart-ment. Our program has been over-shadowed over the years by some sub-par performances, but going forward the coaches have to play their part coaching; the players have to play their part on the eld; the strength and con-ditioning coaches have to play their part, and also the marketing depart-ment has to play their part and win the advertising game.” e biggest challenge that we face as a University is the fact that we are largely a commuter campus. With over 18,000 grad/undergraduate stu-dents enrolled at UAB, there’s only space to house just over 2000 on cam-pus. Once you exclude athletes, the number of students who are on cam-pus a er hours (when a lot of games kick o ) drops dramatically, which makes it tougher for fans and students to congregate and socialize together outside of the classroom. e bottom line is that if the fans want to see our athletic departments succeed everyone who is associated with the Blazers, and with the Uni-versity has to start playing their part. e fans have to nd a way to help create the buzz. Our alumni number just over 100,000 and they are spread out all over the world. erefore, the burden of responsibility falls on the shoulders of our student body. Students who attend larger schools o en go there with a certain expecta-tion of an established heritage. Here at UAB we have the unique opportu-nity to be able to create our own legacy and it starts now, today. Each student has to make a conscious e ort to sup-port our teams, go to the games, paint your faces, get rowdy and even a little muddy if you have to. Ask yourselves this question, twenty years from now when you look back over your college years what will you really remember? ere are UAB alumni who still remember and talk about that time when Nick Saben coached LSU, and his only loss of the season was to UAB that year. Some of the best college memories aren’t going to be from the classes we attend, but those times we had hanging out with good friends. Let’s each of us play our part to create another one of those lasting memories. Saturday UAB will take on Southeastern Louisiana Uni-versity, where I will be playing my part and attending the game as I implore you to do the same. Kyle Thompson/Sta Photographer In a high scoring game, UAB drops to 0-4 on the season. The Blazers look to get their rst win in this Saturday’s Homecoming game. 1-B— Tuesday, October 2, 2012 UABkscope.com Tim Melton features@UABkscope.com Mariah Gibson | Features Editor features@insideUAB.com spectrum Mondays 6:30-8:30 a.m. and 4-6 p.m. 620 11th Street South (Between Birmingham Fire Station #2 and WBHM) OPEN FOR DROP-OFFS • Glass bottles • COOKING oil/grease • #1 & #2 plastic bottles • Steel food cans • Aluminum cans • Paper/cardboard We Can! Be the Greenest University UAB Recycling Center | Keep UAB Clean and Green. Use Our Recycling Bins | Call 205-996-9043 or e-mail recycle@uab.edu No motor oil/hazardous waste Britty Reese Senior Sta Writer brittyr@uab.edu Some people--err.a good bit--of people down here in the United South of America can’t get enough of football. ere are families that make their babies pledge allegiance to their college football teams before they can even walk. e same people will continue to stu their children into Alabama or Auburn apparel and make them freeze their little butts o in stadium seats smell-ing of urine; frightened by the large and deafening crowds. Or if they’re a bit more sensible, will force their confused children down on the couch to watch a game they know nothing about. “I just want to watch Nickelodeon and eat Fruit by the Foot!” they will cry. Or at least they would have cried, circa 1994. And then there are some people who just don’t get the appeal. ey grew up and developed interests in other things sports unre-lated. is writer would hide in the bathroom during middle and high school pep rallies, and still rolls her eyes at the unfortunately “age old” question of “Auburn or Alabama?” If anyone has a more witty response that tops “uhhh, neither,” let us all know. Much like chocolate by itself, Glee, and anything Weezer has done post-Mal-adroit, it just doesn’t excite the old cynic in me. So why would anyone not into sports endorse anything Home-coming related? Well, a number of reasons: they are surrounded by it and have no choice but to go with the ow, it is their job to promote it, or they just want to take advantage of some of the ac-tivities related to it. As ‘punk-rock’ as some of us may have been, we still participated in some Homecoming events in high school; as these were the days in which we could get away with dress-ing up as our favorite on-screen killers or anti-hereos. However, college doesn’t have to be much di erent. Events will be held this entire week and not all of are necessarily linked to football. Pancakes and karaoke on e Green! Wait, that happened last night; oh well. Today--October 2--still hosts some fun. Students of the College of Arts and Sciences along with its alumni, faculty, and sta can participate in a “spirit” cookout held at Heritage Hall from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; you can always ignore the spirit part and go for the food. At the same date and time, the students, alumni, faculty and sta of the School of Business will host a “celebration” luncheon--with free food--on the lawn of the Business Engineer-ing Complex. Don’t fret Nursing and Engineering students, you can also get your munching on. Nursing students will meet in front of the School of Nursing for a “decoration” cookout, and the Engineering students can enjoy a “judgement” feast at noon. Engineering students are instructed to design a suit of thick skin, which will be judged. ere will be a comedy show with the cast members of Reno 911! at 8 p.m. at the Alys Stephens Center. If that’s not an awesome way to end your day of overeating, then what is? On Wednesday, all UAB students can enjoy “sweet treats as Sterne” at the library before the Gurney Derby starts at noon. e Gurney Derby is the inhumane racing of poor caged gurnies- -trollies as they’re called in some parts--for the audience’s amuse-ment. Never-the-less, watching people race hospital gurnies sounds pretty entertaining. If you do want to take part, the Gurney Derby will be held on 13th Street South between 8th and 10th Av-enues South at noon. Following the derby will be a cookout held at the Mini Park. Make sure you’re completely empty from previous feasts before attending. Another event meant to increase school spirit, the “Stompdown” competition will be held on the Green at 8 p.m. However, that sounds like something only the popular kids do; come on outcasts, let’s go throw rocks in the parking lot of Bottletree or something. See Homecoming on 2B Homecoming activities for people who hate football Mark Trammell Sta Writer ripmrgordo@hotmail.com Once upon a time, some friends and I were at the beach and two of them took it upon themselves to construct a woman out of sand. e end result was pretty impressive, and one drunken guy stumbled by and stopped dead in his tracks and said: “A few more beers and I’d f_ _ _ her!” Director Paul omas Anderson’s “ e Master,” which opens with a similar scene, is like a movie about that drunken guy that you never knew you wanted, and I do mean that as a compliment. Only Anderson would have the unmitigated audacity to open a lm with dissertation on how best to kill crabs, and I’m not talking about the sea-faring creatures, either. At this point, the guy can clearly do whatever he wants in Hollywood, and proceeds to do so with reckless abandon. I’m not sure who’s crazier: the two main characters or the director. As Freddie Quell, Joaquin Phoenix returns to the screen a er his role in the documentary “I’m Still Here.” e subject of the documentary was insanity-as-an-attempted-art-form, in which Phoenix tried to fool everyone into thinking he was retiring from acting to become a rapper, and ended up fooling no one. It was a meta-stunt that would have felled lesser careers, but good thing Phoenix had the whole acting thing to fall back on. Unlike that real-life stunt, he’s never less than convincing here as a complete whack job. A er ailing his way through stints in the military and as a department store photographer, he nds himself on the ship of one Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Ho man), a writer/ philosopher riding high on his latest book, which teaches people how to improve their “current” lives by connecting with their past ones…or something like that. As one character notes, Dodd seems to be making it up as he goes along; even if it contradicts his previous theories. Some have noted the similarities of some of this to scientology and L. Ron Hubbard. However, if that was Anderson’s intention, it’s odd enough that he should be able to rest easy at night. Dodd takes Quell under his wing, at great risk to his livelihood, given Quell’s behavior, making it his ne plus ultra to “cure” him. In other words, if Dodd can reach Quell, he can reach anyone. If not, Dodd is doomed to fail, in his own eyes. Needless to say, that’s easier said than done. is is essentially Anderson’s stab at a sweeping Stanley Kubrick-style epic. ere’s a hint of “Full Metal Jacket” here, a bit of “Lolita” there, some nods to the perversity of “Eyes Wide Shut”- in one scene, apropos of nothing, all the women at a dinner party appear naked while the men remain clothed- but mostly, it’s a variation of “A Clockwork Orange,” with Phoenix as the Alex character, and more emphasis on the doc-tor trying to reach him. See The Master on 2B Cody Owens Sta Writer cjowens@uab.com On a Saturday a ernoon in late September, the clouds hanging low and heavy over the city of Birmingham, thousands of people lined up around the block of the 40th annual Greek Food Festival, just to get a taste of the gyros and other feta-stivities. It was absolutely shocking how many people showed up to this years Greek food festival. I spoke with Ger-hard Graf, a patron stand-ing in line about the turn out. “I work with with the non-pro t group who puts on October-fest here in Bir-mingham, and I must say, seeing this kind of turn out is quite impressive,” Graf said. Birmingham’s Octoberfest is one that has been around for a long-time, but even long time supporters of that local tradition were in awe of just how popular the Greek Food festival has become in this town. “I came here to get ideas for our event as well as sup-port local events like this,” Gerhard went on to say while he stood in line for some Greek cuisine. e menu fea-tured everything from Sou-vlakia to Baklava. Cars were lined up and down the block, and people were wrapped around for what seemed like miles. e turnout was more than impressive and the people in charge, the ven-dors and any other obviously Greek patron seemed to be more than amused at the interest that the public was showing in their own cul-ture, especially in such dark times in Greece’s storied his-tory. “ is helps my children to appreciate Greek culture, but most important to us is our Church and the ortho-dox faith. All the singing and dancing is fun, but what I hope people appreciate most is our faith,” said Steve Leara, one of the volunteers helping at one of the over crowded food booths. Children were danc-ing on stage to Greek tunes, while gyros were being tossed around like footballs. e Greek Food Festival is truly a sight to see in Bir-mingham. Not to mention it is rmly embedded in this town’s cultural framework; a er 40 years on the block. What most impressed me about the Greek Food Fes-tival was the people’s vigor and dedication--not to men-tion resolve--a er standing in line for what must seem like hours to get their hands on one of those priceless, au-thentic pitas. As Greece faces uncer-tain times ahead, it must be encouraging, if only for the Greek population in Bir-mingham, to see such a posi-tive turn out for the yearly celebration of their culture and cuisine. I believe it was Epicurus who once said “It’s not what we have, but what we enjoy, that constitutes our abundance.” MCT Campus Director Paul Thomas Anderson, left, and actor Joaquin Phoenix talk on the set of “The Master.” Director ‘Masters’ the art of lm Greek food festival showcases culture, food, and faith www.uab.edu This year’s homecoming events will feature plenty events for those who don’t love the actual sport of football Mariah Gibson Every year, the Greek Food Festival draws one of the largest crowds of any festival in Birmingham. 2-B— Tuesday, October 2, 2012 UABkscope. com Quest Club Thursday Night is College Night Amateur Talent Contest Live Shows • Stacy Storm • Addison Khia Campbell • Cassidy• Georgetta Burns Special Guests DJ’s Mix • DJ Steve • DJ Dustin Alabama’s Only 24/7 Dance Club Tuesday-Sunday • 18 & Up 416 24th Street South • Birmingham http://quest-club.com/ Homecoming from 1B Thursday events include the Fall Festival on the Green from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A kick-ball game will be held at the BEC followed by yet another cookout. American Jazz: An Evening with Eric Essix will be held at the Spencer Hon-ors House at 7 p.m. Blaze the Night will be held at the exact same time at the Mini Park. This is just a fancy word for pep-rally. I suggest if you can’t make the jazz show, you should find a nice bathroom to hide in. Or better yet, just go somewhere else. We’re adults now, yeah! Friday is the penultimate day. A Homecoming Parade will be held on campus at noon. So stay in your cars and blast Superchunk as loud as you can to drown out the sounds of their merriment. Or you could go to the hot dog picnic at the School of Optometry; if you’re into hot dogs, that is. There will also be a pizza party after the parade at the Hoehn Building. Take the pizza, go back to your car, and continue to listen to Su-perchunk if you wish. There will be a softball game at 5:30 p.m. and something called “Pre-Game at Blazer Beach” at the Rec Center from 9 p.m. to midnight. But as stated before, we are adults with free will. We could be too busy making-out in our cars with pizza breath, still listening to Superchunk. If you’re still reading this--football fans probably stopped after the first para-graph-- Saturday will be the day none of you are waiting for. Yep, it will be game day. On October 6 at 2 p.m., UAB will take on Southeastern Lou-isiana at Legion Field. Think of all the other fun activities you can do on a glorious Saturday afternoon instead of going to a football game. You could paint pottery; go for a walk; read a book; eat corn chips in bed while watching Netflix; write a song; or get some Fruit by the Foot and watch Ren and Stimpy--reclaiming all the fun times you lost to football games throughout your child-hood. A full list of activities, loca-tions and times can be found on page 6B or the UAB web-site: uab.edu/alumni/alumni-programs/ homecoming. A note to any and all foot-ball fans: calm down. Your passion is not shared with ev-eryone. Be happy that you are in a region that embraces what you love. As for the rest of you, con-sider Homecoming week to be a lot like your nose: have fun picking at it. Britty Reese Senior Staff Writer brittyr@uab.edu So, Homecoming is this week, but it’s also the beginning of October. It will get colder, and you will need something to keep you warm. Consider this to be a continuation upon my Green and Gold UAB themed scarf from last year. (Look it up on Inside UAB’s website!) Right now would be the perfect time to start working on a Blazer themed knitted patch work blanket. Once finished, the beautiful blanket can be used in your dorm room, spread across your lap at football games, or even worn around your back like a cape if you so wish. I chose to use the same yarn from the scarf, Lionbrand Wool- Ease because it is cost effective and always a good idea to use up your stash. Wool Ease is more acrylic than wool, and yes a com-pletely woolen blanket will be warmer, but also way more itchier. Wool-Ease is soft to the touch and will not rub you the wrong way. The 20 percent wool content will keep a bit of heat, but any fiber purists out there can use a worsted weight wool if they so wish. This can be done as a “community” type project with fellow knitters, or done by yourself knitting as many squares as you can in one day. To make this blanket uniquely yours, I’ve provided a template that you plan your design around. My template consists of 11 squares by 11 squares, making a blanket that will measure 77” by 77” when finished. That’s a little over six feet all around, which should efficiently cover most people. But if you need more inches in your blanket, fear not. Simply add more squares around! You can also subtract squares if you’d rather knit a lap or baby blanket. Materials: 6-8 skeins of Lionbrand Wool-Ease in #180 Forest Green Heather 6-8 skeins of Lionbrand Wool-Ease in #171 Gold US size 9 needles Blunt Tapestry Needle for sewing Size I/9 crochet hook for optional crochet border Gauge: 8 sts and 18 rows = 2” (4 sts and 9 rows = 1”) Before you start the actual knitting process, I strongly suggest you decide what you want your blanket to look like. You can use my template by either photo-copying it from the newspaper or printing it off from the website. Use color pencils to determine your color placement, whether that particular square will be striped or knit up in a whole different stitch, cabled if you wish, or knit with a design on it. Once you are happy with your template and know how many squares to knit in each design determined, you may begin knitting your prep work. A word on stitches: I’ve knit a demo square that measures 7” by 7” because it is quick to knit and small enough to carry in a bag so you can knit on the go. I’ve chosen to use garter stitch because it lies flat. You can use stockinette, but it would best if you blocked your square before sewing with it. Keep in mind that some stitch patterns will measure slightly differently than others, even if you use the same about of stitches and rows. For example, ribbing is slightly bigger than stockinette. If you plan on using multiple stitch patterns, you might want to do a very small swatch of each pattern for a side by side comparison. A 2”x2” swatch should be fine. This will make symmetrical sewing a lot easier. Ok, let’s assume you’ve followed directions by using the tem-plate to make your design, you’ve swatched out any unique stitch-es you’ll be using and have adjusted your needle size or gauge ac-cordingly. Now you are ready to begin making the blanket. Here are the directions to a simple 7”x7” square. Cast on 30 stitches (or how ever many stitches you’ve found that will measure 7” wide) using the long tail style cast on in color of your choice. Now, the rest is up to you. You can knit a solid garter stitch square, add some stripes, add an intasia design if you Jaime Ritter Staff Writer jritter@uab.edu All you have to do is type in “guys who w” on Google, and autocomplete will fill in the rest with “guys who won’t commit”. Clearly, people are out there searching for answers. I don’t claim to be an expert on the matter, because I have had my fair share of players and non-committers. This may not prevent you from dat-ing these guys,
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