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COPY CORNER | October has arrived, which means it’s finally possible to walk to class without boiling alive, and the over-12,000 trees that dot the campus are transforming into brilliant shades of yellow, orange and red. Fall is a beautiful time at The University of Alabama.

But why do we call this season fall? And why is it also called autumn?

Answering these questions requires reflecting on the over-600 year history of the English language and its strange development.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first attributed use of “autumn” was circa 1400 by famed poet Geoffrey Chaucer. Fall was first used in the sense of “autumn” a century and a half later, in 1550, but its seasonal definition was not formally entered into a dictionary until 1755.

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The presidents of UA College Republicans and UA College Democrats both said that their candidate laid out a compelling vision for America’s future during the vice presidential debate Tuesday.

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No. 1 Alabama lost to unranked Vanderbilt in FirstBank Stadium in a 40-35 game in which Vanderbilt scored the most points it has ever scored against an Alabama team. The win is also the school’s first against a team ranked in the top 5 of the AP poll.

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