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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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UA Counseling Center, Tide Against Suicide and American Foundation for Suicide Prevention hosted their annual Out of the Darkness Walk on Sunday to bring National Suicide Prevention Week to a close.

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The Hispanic-Latino Association hosted its yearly celebration, La Gozadera, Thursday to usher in Hispanic Heritage Month.

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year for Halloween fanatics, and after the real-life horror story that occurred last Saturday in the SEC, it's only right to continue the spirit of scare by ranking the most terrifying films to hit the big screens.