My Function is being called immediately . . . why?

My Function is being called immediately . . . why?

I have the following function in my header:
  1. <script type="text/javascript">

    function updateWithAlpha() {
    $("#casestudy").load("alpha.html");
    };

    </script>






The function is called immediately when the page loads.  I don't want it called immediately.  I only want it to work when a link is clicked.  The link works with this function.  Though, why is being called when the page loads?
thanks