get_posts now altering main loop

I recently updated WordPress to 4.1.1 and get_posts is altering the main loop now.

See: http://prayerforastrugglingartist.com/2014/11/30/levi-jun-miscala/

I even moved my get_posts query out of the main template, but it’s definitely altering the main loop.

Code for the posts index on the left:

<li><a href="<?php echo get_category_link(1); ?>">Testimonials</a>
    <ul>
        <?php
            $posts = get_posts( 'category=1&orderby=title' );
            foreach( $posts as $p ) {
                ?> <li><a href="<?php echo get_permalink( $p->ID ); ?>"><?php echo $p->post_title; ?></a></li> <?php
            }
        ?>
    </ul>

</li>

Is there any alternative I can use, since it looks like it’s broken for now?