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THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2017 SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF VOLUME 123 | ISSUE 62 ALABAMA SINCE 1894 11 Chocolate 4 Our View 10 Hot weather A wide array of local restaurants, In response to high rates of The current warm spring vendors and caterers will gather arrests for drug possession, weather will soon become to compete in Tuscaloosa’s Death the legalization of marijuana a full-swing Alabama By Chocolate Tournament tonight has been a topic of national summer. Tuscaloosa offers at the Tuscaloosa River Market. debate for decades. The CW many spots and activities Attendees will taste chocolate editorial board provides their for cool recreation, both creations and vote on input on the maintenance of outdoor and indoor, as their favorites. strict drug laws. temperatures rise. NEWS | CAMPUS Football ticket distribution causes issues By Jake Howell and Mike Finnegan | CW Staff The return of football season is on the minds of Crimson Tide fans with A-day this weekend and tickets on sale for the 2017 college football season. But the recent changes to student ticket package distribution have some Alabama fans turning crimson, and not out of school spirit. Last week, students had the opportunity to opt-in for tick- et packages from Monday to Wednesday, and those who chose to received an email Friday detail- ing their eligibility for ticket packages. This season, full ticket packages were only offered to students meeting 60 or more UA credit hours. The implementation of that plan was met with some resent- ment from the student body. Many students took to online forums, like the Alabama Student Ticket Exchange, to express their dissat- isfaction with the new system. Students without the required number of UA credits are unable to purchase the full home-game ticket package, which has not only left underclassmen out of luck, but also angered transfer students. “I think the idea was good, but I think some of the ways they con- ducted it were not so great,” said Jordan Dutcher, a senior major- ing in biology who transferred to The University of Alabama two years ago. In instances like Dutcher’s, the system that the University used backfired for some students. Since transfer credit hours are not quan- tified as UA credit hours in the registration system, Dutcher only had two years’ worth of credits that counted toward her ticket STARTS ON PAGE 12 CW / Jonathan Norris, Photo illustration CW / Kylie Cowden CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 USE THE SUMMER WISELY by earning credit toward your degree. 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All material contained herein, except advertising or where indicated otherwise, is Copyright © 2015 UA Student Life @UAStudents The Univ. of Alabama @UofAlabama University Programs @UAwhatsUP by The Crimson White and protected under the “Work Made for Hire” Come enjoy Tuscapalooza with @ Congrats + #RollTide to all honorees Senior Send Off is Sun., 4/23! Join us and “Periodical Publication” categories of the U.S. copyright laws. Material WVUAFM on Sunday at Heat Pizza Bar! from last night’s Crimson Choice from 1-3PM for the opportunity to take herein may not be reprinted without the expressed, written permission of #BamaStudentLife awards, hosted by pictures on the field at Bryant @UA_Athletics ‘s SAAC Denny Stadium! The Crimson White. Editor | Jordan LaPorta [email protected] NEWS Thursday, April 20, 2017 3 IN NEWSBRIEF This is Moore’s second United Kingdom suspension from the position of chief justice. His first suspension occurred in 2003 after he refused will hold to remove a monument of the Ten Commandments from snap elections the Alabama Supreme Court Following an eventful year building, despite a federal of British politics, the U.K. ruling instructing him to government will hold an early, do so. Moore is unable to run for chief CW / Maria Oswalt “snap,” general election on June 8 of this year, a little over justice again due to an age limit. a year after the decision to He is now reportedly considering leave the European Union in both a run for U.S. Senate and a what has been dubbed Brexit. run for governor, according to The U.K. now joins France and AL.com. Moore is expected to Germany as major European reveal his intentions for the U.S. countries holding elections Senate seat next week. this year. Compiled by Mike Finnegan British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party is confident the results of the snap election will increase the currently slim margin her party Fox ousts Bill holds in the House of Commons. With record low approval ratings O’Reilly after for the Labour Party, May believes that the people can give her the mandate she needs to recent scandal negotiate the Brexit conditions. CNN reports that the Labor Bill O’Reilly has been Party is throwing support behind terminated by the Fox News CW / Maria Oswalt a seven week campaign period. network amidst sexual Meanwhile, one consequence harassment allegations. For of the snap election will be a the past 15 years, he hosted postponement of the scheduled the most-watched cable news meetings May had with Brussels program and served as the face in moving forward with the of Fox News since the network’s Road closures effect A-Day launch in 1996. Brexit process. The official papers that were “After a thorough and careful By Rebecca Rakowitz | Assistant News Edito filed this past March began a review of the allegations, the two-year countdown for Britain Company and Bill O’Reilly have Several road closures may affect com- Public parking to fully leave the European agreed that Bill O’Reilly will not mutes and traffic flow this Friday and Union. be returning to the Fox News Saturday, according to an e-mail sent to for A-Day is free Channel,” parent company 21st students on Wednesday. Compiled by Mike Finnegan Century Fox said in a statement The City of Tuscaloosa will host the on Wednesday. USA Triathlon Collegiate Club National and available on Earlier this month, The Championship on Friday, April 21. Due to New York Times reported that this, the following roads and walkways will a fi rst-come, fi rst- O’Reilly and Fox News paid a be closed from 6 a.m – 2 p.m.: Court rules to collective $13 million to five The section of Jack Warner Parkway served basis women who alleged O’Reilly from 28th Avenue to McFarland Boulevard uphold supension had harassed them. With the On and off ramps at McFarland money came the agreement Boulevard and Jack Warner Parkway on campus. that the women would not file The section of 28th Avenue from Jack of Roy Moore lawsuits or speak publicly about Warner Parkway to University Boulevard their allegations. The section of the Tuscaloosa Riverwalk Alabama Supreme Court Following the report, O’Reilly from the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater to the closures – likely as early as 8 a.m. Justice Roy Moore’s court saw a boost in ratings before River Market Starting at 11 a.m., shuttle services proceedings finally came to a signing off last Tuesday for Similar closings will then take place on will be available to the stadium for A-Day close with the Alabama Supreme what the network called a Saturday, April 22 from 5 a.m.