Crimson White Ers Observed a Moment of Tim Miller, Presi- Died Too Young, About the Accident While Sunday 4 P.M
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Opinions: Secure The CW interviews Tide basketball 4 UA’s parking decks 6 Djimon Hounsou 8 upsets Gators Friday, March 14, 2008 Serving the University of Alabama since 1894 Vol. 114, Issue 102 Student dies in car accident Wednesday 20/59 where Stephen she did not know close friend and Catanzaro when he pledged any trouble with, Miller said. Friends said Catanzaro Catanzaro’s car left the road Catanzaro’s classi- Delta Tau Delta for the fraternity last spring. “He was an all around was always willing to and broke through the metal fication. fraternity brother Miller said Catanzaro was great guy,” Miller said. barrier, Tukey said. She said to Catanzaro. always willing to help out The Tuscaloosa News help out Tukey said he noticed Catanzaro was Tukey said and never wanted to gain reported that Catanzaro’s it Thursday as he and originally from Catanzaro was a anything by his actions. funeral will take place in BY WAYNE GRAYSON AND CHARITY SCOTT about five carloads of oth- Greenwich, Conn. great friend who Miller said he first heard Greenwich, with visitation The Crimson White ers observed a moment of Tim Miller, presi- died too young, about the accident while Sunday 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at silence and placed a wreath dent of Delta Tau and a guy’s guy driving, and returned to the Castiglione Funeral Home Other than the flaky glass and cross in the spot where Delta, Catanzaro’s more than any- fraternity house to prepare and funeral mass at Sacred shards still littering the the accident occurred and fraternity, said cat- Stephen thing else. a statement for that night’s Heart of Jesus Monday at asphalt, Scott Tukey said it Catanzaro died. anzaro was return- Catanzaro He said, overall, chapter meeting. 9:30 a.m. was hard to tell anything UA spokeswoman Cathy ing to Tuscaloosa the roadside cer- Miller said the fraternity In lieu of flowers, the family even happened. Andreen said Catanzaro, a after dropping a friend off at emony was a good experi- sent a floral arrangement has requested that donations However, upon closer 19-year-old majoring in the airport. ence. to Catanzaro’s parents in be sent to the Greenwich High inspection, one can notice pre-criminal justice, died Tukey, a sophomore “It went great,” he said. “It Greenwich. School scholarship fund, P.O. the shiny new stretch of in a crash Wednesday near majoring in political science was pretty weird.” Catanzaro was one broth- Box 646, Greenwich, Conn., guardrail along Interstate Bessemer. Andreen said and English, said he was a Miller said he first met er the fraternity never had 06870. Student Bill of Catholics push parties forward celebration of its patron Irish holiday falls on saint to March 15. Rights passes Monday of Holy Week “It’s kind of a test of cleri- cal power in a way,” said BY ABBY WALLER Mike Cronin, co-author of SGA Senate reviews 14 resolutions Staff Reporter “The Wearing of the Green: ■ [email protected] History of St. Patrick’s Day.” BY DAVE FOLK Cronin told The Staff Writer The date of the green- Associated Press the gov- ■ [email protected] drenched celebration in ernment-sponsored St. honor of St. Patrick is up for Patrick’s Day celebration in A full slate of 14 resolu- “It’s a great day for debate this year. Dublin has morphed into tions was brought before the For the first time since an arts festival that draws Senate, as well as the passing student empowerment 1940, the holiday in honor millions of people. of the Student Bill of Rights of St. Patrick will fall during In Ireland, March 17 will in the SGA’s second-to-last and I couldn’t be hap- Holy Week, the sacred seven remain an official day off meeting before the new term days before Easter. It is a work, and the Dublin parade begins. pier with the Senate’s tough choice for some peo- will go on as scheduled. Following last week’s overwhelming support ple who want to celebrate Catholic bishops in Ireland debate over the legality of the a holiday whose religious did not ask to change the Student Bill of Rights, Senator for this very important roots are entangled with celebration. Gregory Poole, a sophomore secular traditions. “It’d be like the American majoring in metallurgical piece of legislation.” Roman Catholic leaders bishops arguing to move engineering, read aloud a are asking for parades and Super Bowl Sunday,” Cronin section of the SGA constitu- other festivities in honor said. tion acknowledging the pres- — R.B. WALKER of St. Patrick’s Day to be ident does have the power SGA president Kathryn Stroud, a junior moved to either today or to propose legislation to the majoring in business, said Saturday, even though St. Senate. she plans to attend a St. Patrick’s Day is actually After the clarification, the Student Bill of Rights quickly Patrick’s Day parade in Monday. Catholic Church passed. Baton Rouge, La., and said “It’s a great day for student empowerment and I couldn’t rules state that no mass can she agrees with the Catholic be happier with the Senate’s overwhelming support for this be celebrated in honor of Church’s rules. very important piece of legislation,” SGA President R.B. any saint during Holy Week, “I think it’s good, because Walker said. so the U.S. Conference of you’re not supposed to Poole said the bill will help students have their opinions Catholic Bishops said no party during the Holy Week heard. mass in honor of St. Patrick before Easter,” Stroud said. “This is a step forward to address the issues of the rights can be celebrated this year She also said if the parades CW/ Marion Walding of students,” Poole said. “It will be a great day when we on March 17. were on Monday, not that Josh Nelson, a junior majoring in economics and an RA at Paty Hall, The Irish Times in Dublin, finally get faculty, students and administrators to come dresses up like a leprechaun for the St. Paty’s Day celebration. The RAs Ireland, reported that Rome together and establish an official Student Bill of Rights. This See ST. PATRICK, Page 2 had free food, a live band and contests for students on the Paty lawn. resolution moves us toward that day.” allowed Ireland to move the A resolution encouraging students to be able to access the Student Recreation Center using just their CWID was also passed. “I think it’s a really good idea, and I hope they can work Sen. Erwin to amend campus gun bill together to make that happen,” Executive Vice President Madeline Barter said. “It’s a good way for students to just Senator said shootings in Auburn would work,” Erwin said. give their number and that would reduce the opportunity Changes to gun bill However, Erwin said his opinion has for [ACTion] cards to be stolen.” changed in light of the recent shoot- Another resolution to have better classification for newly- and Chapel Hill fueled decision ■ The first amendment to the ings in Chapel Hill, N.C., and Auburn. constructed residence halls passed as well. to make changes campus gun bill would remove “But I’m going to put in an amend- Kendra Key, a College of Arts and Sciences senator and ment to delete that particular point the stipulation that a student sophomore majoring in political science, said she felt the BY WAYNE GRAYSON AND DAVE FOLK so that it opens it up to any student, resolution would help not only students, but parents and The Crimson White licensed to carry on campus especially women,” he said. “After the visitors as well. be a member of an ROTC Auburn shooting, I want to make sure “I feel proper identification for the newly constructed Before going into a committee program. that women have priority to be able to residence halls on campus is very much needed to aid stu- meeting early Thursday morning, Sen. carry on campus.” dents, parents and visitors navigate our campus,” Key said. Hank Erwin told The Crimson White ■ The second amendment “The girls are the most vulnerable, Graduate senators Steven Corhern and Rebecca-Rose he plans to make two amendments to would disqualify any students and I know that a lot of parents are Lutonsky sponsored a resolution encouraging the adoption one of his highly debated campus gun concerned about the safety of their of a system for electronic submission of theses and disserta- currently on psychological girls when they send them off even bills. drugs from consideration to tions. The first amendment would remove if they’re sending them out down the “I think it’s a step forward, it shows we are now in the a portion of the current legislation carry a gun on campus. road to the grocery store,” Erwin said. mainstream with our neighboring universities in the SEC,” that allows students who meet cer- “And some parents have gone so far as Lutonsky said. tain qualifications to carry a gun on very narrow bill that would maybe give to get their girls license to carry even Key also authored a resolution heralding a program that state university and college campuses feelings of security to the university when they’re not in college. So why would bring eco-friendly bags to the University Supply if they are involved in a campus ROTC officials all over the state of Alabama should they be denied the right to pro- Store.