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A & E 7 GAMEDAY McElroy blows Local band takes away expectations on Tuscaloosa Friday, September 18, 2009 Serving the University of Alabama since 1894 Vol. 116, Issue 28 By Eryn Phillips Students help Staff Writer Sweet Water Brewing Company is sponsoring their Swimming second annual “Save the Black Warrior” anti-pollution Tuscaloosa in campaign this month to raise money and awareness for Black Warrior Riverkeeper, a with the nonprofit organization. lean times Approximately 40 restau- rants and bars in Birmingham and Tuscaloosa are raising By Kellie Munts spending on the Tuscaloosa money by selling T-shirts, beer Senior Staff Reporter metro area in 2007-08 totaled glasses and paper fish. $1.262 billion. Even aside from fi shes Charles Scribner, director of The rapidly increasing enroll- game days and special events, development for Riverkeeper, ment rate, which reached a each student at the University said the paper fish are being staggering 28,807 students this contributes to the city in a tan- Campaign to sold on a $1 or $5 donation basis fall, has had a clear impact on gible and obvious way. to sign and hang up on walls or campus, but students’ influence Ahmad Ijaz, an economic benefi t Black windows of the participating on the city of Tuscaloosa also is analyst with the University, venue. significant. said the numbers display the Warrior “When a person sees a ton The University itself is a prominent role the student of paper fish hanging on a major source of industry for body plays in the economic Riverkeeper wall, they immediately become Tuscaloosa as well as the entire success of the city as a whole. interested,” Scribner said. state, officials said. Athletics Based on enrollment numbers “Raising awareness is half the and other events held through- for the 2007-08 school year, on battle, and so far, it looks very out the school year attract thou- average each student contrib- impressive.” sands of people to Tuscaloosa utes approximately $16,500 to Mountain High Outfitters and therefore put a lot of money the city on a yearly basis — donated several T-shirts in the pockets of business in the and water bottles to award area. The impact of University See ENROLLMENT, page 2 to the employees who sell the most paper fish. Bogart’s Motorsports also has donated a Vespa boat to be given away at a drawing on Oct. 15. A final total from the Riverkeeper campaign will be finalized in mid-October and is estimated to bring in somewhere between $2, 000 and $10,000. “All proceeds will go to Riverkeeper’s general operat- ing fund to help offset the cost of patrol units, litigation and CW | Katie Bennett The Black Warrior River, a major Tuscaloosa area waterway, is protected by the Black See RIVER, page 2 Warrior Riverkeeper's service and fundraising efforts. Trustees approve Foster expansion design to mirror the architecture and Bryant said. Woods Hall art gallery named in match the other end of the Earlier this month, UA building,” said Michael Lanier, President Robert Witt said honor of two long-time professors who presented the UA con- Foster would not be a museum struction projects to the com- about the building’s history. By Amanda Peterson passed the design plans at the mittee. Potential design plans include Editor first day of meetings. While the specific design of tiles with the years of signifi- To convert the currently Foster was not decided at the cant historical events at Foster UA trustees approved the unused building into the wom- meeting, Bryant, who is chair- as well as photos in the lobby, “bricks and mortar” phase of en’s basketball and volleyball man of the physical proper- he said. the Foster Auditorium renova- facility, an 11,000 square foot ties committee, said the inte- “Considerable thought tions Thursday, said trustee expansion will be added to the rior likely would be designed to has been given to how best Paul Bryant Jr. south end of Foster. Demolition look like the old school arena. to remember all the historic The UA System Board of already is underway on the Foster was the former home of events that have occurred at Trustees will vote on the ren- building, eliminating some the men’s basketball team. Foster,” Witt said. CW | Bethany Martin derings of the building’s expan- spaces in the small parking lot “The commemorative stuff The building was the site UA System Chancellor Malcolm Partera, trustee Paul Bryant Jr., sion today after the board’s next to Burke Hall. will be in a separate pack- Michael Rodgers and Jennifer Vaughn, both with the UA system physical properties committee “[The expansion] is intended age and a separate budget,” See TRUSTEES, page 3 offi ce, begin the physical properties committee meeting. SGA supports UA Safe Zone Fall concert to be By Karissa Bursch According to the resolu- to know these communities.” good leadership opportunity fi ve weeks early Staff Reporter tion, 699 faculty, students and Reyes said Capstone for students. staff have participated in Safe Alliance, the on-campus “I really want to encour- By Jennie Kushner able to secure with the ath- Members of the SGA are Zone training since 2007, and LGBTQ faculty alliance group, age all students, not just SGA Staff Writer letic department,” Knox-Hall being encouraged to partici- 474 volunteered to become runs the program while members, to participate in said. “They were generous pate in the Alabama Safe Zone LGBTQ allies. Of these, 388 Spectrum and other LGBTQ these trainings,” Reyes said. The eve of parents’ week- and gracious enough to give us program, according to a reso- made themselves available students help facilitate the “This way we are all getting end will be interrupted by the this date with the renovations lution passed at Thursday’s to students by listing their training. to know the issues facing the Taking Back Sunday show that being done at Coleman, this SGA Senate meeting. names and contact informa- “We need to be aware of the community.” will replace the Homecoming was a date that worked in their The Alabama Safe Zone pro- tion on the Safe Zone Web issues facing the LGBTQ com- The UA Safe Zone program concert five weeks prior to the schedule.” gram’s intent is to provide a site. munity on campus,” Reyes ensures the continuing valid- annual celebration. Knox-Hall said she did not safe support network of volun- Sen. Amanda Reyes, a said. ity of the Equal Opportunity Senior Assistant Director of have an opinion about if it teers for gay, lesbian, bisexual senior majoring in inter- While the UA Safe Zone in Education and Employment Ferguson Center Operations was a good decision to change and transgender students, col- disciplinary studies in New program especially works statement in the University’s Kelli Knox-Hall said having the date of the traditional lectively known as the LGBTQ College, authored the reso- to ensure the well-being and non-discrimination policy, the concert now will put more Homecoming concert. community, and other indi- lution. She said she the SGA safety of LGBTQ students, the according to the resolution. focus on the Homecoming bon- Some students said the viduals seeking information should make a point to pro- program also can be beneficial While the passage of that fire, pep rally, step show and concert’s interruption of par- regarding sexual orientation, vide for all different types of to any type of student, Reyes specific portion of the non- crowning of the queen. ents’ weekend will discourage gender identity, harassment communities on campus. said. discrimination policy took a “It’s a tough time for folks. students from attending the and discrimination, according “I think that in order for the “It helps students real- while, the UA Safe Zone pro- All those activities are free for Taking Back Sunday concert. to the resolution. SGA to make public policy we ize the types of issues and gram is a step in the right students and out of town visi- “I think it’s extremely ran- Two UA students started need to show that it is con- concerns that could face all direction, Reyes said. tors to attend,” Knox-Hall said. dom that there is a concert dur- the Safe Zone program in tinually conscious of student types of minority groups, not “UA took too long for Equal Knox-Hall said the interrup- ing parents’ weekend, because 2002, and it was restarted in diversity,” Reyes said. “In just the LGBTQ community,” Opportunity in Education tion of parents’ weekend was I have a difficult time picturing 2007, according to the UA Safe order to make policies about Reyes said. unintentional. Zone Web site. certain communities, we need Reyes said it also was a See SGA, page 5 “This was a date we were See CONCERT, page 6 cycle t re his e p s a a p e today’s paper today l e INSIDE WEATHER P r • • r P Briefs ........................2 Sports .......................9 e l e P.O. Box 870170 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Newsroom: 348-6144 | p a Thunderstorms Saturday 85º/63º a s p e Opinions ...................4 s Fax: 348-4116 | Advertising: 348-7845 | Classifi eds: 348-7355 Puzzles ....................11 i r e h t Thunderstorms c y e l c 83º/70º Letters, op-eds: [email protected] Press releases, announcements: [email protected] Arts & Entertainment ..7 Classifieds ............... 11 2 Friday, September 18, 2009 NEWS The Crimson White Ijaz said. NEWS in brief ENROLLMENT “When you go out and spend “For Tuscaloosa it took almost a year for us to feel Continuned from page 1 some money, that money becomes somebody else’s the impact of the economy and we’re okay because CORRECTIONS money Ijaz said is spent pay- income and so on,” Ijaz said.

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