Chairmen selection should Apple underwhelms with Alabama posts dramatic be more open new product comeback to win series OPINIONS, Page 4 ENTERTAINMENT, Page 5 SPORTS, Page 8 Monday, April 30, 2007 Serving the University of Alabama since 1894 Vol. 113, Issue 123 Students support Ugandan refugees Thousands recreate ness and unity with Ugandan filmmakers traveled to Uganda Me.” He said he hoped knowl- Lindsey Mullen refugees. Events were held in in search of a movie and instead edge of the suffering would and Genevieve refugee camps across US 15 locations across the coun- founded a movement. They bring a grassroots campaign Turkett rally at try including the Atlanta area released a documentary called of support and aid for the Kelly Ingram BY JARED CULVER where UA students attended. “Invisible Children: Rough victims. Staff Reporter Crowds of participants — Cut” and were so inspired by The Atlanta event was a sim- Park before 67,815 according to the event the tragedy they saw that they ulation of what life is like in a leaving for UA students trekked to Web site — spread awareness founded an organization to refugee camp. Davidson said Atlanta with Atlanta on Saturday to spend for the plight of Ugandans. increase awareness and aid for it was accurate right down to students from the night outside in commem- More than a million Ugandan the people of Uganda. the low rations of food and other schools oration of the suffering and refugees have spent a decade Education of the average water along with little to no for the "Displace 20-year civil war in Uganda. in refugee camps, and the American was the event’s pur- electricity provided by weak Me" event. The event, “Displace Me,” country has spent two decades pose for Geoffrey Davidson, a generators. He said he slept in was hosted by the non-profit in civil war. sophomore majoring in reli- a cardboard box for the night. organization Invisible Children. The organization Invisible gious studies and political sci- Submitted photo It was a national day of aware- Children started when three ence, who attended “Displace See DISPLACE, Page 3

■ GREEK LIFE Sorority starts UA chapter started two years ago as an Sigma Lambda interest group, then reached Gamma showcases 14 colony status in September 2006. founding members The group has taken several BY BRETT BRALLEY steps toward achieving status Senior Staff Reporter as a sorority, Owen said. Part of the process was hosting A sense of strength and events on campus that exem- pride was brought to the plify principles the sorority Ferguson Center Theater supports such as academics, Saturday afternoon when the cultural awareness, morals Sigma Lambda Gamma mul- and ethics, she said. ticultural sorority unveiled Guillermo Puente, the the 14 founding members of outgoing president of Sigma CW/ Andrea Mabry the new UA chapter. Lambda Beta, a multicultural John Lovett, a sophomore majoring in biology, throws dice at a craps table at Capstone Casino Night Friday to raise money for financial aid for students. The members, who called fraternity, said multicultural themselves “women of dis- organizations help to bridge tinction,” wore purple masks the racial gap on campus. and pink ribbons on their “Not everybody is fully heads. Each founder took black or fully white,” he said. the front of the stage to tell “The good thing about being her individual story of how a member [of a multicultural she became involved in the organization] is that it means sorority and what she want- you never have to feel out of ed the sorority to do for the place.” Goingfor University. Nicole Ortega, a freshman broke Alicia Owen, president of in New College and one of the colony, said the event was the founding members of Association hosted the 13th of extra chips. atmosphere resembled an to show the University what Sigma Lambda Gamma, said UA students played annual Capstone Casino, Tickets were available for actual casino with many peo- Sigma Lambda Gamma is the sorority was founded by casino-styled games at which raises money for leader- purchase at Alumni Hall last ple dressed in semi-formal about. five Latina women on April ship scholarships. Each patron week. They were $15 for indi- attire that brought an expen- “We are a multicultural 9, 1990, in Iowa. The next line Capstone Casino Friday was given $10,000 in fake viduals and $25 for couples. sive, opulent Vegas casino to sorority open to all women of members included other BY JOSH VEAZEY money they could use to bet Tickets were also available at mind. SAA members were even and strive to be a premiere ethnicities, which has made Contributing Writer on blackjack, Texas Hold’em- the door for $20 per person. trained to deal cards like actual organization committed to it a multicultural sorority. styled poker, craps, roulette “It’s not something that casino dealers. providing a mechanism of “This is not anti-white,” Vegas-style craps tables, and slot machines. will cause people to lose their “It felt really good,” said empowerment to all women,” Ortega said. “I know a lot of card games and slot machines At the end of the night, prize shirts,” said Casey Gann, SAA Patrick Drake, a senior major- she said. people say that racism goes attracted more than 250 UA money was converted to tick- adviser. ing in political science. “When Owen also said the event's both ways, but this is an students and alumni to the ets for door prizes. The prizes, Ashley Hill, SAA secretary, I am in there, it actually does purpose was to tell the organization that embraces Bryant Conference Center mostly donated by local busi- said to her it was simply “good, feel like I am at a casino.” University they are now an everybody.” Friday night. nesses, included an LCD televi- clean fun with fake money.” Drake and other UA stu- active group. Jessica Treviño, a fresh- What were the stakes? Unlike sion, a digital camera, a stain- Patrons of legal drinking age dents said gambling could “We wanted to prove we man majoring in healthcare in Vegas, the money was fake, less-steel grill, a football signed could purchase alcohol, which be used on a larger scale to are on campus and here to management, is also a found- and the biggest winners were by Nick Saban and a basketball was sold under the supervision benefit society. He pointed stay,” she said. ing member. She said she UA students in need of finan- signed by Mark Gottfried. of SAA advisers and licensed out the number of children Now an established sister- became involved because she cial aid. However, students could bartenders. hood on campus, Owen said The Student Alumni purchase an unlimited amount Most patrons felt the See CASINO, Page 2 the UA chapter of the sorority See SORORITY, Page 2 Student documentarians showcase films at Bama CESR hosts screening by the Center for Ethics and ■“Trained In” is a film about family farms in Alabama. Will Alford, a Social Responsibility at the Collegeville, a small neigh- ■“No Sympathy for the junior majoring in dealing with Alabama- Bama Theatre. borhood located in North Debtor” will discuss preda- English, films for The event will feature seven Birmingham that is sur- tory loan companies and his documentary, centric issues documentaries filmed by 14 rounded by train tracks, how predatory lending can students as the culmination causing problems and limit- be problematic. which premiers BY CJ MCCORMICK of a yearlong course teach- ing access to area residents. ■“Portraits in Restorative Tuesday night at Senior Entertainment Reporter ing students how to film, edit ■“Thank You For Listening” Justice” depicts a the Bama Theatre. and produce a documentary will discuss healthcare for Montgomery court that Graduate, undergraduate about a social justice issue veterans. brings victims and offend- Contributed Photo and law school students have presented from an Alabama ■“Speaking without ers together to bring about teamed up as part of a new perspective. Speaking” is a film about a healing. interdisciplinary class to cre- The seven documentaries couple who gives free classi- The class was created by the ate, film and produce short screened will deal with var- cal dance classes to children Center for Ethics and Social documentaries that will be ied topics: in the Black Belt. Responsibility, under the presented Tuesday night at 7 ■“Spanglish” is a film about ■“Very Source of Life” is a film leadership of Stephen Black, in the “Documenting Justice” the life of a Hispanic family about industrial agriculture film screening event, hosted living in Tuscaloosa. and the demise of small See FILMS, Page 3

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Dulek received represent a university’s pur- BY LAUREN CABRAL The panel created a monetary award pose.” Staff Reporter the application stu- from the UA Dulek said some of the ANNOUNCEMENTS dents used to nomi- Graduate School material for his lecture comes Tonight, one UA professor nate professors and in addition to the from the lecture he delivers to Creative Campus event Friday will answer the question of helped with logis- honor of being cho- seniors on the last day of his The Creative Campus Initiative will highlight student what his last words to stu- tics. Ronald Dulek sen for the series. course, and the rest comes work, their newly renovated Maxwell Hall headquarters and dents would be. Wilcox said stu- Dulek said he from his own experience. plans for the future in a grand opening event Friday from 4 As part of the Last Lecture dents who wished to will speak about Though Dulek is looking to 6 p.m. in Maxwell Hall. Series, Ronald Dulek, pro- nominate a professor had 80 respect, spontaneity and love, forward to speaking, he said The public event will feature brief remarks by UA fessor of management in words to convince the panel of as well as what students learn he is nervous about present- Chancellor Malcolm Portera and President of the West the Culverhouse College of why their professor deserved from the college experience. ing his material. Alabama Chamber of Commerce Johnnie Aycock. There will Commerce and Business the honor of delivering the be several video presentations and visual demonstrations of Administration, will deliv- Last Lecture. The panel then student work inside and outside the historic building. er his lecture titled “Always sifted through applications, Student art on display will include a model of the pro- Return the Bow” at 6 in 30 did online research on each posed Tuscaloosa Riverwalk Memorial to Fallen Workers Alston Hall. candidate and sat in on class- that includes part of an I-beam from the Sept. 11 Twin The Last Lecture Series is es of the finalists to observe Towers and a prototype of a bike rack made from recycled a program that challenges a their teaching styles. materials. chosen professor to deliver a Wilcox said she encourages lecture as if it is the last lec- students to attend because ‘Perspectives’ on display at Ferg ture he will ever give. Dulek’s the lecture is an honor for the lecture will be the first in the professor and different from The UA National Alumni Association is hosting the pho- series. what a professor would nor- tographic exhibit “Perspectives” at the Ferguson Center The program, which is mally do. through Friday. The exhibit showcases photographs of UA being held by the UA Graduate “The professor really has to student, faculty and staff artists in a myriad of fields. School, is part of the Creative break out of their usual disci- All the photos were taken by Rachael Crawley, a UA senior Campus Initiative. The series pline and teach on something and intern with UA alumni publications. Some of the photos has been in place on other completely away from what- used are in the current NAA annual report, which celebrates campuses for some time, but ever it is they teach,” she said. Buy Two the Year of Alabama Arts as designated by the Alabama this will be the University’s “People will enjoy it and get a Bureau of Tourism and Travel. first time to hold the event. kick out of it to see a univer- Kristi Wilcox, a senior sity professor operate under Stephens to deliver commencement speech majoring in English who is such a premise.” Lacoste Shirts also a senior intern at Creative Dulek said he is aware of James T. Stephens, chairman of EBSCO Industries Inc., Campus, said the series has the high honor. He was sur- will give the commencement address at the Capstone’s done well at other institu- prised when he found out he spring commencement ceremonies Saturday, May 12 at tions. was chosen to deliver the Last Guys or Girls Coleman Coliseum on the UA campus. Two University-wide “On other campuses it’s Lecture, he said. commencement ceremonies will be held this year, at 9 a.m. gotten to be a real tradition “[I felt] shock, amazement, and 1 p.m., to award degrees. that people look forward to,” fright, recognition that I don’t Wilcox said. “I hope it will deserve it and a genuinely and Get a Free Farmers market coming to the Ferg happen here.” warm and appreciative feel- She said a student panel ing for all the students who Homegrown Alabama, a student-led group that edu- cates the community about the value of local produce, will Lacoste Hat! bring an open-air market to the Ferguson Center Plaza on students who show exception- Thursday beginning at 3 p.m. CASINO al leadership qualities, as well Continued from Page 1 Local farmers from Tuscaloosa, Northport, Duncanville, as good academic and com- Coker, Fayette, Thorsby, Clanton and elsewhere around the munity service involvement. state will display racks of fresh tomatoes, turnips, onions, neighboring states have been Traditionally, each recipient Downtown Tuscaloosa new potatoes, English peas, collards, eggs, cheese, pastries able to send to college free of is given $500, but SAA hopes 535 Greensboro Avenue and jars of home-prepared honey, jams and jellies. charge because they embrace to raise enough money to give The event will feature Tres Jackson, chef and owner of chance-based commerce. each $1,000 this year. 752-6931 Tuscaloosa’s Epiphany Restaurant, who will give a demon- He also said college-aged stration of how to prepare several dishes using the produce adults should be able to choose at the market for guests to sample. for themselves whether they want to gamble. “If they believe we are mature enough to defend this country, California highway interchange collapses after then we should have that deci- tanker catches fire; commuting problems ahead sion [to gamble] for ourselves,” he said. OAKLAND, Calif. — A heavily traveled section of freeway Scholarships will go to UA that funnels traffic off the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge collapsed early Sunday after a gasoline tanker truck overturned and erupted into flames, authorities said. SORORITY Flames shot 200 feet in the air and the heat was intense Continued from Page 1 enough to melt part of the freeway and cause the collapse, has grown up with diversity but the truck’s driver walked away from the scene with sec- and wanted to become a part ond-degree burns. No other injuries were reported. of a diverse group on campus. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” Officer Trent Cross of The founding members also the California Highway Patrol said of the crumpled inter- introduced their “mothers” to change. “I’m looking at this thinking, ‘Wow, no one died the audience. The mothers are — that’s amazing.’ It’s just very fortunate.” other women who are pres- Authorities said the damage could take months to repair, ent members of Sigma Lambda and that it would cause the worst disruption for Bay Area Gamma members from the commuters since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake dam- other existing chapters around aged a section of the Bay Bridge itself. the Southeast. Owen said the mothers have supported the women in the WEATHER founding line, helped them through the education process Today Sunny with a calm and gave advice. 87º/52º Owen said she hopes Sigma south wind. Lambda Gamma will provide a solution for women looking to be a part of something diverse Tuesday Mostly sunny. on campus and an opportunity 86º/60º for them to be a part of history.

Wednesday Partly cloudy. 84º/59º QUOTE OF THE DAY “You’ll be a filmmaker when you leave this class. We can’t promise you’ll be a good one, but you will be a filmmaker.” — Rachel Morgan, Lawson State Community col- lege professor about an interdisciplinary class to create, film and produce documentaries. See “Student documentarians showcase films at Bama,” Page 1.

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filmed and produced during can support and improve the class and to put them on FILMS the spring semester. criminal justice system,” he screen and turn my academ- Continued from Page 1 Students taking the course said. ics into real life and make Visit our Web site at have different ideas of what Maryella Matthews, a grad- them accessible to a real and was modeled after a sim- they want viewers to get out uate student who worked on audience,” Matthews said. www.cw.ua.edu ilar class at the University of their films. the film “No Sympathy for the Morgan said the class gives of Alabama at Birmingham. “I want them to stop for Debtor,” agreed with Miller. students a new insight into Like the UAB class, the UA a second and think of the “I hope that people will the media and also allows class has three professors: implications the food they eat take the initiative to get students to leave the class as Aaron Greer, a UA telecom- has on them and our planet,” involved in the legislative filmmakers. SPACE SAVERS munication and film pro- said Elliot Knight, a senior in process and be aware of jus- “It gives the opportunity fessor; Rachel Morgan, a New College who worked on tices and injustices that take for students in other disci- CLIMATE CONTROLLED MINI STORAGE professor at Lawson State the film “Very Source of Life.” place every day,” she said. plines to tell really important Community College; and “I’m not trying to be preachy Students who took the stories through the media,” 562-0004 Michele Forman, a UAB in the film, I’m just trying class got involved for various she said. “You’ll be a film- LOCATED ON 37TH STREET 1 BLOCK OFF OF McFARLAND co-professor of the similar to provide information and reasons. maker when you leave this Climate Controlled and Regular units course. let people take away from it “I thought it was a great class. We can’t promise you’ll Major Credit Cards Accepted The first semester of the whatever they want.” opportunity to insert myself be a good one, but you will year-long class serves as a Edward Miller, a third-year in the film world,” Miller be a filmmaker.” Free Use of Loading Carts crash course in production, law student who worked said. “And also as a way to ask A reception will take Clean, Safe, and Secure during which time students on the film “Portraits in myself, ‘What are the impor- place at Mugshots prior to Security Cameras learn how to edit and shoot Restorative Justice,” said he tant issues in Alabama?’” the screening at 5:30 p.m. Moving Supplies as well as study documen- wants viewers to see the legal Matthews said the project The films will be shown at tary theory and criticism. At system in a new light. was an avenue for her to put 7 p.m. on Tuesday at the Great Location the end of the first semester, “I’d want the audience to her experiences into action. Bama Theatre in downtown Truck Rental students pick a partner and a come away with an open and “It’s a good way for me Tuscaloosa. The event is No Deposit topic to research that will be curious mind about how we to take what I’ve learned in open and free to the public.

She said students would box for the night, and her touching moments was a DISPLACE not know how their efforts roommate’s first words video of refugees telling their Continued from Page 1 helped but knew nothing Sunday morning were a wish own stories. Twenty-one min- would change if they did not to go home. Mullen said utes of silence followed the “It was the little things that help at all. She said she want- she thought about how the movie, one minute for every went wrong that made you ed to show solidarity with her Ugandan refugees have not year of the conflict. People at realize how important having fellow humans who were suf- been home in more than a the events across the nation a real home is to a person,” fering and felt it was impor- decade. also wrote letters to law- Davidson said. tant to make clear that people In the Ugandan camps, only makers in their area to raise When looking at the large care. females from the ages of 18 to awareness of the war and the scale of suffering and violence At the event, Mullen found 22 can get water, and only plight of the refugees. in Uganda, some students out what the life of a refugee men of that age are allowed to are inclined to believe they is like. She said the only close retrieve food, she said. So for cannot make a difference. comparison for Americans families with only one female Lindsey Mullen, a sophomore would be the shattered lives of or male there are many trips in New College, said trying displaced Hurricane Katrina to be made to provide for the to help was preferable to the victims. family, Mullen said. alternative of doing nothing. She shared a cardboard She said one of the most

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Damage clawed out a few scholarships eyes of people who pay atten- Pick chairs It was Election Day, and one of to pay my way. tion, it is the tireless champion many in early November where Control I came back for my fifth year of this campus that no “student I hastily tried to sew together not for a minor or just the paper, leader” can or ever will be. Next the Corolla beauty pageant. I but because I had an oppor- year’s editor, Faulk, has always checked with The Crimson tunity to work in Washington been more than capable. White staff to see if they needed and cover Congress and the Good things are coming, any help to tide my guilt. Supreme Court if I stuck around. and I look forward to reading more fairly What I received was a dis- Before my last try at The CW them. If the administrators on tress call. Election planning had job, I worked for four years as a this campus are interested in Each year SGA senators are appointed to commit- not quite worked out and things reporter and editor at the paper investing in better decisions, tees, and normally those committees vote on com- were falling apart. I would have with a summer detour covering not finding new ways to couch mittee chairs. This year, however, things were done straddled a dozen other respon- Nicholas Beadle death and life in Birmingham. I bad ones, they’ll pay attention. sibilities to help them, and I won a few awards. I did a lot of If the students and their differently. did. [email protected] work. “leaders” want to make more of Madeline Barter, the new SGA executive vice I drew up a plan eating lunch But if all that wasn’t enough, I this generation than willful and president, appointed chair positions for the 2007- and called reporters between Soon enough, I bargained, should have worked harder and violently ignorant narcissism, 08 academic year. It confused and raised suspicion calling sponsors. That night there would be no one there gotten the job. Enough said. they should too. in several senators – and it rubbed this editorial was everything that I ever loved I had recruited or tore up to And then there’s Will Nevin. board the wrong way, too. about running The CW during try and make them tougher, to If the world were a better ■ ■ ■ According to Barter, each person selected to chair my brief moment at the top in make them better. Sooner than place, his last column would summer 2005. I thought, no one who knew my be running across from mine, I am not used to winning — I a committee was chosen based on merit alone, We toppled the worst by name. showing how much of a come from people who only however, we’re not sure how she determined that. bringing home the best. It overwhelmed me. I parked schmuck I really am. I have know how to lose. But when I It was made clear from the senators we spoke to We synthesized inexperience downtown and let it all out. written 105 columns over four came to the University, it felt that very little was known about this selection pro- and fear into enthusiasm and Then I got out. years, even won an award or like I was getting away with cess and plenty of them didn’t even know the chair gumption. I moved on. two. something. Reporting did, too. selection process had changed. It is obvious that I took notes on a pizza box. A reader once complained The time I spent here was the merit of every senator wasn’t fully considered I failed to lock up a full nelson ■ ■ ■ they hated Will’s writing because not infallible. But this campus and that they didn’t have an equal shot at being the on a gargantuan guy I brought it made them think about things and this newspaper made me a into the paper (Mike Faulk), and To some, I’m still the best like racism that they didn’t like person and forced my horizons chair of a committee. he used this tiny pale-skinned that never was. A journalism to think about. His stuff was farther than I ever bargained. I Where is the application process, and most guy I signed up at orientation soldier of the righteous cause the cold truth delivered with a thank everyone here for that. I importantly, where is the transparency if the sena- (Matt McLeod) as a squirming punished for integrity by never hammerhead forged in heart- love you all. tors don’t know about the administrative changes? club of justice — all while my being allowed to be editor of break. I am a better writer and a I have not won many things In an SGA whose history is riddled with distrust eventual girlfriend (Amanda a tough, skilled and deep stu- better person for having known in my life. and Machine mischief, things need to be done with Peterson) tried to interview dents’ newspaper — because him. But at the University of as much transparency as possible. In a campaign the loser of the governor’s race that’s what they were afraid of. So do not be impressed by Alabama, I never lost. (Lucy Baxley). It’s a shame, they say. A my consistency or observation, year when transparency was an important issue, It was one of the best nights damned shame. I only pointed things out. Will Nicholas Beadle was a former one would think at least the first few decisions of my life, and my last time to I appreciate the martyrdom, got them done. He always will. managing editor and summer would reflect that attempt at transparency. guide the paper home. but a lot of that is a load of I leave you gracious for every- editor of The Crimson White But, that’s not the case. That weighed on me the next crap. thing I gained. and the 2006-07 editor of the If things are going to be done democratically, day while I drove around tying I have never settled for any- Still, The CW will always Corolla yearbook. He will gradu- there needs to be a standard and open process for the pageant’s loose ends. thing I couldn’t earn. I only be my home. When it is in ate in May. choosing committee chairs. If the executive vice president wants to decide the chairs, then there should be an application process for the appoint- ment of committee chairs. And, the application and appointment processes need to be standardized, because all senators deserve an equal opportunity to be chairs. Barter should have consulted the Senate as a whole before changing the process and appointing committee chairs. If decisions are going to be made that affect the entire Senate, the entire Senate needs to be aware. SGA executives should be as open with their members as they should be — and promised to be — with the students. Barter said though she appointed the commit- If you would like to draw cartoons for the CW, tee chairs, committee members have the ability contact [email protected]. to change an appointment, but that doesn’t justify the new process when you reveal it to them after CW/ Zach Summers it’s been instated. Maybe they would have liked to change that. Committee members should choose their own ■ SENIOR FAREWELL chairperson. By choosing the chairs herself, Barter is taking the Senate away from its senators. Giving committees the ability to choose their own chairs focuses more power in the committee and ensures Forgetfulness is an epidemic the appointment is one that works best for that committee and will stick. Not allowing committees Around this time each the first shooting at 7:15 a.m., One campus does not differ to choose their own chairs alienates senators and semester, graduating Crimson before classes even began. from another in terms of what creates more opportunities for disagreements and White staffers are given the Before the Virginia Tech kill- can and cannot happen on it. fighting. chance to express gratitude ings, did any UA student know It’s my hope that we If the SGA is for the students and is to be “open” in 600 words or less to peo- what our university would do won’t have to question the and transparent, the top officals can’t arbitrarily ple who have influenced us. in such an instance? Would University’s policy for an choose who chairs the committees. There should I could do that, but I talk to we be updated on a campus emergency situation for much be no question as to how and why things are done. most of the people who have shooting immediately rather longer. Administrators can influenced me on a daily basis, than two hours later? and should work on a policy The SGA promised us more transparency. and it seems silly to do some- It’s disturbing to know if relentlessly, only stopping Things haven’t started out on the right foot. thing so personal in public. something like this were to when they know they’ve done Instead, I want to share happen on our campus, our the best they could to protect what I’ve learned from my CW Amy Owens administrators would not us. experience. have a plan to turn to. A part- But don’t bet on it. Things Our View is the consensus of the CW editorial board. If you work for The CW long [email protected] nership with the local police, like this take time and can eas- enough, you pick up certain fire and rescue officials is nice. ily be forgotten. Sometimes I things. You learn how to live of my free time, and I annoy It’s a good plan for running think forgetfulness circulates alumnus and was thrilled to off coffee and Jimmy John’s Marlin Caddell and anyone a university at its most basic through the air ducts of Rose Letter to the Editor return to his alma mater. sandwiches; how to deal with else who will listen with ques- level. But it’s far from appro- Administration. This was a significant Thanks for success with the deeply disturbing dreams tions that need to be asked by priate for properly securing Many of you students are collection considering that blood drive centered on the newsroom reporters. I think I reached the the campus during emergen- just as smart as the adminis- the ASBP collected 62 pints and staff; and how to question zenith of this last week, forget- cies. trators. Use your intelligence at Parris Island Marine On behalf of the U.S. things. Jimmy John’s is sacred ting about my lab final to pore While we do have to put and take hold of your respon- Corps Base and only 24 Armed Forces and our ROTC and most precious to me, but over four news sites. a certain amount of trust in sibility to yourself to improve pints at the University of programs, I want to express I think the ability to question On April 16, 32 Virginia the administrators on this our school. Georgia earlier in the week. our gratitude to every stu- is something that should be Tech students were shot and campus, we are all adults fully You can change a lot of Regardless of politics or dent and faculty member important to everyone. killed and nearly 30 more capable of higher thinking. things about the University: viewpoints, we urge all stu- who donated blood to Question the important were injured. The obvious We should take responsibility safety, approaches to the Strip, dents and citizens capable the Armed Services Blood stuff, because we’re all big boys thing to ask in the immedi- for things on which we can the grading policy. But you of donating to give blood Program April 27. and girls now, and as such ate aftermath is why someone have an impact. More can be have to want to change things regularly. It collected 62 pints of we have the responsibility to would want to do this, murder done, and the student body and take on the tasks yourself. Every pint will save blood, and 95 percent will make sure everything we do people he didn’t even know. should step up to make it hap- Don’t let others make your others’ lives somewhere. go directly into combat and everything that involves However, who are we to even pen. Change never came from decisions for you. Thanks to all who helped theaters to save the lives us is the best it can be. try to answer it? complacency. make our blood drive a of U.S. and Allied soldiers When something important What we should continue to Just as much as the Amy Owens is the outgo- success. Roll Tide! and civilians. The ASBP happens, I go into newshound ask and try to answer instead Capstone is a beautiful, ing chief copy editor of The collection team chief, Capt. Maj. Dan Clark, Ed.D. mode. I watch TV news (trust is why the campus wasn’t impressive, fountain-touting Crimson White. She will grad- Warren Brown, is a UA Professor of military science me, I’m ashamed) during all immediately locked down after campus, Virginia Tech is, too. uate in May.

The Crimson White welcomes your view on the issues. Letters to the editor must be less than 300 words and guest columns less than 700. Send submissions to [email protected]. Submissions must include the Mike Faulk Editor Jessie Patterson Managing Editor author’s name and daytime phone number. Phone numbers are for verification and will not be published. Callie Corley Opinions Editor Kathleen Buccleugh Chief Copy Editor Students should also include their year in school and major. For more information, call 348-6144 or e-mail Editorial Board [email protected]. The CW reserves the right to edit all submissions. Corey Craft ■ Editor [email protected] EntertainmentMonday, April 30, 2007 5 INbrief Apple TV good concept, but flawed execution from wire reports ... BY KELI GOODSON pleased to know a movie only be left alone until it fixes its Senior Entertainment Reporter has to be loaded into iTunes shortcomings. 'Disturbia' retains No. 1 [email protected] to work properly. It must be Its abilities don’t offset its spot with $9.1 million in the proper codec, however, hindrances, and until Apple The newly-released Apple so the majority of this content comes out with a bigger hard LOS ANGELES — TV is certainly a device media can’t be played through the drive and the ability to play Moviegoers continued fans should consider adding to device. HD movies, this device is bet- ter left on shelves. to keep their eyes on their arsenal, if their TV is the Choices in audio are better than video, though iPods can the Peeping Tom thriller center of their attention. play more file formats than the “Disturbia,” which fended The device touts the abil- ity to interact with users’ PCs Apple TV can. off a weak batch of new- to bring media from the PC Movies and other media comers to remain No. 1 for to the TV. 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Hyatt Tide within six. doubled to left center and ■ [email protected] coach Jim Wells said. “What a The Tide captured its third allowed seven earned runs on Alabama tacked on another Belcher walked to set up Avila’s great night. Without Stroup, we SEC series with the win. just five hits with one walk and run in the fourth as Avila drove game-winner. The Alabama Baseball team might have scored 11 runs but Alabama now ranks fourth in no strikeouts. in Greg Paiml, making it 10-5. Josh Copeland entered to finally took a swing at its critics given up 25.” the West and is tied for sixth In 32 pitches, Hyatt’s team- The Tide then manufactured close in the ninth with one out. Sunday. Avila, the offensive hero, fin- overall in the conference. leading 1.80 ERA swelled to back-to-back three-run innings He struck out Jones, who was After constant talk of a lack ished 3-for-5 with two home With a combined 21 runs on 3.53. in the sixth and seventh. 3-for-4 on the day, then forced of clutch hitting, Alex Avila runs and six RBIs. 23 hits, Sunday’s showdown After 26 minutes, Alabama After starting the seventh a ground out to seal the win. belted a two-out, three-run His game-winning home run quickly evolved into a slugfest. finally made it to the batter’s homer in the seventh inning to sailed out to the deepest part South Carolina hammered box. Already down 7-0, Emeel lift the Crimson Tide to an 11- of the field, topping out at over out six hits in the first inning Salem beat out the throw to 10 comeback victory over No. 5 first for a single to start a rally. Brand New South Carolina. 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