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MEN’S BASKETBALL Tide to face Arkansas in the is walking the red carpet key matchup Scene LIFESTYLES PAGE 10 SPORTS PAGE 6 Thursday, February 23,3,3 2012 ServingS i theh UiUniversity i off AlAlabamab sincei 1894 Vol. 118, Issue 93 The CrimsonRide may seem faster, but is it always the quickest way from point A to point B? Faster to walk 5 MIN 54 SEC 20 MIN 14 SEC FROM LAKESIDE DINING... TO SHELBY HALL 4 MIN 13 MIN 35 SEC COLEMAN COLISEUM BURKE HALL 8 MIN 26 SEC 15 MIN 53 SEC LAKESIDE DINING LLOYD HALL 10 MIN 32 SEC 18 MIN 42 SEC GORGAS LIBRARY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING COMPLEX Faster to ride 19 MIN 25 SEC 16 MIN 14 SEC STUDENT RECREATION CENTER GORGAS LIBRARY 4 MIN 3 SEC 2 MIN 25 SEC LAKESIDE DINING THE FERGUSON CENTER 17 MIN 47 SEC 9 MIN 4 SEC PERIMETER PARKING DENNY CHIMES 15 MIN 56 SEC 7 MIN 15 SEC COLEMAN COLISEUM GORGAS LIBRARY Average Wait Times INSIDE Bus route times are the average of • Crimson: 5 min. • Green: 7.5 to 10 See more min. three rides. Walk times are the 7.5 route times on measurement of a single walk. • Blue Express: to 11.5 min. • Gold: 5 min. Page 3 ecycle thi r s p se a a p e le r Briefs ........................2 Sports .......................6 P Mostly • • • Friday 67º/52º INSIDE WEATHER P P r r Opinions ...................4 Puzzles ......................9 l l cloudy e e e e p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p a a today’s paper today Chance of rain a a s s e e p p p p s s r i e h c t y 68º/52º e c l Lifestyles ....................8 Classifieds .................9 ONLINE ON THE CALENDAR TODAY FRIDAY SATURDAY What: Student Recital Featur- What: Financial Aid Open What: The Tuscaloosa ing Heike Palm, cello House Symphony Orchestra Family Concert, tickets cost $5-15 Where: Moody Music Build- Where: Plaza, Student Ser- TRACK AND FIELD ing vices Center Where: Moody Music Build- ing Tide looks for success as When: 5:30 p.m. When: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. SEC Championship draws When: 4 p.m. near. What: Pulitzer Prize Winner What: Luis Rodriguez to pres- What: Swing Dance, tickets Douglas Blackmon, ‘Slavery ent lecture on autobiography, cost $5 for students, $7 for ON THE By Another Name’ BASEBALL “It Calls You Back” general admission Where: 205 Gorgas Library Where: Ballroom, Ferguson Season-opening sweep wasn’t Where: Fellowship Hall, Trin- Student Center the end for resilient Tide. When: 6 to 8 p.m. ity United Methodist Church GO When: 1 p.m. When: 6 to 10 p.m. Page 2• Thursday, What: “Wonder of the February 23, 2012 World” What: SANKOFA What: “Wonder of the World” Where: Allen Bales Theatre, Where: Ferguson Center P.O. Box 870170 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Rowand-Johnson Hall Theatre Where: Allen Bales Theatre, Newsroom: 348-6144 | Fax: 348-8036 Rowand-Johnson Hall Advertising: 348-7845 Submit your events to When: 7:30 p.m. When: 6:30 p.m. Classifi eds: 348-7355 When: 7:30 p.m. [email protected] EDITORIAL Victor Luckerson editor-in-chief ON THE MENU [email protected] Jonathan Reed LAKESIDE BURKE BRYANT FRESH FOOD managing editor LUNCH DINNER LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH [email protected] Country Chicken Fried Steak BBQ London Broil Turkey Steak Country Meatloaf with Buttermilk Fried Chicken Will Tucker White Rice Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes Mashed Potatoes Gravy Mashed Potatoes assistant managing editor Cornbread Steamed Broccoli Corn on the Cob Mashed Potatoes Lima Beans [email protected] Grilled Zucchini Roasted Red Peppers over Steamed Broccoli Glazed Carrots Mushroom & Italian Vegetable Taylor Holland Chicken Fajita Pizza Linguine Gyros Chunky Chicken Salad Risotto news editor Broccoli Rabe and Mushroom Chocolate Cream Pie Spinach Quiche (Vegetarian) Sandwich Clam Chowder [email protected] Polenta (Vegetarian) Broccoli Rabe Mushroom Beef & Rice Soup Spanikopita (Vegetarian) Malcolm Cammeron Polenta (Vegetarian) Vegetable Fajitas community manager (Vegetarian) [email protected] Ashley Chaffin ON THE RADAR lifestyles editor Marquavius Burnett Romney proposes to cut income tax rates sports editor From MCTcampus by sweeping cuts in spending, Institution and the Urban plish over 10 years.” 2.5 million jobs within two years. the kind that have eluded other Institute, two Washington cen- Romney insisted that his bold Aides said Romney would SoRelle Wyckoff Mitt Romney proposed Republican presidents who ter-left think tanks. tax proposal would create jobs, make permanent the Bush-era opinions editor [email protected] Wednesday to cut individ- made similar promises. “To do his tax plan and bal- boost the economy and would tax cuts scheduled to expire on ual income tax rates for all Ronald Reagan and George ance the budget and protect not cost the federal government Dec. 31, then cut all tax rates by John Davis Americans by 20 percent, a W. Bush used the pledge of the defense budget is going to a dime in lost revenue. 20 percent. chief copy editor promise he hopes will jumpstart sweeping tax cuts to win the be very difficult,” added Josh “I’m going to lower rates across Although President Barack Jessie Hancock his campaign for the Republican White House, failed to cut spend- Gordon, policy director at the the board for all Americans by 20 Obama this week signed an design editor presidential nomination and the ing and watched deficits soar. Concord Coalition, a group that percent,” Romney told a rally at extension of a payroll tax cut American economy. “Absent anything else, this promotes fiscal discipline. “You a Christian school in the Phoenix that will add nearly $100 billion Evan Szczepanski graphics editor It also could add to the govern- cuts revenue by a lot,” said would need annual spending suburb of Chandler, hours to this year’s deficit, his cam- ment’s sky-high budget deficits Roberton Williams, a senior cuts that would be about the size before facing off with rivals in paign ripped Romney’s proposal, Drew Hoover and growing debt unless offset scholar at the Tax Policy Center, of the cuts the [congressional] an Arizona debate. The debate saying it would add to the gov- photo editor with other tax hikes or matched a joint project of the Brookings supercommittee failed to accom- was the last for the four candi- ernment’s deficits and debt. Tyler Crompton dates before Feb. 28 primaries “His proposals to date actually web editor in Arizona and Michigan and increase the deficit by $2 trillion the March 6 Super Tuesday con- over the next decade. Will his Tray Smith special projects editor tests in 10 states. Romney leads new tax plan drive up the defi- in Arizona polls but is neck and cit even further?” Obama’s cam- neck with rival Rick Santorum in paign said. Michigan surveys. Indeed, even before he pro- ADVERTISING His proposal to cut tax rates posed the deep cuts in income Emily Richards 348-8995 across the board was aimed tax rates, a Tax Policy Center Advertising Manager politically at conservatives who analysis found that Romney’s [email protected] have refused to rally to his cam- other tax proposals would cost paign. Yet he also said he’d limit the government $180 billion in Will DeShazo some deductions for wealthier revenue in 2016, assuming the Territory Manager 348-2598 Americans, a move that could Bush tax cuts were extended for Classified Manager 348-7355 open him to criticism from con- all taxpayers. Coleman Richards servatives who chafe at any pro- Romney insisted the tax cuts Special Projects Manager posals aimed at the rich. would not add to the federal bud- [email protected] He said the tax cuts would get deficit because the economy Lauren Aylworth 348-8042 boost the economy, leading to a would grow faster and he’d slash Creative Services Manager 6 percent jump in wages at non- federal spending. corporate businesses, a 10 per- “The economy will grow,” said Tori Hall 348-8742 cent increase in investment, and Williams, but he added: “There’s Greg Woods 348-8054 a 16 percent increase in business never been enough growth from receipts. He said it would create Chloe Ledet 348-6153 tax cuts to pay for the tax cuts.” Robert Clark 348-2670 ON CAMPUS Emily Diab 348-6875 Jessica West 348-8735 Portions of myBama to be unavailable over weekend Mallory McKenzie Some portions of myBama will the freshman-enrollment depos- [email protected] be unavailable from 7 p.m. on it. A maintenance page will dis- Friday until Sunday for sched- play links to other areas that can The Crimson White is the community newspaper of The University of Alabama. uled maintenance. During this be used during this downtime. 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