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Thursday, July 17, 2008 Serving the University of Alabama since 1894 Vol. 115, Issue 7 Shelby ALABAMA FOOTBALL Direct snags Knight medically disqualifi ed deposit By Will Barry linebacker had two intercep- longer play football.” and, more importantly, is on Sports Editor tions, 11 tackles for loss and The 6-foot-4-inch, 235- track to graduate in August. now for Bama three sacks in 2007. pound Randolph County I would like nothing more Senior linebacker Ezekial “Zeke Knight has been graduate’s absence next than to have him with us for Knight has been medi- medically disqualified based season will leave sophomore one more season on the foot- cally disqualified from the on a medical condition that Rolando McClain as the only ball field, but unfortunately refunds money Alabama football team, head we can not disclose due to returning linebacker for the that won’t be the case after coach Nick Saban announced student privacy laws,” Saban Crimson Tide in 2008. consulting with the doc- Students can set Wednesday. said. “Zeke is a fine young man, tors and medical staff on By Jessie Gable Knight started 11 games at “He has had numerous and we appreciate all that he numerous occasions. I wish up information at Staff Reporter linebacker last season and medical evaluations by has done for this program,” him and his family nothing myBama.ua.edu was sixth on the team with numerous physicians, all of Saban said. but the best. Zeke Knight Thanks to Sen. Richard 64 tackles. which concluded that it was “Zeke did a great job for will always be a part of the Shelby, Tuscaloosa residents By Josh Veazey The wide receiver-turned- in his best interest to no us as a starter last year Crimson Tide family.” Staff Reporter may soon see some well- needed renovations in the city Students expecting refunds and on the UA campus. from the University, such On July 9, the Senate as excess financial aid, can Transportation, Housing now get their money depos- and Urban Development ited directly into their bank Appropriations Subcommittee Catching some air accounts. approved more than $4 mil- Students can complete lion in earmarked funds for a direct deposit form at the University of Alabama myBama.ua.edu by enter- for transportation projects, ing their bank routing num- including CrimsonRide, as ber and account number. well as almost $7 million for Transactions are prepared renovations in Tuscaloosa’s overnight and transmitted transportation system. The the following day. The date Senate Financial Services the refunds are available Subcommittee approved will vary according to the $25 million for a new federal student’s bank procedure and building in Tuscaloosa. rules. All appropriations approved by the sub- committees will now be See DEPOSIT, page 2 brought before the Senate Appropriations Committee. One project coming to How to register the Capstone is a new park- ing deck and CrimsonRide 1: Go to myBama.ua.edu hub on campus. The first CrimsonRide hub was fin- 2: Click on the Student tab ished before the 2007 school 3: Click on the Student year began with the onset Services folder of the CrimsonRide system. Click on the Student The new facility will provide 4: a place to park and board a Receivables folder CrimsonRide bus. 5: Click on Create/Change “The proximity of this facil- Direct Deposit ity to on-campus housing will CW | RF Rains See MONEY, page 2 Justin Kelly, left, drops into the half-pipe at the Skate Park of Tuscaloosa on Wednesday night. Inline skater Charles Wilson, right, comes back down the half-pipe.

“The proximity of Six students [the new CrimsonRide hub] get Olympic to on-campus SGA observes campus lighting training housing will also provide for a safer By Josh Mixon areas around campus. including SGA President lighting was dim or non- experience and more Staff Reporter The UA Office of Facilities Cason Kirby, scoured the existent. They focused not secure campus has hired an outside light- four corners of campus in only on high-traffic areas The SGA held an impromp- ing-consulting firm to con- search of dark, unsafe areas but commonly used short- Grad students train for students.” tu meeting Tuesday evening duct the re-survey of campus in need of improvement. cuts like the area to the in Colorado Springs in support of a recently and find areas to install or The committee compiled left of Rose Administration — Sen. Richard Shelby passed resolution that calls improve lighting structures. data and took photographs By Jamie Lyons for a re-survey of poorly lit The SGA committee, of areas of campus where See SGA, page 2 Staff Reporter

Six UA graduate stu- ALABAMA ATHLETICS dents are getting a behind- UA weather the-scenes look at the 2008 INSIDE Summer Olympics — with- TODAY Today’s paper out a flight to Beijing. These Stabler takes leave of absence students are participants Our View ...... 4 in the Beijing Fellowship Program at the Colorado Clear Photos of the Alabama Roberts to fi ll Springs Olympic Training 94º/67º Crew Club ...... 5 in for Stabler’s Center in Colorado this sum- mer. iPhone 3G diary ...... 8 Tide broadcasts From July 7 to Aug. 18, the Video game review: “Civili- six will have a unique hands- zation Revolution” ...... 9 By Will Barry on experience working with Friday 94º/67º Sports Editor Clear Sports: Profile of Jay See OLYMPICS, page 2 Seawell ...... 11 Former Alabama quar- Saturday 92º/70º terback and Crimson Tide Bo Hodge hired as assistant Sports Network color analyst Chance of thunderstorms tennis coach ...... 12 for Alabama football games The students Kenny Stabler has asked to take a leave of absence for Bryant Bruce the 2008 season. UA Athletics Stabler has been a mem- Dennis Holman, Kenny Stabler and Jerry Duncan talk Zachary Crawford P.O. Box 870170 ber of the Alabama football during the Crimson Tide vs. Vanderbilt game in 2006. Adam Lurie Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 broadcast crew for the last Katherine Murphy Newsroom: 348-6144 | Fax: 348-4116 | ten years. upcoming season, but accept Tide Sports Marketing, the Lacy Prejean “We regret that Kenny and understand his deci- multimedia rights holder for Advertising: 348-7845 | Classifi eds: 348-7355 Suzanne Salvail Letters, op-eds: [email protected] will not be part of our sion,” said Jim Carabin, Press releases, announcements: [email protected] broadcast team during the general manager of Crimson See STABLER, page 2 2 NEWS ■ Thursday, July 17, 2008 THE CRIMSON WHITE CAMPUS THE NATION IN BRIEF from wire reports SGA Continued from page 1 Study sheds light on A bigger surprise: The low- approaches — the low-carb Gibson to a five-year con- IN carb diet improved cholester- diet, a low-fat diet and a so- tract Wednesday. Bringing building going to and from brief some diet trends ol more than the other two. called Mediterranean diet back Gibson, a restricted Tutwiler. To submit a brief, Some critics had predicted — achieved weight loss and free agent, was one of “We might find a hundred e-mail [email protected] ATLANTA | The Atkins diet may have proved itself after the opposite. improved cholesterol. Cleveland’s top priorities. places or we might find four, all: A low-carb diet and a “It is a vindication,” said Financial terms of the deal but the main thing is those Mediterranean-style regi- Abby Bloch of the Dr. Robert Cavaliers make fi rst were not disclosed. four places could be a place ANNOUNCEMENTS men helped people lose more C. and Veronica Atkins move in offseason The guard averaged a that prevents a crime on cam- weight than a traditional low- Foundation, a philanthropy career-high 10.4 points on pus,” said Louise Crow, SGA CLEVELAND | The UA book club fat diet in one of the longest group that honors the Atkins’ 43 percent shooting last sea- vice president of student diet’s creator and was the Cavaliers finally made a son. He sprained his left ankle and largest studies to com- affairs. to discuss ʻWater study’s main funder. move this offseason, sign- in a Feb. 20 game at Indiana pare the dueling weight-loss “We felt that this would for Elephantsʼ However, all three ing sharpshooter Daniel and missed 18 games. techniques. be a great, proactive way for The EveryWoman Book SGA senators to make a dif- Club, sponsored by the ference on their campus and UA Transportation Center, Along with funding the and University Boulevard. Women’s Resource Center directly affect the safety of at the University, will meet the group extends to the current faculty research, the Construction on an inter- MONEY our students.” on July 24 at noon at The Continued from page 1 UAB and UAH campus. The center will be hiring a new modal facility, which will The information compiled Globe restaurant to dis- three groups work together staff member, a systems inte- allow people to park their cuss the book “Water for also provide for a safer and to fund summer workshops gration research engineer, cars and ride a trolley, has by the senate committee will Elephants” by Sara Gruen. more secure campus for stu- for middle school and high to help researchers map out already begun between Sixth be sent to the consulting firm. “Water for Elephants” dents,” Shelby said. school students, said Jay which areas of vehicle science Street and Seventh Street The firm’s team will then is a New York Times No. 1 Another $400,000 will go Lindly, professor of civil engi- are most important and where behind the Tuscaloosa City come straight to the problem Best Seller and winner of to improve the CrimsonRide neering and director of the they should spend their time Hall. It is expected to be fin- areas and make sure that the 2007 Book Sense Book services. In addition to the University Transportation and money, Midkiff said. ished in the fall of 2009. The those areas are safe for stu- of the Year Award. new parking deck and bus Center of Alabama. The Center for Advanced new facility will include an dents this coming fall. Anyone is welcome to stop facility the CrimsonRide The subcommittee Vehicle Technologies upper level parking lot that Laura Lott, a graduate stu- attend the EveryWoman will now go into the sur- approved funding for the also funds undergraduate is free of charge and open to dent in college of communica- Book Club. The Globe res- rounding Tuscaloosa University of Alabama expenses, such as travel to the public. The lower level tions, was met by part of the community. Several prob- Center for Advanced Vehicle conventions for the Society will be a stop for the trolleys taurant is located in down- committee walking on the lems arose during the year Technologies’ studies on of Engineers Formula One that already run in the city. town historic Northport. Quad on Tuesday. She said For more information, concerning the CrimsonRide hybrid electric vehicles and Team to race their vehicles, While the routes will remain she feels very safe on cam- contact the UA Women’s buses and the money will fuel cell research programs. and to provide travel expens- the same for now, there are pus but usually steers clear of Resource Center at 205- also help to fix those prob- “There are opportunities es for graduate students who plans to revise those routes 348-5040 or go to http://wrc. lems and improve the system to do things with the engine are asked to present their to work in conjunction with problem areas. ua.edu. as a whole. to make it cheaper, to make research at conventions and the CrimsonRide system. Input from students is The Transportation Center it run more efficiently, and meetings. A survey will be sent out essential to making this sur- Black Belt 100 of Alabama will receive to make it run cleaner,” Other projects included in this fall to determine where vey as thorough as possible. Lenses project to some funding from Shelby’s said Clark Midkiff, profes- the appropriations benefit citizens would like the new Students are encouraged to appropriations, which will sor of mechanical engi- downtown Tuscaloosa, such routes to go, said Jimmy address any concerns by con- display work be used to support facul- neering and director of the as the new federal building, a Cain, a manager at the tacting the SGA office on the ty and staff proposals for Center for Advanced Vehicle trolley station and expansion Tuscaloosa Department of Photographs featur- third floor of the Ferguson research. In addition to the Technologies. of parts of Greensboro Avenue Transportation. ing the creative work of Center or calling 348-2742. Greene County youth tak- ing part in the Black Belt 100 Lenses project through Network team and the won- With more than four history of the University, “I have no pretense of doing the University will be on STABLER derful interaction that I decades of broadcasting and that’s the kind of stuff it the way Stabler does or any- display in Eutaw at the Continued from page 1 always enjoy with the many experience and an extensive that I’ll try and add to Eli’s body else because I’m not and William McKinley Branch Tide fans throughout the knowledge of Alabama foot- play-by-play.” I’m just going to try and get Courthouse starting today UA athletics and producer season.” ball, Roberts is new to the With three years as the the folks through the season with an opening reception of the Crimson Tide Sports The CTSN announced that color analysis but said he starting center on his high ahead,” Roberts said. from 5 to 7 p.m. Network, in a statement. director of broadcasting Tom will use past experiences as a school football team as his The decision to go with the The project, run by the “We are entirely support- Roberts will take over the guide. only playing experience veteran Roberts brings the Black Belt Community ive of Kenny and his fam- color analyst position for the “Frankly, I’ve had one Roberts does not plan on assumption that the CTSN is Foundation and the UA ily and feel that this is the 2008 season. game’s experience in doing inserting himself as back-up not looking to groom a new Center for Community- right thing for them at this “[Jim Carabin] basically color, and that was during offensive coordinator. color analyst for Alabama Based Partnerships, gives time.” came to me and said, ‘We [Stabler’s] first year on the “I’m not going to be the guy football games. middle and high school stu- Stabler had his third DUI want you to do it,’ and these network, when a hurricane who’s going to call the next “I think that probably dents the chance to explore arrest earlier this summer. are the kinds of decisions that was threatening his home- play or who’s going to try and entered into the decision, and document the culture of The other two occurred in their communities through are not made by Jim unilater- town along the Gulf, and decide and say, ‘Hey, we need yes, and it was made very 1995 and 2001. photography. ally,” Roberts said. he did not make a trip to to go in a different direction, clear to me that this is a one- “It is with much regret that Local artist Marvin “The University has input Arkansas. And I sat in and need to call some kind of dif- year situation, and I accept Oliver will also be exhibit- I will not be part of Crimson into talent decisions, so I basically did the color with ferent play’ — that kind of that,” Roberts said. “It’s not ing artwork inspired by the Tide football broadcasts would assume Jim talked Eli [Gold],” Roberts said. thing,” Roberts said. “That’s a position that I asked for, students’ photographs. this coming year,” Stabler to other people within the “Other than that I’ve where we’ll rely a little more it’s something they want me The public is invited to said in a statement. “But Athletics Department, and done the sidelines for I handily on Barry Krauss this to do, and I certainly have no attend the opening recep- there are matters in my per- they decided that I’d be the guess nine years before coming season.” future interest in the posi- tion for the exhibit that will sonal life that demand my guy that they’d ask. And like Barry [Krauss] took over Sitting in Stabler’s seat tion. Like I said, I hope that be on display until Aug. 15. full attention at this time. I I said, I’m the team player, the sidelines last year. I’ve does not mean that he will try Kenny [will] be back in that will deeply miss being part and said ‘Sure, I’d be glad got some knowledge, obvi- to copy Stabler’s broadcast- position next year in that of the Crimson Tide Sports to.’ ” ously of the tradition and ing style. analyst chair.” The Crimson White

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Unlike the viewers ticipants will remain at the the expressed, written permission of The Crimson at home, the students have White. Training Center even as the THE CRIMSON WHITE NEWS ■ Thursday, July 17, 2008 3 THE WORLD IN BRIEF REGIONAL NEWS from wire reports Bush uses executive next year. And they came U.S. unveils new air as the political discourse on VW eases past auto snubs in Tenn. privilege to keep Afghanistan as a key mili- safety rule to By Bill Poovey the Environmental Protection Chattanooga’s environmental CIA leak private tary priority escalated on prevent explosions The Associated Press Agency took Chattanooga off revival, company officials say. both Capitol Hill and the its dirty air list. It will be built on the site of WASHINGTON | President presidential campaign trail. ASHBURN, Va. | A device CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. | In 2005, Chattanooga dedi- a former Army ammunition Bush invoked executive to prevent airplane fuel When Volkswagen said yes, cated its redeveloped river- plant, near a pair of inter- privilege to keep Congress McCain tells NAACP tanks from exploding must a city that shed its reputation front, and Outside Magazine state highways and rail lines. from seeing the FBI report be installed on certain for dirty air to become a top rated the scenic city as one Volkswagen has heavily mar- of an interview with Vice he will help pupils passenger jets and cargo outdoors destination forgot of America’s Top 10 Dream keted its fuel-efficient cars President Dick Cheney and in failing schools planes, federal officials said years of frustrating rejections Towns with hiking, camping, and says it strives to make all other records related to the Wednesday, 12 years after by automakers. hang gliding, rock climbing of its operations environmen- administration’s leak of CIA CINCINNATI | John McCain such an explosion destroyed Volkswagen’s plans to and nearby whitewater raft- tally sustainable. operative Valerie Plame’s told the NAACP and some TWA Flight 800, killing all build a $1 billion assembly ing where 1996 Olympic com- Jonathan Hood, a identity in 2003. skeptical black voters 230 people aboard. plant and create 2,000 jobs in petitions were held. Chattanooga State Technical The president’s deci- Wednesday that he will The safety requirement, Chattanooga had radio listen- Hamilton County Mayor Community College freshman sion drew a sharp protest expand education opportuni- announced by Transportation ers rejoicing on call-in shows, Claude Ramsey, who has studying electronics, said he Wednesday from Rep. Henry ties, partly through vouchers Secretary Mary Peters, businesses hanging welcome worked for more than a will apply at Volkswagen. Waxman, chairman of House for low-income children to applies to new passenger and signs and U.S. Sen. Bob Corker decade to attract an auto- Hood, a 39-year-old former Oversight Committee, which attend private school. cargo planes that have cen- declaring the city “will never maker to Chattanooga, said Marine, said he works in had subpoenaed Attorney The likely Republican pres- ter wing fuel tanks like TWA be the same again.” the announcement answered construction but has always General Michael Mukasey to idential nominee addressed 800, a Boeing 747 that explod- University of Tennessee “all those naysayers who said wanted to work in an auto turn over the documents. the annual convention of ed over the Atlantic Ocean economist Bill Fox said spinoff it would never happen.” plant. Hood said he has an “This unfounded assertion the National Association for off Long Island on July 17, jobs in Tennessee and neigh- “I can remember when the aunt who works at a Chrysler of executive privilege does the Advancement of Colored 1996, after takeoff from New boring corners of Georgia and pollution was bad,” Ramsey plant in Ohio. not protect a principle; it pro- People, the nation’s oldest York’s Kennedy Airport. Alabama would probably total said. “The times have “She really makes good tects a person,” the California civil rights organization. The rule also requires air- more than 10,000. That eco- changed, and manufacturing money,” Hood said. Democrat said. “If the vice In greeting the group, lines to retrofit 2,730 existing nomic impact doesn’t include has changed and all that is for president did nothing wrong, McCain praised Democrat Airbus and Boeing passen- the publicity from a global the better ... This is a commu- Cobb Theatres what is there to hide?” Barack Obama’s historic ger planes over the next nine company planning a new nity that can do about what- HOLLYWOOD 16 Waxman left little doubt he campaign, but said the years with center wing fuel sedan and seeking to boost its ever it wants to once it makes 248-8248 Skyland Blvd. & Hwy 69 would soon move for a com- tanks with the changes. The share of the U.S. market. up its mind.” Hellboy Illinois senator is wrong to 1:10, 2:00, 3:50, 4:40, 6:50, 7:40, 9:30, 10:20 mittee vote to hold Mukasey oppose school vouchers for retrofit schedule is based on “The cachet of having the Volkswagen’s plans for the Journey to the Center of the Earth in contempt of Congress. students in failing public the normal aircraft mainte- firm come there is something new plant would complement 11:50, 2:15, 4:35, 7:15, 9:35 Bush’s assertion of privi- schools. It is time, McCain nance schedule. that will be talked about Meet Dave 12:10, 1:40, 2:20, 3:55, 4:45, 6:10, lege prevented Mukasey said, to use vouchers and Manufacturers have two through much of the world,” 7:00, 8:20, 9:10, 10:35 Fox said. “It gets the name from complying with the other tools like merit pay for years in which to comply with Hancock House subpoena for records the rule, although Boeing is of Chattanooga and the state 12:25, 1:15, 1:50, 2:40, 3:30, 4:05, 4:55 teachers to break from con- 5:45, 6:20, 7:l0, 8:00, 8:35, 9:25, 10:15 bearing on the unmask- ventional thinking on educa- already making some new of Tennessee in the media Kit Kittredge: An American Girl ing of Plame at a time that tional policy. planes with the changes. across the globe.” 12:20, 2:45, 5:10, 7:25, 9:50 the administration was try- Obama, he said, has dis- “We believe this will It’s a welcome blast of atten- WALL-E 12:05, 1;35, 2:25, 4:00, 4:50, 6:30, 7:20 ing to rebut criticism from missed support for private save lives,” said National tion for a city that once had 8:55, 9:45 the dirtiest air in the country. her husband, former U.S. school vouchers for low- Transportation Safety Board Wanted Ambassador Joseph Wilson, income Americans. Chairman Mark Rosenker, In 1969, the U.S. Department 11:55, 1:30, 2:30, 4:10, 5:00, 6:40, 7:30, 9:15, 10:05 of Bush’s rationale for going “All of that went over well who joined Peters at a press of Health, Education and Get Smart 11:55, 2:35, 5:05, 7:35, 10:10 to war in Iraq. with the teachers union, but conference at the safety Welfare ranked it No. 1 in par- The Love Guru where does it leave families board’s training facility here, ticulate air pollution, thanks 9:20

and their children who are where TWA Flight 800 has to smoke-belching found- The Incredible Hulk Pentagon looking stuck in failing schools?” the been partially reconstructed ries trapped by surrounding 12:00, 5:20, 10:30 from pieces of the aircraft mountains. Kung Fu Panda for ways to send Arizona senator asked. “No 11:45, 2:10, 4:30, 7:05 entrenched bureaucracy or retrieved from the ocean. Chattanooga and surround- more troops Indiana Jones and the Kingdom union should deny parents “This is the big one for us as ing Hamilton County respond- of the Crystal Skull 2:35, 7:50 ed by creating an air pollution 15848 WASHINGTON | Pentagon that choice and children that it relates to important solu- tions for fuel tank safety.” control bureau, and in 1989 Advanced tickets available at leaders on Wednesday sig- opportunity.” www.cobbtheatres.com naled a surge in U.S. forces in Afghanistan “sooner rath- er than later” — a shift that could come later this year as they prepare to cut troop lev- els in Iraq. Faced with an increas- ingly sophisticated insur- gency, particularly along Afghanistan’s border with Pakistan, defense officials said sending more troops would have a significant impact on the violence. “I think that we are clearly working very hard to see if there are opportunities to send additional forces sooner rather than later,” Defense Secretary Robert Gates said. But, he added that no final decisions or recommenda- tions have been made. His comments suggested an acceleration in plans to shift forces there early PINIONS Thursday, July 17, 2008 OCorey Craft ■ Editor [email protected] 4 CRIMSON CONVERSATIONS WITH CORBIN MARTIN Hate hits home It would be nice to believe that we have put the racial strife that has plagued our country, since its inception, behind us. Unfortunately, the spray-painted words “I hate n-----s” and “KKK” tell a different story. Monday morning, between 2 and 4:30 a.m., eight hate crimes were reportedly committed at Quail Ridge Mobile Home Corbin Martin Park in Northport. In addition to the hate speech written on homes and should ask. An important streets, shots were fired at the one is, “How can we stop back of a parked SUV, and a hate crimes from happen- concrete block was thrown ing in that area again?” The through another car window. neighborhood was also hit As far as we have traveled by similar hate crimes two as a nation, the roads to peace, years ago. love and understanding are Our neighbors that were long. This state and communi- victimized Monday need sup- ty has had a particularly long port from the community. journey, but it is that journey That support can come in that must lead us to live by a many forms. Kind words and higher standard. The cowardly prayer are good examples. MCT Campus individuals who commit these An increase in police pres- sorts of crimes do not under- ence is a no-brainer, but there stand that and should never be is more that can and should taken as an example of who we be done. The people in this OUR VIEW are. The Alabama I have come neighborhood have been to know and love has many violated enough in the past faces and colors, and its doors two years, and we should do are open precisely because everything we can to protect they were once blocked. them. Even measures like Chill out, it’s satire The revolting acts Monday the city adding surveillance As you may have heard by and offensive. And we agree.” political rivals are spreading, were committed against us cameras around the mobile now, the July 21 cover of The Obama’s competitor in the some of which are vicious lies all, and we should all have an home park should not be off New Yorker features a cartoon presidential race, the pre- and most of which we’d prefer opportunity to respond. This the table. depicting the presumptive sumptive Republican nomi- were not forwarded to us in week Crimson Conversations We want your thoughts Democratic presidential can- nee Sen. John McCain, R- chain e-mails. is proud to give you a safe about the attacks and what didate, Sen. Barack Obama, Ariz., was also quick to con- As for Sen. Obama’s reac- place to do just that. can be done to prevent simi- D-Ill. as a Muslim and his wife demn the cover. tion, we find it ridiculous and a On the radio show Monday lar events in the future. Michelle as a terrorist. While the editorial board coy political move. Surely the we will read your comments Mindless acts of hate do not The cartoon drew the ire recognizes the potential for senator has the good humor about this column and open define who we are, but it is of the Obama campaign, as the cover to be misinterpret- to recognize a cartoon that, the phone lines to discuss the important that we take the spokesperson Bill Burton con- ed, we insist that this is inher- in fact, lampoons his rivals event as well as other recent time to define ourselves apart ceded in a statement that “The ent of the nature of satire instead of himself. It would issues. from them. New Yorker may think, as one and irony. The whole uproar take a woefully misguided Clearly the blame lies of their staff explained to us, is an overreaction, quick to person to mistake the cover squarely on the shoulders Corbin Martin is a senior that their cover is a satirical assume that Americans will for anything remotely resem- of the individuals who majoring in political science. lampoon of the caricature Sen. not understand the cartoon is bling truth, and that’s the committed the crimes, but Crimson Conversations airs Obama’s right-wing critics meant to lampoon the ridicu- sort of person who probably there is much we can learn Monday nights from 6 to 7 on have tried to create. But most lous and erroneous assump- wouldn’t be voting Democrat Our View is the consensus of by talking to each other WVUA-FM 90.7 The Capstone. readers will see it as tasteless tions that many of Obama’s anyway. the CW editorial board. and many questions we Call the show at 348-9070. Shut your stupid traps, you stupid fanboys

By Phil Owen video games. beats people up. Chew on that does matter, check out next dling development duties now Fanboys, shut up already. [email protected] If you believe the fanboys, for a minute. week’s CW for my and Editor that Black Isle Studios, which “Fallout 3” looks like a serious of which The Crimson White’s I’m not saying the movie Craft’s views. handled the previous games, game of the year candidate at Now that the annual Editor-in-Chief Corey Craft won’t be good; I’ve got my One of the highlights of E3 is more or less defunct. this point, and making a big Electronic Entertainment is one, “The Dark Knight” is tickets for one of the Cobb’s so far was the new “Fallout 3” What else are they upset deal out of those tiny things Expo is going on and the arriving tonight at midnight midnight shows in my wal- trailer. It looks like Bethesda about? They don’t seem to like will only prevent you from arrival of “The Dark Knight” is with positive buzz the level of let, and Christopher Nolan is Game Studios really knocked not being able to murder chil- enjoying what might be a really emminent, I feel that now is a which is unprecedented in the a superb director. I have no it out of the park, and I can’t dren in the new game, for one, great gaming experience. And good time to reflect on fanboys. history of film. If you believe doubt it will be a good movie, wait to get my hands on it in with one message board post- hey, “Mass Effect” had consoli- According to the Merriam- them, the movie is going to be but I also know a 150-minute October. er going as far as to say that dated stats and real-time com- Webster Dictionary, a fanboy the best thing out this year, and Batman movie is probably But not everyone is happy. aspect alone is a “deal breaker.” bat, and it turned out to be the is “a boy who is an enthusiastic deserves a Best Picture nomina- (probably) too long and that “Who?” you might ask. Well, They also don’t like how the best RPG since “Knights of the devotee (as of comics or mov- tion at the Oscars, if not a win. Nolan ain’t all that when it it’s the “Fallout” fanboys. See, RPG stats are being stream- Old Republic.” Of course, you ies).” I guess that’s the nice Well I hate to break it to you, comes to directing action. they aren’t happy about the lined, which is actually happen- probably bitched about “Mass way of saying it. fanboys, but this movie you’re We’ll find out for sure tonight, move to real-time combat for ing across the genre these days, Effect,” too. Anyway, let’s start with the championing before seeing is but either way, I really don’t this traditional, turn-based and how some clothing items new Batman movie, so you can a two-and-a-half-hour movie care what you think anyway. RPG series. Adding insult to can give some very, very small Phil Owen is the Managing tune out when I start talking about a guy in a gimp suit who But since my opinion actually injury is that Bethesda is han- stat boosts. Editor of The Crimson White.

YOUR VIEW Do you feel safe on campus?

I feel safe on campus because I honestly I feel safe the majority of the time. For the most part, I feel safe on I feel safe because I know the difference donʼt think anyone would come up There are always people out and campus, but I wouldnʼt walk around between right and wrong and where to be and mess with me. itʼs pretty well lit. by myself at night. and where not to be.

— Patrick Kearns, — Kimberly Frazier, — Laurel Edge, — Robert Mitchell, a senior majoring a senior majoring in a junior a senior majoring in public relations adolescent and youth development majoring in art in public relations CW | Megan Forehand

Corey Craft Editor 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 Phil Owen Managing Editor submissions to [email protected]. Submissions must include the authorʼs name and daytime phone number. Phone numbers are for verification Lauren Barrera Chief Copy Editor and will not be published. Students should also include their year in school and major. For more information, call 348-6144 or e-mail cwletters@ Editorial Board Alex Gilbert Photo Editor sa.ua.edu. The CW reserves the right to edit all submissions. THE CRIMSON WHITE NEWS ■ Thursday, July 17, 2008 5 GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM

CW | Alex Gilbert Attendees to the Alabama Crew Clubʼs masters practice wait for instructions on the Black Warrior River Tuesday morning.

Alabama Crew Club

Web site: www.alabamacrew.com E-mail: [email protected]

The Alabama Crew Club has recently expanded beyond just a colle- giate crew to a master crew, enabling people outside of college age to participate. “I want rowing to be as big in Alabama as it is in Ten- neesse, Florida and Georgia,” said Alison Pollini, 25, of Tuscaloosa.

CW | Alex Gilbert The blade of an oar digs into the Black Warrior River Tuesday afternoon during the Alabama Crew Clubʼs masters introduction program. The Alabama Crew Club is split into two groups: a collegiate group for students in college or of college age and a masters group for those still interested in rowing but not of college age.

Program attendees help carry their boat back up a ramp after their practice session. CW | Alex Gilbert

CW | Alex Gilbert Alison Pollini, 25, of Tuscaloosa, explains the different parts of an oar Tuesday morning outside the Alabama Crew Club boathouse. 6 NEWS ■ Thursday, July 17, 2008 THE CRIMSON WHITE NATIONAL NEWS Police pose as pedestrians to nab drivers

By Don Babwin to get on the brakes,” he said. tional route for years,” said educating the public and The Associated Press Louis Ramirez, 84, said he Paul Loriquet, spokesman installing flashing beacons. didn’t see Delgado — and he for the prosecutor’s office. Pedestrian crashes dropped CHICAGO | So why did officer wouldn’t have stopped for her “But until you hit some- 17 percent between 2005 and Grace Delgado try to cross if he had. “There’s no sign out body in the wallet, it doesn’t 2006. the road? To remind motor- there,” he said. “I [do] not stick.” “It starts putting pedes- ists that they must stop when- have to stop.” The threat of a ticket seemed trians on their radar,” said ever someone steps off the Officers gave motorists a to work in Bellingham, Wash. Ron Van Houten, a Western curb into a crosswalk. brief lecture about the law, After the city started a police- Michigan University psy- In an unusual undercover then sent relieved drivers on decoy program in 2002, the chology professor who has operation, Delgado posed their way. But police under- percentage of drivers who studied pedestrian safety as a pedestrian on a busy stand that the only thing more yielded to pedestrians rose and trained officers around street while fellow officers effective than a lecture from a at least 25 percent — even at the nation, including waited for drivers to barrel police officer is a lecture and corners where tickets were Chicago. past her in violation of a law a ticket. not being issued. Police say undercover that requires them to yield at “If there’s really no threat In St. Petersburg, Fla., pedestrians will focus atten- crosswalks, even if there is of getting a ticket for it, the results were even more tion on crosswalk safety the no stop sign. you’re not going to really pay impressive. The percentage same way that giving tickets The Associated Press Chicago this year joined a attention,” said officer Chuck of motorists who yielded to for seat belt violations con- growing number of big cit- Chicago police offi cer Grace Delgado, posing as a pedes- Trendle, who was working pedestrians jumped from vinced more people to buckle ies and small towns that are trian in an undercover operation, throws up her hands as with Delgado. 2 percent in 2003 to 82 per- up in the 1980s. sending officers into traffic a van whizzes by her in a crosswalk on June 17. In Essex County, N.J., cent in 2007, after police “Eventually, people get it,” to make motorists pay more authorities “tried the educa- began writing tickets, Trendle said. attention to pedestrians. crosswalk but hadn’t heard for their daily walks,” said “People, they don’t care,” about the law requiring him Doug Hecox, spokesman said Delgado, whose bright to stop. Another knew about for the Federal Highway pink baseball cap and orange the law but didn’t see the Administration. “That, along shirt made her especially pedestrian. with more cars ... is a recipe tough to miss. “It’s ‘Get out of Nearly 4,800 pedestrians for danger.” my way.’ The whole mentality were killed and 61,000 injured Some communities already is ‘Get out of my way.’ ” in 2006, according to the most are seeing more walkers With Delgado’s help, police recent statistics compiled by because of the slow econo- stopped 78 vehicles in just the National Highway Traffic my. two hours and told them Safety Administration. In “The way gas prices are, they’d violated a law that’s Chicago alone, 65 pedestrians people are rediscovering been on the books for years. have died annually in recent their feet,” said Pam Fischer, That number easily could years. highway traffic safety direc- have been doubled, but offi- The number of deaths has tor in New Jersey, which cers stopped only drivers who dropped, but there is concern recently launched a “Cops in kept moving after Delgado those numbers could climb the Crosswalks” program. had walked four or five feet again as more vehicles hit the In Chicago, most drivers into the road. road and the elderly popula- were puzzled to find them- When they were pulled tion skyrockets. selves pulled over. over, motorists offered all “We’re beginning to see a Roland Sapitula said stop- kinds of explanations: One healthy desire of older folks ping was simply not an saw the pedestrian in the to remain active and go out option. “It was too late for me

STATE NEWS Birmingham plans to change airport name

By Jay Reeves National Association for the King went on to interna- The Associated Press Advancement of Colored tional fame, but Shuttlesworth People, Shuttlesworth and was mostly unknown outside BIRMINGHAM | Directors others organized the Alabama of Alabama until the publi- voted Wednesday to rename Christian Movement for cation of the Pulitzer Prize- the airport in this once- Human Rights. The group led winning “Carry Me Home. strictly segregated city for a protests and filed suits chal- Birmingham, Alabama: The civil rights leader who staged lenging strict segregation Climactic Battle of the Civil demonstrations alongside the laws in Birmingham, a steel- Rights Revolution,” by Diane Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. making city sharply divided McWhorter. Birmingham International between black and white, rich Mayor Larry Langford sug- Airport will become and poor. gested renaming the airport Birmingham Shuttlesworth Shuttlesworth’s home was for Shuttlesworth, who moved International Airport bombed twice, and he was from Birmingham and spent once the Federal Aviation repeatedly jailed and beaten most of the last 47 years lead- Administration approves the while leading protests. ing a church in Cincinnati. change. “Rev. Shuttlesworth was He has been in suburban The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, the leader of the movement Birmingham since February, 86, invited King to Birmingham here,” said Angela Hall, a vice when he came to the city for in 1963, and televised scenes president at the Birmingham rehabilitation after suffering a of police dogs and fire hoses Civil Rights Institute. “He was mild stroke in September. being turned on black march- headstrong in his belief that Before the name change is ers helped the rest of the the city should not operate official, the authority needs nation grasp the depth of racial under that system of segrega- a signed agreement from animosity in the Deep South. tion. He was willing to step out Shuttlesworth, who is expect- After the state banned the front.” ed to approve.

NATIONAL NEWS Police: Man killed woman, self in Missouri mall

By Cheryl Wittenauer Sears when they heard sever- man who identified himself The Associated Press al shots. She said she asked a as Steve Johnson pulled up in clerk about the noise and was a tow truck, got out and col- FLORISSANT, Mo. | A man told it was likely construction, lapsed to the pavement, shak- shot and killed a woman in but a short time later people ing his head. a shopping mall outside St. in the store were telling them Johnson said he and both Louis on Wednesday and then to get out. victims were all first cousins killed himself, police said. The The motive for the shooting to each other. He was unaware two were cousins, said a man just outside the Sears store of any possible motive for the who said he was a relative. had not been determined, shootings. Police were talking No one else was injured, but said St. Louis County police to Johnson but did not imme- Jamestown Mall was evacu- spokeswoman Tracy Panus. diately confirm the relation- ated. Police tape was wrapped ships or release the names of Marcus Gwynn said he around the entrance to the the dead. heard four shots as he was food court near the scene of Calls seeking comment walking into the mall to begin the shooting. from officials of Sears and his shift at a Radio Shack St. Louis County police several other stores in that store. Detective Mike Williams area of the mall were either “I seen a lady on the ground inspected a gray Ford Focus unanswered or not returned. face down, then he sits on the — the female victim’s car — A woman who answered ground and shot himself in on the lot outside the Sears. phones in the mall office the head,” said Gwynn, 21. He Two of the tires were deflated, declined to comment. described the man and the leading Williams to believe Jamestown Mall is in far woman as in their mid-40s. the shooter did not want the northern St. Louis County. It Deborah and Michael Mingo woman to flee. has about 60 stores and res- said they were shopping at Hours after the shooting, a taurants. THE CRIMSON WHITE NEWS ■ Thursday, July 17, 2008 7 IFESTYLES Thursday, July 17, 2008 LKathleen Buccleugh ■ Editor [email protected] 8 AN IPHONE DIARY Dealing with the early-morning launch

By Dave Folk It took no time at all to change have for it takes away nothing Staff Reporter my number to the new phone from the styling. and cancel my old plan. On the way home I easily I told myself I would never My friend, on the other hand, called a number of people and fall in love; it wouldn’t hap- met some resistance. Because met few problems and had pen to me. I didn’t even really he had an AT&T plan not avail- great sound quality as well. believe in it. That was before able for upgrade, he got slapped The touch keyboard is very June 9, for that was the day with a $400 charge as opposed to responsive and learns the mis- when Steve Jobs announced the $200 everyone else was pay- takes you commonly make so the faster, better, cheaper ing. I stood next to him for a half it can fix them in the future. iPhone 3G. hour while he argued with ser- It also picks up the words you Now the day has come, vice rep after service rep before commonly use and suggests and to let everyone who was finally deciding to call it quits. them while you type the word. dreaming of Swedish models Apple had taken some heat Next I tested the GPS fea- at 5 in the morning on July at first for the large amount ture. I allowed it to find me and 11 (and not standing next to a of delays met on the first day. then quickly typed in my home crazy guy named Bret) know It should be noted, however, address while waiting at a red the trials and tribulations of that this was AT&T’s fault light. In no time it had given me iPhone ownership, I have kept and not Apple’s. AT&T’s the best route and shown me an a running diary of my experi- system crashed when each accurate traffic depiction. ences. It is the epic tale of one new time zone came on, and Finally I had to switch over student, one iPhone and gra- since users had to turn on the everything from my comput- tuitous amounts of caffeine. phone in the store, they got er to my iPhone. It seamlessly Friday, 2:56 a.m. — I make slammed with the wait. integrated my contacts, songs the fateful decision to forego Now I had the iPhone, and and e-mail. sleep and stay up the two on the way home I certainly Overall, this is the phone hours before going to “tail- was going to test it. First, it to get if you’re looking for gate” at the Apple Store. looks gorgeous out of the box something that is more than Unlike football games, this and the array of cases they a phone. tailgate won’t be filled with The Associated Press bourbon, sundresses and Customers waiting in line to buy the iPhone 3G celebrate as sales begin in Tokyo. John Parker Wilson’s inter- ceptions. The game plan is the mall opened at 6 wouldn’t you have to love alcoholism. ber be his name (Bret). That simple: meet up with a friend be getting an iPhone. I think Friday, 7:09 a.m. — The information is kind of like around 5, get snacks and bev- he might be angry because he crowd is about 200 people, having herpes — you might erages for the wait and sit in is forced to ride around on a and the Apple people just have it, but you don’t want to line. Oh, I should mention the Segway all day. I mean, I don’t came running out, yelling and let anyone know. sitting in line part will last blame him — a Segway is like high-fiving galore. Now the Friday, 8:05 a.m. — Finally, I about three hours. a pocket protector or still hav- employees are amongst the am whisked into the store, and Friday, 3:42 a.m. — I ing a Kerry-Edwards sticker crowd asking questions and I quickly spot an employee I was thought killing the time wait- on your car. helping customers. Each per- speaking with earlier. Within ing for the launch of the iPhone Friday, 5:49 a.m. — The past son they talk to gets a Post-it minutes I have given them my would be a piece of cake. Soon 30 minutes were spent talk- note to show who is ready for information, and a brand new I found myself looking for ing with the guy behind us, purchase. So to recap, Apple iPhone is sitting in front of me. ways to vanquish the clock, whose name is Randy. Randy has now placed us in a guard- Apple has this thing where they and subsequently visiting is a throwback to the 1990s. ed line and labeled us with want you to open the product on the Web sites that helped me He has to be at least 35, but colored Post-it notes. release day. It’s kind of weird, procrastinate the most when he still dons his Phish sweat- Friday, 7:21 a.m. — Now because they are all excited I had a project due: Facebook shirt and surfer beaded neck- that Apple has come out the about you opening their prod- and Collegehumor. It should lace. He’s the guy who didn’t crowd has transformed from a ucts. Some weird fetish, I guess. be noted that videos of skate- get the memo that you had to gloomy calm to a moving object. boarders limiting their child- dress old to be old. Randy is a Everyone is up with anticipa- bearing ability through failed great guy to stand next to in tion and beginning a silent tricks just doesn’t hold the line because he always has a countdown to the moment they same allure when you’re des- story, and they’re always just can obtain their iPhones. perately searching for sleep crazy enough to be believable Friday, 7:29 a.m. — Apple at four in the morning. (such as how Hillary Clinton, has made a queue in front of Friday, 5:16 a.m. — Twelve at one time, had a chance to the store and sent the first — that’s the number of people be president). group of people into the store. in line with me. We made a Friday, 6:12 a.m. — Randy This queue is based on the stop to procure our energy introduces us to a new app number of employees they for the morning. Mine was in (short for application) that have standing by to help out. the form of three Red Bulls, involves sliding a beer bottle Friday, 7:48 a.m. — The guy coffee and some gum. As soon down a crowded bar. You tilt in front of me is literally nuts. as we got to the mall a secu- the iPhone to control the foamy None of us knows how he got rity officer who was clearly beer’s position. When you com- in line, he just kind of appeared happy with his life ushered us plete the course your iPhone’s in front of us. He actually told away from the door and told screen emulates a glass filling us he requested that the last us anyone who went in before with the golden ale. Oh, how four digits of his phone num- THE CRIMSON WHITE LIFESTYLES ■ Thursday, July 17, 2008 9 LIFESTYLES IN BRIEF VIDEO GAME REVIEW: ʻCIVILIZATION REVOLUTIONʼ from wire reports

Rolling Stone guitarist Ronnie Wood Classic strategy makes successful jump to consoles enters rehab for alcoholism

LONDON | Ronnie Wood entered a rehabilitation facility ‘Civilization Wednesday for help with alcoholism, said a spokeswoman for Revolution’ the Rolling Stones guitarist. “Following Ronnie’s continued battle with alcohol he has entered a period of rehab,” the spokeswoman said on condi- Developer: Firaxis tion of anonymity as required by her agency. “His close family Platforms: Xbox 360, and friends say he is seeking help and look forward to his PlayStation 3, Nintendo DS recovery.” Wood, 61, has fought a long battle with alcoholism during ESRB rating: E10+ his rock ’n’ roll career, which started in the 1960s when he Release date: July 8 played with the band The Faces. CW critic’s rating: His spokeswoman didn’t release any details about the treat- ment he will receive or the clinic that he entered. The guitarist had seemed to be in good health in recent years. He has developed a strong second career as an artist, selling his paintings at some of London’s respected art galler- Bottom line: “Civiliza- ies. But he has been the focus of feverish recent newspaper tion Revolution” represents reports about his resuming drinking. the fi rst strategy game to By Phil Owen A game is won by meeting be very wary of the civiliza- Managing Editor certain parameters, such as tions taking up space in your make a fully successful leap Katie Holmes to guest star on ʻEli Stoneʼ [email protected] destroying the other civiliza- immediate vicinity; on the from PC to consoles. tions. highest difficulty, you have NEW YORK | Katie Holmes is coming back to TV — and yes, I’ve often said nostalgia In previous “Civ” games, to focus on defense first there’s a “Dawson’s Creek” connection. rules over college students; players would control pretty and everything else second, The actress and wife of Tom Cruise will guest star as a just look at how many people much every aspect of the civ- because every other society those other games do, this nonprofit attorney in one episode of the legal dramedy “Eli around here are obsessed ilization from the ground up, will want a piece of you. And one breaks the map into a Stone,” ABC publicist Aime Wolfe said Wednesday. with Nintendo products and basically acting as both the when you’re facing a living, grid, and the cursor jumps Entertainment Weekly reported Wednesday on its Web that huge crowd that showed king and his subjects. breathing opponent over around from grid square to site that Holmes was to appear in the show’s second season up see Dennis Haskins (Mr. For those with the tem- Xbox Live, anything can grid square, with the left this fall. That means the 29-year-old star will work again with Belding from “Saved by the perament to attend to all happen. stick used for determining show creator Greg Berlanti, who was a writer-producer for Bell”) speak at the Ferg. those details the game was As important as all those unit movement and the right the teen drama “Dawson’s Creek,” which starred Holmes as I’m not an exception to a spectacular success; for things, however, are the con- stick for selecting things. It’s tomboy Joey Potter. that, but my nostalgic feel- everyone else, things could trols. Strategy games like unfortunate that you can’t Holmes — who’ll likely decamp to New York with daughter ings tend to be inspired by get a bit frustrating as the “Command and Conquer,” group units, but that’s only a Suri in tow — will make her Broadway debut Sept. 18 in a things most aren’t. When I empire expanded, because “The Lord of the Rings: minor complaint. revival of Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons.” was a kid, I was obsessed with not everyone likes having to Battle For Middle Earth” and In the end, “Civilization The production, which also stars John Lithgow, Dianne computer games; any given deal with all the day-to-day “Supreme Commander” have Revolution” runs like a com- Wiest and Patrick Wilson, officially opens Oct. 16 at the Gerald afternoon you could find me issues that face all 40 cities been trying to break into the promise between the extreme Schoenfeld Theatre for an engagement through Jan. 11. spending hours upon hours in a country. console market for a few complexity of “Civilization” crushing the Rebel Alliance What “Civ Rev” does is years now, but trying to com- and the extreme simplicity in “Star Wars: Tie Fighter,” streamline things so that the press a keyboard and mouse of “Risk,” and, in my opinion, Andy Dick jailed on drug, plotting world domination player, as the leader of the into a gamepad, even one as providing the best of both sex allegations in “Civilization” or “Age of civilization, gets to make the complicated as the 360’s, is worlds. Empires” and defending the major decisions without hav- not easy. Sid Meier and the If you have even a pass- MURRIETA, Calif. | Andy Dick was arrested early Wednesday good citizens of Earth from ing to worry about the spe- folks at Firaxis figured it out ing interest in the strategy for investigation of drug use and sexual battery after the Nod terrorists in “Command cifics of the implementation. this time, though. genre, “Civ Rev” will provide comedian allegedly pulled down a teenager’s top, police said. and Conquer.” As a result, the game Rather than having a you with a good time. The former co-star of the TV sitcom “NewsRadio” was But while I will still revisit moves much more quickly, free-roaming cursor like released from a detention center after posting $5,000 bail. “Tie Fighter” and “C&C” and a typical game will take Calls to his representatives seeking comment were not imme- from time to time, my brain somewhere between three diately returned. has shrunk so much in my and five hours. For someone Police were called to the Buffalo Wild Wings in Murrieta at old age that I no longer have like me, who basically has about 1:13 a.m. to investigate a report of “an intoxicated male” to patience to devote weeks to cram all his gaming into urinating outside the bar and causing a disturbance, accord- at a time to a single game of the weekend, that kind of ing to a police statement. “Civilization.” pace is a godsend, because When they arrived, a 17-year-old girl told police that she was Enter “Civilization it allows me to play through outside when Dick left the bar, walked up, “grabbed her tank Revolution.” a few games without get- top and bra and pulled them down and exposed her breasts,” In a stroke of genius, Sid ting frustrated by losing. the statement said. Meier decided to bring his It also puts a much larg- Friends escorted Dick to a truck, which officers stopped at a beloved franchise to consoles, er focus on war, which, nearby Sam’s Club, police said. and in the process remove given my “Command and Dick was identified by the teenager and a witness, police much of the micromanage- Conquer” background, is said. ment that could make the also a plus. Marijuana and the drug Xanax were found his pants pock- “Civ” games tedious. Even if you want to go ets during a search and he appeared “extremely intoxicated,” Serious “Civ” players for an economic victory by police said. might call it dumbed down, collecting tons of cash and Dick, 42, was booked at Southwest Detention Center in and in a way, that is the building the World Bank, French Valley on suspicion of felony possession of a controlled truth. On the other hand, it you’ll have to commit a sig- substance, misdemeanor sexual battery and misdemeanor makes for faster-paced and nificant amount of research possession of marijuana. more intense games. Let’s and resources to the mili- take it piece by piece. tary, because otherwise Natalie Cole diagnosed with hepatitis C For those not familiar with you’ll be smashed by the the series, “Civilization” is other players. about taking a culture — like NEW YORK | Grammy-winning singer Natalie Cole has been That all depends on the the Greeks and Romans, for diagnosed with hepatitis C, her publicist said in a statement difficulty level or the skill example — from its dawn Wednesday. of your human opponents, and nurturing it over time Hepatitis C is a liver disease spread through contact with however. until it reaches the pres- infected blood. The statement said the disease was revealed At the easiest difficul- ent day. Players start with a during a routine examination and was likely caused by her ty, one can basically tear single city and grow the cul- drug use years ago. through the world doing ture into a powerhouse that “I’ve been so fortunate to have learned so much from my what he wants; at the mid- can survive the tests of time. past experiences,” said Cole. “I am embraced by the love and dle levels, you’ll have to support of my family and friends; I am committed to my belief in myself and in my abiding faith to meet this challenge with a heartfelt optimism and determination. This is how I intend to deal with this current challenge in my life.” Her physician at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Dr. Graham Woolf, said Cole has had a “terrific response to her medication and is now virus negative.” Cole, 58, the daughter of jazz legend Nat King Cole, has sold millions of records over her long career. She is due to release “Still Unforgettable,” the follow-up to 1991’s Grammy-winning, multi-platinum CD “Unforgettable ... With Love,” on which she remade some of her father’s classics, in September.

Boy band promoter ordered to repay victims $300 million

ORLANDO, Fla. | Lou Pearlman and federal authorities have agreed on how much the former boy band promoter swindled from banks and investors in a decades-long scam: $300 million. That’s how much the creator of the Backstreet Boys and ‘N Sync will have to repay, at a minimum, for restitution on the fraud conviction for which he’s serving a 25-year prison sentence. U.S. District Judge G. Kendall Sharpe on Wednesday asked prosecutors and defense attorneys to amend court documents with the agreed amount. It will be difficult for Pearlman to repay all the money while he is behind bars. Pearlman made millions in the record indus- try in the 1990s, but investigators have found that money and more seemingly gone with the collapse of his Ponzi scheme. He’s been allowed to manage — at arm’s length — the few remaining music acts he still has. He could also offer wages from whatever job he gets in federal prison, ranging from 12 cents an hour to $1.15 an hour for top-scale factory work. Attorneys from both sides, the FBI and FDIC determined Pearlman took $195 million from more than 1,000 people in an alleged savings program promising 6 percent to 10 per- cent returns, and $126.7 million in bogus loans from federally insured banks. Another $70 million was invested by people who thought they were buying shares in companies owned by Pearlman that mostly had no assets. 10 LIFESTYLES ■ Thursday, July 17, 2008 THE CRIMSON WHITE MOVIE REVIEW | ʻHELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMYʼ Superhero fl ick a hell of a good time

By Corey Craft That’s the beauty of Del the most endearing new char- Editor-in-Chief Toro’s films — all of them are acters of the summer, thanks [email protected] ‘Hellboy II: The packed with an almost over- to Del Toro’s snappy writing Golden Army’ whelming amount of visual and MacFarlane’s top-notch Guillermo Del Toro’s detail, making them, quite voice acting. “Hellboy II: The Golden apart from being successes as This has been a banner year Army” is a gloriously imagi- Directed by: Guillermo stories, ripe for rewatching. for mainstream entertain- native film, with imagery the Del Toro And the Troll Market scene ment (and people say I don’t likes of which our entertain- Starring: Ron Perlman, winds into a battle between like anything!), but “Hellboy ments generally don’t fea- Selma Blair, Doug Jones and Hellboy and an Elemental, a II” proves to be on a level ture and special effects that giant plant spirit, in down- beyond most of this summer’s truly earn the qualifier “spe- Jeffrey Tambor town Brooklyn. While two films, based solely on the vol- cial.” In short, it’s what fans Release date: July 11 monsters smashing into one ume of its vision. Let it work have come to expect from Del Runtime: 110 minutes another in New York City its spell on you — you will Toro, the madman/genius has become commonplace come away terrifically enter- behind the first “Hellboy,” MPAA rating: PG-13 this year — see the previ- tained. “The Devil’s Backbone” and CW critic’s rating: ous boring iteration in “The 2006’s Oscar-winning fantasy Incredible Hulk” — this “Pan’s Labyrinth.” scene becomes remark- There is perhaps no better able due to its culmination, fit in modern superhero film- which is unexpected and making between a director Bottom line: “Hellboy oddly touching. (You’ll see.) and source material than Del II: The Golden Army” is the Quite apart from the action Toro’s adaptations of Mike summer’s most entertaining scenes, the film succeeds Mignola’s “Hellboy” comic because, while our main book. Both share a wry sense superhero fi lm so far and characters are unusual, of humor and an imaginative displays boundless imagina- they’re terrifically relatable. eye, and a sense of the surreal tion. Perlman is great here, as he that seems almost impossible was in the first film, but the to translate to film. But Del whole show is nearly stolen Toro nailed it in 2003’s origi- by Jones’ lovestruck Sapien Tom Manning (Jeffrey nal film, and with this sequel, (who shares a surprising Tambor), hangs around too, he expands the “Hellboy” drunken sing-a-long with fretting and secretly wishing Hellboy in the film’s funni- universe in fascinating ways. he was part of the club, too. “Hellboy II” finds our est scene) and the spectral But you know what, who Kraus, who becomes one of hero, the titular demon (Ron cares about the plot? 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Titled “Grand Theft other and play games online. rental company Netflix that Auto: Chinatown Wars,” the 44 days until PORTS kick-off! Thursday, July 17, 2008 WillS Barry ■ Editor [email protected] 11 PROFILE | JAY SEAWELL Humphrey inducted Seawell makes into Hall of Fame UA Athletics Patterson, won the 2005 and 2007 NCAA Tasha Uneven Bars Championships promises reality TUSCALOOSA | Alabama Schwikert, and was a 10-time All- gymnast Terin Humphrey, a Hollie Vise American. A two-time two-time NCAA Champion By Spencer White and alter- Academic All-SEC honoree, Staff Reporter during her Crimson Tide nates Annia the Bates City, Mo., native tenure, was inducted into Humphrey Hatch and also won SEC and NCAA The office of Alabama men’s the USA Gymnastics Hall of Ashley Regional titles. golf head coach Jay Seawell Fame recently as part of the Postell, The other 2008 inductees is an interesting reflection of 2003 World Championship claimed the United States’ included Olympians Jessica the man himself. team. first team world title, as well Davis, Marie Walther Bilski Next to the chairs across “Terin’s induction into the as three individual event and Wayne Young; synchro- from his desk sit two massive USAG Hall of Fame is a tes- medals in 2003. nized trampoline and double buckets filled with golf balls, tament to the tremendous Humphrey, Kupets, mini-trampoline world cham- holding up a set of well-made career that she enjoyed, one Patterson and Hatch went pion Stuart Ransom; two- and well-used golf clubs. that saw her reach tremen- on to compete at the 2004 time NCAA champion Brent Papers litter his desk, and dous heights on the national, Olympic Games, where they Simmons; coach Mary Lee pictures line the wall. international and collegiate won the team silver medal. Tracy and contributor Wendy There is only one real stages,” Alabama head coach Humphrey added an Olympic Hilliard. Kenneth Allen was reminder of the level of suc- Sarah Patterson said. silver medal of her own at the named the 2008 Lifetime cess Seawell has achieved in Humphrey and her team- 2004 games when she took Achievement recipient in rec- his brief but successful ten- mates, Courtney Kupets, second on the uneven bars. ognition of his contributions to ure here: a small but elegant Chellsie Memmel, Carly As a collegian, Humphrey gymnastics. trophy, tucked in a corner, labeled SEC Men’s Golf Coach of the Year. In a way, it fit. Seawell is well-known for his hardworking attitude, and it UA golfers earn shows in the freshly cut grass of the facilities he brought to life and maintains all year (he was riding his mower imme- academic honors diately prior to his interview with the Crimson White), in addition to his team’s fantas- UA Athletics son and produced a 74.32 the Magazine three-time tic improvement in Seawell’s stroke average with two top- Academic All-American. tenure. UA Athletics TUSCALOOSA | A trio of 10 individual finishes. He was the SEC’s Boyd In five short years, Seawell Jay Seawell holds the fl ag during the NCAA menʼs golf University of Alabama golf- All three golfers were All- McWhorter Award winner as the top male student-ath- has turned the men’s golf team National Championships in May. ers were named Cleveland District on the course and from “inconsistent,” as he put Golf All-America Scholars, helped Alabama win the lete in any sport in the SEC. it delicately, into a peren- since 1979. Seawell is looking to start the Golf Coaches Association 2008 SEC Championship. Sykora, an accounting nial national powerhouse and Four players Michael three freshmen of a talented of America announced. That Swan was All-SEC. All three major with two degrees from reigning SEC champions. Thompson, Matthew Swan, recruiting class of seven, but academic honor list requires were named Academic All- the University of Alabama, is The team went from having Joseph Sykora, and Matt even he doesn’t know who the golfers to be juniors or Southeastern Conference pursuing a professional golf scarce facilities to the state-of- Hughes won individual cham- they will be yet. seniors academically and with Sykora winning, for the career. Swan and Hughes will the-art Jerry Pate Golf Center, pionships. Fortunately, Seawell’s compete in at least two full third straight year, the SEC return to the Tide golf team a training facility located at With the hardest schedule vision of the Alabama golf years at the collegiate level, Scholar Athlete of the Year for their senior seasons this Ol’ Colony Golf Complex used in the nation, the team also team has a very solid founda- participate in 70 percent of Award. He is also an ESPN fall. by both the men’s and wom- had the highest winning per- tion. their teams’ competitive en’s golf teams. centage and finished the reg- “We want to just build on round or compete in the But you’ll never hear a ular season ranked No. 1 in continuing to make Alabama NCAA Championships, word of hubris from this both major college golf polls. golf, on and off the golf have a stroke average coach; he had plenty to dish “[It was] the best year I’ve course, something that is full under 76.0 and maintain a out to those who helped him ever had as a coach,” Seawell of character, class and excel- minimum cumulative GPA get to this point, starting with said. lence,” Seawell said. “I think of 3.2. athletics director Mal Moore. The most important of this past team set a bar and Daphne’s Joseph Sykora, “Everything starts from the these accomplishments, a standard of what Alabama Montgomery’s Matthew top,” Seawell said. “If he’s not Seawell said, was the SEC should be every year.” Swan, and Dalton, Ga., on board, then we can’t build Championship. Through it all, Seawell native Matt Hughes were a program.” “That was a nice way to says, he is most proud of named to the list. Hughes It was Moore who hired start building for tomor- accomplishing the goals he and Swan were juniors this Seawell away from Augusta row,” Seawell said. “That was and the program set out to past season on the Tide State in summer 2002, recog- probably more important to accomplish in 2002. team. Sykora was a senior. nizing the drive and vision of that team than the NCAA “I’ve been into a lot of On the golf course this a man who saw the potential [Championship].” homes of players and prom- past season, Sykora partici- in the Alabama program. With the addition of an SEC ised them a lot of things, ‘If pated in 10 tournaments, “I saw a sleeping giant,” Championship to his coach- you come, we’ll build this,’ winning the Topy Cup/U.S. Seawell said. “I saw that if we ing résumé, Seawell now and all of the things we prom- vs. Japan tournament and could improve facilities and seeks to use this last year as ised came true,” Seawell said. had a 73.94 stroke average. the golf infrastructure, that the barometer for every team “The guys got a chance to Swan won the Puerto Rico you could recruit anybody in that follows it. accomplish everything they Classic, one of 10 tourna- the country.” “In college, you only get dreamed about.” ments in which he played, Seawell has made good on them for four years,” Seawell Except for one final hurdle and had a 73.52 stroke aver- his words. said. “What we want to do is — the NCAA champion- age for the season. In five seasons, the Crimson create a standard of excellence ship, a tournament at which Hughes played in nine Tide has made the postseason and make a year-in, year-out Alabama was less than domi- tournaments this past sea- four times. national team that competes nant this last season, finish- 17269 This past season was for SEC and national champi- ing No. 13. Seawell’s best by his own onships every year.” “The University of Alabama admission; Alabama won six The upcoming season will can [win the NCAA] but we team tournaments, including be a big test of this goal. just have to get the right peo- the SEC Championships, the Alabama returns two senior ple in place to do it,” he said. Alabama golf program’s first starters in Matt Hughes and conference tournament win Matthew Swan.

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By Will Barry an athlete needs to have.” the country get to be in the can carry over. knew the Olympic trials was in Aging in two very demand- Sports Editor When her gymnastics days Olympic trials in one sport, let “I think she had the right 2008 and the Olympic games ing sports has not stopped were over at Alabama she alone two? ” Patterson said. physical build and the upper were in 2008, and for the next Pickens from trying to accom- Former Alabama gym- competed for one year on the Trying a new sport so late body strength and so many three years I devoted myself plish more feats. nast Andree’ Pickens fell track and field team and even- in an athlete’s career can be different things that play into and my time and energy and “It’s her spirit and that is short of qualifying for the tually broke the school’s pole motivating for someone who it and that she had the willing- moved down to Jonesboro, in her spirit is what has kept 2008 Olympics in Beijing this vault record and qualified for expects a lot of themselves. ness to even try during that Ark., to begin training at her going now to the age of month in the pole vaulting the NCAA regional champi- “I think for me it was the fifth year,” Patterson said. that next level with a group 28 competing for the Olympic event at the trials held in onships with fifth-year senior of athletes who were already dream in track and field,” Eugene, Ore. status. there training, and had been Patterson said. “I just think Pickens was a two-time With years of training Olympians, and had traveled very few athletes can stay individual NCAA champion under her belt, she headed “I just think she is the most remarkable the world and been on world that focused for that long and at Alabama and the captain of to the United States Olympic and unique individual that I’ve ever teams,” Pickens said. at that level in two separate Alabama’s most recent gym- Track and Field Trials seed- worked with.” Pickens had to overcome a sports.” nastics national champion- ed eighth, competing against devastating injury during her With a bachelor’s degree ship team in 2002. 24 other women in hopes of junior year at Alabama when in biology and a master’s She was on the gymnas- making a top-three finish she tore her Achilles tendon. degree in health studies, tics team at Alabama from that would put her on the U.S. — Sarah Patterson, Alabama gymnastics head coach. Overcoming that injury and Pickens will have many 1999 to 2002, and left as one of Olympic Team. leading Alabama to a national options for the future. Alabama’s most accomplished Pickens was a member of championship in 2002 shows “I’m spending the next gymnasts having made her the U.S. national gymnastics the determination that most month here trying to really mark on the program. team during her career, and fact that it was a new chal- “I just think she is the most Olympic hopefuls have. figure out where my heart “Well, first of all, Andree’ falling short of qualifying lenge,” Pickens said. “It was remarkable and unique indi- “Not many individuals I is,” Pickens said. is one of the most talented for a track and field Olympic something that I cannot spend vidual that I’ve ever worked think could come back from “I haven’t made a deci- athletes that I have ever birth can be put in perspec- my life doing. It was some- with.” an injury like that, and I truly sion whether or not I’ll be worked with,” said Alabama tive. thing that I was not perfect at With her college degree believe she was one of the continuing in pole vaulting. gymnastics head coach Sarah “While she was disap- and that I think drove me to in hand, Pickens decided to catalysts — the catalyst and If it’s something I feel that I Patterson. “Not just talent in pointed that she didn’t make really like pole vaulting.” make a run at competing in the leader for our team that can set some goals and make the pure sense of the form, but the Olympic team and didn’t Gymnastics and track and her new sport on the biggest helped us win the 2002 NCAA those things happen for in terms of her spirit, her con- have her best trials, I just said field are very different, but stage of all. championship her senior myself it may be something fidence and in everthing that to her, ‘How many people in physical and mental strengths “It was 2005 at the time, so I year,” Patterson said. I pursue.” Bo Hodge hired as assistant tennis coach

By Matthew Lofthus against the best in the world “He’s got great experi- The addition of Hodge Staff Reporter and play in the world’s most ence as a coach and player,” gives the Tide and Hodge “He has that experience that our prestigious tournaments. Pate said. “He knows what more to build on as they The Alabama men’s ten- guys want. He knows what it takes.” Now Hodge said he is it takes to win; he has won look toward the future. nis team and head coach eager to bring his services in the SEC, been there and “I think he’s going to be Billy Pate have added a — Billy Pate, Alabama tennis head coach. to the Tide. done that. He brings the a great head coach [one major component. “This team has a lot of expectation to win.” day],” Pate said. Former National talent and are going to be Champion (2001), three- competitive,” Hodge said. time SEC Champion, and [and] it was nice to help the selling point to young “[We are looking] to get four-time All-American team [succeed]. I felt like I recruits. them over the hump.” Bo Hodge was hired as an helped them,” Hodge said. His time in the Association Coach Pate is equally assistant to Pate’s staff on “It was very fulfilling as a of Tennis Professionals excited to provide Hodge July 7. coach helping.” enabled him to compete this opportunity. His title-laden collegiate Experience was a decid- career at the University of ing factor in the move to Georgia (2001-2004) is only add Hodge to Coach Pate’s the beginning of Hodge’s staff. resume. “I’ve known him a while, As a sophomore at Athens followed his career and Academy in Georgia, Hodge liked his experience,” Pate led his team to a state title. said. “He has that experi- He has served as a hit- ence that our guys want. He ting partner for Venus and knows what it takes.” Serena Williams, coached The returning group that friend Mardy Fish and was finished in the top 25, led a high school teammate of by Dan Buikema, Mathieu Andy Roddick at Boca Prep Thibaudeau and Michael in Boca Raton, Fla. Jung, will look to benefit As astounding as these from the championship accomplishments may be, savvy and demeanor that Hodge describes another has followed Hodge since memory as his signature his young career. moment. “A few guys did meet him; “Winning a national title [they were] very supportive in Athens as a freshman,” and happy with the deci- Hodge said. sion,” Pate said. Hodge has spent the past After the hire, Hodge and two years, after his profes- Pate hit the trail to scout sional career, as a volun- new talent. teer coach for the bulldogs “He was a top recruit and aiding them during back-to- has seen it as a player,” Pate back national titles while said. “[He has] a great per- earning his bachelor’s sonality and will be a great degree in speech communi- recruiter.” cations. Hodge has more to offer “I needed to get my degree, than just being a stellar THE CRIMSON WHITE CLASSIFIEDS ■ Thursday, July 17, 2008 13

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Call (205)750-0648 1-800-597-6828 Ext. 230. 14 SPORTS ■ Thursday, July 17, 2008 THE CRIMSON WHITE Golf’s ‘wild thing’ back at British Open and angry By Jim Litke his career about being lazy, with Daly only three times Hooters “Owl’s Nest” lounge The Associated Press occasionally reckless and this year, but said there was at the course, drinking beer often turning to alcohol in no chance he could help him with fans and signing auto- SOUTHPORT, England the face of mounting prob- improve without a real com- graphs. | John Daly was 1-under lems. mitment. “My whole goal for him Wednesday at the British But Daly insisted his “I’m sorry JD feels that was he’s got to show me golf Open without even picking reputation was overblown, way. I like JD,” Harmon said is the most important thing up a golf club.That is, he got despite recent evidence to at the practice range after in his life,” Harmon said in under the skin of one of his the contrary. He was seen hearing about Daly’s com- March. “And the most impor- former coaches, swing guru in one video at a Branson, ments. “He’s a good guy. But tant thing in his life is get- Butch Harmon, who cut Daly Mo., golf course that bears he needs to step up to the ting drunk.” loose in March after saying his name wearing only a cap plate and take responsibil- The next week, Daly was he was devoting too much and blue jeans — no shoes, ity for his actions instead of kicked out of the Arnold time and effort to partying socks or shirt — while play- blaming everybody else.” Palmer Invitational for miss- The Associated Press and too little to practicing. ing with a local TV anchor. The incident that led ing his tee time in the pro- David Duval of the U.S., left, looks on as John Daly of the “I think his lies kind of In another video, he appears Harmon to dump Daly am, triggering a tour rule U.S. plays on the sixth green during practice for the Brit- destroyed my life for a little in a Flint, Mich., pro-am with came during the PODS that automatically makes ish Open Golf championship, at the Royal Birkdale golf bit,” Daly, a two-time major rocker Kid Rock and hits a Championship. Daly ducked players who miss the pro-am course in Southport, England, on Wednesday. champion, said during a ball off the top of a full beer into a Hooters corporate tent ineligible to play the regular wide-ranging news confer- can, spraying foam around during a 2 1/2-hour rain delay tournament. Daly blamed a ence on the eve of the tour- the tee box. in the first round, already 3 woman in the tournament for charity. His last win came in 2004, nament. “I’m eating too much, but over, and when play resumed, office for giving him the “I just wish he wouldn’t and he blamed injuries for “I don’t know what his I’m not drinking hardly at he’d replaced his caddie wrong starting time. have said the things he did the steady decline in his play problem is,” Daly added, all, and I never go out,” Daly with Tampa Bay Buccaneers He also said Wednesday that made you guys write since. He said he decided to “but he needs to stay as far said. “So it’s funny to just sit coach Jon Gruden. Daly shot that Gruden offered to caddie some pretty bad things about play here against his doctor’s away from me as he possibly back and look at it. I guess 77, then followed that up with at the PODS Championship me when not really anybody advice. can.” that’s just the way my life is an 80 and missed the cut. after Daly’s regular bag- had the facts,” Daly said. “I’ve got tendinitis in my Daly said Harmon’s com- going to be for a long time Harmon said the cad- toter was hurt, and that his “That kind of hurt me a little left elbow, and I had a cyst ments cost him endorse- because of my past.” die swap “made a circus of Saturday appearance at bit.” in my right hand ... that we ments and caused him Harmon, though, wasn’t the event,” but saved his the Hooters lounge was at Daly lost his full PGA Tour thought was arthritis. So considerable pain, in part in the mood to apologize for real ire for Daly’s week- the behest of tournament card two years ago and relies it’s just been one thing after because they echoed the anything he said about his end antics. With Saturday officials, hoping he could mainly on sponsor exemp- another,” he said. “I’m just criticism he caught early in former pupil. He’d worked off, Daly turned up at the help raise more money tions to play tournaments. looking forward to playing.” Sport combining boxing and Former UAB golfer on streak chess gains popularity going into Open By Patrick McGroarty work,” Rubingh said. of chess. of many chess boxers from a The Associated Press In his version, a chess- Germany has emerged as a country that has embraced The Associated Press when he fired a 66 at Royal board is brought into the ring major boxing center, attract- fighters and idolizes chess Liverpool Golf Club. However, BERLIN | Nikolay Sazhin on a table and the combat- ing top talent from Eastern players like Garry Kasparov BIRMINGHAM | Former UAB his lead vanished quickly and almost knocked out his oppo- ants play four minutes, after Europe. Most of the world’s and Boris Spassky. golfer Graeme McDowell tees McDowell finished tied for nent with a blow to the chin which the board is wheeled top heavyweight fighters It was long after midnight off Thursday in the British 61st. in the second round. But he off very carefully so that the are natives of Russia and in a Berlin warehouse when Open at Royal Birkdale in Although McDowell has had to take the queen to win pieces don’t fall over. Then Ukraine, and many train in Sazhin and Stoldt entered Southport, England as one of split time between the PGA the hotter golfers in the tour- and European Tours since the match. the fighters put on the gloves Hamburg. the ring and sat down at the nament. turning pro in 2002, he has In front of 1,000 cheering and trade punches for a Rubingh knows he won’t chessboard. McDowell, who was named spent most of his time on fans one recent Saturday round, after which the board be recruiting either boxers Stoldt moved quickly to the top college golfer in the the European Tour. His most night, Sazhin moved his is brought back. The pattern or chess players at the top of establish a defensive perim- nation in 2002, comes into the profitable seasons on the bishop to go in for the kill is repeated over and over. their game, but he believes eter of pawns, while Sazhin British Open having won the PGA Tour came in 2005 and and won the world champion- The chess game can last up there is a deep reservoir of staggered his diagonally. Scottish Open last weekend. 2006 when he combined for ship of chess boxing, a weird to 24 minutes. talent among amateur and Switching to boxing, Sazhin The win was the fourth on $1.7 million in tournament hybrid sport that combines as If you knock your opponent lower-ranked pro fighters attacked Stoldt with a relent- the European Tour over the winnings. His best finish on many as five rounds of pugi- out, the chess is over, too, and with sharp, tactical minds. less series of body blows that past seven years for the 28- the European Tour was in lism with a game of chess. you win the match. If you beat One of his first prospects left the German exhausted. year-old native of Northern 2004 when he finished sixth The combatants switch your opponent at chess, then was Frank Stoldt, a 37-year- Back at the chessboard, Ireland. The win moved him in the Order of Merit win- to second in the European nings. back and forth between box- the boxing is over, and you old Berlin riot policeman and Stoldt looked distracted, and Tour Order of Merit and 29th Kaufman said McDowell ing and chess — repeatedly are the victor. In the case of amateur kickboxer. Stoldt he left his queen vulnerable in the world rankings. It also did not have instant success putting their gloves on and a draw at the chessboard, the was also an obsessive chess as he scurried to protect an may have solidified a spot when he arrived at UAB. taking them off, so that they boxer with more points in the player who often lost himself exposed bishop. Sazhin in September’s Ryder Cup McDowell was nothing can move the pieces around ring is declared the winner. in late-night online matches. pounced, forcing Stoldt to as he remained sixth in the special as a freshman but the board without clumsily Rubingh uses an electronic “Both disciplines are concede the match. race for the 10 spots on Team went home to Ireland the fol- knocking them over — in chessboard that lets specta- aggressive,” Stoldt said. He In addition to the title and Europe. lowing summer and won six a sort of brains-and-brawn tors watch the action project- started training at Rubingh’s the belt, the champion won UAB golf coach Alan tournaments. His summer biathlon. ed onto a pair of large ring- chess boxing gym in Berlin. In a cash prize. Rubingh would Kaufman said he’s looking performance jump-started a “It’s the No. 1 thinking game side screens. November, he won the sport’s not disclose how much but forward to watching the tour- college career that culminat- and the No. 1 fighting game,” In 2003, some 800 people first world championship in said it was mostly symbolic nament on television. ed with a then NCAA record “There’s not much you can stroke average of 69.6 as a said Iepe Rubingh, the sport’s turned out in Amsterdam to Berlin. at this point, and “it’s noth- do about it here,” Kaufman senior. 32-year-old founder. watch an exhibition match He lost his belt this month ing compared to professional told The Birmingham News. Kaufman said McDowell is Rubingh’s inspiration between Rubingh and a to Sazhin, a 19-year-old boxing.” “And he’s just playing good. still making an impact on the was “Cold Equator,” a 1992 friend. “It was a catastrophe. Russian. “To see these 120-kilo- It’s a very satisfying feeling UAB program. French comic book in which I lost my queen in the second Sazhin learned about gram [264-pound] guys sit- watching him play.” “You name drop like two heavyweight boxers beat round of chess,” he said. the sport while surfing the ting there playing chess, it’s The British Open is the everything else,” Kaufman each other’s brains out for 12 The Dutchman returned to Internet, and tried out by like a photo montage,” said only major tournament that said. “These high school rounds and then play a 45- Berlin — where he has lived mailing boxing tapes to 27-year-old chess boxing fan McDowell has led in his players know a whole lot hour game of chess. for a decade — and set out Rubingh and playing him in Yarim Fahre. “The different career. about what’s happening. “That’s not functional. So to find tough fighters who online chess games. Rubingh strengths, the tactics — it McDowell earned that Obviously, it’s a tremendous I thought about how it could could also play a good game thinks he could be the first doesn’t go together.” lead on opening day in 2006 tool for recruiting.”

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