Dorm deposit hike could Tide outdunks Vandy Downtown offers upscale cause student woes in overtime thriller nightlife to students OPINIONS, Page 4 SPORTS, Page 5 THE SCENE, Page 10 Thursday, February 9, 2006 Serving the University of Alabama since 1894 Vol. 112, Issue 85 AG: church attacks assault on state

the heart of these commu- The FBI is looking Arsonists should pay, top law nities,” King said. “These into whether the fires enforcement official says are the places where peo- were civil rights viola- ple dedicate their babies, tions under laws cover- BY MARLIN CADDELL pray when something is ing attacks on religious Metro/State Editor wrong … and bury their property, and the state ■ [email protected] dead.” and federal government He said insurance has offered $10,000 in Alabama Attorney General Troy money is not enough to rewards for information. King told the Business Law Society heal the wounds of com- Troy King King said one of his on Wednesday that he was doing munities affected by worries about the burn- everything in his power to stop the the arsonists, and he ings is the fear it cre- arsonist attacks that have burned called the burnings an “attack on ates, which can lead to vigilantism. nine churches in the state in the Alabama.” He said members of community past week. King said the FBI and the federal churches who are worried about Last week, five Baptist churches agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, their church being burned might were burned in rural Bibb County Tobacco and Firearms were working “take up their shotguns to stand and four more were set ablaze with local law enforcement to find watch in the church.” in Greene, Pickens and Sumter the suspects in the case. The Tuscaloosa Baptist Assoc- Counties Tuesday. Five of the ATF spokesman Rich Maria- iation has asked church leaders nine churches were burned to the nos told the Associated Press more to put neighborhood watches in AP/ Dan Lopez ground. than 50 agents are now assigned to place to increase security, according Members of the Brierfield Fire Department look at the remains of the Ashby Baptist Church in “These arsonists did more than the investigation and it is the No. 1 Ashby Friday. The church burned as part of a group of suspected arson fires in Alabama early just attack churches; they attacked priority nationally. See TROY, Page 2 Friday morning. The church has a congregation of about 75 people. Get yourkicks at the Rec Café cuts off Students break a sweat in free class BY ALEXANDRA BATTITO alcohol sales Staff Reporter ■ [email protected] meeting with Bama Dining Crimson Café owner fears officials. In an upstairs room, the Dining Dollars could be By UA rules, Dining Dollars, students came in, bowed which are charged to every and murmured “osu,” which used to buy alcohol student’s account each semes- in Japanese means, “to push ter, cannot be used for alcohol ahead.” BY KRISTEN TROTTER purchases. Then they fought — for Senior Staff Reporter The system Crimson Café sport. ■ [email protected] uses for purchases other than They are students in a free Rec Center class that teaches The popular student hang- cash only offers two func- a traditional form of karate out Crimson Café halted tions, one for credit or debit called Yoshukai, which alcohol sales Wednesday cards and the other for ACTion means “strive for excellence.” because of concerns that cards, said Rhett Madden, the The class offers stu- students could use Dining café’s owner. dents a new, more spiritu- Dollars to pay for alcohol, ally in-tune but easy-to-learn the café’s owner said after a See CAFÉ, Page 2 way to work out. The class is a fun and unique way to work out, CW/ Cory Johnson regardless of previous experi- Kimi Pearson, a freshman majoring in psychology, Eric Dunkerley, a freshman majoring in biology, at ence, said Eric Shoults, presi- a karate class in the Rec Center Thursday. dent of Yoshukai Karate at the Capstone. Students may stamina and self-confidence. Another advantage of the workout at the same time is a join at any time of the year “If you go to an aerobics class is self-defense, which real plus.” simply by showing up to any or bicycle class, you go to is taught in general and in Shoults said another of the scheduled classes, he work out, but you don’t really sessions that are specifically important and unique aspect said. learn anything or gain a skill designed for women, said of karate is sportsmanship Shoults is one of two sen- from it,” Shoults said. “If you Justin McClarran, the other and respect for others. seis, or teachers, of the class, come here, you’re not only sensei of the class. “When you fight, you’re both of whom have more than going to get a good workout, “For women, the self- not angry at your opponent,” 11 years of karate experience. but you’ll also learn how to defense aspect is a big he said. “You don’t want to He said some of the advan- defend yourself. You’ll gain advantage,” McClarran said. hurt your opponent. You tages of taking the class are self-confidence and so many “But just being able to do CW/ T.G. Paschal increased coordination and more things than just burn- the punches and kicks and Students dine at the Crimson Café Wednesday night. The café's owner said balance as well as increased ing calories.” getting a good cardiovascular See KARATE, Page 3 it will not serve alcohol to prevent its purchase with Dining Dollars. Giving blood not glamorous, but rewarding, students say

Bethany BY KATIE STALLCUP “A lot of students do it “My dad’s a doctor, and blood in a while. Whaley, Staff Reporter because there was some- [LifeSouth] is always calling Brandon Nye, a freshman ■ [email protected] one dear to their heart that him because of his blood majoring in nursing, thought a freshman needed blood, and most of type, and I have the same along the same lines. majoring in About once a month, a red, them have good reasons,” type,” Wells said. “Why not?” Nye said. psychology, white and blue LifeSouth Menendez said. “You’re sav- If it were her lying on the “There are so many things donates blood bus parks in front of the ing lives, regardless of your hospital bed, she said, “I going on, you might as well. with the Ferguson Center, ready to reason for giving, and we would hope someone would It’s just a good thing to do help of accept donations from stu- appreciate that.” donate.” — it only takes 30 minutes of Some students were in- Other students decide to technician dents. your time at most.” Most students and faculty spired by parents who made give blood on the spur of the Bethany Whaley, a fresh- Stephanie members just walk by. a habit of giving blood. moment. Zac Snider, a fresh- man in psychology, joked, Menendez Unlike volunteering time “My mom always donat- man majoring in business, “I like the free cookies and on Monday for charities or student ed blood, so whenever she said he had never donated juice. And I have [type] O afternoon organizations, giving blood went, I donated blood, too,” before. blood, the universal donor.” at the is not something students said Timmy Conley, a senior “I like to try new things, One donation can save normally put on a résumé. majoring in finance. “Some- and you get to help out,” Ferguson three lives, said Ryan Sher- The ones who do take the one may need it — you never Snider said. man, a LifeSouth donor Center time to donate have differ- know.” Holly Dobbins, a senior recruiter for the Tuscaloosa Plaza. ent reasons for doing so, Jenny Wells, a freshman majoring in aerospace engi- area. said Stephanie Menendez, a majoring in communications, neering, said she just saw CW/ Kasey Wakeley LifeSouth technician. said her father inspired her. the bus and hadn’t given See BLOOD, Page 3

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King’s plan is to close loop- He said most Alabamians holes in state law through could come to an agreement INTobrief submit a brief, e-mail [email protected] sweeping reforms in gam- that reforms are needed in AG wants to close bling laws “to take the profit the constitution, but he said out of gambling.” he didn’t think these same CORRECTIONS loopholes in gambling If passed by the state groups could come to an Legislature, King said his agreement about who should ■ The caption of a photo appearing with a Wednesday King said increases in tech- reforms included fines of be responsible for writing the story about the spring Career Fair mischaracterized the nology, with the development more than $1,000 per machine new constitution. photo as being from last spring’s career fair. The photo was of digitized bingo and slot and up to three times the “Do you want [Alabama taken at the spring 2005 career fair of Alpha Phi Sigma, the machines, have created loop- amount of money the Education Association execu- UA criminal justice honorary. holes in Alabama’s gambling machine takes in daily on the tive secretary] Paul Hubbert ■ UA professor and jazz guitarist Tom Wolfe’s last name laws. first offense. On the second and ALFA [Alabama Farmers was misspelled in a graphic box attached to a Wednesday People caught running ille- offense, gambling operators Association] writing the new entertainment story. gal gambling operations in could be fined from $25,000 constitution?” he said. Alabama are only subject to a to $100,000. Sen. Ted Little, D-Auburn $2,000 fine, King said. King said he also wants more and Rep. Demetrius Newton, ANNOUNCEMENTS “A backwoods gambling reforms of state gambling laws D-Birmingham, have both hall in Pike County can make to include strict definitions of sponsored bills calling for Rotaract to hold AIDS benefit dinner $700 a day on one machine,” gambling, sweepstakes and residents to vote in November he said. “In three days, one games of chance. on having a constitutional The UA Rotaract Club, SGA and Rotaract Club of Tuscaloosa will sponsor a dinner tonight from 7 to 9 to ben- efit a South African AIDS clinic. The program began in 1996 Tickets are $5 for students and $20 for faculty and staff when Bama Dining realized members and can be purchased at the door. For more infor- CAFÉ Continued from Page 1 some needs on campus were www.cw.ua.edu mation, visit www.bama.ua.edu/~rotaract. not being met, Johnson said. Bama Dining subcontracted Alpha Phi Alpha to hold forum Bama Cash and Dining with local business that offered Dollars purchases fall under the lacking services, such as Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity will hold a forum titled “Moving the ACTion card function, pizza delivery. Forward” tonight at 7 in the Ferguson Center Theater. For and cashiers are unable to But Dining Dollars were tell which account the money more information, call 317-1028. intended for on-campus din- comes from, he said. The event is part of African-American Heritage Month at ing. Because alcohol is not Students can buy alcohol the Capstone. served on campus, it cannot with Bama Cash, which is a be purchased with Dining voluntary debit card program, Dollars, and this has been Baxley to speak on campus Friday but Dining Dollars cannot be used for alcohol under the res- the rule since Dining Dollars’ Lt. Gov. Lucy Baxley will speak on campus Friday from taurant’s contract with Bama inception, she said. 1 to 2:45 p.m. in 110 UA Institute for Manufacturing Dining. “If we ever served alcohol Excellence building. She will speak to current and former “We’re ceasing all sales of on campus in Bama Dining students of former UA political science department chair- alcohol, period,” Madden facilities, that might change,” man William Stewart. The speech is open to the public. said. He said he hopes to she said. install a system to differenti- Neither Johnson nor the ate between Bama Cash and Office of Counsel would com- Valentine's dinner registration ends today Dining Dollars purchases so ment on whether allowing The UA Arboretum and Museum of Natural History the café can resume alcohol alcohol purchases with Dining will host a St. Valentine’s Day gourmet dinner on Tuesday, sales. Dollars could be a legal liabil- Valentine’s Day, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Smith Hall. Crimson Café served alco- ity for the University. Registration for the event, which will feature music hol on Thursday, Friday and Domino’s Pizza and Buffalo and dancing, is open through today. Tickets cost $55. To Saturday. Phil’s are the only other busi- register, call 348-7551 or e-mail [email protected]. The decision came after ness that can accept Dining Seating is limited, though tables for two are available Bama Dining officials Dollars. upon request. expressed concern about the Cash registers at Buffalo issue. Gina Johnson, director Phil’s have different functions of UA Auxiliary and Support so Dining Dollars and Bama WEATHER Services, called the move Cash purchases are separate, “appropriate.” manager Andy Croy said. Today Mostly sunny with a north Madden said Tuesday he Customers are not allowed 48º/28º wind between 5 and 10 mph had previously expressed con- to use Dining Dollars to pur- cern to Bama Dining officials chase alcohol, and Croy said that he could not distinguish he trained all servers accord- Friday Partly cloudy, with between Dining Dollars and ingly. a 20 percent chance Bama Cash purchases. 54º/34º of rain “All we can do is take a stu- dent’s word for it when they tell Saturday Partly cloudy us it’s Bama Cash,” he said. Eric Watkins, a senior major- 39º/24º ing in electrical engineering and physics, said he has used Dining Dollars more than once to purchase alcohol at QUOTE OF THE DAY Crimson Café. At least four other students “These arsonists did more said they had also used their Dining Dollars accounts to than just attack churches; buy alcohol there. Some said since they are they attacked the heart of charged 300 Dining Dollars a these communities.” semester, they enjoyed having the option of buying alcohol — Alabama Attorney General Troy King, with them and did not want it on the string of church burnings across to stop. But Dining Dollars are a stu- west-central Alabama. dent fee, Johnson said. See: “AG: church attacks assault on state,” “The stipulation is that stu- dent fees cannot be used to Page 1. purchase alcohol,” she said. 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NEWS ■ Thursday, February 9, 2006 3 Weather sends students on wild ride He said the reason for the weather like this because the weather clothes, either.” Unpredictable weather sudden cold snap is a jet temperature fluctuation is Rachel Turner, a sopho- not good for wardrobes stream bringing in colder air normal in their home state, more majoring in elementary from Canada, pushing the cold too. education, said she didn’t BY LIBBY ROGERS weather south into Alabama. “I was kind of hoping it care about the weather much Staff Reporter In the warmer month of would snow here when the except for one thing. ■ [email protected] January, Garrison said the weathermen kept talking “I want it to snow,” she said. pattern was blocked, so we about it last week,” Smith “I haven’t grown up around In the past month, umbrel- could experience sunnier days said. “It doesn’t snow a lot in any snow, and I just want it to las, shorts, galoshes, sweat- and higher temperatures. South Carolina, but then my snow.” ers, overcoats, flip-flops and Jana Olsen, a sophomore friends told me it didn’t snow Garrison said tempera- sunglasses have all taken turns in New College, said the con- here, either.” tures for the next three to being necessary gear to face stantly changing weather is Katie Swaim, a sophomore five days are likely to be cold Alabama’s weather. making her sick. She said she majoring in psychology, said because the jet stream is tak- Temperatures have fluctu- is more sensitive to colder she has been annoyed by the ing another sharp dive to the ated from the 60s to the 40s, weather than most people recent unpredictable weather. Southeast. according to National Weather because she is anemic. Olsen “I don’t have rain boots, Alabamians will see more CW/ Charley Parden and I seem to fall in puddles moderate weather again by Service data. Rain, snow pan- said her allergies are also The sun sets peacefully over downtown Tuscaloosa during what has been ics and sunny days have all directly affected by the fluc- everywhere I go,” Swaim said. Monday, with temperatures nearing 60 degrees, he said. made their mark. tuation. an odd and tumultuous weather season. “And I don’t have any cold “We’ve entered into a little “Right now, I have a runny weather pattern here,” said nose, and it’s sunny outside,” weather’s effects — on her majoring in interior design, Michael Garrison, a meteorol- Olsen said. “It’s weird.” footwear. and Spenser Price, a freshman ogist at the National Weather Kaleigh Pike, a freshman “It’s not too good for flip- majoring in marine science, Service in Birmingham. “A nor- majoring in interior design, flop wearing,” Pike said. are both from South Carolina. mal winter weather pattern.” is also worried about the Miller Smith, a freshman They said they’re used to

practicing Yoshukai karate for KARATE 13 years. He said he loves every Continued from Page 1 aspect of karate, but the other people in the class make it respect your opponent’s abili- especially enjoyable for him. ties, and you try to improve “I’ve known the instructors yourself through them.” for a long time,” Whigham said. About 25 people are regis- “They’re the greatest guys, and tered for the class, and about they really enjoy teaching.” 10 come each night the class is Guy said that although held, Shoults said. the class is serious, it’s a very The only costs for the class friendly environment and are for a uniform, which is anyone could walk in and feel about $25, and for sparring comfortable. weapons such as the bo, , “It teaches you respect, focus and samurai sword, and concentration, so it’s an which are about $35 togeth- all-around experience, not like er. However, these costs are just walking on the treadmill,” optional and are certainly not she said. “You’re going to get required for the class, he said. more out of it than just exer- A test is given every three cise.” months that gives students an Yoshukai Karate classes opportunity to increase their are offered at the Rec Center ranking, which is signified by in Studio B on Tuesdays and belt color and stripes on the Thursdays at 8:30 p.m. and on belt, Shoults said. Mondays at 7 p.m. in Studio C. McClarran said students in the class can participate in a multitude of local and regional tournaments, as well as self- defense competitions. April Guy, a senior major- ing in computer science who takes the Yoshukai class, said CW/ Cory Johnson those interested in trying the Brandon Whigham, a junior majoring in criminal justice, demonstrates a class should not feel daunted 180-degree . by lack of experience. She said she had no previous knowledge of karate before she joined the and steps], because you do it be committed to working at class a month ago. so much every class that you — but it’s really not that bad.” “If you come, they’ll teach just start picking it up. Unlike Guy, Brandon you,” she said. “It’s really not “There are things you have Whigham, a junior majoring hard [to learn the language to work at — that you have to in criminal justice, has been Tomorrow: Will Nevin What’s your view? Send letters or guest columns to with [email protected]. Students should include name, year, major and daytime phone number. More My View Will Nevin ■ Editor information is available at the bottom of the page. Opinions [email protected] Thursday, February 9, 2006 4 Our View UA not keeping students in mind

Every year, tuition increas- out of their pockets and pay However, what the Univ- es at universities across the several hundred or even a ersity has not said is whether, Drawing country. At the same time, couple of thousand dollars. after living in the lap of luxury the amount of financial aid I was in that situation myself for their first year, they will decreases each year. Just because the University was be relegated to the overcrowd- Books and supplies for unwilling to wait for one of my ed buildings of Tutwiler, Burke classes are growing more the Facts outside scholarships to arrive. or Rose Towers, or to some- expensive. Once room and I had to pay the University where such as Paty, which is board, fees, bills and miscel- more than $500. in extremely poor condition. outrage laneous things are factored If a person has scholarships The University does not care in, it becomes apparent why and/or financial aid, I think that students pay thousands the average student graduates we can safely say that he does of dollars to attend the In the past few days, the Islamic world has been from college with a degree Kim Goins not have a large amount of University and live on campus. engulfed in an uproar over a series of Danish car- and a large amount of debt money. They are forced to deal with toons depicting the prophet Muhammad in an un- hanging over his head. [email protected] Has the University shown inconveniences from every favorable light, with one cartoon showing Islam’s ho- Still, there are things that any compassion toward the side: limited parking, over- liest man wearing a turban shaped as a bomb. The can be done by universities to students who pay thousands crowded classes and substan- rhetoric across the Middle East has been ratcheted make these financial burdens to obtain this money within of dollars to live on campus, dard living options. up — an Iranian newspaper is sponsoring a Holo- a bit easier for students to a relatively short amount of only to live in substandard What UA officials really need bear, and there are steps that time. facilities with extremely lim- to do is ask themselves if they caust cartoon series — and several embassies have can be taken to avoid adding For instance, did the ited parking options? would want to live under these been torched. to these burdens. University think about the The University does not conditions. That outrage, however, turned deadly on Wednes- I am proud to be a student hardships that it was impos- mind spending millions to Universities are all about day in Afghanistan as four people attempting to at the University; it was my ing upon students when it did improve housing for incom- politics and money, but could storm a U.S. base were killed. According to the pro- first choice. I would not go not allow students to confirm ing freshmen because these someone please think about testers in attendance, the United States was targeted anywhere else. But I think in their schedules without all or freshmen will bring money the students who are spending because it is the “leader of Europe and the leading many cases the university I most of their money turned into the University. However, their money to come here? love so much shows little or in by a very early deadline? the University should show Or, at the very least, UA infidel in the world.” no concern for its students. If a student had an outside concern for the living situa- administrators should remind The outrage over these cartoons has gotten way First, there is a new policy scholarship or some form of tions of upperclassmen who themselves that if students out of hand, and it has become totally ridiculous. that will require students who financial aid, he would not be live on campus as well. Not became so dissatisfied and The Danes, of course, had the right to publish the plan to stay in campus hous- able to wait until this source every upperclassman is able chose not to attend the cartoons just as sure as we have the right to publish ing for the upcoming school arrived. The student would to live in an apartment or University, there would no the cartoon you see to the right of this editorial. Ev- year to pay a $200 deposit by actually have to pay his own house off campus. longer be a University. eryone should have free speech, but that right comes March 1. money if his scholarship or Incoming freshmen will Most students, even those financial aid did not arrive by have the opportunity to live Kim Goins is a junior major- with tradeoffs. Surely the editors who gave the green who are working, do not have the deadline. at the very attractive living ing in political science. Her light to those cartoons knew they were going to stir $200 simply lying around, and The University actually facilities at Riverside and column appears bimonthly on up trouble, seeing as how it’s prohibited in Islam to it would be difficult for them forced some students to come Lakeside. Thursdays. even portray Muhammad. Still, whilst being offensive, those cartoonists were trying to make a point — that Islam is being hijacked by radical and violent elements. Maybe it’s a good point. Actions across the Middle East in the past few days have certainly not disproved the argu- ment of the cartoon. And who really looks bad in this situation: the newspaper that just published a piece for discussion, or the hooligans who like to burn em- bassies and incite riots? The situation illuminates an interesting point. In our rush to depose despots across the Middle East, did we ever stop to think if the people of the region were ready for a Western-style democracy? Over the course of generations, Americans have established and refined the concept of free speech and open debate. We fight back with letters and boycotts, not mobs and torches. The free exchange of ideas doesn’t seem to be en- trenched in the Middle East, and perhaps that world is not ready for the freedoms we’re so desperately trying to get them to swallow. We’re not saying that they’re incapable of free-speech democracy, but this is a good indication that it’s going to take a while. And here at home, the American media should stop cowering and show us the cartoons that are causing such a fuss. If we’re going to argue about them, we should at least know what they look like. CW/ Braxton Thrash CW/ Braxton Our View is the consensus of the CW editorial board.

all the options, funding and Letter to the Editor assistance offered to me before were no longer avail- Why respect a culture of violence? Experienced freshman has able. scholarship trouble I represent a demograph- ic of students that is nearly BY DAVID WALTERS reports from the War on Terror offensive to someone or and claimed “the Holocaust When I graduated from invisible on campus. I man- about the evil deeds of our some group. We have had was an illusion”? And why do I high school, I was offered age to squeak over the pov- “There’s something wrong troops, of Abu Ghraib prison, our president portrayed as have to apologize for not being several academic scholar- erty line come time to file with the world today, and I of CIA torture flights and the Hitler, we have made fun of sensitive to this culture of hate ships. I decided to enroll in my FAFSA, yet I’m not quite don’t know what it is.” poor “freedom fighter” friends Pat Robertson and Jerry Fal- and violence? a nonprofit internship pro- sure if I have $7 in my check- Those are just a few of the of Cindy Sheehan. Michael well and we even made fun Many will say that terror- gram in Illinois called the ing account right now. I miss lyrics to a favorite Aerosmith Moore reminds us uneducat- of Pope John Paul II in the ism in the name of Islam is Rockford Master’s Comm- out on adult student scholar- song of mine. I am not sure ed souls that this war is only movie “EuroTrip,” and still not true Islam, but where are ission. During the next ships because my dad never exactly the intent of the song about oil, and college profes- no one is rioting in Washing- the widespread demonstra- three years, I learned the ins worked at Alabama Power. other than to sell records, but sors such as Ward Churchill ton, D.C., and burning em- tions against al-Qaida? Why and outs of graphic design I’m 1/16 Cherokee, so I miss it has incredible meaning in tell us that Sept. 11 was our bassies or Hollywood studios. doesn’t the Islamic Supreme and eventually became edi- minority funding by a frac- today’s global climate. fault for all of our greed and Something is really wrong Council of America or Amer- tor of RMC’s quarterly maga- tion, literally. I think back to 1972, when arrogance. with the world when we as a ican Muslim Council do more zine. I climbed a mountain When I received my “no as a child I vaguely remem- This week we saw the vio- human race allow ourselves to to condemn these acts of in Haiti, handed sand- dice” letter from Academic ber the attacks at the Munich lence that Islam condones be held hostage by the politi- terrorism, riots and state wiches out to homeless Outreach this afternoon, I Olympics when 11 Israeli ath- with the burning of embassies cal correctness of having to rhetoric? people in Atlanta and help- burst into tears by the mail- letes were brutally murdered in the Middle East by hun- apologize to a so-called reli- I still remember images of ed lead a small group of box. I’m a good student. I’ve by Palestinian terrorists. dreds of thousands of angry gion that condones this type a Palestinian woman celeb- high school students. After had eight years of rich, life- Fast-forward almost 30 Muslims. of widespread violence. Why rating on 9/11 because, in leaving RMC, I worked as a changing experiences that I years to Sept. 11, 2001. I vividly Were they angry over acts is it acceptable to burn an the name of Allah, 20 Muslim freelance graphic designer believe make me more quali- remember standing in front of of terror committed in the American flag or a Holy Bible terrorists attacked the great for two years. I moved back fied for financial help, not a television in a Mexican res- name of Islam? Were they on the streets of Damascus, Satan. My question to America to Tuscaloosa in 2002, when less. taurant in Randleman, N.C., upset at the widespread pan- but you can’t print a cartoon of comes from another favor- I became a legal secretary/ I’m not old, not young, watching the World Trade demic of AIDS? Maybe they Muhammad? ite song of mine, by Darryl office manager and learned not rich, barely not poor, Center Towers collapse after were protesting the hundreds Where were the mass pro- Worley: “Have you forgotten?” an entirely new set of skills. not related to someone who the vicious attacks by Islamic of thousands of Muslims who tests of Islam being used as We as a civilized culture and Eight years and some works at Alabama Power, not terrorists. For weeks on end, have died in the civil wars in the excuse to murder innocent society have got to stand up change since I graduated, a legacy, not quite enough of I would sit and ponder why Somalia or the Sudan. women and children in New and say that this type of false I’m more experienced and anything — on paper, mind someone was so bent on mur- No, they were angry over 12 York? Why did the Mullahs religion has no right or free- more well rounded than I’ve you — to get any notice. dering thousands of innocent political cartoons they found not speak out against the dom to exist, if they continue ever been before. I decided I’ll do it with or without men, women and children in offensive. Can you fathom genocide in Somalia? Why to perpetrate this Jihad on I was ready for college last your help. Watch me. the name of a religion. that, rioting over satire? Get a were there no riots in Amman infidels, Christians and Jews. fall and applied to the Today, there is definitely grip, people! or Damascus when the presi- Capstone with more than Rebecca Aldridge something wrong with the Every day in America there dent of Iran called for “wiping David Walters is a senior a few aspirations. However, Freshman, art history world. We are lambasted by is a political cartoon that is Israel off the face of the earth” majoring in pre-nursing.

The Crimson White welcomes your view on the issues. Letters to the editor must be less than 300 words and guest columns less than 700. Send submissions to [email protected]. Submissions must include the Chris Otts Editor Nick Beadle Managing Editor, News author’s name and daytime phone number. Phone numbers are for verification and will not be published. Will Nevin Opinions Editor Tiff Schwarz Managing Editor, Design Students should also include their year in school and major. For more information, call 348-6144 or e-mail Editorial Board [email protected]. The CW reserves the right to edit all submissions. Next Week ■ A profile of gymnastics coaches Sarah and David Patterson. Matt Scalici ■ Editor [email protected] ■ A preview of the baseball and softball Sports teams. Thursday, February 9, 2006 5 BASKETBALL ■ ALABAMA 77, VANDERBILT 74 Tide tops Vandy in OT Log on to www.cw.ua.edu. BY JESSIE PATTERSON overall and 3-6 in the SEC with Deputy Sports Editor the loss. ■ [email protected] “You can quit or keep try- ing,” Stallings said. “I don’t Fifteen minutes of practice think that quitting or giving in on Tuesday paid huge divi- is an option.” dends for the Alabama bas- Alabama improved to 13-8 ketball team in a 77-74 over- and 6-3 in the SEC. time win against Vanderbilt on “I really am excited for Wednesday night. our team and I’m so proud,” With two seconds left in reg- Gottfried said. “We’ve got ulation and the Crimson Tide seven guys on scholarship and down two points, Jean Felix in- they’re just super. What great bounded the ball with a cross- character they have.” court pass to Richard Hendrix, Alabama plays next at Ole who then flicked the ball to Miss on Saturday at 2 p.m. Alonzo Gee. Gee dunked the ball as time expired to tie the game and send it to overtime. It was not just a moment of luck for the Crimson Tide. “We worked on that play yesterday for like 15 or 20 minutes,” guard Ronald Steele said. “It worked perfect for us. We were lucky we worked on it the day before this game.” The final minute of the sec- CW/ Elliot Knight ond half was a back and forth Jean Felix shoots over the head of a Vandy guard in Wednesday's game. battle that saw both Alabama and Vanderbilt look as if they had clinched the win. With 50 seconds left in the on Felix’s long pass that would time ran out. second half, Shan Foster bur- send the game to overtime. Steele led Alabama in scor- ied a 3-point basket to tie the “Felix is the only guy on the ing with 22 points. Jermareo game at 63-63. Fifteen sec- team, believe it or not, who Davidson added 21, but onds later his teammate Julian could make the pass,” Gottfried Vanderbilt’s Foster led all scor- Terrell dunked off of a fast said. “We had guys throwing ers with 30 points. break to put the Commodores the ball all over the gym. They “Foster was outrageously up by two. were throwing it up to the club good and made big shot after Jean Felix stepped up big for level trying to get it there. big shot,” Gottfried said. Alabama and hit his only bas- “Felix, he got our whole Vanderbilt coach Kevin ket of the game, a 3-pointer, team’s attention because he Stallings said Alabama was just with 8 seconds remaining to can put it on the money.” a little more physical than his put the Tide ahead by one. The In overtime, Vanderbilt team. Alabama had 16 points Alabama bench started to cel- jumped out to a three-point in the paint, while Vandy had ebrate, but Foster hit another lead in the opening minutes, 10. The Tide also outscored trey and Alabama was down but Steele hit four free throws Vanderbilt 5-0 on fast break by two with time running out. and Hendrix added two more points. Then, Gee scored the basket to put Alabama up by three as Vanderbilt dropped to 12-8 UA Christian Ministries

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Minister Diane Smith [email protected] Rengang Zhang Ben Pilgreen, College Minister 347-863 or 246-3692 www.christfirstcampusministry.org [email protected] 826-9121 [email protected] 339-6211 342-1152 6 SPORTS ■ Thursday, February 9, 2006 ■ CLUB SPORTS Students bring Bama hockey team to life gotten calls from kids in “That’s going to be our big- Carolina, A&M and my whistle at the first practice, ‘Frozen Tide’ gears up Florida, Maine, all over — kids gest issue,” said English. “It’s Middle about pos- I’ve never seen a group of guys for inaugural season that want to come to the just a 40-minute drive, and I sible games. more anxious and ready to go,” South but don’t want to give think if we get people to come For now, the Tide is focused Awender said. “I think it says a BY MATT SCALICI up hockey. They want to go to out the first time, they’ll keep on coming together as a team lot about the passion and the Sports Editor a great school but still be able coming back.” and getting the program start- character of this team.” ■ [email protected] to play the sport they love.” English is confident that ed off on the right foot. The Frozen Tide plays its first With the Frozen Tide already Tide fans, although foreign to “I’ve been around hockey game Feb. 18 at the Pelham For most students, the picking up speed as a legiti- the game, will find plenty to all my life, and when I blew Civic Complex at 9 p.m. recent weather in Tuscaloosa mate program at Alabama, it’s like about it. has been nasty, miserable hard to believe it began with “Once people go to a game and cold. For Josh Stokes and three students less than a year and see it, they’re going to get Adam English, it’s been abso- ago. hooked. It’s such a fast-paced lute paradise. In fall 2005, Stokes, English game, and it’s a sport where Figure this... As the vice president and and Damare started putting you really feel like you’re a treasurer, respectively, of the together the club team, assem- part of the game when you see new club hockey team at bling a 15-man roster and put- it in person,” English said. Alabama, dubbed the “Frozen ting the wheels in motion for a Breast Tide,” Stokes and English have partial schedule to be played Stokes said fans of the been waiting all year for the in early 2006. hard-hitting action in football enhancement winter to come. “It was a lot more work would fit right into the rough The two students, along than any of us ever expect- and tumble world of hockey. with team president Will ed,” English said. “Where we “It’s not too often where Damare, came to Alabama lucked out the most was with Courtesy of Alabama Club Hockey Team you get to watch your fellow & with one thing in common: a our coach.” The new Alabama club hockey students actually fighting body contouring love for the most overlooked Head coach Darren Awender team will play its first game Feb. Tennessee players,” he said. of the major sports. With a four-game sched- certainly seems ready to lead 18 at the Pelham Civic Complex. “I knew I wanted to play the fledgling team out of its ule in its inaugural season, hockey in college, but didn’t infancy, with a lifetime of expe- including two home games DothanDothan L. Dwight Baker, MD think there would be a team at rience on the ice. The Windsor, at the chance. against Vanderbilt on Feb. 105 Professional Lane Alabama,” said English, who Canada, native started playing “I truly believe the sky is 18 and 19 and away games PlasticPlastic played Division I hockey at at the age of 5 and won two the limit with this program,” at Georgia and Tennessee, Dothan, AL 36303 the University of Alabama in NCAA Championships play- Awender said. “There really Awender sees an SEC hockey Surgery Huntsville before transferring ing for UAH. is a niche at Alabama for a league developing in the not- Surgery to Tuscaloosa last fall. “I think After becoming a marketing hockey program. The ath- so-distant future. the potential down here is director for a pharmaceuti- letic department is aware, “With support from the huge.” cal company in Birmingham, and they’re excited about the fans and the University, I truly The upstart club is already Awender couldn’t stay opportunity.” believe that one day there 888-560-3113 / 334-793-3113 receiving attention from hock- away from hockey and With most of the hurdles could be a SEC hockey divi- www.dothanplasticsurgery.com ey players around the coun- began coaching the Hoover now cleared, one major obsta- sion,” Awender said. try. High School hockey team. cle remains: the 40-minute Awender expects next year’s “It’s been incredible,” After two years, Awender drive to the nearest ice rink schedule to include 20 to 25 Ask about out of town patient packages Stokes said. “We haven’t even was offered the opportunity to at the Pelham Civic Complex games and said he’s been and cost-conscious fees. played a game yet and we’ve coach for the Tide and jumped outside Birmingham. contacted by Texas, South

■ WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Coach kicks star players off team may have been off the court game. They were like, ‘What’s Players say they’re where her teammates desig- going on? Why aren’t y’all in?’ surprised, coach mum nated her as the team captain. We didn’t say anything, because “All I can think about is that we weren’t going to have bad on issue my teammates voted me cap- attitudes about it. We love our tain, and I’m a distraction?” teammates, and we would BY DAN SELLERS Johnson said. “You would think never stop supporting them.” Senior Sports Reporter that if I was such a distraction Nettles had stepped up her the teammates would notice. play since the start of confer- The Alabama women’s bas- And why would you want ence play. She led the team with ketball team lost two familiar somebody that’s a distraction 13.1 points per game in confer- faces Monday after head coach to you to be a leader?” ence match-ups, but she wasn’t Stephany Smith announced Johnson says the incident in the starting lineup for the that senior center Krystle will not affect the relationships first time in Alabama’s loss to Johnson and junior guard she had with her teammates. Vanderbilt Thursday night. Marverly Nettles, the team’s “They are just as confused She said she doesn’t know if leading scorer, had been dis- and shocked as we are,” Johnson the duo will ever get an expla- missed from the team. said. “But we’re friends first and nation, or if there even is a rea- The two players got the news teammates second. It’s not like son why. in a short meeting with Smith we are going to stop talking to “I don’t think there is an on Monday afternoon. them, and they are going to answer,” Nettles said. “There’s “All I’d really like to say is stop talking to us. The bond we not an answer. There’s not that I wish both Krystle and had with our teammates goes an explanation. Nothing can Marverly the best,” Smith said deeper than us getting kicked explain this.” in a statement. Smith said she off the team.” Johnson is a graduate stu- did not want to comment any Nettles, the Tide’s leading dent and plans on finishing her further on the situation. scorer with 11.3 points per con- degree before starting a coach- “We went into the meeting, test, echoed that sentiment. ing career. Nettles will finish her and she told us that we were a “I’ve been with these girls degree, but the possibility of distraction to the direction she for a long time, and I can see her playing again isn’t out of the was trying to take the team and that they are a little disturbed question, she said. the program and that we were by it, because they don’t know “I haven’t made up my mind released,” Nettles said. “And why, either,” Nettles said. “They what I’m going to do next,” that was it.” didn’t know during the Georgia Nettles said. After they received the news, the two players were shocked and confused, they said. “There was no warning,” Johnson said. “No meeting. No pull to the side. No ‘you’re dis- tracting.” In fact, the first time we heard the word distracting was the day we got kicked off the team. “We didn’t do anything ille- gal or immoral. We heard too many stories because of the vague statement that was put out. Nobody knows, and our answer is always ‘We don’t know.’ I know it sounds like we are saying that because we don’t want to tell, but we really just don’t know.” Smith showed her dissatis- faction with the two by bench- ing them in the Tide’s 84-59 loss at Georgia on Sunday. “The complete shock came when we got benched at Georgia,” Johnson said. “I’ve never been benched, and we did not know why. [Smith] didn’t say anything to us before the game, she didn’t say any- thing during and she didn’t say anything after. The next thing she said to us is that we were dismissed.” Johnson was playing in her second and final season at the Capstone. She averaged 4.1 points and 2.4 rebounds per game a season ago as a role player. Johnson’s primary role THE SCENE ■ Thursday, February 9, 2006 7

BY LINDSAY MAPLES Scene It, Love It Chief Copy Editor A CW staffer’s must-haves Zug.com — Ever wonder Little Willie’s — I love the “PostSecret” — This book what would happen if, instead ambience of this down- “Catching Tales” by Frank Warren is a col- of paying the $1 toll on the town jazz bar. It’s got a 4. Massachusetts turnpike, you 5. great laid-back feel, and — This is the latest lection of secrets from album from British 2. his “ongoing com- tossed 97 cents in foreign currency the small tables in front 1. jazz singer/song- munity art project,” into the coin bin? Or simply threw of the stage are a perfect writer/ pianist/ PostSecret. People cre- in two pictures of rapper 50 Cent, place to chill. Just make sure you guitarist/percussion- ate homemade post- because that adds up to a dollar? pick a night with good music — ist Jamie Cullum, and cards, write on them The Turnpike Prank is just one of that’s what really makes I can’t get it out of my a secret they’ve never many clever pranks pulled this place CD player. It’s more told anyone and mail by comedian John come experimental than his them to PostSecret. Hargrave that alive. sophomore album, The confessions range are featured on “Twentysomething,” and it from funny to sad to some- Zug, his comedy loses a bit of that classic what disturbing (one postcard Web site. jazz feel, but that’s shows what appears to be a still shot why I like it. It feels from a security camera of a convenience like you’re hearing store being robbed, with a confession of “I almost more of him on this did it.”). Warren also runs a Web site for his proj- album than on his ect, postsecret.com, which he updates with new last, which featured secrets every Sunday. five cover songs. Cuarenta y Tres (Licor 43) — This vanilla-citrus-flavored liqueur mixed with Coke quickly became a staple drink among my friends 3. when we were studying abroad in Spain this summer. It mixes well with almost anything, and it doesn’t take long to realize why this is Spain’s most widely exported liqueur. The Web site licor43usa.com has a virtual bartender with recipes for frozen drinks, cocktails, shooters and even desserts featuring this versatile liqueur.

Sem. Comp. Prior to Glenn Company Name Location Semester Majors Min GPA Beginning Work CO-OP ACIPCO #1 (C,PR) BIRMINGHAM, AL SUMR, FALL ME, IE, CHBE,CCE, MIS 2.20 2 INTERVIEW Miller band ACIPCO #2 (C,PR) BIRMINGHAM, AL SUMR, FALL ME, IE, CHBE,CCE, MIS 2.20 2 ADTRAN (C, PR, F1 VISA) HUNTSVILLE, AL SUMR, FALL, SPRG CS, ECE, ME 3.00 3 DAY ALTEC INDUSTRIES (C, PR, F1VISA, A) BIRMINGHAM, AL SUMR, FALL ME, IE 2.20 2 swings BRASFIELD & GORRIE (C,PR) AL, GA, FL, NC, TN SUMR, FALL, SPRG CCE 2.50 2 MARCH 1, BRICE BUILDING (C, PR, F1 VISA) BIRMINGHAM/GULF FALL, SPRG CCE 2.25 2 BUCKMAN LABATORIES (C) PENNINGTON, AL FALL, SPRG CHBE, CH 2.20 2 2006 into Bama CEMEX (PR, F1 VISA) DEMOPOLIS, AL SUMR, FALL, SPRG CHBE, ME 2.80 2 BY WES WOLFE CIVIL SYSTEMS (C, PR, F1 VISA) BIRMINGHAM, AL SUMR, FALL, SPRG CCE 2.50 2 Contributing Writer CSX TRANSPORTATION (C, PR) ATLANTA/RICHMOND, VA SUMR, FALL, SPRG CCE 2.75 2 DOSTER CONST. (C) BIRMINGHAM, AL SUMR, FALL, SPRG CCE 2.50 2 More than 60 years after los- EATON AEROSACE (C) JACKSON, MS SUMR, FALL ME 3.25 2 ing its namesake bandleader, ENGELHARD COPR. (C) HUNTSVILLE, AL SUMR, FALL, SPRG CHBE, EE 2.20 2 the Glenn Miller Orchestra is GE PLASTICS (C) BURKVILLE, AL SUMR, FALL, SPRG CHBE 3.00 3 If you have still touring and will arrive at GENERAL ELECTRIC (C, PR) HUNTSVILLE, AL SUMR, FALL ECE, CS 3.00 2 the Bama Theatre on Thursday HOAR CONSTRUCTION (C) BIRMINGHAM, AL SUMR, FALL, SPRG CCE 2.20 3 not made to play popular band standards HONDA (C, PR) LINCOLN, AL SUMR, FALL EE, ME, IE, OM 2.50 2 such as “In The Mood” and HUBBELL POWER (C, PR) LEEDS, AL FALL, SPRG IE, ME 2.20 2 application to “Moonlight Serenade” while INTERNATIONAL PAPER (C, PR, F1 VISA) COURTLAND, AL FALL ME, EE 3.00 4 dipping into its 1,700-song rep- ISE INNOMOTIVE (C, PR, F1 VISA) TUSCALOOSA, AL SUMR, FALL IE, ME 3.00 2 this offi ce prior ertoire. M.J. HARRIS (C) BIRMINGHAM, AL SUMR, FALL, SPRG CCE, IE 2.80 3 The big band was the first to MEADWESTVACO (C, PR, F1 VISA) PHENIX CITY, AL SUMR, FALL CHBE, EE, ME 2.20 2 to February ever play as a part of “Bluegrass, MERCEDES BENZ #1 (C, PR) TUSCALOOSA, AL SUMR, FALL ME 2.50 2 Big Bands and More,” a series put MERCEDES BENZ #2 (C, PR) TUSCALOOSA, AL SUMR, FALL EE 2.50 2 17th you will on by the Arts and Humanities MERCEDES BENZ #3 (C, PR) TUSCALOOSA, AL SUMR, FALL ENV 2.50 2 not be eligible Council of Tuscaloosa County. NACCO MATERIALS (C, PR, F1 VISA) SULLIGENT, AL FALL ME 2.20 2 “When we started the con- NSA (C) FT. MEADE, MD SUMR, FALL EE, ECE, CS 3.00 2 to interview. cert series, they were the first NUCOR STEEL (C, PR, F1 VISA, A) TUSCALOOSA, AL SUMR, FALL MTE, EE, ME 2.50 3 group that came,” said Kevin PHIFER WIRE PRODUCTS (C, PR) TUSCALOOSA, AL SUMR CHBE, EE, ME, IE,CS, MIS 3.00 2 Ledgewood, a spokesman for PREMIER SYSTEMS (C, PR) DECATUR, AL FALL ECE 3.00 2 the arts council. “We started out PROCTOR & GAMBLE (C, PR) CINCINNATI, OH SUMR CS, ECE 3.50 4 with just one concert that year. PROGRAM SYSTEMS (C) BIRMINGHAM, AL SUMR CS, ECE 2.20 2 Then, ever since that year, we’ve RHEEM WATER HEATERS (C, PR, F1 VISA) MONTGOMERY, AL SUMR, FALL ME, IE, ENV 2.20 2 added a concert or two, and SAIIA CONSTRUCTION (C, A) BIRMINGHAM, AL SUMR, FALL, SPRG CCE 2.50 2 now we’re up to five a year, or SHAW INDUSTRIES (C, PR) DALTON, GA SUMR, FALL IE, ME, CHBE, EE 2.50 2 something like that.” C=CITIZENSHIP SMI STEEL (PR, F1 VISA, A) BIRMINGHAM, AL SUMR, FALL, SPRG ME, CCE ,EE ,AC ,FI 2.20 3 At least one song in the orches- SOUTHERN COMPANY #1 (C, PR) SOUTHEASTERN US SUMR, FALL ME, EE, CCE, CHBE 2.50 2 tra’s repertoire has a special con- SOUTHERN COMPANY #2 (C, PR) SOUTHEASTERN US SUMR, FALL ME, EE, CCE, CHBE 2.50 2 nection to Alabama. Jazz legend PR=PERMANENT Erskine Hawkins composed SOUTHERN COMPANY #3 (C, PR) SOUTHEASTERN US SUMR, FALL ME, EE, CCE, CHBE 2.50 2 RESIDENT “Tuxedo Junction” about the SOUTHERN COMPANY #4 (C, PR) SOUTHEASTERN US SUMR, FALL ME, EE, CCE, CHBE 2.50 2 area surrounding the intersec- SOUTHERN RESEARCH (C, A) BIRMINGHAM, AL SUMR, FALL, SPRG MTE, ME, AE 2.50 3 tion of Ensley Avenue and 20th TYCO FIRE & BUILDING (C, PR) ANNISTON, AL FALL, SPRG ME, IE, MTE 2.50 4 F1=F1 VISA STATUS Avenue in Birmingham, which UNITED SPACE ALLIANCE (C, PR) TX, FL, AL SUMR AE, ME, EE, CS 2.80 3 US STEEL (C, PR) FAIRFIELD, AL SUMR, FALL EE, ME, OM, MTE, IE 2.50 2 was a hub of entertainment in A=APPLICATION the Magic City’s black commu- WAYNE GRIFFIN ELECTRIC (C, PR, F1 VISA) PELHAM/MOBILE, AL FALL, SPRG CCE, IE, OM 2.20 3 nity from the ’20s through the WEYERHAEUSER (C, A) PINE HILL, AL SUMR, FALL ME, EE, EV 3.00 2 ’50s. Legend has it that when Miller was stationed at Maxwell Air Force Base in the late ’30s, he heard the song and thought it would work well for his band, so he bought it and it became one of Miller’s most popular Cooperative Education songs. While bluegrass and blues have been successful in draw- ing a broad audience to the Interview Day concert series, Ledgewood said big bands like the Glenn Miller Orchestra have traditional- ly drawn an older audience, for whom many of the songs Wednesday, March 1, 2006 are tied to good memories. That’s not to say the arts coun- cil wouldn’t like to bring out younger audience members as well. “We would love to branch out and love to include a Prepare for your career NOW! broader spectrum of ages for these big band concerts,” Ledgewood said. “Now that’s Cooperative Education Interview Day provides students with the opportunity to not a problem with the other concerts. Bluegrass seems to interview with a variety of prospective Cooperative Education Employers. be very popular; blues; a lot of UA students are really interest- Students participating in Cooperative Education Interview Day must meet all ed in those things. We’d like to requirements of The University of Alabama Cooperative Education Program. get those folks to this concert, too.” Tickets are still available, though the floor of the the- ater should be filled by concert time, Ledgewood said. Students may begin to sign up for interviews on February 13th. All students must sign up with “We’ll have quite a few walk- the Office of Cooperative Education before February 17th to be eligible for interviews. However, ups that night, and the next two days we’ll be flooded with some interview schedules are filled in the first two days. calls, probably,” Ledgewood said. “So ticket sales have been great.” The concert, sponsored by Hampton Inn, will be Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 for floor seats and $15 for those in 1 WEEK OF SIGN UP the balcony. Tickets are avail- able online at www.tuscarts. org or www.ticketleap.com and For further information call 348-6422 or visit the Cooperative Education Office at Houser Annex by phone at 758-5195. 8 THE SCENE ■ Thursday, February 9, 2006

DISCpicks DVDs released Tuesday Increasing the appetite By Corey Craft — Contributing Writer “Doom”, the long-awaited “Elizabethtown” is Cameron movie based on the hit video Crowe’s coming-of-age film game, pits marines against starring Orlando Bloom terrifying creatures on as a young man who of the average male Mars. If you’re looking for finds himself after his good acting, good dialogue father’s death. There are or even faithfulness to the some parts that don’t work, There is a Thai custom that, smell like roses. game, don’t bother with this. but in the end, this is a surpris- if you give a woman a gift, If you’re a woman, it’s best If you’re looking for a first-per- ingly good little film that is made she must give you something to ease your alpha male into son shooter sequence that isn’t as cool with excellent attention to detail and back, and vice versa. Come cunnilingus by hinting at the as it sounds, this is where you’ll find Crowe’s sympathetic characterization If you give me an apple, I With act as reciprocation for fella- it. Ultimately, it’s a waste of time and and a fantastic soundtrack. give you an apple. If I give you tio provided. If he balks at the energy. a “Harry Potter” novel, then Me idea, you can go “on .” “Waiting…” is the new com- you give me a “Family Guy” He can certainly find his way “Wallace and Gromit in the edy starring Ryan Reynolds DVD. to your vagina in that case. Curse of the Were-Rabbit” and other familiar faces as If I go down on you, then If you’re guy is still squea- is one of the funniest films bored servers at a family- you go down on me. mish, there are some other of the year, in which our style restaurant. It has its It makes sense, right? For options. There are dental beloved clay heroes pro- moments, but in the end, some guys — not so much. Liz Stierwalt dams — thin, square, some- tect a village’s vegetables it’s not as funny or insight- For some, it’s a sexually times flavored sheets of latex from the giant Were-Rabbit. ful as the brief restaurant submissive complex. For [email protected] that prevent mouth to genital Clearly the best animated film scenes in “Office Space,” going more others, it’s fear of female contact and can also protect of the year and good fun for all for gross-out comedy instead of wit. physiology. against disease transfer. You ages. Getting past these psycho- Men feel that women are can also use flavored lubri- “Just Like Heaven” is a cookie-cutter romantic comedy starring Reese logical hang-ups, however, obligated to “service” them cants or spice things up with Witherspoon as the ghostly spirit that inhabits Mark Ruffalo’s new apart- can bring an added level of — and not the other way mints. ment. Who is this mysterious girl, and why can only Ruffalo see her? I intimacy to your relationship. around. Eventually, most guys speculate that it has something to do with “true love,” and in the end the Sigmund Freud is credited But the big reason many should learn how to gain a film rather insensitively turns into “Terri Schiavo: The Romantic Comedy.” with coining the phrase “vagi- men fear cunnilingus is tolerance to the taste of a na dentata” (a vagina with the idea that the vagina is woman just like gaining a tol- teeth) to describe an innate unclean. erance to alcohol. If you can fear males have upon first see- “Yeah, the dirtiness is the drink Pabst Blue Ribbon, you ing the female genitalia. most unattractive part,” said can go down on a girl. Historically, cunnilingus has Justin McCoy, a senior major- The average-joe blowjob been viewed as a social taboo ing in journalism. “It’s really a — though common — doesn’t — some religions have con- mutual decision — I can’t fault seem quite as intimate as sidered it unnatural because either party for saying no.” cunnilingus, which is much it wasn’t procreative; some The combination of scent, more engrossing. It’s a more cultures believed it promoted taste and texture can dissuade complex, more artistic homosexual behavior among any male peruser from closer endeavor. women. examination. For many women, it’s diffi- Some states have includ- Though some women cult to orgasm off intercourse ed cunnilingus in their legal need to learn some personal alone. Cunnilingus can help prohibitions against sodomy, hygiene when it comes to vag- a woman’s self esteem — she including Alabama — though inal use and care, the “dirty won’t feel like a withered and the Code of Alabama also vagina” is a common miscon- putrid flower that no one bans all oral and anal sex ception among men. wants to pluck. between unmarried couples. As Lee Steely, a junior In the end, if you love your The Supreme Court’s 2003 majoring in English, put it, lady, you’ll want to please her decision in Lawrence v. Texas “The vagina is a self-cleaning — and this definitely will. invalidates such laws. thing.” Sexual dominance can play Regular secretions contain- Liz Stierwalt is a senior an important role in oral sex. ing a mix of bacteria and flora majoring in English. Her col- Many men subconsciously maintain the vagina’s acidity, umn appears on Thursdays in fear going down on their part- thus a normal bathing rou- The Scene. ner because of a perceived tine sufficiently maintains a exchange of power and con- level of healthy cleanliness. trol in the relationship. Still, a vagina isn’t going to Kenny Chesney returns to the Jupiter on Friday night Country music superstar Kenny out. For more information, visit Chesney will return to the Jupiter www.jupiteronthestrip.com or Bar and Grill on the Strip Friday www.ticketweb.com. night for a Habitat for Humanity benefit concert. Tickets are sold

Interested in entertainment writing? E-mail entertainment editor Ben Flanagan at flanagan@ cw.ua.edu. THE SCENE ■ Thursday, February 9, 2006 9 bombarded” with crowds. may also be attracting crowds down- DOWNTOWN Johnny Hammock, owner of The town. Continued from Page 10 Booth, perhaps the most popular Little Willie’s patrons often say bar on the Strip, said The Booth is when they are there, they feel like changed names, but not really a great a place where “people all over the they’re not in Tuscaloosa, Lloyd deal inside,” Lloyd said. “I think that spectrum can come and mesh pretty said. downtown puts a nicer spin and well.” “We are establishing an there are better options for people.” “Some bars have their niche — entertainment district downtown,” Jake French, managing partner ours is live music and a hole-in-the- Lloyd said. “It’s pretty much 95 in the upstairs bar at the Mellow wall,” he said. “You can your percent individual owners and Mushroom, said he agreed that cigarette on the floor or your plastic entrepreneurs investing their time downtown is increasingly appealing cups, and we’ll sweep it up the next and money into the city.” to the older student crowd. day. It’s just more for the college kids Lloyd, who has recently devel- People are choosing downtown that are limited in their funds.” oped the old train station at 301 to avoid heavy crowds and potential French said he arrived and began Greensboro Ave. into a banquet confrontations on the Strip, French working at the Mellow Mushroom hall, said downtown will continue to said. Downtown bars offer more in 2001 before he worked his way to grow. space to relax. a managing job. He said he noticed “I’m a firm believer as long as “They come [downtown] to the downtown surge when Fourth the quality is kept good and there hang out, drink some beers and and 23rd opened as a jazz bar, which are more options, the better,” he talk with their friends. The down- drew in the older crowd. said. “People like coming downtown CW/ Charley Parden town scene has blown up big time,” The presence of more cultural — they’re not looking for a cheap Wilhagan's owner Bill Lloyd said Little Wille's was originally a storage space, but his French said. “If you go to the Strip establishments, such as the Bama band and pitchers. They want to go love of jazz and blues led him to open up the side venue. to listen to music, you’re going to be Theatre and several art galleries, to Catch 22 and get a martini.” ‘Get Rich or Die Tryin’{ 2005 ■ Jim Sheridan} The University’s source Rap superstar 50 Cent portrays a young for entertainment news man who uses his experiences with violence and gangs as inspiration to Ben Flanagan ■ Editor develop into a successful rap artist. the

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Scene Ferg Thursday, February 9, 2006 10 FLICKS to catch With more sophisticated, Ferguson Center Theater laid-back atmosphere, the (Thursday to Sunday) downtown scene is winning “Get Rich or Die Tryin’” (R) Cobb Hollywood 16 patrons from the Strip (starts Friday) “Curious George” (G) “Final Destination 3” (R) “Firewall” (PG-13) rising “The Pink Panther” (PG) “Something New” (PG-13) “When a Stranger Calls” (PG- downtown 13) “Annapolis” (PG-13) “Big Momma’s House 2” (PG- 13) “Nanny McPhee” (PG) “End of the Spear” (PG-13) “Underworld: Evolution” (R) “Glory Road” (PG) “Hoodwinked” (PG) “Last Holiday” (PG-13) “Brokeback Mountain” (R) “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” (PG) “Walk the Line” (PG-13) *“Good Night, and Good Luck” (PG) Bama Six (starts Friday) “Rumor Has It” (PG-13) “Cheaper by the Dozen 2” (PG) “The Family Stone” (PG-13) “King Kong” (PG-13) “Rent” (PG-13) “Yours, Mine and Ours” (PG) “Chicken Little” (G) “Saw II” (R)

* CW pick NlGHT life CW/ Cory Johnson Jake French, managing partner of the upstairs bar at Mellow Mushroom, said downtown’s popularity is growing. Thursday ■ The Booth – Meteorite ■ Mellow Mushroom – Ham Bagby and the Siege ■ The Concourse – Lurker’s BY BEN FLANAGAN find a place to relax, said Lounge, $2 dance party Entertainment Editor Lloyd, who is also president ■ ■ Little Willie’s– Kenny Acosta [email protected] of the Downtown Merchants and the Housewreckers Association. ■ Rhythm ‘N’ Brews– Runaway Lloyd said he likes the Coal Train Strip, but students reach a ■ Boo Radley’s – Tenacious ike many other certain age when they need a D’s Nuts students, Steve fresh place to listen to wider Dooling sees variety bands and drink downtown bars as good drinks if they’re willing Friday a viable place to to pay a little extra. ■ The Booth – U Melt go out, sometimes “As it’s happened in a lot of ■ * Mellow Mushroom – Baak even preferring the cities, you’ve had some rede- Gwai, Chinese Dentist L Temerson Square velopment of downtown area ■ Fourth and 23rd – Frankie scene to the Strip, the tradi- with some very neat venues Velvet and the Mighty tional nightspot for genera- with a lot of character in the Veltones tions of UA students. historic buildings,” Lloyd ■ Little Willie’s – Topper Price “I think [downtown] is said. The downtown bars, ■ Rhythm ‘N’ Brews more laid back. The bars he said, “don’t offer cheap – Reckless are nicer,” said Dooling, a entertainment where you’re ■ Boo Radley’s – Jackson senior majoring in market- packed in, but nicer quality Jones ing. “They’re more geared where you don’t mind paying CW/ Cory Johnson ■ Egan’s – The Hell, Shallow towards customer. You can for it a little.” Innisfree Irish Pub on Greensboro Avenue is a favorite downtown spot. Graves, Jes Grew just drink, have a good time Lloyd said Wilhagen’s ■ Jupiter Bar and Grill and play some pool.” had record sales numbers – Kenny Chesney (sold out) But though the scene in January, and many other has been packed nearly downtown bars had a “great every weekend this semes- fall.” Saturday ter, downtown used to be Lloyd’s bars, along with ■ The Booth – Deputy 5 little more than DePalma’s Catch 22, Mellow Mushroom, ■ Mellow Mushroom – Rick Italian Cafe, said Bill Lloyd, Inisfree, Fourth and 23rd and Brantley the owner of Wilhagen’s and others are in large, architec- ■ The Concourse – Leaving the adjacent jazz bar, Little turally detailed buildings, Sydney, The Judy Garland Willie’s. and they put an emphasis Death Squad, The Failed, Lloyd said the restaurant’s on atmosphere. The Hell chic and hospitable environ- Whereas the Strip is about ■ Fourth and 23rd – Bullitt ment paved the way for own- 95 percent student-oriented, ■ Little Willie’s – Clay ers to bring other businesses downtown nightspots get a Swafford to the downtown entertain- good mix of students and ■ Rhythm ‘N’ Brews – Silver ment scene. local residents, Lloyd said. Creek Owners wanted to make “The bars on the Strip ■ Jupiter Bar and Grill downtown a classy scene haven’t really changed since – Hawaiian bikini contest where the older college I was in school. They’ve crowd that has grown out CW/ Elliot Knight * CW pick of the Strip locations could See DOWNTOWN, Page 9 The bar top at Little Willie’s features photograph cutouts of various jazz legends from throughout the decades.

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