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Thursday, June 16, 2005 Serving the University of Alabama since 1894 Volume 112, Issue 2 Trustees to decide Councilman on tuition increase faces more Proposed tuition for Alabama residents and than the past two tuition explain how much money 6.73 percent for out-of-state increases at the University. An each institution needs to gen- allegations increase lower students. The total amount increase of about 12 percent erate from tuition. of tuition combined with was enacted for the 2004-05 “The tuition and fee presen- 2002 incident The report, made than previous ones required fees would increase academic year, and an tation is part of a larger discus- by two officers, says to $4,864 for in-state stu- increase of about 16 percent sion about budget assump- in Palmore Cunningham sat up By STEPHEN DAWKINS dents and $13,516 for out- for in-state students and 17 tions and priorities,” she said. in the truck when a Administrative Affairs Editor of-state students. percent for out-of-state stu- “Each campus will make a Park reported patrol car pulled up The proposed UA increases dents was approved for the summarized but thorough behind him. When The UA System Board of are higher than those at UAB 2003-04 academic year. report.” after sting Cunningham was Trustees will meet Friday to (under 3 percent), UAH UA System spokeswoman Tuition is only a part of an arrest asked to walk to the vote on tuition increases for (under 4 percent), and hikes Kellee Reinhart said the institution’s revenue, Reinhart rear of the car all three institutions in the recently approved by the board does not consider said. State appropriations, By SAMANTHA HALL James Cunningham was obvious that his system. boards of the University of tuition increases at institu- research grant money and Senior Staff Reporter pants were undone According to information North Alabama (under 3 per- tions outside the system. auxiliary services, which incl- and that he was try- released by the UA System, cent) and the University of Instead, the board focuses on ude revenue from sources Tuscaloosa City Councilman ing to cover them up with UA officials have proposed West Alabama (3 percent). presentations made by UA, James Cunningham was arres- his shirt, according to the an increase of 5.05 percent They are, however, less UAB and UAH officials that See TUITION, Page 2 ted for soliciting an undercover report. police officer for sex last When asked why his pants month, but a three-year-old were undone, the report says police report has brought fur- Cunningham explained that ther allegations toward the he had just gone to the rest- first-term councilman. room. A 2002 Tuscaloosa police The report says one of the report says Cunningham was officers also spoke with the found with a woman in a parked truck in Palmore Park. See COUNCILMAN, Page 2 at Bonnaroo

form of hallucinogen as she begins her Music festival packed mantra, “Bonnaroo is about the communi- with jam bands, ty, we all need to become friends… “will Midtown sold you take me to the musssic?” wet and wild After she says this about 15 times I get her point and offer to take her to the music, good times a long and arduous journey for someone in her fragile condition, about 2 a.m. on by developer By MATTHEW ABBEY Staff Reporter Saturday, the second day of music. We change our walk from a stagger to a the long-embattled Midtown swagger and make it through the security Pate sells off shopping center project. Saturated with festival , checkpoint to the music, only then does Pate, president of Pate mud, beer and God knows troubled shopping Roxanne become overwhelmed with her Flagship LLC and Sealy LLC, how many other impurities, current state of mind and pass out in the center project said he had been entertaining a young Bonnaroonian calcu- grass. I make sure she is OK and leave her to offers for the past few weeks latingly staggers up to my position as I contemplate the mysteries of LSD. By SAMANTHA HALL before deciding to sell. He watch her progress. is a diverse Senior Staff Reporter made his plans to sell the site “Hellooo, are you having a fun a fun time community of people, around 80,000 who public in May after months of at Bonnarooooo? I’m Roxanne,” she said. Tuscaloosa developer Stan hinting. She is obviously in the depths of some See BONNAROO, Page 7 Pate announced Wednesday “I went through a process afternoon that Cypress and selected Cypress Equities Equities and development as the team that I felt could partner Lee Roy Jordan have agreed to acquire the site of See MIDTOWN, Page 5

CW/ Charley Parden CW/ Elliot Knight Tuscaloosa developer Stan Pate planned to build Midtown, a shopping center modeled after The LEFT: Fans pack in under "bobbleheads", which were just one of the many installations around Centeroo. ABOVE: Fans dance and cheer as The Summit in Birmingham, on a large lot across from McFarland Mall at the intersection of Benevento/Russo Duo and play a rendition of "Foam" by , Gordon's former band. McFarland Boulevard and 15th Street. He announced the sale of the site Wednesday afternoon.

A gravel trail built in an SGA renovation of New Marr’s Pond trail washing away Marr’s Pond appears to be eroding. The Trail built by SGA, to restore the pond appears to the way to class, Smyth said. three-stage project to restore it. pond is located have been damaged by rainfall. The plants are also necessary Smyth said he had not been out on Capstone students appears In two places, the gravel from to stabilize the slope of the hill to the trail to see the damage. Drive across the the trail appears to have washed and prevent severe erosion, Efforts to reach facilities offi- street from the damaged by rain down the hill into the pond, which contributes to the pond’s cials about the maintenance of Ferguson Center leaving behind deep trenches in pollution. the trail were unsuccessful this parking deck. By LORI CREEL the trail and gravel in the water. Smyth said the gravel trail week. Senior Staff Reporter Stage one of the Marr’s Pond was created along a path that SGA officials consulted a CW/ Kristen restoration project was finished had already been worn down by Birmingham architectural firm Mance After weeks of heavy rain in in early April, said SGA Vice pedestrians. The project includ- and an environmentalist to help Tuscaloosa, some of the newly President of Student Affairs ed cutting more into the hill so with the project. restored areas around Marr’s Justice Smyth. SGA members that the trail could be larger and Marr’s Pond was a popular Pond built by the SGA and stu- and other student volunteers adding gravel to improve its place for students to swim or dent volunteers at the end of planted almost 5,000 plants and appearance. lounge between classes until spring look less than perfect. trees around the pond as part of Smyth said UA grounds crews 1978, when its waters were A new gravel trail that cuts their effort to restore the area to are supposed to maintain the deemed unsafe for swimming into the hill east of the pond a place for students to spend area for one year and SGA because of heavy bank erosion that was built as part of an effort time or at least walk through on would continue working on the and pollution.

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nightclub, Carlos n’ could not be placed majoring in chemical engineer- Brief Students say media Charlie’s. on any one person. ing, also said that the coverage IN coverage overblown Abraham Jones, 28, Cooley said Holl- was overblown. “The media and Nick John, 30, oway’s decision to just happens to love certain CAMPUS By NICOLE WAITES were security guards get into the car with people,” he said. Staff Reporter at a hotel near the the three men was Although students were con- UA museum’s TV series picks up Emmy nod Holiday Inn where poor judgment and a cerned, some said Holloway’s The disappearance of Nat- Holloway was staying. major factor in her disappearance would not have “Discovering Alabama,” an award-winning nature televi- alee Holloway in Aruba has They were arrested on disappearance. any influence on their plans to sion series produced by the UA Museum of Natural History, captured the attention of some suspicions in connec- Natalee Holloway “She is somewhat travel abroad. is one of three finalists for an Emmy Award presented by the students at the Capstone tion with her disap- to blame, but the Brandon Stevens, a sopho- southeastern chapter of the National Association of because the Mountain Brook pearance but were chaperones should more majoring in chemical Television Arts and Sciences. teen had planned to attend the released earlier this week. have been watching [the stu- engineering, said one event The winners will be announced Saturday at the Grand Capstone starting this week in The other three suspects in dents],” Cooley said. should not keep people from Hyatt in Atlanta at the 2005 Southeast Regional Emmy the fall. custody: Joran Van Der Sloot, Students also criticized the leaving the country. Awards. Their reaction seemed to be 17; Satish Kalpoe, 18; and his way the news media’s por- “I’m a guy,” Stevens said. mostly critical toward those brother, Depak Kalpoe, 21, trayal of Aruba during the “I still feel secure about trav- involved and media coverage were the last people to have incident. eling.” Rapper David Banner interview on New Rock of the incident. any contact with Holloway “The media blows it out of Cooley said he also felt secure. Rap artist David Banner will be interviewed tonight on Holloway, who traveled to and are now the main focus [proportion]… and shows “I’d go,” Cooley said. “I’m New Rock 90.7 FM’s “The Wide World of Hip-Hop.” The Aruba to celebrate her high of the investigation. They are America as great and every- smart enough to control show begins at 10 p.m. school graduation, was deemed still being held for question- where else as being full of myself.” missing on May 30 after she ing by Aruban authorities. horrible things,” Cooley said. failed to show up for the return Brandon Cooley, a junior Cooley said incidents like Summer Metro/State Editor flight to Alabama and was last majoring in management the one involving Holloway Will Nevin and information College of Education earns high marks from state officials seen getting into a car with information system, said all can happen anywhere. from The Associated Press con- three men at a popular Aruban the blame for the incident Rese Schofield, a senior tributed to this report. The Alabama Department of Education recently released the results of its annual education scorecard, and all 12 pro- grams in the UA College of Education received A’s. The col- lege was the largest institution to receive an overall A. Even though the Legis- The department uses a standardized system that surveys COUNCILMAN TUITION lature did not pass an Edu- school administrators to grade graduates of state educa- Continued from Page 1 Continued from Page 1 cation Trust Fund budget tion programs. until the end of the session woman with Cunningham. such as book stores and and the amount of money It says the woman said she parking fees, are also consid- higher education was to and the councilman had ered by the board. receive was a hot, sometimes Menacing, PlayStation theft reported on campus this week known each other for two A joint meeting of the troubling topic, state institu- months and had sexual con- Finance and Academic tions will receive more money The following crimes were reported to the UA Police tact four times. Affairs and Planning com- from the state than last year. Department this week: She told the officer that mittees will hear presenta- “The governor and the Cunningham would pay tions by UA, UAB and UAH Legislature both showed June 7 her $20 or $30 for sexual officials. strong support for higher • A Canon A310 Power Shot digital camera and memory favors and that he would Auburn University’s Board stick were reported stolen from Coleman Coliseum. education in Alabama,” often buy her gifts and food. of Trustees took no official Reinhart said. The woman also admitted action regarding a tuition June 8 The Physical Properties to the officer that she had a increase, but that board’s last • Stolen property was recovered at Sixth Avenue in the Committee meeting will also crack addiction but did not meeting was before the Gertrude’s parking lot. The property included a Chi be important because of the smoke everyday. Alabama Legislature decided Omega wallet/key chain containing two Alabama driver’s large amount of planned and Cunningham told officers the amount of state money licenses, $250 cash, an ACTion Card, a Bama Dining card ongoing construction at the that he didn't know her, that Alabama’s public institu- and a set of keys. University, Reinhart said. “It’s which she said was a lie, and • Menacing was reported at Coleman Coliseum. tions would receive. a full agenda,” she said. that he was simply giving the woman a ride home. June 9 Neither Cunningham nor • A Regions Bank checkbook and $37 in cash were reported stolen from Coleman Coliseum. the woman was arrested. • A PlayStation 2 and an NCAA Football 2004 videogame Cunningham could not be were stolen from 140 McCorvey Drive. reached for comment this week and neither could his June 10 attorney, Joel Sogol, who was • Three pictures were stolen from the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity working on another case in house. Marengo County. • The windshield of a 1996 Ford Explorer was damaged at Tuscaloosa Police Chief the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house. Ken Swindle said there was no probable cause in the inci- June 11 dent, so they were simply • Public intoxication was reported in the Publix parking lot. asked to leave the park. • A plastic bag containing a substance presumed to be mar- He said not all prostitution ijuana was found at 1600 26th Ave. solicitation cases can be treated the same. "There are June 13 different cases with different • A bracelet was stolen from Private Gallery Jewelry and Gifts. scenarios and you can't gen- • An ACTion Card was stolen from the Bruno Business library. eralize them," he said. The officers called their — Tatiana Richards supervisor shortly after ques- tioning Cunningham. There was probable cause NATION in the May incident, Swindle said. Schiavo autopsy shows massive brain damage Cunningham’s May arrest report says he approached LARGO, Fla. (AP) – The autopsy of Terri Schiavo backed her an undercover officer and husband’s contention that she was in a persistent vegetative told her that he wanted to state, finding she was severely and irreversibly brain-dam- take her to a hotel for sexual aged and blind as well. The report, released Wednesday, also intercourse and oral sex found no evidence that she was strangled or otherwise in exchange for $25. The abused before she collapsed. Yet medical examiners could report also says the arrest not say for certain what caused her sudden 1990 collapse, was both audio and video long thought to have been brought on by an eating disorder. recorded. City prosecutors and municipal Judge Madelene QUOTE OF THE DAY Hollingsworth have stepped aside from Cunningham’s “It is high, but, you know, it’s supply case, which is set for bench trial on July 21. Assistant City and demand. You only have so many Attorney Tim Nunally said the city went to someone who did parking spaces, so for the people who not have daily contact with Cunningham. want them bad enough I am sure they Montgomery prosecutor will pay the money to get them.” Robert Russell Jr. will try the case and Brent and Centre- ville municipal Judge Bryan -Rob Carson, a senior majoring in American Brinyark will fill in for Hollingsworth. studies, about new reserved parking permits. Cunningham, who was See “Campus parking fees to rise in fall,” elected to serve District 1 in 2001, told The Tuscaloosa Page 3. News in May that he would seek re-election in Aug. 23’s The Crimson White is the community newspaper of The University of Alabama. 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Thursday, June 16, 2005 NEWS The Crimson White • Page 3 Campus parking UA students optimistic fees to rise in fall about new living laws Changes allow together, and [the landlord] us that way,” he said. told us if we weren’t related, we Adam Bradley, a senior Reserved permit holders supply and demand. You only couldn’t have any more than I majoring in video communi- Cost of most will now be allowed to park in have so many parking spaces, more to live in think maybe two or three peo- cations, said the ordinances any green zone in addition to so for the people who want student permits certain residences ple living with us.” are a “win-win” for family their reserved permit area, them bad enough, I am sure Biddle had to rethink his liv- neighborhoods and student increases by $20 Robertson said. they will pay the money to get By KEVIN RAINEY ing arrangements because of communities. The new desig- Robertson said students them.” Staff Reporter nations for residential areas By KEVIN RAINEY should also know that their the rules. “That’s what actually ended will help protect the historic Staff Reporter parking tags allow them to Other parking changes The Tuscaloosa City Council park in certain decks, like the up putting me in a dorm, passed new zoning amend- because they would not rent to See ORDINANCE, Page 5 Finding a parking spot on Ferguson Center deck. Some When the new academic ments at a May meeting that campus can be difficult, and decks only require students to year begins in August, the could affect UA students who the right to park on campus is swipe their cards to get out. south ten Hoor deck will live off campus, but some stu- getting more expensive. Robert McAllister, a junior change from open faculty and dents said they were not aware Regular student parking majoring in healthcare, said reserved student parking to of the rules changes. permits for commuters, fresh- he only learned recently that reserved parking for faculty Overall, however, students man commuters, residents he did not have to pay to park and students on a first-come, seemed favorable to the and handicap students will at the Ferguson Center park- first-serve basis. changes. increase from $60 to$80 in the ing deck. During the summer term The ordinances are intended fall. “I did not actually know only red commuters may park to protect Tuscaloosa’s historic Regular faculty parking per- that until this year – and I will in the top two levels of the districts by permitting only two mits for 2005-06 will also be a senior,” he said. deck. unrelated people to reside in increase from $60 to $80. The Robertson said that it is The new north ten Hoor homes in those districts. visitor parking deck fee will important for students to deck will be completed no Landlords who own prop- increase from $1 to $3 per day. carefully read this year’s park- later than Aug. 15, Robertson erty around the campus, how- Reserved faculty and reserved ing map and new regulations said. It will be open to com- ever, can now have up to five student permit fees will to understand all of the muters and visitors with 669 occupants in those residences increase from $130 and $120 changes. parking spaces and 61 new provided they meet certain respectively to $230 for both Edward Tang, an associate surface spaces. standards set by the city, such permits. professor in American stud- A new parking area between as providing additional parking Faculty members may have ies, said the new price of the ten Hoor Hall and the new and bedrooms and a visually the fee deducted from their reserved faculty permit is north ten Hoor parking deck appealing exterior. payroll in pre-tax dollars, high. Tang said he currently will have 150 non-reserved Landlords who own resi- while students can have the parks in the ten Hoor Hall area faculty parking spaces that dences roughly inside the fee charged to their UA with a regular faculty permit. students will not be allowed to boundaries of Queen City account. Tang said many business park in. Faculty can also park Avenue, Jack Warner Parkway, Ronnie Robertson, director professors and College of Arts on Ninth Avenue, Stadium Hackberry Lane and 15th of UA Transportation Services, and Sciences faculty park Drive, Marr’s Spring Road or Street can apply to take advan- said the fee increases are nec- near ten Hoor. The changes in Capstone Drive. tage of the loosened rules. essary to help pay for the con- parking prices could result in The recently completed John Biddle, a senior major- struction and maintenance of an unintentional “economic Ferguson deck has added 500 ing in management, said he parking lots and decks. segregation” of faculty, he said. parking spaces, while the was surprised by Tuscaloosa’s Robertson said parking regis- “Business professors make Campus Drive deck has added old occupancy rules, which tration fees have not gone up more, so they can afford to 632 spaces and 212 surround- only allowed three unrelated in the past three years, but pay more for the reserved per- ing surface spaces. people to live together, when 3,000 more parking spaces are mits,” Tang said. The new northeast lot at he moved to the city a few years now available on campus. Rob Carson, a senior major- Hackberry Lane and Research ago. Robertson said reserved ing in American studies, said Drive now has more than 500 “When I first moved down parking permits are still the fee for the reserved stu- parking spaces available for here, it was going to be me and cheaper at the University than dent permit is very high, but all permit holders. three other guys,” Biddle said. most other southern public he does not fault students and The penalty for illegally “We were going to get a house universities surveyed by the faculty that are able to pur- parking in a handicap parking department. chase the permits. space has increased from $50 “There is big demand “For those that are fortu- to $100. from students and faculty,” nate to have the $230 pass, A student’s fourth zone vio- Robertson said. “The demand they are getting guaranteed lation will now carry a $25 is great and there is also a parking,” Carson said. “It is fine. That penalty was once necessity there.” high, but, you know, it’s charged on the fifth violation. 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Buddy Hughes Richard D. Lee Stephen Dawkins Ben Flanagan Sports Editor Deputy Sports Editor Administrative Affairs Editor Entertainment Editor Opinions 348-8057 348-8057 348-6146 348-9241 162005 Page 4 Our View The sideshow has gotten old After living in Tuscaloosa Fox News and I’m not upset things that affect far more and central Alabama for three CNN are equally use- because TV news has people than the latest years, I’ve concluded that the less, as most of their gotten dumber, bec- sideshow attractions – has Don’t be been inadequate and they only thing I miss about north news content is now ause that’s likely to Alabama other than family is “analysis” with talk- lure in ratings and occasionally act like they don’t Huntsville TV news. ing heads on polar money. I’m upset how to cover serious issues. I miss the investigative opposite sides of a because they’re dum- I’ve worked in Birmingham reports on bad restaurants topic being question- bing down because as a reporter and I know it is and the weathermen who ed by a robot who it’s the easiest way to ripe with good, interesting terrorists occasionally predict how apparently wasn’t pull in those ratings. stories that can fit into 15 to 30 many people will die as a programmed to be a DAMAGE CONTROL They could actually second bites and need the According to U.S. officials, Mohamed al-Qahtani storm system passes through. competent inter- Nick Beadle get out and find real attention TV offers, but of Why? Because compared to viewer. stories that will get course, the nasty problem is was set to be the 20th hijacker in the Sept. 11, 2001 the mind numbing crap that Look at what’s hap- people interested in that they require a bit more attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the bigger Birmingham TV pened to Lou Dobbs. He was the news, but they seem to just effort and aren’t quite so fami- but was denied entry to the United States a month stations call news, broadcast once a fairly respectable finan- go for the lowest common ly friendly. before. Later caught on the Pakistan-Afghanistan news in north Alabama is cial journalist, but he’s denominator stories that But listen, I’m certain that frontier, he was brought to the U.S. prison camp at deep, hard-hitting stuff. devolved into one of those old come to them from frilly press most anything that takes more Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 2002. Despite being based in a men who sit around and talk releases or police incident than a bare minimum amount There, he told interrogators about how al-Qaeda city ripe with news, all the about why they don’t like reports. Heck, the cable net- of reporting would draw more Birmingham stations give me immigrants all day – except works have practically ratings as a top story than that operatives crossed borders without being detected. is the latest attraction in a unlike other immigrant-hating become big local crime blot- rabies vaccination clinic for al-Qahtani also gave information on how Osama bin sideshow: whether it be way old men, he’s televised nation- ters. pets in Hoover some of the Laden evaded capture and sold out the 30 bin Laden too excited stories on some wide for an hour every week- And while my beloved stations were going to chase bodyguards that were imprisoned in Guantanamo. hairy guy from Helena who night. north Alabama TV news sta- down. Thanks to a Time magazine report, we now know placed second in an overrated Even CNN’s Headline News, tions did blow up American They owe that extra effort to how interrogators forced al-Qahtani to talk. A classi- version of “Star Search” or which was the last bastion of Idol runner-up ’s the people in their coverage fied logbook from the prison camp detailed al- interviews with people who quick and informative TV news, Huntsville connections, they area, who are unfortunately didn’t know missing Mountain has been dumbed down with came nowhere near the still more likely to turn to Qahtani’s Guantanamo stay: his head and beard Brook teen Natalee Holloway, the inclusion of primetime smothering, over-the-top cov- them for local news than were shaved, he was deprived of sleep using loud but have something to say “news” programs that break its erage Birmingham stations newspapers or the Internet. music, he was forced to bark like a dog, he was strad- about her disappearance once neverending 30-minute gave the story. Those people deserve more dled by a female interrogator and pictures of women because they want on TV. newscast format for more Meanwhile, their coverage than a sideshow. were hung around his neck. Then again, things aren’t useless celebrity news and of former Healthsouth CEO On another occasion after refusing water and much better in the intellectual one-sided “legal analysis” that Richard Scrushy’s fraud trial Nick Beadle is summer editor being given an IV, he was told that a restroom visit wasteland that is cable news. sometimes ignores the law. and various state issues – of The Crimson White was only possible after giving interrogators what they wanted to know. When that didn’t work, he was forced to urinate on himself. In short, he was tortured. In an interview with Fox News Channel’s “Hannity & Colmes,” Vice President Dick Cheney seemingly brushed aside any and all complaints about Guantanamo Bay. “The important thing here to understand is that the people that are at Guantanamo are bad people,” the vice president said. Bad people. They’re just bad people. Does that justi- fy robbing them of their dignity, Mr. Vice President? Clearly, those imprisoned at Gitmo are not the nicest people, but after similar incidents at Abu Ghraib, we’re getting pretty close to becoming the “bad people.” In most of the armed conflicts this country has been involved in, we’ve been able to claim the moral high ground. Wars like World War II and even the first Gulf War had a clear right and a clear wrong. And America was on the right side: the side of compassion, freedom, human decency. But now, we’ve taken great lengths to obtain infor- mation, no matter how dated it might be. We can torture, abuse and malign any prisoner and any cul- ture at any time with no real repercussion or reform. Newsweek shook up the Muslim world a few weeks ago with reports that American forces were abusing the Quran, the holy text of Islam. While the story was quickly retracted, Defense Department investigations have discovered abuses of the Quran – and flushing a book down the toilet is the very least Braxton CW/ Thrash of what has been going on. If the events that happened to al-Qahtani were so meticulously chronicled, then what else goes on behind closed doors and off the record? Information Take the law back from the courts is indeed valuable, but is torture worth it? Are degrading, dehumanizing techniques something we By John Semmens Even so, Thomas Jefferson punishment, Supreme Court Court looks like the fulfill- want our armed forces to apply? felt that allowing the court to Justice Anthony Kennedy ment of Plato’s vision. Then there’s the whole topic of rendering – out- Alexander Hamilton thought exercise such authority over asserted, “It is proper that we It doesn’t have to be this sourcing prisoners to third-party countries without the judiciary would be the the laws “would place us acknowledge the overwhelm- way. Article III of the Constitu- any laws preventing torture. With rendition, whatev- weakest branch of the federal under the despotism of an oli- ing weight of international tion grants Congress the er hope of oversight we might have is completely government established by the garchy.” opinion.” Yet nowhere in the power to regulate courts. The U.S. Constitution. The current battle over Constitution does it state or Constitution Restoration Act gone. It’s the Defense Department’s way of saying, “If On paper, it looks like judicial vacancies lends cre- imply that our courts use proposes to restrict the we could do it, we would – but we can’t, so we’re Hamilton was right. The dence to Jefferson’s fear. international opinion as a courts’ jurisdiction, bar shipping them off.” executive branch commands Democrats have been filibus- standard for decision-making. reliance upon foreign laws in As the furor over Gitmo grows, several have called the armed forces. The legisla- tering to block the Senate One might think lawmakers decision-making and define for its closure. President Bush said that all options ture controls appropriations from voting on some of of both major political parties the causes for impeachment were on the table, while Cheney steadfastly defends and taxes. Both the executive President Bush’s nominees. would be uneasy with over- of judges. the American base even while it drowns in a sea of and the legislature have Democrats contend this fili- turning American laws based Whether it passes that act direct links to voters – the buster is essential for preserv- on such non-American stan- or chooses another vehicle, horrible international public relations. The adminis- ultimate source of sovereign- ing constitutional govern- dards. Today, it might be Congress needs to reassert tration never means to contradict itself, so either ty in a republic. The judici- ment. But the filibuster is not Republican-passed laws dis- the primacy of elected repre- Bush is trying to appease those pesky human rights ary, by contrast, is dependent an established constitutional respected by the court. sentatives in lawmaking. If observers or he just didn’t have the day’s talking upon the executive for principle. It is a tradition of Tomorrow, it might be courts are to overrule statutes points. They’re all on the same page behind the appointment and the Senate the Senate, in the past used Democrat-passed laws. they ought to point to scenes, so Gitmo isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. for confirmation. primarily by southerners to But both sides of the aisle the precise clause of the Should we really close Guantanamo? We do need a But in 1803, the Supreme prevent votes on civil rights have accepted the concept Constitution that invalidates Court declared it had the legislation. that courts will always have the statute. Congress needs place to hold international prisoners captured in the authority to strike down laws Resorting to the historically the last say. That’s why both to scrutinize court decisions War on Terror; then again, we have hundreds of incompatible with the stained filibuster is evidence Democrats and Republicans to ensure this standard is met other military bases both here and around the globe Constitution. of the seriousness of the focus on who becomes a and take action if it is not. that could do the job. As a concept, that isn’t inher- struggle. Judicial appoint- judge. This is our best option to try In the end, it’s the practice of torture that must ently bad. The Constitution is ments are tremendously The shift of power to the to ensure that “government stop, and closing one base won’t change that. the supreme law of the land. important these days – largely courts is transforming our of the people, by the people, We’re trying to win a battle against fear, oppres- Arduous steps are required to because judges have gone government from the republic for the people shall not per- amend it. That wouldn’t make beyond their traditional role envisioned by the nation’s ish from the Earth.” sion and terror – and we certainly can’t win that much sense if any law passed of interpreting the law and founders into something fight if we insist on using those same instruments by a simple majority in Con- comparing statutes to the more akin to the republic John Semmens is an economist ourselves. gress were allowed to stand, Constitution. envisioned by Plato. Plato and public policy advisor to even if it contradicted provi- For example, in a recently favored rule by a few philoso- The Heartland Institute in Our View is the consensus of The CW editorial board. sions of the Constitution. decided case on capital pher kings. The Supreme Chicago.

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I think he should get house of a student that was Former Alabama lems for Pryor, any question that primary legacy will be the credit for that.” better taken care of than if it AG now federal Stewart said. Judge Pryor is more 2003 ouster of former were a family that owned the The Democratic than qualified for this Alabama chief justice Roy house,” Bradley said. “So judge for life filibuster that had position. I congratu- Moore from the Alabama people who own the houses, prevented Pryor late him and I con- Supreme Court. like families living there, I By WILL NEVIN from coming to the gratulate Sen. Shelby As attorney general, Pryor think will take better care of Summer Metro/State Editor floor for two years and Sen. Sessions, prosecuted Moore, who ref- them than college students.” was broken June 8 who have been tire- used to obey a federal court Former Alabama attorney Councilman Lee Garrison by a 67-32 vote. Bill Pryor less advocates for order calling for the removal said he believes the amend- general Bill Pryor was grant- Sen. Jeff Sessions, Judge Pryor in the of a Ten Commandments ments will encourage land- ed a lifetime seat to the 11th R-Ala, said in a Senate.” monument. The Court of the lords to increase the quality of Circuit Court of Appeals statement that the vote was Alabama Republican Party Judiciary then removed student housing. He said that last week as the U.S. Senate important. Chairwoman Twinkle Andress Moore from office. more students per residence ended a long and con- “Judge Pryor had majority Cavanaugh applauded the Stewart said Pryor’s prose- could create lower individual tentious fight over his nomi- support in the Senate all Senate for setting aside parti- cution created enemies for rent payments for some stu- nation. along, but he could not get a san differences to confirm him in the state. dents who live off campus. Pryor had been a recess final up-or-down vote Pryor. “It showed [Pryor’s] ability Francesca Elzey, a junior appointee to the court since because of the Democrats’ “Bill Pryor is an excellent to put law above political majoring in telecommunica- February 2004. filibuster,” Sessions said. judge with a superb record, gain,” Stewart said. “It took a tions and film and broadcast Pryor’s 53-45 confirmation Alabama’s other senator, and he will continue to serve lot of courage on his part. news, said the ordinances vote was the last and closest Republican Richard Shelby, the 11th Circuit with fairness “He did what he felt was will encourage landlords to vote covered under a recent also advocated Pryor’s con- and integrity,” Cavanaugh invest in and remodel prop- Senate agreement brokered firmation. In a floor speech said. erties. by moderates that prevented on Thursday, Shelby said While Pryor’s recess app- “Nobody wants to stay in a the shut down of the cham- Pryor was needed for the fed- ointment would have expired rat hole,” Elzey said. “We pay ber under the “nuclear eral judiciary. at the end of the year, he now our money to go here and we option,” a procedural move “Whether as a prosecutor, has a lifetime appointment want to live in comfort.” that would have ended judi- a defense attorney, the attor- and his involvement in Elzey said the new ordi- cial filibusters and likely left ney general of the state of Alabama politics is likely over. nances could aid UA the Senate stalled for the Alabama, or a federal judge, Pryor’s appointed replace- President Robert Witt’s plan foreseeable future. [Pryor] understands and ment as attorney general, to increase the Capstone’s The agreement preserved respects the constitutional Troy King, is the favorite to student enrollment to 28,000. the filibuster for “extreme” role of the judiciary and win election next year, But she also said UA officials circumstances and allowed specifically the role of the Stewart said. need to take steps to promote votes on Priscilla Owen and federal courts in our legal “I haven’t heard of anyone on-campus residences. Janice Rogers Brown, both of system,” Shelby said in the to challenge him,” Stewart “I think they should hon- whom have already been prepared remarks. said. estly remodel the current confirmed. Some Alabama officials Stewart said King, a UA law buildings that we are in, and William Stewart, former applauded Pryor’s confirma- graduate, is a conservative, that will help to promote chairman of the UA political tion. hard-nosed and tough-mind- people who want to stay here science department, said the “Bill Pryor is a man of inte- ed individual. Stewart said on campus,” Elzey said. “It struggle for Pryor’s confirma- grity, fairness and deep con- King could serve a total of 10 shouldn’t be a problem, but tion had much to do with his viction, and I’m very pleased years as attorney general – the University has to do their conservative background. the U.S. Senate finally put par- the two years left on Pryor’s part in order for the students “He did seem to take right tisan politics aside and gave term and eight years if elect- to want to be part of that.” wing positions on some him an up-or-down vote on ed to consecutive terms. Incoming freshmen will be issues like gay rights and his confirmation,” Gov. Bob Stewart said that while required to live on campus abortion,” Stewart said. Riley said in a statement Pryor is still relatively young starting in fall 2006. Being from Alabama also released after the vote. and his future on the 11th

the purchase. of the country,” said Scott Redwood Lumber Company. MIDTOWN Cypress Equities’ Atlanta Harrington, managing partner Pate had planned Midtown Continued from Page 1 office will develop the proper- of Cypress Equities’ Southeast to be a shopping center like ty, though a development plan office, in a release. Birmingham’s The Summit or carry on the vision I had for has not been finalized. Cypress Equities is an affili- Hoover’s Patton Creek. Pate this project and for the “We are thrilled to have this ate of Staubach Retail. Jordan is had wanted city assistance in Tuscaloosa community,” Pate opportunity in Tuscaloosa a former middle linebacker for funding the project, but had said. “I had a choice and I both for the quality of the the Crimson Tide football team been turned down by the City chose them.” property as well as the chance and the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys. Council and has had a con- There were no immediate to be part of the tremendous He is currently president of tentious relationship with the details about the terms of growth going on in this region Dallas-based Lee Roy Jordan Council and other city officials.

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Check out The Crimson White on the Web Poorly lit Jolie and Pitt can’t save ‘Smith’ at www.cw.ua.edu. I promised myself charisma possess- is the fact that it is possible to that if I did indeed ed by the two leads, marry both commercial and take the assignment the movie itself artistic success in a way that of reviewing “Mr. and offers little that will satisfies both ends of the film- Mrs. Smith,” my sustain it as a truly making spectrum. review would sound memorable movie The most confusing aspect totally different from once everyone sees of “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” lies all of the identical it once just to flush in the aesthetic approach notices that preceded the desire out of Liman takes in executing two it. their system to see of the movie’s three action set- Therefore, it should CATCHING FLICKS WITH the Pitt/Jolie team in pieces (the third of which be stated at the begin- action. The movie being a thrilling car chase ning that yes, stars FLANAGAN relies so heavily on that is the highlight of the Brad Pitt and Angelina Graham Flanagan its central appeal film). Jolie definitely light up (the physical One of the sequences the screen with a new level of appearances of the two leads) involves a shoot out/fistfight on-screen biology. that the central story (involv- between Pitt and Jolie; the In all seriousness, the ing a couple of married hitmen other features the married chemistry does indeed exist; assigned to kill each other) couple defending themselves however, the movie’s lucra- ends up rather flat and incon- See SMITH, Page 8 tive PG-13 rating prevents sequential – adjectives that the chemistry from going as rarely appeared in reviews for far as many moviegoers and director Doug Liman’s previ- Cinemax-loving perverts ous critical successes might have wished. Jolie “Swingers” and “Go.” doesn’t bare her breasts; Pitt’s As with Liman’s most recent backside remains covered. effort “The Bourne Identity,” it So if all you’re interested in seems as though he has little seeing is a standard action pic- more on his mind than making ture with instances of consid- a hit. AP/ Stephen Vaughn erably witty dialogue, then you Sadly, what he and many of Assassins and spouses John and Jane Smith (Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie) enjoy a playful dance will likely enjoy the movie. his A-list contemporaries in the midst of trying to kill one another in Doug Liman’s “Mr. and Mrs. Smith.” Despite the almost tangible apparently fail to understand New ‘Batman’ best comic movie ever

In the now-thriving Nolan also makes a The villains aren’t cheesy who is determined to clean genre of comic book good decision in and over-the-top but rather up the corrupt Gotham City movies, there has showing Batman as subtle and more realistic, even if she’s the only city offi- been one and only one what he is at this making them even more cial who hasn’t been bought player: Marvel. point – a beginner. threatening and scary. The off or killed yet. After stacking up The suit is not quite Scarecrow is no supervillain several of the biggest right yet and he but rather a twisted doctor See BATMAN, Page 8 blockbusters of all hasn’t mastered the who exploits the fear of his time, Marvel has use of all of his gadg- patients by exposing them to become the undisput- ets. The Batcave is no hallucinogens. ed champion of comic MATT ON MOVIES high-tech headquar- Rachel, the only female book films. Matt Scalici ters but just a cave character in the film (played That could all where Wayne keeps by Tom Cruise publicity stunt change very soon. his nifty tank, which thankfully Katie Holmes), is no damsel With Christopher Nolan’s is never once referred to as the in distress. She’s a hard-nosed “Batman Begins,” rival DC Batmobile. assistant district attorney Comics has fired their first shot in what could become an epic production war – and they’ve done it with more skill, power and resonance than anything Marvel has done to this point. Looking back, it’s easy to understand why “Batman Begins” is easily the best comic book film ever made. From the get-go, it was a project littered with good decisions, one right after the other. Good decisions like choos- ing Oscar-nominated writer/ director Christopher Nolan (“Memento,” “Insomnia”) to Courtesy of www.rottentomatoes.com helm the project. Batman (Christian Bale) returns to the big screen to clean up the mean streets of Gotham City in Or picking screenwriter Christopher Nolan’s “Batman Begins.” David S. Goyer, who essentially started the new comic book film genre with “Blade,” to co- write. It was also a good decision to start the franchise over after the dreadful “Batman and Robin” made a joke out of the Caped Crusader. Here, Nolan and Goyer give us a fresh take on what turned Bruce Wayne into Batman, where he came from and what motivated his desire for vigilante justice. Thursday, June 16, 2005 NEWS/ SPORTS The Crimson White • Page 7 Center introduces Japanese culture to students

By ASHTON DUTTON Comer Hall. Kobe, Japan. p.m., playing the board game Staff Designer The first workshop offered Emiko Sekiguchi, a senior Go at 5 p.m. and movie night this month was origami, the majoring in English at Kansai also at 5 p.m. Lora Allen wants a “Taste of art of folding paper into shapes Gaidai University in Osaka, Other activities at the cen- Japan.” to make toys and decorations. Japan, and former UA ter this month include a tea She said she wants to go to Although the Monday after- exchange student, said she ceremony, kimono apprecia- the Japanese cooking work- noon workshop was sparsely thinks that these workshops tion, tie dying and workshops shop at 2:30 p.m. today attended, instructor Satoko are a great opportunity for par- on Japanese gift wrapping or because she enjoys Japanese Seale still taught those in ticipants to get to know the tra- box making. Many events are foods, and she would like to attendance how to make a fox ditional Japanese culture. free, but some can cost as learn how to cook them by mask, a hat, a picture frame “Since Japan is an island, we much as $5 due to fees and herself. and other objects. have a unique culture, food materials costs. “When you’re in college, it’s Seale, programs coordinator and customs,” Sekiguchi said. Reservations must be made about trying new things and for the JCIC, plans the center’s “The Japan Culture and to participate in all workshops. this gives me the opportunity events and said the goal of the Information Center will help For more information, contact to do that,” said Allen, a junior workshops is to introduce you understand and get to the Japan Culture and majoring in anthropology. Japanese culture to the UA and know them.” Information Center at 348- The workshop is one of sev- Tuscaloosa communities. Other activities being 5311 or stop by the center. CW/ Charley Parden eral activities offered each “It is important for people offered at the center today Students made an origami fox mask in a Japan Culture and Information Center workshop month for the past five years at to know what is going on include a calligraphy work- Monday. Other workshops include tie dying, where students will learn four basic techniques. the Japan Culture and in another country,” said shop at 3:15 p.m., Japanese Participants will be able to take a sample of their work with them. Information Center at 141 B.B. Seale, who is originally from manners workshop at 3:30

They also allow you to BONNAROO arrive early and stand directly Continued from Page 1 next to the stage. I was fortu- nate enough to do this for Arlene pales to Ivan paid anywhere from $145 to Keller Williams, my favorite $180 for a ticket. There are the performer of the festival. He Reese said. “There was some Three major hurricanes are Roxannes, the burnt-out neo- sang his classics such as Storm brings rain, flooding though.” predicted. hippies seeking sanctuary in “Breathe” and “Freaker By the winds, but little The tropical storm left scat- The 2005 hurricane season their Eden, the wide-eyed Speaker” and mixed in some tered areas without power and began June 1 and ends Nov. 30. kids who are just being new covers, such as Pink else to Gulf Coast caused flash flooding along the turned on to the debauchery Floyd’s “Another Brick in the coast. Information from The of music festivals and the Wall” and Snoop Dogg’s “Gin By ANN TERRY The return of the hurricane Associated Press was used in elder hippies who seem to and Juice.” Staff Reporter season has brought back this report. have never left 1969. Australian Xavier Rudd memories of last year’s rough They all blend into a com- rocked the didgeridoo with MOBILE – Tropical Storm hurricane season. munity of people that coexist Keller in an abstract version Arlene kicked off the 2005 hur- Ivan, a powerful Category 4 to form a city of music lovers, of “Skinamarinky-dinky-doo” ricane season for the United hurricane, slammed into the drug lovers and people whose that enthralled the packed States last weekend when it Gulf Coast nine months ago curiosity drove them to the lit- tent. made landfall along the and caused destruction that tle town of Manchester, Tenn. There were many high- Florida panhandle and coastal residents are still The diversity of the popu- lights including Umphrey’s Alabama coast. cleaning up. lation of Bonnaroo is “Nemo,” Widespread’s “Tall While the storm brought Andre Chiang, a junior maj- brought about by the wide Boy” and Trey’s cover of “No heavy rain and wind gusts up oring in music performance, spectrum of music that it Woman No Cry.” The gener- to 70 mph it paled in compari- said he was shocked by how accommodates. There is reg- al sentiment of Bonnaroo is son to Hurricane Ivan, which much damage Ivan caused. gae, , rap, bluegrass, that it is impossible to see ripped through the Gulf Coast “Our condo was destroyed,” electronica, southern rock, bad music. and caused damage through- Chiang said of his family’s resi- , jazz and, of course, the Each show is a highlight as out Alabama last fall. dence on Orange Beach. “I quintessential free flowing Bonnaroo is usually the Arlene formed in the have been through other hurri- jambands. biggest event that most of the Caribbean Sea and slowly canes, and I guess I didn’t The headliners included bands will play. Perhaps the gained strength in the warm expect anything this bad.” Widespread Panic, Dave biggest highlight was the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. According to the National Matthews Band, Modest absence of the remnants of Arlene made landfall Oceanographic and Atmos- Mouse, The Allman Bothers Tropical Storm Arlene, which Saturday between Pensacola, pheric Administration’s Web Band, , Gov’t would have most likely shut Fla., and Mobile, but lost site, 2005 should be a very Mule and Umphrey’s McGee. the festival down. strength as it neared land, with active year for hurricanes and Bonnaroo lasts for three Bonnaroo is an atmos- its wind gusts dropping to 60 other storms. Twelve to 15 days; the shows usually begin phere of freedom and libera- mph. According to Alabama tropical storms are expected, around noon and end around tion. It is essentially impossi- Power, Arlene caused 22,000 of with seven to nine of those pre- 4 or 5 a.m. There are two ble to not find some type of their customers to lose power dicted to become hurricanes. enormous main stages and music that you are into. until Monday night. three tents. The tents are the The atmosphere of the The storm took one life best place to see music, as campgrounds themselves is when a person drowned off they are more intimate and enough to keep you enter- Miami Beach Friday in rough connected to the performers. tained. surf caused by the storm. The National Weather Service downgraded Arlene to They need a new infusion a tropical depression on YANKEES of heart. Saturday night. Continued from Page 9 Mark Reese, a UA junior Will Nevin is opinions majoring in engineering, went of those lost from 2001? They editor and summer home to Mobile for the storm. had heart. metro/state editor of The “The storm wasn’t quite as Gary Sheffield might carry a Crimson White. bad as we expected it to be,” bigger stick than O’Neal, but he doesn’t have the same fire. A-Rod might be the best player in the game today, but he can’t match the grit of Brosius. Giambi will never be able to tote BamTino’s jock strap. The 2005 incarnation of the Yankees might be able to earn a wild card playoff spot. Then again, they just might fall completely off the table. They could be a non-factor in the playoff hunt as early as August. And that might not be such a bad thing. With George Steinbrenner’s lust for winning now, something has been lost these past years in New York. Perhaps a number of lean years for the franchise could teach the organization what winning is really all about. Next year, the Yankees will reload. Brown and, sadly, Williams will be gone, freeing up all sorts of payroll room. the Yanks will buy a new arm and a new bat or two and come back next year ready to roll. But they don’t need a new influx of talent. Page 8 • The Crimson White ENTERTAINMENT Thursday, June 16, 2005 Stylish ‘Layer Cake’ worth a few good quid Why is it that films about underworld but in a very Unfortunately, our with his time. men in the underworld, but in the perfect roughneck Irish crime and criminals never cheeky, super-stylized fashion. hero is surrounded by Along the way, the end it doesn’t really seem gangster and the beautiful seem to go out of style? Now Vaughn gives us a film other criminals who XXXX begins to real- to get them anywhere. Sienna Miller as the brilliant Probably because crime that shows us this world in a aren’t quite as ize that all his careful In Vaughn’s view of the temptress Tammy. never goes out of style; it’s a much harsher, more serious thoughtful or busi- methods and busi- criminal world, nothing mat- Vaughn’s approach to reality of life and one that has light. Rather than winking and ness-like and that’s ness-like strategies ters but strength and luck. crime film works because it been explored in some of the grinning about crime, “Layer where being the are basically worth- Brains and strategy may put is honest and simple. There greatest films ever made. Cake” stresses the brutal and smartest guy in the less in the criminal you in a better position on is style, but not to the point Matthew Vaughn’s “Layer gritty nature of the business. room can either save world. Why be care- occasion but they won’t save that you forget who you’re Cake” is a film that takes much We open with Daniel Craig, you or kill you. ful when you can’t you from the people around dealing with. There is brutali- from its cinematic predeces- who plays an unnamed XXXX is asked by MATT ON MOVIES predict what anyone you trying to cut your throat at ty and violence, but not sors but also manages to do cocaine dealer looking to his boss to do one Matt Scalici else around you is every second. without reflection and poig- something that many of them retire from what has been a more job before ret- going to do next? Craig does an excellent job nancy. did not: keep its edge. moderately successful career. irement, a job that is Why be business-like of playing the sane man in an “Layer Cake” is one of the Other than being hired and He’s pulled off what many the last kind of thing XXXX when your partners would insane world and he has an icy better crime films in recent then quitting “X-Men 3,” have failed at by approaching likes to get involved in. It sooner bash your head in than glare that never seems to show years and one that reassures Vaughn is probably best crime as a business. Greed is involves pushing a million shake your hand? extreme emotion. me that British film can still known for his work as a pro- the downfall of nearly every pounds in stolen ecstasy and Craig’s character is quite The supporting cast is be hard-hitting and effective. ducer on Guy Ritchie’s “Lock, criminal and it’s something rescuing the kidnapped reminiscent of Gabriel Byrne’s one of the best this year, Stock and Two Smoking that XXXX (as Craig’s character daughter of a crime lord, not character from “Miller’s Cross- with Michael Gambon as a Barrels” and “Snatch.” Both is billed in the credits) is smart exactly the kind of thing a laid ing.” Both are probably the weathered and jaded old films dealt with the London enough to stay away from. back coke dealer likes to do most intelligent and sensible crime boss, Colm Meaney as

Carmine Falcone. come straight from his past gives way to mass criminal immediately and for the long If you ask me, casting Cris- BATMAN And of course, there’s and the complicated life he chaos, setting the stage for run, setting up what could pin Glover as the Joker would Continued from Page 6 Christian Bale who, as a rela- has led. The filmmakers have Batman to square off against become one of the great film be a nice place to start. tive unknown, has the oppor- created the most complex the famous gallery of rogues franchises of all time. If that wasn’t enough good tunity to completely redefine superhero in film history, the we all know so well. Only one question remains decision-making, let’s take a the image of Batman. Bale’s Charles Foster Kane of cos- There is something at stake now: will they make as many look at the cast: Michael Caine Batman is darker and angrier tumed crime fighters. in the world created here, both good decisions next time? as Wayne’s butler, trusted con- but also more idealistic and In the broader picture, the fidant and caretaker Alfred; dedicated to his cause. He is writers have set up this film Gary Oldman as Jim Gordon, more of a detective than a not as a single work (though it the only clean cop in the city; superhero, a kind of mix certainly works as one) but as a Morgan Freeman as Lucius between Phillip Marlowe and part of what will become an Fox, the clever scientist Dirty Harry. excellent series. Ra’s Al Ghul and technical advisor for Most importantly, unlike and his League of Shadows is Batman; Cillian Murphy as other incarnations of Batman, set up as a long-term issue as the wild-eyed doctor Jonathan this one truly has depth and their plans to destroy Gotham Crane/Scarecrow; Tom Wilkin- motivation. All his actions, City begin to unfold. son as the Italian mob boss characteristics and attitudes Falcone’s organized crime

such hardly-visible conditions Cinemax fans get the “Dilly-O” SMITH baffles me beyond compre- from the poor suckers that Continued from Page 6 hension. already shelled out their six It’s sloppy decision making bucks. couple defending themselves like this that’s going to result in against an army of rival hitmen sloppy box office totals over the in a Kmart-like shopping cen- next two or three weeks; espe- ter. cially once the aforementioned What both of these set pieces have in common is that they both take place in totally dark settings, preventing us from identifying who exactly is shooting or kicking whom in many cases. For Liman, who got the go-ahead to make a $100 million action picture with two of the world’s most beautiful people, the decision to stage the movie’s central action sequences in Thursday, June 16, 2005 SPORTS The Crimson White • Page 9 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Dead damned Yankees McElhiney joins Alabama staff In the world of flashes of greatness bench player. Jared Wright has Yankees’ baseball, this year. Take the been out with a bum shoulder and became the first woman the SEC is great. The SEC is By JESSIE PATTERSON 2001 was a great April 12 game against for weeks. Jason Giambi, Mr. to coach a men’s professional challenging every day. Senior Sports Reporter year. the Angels for exam- Steroid himself, will never be a basketball team. “As a player, that’s what I Roger Clemens, ple. Alex Rodriguez top flight ballplayer again. “I’m very glad to be here looked forward to and now on The past few weeks have the greatest living went 4-for-5 with 2001 was also great for with the rest of the staff at a the other side of things I know brought a lot of changes for pitcher and one of three home runs, col- another reason. It was the last university with a great and it will be as well and I look for- Ashley McElhiney. the all-time best, lecting 10 RBIs along run for the core of the ‘90s rich tradition,” McElhiney ward to that.” She traded Tennessee for started the year 20- the way. And on May 7 Yankee dynasty. After Game 7 said. “I think after the past sea- Alabama, professionals for McElhiney brings champi- 1 and went on to and 8, Mike Mussina of the 2001 World Series, guys son with the men’s team I student athletes and coaching onship experience to the Tide collect his unpre- LAY ALL and Kevin Brown like Paul O’Neil and Scott learned a lot about myself on P B a men’s team for working with staff, having won an SEC cedented sixth Cy pitched back-to-back Brosius would never again suit and off the court.” Will Nevin women. Tournament title with the Young Award. shutouts against the up for New York, choosing to Now, McElhiney is looking The Rhythm, an expansion Commodores in 2002. The Yankees be- Oakland Athletics. retire. Chuck Knoblauch, for all forward to making an impact team, went 21-10 under She was a two-time All-SEC came the sentimental Those two games also ignit- his faults, would also never in her new role as the director McElhiney’s guidance and selection and led the SEC in favorites in the World Series. ed a 10-game winning streak. play for the Yankees again, of basketball operations for earned a playoff berth, which assists per game her senior Byung-Hyun Kim became But there has been more serving one year in the base- the Alabama women’s team. the team did not accept. year. the Bombers’ Series MVP. than enough bad to overshad- ball purgatory of Kansas City “In my role as director of Before that, she was tem- “I am extremely excited to And while the Yanks didn’t ow the good. Brown has been before ending his career. Tino operations, I’ll take care of the porarily fired after a con- be adding Ashley to our staff,” bring home a championship lost most of the season, with Martinez was exiled until this day-to-day duties of organiz- frontation with a co-owner Smith said when she hired to the Bronx, it was still a his skills in obvious decline. year for Giambi, the aforemen- ing and getting travel arrange- over benching a player. McElhiney. “I have always fantastic year. Bernie Williams, the once stal- tioned waste of roster space. ments together,” she said. “I “[The owners] sold the team been impressed with her and 2001 seems like a long wart center fielder for the The connection between all make sure everything is good so after the end of the season. hoped to have the opportunity time ago – an entire lifetime Yanks, has gotten so old so fast to go off the court. I knew I wasn’t going to go to hire her.” ago. he’s become little more than a See YANKEES, Page 7 “On the court, I plan on back there, so I opened up the Smith was coaching at Now, even with a retooled learning from coach [Smith], door for other opportunities Middle Tennessee State roster and a payroll that the staff and helping wherever and coach Smith contacted University while McElhiney stretches to $200 million and I need to help. I want to do me,” she said. was in Nashville and the two beyond, the Yankees are toil- anything I can to make us bet- The move to the collegiate met during that time. ing in fourth place in the ter as a whole.” scene puts McElhiney in a “I met with [Smith] some American League East, 6.5 The 2003 Vanderbilt gradu- familiar place: the SEC. last year to pick her brain games behind the resurgent ate joins the Crimson Tide She helped Vanderbilt to about basketball,” McElhiney Baltimore Orioles. After los- after making history in the four NCAA Tournament said. ing a weekend series against American Basketball appearances, including two The former point guard was the St. Louis Cardinals, the Association. trips to the regional finals. selected by the Indiana Fever class of the National League, McElhiney served as the “I’m extremely excited to be in the third round of the 2003 the Yankees sit at .500 and head coach of the ABA’s in the SEC,” McElhiney said. “I WNBA draft but was later look absolutely lost. Nashville Rhythm for a year, played at Vandy and feel that released. True, there have been

decided to return for his senior DRAFT year and devote it to baseball. Continued from Page 10 “It has been a tough year,” Pennington said. “I’ve had to make some of the toughest Pennington stays at decisions of my life, like giving Alabama up football.” This season Pennington saw Two weeks after the Music limited duty with the Tide, hit- City Bowl, Spencer Pennington ting only .250 in just 36 at bats, announced he was quitting but that was without the bene- football to focus on baseball. fit of fall practice, something At the time, most Tide foot- he will not have to worry about ball fans rejoiced at the news next year. that he was quitting, and “I’ve talked with Coach Wells laughed at the fact that he was about a lot of things,” playing baseball. Pennington said. “We talked But when it’s all said and about the opportunity that done, it may be Pennington would be here for me next year, who gets the last laugh after all. especially if I go through fall Despite being chosen with ball. the 995th pick in the 32nd “Playing football was great. round by the Milwaukee But now I feel like the decision Brewers, the Tide’s former I’ve made, going with baseball, starting quarterback has has paid off.”