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SPORTS: Check out the Gameday Edition, Section B OPINIONS: Readers tell Flanagan to shut up, Page 4 Friday, October 3, 2003 Serving the University of Alabama since 1894 Volume 110, Issue 36 Morning-after pill offered by RSHC By JOAN GARRETT by RSHC’s pharmacy. “[SGA Resolution 11-03] did have policy. and having the humility to change Senior Staff Reporter “Russell will carry it as they carry an impact,” Andreen said. “It was “I think this is a great victory for it.” other FDA-approved drugs,” she said. brought to their attention through women at the University,” Silberberg Asked about the debate surround- The Russell Student Health Center “They do plan on adding it.” the resolution.” said. “This change in policy is a testa- ing the morning-after pill, Silberberg pharmacy will begin offering the Andreen said that though RSHC SGA Executive Vice President ment of what the SGA can accom- said he believes controversy at the morning-after pill in wake of a SGA has decided to carry the morning- Joshua Silberberg said he is proud of plish when students and administra- Capstone was avoided through edu- resolution suggesting it do so. after pill, it has not determined when the work both Culverhouse College of tion work together. cation about the drug. UA spokeswoman Cathy Andreen the drug will be available. Business and Administration “RSHC deserves to be commended “I believe this had the potential to said the drug, which health center She said she believes SGA Sen. Maridi Thompson, the resolu- for their efficient work in reaction to be a controversial issue, but because doctors have been prescribing to Resolution 11-03 was influential in tion’s author, and the SGA Senate has the SGA’s proposal. I thank the health everyone involved was armed with female students, will now be carried the change of RSHC policy. done to get RSHC to change their center for recognizing a flaw in policy the facts, the decision to change pol- Boyd: Chi With downtown Omega member parking crunched, was brawl’s parking deck may be in the works female victim By KRISTEN TROTTER Staff Reporter By MEGAN NICHOLS Senior Staff Reporter Downtown parking may soon become less of a nightmare, as plans The female victim of assault at an off-campus are being made to construct a parking house party last month was a member of Chi deck to alleviate the shortage of park- Omega sorority, the sorority’s president, Katie ing spaces. Boyd, said Thursday. District 4 City Councilman Lee Boyd said the woman preferred to remain Garrison is meeting next week with anonymous and did not want to make a state- representatives of the county to discuss ment to the media. a parking deck, which would be located Capt. David Hartin of Tuscaloosa Police across the street from Catch 22, on the Department, which investigated the incident corner of 23rd Avenue and Sixth Street. along with the Office of Student Judicial Affairs, “[A parking deck] would increase said the victim did not want to make a report the business, which would help down- night of the incident and has not come forward town,” Garrison said. “Imagine if you since. got all the employees off the street and “We know the girl was a student, but she is not CW/ Elizabeth Frenkel into the parking deck — that would free part of the investigation because she has not Katie Viele, a freshman majoring in fashion retail, waits to cross the crosswalk next to Reese Phifer Hall. Administration is working toward up parking places for customers.” filed a complaint,” Hebson said. making the University into a pedestrian campus within 5 years. The parking dilemma, Garrison said, The disturbance occurred Sept. 11 at 2 a.m. at is not just a city problem but a county a party on the 1500 block of Eighth Street. one, and he said the two should work Hebson said some of the aggressors were mem- together to ease the crunch. He said he bers of a UA fraternity, but they are being inves- Universities confront traffic congestion hoped to move the issue forward in his tigated separately because some independents meeting with county representatives were also involved. next week, which may give downtown Hebson said his office was getting complete with pedestrian campus proposal employees and business owners some cooperation from the other people involved with hope. the incident. He said some of the information in By SARAH KATE SULLIVAN Robertson, assistant director of UA See DECK, Page 2 Wednesday’s Crimson White story about the Staff Reporter Transportation and Parking Services. incident was questionable. “But there is a lot of congestion on the “Everything that was in that article was not The UA community could become streets and a serious lack of parking spaces.” correct about that incident, what that captain a little bit cozier in the future. In reference to the potential for any immedi- said,” he said. While commuter and resi- ate plans for change, Robertson admitted Hartin described the series of events to The dent students alike gripe that the future of the Capstone’s parking CW based on a police report. about the parking situation system lies in the hands of the “That’s what they were told that night, but we at the Capstone, the Campus Campus Master Plan Committee. have talked to individuals, and we know who did Master Plan Committee and The committee’s duties include what, where, when,” Hebson said. “We know officials at UA Parking and advising the president and UA admin- what happened to the female, we know what Transportation Services are dis- istration on proposed additions and happened to other people.” cussing a plan for the future. changes to campus facilities and submit- “I personally have not heard anybody say any- Presently, the plan entails an addition ting recommendations for appropriate thing about [the report being wrong],” he said. to the Ferguson Center parking deck that is action to be taken in regard to proposals. “There were several different versions that scheduled to begin next month. But there is The committee is composed of up to 18 night. Some people wanted to talk to the officers. also talk of the University becoming a pedestri- members, including seven faculty representa- Some didn’t want to have a report.” an campus if other attempts to alleviate the tives of the staff and local community and a del- Hebson said he could not explain what parts problems fail. egate from the Faculty Senate. of the report were incorrect because the investi- “I believe that our university’s parking situa- Undergraduates are also represented by one CW/ Nick Beadle gation is still ongoing. tion is as good if not better than other SEC Parking situations like this are giving cause for a new “This investigation is going to be going on for a schools such as Auburn,” said Ronnie See PEDESTRIAN, Page 2 Downtown parking deck in Tuscaloosa. while,” he said. Strip alliance seeks to increase security, end dangerous loitering By JOSEPH BUSH The Venue, a bar on the Strip, was That small area filled with several Houndstooth’s bar manager. “The police have been real cooper- Staff Reporter vandalized Sept. 19 when a customer hundred people walking or hanging “The loitering had been a real ative,” Woodbury said. “We have rec- punched a plate-glass window. out on the sidewalk makes it hard to problem this year until last weekend ognized the problem, and we are try- A newly formed association of bars “We hope to make it a safer envi- move around, said Brandon Owens, a because we started making com- ing to keep it from reoccurring.” on the Strip met with a local police ronment for our customers,” said Bars on the Strip have traditionally official Tuesday at The Back Porch on Greg Woodbury, general manager of been highly competitive with one University Boulevard in response to The Back Porch. “Our businesses are being blocked by large groups of peo- another. an increased loitering problem. Woodbury said they would do that Woodbury said it is a rare occur- This year, the local bars have by enforcing stricter dress codes and ple who have no intent on coming in or buying anything.” rence to see the other bars working —BRANDON OWENS decided to do something about even by requesting the police department Bartender at the Jupiter Bar and Grill together, but he said everyone seems greater problems with loitering on increase the number of officers more than happy to see it working. the Strip by forming an alliance of patrolling the Strip. “Hopefully we will all come out Strip businesses. On game weekends, about three or winners in the end,” Owens said. The group held its second meeting four police officers patrol the Strip. bartender at the Jupiter Bar and Grill. plaints to the police department by The bars that have joined the new Tuesday to discuss recent problems, The ratio of people on the Strip to “Our businesses are being blocked phone and e-mail to increase officers association are the Jupiter Bar and including harassment of young the amount of police officers is near- by large groups of people who have on the Strip.” Grill, the Houndstooth, Cheapshots, women, the blocking of business ly 100-to-1. no intent on coming in or buying Owens said that the weekend after the Venue, The Back Porch and No entrances and fire exits, violations of The entire length of the Strip from anything,” Owens said. the group had its first meeting, it Name Bar and Grill.

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