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Opinions: Never too QuinTango kickoff Volleyball team 4 late to convert 9 celebrity series 16 on the right track Friday, September 21, 2007 Serving the University of Alabama since 1894 Vol. 114, Issue 28 Students question justice in Jena Case against black teens accused of hanging nooses in perfect strangers, united for a tree on their high school About 30 students make one day with a common goal: similar to old cases grounds. The white teens were trip to Louisiana town protesting the prosecution of suspended from school but the teenagers dubbed the Jena BY JARED CULVER were not prosecuted. BY CHARITY SCOTT 6. Staff Reporter Five of the black teens were Student Life Editor As the sun rose and the initially charged with attempt- ■ [email protected] crowds swelled, the clear blue A hangman’s noose tied to ed murder. That charge was skies above their heads belied a tree outside of a Louisiana later reduced to battery for JENA, La. — They came in the proverbial storm brewing high school has created a all but one, who has yet to buses, cars, vans, trailers and in their hearts. national debate among col- be arraigned; the sixth was pickup trucks covered in mos- Amongst those who came lege students about racial atti- charged as a juvenile. quitoes and mud. was a small contingent of tudes 40 years after the Civil The beating victim, Justin They came on bikes from about 30 UA students. They Rights Movement. Barker, was knocked uncon- the next town and in planes came by bus, which they piled The story of six black, scious, and his face badly from six states over. They on at 4:30 a.m. in front of the teenage males charged with swollen and bloodied, though came alone, as families and Ferguson Center Plaza and attempted murder after beat- he was able to attend a school with churches, friends and traveled the five and a half ing a white classmate created function later that night. classmates. hours to Jena, La. a national movement of sup- Mychal Bell, the first of They came in black, dressed Justin Zimmerman, a junior the Jena 6 to go on trial, was port among college students CW/ J.R. Frey in mourning clothes, fully double majoring in political similar to the movements of convicted and faced up to 22 Tereshia Huffman reads a poem written by a women’s studies class, an aware of the pain they feel science and philosophy and the 1950s and 1960s. years in prison, until a judge for the six students they had president of the UA chapter of The six black teens were vacated the ruling, saying that African American social inequalities class taught by Richard Hamilton. The never seen or met. the NAACP, said they decided charged a few months after reading was part of a Jena 6 rally on the steps of Amelia Gayle Gorgas They came by the hun- three white teens were See JENA, Page 2 Library on Thursday. dreds, droves upon droves of See PROTEST, Page 7 Health Center UA prepares for ‘GameDay’ BY JAMES JAILLET Assistant Campus Affairs Editor hires dietician ■ [email protected] Camping out Thursday Appointments can be eating, weight management, night before ESPN “College diabetes, high cholesterol, GameDay’s” Saturday morn- made for dietary needs eating disorders and sports ing broadcast from Tuscaloosa and performance nutri- wasn’t too early for three UA tion.” BY JAMES JAILLET freshmen. Green said she works from Matt Iosco, Claire Huenke Assistant Campus Affairs Editor the Student Health Center, ■ [email protected] and Jessie Gartland said they where students can set up did not want to miss the pos- appointments to meet with sible once in a lifetime chance Students seeking nutri- her for counseling sessions. to be in the crowd for the col- tional help may not have to She said most nutritional lege football preview show. leave campus to do so any- sessions last around 30 min- “It’s kind of surreal,” Gartland more. utes, where she helps stu- said. “We’re freshmen and we’re The Capstone recently dents with diet and exercise looking forward to football and hired a full time dietician related issues and weight then the season is going so well to provide free nutritional loss goals. so far. I love football, and hav- counseling and measure “Nutrition and exercise go ing them here is a big deal.” body fat and metabolism. hand and hand,” she said. Iosco said they probably In addition, a dietician- “They are both very impor- wouldn’t spend the night on-the-go stand has been tant when you are talking Thursday because the lack of established in the Ferguson about general health, weight a crowd so early on will bump Center to give students management and cardio- their plan back a day. CW/ Whitney Walker hand-outs and answer nutri- vascular disease. I want [my “We’re planning on coming ESPN’s College GameDay begins setup Thursday on the Walk of Champions at Bryant-Denny Stadium. tion questions. patients] to leave with spe- over here after a party and just Lori Green, UA’s new cific goals they should strive chill,” he said. “We’ll just sit check it out tonight, though. planning on making a sign ESPN acronym. dietician, said she will offer for.” in some lawn chairs and play It’s all just so — wow.” reading “Elephants and Saban advice to students and Bama Green said her office is some cards. We had to come Iosco said they were Party Nasty,” playing off of the See GAMEDAY, Page 2 Dining. partnering with Bama “My overall goal is to help Dining to help students students eat better, engage identify healthy food choices in physical activities and in on-campus dining halls. to lead an overall healthi- She said logos for signal- er life,” Green said. “I see ing nutritional choices are Playboy’s ‘Girls of the SEC’ hits stands students with a variety of being worked on. nutrition concerns, which Both said they are excited include general healthy See NUTRITION, Page 3 Two students represent about their Playboy debut. UA in Playboy’s October “When we found out we were going to be in Playboy, we co-ed edition got a phone call and message congratulating us,” Stevens BY HAYLEY MITCHELL said. “We went and checked Senior Staff Reporter out our e-mail … and we just ■ [email protected] went running around scream- ing we were so excited.” Some best friends go shop- “We didn’t really expect to ping or hang out together. get in it, we just thought it Now, two UA students have would be fun to try out,” Irons also shared their friendship said. by representing themselves as Both girls might not have Playboy’s “Girls of the SEC.” even had the chance to try According to a Playboy out for the issue had Irons not press release, the October noticed the advertisement for issue, “Girls of the SEC” brings tryouts. Southern charm to the issue Irons said they missed the by featuring 38 girls represent- first date for the auditions, Submitted photo ing 12 SEC Schools. but they found out Playboy Debbie Stevens, a senior majoring in advertising, and Cameron Irons, a junior Among the girls featured are was holding another round of majoring in criminal justice, will be featured in October’s issue of Playboy. UA students Debbie Stevens, a auditions, which they showed CW/ James Jaillet senior majoring in advertising, up for at 5:30 p.m. — after try- was in the lobby and that’s already closed tryouts for the Matt Berger, a freshman majoring in exercise and sports science, and Cameron Irons, a junior outs had ended. the reason we got to try out, makes a salad from Lakeside Dining Hall’s salad bar. majoring in criminal justice. “Luckily the photographer because they had actually See PLAYBOY, Page 6 Today Partly cloudy. 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Tobrief submit a brief, e-mail [email protected] IN “There’s some aspect of owned by UA in state preservation and of use by the ANNOUNCEMENTS BY LAUREN CABRAL 800 acres on campus University of all these special Senior Staff Reporter tracts,” Beeles said. ■ [email protected] 26,000 acres donated by the U.S. government in 1884 For instance, the property the University owns in Dallas CW looking for multemedia editor In addition to the 800 acres County is rich with fossils and The Crimson White is looking for applicants for the of campus property owned by 37,500 acres of timberland across the state is preserved by the University position of multimedia editor. The multimedia editor is the University, it owns another for educational purposes, as is responsible for developing and coordinating Web-only 37,500 acres around the state 11,500 acres used for special purposes* the Moundville Archaeological audio, video and photographic content, as well as manag- — most of which is used for Park, which is considered a ing online forums. timber production.