Cheating system ‘Mississippi’ looks at Tide ranked No. 21 hurts all sports ’70s integration in Directors’ Cup OPINIONS, Page 4 ENTERTAINMENT, Page 6 SPORTS, Page 8 Thursday, July 20, 2006 Serving the University of Alabama since 1894 Vol. 113, Issue 6 Gas blamed in Calvary explosion

Wednesday morning. Officials don’t know how long Calvary annex explodes Tuscaloosa Police Chief Ken he had been lying on the side- after trespasser pulls gas Swindle said the police depart- walk, Swindle said. ment received calls from two He had severe 2nd degree line, officials say witnesses at 3:30 a.m. about an burns and was transported to explosion at the annex. DCH Regional Medical Center, BY MARLIN CADDELL The police and Tuscaloosa Horst said. His burns were so Editor Fire and Rescue arrived at the bad that he was transported ■ [email protected] scene to find most of the build- from DCH to UAB, Horst said. Shattered wooden boards, ing destroyed by an explosion. Swindle said Steed was tres- dangling wires and pieces of There was still a small fire passing inside the annex when yellow insulation. burning when the fire depart- the explosion happened. He That’s almost all that’s left ment arrived, Fire and Rescue got into the annex through a of the Calvary Baptist Church battalion chief Ken Horst said. mechanical room door that college annex after a gas explo- They quickly put the fire out, was left unlocked, Swindle sion blew up most of the build- he said. said. ing early Wednesday morning. The explosion severely “We think he pulled a gas The location that housed injured one person, Wade line loose [in the mechanical thousands of church-going Steed, 20. Steed is not a UA room],” Swindle said. “But we college students over the past student. Rescue officials found really haven’t had a chance to 15 years only housed investi- him lying on the street at the talk to him yet since he was gators looking for clues to the intersection of Paul Bryant CW/ Cory Johnson exact cause of the explosion, Drive and 12th Avenue. See CALVARY, Page 3 An explosion early Wednesday morning destroyed most of the Calvary Baptist Church college annex. Fire displaces UA students What I’ve seen at University Downs apts. in a war zone BY KRISTEN TROTTER BY STEPHEN DAWKINS Student Life Editor Senior Staff Reporter ■ [email protected] ■ [email protected] Adrian Harris woke up shortly Editor’s note: Kristen Trotter before 4 a.m. on Friday by the sound has been in Beirut, Lebanon of sirens. for most of the summer work- A blaze had engulfed University ing for the Lebanese paper, The Downs building No. 7, which is adja- Daily Star. This is her first-per- cent to Harris’ apartment building. son account of her experiences ”It looked liked something off in the war-torn region. CNN,” said Harris, a senior majoring in finance. “It was unbelievable.” Yesterday morning I sat No one was injured and under a bush for an hour with Tuscaloosa firefighters would con- a one-legged man, wiping tain the blaze, but not before it had sweat off my face and waving destroyed half of the building — 12 away flies as I drank hot tea. apartments — and damaged the This man had been sleeping other 12 to the point that they are under the bush at night and inhabitable. sitting in its shade during the After the fire grew large enough day for five days after fleeing to make the building’s roof cave in, his home in the southern sub- Harris said she thought the blaze Contributed Photo might spread to her apartment urbs of Beirut. CW student life editor Kristen building. It did not, but Harris had The Israeli shelling had come too close for comfort, Trotter stands in front of an ancient what belongings she could grab building in the city of Byblos, packed in her car anyway. he said, so when a nearby “I got my things and left,” she said. neighborhood was destroyed, Lebanon. Trotter spent the majority “It was just too much to watch.” he left Dahieh for Beirut. The of the summer in Lebanon, working Tuscaloosa Fire and Rescue for the English Lebanese newspa- Captain John Brook is investigating See WAR, Page 2 per, The Daily Star. the fire and said a cause has yet to be determined. Investigations include interviews of residents of the burned apart- ments, residents of nearby apart- Auburn whistleblower ments and the firefighters who responded to the call, Brook said. It is too early to say when the investigation might be completed won’t help in football because they are sometimes slowed by difficulties in contacting dis- placed residents and other obsta- cles, Brook said. academic misconduct “With this one it’s hard to say [how long the investigation might BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS a higher-ranking professor take],” he said. “Sometimes it can in the sociology department, take a very long time.” AUBURN, Ala. — The profes- gave high grades to athletes Some UA departments offered sor who blew the whistle on who enrolled in classes that assistance to UA students who were allegations of academic mis- didn’t require them to do affected by the fire. Housing and conduct involving Auburn much work or attend classes. Residential Communities offered football players said he would Gundlach said he made to allow displaced UA students to no longer assist with the uni- his decision not to cooperate live temporarily in Friedman Hall, versity’s investigation of his based on the reported com- which would have been empty for claims, The Huntsville Times ments of an unnamed uni- the rest of the summer, said HRC reported Monday. versity official in a Huntsville spokeswoman Alicia Browne. James Gundlach, director of Times story on Friday. In the Two students have taken advan- story, the official was quoted tage of the offer, Browne said, but sociology at Auburn, also said there probably were no viola- as saying Gundlach’s com- they will have to be out by the time plaints were prompted in part fall housing leases begin on Aug. 4. tions of NCAA rules since the courses under investigation because of dissatisfaction over “I don’t know if they’ll need to missing out on a promotion stay that long,” she said. were available to all students, that went to Petee. About 15 UA students were dis- not just athletes. Gundlach called the claim placed, but Browne said “there were He said he sent an e-mail “a total falsehood.” students who were able to make to university officials saying “The only contested office I other arrangements.” he would not cooperate with CW/ Cory Johnson the review, which centers on See FIRE, Page 3 Investigators look over fire damage at the University Downs apartments Monday afternoon. his claims that Thomas Petee, See AUBURN, Page 7

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The people are paying the dering what they would bomb, public schools here have been fied in everything it has done; price, and Israel’s response has but didn’t even dream I would opened as shelters for the that it is defending their land not united the country against wake up to find out it was the thousands of others like him and their freedom. But the Tobrief submit a brief, e-mail [email protected] silent majority resents them Hezbollah, as Israel might have airport, stranding me here. IN who are fleeing bombardment wished. It has united the coun- Now, it breaks my heart to of civilian residential districts, and resents the conflict into try against Israel. evacuate on a luxury cruise but there was no room for him which they have been unwill- In church on Sunday my ship, leaving my friends here ANNOUNCEMENTS or the 10 members of his sis- ingly dragged, where they pay pastor was teaching on Psalm to face a war in which they are ter’s family. So they ended up the price for another’s actions. Lebanon is a country 23. helpless sufferers. It also hurts Corolla seeks writer, photographer living on the ground in a pub- “Though I walk through the me to go back to a country lic park in Hamra, a Muslim divided by sects, 17 of them The Corolla yearbook is looking for a staff writer, a staff in all. Which religious sect a valley of the shadow of death,” that is painfully unaware of district in West Beirut, where I he said, and a huge boom their plight, to a people who photographer and other positions. For more information, sat with him and listened to his Lebanese identifies with is e-mail Corolla editor Nick Beadle at [email protected]. more important than politi- shook the walls, rattled the do not understand that the story. Though he had nothing, windows, caused children to realities on the ground here he offered me tea. cal party; parties come as an afterthought and therefore, the cry. He paused. do not fit neatly into their tidy I missed the boat that was “I will fear no evil.” American, democratic, peace- WVUA 90.7 looking for business director supposed to evacuate me from government is divided by sect, not by party. Shiia Muslims are When I came to Beirut, I ful worldviews. WVUA 90.7 (WVUA-FM) is looking for a business director for Beirut because I was writing never thought I would lie awake They just don’t. And unless the summer and the 2006-07 school year. The student position the story of Ali Ahmed and Lebanon’s largest sect and are Hezbollah’s constituency. at night listening to the sounds Americans accept that, they pays a monthly salary plus commission. The job offers a great the hundreds others like him of bombing. I never thought I will never understand life The weak government here, marketing and sales opportunities. The station is looking for camped out in the park near would watch my colleagues in — and death — here in the someone with a positive attitude who can easily approach and recovering from 15 years of a my home. I spent Monday the newsroom look up at the Middle East. And until then, talk to people. devastating civil war, is wrought night and Tuesday morning TV and start sobbing when they people here will still be their Applications are available at the Office of Student Media in by tension between the dif- with them, listening to their saw their family’s part of town enemies. front of Bryant-Denny Stadium. Past experience is helpful but stories. ferent sects and incapable not necessary. For more information, e-mail [email protected] When I returned to the office of disarming Hezbollah. Any or call 348-6461. to write the story Tuesday attempt to do so would lead to morning, the usually cheerful another civil war, something Students can still register for parking permits security guard had no smile on everyone wishes to avoid. This Gameday his face, no “sabahalkheir,” or is why the silent majority con- Students can still register for their parking permits online at good morning, on his lips. His siders it ridiculous that Israel mybama.ua.edu until July 31. After the deadline students must home in Dahieh had just been holds Lebanon’s government apply for their permits in person at the Parking Services Office flattened by an Israeli shell. responsible for Hezbollah’s Attire in the Student Services Center. He was not a Hezbollah mil- actions. It is an impossible Students must register online to get permits mailed to their itant. He didn’t have rockets demand. home addresses. Make sure the Office of Academic Records has Most here would understand a current home address. Students must wait at least 48 hours stored in his home, or even a after they have signed up for classes to apply for a permit. picture of Hassan Nasrallah, if Israel targeted only Hezbollah Those who register online will have their permits mailed to Hezbollah’s leader, hanging on in retaliation for Hezbollah’s them approximately two weeks before classes begin. Students his wall. He was simply a gen- kidnapping of two Israeli sol- who have problems registering may contact Transportation tle, hardworking man trying to diers. That is, most recognize, Services at 348-5472. make a living for his family. a reasonable response. I live in a strange dichotomy But Israel has not targeted here in Beirut, caught in the Hezbollah. Israel has brought NEWS middle of an age-old conflict the war to the entire country, where I am a part of neither to the people, to innocent peo- NCAA denies another year for Chuck Davis side and unable to relate to my ple. Yesterday a milk factory and a convoy of trucks bringing TUSCALOOSA (AP) — The NCAA has denied Alabama’s peti- own side. medicine to Lebanon’s deplet- tion to grant forward Chuck Davis another year of eligibility, Americans back home have ed hospitals were bombed. coach Mark Gottfried said. accused me of being “pro- The day before that a con- Gottfried said he received a letter from the NCAA Monday Hezbollah” and an embar- rassment to my family simply voy of civilians seeking refuge that officially ended the college career for Davis, who missed because I do not unequivocally was bombed, leaving a tangled most of his senior season with a torn knee ligament. support Israel’s disproportion- wreck of smoking cars and He did play in 13 of the Crimson Tide’s 29 games last sea- ate military action here; yet charred human limbs. son, well above the NCAA’s rule allowing a hardship year only I am constantly at odds with Every day Israel lobs shells for players who participated in less than 20 percent of their those here in Beirut who for- into the highly populated civil- team’s games not counting the NCAA tournament. get that Hezbollah did, indeed, ian suburbs of Beirut, level- “He’s done everything the way it should be done within provoke this conflict. ing neighborhoods and killing the NCAA and I thought it would really benefit him person- When I was interview- families. From my home near ally for the rest of his life,” Gottfried said. “But that has been ing the refugees in the park the Mediterranean Sea I can denied.” near my house, one man ini- hear the reports of the guns tially thought I was German. on the Israeli ships offshore as WEATHER I was speaking Arabic, not they bombard Dahieh. Downtown Tuscaloosa English. When he found out Lebanon’s infrastructure has 525 Greensboro Avenue Today Isolated showers I was American he started yell- been completely destroyed and 97º/74º and thunderstorms ing in my face. will take a decade to rebuild. 752-6931 “America is the problem after 11 a.m. in the Middle East! She is the enemy of all Muslims in Friday Isolated showers the world! See those planes in and thunderstorms the sky, dropping bombs on 100º/74º after noon our houses, killing our babies? Scattered showers Those are American planes!” Saturday What could I say? It’s true and thunderstorms 92º/71º — my tax dollars bought the bombs that keep me awake all night, that kill civilians and flatten apartment buildings. QUOTE OF THE DAY “Ana asifa le hakumati — I’m sorry for my government,” “When I came to Beirut, I repeated over and over in an attempt to keep the situ- I never thought I would lie awake ation from escalating. “Can’t at night listening to the sounds you see the difference between the people and the politics?” I Unlimited Tanning asked him. Unlimited Tanning of bombing. ” It hurt so much. What — CW student life editor Kristen Trotter have I done? By virtue of my describing her experience during the nationality, I am automati- cally on “the other side,” yet I Lebanese conflict. have no side of my own. When I corresponded with an Israeli atat AnyAny LevelLevel See “On the front lines of war,” blogger for another article, Page 1. he too referred to me as “the other side,” not because I am The Crimson White is ... 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The Crimson White. *eyewear*must have must eyewear be present in orderfor tanning to tan* NEWS ■ Thursday, July 20, 2006 3 FIRE Continued from Page 1 Prothro, Alexander honored at ESPYs Jackson Wallace, director of ETI Multifamily, which of a missed field goal. Conference title and a berth operates the Downs, said Prothro hauls in award Prothro, a 5-foot-8-inch in Super Bowl XL against the leases do not provide for for “The Catch” split end for the Crimson Pittsburgh Steelers. alternative housing for dis- Tide, broke his leg against placed residents, but offi- BY JESSIE PATTERSON Florida last season. He cials have been trying to Sports Editor has spent the summer find somewhere else for ■ [email protected] rehabilitating his leg in Directors' cup ranks them to stay. Tuscaloosa, but his status “We’ve been working Alabama football star for the upcoming season is Tide at No. 21, with the residents to see Tyrone Prothro was award- unclear. what options would work ed the ESPY for Best Play Prothro made 17 catch- check out the story best for them,” Wallace on July 12 in Los Angeles es for 325 yards and three on Page 8. said. “We’re doing every- at the ESPY awards show, touchdowns in five games thing we can.” winning for his acrobatic during the 2005 season. Five or six empty units in catch against Southern He averaged 27.6 yards per the Downs, Downs II and Miss during the 2005 sea- kickoff return, while also Regency Oaks, which are son. averaging 138.2 all-pur- all owned by Multifamily, Prothro was one of four pose yards per game. are a possibility, Wallace nominees in the category. The ESPY award cer- said, and officials “are still Philadelphia Phillies out- emony was broadcast working on finalizing the fielder Aaron Rowand was Sunday at 8 p.m. on ESPN details.” nominated for his catch and Prothro wasn’t the Wallace said about five that ended with him crash- only Tide representative to displaced residents were ing into the fence and walk away with hardware. planning to renew their breaking his nose. New Former Tide running leases, which expire in York Met David Wright back Shaun Alexander won about two weeks. was nominated for his an ESPY for Best Record It is not clear at this barehanded catch against Breaking Performance. point how repairs to the San Diego. USC football Alexander, Alabama’s apartments will take or player Reggie Bush’s punt all-time career leader how much they will cost, return against Washington in rushing yards, earned he said. AP/ Chris Carlson earned him a nomination. an ESPY for his perfor- Tyrone Prothro accepts his award for Best Play for his performance on The Chicago Bear’s Nathan mance while leading the Janna Pea, staff reporter, Alabama's football team at the 2006 ESPY Awards in the Hollywood area of Vasher was the final nomi- Seattle Seahawks to the contributed to this report. Los Angeles Wednesday, July 12. nee for his 108-yard return 2005 National Football

CW/ Cory Johnson A gas explosion destroyed a majority of the Calvary Baptist Church College Annex Wednesday Morning.

lines to the area to prevent any in the meantime. CALVARY further explosions, Horst said. As Jackson talked, drivers Continued from Page 1 Residents, including along Paul Bryant Drive rub- Stringer, were allowed to return bernecked to see the rubble. medivaced to UAB.” to their apartment buildings at Church members came up Officials said even though 6 a.m. to hug and shake hands with Steed was trespassing, the “I talked to some of the Jackson. explosion was unintentional residents that were on the Minister to youth Beau and had no plans to file charg- Waldrep, who graduated from es against him. the University in May, said Swindle said Calvary offi- “I talked to some of the he fielded calls all day long cials could press trespassing Wednesday from former stu- charges against Steed if they residents that were on dents across the country who wanted to. the side of the building heard the news about the Church officials don’t plan church. to press charges against Steed, closest to the church, “It’s just amazing, the tie Timothy Plant, minister of education and administration, and they said the that people have to this place,” said. he said. However, “We’re just not in building shook when Waldrep led worship in that kind of business,” he said. the annex exploded.” the annex for more than a At 4 a.m. Meghan Stringer, year during freshman Bible — MEGHAN STRINGER a senior majoring in political study meetings and Calvary’s science, awoke to the sound senior majoring in Wednesday night service, The of police banging on her 12th political science Well. Avenue apartment building, “It’s just weird to look at the yelling at her to get out of the side of the building closest place,” he said. “It just seems building. to the church, and they said so surreal [because] I led wor- Once police and fire rescue the building shook when the ship in there.” officials arrived at the annex, annex exploded,” she said. Waldrep said it was early to the smell of gas was heavy, so Walter Jackson, the senior talk about what people can do officials evacuated apartment pastor at Calvary, said the to help the church rebuild, but buildings beside the annex. church would have to look he said that people who want Alabama Power shut off for another facility to house updates on the church or want power to the entire block while the college students that to find out how they can help officials waited for the smell come for Wednesday night once church officials decide of gas to dissipate, Horst said. services, but he didn’t know what to do should go to relate. Alagasco also shut off the gas where the services would be cbc.com.

B RA ND N FForestorest TrailTrail On-Site EW Office APARTMENTS APARTMENTS Open Now! HWY 69 N. (2.3 miles past kmart) 391-6084 What’s your view? Send letters or guest columns to [email protected]. Students should include name, year, major and daytime phone number. More Jordan Pittman ■ Editor information is available at the bottom of the page. Opinions [email protected] Thursday, July 20, 2006 4 Our View Hezbollah must meet end now The conflict between Israel Syria has a strong hand when it So far, Iran has only received All hints of and Hezbollah now entering comes to directing Hezbollah’s a slap on he wrist from the inter- its second week and shows no The activities. national community regarding signs of slowing. Leaders across The major thought troubling Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Iran the globe are trying to create a Capstone me is that Iran or Syria might remains defiant and claims solution to end the escalating become involved military with they have the right to pursue crisis. What needs to be realized Conservative Israel. Hezbollah plays into nuclear interests. Iran can not cheating is that Hezbollah will continue Iranian President Mahmoud be allowed to continue defying to attack Israel as long as they Ahmadinejad’s plans for the international community. have enough members and destruction of Israel. Iran is Also, the longer Iran is rockets. Attacks may be halted obviously not worried about allowed to seek nuclear weap- for a short time, but as soon as repercussions, since they con- ons, the more they feel they are Hezbollah regains its weapons Phillip Godwin tinue to defy the international feared by the globe. The Iranian hurt sports supply the attacks will resume. community by seeking nuclear government is already ignoring `This is why Israel needs to weapons. foreign interests; imagine how completely disable Hezbollah are supporting Hezbollah now. It has even been speculat- far they would go if they felt Last Thursday, the New York Times broke a story now in able to ensure that the Syria and Iran are suspect- ed that Iran urged Hezbollah they had an upper hand given about Auburn University football players receiving threat of rocket attacks from ed of supplying weapons and to abduct Israeli soldiers in to them by fear. high grades in sociology and criminology classes Hezbollah will be eliminated. intelligence support to the ter- order to draw attention away Back to Hezbollah and Israel, that did not require attendance and involved little However, as we have seen in rorist group. Israeli intelligence from Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Israel must remain firm and work. The sociology department’s highest-ranking Iraq, terrorist organizations has even claimed that Iran is The Iranian Hezbollah group make certain Hezbollah does such as Hezbollah seem to have supporting Hezbollah with has now issued a threat to not feel they can attack Israel member, Thomas Petee, taught all the courses in an endless amount of hatred Iranian troops. Of course, Iran the United States and Israel. and dodge retaliation. I do not question. backed by a numerous supply and Syria both deny that they Hezbollah threatens to attack believe that Israel can neutral- There were 18 members of the 2004 Auburn foot- of people willing to fight for the fund Hezbollah’s efforts at this U.S. and Israeli interests world- ize the Hezbollah threat com- ball team who took these classes. They were similar organizations cause. time. wide, and even threatened that pletely, at least without the help to independent study classes but were in subjects Eliminating Hezbollah com- President Bush seems to if the United States wants to of the Lebanese government. pletely would be a long and believe otherwise. He believes start WWIII that Hezbollah is The Lebanese government like statistics, theory and methods. All of these nearly impossible process. Even that if pressure is put on Syria, ready. needs to stand up and take classes usually require classroom attendance. if Hezbollah could be destroyed, Syria could end the attacks The U.S. war on terror control of the land in southern Auburn University officials became suspicious Israel would still be threatened from Hezbollah. During lunch keeps becoming more com- Lebanon that U.N. resolution after sociology department director James Gundlach by attacks from other sur- at the G8 Summit, Bush said plex. Hezbollah, in Iran, issues 1559 gave them control over. saw a football player being honored as a scholar ath- rounding organizations and to British Prime Minister Tony threats and while hiding behind Until that time Israel, if it ever countries. Israel is in the worst Blair, “What they need to do is the Iranian government. The comes, Israel must take care of lete in sociology. According to the Times, Gundlach possible location for a Jewish to get Syria to get Hezbollah to Iranian Hezbollah group knows their people by avoiding future had never had the student in class, and he asked two nation. Many of Israel’s neigh- stop doing this s***.” that if the United States wants rocket attacks and abductions other professors in the department about the player. bors claim that Israel should What Bush and Blair didn’t to attack Hezbollah, they must by Hezbollah. They also said they hadn’t had the student either. be wiped of the map. In fact, realize is that the micro- also confront Iran. The United This allegation comes on the heels of a new NCAA all evidence seems to support phone in front of them was States must not hesitate to con- Phillip Godwin is a senior that two of Israel’s neighbors on. Nevertheless, Bush is right; rule that allows athletic scholarships to be revoked front Iran if the time comes. majoring in psychology. for colleges and universities whose athletes do not meet academic standards. Even though Auburn is our biggest rival, we at the University are not here to gloat. Some conspiracy theorists have always assumed that colleges sometimes skewer athletes’ grades to their benefit; there was just never sufficient evi- dence. While the whistleblower in this case now refuses to help investigators and claims that the players broke no NCAA rules, any hint of academic cheating or special treatment hurts sports everywhere. It’s unethical in every way, and if Auburn players are guilty of any of this, their sins found them out. But, in some ways, we can’t totally blame the play- ers because athletes are often so busy with their sport that they are athletes first and students sec- ond. That shouldn’t be the case. The education that they are getting should be their main focus. An overwhelming majority of collegiate athletes are not going to participate in athletics as a lifelong career, so academics should be first for them. This incident at Auburn should serve as a wakeup call to all universities to keep their noses clean. Scandals like this make all of Auburn look bad, not just the athletics department. No university can get away with cheating forever. Someone’s going to find MCT Campus out ... and talk to the New York Times about it. Our View is the consensus of the CW editorial board. Twinkle, Twinkle Grand Old Party star Letter to the Editor I promise I didn’t intend for Even though the GOP is sup- fetus cannot feel anything until my column to be a bitter dia- posed to be against “big govern- about 26 weeks into a pregnan- WMDs found in Iraq own up to their own lies. They tribe against Republicans — at Assorted ment,” they want to tell a woman cy. have been undermining the least not every time it is pub- what reproductive choices she There are also those who say The last few weeks have president, undermining the lished. But, as long as they keep Logic can or cannot make. To be anti- a woman who doesn’t want to been a dark period of time for war and giving hope to the ter- up their callousness and com- choice is to be anti-woman. A have her baby should give it rorists. Will The CW be objective the Democrats and the media. plete incompetence, I’m going woman should have the right up for adoption. In theory, that and report big news like this? More than 500 weapons of to write about it. to make her own personal deci- sounds like a great idea, but it mass destruction containing The media has mostly been Last Friday Twinkle Andress sions in these types of silent, as this news completely isn’t that easy. Many children sarin and mustard gas were Cavanaugh, the Chairman of situations. fall through the cracks and end found in Iraq, yet the media destroys their entire frame- the Alabama Republican Party, Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., up in foster home after foster has published articles playing work for reporting “No WMDs” sent out a press release. In the said it best when she said, “I home and are never placed with down the issue, if they’ve even over the past three years. press release she states, “The Jordan Pittman hope every woman in this published articles at all. The media also needs to less a permanent family. Alabama Republican Party country, whether they agree Also, while adoption rules I did a search of WMD in The gleefully report soldier death is proud to host our national [email protected] with Roe or they disagree with Crimson White’s archives, and milestones. Every soldier should be strict, they are often chairman and hear him outline Roe, whether they themselves not strict enough in some areas, the last story to appear was death is tragic, but we could all the GOP’s conservative vision Alabamians think of those four would make one decision or “Bush exaggerated, distorted hear the media panting as they hot button issues, they have and too strict in others. For for our nation and our state. another, will come together and example, there are many cases WMD threat” and was among approached the milestone “Alabamians deserve to a strong stance on them. Not say: Pro-choice means that the here in Alabama that have been many other Bush-bashing of 2,500 fallen soldiers. They hear where the Democrats standing on the right side of the Government respects the indi- articles. When will The CW have lost any concept of his- want to lead us, as well, so we fence makes you a liberal — and vidual, and isn’t that really what decided by Republican judges, quit holding back the truth? torical proportionality. Almost have extended an invitation to most Alabamians there isn’t our country is all about?” such as ousted Alabama Chief The WMDs that were found 60,000 American soldiers to Howard Dean and bought anything worse than being a Maybe there wouldn’t be Justice Roy Moore and his cro- do not provide evidence of died in Vietnam, over 600,000 a plane ticket for his use. He liberal. so many abortions if students nies, where children were taken a weapons program, but it men died in the Civil War and should come to our state, stand The four issues Cavanaugh got proper sex education in away from a gay or lesbian cou- does confirm that Saddam even 749 Americans died in next to Lucy Baxley and outline, mentioned are ridiculous in the schools. But, Republicans won’t ple and made to live in an abu- Hussein did not destroy his a training exercise for D-Day. precisely, where the Democrats first place. None of them are allow anything but “abstinence sive or alcoholic environment. weapons cache as he continu- Sadly, American defeat is stand on issues like abortion, pressing issues to a vast major- only” programs to be taught in Hearing about cases like that ously promised. Five hundred politically good for the defeat- taxes, Second Amendment ity of Alabamians. schools. Studies have shown sickens me. chemical weapons is no small ist Democrats and our victories rights and gay marriage.” The first issue Cavanaugh repeatedly that students who It’s clear what Cavanaugh number either, as some liberals are politically bad for them. It may sound like a nice mentioned was abortion. If you undergo these programs are was doing. She was playing off have suggested. When Saddam They will probably never own gesture, the chairman of the poll Alabamians you’ll find that much more likely to get preg- of the prejudices and lack of murdered over 300,000 of his up to their own undermining, Alabama Republican Party a vast majority consider them- nant or catch an STD than stu- knowledge that many Alabama own citizens, he used just three but the news media, including offering to pay for Howard selves to be pro-life. According dents that are taught abstinence voters have. of these weapons. Some try The CW, need to report the Dean to come campaign for the to SurveyUSA, Alabama is one in addition to how to properly Howard Dean and the DNC to make the claim that these facts. Democratic nominee for gov- of only about 10 states in which use contraceptives. don’t tell Lucy Baxley what weapons are unusable and Even if it is overdue, I hope ernor, but it was meant to be over 50 percent of the popu- Many pro-lifers insist that she stands for, just like Ken degraded, yet all that means is The CW will make things right anything but a nice gesture. lation consider themselves abortion is murder, but that Mehlman and the RNC don’t tell the materials are more unsta- and run a WMD story. ble, but just as deliverable. What Cavanaugh was try- pro-life. argument is laughable. It’s Bob Riley what he stands for. ing to do is stir up emotions Where do the Republicans impossible to murder some- It’s time for the tin-foil-hat- Jordan Johnston of uneducated Alabama vot- stand on this issue? Well clearly, thing that isn’t born. Most doc- wearing, Bush-lied crowd to Senior, industrial engineering Jordan Pittman is the opinions ers. She knows that when most they are the anti-abortion party. tors and scientists say that a editor of The Crimson White.

The Crimson White welcomes your view on the issues. Letters to the editor must be less than 300 words Marlin Caddell Editor Mike Faulk Managing Editor: News and guest columns less than 700. Send submissions to [email protected]. Submissions must include the Jordan Pittman Opinions Editor Tiff Schwarz Managing Editor: Design author’s name and daytime phone number. Phone numbers are for verification and will not be published. Students should also include their year in school and major. For more information, call 348-6144 or e-mail Editorial Board Will Nevin Managing Editor: Web [email protected]. The CW reserves the right to edit all submissions. ENTERTAINMENT ■ Thursday, July 20, 2006 5 Author explores integration in ‘Mississippi’ www.cw.ua.edu BY KELI GOODSON about his newest novel. Senior Staff Reporter Childress said he wanted to ■ [email protected] write a book about high school; one that was about kids who weren’t necessarily popular. Mark Childress left his audi- High school tends to be an ence wanting more after the unhappy time for kids, so the 20-minute reading of his new- book takes many dark turns est work, “One Mississippi” at throughout it, he said. There the Skyland Boulevard Books- A-Million Thursday evening. are many thought-provoking Shoppers eagerly bought themes throughout the book. copies of the book after listen- “High school is under- ing to the humorous beginning explored in adult novels,” read by the soft-spoken, good- Childress said. natured author. “One Mississippi” is an CW/ Cory Johnson He finished reading and examination of race, sex, hor- Author Mark Childress signs copies of his new book, “One Mississippi,” at answered plenty of questions mones and violence, Childress the Books-A-Million on Skyland Boulevard Thursday night. with a smile. He then sat down said. It is set in rural Mississippi at a small table and signed during integration in the ’70s. into the magical place it was in He said writing was, “The copies of his books for fans. It took eight years for “One her book, he said he decided only thing I had talent for.” Bits and pieces are autobio- Mississippi” to come out, but that writing was what he was Childress has written six graphic, he said, especially the Childress said he worked on going to do. Childress was born novels, three children’s books beginning of the book, when the novel for five years. in Monroeville. and two movie scripts. the main character’s family He took a two-year break for is traveling in a car down to the movie of his most recogniz- Mississippi from up North. “That was my family in the able book, “Crazy in Alabama,” car,” Childress said, though the he said, and was very hands- rest of the book is fiction. on in the process of making it. The beginning is the only He wrote the script and got part that is really autobio- to have a lot of input on the graphic, he said, though he movie, Childress said. did worry about what the real When Lee managed to turn Haspel people he knew would think her hometown of Monroeville Poplin Suits Khaki & Olive Colors into Radiohead’s “Paranoid DUO Android,” but Mike and Trey Continued from Page 6 didn’t seem interested when they came back out, and the song was aborted. The band Trey originals made them moved from “Android” into sound much less like Trey a wicked 12-minute cover of Anastasio Band and take on a The Who’s “Who Are You.” The more Phishier feel. crowd exploded. Mike even A stagehand placed two picked up the acoustic guitar chairs at the front of the stage for a little solo during the song. as the Duo exited for a break. At the end of the song, Trey Trey traded in his electric gui- pulled off his guitar and acted $199 tar for an acoustic and Mike like he was going to break it on picked up an electric banjo. the stage, but stopped just shy The two sat down for a three- of hitting the stage. Although song run, which included it is senseless to break per- covers of Doc Watson’s “More fectly good music equipment, Pretty Girls Than One” and it would have been cool to see Jimi Hendrix’s “You’ve Got Me Trey smash a guitar. Floating.” Though I did enjoy The whole band seemed to Seersucker Suits the little break, it was quite an really enjoy playing together Blue & Gray adjustment from the 40-min- and took pleasure in the atmo- ute jam session that preceded sphere as well. The show was the tunes. A great version of the perfect way to spend a “Mexican Cousin” got every- hot summer night, but it also body hyped up again. served as a reminder of the 1218 Univ. Blvd. Benevento and Russo took days when Phish ruled the Tuscaloosa Location • 205-342-HUNT • Mon-Sat 10-8, Sun 1-6 the stage and began diddying world. Northport Location • 205-333-1214 • Mon-Sat 10-8, Closed Sun 752-2990 Harbrooke Downs The Deal in Condominiums

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Thursday,Entertainment July 20, 2006 6 Mike Gordon, Duo rocks the Masquerade Joe Russo and Trey night, I had even heard a voice enough to make up for it. After Benevento/Russo Duo say, “These guys are as good a solid “Drifting,” a Duo origi- Anastasio plays to enthused crowd as Phish.” He must have been nal, “Becky,” was finally played jam in Atlanta Saturday night exhibiting symptoms of post- and got everyone hopping. Saturday Phish trauma. After a few more songs, a night at the The crowd was a mix of older rendition of the Beatles’ “Get BY ELLIOT KNIGHT Phish-heads, college kids and Back” led into a 20-minute Masquerade Contributing Writer 14 year olds who all seemed “Mud City” and then into a 19- Music Park quite enthusiastic about the minute “Goodbye Head.” Both in Atlanta. The Benevento/Russo Duo performance. The Benevento/ songs featured great jamming, show at the Masquerade Music Russo Duo opened up the eve- and Mike’s addition to these Park in Atlanta this past week- ning and was followed by GRAB CW/ Elliot end rocked. The Duo with Mike (Gordon, Russo, Anastasio, See DUO, Page 6 Knight Gordon was great as well. Benevento). While the Duo What I was worried about rocked the stage, Gordon hung was how the Duo, Mike and out in the crowd, talking with Trey Anastasio would sound. fans. Would Trey come out and take The Duo worked their magic over the show, or would every- as the sun went down and the thing blend perfectly into an air cooled off. After giving the epic montage of sound? Luckily, crowd a taste of what was in Gordon, one of the two mem- store for the evening, the Duo bers of Phish, meshed perfect- stepped off stage. Anticipation ly with an amazingly talented was in the air. pair of musicians who own the Just as the sun was set- keyboard (Marco Benevento) ting, GRAB opened up the and drums (Joe Russo). first set with an eight-minute The entrance to the long “Dragonfly,” which is a Masquerade Music Park is a new Trey tune that debuted small space in between an area at the Tabernacle in April. of woods and a dilapidated- “Dragonfly” was not my favor- looking building. Once inside ite musical offering of the eve- the “gate,” the space opens up ning, but seeing Mike and Trey into a sloped lawn with the on stage together was exciting stage at the base. The venue has an intimate, hole-in-the- wall feel. The only drawback of the quirky venue is the terrible excuse for restrooms — rank portable ones worse than any- thing I’ve seen at Bonnaroo. The Benevento/Russo Duo played at Bonnaroo in 2005 with Phish bassist Gordon and absolutely blew me away. The Duo has been gaining momen- tum since then and is earning the respect of many who hear them. The addition of Trey to the tour drew many Phish fans who hadn’t given the Duo a try. From the other fans’ con- versations I heard, everyone was pleasantly surprised by the music. By the end of the

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COMPILED BY JESSIE PATTERSON against Ole Miss and Auburn were already the post-season with the mindset that Sports Editor sold out. we can play with anyone and expect to ■ [email protected] Tickets are available online at www.rollti- advance in the tournament.” de.com. Eight of Alabama’s 11 matches will Alabama’s athletics department earned come against teams who participated in a No. 21 ranking in the U.S. Sports last year’s NCAA Tournament, making for Academy Directors’ Cup rankings for the Football coaches’ dressing room one of the toughest home schedules in past year, marking Alabama’s best finish dedicated school history. since 1997. Following custom during the Billy Pate “We’ve made a tremendous leap in The Alabama football coaches’ dress- era, Alabama will start the spring season the standings the last couple of years ing room in the football complex was by hosting a double-header on January 27 and that’s a tribute to the efforts of our dedicated on July 13 in honor of Samuel when the Tide takes on Jacksonville State coaches,” Alabama athletics director Mal “Eddie” Conyers III of Tuscaloosa. and Troy prior to entering February’s Moore said. “Our student-athletes are to Conyers has served as a referee and stretch of four consecutive NCAA tourna- be commended, as well.” official at Crimson Tide football practices ment opponents at home. The Directors’ Cup is sponsored by the since the early 1960s. The SEC Championships will be held U.S. Sports Academy and is presented “Obviously, it’s a great honor,” Conyers in Baton Rouge, La., April 19-22 and will each year to the best overall athletic pro- said. “I’ve known every head coach and be followed by the NCAA Tournament in gram in the United States. The Cup has assistant coach here at Alabama for more May. been awarded to the top school in NCAA than forty years, and having their dress- Divisions I, II and III, as well as the top ing room named in honor of me is a real Three former Tide players vying for scorer in the NAIA division since 1994. privilege. I genuinely love this program, Alabama has finished in the top 30 this school and all those people who’ve positions on NBA rosters six times since the award’s inception. been involved with Crimson Tide football A trio of former Alabama basketball Alabama moved up 17 spots from the for so many years.” stars is competing for spots on NBA ros- 2004-05 rankings, when the Crimson Tide Conyers is retired from the University’s ters by participating in the NBA’s Summer College of Continuing Studies. placed 38th. Leagues. The naming of the football coaches’ “I think this is evidence that we are Kennedy Winston, who played in Spain dressing room is one of 125 naming oppor- beginning to see the effects of our facili- this past season is playing for the New ties upgrade over the last few years tunities made available through gifts to Jersey Nets’ summer league team. and the positive factor that has played the Crimson Tradition Campaign, the Kenny Walker, a 2003 Alabama gradu- in our recruiting efforts,” Moore said. athletic department’s facilities improve- ate and four-year veteran as the Crimson “Ultimately, our goal at Alabama is to ment campaign, which began in March Tide’s starting center/forward is in win championships and to be a source of 2002. California to play in the NBA’s Summer pride for our fans and alumni.” Pro League. His summer league play runs Four SEC schools joined Alabama in 2006-07 men’s tennis schedule from July 8-22 and included a 25-point, the top 30. Florida was fifth and Georgia 12-rebound night on July 12. came in ninth, while Tennessee placed unveiled Joining Walker in California is 14th, and LSU was 20th. Birmingham native and 2004 Alabama University of Alabama head tennis graduate Emmett Thomas. He helped Tide single-game football tickets coach Billy Pate announced the 2006- lead the Tide to the Elite 8, and he is play- 07 men’s tennis schedule Tuesday. The ing in the California league for his second are available to the public schedule features 11 home dual-match- straight summer. es, 22 in all, plus the Crimson Tide Fall Alabama individual game foot- Championships October 26-29. ball tickets went on sale to the general “As in the past few years, we want to public on Monday. Single-game tickets continue playing a national-level sched- will be assigned from the visiting team ule that will include a variety of highly- allotments for games versus Louisiana- competitive programs representing dif- Monroe, Duke and Florida International. ferent regions of the country,” Pate said. The Hawaii individual game tickets “Since we expect this squad to be deeper for the Crimson Tide’s home opener sold and more experienced than we’ve been out quickly on Monday, and tickets for the last two years, I feel confident we will the SEC opener against Vanderbilt sold embrace the challenge of our schedule out on Tuesday. Tickets to home games and see it as an opportunity to approach

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