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Thursday, January 15, 2004 Serving the University of Alabama since 1894 Volume 110, Issue 75 The FCC giveth and the FCC taketh away College of C&IS gets share Right to say F-word on network TV might of Montgomery TV station be taken back By CHRIS BUNN such as how the college plans the college’s development. By HEATHER HENDERSON Staff Reporter to use the shares in the sta- Cox Radio has also pledged Metro/State Editor tion. to donate $15,000 per year for The College of Bonnie LaBresh, director of four years to the journalism Cox Radio has They let the bomb slip, and Communication and development for C&IS, repre- department’s multicultural now it may be blowing up in pledged to donate CW Photo Illustration/ Tom Neil Information Sciences has sented the college in the deal summer workshop. their faces. The Federal Communications Commission acquired 18 percent owner- but did not discuss details. It is unclear whether $15,000 for four The F-bomb, that is. The could soon reconsider its October decision to ship of WNCF, Montgomery’s In his e-mail to the faculty, DuBose is one of the WNCF Federal Communications permit the F-word on network televison in ABC affiliate TV station. Clark thanked David DuBose, donors or if there is any con- years to the Commission may soon some contexts. Culpepper Clark, dean of the vice president and market nection between Cox Radio’s reverse an October decision Awards by U2’s lead singer, college, disclosed the news in manager for the Birmingham funding of the journalism journalism not to fine network television Bono, that contained the F- a recent faculty e-mail. market of Cox Radio for par- department project and the stations if the F-word is used word. The bureau contended Clark said the gift, which ticipating in and facilitating WNCF gift. department’s on one of their shows. that the word was not used in came from a group of as-yet- the deal. DuBose did not return The FCC enforcement multicultural a sexual context when he unidentified investors, is Dubose is a member of the telephone calls this week. bureau failed to fine NBC said, “This is really, really, f— worth “several million dol- college’s Board of Visitors, The college also owns and after the station did not edit summer workshop. —— brilliant.” lars.” which is a group of 65 media operates WVUA Channel 7, out a statement made in He declined this week to executives and professionals Tuscaloosa’s only local news January at the Golden Globe See F#&% !, Page 2 disclose further information responsible for influencing station.

Small-Town Alabama: Oneonta NAACP office door racially vandalized

By NICK BEADLE The timing was something of Student Life Editor which George, a junior major- ing in finance investment man- When UA NAACP member agement and public relations Dorothy George looked at the coordinator for the Renewed door of her organization’s Alliance for Cultural Education Ferguson Center office campus initiative, was very Wednesday morning, she found much aware. something other than days and “What I feel like [spurred the times on the office hours list: incident] was we had all this the message “I hate niggers.” progress on campus,” she said. The defacing occurred days Despite receiving some before Martin Luther King Jr. antagonism this year, Anisa Day and one day after a Jones, president of the campus Southern Poverty Law Center chapter of the National collegiate anti-hate training Association for the session and a videoconference Advancement of Colored commemorating the desegre- People, said she was unsure gations of the Capstone and the why anyone would target her universities of Georgia and organization. Mississippi. “We don’t know why anybody wouldn’t want us here or any- thing,” she said. “We’ve never hurt anybody.” Dean of Students Tom Strong CW/ Tom Neil said UA officials had several The Horton Mill covered bridge in Oneonta is the highest bridge of its kind in the United States and one of three found in Blount County. The county has a booming HIspanic population. meetings Wednesday about how to respond to the defacing, though he said they had not set- tled on anything concrete. “What we’re wanting to do is take this terrible, despicable Residents bridge the cultural gap incident and make some good By TIFFANY SUMMERVILLE were once the center of last block and a half you’ll town about eight miles out of it,” he said. The SGA and NAACP quickly Assistant Entertainment Editor Oneonta’s life when it was find “Tienda la favorita.” northwest of Oneonta. CW/ Nick Beadle incorporated in 1891, you’ll This is indeed the “favorite The Duarte family has NAACP members found the door of their UA responded with a campaign to ONEONTA — As you drive begin to understand why the shop” of Maricela Duarte, a called Oneonta home for two office vandalized Wednesday morning. The distribute stickers with anti- down Old Main Street, you town is a popular stop for wife and mother of five who years, living in Texas and racially charged message appeared one day can see all the aspects of a tourists. moved with her family to the Oklahoma City before then. after an anti-hate seminar. See NAACP, Page 2 historic county seat nestled So far, you think you’re in United States from Mexico Duarte also has extended in a valley in the eastern part just another typical country 10 years ago. Duarte runs her family living in town, includ- of Blount County about town in Alabama. Then your Mexican grocery store as a ing a sister who commutes to 30 miles northeast of eye catches sight of a store family business with the help her job at the Meadowcraft Birmingham. that stands out from the rest. of her five children, who factory in Tarrant, just north Passing the antique shops Sandwiched between small attend Oneonta city schools. of Birmingham. Duarte said and specialty stores occupy- shops that look a lot like the Her husband works for a ing the same buildings that ones you’ve passed for the newspaper in Cleveland, a See ONEONTA, Page 2 Kucinich struggles to gain name recognition for election By KRISTEN TROTTER Democratic presi- running for the “Reagan Democrats” and Staff Reporter dential primary. nomination, as he is swing voters. UA political sci- One of the nine languishing at the ence professor Donald Snow This story is the fifth in a candidates running low end of public disagrees, however. series focusing on 2004 for the Democratic opinion polls. “Kucinich would under any presidential candidates. nomination in the Kucinich, howev- circumstances be a fringe 2004 presidential er, insists that not candidate,” he said. “He’s too Do you support the election, Kucinich, a only can he win the far from the mainstream — legalization of marijuana, congressman from Democratic pri- too far to the left and on abolishing NAFTA and the Ohio, is widely mary, but he is also some issues, too far to the World Trade Organization or viewed as the far- Dennis Kucinich perfectly capable of right.” CW/ Elliot Knight creating a Department of thest left, or most beating President Kucinich, who has received Grand-opening —Executive chef John Patterson, Aramark district managers Tim VanderMeersch and Peace? extreme, of the candidates. Bush. On his campaign Web the Gandhi Peace Award, is Doug Hildreth, and Fresh Food Company national brand manager Sue Small were part of the festivities Then you may want to vote Many observers also believe site, Kucinich claims to have that included a live jazz band for the ribbon-cutting Wednesday at the Fresh Food Company in the for Dennis Kucinich in the he is essentially out of the a history of attracting See KUCINICH, Page 2 Ferguson Center.

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anti-hate initiatives. and nobody spotted anyone on the third NAACP “I think if anything, it’s right on time,” floor while making the rounds Tuesday Continued from Page 1 Jones said. “Because people [will see the night. the incident] and take this very seriously.” George said the last NAACP member hate slogans, including “Hate is a not a The Office of the Dean of Students who left the office 30 minutes before the UA value.” George said the slogans will quickly turned over the note to the Ferguson Center’s closing Tuesday night World change twice a month. University of Alabama Police Department said the office hours list was not vandal- “If people are wearing [the stickers] after its discovery. Efforts to reach UAPD ized when he left. around campus, it will help unify people officials for comment about the case were George discovered the note between and alienate the people who participate unsuccessful Wednesday. 8:30 and 8:40 a.m. the following morning, in such an act; make them feel like they’re Though Strong said his office had not she said. the outsiders,” said Laura Neergaard, SGA established a timeframe for the vandal- Tim Hebson, associate dean of stu- Brief press secretary. ization, the time during which the defac- dents and director of the Office of Student Neergaard said the SGA would pay for ing could have occurred was limited. Judicial Affairs, said the penalty for any CAMPUS IN the stickers but did not know the exact Student Affairs director Carl Bacon said student perpetrator(s) could be a warn- source of the money for the stickers. She the Ferguson Center opens at 7 a.m. and ing, probation or suspension. Mark’s Madness to hold final sign-ups said she would likely get a price before closes at 10 p.m. Sunday through However, he said the door’s defacing that decision is made. Wednesday. would likely elicit a more serious punish- Mark’s Madness, the student fan group for the of Alabama Jones expressed confidence that some- He said those who shut down the ment than a warning. men’s basketball team, will have its final sign-up of the sea- thing good could come out of the inci- building each night check each floor to “Obviously it will be dealt with very son Friday from Noon to four p.m. in the Coleman Coliseum dent, such as the implementation of new ensure no one is left inside when it closes, harshly,” Hebson said. lobby. The cost is $10, which includes a pass to the remainder of the season’s games and a Mark’s Madness T-shirt. “It’s a laissez-faire approach sources than traditional net- audience is,” he said. “They F#&% ! to change.” work television, Bryant said, measure the ticket sales with Continued from Page 1 Bryant said networks would such as Pax TV or ABC Family. every film that comes along.” Alpha Delta Sigma to hold interest meeting probably not openly push for “Safe havens, or family tele- If the industry goes too far But after protests from the right to use profanity on vision, will become alternative with its explicit content, as in Alpha Delta Sigma will hold an informal convocation and television,” Bryant said. Parents Television Council shows. too far for its target audience, interest meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Ferguson Center and several national legisla- “That would cause the kind Bryant noted the movie Room 300. For more information, e-mail Leigh Ann tors, FCC chairman Michael of backlash they don’t want,” industry’s manipulation of rat- it adjusts accordingly, he said. Hargrove at [email protected]. Powell is attempting to garner he said. “They don’t want peo- ings, and he said network tele- “That may happen with tel- at least two votes from the ple to look at their opinion vision may find itself doing the evision, too,” Bryant said. Women’s Resource Center to host lunch events other four commissioners to with a negative eye.” same. overturn the Bono decision, Rather, Bryant said the net- “They’ve adjusted back and The Associated Press Resource Center will host a Brown Bag Lunch event in the while calling for a 10-fold works would “loosen their forth to find where the largest contributed to this report. Ferguson Forum on Friday at noon. The film Killing Us increase in the $27,500 fine for belts a little bit at a time” to Softly 3 will be shown. The film examines the ways in which networks that break obscenity appeal to younger viewers women are displayed in advertising and how the portrayal rules. while maintaining subtlety for contributes to the culture of devaluing women. Fines are enforced each their older audience. Other Brown Bag Lunch events this month will be held time a network allows “Titillating and shocking is a Wednesday and Jan. 30. “obscene material” to air at way to get an incredible audi- Everyone is welcome to attend the free events and is any time or “indecent materi- ence,” Bryant said, “The trend encouraged to bring a lunch. For more information, call al” to air between 6 a.m. and will continue unless enough Stephanie Chalifoux at the Women’s Resource Center at 10 p.m. people raise their voices in 348-5040 or e-mail [email protected]. More details on Such an increase in fines opposition.” the Brown Bag Lunch series can be found online at would require congressional Regarding television con- wrc.ua.edu. approval. tent for the next generation of Powell told the National young people, Bryant referred Press Club on Wednesday that to I Love Lucy, when Lucille “a line has been crossed.” Ball was not allowed to use the UA Men Against Violence sponsor White Ribbon Campaign “The FCC says it’s not OK,” word “pregnant.” Members of Men Against Violence at the University are Powell said, referring to the “If you look back from the sponsoring the White Ribbon Campaign, an international use of the F-word on network beginning of television to campaign in which men make a pledge to help stop vio- television. today, you’ll see how things lence against women during the month of January. UA communication profes- have changed,” Bryant said. As part of the pledge, men are to wear a white ribbon sig- sor Jennings Bryant said the “We’ll continue to see that nifying their promise to never commit, condone or remain original decision made by the removal of taboos so that silent about violence towards women. Men are also encour- usually conservative FCC eventually, airwaves will be aged to participate in “These Hands Don’t Hurt” a visual struck him as “weird.” more like cable is now, and display of paper hands that men sign in an attempt to end “[The] network chose to cable will be like the Internet violence against women. leave it in even with a five-sec- is now.” The white ribbons and hands will be available at Get on ond delay,” Bryant said of the Meanwhile, those who do Board Day on Wednesday and in the Ferguson Center on network’s failure to edit out not want to see more graphic Jan. 28 from 11 a.m.to 2 p.m. the expletive. content will have to seek other For more information, call Stephanie Chalifoux at the Women’s Resource Center at 348-5040. to pay for universal pre- KUCINICH kindergarten for all children Continued from Page 1 ages 3 to 5. His health care NATION plan, phased in over 10 years, the chairman of the would remove private insur- U.S. soldiers’ suicide rate is up in Iraq Congressional Progressive ance companies from health Caucus of the Democratic care. WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. soldiers in Iraq are killing them- Party. He has staunchly David Lanoue, chairman of selves at a high rate despite the work of special teams sent opposed the war in Iraq and the UA political science to help troops deal with combat stress, the Pentagon’s top has developed a “Ten-Point department, said Kucinich’s doctor said Wednesday. Meanwhile, about 2,500 soldiers Plan to Bring Our Troops presence in the race is “not so who have returned from the war on terrorism are having to Home From Iraq.” In this plan, much trying to win the nomi- wait for medical care at bases in the United States, said outlined on his Web site, nation but making sure the Dr. William Winkenwerder, assistant secretary of defense for Kucinich proposes to give progressive side of the health affairs. The problem of troops on “medical exten- monetary compensation to Democratic Party is well-rep- sion” is likely to get worse as the Pentagon rotates hundreds the families of all civilian resented.” of thousands of troops into and out of Iraq this spring, he casualties in Iraq. Lanoue said that since said. Kucinich has proposed cre- Kucinich is not expected to ating a federal “Department of win, he is able to take “bold Bush outlines plan for 2015 moon landing Peace,” which would seek to policy stands” that he might make war “archaic” and not be able to make otherwise. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush, envisioning “new jour- instead use peaceful means to However, Lanoue said neys to the worlds beyond our own,” unveiled a plan resolve conflicts. Kucinich may not be doing as Wednesday to send astronauts to the moon, Mars and A supporter of the Anti- good a job of doing that as the beyond on missions sure to cost hundreds of billions of dol- Ballistic Missile treaty that candidate might like. lars and stretch the bounds of technology. President Bush withdrew “He hasn’t gotten all that He called for a manned lunar landing as early as 2015. from, Kucinich supports much attention, so he’s had Bush’s election-year initiative represents the boldest space nuclear disarmament and relatively little impact.” goals since John F. Kennedy laid the groundwork for the prohibiting nuclear weapons An informal poll of UA stu- Apollo program that landed Americans on the moon in in outer space. He was also the dents confirmed that state- 1969. only one of the Democratic ment. Almost no students presidential hopefuls to vote interviewed had ever heard of Judge refuses to dismiss Peterson charges against the Patriot Act. Kucinich or knew who he was. When the WTO conference Carolyn McNeilly, a fresh- MODESTO, Calif. (AP) — Double murder charges will stand came to Seattle, Kucinich against Scott Peterson in the killings of his pregnant wife man in the College of Arts and marched in the streets with Sciences and a Howard Dean and unborn son, a judge ruled Wednesday, rejecting a workers, protesting the WTO’s defense motion to dismiss the charges. supporter who recognized policies. He supports a pro- Kucinich, he said he has had Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge Marie Silveira gressive tax structure, and denied the motion to toss out the charges on defense claims little or no influence. says he would repeal all of “Because he’s not a that prosecutors did not present enough evidence of a Bush’s tax cuts, “investing crime during a preliminary hearing last year. front-runner, most people $500 billion to rebuild schools, don’t know his ideology,” roads, bridges, ports and McNeilly said. WEB POLL RESULTS sewage, water and environ- McNeilly, who describes mental systems will do more Kucinich as an “overgrown Whose birthday will you celebrate Monday? to stimulate the economy hippie,” said that not only is than tax breaks for the Kucinich too liberal for the • 74.5% Robert E. Lee wealthy.” American public, but “his • 13.4% Neither, just glad to have the day off He proposes reducing the policies and views are too left • 8.7% Martin Luther King Jr. military budget, taking even for most Democrats.” • 3.4% Both $60 billion from the Pentagon

Total votes: 149

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To Assistant Sports Editor Alabama forward Chuck “They were pressuring us and Davis didn’t lead the Crimson getting us out of our offense. go to the line 10 times Kennedy Winston had 25 Tide in scoring Wednesday [Alabama] coach [Mark compared to 35, we’re points and Jermareo Davidson night, but his 17 points proved Gottfried] calmed us down at had a career-best six blocked to be the key in opening up halftime and we started run- not going to win very shots as Alabama used a dom- and offense that managed just ning more of the offense inant second half to beat 34 points in the first half. inside and finally shots start- many games.” Arkansas, 81-65. Lacking a true inside pres- ed falling.” —STAN HEATH Down 35-34 at the break, ence, Arkansas was forced to Heath said Davis, along Arkansas coach the Crimson Tide (9-4, double team Davis from the with Tide guard Earnest 1-1 SEC) took control of the opening tip, leaving Davis an Shelton, were the two most rhythm in the second half as game after halftime. With 12 opportunity to either attack improved players he had seen the referees called 27 fouls, minutes left in the game, the double team or hit a in the SEC this season. The nine more than in the first Alabama pushed its lead to teammate for an open shot. second-year Arkansas coach half. Alabama ended up seven. About four minutes For most of the game, Davis attributed the players’ shooting 25-of-35 from the after that, Winston threw an chose the former. progress to an increase in line for the game while alley-oop pass to Emmett “When we did double, he minutes and self-confidence. Arkansas managed just 5-of- Thomas that Thomas dunked, still was pretty relentless at Davis, who scored a total of 10. bringing the Coleman trying to attack and score and two points in the Tide’s two Although Heath did not Coliseum crowd of nearly he drew some fouls,” games against the Hogs last criticize the officials after the 9,000 to its feet. Arkansas coach Stan Heath season, certainly proved that game, the free throw disparity The dunk stretched the said. “Ideally, we would prefer point Wednesday night, hit- did not go unnoticed. Tide’s lead to 16, and proved to not to let him get his catches ting 7-of-10 from the field “It seemed like, in the sec- be the last gasp for Arkansas and touches so close to the and grabbing a game-high ond half, there were a lot of (8-6, 0-3). The teams traded basket and that’s where we nine rebounds. fouls called,” Heath said. “To baskets the rest of the way out had our first line of break- “He’s just one of those play- go to the line 10 times com- as the Tide coasted to a win downs — just allowing him to ers that I don’t think you can pared to 35, we’re not going to that helped erase some of the get the ball in deep and then give a steady diet of any- win very many games.” bitterness left over from forcing the double team.” thing,” Heath said. “But you Of course, Gottfried had a Saturday’s late-game collapse CW/ Lizzie Heard The Razorbacks came out certainly have to give him very different point of view. at LSU. Kennedy Winston goes for a layup during Alabama’s defeat of Arkansas. Winston scored 25 of the of the gate hot, hitting four attention and not let him get “I thought a lot of times “We learned from the LSU Tide’s 81 points in Alabama’s conference home opener. three-pointers in the first 5:55 in his comfort zone. But, we they had two hands on our game, but it’s behind us now,” to build a 12-9 lead. That, allowed him to get in his guys,” Gottfried said. “They point guard Antoine Pettway through tonight,” Heath said. picked up from 45 percent to combined with the up-and- comfort zone tonight.” put two hands on and tried to said. “When it came down to Heath seemed to spark the 57 percent. down tempo and the Hogs’ Though Davis managed to play very physical and I crunch time, we executed.” team in the first half by hold- Davidson was a defensive physical play made it difficult find his comfort zone, both thought the referees called To coach Mark Gottfried, the ing top scoring threat force against the Hogs’ small- for the Tide to run set plays, teams had trouble finding a the game.” game was a contrast of halves. Jonathon Modica out of the ish front line, but he said that “I’m happy with the way our starting lineup. Modica it took him a few minutes to guys played in the second responded to the benching by adjust to the game. half,” Gottfried said. “I thought leading all scorers with 13 “[Arkansas’ inside players Idle in the first half, we just needed first-half points. were] scoring on me, so I had Entertainment to settle down.” “We wanted to go with our to pick my game up,” the — American Arkansas coach Stan Heath best defensive and rebound- freshman forward said. Idol, Ruben agreed. ing team,” Heath said. “We Thomas had nine points off Studdard, “[Alabama was] a different were hoping that [being the bench for Alabama. seemed to like team from the first half to the benched] would ignite Demetrius Smith played 11 what he saw. second half,” Heath said. Jonathon, and in the first half, solid minutes in relief of Studdard Winston exploded for 19 of it did.” Pettway, who got into foul attended his points in the second half, But Modica was a modicum trouble in the first half. Evan Coleman while Chuck Davis had 10 sec- of his first-half self after the Brock was the only other Tider Coliseum ond-half points. Arkansas got break. He hit just one of his six to get off the bench; he con- Wednesday night into quick foul trouble after field goals, indicative of the tributed two steals in just eight to watch the intermission and Alabama team’s overall decline. The minutes of action. Crimson Tide took full advantage. The Tide Hogs’ field-goal percentage Alabama can move above beat Arkansas. shot 26 second-half free fell from 48 percent in the first .500 in league play when it throws; the Hogs had only five. half to 38 percent in the sec- takes on Auburn at Coleman CW/ Lizzie Heard “Our youth really showed ond. Alabama’s, meanwhile, Coliseum on Saturday. Basketball player, Tennessee native feels at home in T-town By BUDDY HUGHES Her work ethic is just beyond going on, but I have the confi- Sports Reporter “When I came here, it description. She’s earned the dence in them and know that right to be able to shoot the they are going to get it done. Katie Sipe is tough. wasn’t my first pick, way she does.” They know they can come to For proof look no further Sipe brings the same dedi- me if they need any questions than the junior guard’s right but I came and fell in cation to defense that she answered.” eye. At practice Wednesday, brings to shooting. It is her Along with her performance Sipe took a basketball to her love with the place, defense that has earned her a on the court, Sipe has also per- eye and produced a nice shin- the people and the start in 13 of the 14 games formed well in the classroom, er in the process. despite the Crimson Tide’s earning Academic All-SEC Sipe’s toughness has been a depth at the two guard posi- honors last season. Sipe’s atmosphere.” tion. Moody said that it all secret to juggling her busy fixture of Alabama women’s — KATIE SIPE basketball since she came to Women’s basketball guard starts on the defensive end schedule is prioritizing what the Capstone in 2001. The and that Sipe is fundamentally needs to be done first. Hillsboro, Tenn., native chose in a streak that dates back to sound on the defensive side of Apparently she does it well. to come to Alabama even last season. Alabama women’s the ball. Last year she finished with a though the University was not basketball coach Rick Moody With this season’s squad 3.94 GPA. her first choice. said Sipe has worked hard to depending a lot on freshmen, “I fell in love with the cam- become a great shooter. Sipe has had to step up her pus and I loved the coaches,” “Some shooters are born leadership role. She said she Sipe said. “It just felt like a sec- and some shooters are made,” can identify with the freshmen Check out ond home for me. When I said Moody, whose team will who are making major contri- came here, it wasn’t my first host Ole Miss tonight at 7. “I butions this season. pick, but I came and fell in love think [Sipe’s] blessed to have a “You can tell sometimes The CW online. with the place, the people and little bit of both. She’s a natural when there is a freshman out the atmosphere.” shooter but she’s also put in an there,” Sipe said. “They may www.cw.ua.edu Since Sipe set foot on the incredible number of hours. not feel like they’re sure what’s hardwood of Coleman Coliseum, she has been an impact player. She burst on the scene her freshman year starting in 30 games. She began etching her name in history in a game against LSU her freshman year when she posted 21 points on 7-of-9 shooting from behind the three-point arch. The three-point shot has been a big part of Sipe’s game. Against Houston earlier in the year, Sipe hit her 100th career three-pointer. Sipe was the ninth player to hit the 100 three-point mark in Alabama history. Sipe was unaware that she had even achieved the milestone until an interview after the game. “It was a great honor and accomplishment but my main goal was to know that we won the game,” Sipe said. So far this season, Sipe has drained 40 percent of the three-point shots she has thrown. She has also been extraordinary from the free throw line, hitting all 11 of her free throws this season. Sipe has hit her last 16 free throws CW newsroom contacts January Chris Sanders Jon Gargis Drew Champlin Luisa Morenilla Editor News Director Sports Editor Photo Director 348-8049 348-6146 348-8057 348-9240

Lauren Davidson Tiffany Schwarz Graham Flanagan Amber Windham Managing Editor Asst. Managing Editor Entertainment Editor Chief Copy Editor Opinions 348-9240 348-9240 348-9241 348-6146 152004 Page 4 Saddam should face his charges in court By DANIEL WATTS to give someone who actually gets a kick world knows that if Saddam is merely exe- out of killing others the opportunity to get cuted without the people of Iraq and the The moon I’m writing this column in response to a out of prison, through escape, on parole world community seeing exactly what Jan. 7 editorial regarding capital punish- or after serving his/her sentence, and kill this genocidal dictator has done during ment and the upcoming trial of Saddam again. his reign, then he would become a martyr Hussein. The basic idea of that editorial I’ll admit executions can be more “of the people.” was that capital punishment is wrong, no expensive than even long-term prison This International Criminal Court, matter what the case, and that President sentences, but I find a sense of peace which is incapable of imposing a death Bush and Secretary of Defense Donald knowing that someone who was clearly penalty, might be able to find Saddam Rumsfeld want to hold Saddam’s trial in guilty of mass murder will have no chance guilty, but in no way would it deter any ain’t Iraq Iraq for the purpose of easily bringing of doing something that horrible again. world leader from making decisions that about his execution. And now regarding the trial of Saddam: the ICC might find “illegal.” Those lead- Load up the van, kids, we’re goin’ back to the moon! While the part of my column regarding The idea that despots who commit crimes ers, who would willingly kill thousands or Or at least that’s what President Bush said capital punishment is merely my opinion, against humanity being brought to justice flaunt outlawed nuclear weapons, would Wednesday as he announced his intrepid new vision the section regarding Saddam’s trial is internationally is not a relatively new in no way be intimidated by those courts, for our nation’s beleaguered space program, a vision something I have researched through sev- idea. Remember the Nuremberg trials? All especially if there’s no chance for a death eral news Web sites (including both liber- of Adolf Hitler’s henchmen went on trial penalty. Only a show of force would keep that includes a new generation of spacecraft, a al-oriented CNN.com and conservative- after World War II and the Holocaust. An them from making decisions that would moon base and an eventual trip to Mars. oriented FoxNews.com), so I could get a international tribunal of judges presided alter the future of the rest of the free Now, we’re all for it. We’ve got our pointy ears on better idea of what is going on. over the trials. International war crimes world. and our phasers set to “extra crispy,” and we’re more Capital punishment is not completely trials are not new; they just haven’t been Should Saddam be found guilty of his than ready to go back to a place we haven’t seen abhorrent. Admittedly, if someone killed used in a long time, with the exception of crimes, which he will, there should be no since the height of the disco revolution. In our another person out of hate, vengeance or Slobodan Milosevic. chance that he would escape and gain the minds, we get a moon base, then a Mars base, and whatever reason, and it was an isolated The Iraqi governing council is ensuring opportunity to regain even the slightest event, then I could understand putting that Saddam will receive a fair and just bit of his world power or begin coordinat- then, ladies and gentlemen, we go looking for that person in prison for many years so he trial in Iraq involving international ing terrorist attacks against the United Klingons. Sounds like a brilliant plan. can reflect on what he has done. judges, prosecutors and defenders. While States or our allies. The only way to pre- Besides, our space program has already brought However, for someone who has killed at in Iraq, he can answer to his crimes vent that is the execution of Saddam. us innovations like Velcro, Teflon and Tang. Who least one person, and has intentions of against humanity, while facing the fami- He will face the charges against him. He knows what new round of inventions this will bring? killing more with or without remorse, the lies of the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis will see the faces of people whose families We’re just hoping for jetpacks. Hover cars would be death penalty is the only viable solution. he slaughtered over 23 years during his he slaughtered for his own amusement. nice, too, but we think that’s too much to hope for. If the death of one person can prevent the reign of terror. The Iraqi people will see that justice shall future deaths of even one more person, The U.S. government is ensuring that prevail over evil. Saddam will be held Our geeky minds are salivating at the prospect of then the execution is more than justified. not only his status as a prisoner of war, accountable for his crimes. this new moon base. Apparently, this base will be Why keep a mass murderer in prison but also that his personal treatment and America’s launching pad for deep space, and it will for years on end when it may not actually trial will be treated under the rules of the Daniel Watts is a sophomore in the College be powered by a nuclear reactor. A nuclear moon rehabilitate that person? I would not want Geneva Convention set forth in 1949. The of Education. base? Now, that’s too cool. Throw in a frickin’ laser beam and we’re sold. A new design program will surely make for a giddy Huntsville, and we’re sure that Alabama’s economy will receive a piece of that space booty. However, Bush’s baby does have some flaws. The plan details the retirement of our current space shuttles in 2010, with its replacement craft to be fin- ished in the coming years. In short, sometime in the near future, America, the innovator of space explo- ration, will be left stranded on terra firma. That just doesn’t sit too well with us. To pay for his modern-day version of manifest destiny, Bush wants an extra $1 billion given to NASA and an additional $11 billion diverted from current in-house projects. Yeah, so what about Iraq, Afghanistan and the ever-burgeoning budget deficit? We’re sure Bush will just have another billion printed up. No biggie, right, George? And can we really get this new space program off the ground with just $12 billion? Bush recently gave more than 80 big, big ones to Iraq, and Iraq ain’t Mars. Compared to Mars, Iraq is within spitting dis- tance, and that’s without any wind. Think how many Republicans are opposed to this plan. So much for being fiscally conservative. Then again, Bush threw out the government’s ledger a long, long time ago (in a galaxy far, far away). We like space exploration just as much as the next guy or gal, but come on, George, this smells too much of a political ploy. We also think it’s a red her- CW/ Trey Brannon ring to distract us momentarily from both the war and the jobless economy. But, surely Bush wouldn’t fool us like that. We know what he really has in mind. You really do want the geek vote, don’t you? Fresh Food Co. brings sophistication to UA dining Our View is the consensus of The CW editorial board. By DAN WHISENHUNT noise, functioning every meal. like musical wallpa- There’s a crucial lack of desserts. While I decided I’d start the semester by say- per. It can be I did enjoy biting into a soft, warm choco- ing something positive about the admired and ignored late chip cookie fresh from the oven, I Letter to the Editor University. Even though being an opinion simultaneously. occasionally like ice cream, a slice of cake columnist is like being a watchdog, I think It also lends the or both. There are some dessert items at Alfa should let curtain fall from taxpayers in federal it’s worth mentioning when I see some- FFC an air of sophis- the FFC, but it’s basically just pie, pudding on its deception play farm subsidies for his 8,000- thing that works. So here it goes: The tication, unlike its (which isn’t very good) and cookies. acre family farm. The Fresh Food Company is pretty good. crude predecessor. What about the soft-serve? What about I read with amusement Birmingham News took It’s not just because there’s a place Eating here feels like low-fat sherbets for the weight conscious the attempt of Alfa to win a issue with this deception, where students can use meal plans on the an adult exercise, THE OH REALLY FACTOR among us? Either they’re not there, or I’m public relations coup with saying, “It hardly seems fair other side of campus. The University whereas Burke was Dan Whisenhunt just not seeing them. There should be a its deceptive donation to the for big farms — even could have easily built Burke II, meeting mostly a reprise of designated dessert kiosk instead of pud- financially strapped Fortune 500 companies — to the bare minimum of its obligation to stu- high school. ding here and a slice of pie there. Shakespeare Festival rake in millions of dollars in dents. We’ve seen that trend over the years Another great FFC feature is the one we But don’t get me wrong: These are triv- Schoolfest program. government aid while family in the form of Parking Services and the ill- think of least: The rotating dish dispensa- ial things, easily correctible with enough I applaud various state farms falter.” conceived Tide Guide Web site. But the ry is much cooler than the clunky Burke survey cards that I’m sure are thoroughly newspapers for holding Alfa Can Mr. Newby say, ‘Et tu, long overdue FFC sets a new standard for conveyor belt system. It also blocks our ignored by the people in charge of Burke’s accountable for this dona- Brute’? food service on campus. view of the unlucky souls who clean up Commons Dining. Nothing breeds dis- tion, because the Schoolfest In 2002, Alfa had a record The name says it all: There’s lots of fresh the messes we make. There’s nothing content among students more than the program, like hundreds of setting year of $71 million in food here. Gone are the piles of pre-made worse for your digestion than pity. sense that the powers that be don’t care if other state programs, would net income. If Alfa is commit- pork chops, partially gelatinized soups Nothing is perfect. While the FFC offers they bore us to death with bland, vitamin- not be in a financial crisis if ted to the “best intentions” as and stiff, stale cookies, and there’s a wide variety of traditional American enriched prison food. Gov. Bob Riley’s Amendment it claims, then perhaps Alfa absolutely no nacho bar of which I’m foods, the appetites of college students If you don’t have a meal plan, I strongly One had passed. Alfa, and its and its CEO Jerry Newby will aware. Everything is made to order by are too unpredictable for the exclusion of encourage you to allocate some Dining county subsidiaries, used take their record profits or people who wear chef hats instead of more exotic cuisine. Despite its many fail- Dollars and check out the Fresh Food over $1.3 million to help taxpayer subsidies and give a hairnets. The improvements are as much ings, Burke did offer some generic orien- Company. It’s a step in the right direction defeat Amendment One. donation to state agencies about the image the FFC projects to stu- tal cooking lacking in the FFC menu. If for the University and its students. Bravo, However, there are other whose funding was also dents as the quality of the food it serves. you’re a vegetarian, you might find your- University. You get a B+. acts of deception to this play. severely cut due to Alfa help- I dig the overall atmosphere about this self a bit under-whelmed. For extra credit, you can reopen Jerry Newby, CEO of Alfa, ing defeat Amendment One. place. Its design is sleek and modern with On days when I’m particularly Campus Drive. claims he is a friend of small window seats offering a lovely view of paranoid about getting colon cancer, I farmers. Yet Mr. Newby, who Mac McArthur construction on nearby Campus Drive. like a good avocado sandwich or a veggie Dan Whisenhunt is a senior in the College made more than $600,000 in Executive director, Alabama Some clever person in FFC management sub. Just because you don’t eat meat of Communication and Information 2002, has taken $2.3 million State Employees Association realized jazz makes excellent background doesn’t mean you want garden salads at Sciences.

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Wanna write, design, copy edit or take photos for The Crimson White? Call 348-6144 after 6 p.m. on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. Page 6 • The Crimson White NEWS Thursday, January 15, 2004 ONEONTA “It’s a little strange to be in Wal-Mart and hear someone talk Spanish Continued from Page 1 and not know what they are saying. But maybe that’s my fault for not she also has friends who work Small-Town Q&A: on the tomato farms on knowing Spanish.” Straight Mountain east of —RALPH TIDWELL Oneonta. Mayor of Oneonta Oneonta Mayor Ralph businesses in town. If you stay long enough, she Maldondo say in broken Tidwell attributes the growing “I’ve met a good many of might tell you how she was English that she likes where Maribeth Robinson Hispanic population in them that speak English,” inspired by her aunt’s “favorite” she lives and thinks her future Oneonta and throughout Allen said. “And for the most Mexican grocery store in is bright. Blount County to the jobs part, they are just looking for a downtown Oneonta and available for migrant workers better way of life.” opened up her own in Allgood Small-Town Alabama appears in the area. He says some two and a half weeks ago. every other Thursday in The Freshman, C&BA Hispanics moved to the area Building the American dream If you listen, you’ll hear Crimson White. to work on chicken and toma- south of town By TIFFANY SUMMERVILLE used to us. to farms. While some Assistant Entertainment Editor Hispanics follow the crops, As you leave the Oneonta Q: Did people make a big Tidwell said, others have city limits heading south, it deal about the covered Q: Is there a lot of interac- stayed around and made won’t be long before you pass bridges? tion between the people of Oneonta their home. through the even smaller town A: Oneonta is not a big Oneonta and the growing “It’s a little strange to be in of Allgood. Just off the main town, but we have a lot of Hispanic population? Wal-Mart and hear someone highway, you’ll spot another tourists come through just to A: Uh huh. In the school sys- talk Spanish and not know small Mexican grocery store. see the covered bridges tem, we have Spanish class what they are saying,” Tidwell Inside, you’ll find 31-year-old because a lot of people have and stuff like that. Everybody’s said. “But maybe that’s my Anita Maldondo and her never seen one before. Yeah, most favorite restaurant is the fault for not knowing 3-year-old daughter. it’s a big deal. I Mexican restaurant Spanish.” Wearing a T-shirt proclaim- mean, not to me there. There are just so ing her American patriotism, because I grew up many of them, I guess Where Hispanic and white Maldondo can tell you her there, but for some- you just can’t get story. It’s a story about how one who has never culture blend around not interacting she has lived in Alabama for seen one, it is a big with any of them. 15 years, how she met her hus- deal. In Oneonta, 13.2 percent of the 5,576-person population band 13 years ago when they Q: Were there any is Hispanic or Latino, accord- worked on the same tomato language barriers you Q: How does ing to 2000 Census reports. farm on Straight Mountain, ran into at school? Oneonta compare to The same statistics report that how her husband works for a A: For the most part Tuscaloosa? 8.4 percent of Oneonta’s pop- company in Hoover, how the there weren’t, because Maribeth Robinson A: There is ulation is foreign-born, while mountains of Blount County they had classes for really not any com- 13.7 percent of the population remind her of Mexico and how the ones who couldn’t speak parison because Tuscaloosa is speaks a language other than her children speak better any English, and once they got huge, and we have like 10 fast- English at home. English than she does. better at it they would put food restaurants and Marla Freeman lives just them back into normal class- Tuscaloosa has tons. … Here, north of Oneonta, but she has es. Our Spanish teacher was I’m always like, ‘Gosh, I have lived in Blount County most Caucasian, but she could so many choices, I can’t of her life. She has a 6-year- speak Spanish to anybody and decide.’ old adopted grandson being she helped them out a lot. Q: Do you think you’ll live in educated in an environment that contains both white and Q: Did you have a lot of Oneonta [after graduation]? Hispanic culture. Hispanic friends? Why or why not? “He’s not had any prob- A: I did, but a lot of them A: No, because I want to live lems,” Freeman said as she would move back to Mexico. in a big town. I have a lot of recorded inventory at the Some of them are involved in good memories there, but I Hometown Market, a small sports. One of our top, top also have a lot of bad memo- grocery story just off Alabama football players was a ries. 75, which runs through town. Mexican. A week before graduation last year my friends were in a “They learn Spanish words and all. I guess [it’s] a little bit Q: Was it a smooth transi- car wreck. They were all four of both cultures.” tion having Hispanics in the seniors. Two of them were Freeman said she likes the community? killed. One of them was sup- small-town atmosphere of A: They didn’t feel very com- posed to come to school here. Oneonta. That’s why she fortable at first, and we had to And it was just really hard moved back after living in make them feel that way. And because we were a really small Fontana, Calif. She said she sometimes they didn’t want to class. … We graduated with 74. really did not like the nightlife interact with us at all. And … It’s just hard to go back to on the West Coast. some of them had just trans- that town because I just sit Even though Oneonta may ferred schools and had lived in around and it makes me not be the life of the party, it is the U.S. forever, so they were depressed. a town where people care about their roots. Amy Rhudy, curator of the Blount County Memorial Museum, said you will find four or five people in Blind résumé system the back of the museum on any given day researching their family genealogy. Rhudy can tell you of the many highlights of Oneonta aims for unbiased and show you how to find the county’s three covered bridges. The Horton Mill covered bridge, located 5 miles north honorary selections of Oneonta, is billed as the highest covered bridge above He said there were con- By CAITLIN TUDZIN water in the United States. cerns when honoraries’ Senior Staff Reporter Every fourth weekend in demographics did not repre- October, Oneonta draws sent the whole student body. For the second year, the tourists from around the Strong said the application Coordinating Council of Southeast for the Covered process helped more minori- Honor Societies will use the Bridge Festival, which fea- ties get into honor societies blind résumé selection sys- tures an arts and crafts show, last year. tem for students applying for a marching band competition Strong said 22 percent of its 13 honor societies. and other events. the 558 independent stu- Laura Neergaard, vice Anne Allen is familiar with dents who applied last year president of CCHS, said the the tourists who frequent the were selected, while 34 per- system is intended to give antique shop in Oneonta cent of the 740 greek students everyone who deserves to be where she works, but she also who applied were selected in an honorary a fair chance. is familiar with the people in and 28 percent of the 110 The Office of the Dean of the community and the grow- minority students who Students will handle the ing Hispanic population. applied were selected. selection process. Allen said many of the Strong predicted the num- The organization held an Hispanics who moved to bers will be similar this year. informational meeting Oneonta have now estab- Daniel Walters, a freshman Jan. 12 for students with at lished homes in town. Though pre-business major, said he is least a 2.5 GPA. The meeting many of them now work in glad the administration is was intended to bring in stu- factories in Tarrant, Boaz or taking strides to get people dents unaware of the process Blountsville, some, like from different backgrounds involved with applying for Duarte, have established honor societies on campus. into honor societies. The CCHS provided a tip “I think it’s good that the sheet to students who honor societies will have dif- attended the meeting, which ferent people who are all real- included advice about filling ly talented,” he said. out applications and proper Walters said that as long as interview etiquette. students are kept aware of Faculty advisers will be these opportunities, they available Jan. 26-27 to review should all get an equal applications. chance at membership. Dean of Students Tom “As long as they’re deciding Strong said the blind selec- who gets in an honor society tion process is to ensure the on equal criteria, it won’t most qualified students get matter if they’re in a fraterni- into honor societies. ty, or sorority or not,” he said. Strong said applications Amber Clark, a sophomore are assigned number codes. biology major, said the defi- The only part of the applica- nition of leadership should tion that is viewed is the part not be limited to holding with qualifications. He said offices in organizations. the selection process was “I understand why leader- changed to ensure no bias . ship is required, but not “We examined the selec- everyone can be leaders,” she tion process and in many said. “Being a part of SGA and cases we decided it was one Freshman Forum aren’t section of friends choosing a among my interests while person from inside that same receiving an education.” circle,” Strong said.