Life lessons Bob Saget talks Danny Tide upsets from Jake and Steve Tanner, ‘1 vs. 100’ Kentucky OPINIONS, Page 4 ENTERTAINMENT, Page 10 SPORTS, Page 6 Monday, February 19, 2007 Serving the University of Alabama since 1894 Vol. 113, Issue 88 Two students die in car accident on Friday Lauren loved to surround hit by what is thought to be Matt, 23, and Lauren, 19, The family friend who junior majoring in interior Siblings killed by impact herself with people and they a dump truck while pulling were from Dothan, where answered the phone for the design, said Lauren was a car- with a truck on Hwy. 231 both had lots of friends and onto Highway 231 from a truck they attended Northview High Harris’ did not want to give ing, nurturing friend. relationships they held dear stop, WSFA-TV in Montgomery School. Their joint funeral will her name out of respect for the “If anyone was having a bad BY CHARITY SCOTT to them, a friend of the family reported. be held today at 2 p.m. at First family. day, she’d make you smile,” Assistant Student Life Editor said. Matt, who was a senior United Methodist Church in “You can’t put in a nice com- Simpson said. ■ [email protected] “If you could’ve just been majoring in financial plan- Dothan, WSFA reported. pact sentence what they meant “She died at one of the hap- at the visitation, you would’ve ning, was pronounced dead Their parents, Terry and to people,” she said. “They are piest times in her life,” she If the quality of a person’s seen the huge outpouring when the ambulance arrived Vicky Harris, were so emotion- going to be missed by a lot of said. life is measured not by its of love from so many young at Merle’s Truck Stop, while ally drained from the visita- people.” The Harris’ family friend length but the number of lives people that knew them and Lauren, a freshman majoring in tion, which was scheduled to Lauren was a new member said Lauren and Matt were the it touches, Matt and Lauren don’t know what to do now communicative diseases, was run from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday of Kappa Delta sorority, UA joys of their parents’ lives. Harris lived lives of immeasur- that they’re gone,” she said. transported to Montgomery’s but didn’t end until after 9, that spokeswoman Cathy Andreen “They were two wonderful able quality. Matt and his sister Lauren Baptist Medical Center South they were unable to comment said. children whose lives were trag- Matt loved playing golf were killed in an accident where she was pronounced about the loss of their only Caroline Simpson, the pres- ically cut short,” she said. “It’s whenever he had the chance, Friday night after their car was dead, WSFA reported. children. ident of Kappa Delta and a hard to believe they’re gone.” ■ RECRUITMENT High standards keep some away another institution.” Higher goals, rising Because of that, Nettles tuition may make UA said he thinks the University should re-evaluate the blan- less accessible for some ket standards for its top scholarship awards. BY NICHOLAS BEADLE Senior Reporter The standards, set three years ago, have been key to ■ [email protected] the school roping in more and better students in the Milton Nettles will not say last three years. The school he was “Mr. Everything” at ranked 11th nationally with Monroe Co. High School, 85 National Merit Scholars but he had to be close. and has quickly surged to He played football and 24,000 students. basketball. He was presi- But only 1,300 Alabama dent of the student body. high school graduates could He maintained a 4.0 grade meet those top scholarship point average and was vale- requirements last year. As dictorian of his senior class the University continues to when he graduated last swell in enrollment and in spring. He worked as a peer cost, some think Alabama’s tutor, pizza delivery driver flagship school is giving its and cook to help support meatiest awards to students his single mom and younger who do not need them and brother. leaving those who do scrap- Nettles did everything ing for cash to enroll at all. CW/ T.G. Paschal — except score high enough ABOVE: Fourth graders at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School paint on the ACT to have the on canvases while listening to hip-hop music. The event was presented University pay for more Higher standards, big by Creative Campus and student artists from the Hip-Hop and Beyond than a fourth of a semes- rewards Summit to be held Thursday. RIGHT: Derryck “D Sharp” Gleaton, a hip-hop ter’s tuition. To attend the violinist, performs as part of the Creative Writing Project. University, his top choice In fall 2005, Evan Niner, a since his junior year, he had merit scholar with an ACT to secure funding from the score of 35 and a 4.1 GPA, state. received a letter from the Had he not, he would University at his house in not be here. He would be at Ft. Payne, Ind., offering him Alabama State or Alabama full tuition and then some. A&M or some other histori- He suddenly wanted to cally black school more like- visit. Artistic ly to pay for him to choose Before, Indiana University them. and the University of “You’re looking at $10,000 Chicago were at the top of expression to $12,000 a year at the his college wish list. After University,” said Nettles, a making the 10-hour trip BY BRETT BRALLEY and began to cover the blank creativity at Martin Luther King senior majoring in studio art. freshman majoring in chem- south and falling for the Contributing Writer white canvases on their desks. Jr. Elementary School Friday. The exercises they do with the ical and biological engineer- campus and the people, he “Paint what you hear” were The Creative Writing students are mostly creative ing. “I wouldn’t have want- was not going anywhere hip-hop beat began the instructions. Project is a group of UA stu- writing, but sometimes, such ed to take out loans and else. to play, a violinist pro- The Creative Writing Project dent volunteers from Creative as this collaboration with the place burdens on my family When he moved into his Avided a steady melody teamed with student artists Campus who volunteer every student artists, they paint and and on my mother. I would over the beat and a class- from Hip-Hop and Beyond Friday at Martin Luther King incorporate music into the have taken a full ride from See RECRUITMENT, Page 3 room of fourth graders dipped Summit, using music, dance Jr. Elementary School. They See HIP-HOP, Page 2 their paintbrushes in paint and painting to stimulate are led by Bethany Collins, a Student ACT scores ACT test score Guaranteed UA 2006 Alabama Pedestrian dies at UA after being hit range scholarship payout graduates in range Car kills 75-year-old man later taken to DCH Regional the victim’s name, but The in Birmingham. approximately Medical Center where he was Cullman Times identified him Andreen said no students 30 or above at least cost of 1,300 by Coleman Coliseum later pronounced dead, said as Gerry Hearin, a Cullman were involved in the accident, tution (4 percent) Cathy Andreen, UA spokes- resident and former pastor of and neither the victim nor the BY BRETT BRALLEY woman. First United Methodist Church driver had any connections approximately Contributing Writer Andreen said UAPD received in Cullman. with the University. The police 27 to 29 $625 per 2,300 a call at 6:19 p.m. about a The Cullman Times also are continuing to investigate semester (7 percent) A 75-year-old man was killed pedestrian who had been hit reported that Hearin moved to the incident as a fatal vehicu- Saturday when he was hit by a by a car. Tuscaloosa Fire and Cullman in the 1970s. lar accident, Andreen said. approximately vehicle on Paul W. Bryant Drive Rescue as well as Northstar His wife June reportedly The driver was not arrested 26 or below none 29,250 near the front entrance of Paramedic Services came to was with him at the time of and remained at the scene. (89 percent) Coleman Coliseum. The man the scene. the accident, and they have The name of the driver has not was treated at the scene and UAPD did not release a daughter Lisa who lives been released. Sources: UA Office of Undergraduate Admissions and ACT Corp. CW graphic/ Zach Summers ■ ■ ■ The Crimson White Box 870170 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Newsroom — 348-6144 Fax — 348-4116 Advertising — 348-7845 www.cw.ua.edu ■ Classifieds — 348-7355 ■ Letters, op-eds — [email protected] ■ Press releases, announcements — [email protected] online 2 Monday, February 19, 2007 ■ NEWS CAMPUS Week promotes poverty awareness UA programs support Tobrief submit a brief, e-mail [email protected] Itinerary for week’s events IN week with five events Today: Peace Corps Wednesday: Salvation Army Thursday: Grate American ANNOUNCEMENTS BY MEGHAN MENARD Senior Staff Reporter Information Session — 3 Volunteer Event (serving din- Sleep-Out — 8:30 p.m. to Apply for Student Organization Awards ■ [email protected] to 4 p.m., Room 253 B.B. ner) — meet at the Ferguson 6:00 a.m. on the Quad in Comer Center at 4:40 p.m., serve front of Denny Chimes The Office of Campus Activities and the Coordinating An estimated 100 sleeping Council for Student Organizations are extending invitations bags will surround Denny dinner at Salvation Army at to student organizations to apply for the 2006-07 Student Chimes from 8:30 p.m.