ENTERTAINMENT: Snoop Dogg one of many stars in disappointing Starsky & Hutch, Page 9 SPORTS: MSU squeaks by Bama, Page 10 Monday, March 8, 2004 Serving the University of Alabama since 1894 Volume 110, Issue 103 Boyd to call special Senate session on election resolution By NICK BEADLE tabled at the Senate’s last formal qualified from elections not be the Machine. the message of fair campaigning Student Life Editor meeting Feb. 26 and remained so allowed to seek an SGA office The secretive political group is needs to be assured to students.” at Thursday’s informal meeting. again. not, however, specifically men- The decision came amid con- The SGA Senate will likely Among other assertions, the The resolution gives several tioned in the legislation. firmed reports of vandalisms of have one more chance before the resolution strongly recommends examples of violence, threats and Boyd said she decided to call one candidate’s chalkings late 2004 election ends to consider a the Student Elections Board other illegal election activities in the session because the issue of Sunday night. Beside a chalking controversial resolution dealing punish any student group the past decade. Several of those fair student elections needed to of SGA presidential candidate with election rules violations. involved with illegal election examples have been associated be dealt with before the end of Zac Riddle’s name near Gorgas SGA President Katie Boyd said activities, such as threats, vio- with the select coalition of tradi- this week’s polling. Library, someone chalked the Katie Boyd late Sunday night she will call a lence, coercion or fraud, to the tionally white fraternities and “I did it because I feel fair elec- phrase “is gay.” special session Tuesday to deal fullest extent. It also recom- sororities designed to influence tions need to be ensured for the with the resolution that was mends candidates who are dis- campus politics known as student body,” she said. “I think See BOYD, Page 2 Candidate says he was Hundreds gather to commemorate forced to resign as Selma’s 1965 Bloody Sunday march news Web site’s editor By MEGAN NICHOLS By HEATHER HENDERSON and Senior Staff Reporter SARAH KATE SULLIVAN The Crimson White SGA presidential candidate Jordan Hernandez said he was forced to resign SELMA — When Selma native last fall as editor of Dateline Alabama, Shannon Creagh thinks about the College of Communication and Bloody Sunday in 1965, an event Information Sciences’ news Web site, riddled with images of billy clubs, contrary to reports from members of tear gas and high-flying emotions, the journalism department. one man comes to mind: her mid- Kim Bissell, journalism faculty advis- Jordan Hernandez dle school principal, Tom er to the student-run Web site last fall, Hrobowski. said Hernandez independently made the decision to In 1965 in Selma, several civil resign. rights demonstrations were taking “He decided at the beginning of the fall semester that place at that time, but many blacks the best thing for him to do would be to resign,” Bissell were afraid to attend them and risk said. “The little that I know I’m not really supposed to being fired by white employers, comment on.” said Creagh, 52. Journalism department chairman Ed Mullins said he Hrobowski, following this trend, did not allow his students to miss class to attend the demonstrations, See CANDIDATE, Page 2 Creagh said. But on March 7, 1965, a Sunday, Hrobowski showed up to watch the procession of 600 black marchers, including Creagh, head- ing east on U.S. 80 in Selma, en route to Montgomery. The Associate professor brings marchers were battling for more voting rights for blacks, a process at that time blocked from many with ancient political theory to life poll taxes and tests. By RHESHA SMITH See MARCH, Page 7 Staff Reporter Many UA students learn every day through attending lectures and taking notes, but things are a bit different in Utz McKnight’s classes. McKnight, an associate political sci- ence professor who taught at the Utz McKnight University of California in Berkeley before coming to Alabama, uses mod- ern entertainment to engage students in ancient political theory. Students in one of McKnight’s two political theory classes watched 1999’s seductive thriller Cruel Intentions and listened to the top 10 downloads on the i-Tunes Internet Music Store. Why? McKnight said they help stu- dents relate to Plato’s Republic. McKnight said that rather than lecturing from his per- spective, he finds what students are interested in and CW/ Sarah Kate Sullivan ABOVE: Participants march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma to commemorate Bloody Sunday, a landmark day in the nation’s push for relates their interests to political theory. equal voting rights. LEFT: Aziza Nkembo, 7, of Tuskegee helps encourage others to make their voices heard in this year’s elections. See PROFESSOR, Page 3 Academic team membership another feather in Locke’s cap By JENNY WATTAM and I believed psychiatry would be Another of Locke’s achievements ing a member of the second team of Staff Reporter the perfect option,” he said. was his selection last year to be one of the USA-Today All-USA College He altered his plans after a semes- four students that received the Academic Team in February. Researcher on the molecular basis ter when mentor Guy Caldwell, an Benjamin Cummings Biology Prize, a “After being notified of my selec- of epilepsy, winner of the Benjamin assistant professor in biological sci- $1,000 scholarship awarded annually tion to the All-USA College Academic Cummings Biology Prize and the ences, showed him he did not have to by the Benjamin Cummings Co. Team, I was definitely shocked,” National Society of Collegiate limit himself to treating patients with Locke is also a recipient of the Locke said. Scholars Merit Award, and member of neurological disorders, but could National Society of Collegiate “I had not anticipated winning at the USA Today All-USA College potentially cure them through Scholars Merit Award, a national all, especially with the other excep- Academic Team all describe UA soph- research. scholarship given to 50 new members tional students applying from UA. I omore Cody Locke. Locke is a co-author of research of that honor society each year. primarily attribute my recognition to Locke, the first of his family to pur- recently presented at the annual Locke is working on explaining the the guidance of mentors, Drs. Guy sue a college degree, is from Boaz and meeting of the American Society of various roles played by genes in and Kim Caldwell.” is majoring in biology and chemistry. Cell Biology. It was selected as one of epilepsy linking an evolutionary Locke plans on continuing his He came to the Capstone in the fall only 15 works chosen from more than genetic mutation between humans epilepsy research in Caldwell’s lab for 2002 with the intent of pursuing a 1,300 abstracts. and worms. the rest of his undergraduate tenure career in psychiatry. He is also the co-author of two arti- The mutation is responsible for at the Capstone. CW/ Lizzie Heard “I wanted to couple my interests in cles that have been submitted for mental retardation, lack of brain con- Cody Locke, a sophomore biology major, was recently neuroscience with a desire to publication in various scientific vulsions and intractable seizures. named one of the USA Today top scholars. enhance the quality of human life, journals. Such research led Locke to becom- See LOCKE, Page 2 The Crimson White | Box 870170 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 | e-mail — [email protected] | Check us out online at Newsroom — 348-6144 Fax — 348-4116 Advertising — 348-7845 Classifieds — 348-7355 www.cw.ua.edu Page 2 • The Crimson White NEWS Monday, March 8, 2004 the New Rock sports announcers make national play By KATHRYN TUGGLE to do this.” “Both Jared and World Staff Reporter Anderson, a freshman telecommuni- Chad have put in long cation and film major from Madison, hours of hard work to New Rock 90.7 sports announcers placed third in the nation for a broadcast receive this award,” Jarrod Shadrick and Chad Anderson have of the Tide men’s basketball game against George said. “For Chad earned the University’s WVUA-FM a sec- Louisiana Tech in November. The game to be third in the ond national sports broadcasting cham- was Anderson’s first college basketball nation his freshman Brief pionship this year. broadcast as announcer for New Rock year is a tremendous They were named by the Broadcast 90.7. honor. WVUA is one of CAMPUS Education Association as two of the top Anderson placed third overall in his the top radio stations IN three “Best Sportscasters” in the 2004 division and is the only freshman ever to in the nation, and win- Chad Anderson BEA Student Festival of Media Arts. win an award from the BEA in the sports ning awards like this Shadrick, a senior telecommunication announcer division. Though young, further acknowledge Angelou novel focus of women’s book club meeting and film major from Trussville, won first Anderson has been involved in radio that.” place and the national title of “Best since he was 15. George and The Everywoman Book Club will meet Tuesday at 6 p.m. Sportscaster” for his color commentary “I got my start doing public address Shadrick will fly in to discuss I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya on Alabama women’s softball with his announcements in high school, and one April to the annual Angelou. entry from the Crimson Tide’s game day a local radio station asked me to do BEA National The club meets monthly in the Frances S.