ONLINE SPORTS Club hockey remembers Tide refocuses 6 lost player after LSU loss Wednesday, November 10, 2010 Serving the University of Alabama since 1894 Vol. 117, Issue 56 Admin discusses parking Group Thousands of spaces available each is that they are not always open new schedules. where students want them to be. “We upped permit sales in that day, parking administrator says “There is plenty of room to area by about 400,” D’Esposito sends aid grow as far as parking goes,” said. “Normally, we oversell by By Katherine Martin on campus, said Chris D’Esposito, D’Esposito said. “We don’t have a about 100. What happened that Staff Reporter assistant director of parking parking shortage.” we didn’t know was that the reg- [email protected] service in a forum held by the D’Esposito said the previous istrar added four new classes on Student Government Association parking issues in the commut- Tuesdays in one building near to Haiti On any given day, there are Monday night. er west lot have settled down thousands of free parking spaces The problem, D’Esposito said, since students have adjusted to See PARKING, page 3 By Jasmine Cannon Contributing Writer A new campus initiative, Hydrate Haiti, begins its quest to help the people in Haiti today. There will be a series of fundraising events Soldier, student earns Purple Heart hosted by the initiative Nov. 10 to 13. All of the proceeds raised will go towards the goal of Hydrate Haiti to send water filters to the people of Haiti. “There’s an epidemic of no clean water in Haiti,” said Ben Ford, a senior majoring in his- tory and pre-law and one of the students behind the initiative. “Bart Smelley contacted me and said his philanthropy company, Global Effect, had been going down there giving water filters to people. The filters have this technology that gets fresh water to a family of seven to eight for five years. The filters cost about $30 apiece, so [Smelley] asked if we wanted to try to do this at Alabama.” The University is the first school to take part in Hydrate Haiti, though the initiative will eventually be happening at every school in the Southeastern Conference. There are four members, Ford, Elliot Rowe, Megan Brantley, Candice Rosencranz, who compose the core of the Hydrate Haiti initiative. See HAITI, page 3 Submitted Photo Chris Brown searches a fi eld for small grenades, called caches, buried underground. Brown lit the fi eld on fi re to look for the bombs but none were found that day. By Amanda Sams platoon embarked on what they thought from all sides. Senior Staff Reporter would be a typical eight-hour patrol mission Due to a faulty gun, Brown was only able to [email protected] in Hawr Rajeb. Brown was manning the gun get one shot off at a time. His first shot gave on a Humvee, with one headphone in and one away their position, and Brown said he was At age 20, Purple Heart recipient headphone out, as he typically did on such left standing like a deer in headlights. Christopher Brown knew what fear was. He patrols. An hour before the mission ended, The original estimate of seven enemy Submitted Photo recalled the night he knew he was going to a helicopter flew by and was shot down. The dismounts had quickly turned to 20, and he The Hydrate Haiti initiative aims to raise funds to die, serving as a soldier in Iraq. Delta Company was called into action, and send water fi lters to Haiti. Donation stations will be It was pitch black outside when Brown’s Brown soon found himself facing enemy fire See BROWN, page 5 set up on campus Nov. 10 to 13. Volunteers make Tide wins in double overtime cards, crafts for Junior By Laura Owens JaMychal Green with 16 points, JaMychal Assistant Sports Editor eight rebounds and one assist. Green dunks [email protected] “Trevor did a great job in double tonight,” Green said. “He senior citizens overtime in In its second exhibition game stepped up in the second half, Alabama’s of 2010, the Alabama Crimson knocked down big shots. He By Jasmine Cannon Volunteer and Freshman 73-68 victory Tide defeated the Alabama- stepped up tonight and did a Contributing Writer Outreach Director. “The pur- over UAH Huntsville Chargers 73-68 in great job. He stepped up to the pose of the project is to make Monday. a double overtime thriller plate, playing like he wasn’t a Volunteers will be get- Thanksgiving-themed arts Green Monday night. freshman.” ting into the giving spirit of and crafts so that we can fi nished the “I knew that this would be a Going into halftime, the Tide Thanksgiving today in the donate them to local nursing game with very good game for us,” head was down 28-26. After Alabama SOURCE office on the third homes and hospices for the 16 points coach Anthony Grant said. got the first basket of the floor of the Ferguson Center. holidays.” and eight “What we tried to do is give game, UAH took over the first Sweet Life of Service II, the Volunteers will be mak- rebounds. our guys a sense of the type of half, making 40 percent of its Community Service Center’s ing cards and writing letters. offense they would see and how three-pointers and 50 percent Thanksgiving-inspired proj- The CSC has done an activity CW | Jerrod Seaton we needed to defend that in a of field goals. Alabama, on the ect will occur today from similar in the past when they short period of time.” other hand, made 12 percent of noon to 3 p.m. have written letters to troops. For the second game in a row, its threes and 37 percent of its “This is our second install- Mendieta said he believes it is freshman Trevor Releford was field goals. ment of the Sweet Life of a good idea to do this activity the Tide’s leading scorer with “I learned that we have to play Service activity hosted by the as we approach the holidays. 22, along with three assists, both halves,” Green said. “We Community Service Center,” steals and rebounds. Behind said Andres Mendieta, CSC See VOLUNTEERS, page 2 him in scoring was junior See TIDE, page 5 cle th ecy is r pa se p a e r today’s paper e today l INSIDE • WEATHER P P l e a Briefs ........................2 Puzzles ......................7 s P.O. 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The honor, developed in Sayers was the 24th, serving on Nov. 17 from noon to 4 p.m. the mid-1990s by the Iota Circle, from 1988-1996. Each flu shot costs $20, and • Victor Luckerson, editor-in-chief, The University of Alabama’s award recognizes individuals who have will be charged to the stu- [email protected] Creative Campus will host a dent’s University account.