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Vol. 116, Issue 68

Tide brings home 13th national title Fans greet Tide at airport

Column: Best may be yet to come

By Drew Taylor Administrative Affairs Editor

By Spencer White Assistant Sports Editor

At 7:23 p.m. Friday, hundreds of Alabama fans outside of the Tuscaloosa Regional Airport began to look up into the cold night sky.

They anxiously awaited their favorite college team’s arrival from its recent victory over the University of Texas in the BCS National Championship the night before.

By 7:25 p.m., hordes of people began to run along the side of the fence encircling the air field, attempting to get a better view of the plane, its headlights slowly descending from the sky and onto the runway.

As the tires hit the runway, the roar of the plane became in sync with the roar of the crowd waving their “Roll Tide Roll” and “Welcome Home Crimson Tide” signs high in the air.

Of the hundreds of fans in attendance of the team’s homecoming, Valerie Koester, a Tuscaloosa native, said she had arrived at the airport an hour before, waiting in the belowfreezing temperature for the Crimson Tide, and that every moment was worth it.

“I don’t care how long it takes, it’s worth it,” Koester said as her 4-year old daughter,

I know this is a ridiculous headline. It is running through my head while I write this.

It is ridiculous because the Crimson Tide spent all Thursday night proving exactly who the best was. The vaunted Texas Longhorn rush defense will admit it. They watched the Heisman winner and a true freshman run roughshod all across their top-ranked unit, up and down the brand-new turf of the Rose Bowl.

Both of the major national polls know it. The USA Today Coaches’ Poll, tied into the BCS, voted the Tide a unanimous No. 1 following its 37-21 victory in the BCS National Championship Game. The AP Poll, not tied to any shady method of determining titles and always a fan of the underdog, gave Alabama all 60 of its top votes.

Perhaps there is no other sub-culture of this seedy jungle known as college football fandom that is more aware of this year’s version of the Alabama Crimson Tide and their claims to an eternal glory than its own dedicated fans. They are a flock of parishioners, layered in towns, cities and counties

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CW | John Micheal Simpson Head football coach Nick Saban holds up the Coachʼs Trophy as the team celebrates in the background after they beat the Texas Longhors 37-21.

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Senate disappointed with delayed classes

By Drew Taylor Administrative Affairs Editor

“Passing the resolution would subject the University to additional negative criticism.”

Vincent, who served as Senate pres• The University an• Faculty Senate members ident in the 2006-07 academic year, nounced Dec. 8 that passes a resolution before said it would not have been a probclasses would be dismissed the break expressing their lem to excuse the number of students going to Pasadena for the game, but Jan. 6-8 around the BCS disappointment with the what the University proposed was to National Championship schedule change. have the curriculum accommodated for those at the game. game.

However, Midkiff said it is a different matter for the administration.

“The faculty understands the his- dent of the Faculty Senate, was one “It’s very difficult for the administory of this sport at the University. No of the members who opposed the tration to force faculty members to one is questioning it,” Vincent said. resolution, said that the decision the excuse students for absences,” Midkiff “There were a number of options University made was “a done deal” said. and that the proposed resolution open.”

In addition, Vincent said that with However, John Midkiff, vice presi- wouldn’t do anything to alter it. the entire University off for the week,

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When UA administrators dismissed classes for three days in light of the BCS National Championship, not everyone was happy about the decision.

In fact, a number of Faculty Senate members were so disappointed with the decision to the point that a resolution was passed before the break and sent to the administration expressing disapproval over cancellation.

John Vincent, a professor in bioinorganic chemistry and biochemistry, authored the resolution. He said the purpose of the resolution was as simple as the paper it was printed on.

it sends a message that athletics and recreation are set above academics.

“The Faculty Senate has worked hard to remove the ‘party school’ image the University has received,” Vincent said.

However, Vincent said athletics have been a boon to the University.

One example he gave was how doctoral applications in the chemistry department doubled after the Crimson Tide won their 12th national championship during the 1992-93 season.

Karen Steckol, president of the Faculty Senate, said she was not in attendance when the resolution was proposed, but she understands what

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UA purchases Bryce property UA student found State mental halth board approves sale

By Avery Dame Metro/State Editor

By Patty Vaughan Senior Staff Reporter

CW File UA officials reached an agreement with the state mental health board to purchase Bryce hospital, which borders campus.

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unresponsive University of Alabama Police Department officers found sophomore Brennan Cox unresponsive during a welfare check in Lakeside West on Dec. 11.

According to an e-mail sent out by UA staff to residents in the hall, Cox was found in the early afternoon, and medical personnel pronounced him deceased on the scene.

Cox was from Arlington, Texas, and was majoring in chemical engineering.

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After months of debate, the Alabama mental health board approved the sale of Bryce Hospital and its surrounding grounds to the University for $60 million.

The sale, finalized Dec. 30, will help fund the construction of a new mental health facility on the Partlow State School and Hospital grounds, also in

Tuscaloosa. The board vote calls for the state to spend $82 million to build the new facility, $22 million of which will be funded though the sale of economic development bonds.

While the new hospital is being built, some of the current Bryce patients will be transferred to mental health facilities in their home communities.

“If we can build a facility that’s as good as any in the nation, that’s what we should do,” said Gov. Bob Riley.

Board member Paul Davis, owner of the Tuskegee Times, made the motion to sell the property. Davis is a long time

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Mark Nelson, vice provost and vice president for student affairs, said he offered his condolences to students and the family of Cox. “The University of Alabama continues to send our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Brennan Cox,” he said. “Especially in times of loss, it’s important to remember that the memories and bonds we create together as members of the UA family last forever.”

Nathan Naidu, a UA

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NEWS in brief CAMPUS | Creative Campus seeks art submissions for new display project The Creative Campus needs art submissions from student artists of any major to the Alabama Art Display Project.

Several buildings on campus will be enhanced with artwork created by UA students. The exhibition will begin on the University of Alabama campus in the spring semester.

If student artists are interested in selling their work, they should include a sale price as well as their contact information. Each work must be submitted to Maxwell Hall with an “Alabama Art Display Waiver” which can be found on the Creative Campus website creativecampus.ua.edu.

Maxwell Hall, home of Creative Campus, is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Maxwell Hall is located right across from the Bruno Business Library near Bryant Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa. Email Amanda Barnes at, Amandabarnes472@gmail.com for more information.

The Alabama Display Project provides opportunities in the arts for student artists to be able to display their work on various locations on campus. This event is created to expand the publicity of each student artist’s talent as well as to enrich each student’s everyday life with the presence of art.

CAMPUS | Spring Get On Board Day planned for Wednesday The University’s spring Get On Board Day will be held Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Ballroom. All students are invited to attend and learn more about a variety of student organizations.

CAMPUS | ʻRealizing the Dreamʼ Concert Unites Voices at UA Emerging artists from Tuscaloosa and Birmingham will highlight the “21st Annual Realizing the Dream Concert Honoring the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.” The performance will be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Concert Hall of Moody Music Building.

The concert will entwine music and dance with excerpts from King’s speeches, read by Dr. Aaron Dobynes, pastor of Evergreen Baptist Church in Shreveport, La., and a 1984 graduate of UA, as well as others. The featured singer is soprano Belinda George-Peoples, a schoolteacher in Birmingham, who has soloed with the Alabama Symphony and performed in Sweden and Spain.

Also performing is the Prentice Concert Chorale, Tuscaloosa’s first integrated choral group, which was founded in 1966. In addition, the program includes the Tuscaloosa City Schools Middle School Honor Choir and students from UA, Stillman College and area high schools.

Tickets are $15. Call (205) 348-7111 for more information.

Tickets go on sale at 9 a.m. today.

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Budget cuts force tough choices

By Denise Lavoie The Associated Press BOSTON — On many days, the metal detectors sit silent at the busiest courthouse in Maine.

People arriving for everything from child custody hearings to murder trials walk through the machines without a beep. The detectors are off because the court can’t pay for officers to run them.

With the recession prompting steep cuts to state and local budgets, courts around the country are facing the tough decision of whether to reduce court services or cut back on security. For many, it’s a disturbing choice in a post-9/11 world.

Those safety concerns have only increased after last week’s fatal shooting at a Las Vegas courthouse and the release of a report that found threats to federal judges and prosecutors have doubled in recent years.

When cuts are made to security staff, it compromises the safety of the courthouse, said Timm Fautsko, a security expert for the National Center for

State Courts.

“People feel that court security is one area that should receive special consideration for funding since it involves protecting the general public who comes to courthouses for services,” he said.

But some courts have already reduced security staff, others might have to consider it if budget problems don’t get better soon. A few just aren’t filling long-held vacancies.

“It’s a question of do you want to close courthouses and run (fewer) courthouses with full security? Or do you want to keep all your courthouses open and compromise on security?” said Mary Ann Lynch, a spokeswoman for Maine’s court system.

The security decision is particularly challenging for larger courts in urban areas that may feel more of an economic squeeze, Fautsko said. Also, some court administrators may be reluctant to discuss cutbacks for fear their courthouses would become vulnerable, he said.

In Birmingham, Ala., Judge Suzanne Childers keeps a sil-

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communications and film, said Cox rushed his fraternity during his freshman year.

“I knew him well enough that he wanted to be my little brother,” Naidu said. Naidu added that Cox dropped out of the fraternity for personal reasons shortly after.

“This news is surprising and unexpected,” Naidu said.

“I just hope that his family can find comfort through support through the University. I

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es and prosecutors have jumped dramatically. The government report issued last week found such threats more than doubled in the past six years, growing from 592 in 2003 to 1,278 in 2008.

The day the report was released, a man who lost a lawsuit over his Social Security benefits opened fire in a federal courthouse in Las Vegas, killing a security guard and wounding a U.S. marshal. After the shooting, authorities announced a nationwide review of federal courthouse security.

It was not the first time a deadly shooting rampage prompted officials to examine security.

That shooting led some courts to add security cameras, install panic buttons for judges, clerks and security officers, and increase training.

For Childers, the loss of deputies in her Alabama courtroom is inconceivable. She began bringing her gun to work after the county commission suggested she have her two female assistants make sure her courtroom is secure by checking that no one unauthorized to be there is inside.

also hope that his friends can cope with this tragedy and get any help that they need to get through this.”

Naidu said Cox was a quiet person but always very respectful to the brothers of the fraternity.

“I can’t say I knew him extremely well because he didn’t stay in the fraternity, but from what I experienced, he was a great guy, and it really is a true tragedy,” Naidu said.

The e-mail that was sent to residences also offered information to students if they needed to talk with someone for any reason. To contact

the counseling center at the University, call 348-3863. If the center is closed, contact UAPD at 348-5454.

“I just hope that a mass message can get out to students that they can find help at the University and work with advisors and whatever else is necessary to find comfort,” Naidu said.

The last note on the e-mail sent to students asked for support during this difficult time for Cox’s family.

“Please keep Brennan’s family in your thoughts and prayers in this very difficult time,” the e-mail said.

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nus, said he was a sophomore in college when the team won their last national championship in the 1992 season.

“I remember exactly what I was feeling then,” McGrew said, decked in an Alabama beanie and a hunting jumpsuit. “It’s been an amazing year, and the way they did it says a lot about the way college football is now.”

Students were waiting in the cold as well. Preston Judah, a senior majoring in history and American Studies, said having the fans come out to welcome the team back home means more than meets the eye.

“These guys worked all year long to get here, so the least you can do is come and cheer them on,” Judah said.

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ver, .38-caliber Smith & Wesson under her bench after county officials let her two courtroom deputies go because of a budget shortfall.

“I feel like I need some kind of protection, both for me, my staff and the general public,” said Childers, who often has angry people battling over divorce or child custody issues in her courtroom. “I don’t want to be in a situation where I’m on the bench and I’m a sitting duck.”

To help save money, many courthouses have closed one day a month, furloughed employees and temporarily delayed jury trials.

In Massachusetts, vacant court officer jobs haven’t been filled in the last 15 months, and the courts stopped using about 30 temporary workers who filled in for officers out sick or on vacation. The reductions have delayed hearings because officers are shuffled around to different courtrooms.

“Juggling is an everyday occurrence,” said Joan Kenney, a Massachusetts court system spokeswoman.

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Ally Brooke, sat next her covered in a blanket.

Koester said that a week ago, she wasn’t planning to be standing in the freezing cold temperature just to wait for an airplane to land, but because of the sentimental mood surrounding Tuscaloosa over the last couple of days, she was more than willing to wait for the Tide, congratulating them on their hard work over the football season.

For some fans in attendance, standing out in the cold was not just a way to show their support for the football team, but to relive its glory past.

Steven McGrew, a UA alum-

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the key issue was.

“I do understand their position, but I don’t agree,” Steckol said. “I understand that the faculty would like to project academics, but this is an historic moment for us. Three days doesn’t intrude on academic integrity.”

There were other senators who were against the resolution as well, including Vicki Peeples, a professor in the college of human environmental science, who said there are more situations that the faculty must accommodate on a daily

basis.

“Every semester, there is a natural flow of conditions that we must respond to,” Peeples said. “This really is an unusual circumstance. Had the ball game been over the weekend, this wouldn’t have been an issue.”

In addition, Peeples said faculty members work hard to build up academics to a national level, but another important aspect is to think of what the students will remember about their time in college.

“In 15 years, I’ve never cancelled a class,” Peeples said.

“We expect you as college students to have a full college experience.”

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AP Survey: Ala. lawmakers undecided

By Bob Johnson The Associated Press

M O N T G O M E RY — Legislators are divided and many are undecided about a proposed plan to allow state agencies to give employees unpaid leave to avoid layoffs during tough economic times.

The state Personnel Department adopted a policy last year that would allow state agencies to furlough employees for up to 24 days a year to reduce payroll costs. A legislative panel rejected the furlough plan, which is opposed by the state employees’ union, but the final decision will be up to the full Legislature during the 2010 session that

begins Tuesday.

An Associated Press survey of legislators found many lawmakers undecided on the issue. Supporting the furlough plan were 32 percent of House members responding to the survey, while 25 percent opposed it and 43 percent were undecided. In the Senate, 28 percent said they support furloughs, while 21 percent were opposed and 52 percent were undecided. Responding to the survey were 83 percent of senators and 71 percent of House members.

With the recession causing budget cuts, some state agencies are expected to have to layoff employees to save money.

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The general counsel for the Personnel Department, Alice Ann Byrne, said furloughs would allow agencies to save money on payroll without workers losing their jobs.

“It would save jobs and that to us is the key,” she said.

But the Alabama State Employees Association opposes the furloughs and says the policy would be a way of asking state workers to take pay cuts.

The association’s executive director, Mac McArthur, said the plan would also be unfair because it would apply to career state employees but exclude workers who got their jobs through political appointments. He said he would be

willing to consider a voluntary furlough plan.

“What we are committed to is protecting the benefits and pay of state employees,” McArthur said.

State Rep. Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn, the Republican leader in the House, said furloughs seem like the best option when an agency is dealing with budget cuts.

“A furlough would be better than laying people off,” Hubbard said.

But state Rep. Alvin Holmes, D-Montgomery, said he feared furloughs would not be administered fairly to all employees.

Holmes said he wants the governor to eliminate unneeded outside contracts by state

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advocate on mental health issues and he uncovered problems at Bryce Hospital while a reporter with the Tuscaloosa News.

Davis had previously expressed concerns about the sale, as the University’s $60 million offer wouldn’t cover the cost of a new hospital.

However, he said with the $22 million from the bond sale there should be enough money.

Besides the hospital, the University will also take ownership of the property’s 177 acres, which run along the Black Warrior River. This land will give the landlocked UA room to expand, Riley said.

However, the cemeteries on the campus will remain state property.

It will be at least two years before the state transfers the hospital building over to the University, said UA President Witt during a December meeting. The University will keep the 150-year-old hospital building intact, using it to host office space and a museum.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if they broke ground on a new hospital in less than 12 months,” he said.

not to layoff anybody and not to furlough anybody,” Holmes said.

FAST FACTS • The hospital opened in 1861 as the Alabama State Hospital for the Insane.

• The new hospital will be built on the grounds of the Partlow State School and Hospital in Tuscaloosa.

The board’s decision is a “win-win” for Bryce patients, the mental health community and the University, according to Deborah Lane, a UA spokeswoman. Of the $60 million payment, $50 million will be paid in cash and $10 million in building renovation and pollution abatement, she said.

The Tuscaloosa City Council voted Tuesday to drop its lawsuit to halt the sale of Bryce Hospital, which employs more than 600 Tuscaloosa residents.

The city filed the suit after Riley announced he was considering moving the hospital to the vacant Carraway Hospital property in Birmingham.

Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.

OPINIONS

OUR VIEW

Monday, January 11, 2010 Editor • Alan Blinder letters@cw.ua.edu Page 4

{ YOUR VIEW } HOW DO YOU THINK THE CRIMSON TIDE PLAYED IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME? “I think it was a well played game. I feel bad Colt McCoy got hurt, but it was a great game altogether and we did a great job.”

— Shayla Garrett, freshman, computer engineering

“Iʼd say it started off kind of shaky, but it was a great ending.”

— Ben Railey, freshman, pre-law

“Well, it could have been worse [if McCoy had played], because heʼs a good player. I think that affected our defense.”

— Joel Thorne, junior, geography

“People may say that it would have been different had Colt McCoy played, but I donʼt think it would have made that much of a difference.”

— Duncan Murphy, freshman, business

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THIRTEEN

When the Alabama Crimson Tide demolished Texas Thursday night in the national championship, the squad won the University more In short: Alathan another trophy bama’s 13th (or, in the case of the national title national championbenefits more ship, four trophies). than the footThe Tide earned the ball team.

University a spot on the list of talkedabout institutions, which will bring in more applications and donations, helping all of campus to further thrive.

But, more importantly, the Tide’s big win created a renewed sense of community on campus. Greeks and independents came together as Alabama rose in the polls, and the allure of a 13th national title prompted an outpouring of Capstone-wide passion.

We are all Alabama fans, and we are proud of the team’s work throughout the season. From the big wins like Tennessee and Florida to the victories over lesser-known opponents like North Texas, it has been an honor for us as students to have stood behind Nick Saban and his squad.

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Beware the fear mongers Calm down

By Wesley Vaughn

For pro and college football coaches, New Year’s is not a holiday to look forward to. The beginning of a new year entails an evaluation of the previous, and if the team’s record fails to comport with the organization or school’s expectations, the head coach can assume he will be packing up his office fairly soon. This loss of faith and demand for a new direction resides in the fans as well, and at times, even originates with them predominately over radio waves.

Sports radio mixes Jerry Springer, SportsCenter and preliminary contestants on American Idol. Radio personalities such as Paul Finebaum act as Springer, controlling the democratic mayhem over the telephone lines with his own bombastic analysis and critiques. Most callers have more confidence in their emotional sports analysis than actual analysis, causing these fruits of passion to regularly blend into an anger smoothie that Finebaum and his radio station gladly drink up.

In the political world, professional pessimists, classified by taxonomists as members of the same species as the aforementioned sports radio callers, roam freely.

We call them fear mongers.

These creatures only become aggressive when they sense danger to their side of the issue or if they are forced to live in the political minority. Out of all the nominees, former Vice President Dick Cheney exemplifies this attribute most beautifully. Cheney quickly adapted to his new habitat after eight veiled years in office and now speaks to almost any reporter that will listen.

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As a red, white and blue-blooded American, I solemnly question the patriotism of these individuals who seemingly support themselves and their political party more than their country.

logic does not predominate in Cheney’s statements. Following the failed Christmas Day plane bombing, Cheney deduced that President Obama makes America “less safe” by pretending the country is not at war. Expectedly unfortunate, Cheney signed his rant off without citing supporting facts or evidence.

Taking the cynical grandpa seriously can be taxing, especially when he responds interchangeably to all alleged national crises.

Take, for instance, Obama’s upsettingly controversial bow to Japan’s emperor in November. Cheney elected to call it “fundamentally harmful” to the United States.

So, according to Darth Cheney, an attempted bombing and a customary greeting deserve almost identical reactions. Please pardon this announcement, but could Dick Cheney please come to the front office to pick up his lost credibility?

Sports radio consists of the same unneeded panic stirring based off being unreasonably opposed to a coach. Every year it happens. A previously successful and arguably proven coach has one or a pair of bad years, uproar ensues, and the athletic director or owner decides to dismiss him.

Some may grudgingly remember a certain coach by the name of Tommy Tuberville. His first losing season at Auburn in almost a decade led to his departure last year, even though he lead the team

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to an undefeated season in 2004.

Given the climate in Auburn, the athletic department just needed an inkling of reasoning to fire Tuberville, and the 5-7 record provided just that. Fairly recent pro football examples include the firings of Mike Shanahan in Denver and Marty Schottenheimer in San Diego.

Those who incite the clamor that leads to firings usually do not even have a solution in mind. They just need to gripe, blame somebody, and vent their anger after a disappointing season.

Discovering what Cheney, Newt Gingrich, Karl Rove, and other panic peddlers strive for does not take a Sherlock Holmes.

They assuredly do not care for the country to improve, since that would prop up Obama and the Democrats. My dear Watson, they only hope for further disapproval of the Democratic Party so Republicans can take their seats during midterm elections.

As a red, white, and blue-blooded American, I solemnly question the patriotism of these individuals who seemingly support themselves and their political party more than their country. Let them scoff as they will, but sorry, that’s the way I see it, and my optometrist says I have 20/20 vision.

Wesley Vaughn is a sophomore majoring in public relations and political science. His column runs weekly on Monday.

Serving up more than just pie

By Ian Sams On Sunday, a friend of mine cajoled me into an hour-long car ride down Highway 69 to Greensboro. She had told me it would be an “adventure,” and I had no idea what awaited us.

When we turned left onto Main Street in Greensboro, I was struck by the empty storefronts and dilapidated facades. We walked up and down the sidewalks in the chilling wind. The only sounds to break the deafening silence were the occasional passing car and the songs of a robust gospel choir seeping through thin glass windows.

It was all too clear that this town was dying.

Greensboro’s unemployment rate is almost 11 percent. For black women, that statistic jumps to over 25 percent. The town’s population has gone down 5 percent since 2000.

Sadly, statistics like these exist in dozens of towns in Alabama and in thousands of cities across America.

But as we ducked off the street, we stepped into a bright, well-decorated pie shop. Yes, that’s right – a pie shop.

It’s called PieLab. It’s an initiative of Project M, a partner with Auburn’s Rural Studio. According to its Web site, it “is a welcoming community space on Greensboro’s Main Street that provides delicious pie and coffee, as well as retail and hospitality job training for local youth through the YouthBuild Program.”

The site goes on to explain how

PieLab does more than just dish up slices of pie: “[PieLab] operates as a community design center focusing on community development Ian Sams projects and small business incubation in Greensboro and the surrounding five counties.”

After only a few minutes, I heard the passion and care in the voices of the 20-somethings running the joint. There were two AmeriCorps members, a graphic designer from Pennsylvania by way of Brooklyn, and a managerial type from Columbus, Ohio.

They spoke directly of their “outsider” status, the skepticism of the locals, and their humble desire to just help. They didn’t want to point out what was wrong with Greensboro and tell residents how to fix it. Rather, they earnestly sought to listen and offer up anything they could.

Sitting on down-on-its-luck Main Street, eating a slice of pear walnut pie and a wedge of chorizo and potato quiche, I saw the marriage of modernity and selflessness, a joint venture of creativeness and community service.

These bright minds are serving up pie and an open community space as a way to develop an identity. PieLab only has one table, a long picnic-style wooden slab with benches and chairs flanking the

sides. They want to foster discussion, engaging locals with each other, with the hopes that the seeds of progressive action will be planted.

I left PieLab knowing that there were still forces for good in the most underserved communities in Alabama. PieLab, in conjunction with Hero, a non-profit housing resource center, is going allin in Greensboro. They, unlike so many, have rolled up their sleeves and gone to work instead of giving up on rural communities.

Towns like Greensboro are a dying breed during hard times.

They bleed jobs, and locals often jump ship and seek employment in bigger cities. The folks running PieLab are doing just the opposite. They welcome the challenge, and our federal government, through grants and programs like AmeriCorps, is helping them stimulate their local economy.

Maybe in a time like this, when jobs are hard to come by and many of us are tempted to stay in school or mooch off Mom and Dad for a while longer, we should look to our government for opportunities to spur on small communities. We can take big jobs for small pay and make a real impact.

If nothing else, we should all take the hour-long drive down 69 to Greensboro, pop into PieLab for a slice, and learn something about the spirit of service and the drive to build a stronger community.

Ian Sams is a senior majoring in political science. His column runs weekly on Monday.

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While so many of our friends were relaxing underneath the palm trees of southern California, a brutal cold spell struck the Southeast. Strong, consistent winds sent the mercury plunging and the homeless into emergency shelters as conservatives told global warming jokes. As temperatures dropped, though, panic ensued. We prepared for the worst.

But it was just cold weather and the threat of light snow.

We shivered. We bundled up. And we survived.

But we could have survived without the panic.

Over the years, we have learned that alarm only rarely leads to positive results. Panic is not the equal of proper, measured preparation. Rather, it can destroy the effects of such preparation.

Education is the key, and we need to teach people that planning will do them far more good than panic.

People, we have noticed, grow fearful when they don’t understand what is happening or what to do to maintain as normal a lifestyle as possible.

We would like to see the city and state governments place significantly enhanced emphasis on emergency preparedness. The state has developed a vibrant campaign to encourage preparation for hurricane season, but we think the state should adopt a similar plan for cold weather, since, in our experience, bitter cold can prompt plenty of problems, too.

It is our hope that the next time Mother Nature strikes – whether it involves a Category 5 hurricane or a searing cold front – people will take a step back and think. We will all be better for it.

Our View is the consensus of The Crimson White’s

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Assure school lunch safety MCT Campus

Lax testing of food quality in school cafeterias is giving troubling new meaning to the term “mystery meat.”

Congress is making a welcome push for higher food-testing standards following reports from government investigators and newspapers that brought to light glaring gaps in safety standards.

That comes in the face of numerous challenges to improving the food-safety system in general, as millions of people are sickened and 5,000 die annually from food-borne illnesses. Tracking the source of food contamination remains a major concern, as well as the efficiency of enacting recalls.

With millions of children looking to school lunches for their daily nutrition, it’s critical to assure their safety.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack pledged a fresh review of requirements for ground beef that the USDA supplies to schools. USA Today reported last month that school kitchens have been sent millions of pounds of beef and chicken that wouldn’t meet the quality or safety standards of many fast-food restaurants.

In another media report last week, the USDA was faulted for giving a pass on routine safety tests to a major producer of processed beef. Testing eventually done by the agency for the school lunch program found dozens of E. coli and “salmonella pathogens” in Beef Products meat, the New York Times reported.

A recent report by the Government Accountability Office questioned whether federal agencies are getting out the word to schools about food recalls.

In general, government regulators need to plug holes in the system through which food producers notify federal officials about contamination, such as a 2008 salmonella outbreak that sickened hundreds.

Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa., has introduced legislation he says will protect the 31 million children who receive food through the National School Lunch Program.

The companion bill to legislation from Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., directs the USDA to bolster its food-testing standards to private industry levels and find ways to speed recalls at schools if problems are found.

Better food safeguards are needed in general.

The fact that the findings concerning processed beef contamination surprised some top USDA officials also points to the need for federal officials to better connect the dots on information regarding food-safety data.

This editorial appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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NEWS

Chilly weather grips the South The Associated Press

MIAMI — Freakish cold weather continued to grip the South, with snow flurries spotted around Orlando and a record low set for Miami, and forecasters said Sunday that more of the same was expected.

About 100,000 tropical fish being raised on a fish farm in South Florida couldn’t bear the cold. Michael Breen, 43, who owns Breen Acres Aquatics in the small town of Loxahatchee Groves just north of Miami, said temperatures dropped below 30 degrees overnight, leaving ice on his 76 ponds.

The ponds should be green because of algae bloom that feeds baby fish, he said.

“But all the ponds are crystal clear and fish are laying on the bottom. What we see on the surface died two days ago,” he said, referring to the dead fish found floating Sunday morning.

Breen estimated he lost $535,000 in business because of

the cold.

The National Weather Service issued a hard freeze warning for South Florida from Sunday night to Monday morning. A freeze watch will continue through Tuesday.

Northern Florida residents will feel temperatures drop to the lower 20s and mid-teens.

On Saturday night, a temperature of 35 degrees set a record that had stood since 1970, said Joel Rothfuss with the National Weather Service in Miami.

He said a record low of 37 on Monday, which was set in 1927, could also be broken, with the forecast saying it would drop to 35 degrees again.

For the first time in at least 30 years, Miami Metrozoo shut its doors because it was too cold. Atlanta’s zoo was closed because the trails were iced over, officials said.

Temperatures in Atlanta stayed in the 30s over the weekend with lows in the teens. The

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EUREKA, Calif. — Residents of a Northern California county gingerly cleaned up Sunday after the area dodged a catastrophe, escaping a 6.5 magnitude earthquake with little more than bumps, cuts and broke glass.

Eureka’s Bayshore Mall had entrances blocked off as engineers surveyed for damage. Area bridges suffered some bent rails, and local stores reported messy aisles where bottles and jars flew from shelves and shattered, authorities said.

But the Saturday afternoon temblor — centered in the Pacific about 22 miles west of Ferndale — caused no major injuries, only limited structural damage and just a few hours where thousands of residents were without power.

“I think we can attribute some of this to being prepared,” said Phil Smith-Hanes, Humboldt County spokesman.

“Folks in this area are used to living in earthquake country.”

The quake’s location — offshore, deep under the ocean and away from urban areas — helped the region escape relatively unscathed what could have been a major disaster.

A quake of similar size — 6.7 magnitude — killed 72 people and caused $25 billion in damage in 1994 in the Los Angeles area.

Rick Littlefield, owner of Eureka Natural Foods, said earthquakes are “part of the rules of the game up here.”

The quake left some of the grocery store’s aisles ankledeep in broken bottles, jars and spilled goods, a loss Littlefield estimated at about $20,000. But the shelves were bolted in place, so they didn’t topple. A generator kept power going.

When the temblor hit Saturday afternoon, there were about 150 people shopping, he said.

“A lot of customers freaked,” he said Sunday morning.

“People just dropped what they had — in the checkstand even. People who were in the middle of a transaction just bailed and left their stuff.”

But no one was hurt, and damage was limited to some easy-to-fix cracks on the floor.

Littlefield kept his sense of humor as he tried to tackle the sticky mess in the shampoo and juice aisles with a wet/dry vacuum that was soon overflowing with bubbles.

At least, he said, “it smelled really good.”

Power outages were widespread, affecting about 25,000 customers initially, but a quick response restored electricity to all by early Sunday morning, said David Eisenhauer, a spokesman for Pacific Gas &

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Electric Co. The utility company was surveying gas lines by helicopter and on foot, but no leaks had been reported, Eisenhauer said. The company’s former nuclear power plant outside Eureka did not suffer any damage.

“Our crews worked very quickly,” he said. “We practice for this type of event, this type of emergency. We have earthquake plans; they were put in

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The start of the Walt Disney World Marathon in Orlando was 28 degrees before dawn, though it climbed into the 40s by late afternoon. Average highs in the central Florida city this time of year are in the lows 70s.

In a suburb north of Atlanta, two teens died Saturday after falling through the ice on a partially frozen pond. The surviving teen was in stable condition at a hospital, said Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services Capt.

Tommy Rutledge. He said the three, ages 13 to 15, were playing and sliding on the semi-frozen pond when the ice broke.

“I’m sure that that frozen over pond was probably enticing to the kids,” he said.

Ice does not freeze uniformly with some spots only an inch thick, he said. They had been warning children to stay off frozen-over ponds, he said.

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California Department of Transportation crews out surveying roads and bridges, first by flashlight and then in broad daylight, had found no significant damage and no accidents attributed to the quake by Sunday morning, said Stan Woodman, Caltrans maintenance manager for the district encompassing Humboldt county.

Woodman felt the quake at his home in McKinleyville — “It was rocking and rolling,” he said. But the only consequences for transportation infrastructure have been some bent rails on bridges and slight settling by an inch or two of approach ramps, he said.

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Health costs up slightly under Senate bill

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The study found that health spending, which accounts for about one-sixth of the economy, would increase by less than 1 percent than it otherwise would over the coming decade even with so many more people receiving coverage.

Over time, cost-cutting measures could start to reduce the annual increases in health care spending, offering the possibility of substantial savings in the long run. At the same time, however, some of the Senate’s Medicare savings could be unrealistic and cause lawmakers to roll them back, according to Medicare’s top number crunchers.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the report released Saturday shows the Senate bill would slow the rate of health care costs, strengthen Medicare and provide millions more people with insurance coverage.

President Barack Obama used his weekly radio and Internet address to play up the brighter side of the overhaul he hopes to sign in time for his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in a matter of weeks.

He said it would ban “the worst practices of the insurance industry� even as he acknowledged it would take several years — until 2014 in some instances — for some of the changes to be fully in place.

That has disappointed consumers and their advocates. “Now, it’ll take a few years to fully implement these reforms in a responsible way,� the president said. “But what every American should know is that

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Among them, Obama said: —People with illnesses or medical conditions will be able to buy affordable health insurance. —Children with such conditions will no longer be denied coverage. —Small-business owners who can’t afford to cover their employees will get tax credits to help them do so. —Insurance companies will be required to offer free preventive care to their customers and will be prohibited from dropping coverage when someone becomes ill. “In short, once I sign health insurance reform into law, doctors and patients will have more control over their health care decisions and insurance company bureaucrats will have less,� Obama said.

House and Senate versions of the overhaul would require nearly all Americans to get coverage and provide subsidies for many who can’t afford

the cost, but they differ on the details. Among the remaining sticking points are whom to tax, how many people to cover, how to restrict taxpayer funding for abortion and whether illegal immigrants should be allowed to use their own money to buy coverage in new insurance markets.

Obama had several meetings with Democratic lawmakers at the White House this week to help resolve those differences.

In one instance, he signaled to House Democratic leaders that they must drop their opposition to taxing high-end insurance plans to pay to extend coverage to millions of uninsured people. The tax, which is in the Senate bill, is largely opposed

by House Democrats and organized labor.

Saturday’s report cited this tax on “Cadillac� health plans, as well as reductions in annual increases to Medicare providers, as having potential to hold down costs. But the authors were skeptical that Congress could stand the political fallout, noting that the Medicare cuts “may be unrealistic.�

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By Marquavius Burnett Staff Writer The Alabama Crimson Tide women’s basketball team (8-8, 0-3) fell to the South Carolina Lady Gamecocks (8-7, 1-2), 80 to 68, in SEC play. South Carolina led by double digits most of the way with dominate inside play, outscoring the Tide, 42 to 30 in the paint. Kelsey Boone was a big force on the block for the Gamecocks. “It was tough defending her,� said forward Carmen McCoy. “I tried to force her from the paint and deny her the ball.�

The Gamecocks also got out in transition, getting easy points off layups. “People were trying to get offensive rebounds,� said guard Dedrea Magee. “No one was getting back.� “Basketball is a game of transition,� said head coach Wendell Hudson. “Everyone has to play their role and we have to get back.�

The Tide made a run at the end of the first half, cutting the lead to four. “It was a big momentum swing for us,� guard Varisia

Raffington said. “We wanted to build on that.�

At the start of the second half, the Gamecocks pushed the lead back to double digits, going on a 19 to nine run. “We started the second half down four,� Hudson said. “We ran a little play and turned the ball over. Then they go down and score, and we get a wide open shot and we don’t make it. We have to make shots.

We were playing pretty good defense, but at the end of the day we have to get the ball in the basket. You have to score.�

The Tide also struggled to contain the Gamecocks perimeter players. The Gamecocks shot 66.7% from behind the three-point line. Valerie Sutton led the way on the perimeter. “It’s difficult to contain a player like her,� Raffington said. “You can’t give those players daylight. She made us pay.�

Hudson said he thinks the Tide is just going throw a rough spot and things are not as bad as they seem on the court. “The team is really working hard,� Hudson said. “You can’t take anything away from the way we are playing and

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you can’t take anything away from our opponents. We are just in a situation where we go through those droughts of trying to score that are almost impossible to overcome against good basketball teams.

It’s not necessarily that we are playing badly, because you look up there and we have got 68 points. It’s when we’re not scoring.�

Beyond this year, things may be looking up for the Tide in the form of recruiting. “We have some good recruits coming in,� Hudson said. “The kind of recruits that can make a difference like Kelsey Boone, who is a highly recruited freshman.�

The team and Hudson know what they have to work on moving forward this season as well. “We missed some critical free throws,� Hudson said. “We are a jump shot shooting team and when we don’t make our shot we are in trouble.

We have to knock down some shots.� “We have to play every play like it’s our last,� Magee said. “We also have to play as a team.�

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SPORTS

Team drops game to South Carolina

Page 7 • Monday, January 11, 2010 Editor • Jason Galloway crimsonwhitesports@ gmail.com

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Tide opens SEC with win at LSU From UA Athletics BATON ROUGE, La. - The Alabama men’s basketball team began its Southeastern Conference schedule with a 66-49 victory over LSU Saturday at the Maravich Center in Baton Rouge, La. The win moves the Crimson Tide to 11-4 (1-0 SEC) on the season and drops LSU to 9-6 (0-1 SEC).

Sophomore forward JaMychal Green led Alabama with 14 points, four rebounds and a blocked shot. Junior forward Justin Knox scored nine points and collected seven rebounds to set the tone inside for the Tide.

Alabama’s defense held LSU to 37% (17-of-46) from the field and forced 15 turnovers, while the offense connected on 45% (27of-60) of its shots from the field.

In addition to the stingy defense and steady shooting, the Tide out rebounded the Tigers 37 to 27. “I thought it was a very good win for our team today,�

Alabama head coach Anthony Grant said. “We talked about defending and doing a good job rebounding the ball and I thought those two things really

won the game for us today. From the beginning of the game our guys did a great job setting the tone and we were very fortunate to be able to get our first SEC win of the season on the road today.�

Alabama started 2-for-8 in the opening minutes of the game, but quickly heated up to build a lead. The Tide defense held LSU scoreless for nearly four minutes while the offense scored nine unanswered points to lead 13-6. The LSU scoring drought was snapped by a Dennis Harris dunk and Alabama led 13-8 with 10:58 to go in the first half.

In the next six minutes Green and Knox combined to score ten points while junior guard Senario Hillman and freshman forward Tony Mitchell added a basket a piece to give the Tide a 27-16 lead at the four minute mark. From there Green would connect on another jumper to finish with 12 points for the half.

Senior guard Mikhail Torrance hit a jump shot and Mitchell added a dunk to close out the half and send Alabama into the break holding a 33-18 advantage.

The Tide wasted no time adding to its lead to begin the

second half. Green got things going then Hillman knocked down a three and sent a pass behind his back to Knox for an easy slam dunk. Junior forward Chris Hines came off the bench to score six in a row and give Alabama a 24-point lead, 48-24 at the 16 minute timeout.

Following the timeout, Hillman got a jumper to fall at which point Alabama was 8-for10 to begin the second half, while LSU was 3-for-11. Hillman’s basket gave the Tide a 26 point lead, 52-26, the largest of the game.

LSU’s Chris Bass would then connect on LSU’s first three pointer and the Tigers would hit four more threes in the second half, but Hillman and Torrance would combine for 10 of the Tide’s last 14 points to give Alabama the win. Hillman finished the night with 13 points, three assists and three rebounds. Torrance added 12 points and dished out four assists. Alabama went 9-for-10 from the free throw line. Junior guard Bo Spencer paced LSU with 13 points while senior forward Tasmin Mitchell added 11 points and a team high nine rebounds.

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Tide drops Auburn to open season From UA Athletics AUBURN – The Alabama Gymnastics team, the defending Southeastern Conference Champions, opened the 2010 season Friday with a win at Auburn, 195.650-195.200. It marked the Crimson Tide’s 99th consecutive win over the Tigers.

It marked the second year in a row that Alabama has opened the season at Auburn and the second year in a row that the meet came down to the final rotation and the final competitors on each side.

It also marked the second year in a row that sophomore Ashley Priess clinched the meet with a huge balance beam routine, scoring a 9.9 to drive the Tide to a 48.925 balance beam score.

Alabama had to hit five balance beam routines in a row to finish the meet after senior Ricki Lebegern fell in the leadoff spot.

“I was so proud of our ladies because this is the second year in a row we’ve had to win on the balance beam,” said Alabama head coach Sarah Patterson. “That’s the event right there that’s going to win NCAA championships.

Our ladies showed a lot of trust in each other and stayed together to hit 5-for-5 after Ricki’s fall. That was a championship moment.”

Sophomore Geralen StackEaton won her first all-around title with a 39.225 to lead Alabama.

Senior Morgan Dennis won the vault and freshman Ashley Sledge won the uneven bars.

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“I can’t say enough about Geralen and the progress she’s made and the confidence she’s competing with,” Patterson said.

“I think sometimes the difference between a gymnast’s freshman and sophomore years, in terms of experience, is more like two years instead of just one and Geralen is a great example of that.”

On the floor exercise, Dennis led the Tide to a 48.750 with a 9.825 in the anchor position while junior Kayla Hoffman and StackEaton scored 9.775s.

Dennis put a 9.9 exclamation point on the Tide’s vault rotation, winning the event and leading Alabama to a 49.15 team score.

Stack-Eaton got things started with a 9.825 while Lebegern added a 9.85 and Hoffman posted a 9.8. Auburn scored a 48.775 on the vault.

Alabama opened the night on the uneven bars, scoring a 48.825 behind Sledge’s 9.825 which tied with Auburn’s Allyson Sandusky for first place. Stack-Eaton added a 9.8. Auburn posted a 48.925 on the uneven bars.

“There’s a lot of pressure in this league,” Patterson said.

“You have to give Auburn credit.

I think they’re a very good gymnastics team.”

After starting on the road, the Tide returns to Coleman Coliseum to open its home season Friday at 7:30 p.m. against the five-time defending NCAA Champion Georgia Bulldogs.

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— Alabama Head Coach Sarah Patterson

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Texas Tech hires Tuberville

By Betsy Blaney The Associated Press LUBBOCK, Texas — Tommy Tuberville will inherit a proven spread offense when he returns to the sidelines next season as Texas Tech’s new coach.

After a year away, Tuberville is taking over the reins of the Red Raiders. He replaces Mike Leach, who was fired last month amid allegations he mistreated a player who suffered a concussion.

The school announced the hiring in a release on Saturday and said that Tuberville would be introduced on Sunday.

Tuberville, who abandoned his attempt at implementing the spread offense halfway through his final season at Auburn in 2008, will lead an offense that routinely sends numerous receivers downfield and consistently put up gaudy numbers in the past 10 seasons.

Tuberville stepped down at Auburn in December 2008, ending a 10-year tenure that included a perfect season and a string of teams that contended for Southeastern Conference championships.

The 55-year-old Tuberville was 85-40 at Auburn, including a 13-0 season in 2004 when the Tigers finished No. 2, won the SEC title for the first time in 15 years and Tuberville was named AP Coach of the Year.

Tuberville and his family were flying to Lubbock later Saturday, a person close to the decision to hire Tuberville told The Associated Press. The person was not authorized to discuss the decision and spoke on condition of anonymity.

No contract has been signed, the per-

AP Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville walks the sidelines during the 2008 36-0 Iron Bowl loss to Alabama at Bryant-Denny Stadium. On Sunday, he was introduced as the new coach at Texas Tech. son said, but Tuberville and the university have “an agreement in principle in place.”

Voice messages left on the cell phones of athletic director Gerald Myers and Kent Hance, the university system’s chancellor, were not immediately returned Saturday. Tuberville also didn’t immediately return messages left on his cell phone.

Tuberville will be officially introduced as the new coach at 2 p.m. CST Sunday at the school’s basketball arena by Myers and Guy Bailey, Texas Tech’s president.

In 2000 Leach brought a pass-happy offense to Texas Tech that put up gaudy numbers in his spread offense. Every quarterback but two led the nation in passing in his 10 seasons.

Last week, Myers told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal that Tuberville told him he would keep the Red Raiders’ aerial offense in place and wanted to maintain continuity in the program, which hasn’t had a losing season since 1992.

Tuberville told the newspaper he would change some things defensively, drawing on success he had at Auburn.

Win over Texas first in series between teams

By Jaime Aarons The Associated Press NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Of all the great feats Bear Bryant accomplished at Alabama, one thing he never did was beat Texas.

Heck, no Crimson Tide coach had before Nick Saban.

Among the story lines in the BCS championship game between No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Texas going into Thursday night was whether the Longhorns could keep their grip on the bragging rights between these powerhouse programs.

They’ve met eight times and, before the win, the best the Crimson Tide could muster was a tie. The Longhorns have

won under all sorts of circumstances — ranked higher or lower, playing at home or on the road, meeting during the regular season or in the Cotton, Orange and Sugar bowls.

“I don’t think there is a ‘Texas whammy’ on Alabama,” Bryant said after a tight, tough loss in the 1982 Cotton Bowl.

“Their players and coaches beat us — not a ‘whammy.’”

The series dates to 1902, but can’t be called a rivalry. The shortest span between games has five years, and this matchup ends the longest stretch, 28 years, since that Cotton Bowl.

“I was, I think, 11 years old,” said Texas defensive coordinator Will Muschamp, who actually was still 10 that day.

Texas football was in its 10th season, and Alabama its 11th when the schools first squared off on Nov. 18, 1902. The Longhorns won 10-0 in Tuscaloosa, then blanked the Crimson Tide again in the rematch in Austin — 13 years later.

Bama finally scored in the third meeting, but still lost 19-10.

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The most famous matchup was on Jan. 1, 1965, in the Orange Bowl, with Joe Namath leading No. 1 Alabama against Tommy Nobis and No. 5 Texas in the first nationally televised New Year’s night game.

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across a state that has come to see gridiron battle as far more than an organized match up of athletic prowess.

In Alabama, we all know that football is a religion. Within this sect are the deities of the faith, those mythical figures who parted seas and performed midgame miracles. Their names are recited like prayer. Wade, Thomas, Stallings and Bryant.

Each brought forth a group of saints, young men who served as representations of a time and place where population, education and money did not carry as much weight as pride, passion and determination for victory.

Tide fans do not know these saints by names. They know them by years.

1925, 1926, 1930, 1934, 1941, 1961, 1973, 1978, 1979 and 1992.

They are the pillars of a faith.

The cornerstones of a church.

The gods now have a new member.

His name is Nick Saban.

The foundation now has a new rock.

It will be known as 2009.

The 2009 Alabama Crimson Tide has achieved milestones, crossed boundaries and ascended plateaus unreached by the squads of Capstone lore. They are the first 14-0 team. They have the program’s first Heisman winner. The second Butkus award winner. Their ranks include a record six AP All-Americans.

On top of it all, they brought home Alabama’s first title of the BCS era.

But it’s not enough. Wherever triumph emerges, doubt plants seeds to undermine its glory.

Wherever a champion rises, a mob follows to tear him down.

In the wake of the Tide’s victory in Pasadena, already the murmurs had begun in newsrooms and message boards across both

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CW | Jerrod Seaton Above: Sophomore safety Robby Green (23) forces an incompletion after a hard hit on Texas senior receiver Jordan Shipley.

Left: Trent Richardson breaks a run during the BCS National Championship Game. Richardson finished the game with two touchdowns, including a 49-yard sprint in the second quarter. the physical and virtual worlds.

Columnists for USA Today and other major newspapers wrote Friday columns questioning whether the Tide’s victory, though fair and without scandal, was in fact truly earned in the wake of the injury that kept the Longhorns’ star quarterback Colt McCoy out of all but five plays of his final collegiate game.

Publications seemed content to ignore Greg McElroy’s cracked ribs, Rolando McClain taking IVs like candy and Mark Ingram’s second half on one foot. These were certainties, played out and broadcast to an audience of millions.

For the writers and fans that saw the forlorn McCoy on the sidelines last Thursday, there is no actuality. There is no closure.

Only doubt and a constant, nagging “what-if?”

For a small percentage of message board minions, just days removed the reality of watching a defense McCoy did not play a snap for in his entire five-year career surrender nearly 40 points, the what-ifs have become shouldhave-beens. Their confidence is unwavering and their words cry out all across the Information Superhighway.

Texas would have beaten Alabama with McCoy. For some, including myself, this concept is laughable and its assumptions ludicrous. McCoy could have won the game. He also could have thrown six interceptions and fumbled the ball 12 times. None of us mere mortals will ever know.

It is that uncertainty that Saban must grasp hold of and use to his advantage.

The off-season will be a merry one for the Tide players, at least initially. The glow of their victory and the accolades of their accomplishments will carry them into blissful ignorance for at least a month, perhaps two.

But like any festering virus left

unchecked, the national pundits and their smarmy double talk will begin to sink in. The legitimacy of the Tide’s title will be picked, rightly or wrongly, and the Tide players who still remain will be there to hear about it.

It is at this point that the thoughts these young men have been putting down in their heads will begin to storm up.

The vague hopes and possibilities that seemed more than a far cry from reality just four years ago will solidify and form into legitimate contemplation.

Can the 2010 Crimson Tide join the legion of saints?

Eight offensive starters return, including BCS National Championship Game Offensive MVP Mark Ingram, Julio Jones and Greg McElroy. Also returning are key reserves, including Trent Richardson, Darius Hanks and Michael Williams. Infused with some new offensive talent in yet another top five recruiting class, including five-star commitment Keenan Allen and four-star DeAndrew White.

The Tide does lose several key cogs on defense, including Terrence Cody, Javier Arenas and more-than-likely junior Rolando McClain. However, the emergence of freshman linebacker Nico Johnson and the return of Dont’a Hightower from knee injury should provide a solid inside foundation for the linebacker corps, while freshman stud Dre Kirkpatrick and Burton Scott, extremely talented and fresh off a switch from the offensive side in his freshman year, should prove adequate replacements for Arenas and Marquis Johnson.

The pieces should be in place.

But can the fire, the motivation, the fierce desire not to be denied, return after a season where all of the dreams of a long-suffering fan base finally came to pass?

Thanks to a few doubts, it just may.

Above: Mark Ingram takes a handoff from quarterback Greg McElroy during the BCS National Championship Game.

Left: Senior nose tackle Terrence Cody celebrates at midfield after the Tideʼs 3721 victory over the Texas Longhorns last Thursday in the BCS National Championship Game.

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A quartet said to have “imaginative phrasing and dynamics” by The New York Times and “one of the finest ensembles around” by The New York Sun played at the Moody Music Building concert hall on Sunday.

Daedalus String Quartet, presented by the String Quartet Society of Tuscaloosa, was founded in 2000 and has played in places like the Library of Congress, New York University and Weill Recital Hall for a Carnegie Hall series.

Composed of violinists Min-Young Kim and KyuYoung Kim, violist Jessica Thompson and cellist Raman Ramakrishnan, Daedalus played pieces by Wolfgang Mozart, Fred Lerdahl and Antonin Dvorák. The members have degrees from Juilliard, Curtis, the Cleveland Institute and Harvard University.

Playing to a crowd composed mostly of Tuscaloosa residents, the quartet opened the concert with Mozart’s Quartet #22 in B-flat major, K. 589. The five-movement piece displayed each player’s talent, with more emphasis on the cello in the slow section.

Before starting their second piece, Quartet No. 3 by Lerdahl, a scary, disturbedsounding piece written for this quartet, Kyu-Young explained the different techniques, chords and sounds the audience would hear and the difficulty involved.

“Every time we play this piece, it feels like we’re going on a great adventure, so Raman [cellist] wishes us luck,” he said. This was the third performance of this piece. The ensemble played with excitement by moving their bodies with the music.

Elizabeth Bradt, a Northport resident who never misses a concert, said she enjoyed the Lerdahl piece, even though it was more modern. She said she hoped there was a future for this type of music.

“I like string concerts,” Bradt said. “I’m always amazed when they [the String Quartet Society of Tuscaloosa] bring such wonderful musicians. It’s a great opportunity for Tuscaloosa, and it’s very cheap to attend.”

Student tickets were free, and regular admission was $15. Bradt said people should take advantage of these prices.

Kelly Quesada, a senior majoring in cello performance,

said the concert was amazing.

“They have an incredible sound,” Quesada said. “They communicate really well with each other and command the audience’s attention.”

Although the String Quartet Society of Tuscaloosa focuses more on community outreach, she encourages more students to come to concerts like this one.

“Chamber music’s some of my favorite music,” she said.

“You learn so much. It’s just the oldest form of entertainment. It’s always enjoyable.”

Madeleine Hill, a Tuscaloosa resident, said the quartet was skillful, musical, wellrehearsed and exciting to watch.

“I never miss them if I’m in town,” Hill said.

Hill, who also is a musician, said the size of the venue and crowd adds to the musical performance.

“It is an opportunity to hear excellent music much more intimately than with a large group,” she said. “You feel more a part of the musical experience. That’s part of the beauty.”

To learn more about Daedalus and where they will perform next, visit their Web site at daedalusquartet.com.

By Lynn Elber The Associated Press

PASADENA, Calif. — NBC said Sunday it decided to pull the plug on the Jay Leno experiment when some affiliate stations considered dropping the nightly prime-time show, and the network is waiting to hear if Leno and “Tonight” host Conan O’Brien accept its new late-night TV plans.

“The Jay Leno Show,” which airs at 10 p.m. EST, will end with the Feb. 12 beginning of the Winter Olympics, said NBC Universal Television Entertainment Chairman Jeff Gaspin. Leno would return to his former 11:35 p.m. slot after the Olympics ended under the network’s new plan, which also calls for O’Brien to retain

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EST. Jimmy Fallon and his “Late Night” would be pushed a half-hour later as well, to 1:05 a.m. EST. “My goal is to keep Jay, Conan and Jimmy as our latenight lineup,” Gaspin said, adding later that they “have the weekend to think about it” and discussions with them will resume Monday.

NBC had moved Leno to prime-time last year in order to keep him from leaving the company and keep a promise it had made to give O’Brien the “Tonight” show. The change was one of the most dramatic in prime-time television in a generation. It was also a roll of the dice at a time NBC was suffering in prime-

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Gaspin said the new proposal gives Leno what’s important to him — telling jokes at a later hour — and O’Brien his top priority, retaining “Tonight.”

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wooden stake through their heart, they burn and then explode in a shower of ashes and blood.

Runtime: 98 minutes If â&#x20AC;&#x153;Twilightâ&#x20AC;? infuses the vampire mythos with estrogen, MPAA rating: R playing up its romance and seduction, then â&#x20AC;&#x153;Daybreakersâ&#x20AC;?

Release date: Jan. 8 infuses it with testosterone, CW criticâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rating: playing up its brutality and power. Of course, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s neither unique nor difficult â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a look at the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bladeâ&#x20AC;? series, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Underworldâ&#x20AC;? series and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Van will demonstrate that Bottom line: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Daybreak- Helsingâ&#x20AC;? much. ersâ&#x20AC;? is a fresh take on the The job these actors do is a vampire trend and not the cut above such fare, but some cash-in that jaded movieactors set a pace that the rest donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t follow. Hawke and Karvan goers fear. The only issues often come across flat, and holding it back from classic Dafoe, who should by all rights status are its mismanaged steal this show, is underutitone, its inconsistent acting, lized. Instead, that honor goes and several missed opporto Michael Dorman and his shell-shocked, saddening portunities to capitalize on the trayal of Edwardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brother premiseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strength.

What really separates â&#x20AC;&#x153;Daybreakersâ&#x20AC;? from the cashin the sunlight, then you only ins is its brain. The filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s need to know two things about blood shortage is one of the this movie: when these vam- few allegories for Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pires get hit by UV rays, they dependence on foreign oil that burn, and when they get a doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always smash viewers

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over the head and does get to the heart of the problem and its attendant issues. The Spierigs address not only the military imperialism used to maintain supplies, but also the class and security issues that arise when only the rich can afford something everyone needs.

On top of the allegory, the film is packed with irony that comes in both bitter and delicious flavors. The latter includes one of the most satisfying demises a vampire villain has ever suffered, and a devastating example of the former follows on its heels.

But the Spierigs donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always handle shifts in tone so well. In fact, tone is the biggest problem with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Daybreakers,â&#x20AC;? and it often seems the Spierigs didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what kind of horror movie they wanted to make.

In an otherwise serious take on sci-fi horror, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more than a little jarring when the best military propaganda the Spierigs could come up with is Uncle Sam as a vampire, or when most of the surviving humans speak with country accents and Willem Dafoeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s character goes

by the nickname of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Elvis.â&#x20AC;?

Further, the Spierigs canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite decide how closely to adhere to vampire stereotypes.

If they went as far as to make their vampire soldiers have no reflections in mirrors, then why canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t they also spy on the humans as bats, overwhelm them with super-strength, and use other superpowers that would make them frighteningly competent?

As much thought as the Spierigs put into â&#x20AC;&#x153;Daybreakers,â&#x20AC;? I kept having ideas like this that made me want to see them go even farther. A premise this good just fires the imagination that way, and it makes me want to see what the Spierigs could do with a sequel. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Daybreakersâ&#x20AC;? feels incomplete, but that canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take away the successes the film already has with its premise. Intelligence is a rarity in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vampire trend, (and more broadly, todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s horror genre as a whole), and it makes the film something vampire fans everywhere should see and appreciate.

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