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Vol. 117, Issue 8

Four new sorority houses to be built in 2011

By Ethan Summers Contributing Writer In keeping with the University’s large-scale growth over the last several years, many greek organizations have been experiencing unprecedented size increases as well.

Gentry McCreary, the University’s director of greek affairs, said the greek community has doubled in size since 2003. While fraternity and sorority populations are growing, McCreary said, only one new sorority has been added since 2003.

“Our sororities are getting too big,” McCreary said. “We have sororities that have doubled in size [over the last 7 years]. Some sororities [will] have over 300 members this fall.”

Sarah Suggs, president of the Panhellenic Association and

a senior majoring in accounting, echoed McCreary’s concerns.

“One-thousand six hundred to 1700 girls are in rush this year,” Suggs said.

“It’s one of the largest [rushes] in the nation.”

Suggs said she thinks the growth in the UA greek system, especially during current economic conditions, is reflective of the quality of greek life at the University.

“I think that girls are willing to put aside many other wants and needs in order to accommodate the funds to be in a sorority,” Suggs said. “The bonds that you make with girls and the relationships will last you a lifetime. They see the sorority and the sisterhood as an investment. It’s a strategic move.”

“I think it’s a testament to the strength of the system that they’ve [fraternities and sororities] been able

to grow throughout the recession,” McCreary said.

McCreary also said the growth caused a need for more houses to decrease the sizes of the individual sororities.

Four new sorority houses are planned for construction beginning Fall 2011, McCreary said. Sororities already on campus will have the first bids for the new houses, and new sororities wanting to be established on campus would then bid for the vacated houses.

The new houses will be built behind the President’s Mansion where Wilson, Byrd, Parker-Adams and New Hall are currently located. The demolition of those buildings was approved by the board of trustees in June.

“There are criteria for the new

See HOUSES, page 5

Office of Greek Affairs This mock-up shows where the new Sorority Row will be located behind the president’s mansion.

Saban addresses player-agent issue University, city continue to expand Population Increase in Alabama

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Graphic by Brian Pohuski Tuscaloosa has one of the highest rates of population growth in the state.

By Ashley D. McDaniel Contributing Writer During the past 10 years, Tuscaloosa’s population grew more than any other city in Alabama except Huntsville, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

In July 2009, the city of Tuscaloosa had a population of 93,215, which represented 49 percent of Tuscaloosa County’s inhabitants, the Census Bureau also said.

The University of Alabama plays a role in this population by adding 28,807 tax-paying students.

Tuscaloosa City Clerk Tracy Croom, who has lived in the city for 20 years, said the city’s relationship with the University is one of mutual benefit.

“The relationship between the University and the city of Tuscaloosa is an incredible giveand-take type,” she said. “Students here on campus pay taxes, and [UAPD] works on game days.

Neither is more important, but both play a huge role within each other.”

The University’s 2000 enrollment was 19,307, according to the UA Registrar, which means there has been almost a 47 percent increase in student enrollment from 20002010. There are several factors that have contributed to this, including the arrival of UA President Robert Witt, who implemented changes in the University’s recruiting strategies.

Witt’s Strategic Plan 2000-2014, which may be viewed at www. strategicplan.ua.edu, defines how enrollment will continues to increase over the next 10 years.

“Enrollment growth will be possible by attracting additional students from surrounding states who seek a high quality education, and through the growth of highquality distance education courses that attract serious students from

See EXPAND, page 2

CW | Jerrod Seaton Head football coach Nick Saban at SEC Media Days, Wednesday, July 21, at the Wynfrey Hotel in Birmingham.

Defensive end Marcell Dareus may have violated NCAA rules

By Marquavius Burnett Sports Reporter msburnett@crimson.ua.edu The 2010 Southeastern Conference Media Days kicked off Wednesday in Hoover, Ala. The defending national champion, the Alabama Crimson Tide, was the first team to speak and head coach Nick Saban was business as usual.

Saban answered a wide range of questions, but seemed more passionate about one issue more than others: unapproved agent interaction with players.

Earlier this week, Alabama defensive end Marcell Dareus was

suspected of attending an NFL agency party in Miami and is currently under investigation for the unapproved contact. Saban did not speak much about Dareus’ situation due to the investigations not being finalized.

According to a Tuscaloosa News article published Wednesday, Dareus has been declared ineligible for play, and the NCAA will have to make a ruling on whether he will be reinstated.

This is not the first time Tide players have been under sanction. Last year, stars such as Julio Jones and Jerrell Harris were accused of receiving improper benefits from boosters. Jones’ charges were dropped,

but Harris had to miss games for his actions.

Saban feels that the players are responsible if they accept “illegal benefits,” but he believes that the agents are the main source of the problem.

“It starts with the agent in my opinion,” Saban said. “They are entrapping and taking advantage of young people at a very difficult time in their lives. Although the players are responsible and the players should have consequences if they do it, the agents should have consequences as well and right now they have none.”

Saban also said that not only

See VIOLATION, page 2

Council votes to rename campus streets after UA coaches

By Katherine Martin Contributing Writer The Tuscaloosa City council voted Tuesday in favor of renaming three roads near Bryant-Denny Stadium after former Alabama football coaches.

The vote allows the council to rename 12th, 13th and 14th avenues between University Boulevard and Paul W. Bryant Drive after coaches Frank Thomas, Harold “Red” Drew and Gene Stallings. le this

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was named in 1983 and 10th Avenue was renamed Wallace Wade Avenue in 1998, according to the article.

“By renaming the roads, I think this could bring even more excitement to the 2010 football season,” Garrison said.

He said he plans to have the signs up before the first home game on Sept. 4. The street names will be placed in chronological order from when the coaches coached at the University.

12th Avenue will become

Frank Thomas Avenue after Coach Thomas, who coached the Tide from 1931 to 1946.

Thomas won four bowl games, including two Rose Bowl games, while head coach at Alabama.

13th Avenue will become Red Drew Avenue, after the Alabama head coach from 1947 to 1954. Drew won the 1953 Orange Bowl and the 1953 SEC Championship while at Alabama.

14th Avenue will be renamed Gene Stallings Avenue in honor

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plished a lot at the University in our city and we feel like these gentlemen deserve the same,” • 12th Avenue will be said Councilman Lee Garrison, renamed Frank Thomas whose district includes the Avenue.

University’s campus.

Members of the community • 13th Avenue will be approached Garrison about named Red Drew Avenue. renaming other streets after UA coaches after the football • 14th Avenue will be team won the national champinamed Gene Stallings onship in January, according to Avenue. a Tuscaloosa News article.

As of now, there are two “We have recognized several streets named after former of our coaches that have accom- coaches. Paul W. Bryant Drive

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of Stallings who coached at the University from 1990 to 1996.

Stallings led the Tide in an undefeated season in 1992, winning the University’s 20th SEC Championship and the Sugar Bowl.

UA Athletic Director Mal Moore said the University appreciates the council’s decision to rename the streets.

“On behalf of the families of Coaches Thomas, Drew and Stallings, they are very proud

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EDITORIAL • Victor Luckerson, editor-inchief, editor@cw.ua.edu • Ben Culpepper, online production editor • Hannah Mask, news editor, hannah.r.mask@gmail.com • Kelsey Stein, lifestyles editor • Laura Owens, sports editor • Tray Smith, opinions editor • Adam Greene, chief copy editor • Hannah Lewis, design editor • Brian Pohuski, graphics editor • Jerrod Seaton, photo editor • Jon Lunceford, web editor • Marion Steinberg, community manager • Paul Thompson, staff development manager

ADVERTISING • Dana Andrzejewski, Advertising Manager, 348-8995, cwadmanager@gmail.com • Drew Gunn, Advertising Coordinator, 348-8044 • Hallett Ogburn, Territory Manager, 348-2598 • Emily Frost, National Advertising/ Classifieds, 348-8042 • Jessica West, Zone 3, 348-8735 • Brittany Key, Zone 4, 348-8054 • Robert Clark, Zone 5, 348-2670 • Emily Richards, Zone 6, 3486876 • Amy Ramsey, Zone 7, 348-8742 • Rebecca Tiarsmith, Zone 8, 3486875

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ON CAMPUS Sharpe Named Dean of UA Honors College Shane Sharpe has been named dean of the Honors College at The University of Alabama. Sharpe came to UA as a faculty member in the College of Commerce and Business Administration in 1991 after a 10-year career in the health care industry. He holds a bachelor of science degree in pharmacy from the University of Kansas, an MBA in finance from the University of Dallas, and a Ph.D. in management information systems from Texas Tech University. Sharpe’s appointment as dean will be effective Aug. 16.

Area Students Learn about Rural Health Care at UA Two select groups of students from across the state were on campus recently for the Rural Health Scholars and Rural Minority Health Scholars Programs in The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences.

These two programs introduce students from rural areas to college life and give them an orientation to the need for health and medical professionals in communities like their own. The Rural Health Scholars are rising high school seniors and the Rural Minority Health Scholars are recent high school graduates who will be attending college.

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What: Saturdays in the Park Where: UA’s Moundville

What: Dr. Mohamed E. Mubasher gives a lecture

Archeological Park

Where: University Medi-

When: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

cal Center & Student Health Center

When: 2:30 - 4 p.m.

What: American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive Showcase dance performances

What: The student-led organization Homegrown Alabama will host its weekly farmer’s market.

Where: Moody Music Concert Hall

Where: Canterbury Epis-

When: 12 - 7 p.m.

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When: 3 – 6 p.m.

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UA Students Help Prepare High Schoolers for College Classes

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Where: The Bama Bell When: 7:30 p.m.

University of Alabama students recently led high school sophomores and juniors through three weeks of rigorous academic curriculum, including calculus lessons and labs in biology and chemistry, as part of CollegeFirst, a national summer enrichment program designed to prepare the students for Advanced Placement courses in math and science.

Fifteen UA students participated in the program through a new service-learning course developed by the UA Center for Ethics & Social Responsibility in partnership with Impact Alabama and A+ College Ready.

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around the world,� the Strategic Plan states.

Melissa Skelley, a sophomore majoring in business, said she thinks admissions is doing a great job recruiting new students. “There are so many students here from all over the world, and I think admissions deserves credit for it,� she said. “They are sending great recruiters all over the country to inform them about the University

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should the NCAA take a more proactive approach to policing the contact between players and agents, but the National Football League and also the National Football League Players Association should step in as well. “I believe that the NFL should step in and help get

and bring them here.�

Mary Spiegel, executive director of undergraduate admissions, said the enrollment process has been more aggressive and persistent since Witt’s arrival. “The University’s recruiting efforts over the last few years have been very effective in encouraging more students to apply,� she said. “Since Dr. Witt arrived on campus in 2003, the total number of applications received has grown from 8,129 for fall 2003 to 19,500 applications for the entering class of 2009.�

Jessica Pitts, a senior majoring in mathematics, thinks the University

the agent’s license taken away for a year,� he said. “It is not fair to the good agents. There are a lot of good agents that do not do this stuff and it is not fair to them. “I do not want to have to restrict our players from NFL personnel and scouts for the benefit of our players,� Saban said. “I would also hope that the NFL and the NFLPA would do

has a much larger influence on the city than the city does on the University. “I think [the relationship] is more one-sided,� she said. “The University expands, which causes the city to expand as well. Also, the more students there are, the more buildings are needed to accommodate these students, and that continually expands this campus. I think that students alone are bringing in a lot of money to the city that couldn’t have been generated without this University.�

Croom said the city and the University have a great working

something about this with out us having to do that.�

Under the current system, players lose eligibility for receiving benefits and the agents or boosters who give them away usually face no penalty. “It is something that is affecting college football in a negative way,� Saban said. “It is not in the best interest of the young people that are doing it. The consequences

relationship. “We have more than 1,200 employees in the city and 17 departments, and some of these include students,� she said. “We offer work-study positions within the city and our departments. So neither of these can work without the other.�

Tuscaloosa’s population was approximately 77,206 in 2000, and by 2008, population had grown to approximately 90,261, according to the Census Bureau. The 2010 census is still being calculated, but Croom said the city is hoping for at least 100,000 inhabitants in order to help the city continue to prosper.

are negative for them and their futures. I have no respect for people who do that to young people. I mean how would you feel if they did it to your child?�

The NCAA has cracked down on unapproved contact between universities and players by developing strict guidelines that coaches have to follow. Some feel that the NCAA has taken control away from coaches and

given more room to agents to manipulate young players. “I feel like more now than ever before, we are actually doing more than we ever have to prepare them for the future in dealing with agents,� Saban said. “We are not trying to keep our guys away from agents.

We just want to get rid of what happens behind closed doors.�

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of this gesture,� Moore said.

Councilman Bobby Howard said he was glad to see the city of Tuscaloosa acknowledge the coaches’ past accomplishments. “A lot of things should have been recognized when they were noteworthy, Howard said. “Now we have the opportunity to honor their success.�

Robert Drew, son of former Coach Drew, was present at the ceremony along with other members of the Drew family. He said the family appreciates the council renaming the streets. “We will cherish it the rest of our lives,� Drew said.

Councilman Harrison Taylor said he was proud to be a part of the ceremony that honored the coaches. “This is part of making this city a city of champions,�

Taylor said.

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Students abroad are Czech-ing out Prague

By Jake Appelbaum

This July, I have been studying global marketing at the University of Economics in Prague. In addition, I have traveled around central Europe, seeing more cultures and cities than I could have imagined. I have met students from across the globe. Yes, even from The University of Alabama.

In fact, walking around a major street in Munich, I spotted a “Bama Bound” T-shirt. We of course met and discovered we had many mutual friends. In total, I have seen five people with Alabama apparel, all of which received a strong “Roll Tide.”

Prague is a dynamic city, just recently coming out from the grasp of the Iron Curtain. The city is situated in the heart of the Czech Republic between rolling hills and the Vltava River.

The architecture is breathtaking throughout the entire city. Almost

all of its oldest buildings are still in existence, partly because no major battles have been fought here. The colors of the city are magnificent.

Some Turkish friends I met described the buildings as looking like “delicious cakes.” In addition, Prague was the capital of the Holy Roman Empire for some time, a fact that no local will pass up the opportunity to tell you.

Walking around the city center of Prague offers insight into a plethora of eras and styles of life. In some ways, the city has returned to its wealthy past. There are many beautiful, treelined streets filled with luxury stores.

Just a few blocks away from the city center is the Jewish section of town, containing some of the oldest synagogues in all of Europe. In addition, New Town of Prague offers the cultural and artistic flavor of the city with some of the top clubs and discotheques in the world.

Yet with all of this beauty and posi-

tive history, one can easily sense the impact the communist years had on the city.

Only in the last ten years has the Czech economy seen sustained growth.

Many of the older citizens have a stern exterior. Locals are not rude, but are reserved by nature. In Prague, public smiles are at a premium. Anytime I try to speak the little Czech I know I always include a smile. Some parts of the city seem run-down by American standards. Yet, these sections of the city offer an insight into a world few Americans could dream of.

Although I have learned much

about the Czech culture in my stay here, I have also had more selfrealizations than I expected.

First, and most importantly, I have found a deep love for my own country.

I love most aspects of the European way of life (I am going to miss the regularity of unprocessed foods.)

However, living in a foreign country has made me appreciate the positive characteristics of the USA. The positive attitude of most Americans, that ideal that anyone can always improve, is something strangely missing in a lot of European coun-

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tries.

Oddly enough, my stay has improved my people skills as well.

Having patience and cultural competency has been necessary during my stay. At my university in Prague, finding the computer lab has not been an easy process. Most of the workers for the university who helped me spoke only Czech, which is not the easiest language to understand. Often hand signals and lots of smiles go a long way in communication when words can do nothing.

In a study abroad experience, some moments go beyond language, culture and any barriers. Such a moment happened while I was in the city center of Vienna during a rainy night. Rather than call it a night, a few of my friends from my program and I ran in the rain with some Australians we had just met. Although I’m pretty sure I contracted hypothermia, times like these are those that I will never forget.

Discovering Alabama series wins Emmy award

By Katherine Martin Contributing Writer “Discovering Alabama,” a nature television series produced by the University of Alabama’s Museum of Natural History and Center for Public Television and Radio, received an Emmy Award in the 2010 National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences southeast competition, a University press release stated.

Doug Phillips, creator, executive producer and host of the series; Wendy Reid, Center for Public Television and Radio producer; and Roger Reid, writer, producer and director, won for their work on the episode “Discovering Alabama: Alabama in Space,” the press release stated.

“I was proud of the ‘Discovering Alabama’ crew, including the writer Roger Reid, the videographer Mark Harper and our whole team,” Phillips said.

The winners were announced on June 26 in Atlanta, Phillips said. Reid was responsible for submitting the show for consideration for the award.

“It was a pretty big surprise,” Reid said. “We were the only natural history program; most of the others dealt with cultural history and recreational type things.”

“Discovering Alabama: Alabama in Space” highlights the role Alabama plays in space exploration by taking viewers behind the scenes at Marshall Space Flight Center, the National Space Science and Technology Center and the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, the release stated.

“The idea for a show about Alabama’s role in space exploration came about in connection with NASA’s recent 40-year celebration of landing a man on the moon,” Phillips said.

Reid said this is the program’s first Emmy win and second nomination. The previous nomination was for “Discovering Alabama: Alabama’s Black Belt.”

“In doing this show we work with scientists from all over the state, at the space camp and Marshall Center in Huntsville,” Reid said. “We had tremendous support from these folks. We rely heavily on the cooperation from those involved at NASA and the Marshall Center. We couldn’t have done it without them.”

According to the “Discovering Alabama” website, the series was created in 1985 by Phillips and covers all topics of Alabama’s natural history.

Phillips said “Discovering Alabama” is approaching 100 completed shows and is aptv.org played in classrooms all over the state.

Host Doug Phillips and his trusty dog “Turkey” explore a part of Alabamaʼs natural beauty every episode.

OPINIONS

Americans face danger

By Joe Hart

Editor • Tray Smith letters@cw.ua.edu Page 4

By Daniel Moore

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“Awesome, itʼs about time we had this. I have a feeling more people are libertarian on campus than anyone thinks.”

-Bamaguy, in response to “Chapin brings college Libertarian club to UA

“Byrne didnʼt lose because he opposed Obamaʼs policies as you essentially claimed (e.g. suing over health care, pinning the oil spill on Obama). He lost because of low voter turnout, especially in Madison County where it was only 16%.”

-Jeb, in response to “Byrne sacrificed ideals for votes and failed”

“Please donʼt defend Byrne or make phony excuse for him (like “bad weather”)! He lost because he got out-campaigned by a relativeunknown!”

-Ben, in response to “Byrne sacrificed ideals for votes and failed”

I hold a 1976 Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Alabama. As an art student there, I was taught that artists have the same First Amendment rights as anyone else—freedom to express themselves as they choose and freedom to convey whatever messages they choose through their artwork.

In 2003, the head of the Department of Journalism, Ed Mullins, and journalism professor James Stovall both agreed with this position. I do hope this is still taught at my alma mater— if not in practice, at least in theory. The lawsuit the University of Alabama filed against me for my artistic creations, expressions and documentaries of historic events clearly sends mixed messages.

The University’s lawsuit is now in its sixth year of litigation.

In December 2009, U.S. District Judge Robert Propst ruled that my paintings and prints did not infringe on the University’s trademark rights. Even so, the University still disagrees with the judge’s decision and has appealed it to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta.

Recently, 27 other schools have petitioned the court to jointly file a single amicus brief in support of the University’s position, asserting that Propst erred by noting that the University’s crimson and white colors make for a weak trademark.

Recent news reports pointed out that Mississippi State is not among the “amici” schools siding with the University. This is because Collegiate Licensing Company, the University of Alabama’s licensing agent, is most likely behind rounding up these 27 universities and Mississippi State is not one of the 160 schools represented by CLC. Each one of the newly-

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joined 27 schools is a CLC client.

CBS42 News in Birmingham recently reported that “UA issued a statement saying they were pleased 27 highly regarded and nationally known institutions would join to support them in protecting the value and integrity of their trademarks.” There are 133 other schools that CLC also represents, and numerous other schools across the nation not represented by CLC, who did not side with the University.

For 26 years prior to filing the lawsuit, the University showed no alarming concern with my “unlicensed” artwork.

Moreover, throughout that time the University sold my unlicensed prints to the benefit of its own prestige and profit. Worse still, they continued selling unlicensed artwork after filing the lawsuit.

Even though the University is “pleased” about its newly-joined allies, one wonders how it is that only 17 percent of CLC’s client base supports them in its appeal.

It would stand to reason that the vast majority of CLC’s schools just don’t see enough merit in the University of Alabama’s lawsuit to justify having their names attached to something that amounts to an attack upon every citizen’s First Amendment right to free speech and expression.

It can’t be that the attorneys focused only on recruiting those schools in the 11th Circuit because most of the 27 fall outside of the 11th Circuit’s territory. I think anyone can easily figure out that CLC stands to make money from each of their 160 schools through the licensing and control of artwork and has much more to gain from licensing artwork in the long run than does the University.

The amicus brief proposed by the 27 schools mainly supports the University’s conten-

Joe Hart is a sophomore majoring in German and quantum economics.

Bradley Byrne’s campaign was disasterous

By Tray Smith

WE WELCOME YOUR OPINIONS

Daniel A. Moore is a University of Alabama alumus.

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Licensing should not trump First Amendment

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tion that its colors are strong enough indicators to function as a trademark. This argument misses the point entirely. The bottom line is, regardless of whether the University’s colors are weak or strong, they still cannot trump First Amendment rights. The Constitution is clear. Congressionally enacted trademark law cannot abridge the rights afforded by the Constitution.

The Supreme Court has already agreed that paintings and prints are afforded the same First Amendment protection as publishers of newspapers, magazines and books, citing, “The protection of the First Amendment is not limited to written or spoken words, but includes other mediums of expression, including music, pictures, films, photographs, paintings, drawings, engravings, prints and sculptures.”

I have no problem with the University of Alabama, Inc. making money. Most of it goes to good causes. I have happily generated and donated over $1 million in assets for my alma mater (and that does not include the tuition I’ve paid for my three daughters to attend the University). But for them to claim control of the image area of my artwork, as this lawsuit seeks to do, is stepping over the line.

An institution of higher education should be encouraging writers, artists and thinkers to pursue their gifts and passions — not suing them and encroaching upon their rights. When a university sues an artist, while asking the courts to trump the freedom of speech and expression with the university’s commercial trademark rights, that university has, regrettably, lost sight of its mission.

The Interstate Commerce Clause, located in Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution, states that Congress shall have power to “regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.”

At its conception, the main purpose of this clause was to prevent states from imposing tariffs on other states, thus harming the American economy. Yet in the past 80 years, Congress, with the approval of the court system, has steadily increased its abuse of this power to the point at which there seems to be no limit on what is justifiable under its authority.

The recent health care bill is an example of this abuse that threatens to weaken and ultimately destroy a core constitutional principle of limited powers of government.

In 1938, Congress enacted the Agricultural Adjustment Act, which regulated the sale and production of agricultural products across the country. This was an attempt to help the economy during the Great Depression. They justified this new extension of power by claiming it fell under the Commerce Clause.

In Wickard v. Filburn, the Supreme Court upheld this use stating that the planting of more than what was allotted by the federal government, even if the excess was used for personal consumption, could still affect interstate commerce and the economy. This ruling essentially gave Congress a blank check to step into any area of our lives, for that interpretation places almost no limits on what constitutes interstate commerce, nor how far its effects can reach.

However, Madison stated in Federalist 45 that “The powers of the Federal Government are few and defined” while “the powers reserved to the states will extend to all objects which concern the lives, liberties and properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement and prosperity of the state.”

As the Father of the Constitution, Madison’s interpretation of our federal system of government can be seen as the predominant view of the founding fathers. It is clear by these statements that not only was the federal government to have very limited powers, but that the controversial and important issues affecting our lives were to be determined by our state governments.

Now, in 2010, we have enacted a federal health care bill that requires personal consumption of good health care. Once again, Congress has justified this legislation under the Commerce Clause.

However, there is absolutely no place in the constitution that gives Congress the power to force people to buy anything.

Congress simply does not have the authority to pass such legislation, at least that is what 14 state Attorneys General stated when they filed suit in federal court to overturn the health care bill.

Just as with the Agricultural Adjustment Act, the health care reform bill is meant to help people, but it does so by overstepping the limits prescribed in the Constitution.

As citizens, we must remember that rules set forth in our Constitution were established for a reason, and that breaking or bending those rules for any purpose catapults us down a dangerous and slippery course. One day the bending of the rules might be used for a noble cause, but the next day it might be used for an underhanded or outright tyrannous purpose.

Regardless of one’s views about the substance within the health care bill, the fact remains that it is unconstitutional.

As a country, we cannot sacrifice our respect for the rule of law under any circumstances, for once this respect breaks down, our law fails to retain its credibility and authority. In the end, it is the American people who uphold the law of the land, not Congress, not the Courts and not the president. If we continue to allow such degradation of our legal foundations, then health care reform will be the least of our worries.

The Alabama Education Association (AEA), the state teacher’s union, is understandably giddy about Robert Bentley’s defeat of Bradley Byrne in the Republican primary runoff last week. They should proceed with caution. While Byrne’s candidacy floundered, the education reform movement is very much on the march.

Byrne’s fatal mistake was making the AEA, rather than the failing policies it defends, the subject of his campaign.

Sure, the AEA has fostered a culture of corruption in Montgomery. Yes, the AEA did sabotage Byrne’s campaign through a network of shady PACs that ran attack ads.

Byrne, however, never explained how the union is holding Alabama back. He never gave a reason for his animosity towards the group.

He never articulated a clear contrast between the policies he supports and the laws the AEA defends.

Alabama voters saw a

candidate angry with the teacher’s union, and were left wondering why. Byrne came across as bitter, out-of-touch and self-absorbed. He allowed himself to be painted as antiteacher and, worse, anti-education. Byrne never established himself as a reformer promising a better future for Alabama’s kids.

Which is unfortunate, because Bradley Byrne had better ideas for improving Alabama schools than any other candidate in the race. If only he had run on them, we could have had a real campaign about how to build Alabama schools for the future.

We could have had a conversation about why, after only three years, teachers receive tenure and effectively get job security for a lifetime and about why Charlene Schmitz, a teacher in Washington County, received taxpayer paid benefits of $164,000 after she went to prison in 2008 for enticing a 14 year old for sex.

Alabama could have had a discussion about the virtues of charter schools and

clearer systems for measuring school performance. For the first time, the state could have had a legitimate debate about altering the dynamics of failing school systems in rural and underserved areas that trap generations of students in poverty.

Instead, Bradley Byrne got personal. His campaign disintegrated into a brawl with AEA union boss Paul Hubbert, and Hubbert won.

In an interview with the Mobile Press-Register, published Tuesday, Byrne said he wanted to remain engaged in state politics. He then proclaimed that he had no regrets about his campaign, and thought his ads were effective in communicating with voters.

Byrne blamed his loss squarely on a two-pronged attack by AEA. If Bradley Byrne wants to return to state politics in any meaningful capacity, he needs to reevaluate that premise. Byrne entered the campaign as the frontrunner, had the full backing of the state Republican establishment,

got financial support from the business community, and had the endorsement of several senior political figures and newspapers (including this one). He lost to a little-known doctor from Tuscaloosa. His defeat was a direct result of his campaign, and he needs to recognize that if he wants to be a viable candidate for office in the future.

The one thing Byrne has going for him is the enduring power of his ideas. Charter schools are growing nationwide, and even have the support of the Obama administration. Obama’s Race to the Top program is spending billions of dollars to support states with the most ambitious education reform programs.

Unfortunately, Alabama is not a viable competitor in the process to secure Race to the Top grants because of the legislature’s resistance to challenge the status quo.

In Washington, D.C., schools chancellor Michelle Rhee earlier this summer secured a new contract with the local teacher’s union, overhauling

the way teachers are compensated and giving administrators more flexibility to fire bad teachers. In Florida, the legislature passed a major education reform bill earlier this year. While Governor Charlie Crist vetoed the law, it will probably be reintroduced next year after a likely Republican victory in the Sunshine State’s gubernatorial contest.

In New Orleans, a majority of students attend charter schools, which played a major role in rebuilding the Big Easy’s school system after Hurricane Katrina.

Alabama will not forever remain an island among states, clinging to outdated education policies. Given that we frequently rank near the bottom in national education rankings, hopefully state leaders will decide to make upgrades sooner rather than later. We just need political candidates who will campaign on their positive ideas, rather than personal vendettas.

Tray Smith is the opinions editor of The Crimson White.

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UA provides student job opportunities

By Ethan Summers Contributing Writer Finding a job is always a challenge for some students, but the University has provided two ways for students to find employment.

The first is the Federal WorkStudy Program offered through the Student Financial Aid Office. Don Simmons, the University’s associate director of student financial aid, said the program employs around 650 students per year.

Students are employed in all departments on campus and in programs throughout the community, specifically programs that are part of the United Way, according to Simmons.

To apply for the program, Simmons said, a student must select the option on a Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Receiving a job depends on your expected family contribution being lower than the cost of attendance.

For students who cannot qualify

for the Federal Work-Study Program or who qualified but were not given a job, Simmons said the University offers another employment service through myBama.

This program employs about 4,000 students, said Brandi Moses, recruitment coordinator for the University.

“We post many different types of jobs on the jobs.ua.edu website,” Moses said. “We have jobs in retail and sales, IT, web development, intramural sports, office assistant, tutors and sky box servers.”

Moses said there is no official limit on the number of hours a student can work.

“We strongly recommend that students work no more than 25 hours per week, but if the student can handle more hours and the hiring department has the budget, they can work more hours,” Moses said.

Meaghan Lawlor, a junior majoring in communicative disorders, works as a student assistant at the SUPe Store in the Ferguson Center.

Lawlor said she likes the job.

“It’s pretty good and really convenient,” Lawlor said. “I just go to class then go to work.”

Lawlor said her job did have some downsides, though.

“They’re kind of stingy about overtime,” Lawlor said. “It kind of depends on where you work [for UA], but working game days is awful.”

Moses said students looking for a job through the University should look at the student assistant tab at jobs.ua.edu.

UA students prepare high school students An AP tutoring program provides mutual benefits for the University and high schools

By Claire Woodring Contributing Writer The University of Alabama Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility partnered with the programs Impact Alabama and A+ CollegeReady to create a service-learning course in which current college students tutor high school students in subjects such as chemistry and calculus for three weeks in July in order to prepare them for the academic demands college courses pose.

Fifteen UA students, along with 39 students from UAB, UAH and Birmingham-Southern College, tutored 85 high school sophomores and juniors from A+ CollegeReady program schools from Birmingham City, Jefferson County, Huntsville City and Madison County.

The goal of the program is to academically prepare students who have registered for an advanced placement class in the subjects of biology, chemistry or calculus in the upcoming academic school year, a UA news release stated. The students who taught the subjects had taken AP classes as high school students or have taken the

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Interested sororities will have the opportunity to apply for the new housing lots in October.

Fraternities, like sororities, have expanded in recent years. Pi Kappa Alpha voted to build a new house in November 2007, according to John Murdock, president of the house corporation for Pi Kappa Alpha.

“We were going to do a big renovation project and just ended up deciding to build a new

with all week were studying and working practice in the course work. This program is a vessel to subjects at the university level. open doors for students whose excellence is not in The student-tutors also received extra training. problems out of the book,” she said.

“It was rewarding to see pure excitement and the making, but is here now.”

“The college students agreed to spend a week learning how to tutor and guide the students in joy on their faces as they went above and beyond math and science, biology, chemistry and calculus, currently, and then the actual tutoring is for the three following weeks,” Olivia Grider, research project coordinator for the UACESR said.

“This is through the A+ CollegeReady program, (which is) working hard to serve underserved high schools in the Birmingham and Huntsville areas.”

This initiative is an example of how college students can serve high school students—a symbiotic relationship, as both parties benefit. The high school students are able to obtain knowledge about the AP subjects, and the college students are able to learn how to teach, guide and tutor, all while sharpening their own skills.

Micaiah Thomas, a junior, said being a part of the program was demanding, but it was time well spent.

“Thursday morning, I walked into the lobby and saw that many of the students I had been working

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“We broke ground in April, 2008,” Murdock said. “There was a pretty big drainage project that had to be taken care of before we started construction.”

Pi Kappa Alpha chose to build a new house partly to match the University’s increasing quality standards for campus housing, according to Murdock.

For McCreary, the new fraternity house is a mark of pride for the University.

“It’s one of the nicest fraternity houses you’ll find anywhere,” McCreary said.

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Texas mother murders her children Associated Press

A suburban Dallas mother accused of strangling her two young children told a 911 operator she killed them because they were autistic and she wanted “normal kids,” according to a 911 tape.

Irving police released the recording Wednesday after Saiqa Akhter was charged with one count of capital murder in the strangling of her 5-year-old son, Zain Akhter, at the family’s apartment Monday night. Police spokesman David Tull said another capital murder charge is pending in the slaying of her

2-year-old daughter, Faryaal Akhter, who died Tuesday night.

Police say the mother called 911 after attacking the children. In the recording, the woman identifies herself as Saiqa Akhter and repeatedly tells the operator she killed her two children.

At one point during the recording, the woman hangs up and the dispatcher calls her back.

“I killed them. I killed both of them,” she said. Later, she explained to the dispatcher that both children had turned blue and were lying on the bed in the master bedroom.

She told the operator she initially

tried to poison the children with bathroom cleaner but they refused to drink it. When that didn’t work, “I used a wire on their necks,” she said.

When the operator asked the woman why she attacked her children, she said, “They’re both not normal, not normal. They’re autistic. Both are autistic.” Pressed further, she said, “I don’t want my children to be like that. ... I want normal kids.”

Later, the dispatcher asked the woman what she was feeling.

“Nothing,” she responded.

At one point, water can be heard running in the background and the dis-

patcher asks what the woman is doing.

She told the operator she was trying to wash the smell of cleaner off of her hands. The dispatcher then told the woman to go sit on a couch in the living room and wait for police.

At the end of the recording, police can be heard arriving at the home.

Akhter has requested a courtappointed attorney, but one hasn’t been assigned to her case yet, an Irving jail official said Wednesday. If convicted of capital murder, Akhter could face the death penalty, though prosecutors have not said if they will seek that punishment. Otherwise, she could face life

in prison without parole.

Saiqa Akhter’s uncle, Wasimul Haque, told The Dallas Morning News that his niece had been depressed since moving into a new apartment in Irving. Haque said Zain had autism and a severe speech impediment but had been improving and was in speech therapy.

The children’s father, Rashid Akhter, emigrated from Pakistan in the late 1990s, the newspaper reported. He married Saiqa, who also is from Pakistan, several years later, it said.

Zain was buried Wednesday in Richardson, another Dallas suburb.

Fishing families turn to fast food, ‘grind meats’ Associated Press Grow up on the water, the children of southern Louisiana learn, and you’ll never go hungry. As long as you can toss a line, a net or a trap, you can eat — and eat well.

Now, millions of gallons of oil from the April 20 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig have fouled some of the world’s richest fishing grounds from Florida to Texas, and even though BP stopped the leak for the first time Thursday, more than a third of the Gulf of Mexico remains closed.

It’s not that people are starving. With compensation checks from BP and the help of charities such as Second Harvest Food Bank, they’re able to stock their pantries with staples — rice and beans, grits and cereal, peanut butter and jelly.

June Demolle ate seafood every night when her husband James was harvesting oysters from Black Bay and American Bay. Now, like many in Plaquemines Parish, she struggles to recall her last piece of fish.

Instead, the couple cooks up what Demolle derisively calls “grind meats,” hot dogs and hamburgers, in a Pointe a la Hache trailer park populated entirely by relatives.

Cardboard boxes with donated canned goods sit on the Demolles’ kitchen floor, and a weekly $100 grocery store card from Catholic Charities of New Orleans helps stock the refrigerator.

He eats the burgers, but he gets excited when someone in the neighborhood manages to scrounge up a few fish.

“They try to divide it up with everybody,” he says.

“Everybody’s going to get a little piece of something.”

In Pointe a la Hache and other small fishing villages that dot the Mississippi River Delta, diet is as intertwined with the water as income. Nearly everyone works in the fishing business or knows someone who does. The few other employment options — shipping, oil rigs and refineries — also depend on access to the water.

For folks who eat their own catch every day, finding the cash to replace those meals can be tough. Second Harvest says 17 percent of the households in the affected parishes were below the poverty level before the spill.

Since May 3, nearly 2,000 people in five affected parishes have applied at mobile sites for assistance averaging $323 a month, said Trey Williams, spokesman for the Louisiana

Department of Children and Family Services. Enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, jumped 14 percent in St. Bernard Parish between the end of April and the end of June, while Jefferson, Terrebone and Lafourche also saw bumps higher than the statewide increase of 2 percent.

Second Harvest has served more than 200,000 meals in coastal parishes and seen a 25 percent increase in first-time clients. All the new families live in the parishes hit hardest by the spill, spokeswoman Leslie Doles says.

Second Harvest gets some food from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and tries to offer nutritionally balanced staples, including canned fruits, vegetables and meats.

Colleen Bosley, of Catholic Charities, says BP PLC provided $750,000 for one month of services after the oil rig exploded and the company’s well started gushing. But that money has long since run out, and she’s still awaiting word on a second request.

Dinnertime for Delacroix deckhand Buck Stewart, his wife and two children typically involves crab spaghetti, crab lasagna, gumbo or 6-year-old Jacob’s favorite, redfish.

Crabber Eric Melerine

sometimes finds himself driving 20 miles from Delacroix to the nearest McDonald’s in Chalmette, rather than fishing the peaceful waters of Lake Robin and Lake Borgne.

“Everything we cook with is seafood, generation to generation,” he says.

Until this summer, the 56-year-old had never eaten a hot dog, preferring a soft-shell crab. He speaks wistfully of what he’s missing — shrimp and grits or a crab omelet for breakfast, shrimp on a bun for lunch, some sauteed shrimp with red beans and rice for dinner.

The freezer he shares with his mother and three sisters holds no more crab or fish.

They’re down to four bags of shrimp, barely enough for one meal. And he won’t be buying any.

While 90 percent of the shrimp consumed in the U.S. is imported from overseas, most domestic shrimp is caught in the Gulf. The Louisiana seafood industry has for years run an aggressive buy-local campaign to battle imports, mostly from Southeast Asia.

When Point a la Hache fishAP erman Clarence Duplessis was working, wife Bonnie cooked Aquaculture specialist Greg Lutz examines shrimp crawfish, the comshrimp three or four nights a mon name for a species called Orconectes lancifer, in a crawfish trap at the AgCenter Aquaculture Research Station in Baton Rouge, La. week.

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Transportation Center UA to manage construction researches bus seat belts of new Bryce Hospital From staff reports

On Tuesday, the University of Alabama Board of Trustees were presented with a proposal that, if approved, would allow the University to oversee construction of a new Bryce Hospital, The Tuscaloosa News reported Tuesday.

The trustees’ executive committee conversed via conference call on the same day regarding the approval of a memorandum of understanding with the Alabama Department of Mental Health, according to The Tuscaloosa News.

In May, mental health officials approved the University’s request to purchase the current Bryce Hospital and its 168-acre campus for nearly $78 million, The Tuscaloosa News wrote. Twenty-two million dollars, provided by a state bond, will go toward the cost of the land on which Bryce is located.

The money the department receives will go toward a new hospital, and it will also expand comunity-based care statewide.

The University will oversee the construction, which will be managed as a campus

al.com The main building of Bryce Hospital was purchased by the University in 2009.

building, and the projected cost of constructing the new hospital is about $65 million, University spokeswoman Cathy Andreen said.

Mental health administrators will supervise possible budget overages or cost savings, and as a management fee, the mental health department will pay UA 1.5 percent of the project’s cost as a management fee.

&HQWHU IRU 7HDFKLQJ DQG /HDUQLQJ UA News The University Transportation Center concluded that drivers have the greatest impact on students wearing seat belts.

Katherine Martin Contributing Writer The University Transportation Center for Alabama is in the final stages of research and calculations for their study assessing the impact of seat belts in school buses, said Dan Turner, professor of civil engineering and principal researcher on the team.

Turner said the group expects to have the completed reports available on Sept. 30.

According to a press release, the University is the first institution to carry out comprehensive research of this kind.

Because of this, many national agencies, including the National Transportation Safety Board and the National Highway Safety Administration, are awaiting the findings of the

research. “We had about 15 students working for us, taking data, reading literature, making calculations and working very hard,� Turner said. “We feel like it’s our job to do our best work. We’re glad to see the University of Alabama recognized for our achievements.�

The $1.4 million study purchased 12 school buses equipped with seat belts that connect over the lap and shoulders and four ceiling-mounted cameras that monitor rider action, driver action, aide action and behavior, Turner said. “There are 7,300 school buses that drive more than 400,040 miles a day in Alabama,�

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Turner said the bus aide position has been around for quite a while. He said six of the 12 buses involved in the study have aides on board.

Schools from 10 local school systems, including Tuscaloosa County, volunteered to take part in the study, Turner said.

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By Stephanie Brumfield Contributing Writer Almost a year from their first-ever performance at Tuscaloosa’s Hip Hop Summit 2009, the musical group Kadesh and the Perfect Strangers is teaming up with hip hop artist a2z to form The Alphabet Detectives, a multi-genre group dedicated to stamping out musical crime.

“We’re a sort of Justice League for music, a detective agency created for the enforcement of musical quality,” said Andrew Cotten, also known as a2z.

“Kadesh and I are the agents; the Perfect Strangers are the muscle.

We’re at our workplace when we’re on stage because that’s when we solve our cases.”

By incorporating this superhero storyline throughout the show, which will be held at the

Mellow Mushroom at 10 p.m. on Saturday night, The Alphabet Detectives hope to entertain audience members not just through music but also through theatrics and the show itself.

“Tuscaloosa hasn’t seen anything like this before, or if it has, it’s been a long time,” said band-member Ryan Davis, also known as Kadesh.

The supergroup’s creativity does not stop with theatrics, however.

Everything from rockand-roll and alternative to hip-hop, R&B and jazz will be showcased during the show, and every song is original. For The Alphabet Detectives, “covers” are virtually non-existent.

Nor will they be performing in 30-minute blocks of typical multigroup shows. Instead, they will perform separately for no longer than

two-song mini-sets, then “feed [their] songs in and out of each other to make something completely fluid,” Davis said.

In addition to what each group “does best,” the supergroup will also perform five to six collaborative songs, in which they create something completely different than the songs either group does individually.

“It’s going to be three hours of non-stop music that’s good and not genre specific,” said bassist Adrian Marmolejo. “It’s one of those shows where you’ll really want to stay from beginning to end, and anybody who’s going to be in town would be sad to miss it.”

The group has even recorded its own theme song, which can be downloaded from divShare. com. In it, they explain that The Alphabet Detectives are the “only agency for the job” when

it comes to stamping out the “abuse of melody, extortion of terminology, misuse of rhythm, unauthorized reproduction of others’ originality, a.k.a. swagger jacking, lack of passion, and all-out laziness.”

“The show could really generate discussion about the artistic nature of hip-hop and rock, which is what we want,” Davis said.

By creating original music and artistic shows themselves, The Alphabet Detectives hope to inspire others to do the same.

“We’d like to start a new movement that brings artistry and theatrical elements back into live shows,” Cotten said.

“It’s not something that a lot of musical acts do anymore.”

The group plans on doing these shows again, developing the storyline further each time. If it’s great now, said Cotten,

Submitted photo Kadesh and the Perfect strangers, pictured above, are half of the Alphabet Detectives duo, which also features rap act a2z. imagine what it can become 12 shows from now.

“Plus,” he said, “A lot of the musical acts in Tuscaloosa are brought in from the outside. To

be able to have these two acts, two of the best original acts actually from Tuscaloosa, performing together, is great.”

The cost of the show will be $5.

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By Kelli Abernathy Contributing Writer Managing time as a student can be one of the hardest issues to tackle. While balancing school, clubs, jobs, sports and social life, it can even be hard to find time to sleep.

Some students might wish for just one more hour in the day.

But what if that extra hour was spent climbing a spiraling tower to rid the world of shadows making zombies out of the human race?

This is the problem faced by a player of “Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable,” developed by ATLUS and released July 6th for the PSP. Though the original version was released on PlayStation 2 in 2007, “Persona 3 Portable,” dubbed “P3P” by fans, is not a direct port of the game, but adds new difficulty levels and a completely new storyline with the option of a female

lead character.

For newcomers to the game and series, “P3P” offers the original male character’s storyline of a boy named by the player who must, along with his dorm-mates, use the power of “Persona” to save the world. They do this during the “Dark Hour,” an extra hour placed after midnight, where normal people are asleep and transformed, or “transmogrified” as the game puts it, into coffins and school turns into the spire of Tartarus, where demons freely roam the hallways.

Sure, it sounds farfetched, but only half of the game play is devoted to beating baddies and saving the day. The rest is spent at school and with friends building relationships.

That might sound disjointed, but the bonds the character builds will strengthen his Personas during the Dark Hour, as the mysterious man

Igor warns early on. These bonds are called “Social Links” and build as the player learns more of each character’s story.

“Persona” can easily become repetitive with constantly climbing in Tartarus and dealing with the character’s school life every day, but this is easily remedied by switching between the two fairly often.

One thing that cannot be avoided though is the repetitive music. Persona games are known for their jazz-style music, and while it is entertaining at first, after spending several hours throughout the game traveling around town or talking to characters in the dorm, some tracks can quickly become annoying. However, for the new PSP version, composer Shouji Meguro created new songs for the female track of the game.

In the original version,

much time was spent walking from location to location in town and school, but “P3P” eliminates this with the use of the square button, which allows the player to jump to their desired destination. In fact, the only time the player is walking is when climbing Tartarus – the rest of the game uses a point-and-click cursor interface. Other characters are represented by onscreen pictures. That comes as a big change for veteran players, but it is easy to get used to and does save time.

All in all, “P3P” is much more than just a transfer of “Persona 3” onto Sony’s portable system. It adds twists to the storyline and new difficulty levels, along with fixing some of the original game’s more bothersome aspects.

But the spirit of the well-loved original is still there – “P3P” should charm old fans and new ones alike.

PERSONA 3 System: Playstation Portable

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Bottom line: “With twists to the storyline and new difficulty levels, P3P should charm old fans and new ones alike.”

Kelli Abernathy is a senior majoring in finance and president of the UA ABXY Gaming Network.

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‘Inception’ gives new meaning to ‘dream sequence’

By Jordan Berry Contributing Writer What is the best way to approach a film? It is a question that has been asked for a long time, with no clear answer provided. Some suggest that a visceral approach is the way to go, while others insist that films should have great intellectual appeal.

Fortunately for viewers, “Inception” has decided to avoid such debate by giving us the best of both worlds. It is a film that engages the mind and captures the heart.

“Inception” is no more about dreams and corporate espionage than it is about one man’s struggle to escape the prison created for him by his past.

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Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, and Dileep Rao) are hired by Saito (Ken Watanabe) to pull off the reverse; their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be the perfect crime. But lurking deep in these dreams is an enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming.

Pardon the cliché but to say more would do the movie injustice. Like most good films, the payoff is most fully experienced after taking the journey. And for “Inception,” this journey is like no other I can recall.

Director Christopher Nolan leads us on this journey with great skill and grace. But this is to be expected for someone who has been working on the script for ten years.

His skill and grace are best demonstrated by the fact that despite the constantly shifting nature of the story, the thread between Cobb and Mal provides an emotional anchor of sorts for the audience. Acting as a constant for Cobb, their relationship is the linchpin of the story.

Since this movie works because of this thread, much credit is due to both DiCaprio and Cotillard. Their work mag-

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Bottom line: “Inception” is a film that engages the mind and captures the heart.

netizes the viewer, drawing us deeper and deeper into their story. The dynamic between the two is about as real as anything I have seen on film.

With these efforts from Nolan, DiCaprio and Cotillard combined, this may be their finest hour yet. But combined with the terrific work of the other actors (most notably Tom Hardy), composer Hans Zimmer, cinematographer Wally Pfister, production designer Guy Dyas, etc., “Inception” is truly something special.

Despite this praise, I do not think the film offers profound insight into the nature of reality and dreams, nor does it try to. Trying to tackle such subjects in a 148 minute movie would most likely lead to unsatisfying results.

Instead, this movie offers us a wonderful portrait of a man struggling with the separation of his dreams and memories from his reality. And this struggle is what allows for the film to have both its visceral appeal and its intellectual appeal.

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‘Seinfeld’ soup Nazi shop reopens Businesses await student return The Associated Press

The soup stand that inspired the Soup Nazi episode on “Seinfeld” reopened in midtown Manhattan on Tuesday, six years after its famously brusque owner, Al Yeganeh, shut it down and licensed his recipes to a franchising company.

More than 100 people were waiting in line for the noon reopening of the tiny storefront, including a few regulars who remembered the days when Yeganeh ladled broth and imposed discipline from behind the cramped counter.

Much about the shop was the same as in the days before “Seinfeld” made the place famous, including its strict ordering rules, now posted in nine languages.

“THE LINE MUST BE KEPT MOVING. Pick the soup you want! Have your money ready!

Move to the extreme left after ordering!”

But some things are different.

Yeganeh neither owns nor operates the store now. Like other Original SoupMan stores around the country, it is a franchise, although company President Robert Bertrand said Yeganeh remains involved in the business.

“He’s not going back there to dish out the soup, but he is still the heart of the company,” Bertrand said. “He still has a key. He handpicked the operator. His soups are his babies.”

There is even a webcam that allows Yeganeh to keep tabs on the place during business hours, Bertrand said.

Soup in Yeganeh’s kitchen used to be made on the spot, with ingredients so fresh

Tuscaloosa businesses are experiencing the usual slump in sales for the summer.

AP Ken Jacowitz, from Queens, N.Y., eats a serving of lobster bisque soup from the reopened Original SoupMan takeout restaurant in New York, Tuesday, July 20, 2010. “This is really good soup,” said Jacowitz, who was among about 100 people lined up for the reopening of the takeout that inspired the Soup Nazi character on “Seinfeld.” and abundant, the line often stretched around the corner.

Now, they are produced in a commercial kitchen and available frozen in select grocery stores.

They are also more expensive: An extra-large cup of the crab bisque costs $20. A small cup costs $7. But to some, the soup is splurge-worthy.

“This line, this is normal,” said longtime Hell’s Kitchen resident Larry Cappelli, who arrived an hour early in hopes of getting his first taste of the bisque in six years. “It’s awesome. I’ve waited in the rain.

In the snow. It’s worth it.”

Yeganeh, who has become media shy in recent years, stayed away from the grand reopening.

In past interviews, he has dismissed the “Seinfeld” episode as an unfair character assassination, bristled at what he calls the N-word and ridiculed Jerry Seinfeld as “an idiot clown.”

For this reason, customers at the Original SoupMan shouldn’t expect anyone to shout “No soup for you!” if they don’t move left after ordering.

Indeed, some longtime fans of Yeganeh said the whole

“Nazi” thing was overblown.

“The guy worked like a dog.

He didn’t charge enough for the soup. It was like, $2.50, a cup when he started,” recalled Mark Hoffman, whose company manages a building in the neighborhood. “And he was always a nice guy. Humble.”

As for Yeganeh’s no-show at the launch, Bertrand said it wasn’t a surprise.

“That’s his mystique. But I wouldn’t be surprised if he was watching from a window up there,” he said, pointing at an apartment building across the street.

Lindsay Lohan begins 90-day sentence The Associated Press Hitting bottom under Hollywood’s glare, Lindsay Lohan began serving jail time Tuesday for a probation violation that underlined the starlet’s inability to put a 2007 drug case behind her.

Incongruously — or maybe not, given the media frenzy surrounding her personal drama — someone showered the actress and the crowd with a blast of confetti outside the Beverly Hills courthouse as she walked in to surrender with dozens of cameras following her.

Two weeks after sobbing at her sentencing, Lohan was more composed but nervous Tuesday, fidgeting with her hair in court as she waited to begin serving her time for violating probation. The judge ordered the cameras off for the moment a bailiff handcuffed the 24-year-old and whisked her into a lockup cell.

Her estranged father, Michael, shouted in court, “We love you, Lindsay!”

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Marsha Revel sentenced the “Mean Girls” star to 90 days in jail, three months in rehab and increased scrutiny by probation officials on July 6 after determining the actress violated her probation by missing seven alcohol education classes since December.

After Tuesday’s brief court hearing, news helicopters chronicled her ride in an unmarked sheriff’s cruiser to a suburban women’s jail about half an hour away. The helicopters surrounded the facility as Lohan entered through a side entrance. Clusters of camera crews awaited Lohan’s arrival inside marked areas surrounded by yellow sheriff’s tape on the grass in front of the county jail, which is located next to a busy freeway in a blue-collar area.

Lohan will serve significantly longer than the 84 minutes she spent at the same jail in her 2007 case. Revel ordered that the actress cannot be freed on house arrest, electronic monitoring or work release.

Lohan’s surrender was long anticipated but not without last-minute drama. Last week she moved into a sober living facility founded by famed celebrity attorney Robert Shapiro, who on Friday said he agreed to represent her.

But by Monday afternoon Shapiro was standing before

Revel, announcing he would not be handling it. That prompted widespread speculation about who would represent the actress.

On Tuesday morning it was Lohan’s longtime attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley, who accompanied the starlet to court and stood beside her. Holley acted like she had never left the case and said afterward she will continue to represent Lohan.

“She’s scared as anyone would be, but she’s as resolute and she’s doing it,” Holley said after the hearing.

Lohan was booked into the jail at 10:11 a.m. and sheriff’s department spokesman Steve Whitmore described her as “extremely cooperative.”

Once there, she traded in her dark denim jeans, gray top, black corset belt and black jacket for a jail jumpsuit. She will now spend much of the next few weeks in an isolation unit that has housed celebrities such as Paris Hilton and Michelle Rodriguez.

After a pair of high-profile arrests, Lohan pleaded guilty in August 2007 to two misdemeanor counts of being under the influence of cocaine. She also pleaded no contest to two counts of driving with a bloodalcohol level above 0.08 percent and one count of reckless driving.

She was sentenced to three years of probation but has struggled with the terms, earning a one-year extension in October but still failing to complete her alcohol education program as ordered.

Holley said Tuesday she submitted proof that Lohan had finally completed the program.

Lohan was first arrested after a hit-and-run crash on Memorial Day weekend in 2007. Two months later, she was arrested after commandeering a sport utility vehicle and engaging in a chase that ended in downtown Santa Monica. The incident has spawned a civil case that has been delayed because of Lohan’s jail stint. Revel noted that during both of her arrests, Lohan lied about her involvement and said her recent apology didn’t ring true.

The incidents proved to be more than just a blip in Lohan’s personal life. The star of films such as “Mean Girls,” ‘’Freaky Friday” and “Herbie Fully Loaded” has seen movie roles evaporate. Her last release, “Labor Pains,” didn’t

By Jordan Staggs Senior Staff Reporter Jlstaggs1@crimson.ua.edu Each May, thousands of students leave the city of Tuscaloosa in droves.

Inevitably, this yearly exodus has an affect on local businesses, especially those that cater to the college crowd.

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on The Strip, all of whom have experienced suffering in the summer as well.

In contrast, the Student Recreation Center has actually seen business pick up this summer.

“It’s unlike any summer I’ve ever seen,” said informal recreation coordinator and events manager Melissa Kish.

Rec Center attendance is up about 4.5 percent with a 5 percent increase in students who are not enrolled this semester. While the overall hours and volume of group exercise classes have been cut over the summer, the Rec has pulled in extra business by holding athletic camps and intramural sports including basketball, softball, soccer and flag football.

According to Kish, the number of community members who utilize the Rec Center hasn’t fluctuated as much.

“This summer we’ve probably seen about a seventy percent decrease in sales.”

— Erin Childress, assistant manager, Buffalo Phil’s

“We fluctuate off the students,” said Erin Childress, the assistant manager at Buffalo Phil’s on The Strip.

“They are our business.

This summer we’ve probably seen about a seventy percent decrease in sales.”

Obviously, football season is the most profitable for just about any business in the city. Spring is a little slower, but Childress said it’s still pretty busy.

“Summer I this year was actually busier than Summer II, which we expected to be opposite,” she said.

One big difference between the scorching months and the school year is students taking summer classes are only required to pay for $100 worth of Dining Dollars, which can be used at various restaurants and other places around town.

“There’s definitely a decrease,” Childress said.

“I think students are a little more frugal in the summer.”

Childress said she has spoken to other managers

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“I think their schedules are a little more set,” Kish said. “Also you get a lot of kids in the outdoor pool and swim lessons.”

She said it appears that more students are taking summer classes, and paying for the use of the Rec facilities in their student fees usually motivates them to go there. She also said there are some students not enrolled who try to come and occasionally get a little upset at being unable to get in.

“You’re not paying that student fee,” Kish said.

“They forget it’s all bundled with tuition and everything.

But we do have very good rates for the summer for those who aren’t enrolled.”

One thing is for sure: every week that the beginning of fall semester nears, more students are coming back to Tuscaloosa. Business will begin picking up again in the coming weeks, and before you know it, football season will be bringing in the masses.

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In recent months, she also has sparred publicly with Michael Lohan, who she sometimes calls her “ex-father.”

The two arrived separately for Tuesday’s hearing.

Jail is only the beginning of a period of increased court scrutiny for Lohan, who will now have to report to a probation officer within a day of leaving jail and will have to enter 90 days of rehab.

The time away is impacting several Lohan projects, including her starring role in a biopic on porn actress Linda Lovelace. It has left her unable

to promote her upcoming turn as a gun-toting nun in Robert Rodriguez’s “Machete.”

It will also silence her on Twitter, the microblogging service where Lohan frequently goes to post updates and defend herself. Her final post — roughly 12 hours before she walked into the Beverly Hills courthouse — made light of her once promising film career and her looming incarceration.

“The only ‘bookings’ that I’m familiar with are Disney Films, never thought that I’d be ‘booking’ into jail eeeks,” she wrote.

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UA Athletics Greg McElroy answers questions at the annual SEC Media Days in Birmingham about the Tide’s upcoming season.

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By Laura Owens Sports Editor sports@cw.ua.edu The new 2010 Alabama football team made its first debut since the spring A-Day game at the 2010 SEC Media Days held in Hoover at the Wynfrey Hotel. Alabama kicked off the event, opening with an interview with Saban, followed by players Mark Ingram, Greg McElroy and Dont’a Hightower.

The first point Saban wanted to make absolutely clear was that this year’s team is different from last year’s team. He said he felt like most people only asked him about last year’s team, but to him, last year’s team holds only a little relevance to how the 2010 team will fare. “Last year was a great part

about Alabama tradition,� he said. “We had an outstanding team that bought in and had outstanding chemistry. A lot of people are going to be successful because of the character and attitude they had.

That team had something to do with this team in terms of focusing on process, work ethic and everyone being responsible.�

Saban said he doesn’t believe his team is defending any national title. His philosophy is that because the team is different, it can’t defend something it doesn’t have. “We can’t look in the rearview mirror,� he said. “We have to look forward and focus on the present. Accountability to do your job, that’s a big part of what we’ve tried to get every team to do. We have all the same ingredients coming

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He made a reference to a cooking show, about how both he and the chef can put the same ingredients into a pot, but the results will ultimately be different each time.

Ingram said the team knew they’d have a big bull’s-eye on their backs, but they would just have to focus on themselves and not worry about the competition. “We’re coming off a really successful year last year, but we’re really looking forward to the upcoming year and playing San Jose State the first game and taking it one game from there,� he said.

The team has to replace eight defensive starters, four of them for the secondary.

However, one player who is returning is linebacker Hightower. It’s now his turn

to step into the shoes of Butkis Award winner Rolando McClain who opted to leave a year early. Hightower said in years past he has listened to McClain in the huddle making the signal calls, but now it will be his job to make some of these calls. “I think the signal caller is kind of like the quarterback of the defense,� he said. “He has to make all the checks and get the play to everyone else, so I’m looking forward to coming in and doing that.�

On the offensive side, almost all the players will be returning, including Heisman Memorial Trophy winner Ingram, who said it would be nice to win another Heisman, but it would not be his focus going into the new season. “My main focus right now is to better myself and become

the best player I can be for my football team and make the best out of what I can do,� he said.

Senior quarterback McElroy also comes back with a lot of experience gained from the 2009 championship season. He said what he’s been working on the most is perfecting timing with his wide receivers. “That is so important for a guy that isn’t going to be able to throw it through a brick wall is to have the right timing,� McElroy said. “One thing I’ve worked on is my foot work and getting the ball out of my hand as quick as possible and being able to anticipate where my wide receivers are going to be.�

Ingram said the team would just have to focus on themselves and not worry about the competition.

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Former linebacker enshrined in Hall of Fame From staff reports

Alabama football legend Woodrow Lowe was enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame July 17 during a dinner held at the Century Center Convention Center in South Bend, Ind., that served as the culmination of the National Football Foundation’s two-day Enshrinement Festival.

Lowe was one of the Crimson Tide’s all-time great linebackers, playing for legendary coach Paul “Bear” Bryant from 1972-75. He is one of just two Alabama players to be named a three-time All-American, earning the honor from 1973-75.

Lowe joins the likes of Tim Brown, Troy Brown, Chris Spielman, Gino Torretta and Coach John Robinson in the hall’s class of 2009. The dinner was the grand finale of a packed schedule that included a celebrity golf tournament, a fan festival, a grand parade, a youth football clinic and a fireworks display.

During his Tide tenure, Lowe helped lead Alabama to four Southeastern Conference Championships and the 1973 National Championship. Alabama Director of Athletics Mal Moore, a member of the Tide coaching staff during Lowe’s playing days, was present for the Hall of Fame festivities.

“Woodrow was a tremendous player for the Crimson Tide, and I am pleased to be on hand to see him enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame,” Moore said. “While he enjoyed great individual success playing for Alabama, setting records that still stand today, what I appreciated most about Woodrow as a player was that his focus was always on the team. That commitment to working together for the good of the team is part of what made him so great as a player and a leader.”

Lowe is the 21st Alabama player enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame, joining Alabama greats such as Bryant, Cornelius

Bennett, John Hannah, Frank Howard, Lee Roy Jordan, Johnny Musso and Ozzie Newsome.

“With its championship tradition, Alabama has quite a history with the College Football Hall of Fame,” Moore said. “Tonight, as the 21st Alabama inductee into this Hall of Fame, Woodrow adds his name to the Crimson Tide’s legacy of success and we are very proud of all he has accomplished throughout the years.”

Lowe, the 1973 Churchman’s National Defensive Sophomore of the Year, set the Alabama single-season record with 134 tackles during that season, a mark that still stands today.

That season the Tide played in the Sugar Bowl and was named the UPI National Champions.

As a junior in 1974, Lowe earned consensus All-America honors and led UA to a third straight SEC title and an Orange Bowl berth. As a senior in 1975, Lowe again earned first-team All-America honors and served as team captain as Alabama captured its fourth straight SEC title and earned another trip to the Sugar Bowl where they beat Penn State, 13-6.

Lowe was Alabama’s all-time leading tackler with 315 when he finished his career in 1975 and still ranks third in career stops at the Capstone.

Following his senior season, Lowe played in the 1976 Senior Bowl and entered the NFL Draft where he was selected in the fifth round by the San Diego Chargers. He missed only one game in 11 seasons with the Chargers and tallied 21 interceptions while returning four for touchdowns.

Following his career with the Chargers, Lowe served as an assistant coach with the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs and Oakland Raiders and in the college ranks at the University of AlabamaBirmingham.

Named to Alabama’s first-team All-Decade Team and a second-team All-Century selection, Lowe was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.

TENNIS

Doverspike on comeback trail

By Alex Austin Contributing Writer Ricky Doverspike, an upcoming junior and a third year starter for the men’s tennis team, is slowly recovering from the debilitating injury he suffered late last season.

While participating in a routine agility drill during the week of final exams, Doverspike fell awkwardly on his left wrist.

“It was the worst possible day for him to practice,” said head coach Billy Pate. “He had been up the whole night before studying. We assumed he had a jammed wrist until they took the MRI.” The MRI showed that Doverspike had torn the ligament that attaches the wrist bone to the ulna, the bone which is on the same side as the thumb. This is known as a TFCC (triangular fibrocartilage complex) Tear.

Even after this injury, Doverspike attempted to play through it in the NCAA Tournament. Unfortunately, the pain in his wrist was excruciating, and the righthanded athlete was unable to hit his two-handed backhand shot.

Since having the surgery to reattach the ligament, in which the doctors placed a metal plate in his hand and cut off a few inches of his ulna, Doverspike has been going through rehab and physical therapy to return to form for next season.

Now that he’s back in Tuscaloosa fo r su m mer classes, D ov e r s p i k e undergoes the physical therapy three times a week at DCH Medical Center, which involves working out his wrist and arm while having them submerged in warm water.

Doverspike said there is no pain in his wrist normally.

“There’s no pain right now,” he said.

“It’s only tender when I try to put CW File weight on it Ricky Doverspike serves against Ole Miss in a or if I do anything which match last season. Doverspike is still recovering stretches my from a left-hand injury he acquired at the end of the season. scar tissue.”

Pate said without any pain, and right Doverspike should be fine by now he can’t do it.” the time the season starts Doverspike said his docback up. tor has tentatively placed “He has plenty of time to his return for sometime in recover, and it wasn’t his right October. hand or arm,” he said. “After “My first two check-ups any kind of injury, you have went really well, and I’m some muscle atrophy, where ahead of schedule,” he said. the entire arm weakens. The “The doctors are very optiimmediate goal is to swing mistic about my recovery.”

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Cubs manager Piniella retiring Associated Press Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella announced Tuesday that he will retire at the end of the season, ending a storied and often colorful career that included 18 years in the majors as a player and another 22 as a manager.

The 66-year-old Piniella, who made five trips to the World Series in his career and has three championship rings, said he was looking forward to spending more time with his family. He didn’t rule out consulting for the Cubs or another team, but made it clear he was getting out of the daily grind. “It’s been a wonderful experience,� he said. “There’s no way that I won’t cherish the memories here. “I’ve been away from home since 1962,� he said. “That’s about 50 years.�

General manager Jim Hendry said former Cubs Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg, now a minor league manager in Des Moines, will be a candidate for the job. But Piniella’s replacement won’t be hired before the end of the season, he said “It’s not going to be a two-week process,� said Hendry, who was endorsed for at least one more year by new owner Tom Ricketts.

Sandberg, who spent several seasons as a spring training instructor with the Cubs after retiring in 1997, said he is interested in the job. “I need to focus on what I’m doing here in Des Moines with these players and what my job is right now,� he said. “If the time came, if I was considered for that job in Chicago, I think that’d be a terrific thing just to be considered. The whole goal of any minor leaguer is to get to the major leagues, and I think that includes coaches and managers like myself.�

One of the Cubs, slugger Derrek Lee, said he was surprised by the timing and that Piniella will be missed. “He doesn’t like to lose,� Lee said. “He’s had a great career, put a lot of time into this game.�

Announcing his retirement now, Piniella said, gives the team time to find a replacement. “I’m proud of our accomplishments during my time here, and this will be a perfect way for me to end my career,� he said. “But let me make one thing perfectly clear: our work is far from over. I want to keep the momentum going more than anything else and win as many games as we can to get back in this pennant race.�

Entering Tuesday’s game against Houston, Piniella’s overall record was 1,826-1,691 (.519) and he trails only Tony La Russa, Bobby Cox and Joe Torre in victories among active managers. The Cubs said Piniella will retire as the 14th-winningest manager in major league history.

AP Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella says he is looking forward to spending more time with his family.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Grant gets big commitment from Swede

By Jessica Brown Contributing Writer The University of Alabama men’s basketball team received big news at the end of June. Carl Engstrom, a 7’1� 255-pound center from Sweden, would be joining head coach Anthony Grant and his team when he enrolls at Alabama in August. Engstrom chose Alabama over Seton Hall and he also had offers from Georgia Tech, Florida State and Baylor. “All the coaches are so excited,� said assistant basketball coach Tony Pujol. “Engstrom has goals and a passion for basketball. He plays to win and will do anything it takes to get a victory. He puts his team first and wants to make an impact here at Alabama.�

Engstrom will not be coming to the University from Sweden alone. He will be accompanied by his older brother Axel, who will be joining the Alabama business school when he arrives.

The Crimson Tide recruited both brothers to the school even though Carl will be the only one playing basketball. “Axel was a huge influence on Carl’s decision,� Pujol said. “We had to make sure he liked Alabama and not just Carl. We knew that if Axel didn’t feel comfortable here then Carl wouldn’t commit with us.�

Back home, Engstrom was a standout player in handball, a popular sport around the area where he lives. Engstrom usually has a two-week break from handball, and during that time, he normally runs.

In April 2009, during his break, he decided to pick up a basketball for fun. Axel Engstrom said his brother is a very athletic guy, and it was no surprise to their family that he was going to be good at it. Engstrom picked up the game fairly quickly and made his way on the Under-18 Swedish Basketball team. The team played in the U18 European

Championship and won the gold medal. “When I was recruiting him, his height and physicality stood out the most to me,� Pujol said. “He is very mobile, active and can move well for his size. The college level is a big adjustment, and he will develop with time. He is anxious to get here and can’t wait to play.�

Grant, who will be going into his second season as head coach, has been very busy with recruiting since he has been in Tuscaloosa.

This addition to his team will hopefully help the Tide’s inside game, though Engstrom has only been playing basketball for about a year and half. “Engstrom is a good guy and a lot of fun to be around,� said freshman point guard Trevor Releford. “His size is a big advantage, and we can’t wait to see how he will benefit our team during the season. He had the chance to meet everyone on the team, and I think he is a great addition.�

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Tide puts four on SEC Freshman Academic team From staff reports

The Alabama gymnastics team placed four student athletes on the 2010 Southeastern Conference Freshman Academic Honor Roll, the league office announced Wednesday. The Crimson Tide’s total is the most of any gymnastics team in the conference. “I’m proud of these ladies and the start they’ve made in their Crimson Tide academic and athletic careers,� gymnastics head coach Sarah Patterson said. “We strive every day to be the best in everything we do, and this award certainly speaks to the success our ladies have had in the classroom.�

Courtney Bell, Marissa Gutierrez, Mary Hauswirth and Ashley Sledge all earned the rookie honor. To earn a spot on the honor roll a student-athlete must have a 3.00 or better cumulative grade point average, be on scholarship or be a letter winner and have completed 24 semester hours.

The four Alabama freshmen join 12 upperclassmen in earning a spot on the league’s academic honor roll, giving Alabama 16 total honors this season, the highest total in school history, eclipsing the previous mark, set by the 2002 NCAA Championship team, by one. The Tide’s total leads the league by a wide margin again this season, outpacing its closest competitor by five.

When the SEC announced its Winter Academic Honor Roll earlier this year, all five seniors earned the honor, including Alyssa Chapman, AllAmericans Kassi Price, Morgan Dennis, Ricki Lebegern and Casey Overton. Juniors Megan Mashburn and All-American Kayla Hoffman both earned the honor as did sophomores Jocelyn Fowler, All-Americans Ashley Priess, Geralen StackEaton and Rachel Terry.

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TOUR DE FRANCE

Armstrong shows grit in bid for win in Pyrenees

By Naomi Koppel Associated Press

In his final days of his final Tour de France, Lance Armstrong showed some of the old fire.

The seven-time champion, knowing full well he no longer stands above all others in his sport, fought from beginning to end in the hopes of going out with a stage victory high in the Pyrenees.

It was not to be. Armstrong finished sixth after breaking away early in the 16th stage and holding his own through four major climbs of the Tour’s most demanding leg. But he lost in a final sprint, with Frenchman Pierrick Fedrigo winning the 124-mile ride.

Alberto Contador was almost seven minutes behind, his Astana team asserting control over the field. The defending champion from Spain kept the overall lead, eight seconds ahead of Andy Schleck of Luxembourg. The two rode a day after Contador apologized for the way in which he took the yellow jersey.

On Tuesday, Armstrong, broke away on his own at one point before he was caught by a small group of riders. All of which was a bit of a change for the 38-year-old Texan.

Armstrong’s coach, Johan Bruyneel, said the course was not ideal for Armstrong to prevail.

Contador lauded Armstrong’s effort. “For myself, I would have been really happy if he had won that stage because he really deserved it,� he said “It was my day. Everything smiled on me,� said Fedrigo, who also won a stage in 2009 and 2006 and has regularly been part of breakaways in this year’s race.

Schleck was unable to get away from Contador and make up the time he desperately needs to regain the yellow jersey and build a buffer for Saturday’s time trial, where Contador is expected to excel.

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