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Vol. 115, Issue 107

MEN’S BASKETBALL

‘Roll Tide, a’ight’ Grant talks goals, future at press conference

By Greg Ostendorf Sports Editor

ABOVE: Mal Moore greets Alabamaʼs new head basketball coach Anthony Grant.

BELOW: Anthony Grant, the forrmer head coach at VCU, signs autographs for the fans that are present at his arrival.

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CW | Norman Huynh Alabamaʼs new head basketball coach, Anthony Grant, waves at the crowd that showed up at the Tuscaloosa Regional Airport. Grant greeted a crowd at the Tuscalosa Municpal Airport Sunday afternoon with a short speach, finishing with the words “Roll Tide, aʼight.”

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“Play to the identity that we created all year.”

That is the advice spoken by new Alabama basketball coach Anthony Grant to his former teams at Virginia Commonwealth and the same advice he plans on giving to his future teams at Alabama.

The phrase is not something original Grant came up with. In fact, the new head coach got it from another prominent figure on campus, football coach Nick Saban. Saban used it to address his LSU team before the 2003 national championship game.

While Grant’s hiring hasn’t caused quite the excitement Saban’s did, the announcement of the new coach has still created a buzz around campus.

When his plane landed in Tuscaloosa Sunday, a crowd gathered at the airport to greet their new coach. Members of the Alabama band played the fight song as he exited the plane and signed autographs for fans.

“This is my first choice,” Grant said. “This is where I want to be. What it comes down to is you want to be significant; you want to make a difference.

I feel like with this opportunity at Alabama, we’re in a position where we can do that, and that excites me tremendously.”

Alabama director of athletics Mal Moore introduced Grant in front of the Board of Trustees and the media Sunday evening, and it was clear that Moore felt they found the right man for the job.

“Today, we are here to welcome a new coach, a championship coach to lead our basketball program,” Moore said.

“It was apparent early on that Anthony Grant was the right man for this job.”

Grant comes to Alabama after three years at VCU. In his three years at the helm, he posted a 76-25 record, including two NCAA Tournament

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UA System plans to cut 1,000 jobs

By Drew Taylor Senior Staff Reporter In light of the current economic recession, Malcom Portera, chancellor of the University of Alabama System, announced plans to cut 1,000 jobs within the system in the next 18 months.

Of these cuts, 300 positions have already been cut at both the University of Alabama at Birmingham and University of Alabama in Huntsville due to state budget cuts last year. The system currently has 25,000 employees throughout its three campuses. The cuts will also include positions left unfilled if an employee retires or leaves.

In his speech to the University of Alabama in Huntsville’s Faculty Senate on Thursday, Portera outlined, among many items, budget cuts that the System would be experiencing

in the near future, saying that it wouldn’t be until 2013 that the System could get back on track in terms of state funding. In addition, Portera said the federal stimulus will be a boon for higher education, but it will only suffice for a couple of years before problems arise.

In the meantime, Portera said, the System will be studying other budget models at various universities, including those in Nevada, Florida and Arizona, who are currently facing cuts in funding of 5 to 35 percent.

Kellee Reinhart, vice chancellor for system relations, said this announcement was nothing new for the people who work within the System.

“Back when proration was announced in December, we [the UA System] spoke about a number of things that would be happening,” Reinhart said. “We anticipated that there would be

growth of undergraduate student enrollment and successful recruitment of out-of-state students. In contrast to the grow• The UA System plans to ing number of students coming cut 1,000 jobs in the next to the University every year, 18 months.

Reinhart said that job cuts at the University would not prop• 300 jobs have already erly serve the student body. been cut at UAB and “It’s not feasible to lay anyUAHuntsville. one off,” Reinhart said. “The University is, in fact, doing • The UA System plans the opposite, trying to recruit to be back on track with the very best faculty and staff state funding by 2013. members to meet the demand of the student population.”

• The University does not Reinhart said the key to job stability within the UA System plan to cut any jobs on is a grassroots effort by its campus. employees to raise its voice to the Alabama Legislature. positions that would be taken “The bottom line is that all down.” of higher education must be Despite these job cuts, treated fairly when the budget Reinhart said the University is set,” Reinhart said. has no plans to cuts jobs on its campus due to the dramatic See CUTS, page 2

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TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

• “A Killer Film Contest” screening of winning films presented by UA’s “The Missing Ink” — 7 p.m., 127 Biology Building

THURSDAY • Bankhead Visiting Writers Series presents Jimmy Santiago Baca — 7:30 p.m., Bama Theatre

• Paul R. Jones Artist Lectures — 5 p.m., 205 Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library

• David Bronner, CEO of the Retirement Systems of Alabama, discusses leadership at UA’s annual Curtis Lecture — 7 p.m., WoodisMcDonald Auditorium in Graves Hall

• Dance Alabama! Spring concert presented by the UA department of theatre and dance — 7:30 p.m., Morgan Auditorium, runs through Friday

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Event raises money for books

Killer Film Screening

By Josh Veazey Senior Staff Reporter

The Missing Ink is hosting a screening of the winning horror films from the Killer Film Contest on Tuesday, March 31 at 7 p.m. in the room 127 of the Biology building. Following the screening will be a tour of the “haunted” Kilgore House across the street. The audience will have a chance to win an overnight investigation in the Kilgore House with the Alabama Paranormal Society and awards will be presented to the winning filmmakers.

The event is free and open to the public.

F r at e r n i ty members paraded across the Ferguson Theater stage in swimsuits, underwear and drag Friday night for the benefit of children’s literacy.

“We wanted to do something that wasn’t just our sorority, or just Greek-oriented, but something that is open to everyone,” said Ashley Musolino of Pi Beta Phi sorority, who hosted the event.

Money raised went to First Book, an organization that provides age-appropriate books and tutoring to children in low-income areas.

The Greek Man of the Year competition includes competitions in evening wear, swim suit, talent, speed-reading against Pi Beta Phi members and a Q and A portion for the top five finalists. In evening wear, Taylor Fields of Delta Tau Delta received thunderous cheers when he came out in nothing but a tuxedo thong and danced “party-boy” style.

In the swimsuit competition, Wilson Lakin of Beta Theta Pi donned floaties, rolled out a long sheet of paper and attempted to slip-n-slide across the stage.

In the talent portion, Billy Bond of Phi Kappa Phi tried his hand at tumbling, and Fields hoola-hooped in a grass skirt to MC Hammer’s “Cant’ Touch This.” Clayton Collins of Sigma Nu did a

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THIS DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY 1981: President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C. hotel by John Hinckley Jr. The president had just finished addressing a labor meeting and was walking with his entourage to his limousine when Hinckley, standing among a group of reporters, fired six shots at the president, hitting Reagan and three of his attendants.

ribbon-dance medley to Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On,” Divinyls “I Touch Myself,” and, after stripping to a Speedo and tackling an inflatable dolphin, Lonely Island’s “On a Boat.”

Grant Judah of Alpha Kappa Lambda sang a melodic, ukulele version of T-Pain’s “Buy U A Drank.” Matt Kabus of Lambda Chi Alpha sang a tribute to Pi Beta Phi set to Matchbox 20’s “3 A.M.,” with lyrics that mentioned everything from how pretty there were, to the fact that they’re “the only house with an elevator.”

“It took me, literally, 10 minutes to write that song,” he said later.

At the end of the night, the winner was Grant Judah, and runner-up went to Matt Kabus.

Top five placement also went to Lakin, Gaines Gibson of Theta Chi, and Kelly Johnson of Sigma Chi. Judah attributed his win to his song and his answer in the Q and A portion. When asked who he would be if he could be any Disney princess, he replied: “Jasmine, because I give a good carpet ride.”

“I thought I was going to get in trouble for that” Judah said.

“But I think that’s what won it for me.”

When asked what he would tell a child who receives a book because of the event, Judah said, “Cherish that book, and cherish your education. Because you can’t do anything in life without your education.”

CW | Marion R Walding Grant Judah, a member of Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity, was crowned Greek Man of the Year by Pi Betta Phi in the Ferguson Theater Friday night.

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From staff reports

• The pre-approved parking permit rates for students, faculty and staff for the 2009-2010 academic year were released last week, according to a UA news release.

• Perimeter and handicap permits will cost $120.

• Staff/faculty member and student commuter permits will cost $165 per year.

• Student residential permits will cost $220.

• Reserved lots will cost $400 ($420 for Rose Administration lot) per year.

• Students should register for parking when they register for classes to get priority, according to the release. Staff and faculty members should register at bamaparking.ua.edu starting today if they want to choose “no permit” or if they would like to make changes to their present permit request, the release said.

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effect this week.

The virus, known as the Conficker Worm, is reported The UA Office of Information to “activate” on April 1, accordTechnology sent an email to ing to the email. While most students on Friday warning computer security experts them of a potentially danger- are unsure of what exactly the ous computer virus to take worm will do once activated, it is thought it will either “send spam or attack other computers,” also according to the email.

Most infected computers are ones running Windows and the Office of Information Technology suggests students use Windows Update to get any security updates the company sends out. They also suggest running certified anti-virus software on your computer.

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However, Reinhart maintained the University has not lost any sense of honor with these budget cuts.

“It has been our goal from day one that we are going to meet our commitments, maintain quality at any cost and work our way out of this financial downturn just like the rest of the country,” Reinhart said.

Material from the Tuscaloosa News and the Huntsville-Times was used in this report.

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TOBACCO FREE CHALLENGE

30-day event to kick off Tuesday These ads, which ran in the mid 20th century in Life magazine, protray previous social norms of the use of tobacco products in the United States.

By Jennie Kushner Contributing Writer The Office of Health Promotion and Wellness will attempt to challenge 30 students and faculty members to live a tobacco-free lifestyle for 30 days and beyond in the 2nd Annual 30 Day Tobacco Free Challenge that kicks off Tuesday at noon in the Ferguson Theater.

The challenge, which succeeded in helping seven students live a tobacco-free lifestyle in its founding year, will feature guest speaker Dr. Alan Blum, who will give the presentation “A funny thing happened on the way to quit smoking.”

“We are going to inject some humor into a serious subject, because laughter is the best medicine,” Blum said. “The presentation will feature cigarette ads from the past 50 years, including ads from Mary Tyler Moore to Homer Simpson to Kenny Stabler.”

Blum is the University of Alabama Gerald Leon Wallace Endowed Chair in Family Medicine and recipient of the Surgeon General’s Medallion for his efforts to reduce tobacco-related illness.

The challenge will consist of students and faculty members signing a pledge vowing their comment, they will be given additional resources and will be contacted weekly by a health care professional. They will be provided with two weeks of nicotine patches, quit kits, information and resources. The challengers will also have the opportunity to attend weekly classes, and will have a 1-800-QUIT-NOW number to contact.

“What works for one person to stop using tobacco is completely different for another,” said Rebecca Kelly, director of heath promotion and wellness.

Alabama has an above-average number of smokers, Blum said. About 20 percent of people smoke.

“In 1964, 50 million people smoked; in 2009, that number is the same,” Blum said.

“A younger age group is smoking today; 15-to-35 year olds are the vast majority of the smokers, but in 1960s there were more 30-to-60 year olds smoking,” Blum said. “I think a lot more [UA] students smoke than we think.”

Kelly said in the state of Alabama, 25 percent of people smoke. She said it is estimated that 20 percent of students and faculty use tobacco, based on screening.

Blum said Alabama is on the way to a lower number of tobacco users.

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“It’s hard to know the definition of a smoker,” Kelly said. “Do you count somebody a smoker who smokes once a week?”

Kelly said there are certain pockets where students tend to smoke.

“When I walk out of the library or drive by the dorms, I always see students smoking,” said sophomore Emily Phillips, a fashionretailing major. “If I had to guess, I would think about 40 percent of students here are tobacco users. I feel like guys either have a dip in or a cigarette in their mouth and girls have cigarettes in their purses.”

Blum said she thinks it is time for the University to step up to the plate and promote a tobacco-free lifestyle.

“We need to do a little more than we have

done,” he said.

Blum said tobacco companies have found ways to advertise around Tuscaloosa.

“Companies are no longer pushing free cigarettes on campus; companies go next to campus right there on the strip and sponsor events,” Blum said. “It is a matter of responsibility, and I hope to call attention to that — this is going a light way to get the pusher out of town.”

This program hopes to alert both users and non-users of tobacco, Kelly said.

Everyone knows someone who is affected from this, she said. Everyone is invited, she said.

“Tobacco use is an actual disease. I know it’s hard for people to stop using, so I think it’s great for people to have an opportunity to use a program like this,” Phillips said.

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Moore’s choice for coach another winner Friday, the University announced it had secured Anthony Grant as the new men’s basketball coach.

We find ourselves extremely pleased with the University’s choice, and spent much of Friday afternoon waiting to hear what happened. Grant, fresh from a three-year stint at Virginia Commonwealth University, accepted the position with the Capstone. Mal Moore has hit another home run in a coaching search, and we think he couldn’t have made a much better choice for our men’s basketball program than Grant.

Moore said, “It became readily apparent that coach Grant is an excellent fit to lead our program. His record at Virginia

Commonwealth is outstanding and his coaching background is filled with championship success at the collegiate level.”

Aside from being a successful men’s basketball coach, Grant is also a superb recruiter, and is — we hope — ready to put UA basketball back on the map where it belongs.

Grant is the first men’s basketball coach in quite a long time to not have any previous ties to the University, and it’s also notable that he is the first black man in Tide history to hold that position.

Moore actively recruited Grant and has given the University a coach who — we believe — has the real potential to take our men’s basketball pro-

gram to championship status. By recruiting a coach from outside Tuscaloosa, Moore showed the rest of the country that we do think our basketball program deserves the best, and that best is Anthony Grant.

So thanks, Mr. Moore. You have given us two great highprofile sports coaches in the last three years, and have put us back into contention for football greatness. Here’s hoping we have the same success with Grant.

It’s clear to us that the best man for the job has it, and we can’t wait to see what Grant can accomplish on the court.

Our View is the consensus of The Crimson White’s Editorial Board.

MCT Campus

Dealing with Parking prices rising ridiculously undue criticism Lately there’s been a lot of blanket criticism of President Obama, on this very page — criticism that’s based more in blind accusation and ad hominem attacks than reasonable factual assertions. For instance, one accusation claimed Obama has taken the economy in a worse direction based solely on the level of the DOW Jones Industrial Average, which is hardly an accurate barometer for the true health of our economy anyway. There have been completely unprovable accusations that investors just aren’t confident in Obama, and that’s why the market’s numbers have been lower.

More laughable is that folks have criticized the president for taking, oh, about 10 minutes to fill out an NCAA tournament bracket. It’s 10 minutes. The global economy and two wars don’t hinge on 10 minutes of the president’s time. I’d imagine he probably sleeps at night, and that’s got to be at least four hours of his time. How dare he spend any time not staring at a live ticker of global stock markets on his computer screen!

The critics are always out.

Lord knows George W. Bush had them from day one, considering he took office after one of the most controversial elections in history. President Obama has been in office for a few months, so I definitely expect to have critical voices out there going after him.

But I’d expect the voices to be a little smarter and a little better reasoned. At least we Bush critics lambasted him for loosening almost all regulations on the economy or sending our troops into Iraq and leaving Afghanistan virtually open for Taliban reclamation of control.

How about we take a little time to give President Obama a nod for taking some big steps toward correcting some of the most egregious errors of the Bush administration? Along with Gen. David Petraeus, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, President Obama announced Friday that he was sending 4,000 more troops to Afghanistan to address to burgeoning crisis of Taliban control and terrorist upheaval. He, along with Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner, put together a banking plan to relieve toxic assets and loosen credit that was met with rave reviews in

Ian Sams the banking community and among business leaders across America.

He’s also signed the Lilly Ledbetter Act, which codifies equal pay for equal work, and he’s sent to Congress a budget that funds much needed programs in education and health and human services.

Is the federal budget deficit increasing? Yes. Is our national debt going up? Yes. But most leading economists are saying that this action is necessary to stave off complete breakdown.

Paul Krugman, a New York Times columnist and Nobel Prize recipient, has even gone so far as to publicly criticize the president for not spending enough money to fix the current economic crisis!

At the end of President Obama’s first term, voters will be able to judge the president on what he’s accomplished in office. They’ll be able to have a referendum on a huge deficit and a growing debt. But if the economy improves and the situation in Afghanistan rebounds, then I suspect the president will have a second term to focus on paying down the debt and reducing on a long-term basis our federal deficit. Later in this term, he should be able to employ a fairer tax policy that will increase revenue for the federal government and begin the process of balancing our budget.

So, has the president followed through on all his campaign promises yet? Of course not. But with the mess that he’s been thrust into cleaning up, who in their right mind can expect him to? He still has three years and almost ten months left in his term. Let’s give him a little more time than 60 days to get his promises translated into results.

I think he deserves at least that.

Ian Sams is a sophomore majoring in political science.

His column runs on Mondays.

Last Tuesday, as I was registering for my classes, I remembered that I needed to register for a parking pass for next year as well. When I went to register from myBama for a residential student parking permit, I noticed the price had increased.

Over the past two years, I’ve paid $175 each year for residential student tags. As high as that is, it’s nothing compared to next year’s whopping $220 tag. I don’t know about Ronnie Robertson, the parking services director, but I definitely won’t have more money next year than I do right now, especially mired in this recession.

At first, I thought I was making a mountain out of a molehill; it is just $45, after all, but somehow this seems bigger to me. Look at what this does to next year’s freshman.

Let’s call our example Bob. Bob is a freshman this year, and he lives in Riverside North, has a purple parking permit and has the unlimited-level freshman-year experience meal plan. Bob spends $3,100 (just $100 less than tuition) on his room, according to HRC’s Web site, $1,602 on his meal plan, according to Bama

Paul Thompson Dining’s Web site, and $175 for his parking permit, according to Parking Services. All year, that represents a total cost of $9,579. If Bob is from the state of Alabama, tuition still amounts to $6,400 per year, totaling him (or his parents) a staggering $15,979 per year. And that doesn’t even include books.

And that’s just this year.

None of us are so naïve as to think the costs of attending the University won’t increase next year, and we all know we’ll be helping to make up for the lack of state funds via an increase in tuition.

We all know the country is wading through the recession swamp, and the University cannot go on unaffected, but some

things — like a totally unexplained $45 increase in parking tags for residential students — feel unnecessary.

I’m not asking the University for much, but eventually they’re going to price people out of an education they could have afforded in better economic times. Most — if not all — of our parents are being slammed by the problems on the stock market, and any increase — even a small one — in the cost of auxiliary goods and services here adversely affects so many more people than just the 27,000 or so students at the University.

Freshmen are forced to live on campus, to buy a meal plan, and need books for their classes and probably a parking permit for their car. When all of that is said and done, the University forces freshman to spend thousands upon thousands just to live on campus and eat what Bama Dining calls food.

At least upperclassmen can move off campus, cook for themselves and know that the University Supply Store is not necessarily the best place to buy textbooks. Even then, they’ll still probably spend thousands, but at least they had a choice.

I mean, don’t get me wrong, I fully believe in the benefit of living on campus and support — at least in a large, philosophical sense — the University’s reasons for making such a requirement. But I do take issue with small changes that make students’ lives just that much harder. $220 for a parking permit may not seem like that much of a burden, but consider that nearly all of the approximately 6,500 students who live on campus will need one. Did a stationary parking space suddenly get more expensive from this year to next?

I wonder, Mr. Robertson, why that is. Does it cost more to pay the ticket-writers? What about painting new lines, is that it?

Building more parking? No, no, that can’t be it.

At least you had the decency to tell students what the extra $45 they have to pay to park next year is supporting.

Oh, wait.

If you have a change of heart, Mr. Robertson, I’m sure I’m not the only one who’d like to know.

Paul Thompson is the Opinions Editor of The Crimson White.

His column runs on Mondays.

Sports words that transcend greatness “I am the greatest”; “I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth”; “Never give up.” These words are simply that — words.

However, when these words come together, they create verbal passages that are arguably more memorable than their iconic orators. A sports fan knows these words backwards and forwards.

They are ingrained in our minds.

To some, these words are revered more than scripture itself. These words are the scripture of sports, immortal speeches from athletes living and dead.

The most recent of the opening passages from this column was uttered no less than a decade ago. It and others have stood the test of time.

Let’s take a quick detour to the present, 16 years after coach Jim Valvano uttered those famous words. In Gainesville, Florida coach Urban Meyer recently commissioned an addition to the University of Florida’s stadium: a plaque commemorating quarterback Tim Tebow’s famous speech after a loss to Ole Miss last season.

In the speech, Tebow promised that no team would play as hard as his for the rest of the season. Tebow’s speech has been cleverly dubbed by some as “The Promise” and is now being considered by many as one of the greatest sports speeches of all time.

Ellis Thomas I’m crossing my fingers that none of this fine publication’s audience of readers are members of this elite band of armchomping backwoods rubes. If you happen to be … that’s okay, we can fix it. I’ve covered the first step in the recovery process by summing up my list of top five sports speeches of all time and, and I’ll tell you why Tebow’s selfindulgent “promise” wasn’t even considered.

5. Terrence Mann’s speech to Ray Consella in “Field of Dreams” (I know it’s a movie, but it’s just that good) – Mann (played by James Earl Jones), in a way that the most eloquent writers in history could only dream of, expresses what every baseball fan believes in their heart: the game reminds us of better days, it’s an escape.

4. Muhammad Ali’s speech after defeating Liston — “I am the greatest.” No description is

even required for this one. I will say, however, that if you can find me one athlete who would actually say this on camera today… they can be number six on my list.

3. Coach Knute Rockne’s speech to his 1928 Notre Dame team — In a passionate halftime talk the coach told the heart-wrenching story of the greatest player to play football in South Bend George Gipp’s final words. More than eight decades later the phrase “Win one for the Gipper” is ingrained in the lexicon of not only sports culture, but pop culture.

2. Jim Valvano’s 1993 ESPY speech — Valvano, battling cancer, acknowledged that his time was limited, but other lives could be saved. I will add that tissue is a necessity when listening to this speech.

1. Lou Gehrig’s farewell speech — Dying of a degenerative disease that would later be his namesake, an appreciative Gehrig thanks the fans one last time at Yankee Stadium. Once again, keep your tissues handy.

I didn’t include the speeches in full text because, well frankly, I didn’t have the space, but more importantly because their magnitude can only be fully comprehended as spoken by each individual. Do yourself the favor, even if you’re not a sports fan, and watch or listen to these speeches. That’s what

makes them immortal — their ability to transcend the realm of sports and speak to the soul.

These speeches are such that once you hear them, you won’t forget. The words find their way into your heart, lock the door and throw away the key. Leave only a phrase of one and it still holds as much meaning as it did before.

These words don’t know the meaning of shame or embarrassment, something Tebow’s hinge upon. They aren’t attempts to “save face” or hush annoying critics. You can form you own opinion as the speeches speak to each of us in a different way.

We far too often take for granted these words and others no matter how complex and simple they are in nature.

With this we fail to realize that when words come together, in the theater of sports or on the stage of life, it can be magical.

James Earl Jones not only had the privilege of playing the roles of eloquent orators, but proved to be one himself when he said: “When I read great literature, great drama, speeches or sermons, I feel that the human mind has not achieved anything greater than the ability to share feelings and thoughts through language.”

Ellis Thomas is The Crimson White’s sports columnist. His column regularly runs on Fridays.

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Oh rubber ducky, you’re the winning one Children’s Hands-On Museum hosts Rubber Duck Derby

By Hannah Mask Contributing Writer From all accounts, the Children’s Hands-On Museum’s third annual Rubber Duck Derby was a hit with both parents and children.

The Rubber Duck Derby, which took place Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. at the University’s outdoor pool facility, consisted of 3,000 multicolored rubber ducks racing along the lazy river towards the finish line.

Attendees had a chance to win cash by purchasing one or several $5 tickets, or they could opt to purchase a flock of 50 ducks for $250. The numbers on each ticket corresponded to one of the rubber ducks.

There were five preliminary races, and the top five ducks from each race were entered in the sixth and final race. The sixth race’s first, second and third place winners received prizes of $3,000, $2,000 and $1,000, respectively.

“The ticket sales guarantee the $6,000 we give away in prize money,” said Charlotte Gibson, executive director of CHOM. “All of the money we raise and the tickets we sell have to pay for the event and the supplies, like food, tee shirts and activity prizes.”

Sponsor donations this year totaled just over $16,000, with ticket sales totaling upwards of $10,000, according to Gibson.

Gibson said each year an independent business draws a number before the derby. If the business’ number is one of the top-five ducks, it wins $100,000, which is funded by an insurance policy, according to membership and fundraiser administrator Tricia Wagg.

In years past, the $100,000 prize has gone unclaimed.

“We’re still waiting on the final list of winners to come through, so we may not know tonight if [the $100,000] was won today,”

See DUCKY, page 6 TOP LEFT: Rubber ducks travel around the UA outdoor pool

facilityʼs lazy river Sunday afternoon during CHOMʼs Rubber Duck Derby. Three thousand rubber ducks were entered into the contest Sunday.

TOP RIGHT: Four-year-old Ellen Sadler has her face painted by CHOM staff member Christina Jones during the Rubber Duck Derby at the UA outdoor pool facility Sunday afternoon.

BOTTOM: Five-year-old Harrison Smalley watches as rubber ducks race to the finish line during the Childrenʼs Hands-On Museumʼs Rubber Duck Derby at the University of Alabama outdoor pool facility Sunday afternoon.

LEFT: Three-year-old Ben Rothman, left; Avery Boyle, 3, center; and Reggie Robinson, 2, right, dance and pose for pictures during CHOMʼs Rubber Duck Derby at the University of Alabama outdoor pool facility.

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Strip feels economy’s effects

By Karissa Bursch Staff Reporter

Douglas said sales in fact have gone up since Dining Dollars were introduced to Strip Teas.

“After we got Dining Dollars sales went up just a little, but if the economy wasn’t bad than sales would’ve gone up a lot more,” Douglas said.

Chris Cargile, the general manager of Pita Pit, said while there has been a slight decline in sales for the month of March, Pita Pit is up in sales overall compared to last year.

Cargile said he thinks one of the reasons for not being affected by the economy is that he makes sure to keep the price of the sandwiches fair for his customers by appraising the cost at least four times a year.

“I try to keep up with appraising the cost of the sandwiches at least four times a year for my customers,” Cargile said. “I should be able to keep it at these costs into the summer.”

Palm Beach Tan has experienced no decline in customers. Sarah Dzelzkalns, a sophomore majoring in general health studies who works at Palm Beach Tan,

said they have actually seen an increase in customers.

“We’ve only been open for a year,” Dzelzkalns said. “We had really good business last year and for spring break we were tanning over 600 people per day. This year for spring break we had over 700 customers per day.”

Dzelzkalns said she thought that one of the reasons their business has not suffered at all is because Palm Beach Tan accepts Bama Cash and many parents put money into their children’s Bama Cash accounts.

Jessica Sisk and Franeshia Collier, two hairdressers at Head Start, said they have noticed a decline in customers.

“My friend said last year she could get almost $100 in tips in one day but now it’s down to $80 at most,” Collier said.

Collier and Sisk said that the amount of customers is at least down approximately 25 percent.

“There are no jobs, which is a reason there is no money,” Collier said. “People can’t find jobs and for those who have them there are no

raises.”

“Plus, the price for a hair cut went up a dollar in January,” Sisk said.

Collier said she’s been noticing a lot more embarrassing experiences with customers and money.

“Some people come in and use their cards and they get declined,” Collier said. “That has been happening a lot lately, which is why I don’t own a debit card.”

Douglas said she got a job so she would be able to afford to go down to the stores on the Strip.

“This is why I have a job, so I can have a little extra spending money,” Douglas said.

Dzelzkalns said she has not been affected by the downturn in the economy either.

“I have not really been affected personally and I pay for all of my stuff,” Dzelzkalns said.

Cargile said one of the reasons why it’s not as bad in Tuscaloosa is because it’s a college town.

“I’m quite sure that parents are putting their children on budgets if they give them money,” Cargile said.

with music by a live DJ, were available for children at the derby. They were also encourContinued from page 5 aged to dress in their best duck costumes to participate Gibson said.

Face painting, balloon ani- in CHOM’s “Best Dressed mals, sidewalk chalk, bean- Duckling” contest.

Avery Boyle, 3, said her bag tosses, Nerf guns and a hula hoop dancing contest, favorite parts of the day were

the duck races and the costume contest, which she participated in. She also said she enjoyed getting an Easter egg painted on her face.

Melissa Williams said she took her two daughters, Taylor, 5, and Eloise, 3, to the Rubber Duck Derby to help support CHOM. “I think [the derby] is great,” Williams said.

“Everything is lots of fun and really kid-friendly, and

the weather is beautiful.”

Gibson said this year’s derby was especially important because it was CHOM’s only large fundraiser for the year, and this year she said general donations have been down. “[The derby] is a great fundraiser, but it still provides family fun and an opportunity for children to learn through play,” Gibson said.

Businesses across the country have been affected by the recent economic downturns.

However, many businesses on the strip have not seen as extreme of losses due to a variety of reasons.

Strip Teas and Coffee has not been experiencing any losses in profit since the economy has turned, said Laura Douglas, a sophomore majoring in journalism and a barista and cashier at Strip Teas.

Douglas said the reason Strip Teas has not been affected by the economy is because Strip Teas now accepts Dining Dollars.

“Everyone wants to burn Dining Dollars,” Douglas said. “If we didn’t accept Dining Dollars I’m sure we’d see a decline in business.”

A lot more students visit Strip Teas than community members, Douglas said.

She said she finds that the Tuscaloosa community members who come in buy coffee are now buying it more as a treat than as a daily beverage.

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Women’s Resource Center to sponsor LunaFest

By Sydney Holtzclaw Staff Reporter In culmination of Women’s History Month, the Women’s Resource Center will host the third annual LunaFest on March 31, at 6:30 p.m. at the Bama Theatre in downtown Tuscaloosa.

“LunaFest is a national event in its eighth year at which 10 individual short films produced by, for, and about women will be shown,” said Coordinator of Luna Fest Jenny Suarez. “It’s a great cultural event at a historic venue and the only event occurring like it in the state.”

LunaFest will start at 6:30 p.m. with a reception and silent auction. Following the reception the film viewing will begin at 7 p.m.

The films encompass a wide range of topics dealing with various women’s issues.

“Local bakeries will provide dessert items at the reception and drinks will be sold through the Bama Theatre,” Suarez said.

Suarez said she was very thankful for the amount of community support, especially during the current economic situation.

“The amount of community support has been truly amazing.

With the economy I wasn’t sure how much support I was going to be able to get, but the response has been great,” Suarez said.

“Business and local companies have provided more help than I could have ever imagined.”

Items up for auction include art, a breast cancer quilt and several spa packages. Winners

of the silent auction will be announced during intermission.

The proceeds for the national event sponsored by LUNA, the company that makes the whole nutrition bar for women LUNAbar, will go to support the Breast Cancer Fund, the Leading Edge Institute, and the Women’s Resource Center.

“Fifteen percent of our proceeds will automatically go to support breast cancer awareness. We are also supporting Leading Edge Institute, which is a state initiative to empower women in leadership positions,” Suarez said.

Holly Luther, assistant director of the Women’s Resource Center, said the event is a great way to raise awareness about women and the resource center.

Members of the center’s staff are hoping to let students and the public know more about the services they provide, which include counseling and advocacy for victims of violence and sexual assault, as well as fundraising for local programs.

“This is going to be a really specially evening at the Bama Theatre, a historic place in town. There will be something for everyone since the short films are on a variety of topics,” Luther said. “For us at the center, the event is an opportunity to raise money for a few great causes.”

The price of admission is $12 for students, $18 for UA staff and faculty members and $22 for the general public. For more information about LunaFest visit wrc.ua.edu or call 205-348-5040.

Mass. man kills 2 sisters, but police save the 3rd

By Glen Johnson The Associated Press

rampage fatally stabbed his 17-year-old sister, decapitated his 5-year-old sister in front of MILTON, Mass. | A man on a a police officer and then turned toward his 9-year-old sister with a knife in his hand before officers shot him dead in what their chief described as “a killing field.”

There was no clear motive for the events that unfolded Saturday, the day after the 5-year-old’s birthday, in a tony Boston suburb that also is home to Gov. Deval Patrick.

But there was no doubt at the carnage wrought by 23-yearold Kerby Revelus against his sisters in the two-family home they shared with their parents and grandmother.

Five-year-old Bianca was killed as a cake for her birthday, which investigators believe was Friday, sat on the kitchen table.

Nine-year-old Sarafina dialed 911 and watched police shoot her brother as her elder sister, 17-year-old Samantha, lay dead on the floor.

Sarafina was hospitalized Sunday with defensive wounds to her hands and stab wounds in her abdomen and one of her legs, police said.

“In policing, we see the raw human emotion every day, but to think that a human being could afflict such an atrocious, guest speaker violent act on his own family is unbelievable,” Milton police Chief Richard G. Wells Jr. said.

Gerald Leon Wallace Endowed Chair in Family Medicine “When I walked up to the first officer [on the scene], I could University of Alabama School of Medicine, Tuscaloosa see the whole story right in his face. This just told me that this was something very bad.”

Saturday’s attack came about 24 hours after Revelus had gotten into a fistfight with a man living next door, Wells said.

“Blows were exchanged,” he said. “I don’t know the cause of it, but we’re confident that did happen. He had been agitated in the hours that followed that, going into the day and last night.”

Investigators believe Revelus targeted Samantha, a senior at Milton High School, and fatally stabbed her with a household knife while their grandmother, who neighbors say lives on the first floor, was doing laundry in the basement. The children’s parents, whose identities weren’t immediately revealed, were away; their mother is a nurse at a Boston hospital, Wells said.

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AP Sherille Cordice, left, consoles her mother Mavis Phillips outside the scene of a double murder Sunday in Milton, Mass. Phillips said she was a co-worker of Regine Revelus whose son murdered two of his sisters and injured a third before being shot by police on Saturday. on patrol in the neighborhood arrived within a minute, Wells said, and could hear an altercation inside as he reached the second floor. The 911 operator tried to persuade Sarafina to open the door, but when she didn’t the officer broke through.

“As the officer entered the door, [Revelus] decapitated [Bianca] in front of him,” Wells said. “He actually walked into a killing field. He walked into such carnage, as far as the atrocity of it, I’ve never seen it.”

Within moments, four officers were inside and two of them shot Revelus as he tried to get to Sarafina, Wells said.

Revelus fell, still clutching the knife.

Details about the number of shots and who killed Revelus were pending the outcome of an autopsy Sunday.

Revelus had recently served jail time on a gun charge, Wells said, but the details would not be released until courts opened Monday. Neighbors said Revelus was in a car that was pulled over by police and from which one occupant threw a gun into a sewer.

Police had been called to the family’s house in 2004 after a domestic violence report that Revelus had punched a woman living there, Wells said.

A neighbor, Norm Walsh, said his daughter Kate Walsh, a Hollis, N.H., police officer, reported hearing two shots as she went outside to bring in groceries from the family car.

Moments later, a blood-covered officer emerged carrying Sarafina, seeking towels to stanch her bleeding.

“It’s shocking to me,” said Norm Walsh, whose son is the same age as Revelus. “He played a lot of pickup hoop in the driveway.”

Walsh said the family members had lived in the neighborhood for more than 20 years and were warm. They were of Haitian descent, as are many residents in the neighborhood, where Creole is spoken alongside English.

“The family is a solid family.

Both parents worked; good kids.

Completely makes no sense,” Walsh said.

Samantha’s classmates referred to her by her nickname, Princess, and remarked at her grace, class and friendliness. She had been one of about 20 students who had been at the high school Saturday afternoon to rehearse for a poetry jam on Thursday. Saturday morning, Samantha also had practiced for a school fashion show.

“She had a stage presence like you couldn’t believe,” classmate Kassi Stein said.

Sobbing, she added: “She had just a soft voice and everyone would lean in to hear what she was saying.”

In one of the poems Samantha was to recite, “Acquaintance,” she wrote of the strength of women in the face of “ignorant souls.”

The poem closed, “So what lousy wind brought you here?

What values you offer? She’s a woman, a queen, a goddess.

Don’t treat her like any other.”

A two-hour grief counseling session was held at the school Sunday afternoon and will be offered Monday to students and employees.

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By Kelsey Stein Senior Lifestyles Reporter Perfecting a performance can be both challenging and time-consuming for Dance Alabama! students, but they are no strangers to hard work.

“Overall the experience has been very demanding, but it’s great,” said Will Scott, a freshman majoring in dance. “You have to work really hard in preparation for all the shows, and you have to love it.”

Preparations for the entirely student-choreographed and student-designed production began in January with

auditions. Then, choreographers for each of the 20 pieces chose dancers and have been rehearsing about three times a week ever since.

“I feel like we’re constantly doing something or practicing for something, but it prepares you for a job,” Scott said.

“You’re always going to be judged by someone in the real world, so it’s great to hear professional opinions now when we’re doing our own work.”

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“One of the biggest challenges with this show specifically was coming back from spring break and jumping right back into rehearsals,” said Bryant Henderson, president of Dance Alabama!.

“We had to get back in shape, physically and mentally.”

The numbers range the spectrum from jazz to contemporary to hip-hop and include anywhere from one to 18 students, both dance and non-dance majors, Henderson said.

A group of faculty members approves all choreography and offers feedback during the weeks leading up to the concert.

“The faculty members pick dances based on their audience appeal and academic standards,” Henderson said.

“It’s definitely not a talent show because it’s very academically based.”

Everyone respects the faculty members’ opinions because their involvement makes the performance more professional, Scott said.

They often work with choreographers individually, giving as much feedback as possible to allow student choreographers to put their knowledge of dance to practical use, said John Virciglio, a dance faculty member.

“Because it’s the only show that is student-based, it gives them an environment to put some of their thoughts into motion and really start to develop their ideas and technique,” he said.

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“When you choreograph you get to express what you’re feeling inside and put it on the other dancers,” said Josh Henderson, a student choreographer and sophomore majoring in dance.

“It’s a hard field to get into professionally. You have to not only be a good dancer, but also a good teacher and you have to connect with your dancers.”

Henderson has come a long way since he began choreographing at the age of 15. He recently performed one of his pieces in the Alabama Dance Festival in Birmingham and the dance director at Birmingham-Southern College commissioned the piece for her dancers.

He has been working on the choreography for his piece in this Dance Alabama! performance since December.

To begin working on a piece something must initially inspire him. He pictures choreography in his head for certain points in the song and then rehearses it in the studio with dancers and begins to fill in the gaps.

They clean the piece by rehearsing it over and over so that both their minds and their feet can become accustomed to the dance.

This will be the first piece of his own Henderson will see from the audience because he usually dances in the pieces he choreographs.

“It will definitely help me understand how people react to certain movements and songs and better know what they want to see,” Henderson said.

Dance Alabama! was designed so that students could get choreography training for the professional world and make their first mistakes in a learning environment, said Cornelius Carter, the director of the dance program.

“As much as I push these kids, I’m extremely proud of their commitment to

CW | Drew Hoover Noel Pollard and Cody Schmidt perform Duos Populus, choreographed by Taryn Lavery during a rehersal for Dance Alabama! investigating their art form indepth,” he said.

They have an intense adjudication process and run a tight, professional atmosphere so that students will understand what will be required at the next level.

One interesting aspect of this show is the number of pieces choreographed by male dancers, Carter said. Most people consider the South to be a non-traditional region for them to develop such a strong voice.

“What I’m most excited about with this particular Dance Alabama! Is the 12 or 13 seniors who choreographed,” he said. “This should be one of the strongest concerts because we’ve been able to witness the development of students who have been with us from freshman to senior year.”

Becky Porter, a senior majoring in dance and secretary of Dance Alabama!, has been performing in Dance Alabama! shows since her freshman year.

“It helped me create a foundation of the people I know on campus,” she said. “It also gave me more confidence because I had the opportunity to perform more than just once a semester.”

The performances allow students to showcase their work, both dancing and choreography, and a wide variety of people can participate, she said.

Older students help less experienced students get involved in the dance department through small gestures like inviting them to dinner and reminding them about upcoming auditions.

“We spend so much time together that we’re just one big family,” Porter said.

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Music fraternity to host event for charity

By Tyler Deierhoi Lifestyles Reporter Music fraternity Phi Mu Alpha will be holding its first lipsyncing competition at the Moody Music Building Concert Hall on Tuesday night. The competition and fund-raising event gives students a chance to show off their lip-syncing abilities. There will be a $2 admission charge, with a portion of the proceeds going to the band programs of Echols and Riverside Middle Schools.

The event will begin at 7 p.m.

The competition was the idea

of Phi Mu Alpha President Jon O’Rourke. O’Rourke, a senior majoring in music education, had the idea as a way to expand the fraternity’s usual community service initiatives.

“Most of our community service is time-based service,” he said. “We thought we’d try to go in a different direction this semester.”

The competition is modeled after reality shows such as “American Idol,” which feature three celebrity judges. The judges include Million Dollar Band drum major Randy Gentner,

WVUA anchor Lynn Brooks and Crimson Tide football player Javier Arenas. If Tuesday night is successful, O’Rourke said he expects the competition to become an annual event.

Lip-syncing was chosen because of its musical relation to the fraternity.

“We’re a music frat and we wanted to do something musical,” O’Rourke said. “Since it’s lip-syncing, anyone can do it. You just have to mouth words to put on a show.”

There will be two winners. The celebrity judges will choose one

winner and viewers will choose the other. Fan voting will take place in the form of fish bowls to collect donations. Whichever group receives the most money in their bowl will be given the Fan Favorite Award.

The performers will be allowed to use whatever music they want, though they must provide a CD with the song on it.

“We’re expecting to have a lot of rock and roll, some country and maybe have some more hiphop kind,” O’Rourke said. “We’d really like to encourage people to come out and perform and

just have fun.”

“We’ve currently got a handful of groups,” he said. “We’re looking for at least half a dozen more, though we haven’t set a cap.”

Phi Mu Alpha is still looking for more competitors. If any students wish to compete, they are encouraged to send an application by email to pma.lipsync@ gmail.com. The application must contain a group name and the title of the song the group will perform. The fraternity will be accepting applications up to midnight on Monday.

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Crimson Café celebrates 15 years of service

By Josh Hedrick Lifestyles Reporter

Fifteen years after graduating from the University with a degree in economics, Rhett Madden, founder and owner of The Crimson Café, still refers to his GBA 490 textbook from time to time.

Business has been good for the Tuscaloosa native. He started Crimson Café right after graduation, and while many cash-strapped grads are quick to sell back their books, Madden held on to his.

“I learned so much from that class and book,” he said. “So many times people just scan the first few paragraphs so they can do well on the multiple choice tests. I spent my time reading and re-reading the case studies.

I learned what works and what doesn’t. It paid off in the real world, too.”

Crimson Café continues to serve freshly made smoothies, coffee drinks, desserts and sandwiches to UA students 15 years later.

The Strip and the University have morphed and evolved over the past decade and a half, and Madden and The Crimson Café have weathered 15 years of change while so many other businesses have failed to keep up.

It was in Seattle in 1991 when the idea for The Crimson Café was born. Madden, a junior majoring in economics at the time, was exposed to the coffee house scene that was burgeoning in the area.

“I thought it was so cool,” Madden said. “I thought to myself, ‘We need this in Tuscaloosa. This is more than a trend; it’s here to stay.’”

His bet paid off. With $8,000, an idea and his textbook, Madden

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movie. I am somewhat of a skeptic when it comes to the existence of spirits that haunt our world, but regardless, I think it would be rather futile for ghosts to try to haunt us. “The Sixth Sense” got it right when it used a young boy as a way for the dead to communicate what they couldn’t fix in life.

The film opens with an interesting prologue in which Sara Campbell (Virginia Madsen) sits in front of a camera for a documentary about the events that took place in her house, and to her family. Then we see as she and her sickly son Matt (Kyle Gallner) drive through the desolate open country of Connecticut back to their home several hours from the hospital where he receives treatment.

Matt has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. She convinces her husband, Peter (Martin Donovan), that she needs to move Matt closer to the hospital. She finds a nice little house with “a past” that is spacious and affordable. Just a hint for you prospective homeowners out there: when a real estate agent starts pitching you

brought the coffee house to the Strip where it quickly became a student favorite.

“Back then, there were a lot more bars on the Strip,” he said. “It had this Bourbon Street atmosphere where it felt like it was spring break all the time.

[The University] really earned its ranking as a top party school, and here I was opening a coffee shop in the middle of it. Some people almost thought it was a joke at first.”

Since then, some bars have closed, the Strip has been renovated and the University has moved away from its party school past. Yet The Crimson Café endured and earned a following of UA students in need of a caffeinated pick-me-up or who wish to spend their Dining Dollars on a deli sandwich or dessert, Madden said.

The café is celebrating its 15-year anniversary with a weeklong celebration beginning today, along with the launch of The Crimson Café’s new delivery service. Students can now have food items delivered to their residence, Madden said.

Madden said he is trying to adapt to the ever-changing student life.

“Since freshman are required to live on campus now, a lot of them don’t make it to the Strip to eat,” he said. “We are bringing our food to the students now, and we have expanded our hours and are open until midnight. We’ve had a lot of input from students, and we are really excited about this.”

Delivery hours are from 8 p.m. to midnight, seven days a week. Students can order any food item from the menu and can pay for delivery with Dining Dollars, major credit cards or cash. There is no fee for delivery added on to the

cost, Madden said.

Crimson Café manager and event coordinator Ben Jordan said this is only the first stage of the delivery process, and once the system gets running smoothly, they plan to increase the delivery distance.

“Right now while we are figuring it all out we are only delivering to campus and dorms, and a one-mile radius around campus,” Madden said. “Our goal is to be fast. We’re going to be delivering hot sandwiches to people, so we want to try and get our delivery time to around 15 minutes.”

A menu is available online at thecrimsoncafe.com for convenience when placing delivery orders. Crimson Café information can also be found on Facebook and MySpace.

Other events planned for the week include live music, an open-stage poetry reading on Wednesday night and food and drink discounts, which will be up to 50 percent off menu prices, Madden said. The week culminates with a drawing for a plasma screen television to be given away Friday.

Through 15 years of change, the café adapted to include the ability to pay with dining dollars, which is popular with students, Madden said.

“The café used to have this really bohemian look and feel,” he said. “Now it is more of a balance between a coffee shop and a deli.”

The café regularly has live, local music and is currently displaying employee art. The plan is to rotate the art every three weeks and bring in new works from a wide range of artists, manager Ben Jordan said.

Manager Joe Ellis has worked at the Crimson Café for seven years and has been a part of the

deals that are too good to be true, there’s always a catch.

Sara moves the family in, and almost as soon as Matt walks through the front door, the spirits of the house harass him. A major problem with the movie is that it wants to temporarily scare rather than build prolonged fright.

But that’s not the movie’s fault. Audiences don’t like to see truly scary movies anymore. There are now two types of horror: the type that jumps out and scares you 20 times, and the type that likes to show people being hacked up all nice and gory like.

There were some interesting ideas in this movie, though. It shows that Matt is not alone in his ability to see ghosts. There is a local Reverend (Elias Koteas) who is also inflicted with terminal cancer. Since they are both in the process of dying, they each possess the ability to see the dead. They aren’t quite dead, but they aren’t quite alive either. They are, in a way, kindred spirits.

Koteas gives the best performance of the film. He has to say some pretty ridiculous things, but he sells them well. You immediately trust his character even though much of what he is talking about seems pre-

posterous.

Virginia Madsen — that wonderfully nuanced and tender beauty that had all the winos in America swooning over her wounded portrayal of a scorned-by-love hopeless romantic in “Sideways” — has no business in a movie like this.

For that matter, neither does Koteas, but Madsen should have been on the track to stardom after “Sideways.” She is good here, but the script leaves her in some odd directions for most of the film.

This is Peter Cornwell’s first big film in the director’s chair.

He does show some promise here, but the movie is pretty standard. The movie is shot well for what it is. He isn’t breaking the mold, but I guess it’s relatively nice to have a new director who doesn’t see the camera as a way to induce vomiting.

Perhaps his biggest mistake was not humanizing the characters enough. Kyle and Reverend Popescu are both dying and we don’t sense their anxiety in their dance with death. If you want us to be scared, you have to give us characters we can fear for.

“The Haunting in Connecticut” is decent enough and will play well for the

business’ success. One of the best parts of the job is roasting fresh coffee beans, he said.

The giant machine sits in a side room of the café. Every week the staff roasts a fresh batch.

“We roast all of our own coffee so it is really fresh when customers get it,” Ellis said. “If you are walking down the Strip on roasting day, the whole area smells deliciously like coffee.”

Owner Rhett Madden said it is not just the café that has changed over the years, but that he has matured as a person and a business owner too.

Madden now runs the business alongside his wife of a year and a half, Jessica Lee-Madden.

He said she has managed many of the vital functions of the business, such as scheduling and payroll.

“We had a lot of scares and close-calls over the years,” he said. “When they renovated the Strip in ’99, businesses closed down and we actually had to file for chapter 11 [bankruptcy]. It is bad when you have to worry where the money for payroll is going to come from.”

But Crimson Café pulled through and has again become a favorite among students, he said.

“That’s when I learned that the café is only a business. It is still my love and my passion, CW | Jerrod Seaton but you can’t let it be your life Crimson Café on the Strip offers students a variety of nutritious and identity,” Madden said. choices.

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middle school to high school crowd. But I don’t think many people over 18 will see much in it. I wasn’t haunted, nor was I particularly sold on the characters. But then again, this looks like a masterpiece compared to some of the other horrors I have reviewed for this paper.

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MEN’S TENNIS

Tide defeats Vandy 6-1, improves to 17-3

By Laura Owens Contributing Writer

The Alabama men’s tennis team beat Vanderbilt Sunday 6-1. With this victory, the Tide’s record improves to 17-3 overall and 5-1 in the SEC. Vanderbilt came into the match 4-11 overall and 0-5 in the SEC. Most of its losses came from close matches, and with the No. 17 Tide coming off a big win over No. 13 Kentucky Friday, the team had to be prepared for whatever Vanderbilt put up.

“The first thing you think of is that you could have a letdown,” head coach Billy Pate said. “It’s natural. It’s hard to emotionally get up and play as good as we did on Friday. It was hard. I don’t know that we did that the way we usually might, but we still played pretty well and executed when we needed to.”

Alabama started off slow in

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appearances. This past season, the Rams finished 24-10 and lost to UCLA in a first round game.

Before his time at VCU, Grant was the top assistant to Billy Donovan at Florida where he spent 12 seasons. Now the former assistant takes on the task of being a head coach in the SEC and looks to repeat the same success he had with the Gators.

“My vision for this program is to play for championships,” Grant said. “Now, I know and I think all of you know, there’s a lot that goes into that. There’s

doubles, with all three matches coming down to the wire. In the end, each duo was able to pull out a win, giving the Tide to an early 1-0 lead.

In singles, Alabama still struggled to gain early momentum, but as the matches went on, the team was able to gain its footing and win five of the six singles matches.

Freshman Ricky Doverspike jumped to an early 3-0 lead, only to have his opponent fight back to tie it 3-3. In the end, Doverspike claimed the victory, winning his match 6-3, 7-5.

“My coach on the court, Paul Thoesen, kept giving me good advice on how to play the kid,” he said. “He was very strategic in my victory.”

This was also one of the first matches to be played in the outdoor facility. For the players, playing outdoors is a whole different game. The wind and the sun were big factors in how the matches were played Sunday.

“I don’t like [playing outdoors] at all,” Buikema said. “It just makes you have to move your feet more. The tennis isn’t as high quality as it normally is because both players are struggling with it. It’s just not as much fun.”

Next weekend, the team travels first to Knoxville, Tenn., to take on Tennessee and then to Athens, Ga., to face Georgia.

Over spring break, the team played Tennessee in the Blue-Gray Tournament held in Montgomery and lost 4-2.

Next weekend will be a great opportunity for the Tide to redeem themselves against the Volunteers.

“The guys competed hard, but we didn’t play our best,” Pate said. “I think it was disappointing. We had some chances. I think we just have to focus on playing better. We just need to execute and play well and if we do, we’ll have a chance.”

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a lot of hard work that needs to be done, and I promise you, there will be no one who will work harder than I will.”

The notion that Alabama is a football school didn’t seem to scare Grant away from taking the job. He referred to his time at Florida, a football-first school, to show that basketball can still be big even when it seems like everything revolves around Saban and the football team.

“My vision is the same vision Billy Donovan had 13 years ago when he decided to go to the University of Florida,” Grant said. “People told him that Florida was a football school, and that it couldn’t be done

there in basketball.”

Florida went on to win two national championships under Donovan, one while Grant was still the top assistant.

The hiring of Anthony Grant also made him the first African-American head coach for a major sport at Alabama, something Grant does not take lightly.

“It is a tremendous honor,” Grant said. “When you think about the success of former players, coaches, the road that was paved to make this opportunity possible, I’m internally grateful.”

Introductions between Grant and the current players began Sunday with many of the

Bo Hodge will return to his alma mater in Athens. He played and coached for Georgia, winning national titles as both before coming to Alabama to coach.

Both Tennessee and Georgia are ranked in the top five, so the team will have to practice hard and play hard to win the away matches.

“I’m excited to play against Tennessee and Georgia both away,” Doverspike said. “These are big matches and hopefully we can keep staying on our hot streak and take those two teams down and hopefully jump up in the rankings to secure a spot in hosting NCAAs.”

CW | Drew Hoover Mathieu Thibaudeau serves in a singles match against Vanderbilt Sunday. players excited about the new hire. This week, Grant will begin to assemble his staff at Alabama. He said he would consider the staff that finished out the year.

“My vision and my goal, and

I’m confident with the administration, the support and the leadership we have in place, we’re going to be able to take that next step in this program and do some special things,” Grant said.

Norman Huynh, a staff photographer, contributed to this report.

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Alabama started the day off on a good note with a win in The Alabama women’s the first relay of the day wintrack and field team wrapped ning the 4x100m shuttle hurdle up competition as host of the relay with a time of 56.30.

The Crimson Tide posted a Alabama Relays Sunday.

“We had a great meet, third place finish in the 4x100m there’s no question, start to relay with a time of 46.89. finish,” head coach Sandy Mississippi won the event with Fowler said. “I’m really excited a time of 45.82.

In the sprint medley relay, about the energy of my team because I think that we’re consisting of legs in order of moving forward and they’re 200m, 200m, 400m and 800m, starting to take ownership like Alabama won their heat and finished fourth overall with a they should be.”

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In the 4x200m relay, Alabama tallied their second relay victory of the day crossing the line in a time of 1:37.88.

For the fourth victory on Sunday, Meghan Knox grabbed the javelin title with a heave of 141-9.

“In the javelin and probably as well in the triple jump, I think the wind was a factor, too as they probably weren’t as consistent because wind is such a huge factor in those events,” Fowler said. “Those aren’t excuses though, we were close enough that I feel we should have gotten it done, but it gives them the confidence going into Florida next week.”

The Tide will return to the oval next week in Gainesville, Fla. for the Florida Relays. The meet will take place April 3-4 CW | Drew Hoover at Percy Beard Track at James Pole Vaulter Lynda Cooper skies over the bar during the Alabama Relays Sunday. Cooperʼs teamG. Pressly Stadium. mate Katherine Strickland finished fourth in the pole vault with a clearnace of 10-11 3/4.

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“Although the sun was out, we ran into the windiest day of competition today,” head coach Harvey Glance said. “It’s hard to get fast times because the wind plays such bad tricks with you, but our guys, they really did show up today.”

In their first event on the oval, the Crimson Tide won the 4x100m relay with a NCAA Regional qualifying time of 40.32.

In the high jump, Tyler Boswell finished sixth with a

leap of 6-8 3/4, just missing the regional qualifying mark at the next height of 6-10 3/4.

Alabama turned in a third place finish in the distance medley relay, consisting of legs in order of 1200m, 400m, 800m and 1600m, running a time of 10:22.50. Ole Miss won the race with a time of 10:06.71.

Closing the day with the always exciting 4x400m relay, Alabama, Western Kentucky, and Sprint Athletics all took turns leading throughout the race with Alabama coming out on top as they closed a 10 meter gap on Western Kentucky passing them down the backstretch for the victory.

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onds off a regional qualifying time running 3:10.51. Western Kentucky was second and Sprint Athletics was third with times of 3:11.56 and 3:12.10, respectively.

“Just coming off this meet, I saw some things that I didn’t think that I’d be seeing this year so I’m real optimistic about the season,” Glance said. “This type of performance may teach my guys what I’ve been preaching all along and that’s to get people excited about us and we have to do exciting things in order for that to happen.”

Many members of the Tide football squad, including Julio Jones, Mark Ingram, Javier Arenas and former Alabama

running back Glen Coffee turned out to cheer on the track team Sunday afternoon.

“For everybody to empty the stands and the football team coming out and embracing our guys was great,” Glance said.

“We support Coach Saban and his guys 100 percent so for these guys to come out and support our track team is a win-win situation. The environment that you saw was electrifying and that’s what we’re trying to create.”

The Tide will return to the oval next week in Gainesville, Fla. for the Florida Relays. The meet will take place April 3-4 at Percy Beard Track at James G. Pressly Stadium.

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