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UA officials work out transit detailsSome roads to be ‘transit only’BY KRISTIE BUSAM Campus Affairs Editor■ busam@cw.ua.edu

Each fall the weather gets steamy and leaves pedes-trians panting while they hike from the Moody Music Building to ten Hoor Hall, but next fall the administration has plans to aid the sweaty walkers. With final approval from the UA System Board of Trustees, the University’s planned transit system is on its way to being implement-ed for fall 2007, said Gina Johnson, associate vice presi-dent for auxiliary services. There will be 15 buses that will run six routes during the peak hours of 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Seven buses will run three routes from 7 p.m. to at least 2 or 3 a.m., Johnson said. She said that on the weekend

seven buses will run three routes from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The Bama Escort Service, a University Supply Store supported program, will be available when the transit is not, said Ronnie Robertson, director of transportation services. A $1.5 million Federal Transportation Appropriations grant and $375,000 in parking reserves will fund the transit system, according to documents from Friday’s board meeting. Cognisa was the compa-ny chosen to implement the transit system and currently provides transit system ser-vices to several other colleges including Georgia Technical Institute, Emory University, Texas State University and the University of Buffalo, Johnson said. Robertson said the most pressing concern with the transit system was keeping the buses on time for each bus stop. “Our major concern is

doing something with the traffic,” Robertson said. “Buses won’t be on time if they are stuck in traffic.” Robertson said ensuring timely buses meant that sev-eral roads on campus will be restricted for transit use only. Because the transit plans are in “the infant stage,” con-sultants are still determin-ing what roads will be only for the transit, where parking must be taken out and what transit routes will be added or taken away. “The parking around Gorgas [Library] and the Quad will be taken out,” Johnson said. Robertson said one way students can determine where a particular bus is and when it will get to a particu-lar stop is by a GPS system that locates each bus, and riders can track their bus via Internet or cell phone. “It shows a map of exactly where a bus is on a PC or

Anti-war group protests army at Career FairGroup wants military recruiters off campusBY MIKE FAULK Managing Editor: News■ faulk@cw.ua.edu

UA Career Fair organiz-ers and job-hungry students got a midday surprise at Wednesday’s event when a small barrage of students blocked the Army’s recruit-ment table holding anti-war posters before being escorted out of the Bryant Conference Center shortly after. “Our presence here, no matter how small, lets peo-ple see that there are people at the University who oppose the war,” said Chapin Gray, a graduate student who orga-nized the protest. “What’s important is that the cam-pus gets used to seeing us.” The protestors call themselves Students for a Democratic Society, the name of a national organi-zation known for protesting the Vietnam War that dis-banded but has been reborn on several campuses out of

growing concern over the war in Iraq. They are not yet a registered organization with the UA Coordinating Council for Student Organizations. As protestors entered the fair, event organizers grabbed at some of them and told them they couldn’t be there. Robert Lewis, a UA student majoring in music academ-ics, was one of the protestors who wouldn’t leave until the police showed up. “Some guy told us to leave, and I told him I can’t do that. He said, ‘Well, the police are coming,’” Lewis said. The six protestors silently marched in a ring around the rows of tables holding their posters with mes-sages like “Out of Iraq, Out of Our Schools” while they were escorted to the side exit by a UAPD officer and event organizer as fair-goers looked on with curiosity. “You all are putting a good mark on our school,” said one student leaving the fair, heckling the protes-tors that had now organized

UA assistant professor’s art is in the SmithsonianBY KIM KEELContributing Writer

Unfinished portrait paint-ings line his stark-white studio walls as mounds of art books lay stacked on his desk. Brian Bishop, assistant art professor at the University, and his “hermit-like” life of art is being honored and appreci-ated after entering his portrait “Untitled (Missing Lawrence)” into his first-ever competition and placing among 51 finalists. Born and raised in Memphis, Tenn., his interest in the arts and painting began at an early age as he took multiple classes at the Memphis College of Art, where he later attended col-lege and received his bachelor’s degree. After attending gradu-ate school at the Cranbrook Academy of Art outside of Detroit, Bishop eventually ended up at the University, never expecting to be where he is today. In 2005, Bishop’s painting “Untitled (Missing Lawrence)” was entered into the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition in Washington, D.C. Along with Bishop’s portrait, more than 4,000 entries were received. A $25,000 grand prize and a com-mission to paint a portrait of an important American figure were awarded to the first place winner. The other finalists won a place in the National Portrait Gallery’s show. Recognized today as a great achievement, the National Portrait Gallery’s competi-tion was non-existent a few years ago. Other countries had portraiture shows yearly, while the United States lagged behind with no nationally-recognized competition of any kind.

“The United States lacked a portraiture competition until the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition came along,” Bishop said. “The National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian Institute’s main mission was to bring the idea of portraiture back.” After a final round of 150 participants and a semifinalist

round of interviews, the seven jurors, most of whom are well-known artists, critics and direc-tors from around the world, chose the overall winner and the other finalists to participate in the show. Since the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., had been closed for several years, the

finalists, including Bishop,were chosen to have their workdisplayed at the July 2006 re-opening of the National PortraitGallery. Bishop kept quiet abouthis accomplishments until theywere exposed to the public. “I had already known sinceMarch that I was a finalist,”

Mr. Bishop

Preliminary transit routesSubmitted illustration See TRANSIT, Page 2

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Army recruitment protestors stand outside the entrance of the UA Career Center Career Fair Wednesday as students enter. The protestors said they disagree with the Army's recruitment policies.

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A painting by Brian Bishop, UA assistant professor of art, will be on exhibit in the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C.

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ANNOUNCEMENTSInternational Day of Peace today The Tuscaloosa Peace Project is sponsoring an afternoon of music and discussion about the costs of war today from 3:45 to 6 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Plaza in honor of the UN’s International Day of Peace. The music will be provided by nationally known jazz sing-er Leslie Smith of New Orleans, accompanied by Trice Keene on drums. Speeches against war, and the Iraq war, will begin at 4 p.m. and will alternate thereafter with the music. The event will also honor recently deceased UA professor and anti-war activist Ute Winston. For more information on the event contact David Lowe at dlowe@law.ua.edu.

Rosh Hashanah dinner tonight Hillel will be hosting a pre Rosh Hashanah dinner tonight at 6:30. All Jewish students and faculty are welcome to help bring in the new year. The Hillel House is located behind Bryant-Denny Stadium on Wallace Wade Avenue. For more information contact Yoni Kutler at kutle001@bama.ua.edu.

Environmental group holding social tonight The Alabama Environmental Council is holding a social tonight at 6 in Carmichael Hall where those interested in or who are already involved with the organization can meet and get to know everyone. Snacks will be provided. For more information, contact Tuscaloosa AEC chapter President Joseph Wright at jose-phonboard@yahoo.com.

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“With as many females that run in and out of Paty, they might as well make it

co-ed.”— Andrea Early, a sophomore nursing major who

also works at the front desk in Paty Hall, an all male dorm, on students breaking visitation rules.

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it can come up on your phone to see where a bus is,” Robertson said. Robertson said the GPS sys-tem will be like that of North Carolina State University’s transit system. According to the NCSU trans-portation Web site, the informa-tion on Wolfline, NCSU’s tran-sit system, can be accessed on phones with Internet capability, text messaging or with comput-ers via the Internet. TransLoc Inc. created the system to help with vehicular tracking, and the online map shows color coated transit routes with colored bub-bles in motion to show exactly where a bus is on the road. Robertson said he realized students would not ride the transit if it wouldn’t be on time. “Our major concern is tim-ing, because a bus has to be where we say it’s going to be at a certain time,” Robertson said. Robertson said there are three kinds of routes. An aca-demic route will take five min-utes for full rotation, a residen-tial route will have a 10-min-ute duration and the campus perimeter route will have a 20-minute duration. “You must be at a bus stop to board the bus,” Robertson said. “You can’t just flag down a bus.” Robertson said this was nec-essary to keep the transit sys-tem on time. Johnson said the tran-sit buses are in the process of being customized to fit the University. Johnson said Tiger Transit at Auburn University had orange and blue paint, and that the University’s tran-sit buses would probably be red and white. “We will have a custom made design for the interior with upholstery custom made with maybe some kind of Alabama logo on the seats,” she said. “When you get on you will immediately know it’s an Alabama, ‘Roll Tide’ bus.” There will be two types of buses, one with forward-only seating with between 32 and 34 seats and the other with a combination of perimeter and forward seating with 30 to 32 seats, Johnson said. Robertson said the buses with perimeter seating had standing room. “We were told that there is standing room for around 90,” Robertson said. Johnson said bus shelters would be created with covered benches, and that curb cuts were not needed.

“There is an air system that allows the bus to lower to curb level so handicapped students can get on,” Robertson said. “The bus actually drops down about a foot.” Robertson said the transit stop points were preliminary because there was no way to tell exactly where students need stops. “We are not going to spend a lot of money on fancy stops the first year,” Robertson said. “After a year cycle we should know exactly where stops are needed. “We want the transit to come where students need them.” Johnson said swiping ACTion cards won’t be needed, but that the transit system is for students, faculty and staff and official visitors. “At this time we don’t plan on asking for any identifica-tion, but we may at night for safety reasons,” Johnson said. The buses are quiet, have

air conditioners and have no fumes Robertson said. “We hope everything goes well with the building of the

buses so we will have three buses next summer for fresh-man orientation,” Robertson said.

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This is what the inside of a bus for the coming transit system could look like. The system is set to be available for use in fall 2007.

Some students defy dorm hoursSome students feel stifled by strict visitation hoursBY CHARITY SCOTTSenior Staff Reporter■ scott@cw.ua.edu

Underneath the third floor window on either side of Harris Hall is a pair of rusty, black hooks. The hooks used to connect fire escape ladders to the building, but they were unceremoniously detached and discarded at the end of the spring semester. Were they unsafe or out of date? Well, possibly, but that’s not why they were removed. The real reason is that students had been using them to sneak guests into the hall after hours. Visitation hours for dorms are a natural part of living on campus, but many students would much rather be rid of them all together. Andrea Early, a sophomore majoring in nursing who also works at the front desk in Paty Hall, an all male dorm, said students break the rules so much there’s no point in

having them. “Girls come in after hours and know the elevator code, which residents aren’t sup-posed to give out,” Early said. “And they walk around unescorted.”

Paty’s visitation hours are from 10 a.m. to midnight Sunday through Thursday, and 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, and most other halls have the same hours. Early said that many of the students seem unaware of the policy. “There are only two posters in the whole building,” Early said. “And they’re the size of a regular sheet of paper.” She said her job would be easier if there were no restric-tions on visitation hours. “With as many females that run in and out of Paty, they might as well make it co-ed,” Early said. The University doesn’t seem to have any intentions to take Early’s suggestions. Alicia Browne, assistant direc-tor of Housing and Residential Communities, said the rules are set to help residents be considerate of the people they are living with. “They are designed with the residents in mind,” Browne said. Rosalind Moore, commu-nity director for Harris Hall and Parker-Adams, echoed

that sentiment and added that the restrictions are set to provide structure. “The guidelines are set to safeguard students,” Moore said. “We’re not trying to stop people from having fun or ruin their good time.” Moore said that the rules also help preserve roommate relationships, since they are the people most affected when residents choose to sneak in guests. “A lot of times residents are uncomfortable with guests being in their rooms after visi-tation hours, but they don’t know how to confront their roommate,” Moore said. “That’s where we can step in.” Without the visitation hours in place, Moore said, living halls would be less safe for the residents and their guests. “Sometimes without struc-ture, chaos ensues,” Moore said. Cristina Romero, a sopho-more majoring in graphic design, works the front desk in Rose Towers during the after-noon, but last year her shift was from 3 a.m. to 7 a.m.

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A student demonstrates the way some residents of Harris Hall sneak friends in after hours:; climbing through first floor windows.

Corolla pageant taking applications The 70th Annual Miss Corolla Pageant will be held Nov. 10. Participants must be currently enrolled students and must also be sponsored by a UA sanctioned group or organization. The entry fee is $100 per participant. For groups sponsor-ing more than one woman, the fee is $85 per woman. There is no limit to the number of participants a group can sponsor. An information meeting will be held Sept. 28 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Heritage Room. The application and fees are due Oct. 6. Call 348-6076 for more information.

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SGA help appreciated

I have experienced many definite moments in which I have been overwhelmed with a sense of school pride. However, I have felt none greater than on Sept. 14 at the SGA Senate meeting. At last, after almost three-and-one-half months of riding a roller coaster of emotions and uncertainties, this chap-ter of my life ended with the simple utterance of the word “aye.” I had the opportunity to hear our student legislative body members representing their respective colleges, as voted on by our peers, voice their approval in unison of two resolutions significant to me. As president of the Hispanic Student Association and one of its founding members, the passing of the resolution allowing for commemora-tive banners to be hung on the Ferguson Plaza during Hispanic-Latino Heritage month and the passing of the resolution with the SGA offi-cially recognizing this year’s celebration, provided a nice closure to a long summer and a great beginning to the cel-ebrated month. The passing of the reso-lutions is not the source of my pride for my school. I

take pride in being able to finally say, in all honesty, that the SGA and a student organization representing a minority group can work cooperatively on this cam-pus. From my own personal experience, all it took was a SGA senator, the College of Arts and Sciences Sen. William Bloom, to contact me back on June 1 simply to introduce himself and offer to discuss issues pertaining to the HSA. After multiple meetings, numerous phone calls and compromises, William informed me that he had written a resolution and invited me to the Senate meeting. Even though I had put all in William, I honestly thought that our efforts would go in vain because of my own prejudiced feelings about the SGA on multicul-tural issues. After the meeting, I felt that I owed this letter to the SGA, to the members and future leaders of HSA, to other organizations and A & S Sen. William Bloom as my way of sharing my new-found trust for the ongoing improvement of relations between the students and the SGA on the UA campus.

Francisco YegresSeniorSocial work

Letter to the Editor

Since its inception, Facebook.com has been a wonderful place to procras-tinate, check up on friends and associate with like-minded students in all sorts of groups ranging from the classic “College would be much better without class” to the more obscure “Shaq is too lazy to support right now”. And then, of course, there’s the lovely “WP Forever.” The group, founded by a Tuscaloosa County High School student, is not an average, whimsical Facebook association as it has traipsed a much darker path. The “WP” stands for “white power.” As of early Monday morn-ing, the group had 81 mem-bers, mostly freshmen from TCHS, Northridge High School and Paul W. Bryant High School. Officer titles like “chief hanger,” “tree specialist” and “rope specialist” made the group’s intentions clear, and wall postings like “wp put me as nigger beater” showed that some of the group’s mem-bers weren’t kidding around when they joined. The black and white picture of a Ku Klux Klan rally added the

finishing touch. Corderrol Harris, a sopho-more majoring in advertis-ing and political science, first found the group late Sunday night when a friend of a friend joined and the “new, stalker friendly” news feed alerted him to it. “There was so much going through my head,” Harris said. “The group gave Tuscaloosa, the state and the South a bad name.” As an administrator of five groups himself, Harris was in a position to quickly spread the word on the hate group. In just a few hours, he sent out more than 500 messag-es to alert Facebook users. Those users then complained

to Facebook administrators, and by Monday afternoon, the group was scrubbed clean from the Web site. “I can’t fully blame [the group members]. Their par-ents have to teach them,” Harris said. The group may be gone, but its stain lingers. At best, it was a boorish, misguided attempt at humor, and, at its very worst, “WP Forever” was a reminder that the past we’re so ready to believe dead is still lurking in the dark corners of human nature. “Racism is still out there,” Harris said. “It’s not some-thing that will go away. If there’s a fly on the wall and you ignore it, it doesn’t mean it will go away. It will still be there.” According to The Tuscaloosa News, law enforce-ment officials are beginning an investigation into students involved with the group. Repercussions from their schools are unlikely, however, as the group was formed over the weekend on private com-puters. I’m not entirely sure what should be done with the students. They could have joined as a joke, as some have claimed to The Associated

Press. But others, I’m con-vinced, were entirely serious when they signed up for a group proclaiming “wp is the way to be,” and those are the ones who scare me. “I’d ask them why they feel like that,” Harris said of the students in the group. “Why do you have so much hatred for someone because of the color of their skin?” In a few years when they graduate from high school, many of those students will look to college to con-tinue their education. Many of them will likely want to stay in town and attend the University of Alabama. By then, I’ll be long gone, but I still don’t want them here. I don’t want them pollut-ing my university with their small-minded worldviews. I don’t want their asinine, use-less ideas in my academic community. I don’t want the stink of their hatred on my campus. To the members of “WP Forever,” I have only one thing to say: Stay the hell away from my university.

Will Nevin is managing editor: Web of The Crimson White. His column runs Thursdays.

Facebook, a twisted tool for hate

Will Nevinnevin@cw.ua.edu

Soapbox Redux

This summer, the University eliminated the Office of the Dean of Students and replaced it with the Student Activities Office. One of the main foci of the new Student Activities Office is to eliminate two layers of bureaucracy and create a better connection among all student organi-zations and other departments within its division. Vice President for Student Affairs Margaret King said complaints or issues previously would go through four different people before it got to her. Now, she is the third person on the totem pole. We applaud any attempt to remove bureaucratic hurdles and red tape. It should be a goal to make things easier for students to get things done and get complaints to those who can quickly solve it. We hope this office will get a lot of other things accomplished, and we have several things we would love to see this new office take on. First, this office should take on the second initia-tive of the Student Leaders Council to create more cooperation between student groups in the area of planning events. It seems as though several times throughout the year, different organizations plan events for the same day. Or, organizations will conduct similar events close together. This office could be the instrumental conduit to ensure event information is adequately distributed to all the student organizations on campus. But more than event planning, this office has the capacity to be instrumental in aiding communication between student organizations on campus. Out of the more than 300 registered organizations on campus, many of them have similar goals and similar ideas about what they want to do for the cam-pus or what volunteer organization they want to team up with. If this office could pair those organizations together and pool their resources, organizations could make a much greater impact on campus. If different groups are working toward the same goal, this office can make sure the groups work together. Communication. That’s the greatest gift this office could help facili-tate. This office has the potential to be a central hub of campus. We’re ready to see it happen.

Activities Office has great potential

We live in a world in which “faith” is a loaded word. Newscasters daily use faith in the same sentence with ter-rorism, while politicians make faith the primary issue voters should weigh in the ballot box. Any Internet search with the word faith in it will yield more new stories of violence than of truth and loyalty. This is not a new concept. For centuries faith has been used to wage battles, each side vehemently claiming that their God desired their victory. And for centuries, cyni-cal from the depravity caused by faith, many have declared it useless and old-fashioned, even saying that those who have it are naïve. But amidst the shadowy definition of the word, many in recent days have come to understand the need for it, whatever “it” is. College is a perfect time to be living in that world. As college students, we are confronted on a daily basis with life changing decisions, con-cepts far outside of our comfort zones and confusion as to the future of our lives. For us, every high moment is the happiest moment of our lives and every

low moment is the end of the world. We deal with debt, without the benefit of an adult paycheck; we deal with stress, without a spouse or even family nearby to comfort us; we deal with events that are beyond our control. But every one of us can relate to those moments in life where everything just makes sense. Maybe it’s a day where you actually find a parking spot and can be uncharacteristically sympathetic to a car speeding by you through a crosswalk. Maybe it’s one day when you actually find a table at Phil’s to eat lunch and you leave the waiter an extra fabulous tip. Maybe it’s a day when you understand everything in your classes and can be appreciative of the debt you’re going into to get your degree. Or maybe it’s just as simple as walking to class and taking time to notice the people around you and the beauty you are all surrounded in on campus. But we have all had those epiphany moments that let us know that everything works together for a greater purpose, in its own time, like when you don’t get accepted into a program you really wanted, only to realize later that you are really good

at something else. And that, I think, is the true meaning of faith. Although its meaning has gotten so muddled from years of misuse and misunderstand-ing, the meaning of the word faith is simple. Faith means believing in and recognizing those moments when the world makes sense and when we are clearly able to see a greater pur-pose to our lives. When God, however we define him, reach-es his hand down and guides us to understanding. Faith is that simple and that mysterious. But what do we do with this? How do we integrate a concept like faith into lives that, for the most part, are filled with steady metaphorical kidney shots of bad luck? The first thing that we have to understand is that we’re not in this alone. Every other person, in some way, goes through both gut-wrenching moments and moments of clarity and faith. The second thing we have to understand is that we really don’t have all the answers. Sometimes this is a hard thing to remember when you grow up in a certain denomination of faith. But espe-cially in a world where misun-derstanding reigns, we have to

be willing to admit that maybe what we thought was right all along, isn’t. Keeping those two things in mind, faith can take on a practi-cal dimension. If you haven’t dis-covered a place to gather together with other people of faith (which we all in some way are), check out the campus ministries the Capstone has to offer. There are more than 30 different places where students meet and sup-port one another through those “kidney punch” times in life. Check out ccso.ua.edu/Directory/Religious.htm for a list of Web sites where you can find out more information. And if you’re already involved in a faith organization, get involved in Interfaith. There’s nothing more valu-able, in the current political sit-uation our world is immersed in, than education and cooper-ation between people of faith. Finally, remember that every cloud has a silver lining, no matter how cliché that sounds. Have faith through the times when everything is cloudy, and the clarity will shine through again.

Melissa VanKirk is president of the Interfaith Council.

Faith important to life at the CapstoneBY MELISSA VANKIRK

5NEWS ■ Thursday, September 21, 2006

Committee works to increase voter numbers

Tim Neunzig and Kenny Liang have a big problem on their hands: about 80 percent of the student population, to be exact. That was the percentage of stu-dents who did not vote in last year’s SGA election. As two of the leaders of the new SGA Voter Participation Committee, Neunzig, SGA exec-utive secretary, and Liang, the committee chair, are examining how to change that. “The purpose is very straight-forward,” Neunzig said. “It’s to increase the voter participation in next year’s SGA election.” The committee was started by Neunzig after his election last year as a way to educate stu-dents about the importance of voting. “There is of course a great-er meaning behind all of this,” Neunzig said. “It’s not just on this campus that people don’t vote. In the greater nation people

have gone away from the bal-lot boxes more and more as the years progress.” Liang said being from China and living there 18 years has caused this issue to become very important to him personally. “In China, people vote, but their votes don’t count,” Liang said. “That’s my motivation.” Both Liang and Neunzig said if students begin the practice of voting in the SGA elections, that habit will carry on into their lives after college. But this is not simply about encouraging stu-dents to be responsible. With so few students voting to elect the SGA, many have recently called the organization irrelevant to the student body. According to Neunzig, when

more students vote, their rep-resentation within the SGA increases, and that argument fails. That could lead to a badly needed face-lift for the SGA’s image, Liang said. “I think for a long time the SGA has given people a negative impression,” he said. “People perceive the SGA as a group of people who just want to main-tain their power. I think this committee will really show the effort the SGA is taking to change the situation, and that the SGA actually cares about the student body and wants to be more rep-resentative of this campus.” Though they are still a few days away from their first actual meeting, the leaders have already formulated a course of action to accomplish the large task at hand. Neunzig wants to start a dia-logue within the committee about why voters are apathetic and eventually formulate a sur-vey to pass around to students. “We will really try to scientifi-cally get behind the fact of why people don’t vote,” Neunzig said. After the data is collected, Neunzig wants to formulate a

scientific argument and act on it by targeting neglected student

groups and explaining to them the importance of their vote. With such a large goal, the committee needs many peo-ple that are willing to join. Applications for the committee are still open. “This committee is open all year long. If people want to join, they should come out to the meeting,” Neunzig said. According to Neunzig, stu-dents need to act now if they want to see changes for the bet-ter within the SGA. “People need to go back to being publicly active,” Neunzig said. “This is democracy. We can’t just sit back and relax. It’s work, but if we all just put in a little bit of time, we can really make this work.” The first meeting of the VPC will be held Sept. 24, from 6 to 8 p.m in the Ferguson Center, Rm. 309.

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in front of the entrance. “This is the perfect place to do it at.” Protestors chanted occa-sionally while marching up University Boulevard to the career fair after meeting in front of Denny Chimes. After the sign-holders were removed from the building, two more protestors entered to hand out flyers with information about what they call the military’s discriminatory recruiting tac-tics. They were also told to leave. UA spokeswoman Cathy Andreen said protests are allowed anywhere on campus as long they don’t obstruct traffic or directly interfere with an event, such as the career fair. “That is not an appropriate place for a protest,” Andreen said. She said the protestors did have the right to pro-test in front of the building’s entrance, though they moved farther away after a UAPD offi-cer asked them to.

Jerry Paschal, executive direc-tor for the UA Career Center, which sponsored the event, could not be reached for com-ment Wednesday. “It is well-documented that recruiters regularly and con-sistently lie to and mislead potential recruits,” Gray said. She said the Army lures in young members of the work-ing-class with benefits that will rarely be delivered. “As such, they have no place on a university campus,” Gray said. According to GoArmy.com, the average active duty service member receives a compen-sation package worth $99,000 and 60 percent of that is repre-sented in non-cash compen-sation in the form of health care benefits, retirement pay, childcare and free or subsi-dized food, housing and edu-cation. While the Army struggled last year to meet recruitment goals, it has been able to keep soldiers in the service by using a growing list of incentives and escalating bonuses to shower troops with money, schooling and career advancements.

The number of expected and confirmed re-enlistments dipped in 2003, the year the war began, but has increased since then. So far this year, the Army has doled out an average bonus of $14,000, to eligible soldiers, for a total of $610 mil-lion in extra payments. More than 64,000 Army sol-diers have re-enlisted this year — allowing the Army to meet its retention goal a full month before the fiscal year ends on Sept. 30. The re-enlistments come despite the escalating casual-ties on the Iraq battlefield — where more than 2,600 troops have lost their lives since March 2003. A representative of the Army Reserve recruiting office in Tuscaloosa said no officials were available for comment Wednesday.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

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Bishop said. “After people found out they were so excited, but it was nothing new to me.”

Bishop and his wife were in Vermont on July 21 when the museum re-opened to the public. With great anticipation, they jumped on a plane that day and flew to Washington, D.C.

His wife was more than happy about the good news, he said. The couple also dis-cussed that at this level of suc-cess in any career, changes could occur. Bishop said he is confident that, for the most part, things will stay the same.

“It hasn’t really changed my life,” Bishop said. “It’s nice to be recognized, but the public-ity is not going to change us.”

With slight hesitation, Bishop remembered his inspi-ration for “Untitled (Missing Lawrence),” which came directly from a video clip about two or three years ago.

“There was something in the look of her, an intrigue to something that wasn’t posed,” Bishop said. “She looks as though she is caught picking something up off the ground.”

The naming of the portrait was and still is considered of secondary importance, used strictly for reference. He has hopes that each individual will see and focus on the portrait in his or her own way — title or no title.

From his personal point-of-view, looking at the portrait reminds him of something or someone being missed.

“I named the portrait after Lawrence Street, where my wife and I were moving away from at the time,” Bishop said. “It was something at the moment that I was truly miss-ing.”

Just as other artists take inspiration from something in real-life, Bishop’s inspirations come from different types of

mediums. From videos, mov-ies and Web cams to stum-bling upon discarded pictures on the street, every day-to-day instance is a form inspiring art. “I don’t paint typical por-traits,” Bishop said. “I’m interested in the insignificant moments in life.” Since coming to the University in 2001, Bishop has been granted the honor of being the only intermediate and advanced painting teacher in the UA art program.

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The Crimson Tide soccer team will begin SEC play this weekend at the Alabama soc-cer stadium. The Tide will host the South Carolina Gamecocks (6-3) Friday night at 7. The Tide will take on the Florida Gators (4-3-1) Sunday at 1 p.m. “It’s show time, SEC is here,” Alabama head coach Don Staley said. “Hopefully we’ve got all the kinks worked out.” “We’re really excited to start off with a home game SEC weekend,” captain Hayley MacDonald said. “We’re going to work hard this week, and we’re really excited.” Alabama comes into the series with a good bit of momentum following a week-end where the defense held opponents to no goals and just two shots. The Tide has already recorded four shutouts in eight games. “I’m proud of the fact that we’ve only given up three goals in the last six games,” Staley said. “We’re going to face some good strikers this week in SEC play so we’ve got to get ready for that,” Emily Pitek said. South Carolina is coming to town riding a three-game winning streak. Last year the Gamecocks defeated the Tide 2-0.

“We can’t rollover for any-body just because they come in with a great record,” Staley said. “We’ve got to make sure their premier players are shut down. We’ve got to match up the right personnel on their skill position players and at some point in time we’ve got to dictate some of the pace and some tempo of the game.” “We’ve had a good week of practice so far,” freshman forward Kelsey King said. “Hopefully we’ll be able to play to the best of our ability and just come in ready to win.” The Florida Gators will come to town with a fast team that has shown much improvement

with possession. The Gators have already played some of the top-ranked teams in the country in their non-confer-ence schedule. They are com-ing off a 1-0 loss to perennial national championship con-tender North Carolina. The Tide will have to slow down the Gators powerful one-two punch of Stacy Bishop and Ameera Abdullah. Both have scored four goals already this season for the Gators, and they both play a lot of minutes. “We’re not really looking to Florida yet,” King said. “We’re going to start after the South Carolina game.”

Tide gears up for conference slateGolf named Men’s Team of the Week by Golf Week Alabama opened its 2006-07 golf season with a tourna-ment championship this past weekend at the Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic, a victory that earned the Crimson Tide Golf Week’s Men’s Team of the Week. On its website, www.golf-week.com, it says, “Alabama won the Carpet Capital Classic by six shots over Clemson and 13 shots over Georgia and Georgia Tech. “Alabama entered the final round trailing Clemson by three strokes and posted an 8-under-par 280 to claim vic-tory. It’s the first win for the Crimson Tide since it won the Conrad Rehling Alabama Invite in March 2005.” It is the first time Golf Week has awarded the Tide its col-lege team honor. Alabama returns to the course Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 25 to 26, to com-pete in UAB’s Shoal Creek Intercollegiate. Michael Thompson is lead-ing the team with an average score of 70.

Bor honored for second consecutive week

Alabama cross country freshman Emmanuel Bor has his college career off to an impressive start. Not only has the freshman won the first two races he has competed in, he has been named the Southeastern Conference Athlete of the Week for the second consec-utive week. “We are really excited that Emmanuel has been able to come in as a freshman and make this kind of impact,” Alabama cross country coach Joe Walker said. “This really points towards big things for him in the future.” Bor led Alabama to a first place finish in the Crimson Classic this past weekend at Harry Pritchett Cross Country Course. He finished at a time of 24:06.7 over the 8-kilometer course, edging out Ole Miss’s Barnabus Kirui (24:09.85). Alabama finished 31 points better that second place Mississippi State and nearly 90 points better than third place Ole Miss in the team race. It was Alabama’s second consecutive team victory as they also won the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Opener on Sept. 8 in Chattanooga, Tenn. The No. 19 ranked Crimson Tide will be back in action Sept. 29 at the Bill Dellinger Invitational in Eugene, Ore.

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Alabama soccer player Jordan O'Banion goes after the ball. Alabama will open conference play this weekend.

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With true freshman Mitch Mustain at the helm, Arkansas threatens SEC opponents with more than a powerhouse run-ning game this year. Named National and SEC freshman of the week, Mustain threw for 224 yards and three touchdowns in the 21-19 squeaker against Vanderbilt Saturday. Mustain seized the start-ing position after a 50-14 loss to USC in the season opener. Coach Houston Nutt is pleased with Mustain’s 2-0 record as a starter. “He’s getting better every game,” Nutt said. “He is mature and cool under pres-sure. I love that he’s a focused, no-nonsense team player.” Sophomore tailback Darren McFadden returns to lead the SEC’s most potent running game. McFadden began the season recover-ing from surgery to repair a dislocated toe. After posting a mediocre 42-yard mark against USC, he exploded for 184 yards in the shutout

against Utah State. “We all know he’s not 100 percent,” Nutt said of McFadden after the Vanderbilt game. “I’m hoping he will be by this weekend.” McFadden’s meager production against USC and Vanderbilt has forced Arkansas beyond its usual one-sided offense. “I think it helps us,” Nutt said. “We’ve been striving for balance for a long time. That’s See ARKANSAS, Page 7

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where Mitch did a nice job. He threw some nice balls to get us out of the hole.” The Hogs have led the SEC in rushing three of the last four years, beginning this sea-son in the same fashion with a league-leading 193 yards per game. Junior Marcus Monk repre-sents Arkansas’ best receiving threat. He hauled in his 15th career touchdown reception against Vanderbilt. He is averaging almost 19 yards per each of 12 catches this season. Nutt said he appreciates former Arkansas defensive coordinator Joe Kines’ talent for overwhelming quarter-backs. “Kines is one of the best defensive coordinators in the

country,” Nutt said. “He’ll pick and choose his spots. We have to do a great job at film study to prepare for him.” Defensively, Arkansas strug-gled to complete assignments and tackles against Vanderbilt last week. Defensive tackle Keith Jackson knows that a similar performance against Alabama won’t cut it. “Going against a guy like Darby who can run every-where, we can’t miss our assignments,” Jackson said. “He runs hard and cuts back. We have to be disciplined and sound. We definitely have to wrap him up.” Having failed to produce a single turnover this year, the Razorbacks trail 7-0 in the turnover margin through three games. Last week’s victory against Vanderbilt marked only the third time in Nutt’s tenure

that Arkansas won a game in which they were outrushed. The Commodores shredded the rushing column, com-piling 240 yards to Arkansas’ 170. Weakness at the linebacker positions leaves the Hogs vul-nerable to a decent running game. Preseason All-American Sam Olajubutu carries an otherwise scant depth chart at linebacker. He leads the defense with 39 tackles in the three games played. “What’s hard is the line-backer spot because we are so thin,” Nutt said. “Sam [Olajubutu] doesn’t get to come off the field at all.” Alabama leads the series 9-7 but is tied with Arkansas 7-7 since it joined the Conference in 1992. Against the Tide, the Razorbacks are 4-0 in games decided by three points or fewer.

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Annual slugfest will come down to the wire The annual physical slugfest better known as the Arkansas-Alabama game is upon us, and it has huge implications for both teams. For Alabama, it’s a chance to state that the Crimson Tide is a contender for the SEC Championship after unim-pressive wins over Hawaii and Vanderbilt. For Arkansas, it is a chance to do the same after unconvincing wins over Utah State and Vanderbilt. For Razorbacks head coach Houston Nutt, this could be the game that determines his future in Fayetteville. Many Alabama fans are comparing this year’s road opener to last season’s road opener. The Tide was not dominat-ing in a 26-7 win over Middle Tennessee State or in its 30-21 comeback win over Southern Miss to open last season. Nevertheless, Alabama was 2-0 heading into a road game with the suddenly rejuvenated South Carolina Gamecocks. However, Alabama had one of its biggest offensive explo-sions in a 37-14 rout of the Gamecocks. Currently, Alabama is 3-0, but anybody would tell you that they have been less than impressive in those three wins. While there are many simi-larities to last season’s road opener, another game comes to mind.

I see more likeness in the 2003 contest in Fayetteville, in which quarterback Brodie Croyle made his first career start. Though Croyle was under different circumstanc-es, he was inevitably going to be the next good quarterback at Alabama. Sparked by Shaud Williams’ 80-yard run to open the game, Croyle had one of the best starts of his career throwing for 285 yards en route to being named the SEC’s Player of the Week. As was the case with Croyle, sophomore John Parker Wilson will be making the most significant start of his young career. Arkansas will also have a quarterback making the most significant start of his young career. Mitch Mustain, one of the highest-rated quarterback recruits last year, will make his third career start, and it will also be his first start in the national spotlight.

Arkansas’ Darren McFadden is a threat to take it to the end zone every time he touches the ball. He gave Alabama fits as a freshman last year, and he has only gotten better. “You’ve got to contain him,” Alabama defensive coordina-tor Joe Kines said. “If he gets into the secondary, good luck to you and your partners.” On the flipside, Alabama running back Ken Darby hasn’t picked up where he left off last season. He has strug-gled in the first three games, but he did show signs of life against Louisiana-Monroe last Saturday. More often than not, this contest is always a close one no matter how much better one team may be than the other. Last season, it was close until Arkansas forgot to cover DJ Hall on the goal line. Of course, the play resulted in a touchdown that iced the game for the Tide. It will be a hard-hitting, down-to-the wire affair, in which a mistake by either of the young quarterbacks could be the difference. I don’t think that quarterback will be John Parker Wilson.

Final Score: Alabama 20, Arkansas 16

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BY JOHN ZENORThe Associated Press Kenny Irons knows he hasn't been racking up Heisman Trophy-like num-bers. No. 2 Auburn's tailback also figures rushing yards

and touchdowns aren't the only statistics that matter in Heisman balloting. Wins count, too. "It's just something that goes with a winning season," Irons said. "It's not like you get it all by yourself. You can't expect to get rewarded for

your team losing. It doesn't work like that. " The Tigers, who play Buffalo on Saturday, have fared pretty well so far. And Irons still leads the Southeastern Conference in rushing despite gain-ing just 139 yards on 46

carries with no touchdowns in the past two games against Mississippi State and No. 10 LSU. But, he points out, Auburn won those games. "Last year, I rushed for 218 yards (against LSU) and lost," he said. "I'd rather take

the win any day." But he's not counting out working his way into Heisman contention, espe-cially if the Tigers keep win-ning. Even though 17 other Division I-A rushers are aver-aging more yards per game.

"If we have a great season, who knows?" Irons said. "If we have a great season every-one will be rewarded. "You can't have a mediocre (record) and still think you're going to win the Heisman. "I don't get caught up in that. I just play football."

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School of Music hosts faculty recital

Imagine playing to a packed house under bright lights in Mannheim, Germany and receiving not one, not two, but three encores. Demondrae Thurman does not have to imagine this, because it is just one highlight of his extensive career as a euphonium solo-ist. “It was one of the best audience responses I’ve ever received for a concert,” Thurman said. Along with being a renowned euphonium soloist, Thurman is also assistant professor of euphonium and tuba at the UA School of Music. Thursday night, Thurman, along with other faculty and friends, will play a concert at the Moody Music Building Concert Hall. Accompanying musicians include Thurman’s wife, Jenny Gregoire on violin, class piano instructor Pamela Gordon on piano, director of the School of Music Skip Snead on horn and UA graduate student soprano Holly Powe. Thurman was inspired to play music by his middle school band when he was younger, but he sort of fell into playing the euphonium. “I wanted to play the drums, but my parents said no because they were too loud,” Thurman said. “Then I wanted to play the tuba, but we had too many tuba players in my band, so my band director asked me to play the euphonium.” Thurman is a Tuscaloosa native who received his under-graduate degree in the eupho-nium from the University. This is his second year on the

faculty at the UA School of Music. He has received numer-ous honors and awards from around the world. Thurman placed in the finals of the Philip Jones International Euphonium Competition in 2003. He said that is probably the honor he is most proud of because it was such a gru-eling competition. He had to

learn more than 80 minutes of music in only four days. Thurman also released an album, “Soliloquies,” in 2005. Thurman said recording was great, but it was a long pro-cess. There is a very limited amount of playing jobs for euphonium players, so teach-ing became a primary goal, Thurman said. “Teaching was never a fall-back, but I knew it would pro-vide me the opportunity to perform,” Thurman said. Thurman mostly listens to classical music because, as he said, “The best way to learn classical music is to listen to it.” However, he does listen to other music when he can find the time. He said hip-hop and

R&B, followed closely by jazz ,are his other favorites. A total of 15 musicians will play the faculty recital. Thurman said he has played with his wife, Gordon and Powe before, but he has never played with the other musi-cians, and he is looking for-ward to it.

The music will be generally classical music, Thurman said, although a piece composed by Thurman’s good friend Doug Bristol will have a jazzy edge. Expect a wide array of sounds with so many musicians shar-ing the stage. “This concert is a potpour-ri concert,” Thurman said.

“I think it will be very enjoy-able to the listener because the music is easy to grasp and there will be lots of different sounds.” The faculty recital for Demondrae Thurman and friends will begin at 7:30 p.m. Admission will be $5 for fac-ulty and students.

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University Programs presents Roll Tide Night University Programs will host a college-wide tailgating party tonight. The free event will be called Roll Tide Night. It will include live music, food and “The Ultimate Fan Contest,” with a $500 prize for the first place winner. “The whole purpose is to create the tailgating atmo-sphere,” said Heather Roberts, director of the University Creations division of University Programs. Local country/rock band Trotline will provide the enter-tainment and Bama Dining will serve free hotdogs, ham-burgers and drinks. The competition will con-sist of three missions. The mis-sions will include football trivia and require that each student prove they are the ultimate fan by showing their school spirit. Students have the option of entering the competition indi-vidually or in pairs. “We are hoping the com-petition gives students the opportunity to show us their school spirit,” Roberts said. Roll Tide Night will begin at 8 p.m. and continue until midnight. The events will be centered around a stage set up on the grassy side of the Quad next to Lloyd Hall. In case of bad weather, UP will move the event to the Ferguson Center Theater.

Ashanti and producer drop litigation

NEW YORK — Ashanti and her first producer, Genard Parker, dropped all litigation Tuesday in a contract dispute, ending a trial that began a day earlier. If any money changed hands, their lawyers refused to talk about it, saying only that everyone was pleased that the bitter battle was over. Outside court, Alan Kaminsky, a lawyer for Ashanti, called the decision

by both sides to drop all litiga-tion “an excellent result.” “I’m very pleased the plain-tiff has voluntarily dismissed the case against us,” Ashanti said outside court, where she had been scheduled to con-tinue her testimony. The lawsuits were time-consuming, the 25-year-old singer said, and “I’d rather be in the studio writing.” Parker, the producer who had helped Ashanti record some demo tapes of several songs at his apartment when she was 16, said outside court that he was “happy it’s over.”

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10 ENTERTAINMENT ■ Thursday, September 21, 2006

“Explosions, midgets, free cotton candy, some kind of gold and a chance for a free car” will be offered at Needtobreathe’s show tonight night at Pour Café — at least, according to guitarist Bo Rinehart. High-energy, fun, spacious rock and roll would probably be a safer bet though.

The South Carolina based band will be playing for the third time at Pour Café in support of their debut album, “Daylight,” which was released earlier this year.

Guitarist Bo Rinehart said the band loves to play Pour Café because it is so inti-mate.

“We’re more of a sweaty, club rock band so it’s fun to play with fans up close and

tight,” Rinehart said. Needtobreathe may be a club band right now, but their sound would be just as much at home in an arena. “Daylight” recalls the anthemic, spacious sounds of Coldplay or U2. The band’s influences range from British rock to roots rock and every-where in between. As a result, Needtobreathe’s music comes out as a melting pot of sounds, Rinehart said. Rinehart also describes Needtobreathe’s music as “rocktimistic.” “It’s rock and roll with a more positive message,” Rinehart said. “Anybody can write a sad love song, but it’s more difficult to write an optimistic song.” “Our music is about the idea of taking life into your own hands and doing some-thing positive with it,” he said. The members of Needtobreathe have been taking their career into their own hands from the

beginning. Rinehart has a background in graphic design, and he designed the band’s T-shirts and album cover. The band also pre-recorded much of their album at their bass player Seth Bolt’s home studio that he first opened when he was 16. Bolt has a degree in record engineering. “Daylight” was polished and finished in England with producer Andy Green, who has produced albums for Keane and KT Tunstall. “We wanted a fresh take, but we can’t get away from

our rootsy Southern sound,” Rinehart said. Needtobreathe is anchored by brothers Bear and Bryant “Bo” Rinehart. The brothers are named after coach Paul “Bear” Bryant, one of the most revered and beloved figures in Alabama history. “Our parents are both from Alabama and are huge Alabama football fans,” Rinehart said. “Alabama has always been our favorite football team even though I went to Clemson and my brother played football at Furman.” Rinehart said that he enjoys being able to be a part of something with his brother. Rinehart thinks it is good that he and his brother can be so blunt and critical to each other. “At the end of the day we’re still brothers and we love each other,” Rinehart said. Needtobreathe is a hard-touring band on the cusp of stardom. Their song, “Shine On,” will appear in the new

Dane Cook film “Employee of the Month” and they have developed a devoted legion of fans that call themselves “breathers.” Unfortunately, there will probably not be explosions or free cotton candy Thursday, but Rinehart said fans can expect the live show to be fun, sweaty rock

’n’ roll. “Mix up Beck, Elvis and The Beatles all into one, and that is Needtobreathe’s live show,” Rinehart said. The Upside and Cordova will open. The cover charge is $10, and the show starts immediately when the doors open at 7 p.m.

Band brings ‘rocktimism’ to Pour CaféNeedtobreathe comes to TuscaloosaBY CALEB JOHNSON Entertainment Editor■ johnson@cw.ua.edu

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Needtobreathe will play tonight at 7 p.m.at Pour Cafe on University Boulevard.

“It’s nice [for me] to see, having taught some of these students, that we are com-peting with other bigger films.” Greer went on to generally extol Sidewalk as an institu-tion. “Sidewalk is a very acces-sible and fun festival to be at,” he said. “It’s a great way to spend a Saturday or a Sunday. It’s just fun if you like film.”

SIDEWALKContinued from Page 12

Saturday at the Carver Theatre, is a film about the real-life adventures of a group of weekend “war-rior knights” — role-play-ing gamers who construct armor and weaponry to bat-tle around Baltimore, Md. “Jam,” screening at 9:30 p.m. on Saturday at the Harbert Center, documents the obsession with returning the American Roller Derby League to its former glory by its co-founder and former stars. “10 MPH,” screening at 1:45 p.m. on Saturday at the Alabama Power building, follows two office employees who get sick of their cubi-cles and hit the open road to explore America — one on a Segway, the other following with a video camera. Sidewalk will also host a special screening of “Jesus Camp” at 5 p.m. on Sunday at the Carver Theatre. Now a national talking point and sure to be controversial, “Jesus Camp” follows a sum-mer at the “Kids on Fire” summer camp, where in an intense session young chil-dren are schooled to “take back America for Christ.” If you’re interested in attending, there are several different ticket options. An opening night ticket is $10 in advance and $13 at the door. Tickets to single films are $7 each or $15 for a three-pack. If you’re interested in a large number of the films, a week-end pass is $25.

FILMSContinued from Page 12

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Pitt, Jolie donate $1 million to charities

WASHINGTON — Movie stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are giving gifts of $1 mil-lion each to two humanitarian organizations, an adviser to the couple said Wednesday.

The recipients are Global Action for Children and

Doctors Without Borders. “In the most troubled parts of the world — places that much of the world has abandoned — MSF is always there,” said Jolie in a state-ment issued by Trevor Neilson, the couple’s philanthropic and political adviser. “I have seen these brave men and women working in war zones and hor-rific conditions and I deeply admire them.” Jolie is a goodwill ambas-sador for the U.N. High Commission for Refugees. Jennifer Delaney, U.S.

director for Global Action for Children, expressed her thanks for the gift from the Jolie-Pitt Foundation. “Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt not only care, but more impor-tant, are taking concrete action to address the fact that there will be 20 million children orphaned by AIDS by 2010, and millions more orphaned by tuberculosis, malaria and conflict or whose parents are sick and dying,” she said. Delaney said the vast major-ity of these children are being cared by extended families and communities that need

support to overcome the rav-ages of HIV/AIDS and poverty.

George Lucas donates $175 million to alma mater LOS ANGELES — “Star Wars” creator George Lucas, who honed his skills as a young film student at USC, is giving a little something back to his alma mater — $175 mil-lion. The gift from the Lucasfilm Foundation is the largest in

the school’s history, USC offi-cials announced Tuesday. His donation topped the previous school record of $120 mil-lion, made in 1993 by Walter Annenberg. Lucas, 62, graduated from USC in 1966. The foundation is giving $75 million for the construc-tion of a 137,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art home for the university’s acclaimed cinema school. The remaining $100 million is to be used to endow the school. “I discovered my passion for film and making movies

when I was a student at USC in the 1960s, and my experi-ences there shaped the rest of my career,” Lucas said in a statement. “I’m also an ardent advo-cate for education at all levels and encouraging young peo-ple to pursue their ambitions by learning. I’m very fortunate to be in a position to com-bine my two passions and to be able to help USC continue molding the futures of the moviemakers of tomorrow.” A groundbreaking ceremo-ny for the school’s new build-ing is scheduled for Oct. 4.

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“Stay Alive” is a film about a videogame that kills you. If you die in the game, you die for real. So if that sounds like your thing, go for it. There’s nothing I can say to convince you either way.

“Hard Candy,” speaking of brutality, stars Patrick Wilson as a man who may or may not be a pedophile who invites a 14-year-old girl (Ellen Page) into his home. I don’t want to say too much about this well-acted, shocking drama other than the tables get turned on him and in a big, big way.

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Sidewalk Film FestivalUA students and faculty show films at SidewalkBY PHIL OWENAssistant Entertainment Editor■ owen@cw.ua.edu

This weekend, eight short films will be screened at the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival in Birmingham, all of which were put together by UA faculty members, students and alumni. Assistant Professor Aaron Greer said the festival has come a long way since he arrived at the University several years ago. “The first year I was at the University, I was the only person here who had work [that was] screened at Sidewalk,” he said. Greer’s own film, “Ballet Noir: The Tango,” is included in that count. The short, which runs 17 minutes, is described perfectly by its title; it’s a stylish black and white film noir love story told through ballet. The film will be playing in the block of films called “Alabama Shorts #3” in the Alabama Power building on Saturday night at 7 p.m. Also playing in that block is the film “Guoash,” by Michael Gordon, a UA student majoring in art. UA alumnus Ben Stark has a film of his own in the festival, “Prize of the Capstone,” which he describes as an adventure film about “about two brothers that find a secret that could change Alabama history forever.” Stark, David Possien and Lee Fanning, also alumni who have their own films playing, shot the film in the spring of this year with Jason Keef and Jeremy Windham starring, and premiered it at the Off the Set Films showcase in May. Stark said he is looking forward to the festival this weekend, and that he appreciates what the festival does for students. “One thing I have to admire about Sidewalk is that they lump student filmmakers in with all other adult filmmakers instead of making stu-dent films a ‘sideshow’ attraction,” he said. Stark’s “Prize of the Capstone,” which runs 36 minutes, will be play-ing as the finale of the block called “Alabama Shorts #5,” which plays at the Alabama Power build-ing on Sunday at 11:30 a.m. Also a part of that block of films is “Stickmen,” a two-min-ute animated film about a newspaper cartoon, which opens the block. The film was created by Possien and Clint Martin, a senior majoring in telecommunication and film. Following “Stickmen” is a film titled “The Man with Apple-Shaped Boxing Gloves,” co-directed by Jeremiah Ledbetter, a junior majoring in chemical and biological engineering. “There’s no plot. No character development. Just a series of unconnected fragments of absurdity and bizarre scenarios,” Ledbetter said about the film. “It was all shot in my friend’s backyard and with a cast of friends and family.” Ledbetter said that his film can currently be seen on Google Video, and he will be handing out DVD copies at the festival. Following “The Man with Apple-Shaped Boxing Gloves” is “Goodbye Beautiful Day,” a visually appealing and stylistic music video by Possien. The video contains a narrative about a man whose significant other dies, and he reflects back on their relationship. In the middle of “Alabama Shorts #5” block is “The Dogwood Trees,” directed by Fanning. The nine-min-ute film consists of a young couple sit-ting in a diner while sorting through some relationship issues. The last film created by a member of the UA community is Fanning’s “Return to Shadowed Pastures.” This film is an odd one; it’s about two brothers who return to a field that they often visited as children. The field is home to some kind of creature that makes horrible noises and is nailed to a post. Greer emphasized the students should realize that having a film play at Sidewalk is actually a big deal, even though it’s a smaller festival. “Its important that you understand that a festival like Sidewalk gets hundreds, if not thousands of submissions. It’s pretty big honor, particularly for a student, to have their work selected,” he said.

Regional and national films to compete in Birmingham festBY COREY CRAFTEntertainment Editor■ craft@cw.ua.edu

For the past seven years, Birmingham’s very own Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival has emerged as one of the strongest regional film festivals in the country. Nationally recognized by industry insiders and even named a “Film Festival for the Rest of Us” by Time Magazine, it proves to be one of the most excit-ing film-related events of the year in the region, and a great, affordable place for local film aficionados to check out some great independent movies. The Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival debuted in 1999, founded as a project of the non-profit organization Alabama Moving Image Association, Inc. Taking place in downtown Birmingham on the last weekend of September, the festi-

val utilizes historic venues, such as the Alabama Theatre and the Carver Theatre, mixed with screening rooms in buildings such as the McWane Science Center and the Safari Cup coffee shop. “It is truly amazing and a true tes-tament to the value of Sidewalk that we have a filmmaker coming in with each one of our feature films we are running this year,” Kelly Marshall, public relations representative for Sidewalk, said. Sidewalk also sponsors filmmaker panels with its SideTalk program. On Saturday at 11 a.m., for instance, Sidewalk will host a panel with inter-nationally-acclaimed writer/director

John Sayles and producer Maggie Renzi at the Harbert Center. Sayles and Renzi will be presented with a special award honor-ing them for their years of service, dedication and collabora-tion in independent filmmaking. The award will be presented at 8 p.m. at the Alabama Theatre, immediately preceding the opening night film. Furthermore, each of the filmmakers presenting their films will be available to answer questions. “It’s great to be able to provide opportunities for the audi-ence to talk with the filmmakers after each screening and this year, that will happen in each screening,” Marshall said. Sidewalk has always been proud of its eclectic mix of fic-tional films and documentaries. “Our eighth year is surely our best year yet with films for

all types of audiences — from com-edy to drama to horror to sci-fi to documentaries. There truly is some-thing for everyone and you are guar-anteed to find your next favorite film at Sidewalk,” Marshall said.

Fictional films This year’s opening night film is “The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang.” From “Napoleon Dynamite” producer Jeremy Coon and director Tim Skousen, the film is a light comedy about a group of young friends who take up the hunt for Bigfoot. The film stars Justin Long (“Dodgeball,” “Accepted”) and Joey

Kern (“Super Troopers”) and screens at 8 p.m. on Friday at the Alabama Theatre. “The Guatemalan Handshake,” screening at 2:15 p.m. on Sunday at the Alabama Theatre, is a quirky comedy/drama about a missing demolition derby driver and the odd cast of characters who are each affected by his disappearance. “LOL,” screening at 9:15 p.m. on Saturday at the Harbert Center, is a drama starring nonprofessional actors about three men who struggle with relationships in an age when interac-tions are often filtered through a computer screen. “Heavens Fall,” the closing night film, screens at 5 p.m. on Sunday at the Alabama Theatre. Telling the true story of the Scottsboro Boys, the film stars Timothy Hutton as defense attorney Samuel Leibowitz, and costars David Strathairn,

Leelee Sobieski and Bill Sage.

Documentaries “Danielson: A Family Movie,” screen-ing at 4:15 p.m. on Saturday at the Alabama Power building, documents the eccen-tric Christian musician Daniel Smith, as his group the Danielson Family ascends to indie rock stardom, and protégé Sufjan Stevens takes off into a mega-successful career. “Darkon,” screening at 7 p.m. on

See FILMS, Page 10

“10 MPH”

“Danielson: A Family Movie”

“Darkon”

“The Guatemalan Handshake”

“Jam”

“LOL”See SIDEWALK, Page 10