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Alabama guard Sarah Ashlee Barker (#3) is introduced before the game against Vanderbilt at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025.

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UPDATE | New details have emerged about U.S. Immig

UPDATE | New details have emerged about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s arrest of doctoral student Alireza Doroudi.

— Yesterday, a University spokesperson confirmed that a doctoral student was arrested by federal immigration authorities, without providing the student’s name, declining to share specific information due to federal privacy laws.

“International students studying at the University are valued members of the campus community, and International Student and Scholar Services is available to assist international students who have questions,” said Alex House, associate director of media relations for the University. “UA has and will continue to follow all immigration laws and cooperate with federal authorities.”

— An employee at the Pickens County Jail confirmed that Doroudi is being held there, adding that the facility typically sends ICE detainees to a detention facility in Louisiana.

— The Department of Homeland Security provided a statement about Doroudi’s arrest:
“ICE HSI [Homeland Security Investigations] made this arrest in accordance with the State Department’s revocation of Doroudi’s student visa. This individual posed significant national security concerns,” a DHS spokesperson said. The statement did not provide details about why it claimed Doroudi posed national security concerns.

— Students for Justice in Palestine at UA, formerly known as Bama Students for Palestine, said in a statement on social media Thursday that it was “outraged” to learn of his detainment and that he "was not involved, nor has he ever been involved in any organizing or protests related to our organization."

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BREAKING | A UA student was reportedly detained by

BREAKING | A UA student was reportedly detained by the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement early Tuesday morning.

Alireza Doroudi, a doctoral student from Iran studying mechanical engineering, was reportedly arrested by ICE officers at around 5 a.m. at his home on Tuesday.

At the time of publication, an Iranian person with the name “Alireza Doroudi” was listed on the ICE website with the status of “In ICE custody.” A detention facility was not listed. It is unclear at this time where he is being detained.

This is a breaking news story and will continue to be updated.

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MULTIMEDIA | This past week, contributing videographer Mya Miller asked University of Alabama students to guess each other's majors.

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NEWS | President Donald Trump issued an executive

NEWS | President Donald Trump issued an executive order last Thursday that directs the education secretary to begin dismantling the department. The department’s dissolution was a key campaign promise of Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign.

“The Department of Education burdens schools with regulations and paperwork,” the order said. “Its ‘Dear Colleague’ letters have forced schools to redirect resources toward complying with ideological initiatives, which diverts staff time and attention away from schools’ primary role of teaching.”

Cierra Gilliam, a senior majoring in news media, said that she believes that the department’s dismantling is a reflection of the state of the country.

“With it being not even 50 years old, it says a lot about how quickly we can go back to living in the dark times of our past,” she said. “They are trying to divide us and slowly but surely limit our education so that they can have as many people as possible naive and drinking the Kool-Aid of oppression that they are dishing out."

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SPORTS | Happy Monday and Roll Tide! Here's what i

SPORTS | Happy Monday and Roll Tide! Here's what is happening this week in sports:

+ The Alabama gymnastics team traveled to Birmingham on Saturday for the SEC championships and placed fifth with a total score of 197.1.

+ Alabama men’s basketball cruised to an 80-66 victory over 7 seed Saint Mary’s Sunday night, punching its ticket to a program-record third consecutive Sweet 16.

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SPORTS | No. 2 seed Alabama men’s basketball def

SPORTS | No. 2 seed Alabama men’s basketball defeated No. 15 seed Robert Morris 90-81 Friday afternoon, staving off a potential upset bid in front of a well-represented Colonial crowd in Cleveland, Ohio.

“As it got down to the wire, it started getting loud in there, and we know we had a lot of experience at that last year,” guard Mark Sears said. “I think we showed our composure and resiliency of not getting too high, and we stayed with that throughout the game.”

From the jump, the Crimson Tide used its size advantage to dominate the paint. The team scored 11 of its first 14 points in the paint or at the free throw line, giving Alabama a 14-4 lead in the first seven minutes of the game.

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NEWS | Earlier this month, the University granted

NEWS | Earlier this month, the University granted the UA chapter of Young Americans for Freedom permission to omit the terms “gender identity,” “gender expression” and “sexual identity” from its constitution’s non-discrimination clause. Multiple student organizations have since voiced their disapproval of the exemption.

After UA YAF applied to renew its organization with The Source, an annual requirement for student organizations, The Source rejected the application. A University employee stated in an email reply to UA YAF that it was required to include a non-discrimination clause in its constitution with the “EXACT” wording, noting that UA YAF would remain in “frozen status” until it complied.

However, after filing a complaint to the University — and including Steve Marshall, Alabama’s attorney general, on the email chain for “extra pressure” — the organization was granted the exemption.

As of publication, the executive boards of Not On My Campus, UA Planned Parenthood Generation Action and the Queer Student Association have voiced their disapproval of the University granting UA YAF the exemption via their respective Instagram accounts.

“If hate truly does not roll here, we implore the University to reassess their exception, and stand on the side of progress, not in the face of it” said the QSA executive board’s statement. “We also want to remind students that your voice matters, regardless of the forces trying to silence it.”

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NEWS | The University of Alabama was mistakenly li

NEWS | The University of Alabama was mistakenly listed as under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education for awarding “impermissible race-based scholarships and race-based segregation.” The University of Alabama System school actually under investigation is the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

The initial press release from the DOE Office of Civil Rights announcing the investigation was updated without announcement Monday. It now lists UAB instead of The University of Alabama as one of the seven institutions under investigation.

Alex House, associate director of media relations for the University, said that the University had “not been contacted by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights about the investigation announced Friday and is no longer listed in the press release.”

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Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe (#4) takes a moment before warm-ups at the SEC Championship on Dec. 2 in Atlanta, GA.

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