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Opinion: Congress must do its job and ease families' suffering during the pandemic

Opinion: Congress must do its job and ease families’ suffering during the pandemic

Robyn Hyden, Alabama Arise August 30, 2020

I woke up today angry about our country’s leadership crisis and how families with low incomes are suffering as a result. I could not stop thinking about members of Congress going on a month-long vacation...

Nine days into the semester, UA reports over 1,000 positive COVID-19 tests

Nine days into the semester, UA reports over 1,000 positive COVID-19 tests

Keely Brewer | @keelykbrewer, Assistant News Editor August 28, 2020
Positive test results for students increased by 481 over a five-day period. Four faculty and staff members have tested positive in the same time, bringing their case count to nine. 
Culture Picks: Your sadgirl self-quarantine playlist

Culture Picks: Your sadgirl self-quarantine playlist

Libby Foster | @libithafoster, Contributing Writer August 26, 2020

I drove into Tuscaloosa on Aug. 16 excited but worried for the fall semester. As I moved into an off-campus apartment paid for by my on-campus housing scholarship, I felt an overwhelming amount of uncertainty....

Students prepare to move out of Burke.

‘This has been an absolute disaster’: Students forced to leave dorm to make room for COVID-19 isolation facilities

Jessa Reid Bolling | @jr_bolling, News Editor August 25, 2020

Just six days into the fall semester, Amalia Halpin, a freshman who was majoring in public health, has decided to drop out from the University. Her decision came after being told she had two days to move...

UA positive cases surpass 500 in five days

UA positive cases surpass 500 in five days

The University of Alabama System released results of COVID-19 testing on Monday, showing The University of Alabama has had 531 cumulative cases among students, faculty and staff since August 19.  The...

Following a rise in COVID-19 cases, UA President Stuart Bell speaks at a joint press conference with the city of Tuscaloosa on Monday.

Tuscaloosa to shut down bars, limit restaurant alcohol sales for two weeks

Tuscaloosa bars, along with bar service at restaurants, are closed for 14 days, effective August 24 at 5 p.m. Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox announced the executive order, made at the request of the University,...

Face masks and football: What to expect on game days this fall

Face masks and football: What to expect on game days this fall

Game days in Bryant-Denny Stadium will look different for UA students this fall. Tailgating is off limits, face masks are required and the stadium will maintain 20% seating capacity.   Given the possibility...

Myron Pope: ‘If we increase at the rate we did this week, give us a week and a half and we’re going to be at full capacity’

Myron Pope: ‘If we increase at the rate we did this week, give us a week and a half and we’re going to be at full capacity’

Keely Brewer | @keelykbrewer, Assistant News Editor August 21, 2020

The University has entered a 14-day moratorium on in-person student activities, social or otherwise.  Although reentry testing maintained a 1% positivity rate, about 29% of tests performed on campus...

Trustees move on-campus students to The Lofts

Trustees move on-campus students to The Lofts

Keely Brewer | @keelykbrewer, Assistant News Editor August 20, 2020

The Board of Trustees unanimously approved a $1.2 million bid to lease 252 beds in The Lofts at City Center during a special meeting earlier this month. These beds will be used to house students who...

UA debuts new guidelines for campus facilities

UA debuts new guidelines for campus facilities

Jeffrey Kelly | @jeffkellyjr, Assistant Culture Editor August 20, 2020

Update, August 23 – As students and faculty navigated their first week back on campus, the University Libraries continued to update its plans to handle health and safety better.   One of those updates,...

Coronavirus data still opaque as fall semester begins

Coronavirus data still opaque as fall semester begins

Grace Schepis | @GraceSchepisCW, Staff Reporter August 20, 2020

While some schools have gone completely remote, the University has settled on a hybrid learning plan, with the ability to go remote at any point. Following the release of the UA Return Plan, students,...

Case Counts: Here's how the city, state and University responded to COVID-19

Case Counts: Here’s how the city, state and University responded to COVID-19

Jessa Reid Bolling | @jr_bolling, News Editor August 20, 2020

The abrupt end of the 2020 spring semester left the future of on-campus studies in question.  Now, the number of COVID-19 cases in Tuscaloosa County has reached over 4,500, and students are returning...