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CORONAVIRUS

Back-to-school supplies look different this fall

Back-to-school supplies look different this fall

Annabelle Blomeley, Staff Reporter August 20, 2020

FACE MASKS To stop the spread of the coronavirus, the University is requiring all students, faculty and staff on campus to wear face masks at all times. So whether you’re attending an hour-long lab...

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Full-time mask-wearing brings its own set of problems

Lindsey Wilkinson | @lululindsey11, Contributing Writer August 20, 2020

At this point in the ongoing pandemic era, most know that wearing a cloth covering protects the wearer and the people around them from respiratory droplets that come from talking, coughing or sneezing....

Coping with COVID-19 means staying healthy by staying in

Coping with COVID-19 means staying healthy by staying in

Mariah Kravitz, Guest Columnist August 20, 2020

In the spring, many students only went weeks between hearing about COVID-19 for the first time and being sent away from campus because of it. In compliance with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention...

Quarterback Mac Jones hands off to running back Najee Harris, who cuts up the middle in a 2019 Arkansas matchup.

Mac Jones and Najee Harris: ‘We want to play’

Alexander Plant | @aplant6, Sports Editor August 14, 2020

Alabama football seniors Mac Jones and Najee Harris asked to speak to the media on Friday about the #WeWantToPlay movement that is currently dominating the college football news.  Prominent college...

How COVID-19 will change the classroom

How COVID-19 will change the classroom

Grace Schepis | @GraceSchepisCW, Staff Reporter August 13, 2020

As the fall semester approaches, the University has consistently updated students about its return plan. Though class schedules and instructional methods have yet to be solidified, here’s how administrators...

Opinion: It's the lack of care for us

Opinion: It’s the lack of care for us

Over a month ago, Safe Return UA called the University out for a plethora of loopholes found within its plan to “safely” return to campus this fall. Though press releases have announced administered...

Comparing notes: Here’s how UA stacks up to other campus return plans

Comparing notes: Here’s how UA stacks up to other campus return plans

Kelby Hutchison, Contributing Writer August 5, 2020
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, University of Alabama officials have been developing a return plan for the fall semester. But the ambiguity of certain aspects of the plan has left some students and faculty worried that the University is not fully prepared for a possible resurgence of cases. 
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Maddox declares second state of emergency due to COVID-19

Jessa Reid Bolling | @jr_bolling, News Editor August 4, 2020

The Tuscaloosa City Council voted in favor of a State of Emergency on Tuesday to allow Mayor Walt Maddox to issue executive orders to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus.  The order will go into...

How to handle COVID-19 academically

How to handle COVID-19 academically

Mikayla Wyatt | @minimalistmikk, Opinions Editor August 4, 2020

Although the start of your academic journey won’t be planned as you imagined, it is still essential to begin with the mindset to strive for nothing short of success. I too have to make academic adjustments...

Don’t sign UA’s dangerous acknowledgement form

Don’t sign UA’s dangerous acknowledgement form

Haley Czarnek, Guest Columnist July 31, 2020

​This Monday, every student received an email from The University of Alabama containing a link to COVID-19 training. What that email did not mention is that students must also sign a form in which, after...

A month before the first day of classes, four instructors in the English Language Institute did not receive contract renewals for the upcoming year.

Eclipsed by enrollment: How declining numbers cost four instructors their jobs

Keely Brewer | @keelykbrewer, Assistant News Editor July 30, 2020

A month before the first day of classes, four instructors at the University’s English Language Institute received notice that their contracts would not be renewed for the upcoming academic year.  Although...

The Tuscaloosa Alumni Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. helped organize "More Than a March," an event geared toward galvanizing Black voters and college students.

Groups push for safe, equitable access to the ballot box

Honorine Ntoh Yuh, Culture Editor July 27, 2020

With the congressional primaries held back in March and the postponed primary runoff election held in July in light of COVID-19, Alabama and other states are gearing up for the 59th quadrennial presidential...