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Student paintings imitate physics

Student paintings imitate physics

Cokie Thompson February 26, 2014

On the fourth floor of Garland Hall, graduate students are conducting research on the suspension of time and gravity. However, the students are painters, not physicists. Work by Astri Snodgrass and Anna...

Tin Can Tales to return for 2nd year

Bianca Martin February 26, 2014

Creative Campus is bringing back its Tin Can Tales event Thursday to unite the Tuscaloosa community through a classic pastime: storytelling. Tin Can Tales will feature five speakers relaying stories with...

Students fly into world of model airplanes

Students fly into world of model airplanes

Dylan Walker February 25, 2014

Tuscaloosa weather is warming up and students are turning off their laptops, putting down their books and heading outside to enjoy the spring. For some, this means walking the dog or tossing a football...

Author of ‘The Help’ to visit UA, speak about book

Hannah Widener February 25, 2014

Kathryn Stockett, a University of Alabama alumna and author of The New York Times best-selling book, “The Help,” will be on campus Friday to discuss the book’s backstory during a lecture. The recent...

Cultural center brings student art downtown

Cokie Thompson February 25, 2014

At the corner of 7th Street and Greensboro Avenue, artwork from The University of Alabama is displayed from the front windows of a former hardware store, where Tuscaloosa residents once bought everything...

Students prepare for UATD’s ‘Picnic’

Laura Testino February 25, 2014

The reappearance of many themes in theatre suggest that while time and place may alter the clothing characters wear or the language they use, the characters still struggle with subjects universal to...

The scarlet subject

The scarlet subject

Abbey Crain February 25, 2014

One of the taboos akin to the South, sex is often spoken of in hushed whispers passed through lips. And for some state schools, sex education is left to the bare minimums found in the state of Alabama’s...

Limited availability creates greater appeal

Tara Massouleh February 25, 2014

The other day, I was driving back from Atlanta with a few friends after an ultimate Frisbee tournament, when we all collectively realized we had a hankering for a milkshake. Normally, this wouldn’t have...

Shows like ‘Rich Kids of Beverly Hills’ further conceited culture

Hannah Widener February 25, 2014

I know, I know – this column isn’t about “House of Cards,” which I’m sure must be so upsetting. Believe me, dear reader, when I say I am just as upset as you are. I still don’t have a Netflix...

Vegetarians must eat variety of foods to sustain nutrition

Katherine Metcalf February 25, 2014

Every day, students are faced with food choices that prompt them to question what is going to give them energy, what types of foods are going to be good for their health and, simply, what food will taste...

Neutral colors can adapt to spring wardrobe

Bianca Martin February 24, 2014

The much-anticipated season of spring will be upon us in just a few weeks. We all know what that means: sunny weather, afternoons outside and longer days. But for many of us, it also means swapping out...

Oscars come down to close race between shoo-ins, dark horses

Drew Pendleton February 24, 2014

With one week left until the film industry’s top event — the Academy Awards — hands out its first award, some categories already have their winners set in stone and are just waiting to hand the Oscar...