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UA equestrian club canters through cold

UA equestrian club canters through cold

Hannah Widener January 8, 2014

Keeping the water buckets from freezing has been no easy feat for Equestrian Club Coach Heather McCall, but the cold weather hasn’t kept her team from practicing all winter break. While the track the...

Three's company: Open relationships become a new normal for students

Three’s company: Open relationships become a new normal for students

CW Staff December 5, 2013

 By Reed O’Mara and Dylan Walker | CW Staff   At a university nestled in the South and prided on tradition, students still break away from the crowd, and relationships are no exception. Alternative...

Sarah Moody Gallery to exhibit inkjet prints

Cokie Thompson December 5, 2013

While The University of Alabama may be known for its many traditions, this winter the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art is experimenting with a nontraditional exhibit. Until Jan. 17, the gallery is showing a...

Brewery to show student art

Brewery to show student art

Dylan Walker December 5, 2013

After a semester of painting, Michael Meads takes a minute to take in his collection of oil paintings, entitled “Cookies ‘n Kreme,” as it hangs in a Woods Hall art studio. The works, now complete,...

Avoid too much holiday sparkle with neutrals, basic accessories

Avoid too much holiday sparkle with neutrals, basic accessories

Bianca Martin December 5, 2013

It is almost here. After a long semester of classes, football and campus life, winter break will be here in fewer than two weeks. In a few days, we will all be able to go back home to relax, spend time...

Mallet president plans for growth

Mallet president plans for growth

Tara Massouleh December 4, 2013

What do backpacking across China, fusion energy and the Mallet Assembly all have in common? The University of Alabama math and physics senior Brian Kraus. As the newly elected president of the Mallet...

Students celebrate last day of Hanukkah holiday

Students celebrate last day of Hanukkah holiday

Hannah Widener December 4, 2013

This year, the first night of Hanukkah and Thanksgiving collided to form the mega holiday “Thanksgivukkah,” an occasion that will not happen again for another 75,000 years. Hanukkah follows the lunar...

The unexpected when expecting

The unexpected when expecting

Phoebe Rees December 4, 2013

Erin Hudnall was a sophomore at The University of Alabama set to study abroad in the Virgin Islands when she unexpectedly found out she was pregnant. She said her first reaction to her pregnancy was to...

Krokodil gaining popularity despite ‘flesh-eating’ side effects

Heather Combs December 4, 2013

Though it seemed drugs could not get worse than crystal meth or bath salts, krokodil has made its way to the United States. This is a drug as frightening as the reptile it is named after. From the brief...

Dickens Downtown brings holiday spirit to Northport

Dickens Downtown brings holiday spirit to Northport

Margaret Wilbourne December 3, 2013

For the eighth year in a row, Mary Cesar, owner of Northport’s Mary’s Cakes and Pastries, is taking twenty pans of bread pudding out of her ovens and serving 4,000 people. Cesar and her staff are...

‘Catching Fire’ surpasses ‘The Hunger Games’ in every aspect

Drew Pendleton December 3, 2013

There’s a scene in the early minutes of “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” the newly released adaptation of the sequel to Suzanne Collins’ novel and 2012 film “The Hunger Games,” in which the...

Winter break leaves some international students stranded

Winter break leaves some international students stranded

Phoebe Rees December 3, 2013

For many students at The University of Alabama, Christmas break provides a much-needed opportunity to catch up with family, relax and celebrate holiday traditions. For the 1,537 international students...