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PixelCon gathers gamers at Ferg

PixelCon gathers gamers at Ferg

SoRelle Wyckoff January 30, 2011

On Saturday, the Ferguson Center was taken over by television screens, gaming consoles, graphic posters and fans of the gaming world. Hundreds of “gamers” attended the second annual PixelCon gaming...

Church celebrates century of worship

Brooke Marshall January 27, 2011

Calvary Baptist Church members are celebrating the church’s 100th birthday with a weekend full of events for the Tuscaloosa community. The church celebrated its 100th birthday on Jan. 1, said Timothy...

Little Willie’s hosts charity benefit

Jordan Staggs January 27, 2011

In the summer of 2005, Darius Weems, a teenager from Athens, Ga., afflicted with muscular dystrophy, embarked with his friends on “the roll of his life.” After undergoing a 7,000-mile journey, he made...

Tuscaloosa’s taste of Thailand

Avery Driggers January 26, 2011

On University Boulevard at the very edge of The Strip lie Tuscaloosa’s two Thai restaurants that happen to be, quite literally, a stone’s throw from each other. Surin of Thailand, a sleek eatery with...

A pixel is worth a thousand words

A pixel is worth a thousand words

Karissa Bursch January 26, 2011

When is the busiest time for the Ferguson Center? Is it noon on a weekday when you can hardly find a table for lunch? It always appears as though hundreds of students are walking in and out of the Ferg...

Band combines bluegrass with rock

Band combines bluegrass with rock

Alex Cohen January 26, 2011

David Allgood, manager of the Bama Theatre, said he has been looking for ways to increase the student audience at his venue. Last week, the Bama hosted Old Crow Medicine Show and experienced a surge of...

International artist to speak at Gorgas

CW Staff January 25, 2011

As part of the Faculty-in-Residence Series, the Honors College and Housing and Residential Communities will host internationally known printing press artist Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. Kennedy will conduct...

HCA to screen education documentaries at Ferg

Hannah Marcum January 25, 2011

The Honors College Assembly will begin a new film and social media campaign tonight titled “What If?” The assembly will host monthly screenings of films based on education in the Ferguson Center Theater...

Social Distortion keeps punk ethic, honesty alive

Social Distortion keeps punk ethic, honesty alive

Jonathan Reed January 25, 2011

When Social Distortion formed more than 30 years ago, frontman Mike Ness and company got people to listen to them the only ways anyone in the L.A. punk scene knew how – they put up posters, told their...

“No Strings Attached” is just another casual affair

Jordan Berry January 24, 2011

**/**** (2 stars out of 4) The title should have tipped me off. Had I actually known that “No Strings Attached” was also reflective of the movie’s connection with its audience, trust me, I would...

Simplicity key for FIVE

Simplicity key for FIVE

Ashley Chaffin January 23, 2011

While most Tuscaloosa residents were worrying about staying warm in the snow, Cris Eddings and Charles Morgan were concerned about their newest restaurant’s grand opening. Other places may have considered...

Tribute group brings life to ‘Fab Four’

Karissa Bursch January 21, 2011

What comes to mind when you hear the words “tribute band?” Your dad and a couple of his buddies playing Lynyrd Skynyrd songs out of a two-car garage? Corny Tuesday night bar bands trying to emulate...