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Author stresses creativity in all fields

Stephanie Brumfield October 6, 2010

According to author Keith Sawyer, creativity is not limited to the arts and humanities. In his lecture titled “Educating for Innovation,” scheduled for 7:30 p.m. tonight, he will speak to students...

Switching the sexes: Man-icures and military

Switching the sexes: Man-icures and military

Jordan Staggs October 6, 2010

The times are always changing, and with them so do clothes. But who expected the idea of gender roles in fashion to change so dramatically that it became okay for women to wear three-piece suits and...

Hindu students explain tenets of their faith

Karissa Bursch October 6, 2010

“The individual is eternally a soul that is caged within a body,” said Rahul Waikar, a doctoral student studying mechanical engineering and a practicing Hindu. There is the body. There is the soul....

Acting group presents ‘Much Ado About Nothing’

Jennie Kushner October 6, 2010

The group Improbable Fictions will present a staged reading of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” Oct. 7 at 7:30 at the Bama Theatre. Improbable Fictions aims to modernize Shakespeare in unlikely...

Art class organizes exhibit

Brooke Marshall October 6, 2010

Students currently taking ART 380, art museum practices, organized a new art exhibit opening tonight in the Sella-Granata Art Gallery in Woods Hall.             The exhibit is called Depth...

DIY cassette culture viable to some in Tuscaloosa

Morgan Dowdy October 5, 2010

Milton Ragsdale, one-half of local experimental trans-genre duo Them Natives, recently handed me a copy of the group’s latest project. It’s a handheld box, a lightweight slab, hard-plastic and rectangular...

McNair scholar displays art in Ferg gallery

Stephanie Brumfield October 5, 2010

After months of research, McNair scholar and art major Patricia Davis will show a series of mixed-media prints in the Ferguson Center Art Gallery. The exhibit, titled “INVASION — Representations of...

Moundville Festival, a jewel in your backyard

Moundville Festival, a jewel in your backyard

Alex Cohen October 5, 2010

Should Alabamians be jealous of Egyptians? Archaeology buffs might say yes.  After all, the Great Pyramid of Giza, the only one of the seven wonders of the ancient world still standing, is in their backyard....

Making a house (party) a home

Karissa Bursch October 3, 2010

The college party lifestyle is usually associated with American Pie-esque stories; hundreds of people crammed into a house, live bands playing in dining rooms, kegs scattered in backyards and lots of hangovers...

ComicKaze serves up laughs

Stephanie Brumfield October 3, 2010

Those in need of a mid-week laugh and a break from studying for mid-terms can go to Little Willie’s Tuesday night at 9 p.m. and join the stand-up comedians of ComicKaze. The ComicKaze comedians, whose...

Draper named Miss Sorority Row

SoRelle Wyckoff October 3, 2010

On Friday night at the Bama Theatre, the crowd was buzzing. Girls sat with their sororities, many carrying signs of support for their representative in the third annual Miss Sorority Row pageant. First...

Discovery Series offers eclectic classes

Discovery Series offers eclectic classes

Brooke Marshall October 3, 2010

Students can learn certain skills they may not find in regular college classes by participating in the Discovery Series at the Ferguson Center. The Discovery Series offers several non-credit, low-rate...