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The ‘New Normal’ is going to take time to get used to. Just ask these students.

The ‘New Normal’ is going to take time to get used to. Just ask these students.

Kaddyja Jallow, Contributing Writer November 4, 2020

First came social gatherings. Then came game days and spring break. Nearly three months into the fall semester, some students are struggling to adjust to not-so-new restrictions. The transition has...

Courtesy of UA Vote Everywhere

‘All sorts of roadblocks’: Meet the organizers working to register their fellow students to vote

Connor Todd | @ce_todd, Contributing Writer November 1, 2020
A team of students from Vote Everywhere are on the job this fall, coaching students through the registration and absentee ballot process. But they say statewide changes could make their jobs—and voting in general—much easier.
CW / Brylane Hay

One Million Workers: The unsung heroes of Election Day

Lindsey Wilkinson | @lululindsey11, Contributing Writer November 1, 2020
Election Day never seems to go quite as smoothly as voters may hope. From broken pens and butchered ballots to clogged machines, poll workers are always there to help with a patient smile.
CW / Clifton Enlers

‘I want no part in their election’: Why some Alabama students won’t bother voting

Annabelle Blomeley, Staff Reporter November 1, 2020
Why vote blue in a saturated red state? Why bother going to the polls at all to vote for someone you don't even like? For a few UA students, frustrations with the political system are enough to drive them away from the polls.
CW / Davida Franklin

Clarence the Friendly Ghost: Finding the spooky side of Reese Phifer

Heather Gann, Contributing Writer October 31, 2020

Reese Phifer Hall, with its trademark dome and a terrace perfect for people-watching, distinguishes itself from neighboring buildings with more than its architectural features. It’s also the only non-residence...

Culture Picks | Alabama musical acts to put on your next playlist

Culture Picks | Alabama musical acts to put on your next playlist

Libby Foster | @libithafoster, Contributing Writer October 28, 2020
Listen local. These three Alabama musical acts could very well be the next big thing, so you might as well get in on the ground floor. Their styles range from the bombastic to the understated, but each of them make Alabama proud in their own way.
Mozart in Masks: UA Opera soars into a new semester

Mozart in Masks: UA Opera soars into a new semester

Jeffrey Kelly | @jeffkellyjr, Assistant Culture Editor October 25, 2020
UA Opera Theatre said hello and much more to the new year last week. A performance from opera students sampled collaborations between Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte, putting together a program that welcomed listeners back to the world of live performance.
‘Something that matters’: UA students pitch in on hurricane recovery

‘Something that matters’: UA students pitch in on hurricane recovery

Lindsey Wilkinson | @lululindsey11, Contributing Writer October 25, 2020
UA students have been pitching in as the Daphne, Alabama, community recovers from Hurricane Sally. Two trips made by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints sent students south in an effort to lend a hand. Students deemed the trip “magical” and uniting. “You give a lot but you get so much in return,” one sophomore said.
Courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes

Review | ‘Emily in Paris’ is not a good look for Paris

Annabelle Blomeley, Staff Reporter October 25, 2020
If you liked “The Devil Wears Prada,” but wished it were bad, we have a recommendation for you. Nothing ever seems to happen in “Emily in Paris,” but when things do happen, they make very little sense.
Q&A: Dwayne Bryant talks Breonna Taylor, moving forward

Q&A: Dwayne Bryant talks Breonna Taylor, moving forward

Austin Hannon, Contributing Writer October 21, 2020

Seven months ago, Louisville police officers used a battering ram to enter a woman’s apartment. Her name was Breonna Taylor. The police were serving a warrant as part of a drug investigation in which...

How freshmen are adapting to a new kind of campus life

How freshmen are adapting to a new kind of campus life

Madison Hullett, Contributing Writer October 21, 2020

For some, “the freshman experience” might mean living in on-campus housing or sitting in the upper bowl at football games, while for others, it might mean being independent and having to do laundry...

Photo courtesy of Rebecca Johnson

Moundville’s Native American Festival goes virtual

Tucker Legerski | @TuckerLegerski, Contributing Writer October 21, 2020

About 20 minutes south of Tuscaloosa are a set of ancient, giant mounds within a park surrounded by shrubs and trees. There is a path, a nature trail, a campground and swaths of grassland space between...