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Culture Picks | Easy listening to manifest an easy semester

Culture Picks | Easy listening to manifest an easy semester

Culture Desk January 20, 2021
After the whirlwind of 2020, we won't even ask that 2021 be our best year yet. In fact, we'll settle for a chill, unremarkable year, if that's the best we can get. Try out the culture desk's playlist meant to summon easy living as 2021 progresses.
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Review | Need to get in the holiday spirit? Try ‘Holiday Home Makeover with Mr. Christmas’

Annabelle Blomeley, Staff Reporter December 24, 2020

I’m a simple woman. I love Christmas; I love home renovation shows and I always have the overwhelming desire to DIY something fun. So when I saw “Holiday Home Makeover with Mr. Christmas” on my Netflix...

Pet Pageant project provides meals to children

Pet Pageant project provides meals to children

Heather Gann, Contributing Writer December 18, 2020

In early November, UA professor Susan Daria’s public relations, concepting and implementation class partnered with Alabama Credit Union’s Secret Meals for Hungry Children program to host Paw-Parazzi,...

Review | Really, Morgan Wallen? Is that what you call an apology?

Review | Really, Morgan Wallen? Is that what you call an apology?

Annabelle Blomeley, Staff Reporter December 7, 2020

I think we all remember the Morgan Wallen scandal from this past October, particularly because this was the first time many of us had ever heard of him.  If you need a refresher, Morgan Wallen is a...

'Much to be done': How Caitlyn McTier and DEI are trying to make up for lost time

‘Much to be done’: How Caitlyn McTier and DEI are trying to make up for lost time

Vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion is a fairly new position in the Student Government Association. Its current occupant, Caitlyn McTier, knows SGA is far from perfect. But she won't let that stop her from giving the job her best shot.
Meet the student leaders building community among grad students

Meet the student leaders building community among grad students

Graduate students are sprinkled all around campus, across departments and jobs and classes. That spread makes for variety and diversity of interests among grad students—but it also makes it difficult for them to organize. These Graduate Student Union leaders are doing what they can to bridge the gaps among them.
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‘Open arms’: IDC staff have high hopes for its new home

Autumn Taylor, Contributing Writer December 3, 2020
The Intercultural Diversity Center (IDC) was a big win for student activists in 2016. But in the four years since its inception, the IDC has been tucked away in Riverside, far from the foot traffic of most possible visitors. But now, as the IDC makes a new home at the Ferguson Center, students and officials alike are optimistic about what's on the horizon.
How some UA alums are working for greater diversity in student media

How some UA alums are working for greater diversity in student media

Rachel Parker, Contributing Writer December 2, 2020
As only the second Black editor-in-chief of The Crimson White, Victor Luckerson learned right away how difficult it could be to work in a predominately white newsroom. Now Luckerson and other student media alums are working to alleviate that pressure for current students.
Why students’ pass/fail wishes weren’t granted this fall

Why students’ pass/fail wishes weren’t granted this fall

Monica Nakashima and Tessa Worley, Contributing Writers November 30, 2020

With the semester drawing to a close, UA students are reflecting on how this fall has challenged them.  One thing that has been especially difficult for some students to adjust to was online and hybrid...

The show must go on: How UA Theatre and Dance is ‘making a way out of no way’

The show must go on: How UA Theatre and Dance is ‘making a way out of no way’

Claire Yates, Contributing Writer November 29, 2020

Aidan Nettles, a University of Alabama dance instructor, is passionate about the intense art of dance. But teaching through a pandemic has proven to be one of the biggest challenges of her career. COVID-19...

The pandemic has completely upended student life. But how are faculty doing?

The pandemic has completely upended student life. But how are faculty doing?

The best thing students can do to survive this school year is communicate. The instructors and professors who already struggle to get to know students in their classes are now faced with an even taller task: getting to know them through a screen.
Review | 'Derry Girls' is a hilarious trip back into time

Review | ‘Derry Girls’ is a hilarious trip back into time

Annabelle Blomeley, Staff Reporter November 18, 2020
If you need a ridiculous comedy to take your mind off, well, everything over the holidays, we have a suggestion. This Netflix comedy is a surefire way to inject a little nostalgia and lightheartedness into your binge-watching schedule.