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Fresh sound, energy drive spring jazz concert

Fresh sound, energy drive spring jazz concert

Desi Gillespie, Staff Reporter April 23, 2019
The UA Jazz Standards Combo performed their spring concert this past week. The band reached beyond its traditional repertoire by adapting students’ modern favorites.
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Local Roots brings music festival to the community through Roots Fest

Kinsley Centers, Staff Reporter April 22, 2019
The Local Roots team is preparing to present the third annual Roots Fest, which will be held on Saturday, April 27, 2019. All are welcome at the free music festival, as Local Roots brings live music in celebration of Southern culture to the Tuscaloosa community.
Master's student Jahman Hill uses his performance skills and personal experiences with slam poetry to promote discussion.

Jahman Hill gives everything he has to poetry

Leah Goggins | @leahisonline, Staff Reporter April 22, 2019
As graduate student Jahman Hill looks toward the future, it’s hard to ignore what he’ll leave behind at The University of Alabama: a poetry festival, a successful student organization and a brand-new one-man show.
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

10 Year Column: When vampires had their heyday

Leah Goggins | @leahisonline, Staff Reporter April 19, 2019
“True Blood.” “The Vampire Diaries.” “Twilight.” How did we manage to keep up with so many pop culture vampires?
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The Splash Page: “Detective Comics” #1000 remembers what’s great about Batman

Samuel G. Reece, Staff Reporter April 19, 2019
In the world of DC Comics, there are infinite realities, each one humming to its own vibrational frequency.
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Visiting writer keeps it short

Leah Goggins | @leahisonline, Staff Reporter April 19, 2019
Visiting writer David Shields’s fragmented writing style manages both to distance him from the material and be painfully personal.
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Dorm hacks: fueling the mind with few appliances

Kinsley Centers, Contributing Writer April 18, 2019
Some students adjust to smaller kitchens provided by the University of Alabama residence halls to maintain their healthy diets. Freshmen share their favorite go-to meals and snacks that can be made with what few appliances they have in their dorm.
Alp Yeager, owner of Ruan Thai and a native of Bangkok, Thailand, is one of the many chefs and owners hailing from across the world who have made their homes and livelihoods here in town.

Tuscaloosa attracts restauranteurs from across the world

Desi Gillespie, Staff Reporter April 18, 2019
The Tuscaloosa restaurant scene has boomed as the city itself has grown over the last several years. Chefs and owners hailing anywhere from New York to Alabama and beyond have made their homes and livelihoods here in town.
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Bowlero, The Woolworth combine arcade fun and upscale eats

Leah Goggins | @leahisonline, Staff Reporter April 18, 2019
The crash of pins and whirring of bowling ball return machines may trigger memories of tepid beer and greasy junk food. Two new bowling alleys are looking to throw that image out the window.
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Movie Review: Hellboy demonstrates the dangers of a lack of creative freedom

Jared Ferguson, contributing writer April 16, 2019
n the 2000s, the comic book character known as Hellboy saw two film adaptations in an aborted franchise, and ten years later, the potential of a new franchise with this reboot is about as promising as Universal’s disastrous 2017 attempt with “The Mummy.”`
CW/ Keely Brewer

Photographers cash in on graduation season

Leah Goggins | @leahisonline, Staff Reporter April 15, 2019
Dead week is looming, flowers are blooming and across campus, seniors are donning their caps and gowns for one last photo as undergraduate students.
CW/ Keely Brewer

Autism Awareness Month brings focus to campuses

Desi Gillespie, Staff Reporter April 15, 2019
April is National Autism Awareness Month. Autistic students and UA-ACTS program director Dr. Megan Davis speak about their experiences with autism here at UA.