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Michele Coley empowers the next generation of business owners

Olivia Davis, Contributing Writer June 20, 2019
Michele Coley, owner of a Tuscaloosa Allstate agency, shows that “finding your voice” in the chaotic business world can be the key to success
Exhibit showcases the history of Alabama

Exhibit showcases the history of Alabama

Kinsley Centers, Contributing Writer June 13, 2019

Alabama’s bicentennial celebration continues as the exhibit Of This Goodly Land shows the history of the state at the Gayle Gorgas Library here on campus. The exhibit is displayed in the Pearce foyers...

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The Birth and Death of Superman: “Doomsday Clock,” hope and a visit to Cleveland

Samuel G. Reece, Contributing Writer June 11, 2019
The Cleveland home of Superman’s co-creator, and a new issue of DC Comics’ “Doomsday Clock,” reveals the hope that the Man of Steel inspires.
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‘Rocketman’ succeeds where ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ failed

Leah Goggins | @leahisonline, Assistant Culture Editor June 10, 2019
Dexter Fletcher dives headfirst into camp for his delightfully overindulgent Elton John jukebox bio-musical.
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Civil rights history organization opens trail

Desi Gillespie, Staff Reporter April 25, 2019
Guidebooks are now available for the Tuscaloosa Civil Rights History Trail, which leads walkers to 18 stops around the downtown area. The Tuscaloosa Civil Rights History Task Force has developed the trail and informational pamphlets.
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Culture Year in Review

April 25, 2019

University offers community support after shooting Desi Gillespie, Staff Reporter Nearly a month after the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, Jewish students and UA faculty reflect on...

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.
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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.