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Alabama voters gear up for primaries

Grace Schepis | @GraceSchepisCW, Staff Reporter February 17, 2020
As the Alabama primary election nears, organizations around campus remind students that it is not too soon to start thinking about voting.
Beyond the data: Are sexual assaults under-reported on campus?

Beyond the data: Are sexual assaults under-reported on campus?

In recent years, the world has been reminded of the ever-present issue of sexual assault due to the misconduct of several Hollywood figures and the rise of the #MeToo movement. However, for every celebrity’s story, there are several that go untold.
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BREAKING: Myron Pope named vice president for student life

Rebecca Griesbach, News Editor February 14, 2020
This position will be a homecoming for Pope, who earned a Bachelor of Arts in history and a Master of Arts and Doctorate of Education in higher education administration from the University of Alabama.
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Q&A with an expert communicator: How to be a better partner

Tucker Legerski | @TuckerLegerski, Contributing Writer February 13, 2020
What makes a good communicator? We asked assistant professor of communications studies, Josh Pederson, to find out.
Ahead of legislation push, in-state students share sex-ed stories

Ahead of legislation push, in-state students share sex-ed stories

Landon Nichols grew up learning a faith-based version of sex education in his Selma private school, where students were taught an abstinence-only curriculum in a program covertly called “CHANGES.”  Nichols...

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Abortion-rights advocates: ‘Abortion is part of sexual health care’

Jessa Reid Bolling | @jr_bolling, Assistant News Editor February 13, 2020

For years, the state of Alabama has been a hotbed of disagreement on the issue of abortion, especially in the wake of last year’s attempted abortion ban.  The ban, named House Bill 314, or the “Human...

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Plan to go: SGA environmental council hosts Green Week

Rebecca Griesbach | @rebach97, News Editor February 11, 2020

Who is hosting the events? The Student Government Association's (SGA) Environmental Council is hosting Green Week throughout the week of Feb. 10. Green Week kicked off with a keynote speaker on Monday...

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SGA to increase pay for all but chief justice, speaker of the Senate

The Student Government Association (SGA) approved an overall decrease to a new pay scale stipend on Thursday, Feb. 6., but that decrease won’t affect the executive cabinet, who will each see minor raises...

Scratch-offs for schools: What a state lottery could do for Alabama

Scratch-offs for schools: What a state lottery could do for Alabama

Grace Schepis | @GraceSchepisCW, Staff Reporter February 6, 2020

Alabama legislators have toyed with the idea of a legalized lottery since the state’s constitution outlawed it in 1901. Ever since, legislation has been proposed and disposed with the fear that it would...

CW / Madison Ely

Black History Month program kicks off with panel, campus dialogues

In light of the upcoming 2020 election, this year’s Black History Month (BHM) programming is aptly themed, “African Americans and the Vote.” University groups officially kicked off BHM programming...

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Former professor returns to lead transportation institute

and Keely Brewer | @keelykbrewer February 3, 2020
Allen Parrish is returning to The University of Alabama on Feb. 17 to serve as executive director of the Alabama Transportation Institute.
More than 14,000 cases of the coronavirus have been reported, with only about 150 occurring outside of China. Photo courtesy of the CDC

Chinese students discuss coronavirus’ impact

Andrew Littlejohn | @Andrewlittlej19, Contributing Writer February 3, 2020

Jiaxuan Zhang, a junior majoring in creative media and communication studies, is an international student from China. He hails from Yan'an, a city in the province of Shaanxi with a population of about...