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Air show draws big crowds over weekend

Air show draws big crowds over weekend

Taylor Holland April 1, 2012

More than 75,000 spectators flocked to Tuscaloosa Regional Airport Saturday and Sunday to watch the U.S. Navy Blue Angels and other aircraft perform in the city for the third time in the last four years....

Former Tide player helps abused children

Jessica Ruffin April 1, 2012

Imagine a little girl who thinks nobody in the world wants her. A little girl whose father throws her against a wall and would choose drugs over her. A little girl whose mother isn’t there anymore because...

HCA helps clear hiking trail in Lake Lurleen state park

HCA helps clear hiking trail in Lake Lurleen state park

Mazie Bryant April 1, 2012

Even as every day seems hotter than the one before, 15 members of the Honors College Assembly endured the heat Saturday to cut out a new hiking and biking trail at Lake Lurleen State Park. The West Alabama...

UA Relay for Life raises $32,000

Eric Yaron April 1, 2012

The American Cancer Society and the University of Alabama hosted Relay for Life on Saturday at the University soccer fields. The organizers and participants succeeded in raising more than $32,000 out of...

PixelCon

PixelCon

Nathan Proctor April 1, 2012

Gamers, cosplayers and masses of self-proclaimed nerds flooded the Ferguson Center Saturday for the third-annual PixelCon, a gaming convention put on by UA’s ABXY Gaming Network. PixelCon Live! kicked...

Moon-bouncing used as fundraiser

Moon-bouncing used as fundraiser

Brett Saunders April 1, 2012

Eight Alabama students broke the Guinness Book of World Records longest continuous time moon-bouncing this weekend at the Tuscaloosa Air Show. By rotating in 15-minute intervals, the group jumped throughout...

Sunday sales effect minor but positive

Sunday sales effect minor but positive

Melissa Brown April 1, 2012

It’s been a little more than a year since Tuscaloosa residents voted to legalize Sunday alcohol sales, and University of Alabama students and Tuscaloosa businesses still view it as a positive, but not...

Chancellor to search, select, oversee president

Tray Smith April 1, 2012

Among Robert Witt’s first duties as the new chancellor of the University of Alabama System will be recommending a replacement for himself as president of the University of Alabama. The chancellor is...

Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity returns to campus

Caroline Collins April 1, 2012

An international fraternity is hoping to add to the UA greek system this year by reactivating their Tuscaloosa chapter. The returning fraternity, Sigma Alpha Mu, already has an established group of members...

Light rain floods campus

Wesley Vaughn March 29, 2012

Courtesy of The Capstonian (RIP) The University of Alabama campus was flooded last week during a light rain. Pools of water on sidewalks and streets made walking a living nightmare for students, leaving...

Strip Waffle House finalist for culinary award

Strip Waffle House finalist for culinary award

Alex Cohen March 29, 2012

The James Beard Foundation — the national authority on all things culinary — recently announced their awards’ finalists for 2012. The state of Alabama was well represented on the list, garnering...

Study shows Auburn students majority of CW readers

Study shows Auburn students majority of CW readers

Stephen N. Dethrage March 29, 2012

A recent study shows that students at Auburn University make up, by far, the largest portion of the readers of The Crimson White. Studies investigating CW readership that began last year following Rosa...