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Tide to visit Obama

Tide to visit Obama

CW Staff April 17, 2012

The BCS National Champion Alabama Crimson Tide will travel to the White House Thursday in celebration of the team’s 14th national championship and successful 2011-2012 season. President Barack Obama...

Holocaust survivor tells his story

Holocaust survivor tells his story

Melissa Brown April 17, 2012

Though Max Herzel has been telling the story for more than a decade, he’s still not comfortable with it. “I feel like I have to,” Herzel said. “There is an inner voice that tells me to do it,...

Sororities to compete in Sigma Chi Derby Days revival

Sororities to compete in Sigma Chi Derby Days revival

Mazie Bryant April 17, 2012

After instating a two-year hiatus, the University of Alabama chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity will revive its philanthropic Derby Days competition between sororities this week. In 2010, the members...

Study: Melanoma linked to tanning

Jasmine Cannon April 17, 2012

The number of melanoma cases in young adults has risen over the years, and health professionals say tanning-bed use is one of the main contributing factors. USA Today recently reported on this issue with...

University students ‘Cover the Night’ for Kony 2012

Rich Robinson April 17, 2012

More than 100 million people have watched the Kony 2012 video on YouTube and Vimeo since it was posted on March 5. Invisible Children, the group behind the video, has urged its supporters to take to the...

Animals aided by social media

Animals aided by social media

Mazie Bryant April 16, 2012

When Shannon Walker devoted her home to the care of 14 dogs, she never wondered what would happen if she found herself without one. Last April, Walker raced home from vaccinating animals at the Bibb County...

Good Samaritan Clinic holds 'Spring into Good Health'

Good Samaritan Clinic holds ‘Spring into Good Health’

Ashanka Kumari April 16, 2012

The Good Samaritan Clinic in Northport is looking for volunteers to help with and set up their own entertainment booths at the clinic’s next community fundraiser. “Spring into Good Health,” the...

Saban and Croyle address students on character

Saban and Croyle address students on character

Adrienne Burch April 16, 2012

Speakers at the first annual Coaching Character Initiative drew from personal experiences to teach students about the Capstone Creed and how they should work to better practice what it says. Featured...

Bo Jackson to travel state with stars

Bo Jackson to travel state with stars

Judah Martin April 16, 2012

Former Auburn University running back and 1985 Heisman trophy winner Bo Jackson plans to ride 300 miles across the state of Alabama on a Trek Bicycle in an effort to raise $1 million to benefit Gov. Robert...

Campus demolitions approved by board

Tray Smith April 16, 2012

The UA System Board of Trustees approved demolitions of four buildings and discussed a bill in the state legislature that would split the system last week in Huntsville. Rep. John Rogers, D-Birmingham,...

Football players take to paintball for charity

Rich Robinson April 16, 2012

It’s not every day you get to see the 6-foot-4, 350-pound Terrence Cody rolling on the ground, dodging paintball rounds. But for the crowd assembled at the Splatzone Paintball Field in Cottondale on...

WRC to host ‘Take Back the Night’

Adrienne Burch April 16, 2012

The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center will host “Take Back the Night,” an international rally aimed to support the end of violence against women, tonight at 6 p.m. on the Ferguson Plaza....