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Pi Beta Phi wins $2,000 for literacy philanthropy

Jessica Ruffin February 16, 2012

Pi Beta Phi sorority won $2,000 for their literacy philanthropy, First Book, after participating in a Belk department store contest called Belk Sorority Challenge. The contest took place on Oct. 20, 2011,...

Campus-wide smoking ban not realistic for UA

Campus-wide smoking ban not realistic for UA

Adam Greene February 16, 2012

Some SGA officials are looking to put a ban on smoking on campus. They cite a variety of reasons, from health concerns to the nuisance of smoking to the fact that it is damaging to the paint of many of...

Author attacks American ideals

Jasmine Cannon February 16, 2012

George Kelley has written a book bringing more attention to last year’s tornado destruction across the country. His latest work was released last year and is titled “Ayn Rand Hates Tuscaloosa… (And...

Sophomore James Borland brings his voice to The Strip

Sophomore James Borland brings his voice to The Strip

Nathan Proctor February 16, 2012

It’s an old stereotype that any guy in college worth his salt can play the guitar. However, it is not every day that a student and his guitar become a fixture of The Strip asked to perform week after...

Power of pink

Power of pink

Marc Torrence February 16, 2012

The Alabama gymnastics team is usually only concerned with two colors: crimson and white. This week, though, they’re all about pink. No. 6 Alabama will host the No. 5 Arkansas Razorbacks for the Tide’s...

Newly-created Bama Memes page floods Facebook

Newly-created Bama Memes page floods Facebook

Jordan Cissell February 16, 2012

As of Wednesday night, the Bama Memes Facebook page had more than 2,000 “likes.” However, by the time this sentence hits your retina, this tally will surely be an underestimation of the true number...

Bentley focuses on jobs, education in address

Bentley focuses on jobs, education in address

Andy McWhorter February 16, 2012

Wayne Urban, associate director of the Education Policy Center at the University of Alabama, said the plan Gov. Robert Bentley presented in last week's State of the State speech for education policy might...

Bus service offers students access to downtown

Bus service offers students access to downtown

Briana Harris February 16, 2012

Starting tonight at 6 p.m., students won’t need a car to get from campus to downtown Tuscaloosa. Downtown Express is a new bus service that will transport students to and from campus and various downtown...

Alabama-Cuban Initiative celebrates 10 years

Rich Robinson February 16, 2012

A delegation of Alabama faculty traveled to Cuba last week to meet with academic collaborators in the island nation. The trip was part of the celebration of the 10th year anniversary of the Alabama-Cuban...

UA alumna Mignon Smith leaves philanthropic legacy

Melissa Brown February 15, 2012

Mignon Comer Smith, an Alabama philanthropist and heiress who established a scholarship foundation for Alabama high school students, died Friday at the age of 81. Smith, born in Birmingham in 1931, was...

Chi Omega to collect prom dresses

Caroline Collins February 15, 2012

Operation Prom Dress and Fashion, Inc., have teamed up to collect donated prom dresses to give to high school girls in the community that would not be able to afford them otherwise. For those who wish...