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Snakes with big hearts may help yours

Snakes with big hearts may help yours

Melissa Brown November 9, 2011

Research into the extreme growth of Burmese python hearts during digestion may be the foundation for new human heart disease treatments, according to a recent Science Magazine article co-authored by University...

Alabama student finalist in Front Row College fashion show

Alabama student finalist in Front Row College fashion show

Katrina Sharpe November 9, 2011

Abigail Hardin, an Alabama senior majoring in apparel and textiles, is bringing New York all the way to Tuscaloosa. The Loft will present the Marie Claire Front Row College Challenge fashion show, sponsored...

UA students chosen to pose in Playboy's Girls of the SEC edition

UA students chosen to pose in Playboy’s Girls of the SEC edition

Stephen Walker November 9, 2011

Each fall, as college football players in the Southeast put on their pads and walk out into the bright lights of a Saturday night football stadium, the teams of the Southeastern Conference are out to make...

Minority students perform better under minority professors, study shows

Minority students perform better under minority professors, study shows

Heather Lightsey November 9, 2011

A new study shows that minority students perform better academically under minority professors. In a working paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research, researchers found that minority students...

Culverhouse Business launches Executive Business Council

Elizabeth Manning November 9, 2011

The Culverhouse Business School recently launched the Executive Business Council, or EBC, comprised of students in the college appointed by Dean J. Michael Hardin. The council serves to foster growth in...

Print Edition – November 9, 2011

Tyler Crompton November 9, 2011

Open publication - Free publishing - More 11.9.11

Friday marks application deadline

Jordan Cissell November 9, 2011

University students who would rather serve a feast than eat one over the upcoming holiday season need to act quickly. The application deadline for participation in the Community Service Center’s Alternative...

Where did Occupy Wall Street movement originate?

Where did Occupy Wall Street movement originate?

Rich Robinson November 8, 2011

As the Occupy Wall Street movement enters November, many around campus, and even the country, do not seem to fully understand it. However, some Alabama students, including Lucie Enns, a senior majoring...

Campus heartbreaking Saturday

Jamie Blizard Johnson November 8, 2011

As my husband and I walked to the Quad on Saturday morning before the LSU game, we were appalled at the amount of empty beer boxes and cans that were littering campus. From mounds of trash in front of...

Ignite UA develops freshmen

Lis Garcia November 8, 2011

Freshmen, check your college résumé. Do you have any noteworthy college activities listed yet? If not, there’s still time to get involved this year. First Year Experience has just opened the doors...

Slow entry to Bryant-Denny frustrates students

Slow entry to Bryant-Denny frustrates students

Melissa Brown November 8, 2011

UA students planning to spend last Friday night in front of Bryant-Denny’s student gates were prohibited from doing so by a University email sent Friday afternoon.   “UAPD and the entire campus...

UA student gets credit for becoming involved in protest

UA student gets credit for becoming involved in protest

Rich Robinson November 8, 2011

While many UA students watch the Occupy Wall Street protests from afar, one has jumped onto its front lines and is receiving class credit for doing so. Henry Perkins, a junior in New College, has been...