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Board approves several construction projects

William Evans November 5, 2010

The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama System met yesterday in Sellers Auditorium of the Bryant Conference Center to discuss resolutions pertaining to the UA System. The Board passed a resolution...

SGA resolutions honor students, alumni

Jasmine Cannon November 5, 2010

The SGA discussed Financial Affairs Committee allocations Thursday night, voting to approve all allocations. The FAC added a new “eligible” column on the allocations spreadsheet. Mark-David Kennedy,...

Cyclists have a foldable alternative through Green Zone Bikes

Anna Kate Delevan November 5, 2010

Students and travelers now have an alternative to leaving a bicycle out in the rain or chaining it outside of a building. Green Zone Bikes, a company in Houston, TX specializes in bicycles that are easily...

Advocates push for Ala. midwifery legislation

Amanda Sams November 4, 2010

Bear Bryant was delivered by a midwife before the state of Alabama stopped issuing licenses for midwives in the 1980s, according to Ballie Schantz, a member of a group on campus raising money to legalize...

Sororities to acquire four new houses

Sororities to acquire four new houses

William Evans November 4, 2010

The UA system board of trustees approved a Stage I resolution to build new housing for the sororities Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Gamma Delta, Delta Delta Delta and Delta Gamma, Thursday. As the separate resolutions...

Rice: 'Racist' an overused word

Rice: ‘Racist’ an overused word

Taylor Holland November 4, 2010

?????Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice returned to her childhood home of Tuscaloosa Thursday to discuss her latest memoir, “Extraordinary, Ordinary People” in the Ferguson Center Theater....

Pageant comes to Tuscaloosa

Pageant comes to Tuscaloosa

SoRelle Wyckoff November 4, 2010

Forty-three years ago, a junior from the University of Alabama took the stage at the Miss Universe pageant and won. Nominated by older girls in her sorority, Sylvia Hitchcock borrowed a gown, put on a...

Bama Buddies provides stuffed animals for children

Melissa Brown November 4, 2010

The SOURCE is bringing back a program to provide Tuscaloosa children with new stuffed animals. According to an October SOURCE newsletter, the Bama Buddies program is an initiative to benefit the community...

UA looks to raise admission standards

Bethany Blair November 4, 2010

Within the next five years, the University will focus on improving quality, not quantity, President Robert Witt said in an Oct. 22 interview with The Crimson White. “I think The University of Alabama...

Garden project promotes local produce

Brittney Knox November 4, 2010

The Druid City Garden Project seeks to build community through food and to increase access to fresh, locally grown produce, Rashmi Becker Grace, one of the founders of the project, said. The project began...

Tuscaloosa’s small town charm survives

Amanda Sams November 4, 2010

Stately oaks, with their knotted trunks and sweeping branches, have offered shady hospitality along the avenues of Tuscaloosa’s historic district for over a century. These trees are gracefully reminiscent...

Students call AlcoholEdu effective tool

Joseph Weber November 4, 2010

The University offers a web-based alcohol prevention program required for all freshmen, as is common for universities across the nation. The course is also mandatory for incoming transfer students. The...