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Tuscaloosa airport set to expand

Tuscaloosa airport set to expand

Jennie Kushner September 16, 2010

The Tuscaloosa Regional Airport will break ground on a $1 million taxiway extension next week, helping to accommodate game day travelers. The grant was awarded to the city-owned airport by the Airport...

Citizens, students protest mine

Citizens, students protest mine

William Evans September 16, 2010

The exhausting heat did not stall students and concerned citizens from protesting a strip mine to be potentially located near the Black Warrior River in Birmingham. The University owns most of the property...

Students protest proposed strip mine

Amanda Sams September 15, 2010

Correction: In the original version of this story, Mallory Flowers was incorrectly quoted as saying the strip mine land could be leased, not sold, by the University. She also did not say Birmingham Water...

Panel discusses quinceaneras, a woman’s coming of age

Cate Kennedy September 15, 2010

As a part of their celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, the Women’s Resource Center and the Tau Gamma chapter of the Sigma Lambda Gamma national sorority sponsored a panel discussion on the...

HERO, students team up to help citizens of Hale County

Sydney Holtzclaw September 15, 2010

Imagine waking up each day in a home that is literally falling apart with no running water and an empty pantry. For many people, this scene is one from a movie or possibly a mission trip, but for some...

New Buffalo Phil’s sees mixed reactions

Ethan Summers September 15, 2010

After a Buffalo Phil’s opened in Lakeside Dining Hall on Aug. 16, Kristina Hopton-Jones, director of University dining services, said Dining Services has received positive feedback from students. “The...

Multicultural greeks aim for diversity

Sydney Holtzclaw September 15, 2010

Twenty-six percent of the University’s undergraduate students are involved in one of the 48 greek organizations on campus, according to the Office of Greek Affairs. While this may be considered common...

Lt. gov. candidate Ivey looks to control spending

Ethan Summers September 15, 2010

Kay Ivey, the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, came to Tuscaloosa on Wednesday with a message of self-control for the state of Alabama. She and other candidates came to Tuscaloosa to meet...

UA professors do anemone research

Anna Kate Delevan September 15, 2010

Matthew Jenny, assistant professor of biological science at the University, and his partner, Ann Tarrant, from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, will begin research on the effects...

New cell phone security system works to keep students safe

Melissa Brown September 15, 2010

The University of Alabama Police Department and the Student Government Association have entered the digital age this semester with the start of a new cell phone security program. Rave Guardian, which...

New teleforum a success

Ethan Summers September 15, 2010

The University now boasts a teleforum, a newly tested tool used to communicate with the student body. The teleforum, a kind of call-in radio show tailored to students, is focused on specific events. The...

Fundraiser aims to help former UA star

Taylor Holland September 15, 2010

The undergraduate members of the Omega Phi Psi fraternity are doing all they can to help former Alabama basketball player Mikhail Torrance with his recovery from a coma. Torrance, who was in the fraternity...