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Students honor soldiers through Operation Gratitude

Jessica Cheek April 13, 2010

Freshman Forum is hosting a charity drive for currently deployed troops this week as part of UA Operation Gratitude. The organization is collecting items for care packages that will be sent to soldiers...

SGA Senate seeks technological assistant

Patty Vaughan April 13, 2010

With a new director in charge of technology, the SGA wants the senate meetings to be more accessible to students – C-SPAN-style. SGA spokeswoman Katie Breaseale said the new assistant director is an...

Free Enterprise team wins regional competition

Jennie Kushner April 13, 2010

The University’s Students in Free Enterprise team won the 2010 regional championship at the SIFE USA competition in Atlanta for the fourth consecutive year. Five members founded the team in 2005, and...

Are you buying the erogogenic ads?

CW Staff April 13, 2010

By JoLee Seaborn Thousands of supplements are available that promise to increase athletic performance, strength, muscle mass and speed. These are called ergogenic aids or work-enhancing aids. Most ergogenic...

Campus programs promote 30-Day Tobacco Free Challenge

Brittney Knox April 13, 2010

During the month of April, the Office of Health Promotion and Wellness is urging students, faculty and staff to participate in the 30-Day Tobacco Free Challenge, asking them to consider quitting smoking....

Refugee speaks to students

William Evans April 13, 2010

The African interest club Apwonjo, meaning “I teach” in the African language Luo, hosted El-Fadel Arbab, a survivor of the Darfur genocide, to speak in Gallalee Hall Wednesday. Apwonjo first presented...

Time capsule opened at Smith Hall

Time capsule opened at Smith Hall

Drew Taylor April 11, 2010

A small but anxious crowd gathered on the second floor of Smith Hall around a small metal box, a time capsule that hadn’t been opened since May 28, 1907, buried underneath the cornerstone of the building....

Announcements for 4/12/2010

CW Staff April 11, 2010

Jefferson Avenue closing for construction The entrance of Jefferson Avenue from University Boulevard will be closed starting today for the construction of the Alpha Tau Omega New Chapter House. The public...

Alabama sees population decline in some rural areas

Brittney Knox April 11, 2010

The population is shifting in certain parts of the state, and it’s not all for the good, according to a report released by the Alabama State Data Center. “The population is changing in different ways,...

Indy roars into Alabama

Alan Blinder April 11, 2010

LEEDS – In a sea of black and red, the electric green stood out. People flocked to the tractor trailer sporting the color. They marveled. They stared. They snapped photos. They crowded around the ropes...

Spectrum to host Week of Silence events

Taylor Holland April 11, 2010

In an effort to raise awareness of both the range of sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions that exist not only across campus but nationwide, Capstone Alliance and the UA Safe Zone...

Students walk barefoot for a cause

Students walk barefoot for a cause

Lindsey Shelton April 8, 2010

More than a quarter of a million people went barefoot on Thursday, according to an e-mail sent out by TOMS Shoes. A little over 40 UA students walked barefoot on the Quad to show their support for the...