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UA temporarily disables vaccine reporting tool

UA temporarily disables vaccine reporting tool

Isabel Hope, Assistant News Editor October 25, 2021

The University of Alabama has temporarily removed the online vaccine reporting tool that students, faculty and staff use to self-report their COVID-19 vaccinations. UA spokesperson Shane Dorrill said...

Gov. Ivey’s challenge to federal vaccine mandate will not change UA policy

Gov. Ivey’s challenge to federal vaccine mandate will not change UA policy

Zach Johnson | @ZachJohnsonCW, News Editor October 25, 2021

Governor Kay Ivey is seeking to curb the state’s compliance with President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal employees, including UA employees. On Monday, Ivey issued an executive order preventing...

The total 2022 SGA budget illustrated in a pie chart. The data is listed at the end of the article.

SGA budget totals $355,000 for 2022

Alex Gravlee, Contributing Writer October 24, 2021
The Student Government Association has approved a $355,730 operating budget for 2022.
COVID - 19 Update. The Crimson White.

How the COVID-19 dashboard has changed over the year

Ainsley Platt, Contributing Writer October 24, 2021
Since August 2020, the UA System COVID-19 Dashboard has been the primary source of information about the state of the virus across the UA System’s three campuses. 
SGA Recap. The Crimson White.

SGA supports mandatory bystander intervention training

Kayla Solino | @kaylasolino, Staff Reporter October 24, 2021
The Student Government Association Senate unanimously approved a resolution on Thursday calling for mandatory bystander intervention training for all freshmen. 
McLean Moore was named the 2021 homecoming queen on the steps of Gorgas Library on Oct. 22, 2021.

McLean Moore named homecoming queen

Kayla Solino | @kaylasolino, Staff Reporter October 22, 2021

McLean Moore was named the 2021 homecoming queen Friday night at the annual pep rally and bonfire on the Quad.  This year, 13,180 students — or about one-third of the student body — voted in the...

UA employees must be vaccinated by Dec. 8 following federal order

UA employees must be vaccinated by Dec. 8 following federal order

Keely Brewer | @keelykbrewer, Editor-in-Chief October 22, 2021

All University of Alabama employees must be vaccinated by Dec. 8 following President Joe Biden’s recently signed Executive Order 14042.  Biden’s order required all employees of federal contractors...

Crimson Coverage Oct. 21, 2021

Sneha Subramani, Newscast Host October 20, 2021

Crimson Coverage host Sneha Subramani brings you this week’s biggest stories from The Crimson White. Questions? Email the News desk at [email protected].

Archie Wade standing in front of Wade Hall, a campus building recently renamed after him.

Get to know the namesake of Wade Hall

Grace Schepis | @GraceSchepisCW, Staff Writer October 20, 2021
In 1964, a young Archie Wade left an Alabama football game at halftime because of targeted racial harassment in the student section. 
Between 2001 and 2021, the share of degree-seeking UA undergraduates who identify as Black fell by 29%. (“Two or more races” was introduced as a category in 2010.) Data is from demographic records (2021) and Common Data Set responses (1990-2010) obtained upon request from the University, as well as Common Data Set responses published on the UA Office of Institutional Research Assessment website (2011-2020).

As UA grows, Black enrollment lags

Jack Maurer | @JackMaurer10, Chief Copy Editor October 20, 2021
In the past 20 years, the number of degree-seeking undergraduates at the University has more than doubled. Yet the number of Black students in this group has risen by only 47%.
Faculty say critical race theory ban threatens academic freedom

Faculty say critical race theory ban threatens academic freedom

Zach Johnson | @ZachJohnsonCW, News Editor October 20, 2021

UA faculty discussed potential legislative threats to academic discussions of critical race theory on Tuesday.  Two prefiled bills in the Alabama legislature seek to punish professors and institutions...

Students vote in favor of election day holiday 

Students vote in favor of election day holiday 

Isabel Hope, Assistant News Editor October 19, 2021

Almost 13,000 UA students — or 98% of Tuesday’s voters — voted in favor of making federal election days a campus holiday.  The referendum on the homecoming ballot passed according to preliminary...