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All content by Heather Lightsey

Students wait to seek dental care at home

Heather Lightsey January 18, 2012

When students at the University of Alabama need access to medical care, they go to the Student Health Center on campus. However, students seeking dental care while in Tuscaloosa might not find it so easy....

On-campus jobs help students get by

Heather Lightsey November 17, 2011

With the economy in a bind, many students at the University of Alabama are on the prowl for a convenient, student-oriented job on campus. Through various forms of job-hunting, some students have found...

Project Rebound helps tornado victims

Heather Lightsey November 17, 2011

Since an EF-4 tornado tore through Tuscaloosa in late April, many different organizations devoted to mental health and counseling have brought chapters to the Tuscaloosa community. One such organization,...

Project Rebound helps tornado victims

Heather Lightsey November 17, 2011

Since an EF-4 tornado tore through Tuscaloosa in late April, many different organizations devoted to mental health and counseling have brought chapters to the Tuscaloosa community. One such organization,...

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...

SGA launches Finish in Four campaign through DegreeWorks

Heather Lightsey November 2, 2011

Together with University officials, the University of Alabama SGA has launched its new Finish in Four campaign. Finish in Four works with DegreeWorks, UA’s academic planning tool, to help students prepare...

Students turn class project into relief

Heather Lightsey November 1, 2011

A group of students from The University of Alabama have organized a relief concert tonight at Rounders to benefit the Tuscaloosa Disaster Relief Fund. The concert, titled “Relief at Rounders,” will...

Volunteer opportunities still available in Tuscaloosa

Heather Lightsey October 25, 2011

Six months after an EF4 tornado swept through Tuscaloosa and surrounding areas, local charities and volunteer efforts still need help. While many organizations were bombarded with generous donations of...

Past homecomings include elephants, conga lines

Past homecomings include elephants, conga lines

Heather Lightsey October 5, 2011

Since the University of Alabama held its first official homecoming game in 1920, it has become a celebration rich in tradition, much like the rest of the University. Now, the University is working on its...

ROTC program provides leadership opportunities for UA students

ROTC program provides leadership opportunities for UA students

Heather Lightsey September 14, 2011

Through a maturing process four years long, the University of Alabama’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) has been helping young men and women prepare to be officers in the military for over...

UA Ambassadors of the College of Engineering

Heather Lightsey September 8, 2011

The University of Alabama has recently chosen 18 students to represent the college as 2011-2012 Ambassadors of the College of Engineering. The ACEs, a program that was established in 1996, is a student...

Forget Us Not Tuscaloosa creates volunteer program

Heather Lightsey August 31, 2011

After an EF4 tornado devastated areas of West Alabama in late April, Tuscaloosa News reporter Chase Goodbread created a Facebook group to raise long-term volunteerism for Tuscaloosa tornado relief. The...

Program helps veterans adjust to college life

Heather Lightsey August 29, 2011

Adjusting from life as a soldier to life as a college student can be a difficult process for many veterans. That’s why the University of Alabama is working with the Tuscaloosa Veterans Affairs Medical...

Greek Relief continues

Heather Lightsey August 24, 2011

More than three months after banding together to help with the relief effort and serving thousands of hot meals to the April 27 tornado’s victims, some members of the UA greek community has plans to...

Delta Tau Delta to host Greeks on Relief concert

Heather Lightsey April 25, 2011

    In response to the recent natural disasters that occurred in Japan, the University’s chapter of Delta Tau Delta is set to host a Greeks on Relief concert at Rounders on Tuesday night. All proceeds...