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Give a single damn

Katherine Owen April 16, 2014

Before I came to The University of Alabama, my choice of college had been between here, the University of Georgia and some fruity school in Minnesota that served a whole lot of granola in its cafeteria....

Winslett, Madden named new leaders of The Crimson White

Katherine Owen February 19, 2014

The University of Alabama Media Planning Board named Deanne Winslett, a junior majoring in journalism from Huntsville, as editor-in-chief and Keenan Madden, a junior majoring in marketing from Mobile,...

Horwitz files motion to continue case

Katherine Owen November 26, 2013

Kelly Horwitz, the contestant in the District 4 Board of Education election contest, filed a “Motion to Alter, Amend or Vacate” Monday, asking the court to “set aside” its Nov. 13 order dismissing...

Horwitz files to appeal court’s decision 2 days before deadline

Katherine Owen November 25, 2013

Kelly Horwitz filed a motion to “Alter, Amend or Vacate” with the circuit court of Tuscaloosa County Monday morning, asking the court to “set aside” its Nov. 13 order dismissing the election contest...

Court dismisses Horwitz contest

Katherine Owen November 14, 2013

Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court Judge James Roberts dismissed the District 4 Board of Education election contest between Kelly Horwitz and Cason Kirby, filing a final order Wednesday afternoon. According...

Court dismisses Board of Education election contest

Katherine Owen November 13, 2013

Please see our post updated for print here.

Sororities deny lawsuit involvement

Katherine Owen October 30, 2013

Following the withdrawal of several sororities from an official motion to intervene in the upcoming Board of Education election contest, two fraternities and a student have continued with the motion. ...

Students drop legal intervention in trial

Katherine Owen October 29, 2013

After several University of Alabama greek organizations filed with local attorney Robert Prince for legal intervention in the upcoming election contest between Kelly Horwitz and Cason Kirby, Prince said...

UA greek organizations, student file for legal intervention

Katherine Owen October 28, 2013

This post has been updated with quotes and new information. Please read the update here. In the election contest between Kelly Horwitz and Cason Kirby, five University of Alabama greek organizations...

Judge rules Horwitz case can proceed with presented evidence

Katherine Owen October 21, 2013

Kelly Horwitz will be allowed to continue with her case contesting 397 votes in the Aug. 27 District 4 Board of Education election. At least 392 of the votes being contested are student votes. Judge...

The numbers game: Final votes for BOE seat under review in official challenge

Katherine Owen October 15, 2013

The names of at least 392 students will be called out before Judge James Roberts Tuesday as 397 of the votes cast in the Tuscaloosa Municipal Election are reviewed in the Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa County...

Supreme Court justice speaks at UA

Supreme Court justice speaks at UA

Katherine Owen October 4, 2013

Students lined up early inside The University of Alabama School of Law Friday morning in anticipation of hearing this year’s Albritton Lecture Series speaker, Justice Elena Kagan of the U.S. Supreme...

Residents petition UA, local, state leaders

Katherine Owen September 17, 2013

A petition on Change.org has been organized, seeking the investigation of alleged voter fraud in the Aug. 27 Tuscaloosa elections, the prosecution of illegal actions and the discipline of University of...

Horwitz must present evidence in case

Katherine Owen September 10, 2013

Now that Kelly Horwitz has officially filed to contest the results of the Aug. 27 Board of Education elections for District 4, the hearing may not take more than a matter of days, said Bob McCurley, the...

Upcoming election sparks conversation

Upcoming election sparks conversation

Katherine Owen August 26, 2013

This year, signs touting district four Board of Education candidates spot the yards of University of Alabama students, many of whom were in a k-12 school system themselves only three or four years ago....

From Capstone to Cuba: UA students collaborate, tour with Cuban performers

From Capstone to Cuba: UA students collaborate, tour with Cuban performers

Katherine Owen July 3, 2013

University of Alabama students will be taking the stage in Tuscaloosa, New York City and Havana, Cuba, this summer with their production of “Alcestis Ascending.” The play, an adaptation of Euripides’...

Trustees approve campus expansion, additional programs

Katherine Owen June 19, 2013

The University of Alabama Board of Trustees unanimously approved a tuition increase for all three University of Alabama campuses in a meeting Friday. In-state students at the UA campus will see an increase...

UA Board of Trustees approves campus expansion, new programs, tuition increase

Katherine Owen June 14, 2013

The University of Alabama Board of Trustees unanimously approved a tuition increase for all three University of Alabama campuses in a meeting Friday. In-state students at the UA campus will see an increase...

UA Board of Trustees committee approves further construction

Katherine Owen June 13, 2013

?The University of Alabama Board of Trustees physical properties committee approved further action in the UA Sorority Expansion Master Plan at Thursday’s meeting. The entire board will vote on the actions...

UA system determines Jo Bonner’s new position salary

Katherine Owen June 12, 2013

U.S. Rep. Josiah “Jo” Bonner, R-Ala., will have a salary of $350,000 when he begins work with The University of Alabama System in the fall, Kellee Reinhart, vice chancellor of system relations, said....

Bonner hopes to impact UA campuses, state economics

Katherine Owen May 29, 2013

Following an announcement on May 23 about his plans to resign from his congressional office to take a position with The University of Alabama System, U.S. Rep. Josiah “Jo” Bonner, R-Ala., said he has...

Extremism still a factor for changing Bible Belt

Extremism still a factor for changing Bible Belt

Katherine Owen May 29, 2013

When Westboro Baptist Church members arrived in Tuscaloosa Saturday, May 18, the picketers came prepared with a message spouting hate and biblical warning. The church’s message, denouncing The University...

Education, literacy key to state health

Katherine Owen May 29, 2013

In a state where 1 in 4 adults is functionally illiterate, high rates of obesity, diabetes and hospitalization may not be as arbitrary as they seem. According to the National Adult Literacy survey by...

Study finds 10% of freshmen begin smoking in college

Katherine Owen April 8, 2013

As the freshman class enters The University of Alabama, about 6 percent will arrive as smokers. When they leave as graduates, 16 percent will walk away with the habit. That’s a three-fold increase in...

Senior teaches Zumba to local elementary students

Katherine Owen April 8, 2013

Students at four Tuscaloosa elementary and middle schools are getting a little shake, shimmy and slide added to their after-school program, thanks to University of Alabama student Lisa Brady. Brady, a...

Award-winning poet John Taggart to host reading, discuss music

Katherine Owen March 19, 2013

John Taggart raised his family in a household that included his wife, two daughters, one dog and one bathroom, but that isn’t why he got up early in the morning for years. It was to write. Taggart is...

DIY UA hosts 2nd ‘knitting party’ Thursday

Katherine Owen February 28, 2013

Following a successful turnout at their first Do-It-Yourself knitting party last semester, DIY UA, a Creative Campus project, will host a second event Thursday, Feb. 28. The gatherings are for old and...

Art collective ‘Raudelunas’ to close exhibition with concert

Katherine Owen January 30, 2013

The 70s art collective “Raudelunas” will be returning to The University of Alabama on Saturday, Feb. 2, to close out the Raudelunas Exposition in the Ferguson Center Gallery with a free concert. The...

Natural health food stores not common in Tuscaloosa

Katherine Owen December 6, 2012

The city of Tuscaloosa has 91,605 citizens and is rated one of the best cities in which to start and grow a business by Forbes and Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazines. However, it has just one natural...

Tuscaloosa offers variety of Gameday celebration locations

Katherine Owen October 26, 2012

Another successful victory by the Tide always calls for a celebration. When in Title Town, where post-football game celebrations go all out, deciding where to celebrate another victory can be difficult....

Musical examines brain tumor patient’s mindset

Katherine Owen October 25, 2012

The University of Alabama Department of Theatre and Dance will feature its first musical this season with “A New Brain,” beginning Monday, Oct. 29. The musical recounts the tale of a composer who...

Letters from 1929 reveal a different life at the University

Letters from 1929 reveal a different life at the University

Katherine Owen October 22, 2012

Cookie Keller said she knows a lot about her father’s life for a man who didn’t talk much. In her garage sits a wealth of information about his history, including the letters off his fraternity house,...

Students get hands-on court experience in Mock Trial

Katherine Owen September 4, 2012

Students interested in getting hands-on experience in the courtroom have the opportunity to do so, as either attorney or witness, in real courtrooms with real judges through the University of Alabama Mock...

Online textbooks offer new solution to the price tag of higher education

Katherine Owen August 27, 2012

By Katherine Owen Staff Reporter In the midst of a nationwide conversation about the student debt crisis, students face another burden in achieving higher education: the price of college textbooks. ...

Students move into East Edge despite delays

Students move into East Edge despite delays

Katherine Owen August 22, 2012

Students expecting to move into a new apartment complex, East Edge, were turned away last week due to construction delays, but students leasing an apartment through the University were not affected, the...

Open letter from Black Warrior Riverkeeper briefs Bailey on proposed strip mine

Katherine Owen August 1, 2012

The Black Warrior Riverkeeper has mailed an open letter to the University of Alabama’s new president, Guy Bailey, concerning the University’s role in the proposed Shepherd Bend Mine. In the letter,...

Student interns at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute

Katherine Owen July 31, 2012

When Angela Veloza’s high school was unable to help her find scholarships directed toward Hispanics, she took the search upon herself. Veloza, a University of Alabama telecommunication and film major,...

UA grad competes in top 20 of ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ on Fox

UA grad competes in top 20 of ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ on Fox

Katherine Owen July 25, 2012

Having made it to the top 20 in FOX’s hit show “So You Think You Can Dance,” Janelle Issis may think she can dance, but her advisors and peers say they know she can. Issis, a University of Alabama...

Single-car accident kills UA student while in Gulf Shores

Katherine Owen July 25, 2012

University of Alabama student Jonathan Ray Taylor died Thursday, July 12. Taylor, from Saraland, Ala., was 22 years old. According to a post on al.com, Taylor died in a one-car accident in Gulf Shores...

Experience outweighs stress in nursing college

Experience outweighs stress in nursing college

Katherine Owen July 18, 2012

The Capstone College of Nursing is a highly selective program, only taking 96 applicants twice a year into the upper division, but with that prestige comes a fair share of stress for those who do make...

Gun rights organization plans to hold convention

Katherine Owen July 18, 2012

Eddie Fulmer, a regional coordinator for Alabama Open Carry and the organizer for the Alabama Gun Rights Tuscaloosa Meet Up on Saturday, July 21 at the Northport Civic Center, said he was upset the shooting...

Students speak highly of Bailey

Students speak highly of Bailey

Katherine Owen July 11, 2012

Thirty-eight years after graduating from the University of Alabama, Guy Bailey may have the chance to return. This time, though, he would oversee 30,000 plus UA students as they seek degrees of their...

Students benefit from registering their bikes

Katherine Owen July 11, 2012

With both the size and population of campus growing, many students are reaping the benefits of biking to class, a form of transportation that comes with its own standards and regulations. “Currently...

Pate withdraws petition to change zoning for housing

Katherine Owen July 11, 2012

Just hours before the Tuscaloosa City Council was set to vote on a petition to rezone an area off Hargrove Road, developer Stan Pate withdrew the petition. “It was obvious it wasn’t going to pass,”...

At Tech, presidential finalist Bailey worked to diversify student population, achieve Tier One status

At Tech, presidential finalist Bailey worked to diversify student population, achieve Tier One status

Katherine Owen July 9, 2012

Texas Tech President Guy Bailey, a finalist for the University of Alabama Presidential search, already spent six years at the University of Alabama, earning a bachelors and masters degree. Now, 38 years...

Aging Rose Towers set to implode

Aging Rose Towers set to implode

Katherine Owen July 3, 2012

Before the air in Tuscaloosa is filled with fireworks this Fourth of July, it will be filled with dust from the demolition of the 43-year-old University of Alabama residence hall, Rose Towers The towers...

Summer offers fitness challenges across town

Katherine Owen June 27, 2012

Just because it’s summer in Tuscaloosa doesn’t mean University of Alabama students can’t still beat the heat and get fit, both on campus and off. For students interested in getting in shape off...

Concern for post-grad debt rises with tuition

Katherine Owen June 27, 2012

When Rachael Jones graduates, she will leave with $28,000 in debt because of student loans. “My only plan is to find a job that can put a dent in my debt,” Jones, a senior public relations major,...

Graduates face slowly improving job market

Katherine Owen June 20, 2012

With constant reminders of a struggling unemployment rate, but also constant talks of a brightening job market, the future for recent college graduates is uncertain. Travis Railsback, executive director...

Calderone holds forum to gain input for search

Calderone holds forum to gain input for search

Katherine Owen June 20, 2012

SGA President Matt Calderone opened a June 19 meeting for students to voice their opinions and desires regarding the UA president search by saying the meeting was a time for students to establish “characteristics...

Mental health is a concern for college campuses

Katherine Owen June 20, 2012

Mental health concerns are one of the top two public concerns faced by universities across the country, according to Michelle Harcrow, assistant director of mental health education and promotion for the...

UA junior experiences two tornadoes in 10 months

Katherine Owen June 13, 2012

When the tornadoes of April 27 ripped through Tuscaloosa, Hannah Fowler, a freshman at the time, couldn’t have imagined she would experience the same nightmare just under a year later in her own hometown...

Texting and driving tempting, but soon to be illegal

Texting and driving tempting, but soon to be illegal

Katherine Owen June 13, 2012

The state of Alabama will attempt to eliminate a growing and highly dangerous threat to the safety of drivers and passengers on Alabama roadways starting August 1. The new law will attempt to lessen accidents...

Alabama is one of friendliest states for small business

Katherine Owen June 6, 2012

Southern charm, welcoming small communities and friendly citizens may make Alabama one of the top states in which to start a small business, according to a recent study by Thumbtack.com, a website designed...

Local businesses bend but don’t break in summer

Katherine Owen May 29, 2012

Tuscaloosa retailers and restaurants are fighting to survive the summer, when students, who make up a majority of their profits, have fled the city. Some stores are lucky enough to have a regular local...

Social media alters student, professor relationships

Social media alters student, professor relationships

Katherine Owen April 25, 2012

The advent of social media has shed light on a new situation in classrooms: What is the appropriate social media relationship between student and teacher? According to a recent Associated Press article,...