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Under the surface: UA students discuss their lives beyond their disabilities

Under the surface: UA students discuss their lives beyond their disabilities

Matthew Wilson October 10, 2016

Like many women her age, Shelby Baron worries about blemishes on her cheeks that few will ever notice. She worries about the graduation record exam and making a high enough score so she won’t have to...

His Own Man: Hillcrest High School coach raises money for Habitat House

His Own Man: Hillcrest High School coach raises money for Habitat House

Matthew Wilson October 6, 2016

On a typical afternoon in the blistering heat of an Alabamian summer, his voice echoes among the scuffles of feet, grunts, heaves and huffs. The sounds of whistle blows and the whizzing of motorized wheels...

Organizations work to help students with mental illnesses

Organizations work to help students with mental illnesses

Laura Testino October 3, 2016

Thousands of hours, dollars and teensy balls of tissue paper combine to make the homecoming trek to Bryant-Denny a little more colorful and a lot more electric. This year, instead of puzzling together...

Can I get a roll tide: The history of the popular phrase

Can I get a roll tide: The history of the popular phrase

Laura Testino September 15, 2016

Ace a test? Roll Tide. Catch a fish? Roll Tide. Step in new puppy pee on the wooden floor? “Well, Roll Tide.”“It’s thoroughly invaded my family,” said Coady Latimer, the University of Alabama...

Gimme Shelter: Overpopulation remains an issue for Tuscaloosa shelter

Laura Testino August 29, 2016

A search for “dog” on the Alabama Student Ticket Exchange Facebook page will return more than 70 results dated since the beginning of May, when the last spring semester ended, and even more before...

"Battlefield: Hardline" lets gamers play cops and robbers

“Battlefield: Hardline” lets gamers play cops and robbers

Matthew Wilson July 5, 2016

In anticipation of the upcoming World War I first person shooter, “Battlefield One,” I decided to test out the entry in the series I missed, “Battlefield: Hardline.” Snagging the game for $5 during...

Fallout 4 lets players experiment with mod support

Matthew Wilson June 22, 2016

The wasteland used to be a lonely affair. Just my faithful companion, Dogmeat, and I traversing the ruined remnants of Boston. Sure, I’d occasionally come across others, but they’d never stay nor...

Where the magnolia tree stands: a look back at the April 27 tornado

Where the magnolia tree stands: a look back at the April 27 tornado

Matthew Wilson April 27, 2016

Everyday, Ashley Mims wakes up in Wetumpka, Alabama. She takes her children to soccer practice and discusses future plans for college. She debates the price of soccer camp in Tuscaloosa with her youngest...

When the past meets the present: UA student's graduation photo goes viral

When the past meets the present: UA student's graduation photo goes viral

Matthew Wilson February 22, 2016

She stands behind the President’s Mansion, her dark grey University of Alabama robes draped around her, with her head bowed to the ground, eyes shut, and her right arm raised in a fist pointed toward...

The scars remind me: Living with long-term mental illness

The scars remind me: Living with long-term mental illness

Matthew Wilson February 8, 2016

Editor's note: This story contains frank and honest discussions of mental health issues and UA students. The contents may be disturbing to some readers. The intent of these stories is to raise awareness...

Assassin's Creed: Syndicate reinvigorates the franchise

Assassin's Creed: Syndicate reinvigorates the franchise

Matthew Wilson January 7, 2016

Children shovel coal, their faces smudged in dark dust, in a large industrial factory as their jailer angrily stands near them pacing back and forth. Members of the notorious London gang, the Blighters,...

Rainbow Six Siege offers tactical multiplayer and destructible environments

Rainbow Six Siege offers tactical multiplayer and destructible environments

Matthew Wilson December 21, 2015

It’s the dead of night as five soldiers of the Rainbow Six squad descend upon a suburban home. They have one mission: find the hostage. Standing in their way is a group of five terrorists held up in...

Ferg musician strikes a chord with students

Ferg musician strikes a chord with students

Laura Testino November 19, 2015

At midnight outside the Ferguson Student Center, accompanied by the patter of the fountain, Griffin Burks can be found strumming the guitar and wailing on the trumpet for hours at a time.Burks, a freshman...

Keep on surviving: Colton Cumbie reflects on his time on Survivor

Keep on surviving: Colton Cumbie reflects on his time on Survivor

Matthew Wilson October 15, 2015

Like other students, he walks the halls of Reese Phifer, where he’s a year shy of graduating with a public relations degree. Twenty-four years old, he’s been here off and on since his freshman year...

Civil rights activist and photographer presents exhibit downtown

Civil rights activist and photographer presents exhibit downtown

Laura Testino October 6, 2015

Less than one block separates the local YMCA from the Schomburg Center in Harlem. This short path inspired a long journey of civil rights activism for Doris A. Derby, whose documentary photography now...

Saturday Night Live's Kenan Thompson "I like to help people smile"

Saturday Night Live's Kenan Thompson “I like to help people smile”

Matthew Wilson September 16, 2015

Kenan Thompson wants people to smile and wants to help people smile. From his early career on Nickelodeon's sketch show "All That" to his later film work, the veteran "Saturday Night Live" cast member...

Renaissance Men: Tuscaloosa's brewers are inspiring a citywide revival

Renaissance Men: Tuscaloosa's brewers are inspiring a citywide revival

Laura Testino September 1, 2015

Five hundred and sixty-three years ago, forty years before Europeans discovered America, an Italian notary and peasant woman gave birth to a son in Vinci, Italy. Despite the boy’s broad interests in...

UA alum publishes new novel

UA alum publishes new novel

Matthew Wilson August 31, 2015

A radiation oncologist and medical director of Anderson Cancer Center in Meridian, Mississippi, Russell Scott Anderson doesn’t fit the stereotypical mold of the reclusive, neurotic author. A jovial man...

Cultural Arts Center hosts Art Talk Tuesdays

Cultural Arts Center hosts Art Talk Tuesdays

Matthew Wilson August 24, 2015

The Art Council of Tuscaloosa will host Art Talk Tuesday, a free lecture, at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center on Aug. 25 from 12 to 1 p.m. The event will be presented by current exhibiting artist,...

Local artist photographs art on Berlin Wall

Local artist photographs art on Berlin Wall

Matthew Wilson July 28, 2015

Jim Harrison III was traveling with his wife through Berlin in 2006 when he came upon a remnant of the Berlin Wall, a section covered in graffiti and artwork. In a spur of the moment decision, he broke...

Workshop demos safety

Workshop demos safety

Matthew Wilson July 22, 2015

As new technologies and practices emerge, Mike Eddins said he’s seen much change in The University of Alabama Art Department’s student workshops since he attended the University in the early 2000s....

Steel City Jug Slammers to play "Live at the Plaza" and Green Bar on Friday

Steel City Jug Slammers to play “Live at the Plaza” and Green Bar on Friday

Laura Testino July 17, 2015

Laura Testino | Culture EditorAlthough their old and gold Chevy van — mustache-clad and also nick-named Ron Burgundy — can’t quite make a trek to the moon, Mars or Pluto, the Steel City Jug Slammers...

Harper Lee releases new novel

Laura Testino July 15, 2015

"Go Set a Watchman," Harper Lee's sequel to her award-winning classic "To Kill a Mockingbird," was released last Tuesday, July 14. The book, published 55 years after its creation in 1960, focuses on...

Music fest to have inaugural event at Sloss Furnace venue

Music fest to have inaugural event at Sloss Furnace venue

Matthew Wilson July 15, 2015

Standing among the businesses and busy streets of the Birmingham skyline, Sloss Furnaces is a reminder of life in the early 1900s. Opened by Col. James Withers Sloss in 1880, the iron smelting furnaces...

Deborah Johnson wins Harper Lee fiction award

Deborah Johnson wins Harper Lee fiction award

Matthew Wilson July 8, 2015

As a child, Deborah Johnson would sit on her parents’ and grandparents’ laps and listen to them read. The idea of reading to her was something warm and comforting. While the rest of her family went...

Supreme Court rules in favor of same-sex marriage, licenses denied in Tuscaloosa County

Supreme Court rules in favor of same-sex marriage, licenses denied in Tuscaloosa County

Laura Testino June 26, 2015

This morning at 9 a.m., Alex Davenport reported for a staff meeting at the University. When she entered the room, she was a married woman, with marriage licenses from both Vermont and Jefferson County,...

​”Jaws” anniversary showings in Tuscaloosa theater

Laura Testino June 24, 2015

In celebration of the June 20, 1975, release date of "Jaws," Cobb Hollywood 16 in Tuscaloosa held a showing of the film Sunday evening, and will show the Spielberg classic for a second time tonight....

​Coal mining permit not renewed for Shepherd Bend

Laura Testino June 24, 2015

Multi-billion dollar coal company, Drummond Company, Inc., did not renew its permit to mine on Shepherd Bend, per a statement released last Friday, AL.com reported. Shepherd Bend, an area of the Black...

​Cannonballs found under University sidewalk

Laura Testino June 24, 2015

Construction crews happened upon 10 Civil-War-era cannonballs while repairing sections of the University sidewalk on Friday, according to AL.com. The area, just north of the Quad near the center of campus,...

University award established in Bonner's honor

Laura Testino June 24, 2015

A prize created to award unselfish service was inspired by President Judy Bonner, and will be distributed annually to a deserving member of the University's faculty or staff, according to The Tuscaloosa...

​Midtown Village continues movie series

Laura Testino June 24, 2015

An outdoor movie is shown on Saturday evenings in Midtown Village, as part of the free movie series, "Screen on the Green." The movie begins at dusk, or 8 p.m., and patrons are encouraged to bring their...

Tuscaloosa holds free music nights in June

Tuscaloosa holds free music nights in June

Laura Testino June 17, 2015

Last Friday at the Government Plaza, an indecisive partly-cloudy sky yielded 76-degree temperatures and a light breeze on the grass, where, by 5:45 p.m., several families were toting blankets and chairs...

Professor creates film about past

Professor creates film about past

Matthew Wilson June 17, 2015

Making the film, “Service to Man,” has been the collective dream of 
directors Seth Panitch and Aaron Greer since Panitch started working on the script in 2008. Loosely inspired by Panitch’s father’s...

All About That Bass: University of Alabama club fishing team to compete in Ranger Cup

All About That Bass: University of Alabama club fishing team to compete in Ranger Cup

Matthew Wilson June 17, 2015

As a child growing up on the lake, John Davis would watch fishermen in boats catch bass, all the while dreaming of owning his own boat and competing in tournaments. Now, as president of The University...

Pets search for homes in Tuscaloosa: New shelter programs increase adoption rates

Pets search for homes in Tuscaloosa: New shelter programs increase adoption rates

Matthew Wilson May 27, 2015

Bouncing across the floors of his apartment, Hudson, a 140-pound Great Pyrenees, and his owner, Abbey Anderson, are almost inseparable. They do everything together, from walking across the Quad, to visiting...

Learning through earning: Students balance full-time jobs while taking classes

Learning through earning: Students balance full-time jobs while taking classes

Matthew Wilson April 20, 2015

Working in the pharmacy at Rite Aid, Katie Garmon cheerfully greets customers, even when she’s having a bad day. She smiles, even though she’s worried about a paper due in the morning and knows she’ll...

Music games to make return

Music games to make return

Matthew Wilson April 15, 2015

“Something touched me deep inside the day the music died,” wrote musician Don McLean in the song “American Pie,” but those words easily describe the state of the music game genre.Like the musicians...

Linda Creek continues ed through LifeTrack

Linda Creek continues ed through LifeTrack

Matthew Wilson April 13, 2015

Linda Creek was planning to pursue a degree in special education at The University of Alabama when she was forced to drop out, get a job and take care of her family. Her mother was sick, 
and her father,...

"Mortal Kombat X" to release next week

“Mortal Kombat X” to release next week

Matthew Wilson April 8, 2015

If there is one video game series steeped in controversy since its inception, it’s the “Mortal Kombat” franchise. “Mortal Kombat” was to the 1990s what “Grand Theft Auto” was to the 2000s....

The Hunt Is On: Tuscaloosa woman founds Bigfoot group

The Hunt Is On: Tuscaloosa woman founds Bigfoot group

Matthew Wilson April 6, 2015

Tuscaloosa native Mary Katherine Scruggs said her first encounter with the creature she calls Bigfoot occurred on a warm spring night in 2013. Scruggs’ family lived in a secluded area in northwest Tuscaloosa,...

One-act plays to debut Monday

Matthew Wilson April 6, 2015

Theater has changed over the years. It’s grown from small, nomadic groups of performers traveling from town to town to sold-out shows. "UA Writes: Student-Written One Acts" revisits this smaller, more...

Game delays hurt Wii U schedule

Game delays hurt Wii U schedule

Matthew Wilson April 1, 2015

In the world of video games, delays aren’t uncommon. Some of the games that were supposed to come out in 2015 have been delayed, including “Uncharted 4.” A delay often lends more time to the developer...

'Argyle' statue on Woods Quad replaced

'Argyle' statue on Woods Quad replaced

Matthew Wilson March 30, 2015

Students walking through Woods Quad this month may be surprised by the absence of the long-standing sculpture, “Argyle.” In its place is a new piece from creator Craig Wedderspoon, “Vessel 
Series...

Rec canoeing event to raise money for cystic fibrosis

Rec canoeing event to raise money for cystic fibrosis

Laura Testino March 25, 2015

In recent summers, incoming freshmen have been bussed to the Student Recreation Center during their Bama Bound session, and often end up playing battleship: four students per canoe in the pool, equipped...

'Bloodborne' provides limited story, more gameplay

'Bloodborne' provides limited story, more gameplay

Matthew Wilson March 25, 2015

In the ruined city of Yharnam, death lurks on every corner. Travelling the labyrinth-like streets isn’t for the faint of heart or for those who lack patience.Having been released Tuesday, the action...

Circle K hosts Pancake Day to fund projects

Circle K hosts Pancake Day to fund projects

Matthew Wilson March 24, 2015

Two years ago, Eric Powers and Weston Goode decided they wanted to make a difference in the Tuscaloosa community. They subsequently joined Circle K International, where they now serve as president and...

Sony and Microsoft branch into television on Playstation

Sony and Microsoft branch into television on Playstation

Matthew Wilson March 11, 2015

The popularity of comic-based properties, particularly those revolving around superheroes, is on the rise. With both Marvel and DC planning large, branching universes, superheroes are a hot commodity right...

Virtual reality video games to change games interactions

Virtual reality video games to change games interactions

Matthew Wilson March 4, 2015

Sitting on a command deck of a starship, you stare out into the vastness of space. Stars twinkle far off as asteroids zip by, leaving behind a trail of stardust. Distant planets glimmer nearby. Look down...

Episodic gaming growing in stature

Episodic gaming growing in stature

Matthew Wilson March 1, 2015

Released Tuesday, “Resident Evil: Revelations 2 Episode 1” presents a new experiment for the long-running survival horror series. Rather than release the complete game, “Revelations 2” will be...

Decline of local multiplayer a loss for shared video game experiences

Decline of local multiplayer a loss for shared video game experiences

Matthew Wilson February 23, 2015

By Matthew WilsonOne of the first video games invented was “Pong,” a ping-pong simulator where two players played in a head-to-head competition. From the very beginning, video games not only had a...

The Box provides students with campus storytelling opportunities

The Box provides students with campus storytelling opportunities

Matthew Wilson February 23, 2015

Traveling across campus, the Box has been a source of curiosity and mystery for UA students. Stepping inside the Box, a retrofitted photo booth, students are greeted with a recorder and a place to share...

Law expert comments on campus free speech

Laura Testino February 22, 2015

Ronald Krotoszynski is the John S. Stone Chairholder of Law and Director of Faculty Research within the University’s School of Law. His areas of law expertise include administrative, telecommunication...

Keeping the Faith: Students find ways to practice religion in college

Keeping the Faith: Students find ways to practice religion in college

Laura Testino February 19, 2015

Eric Mayo spent his first Sunday as a college student exploring his new surroundings, and eventually found his way just west of Bryant-Denny Stadium and Rama Jama’s, on the corner of Paul W. Bryant Drive...

Shelton to host local author signing

Shelton to host local author signing

Matthew Wilson February 16, 2015

Authors face different struggles and hurdles on the way to fulfilling their dreams for their books. Whether the topic is current issues, religious principles or their relationships, the authors all want...

Multiplayer game 'Evolve' blurs lines between predator and prey

Multiplayer game 'Evolve' blurs lines between predator and prey

Matthew Wilson February 16, 2015

Four relentless hunters pursue you as you leap across cliffs and become stricken with panic. A harpoon pins you to the ground and as you struggle to free yourself, a volley of electricity strikes you....

Black Warrior Film Festival returns for 3rd year

Black Warrior Film Festival returns for 3rd year

Laura Testino February 13, 2015

“Kingsman: The Secret Service” and “50 Shades of Grey” debut at Hollywood 16 Theatre this weekend, but won’t be the only additions to the Tuscaloosa film scene: The Black Warrior Film Festival...

Tom Heller to speak about producing, making movies

Tom Heller to speak about producing, making movies

Matthew Wilson February 11, 2015

Major film producer Tom Heller will introduce his film, “Mud,” at the Bama Theatre as part of the Black Warrior Film Festival. Heller has worked on numerous films in his career including “127 Hours,”...

​Changes to McFarland Boulevard proposed

Laura Testino February 11, 2015

An 11.2 mile transportation project was proposed for US 82/McFarland Blvd. between Rose Boulevard in Northport and Jug Factory Road in Tuscaloosa, an area that includes the University. The construction is...

​Chinese New Year to be celebrated Sunday

Laura Testino February 11, 2015

The Association of Chinese Students and Scholars, in association with University Programs, will celebrate the Chinese New Year Sunday, Feb. 15, from 5 to 8 p.m. in the Ferguson Student Center. Chinese...

"Dying Light" zombie game excels in gameplay, lacks in story structure

“Dying Light” zombie game excels in gameplay, lacks in story structure

Matthew Wilson February 9, 2015

“Rage, rage against the dying of the light,” wrote Dylan Thomas in his famous poem “Do not go gentle into that good night,” but these words could easily describe Techland’s open-world zombie...

CMF award winners to take Hollywood

CMF award winners to take Hollywood

Laura Testino February 4, 2015

Campus MovieFest returned to the University on Jan. 20 and culminated with a finale in the Ferguson Theater on Jan. 29. The top 16 student films were awarded as Campus Finalists and were shown to an...

Professor researches electron mechanics

Professor researches electron mechanics

Laura Testino February 3, 2015

As the number of hashtags created, emails sent, documents composed and photographs downloaded increases, it’s easy to forget that this information is only saved by the process of tiny electrons at work...

Groff weathers war, Broadway on way to UA

Groff weathers war, Broadway on way to UA

Matthew Wilson January 26, 2015

Steve Groff, a psychology professor at the University, is a hard man to peg down. Groff has served in the military as an army psychologist and performed on Broadway. Now he splits his time between teaching...

Video game industry lacks interconnected superhero universe

Video game industry lacks interconnected superhero universe

Matthew Wilson January 25, 2015

Superheroes are more popular now than they’ve ever been. They’ve invaded both cinemas and televisions with movies like “The Avengers” and television shows like “Arrow.” Next year alone, eight...

CMF returns to UA

CMF returns to UA

Laura Testino January 21, 2015

Campus MovieFest returned to The University of Alabama earlier this week for the eighth year in a row. This is the festival’s fourteenth annual world tour, and it officially began for University students...

Campfires aid blood pressure, study says

Campfires aid blood pressure, study says

Laura Testino January 21, 2015

Campfires contribute more than heat and the ideal marshmallow roasting conditions – the flickering orange and gold flames also lower blood pressure, according to a research study conducted by Christopher...

Halo 5 release on game horizon

Halo 5 release on game horizon

Matthew Wilson January 13, 2015

In the distant future of the 26th century, cybernetically enhanced soldiers called Spartans battle against an alien race, the Covenant, for control of an artificial ring-shaped world. Such is the premise...

Improbable Fictions hosts stage reading of 'The Tempest'

Improbable Fictions hosts stage reading of 'The Tempest'

Matthew Wilson January 12, 2015

In Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” a defunct Duke of Milan conjures a massive storm and mighty plot to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful position. The classic play will be performed as a...

Pianist to perform in Moody Music Building

Pianist to perform in Moody Music Building

Laura Testino January 11, 2015

The School of Music will host guest pianist Margery McDuffie Whatley for a concert this Tuesday.Whatley, a Georgia native, completed her master’s degree in music and doctorate in musical arts for piano...

UA Quiz Bowl team participates in out-of-state tournaments

Matthew Wilson January 6, 2015

By Matthew Wilson | Contributing WriterOn any given week, The University of Alabama Quiz Bowl Club will be busy practicing, preparing for tournaments or going out to dinner. About 15 students practice...

Enter the Brothers: Senior TCF majors practice martial arts, do stunt work

Enter the Brothers: Senior TCF majors practice martial arts, do stunt work

Laura Testino December 1, 2014

About 10 years ago in the gymnasium of Liberty Middle School in Madison, Alabama, Kevin and Calvin M. Ross were doing more pull-ups than most of their classmates, running at two of the quickest speeds...

Students use karaoke as social, creative outlet

Students use karaoke as social, creative outlet

Laura Testino November 23, 2014

On Justin Oliver’s list of performance experiences, wedged between a “Roll Tide!” from American Idol judge Randy Jackson and a YouTube video of an impromptu vocal performance in Krispy Kreme, is...

Student covers hockey for Russian publication

Student covers hockey for Russian publication

Laura Testino November 19, 2014

Nate Proctor left the United States for Russia fluent in the language of the National Hockey League, but not fluent in Russian. Proctor is spending his fall semester studying abroad in Russia, taking...

New College senior hosts on-campus arts festival

New College senior hosts on-campus arts festival

Laura Testino November 19, 2014

The work of 18 artists will occupy the Canterbury Chapel lawn Thursday for “Creative Space: Art from the 
Crimson Heart.” The arts and crafts festival is a senior project by New College student Amelia...

Crossroads Productions offers collaborative film experience

Crossroads Productions offers collaborative film experience

Laura Testino November 9, 2014

Not many scenarios exist for blues music fans to indulge in passions for sports and filmmaking while also honoring musician Robert Johnson. Brandon Sparks managed to weave these distinct interests together...

Ubisoft brings new social racing game to Tuscaloosa

Matthew Wilson November 4, 2014

In anticipation of the upcoming Alabama vs. LSU game, video game developer Ubisoft, in partnership with marketing agency Creation, will be bringing their soon to be released racing game “The Crew”...

New 'Call of Duty' hopes to refresh series

Matthew Wilson November 3, 2014

By Matthew Wilson Power changes everything. This is the message game developer Sledgehammer Games and publisher Activision want players to believe. “Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare,” the 11th installment...

Shelton State hosts BEST Robotics Competition

Matthew Wilson November 2, 2014

The cheers and yells could be heard from outside Shelton State Community College’s gymnasium. The gym bleachers were packed with people wearing school colors waving pompoms as a meerkat mascot danced...

Alabama to host championship

Alabama to host championship

Matthew Wilson October 28, 2014

Come Friday morning, Hannah Waggoner will be listening to a mixture of One Republic, Coldplay and rap music. Waggoner listens to music before a big race to calm herself and help focus. With the added pressure...

Cellhire offers clients global communication

Cellhire offers clients global communication

Matthew Wilson October 28, 2014

Every year millions of Americans will travel overseas for business, vacation or visiting family. As more and more people travel, staying connected abroad has become important. Cellhire, an international...

Student writes game scores

Student writes game scores

Laura Testino October 27, 2014

Some students face the video game screen with a controller in hand, intently focused on hitting just the right buttons in just the right sequence. Instead of facing the screen, Thomas Wilson is on the...

Student's film pitch wins 1st place in contest

Student's film pitch wins 1st place in contest

Matthew Wilson October 26, 2014

Standing in front of a crowd of 60 people and a panel of judges, Danny Ryan had to pitch his idea for a film about a mixed martial artist who comes out as gay. Ryan’s pitch won first place against 10...

Seniors perform solo recitals for class credit

Seniors perform solo recitals for class credit

Laura Testino October 20, 2014

Over the past semester, nursing homes in Tuscaloosa have listened to the ebb and flow of musical notes from Ben Lucy’s 
guitar. The community performances were all part of the preparation process...

Baron aims for Rio Paralympics

Baron aims for Rio Paralympics

Laura Testino October 20, 2014

Over the past 20 years, Shelby Baron’s passport and tennis racket have accompanied her to tournaments around the world. Although Baron said she can’t name all of the locations from memory, the voyages...

Sculptors raise money for hospital

Sculptors raise money for hospital

Matthew Wilson October 19, 2014

Sitting in his bay surrounded by scraps of plaster, wax and wood, Craig Wedderspoon works with students on their next big project. The large molds for bronze busts waiting to be cast are works in progress,...

New group enters the ring: Students start boxing club welcome to all skill levels

New group enters the ring: Students start boxing club welcome to all skill levels

Laura Testino October 12, 2014

When Cameron Carver heard a rumor circulating among the students in Shelby Hall about his chemistry professor, he went to the professor's office hours to investigate. Carver had recently taken up boxing,...

Barnes & Noble to host Scott Bomar book signing

Barnes & Noble to host Scott Bomar book signing

Matthew Wilson October 12, 2014

The melody of electric guitars and the southern twang of Lynyrd Skynyrd filled young Scott B. Bomar’s room when he was a child trying to learn guitar in the late ‘80s. Since then, the Nashville native’s...

At season start, swim team focused on SECs

At season start, swim team focused on SECs

Matthew Wilson October 8, 2014

On most mornings, Emily Facchine wakes up at 5:30 a.m., gets ready and heads to the Aquatic Center for swimming practice. Facchine, who started swimming at the age of 5, has been going to swim practices...

German bakery provides quiet atmosphere

German bakery provides quiet atmosphere

Laura Testino October 6, 2014

Just before 5 a.m. every Monday through Saturday, the block on Fourth Street, sandwiched between Greensboro and 23rd Avenue, smells a little more like Germany than Tuscaloosa. The scent escapes from Edelweiss,...

'Shadow of Mordor' offers new 'Lord of the Rings' gaming experience

'Shadow of Mordor' offers new 'Lord of the Rings' gaming experience

Matthew Wilson October 5, 2014

Standing among the dilapidated ruins of a fort, Talion draws a sword and sneaks forward, stalking his prey. A band of orcs, J. R. R. Tolkien’s villains, sit around a fire discussing orc life. Talion...

Exchange student talks UA experience

Exchange student talks UA experience

Matthew Wilson October 1, 2014

Liam Clarke is an Australian exchange student spending his fall semester at The University of Alabama. Clarke, a sophomore majoring in civil engineering and construction, is an active member in campus...

Sonic Frontiers returns with Dave Douglas

Sonic Frontiers returns with Dave Douglas

Laura Testino October 1, 2014

Sonic Frontiers, a New College initiative, will return for its fourth concert season Friday night by hosting musical guest Dave Douglas. The concert 
series features innovative musicians who may otherwise...

Students create plans for potential investors

Matthew Wilson September 30, 2014

While many students grab a bite to eat and chat with friends in the Ferguson Center, Michael Royko works on a business plan for potential investors. Royko, a sophomore majoring in chemical engineering, is...

Character variety brings intrigue to UATD play

Character variety brings intrigue to UATD play

Laura Testino September 28, 2014

When loved ones share meals around the dinner table, much more is exchanged than dishes of vegetables, breads and desserts. Inevitably, the conversations that blossom from dinner time foster an atmosphere...

Wardrobe can affect performance, perception

Wardrobe can affect performance, perception

Laura Testino September 22, 2014

After the coffee has been brewed, Aubrey Craig, sporting his favorite dark brown Alden loafers, is ready to start his day. When he arrives on the University of Alabama campus, others around him have backpacks...

The future is a breeding ground for new science and technologies

Matthew Wilson September 22, 2014

The future and technology are almost interchangeable terms. When philosophers and writers of the 20th century imagined the future, they imagined flying cars, chrome buildings and the ability to communicate...

Tide's room with a view: Student workers see different Gameday through skyboxes

Tide's room with a view: Student workers see different Gameday through skyboxes

Laura Testino September 14, 2014

Stroll down the Walk of Champions, beyond the sliding glass doors of Gate 1, and tucked away within a maze of hallways and elevators are the portals to the skyboxes of Bryant-
Denny Stadium. Once the...

Cross Country preps for first full meet

Cross Country preps for first full meet

Matthew Wilson September 14, 2014

Coming off a win over Samford, the University of Alabama cross country team will face off against East Carolina and Marshall at the Asheville Carnival on Sept. 23. The Crimson Tide defeated Samford last...