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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
"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...
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,...
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....
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Alicia Traylor, a freshman at The University of Alabama, can identify the number of carbohydrates in every bite of food she consumes, and it is not because she decided to try out a new diet plan. Traylor...
RecycleBama, an SGA-led initiative, is encouraging the University to take more responsibility for its impact on the environment by implementing Sustainable September. The three week series of events supporting...
Outside the window of Tuscaloosa resident Laurie Johns’ home, past a New England Red birdhouse replica hanging in a nearby tree, lies an opening in the woods, where a small path has been carved by the...
For Jonathan Hutchens, a sophomore majoring in exercise science, life revolves around Bryant-Denny Stadium. Hutchens works in recruiting for the Crimson Tide football team and as a bar-back at The Bear...
Lake Stanfield, a senior majoring in German and marketing, doesn’t let the cost or the weather deter her from sporting any conglomeration of her fashion finds on a daily basis. “You can have great...
Instead of packing bags and heading home this past summer, over 700 students from 90 different majors at The University of Alabama collected their most valuable belongings, passports and visas and embarked...
Kentuck Art Center invites students and other members of the Tuscaloosa community to dive into the arts this summer with Clay Days, a series of classes exploring clay as a medium for artistic expression....
As the semester comes to a close, many fashion students are anxious to see their hard work transform into a final product. For some, this hard work will be flourishing on the runway of Birmingham Fashion...
Behind every stage performance is a sequence of decisions, cooperating to create a specific atmosphere for the audience to enter. Each of these decisions, which often come down to the specific angle of...
Possibilities may seem endless when a group of people unite for a celebration. Playwright Harold Pinter explores some of the most unconventional of these possibilities in his play “The Birthday Party,”...
Relaying the depth of one’s study and understanding to a potential employer can be a daunting task. Doing all of this in two minutes through a scene from a movie or a song from a musical may seem impossible....
One man’s trash may be another man’s treasure, but after being altered and pieced together, these hidden gems can become gallery-worthy art. Elements in Transition, the current exhibit in The T.E.M.P....
Audiences have the opportunity to enjoy renditions of a variety of musical numbers in “An Evening with Resonance: A Spring Revue,” the spring concert produced by student-led show choir Resonance. ...
Choosing a major can be a daunting task, especially when one’s interests may lie in a variety of subjects. Instead of these varying interests translating to an undecided major, some students make the...
The reappearance of many themes in theatre suggest that while time and place may alter the clothing characters wear or the language they use, the characters still struggle with subjects universal to...
With the ushering in of the Spring semester came the final renovations to a 1969 chapel on The University of Alabama’s Bryce campus that transformed the building into Bryant-Jordan Hall, the new home...
Dancers in Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre will sync with more than just the music in “aeolian,” a piece by professor Sarah M. Barry, in the ARDT Spring 2014 Concert. Barry’s piece integrates...
For students eager to pursue a career in performing arts, the University of Alabama theatre and dance department serves as a four-year layover in the flight toward ultimate destinations like New York and...
The creation of something new doesn’t always start with having a definite end goal in mind, but instead choosing to begin the journey. More than 20 years ago, when Angela Benson, published author and...
The University of Alabama’s department of theatre and dance invites audiences to enjoy the illustration of some of life’s classic themes in its multifaceted production of “Blood Wedding,” written...
Composer John Williams likely never anticipated his film score from “Star Wars” would be broadcast throughout the home of 5-year-old Brent McCollough from a “plastic, terrible-sounding” piano....
Beginning Jan. 16, The University of Alabama Art Gallery at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center will showcase “The Morgan Collection – Selections,” an exhibit composed of pieces from the Permanent...
Opportunity often nestles in unexpected times and places. The Druid City Time & Spaceship, for example, a newly functioning recording studio just outside the city of Tuscaloosa, is tucked away on a wooded...
For many students, the end of the final Tuesday class brings the promise of a trip home to feast upon a variety of holiday favorites with family. For others, circumstances cause them to celebrate and give...
The University of Alabama’s department of theatre and dance will offer the community a chance to travel back to 17th century France with its production of “The School for Lies.” The play, an adaptation...
October bursts with the sounds of larger-than-life instruments during Octubafest, the musical month-long celebration of the tuba and euphonium. The University of Alabama’s tuba and euphonium department...
Students at The University of Alabama and the Tuscaloosa community have the opportunity to travel back to their childhood in a refined fashion as the UA Opera Theater presents “Fables and Fairy Tales:...
The University of Alabama department of theatre and dance presents “Book of Days,” a multi-genre play written by Lanford Wilson and directed by Matt Davis, a second-year graduate student, beginning...
Students can strut the Hollywood red carpet Monday, Sept. 23, as the Ferguson Theater hosts the one-time Tuscaloosa premiere of “The Spectacular Now,” a film directed by James Ponsoldt, starring...
Students can strut the Hollywood red carpet Monday, Sept. 23, as the Ferguson Theater hosts the one-time Tuscaloosa premiere of “The Spectacular Now,” a film directed by James Ponsoldt, starring...
Each semester, the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art in Garland Hall showcases exhibitions from a variety of artists who work in different mediums, providing students with the opportunity to view art from cities...
