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Panel discusses documentary, history of discrimination at UA

Matt Mecoli November 13, 2013

When Arthur Dunning walked into his first class at The University of Alabama, half the class stood up and left. “No one sat by me in class for the first three years. There’d just be empty desks,”...

UA faculty member to head APTV

Matt Mecoli September 3, 2012

In the aftermath of a scandal that stuck at the core of Alabama Public Television, one UA faculty member is being tasked with leading the group forward. Roy Clem, the director of commercial broadcasting...

Alabama Public Radio wins national award

Alabama Public Radio wins national award

Matt Mecoli August 29, 2012

Pat Duggins, news director of Alabama Public Radio, has won the Public Radio News Directors Incorporated award for best news series for his work covering the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. “Oil...

Number of HIV cases rises in college-aged individuals

Matt Mecoli October 19, 2011

According to the Alabama Department of Public Health, as of Oct. 1, there have been 17,799 reported cases of HIV in the state of Alabama so far this year. Around 3 percent of cases reported were in the...

HB 65 law impacts international students on campus

HB 65 law impacts international students on campus

Matt Mecoli October 19, 2011

In light of Alabama’s new immigration law, Capstone International recently sent out an announcement with its email newsletter to international students reminding them of the importance of carrying their...

Senators split on releasing SGA documents

Matt Mecoli October 10, 2011

Though the Student Government Association Senate resolution requesting that UA administrators release records surrounding former SGA President Grant Cochran’s resignation was tabled by the Senate last...

Department of Energy approves two new grants amidst controversy

Matt Mecoli October 10, 2011

The Department of Energy approved two loan guarantees worth more than $1 billion for solar energy projects in Nevada and Arizona last Wednesday. This announcement comes two days before the expiration date...

SGA disclosure resolution tabled

Matt Mecoli October 9, 2011

At their weekly meeting Thursday night, the Student Government Association Senate sent a resolution to the ethics committee requesting University of Alabama administrators to allow the release of documents...

Justice talks with College Republicans

Justice talks with College Republicans

Matt Mecoli October 4, 2011

Last night the Ferguson Center Forum was packed with members of the College Republicans eager to hear Alabama Chief Justice Chuck Malone speak about his campaign for election and his life experience. ...

The social media blackout

The social media blackout

Matt Mecoli October 4, 2011

Most people don’t think of social media as an addiction. And in some ways, it’s not. It’s normally not as serious or as dangerous as most addictions, but they do share a lot of similarities. Now,...

‘Forrest Gump’ author speaks at Alabama Insurance Day

Matt Mecoli September 28, 2011

"Life is like a box of chocolates...You never know what you're gonna get." Southern novelist and University of Alabama alumnus Winston Groom based his most famous novel, ‘Forrest Gump’, on many of...

Philosophy powerhouse McMahan to kick off Philosophy Today series

Matt Mecoli September 26, 2011

The fifth year of the Philosophy Today lecture series kicks off tomorrow with Jeff McMahan of Rutgers University’s lecture, “What Rights May We Defend by Means of War?” “Anything by Jeff McMahan...

Industrial Assessment Centers energized by new grant

Matt Mecoli September 20, 2011

U.S. Secretary of Energy Stephen Chu announced that 24 universities will receive funding for their Industrial Assessment Centers on Sept. 13. The University of Alabama will receive about $1.5 million of...

Senate battles Cochran’s FYC bill veto

Matt Mecoli September 19, 2011

Three bills were debated at the SGA Senate meeting last Thursday. The first was Bill 30-11, which was an amendment to the rules regarding special sessions of the First Year Council (FYC). The bill was...