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Advocates push for Ala. midwifery legislation

Amanda Sams November 4, 2010

Bear Bryant was delivered by a midwife before the state of Alabama stopped issuing licenses for midwives in the 1980s, according to Ballie Schantz, a member of a group on campus raising money to legalize...

Rice: 'Racist' an overused word

Rice: ‘Racist’ an overused word

Taylor Holland November 4, 2010

?????Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice returned to her childhood home of Tuscaloosa Thursday to discuss her latest memoir, “Extraordinary, Ordinary People” in the Ferguson Center Theater....

Tuscaloosa’s small town charm survives

Amanda Sams November 3, 2010

Stately oaks, with their knotted trunks and sweeping branches, have offered shady hospitality along the avenues of Tuscaloosa’s historic district for over a century. These trees are gracefully reminiscent...

Lucy, Hood reopen Foster

Lucy, Hood reopen Foster

Amanda Sams November 3, 2010

All that remained of those historic first steps toward integration taken by Autherine Lucy, Vivian Malone and James Hood was a legacy. However, a clock tower and plaza now stand outside of Foster Auditorium...

Hunger Banquet offers unique perspective on global poverty

Amanda Sams November 2, 2010

Many onlookers sat eating a small portion of rice with their hands while a select 15, graced by providence or luck of the draw, dined on a multi-course meal at a table. The stage was set, as the World...

Lucy paves path, faces oppression

Lucy paves path, faces oppression

Amanda Sams November 2, 2010

White people only-Keep out. Signs around campus read slogans like this and worse, during the passion-and-prejudice filled days of Autherine J. Lucy's acceptance into the University of Alabama. As the first...

Peterson speaks his mind on politics

Amanda Sams October 26, 2010

Our country is going to hell in a hand basket, according to Dale Peterson, former candidate for Alabama Commission of Agriculture and Industries, who is now working to help conservatives get elected nationwide....

Political turmoil rocked 70's UA

Political turmoil rocked 70’s UA

Amanda Sams October 24, 2010

Along with sex, drugs and rock and roll, tensions roiled in Tuscaloosa in the 1960s and early 70s. Beneath an apathetic veneer laid pockets of political unrest. The anti-war movement was the unpopular...

Chime and Chime Again

Chime and Chime Again

Amanda Sams October 21, 2010

Walking across the University’s Quad and not noticing Denny Chimes is like visiting Paris and not glancing at the Eiffel Tower, or strolling the streets of London and not checking the time with Big Ben....

Rama Jama’s to host national news show

Amanda Sams October 20, 2010

Charles Joseph “Joe” Scarborough is being inducted into the 2010 Hall of Fame for the College of Communication and Information Sciences tonight, and he is bringing his talk show with him. “Morning...

Auburn hosts second governor debate

Amanda Sams October 19, 2010

Republican Robert Bentley’s platform is job creation. Democrat Ron Sparks’ platform is improving various public services through a lottery. The gubernatorial candidates steered most of their answers...

Meet your 2010 Court

Amanda Sams October 14, 2010

The 2010 University of Alabama Homecoming Court is composed of five girls who are fairly well-known, involved on campus and academically strong, according to Erica Floyd, SGA homecoming director. Each...