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Greek Relief continues

Heather Lightsey August 24, 2011

More than three months after banding together to help with the relief effort and serving thousands of hot meals to the April 27 tornado’s victims, some members of the UA greek community has plans to...

Black Student Union recruits freshmen

Ashanka Kumari August 24, 2011

The Black Student Union, known for being the first African-American student organization on campus, will be accepting applications for their new freshman segment called the Future Black Leaders of UA starting...

New students attend Week of Welcome

Brett Saunders August 24, 2011

For the last few weeks, new students have been exploring the campus and looking at possibilities the University offers. The University of Alabama sponsors the Week of Welcome, also known as WOW, which...

Director of Greek Affairs steps down

CW Staff August 24, 2011

Gentry McCreary, the University’s director of Greek Affairs, announced Monday that he will be leaving the University to accept the position of Associate Dean of Students at the University of West Florida...

UA Cabaret dancer pushes through injury

Katherine Mitchell August 3, 2011

Dancing has been Elizabeth Davis’ passion since she was young, but in January she landed a flip incorrectly and was forced to make a decision between giving up dancing or learning to dance through her...

Class donates to local students

Ethan Summers August 3, 2011

  By Ethan Summers Contributing Writer   The aftermath of the April 27 tornadoes left a lot of work in Tuscaloosa, and some UA students are keeping the work going, even in class. Students who enrolled...

Astronomers capture image of black hole

Astronomers capture image of black hole

Caroline Taylor August 3, 2011

The flow of hot gas flowing towards a black hole has been clearly imaged for the first time in X-rays taken by NASA’s Chandra X-ray and a study led by four astronomers at the University—Ka-Wah Wong,...

Spam hits Crimson mail

Sarah Massey August 3, 2011

For students who check their Crimson email account regularly, emails sent from CampusBuddy.com have been frequently popping up in the past few weeks. This website, which links both classmates to one another...

CS department to partner with College Board

Noomi Grootens August 3, 2011

The University of Alabama was selected as one of the top 10 universities to participate in the College Board’s Advanced Placement Pilot Study to help with creating a new AP exam in Computer Science....

FEMA maps out long-term recovery efforts

FEMA maps out long-term recovery efforts

Ashley Chaffin August 3, 2011

The rebuilding process following the April 27 tornado is going to be a long process. Besides clearing debris and a few businesses being able to reopen their doors, very little rebuilding that has gone...

Student chosen for UNCF/Merck Fellowship

Student chosen for UNCF/Merck Fellowship

Jasmine Cannon August 3, 2011

Aeriel Murphy, a senior majoring in metallurgical and materials engineering, has become the first UA student to be a part of the United Negro College Fund-Merck Foundation Undergraduate Science Research...

Area schools to build shelters

Sydney Newman August 3, 2011

Though the Southeast has always experienced tornadic weather, the April 27 tornado spurred increased awareness of the importance of weather preparedness at home, work and in the classroom. Of nine Tuscaloosa...