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Athletic department donates $1 million to UA Acts of Kindness

CW Staff May 6, 2011

The University of Alabama Athletics Department announced today that it is contributing $1 million to the UA Acts of Kindness Fund established by the University to assist students, faculty and staff who...

SEC gives $500,000 to UA

Victor Luckerson May 5, 2011

The Southeastern Conference is pledging $500,000 to the University of Alabama to help storm victims. The money will be donated to the UA Acts of Kindness Fund, an emergency fund providing relief to UA...

Tide sports teams continue to play after tornado

Jason Galloway May 4, 2011

Alabama baseball coach Mitch Gaspard has always told his players that they’re playing for more than themselves. Now, they believe it. When his team plays the first UA sporting event in Tuscaloosa since...

Students who lost homes mixed on UA tornado response

Jason Galloway May 4, 2011

A week after an EF-4 tornado left many homeless, affected UA students continue to wait for insurance claims and financial assistance from the University. After the tornado hit, the University set up the...

Seniors react to graduation postponement

Stephen Walker May 4, 2011

By the time that final exam week rolls around each spring, most seniors have already mailed their graduation invitations, purchased their cap and gown and made plans to move away to grad school or to start...

Department chairs check in with students

Will Tucker May 3, 2011

On Monday, the City of Tuscaloosa provided a missing persons list—the first of its kind from the city since the storm on April 27 tore through the area. “I don't think we can get this list all the...

Body misidentified as student

Hannah Mask May 3, 2011

University of Alabama student Marcus Jeremy Smith's body was positively identified Sunday near the rubble of his apartment after a three-day ordeal in which another body had at first been mistaken for...

Student dies in Charleston Square apartments

Hannah Mask May 3, 2011

After days of searching, Marcus Jeremy Smith, a junior majoring in management information sciences, was discovered dead near his apartment in the Charleston Square complex late afternoon Sunday. “Marcus...

Outlets on and off campus help students find housing

Jonathan Reed May 2, 2011

Jimmie Greenwell’s apartment in Northport is miles away from the tornado’s path. On Thursday and Friday, he took in friends whose homes were destroyed or without power. The house where Greenwell planned...

UA students from Tuscaloosa reflect on disaster

Katherine Martin May 2, 2011

When an EF-5 tornado touched down in Tuscaloosa, a city many University of Alabama students call home, many parts of the city in which some of these students grew up were left unrecognizable. Since then,...

Campus group contacting veterans

Jasmine Cannon May 1, 2011

The Campus Veterans Association, UA’s campus organization devoted to fellow military personnel, is reaching out to assist other veterans. Like many persons affected by the storm on Wednesday, some veterans...

Stillman, Shelton State plans differ from UA

CW Staff April 30, 2011

The University of Alabama’s neighboring colleges, Stillman College and Shelton State Community College, have released different plans for the remainder of their school years. Stillman has canceled classes...