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Big Al performers say charity work most worthwhile experience

Ashley Tripp February 19, 2013

A little boy, eyes glazed over, embraced the iconic elephant mascot for the first time in his life. “The boy’s last request was to see Big Al before he went completely blind,” Justin Sullivan, a...

UA launches off-campus housing site resource

Ellen Coogan February 19, 2013

Assisting students in the often daunting task of finding off-campus housing options, The University of Alabama launched a new off-campus housing website on Feb. 6, offcampushousing.ua.edu. “Finding...

UA Freshman Forum collects school supplies to benefit local kids

Sarah Robinson February 19, 2013

Freshman Forum members have teamed up to better the community through Civic Engagement Projects, which includes a school supplies drive for a local elementary school. “They are broken up into groups...

Young Republicans shift policy focus

Kyle Dennan February 19, 2013

Many young Republicans on The University of Alabama campus and across the country feel alienated by the party’s stance on social issues, while others remain confident that social issues are pressing...

UAPD disperses Harlem Shake crowd, student organizer ticketed

UAPD disperses Harlem Shake crowd, student organizer ticketed

CW Staff February 18, 2013

UAPD ticketed the student organizer of Monday afternoon’s Harlem Shake filming, saying the organizers lacked official University permission to assemble. “They told me not to talk to the press,”...

President, 5 executive candidates unopposed

Melissa Brown February 18, 2013

For the first time in at least a decade, the Student Government Association presidential race will be uncontested. According to a list released by Kelli Knox-Hall, assistant director of operations for...

Group focuses on women veterans’ health care options

Becky Robinson February 18, 2013

On Jan. 24, U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta lifted a longstanding ban on women serving in combat positions. This decision will allow women in the military’s front line positions alongside...

UA researchers hope survey captures racial attitudes on campus

Chandler Wright February 18, 2013

In conjunction with the 50th anniversary of integration at The University of Alabama, a team of researchers is conducting a study about racial attitudes on campus, which was originally started at the...

Engineering student to travel to China for competition

Mark Hammontree February 18, 2013

A University of Alabama engineering student will spend his summer designing a bridge in a city more than 7,000 miles from Tuscaloosa. Thomas Moat, a senior majoring in construction engineering, will travel...

Most UA departments hesitant to hire own graduates

Sarah Robinson February 18, 2013

Although many graduate students at The University of Alabama may have hopes to work as a professor at the Capstone, most departments will only hire graduates after they have gained professorship experience...

Gauging the good of guns

CW Staff February 18, 2013

I hadn’t shot a gun since Boy Scout camp eight years ago. Born and raised in Miami, Fla., hunting is not something that was handed down from my father to me as it is often in the Deep South. For us,...

Exam week will end at 2:30 p.m. on Friday beginning fall 2013

Adrienne Burch February 18, 2013

Beginning in fall 2013, all final exams will be finished by 2:30 p.m. on the Friday of exam week. The University of Alabama SGA worked with the Office of the University Registrar to make this change to...