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University offers 3-part program to help stop smoking

Heather Buchanan January 12, 2015

In an effort to help students, faculty members and staff adjust to the campus-wide smoking ban, the University’s Human Resources department is offering two three-part sessions of QuitSmart, a program...

UA joins hunger initiative

UA joins hunger initiative

Sirui Shao January 12, 2015

The University of Alabama is one of approximately 50 universities worldwide that have banded together to address global hunger. On Dec. 9, UA President Judy Bonner and leaders from other universities signed...

Alabama physics major earns national internship

Alabama physics major earns national internship

Mary Catherine Hodges January 12, 2015

For Marissa Leshnov, science has been a crucial part of her life 
since childhood.“As a child, science was always presented to me in these wonderful demonstrations similar to magic shows,” she said....

America’s College Promise presents numerous benefits, little downside

TJ Parks January 12, 2015

President Barack Obama introduced the America’s College Promise program last week, which would make two years of community college free to students. The presence of a Republican-controlled Congress,...

Improbable Fictions hosts stage reading of 'The Tempest'

Improbable Fictions hosts stage reading of 'The Tempest'

Matthew Wilson January 12, 2015

In Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” a defunct Duke of Milan conjures a massive storm and mighty plot to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful position. The classic play will be performed as a...

Alabama Firsts looks to be support system for students

Alabama Firsts looks to be support system for students

Cokie Thompson January 11, 2015

The University of Alabama celebrates tradition. In many families, football Saturdays and all-nighters in Gorgas are passed from one generation to the next, and some students know the ropes years before...

Demand more from one another by asking questions in all facets of life

Mark Hammontree January 11, 2015

Why do so many people begin their essays and papers by asking a question? It is a tired, overused construction and relatively uncreative as far as opening sentences go. It could be the memory of a ninth...

E-books, textbooks duel for top spot in class

E-books, textbooks duel for top spot in class

Mackenzie Ross January 11, 2015

In recent years, products like tablets, Kindles and iPads have changed the way people read books and the way students access information. Many publishers now offer both traditional hard-copy books and...

Gymnastics team opens Duckworth era with win

Gymnastics team opens Duckworth era with win

Kayla Montgomery January 10, 2015

Much was the same for the Alabama gymnastics team's season opener against Arizona Friday night. The team took the floor to the same pyrotechnic introduction, Coleman Coliseum still recorded 12,000-plus...

Williams injured in blowout loss

Williams injured in blowout loss

Elliott Propes January 8, 2015

The No. 1 South Carolina women’s basketball team took care of business Thursday night to remain perfect for the season with a record of 15-0. Alabama has not experienced the same success recently and...

Taking the Floor: Duckworth prepares for first meet after Patterson retirement

Taking the Floor: Duckworth prepares for first meet after Patterson retirement

Kayla Montgomery January 8, 2015

For the first time in 36 seasons, the No. 4 Alabama gymnastics team will take the floor with a new face at the helm of the program. In the first meet of the season against No. 21 Arizona at 7 p.m. Friday, Dana...

Harpeth Rising takes from classical backgrounds to write folk

Harpeth Rising takes from classical backgrounds to write folk

Kinsey Haynes January 8, 2015

Few modern bands say they do not have a genre. Nashville band Harpeth Rising fuses folk, bluegrass, rock, progressive and classical music into a sound that is considered to be without a typical 
genre...