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Book Arts students display work

Book Arts students display work

Cokie Thompson March 18, 2014

On the fifth floor of Amelia Gayle Gorgas library, dozens of handmade books fill the shelves opposite the elevators. Just down the hall, masters of fine arts students set text in lead type to fill each...

Bama Dining’s leftover food used in UA Arboretum composts

Cole Booth March 18, 2014

Bama Dining has found a way to reuse leftover salad greens to benefit the University of Alabama Arboretum. At the end of each day, Bama Dining gathers all of its unusable waste and ships it off to the...

Hovercraft team rises to new success

Hovercraft team rises to new success

Hannah Widener March 18, 2014

The University of Alabama hovercraft team is taking competition to new heights. On Friday the group competed against Auburn at the second annual University Hoverbowl Challenge, where it completed 40 laps...

Supplements not viable trade for routine schedule, healthy eating

Katherine Metcalf March 18, 2014

Students use a variety of methods to give their brains extra power in order to study efficiently and perform well on tests. Many students rely on high amounts of caffeine in food and drinks to help them...

Sitar now a Tuscaloosa staple

Tara Massouleh March 17, 2014

A few weeks ago something tragic happened. I drove up to my favorite restaurant in Tuscaloosa (and possibly the world at this point in my life) only to find that it was closed. A tattered, handwritten...

UA Persian students ring in new year

Drew Pendleton March 17, 2014

During the middle weeks of March, spring break is the talk of the town for students at The University of Alabama. For members of the University’s Persian population, there is an even bigger event to...

Astronomy department sees enrollment increase

Astronomy department sees enrollment increase

Alexandra Ellsworth March 17, 2014

Many students at The University of Alabama sat in Gallalee Hall for Astronomy 101 just to fulfill the general education requirement for science. William Keel, professor of astronomy and astrophysics, said...

University students act as leaders, role models at summer camps

Cole Booth March 17, 2014

College students may believe that camp is in the past now, but returning to summer camp as a counselor or in other working roles is a common summer job for college students. Brianna Bolling, a freshman...

A history of mystery

Dylan Walker March 17, 2014

It was a day like any other outside the Riverside dormitories until two people crawled from underneath a manhole cover. Looking travel-worn and curious, the two adventurers asked their onlookers what year...

UA Sport Bikes club finds local routes for riding

Tara Massouleh March 17, 2014

On any given Sunday when the weather is nice and school is in session, you can find members of the UA Sport Bikes club zipping by on a secluded back road off Alabama State Route 69. “I found it by accident...

Students explore tactics of eating, breathing fire

Students explore tactics of eating, breathing fire

CW Staff March 16, 2014

By Reed O’Mara and Elayne Smith For Sebastian Knight, running off to the circus takes no more than a short drive to his grandmother’s house on the outskirts of Northport. “I’ve wanted to do fire...

Success not guaranteed for summer superhero movies

Drew Pendleton March 16, 2014

It’s a given that every year when a superhero movie gets released, it ends up in the top 10 at the yearly box office. Longtime fans of the heroes flock to theaters to see their beloved characters on...