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Oscars come down to close race between shoo-ins, dark horses

Drew Pendleton February 24, 2014

With one week left until the film industry’s top event — the Academy Awards — hands out its first award, some categories already have their winners set in stone and are just waiting to hand the Oscar...

Black Warrior Film Festival accepting student submission

Phoebe Rees February 24, 2014

In its second year, the Black Warrior Film Festival is now accepting submissions for the student-run competition in April. The festival takes place over three days, culminating in an awards ceremony at...

Engineering professor makes name for himself in musical world

Engineering professor makes name for himself in musical world

Elayne Smith February 24, 2014

Alan Lane is not the typical chemical engineering professor: He doubles as Doobie “Doghouse” Wilson, singer and songwriter. With a head of gray hair and a face framed by a matching beard, Lane started...

Opera Theatre finds new home

Opera Theatre finds new home

Laura Testino February 24, 2014

With the ushering in of the Spring semester came the final renovations to a 1969 chapel on The University of Alabama’s Bryce campus that transformed the building into Bryant-Jordan Hall, the new home...

Student travels to Sochi to work Winter Olympics

Hannah Widener February 24, 2014

It’s 1 a.m. when Sophie Rhodes gets home to her apartment after working a 14-hour shift. The laptop she brought with her no longer works, so she must use her iPad to do her homework, which is due in...

UA English professor publishes young adult basketball novel

Tara Massouleh February 21, 2014

Despite living in a town where football is king and teaching at a university where fall revolves around the football team’s schedule, it’s not football that has the heart of English professor Kevin...

Local bands vie for a shot at Wakarusa

Local bands vie for a shot at Wakarusa

Francie Johnson February 20, 2014

On any given night, Tuscaloosa bands The Doctors and The Lawyers and Mother Funk can be found playing for a crowd of drunk, sweaty college students at a local bar. Fast-forward to this summer, though,...

Pulse Check lunch joins students, administrators

Pulse Check lunch joins students, administrators

Dylan Walker February 20, 2014

University of Alabama President Judy Bonner, alongside Mark Nelson, vice president for student affairs and vice provost, joined students at a table in the Ferguson Center to discuss University affairs...

Students relax with hookah

Students relax with hookah

CW Staff February 20, 2014

By Reed O'Mara and Shakarra McGuire For some, stress relief comes from yoga classes, curling up with a good book or Netflix. For Adham Abdelraouf, stress melts away with the exhale of every hookah puff....

Wade Bowen brings Texas sound to town

Kinsey Haynes February 20, 2014

The country music sub-genre Red Dirt is an important element of the Texas music scene. Early pioneers include Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Bob Childers. Recently, bands like Cross Canadian Ragweed,...

Tuscaloosa film community thrives

Tuscaloosa film community thrives

CW Staff February 20, 2014

By Laura Testino and Alexandra Ellsworth When talking about film, students might think of festivals like Cannes or Sundance, living in L.A. or New York, or large-scale Hollywood productions. Tuscaloosa’s...

Alumni create politician information application

Matthew Wilson February 19, 2014

Keeping track and remaining up to date in politics can be a time-consuming and full-time job, even for politicians. There are hundreds of politicians in Washington, D.C., from all over the country that...