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Musical takes on president’s legacy

Lauren Carlton November 11, 2013

What do you get when you take the United State’s seventh president, Andrew Jackson, put him in black eyeliner and give him a mob of fishnet-clad citizens? You get “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson,”...

HCA brings Bollywood movie night to campus

Reed OMara November 11, 2013

In celebration of International Education Week, Honors College Assembly will be hosting a Bollywood movie night on Monday, Nov. 11, where students can see “Three Idiots,” the highest grossing Bollywood...

UA honors students mentor 280 children in world of chess

UA honors students mentor 280 children in world of chess

Elayne Smith November 11, 2013

The silence was deafening. Jenna Jackson and her fellow chess teammates had suddenly transformed from a bunch of kids milling around to serious players debating their every move. Jackson, a seventh grader...

Three basic pieces underly personalized "business casual" look

Three basic pieces underly personalized “business casual” look

Bianca Martin November 11, 2013

The term “business casual” is one that I have fought with for as long as I can remember. I have been told to “basically be dressed up, but not too dressed up.” That may sound simple, but when it...

New formats may compromise longevity

Matthew Wilson November 7, 2013

The rise of the internet and connectivity over the past decade has fundamentally changed the way consumers absorb and acquire video games. The 1980s were a time of eight- and 16-bit side scrollers, arcades...

Students dedicate November to novel writing

Alexandra Ellsworth November 7, 2013

Betsy Price locks herself in a room with her computer and her research. She is listening to composer Jack Trammell and has turned her Internet off. She reads some of the research she has saved through...

‘The Real Housewives’ relevant in ‘trashy’ TV

Hannah Widener November 7, 2013

Watching the train wreck that is “The Real Housewives of Orange County/Atlanta/Beverly Hills/Miami/New York/New Jersey” is the sustenance that gets me through each week. I don’t look up to these...

Alumni return to play at Gallette's on gameday

Alumni return to play at Gallette’s on gameday

Margaret Wilbourne November 7, 2013

The weekend football scene in Tuscaloosa, especially on the day that the Tide plays the LSU Tigers, would be incomplete without a fair amount of Rotel, smack-talk and live music. Teenage Daddy, a Birmingham-based...

Cajun cuisine, Tuscaloosa tailgating favorites face off

Hannah Widener November 7, 2013

From the back of the Louisiana bayou to the base of Denny Chimes, Louisiana State University will be bringing its traditional Cajun and creole food to The University of Alabama Saturday. While creole...

Honors College to host Ultimate Xpress Night

Dylan Walker November 7, 2013

Will Gillette started rapping in high school after someone challenged him to a battle in the lunch room. He then took up juggling to accompany his raps. Upon coming to The University of Alabama, he wanted...

Not just a diet

Not just a diet

Alexandra Ellsworth November 6, 2013

When Julia Whitten walks into the Ferguson Center to eat lunch, she does not join the long line of students waiting for Chick-fil-A or Subway. Instead, she fixes a salad or grabs vegan noodles from the...

Author shares personal ties in slavery, civil rights through new book

Author shares personal ties in slavery, civil rights through new book

Reed OMara November 6, 2013

A seventh-generation Southerner and descendant of a slave owner, Margaret Wrinkle was born into the “racially charged” year of 1963, just on the cusp of the civil rights movement, and said she feels...