When Kayla Hoffman wanted to leave elite-level gymnastics and accept a scholarship to the University of Alabama, her coaches had plenty of reasons to convince her otherwise. Her lines were perfect. The...

When is the busiest time for the Ferguson Center? Is it noon on a weekday when you can hardly find a table for lunch? It always appears as though hundreds of students are walking in and out of the Ferg...

The title of the “first-ever Bama Idol” is up for grabs for those who think they’ve got what it takes to win. Students living in on-campus residence halls were e-mailed the list of audition times...

David Allgood, manager of the Bama Theatre, said he has been looking for ways to increase the student audience at his venue. Last week, the Bama hosted Old Crow Medicine Show and experienced a surge of...

The Alabama women’s basketball team has had some major difficulties with the heightened importance and difficulty of the Southeastern Conference, losing all seven contests since SEC play began. The scoring...

The Alabama men’s tennis team is home to five players – half of the team’s roster – from all over the world. Jarryd Botha, Daniil Proskura, Vikram Reddy, Carlos Taborga and Michael Thompson are...

Students will be able to hear the greeting, “Welcome to Moe’s” a little closer to campus pretty soon. After months of a “Moe’s Coming Soon” sign hanging over the building that formerly housed...

In an attempt to rally Americans to compete to increase their investment in both research and education, President Barack Obama said the nation is facing “our generation’s Sputnik moment” that will...

In 1985, Dr. Gordy Klatt founded Relay For Life to raise money for cancer research. With the help and donations of supporters, he raised $27,000 for the American Cancer Society to help treat cancer patients...

Rose Towers will be spending its last school year as an all-freshmen residence hall. Rose Towers is known for its 13 floors, its living-learning communities for international students and all that a several...

When Social Distortion formed more than 30 years ago, frontman Mike Ness and company got people to listen to them the only ways anyone in the L.A. punk scene knew how – they put up posters, told their...

Subway opened Jan. 12 in the Ferguson Center as a result of the University Food Service Committee and student surveys indicating that a new sub sandwich option would be desirable, said Kristina Hopton-Jones,...