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Art history professor to retire after 40 years at UA

Art history professor to retire after 40 years at UA

Jordan Cissell April 9, 2012

Art history professor Robert Mellown is set to retire at the end of the spring semester after decades of teaching at the University. The 2011-2012 academic year marks his fortieth in the department of...

Film documents struggles after Katrina

Film documents struggles after Katrina

Tricia Vaughan April 9, 2012

“A Village Called Versailles,” the Emmy-nominated documentary by S. Leo Chiang, will be screened at the Bama Theatre at 7 p.m. tonight. The documentary film follows the rebuilding of a small Vietnamese...

Design students turn trash into fashion for charity

Design students turn trash into fashion for charity

Abbey Crain April 9, 2012

The College of Human and Environmental Sciences and Fashion Inc., a student-led organization on campus, will be hosting their eighth annual Tee Time fundraiser tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Doster Hall Lawn....

It takes LessThanUThink to attract an NBA legend

It takes LessThanUThink to attract an NBA legend

Taylor Holland April 8, 2012

Former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal visited the University of Alabama Friday to direct a public service announcement video warning of the dangers of binge drinking. O’Neal worked alongside students from...

Grissom back on CMT for 'Southern Nights'

Grissom back on CMT for ‘Southern Nights’

Anna Price Olson April 8, 2012

Devin Grissom, a University of Alabama junior and the bachelorette from season one of Country Music Television’s “Sweet Home Alabama,” escaped from Tuscaloosa in February to film a new reality TV...

'The Big Lebowski' draws crowd of Dudes to Bama Theatre

‘The Big Lebowski’ draws crowd of Dudes to Bama Theatre

Nathan Proctor April 8, 2012

A scramble of bowling shirts, khaki vests and bath robes were on display in downtown Tuscaloosa Saturday evening, befitting the assortment of bowlers, Walter Sobchak’s and, of course, Dudes coming together...

War documentaries deliver honest perspective

War documentaries deliver honest perspective

Walker Donaldson April 8, 2012

The United States has been in Afghanistan since 2001, and support for the war is waning at a dramatic pace. In a post-Osama bin Laden world, the war, to many Americans, seems won. The face of international...

ROTC hosts ball for cadets in Byrant-Denny Stadium

ROTC hosts ball for cadets in Byrant-Denny Stadium

Dontavius Wade April 8, 2012

Neatly pressed suits and gowns of all styles and colors could be seen filing into Bryant-Denny Stadium for the University of Alabama's Army ROTC annual Dining Out. The cadets were in full uniform, each...

Student dies after falling off riverboat

Student dies after falling off riverboat

Melissa Brown April 8, 2012

The body of missing University of Alabama student Charles Edward Jones, III was found just before 2 p.m. Friday, Tuscaloosa Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief Chris Williamson said. Jones fell into the...

The coming battle in Seattle

The coming battle in Seattle

Marc Torrence April 4, 2012

The SEC Championship was supposed to be a preview of the NCAA Championship four weeks later. It was in the same arena, had the same setup and even used the same equipment. But the Alabama gymnastics team...

Saban emphasizes development in spring

Saban emphasizes development in spring

Brett Hudson April 4, 2012

Head coach Nick Saban continued to focus on the improvements he wanted his team to make after their first scrimmage of the spring on Saturday. “The big focus after watching the scrimmage film on Monday...

Today is brought to you by the letters U and A

Today is brought to you by the letters U and A

Jordan Cissell April 4, 2012

Santa has his elves, Sherlock Holmes has Dr. Watson and, as it turns out, even Big Bird sometimes needs a little help from his friends. Jamie Naidoo, a professor for UA's School of Library and Information...