I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with summer. I love that for three months of the year my life doesn’t revolve around school, but I hate not seeing my friends every day. I love watching endless...
As college students, we live on the edge of an age range that seeks to define young adult fiction, although the numbers that constitute that range are often blurred. Preteens to middle-aged adults seem...
Recently the movie industry has become too reliant on adaptations. Every major Hollywood blockbuster is based on pre-existing source materials, whether those are young adult novels (“If I Stay,” “Hunger...
This weekend, tailgating tents lined the quad and students lined up to see the Crimson Tide take on their opponent inside Bryant-Denny Stadium. Sports were played and great merriment was made. But today,...
By Daniel Roth “This boy will be famous. There won’t be a child in our world who doesn’t know his name.” When Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling put these words in Professor McGonagall’s mouth,...
By Ann Powers Who is the voice of any generation? It’s a question that can’t be answered. Nor should it be, really. To choose one representative figure for a group that’s diverse in all ways but...
The Quad was littered with wizards of all ages and students were smeared in their nation’s colors Sunday as football took a backseat to Quidditch for an afternoon at The University of Alabama. UA’s...
Quidditch 101: Navigating the Tournament Quidditch on the Quad is back for its second year in a row, and with nearly double the amount of teams signed up to play. Preliminary rounds begin tonight at...
From the view at Denny Chimes, the field looks smooth as velvet. At both ends of the Quad stand three gold hoops, fifty feet high. The crimson figure on a broomstick moves so fast, it becomes blurred....
The “Harry Potter” films have provided a blueprint for all subsequent film adaptations of beloved literary series. Unfortunately for audiences, this is not the blueprint to follow. How can I say that...
Unlike its predecessors, none of the first installment of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” takes place at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Instead of getting on board the Hogwarts...
