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Kiva creates international platform for loans

Kiva creates international platform for loans

Hannah Widener February 27, 2014

Looking at Kiva.org, visitors can find an image of a woman named Nelita, a 33-year-old married mother of five living in the Philippines, selling charcoal. Scroll to the right, and there is Vincent, a member...

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...

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....

Campus in Bloom

Campus in Bloom

CW Staff February 12, 2014

By Hannah Widener and Dylan Walker They are up at dawn and work all day, every day, even during summers. They win national awards. However, 34,852 students pass by and step on their work everyday. These...

Event hosts factory collapse survivor

Margaret Wilbourne February 12, 2014

Groggily waking up to darkness and smoke, Reba Sikder found herself trapped among the rubble of what was the biggest factory collapse in the history of the garment industry. That was April 24, 2013. Ten...

Faculty reside among students

Faculty reside among students

Reed OMara February 6, 2014

When Larry Bowen leaves his office in Osband Hall at the end of the day, it’s only a few steps away to his apartment in Harris Hall, traditionally known for housing students. Bowen is the associate...

21st annual Bal Masque raises funds for AIDS

Alexandra Ellsworth February 6, 2014

On Saturday evening, the Tuscaloosa community will don its boots and hats in attendance of Tuscaloosa’s 21st Bal Masque, or masked ball. The ball is part of a traditional Mardi Gras celebration and is...

Conference aims to develop students’ leadership skills

Elayne Smith February 6, 2014

This Saturday marks the initiation of UA L.E.A.D.S., a daylong leadership conference for students with a variety of speakers and activities to discuss and develop leadership skills. Almost 200 students...

Reframing justice: Scottsboro pardon changes future of US judiciary system

Reframing justice: Scottsboro pardon changes future of US judiciary system

Francie Johnson February 5, 2014

“With liberty and justice for all.” Every day, most elementary and middle school children stand up and recite these words, hands over hearts. However, history has proven them to be a false promise...

Shirtless cowboy plays guitar for campus

Reed OMara February 5, 2014

Chase Bodiford sits talking about his anthology of British poets that’s back in his dorm room in Paty Hall while sipping his cinnamon latte from Starbucks, the only clue to who he is being the guitar...

Kinesiology course teaches self-defense

Kinesiology course teaches self-defense

Cokie Thompson February 3, 2014

The kinesiology department offers a variety of courses to keep students healthy and active. One course, Self-Defense for Women, teaches female students safety by demonstrating how to get out of potentially...