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Students celebrate last day of Hanukkah holiday

Students celebrate last day of Hanukkah holiday

Hannah Widener December 4, 2013

This year, the first night of Hanukkah and Thanksgiving collided to form the mega holiday “Thanksgivukkah,” an occasion that will not happen again for another 75,000 years. Hanukkah follows the lunar...

The unexpected when expecting

The unexpected when expecting

Phoebe Rees December 4, 2013

Erin Hudnall was a sophomore at The University of Alabama set to study abroad in the Virgin Islands when she unexpectedly found out she was pregnant. She said her first reaction to her pregnancy was to...

Winter break leaves some international students stranded

Winter break leaves some international students stranded

Phoebe Rees December 3, 2013

For many students at The University of Alabama, Christmas break provides a much-needed opportunity to catch up with family, relax and celebrate holiday traditions. For the 1,537 international students...

Dickens Downtown brings holiday spirit to Northport

Dickens Downtown brings holiday spirit to Northport

Margaret Wilbourne December 3, 2013

For the eighth year in a row, Mary Cesar, owner of Northport’s Mary’s Cakes and Pastries, is taking twenty pans of bread pudding out of her ovens and serving 4,000 people. Cesar and her staff are...

UA community honors African heritage through Kwanzaa holiday

Elayne Smith December 2, 2013

As Christmas trees are decorated and Menorahs are lit, another celebration brings a different flavor to the holiday season. Kwanzaa was born in the midst of the civil rights era in 1966. After Martin...

Food assistance lightens financial burden of college

Tara Massouleh November 26, 2013

As tuition prices increase, apartment rates go up and books get more expensive, many students are finding that even with the aid of scholarships and loans, the cost of attending college is simply too high....

Students celebrate away from home

Laura Testino November 26, 2013

For many students, the end of the final Tuesday class brings the promise of a trip home to feast upon a variety of holiday favorites with family. For others, circumstances cause them to celebrate and give...

Booklet promotes balance

Matthew Wilson November 21, 2013

Creighton University graduate Robert Berry was a straight-A student in college. But despite his lack of experience with low grade point averages, Berry decided to write “The Slacker’s Guide to Undergrad”...

Human bones replaced by synthetics

Human bones replaced by synthetics

Dylan Walker November 21, 2013

Gretchen Anderson came to The University of Alabama to work with animals and pursue veterinary studies, but she ended up with human bones on her hands. As the lead graduate teaching assistant for Anatomy...

Million-dollar state of mind

Million-dollar state of mind

Tara Massouleh November 19, 2013

Standing atop a podium in front of 396 Million Dollar Band members, whistle poised and ready to blow at a moment’s notice, the MDB drum majors wait to make a critical call. The stadium shakes from the...

Students revamp, personalize dorm rooms

Reed OMara November 18, 2013

For freshmen and other dorm inhabitants, the question of dorm design can be the same as deciding a major: go glamorous or go functional? Most dorm dwellers scope out Target or look online at PB Teen...

Renaissance student

Francie Johnson November 12, 2013

Armed with a cup of coffee or three, a textbook and a laptop, students at The University of Alabama are facing increasingly frenetic schedules, fighting the temptation of sleep and tackling essays and...