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The Crimson White

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The Crimson White

Students face choice between on-campus and off-campus housing

Eric Yaron June 6, 2012

It’s no secret that a lot of money can be saved by students and parents by choosing to move off campus when the time is right. Over the next year, though, upperclassmen moving off-campus may save slightly...

Students complete three weeks of service in Marion

Ashley Chaffin May 30, 2012

Thirty University of Alabama students spent May 7-25 in Marion, Ala., carrying out projects aimed to help the small Black Belt community. “[Community members] seemed really happy to be able to partner...

Local businesses bend but don’t break in summer

Katherine Owen May 29, 2012

Tuscaloosa retailers and restaurants are fighting to survive the summer, when students, who make up a majority of their profits, have fled the city. Some stores are lucky enough to have a regular local...

Alabama robotics team takes home first prize

Alabama robotics team takes home first prize

Eric Yaron May 29, 2012

The University of Alabama made huge waves in space science recently as a team of students from the University of Alabama and Shelton State Community College took home first prize in the NASA Lunabotics...

Amid anniversary plans, students learn to cope

Ashanka Kumari April 18, 2012

For two University of Alabama students who lost their homes and friends to the April 27, 2011 tornado, the anniversary memorials are a chance to continue to move forward. Chelsea Thrash, a junior majoring...

Holocaust survivor tells his story

Holocaust survivor tells his story

Melissa Brown April 16, 2012

Though Max Herzel has been telling the story for more than a decade, he’s still not comfortable with it. “I feel like I have to,” Herzel said. “There is an inner voice that tells me to do it,...

Animals aided by social media

Animals aided by social media

Mazie Bryant April 15, 2012

When Shannon Walker devoted her home to the care of 14 dogs, she never wondered what would happen if she found herself without one. Last April, Walker raced home from vaccinating animals at the Bibb County...

Good Samaritan Clinic holds 'Spring into Good Health'

Good Samaritan Clinic holds ‘Spring into Good Health’

Ashanka Kumari April 15, 2012

The Good Samaritan Clinic in Northport is looking for volunteers to help with and set up their own entertainment booths at the clinic’s next community fundraiser. “Spring into Good Health,” the...

Bo Jackson to travel state with stars

Bo Jackson to travel state with stars

Judah Martin April 15, 2012

Former Auburn University running back and 1985 Heisman trophy winner Bo Jackson plans to ride 300 miles across the state of Alabama on a Trek Bicycle in an effort to raise $1 million to benefit Gov. Robert...

Tuscaloosa ramps up cell coverage

Brett Saunders April 10, 2012

In the next few weeks, Verizon Wireless customers in Tuscaloosa will have access to the company’s 4G LTE network. AT&T brought 4G to their customers living in areas of Alabama, including Tuscaloosa....

Animal rights group showcases adoptable dogs

Animal rights group showcases adoptable dogs

Mazie Bryant April 10, 2012

This month not only marks the one-year anniversary of the historic April 27 tornadoes, but also the one-year anniversary of the formation of the Alabama Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,...

UAB, UAH hope for more board diversity

Stephen N. Dethrage April 10, 2012

Rising tensions between the schools of the University of Alabama system and their board of trustees seem to have been relaxed by increased cooperation from the Board and the appointment of Robert Witt...