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Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

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Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

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When the past meets the present: UA student's graduation photo goes viral

When the past meets the present: UA student's graduation photo goes viral

Matthew Wilson • February 22, 2016

She stands behind the President’s Mansion, her dark grey University of Alabama robes draped around her, with her head bowed to the ground, eyes shut, and her right arm raised in a fist pointed toward...

The names in the schoolhouse door: UA students question building names

The names in the schoolhouse door: UA students question building names

Elayne Smith • February 22, 2016

In the words of author Harper Lee, “Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win.”After 105 years, University of Alabama students are banding...

Petitioners call for the University to rename Morgan Hall after Harper Lee

Petitioners call for the University to rename Morgan Hall after Harper Lee

Elizabeth Elkin • February 19, 2016

A petition was created on Feb. 19 to rename Morgan Hall, The University of Alabama's Department of English building, to Lee Hall after Harper Lee, who was confirmed dead at age 89 earlier in the day.Morgan...

Flag history has more than one side

Mark Hammontree • July 7, 2015

Two weeks have passed since Governor Bentley had the Confederate flags removed from the Alabama Capitol grounds, and still the debate over the flag’s meaning and use rages on.The governor’s removal...

The University must acknowledge its own history, good and bad

Mark Hammontree • October 19, 2014

The University of Alabama, like the state and region it’s located in, has a history almost as complex, confusing and, at many points, upsetting as the state’s constitution. Only the naïve would think...