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Jasmine Cannon March 21, 2012

Invisible Children showcased Kony 2012 all over the world on Feb. 28, including in the Ferguson Center Theatre. Since then, the film about the African rebel group leader indicted for war crimes has been...

Tide one step closer to A-Day

Tide one step closer to A-Day

Brett Hudson March 21, 2012

Head coach Nick Saban held his third of 15 spring practices Wednesday, a practice riddled with injury problems. Running back Blake Sims, offensive lineman Arie Kouandjio, running back Eddie Lacy and tight...

Roff leaves retirement for interim dean position

Roff leaves retirement for interim dean position

Ashanka Kumari March 21, 2012

When Lucinda Lee Roff, interim dean of the School of Social Work, first came to the University in 1974, she did not expect to stay in Alabama for more than a year or two. However, in 1987, the University...

Joblessness down with shrinking workforce

Eric Yaron March 21, 2012

The unemployment rate for the state of Alabama has dropped to 7.8 percent, the lowest unemployment level in the state since 2008. With the national average for unemployment sitting at 8.3 percent, Alabama...

City to add new police precinct, improve roads

William Evans March 21, 2012

Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox has asked the City Council to approve the use of $5 million from a reserve fund to pay for 17 capital improvement projects. The conversion of a former bank office on Culver...

Men’s pageant comes to campus

Maura Bochte March 21, 2012

Pageants, such as the Miss Corolla pageant, are annual events at Alabama with storied traditions. Until now, the pageants in Tuscaloosa have almost always been for women only. This Sunday, at the Bryant...

Text-a-thon aims to raise money for hungry children

Jasmine Cannon March 21, 2012

Students involved with Secret Meals for Hungry Children are working to raise money for the initiative. Five public relations students are hosting a text-a-thon throughout the week. By texting “FOOD”...

Bama Theatre sold out for tornado relief

Bama Theatre sold out for tornado relief

Nathan Proctor March 20, 2012

Approaching the one-year anniversary of the April 27 tornado, much has been done to repair, rebuild and renovate affected areas. However, according to those at wellthatscool.com, that work isn’t finished....

DCAF goes guerrilla with outside performance

DCAF goes guerrilla with outside performance

Abbey Crain March 20, 2012

The Druid City Arts Festival kicked off this week with a Guerrilla Theatre performance by the University’s Alpha Psi Omega theater fraternity. The performance took place on the River Walk at Manderson...

Crawfish boil to feature Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa

Crawfish boil to feature Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa

Hannah Muncher March 20, 2012

While University of Alabama students were away on spring break, Red Mountain Entertainment announced the lineup for this year’s Schaeffer Eye Center Crawfish Boil. Among the acts playing the weekend-long...

UA students contribute to discovery of new frog species

UA students contribute to discovery of new frog species

Ashanka Kumari March 20, 2012

Biologists recently discovered a new leopard frog species in the ponds and marshes of Staten Island, mainland New York and New Jersey, according to a press release. Scientists from UCLA, Rutgers University,...

Tide looks to have strong showing at Linger Longer

Tide looks to have strong showing at Linger Longer

Chris Moran March 20, 2012

After a strong showing last weekend at the Schenkel E-Z-Go Invitational, in which Alabama broke the tournament record with a staggering 47-under-par team score, the Crimson Tide men’s golf team heads...