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Football games during the heat of the day have health consequences

Mark Hammontree September 7, 2014

My Snapchat thermometer read only 84 degrees halfway into the second quarter, but I can only assume the actual temperature in the stands Saturday morning was closer to the 90s. I knew it would be pretty...

UA professor studies lack of sleep in students

Maddy Ard August 24, 2014

Scholarly all-nighters and long nights on the Strip may lead to long-term health problems, but work and school are more important to college students, according to a new study. Dr. Adam Knowlden, an assistant...

Students help analyze faculty discoveries for potential profits

Ashley Tripp July 25, 2012

University of Alabama students are getting first access to certain faculty discoveries and inventions as a way for the Office for Technology Transfer to evaluate the new patents’ potential applications...

Mental health is a concern for college campuses

Katherine Owen June 20, 2012

Mental health concerns are one of the top two public concerns faced by universities across the country, according to Michelle Harcrow, assistant director of mental health education and promotion for the...

Life after the storm: Post-disaster is only Tuscaloosa freshman have known

Rich Robinson April 26, 2012

Tuscaloosa is a place of rich tradition and routine. April 27, 2011 proved to be anything but as lives were shattered and ended in a show of natural fury. For many Alabama students with no direct connection...

Fewer students, fewer women interested in political office

Judah Martin March 29, 2012

The desire to seek political office may be declining among college students, according to a Kaplan Test Prep survey. The survey of 758 pre-law students showed that only 38 percent claimed an interest...

Students are not classless

Dave Folk November 8, 2011

  Cody Jones’s letter to the editor on Monday is everything I hate about Alabama. It's an absolute joke to complain about how our student section "lacked class" when we beat ourselves on Saturday....

Department chairs check in with students

Will Tucker May 3, 2011

On Monday, the City of Tuscaloosa provided a missing persons list—the first of its kind from the city since the storm on April 27 tore through the area. “I don't think we can get this list all the...

Students discuss exclusion issues

William Evans March 30, 2011

Students gathered Monday evening in Gorgas Library Room 205 to discuss the condition of students rendered invisible by mainstream culture. Disabled, LGBT and international students are seen through categories...

The Great Divide: Old Money vs. New Money

Tray Smith February 27, 2011

With SGA elections looming, it is becoming increasingly apparent that our student body is at a crossroads. We are threatened by a great divide, a divide so deep it risks unraveling the social fabric of...

Students ask for more info on file sharing penalties

Jennie Kushner November 15, 2010

Students dislike the lack of effort the University has taken to alert students of the consequences of illegal file sharing. On Sept. 24, the Office of Information Technology sent out an e-mailed statement...

Energy creates new opportunities for students

Letter to the Editor October 24, 2010

Last Monday evening, entrepreneur and alternative energy proponent T. Boone Pickens visited Tuscaloosa to promote his alternative energy movement. The “Pickens Plan” is a coordinated, comprehensive...