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Students who lost homes mixed on UA tornado response

Jason Galloway May 4, 2011

A week after an EF-4 tornado left many homeless, affected UA students continue to wait for insurance claims and financial assistance from the University. After the tornado hit, the University set up the...

College of Education collecting Books for Bama

John Davis May 4, 2011

Doctoral students within the College of Education are collecting books for residents affected by last week’s tornado. Dr. Lisa Scherff, associate professors of English education as well as the director...

Seniors react to graduation postponement

Stephen Walker May 4, 2011

By the time that final exam week rolls around each spring, most seniors have already mailed their graduation invitations, purchased their cap and gown and made plans to move away to grad school or to start...

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 bring help from hometowns

Jasmine Cannon May 3, 2011

Following Wednesday’s devastating storm, UA students were encouraged by the university to return to their homes. While students departed from the area of destruction, many of them arrived home with one...

Body misidentified as student

Hannah Mask May 3, 2011

University of Alabama student Marcus Jeremy Smith's body was positively identified Sunday near the rubble of his apartment after a three-day ordeal in which another body had at first been mistaken for...

Outlets on and off campus help students find housing

Jonathan Reed May 2, 2011

Jimmie Greenwell’s apartment in Northport is miles away from the tornado’s path. On Thursday and Friday, he took in friends whose homes were destroyed or without power. The house where Greenwell planned...

UA students from Tuscaloosa reflect on disaster

Katherine Martin May 2, 2011

When an EF-5 tornado touched down in Tuscaloosa, a city many University of Alabama students call home, many parts of the city in which some of these students grew up were left unrecognizable. Since then,...

Counselors encourage tornado victims to seek psychological help

Jason Galloway May 2, 2011

Traumatic events can have lasting effects, which is why the UA Counseling Center and other psychiatrists have stressed the importance of tornado victims to seek help. “It’s extremely important,”...

Alumni groups find ways to help

John Davis May 2, 2011

As relief efforts continue throughout Tuscaloosa, alumni and alumni groups from every corner of the country are helping out in any way they can. Mark Roberts, the Manager of Chapter Development and Special...

Campus group contacting veterans

Jasmine Cannon May 1, 2011

The Campus Veterans Association, UA’s campus organization devoted to fellow military personnel, is reaching out to assist other veterans. Like many persons affected by the storm on Wednesday, some veterans...