A-Day anticipation: Scrimmage gets game-day treatment after last year’s record attendance
Tuscaloosa News – April 10
…’We usually have 130,000 people on campus for a fall football game,’ said university spokeswoman Gina Johnson. ‘So that’s how we’re planning [for A-Day].’…Johnson said CrimsonRide will run 17 buses to shuttle fans from the eastern parking lots (those near the Rec Center, the soccer field and the Child Development Center) to the stadium in time for kickoff. Last year, there was no CrimsonRide service. Also, all the stadium gates will be open two hours before kickoff. Last year, fans could enter through only a few gates. UA has added staff to help manage the throngs, and Tuscaloosa Police Chief Ken Swindle said about 140 officers will be on the street helping maintain safety and traffic flow…Doug Walker, spokesman for the UA athletic department, said the department has also made changes from previous A-Day plans…Walker said he’d seen no definitive plan if the stadium is filled beyond capacity. He said he would rely on fans to keep a good attitude, if that happens. ‘Hopefully, it’s a situation our fans are familiar with and comfortable with and they won’t present any obstacles,’ Walker said. ‘They’ve always been great and we wouldn’t expect anything less.’
UA student tickets to go paperless
Tuscaloosa News – April 10
The University of Alabama is switching to electronic football tickets for students, which school officials hope will ease long lines and help preserve the integrity of a student section. The change will be in place for the upcoming season. UA spokeswoman Cathy Andreen said only student tickets will be paperless…Students currently enrolled may purchase one student season ticket package, which includes seven home games for the upcoming season, for $35. Instead of picking up season tickets in August, students will swipe their UA Action Card at the student gate to enter Bryant-Denny Stadium. Students will be allowed to give or sell their tickets to other active students who also have an Action Card. To do so, they’ll need to make an online transfer to the other student’s account…
Opinion: Paperless is bliss
Crimson White – April 10
…While the details of the plan are still being worked out, the upcoming football season should be paper-free for UA students. It’s a great idea, one that should have been implemented as soon as technology permitted. It will simplify things at stadium gates because the old process of presenting both ticket and ACTion card will be simplified to ACTion card only, so that should speed up the sometimes painfully slow process of getting into Bryant-Denny Stadium on game days…
Bama’s Thompson living the dream among golf legends
Huntsville Times – April 10
He’s met Jack and Gary, and he’s said hello to Arnie. Tiger even took time out to extend his right hand and introduce himself. Yeah, you could say it’s been a pretty good week for Michael Thompson And the top golfer for the University of Alabama still has the Masters left to play. All Nicklaus, Player, Palmer and Woods have accounted for are 17 green jackets. “I’ve met some great people,” Thompson said Wednesday a few minutes after shooting 2 under in the annual par-3 contest…
Montgomery Advertiser – April 10
Tuscaloosa News – April 10
School buses get seat belts
Montgomery Advertiser – April 10
…Gray must report her observations and experiences to the University of Alabama’s University Transportation Center for Alabama, which is conducting the study…The center hopes to have enough results within the next year and a half to determine exactly how effective the seat belts are, said Dan Turner, a civil engineering professor and head of the study…
UA workshop to return for its 25th year
Crimson White – April 10
The UA journalism department is looking for high school students to attend its 25th annual Multicultural Journalism Workshop July 11 through 19. The workshop is open to and will include students from various ethnic and religious backgrounds.”We believe that in order to understand other cultures and backgrounds and to rid stereotypes, you have to have fair news coverage,” said Ed Mullins, the journalism professor who helped launch the workshop in 1984…
UA dietitian wins award
Crimson White – April 10
Lori Greene, UA coordinator of nutrition and health services, received the Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year award from the Tuscaloosa Dietetic Association. Greene was nominated for the award by the organization for her leadership qualities, management, research, education and community outreach in areas related to the profession…
‘Unity’ picnics planned
Tuscaloosa News – April 10
The first of two Unity in the Community picnics hosted by the Alberta Improvement Initiative will be at 5 p.m. in Jaycees Park tonight…The Alberta Improvement Initiative is a project of the University of Alabama School of Social Work…
ALLELE lecture series continues tonight
Crimson White – April 10
…Collin Allen, a professor of philosophy of science and of history from Indiana University, will address how much animals know and how they learn in a lecture tonight…Allen’s lecture is the third of the ALLELE series this year. The ALLELE series began in 2005. “The ALLELE series is a wonderful opportunity for students to learn from the experts,” Wrenn said.The goal of the series is to raise awareness and understanding about evolution, Wrenn said…
CCSO holds week of leadership, development
Crimson White – April 10
This week, from Tuesday to today, the Coordinating Council for Student Organizations’ Leadership team is holding the first annual Leadership and Development Week. The week is focused on strengthening the student organizations on campus…. After the workshops, a presidential panel with outgoing SGA president R.B. Walker and incoming president Cason Kirby was planned, but both Walker and Kirby cancelled…
Creative ways to save money
Crimson White – April 10
With tuition possibly increasing, some students are looking for new ways to save money on routine spending. The Crimson White took a look into areas where students commonly spend money and asked experts about the best ways to save money there…Ben Moore, a junior majoring in engineering, bought a bike to save money on gas. “I ride my bike from my house to class,” Moore said. “I didn’t spend money on a parking permit this year either.”…Communication studies professor Carol Mills said students should buy older editions of textbooks if possible. Mills said the editions may vary in some cases, but many times the textbook companies, not the authors, are looking for ways to make money…
Inmate lodges challenge to lethal injection system
Mobile Register – April 10
A death row inmate convicted of murdering a prominent Mobile businessman has asked a federal judge to stop his execution on the grounds that Alabama’s lethal injection system causes an unacceptable risk of pain…Talitha Bailey Powers, the director of the Capital Defense Clinic at the University of Alabama School of Law, said the legal challenges raise important questions about the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment…