UA students’ films look at major issues of injustice
Tuscaloosa News – April 29
Bluesman Willie King’s inspiration, the rezoning of Tuscaloosa City Schools and the challenges of veterans leaving combat zones are among the topics to be discussed tonight at the second Documenting Justice film screening. The screening, which is free, begins at 7 p.m. in the Bama Theatre. Twelve University of Alabama undergraduate and graduate students, non-film majors, study multiple disciplines to create the films, which focus on stories of injustice throughout the state… “Ethical citizenship requires a strong sense of empathy and compassion,” said Stephen Black, director of the University of Alabama Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility. “Developing such qualities requires the ability to imagine what others see, feel and experience.”…
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – April 28
Study to Determine Effectiveness of Seat Belts on School Buses
NBC 13 (Birmingham) – April 28
…It’s those type of concerns that will be recorded at The University of Alabama and by this man, co-principal investigator Jay Lindly…
‘Grand Theft Auto’ fans line up for latest version
Tuscaloosa News – April 29
…Jennings Bryant, former director of the Institute for Communications Research at the University of Alabama, participated in a three-year study on video games and how they produce an altered cognitive state. He co-wrote the book “Playing Video Games: Motives Responses and Consequences.” Bryant said research sponsored by reputable social and medical science organizations, including the American Medical Association, supports a link between video games and aggression. “From the reviews I’ve read, [“GTA IV”] is going to be more intense and realistic,” Bryant said Monday. “Each generation of graphics gets more real-life. The immersion of the player gets more real. The anti-social effects become more pronounced as the experience becomes more real.”…
MY TURN: Eminent domain haunts ethnic minorities in U.S.
Tuscaloosa News – April 29
Few policies have done more to destroy community and opportunity for minorities than eminent domain. Some three to four million Americans, most of them ethnic minorities, have been forcibly displaced from their homes as a result of urban renewal takings since World War II…David T. Beito is chair of the Alabama State Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and associate professor of history at the University of Alabama.
Davis wants state to pursue alternative energy sources
Tuscaloosa News – April 29
…“We have the capacity to move into different policy directions, but it’s in our hands,” Davis said after hosting a panel discussion by energy and environmental experts at the University of Alabama on Monday…
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – April 28
Education Briefs
Birmingham News – April 29
Five University of Alabama wheelchair basketball players will travel to Beijing, China, in September to play in the 2008 Paralympic Games. Students named to the U.S. National Team are Stephanie Wheeler of Norlina, N.C.; Mary Allison Milford of Magnolia, Ark.; and Alana Nichols of Farmington, N.M. Katie Harnock of Toronto was named to the Canadian National Team. Alabama men’s assistant coach Jake Counts of Covington, Ky., joins the U.S. Men’s National Wheelchair Basketball Team.