Son of a Hair-Trigger Gun
Washington Post – May 29
…in “The Prince of Frogtown,” he returns, finally, to the man he’s been circling all this time: his father, Charles, who broke his sons’ hearts so utterly that he has been, heretofore, an angry, sarcastic footnote to their story. A Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and professor of writing at the University of Alabama, Bragg tracks his own journey as a writer as methodically as he uncovers his family’s past…
Community colleges cut classes to curb gas costs
USA Today – May 29
…this week, the chancellor of Alabama’s two-year college system urged its member institutions to adopt a four-day schedule because of high gas price…“With gas prices pushing $4 a gallon, I look for urban community colleges to move toward a four-day work week as well,” says Steve Katsinas, a University of Alabama professor who specializes in two-year colleges…
CEO: Altria ‘well positioned’
Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch –May 29
…”The search for a safe cigarette is akin to alchemists seeking to turn lead into gold,” said Alan Blum, a professor of medicine at the University of Alabama, who questioned the motives for the $350 million research center that Philip Morris USA opened last year in Richmond. The company has said it is researching potential ways to reduce the health harm of tobacco products…
Alabama Open House Seats Provide New Front in Wake of GOP Southern Setbacks
CQPolitics.com – May 29
…“You wonder if the dissatisfaction with the national Republican Party hasn’t now reached into the reddest of the red states,” said David J. Lanoue, professor and chairman of the political science department at the University of Alabama, referring to the color typically accorded on electoral maps to states and districts dominated by the Republican Party…
Welcome to Tuscaloosa: Alabama Invitational launches summer of college bass fishing
ESPNOutdoors.com – May 29
Angler who can’t wait for the Under Armour College Bass Championship this July will have a perfect opportunity to test their mettle as the Second Annual Alabama Invitational presented by Woods and Water kicks off this Thursday, May 29 on Lake Tuscaloosa in west-central Alabama. Hank Weldon, who is president of the host school’s bass club, estimates that most of the approximate 30 teams that plan on participating should catch plenty of fish…
14 local students win Merit college awards
Huntsville Times – May 29
…Austin High School: Andrew B. Tuggle, University of Alabama…Grissom High School: Margaret Ann Pate, University of Alabama…Scottsboro High School: Katherine B. Gibson, University of Alabama.