Worker Assets Shrink at Fannie and Freddie
New York Times – Aug. 29
…But the problems at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac show that many employees, and employers, have not fully appreciated the risks of having so much of their savings tied to a single employer. “If you are going to invest in a single security, employer stock is a particularly stupid one to invest in because your human capital is tied up with your financial capital,” said Norman Stein, a professor at the University of Alabama Law School and a specialist in pension and employee benefits law…
UA Professor Discusses Historic Nomination of Barack Obama
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Aug. 28
Regardless of your party affiliation, or what you think about the candidate himself, it is an historic moment in the United States. Here to talk a little bit about the significance is Dr. Donevva Fulton, chair of the University of Alabama’s African-American Studies department.
Mardi Gras group faces bias suit
Mobile Register – Aug. 29
…”The case seems to present an old problem in a modern context,” said Bryan K. Fair, a University of Alabama law professor. “As a general matter, we all have the right to associate with whom we choose.” The legal questions center on whether the club and the circumstances add up to a situation meets the values prescribed to private entities by the U.S. Congress, Fair said…
UA Professor Discusses Leaving New Orleans During Hurricane Katrina
CBS 42 (Birmingham) – Aug. 28
Tomorrow is the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and here on the campus of the University of Alabama I talked with one evacuee (UA engineering professor Tru Livaudais) who says he’s pretty sure of what is going on down there…
Bryant Denny Stadium Gets New Hat
WMUR (Boston, Mass.) – Aug. 29
WSMV (Nashville, Tenn.) – Aug. 29
CBS 42 (Birmingham) – Aug. 28
WBRE (Scranton, Pa.) – Aug. 28
…right now you’re looking at a giant houndstooth hate that was hoisted into Bryant-Denny Stadium at the University of Alabama…above a new concession stand fittingly called “The Bear’s Den…”