Financial analyst offers survival tips to college students
Tuscaloosa News – April 3
While millions of Americans are suffering in the current economic recession, there are still ways for students to successfully make the transition from college to adult life. Emmy award-winning financial analyst Jonathan Pond offered University of Alabama students several tips Thursday to a more successful future in a presentation at UA called “Life After College … Can You Afford It?” . . .Pond recalled his first job out of school, in which he competed against students with higher GPAs. Pond said he was able to secure a job because he explored different avenues. Pond said that flexibility is crucial to finding a job in a lackluster job market.
WVUA, Tuscaloosa — April 2
Stargazers to gather for international event
Tuscaloosa News – April 3
People have always stared into space and wondered if mankind is alone in the universe. When stargazers gather at the University of Alabama’s Gallalee Hall for an astronomy viewing tonight, they will have company. The university is joining people around the world for a “100 Hours of Astronomy” event, a cornerstone of the International Year of Astronomy. The event encourages people all over the world, from the largest observatories to small amateur clubs, to look into the heavens. “This is to commemorate 400 years since Galileo first looked skyward with a telescope and yelled himself silly telling people about it,” UA astronomy professor William Keel said.
Grapefruit-Heavy Diet Helped Spur Dangerous Clot
HealthDay News – April 3
A rare set of interactions involving grapefruit juice, birth control pills and a genetic mutation almost cost a 42-year-old woman her leg, physicians report. . . . Its not fair to blame the grapefruit for the woman’s problem, said Dr. Alan Blum, a professor of family medicine at the University of Alabama. The effects of the long auto trip she took and the oral contraceptive she was taking would be “far greater risks for a deep vein thrombosis than a total of three grapefruits over three days,” Blum said. “The bottom line is that grapefruit remains a healthful, I’d even call it essential, food for the vast majority of people,” he said. “The scary message from this case report, if widely disseminated, will do far more harm than good to public health.”
Marshes Using CO2 to Cope With Global Warming
GeoCommunity – April 3
Elevated concentrations of carbon dioxide may help some coastal marshes keep up with rising sea level by stimulating plant production and marsh building. Coastal wetlands provide barriers to storm surges and flooding, provide valuable habitat for wildlife, and are important nursery grounds supporting commercial fisheries. . . . Research was a collaborative effort with the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center and the University of Alabama.
Black Warrior Storytelling Festival
Tuscaloosa News – April 3 (Print version only)
Storytelling may have declined in recent decades, as 500 channels of television and the hunting of computer-generated terrorists have become preferred entertainment. But there’ll be a revival in Tuscaloosa today and Saturday with the first Black Warrior Storytelling Festival. Mary Margaret Randall, a junor at the University of Alabama and intern at the Creative Campus Initiative, has been planning the event since she took a trip to the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tenn., in 2008.
Arty Party benefits UA arts programs
Crimson White – April 3
The sixth annual Arty Party, a fundraiser event organized by the College of Arts and Sciences, will take place tonight at Hotel Capstone. Around 30 students are working or performing at the event, whose purpose is to raise money for scholarships and support the University’s fine and performing arts programs. This year’s theme is “Act Out” in support of the Department of Theatre and Dance.
Zeta Beta Tau, Kappa Alpha Psi host forum discussing minorities
Crimson White – April 3
Braving the rain and tornadoes, Zeta Beta Tau, a Jewish fraternity, and Kappa Alpha Psi, a black fraternity, came together Tuesday night to discuss what life is like for members of minority groups to live in the South. Alicia Brooks, who works with the Southern Poverty Law Center, spoke to the group about the Civil Rights Movement, hate groups and accepting diversity. The SPLC is a Montgomery-based, privately funded law firm that represents large-impact lawsuits that come about as a result of hate crimes. It was founded by Joe Levin, an alumni of the University’s ZBT chapter, Brooks said.
Sun safety a key concern
Crimson White – April 3
As the summer approaches, students should be alert and aware of how harmful the sun’s rays could potentially be. In the past 30 years, melanoma has become a key concern for doctors. Dr. J. Grier Stewart, assistant professor of internal medicine at the College of Community Health Sciences, said melanoma has gone up four percent each year during the past 30 years.
Model UN team addresses international issues
Crimson White – April 3
The group of students that comprise the UA Model United Nations team are getting real-life experience and broadening their awareness of international issues through their involvement in the world-renowned program. The Model UN team is organized through the International Relations Club, a group that meets weekly to discuss current events, international topics and other pertinent issues.
Football ticket frenzy set for Monday morning
Crimson White – April 3
At 7 a.m. Monday, football fans all over campus will roll out of their beds, log onto their computers and purchase tickets for the 2009 Crimson Tide football season. Eleven thousand season packages will be made available to students Monday morning at a price of $35, or $5 each for the Tide’s seven home games. Marquee opponents include South Carolina, Tennessee and LSU.