UA kicks off Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Crimson White – Oct. 1
The Women’s Resource Center at the University is kicking off Breast Cancer Awareness Month today…Susan G. Komen On the Go uses a mobile bright pink breast cancer awareness trailer that will be open for students to experience on Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. behind Gorgas library…In addition to the Susan G. Komen On the Go event, the Women’s Resource Center will also be hosting the third annual Breast Cancer Tree of Honor and Remembrance month-long display in the Ferguson Center, Recreation Center, University Medical Center and Capstone Village Retirement Community…
Groups team up for health care forum
Crimson White – Oct. 1
…Alpha Kappa Alpha, the Good Shepherd’s Project and the Blackburn Institute are sponsoring a non-conventional health care forum at 6:30 p.m. at the UA law school. The goal of the forum is to help address health care related concerns for UA students and the general public…Representatives from insurance companies Blue Cross Blue Shield and State Farm along with local health care provider ALLkids will lead the discussion. They will help people who are eligible with the application process for special programs or benefits…
Expert says government is on road to bankruptcy
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 1
…David Walker, who was comptroller general from 1998 until 2008, said Americans need to demand drastic action soon if they want to prevent a complete financial collapse. “The United States government has overpromised and under delivered for years,” Walker said Wednesday during a speech at the University of Alabama’s College of Human Environmental Sciences…
Crimson White – Oct. 1
UA’s Native American festival looks for volunteers
Crimson White – Oct. 1
The University’s Moundville Archeological Park is inviting volunteers to participate in one of Alabama’s Top 10 Tourism Events, the annual Moundville Native American Festival, said Betsey Irwin, director for the Moundville Native American Festival and education outreach coordinator…“This is a great way for students to come together and help the community while learning about where we live and go to school,” said Carolina Krauser, a junior advertising and public relations major. “This is an economic advantage. It’s just like when you have a football game, visitors will be using the stores and restaurants, but on a higher level there are amazing works of art, historians dressed in character and good food to eat.”…
Our Views: Flu outreach efforts and 24/5 library both positive
Crimson White – Oct. 1
Amid heightened fears of flu — both seasonal and swine — a number of entities have reached out to promote vaccination, ranging from commercial enterprises to the Student Health Center here at the University…Take advantage of the convenience offered this year and follow the recommendations of a litany of medical experts: Get the shot. — 24/5 library good for students. We are pleased to see that the University, with the backing of the SGA, will keep Rodgers Library open 24 hours a day Monday through Friday, an extension of one day. The 24/5 Library program is a remarkable example of the SGA producing tangible results for students, and it is an example of the University being responsive to a broad cross-section of the campus population…
Review: Production of Saroyan play lives up to work’s lofty goals
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 1
…It’s a beautifully detailed set, by Andy Fitch, combining stolid realism in the foreground with a slightly fantastic fade into the background. Costumer Donna Meester’s work is notable for the way it quietly delineates class and character, sometimes simply by cut and fabric and color. Bill Teague casts the right lights on what was a five-act play, to keep us in scenes and gently take us out. Director Sneed’s hand is at work not only in the high overall level of performance, but in the near-perfect flow — save a couple of moments that seemed to be waiting for an entrance — such that, without remarkable lighting changes, attention naturally gravitates to the right people and tales as they rotate around the bar…
Enrollment Up at Many Alabama Colleges
NBC13 (Birmingham) – Sept. 30
…the University of Alabama has had a 6.5% increase…
Alabama Boys State Governor Plans to Attend UA
WDFX (Dothan) – Sept. 20
TK Scott, who attended the Boys State convention, was voted governor by his peers…has plans to attend the University of Alabama after graduation
Alabama Symphonic Band performing tonight
Crimson White – Oct. 1
The Alabama Symphonic Band will be hosting a concert tonight at 7:30 at the Moody Music Building…Randall Coleman, the director of the Alabama Symphonic Band and the associate director of bands at the University of Alabama, said the band would be performing songs apart from old standbys of classical music…Coleman also encourages students to take advantage of the performance, which will be free to the public…The Alabama Symphonic Band is an auditioned ensemble sponsored by the University and the School of Music that holds auditions at the beginning of each semester…
Health and Wellness fair a success
Crimson White – Oct. 1
…third annual Student Health and Wellness Fair. Hosted by Project Health, a student organization that provides information and support to encourage a healthy lifestyle, the goal of the fair was to inform students of healthy options on campus and around Tuscaloosa…“People can just come in and get a flu shot and bill it to their student account, so it’s kind of like it’s free, in a student’s world,” Harcrow said.