Alabama beats Auburn in annual food drive
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 21
With the Alabama-Auburn game coming up next weekend, the traditional rivalry has been sharpened by Alabama claiming its third victory in a row in the 16th annual Beat Auburn Beat Hunger food drive. Alabama fans collected 175,653 pounds of food to be donated to the West Alabama Food Bank, while Auburn collected 164,034 pounds for the East Alabama Food Bank, giving Alabama a solid 10,000-pound lead…
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Earning the early degree
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 21
…No school in the Football Bowl Subdivision has more active players with degrees than UA: Rogers is one of 13, a number that is a source of pride for UA Director of Academic Services John Dever, among many others … Even among a baker’s dozen players who found a way to fit themselves for a mortarboard before having to hang up their helmets, McElroy stands out academically. The Crimson Tide’s starting quarterback is only a junior, but already he’s in graduate school with a degree in business marketing … As for the rest of the plan, McElroy will exit graduate school in December 2010, coinciding with the expiration of his athletic eligibility … McElroy has won an award as the outstanding marketing student in the UA business school. He’s been approached by a UA faculty member about applying to be a Rhodes Scholar, and nearly navigated his entire undergraduate career with straight A’s … With the academic support system in place at UA, Dever foresees a high number of early graduates as something the football program will be able to achieve consistently going forward … “We’ll have nine more that can graduate in December. You’re talking about 22 guys on that field with a diploma by the time we play in a bowl game,” Dever said. “That’s pretty incredible. …
Holiday travel may see bump over 2008
Birmingham News – Nov. 22
…A University of Alabama study has found that days preceding and following holidays are a higher risk for highway crashes involving death and injuries. A study by UA’s Center for Advanced Public Safety found that Thanksgiving Day 2008 was the 13th lowest day of the year for serious crashes. Another reason given by the study was that the day after Thanksgiving, known as Black Friday, is one of the busiest shopping days of the year. On average, Fridays have 25 percent more serious crashes than other days of the week. “There are definitely times to be avoided, especially if bad weather is a possibility,” said Allen Parrish, center director. “The basic problem is not just the volume of vehicles, it is also the mix of drivers,” Parrish said. “The situation obviously gets more dangerous when there is a large concentration of people on the road who are not nearly as familiar with their routes as commuters.”…
Metro job numbers improve slightly
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 21
…Sam Addy, the director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Alabama, said he expects the state jobless rate to go over 11 percent and continue to rise until late 2010. “It’s going to peak somewhere over 11 percent before heading in the other direction,” Addy said. He said he expects it will be either 2013 or 2014 before the state’s unemployment rate returns to lower levels…
AT LARGE: The fall color display reflects ‘unusual diversity of Alabama’
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 22
…Mary Jo Modica, the horticulturist at the University of Alabama’s Arboretum and fellow Tuscaloosa News columnist, told me last week that a lot of rain isn’t necessarily conducive to fall color, especially the color red. “It has something to do with the way the pigment interacts with the sugars in the leaf which produce the brightest reds,” she said. “And if you have a lot of rain the sugars get washed out of the leaves before it has a chance to ‘express.’ “Here at the arboretum, the most common colors have had have been yellow and orange, although we may see more reds as the season progresses.”…
School Bus Seatbelt Study Continues
WAFF (Huntsville) – Nov. 20
…they have a bus which has seatbelts. That bus is also fitted with cameras constantly recording data which is turned over to the University of Alabama …
Students highlight world issues
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 23
…a film screening tonight for the first International Documenting Justice event, comprising four films depicting stories from South Africa, New Zealand, Argentina and Kenya…The Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility directed by Stephen Black at UA has offered a program called Documenting Justice for the past four years…
Senior citizens are taught tech skills
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 21
…The FIT 4 Retirement program started by Laurie Bonnici, an assistant professor in the University of Alabama’s School of Library and Information Studies, teaches senior citizens how to use computers and cell phones to better stay in touch with their family and friends …
New SGA Programs Hope To Raise Student Voting Awareness
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 22
…“We will be hosting multiple voter registration drives on campus next year and we are also working on possibly hosting a gubernatorial election event similar to Pork and Politics,” said James Fowler, the association’s vice-president of external affairs. Fowler also said he will try to bring a gubernatorial event to the university’s Ferguson Center Student Union …
Photo Gallery: BBQ for Breast Cancer
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 22
…Susan G. Komen for the Cure- breast cancer education and research is Zeta Tau Alpha’s national philanthropy. The University of Alabama Nu Chapter hosts an annual barbecue every October during breast cancer awareness month to raise money for the cause …