Officers praise new computer programs
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 6
…CAPS, the University of Alabama Center for Advanced Public Safety, has changed law enforcement capabilities through new computerized software programs. For more than 10 years, CAPS has introduced several mobile law enforcement applications, such as LETS, the Law Enforcement Tactical System. LETS is a Google-like search engine that enables officers to retrieve vehicle information through a license plate search, which then gives the registration and any possible warrants. The program also displays photos to aid in identification. LETS Go, the fourth and newest edition of LETS, was released early this year and provides law enforcement with added features including a built-in text-to-speech engine that produces a voice readout of critical summary information, commercial vehicle and carrier data and a larger search range capability. “This is putting more databases all in the same portal. We’re trying to get more and more so they can check more and more databases with one simple search. They’d have to call dispatch before, and it took a lot of time. With this, they can do it all in the car,” said Rhonda Stricklin, an assistant research engineer with CAPS…
Student filmmakers host screening
Crimson White – Nov. 6
The UA Filmmaking Alliance will host a screening featuring five student productions on Friday at 6 p.m. in ten Hoor Hall. The event is free and open to students and the community…Students who attend the screening will have the opportunity to interact with the directors and student actors as well as find out more information about the UA Filmmaking Alliance. There also will be a pitch box for those students who would like to submit an idea to the student organization.
Hot air balloon rides help raise money for scholarships
Crimson White – Nov. 6
The SGA raised money for a new scholarship by selling hot air balloon rides Thursday evening and holding a Taste of Tuscaloosa as part of the first annual RAGE event…
The story of a walled off world to be told today
Crimson White – Nov. 6
…According to the organizers, the panel, titled “The Cold War & The Fall of the Berlin Wall: A Retrospective,” will focus on telling the stories of what happened to bring down the wall…Rasma Lazda, associate professor of German; Margaret Peacock, assistant professor of history; and Steffen Guenzel, instuctor in the department of English; will lead the discussion. Each lived inside the Communist Bloc, and Guenzel participated in the “Peaceful Revolution” that fall…
Steve Martin’s “Picasso at the Lapin Agile”
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 6
…Eavesdrop on genius at this week’s production of “Picasso at the Lapin Agile,” being performed by the University of Alabama Department of Theatre and Dance…Marian Mantovani, a spring graduate of UA’s MFA directing program, was asked to come back and teach for this semester — and part of the package was directing “Picasso.” Although she’d directed popular and artistically successful shows in the Allen Bales Theatre space — including “Bouncers,” “Wild Party” and “The Mystery of Irma Vep” — this is her first shot at the Marian Gallaway Theatre stage…
Tin Man’s life, art
Selma Times Journal – Nov. 6
…Cooper, director of photography at the University of Alabama, and Windham helped the Tin Man shape and create his book through photography and writing respectively. “I’ve been trying get a book deal for years,” Lucas said. “I wanted to tell my story and show my art in a different way.”…
Dual philanthropy cookout to support two national causes
Crimson White – Nov. 6
Gamma Phi Beta and Delta Sigma Phi will combine forces to host the first annual “Cookout for a Cause” tonight at the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity house…Gamma Phi Beta and Delta Sigma Phi will be raising money for their respective philanthropies through ticket sales for the event. Gamma Phi Beta is raising money to support Campfire USA, and Delta Sigma Phi will raise money for the American Red Cross…
Searching for motive behind military base shooting
CBS 42 (Birmingham) – Nov. 5
…University of Alabama psychologist Dr. Jerry Rosenberg says the incident does not sound like the result of post combat stress…