Ingram delivers Alabama its first Heisman
Washington Post (via Associated Press) – Dec. 13
Running back Mark Ingram of top-ranked University of Alabama won the Heisman Trophy for the best college football player on Saturday in the closest vote ever for the award. “I’m just so excited to bring Alabama their first Heisman winner,” an emotional Ingram told a national television audience…Now he can take his place among Alabama’s greats and the Paul W. Bryant Museum has a new piece of a hardware to display. “I’m sure it’ll be in the trophy cases with all those national championships and all the other awards people have won,” he said later…
Birmingham News – Dec. 13
New York Times – Dec. 12
Ingram to be on ‘Letterman’
Tuscaloosa News – Dec. 14
Ingram has a full schedule of events today, including scheduled appearances on… “Late Show with David Letterman” on CBS…Ingram will officially receive his cast bronze 25-pound trophy tonight at the 75th annual Heisman Memorial Trophy Dinner at the Marriott Marquis on Broadway. The dinner will be preceded by a reception open only to former Heisman Trophy winners and the award’s sponsors. Ingram will then attend a VIP cocktail reception, followed by the dinner…
Tide’s Arenas calls degree his top achievement
Tuscaloosa News – Dec. 12
…Today, after four years of entertaining talk, the native of Tampa, Fla., gets to walk. Arenas will pick up his degree in public relations at today’s graduation ceremony at Coleman Coliseum…All of his accomplishments on the field, however, don’t add up to what he will experience today when he receives his degree. “I think it will be my most proud moment, beyond anything else,” he said. “Football doesn’t last forever. You’ve got to get out there and get on your grind in the real world eventually, and I’m thankful I’m going to be prepared for that. “It’s great, just to say that you have a degree from the University of Alabama, and in public relations. If football doesn’t work out, I’ll be fine working in my field.”…As a December graduate, Arenas is also proud to point out that he finished his degree work in 31⁄2 years. To do so, he had to take textbooks on the road, stay up late studying and take classes every summer. He also applied the same attitude to his class work that he applies to athletics. “Less than four years,” he said. “I think it’s important to say less, not right at. I’m graduating early. “It’s not hard at all. If you want to graduate, if you want to do well on the field, you can balance out and handle both. It’s no issue at all. That’s what I did. I went into the classroom each and every day wanting to be better, and I went on the field each and every day wanting to be better…Arenas will be joined by 29 other UA varsity athletes at today’s graduation ceremony, including football players Earl Alexander, Brandon Deaderick, Terry Grant, Baron Huber, Marquis Johnson, Colin Peek, Leigh Tiffin and Roy Upchurch…
Opinion: Book will be record of city, church history
Tuscaloosa News – Dec. 13
…One of the more imaginative history projects we have seen is the one in which University of Alabama history professor John Giggie is working with Hunter Chapel AME Zion Church, one of Tuscaloosa oldest and most significant black churches, to document the church’s 143-year history in book form. Working with research assistant and UA history student Amber Baker, as well as his students and members of the church, Giggie said the book will in part document the church’s vital role in Tuscaloosa’s civil rights movement…
School districts may fuel new segregation
Birmingham News – Dec. 14
…Bryan Fair, a law professor and associate dean of special programs at the University of Alabama, said the underlying issue is whether Alabama educates its children at a constitutionally acceptable level. “I think the answer is no,” Fair said. “I think Alabamians who are in the public schools in Alabama today are still attending schools with huge disparities in the equality of educational opportunity.” If affluent suburban schools have a higher-level curriculum than those in poor urban or rural communities, Fair said, “then we’ve really made no progress.”…
Demand for temp work in the Birmingham area rises
Birmingham News – Dec. 12
…Ahmad Ijaz, an economic researcher for the University of Alabama, said the increase in hiring of in temp workers may be a sign that the job market is stabilizing as the economy improves. “Temporary workers are generally the first ones to get laid off and the first ones to get hired,” Ijaz said. “That’s because just in case the economy goes back into another downturn, it’s easier for employers to lay off temporary workers.”…
Opinion: U.S. health-care system needs improvement
Tuscaloosa News – Dec. 13
This is a response to Sen. Richard Shelby’s My Turn article of (Nov. 29)…Will Coggins, M.D., is dean emeritus of the University of Alabama School of Medicine-Tuscaloosa program.
UA Psychiatry Professor Discusses SIDS
MSNBC – Dec. 12
…Dr. Mark Feldman is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Alabama….
UA Music Instructor Performs for Troops at Fort Hood, Texas
FOX6 (Birmingham) – Dec. 11
…a University of Alabama music teacher offers support and a free concert to soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas…
ALABAMA EXPOSURE: Davis inserts tax incentive into bill for job creation
Tuscaloosa News – Dec. 13
…The Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Alabama says the nation’s economic crisis is easing. CBER said that message will be delivered by Federal Reserve Bank vice president and associate director of research Thomas Cunningham at the CBER’s economic conference on Jan. 14. The 2010 Economic Outlook Conference will be 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at Montgomery’s Renaissance Hotel. The cost is $150 for participants. CBER Director Sam Addy said Cunningham will talk about “The Fed and the Post-Crisis Economy.”…
University of Alabama winter commencement
Tuscaloosa News – Dec. 13
BACHELOR’S DEGREE Abbeville: Robert E. Beasley, Robert D. Sellers Addison: Lindsey Elizabeth Cobb…