Ryans endows $300K scholarship at alma mater Alabama
NFL.com – April 14
Houston Texans linebacker DeMeco Ryans announced Thursday that he’s endowing a scholarship in his name at the University of Alabama, his alma mater. Ryans, who has started for the Texans since they selected him in the second round of the 2006 draft, pledged $300,000 for the scholarship, which will go to a Crimson Tide football player studying in the university’s Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration. “I have always wanted to do this since the day I left,” Ryans, 26, said in a statement released by the university. “The University of Alabama is such a special place to me, and I am honored to have the opportunity to endow a scholarship. I had a great time here, and I grew as a person here. This is a great time for me, and I am very excited.” Ryans, an All-American linebacker and Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Year as a senior in 2005, graduated cum laude in December 2005 with a bachelor’s in business marketing. He received the NCAA’s Top VIII Award, which recognizes achievement in athletics, scholarship and community service, and the Lott Trophy, which honors a defensive player for his character and on-field accomplishments. Ryans also was a finalist for the Butkus (best linebacker), Draddy (so-called academic Heisman) and Nagurski (top defensive player) awards. “DeMeco Ryans made a tremendous difference as one of the finest players to ever wear crimson and white,” university president Robert E. Witt said in the statement. “With this gift, he will continue to make a tremendous impact for the team and the university.”…
CultureFest comes to local high school
Crimson White – April 15
This Sunday, students can visit Holt High School for a taste of local culture at Crossroads Community Center’s third annual CultureFest from 1 to 6 p.m. CultureFest is a community-focused event that seeks to encourage interaction between people of diverse backgrounds. “In principle, we seek to go into primarily marginalized communities to present the University as a resource,” said Brice Miller, assistant director of Crossroads Community Center. “With that, we also contact various community-based service providers and organizations like Red Cross and United Way.” Miller said they have a list of more than 40 organizations participating, including several student organizations, like Apwonjo. The goal is to bring all the resources possible to one place and make them available to everyone in the community…There will also be music on the main stage on Holt’s football field. This year’s headliner is Taylor Hicks. Miller wanted to stick to having Alabama natives play, as they have in the past two years. In addition to Hicks, Caroline Shine, a blues player form Holt, will perform…
Tuscaloosa News – April 15
Student wins first place with poster
Crimson White – April 15
After traveling to Mississippi State University to present findings on research at the Regional Transportation, Supply Chain and Logistics Management Workshop, UA graduate student Shirley (Rong) Li was awarded first place in competition. Li presented her winning poster titled “Analysis of an Integrated Maximum Covering and Patrol Routing Problem.” The workshop was done in conjunction with The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences and featured students from around the Southeastern area…
Opinion: The Forgotten Tax Revolt of the 1930s
Wall Street Journal – April 15
BY DAVID BEITO (UA professor of history)
Many historians depict the Great Depression as a turning point when bitter economic realities finally led the middle class to break from laissez-faire tradition and demand bigger government. This is not entirely untrue, but it’s only part of what happened. In its initial phase, the Depression also spawned a powerful movement for smaller government that included tax revolts. These revolts were not only more widespread but often more extreme than any sponsored by the tea party…
Golf tourney raises money for RISE
Tuscaloosa News – April 15
…Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and the Student Alumni Association will host their 3rd annual RISE and Shine Charity Golf Tournament today at the Country Club of Tuscaloosa…
Apwonjo to host dance-a-thon
Crimson White – April 15
On Saturday, Apwonjo will hold an event to raise money and awareness about their organization called “Please Don’t Stop the Music,” a dance-a-thon starting at 8:30 p.m., at the Student Recreation Center, open to all students who want to get involved. The organization will also have an art gallery set up for people to see during the dance-a-thon of the children’s paintings from Africa.“Our ultimate goal is to build a new well in Uganda, which costs $5000, or to rehabilitate a well which costs $2,500,” said Caitlin Trotter, a sophomore and director of public relations for Apwonjo. “We are helping to provide clean water. A village may not have clean water. Women have to get water and that can be dangerous.”…
Greeks host Easter egg hunt
Crimson White – April 15
The Alabama Panhellenic Association will host its annual Easter Egg Hunt on the front lawn of the President’s Mansion this Sunday April 17, according to a Panhellenic Association press release…