Report says new immigration law will cost Alabama billions of dollars
Associated Press – Jan. 31
A study released Tuesday says Alabama’s new immigration law — which is called the toughest in the country — will cost the state billions of dollars because of income lost by illegal immigrants who will have to leave, lost tax income and related costs. The report by the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Alabama would cause 70,000 to 140,000 illegal immigrants to lose jobs and would cost about $1.2 billion to $5.8 billion in the earnings of those immigrants as well as $56.7 million to $264.5 million in lost state income taxes and sales taxes.
Tuscaloosa News – Feb. 1
Birmingham Business Journal – Feb. 1
Huntsville Times – Feb. 1
Opelika-Auburn News – Jan. 31
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Jan. 31
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WTVM-ABC (Columbus, Ga.) – Jan. 31
University sets dates for A-Day, homecoming games
Tuscaloosa News – Feb. 1
The A-Day game, the University of Alabama’s annual spring scrimmage that is open to the public, has been scheduled for April 14, UA announced Tuesday. The school also set the Crimson Tide’s Oct. 27 home game against Mississippi State as its homecoming game. The kickoff time for A-Day remains undetermined, though it is typically in the afternoon. A-Day marks the last of 15 spring practices allowable under NCAA rules. Alabama usually holds three spring scrimmages during that time, the first two closed to the public. A-Day is the third.
AL.com – Jan. 31
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Jan. 31
Mayor sees benefits from BCS
Crimson White – Feb. 1
Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox said the University of Alabama’s 14th National Championship has both emotional and financial benefits for the city. “I think emotionally, it’s been good for our city to experience joy in the season, and clearly winning a football game doesn’t replace a loved one that’s lost or a home that was destroyed, but clearly it does provide some relief from the day-to-day trauma of what we experienced and that in and of itself is a positive,” Maddox said. Economically speaking, Maddox said the city has a profit to be gained from the Tide’s victory, as well.
Local graduate featured on CNN
Montgomery Advertiser – Feb. 1
A recent CNN piece features a local graduate who has defied the odds. Caroline James, 22, who was a foster child and attended Booker T. Washington Magnet High School, will graduate in the spring from the University of Alabama. Figures from the Atlanta-based nsoro Educational Foundation show only about 2 percent of children raised in foster care earn college degrees. “Most of the people I’ve known in foster care did not attend college,” James said Tuesday. “I wasn’t shocked at all that number existed.” James, whose father was an abusive drug addict, entered foster care at age 10 or 11. She said she recalls being in middle school and telling a teacher she was terrified. CNN told James’ story in a segment that aired over the weekend. James said she hopes her story will bring attention to the complex issues facing foster children.
WNDU-NBC (South Bend, Ind.) – Jan. 31
Black history fills February
Crimson White – Feb. 1 (Print edition only)
Crossroads Community Center, along with several departments throughout campus, has planned 34 different programs, exhibits, discussions and events for February in celebration of African-American History Month.
School of Accountancy receives high national mark
Crimson White – Feb. 1 (Print edition only)
The Public Accounting Report, a newsletter that annually ranks U.S. colleges with the best accounting programs, rated UA’s undergraduate program at Culverhouse School of Accountancy as No. 20 in the nation. The graduate program came in at No. 24 in the PAR Professors Survey. In addition the Culverhouse School of Accountancy also placed No. 26 in U.S. News and World Report.
Art exhibition designed to engage every sense
Crimson White – Feb. 1
The first Friday of every month, Grace Aberdean Habitat Alchemy features an artist in its gallery to amuse the eyes of the observer. This Friday evening at 6 p.m., Grace Aberdean is partnering with Creative Campus to bring a new multisensory art experience called, “Senses of Creativity,” to Tuscaloosa. “Senses of Creativity” will provide an experience for art lovers that blends two or more of the senses together in interactive works of art. Ally Mabry, a sophomore majoring in digital media and printmaking and a Creative Campus intern, said the idea for “Senses of Creativity” was inspired by one of her own experiences with her cousin.
Band students unite for clinic, concert
Burke County (N.C.) Herald – Feb. 1
The county’s best band students will toot their horns, beat their drums and wet their reeds as one Friday and Saturday for the All-County Honors Band clinic and performance. Eighty-six students from the county’s four high school bands — Draughn, East Burke, Freedom and Patton, will participate. . . . Jonathan Berry, East Burke High School band director, said, “This year our guest conductor will be Dr. David Ragsdale, associate director of bands, University of Alabama. We are looking forward to a fun and successful honors band clinic.”…Ragsdale is the conductor of the Wind Ensemble and an assistant professor of music at the University of Alabama.