After Super Tuesday, Gingrich still stands in Santorum’s way
Los Angeles Times – March 8
In the approaching Southern contests, not unlike the one Jan. 21 in South Carolina (the only state Newt Gingrich had won before Super Tuesday), social and moral issues will be preeminent. (Presidential candidate Mitt) Romney’s fragile record on those issues, his New England roots and his personal wealth will not play well in the South, said Richard C. Fording, chairman of the political science department at the University of Alabama.
Baltimore Sun – March 8
Super Tuesday fallout: Will the South ever vote for Mitt Romney?
Christian Science Monitor – March 8
Mitt Romney’s failure to win a bona fide red, evangelical state on Super Tuesday highlights his liabilities among white evangelical conservatives, a population that may hold the key to his nomination … “I think [the dynamics in the South] are going to matter,” says Richard Fording, a political scientist at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. “In a country that’s as evenly divided as we are now, you can’t afford to have a lack of enthusiasm in your own base, and that’s what [Romney] is looking at.”
Immigrant student in Miami allowed to stay under Obama immigration policy
Alaska Dispatch – March 8
The Obama administration has given a reprieve to a high-achieving Florida high school student, Daniela Pelaez, a Colombian national who faced deportation before graduating as valedictorian of North Miami High School. … “If there’s going to be any easing or relaxing of federal enforcement, this would be the time to do it,” ahead of the election, says Richard Fording, a political science professor at the University of Alabama, in Tuscaloosa.
Tuskegee Airman shares tales of war tests, triumphs
Tuscaloosa News – March 8
“So we’d keep tin cans in a pile out back,” recalled retired Air Force Lt. Col. Herbert E. Carter on Wednesday night. “We’d split them open, (lay them across the bullet holes), put some rivets in, and she was fixed and ready to go.” Before they had “Red Tails,” all they had were tin cans. After its training program began at the Tuskegee Institute in June 1941, the 99th Pursuit Squadron, the first all-black air combat unit, went two full years of World War II without seeing combat. Carter, 94, spoke during a program on the University of Alabama campus titled “An Evening with a Red Tail.” The program was held at the Ferguson Center Theater and was hosted by UA’s Black Faculty and Staff Association.
Crimson White – March 8
UA Away offers students opportunity to go abroad
Crimson White – March 8
Although they may be intelligent, hardworking and motivated, for some students the option to study abroad just doesn’t exist – they can’t afford the expensive venture. Vice president of Student Affairs and vice provost Dr. Mark Nelson was determined to change this and is now on his way to doing so with the UA Away Scholarship program. “I know firsthand the value of traveling abroad,” Nelson said. “It’s an experience that can’t be described or compared to any other kind of learning expedition.” The UA Away Scholarship program is a brainchild of Nelson’s and operates as an initiative that enables students to travel to a foreign country with financial aid from the University.
Alabama author write books about Titanic survivor
NBC 13 (Birmingham) – March 8
Dr. Julie Williams spoke at the University of Alabama about her book “A Rare Titanic Family: The Caldwells’ Story of Survival.” Author Dr. Julie Williams said her great uncle and aunt were returning from mission work in Thailand when they decided to board the Titanic with tickets that had been cancelled by another passenger.
Crimson White – March 8
Student Health Center adds new rooms to accommodate growth
Crimson White – March 8 (Print edition only)
The Student Health Center added six new examination rooms and a nurse’s station to expedite patient care in light of the student body’s rapid growth, said David Brown, nursing supervisor at the SHC.
Pictures show city’s history
Crimson White – March 8 (Print edition only)
In their newly published book, “Images of America: Tuscaloosa,” Amalia K. Amaki and Katherine Mauter explore the city from its roots as the first southwest settlement along the Black Warrior River to the Tuscaloosa of the 1970s … While Amaki is not a native of Tuscaloosa, she is a professor of art history at the University of Alabama.
Dean Francko oversees growth in grad school
The Crimson White – March 8 (Print edition only)
David A. Francko, associate provost and dean of the graduate school, said that having the power to make a positive difference to the lives of many graduate students and faculty is immensely gratifying.
College student from Mount Airy selected for flight school with U.S. Air Force
The Gazette (Gaithersburg, Md.) – March 8
John Bowerman, a University of Alabama student from Mount Airy (Md.), has been selected to enter flight school with the Air Force after he graduates from college in 2013…Before attending college, John Bowerman served in Mount Airy Squadron 091 of the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary, Civil Air Patrol. He is now the operations commander of AFROTC Detachment 010, based out of the University of Alabama, where he studies math.
IPC Alpine World Cup March 6 to 9 at Winter Park Resort
Sky-Hi Daily News – March 8
Not only is Alana Nichols, 28, ski racing at the International level she is also training for the London Olympics in wheelchair basketball … After being injured in 2000 she started playing wheelchair basketball as her first adaptive sport and was recruited by the University of Arizona in 2003 to play. After receiving her undergraduate degree she was recruited as a master’s student and athlete to attend the University of Alabama leading up to being named to the wheelchair team for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.