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DEADLINES TO REMEMBER
SOURCE Board of Governors applications, April 4
TODAY
SGA Date Auction and UA Taste, 6:30 p.m., Bryant Conference Center
NAMI documentary on eating disorders, 7 p.m., 353 Gordon Palmer Hall
THIS WEEK’S DATES TO REMEMBER
First Amendment Free Food Festival, March 28, 11:30 a.m., southwest corner of the Quad across from Phifer Hall
Sleep Out on the Quad, March 28 (8 p.m.)-March 29 (6 a.m.), the Quad
Drop-in lunch and Wii bowling for transfer students, March 29, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., 300 Ferguson Center
Crawfish boil, March 29, 5-8 p.m., Phi Sigma Kappa house
Spin-a-thon, March 31, 1-6 p.m., Student Recreation Center
Third annual PixelCon, March 31, Ferguson Center
Outdoor Pool Complex opening, April 2
Recyclemania, through April 6
ATHLETICS
Women’s tennis vs. South Carolina, March 30, 3 p.m., Tennis Stadium
Women’s tennis vs. Florida, April 1, 1 p.m., Tennis Stadium
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Details and dates for the sale of student football tickets for the 2012 season have been finalized. For UA students who will return in the fall, the sale will occur during five days based on each student’s credit hours as of Fall Semester 2011. These are UA hours and do not include transfer or AP hours. Note the following important dates:
Home Game Tickets
Opt-in: April 9-11
Purchase: April 16-20
Road Game Tickets
Opt-in: April 23-24
Purchase: April 26-27
Following is a timeline that explains what each student needs to do to participate in the ticket sale.
April 9-11
All currently enrolled students should go to the home tab on http://mybama.ua.edu and click on “Opt in to Purchase Student Football Tickets” in the upper left-hand corner. Students must opt in to be eligible to purchase student football tickets for the 2012 season. This is not first-come, first-served, so students can complete the opt-in process anytime between 8 a.m. CDT on April 9 and 5 p.m. on April 11.
April 12
Students who complete the opt-in process will receive an email informing them which date they can go online to purchase tickets. Sale days will be assigned based on total credit hours earned at UA.
April 16-20
Each student’s credit hours determine which day a student will have the opportunity to participate. The University will allocate tickets for each sales day based on the percentage that each group represents in the total group of students who have completed the opt-in process. For example, if 27 percent of students who have opted in have between 31 and 60 hours, 27 percent of the tickets will be allocated for sale on that day. Following is the breakdown for each sales day:
Monday, April 16: graduate and professional students
Tuesday, April 17: 91 or more credit hours
Wednesday, April 18: 61-90 credit hours
Thursday, April 19: 31-60 credit hours
Friday, April 20: 0-30 credit hours
Student packages will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis each sales day, with a limit of one package per student. Tickets are nonrefundable. Contact the Alabama Ticket Office at 348-2262 with questions.
Students graduating in Spring Semester 2012 must be admitted to the Graduate School or School of Law before the end of the day on April 2 to be included in the returning-student sale. New campus-based students (freshmen, transfers, graduates, others) and students who receive undergraduate degrees from UA in Spring Semester 2012 and who are admitted to a graduate program after April 2 will be included in the new-student sale that begins June 4.
April 23-24
UA students enrolled during Spring Semester 2012 who wish to purchase tickets to away football games must place their names on a waiting list by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 24. Tickets will be allocated to students on the waiting list based on UA credit hours earned as of Fall Semester 2011. Requesting a ticket does not guarantee a purchase. Requests will be sorted by credit hours earned at UA (highest to lowest) and filled until the student inventory for each game is exhausted. This is not a first-come, first-served ticket sale. Students will go to http://www.rolltide.com and log in to the Athletics Ticket Office’s Paciolan system to request tickets.
April 26-27
On April 25, an email will be sent to students notifying them of the UA earned credit-hour cutoff for each game, and the information will be posted on http://www.rolltide.com and in Coleman Coliseum at the Athletics Ticket Office. Payment for tickets will take place April 26 at 8 a.m. through April 27 at 5 p.m. On those dates, students may log in to their Athletics Ticket Office’s Paciolan account through http://www.rolltide.com, view the online application and submit credit-card information for payment or pay at the Ticket Office window in Coleman Coliseum. Tickets are nonrefundable. The Athletics Ticket Office will send more information and details to students’ official UA Crimson email accounts. For more information, contact the UA Ticket Office at 348-6113.
The Outdoor Pool Complex at the Student Recreation Center will open April 2. Full-time UA students enjoy free access to the outdoor pool. Visit http://urec.ua.edu/aquaticshours.cfm for information on hours and rental fees and http://urec.sa.ua.edu for information on other University Recreation programs and services.
The Health Hut is looking for interns of all majors who are enthusiastic, creative, dedicated, responsible and reliable leaders who have a passion for promoting healthy lifestyles. The Health Hut is a daily health education outreach program run by the Department of Health Promotion and Wellness in UA’s Student Health Center. For more information and applications, visit http://cchs.ua.edu/healthhut. Applications are due at 5 p.m. on April 11. Questions can be sent to HealthHut@cchs.ua.edu.
The University of Alabama will host “UA Remembers: A Day of Service” on April 21 to commemorate the lives of the six students and one employee who died as a result of the tornadoes of April 27, 2011. Faculty, staff, students, alumni and community members will be invited to participate in projects that are being planned throughout the city of Tuscaloosa. Information on registration and projects will be shared in the coming weeks. UA departments and organizations planning commemorative activities should contact Deborah Lane, assistant to the president and assistant vice president for University Relations, at dlane@ur.ua.edu.
People 19 years or older who were students at UA last year are invited to participate in a thesis-research study about their use of Twitter during the tornado on April 27, 2011. The survey is found online at http://bit.ly/xOMyXJ and will take 10-15 minutes. More information: Elizabeth Maxwell at emarie.maxwell@gmail.com or 205-563-1459.
EVENTS
The Student Government Association Date Auction and UA Taste will be today at the Bryant Conference Center. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for UA Taste, which will feature sample food from local restaurants. The auction begins at 7 p.m., at which time students can bid on a date with a UA student. Tickets can be purchased online at http://sga.tix.com for $10 or at the door for $15.
The UA chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness will present a documentary on eating disorders today at 7 p.m. in 353 Gordon Palmer Hall. A discussion will follow. More information: Stephanie Glaze at smglaze@crimson.ua.edu.
The UA Community Service Center will host its annual Sleep Out on the Quad on March 28 (8 p.m.)-March 29 (6 a.m.). The event promotes awareness of homelessness issues that exist in Alabama and across the nation. The night begins with a panel discussion with representatives from Habitat for Humanity, the VA Medical Center, the Jesus Way Homeless Shelter and the Tracy Dent Foundation. Other activities include making blankets for those in need and participating in the Walk Without Shoes. After the walk, students have the option of rolling out their sleeping bags and spending the night on the Quad. For more information, visit the Community Service Center in 346 Ferguson Center or contact the center at uahungerandhomelessness@gmail.com.
UA’s student chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists will hold a First Amendment Free Food Festival March 28 at 11:30 a.m. on the southwest corner of the Quad across from Phifer Hall. The first 500 students who sign a passport to enter the “Glorious Kingdom of Roll Tidelberg” will be offered free lunches in exchange for relinquishing First Amendment rights. News media will be banned from inside the Kingdom. A goon squad will enforce any laws the dictator fancies. The First Amendment Free Food Festival, which has been held on more than 20 campuses nationwide since 2006, reinforces the importance of First Amendment freedoms and shows the dangers of taking these rights for granted. This is the first time the event has been held on the UA campus. Co-sponsors include the Student Government Association, the Academic Honor Council and the Corolla yearbook.
Phi Sigma Kappa and the Student Alumni Association will host a crawfish boil at the Phi Sigma Kappa house from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on March 29. Tickets are $5 at the door. More information: Blake Adams at bgadams@crimson.ua.edu.
First Year Experience will host a drop-in lunch and Wii bowling for transfer students on March 29 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in 300 Ferguson Center (Mortar Board Room). More information: fyeintern@sa.ua.edu.
The UA Diabetes Association will host a spin-a-thon at the Student Recreation Center March 31 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Participants can spin for 50 minutes for a donation of $20. Groups can get together and tag in and out if they do not want to spin the entire time. Information tables will be in the Ferguson Center March 29-30, at which time students can purchase shoe prints for $1 each to honor someone they know who has diabetes. The prints will be placed on a large bulletin board. More information: Amber Foster at amfoster@crimson.ua.edu.
The Graduate Student Association will hold a GSA Assembly April 6 at 7 p.m. in 1004 Shelby Hall. The Assembly is open to all UA graduate students and is expected to be an annual event. More information: Becky Odom-Bartel at rlodombartel@ua.edu.
Black Reflections will host a women’s empowerment program April 4 at 6:30 p.m. in 226 Lloyd Hall. The program is open to all female students at UA and is expected to be an annual event. More information: Tierra Gleason at tngleason@crimson.ua.edu.
Head football coach Nick Saban and John Croyle, founder of the Big Oak Ranch, will speak to UA students in Coleman Coliseum about character development, making good choices and creating a more positive atmosphere around campus. Doors open at 5:45 p.m. on April 12. The event starts at 6:30 pm. Action Cards will be required for entry. Attendees will have the opportunity to tweet questions that will be answered during a short question-and-answer session with both men at the conclusion of the event. More information: Joe Hart at jehart@crimson.ua.edu.
The annual Technology, Education and Research Conference will be held April 14. This year’s theme is “Exploring Horizons: Technology, Education and Research.” Registration opens at 9:30 a.m., and the conference will be held in Bibb Graves. Keynote speaker will be Dr. Thomas R. Bice, superintendent of Alabama’s K-12 schools. More information: Shirley Farrell at shirfarr@gmail.com, Natasha Lindsey at nslindsey@una.edu or Becky Odom-Bartel at rlodombartel@ua.edu.
STUDENT AFFAIRS
The University Stewards are accepting applications for membership for the 2012-13 school year. Qualified candidates will have at least a 3.0 GPA, a welcoming personality and a passion for the University. Applications are available at http://bama.ua.edu/~uastewards and must be turned into the Office of Undergraduate Admissions in 203 Student Services on April 4 by 4 p.m.
The SOURCE is accepting applications for the 2012-13 SOURCE Board of Governors. The SBOG comprises four leaders who work together to provide resources and services to UA student organizations. The positions are director of organizational outreach, director of communications, director of organizational leadership, and director of partnership development and finance. Visit http://thesource.ua.edu to apply and for more information. The application deadline is April 4.
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