Sneak peek: Set designer takes SummerStock production to next level
Florence Times Daily – May 19
One of the most well-worn phrases concerning theater was originally spoken by Jaques in Shakespeare’s “As You Like It.” “All the world’s a stage,” Jaques says, starting a monologue that’s a meditation on human existence. Turned on its head, the phrase might have more useful advice for directors, playwrights and actors. All the stage is a world, and the players merely men and women. What is a play, if not a window into a new — or maybe familiar — world? And what is the stage and set if not that world? “It’s very important to get the set right, you have to think through all of the moments in the play like the director would,” said Andy Fitch, an associate professor of theater and the director of scenic design at the University of Alabama.
Birmingham Business Journal Ranks Employers with Most Posted Jobs
WBRC-Fox 6 – May 17
The BBJ ranks employers with the most posted job openings in the metro. Regions leads the pack with almost 430 jobs, the University of Alabama has more than 380 openings, UAB has 365.
Native American park to hold 5k
The Tuscaloosa News – May 20
The University of Alabama’s Moundville Archaeological Park will hold its first 5k walk memorializing the Trail of Tears on Saturday. The event, “Full Circle: Transcending the Trail of Tears,” will feature presentations, book signings, video viewing and more.
UA Lunabotics Team Getting Ready to Compete Again
WAFF-NBC, Huntsville, AL – May 17
Engineering students at the University of Alabama are facing a challenge to build the best robot for NASA. As Raycom News Network’s Neal Posey reports, they’ve done it before. He has the story from Tuscaloosa.
UA Grad Starts “Think Community” Program at Northridge High School
WCFT-ABC 33/40 – May 17
Making a difference in your community can be an extremely satisfying experience. A group of Tuscaloosa teenagers is learning that lesson through a program called “Think Community.”
Brookwood students win personal finance challenge, again
The Tuscaloosa News – May 20
For the third year in a row, Brookwood High School’s financial banking and services team won the 2013 Alabama Personal Finance Challenge. … In the initial round of the state competition, Brookwood competed against 268 teams. Twenty-eight teams advanced to the final round of the competition held at the University of Alabama on April 23.
GUEST COLUMNIST: U.S. manufacturing obituary is premature
The Tuscaloosa News – May 19
Upon hearing of his obituary in The New York Journal, Mark Twain famously quipped, “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” It might serve well to describe the American manufacturing sector, long the driving force of the U. S. economy, and until very recently, thought to have died or shrunk into a relic of its old self. It had been a great run, but now I was living in the period of decline and decadence. It has happened to all empires in history. The evidence was clear. … Larry Clayton is a professor of history at the University of Alabama.