UA’s criminal justice department to hold cybersecurity forum
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Sept. 30
If you want to learn more about how you can keep your information safe on-line, listen up. The University of Alabama’s criminal justice department is hosting a public panel on cyber-security tomorrow evening the event features a moderator taking questions from both the audience and on-line, with a panel of cyber security experts offering answers. It starts tomorrow, at 6 o’clock in room 328 in Lloyd Hall, on the UA campus. “We’re going to have representatives from state law enforcement and from the private sector who can talk about all sorts of issues that people might be interested in in terms of how to protect their own identity. And what our government is doing to protect our personal information.” The free event is open to the public.
Druid City Garden Project Director on Fourth Annual Garden Party
APR News – Oct. 1
The fourth annual Druid City Garden Party is taking place Sunday evening from 5 to 8 PM. The event is the main fundraiser for the Druid City Garden Project. It features chefs from eight local restaurants under one roof preparing dishes you won’t be able to find anywhere else. I spoke with the Druid City Garden Project’s executive director Lindsay Turner about the party and the work the event is going to fund. . . . LT: “The event this year is at going to be at Smith Hall on the University of Alabama’s campus, in the natural history museum. We have sold out every single year, and we’re getting close already, so we encourage folks to buy early and go ahead and get that ticket, because we may not have any at the door this year.”
Rick Bragg will be guest speaker for 76th Chamber of Commerce banquet
Daily Home (Sylacauga) – Oct. 1
Pulitzer Prize author Rick Bragg will be the guest speaker for the 76th annual Sylacauga Chamber of Commerce banquet Oct. 8. Mike Landers, executive director of the chamber, said this year’s theme is “Sweet Home Sylacauga, Then and Now.” Landers said it has been a year of transition for the chamber. “It’s a chance for us to look at the positive things and things that are right about the Chamber of Commerce,” he said. The theme will look at the Sylacauga of the past and what the future holds. . . . “He grew up in a mill town in Jacksonville. He knows about life in the South. He is a professor now at the University of Alabama and, of course, a Pulitzer Prize winner. I think we are going to have one heck of a banquet,” Landers said.
Bill Nye speaks on climate change and the importance of teaching evolution in schools
Crimson White – Sept. 30
Students, faculty and fans flooded into The University of Alabama’s Moody Music Concert Hall Monday, Sept. 28 at 7 p.m. Heads turned, eyes searched. An excited murmur travelled through the hall. The crowd roared as Bill Nye entered the room. “Roll tide,” he called out, and another wave of screaming began. The Blount Undergraduate Initiative and the Allele Lecture Series partnered to host a lecture by Nye. Nye began his speech with an overview of his family history. “I would like to just tell you a couple of stories, and of course it all centers around me, me, me, me,” he said. The crowd erupted with laughter. Nye said his father, Ned Nye, went to school for political science with the intent of pursuing a law degree. He wanted to marry his future wife, but her father wouldn’t let him until she graduated college.