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How economies pick up and move on after terrorist attacks
Washington Post – Nov. 17
If there is any good news for France after the horrific violence in Paris on Friday, it’s that terrorists generally aren’t able to destroy the economies of the countries where they strike. Societies are resilient, and people can soon get back to doing business after attacks like this one. The purely economic consequences of recent terrorism have been limited and temporary … The terrorists in Paris did not manage to destroy skyscrapers or passenger jets. Their strategy was a contrast with the attacks on the World Trade Center, which was calculated to cause economic harm, said Walter Enders, an economist who recently retired from the University of Alabama. “They didn’t go to the heart of Paris,” said Enders, predicting that tourism in Paris would not be affected. “They didn’t hit the Eiffel Tower. They didn’t hit anything on the Champs-Élysées. They didn’t hit Notre Dame.”
Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) – Nov. 17
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California, Texas comic book partners explain how they got to UA
Al.com – Nov. 17
A FEW SPEECH BALLOONS WITH…UA students Ethan Jackson and Kris Pearce. How did a student originally from California and another from Texas find themselves at the University of Alabama? The partners in Day Dream Comics explain how the made it to UA. The following conversation is edited and condensed, because only comic book characters have neat and tidy conversations. Kris, tell me how you got to the University of Alabama. Why did you come here? Kris Pearce: The University of Alabama? That’s actually a great question. I’m from California, so that seems weird, but I lived in Atlanta, and I wanted to stay close to home and surprisingly enough, I was at first attracted to the University’s film program. I thought that, “Hey, I was student president in high school. Let me continue these arts and stuff.” So, I came here close to home. I didn’t want to be too close to mom but far enough to feel like if she wanted to see me, she had to earn it. It’s a bit of a drive. The University of Alabama is how I landed here for the TCF program which I’m not a part of.
Al.com (sidebar) – Nov. 17
How to have a well-stocked first-aid kit
Medical Xpress – Nov. 17
A well-stocked first-aid kit can help you respond effectively to common injuries and emergencies. Ideally, one kit should be in the home and one in the family car. In addition to having a well-stocked kit, also ensure that emergency numbers—contact information for your family doctor and pediatrician, local emergency services and emergency road service providers, including local poison control—are readily available in the home. Many accidents occur in the bathroom, so this may be the ideal place to keep your first-aid kit. Make certain everyone knows where the kit is located. The University of Alabama’s Dr. Louanne Friend provides a list of items that are recommended for first-aid kits for the home:
Crossing Points students put on ‘Alice in Wonderland’ dinner theater production
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 17
Alice chases a white rabbit across the stage and into a fantasy land populated by imaginary creatures. You know the story but you may not recognize the actors. Each character is portrayed by a special needs student in the Crossing Points program at the University of Alabama. Crossing Points is a collaboration between the University and Tuscaloosa city and county school systems to help special needs students develop life skills. Amy Williamson, program coordinator, and Adam Tessler, a UA student majoring in special education, came up with the idea for a dinner theater production. Williamson doesn’t remember when she thought of the idea for a dinner theater but she knows there is something very special about her special needs students. “I know the potential they have for learning things and being able to get up in front of a group. That is something special education students often don’t get the chance to do, get up and showcase their talents in front of a group,” she said.
University of Alabama students’ fashion show benefits hospice
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 17
Brittany Hope thought about the people she would be helping as she researched trends, sketched designs, chose fabrics and colors, created patterns and stitched the garments she will showcase in the seventh annual Fashion for Life fashion show. Hope is one of 23 senior apparel design students in the University of Alabama College of Human Environmental Sciences’ department of clothing, textiles and interior design who will display their creations on the runway at the Ferguson Student Center ballroom at 5 p.m. Sunday. Doors open at 4:30, and tickets are $5 at the door or can be purchased at Doster Hall Room 307. All proceeds from the show will benefit Hospice of West Alabama. “Each year, the students and I choose an organization for Fashion for Life to support,” said Brian Taylor, show coordinator and department instructor.
For the students, by the students
Huffington Post – Nov. 17
For some, college is a time to eat fast food every other meal, stay out late, and “sleep-in” in the mornings, relishing the fact that suddenly there is a drastic change in their own personal freedom. While this reaction to freedom is true for some, for many students across the country, their newfound personal freedom comes in a much different form … Our country is seeing an unprecedented wave of young people getting involved with community service … If we move south, we can see the same commitment by universities to empower their undergraduate students to make a real difference in their communities. At the University of Alabama’s Honors College, the “Office of Educational Outreach” was created to be a place where University of Alabama Honors College students could create and lead initiatives to impact Pre-K to 12th grade students in their university community.
Six tips for preventing and surviving a terrorist attack
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – Nov. 17
In the wake of attacks in Paris Friday and new threats from ISIS promising attacks in the United States, a heightened sense of fear is understandable. Terrorism experts and security professionals say there are steps the public can take to reduce the risk of an attack and to increase their chances of survival if one occurs. 1. See something, say something: It may seem cliché, but security experts constantly return to this principle: if you see something, say something … “The most critical thing is the public needs to be the eyes and ears of law enforcement, of counterterrorism, of the government,” said Adam Lankford, criminal justice professor at the University of Alabama and author of “The Myth of Martyrdom.” Lankford pointed to the example of the Unabomber, who was caught because his brother recognized something in his manifesto and alerted authorities. Sometimes friends, family, and neighbors have information the government does not or they understand it in a context law enforcement cannot.
CBS 2 (Salt Lake City, Utah) – Nov. 17