University of Alabama students test EcoCar 3 on airport runway
NBC 5 (Memphis, Tenn.) – Jan. 6
University of Alabama engineering students held a special test drive Wednesday morning on an airport runway. The will turn that Chevrolet Camaro into a hybrid car for the EcoCar 3 competition. During the test drive, team members collected data on the car’s performance, such as how quickly it can go from 0 to 60 miles per hour. They’ll need this because part of the competition is to make sure their hybrid still appeals to consumers interested in buying a high-performance Camaro. The students will work on replacing the current engine with two motors and an electric battery pack.
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Wanted: AP coding teachers
Athens News-Courier – Jan. 6
Alabama is looking for a few good teachers to bring its technology curriculum up to code with the addition of Advanced Placement coding classes. A + College Ready, the nonprofit partner of the Alabama state Department of Education, announced Monday it has partnered with Code.org to facilitate expanding computer science courses across all grade levels. A highlight of the partnership is the implementation of college-level computer science courses to high schoolers over the next two years. “Support from Code.org will build upon the groundwork we’ve laid and take Alabama to the next level — bringing computer science courses to about 100 Alabama schools by 2018,” said Mary Boehm, president of A+ College Ready. “Our incredible partnerships with the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Dr. Jeff Gray of the University of Alabama helped get the first 50 public school teachers well prepared, confident and excited about leading more students into this field of study. The Code.org partnership will train and support 50 additional teachers.”
Alabama justice: Judges should refuse gay marriage licenses
Daily News 724 – Jan. 6
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore on Wednesday said state probate judges remain under a court order to refuse marriage licenses to gay couples even though a US. Supreme Court decision effectively legalized same-sex marriage more than six months ago. The outspoken chief justice, who previously tried to block gay marriage from coming to the Deep South state, issued an administrative order saying the Alabama Supreme Court never lifted a March directive to probate judges to refuse licenses to gay couples … University of Alabama School of Law Professor Ronald Krotoszynski said it’s true as a technical matter the state supreme court has not dissolved the March injunction the U.S. Supreme Court plainly overruled it and federal courts would ruled against judges who refuse licenses. “In light of this reality, ordering the state’s probate judges to refuse to issue marriage licenses to all couples who seek them constitutes an exercise in futility — at best, it sows chaos and confusion; at worst, it forces couples to bring federal court litigation in order to exercise a clearly-established federal constitutional right,” Krotoszynski said.
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