Here’s how three University of Alabama students are saving money
USA Today – Oct. 18
While you are at college, you no longer have access to those home cooked or purchased meals your parents provided you with all those years living at home. Your parents also may no longer pay for your water or electricity usage. And, perhaps even more important, Wi-Fi and cable are expenses that can pile up, much to the chagrin of students everywhere … Brooke Patton, a senior majoring in elementary and special education, discussed ways she has learned to spend less money on a daily basis. Patton said she saves money on food by taking advantage of the university-provided Dining Dollars, and using her own money to cover any expenses that may come up.
UA student creates app and starts business
CBS 42 (Birmingham) – Oct. 18
One senior at The University of Alabama is graduating ahead of the curve. Matt Bowen has started his own company. He’s 22-years-old. It’s called PA Software. The program uses cameras or cell phone cameras on iPhones to be a virtual umpire in baseball games. It provides data to players, coaches or anyone who plays baseball.
Gag order ensures privacy, but at a cost, experts say
Anniston Star – Oct. 18
As 35-year-old Christian Holm on Thursday stopped outside a Cleburne County courtroom to discuss a case in which he and his wife Danielle Holm, 32, are fighting for custody of their newborn child, an attorney interrupted him to say the case was under a gag order … An additional problem with a gag order in the Holmses’ case is that the public has no information about what steps the state is taking to protect the child and if the parents’ rights are being protected through the proceedings, said University of Alabama School of Law Professor Jenny Carroll. It is, she noted, the parental rights that are in question in the case. “The public has a right to check if actions being taken in our names are in fact correct,” Carroll said.
Enlisting the Brain in the Fight against Pain
PCORI – Oct. 18
Chronic pain is a major health problem, particularly among economically disadvantaged people. Compared with the general population, they have not only a higher incidence of chronic pain but also less access to pain treatment. Preliminary results of a PCORI-funded project suggest that group sessions of both cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and education about pain can help disadvantaged people deal with chronic pain … The study’s principal investigator, Beverly E. Thorn of the University of Alabama, had adapted standard CBT practices and patient materials, as well as the group education materials, for this population. The research team evaluated the participants immediately before and after 10 weeks of group treatments, and six months after those treatments ended.
UA to hold Trick or Treating on Sorority Row
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Oct. 18
Sorority row at The University of Alabama is getting ready for some Trick-or-Treaters, but they are asking for no clown visits. They will host the annual Trick-or-Treat event next Monday. The Alabama Panhellenic Association is inviting kids 12 and under to visit the lawns of the sorority houses on Magnolia and Colonial Drives for candy and fun. Masks are not allowed for the family friendly event. And, once again, no clowns.
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – Oct. 18
Former UA Professor returns for lecture on segregation in schools
Crimson White – Oct. 19
Former professor in the UA College of Education Jerry Rosiek will return to Tuscaloosa tomorrow from the University of Oregon. He is stopping by during his informative lecture series on resegregation in schools nationwide.
Civil rights group recognized by Tuscaloosa City Council
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 18
Mayor Walter Maddox and the Tuscaloosa City Council formally recognized the efforts of the Tuscaloosa Civil Rights History Task Force on Tuesday. This task force was formed months ago to document Tuscaloosa’s place in the civil rights movement, create a trail that includes relevant and historical sites associated with that movement and ensure the city’s inclusion on state- and area-wide tours of civil rights events … Scott Bridges, a retired professor in the University of Alabama’s School of Music and former director of the UA Creative Campus initiative, serves as co-chairman of the task force. He accepted the proclamation on behalf of the group.
Shelton State play based on key Tuscaloosa civil rights event
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 18
A reading of play based on a key event in Tuscaloosa’s civil rights movement will be presented at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Alabama Power Recital Hall on the Martin Campus of Shelton State Community College. “The Emperor’s Clothes,” is based on “Bloody Tuesday,” a day in 1964 when a group of peaceful black marchers were beaten, arrested and tear gassed by law enforcement officers. The marchers were walking from the First African Baptist Church to the Tuscaloosa County Courthouse to protest whites-only drinking fountains. The play was written by Billy Field, who served as a writer for several television shows, including “Fame,” “Trapper John M.D.,” and “The Lazarus Man.” Field now lives in Tuscaloosa and teaches at the University of Alabama. The play is directed by Michael Carr.
Inside the $13 million dollar sorority house
MSN Lifestyle – Oct. 18
Hey, remember your Freshman year dorm and how the walls were caked with an undefinable funk and how you you had to share a mini-fridge with three strangers and how your entire floor smelled of farts? Well, keep all that in mind and check out the brand-new $13 million Phi Mu sorority house at the University of Alabama and just cry and cry forever. It’s a mansion that would be at home in Scream Queens and I’ll never live some place so nice in my entire life. BRB, going to cry into my ramen if I can get my microwave to work.
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