UA professor elected to Alabama-German Partnership
Tuscaloosa News – Jan. 8
Thomas Fox, chairman of the modern languages and classics department and a professor of German in the University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences, has been elected to the board of directors of the Alabama-Germany Partnership. The partnership, which is approaching its 10th anniversary, promotes cultural, educational and economic ties between Alabama and Germany…
The costs of living
Florence Times Daily – Jan. 8
…”Everything is all out all the time,” said Jan Brakefield, an assistant professor in the University of Alabama’s department of consumer sciences. Brakefield is also a certified financial planner and believes that there are several things Americans can do to be better prepared. “People fail to plan,” she said. “I don’t believe anyone plans to fail.” She said setting goals and strategies for family finances should be done and should include everyone in the family…
Opinion: A costly, pointless primary schedule
Tuscaloosa News – Jan. 8
…Unfortunately, in the words of David Lanoue, political science department chair at the University of Alabama, we got “bigfooted when California and the other states joined” the Feb. 5 primary date…
No good reason for Siegelman’s appeal to languish
Tuscaloosa News – Jan. 8
…Fuller’s refusal to allow Siegelman to remain free on bond pending an appeal is “extraordinarily unusual,” according to Robert Sigler, a retired criminal justice professor at the University of Alabama School of Law. He suggested that Siegelman was rushed off to prison to ensure that he would receive some jail time, even if his conviction were overturned on appeal…As University of Alabama political scientist William Stewart observed in November, every day that Siegelman is in jail when the appellate court might rule that he shouldn’t be, “it’s one more day of suffering.”…
Violent crime rises in Mobile
Mobile Register – Jan. 8
…Experts also said one six-month period is too short a snapshot to constitute a meaningful trend. “It’s incredibly unreliable to look at any one data point,” said David Forde, a criminal justice professor at the University of Alabama…