Voter Turnout High on UA Campus
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Nov. 4
Voter turnout has been high in Tuscaloosa County, especially at the precinct on the University of Alabama campus. By 2:30 p.m., 1,500 of 5,100 people registered to vote there cast their ballots.
Election viewing party a success
Crimson White – Nov. 5
…supporters of both sens. John McCain and Barack Obama gathered to watch the election results in an election viewing party, hosted by the SGA, the Black Student Union, The Crimson White and the Ferguson Center. The event was held Tuesday night in the Ferguson Center Ballroom…The party featured the last “You Decide” panel discussion, moderated by Crimson White Editor-In-Chief Corey Craft, with special guest commentator, David Lanoue, professor and chairman of the political science department…
You Decide panel offers live commentary on election
Crimson White – Nov. 5
…a special Crimson White You Decide Panel convened in the Ferguson Center Ballroom to offer live commentary on the election as it unfolded. Panelists included Ian Sams, communications director for UA College Democrats; Cason Kirby, SGA President; Dr. David Lanoe, chair of the political science department; Ben Foster, chairman of UA Students for McCain; Jesse Woods, executive advisor to the SGA President; and Paul Thompson, opinions editor of The Crimson White…“The good news for Obama is he won Pennsylvania and fairly quickly,” Dr. Lanoe said. He speculated that it would be very difficult for McCain to win without sweeping Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida…
Good Showing for Higher Ed Ballot Measures
InsideHigherEd.com – Nov. 5
…Stephen Katsinas, director of the University of Alabama’s Education Policy Center, said he was not surprised to see voters back important initiatives. “As the late Tip O’Neill said, all politics is local. If a bond issue is well constituted with the proper groundwork laid with the key constituencies, the chances of passage are much improved,” Katsinas said…
UA Political Scientist Talks About Election Day
CBS 42 (Birmingham) – Nov. 4
Dr. David Lanoue, political scientist at UA talked to CBS 42 about what to expect on election day.
Sessions gets 3rd term in Senate
Montgomery Advertiser – Nov. 5
…(Sessions) is a good fit for the Alabama electorate,” said David Lanoue, a political science professor at the University of Alabama. Sessions has focused on veterans’ needs, Iraq and social issues, including immigration, that are important to the state, Lanoue said. Figures wasn’t as well known outside of her home county of Mobile and wasn’t able to raise substantial money, which usually is needed to beat an incumbent, he said…”Sessions is popular with the voters,” Lanoue said. “His voting record is line with Alabama voters.” Sessions was aided by the strong showing in Alabama by presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, Lanoue said…
Best Ways To Beat Holiday Stress
Forbes.com – Nov. 4
…I encourage people to not just jump on the bandwagon,” says Dr. Beverly Thorn, professor of psychology at the University of Alabama. “We need small doses of expectations or else we’re setting ourselves up for failure.”
New student show choir sprouts up at UA
Crimson White – Nov. 5
…A student show choir called Resonance is the first of its kind at the University. Michael Zauchin, a junior majoring in music education, started the choir to give students more extracurricular activities…Resonance is an audition show choir made up of 40 singers and dancers and is intended to be a 15-member band…
Madison duo making Bama Hockey better
Huntsville Times – Nov. 5
…Andrew Santi and Sam Fullone are making Bama Hockey a better program, which is in its third full season of Club Hockey Division III…Skating together since they were 14, the now 20-year old college students are basking in the fact the University of Alabama has a club team that represents the university with pride…
EDUCATION BRIEFS
Birmingham News – Nov. 5
The Women Involved in Learning and Leading program, supported by the Women’s Resource Center and the department of women’s studies at the University of Alabama, is sponsoring a week of literacy events on campus through Friday. The events are part of a literacy awareness campaign designed to combat illiteracy in west Alabama by encouraging reading. As part of the campaign, members of the WILL program will be collecting age-appropriate elementary books for third-graders, which will be donated to the Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School library in Tuscaloosa…The University of Alabama’s department of theatre and dance will present the Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre Fall Concert Nov. 11-13 at 7:30 nightly and Nov. 14 at 5:30 p.m. in Morgan Auditorium….
Women’s center collects books for Literacy Week
Crimson White – Nov. 5
The UA Women’s Resource Center’s Women Involved in Learning and Leading program is spreading awareness and donating books to a Tuscaloosa elementary school for Literacy Week…