UA and AU Students Unite to Build House for Habitat for Humanity
WHNT (Huntsville) – July 21
… the students have put rivalries aside and in a show of unity, they are working together to rebuild Tuscaloosa. Carson: when you think of Tuscaloosa, you normally think of this place, the University of Alabama and Alabama football. Now the campus itself was not touched on April 27th. But many of the students rolled up their sleeves and went to work and so did their rivals from the other side of the state.
Alabama home sales rise from May, fall from a year ago
Birmingham News – July 22
… Last month, 3,766 homes were sold in the state, falling 7 percent from June 2010, according to the Alabama Center for Real Estate at the University of Alabama. But sales rose from May, by 12 percent. Over the past five years, June home sales have increased from May by an average of 3.9 percent, ACRE said, so this year’s increase is notable …
Student body presidents urge political leaders to reach compromise on debt debate
Washington Post – July 22
Over the past several weeks, politicians, economic experts and business leaders have urged President Obama and Congressional leaders to agree to raise the debt ceiling and reduce the national deficit. On Thursday, another group joined the call: college student government presidents…Several student presidents have also filmed YouTube videos of their message. Grant Cochran, student government president at the University of Alabama, ends his video address with this message: “I know that through working together we can create something positive for the American people. We are the future. And our future is in your hands.”
Students Attend Bama Bound Orientation
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – July 21
They get to spend the night in a dorm and register for classes. Today, we caught up with a group walking from the Ferguson center to Paty Hall …
NewSouth Books to screen ‘Discovering Alabama: Oil Spill’ at 5:30 p.m. today
Montgomery Advertiser – July 22
NewSouth Bookstore will host a screening of the award-winning film “Discovering Alabama: Oil Spill,” at 5:30 p.m. today at the store. … Host and executive producer Doug Phillips will make opening remarks, with additional comments from writer/producer Roger Reid, and Wendy Reed, producer for The Center for Public Television and Radio at the University of Alabama. … “Discovering Alabama: Oil Spill” earned two Emmy Awards in the 2011 National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Southeast competition for exploring the trauma and uncertainty imposed on people, animals, and ecosystems by the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill that began in April 2010 and continues to this day …