Dr. Stuart Bell named President of the University of Alabama
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – June 18
An administrator at Louisiana State University has been named as the new president of the University of Alabama. The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees on Thursday approved Stuart Bell as the next president for the state’s flagship university. Bell will succeed outgoing president Judy Bonner beginning on July 15. Bell is currently the provost and executive vice president at LSU. Alabama system Chancellor Robert Witt recommended Bell for the top job in Tuscaloosa. Bell was the only person recommended for the presidency following a four-month search by an advisory committee. He has three engineering degrees from Texas A&M University and previously taught engineering at Alabama. Bonner is retiring after less than three years. She is the first woman to hold the presidency at Alabama.
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The History Of Using White Female Sexuality To Justify Racist Violence
Huffington Post – June 18
“I have to do it. You rape our women and you’re taking over our country. And you have to go.” These are the words the Charleston shooter reportedly spoke during Wednesday night’s massacre, according to Sylvia Johnson, a woman who told NBC News she spoke to a survivor of the Charleston shooting. Johnson is a cousin of pastor and State Senator Clementa Pinckney, who was killed Wednesday night at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Nine people were murdered in the house of worship in cold blood — three men and six women. We have yet to hear from the survivors of the attack directly, so there are a lot of unknowns. We can’t be sure of the exact words the shooter used while he was carrying out the massacre, or the exact meaning behind them. But if Johnson’s account is accurate, there is a disturbing historical context for the sentiments expressed … Dr. Lisa Lindquist-Dorr, Associate Professor at the University of Alabama, spoke to The Huffington Post about the historical potency of this particular sexual trope. “It was a racial red herring that would be brought up to justify violence or legal tactics to oppress African Americans,” she said. “One that wasn’t based in reality. It’s a trope that’s trotted out to justify oppression.”
Tight federal banking rules pose challenge for Illinois medical marijuana dispensaries
Reboot Illinois – June 18
The laws that create problems for dispensaries to conduct banking business mostly are regulated on the federal level. Marijuana, though legal as a medicine in 23 states, is still a Schedule I drug on the national level, meaning it is illegal to buy, sell and use for medical purposes or otherwise. Many banks will not provide accounts for dispensaries, even ones who have state licenses, and no major credit card companies will allow their cards to be used at such locations at tills. Those banks also refuse to provide cash to most ATM companies who install machines in the dispensaries. … From Forbes: “…[T]he institution would be conspiring to distribute marijuana,” writes University of Alabama law professor Julie Andersen Hill in a paper she presented at a conference on marijuana and federalism last [September]. “By facilitating customers’ credit card payments, the institution would be aiding and abetting the distribution of marijuana. And by knowingly accepting deposits consisting of revenue from the sale of marijuana, the institution may be acting as an accessory after the fact.”
Free legal help in Tuscaloosa Thursday
Fox 8 (New Orleans) – June 18
The Alabama State Bar Association is offering free legal help to low-income residents of Tuscaloosa County on Thursday. Practicing attorneys, some students and law professors from the University of Alabama school of law are participating. A spokesman says they hope to advise people who need advice on matters like divorce, bankruptcy and other minor legal issues. The free legal clinic is from 3 to 5:30 p.m. at the main branch of the Tuscaloosa Library on Jack Warner parkway. For more information, call the Alabama State Bar at 1-800-354-6154, or visit their website at www.alabar.org.
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – June 18
The Wheaton Municipal Band-Come Rain or Come Shine
Daily Herald (Wheaton, Ill.) – June 18
Loyal fans of the Wheaton Municipal Band attend the Thursday night band concerts, come rain or come shine. Even if it is raining, don’t miss the June 26 concert. Colonel Thomas H. Palmatier conducts the Wheaton Municipal Band, Thursday, June 25 at 8:00 p.m. in Memorial Park in downtown Wheaton … Featured at the evenings’ performance is Dr. Jonathan Whitaker on the trombone playing Thoughts of Love by Pryor. On the University of Alabama music faculty, Whitaker is an active performer as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician. On Thursday, the mellow tones of the trombone will fill Memorial Park.
Your Health: Fatherless homes, the emotional impact
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – June 18
Millions of children grow up in fatherless homes… leaving a void and lasting emotional impact. As Father’s Day nears, we talk with a few young men who were raised in a single parent home with an absent father. Growing up in a single parent home without a father can have a huge impact in your life. It’s not that they didn’t have a father. It’s been seven years, since 19 year old Jared Felton Grice has seen his father. He’s an only child, raised by a single mom. He says he didn’t miss out on masculine bonding. … Young brothers, Dakota and Justice Clark remember their father at home up until their mom and dad divorced. Justice was five. Justice Clark says, “It definitely impacted me. I’m a strong person because of that. My mom is a strong person. She’s definitely the mother and father. He was maybe as the uncle.” … These well accomplished young men, Justice and 19 year old Dakota attend the University of Alabama.