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Former Alabama Athletic Director Dies

AP | JOHN ZENOR | Posted 03.30.2013 | Sports

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Former Alabama athletic director Mal Moore, who played and coached under Bear Bryant, hired Nick Saban and presided over a he...

Dozens Of UA Students Rounded Up In Massive Drug Bust

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 02.20.2013 | Crime

Authorities in Tuscaloosa, Ala., arrested 74 people on Tuesday in a sweeping drug bust, WIAT reports. A majority of those who were arrested are studen...

Pell Grant Changes Hurt Least Educated, Poorest States The Most

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 02.16.2013 | College

A new study released this week found that changes in eligibility for Pell Grants, designed to help low-income students afford college, have greatly im...

Memoir of a Liberal Southern Journalist

Glen Browder | Posted 04.07.2013 | Books
Glen Browder

Others can and will profile Ayers' impressive public career as presented in his autobiography. What I want to do here is profile "Brandy" as a person, using excerpts from the book to more fully portray this complex man and his progressive mission.

Desegregation Trailblazer Dies At 70

AP | BOB JOHNSON | Posted 03.20.2013 | Black Voices

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- One of the first black students who enrolled at the University of Alabama a half century ago in defiance of racial segregation has...

Could Auburn Beauty Queen Foil Alabama's BCS Bid?

Posted 01.08.2013 | Sports

Miss Alabama Katherine Webb is an Auburn alum. Given her alma mater's rivalry with University of Alabama, you'd think she might think twice about dati...

Predicting Alabama vs. Georgia

Paul Bessire | Posted 01.30.2013 | Sports
Paul Bessire

Georgia has been impressive, especially as of late with wins and covers in four straight games (the under has also covered in each of those blowouts). Expect all of those streaks to end in Atlanta on Saturday.

A Historical Day at the University of Alabama

Dr. Robert Exley | Posted 01.04.2013 | College
Dr. Robert Exley

The only question that I have is: "What took the University of Alabama so long to choose a woman president?"

Ovarian Cancer Sucks. That's All.

Jennifer Cullen | Posted 12.22.2012 | Impact
Jennifer Cullen

It was one of those in-the-moment kind of statements like, "I'm going to buy some bees and learn how to make my own honey." It seems like a great idea and is a nice sentiment, but never actually comes to fruition. Except that it did. All because Karen made it happen.

Alleged Theater Shooting Gunman Raised Red Flags At Alabama School

AP | P. SOLOMON BANDA | Posted 09.06.2012 | College

DENVER -- Professors at an Alabama university described James Holmes as an excellent candidate for their neuroscience program in February 2011, but re...

The Strange New Southern Politics: Court-Approved Biracial Accommodation

Glen Browder | Posted 09.13.2012 | Politics
Glen Browder

A new version of race relations seems to have taken hold in Southern political life. Cynics can snicker; but the changed order is better than anything practiced in the past in this part of the country.

Nick Saban's Daughter Sued Over Sorority Fight

AP | JAY REEVES | Posted 09.11.2012 | Sports

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The daughter of University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban is being sued by a sorority sister who claims the two got int...

Carl Sandburg and Senior Reflections

The Crimson White | Posted 07.08.2012 | College
The Crimson White

I've been thinking about this column from the moment I submitted my first back in October of 2010. Then, and even as recently as a few months ago, I envisioned a giant, 800-word middle finger to the system as my final parting gift.

Honor Roll: The Broest Colleges

Posted 08.17.2012 | College

Some college campuses are just bastions for bros. We've been broductive this morning and scanned the country for the 10 schools that either house...

Sports Artists Battling Big Money, Trademark Lawsuits (and Winning!)

Daniel Grant | Posted 04.02.2012 | Arts
Daniel Grant

Artists are open to all sorts of renown (commercial success, succès de scandale, their art and faces in books and magazines, their names known far an...

Taylor Swift Calls Alpharetta College Student Her Hero

alpharetta.patch.com | Bob Pepalis | Posted 01.04.2012 | Impact

Taylor Swift has a hero, and he's an Alpharetta, Ga., college student who started his own charity to help victims of tornadoes that swept through Alab...

WATCH: Terrible Alabama Panhellenic Recruiting Video Going Viral

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 10.16.2011 | College

It's probably safe to say that the Panhellenic Association at the University of Alabama never thought this recruitment video would be seen beyond the ...

SEC Pledges $500,000 For University Of Alabama In Storms' Wake

AP | Posted 07.05.2011 | College

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The Southeastern Conference is pledging $500,000 to the University of Alabama to help storm victims. The SEC announced the donati...

5 Students Dead: Tornado Devestates University Of Alabama

AP | JAY REEVES | Posted 07.02.2011 | College

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Most everyone in this college town has at least one crimson-colored University of Alabama shirt tucked in a dresser drawer. S...

University Of Alabama Cancels Final Exams, Commencement In Storms' Wake

AP | Posted 06.28.2011 | College

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- The University of Alabama has canceled students' final exams and postponed commencement ceremonies for graduating students in the ...

Racial Incidents Shake University Of Alabama-Tuscaloosa

Inside Higher Ed | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

In less than a week, two racially charged incidents that were witnessed by few but now have been discussed by thousands have prompted the president, f...

Legislature Shores Up Alabama College Tuition Plan

nytimes.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The Alabama Legislature found a compromise Wednesday that shores up the state's prepaid college tuition plan with nearly $548...

USCarolina In Danger Of Losing Lone Black Trustee

AP | JIM DAVENPORT and SEANNA ADCOX | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

COLUMBIA, S.C. — As legislators weigh whether to vote out the lone minority trustee at the University of South Carolina, an Associated Press ana...

Letter From Earth: We're Getting Warmer

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Bill Chameides

2010 is shaping up to be the warmest year on record. The U.S. National Climatic Data Center has released its preliminary analysis of global temperatures for the month of April: it was a hot one.

Amy Bishop Husband: Alabama Professor Went To Range Before Shooting

AP | DESIREE HUNTER | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The husband of an Alabama professor accused of fatally shooting three colleagues said Monday that the couple went to a shooti...