UA and UT Students to Help Feed the Homeless In Pasadena
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – Dec. 21
CBS42 (Birmingham) – Dec. 21
Students from the UA SGA are joining their counterparts from the University of Texas. They will help feed homeless people in Pasadena, the day before the championship game at the Union Station Homeless Services Adult Center. The students will serve some 300 meals during breakfast and lunch at the center.
Town Hall: The history of Big Al (Video)
Tuscaloosa News – Dec. 23
Kathleen Cramer, senior associate vice president for student affairs, and Tommy Stevenson discusses the history of the University of Alabama mascot, Big Al.
All is forgiven for Griffith, leader of state GOP says
Huntsville Times – Dec. 23
…”Congressman Griffith is obviously in survival mode at this point. He knows that the president is not widely popular in his district, and he also knows that the Republicans would have thrown everything they had at him in 2010,” said Dr. David Lanoue, head of the Department of Political Science at the University of Alabama. “My guess is that this decision will solidify his hold on the district and that he will survive the cries of turncoat. Senator Shelby did this 15 or so years ago, and it obviously did him no harm.”
Full report: FBI stats show decrease in Mobile-area crime
Mobile Press-Register – Dec. 22
…”We clearly have a trend down in violent crime in the United States,” said Robert Sigler, a retired University of Alabama criminal justice professor. Theories have abounded as to why crime has continued a steady march downward, but Sigler acknowledged, “We really have no idea whatsoever.”…