What The Hell Was Aaron Rodgers Doing In This Weird Tent?
Deadspin – Nov. 28
The most noteworthy moment from tonight’s Packers-Eagles game was Aaron Rodgers disappearing into a MYSTERY TENT for a bit in the third quarter for some reason. It was initially unclear what the tent was or why Rodgers entered it, and Lisa Salters wasn’t sure what Rodgers was doing … It turns out, the tents are a very new technology on NFL sidelines. A group of mechanical engineering students from the University of Alabama came up with the design as part of a senior project, and the school quickly licensed the technology. The inventors intended it to be a space to quickly and privately evaluate players for injuries without having to shuffle them to the locker room.
Candidates for Provost position to hold public forums
WBRC-Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Nov. 28
The University of Alabama is holding public forums for the finalists for a top administrative position. Four people are vying to be Provost and Executive Vice President. Kevin Whitaker is holding a presentation starting at 2:30 this afternoon. That’s at North Lawn Hall on the Tuscaloosa campus.
NBC 13 (Birmingham) – Nov. 28
Trump’s immigration policies would restrict justice
Al.com – Nov. 28
During the presidential campaign, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he was the “law and order” candidate. He announced his plans to build a wall on the Mexican border and to deport any undocumented–or, in his words, “illegal”–immigrants. Regardless of whether he will actually be able to make good on his promises to build a wall along our Mexican border or to deport all “illegal” immigrants, the fear among immigrants that he will be able to do so is very real. That fear will have very real consequences. (By John Gross, assistant professor of Clinical Legal Education and Director of the Criminal Defense Clinic at the University of Alabama School of Law)
Soldier mom surprises son at Iron Bowl
WBRC-Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Nov. 28
The Iron Bowl also marked Senior Day for The University of Alabama football team. Parents joined the players on the field, and this was the big surprise for Alabama walk-on running back Lawrence Erekosima. That’s his mother there in the camouflage. She is serving in Kuwait, and she was able to make it home for the game. Nick Saban says the touching surprise moved him, too.
UA distracted driving expert shares tips for safe holiday travel
Crimson White – Nov. 28
With the holiday season coming up, most members of the UA community will travel back home for Winter Break to spend time with their family and friends back home. More than ever, UA students will be traveling great distances with the percentage of out-of-state students growing each year.
SLIS hols Really Big Book Sale
WVUA 23 (Tuscaloosa) – Nov. 28
Year after year, the University of Alabama’s School of Library and Information Sciences sales a bunch of really big books for really small prices. Thousands of brand new titles are up for grabs at only a couple of dollars a piece, and some are even free. “These are all brand new books. Most have never been read. They are all the books from 2015 and 2016. We’re selling them really cheap. The proceeds go to literacy outreach programs for local public libraries,” said Dr. Jamie Naidoo.
Once ‘disillusioned’ about the state, former UA SGA president Elliott Spillers is now a ‘bridge’ on race, culture with Birmingham youth
Al.com – Nov. 29
Elliott Spillers was outta here. He had been an “Air Force brat.” His father, Stanley, worked in intelligence, while his mother, Wanda, an Orrville, AL, native, was a military field nurse. Elliott was born in Bethesda, Md., but during the first years of his life also lived in San Antonio, Turkey, Mississippi, Virginia, England and visited his mom while she was stationed in Germany. Then his family moved to Pelham–mom’s call–just before he was to enter high school. So in May, when Spillers graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in Business management with a double-minor in political science and interdisciplinary studies, he was not unlike a lot of other smart, ambitious young people who are schooled at one of the various prestigious institutions of higher learning in our state: he wanted to leave.