Why Dallas’ Rachel Lindsay makes all-too-white ‘Bachelor’ and ‘Bachelorette’ better
Guide Live – March 6
The moment Dallas woman Rachel Lindsay stepped out of a limo and onto prime time television as one of the contestants on the 21st season of ABC’s The Bachelor, she was immediately captivating. Wearing a floor-length red dress and sparkling smile, the 31-year-old attorney proved to be charismatic, witty and a league above the other contestants … Kristen Warner, assistant professor in the Department of Journalism and Creative Media at the University of Alabama, studies how women of color are represented in TV and film. She believes having Lindsay as the bachelorette is a win for black women because it proves the show’s tastemakers deem her “worthy of them investing the time and marketing into.” And that’s not any easy find, she says. “In order for her to be the remotest possible suitor, I think she would need to be 10s across the board,” Warner says.
Lockheed Martin will soldier on despite Trump’s tweets
Forbes India – March 6
Lockheed CEO Marillyn Hewson parlayed a master’s degree in economics at the University of Alabama into the top job at Bethesda … With a single tweet, Donald Trump carved $4 billion off the market capitalisation of Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest defence contractor. “The F-35 programme and cost is out of control,” Trump grumbled on Twitter at 8.26 am on December 12, attacking the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, which at more than $1 trillion is the biggest defence project in history. Lockheed shares plunged by 5 percent as investors fretted Trump would kill or maim the effort. Lockheed hopes to make more than 3,000 F-35s, at $100 million each, in the next 30 years.
Trump’s Office for Victims of Crime by Immigrants Ignores a Key Fact
Self – March 6
Last week, during President Donald Trump’s first address to a joint session of Congress, he discussed how to tackle what he says is a critical problem surrounding immigration and crime … The only crime that immigration had no impact on was aggravated assault,” study authors Robert Adelman, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology at University at Buffalo, and Lesley Reid, Ph.D., department chair of the University of Alabama’s department of criminology and criminal justice, write in a piece on The Conversation. “These associations are strong and stable evidence that immigration does not cause crime to increase in U.S. metropolitan areas, and may even help reduce it.”
UA International Justice Mission works to increase awareness of modern slavery
Crimson White – March 6
Slavery is an issue that played a huge part in the history of the United States of America, while it seems many are in a rush to forget this aspect of history. However, it is also still in existence in many different developing countries across the world. A UA student organization is striving to tackle this problem. The University of Alabama chapter of the International Justice Mission is working to help students become more aware of the institutions of slavery that are still in place to his day.
PREVIEW: Education Interview Day
Crimson White – March 7
The career center is hosting its annual Education Interview Day on Wednesday for students in the College of Education pursuing full time teaching positions. From 9-10 a.m., students will have the opportunity to talk to 64 different school districts that are present. At this time, students will be able to schedule interviews with districts for later that day. The school districts will be conducting in-person one-on-one 20 minute interviews with students at tables set up in the ballroom from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
PREVIEW: Communication and Information Sciences Career Day
Crimson White – March 7
The College of Communication and Information Sciences and the Career Center have collaborated to bring students an opportunity to provide resources and networking opportunities for students seeking jobs in various communications fields.
Materials Research Society Names 3 Indian Americans as 2017 Fellows
India West – March 6
The Materials Research Society recently announced its 2017 Fellows with three Indian American researchers among the 16 honorees … Gupta, of the University of Alabama, was named a Fellow for pioneering research on the growth, properties and applications of heteroepitaxial thin films and nanostructures of magnetic and superconducting oxides.”
University of Alabama announces fall 2016 dean’s and president’s lists
Valley News – March 6
A total of 11,758 students enrolled during the 2016 fall semester at The University of Alabama were named to the dean’s list with an academic record of 3.5 or above or the president’s list with an academic record of 4.0. The University of Alabama dean’s and president’s lists recognize full-time undergraduate students with a full course load.
Rockford (Illinois) Star – March 5
Monroe (Connecticut) Courier – March 5