UA campaign aims to bolster the arts
Tuscaloosa News – Dec. 14
The University of Alabama has raised about half the money needed to break ground on a new performing arts center planned for the north side of the historic Bryce Hospital building. To date, $6.3 million in verbal and written commitments have been collected, said former director of athletics Bill Battle, who co-chairs the group leading the campaign with his wife, Mary. The goal is $15 million, or about a quarter of the project’s $60 million budget. The center and renovated hospital building will be used by the theater and dance department.
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Former WWE wrestler to graduate from UA
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Dec. 14
Before she was queen on the WWE, Debra Marshall was homecoming queen at Holt high school. And now, instead of a crown, she’ll wear a graduation cap at The Capstone’s commencement ceremony on Saturday. The former WWE Women’s champion is receiving her master’s in criminology and criminal justice. She wants to use her experiences in live TV and choreography to help criminal defense attorneys select jurors. Marshall worked extensively in the public defender’s office in Tuscaloosa and with attorney Steve money to vet jurors for criminal cases, including two high-profile murder cases.
A Dallas Boy May Be Victim of Munchausen by Proxy — But What Is That?
Web MD – Dec. 14
The sad story of 8-year-old Christopher Bowen is getting some attention today on social media. According to an article by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the Dallas youngster had 323 doctor’s visits and 13 major surgeries; he was attached to oxygen and a feeding tube and even spent some time in hospice care, treatments and procedures that doctors now believe he didn’t need … To get more insight about how these cases happen, and why they often continue for years before anyone uncovers the deception, we spoke with Marc Feldman, MD, clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
Ft. Worth Star-Telegram (Texas) – Dec. 8
UA Hockey player remembers those who lost their lives at Sandy Hook Elementary School
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Dec. 14
Five years have passed, and though Newtown will never be the same, the strength, courage and unity of Newtown residents inspired people around the world. Jonathan Lovorn, a student at the University of Alabama, found himself in lockdown at Newtown High School on that cold December morning. He moved there just five months earlier. It was a day that made Newtown Jonathan’s hometown forever.
Feds scuttling rule to stop carbon monoxide deaths
New Jersey Today – Dec. 15
It took 16 years and more than 1,000 deaths for the Consumer Products Safety Commission to crack down on deadly portable generators. Trump’s appointees could undo that in a matter of months … With the voluntary standard going nowhere, the CPSC decided it needed to conduct the manufacturers’ research and development for them. It sent out a proposal asking for engineers to try to solve the problem. The University of Alabama answered, and came up with a prototype for a safer generator. In October 2012, the CPSC gave a technology demonstration to the industry showing the new engine could lower emissions by more than 90 percent.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey could face political heat over special Senate election
Al.com – Dec. 14
Gov. Kay Ivey, in the wake of Tuesday’s Senate election, is hearing criticism from both sides of the political aisle ahead of what could be a heated 2018 gubernatorial race … William Stewart, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Alabama and a longtime observer of state politics, said Ivey is likely to “catch some flack” for calling the special election, but doubts it will be a make-or-break issue.
Actor’s Charitable Theatre presents play based on C.S. Lewis books
Tuscaloosa News – Dec. 14
The Actor’s Charitable Theatre will present a play based on C.S. Lewis’ popular “Chronicles of Narnia” books this weekend at the Bama Theatre in downtown Tuscaloosa … The cast of more than 50 actors from the West Alabama area includes Mary Kathryn Matthews, a local music teacher, as the witch; Tristan Hallman, a recent Tuscaloosa County High School graduate and current University of Alabama theater student, as Mr. Tumnus, the faun; and four youngsters as the Pevensie siblings.
Alabama Choir School Winter Concert Rehearsal (gallery)
Tuscaloosa News – Dec. 13
Members of the Alabama Choir School rehearse for their Winter Concert at Moody Music Hall on the University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa, on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017.
Progress is slow on Inspiration Landing
Florence Times Daily – Dec. 15
On Dec. 15, 2015, a packed City Hall auditorium heard Germantown developer John Elkington present his vision for Inspiration Landing, an ambitious resort project that would feature a hotel, amphitheater, event center, marina, city center and a residential component … An archaeological assessment of the alignment of the east entrance road conducted by the University of Alabama has been completed and is expected to be in city officials’ hands this week. Once that happens and the application is submitted, the city can start removing debris from the old dump, which will become part of the Inspiration Landing development, Stanley said.