Jennifer Rubin questions Trump’s real motivation for citizenship question
Salon – July 11
Rubin also spoke to Joyce White Vance, a former federal prosecutor who now teaches law at the University of Alabama and is a legal analyst for MSNBC. According to Vance, Justice Department officials will make themselves look bad if they try to help Trump find a bogus justification for a citizenship question.
Theatre Tuscaloosa updates ‘Grease’ for 2019 while staying true to the film
Tuscaloosa News – July 11
Callie Walker, Miss Alabama 2018, stars as Sandy, alongside fellow UA musical theater student Nolan McKinney as lovestruck Danny. Theatre Tuscaloosa patrons might remember Callie’s older sister Scarlett Walker as Audrey from the company’s 2013 “Little Shop of Horrors.” Callie Walker followed in the footsteps of her mom, Tower Walker, crowned as Miss Alabama 1985. “She’s absolutely incredible,” McKinney said of the younger Walker, who’s not been around school much this year, fulfilling queenly duties. “Seriously, I cannot have asked for a better co-star to work with. She’s so funny, so crazy and wild and so so so talented. I’m really blessed and honored to be part of this.
Trump’s labour chief Alex Acosta defends plea deal for billionaire sex predator Jeffrey Epstein amid calls for his resignation
South China Morning Post – July 11
The embattled US labor secretary, Alex Acosta, has defended the terms of a non-prosecution agreement he made 10 years ago with the financier Jeffrey Epstein, who at the time stood accused of sexually abusing underage girls. Epstein was arrested at the weekend and charged anew in New York, on two counts of sex trafficking for allegedly abusing, manipulating and paying off dozens of young women and girls, some as young as 14. He pleaded not guilty. We live in a different world; today’s world does not allow some of the victim shaming that would have taken place at trial 12 years ago,” Acosta said. That rationale was vehemently rejected by former prosecutors. Acosta’s suggestion that his obligation to protect victims was somehow different 12 years ago, because of changing societal attitudes, than it would be today is ridiculous,” tweeted the University of Alabama law professor Joyce Vance. “The more he defends his conduct the worse he sounds.
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The Edge: Local Gaming Studio Wins $50,000 Grand Prize at Aldage Business Competition
WVUA – July 10
Alex Haisting, CEO of High Five Studios, visited the WVUA 23 studio to talk about his company’s recent success at the 2018 Edward K. Aldag, Jr. Business Plan Competition. The gaming studio is operated by a five-person team of University of Alabama students. The grand prize came with $50,000, a dedicated area for their business in The EDGE and mentoring opportunities from local entrepreneurs.
Three Make Dean’s List at The University of Alabama
Cape Cod Today – July 10
Among the students are: Dylan Chagnon of Centerville, MA (02632), Dean’s List. Christopher Hannigan of Harwich, MA (02645), Dean’s List. Corinne Monger of Wellfleet, MA (02667), Dean’s List.