Gotcha Bikes make their debut on campus
Crimson White – Sept. 24
A new way to get around campus has been introduced to the University of Alabama. Gotcha, a company that specializes in electronic bikes, scooters, rides and trikes, has partnered with the University of Alabama for an environmentally friendly way to get around. The company has introduced a product called e-bikes, which is intended to be a cost-friendly way for students, faculty, staff and visitors to travel around campus. The University now has 70 mobility hubs with 150 bikes dotted around its campus.
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Trump Is Leaving Congress No Choice But to Impeach
Time Magazine – Sept. 24
Vance is distinguished professor of the practice of law at the University of Alabama, a former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama and an NBC News and MSNBC legal analyst. You don’t have to be a former prosecutor to understand what’s going on. Whistleblower laws are designed to protect against fraud and abuse in government. They make it possible for government employees to step forward without fear of retaliation. It’s unprecedented for a whistleblower complaint to involve conduct directly attributable to the President of the United States, yet President Trump seems to have confirmed that he is the subject of a whistleblower complaint, brought by someone in the intelligence community and hijacked from what would normally have been a routine path of transferring it to Congress once the inspector general for the intelligence community deemed it credible and urgent.
African-American college loan debt at an all-time high
Defender – Sept. 24
Black college students are borrowing, owing, and defaulting on educational loans more often than any other racial group. Reports say that it is currently at an all time high. The racial gap in student debt is the result of wealth inequality, and not much funding provided at colleges and universities that enroll the largest number of Black students, according to The Washington Post. An alternative view was expressed by assistant professor at the University of Alabama, Krystal L. Williams, believes colleges and universities need more scholarship opportunities for students.
Million Dollar Band to perform at 2020 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
WVUA – Sept. 23
They were chosen from over one hundred other applicants. The University made the announcement Saturday morning. “It just means we get to show everybody who the Million Dollar Band is, and represent the UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA and Alabama as a whole, which is something really big that not a lot of schools can say that they went up north to go to such a big event.” The parade will be in November 2020.
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UA Interfraternity Council donates boxed lunches to law enforcement officers who took part in Cousette’s funeral
WVUA – Sept. 22
There have been such amazing support from businesses, such as local restaurants that have gone above and beyond helping keep TPD officers fed at every shift. The University of Alabama Interfraternity Council donated over 400 boxed lunches to police officers who attended Cousette’s funeral. Buffalo rock donated water. And Cici’s donated 40 pizzas.
UA fans pay respects to Inv. Dornell Cousette before football game
CBS (Macon, GA) – Sept. 22, 2019
Meanwhile, the outpouring of love and support for Police Officer Cousette continues in Tuscaloosa. Officer Dornell Coustte’s car is no longer parked here in front of Bryant-Denny Stadium, but earlier this morning, dozens of Alabama football fans showed up to see the car to pay their respects.
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UA adds misters in Bryant-Denny Stadium to help cool fans
NBC 13 – Sept. 21
The University of Alabama’s trying to soften the blow for football fans frustrated with so many games right in the heat of the day the school recently installed misting stations throughout Bryant-Denny Stadium.
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UA welcomes families for Family Weekend
WVUA – Sept. 21
Parents of a UA sophomore told me that they love The University of Alabama because of what opportunities this could bring their child. “This is going to help her for her future endeavors. The same networks and friendships that she develops here, she’s going to be able to take it out into the real world, along with the skills set that she’ll obtain from a great education, I mean you can’t get any better than The University of Alabama” Andre Epps believes that supporting his child while she is far away from home is the key to preparing for her future. “Family support is really important. You’re in a community where people from all walks of life, and that makes this a good environment, and it prepares you for your future life.” Family weekend is a three-day event that ends tomorrow with a brunch at one of the campus dining halls.
Delta Zeta Sorority to give officers lunch on Gameday
WVUA – Sept. 20
A tragedy struck Tuscaloosa Monday night as Officer Dornell Cousette was killed while on duty. Not only has the Tuscaloosa community come together, but The University of Alabama has too. To honor Officer Cousette UA lit up Bryant-Denny stadium in blue as well as parked his car on the Walk of Champions, but it doesn’t stop there. Delta Zeta Sorority has partnered with their catering company, College Fresh, to provide 500 lunches for officers working the Alabama football game Saturday morning.
Black Belt Summit
WVUA – Sept. 20
The Black Belt Summit came together today to articulate the needs throughout the Black Belt community. Joining in the efforts were individuals from Stillman College, Wallace State and The University of Alabama. They addressed a variety of issues, such as running water and sewage treatment.
UA receives grants for STEM education
NBC 13 – Sept. 20
With the help of two grants totaling more than $4 million, the University of Alabama will lead a National STEM education project. It’s called the genomics education partnership, and is a collaboration of more than 100 institutions that reach about 1,300 students annually, many at minority-serving institutions. The curriculum is web-based, so there are no fees for students.
University of Alabama lands $10M gift from Birmingham family foundation
Birmingham Business Journal – Sept. 19
A Birmingham foundation has donated $10 million to the University of Alabama’s College of Communication and Information Sciences. The Holle Family Foundation is honoring the life of Brig. Gen. Everett Hughes Holle through the gift, which is the largest the CIS school has received. Pending approval by the UA Board of Trustees, the gift will establish the Holle Center for Communication Arts, an interdisciplinary center in C&IS.
Bulger family’s wrongful death claim reopens wounds for victims’ kin
Boston – Sept. 24
Anil Mujumdar, a civil rights lawyer in Birmingham, Alabama, and a visiting lecturer at the University of Alabama School of Law, said the family was pursuing an important goal in seeking to force the Bureau of Prisons to reveal what happened to Bulger. Referring to Bulger and Jeffrey Epstein, the financier and sex offender who officials have said hanged himself in a Manhattan cell last month, Mujumdar said, “If murders and suicides can occur like this in prison, then what that says is that no one is safe in prison.”
25 most popular specialty license plates in Alabama
AL.com – Sept. 24
When it comes to specialty license plates in Alabama, nobody tops the Tide. The University of Alabama’s tag – complete with the signature crimson color and a script “A” – is the best-selling specialty plate in the state. According to the Alabama Department of Revenue’s most-recent figures, there are 109,864 UA tags in the state, the only specialty plate to top the 100,000 mark.
Tuscaloosa public radio fundraiser serving two purposes this year
Tuscaloosa News – Sept. 24
An annual fundraiser for Alabama Public Radio will be doing double duty next month as it raises money as well as awareness for a new, unofficial business district. The Board of the Friends of WUAL, the locally based affiliate of Alabama Public Radio, is teaming up with a group of downtown business owners to soft launch the West Queens Business District for its “Put the Pub Back in Public Radio” fundraiser.