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Alabama anti-DEI law shuts Black Student Union office, queer resource center at flagship university
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — There was one major deciding factor in Cierra Gilliam’s decision about where to go to college. When she toured the University of Alabama’s flagship campus in Tuscaloosa, her guide took her to the Black Student Union office on the first floor of the student center. Gilliam said there were Black students there offering resources for trips to and from the airport, as well as hair salons in Tuscaloosa that could style Black hair, and insights about what it was like to live at a predominantly white institution. Gilliam said that the Black Student Union’s visible presence on campus was one of the main reasons that her parents let her go to school a nine-hour drive away in an unfamiliar state. Last week, however, at the outset of her senior year, the Black Student Union announced that the group would no longer have a designated place on campus, in compliance with recent statewide legislation that prohibits public universities and state agencies from allocating resources to diversity equity and inclusion programs –- often referred to as DEI.
Tips for Visiting the Pumpkin Patch This Season
Many families with young children make the pilgrimage to the “pumpkin patch” in the fall. Whether it’s a school field trip, a family trip or a visit with friends, it’s almost as common in Alabama as Christmas shopping or the Thanksgiving turkey. But like the aforementioned...
Men & Women Cross Country Claim Top Five Finishes to Open 2024
OXFORD, Ala. – The women's cross country program claimed a fourth-place finish on 113 points, while the men captured fifth with 134 points on Friday afternoon for the JSU Foothills Invitational. Keith Warner picked up where he left off in his freshman season, leading the men's team for the...
Northport Parents Are Acting Like Rednecks
You might be a redneck if your elementary school kids are hanging out of car windows and open rooftops. I don't think he had thought of that one. OK, I'm just having a little fun with the "redneck" thing. I'm a redneck too and there's nothing wrong with that at...
Brasfield & Gorrie will have new CEO at end of year
Birmingham-based Brasfield & Gorrie will have a new CEO effective Jan. 1 in a leadership transition the company says has been in the works for several years. Rob Blalock will become CEO, and Jim Gorrie, currently CEO, will become executive chairman. Miller Gorrie will continue to serve as chairman of the Gorrie Legacy Trust.
15 Labor Day Weekend events, including football watch parties—Aug. 30-Sept. 1
It’s Labor Day Weekend and there’s lots happening across Birmingham. From college football games and watch parties to farmers markets and concerts, plan now for August 30-September 1. Before you dive in, check out what’s open + closed on Labor Day in Birmingham. Have an event you’d...
Alabama tight ends coach says Crimson Tide fans will ‘learn quickly’ about transfer tight end
The coaching staff for Alabama expects big things from CJ Dippre and Robbie Ouzts, but is a third tight end ready to pop?. Bryan Ellis, the Crimson Tide’s tight ends coach, is excited about Josh Cuevas. The transfer from the University of Washington played on a Pac-12 Championship team and appeared in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game in 2023.
Sewell Mill Foundation Announces Marcy Heath as Inaugural Board Chair
The Sewell Mill Foundation announced that Marcy Heath has been selected as the inaugural Chair of its Foundation Board of Directors effective August 1, 2024. The Sewell Mill Foundation and its primary sponsor board members will initiate their Compassion in Action program beginning this holiday season at Sewell Mill’s Christmas Open House on December 7th. Their focus in 2025 will be to support other philanthropic organizations to reach their monetary and directional goals of helping those in need.
Alabama company recalls jerky because of lack of inspections
Hickory Hollow Jerky, a Eufaula, AL, establishment, is recalling 6,229 pounds of ready-to-eat jerky products that were produced without the benefit of federal inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The beef jerky and bacon jerky products were produced on various dates...
“Into Light” Alabama Project Exhibition profiles faces lost to drug addiction
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Lining the walls of South’s Student Center -- are faces of lives lost to drug addiction. “Some have lived this -- others will live this,” said Jo Bonner, University of South Alabama President. On hand Thursday night -- founder of the non-profit “Into Light...
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