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THE HUNT FOR TOP PROSPECTS // RECRUITING HEATING UP AGAIN Alabama currently has 21 commitments (though some of those spots could possibly come open). Let's take a glance at where the class stands and look...

HARVEST HANDS // COMMUNITY OF GENEROSITY Mostly women and a few men crowd around the wood-panel tables in the prayer room at the University Church of Christ, chatting about their joys and troubles before...

NATIONAL STARS EMERGE // WHO WON BIG // THREE REPUBLICANS & THREE DEMOCRATS Ideally, the careers of our politicians are built on hard work, leadership and the values of their constituents. But there is...

MANNA GROCERY & DELI // DELICIOUSLY DIFFERENT Manna Grocery has been Tuscaloosa’s nontraditional grocer since 1980. Originally located on 15th street, this natural food store introduced Tuscaloosans...

CECE JEFFERSON // STAR PROSPECT LOVES EVERYTHING ABOUT BAMA Alabama hosted highly-touted linebacker/defensive end CeCe Jefferson of Glen St. Mary-Baker County, FL on an official visit for the Texas A&M...

ANTHEMS OF THE SOUTH // AUTHOR SCOTT BOMAR'S DYNAMIC NEW BOOK I have never considered myself a musically inclined person. There were several attempts to learn the piano or saxophone in high school, but all...

BROADWAY PIZZERIA // WOOD-FIRED AT ITS BEST In a college town where pizza is considered its own food group, it’s no surprise that there’s a pizza place on every corner. However, there’s one place in...

SELECTIVE MEMORY // FRIENDSHIP HOUSE Usually, Joan McCoy can hardly make it through a sentence without cracking up. Her shoulders get to shaking, her legs buckle or her back all but gives out so that she...

DARIUS HILL // ROOTS, ROUTES, REVERENCE // A BLACK EXPERIENCE In his upcoming exhibition, MFA candidate Darius Hill traces his artistic influences to the iconic imagery of 1970s and 1980s African American...

WATER LAWS STILL MURKY // TUSCALOOSANS MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD “Before I put on my penny loafers to become a lawyer, I believed water flowed downhill on the path of least resistance,” said Bennett...