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BAMA OPENS FALL CAMP // SABAN MAKES IT CLEAR // "THE TIME IS NOW" In his opening comments following the first practice, Nick Saban made clear his objective for the team in fall camp. "I think it's...

By Judah Martin The southern United States is certainly synonymous with a lot of cultural references — football, benefit-of the-doubt-based hospitality, mouth-watering down-home delicacies, music......

STORMY WATERS // HOW ONE COMMUNITY LEADER PROTECTS OUR MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCE Flash-flooded parking lots and streets create rivers and lakes of flowing water throughout Tuscaloosa. A styrofoam cup,...

SEC MEDIA DAYS // SABAN SOUNDS OFF // "WE WANT TO RE-ESTABLISH OUR IDENTITY" Alabama Head Coach Nick Saban weighed in on numerous topics at the recent SEC Media Days in Hoover. ON REPORTS HE ALMOST...

TOP 10 CRIMSON TIDE COACHES OF ALL TIME // GETTING PSYCHED FOR THE SEASON There's more to coaching than having a clipboard and calling plays. Coaches are mentors. They are called upon to groom and mature...

FROM THE GROUND, UP // STUDENTS CREATE HEALTHY EATING HABITS New children greet the Druid City Garden Project curriculum with naive wonder. Wait, so you really can grow food? What about ice cream, can you...

FORT TOMBECBE // IMMERSION ARCHAEOLOGY This spring the University of West Alabama offered an undergraduate course titled Archaeology Field School at Fort Tombecbe under the guidance of Professor Ashley...

TUSCALOOSA'S TONEY BROOKS // "ENGENDERING SYNCHRONICITY" By Bridgett Trejo When one admires a butterfly in all its elegance and beauty, the transition it experienced seldom gives pause. The chrysalis that...

CARRYING THE TORCH // MINIMUM WAGE RAISED AT CHUCK'S FISH AND FIVE BAR The folks at Chuck’s Fish and FIVE know that the simple things make all the difference, like when they wrap their shrimp in a strip...

GONE FOREVER // WHERE DO PRESERVATIONISTS GO FROM HERE? By Anne R. Gibbons I was appointed to the Tuscaloosa Historic Preservation Commission for a three-year term in April 2011. I had been approached a...