90.7 format shift causes controversyFacebook group calls for changes in new format
Eric Van Nostrand, a junior majoring in nursing, has never worked at WVUA-FM 90.7 The Capstone. He has never held a paid position, never a volunteer DJ spot. But, he said, his concern in the direction the station has taken in the last few weeks comes from "the perspective of an avid listener.…
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U.S. Open Recap: Kathleen Ekey misses cut
Alabama Crimson Tide junior golfer Kathleen Ekey competed at the 2008 U.S. Women's Open over the weekend at Interlachen Country Club in Edina, Minn.
Ekey was one of 156 players competing in the event but was one of only 27 amateurs in the field.
The par-73, 6789-yard course proved to be a difficult one as Ekey missed the cut after shooting back-to-back rounds of 80.…
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FeaturedTwo students die in plane crash SundayTwo UA students, Matthew Crump and Lauren Brue, Crump's girlfriend, were killed in a Walker County plane crash at about 8 a.m. on Sunday. Crump's parents, Bobby and Jan Crump of Jasper, were also killed in the crash. The Crump family and Brue took off from the Walker County airport, about six miles north of Jasper, on their way to Gulf Shores for a vacation when the plane crashed in a wooded area near the airport shortly after they took off.Biology students research treatments for dystoniaSummer lab made possible by $20,000 scholarshipUA biology students John Ricketts and Emily Kay Woods are exploring causes and potential treatments for dystonia with the help of a $20,000 research scholarship. "What they're doing is not just another line on their résumé," said Guy Caldwell, an associate professor of biology.Movie Review: 'WALL-E'PIxar's latest an instant classicThe term "instant classic," apart from being an oxymoron of sorts, is a phrase that gets overused in film reviews. I will confess to being guilty of hyperbole every now and then (though, reading the comments on The Crimson White Web site, I discovered that I never like movies- a revelation that shocked me, briefly, out of hating every movie ever made).The truth about changeWhatever happened to common sense? I mean, take a look at the news for a second, and watch the droves of people who seem to blindly support a man they know little about. I am speaking, of course, about those who support Barack Obama in his bid for the presidency, and before you freak out and start calling me names, let me make my point. |
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