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'Revised' Alabama Radio Station Upsets Snobs
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- July 10, 2008
New Top-40 playlist is designed to be more inclusive, station manager says.
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Structure Collapse at Alabama Frat Party Sends One to Hospital
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- April 14, 2008
A structure built for a concert frat party at the University of Alabama collapsed early Saturday morning, sending one female student to the hospital with a broken arm.
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Live Elephant = Ultimate Home Field Advantage
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- November 9, 2007
The University of Alabama's student government is worried about school spirit—and a live elephant may be their heaven-sent solution.
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Dress Codes: I Thought We Already Graduated High School
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- October 22, 2007
The sexy, "just-got-out-of-bed" look is now a no-go at the University of West Alabama.
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Alabama's Pseudo-Historic Homecoming Court
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- October 5, 2007
Two black female students have been voted onto their university's homecoming court.
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The Only Time Fraternities Care About City Council
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- August 23, 2007
University of Alabama students showed up at council meeting where alcohol-related legislation was on the agenda.
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Sunshine Brings Alabamians to Their Knees
By Jackie Mantey -
The Paper Trail
- July 12, 2007
In a state where crops and citizens are in dire need of heavy rainfall, what was Alabama Gov. Bob Riley to do? Turn to the Big Man himself, it seems.
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Webcams Are Officially Not Fun Anymore
By Alison Go and Jackie Mantey -
The Paper Trail
- June 20, 2007
Troy University in Alabama will give cameras to 11,000 of its online students to be used during exams, reports the Boston Globe. The move is an attempt to prevent cheating scandals plaguing so many colleges and to boost the online degrees' credibility.
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Alabama Bans Fireworks, but Not on the Senate Floor
By Alison Go and Jackie Mantey -
The Paper Trail
- June 14, 2007
YouTube has ruined many a life, but the reputation of a whole state? Bringing new meaning to the motto "We dare to defend our rights," two Alabama state senators came to blows on the Senate floor last week (which was of course recorded and widely viewed online). Soon afterward, a sense of shame befell students at the University of Alabama, the Crimson White reports.
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Starting the Debate Over Self-Segregation of Nightlife
The Paper Trail
- December 12, 2006
More than 40 years after Gov. George Wallace's famous schoolhouse stand, the University of Alabama is integrated--but the integration goes only so far.
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Trail Mix
The Paper Trail
- December 6, 2006
A discrimination suit on behalf of minority students seeking higher education in Alabama has finally been settled--after 25 years, the Crimson White reports .
Nebraska, the birthplace of the Reuben sandwich, still has good Reubens, the Daily Nebraskan reports.
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Trail Mix
The Paper Trail
- November 30, 2006
University of Alabama football players were "shocked" by their coach's firing, the Crimson White reports .
A movement of frustrated students that started at Howard University last year with a "Declaration of Student Frustration" has resuscitated itself, the Hilltop reports.
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