Quarries, abandoned mine shafts, wetlands and overlooks can all be found at Ruffner Mountain. The 1,000 acre park, found east of Birmingham wedged between Roebuck and Irondale, is one of the largest urban nature reserves in the United States. It’s a terrific place to go if you want to escape all the smog and cement of the city and be in the woods for a bit.
Author: James Goodman
The Birmingham Greek Food Festival returned this year as an open-air festival in order to account for the pandemic. What resulted was remarkable.
Every now and then, it’s worth venturing off of campus for your coffee fix. Starbucks and Einstein’s are great, but Birmingham is home to a whole host of really interesting coffee shops that every UAB student should at least try out. Most people have likely heard of the popular, hip ones like Red Cat and Domestique. One coffee shop that may be less known to UAB students is Crestwood Coffee Co. Crestwood Coffee is located in the eastern Birmingham neighborhood of Crestwood. It’s in a shopping center next to an old-school pharmacy shop that sells ice cream floats and handmade sodas from the fountain, a fair trade store called Sojourns that sells…
The USGA Senate met for a special meeting on Tuesday night in room 318 of the Hill Center to approve the unopposed candidate running for the vacant Executive Vice President seat. USGA Senate voted unanimously to appoint Michayla Jeremiah, former Vice Chairperson of the Senate, to Executive Vice President.The Senate has vacant seats in five different schools. The Senate will post to social media regarding these vacancies on September 1st. Applications will close in two weeks. Then applicants come to a Senate meeting and give a two minute presentation and Q&A. After all candidates have given presentations, the Senate will…
The city of Birmingham municipal elections are on Aug. 24 — less than two weeks away. With voting day coming upon us, it is important everyone knows where and how to vote. How do I know if I am able to vote, and where do I cast my ballot? Before voting in Alabama, you must be registered to vote. If you are not already registered, the deadline to register for this upcoming election was Aug. 9. You can check both your voting location and whether you are registered using this online tool. If you will be out of town on voting day, working a shift you can’t miss or can’t physically…
The COVID-19 vaccine is now available for those 16 and older. Read about how to get the vaccine and what to expect after.
Over the past month and a half, the Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer has been gaining national attention as its workers’ union efforts are the first ever to go to a vote before the National Labor Relations Board.
Two years ago, Dr. David K. Chan was hired as the department chair for philosophy at UAB. He says he came here to strengthen the program and to begin developing new courses for the future.
by Jeffrey Martin and James Goodman Graphic by Hannah Richey At every college campus, students tend to eat dinner late. There’s always the usual suspects, and typically it’s not just the food that’s important, but the experience too. Here is our list for Magic City’s top five late-night restaurants. 5. Cookout Weekdays 10:30 a.m. to 3 a.m. Weekends 10:30 a.m. to 4 a.m. With heroic service that can only be described as “clutch,” we have the powerhouse of college cuisine; Cookout. Known for handing out enough food to feed a family of west-African hippopotami, Cookout has a wide variety of…