free stuff 2Free popsicles and hotdogs were handed out during Move In Day. Photo by Ian Keel Alex Jones – BlazeRadio General [email protected]’s that time of the year when Dining Dollars and BlazerBucks do a special magic trick. Add a hint of Full Moon, a dash of the Den and a pinch of Einstein Bros. Bagels and POOF — your Dining Dollars and BlazerBucks have disappeared. For many returning UAB students, including myself, this magic trick is a tragic reality. However, we just can’t resist that You Pick Two at Panera Bread. This year, there are many ways to save your…
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Illustration by Baili Bigham and Sarah Faulkner Baili Bigham – Head Entertainment [email protected] One of Birmingham’s proudest events, the Sidewalk Film Festival, will be returning once again on August 26-28 in the downtown Birmingham Theatre District. This festival is put on by Alabama Moving Image Association, which is a non-profit organization that pushes filmmaking in Alabama. AMIA has quite the resume, such as a sister festival to Sidewalk called SHOUT LGBTQ Film Festival, Alabama’s first and only film festival made by and about the LGBTQ community. The organization also hosts Sidewalk Sidewrite, a screenplay writing competition, as well as many other…
John Johnstone, Ph.D., an associate professor of UAB’s Department of Computer Information and Sciences, oversees Girls who Code’s local chapter. Photo courtesy of Matt Windsor Tessa Case – News [email protected] New programs, such as Girls Who Code and a new Bachelor’s of Arts program, are hoping to increase interest in computer sciences, especially those who identify as female, throughout Birmingham and UAB. Birmingham is home to Alabama’s first chapter of Girls Who Code, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to closing the gender gap in technology. John Johnstone, Ph.D., an associate professor at UAB’s computer information and sciences department, oversees the Birmingham…
Illustration by Corey Bright Oliver Ocean – Contributor Election time is just around the corner, and with many considering this election to be the downfall of America, it doesn’t seem like too long ago when people swore that the fibers holding this country together would deteriorate under the leadership of our first Black president, Barack Obama. While not all of his measures reached the desired effect many were hoping for, his policies — especially in social medicine — took a critical step in the right direction. With this in mind, it’s important for us to note what leadership will be best…
The Board of Trustees makes the rules. Photo by Sarah Faulkner Wallace Golding – [email protected] I resent the American collegiate education system, but not for the reasons many of you may think. It is not the outrageous cost of my education that angers me, nor is it the rampant corruption that seems to have taken university officials by storm. Rather, it is the overriding and counterintuitive themes of censorship and political correctness on college campuses that I find so irritating. Speech codes and free speech zones are components of a broken machine, and they are ruining your college education. Before I…
El Satanico (front) stares down Chris Ace (back) from across the stage. Photo by Joshua Beech Joshua Beech – [email protected] Chris Ace had had enough of El Satanico. Satanico — a tall and lanky antagonist with a face behind a gruesome red and black mask — had been a spectre haunting the proceedings since they’d begun at dusk. At the beginning of the night he’d accompanied Rekij, another ne’er-do-well, aiding in a dishonest win-over crowd favorite, Johnny Swinger. Since the beginning, everyone seeing this struggle unfold knew that El Satanico was Ultimate Bad, and hopefully Chris Ace would get his chance…
Secret Stages 2016 Backdrop. Photo by Baili Grace Bigham Jared Chesnut – BlazeRadio Operations [email protected] At some point on the arduous trek back to campus from the grounds of Secret Stages on Day 1, a weariness set upon me. Perhaps due to the lack of sleep, or possibly the detour to the Waffle House at 3am, my body just could not be willed to move any further; its limit had been reached.However, in a classic example of mind over matter, memories of the energy on display and the broad range of emotions and elation in the hours previous seemed to spark…
Photo by Jared Chesnut Jared Chesnut – BlazeRadio Operations [email protected] One Between iron casting, tributes to artists who’ve passed the torch and giant cat heads with stunner shades, there was a ton to take in and only so much time to do so. Here are a few highlights from Saturday’s offerings. The Joy Formidable onstage. Photo by Jared ChesnutThe Joy Formidable With the heat index at its apex, the Welsh three piece’s return to Birmingham (the band last played at Iron City in the middle of 2014) truly lived up to the trio’s name as they put on a hot hour-long…
Assistant professor Pamela Bowen, Ph.D., is the spearhead of the study. (Photo from UAB News) Tessa Case – News [email protected] A new study led by UAB assistant professor Pamela Bowen, Ph.D., seeks to understand the reason behind the low level of physical activity amongst older African-Americans in hopes of alleviating it. According to UAB News, the study is funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Health and the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities: Gulf States Collaborative Center for Health Policy Research, which is a collaboration between UAB, the University of Mississippi and Cooper…
Quang Do currently works in the Hill Student Center as a coordinator of student leadership. Photo by Ian Keel Shambi Anshumali – [email protected] UAB’s Quang Do, an alumnus and the current student leadership coordinator, was among 10 people selected from across the country as a finalist for the “White House Champions of Change for Asian-American and Pacific Islander Art and Storytelling.” This event was hosted to honor artists and advocates that have used their channels and platforms to empower members of the Asian-American and Pacific Islander community. With AAPI being the fastest growing racial group in the U.S. according to the…