University of Alabama nears fundraising goal
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 8
The University of Alabama’s $500 million capital campaign reached 80 percent of its goal through the end of October, school officials announced Wednesday. About $428 million has been donated to the Our Students, Our Future campaign, set to end in June 2009. UA hopes to designate $250 million scholarships. So far, $175 million of that amount has been raised, with $75 million already supporting 265 student scholarships, according to a UA news release…

Saban on list for Bryant Award
BamaMag.com – Nov. 8
University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban is among the 16 semi-finalists for the Paul W. Bryant College Football Coach of the Year Award, the Paul “Bear” Bryant Awards committee of the American Heart Association announced today…

UA engineering students design bicycles for kids with Cerebral Palsy
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) --Nov. 7
CBS 42 (Birmingham) -- Nov. 7
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) -- Nov. 7

UA researchers receive grant to study seat belt use on school buses
NBC 13 (Birmingham) -- Nov. 7
WHNT (Huntsville) -- Nov. 7

Transcript delays appeal in Siegelman verdict
Decatur Daily – Nov. 8
…University of Alabama political scientist William Stewart said the delay in the appeal could be particularly difficult because Siegelman and Scrushy are already in prison. "Every day that they are in jail when the appellate court might rule they shouldn't be, it's one more day of suffering," said Stewart, who attended some of the trial…
Montgomery Advertiser – Nov. 8

Carey Christenberry of Irving: The testing payoff
Dallas Morning News – Nov. 8
College-prep exams have actual value, unlike the TAKS…Every day another stack of letters and brochures and stylized catalogs comes from colleges across the country hoping to entice him. He doesn't read a single one. I, however, read them all, even the ones from Kettering and Lyons and Rensselaer…The University of Alabama says this: "As a National Merit Finalist you will receive the value of tuition for four years, regular on-campus housing for four years, $2,000 for summer research or international study, $1,000 per year for four years, and a laptop computer." That letter came in the mail today…

Small business clinic set for today
Selma Times-Journal – Nov. 8
A clinic for current and future small business owners will be held today from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Selma-Dallas County Public Library. The event is sponsored through a partnership with the Selma/Dallas Chamber of Commerce and the Small Business Development Center at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa…

Review: Punchy ‘Inspector’ likeable despite shortcomings
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 8
There are two shows within the University of Alabama theater and dance department’s “The Government Inspector.” One is a bright comedy bouncing along on sight gags, one-liners and musical energy; the other a biting indictment of human foibles, of the follies of greed, lust and stupidity…