Homecoming Festivities Underway at UA
Fox 6 (Birmingham) -- Oct. 2

2007 Homecoming court announced
Crimson White – Oct. 3
The top five candidates with the most votes for this year's Homecoming queen ballot were announced in an e-mail Tuesday night by Carl Bacon, director of the Ferguson Center Student Union. Sophia Francillon, Kathleen Kelley, Michelle McGaha, Jessica Pugh and Kahdijiha Rowe were voted onto this year's Homecoming court. Homecoming queen will be announced Friday during the pep rally and will be crowned Saturday during halftime of the Homecoming game against Houston.

A celebration of heritage
Crimson White – Oct. 2
…For the past few months, Gilbert and the rest of the park staff has been putting the finishing touches on the 19th annual Moundville Native American Festival. The festival highlights the five Southeastern American Indian tribes found in Alabama - Cherokee, Choctaw, Seminole, Creek and Chickasaw - and also features many smaller tribes from the Southeast. The annual four-day festival runs Oct. 3 through Oct. 6, and serves a true homecoming for Southeastern American Indians all over…

UA receives highway safety study grant
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 3
A University of Alabama research center has been awarded a $503,232 grant to provide a comprehensive look at safety on the state’s highways. The grant, awarded by Gov. Bob Riley, will enable the UA’s Critical Analysis Reporting Environment Research and Development Laboratory to continue its annual assessment of highway safety by compiling and analyzing highway safety data.

Latest models drive car sales; Hyundai sale flat
Montgomery Advertiser – Oct. 3
…J. Barry Mason, dean of the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration of the University of Alabama, said flat auto sales point to consumer uncertainty. “I think it is an unease about the economy," he said…

Real estate center moves in new direction
Crimson White – Oct. 3
The former Alabama Center for Real Estate Research and Education at the Capstone has changed its name and hired a new director. Grayson Glaze, the new director of the Alabama Center for Real Estate, said he will lead the center in new directions. Glaze has taught as an adjunct professor at the University, and he is a member of the National Association of Realtors, the Alabama Association of Realtors and the Birmingham Association of Realtors and is a licensed Alabama real estate broker…

Million Dollar Band to play Senior Bowl
Mobile Register – Oct. 3
The University of Alabama Million Dollar Band is returning to Mobile for the Under Armour Senior Bowl at Ladd-Peebles Stadium Jan. 26. "The University of Alabama Million Dollar Band is proud to perform at the 2008 Senior Bowl," said Alabama band director Ken Ozzello. "It is an honor to be a part of one of college football's greatest traditions…

Class uses The Force
Crimson White – Oct. 3
…Taught by David DeWitt, a four-time graduate of the University, BUI 301: The Gospel of Star Wars: Mass Entertainment as Postmodern Religion pulls many courses of study together to present a new wide-ranged look at mass media, religion and society…

IHP director tells of travels
Crimson White – Oct. 3
In celebration of Mahatma Gandhi's birthday, Fran O'Neal, director of the International Honors Program and assistant director of the University Honors Program, told Monday of her trip to India between January and May. O'Neal and her family were chosen to travel through the Fulbright scholarship program, operating in 155 countries…

LifeSouth Holds Iron Bowl Blood Challenge
WSFA (Montgomery) – Oct. 2
The rivalry between Alabama and Auburn doesn’t just stop on the field. This week, LifeSouth Community Blood Center is pitting the two schools against each other to see which school’s students, faculty and alumni will give more blood.