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UA in the News: October 18, 2007
JumboTron at Soccer stadium for Tennessee game - UA faculty comment on tobacco addiction, holiday shopping and presidential politics, student events, and more...

JumboTron Not To Return to Quad
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) -- Oct. 18

Because of the great success of having the Jumbotron at the Soccer stadium for Homecoming, UA officials have decided to leave it there for the Tennessee game. (Gina Johnson was interviewed for this story)

Suggestions to Help Tennessee Fans Get to the Game
WBIR (Knoxville, Tenn.) -- Oct. 18

If you’re driving down for the game in Tuscaloosa, the University of Alabama has some suggestions to make parking easier…

Smoking gun
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 18

…Dr. Alan Blum, a professor of family medicine and director of Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society at the University of Alabama, said quitting is easier if you understand what makes you crave a cigarette. Then find something to substitute that urge. Oral substitutions include sucking on lemon drops, drinking iced tea — or even kissing…

Thinking About the Holidays Even Earlier
Fox 6 (Birmingham) -- Oct. 17

Dr. Christie Reynolds, a marketing and research expert with the University of Alabama, says companies want you thinking about holiday shopping earlier than ever before…

Republicans narrow gap in Alabama
Mobile Press-Register – Oct. 18

…"People who gave money several months ago on the Republican side didn't know what the lay of the land was going to be," said David Lanoue, chairman of the political science department at the University of Alabama. "(U.S. Sen.) John McCain (R-Ariz.) was making waves. Maybe people with money were waiting to see how things would shake out. It's been much more stable on the Democratic side."...

WRC holds vigil for domestic violence
Crimson White – Oct. 18

Denny Chimes was the setting for a candlelight vigil in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month on Oct. 17. Sponsored by the Women's Resource Center, Alabama Panhellenic Association, National Pan-Hellenic Council and Women Involved in Learning and Leading, the ceremony dominated the south side of the Quad…

MBA program ranked in Princeton's top 10
Crimson White – Oct. 18

With more than 19,000 student votes and 290 business schools taken into account, the Princeton Review ranks the UA Manderson Graduate School of Business in the top 10 in Best Classroom Experience, Best Campus Facilities and Best Administered…Bill Gerdes, spokesman for the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, said the Manderson Graduate School has been ranked in the top 10 by the Princeton Review for five consecutive years and has been ranked since the beginning of the rankings.

The XXXI hosts UA tea party
Crimson White – Oct. 18

The 19th order of The XXXI, a senior women's honor society, held a high tea for residents of the Capstone Village Wednesday afternoon. The event was held as part of the 19th order's focus on bridging the generations. As a part of their community service projects, The XXXI members visited with and entertained Capstone Village residents…

Eating champ tackles Krystals
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 18

…On Saturday, Chestnut will demonstrate his winning jaws at the Krystal Square Off qualifying competition on the University of Alabama Quad before the Alabama-Tennessee football game. The winner qualifies for the Krystal Square Off finals in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Oct. 28…