Tide Text alerts used to inform UA students of warning
NBC13 (Birmingham) – Oct. 18
UA spokesperson Bill McDaniel was interviewed via telephone during live weather coverage on UA’s response to severe weather. In addition to listing shelters and policies, McDaniel reported that UA’s Tide Text alert system was implemented to inform UA students of the tornado warning via text messaging.
CBS42 (Birmingham) – Oct. 18
ABC33/40 (Birmingham) – Oct. 18 (UA spokesperson Chandra Clark interviewed)

Where the Tailgate Party Spirit Rules
New York Times – Oct. 14
…Even nuttier is watching an Alabama game in the Mercury Bar on the East Side, where the walls are adorned with Crimson memorabilia and the waitresses dress — presumably, much to their chagrin — in Crimson Tide cheerleading outfits…

EBSCO Industries gives $2 million to University
Crimson White – Oct. 19
The University received a $2 million gift from EBSCO Industries Inc. in July, which will be divided among University Libraries and the Honors College for technical advancement and scholarship programs…

City council votes in favor of pep rally
Crimson White – Oct. 19
The Tuscaloosa City Council unanimously approved a resolution that will allow the University Strip Merchants Association to sponsor an Alabama/Tennessee pep rally in preparation for Saturday's game. The Strip will be closed off today for the festivities. According to the resolution, the purpose of the pep rally is to "promote the spirit of the University of Alabama Crimson Tide football and to encourage visitors to Tuscaloosa to visit historical downtown Tuscaloosa and to provide entertainment to the inhabitants of the city."…

UA Applies for Federal Transportation Enhancement Grant
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Oct. 18
…The University’s planner and designer, Dan Wolfe, says UA is applying for a federal transportation enhancement grant administered by the state to help fund a more than $1.3 million project. The plan would add landscaped medians, shade trees, lighting and a new pedestrian crosswalk to the section of Bryant Drive from DCH Regional Medical Center to Hackberry Lane…

SGA to implement recycling program
Crimson White – Oct. 19
The SGA Environmental Concerns Committee is in the process of implementing a comprehensive campus-wide recycling program; SGA Sen. Kendra Key said…Key said the committee wants the administration to eventually adopt the program as a University initiative so it can become a sustainable part of the campus…

School of Law offers legal advice, representation
Crimson White – Oct. 19
…the UA School of Law has six law clinics that provide students, community organizations and needy individuals with legal advice and representation for a variety of legal matters. Students can visit the capital defense, civil law, community development, criminal defense, domestic violence and elder law clinics free of charge, where they will receive legal help from law students…

What did Black Monday teach us?
Florence Times Daily – Oct. 19
…"In October 1987, some people view that some very large selling at the open on that Monday sparked a spiral of events that sent the market way down," said Robert Brooks, who holds the Wallace D. Malone Jr. Endowed Chair of Financial Management at the University of Alabama. "I think it was caused by a severe imbalance of sell orders at the New York Stock Exchange and other stock exchanges," he said…

Vietnam veteran speaks to students
Crimson White – Oct. 19
The SGA and the Army ROTC sponsored the "We Were Soldiers" leadership symposium Thursday, featuring retired Col. Greg "Matt" Dillon who spoke about his experiences in Vietnam. Almost 200 people attended the event to see his presentation after the tornado warnings for the Tuscaloosa area had passed…

Eli Gold Scholarship
WAKA (Montgomery) – Oct. 18
Profits from the sale of Eli Gold’s new book will be used for a scholarship for a University of Alabama football player who is enrolled in the College of Communication.