Elderly pair tells of love lost, friendship found
Charlotte (N.C.) News-Observer – Oct. 20
…For many older men, wives are the primary source of emotional support. So when wives die, "the husbands really lose that confidante — the person they'd lean on," says Jordan Kosberg, a University of Alabama social work professor…
Rutland (Vt.) Herald – Oct. 22
Montpelier (Vt.) Times-Argus – Oct. 21

Attorney general incites critics with decisions
Montgomery Advertiser – Oct. 21
…political scientist William Stewart, retired from the University of Alabama, seriously doubts the spat with the district attorneys will hurt him at the polls. "I've never seen an attorney general in Alabama who gets hurt taking a stern position on crime," said Stewart.

GM deal for retirees may start trend
Delawareonline.com – Oct. 21
…Other corporations are watching with interest, said Glenn Feldman, director of the Center for Labor Education and Research at the University of Alabama. They may soon be pushing unions to let them put their pension or other benefits into similar trust funds called voluntary employees beneficiary associations, or VEBAs."I think people will be watching what happens with GM and UAW and the retirees very closely, and if it looks like a viable plan, it could likely spread," Feldman said…

Courting the right: Right answers, wrong answers
Baltimore Sun – Oct. 20
"Coming out of this values conference, whoever wins the nomination is going to see his words coming back at him next summer," said David Lanoue, political science chairman at the University of Alabama. "Anything they say in the primary is going to be used against them by Democrats in the fall."
Chicago Tribune – Oct. 20

New Yorkers missing great game: College football
Newsday – Oct. 21
…No wonder the University of Alabama draws 92,000 to a game. A spring intrasquad game. "All you have to do is go to any major college on a Saturday and you'll understand," said Nissenson, who conducted the AP college football poll for 20 years…

Panhellenic Association works to keep women safe
Crimson White – Oct. 22
With the issue of safety on many people's minds at the University, the Alabama Panhellenic Association is working with the University of Alabama Police Department and the SGA to keep UA women safe, said Panhellenic President Julia James. On Sept. 25, members of the SGA joined the UA department of transportation and Alabama Power Company officials on a lighting tour for the campus area…

Desks update A&S classes
Crimson White – Oct. 22
Ten Hoor and Rowand Johnson Halls received 700 new desks as part of an equipment upgrading process in several College of Arts and Sciences buildings, UA spokeswoman Cathy Andreen said. The first floor in both buildings received some of the desks, which cost $242 a piece. Associate Dean Tom Wolfe said the desks are a needed update to classroom equipment that could be nearly half a century old…

A&S begins new series on global climate change
Crimson White – Oct. 22
…Gupta spoke on campus Thursday to kick off the College of Arts and Sciences two-year lecture program called Alabama Perspectives on Sustainability and Climate Change. The lecture series will be comprised of lectures, exhibits, forums and discussions focusing on the science, politics, economics and ethics of energy sustainability and climate change, said Rebecca Florence, director of college relations for A&S…

Eating champ packs in 83 Krystals
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 21
…But standing in the middle of the University of Alabama Quad before the Alabama-Tennessee game Saturday morning, Nerz said he’d seen nothing like the fervor over Alabama football. “It’s bananas,” Nerz said. “I’m from the Midwest and seen IU games and Notre Dame games, [and] it’s pretty crazy, but nothing like this.”…
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Oct. 19 and 20