By Lucy Frost-Helms, Copy editor If you’re a fan of the outdoors, national parks, conservation or the systems that manage it all, then you may enjoy Dr. Scott Turner’s National Parks and Public Lands class.…
Bomb scare threatens Montevallo
CVS Pharmacy on Main Street received a call around 6 p.m. at on Thursday, April 16. An unidentified person called in a bomb threat. At 7:15 p.m., students, staff and faculty alike were alerted of…
College cuisine: Cherry chocolate oatmeal
Is there anything better than chocolate? Yes — having chocolate for breakfast! Of course it’s not healthy to grab a candy bar and call it breakfast, but chocolate in moderation is fine. It gives you…
Neil deGrasse Tyson makes science cool in “Cosmos”…
Thirty-four years ago, famed astronomer, astrophysicist and science evangelist Carl Sagan took viewers across the globe on a journey through space and time with the television series “Cosmos: A Personal Voyage.” The series educated a…
He, she, they: Spectrum’s preferred pronouns
A forum set up to educate university students and faculty on the proper usage of pronouns based on gender identity and expression was hosted by the university's gender/sexuality alliance, Spectrum, on March 12. Read More
Students meet with Alabama Rivers alliance to raise…
[caption id="attachment_1076" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Photo credit: Umar Nadir[/caption] A group of Environmental Club students from the University of Montevallo learned about water policy and other environmental issues at the 2014 Alabama Water Rally on March…
Keep spring in your step, not your sinuses
Spring is here; that means allergy season is too. Many of us get tired of itchy, watery eyes and sneezing from pollen in the air. There are several ways to stay healthy and avoid these…
UM students learn how to lend a hand
The time to make a difference has never been so easy with events like University of Montevallo’s service fair. The service fair happened on March 18 in Anna Irvin where 14 organizations shared volunteer opportunities…