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.…
News in Brief- Issue 12
The 2016 presidential nomination elections continued with primaries or caucuses in five states on “Super Saturday.” NBC News reports that on the Republican side, Ted Cruz claimed victories in Kansas and Maine while Donald Trump…
UM student set to present research at Kami-Con
Zac Clifton utilized a variety of manga and research books in his paper. Photos by Danielle Stallworth for The Alabamian. For Zac Clifton, a senior majoring in English, what began as a school assignment has…
Golds net 25 points against Purples in volleyball…
Golds celebrate after their 25-20 win. Photo by Jasmyne Ray for The Alabamian. Students, parents and alumni gathered in Myrick gym on Saturday, Jan. 30 for the College Night women’s volleyball game, the first sporting…
This day in history: Feb. 4 2004
Mark Zuckerburg gives a keynote in 2008. Photo by Brian Solis (CC). On Feb. 4, 2004, Harvard University student Mark Zuckerburg launched Facebook, the most popular social networking service in the world. Facebook was founded…
Digital Media Lab receives upgrade
The new expanded location of the Digital Media Lab boasts six scanners and 14 iMacs for students to utilize. Photos courtesy of Digital Media Lab. This semester, students may have noticed a change in the…
This day in history: Coast Guard busts cocaine…
Photo from the US Coast Guard. On Jan. 21, 1999, The U.S. Coast Guard seized a ship on its way to Texas carrying over 9,500 pounds of cocaine. It was one of the biggest drug…
2015 in review
Jan. 7: 12 were killed in a terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo, a satirical magazine in Paris. The two shooters claimed to belong to a subgroup of Al-Qaeda in Yemen. The magazine’s jokes about Islamic…