UA expects record freshman numbers
Tuscaloosa News – Aug. 22
…the freshman class at the University of Alabama will be the largest ever for the fourth straight year, said President Robert Witt in a speech to faculty Tuesday. There should be slightly more than 4,500 freshmen on campus this fall, topping the 4,378 that arrived at UA in fall 2006, he said…. “We are successfully recruiting the best and brightest,” Witt said in a speech to the Faculty Senate. “We are the dominant public university in the state of Alabama in terms of attracting the best and brightest…

The Rising Tide
Sports Illustrated – Aug. 22
Fed up with mediocrity and losing to Auburn, the Alabama faithful welcome Nick Saban as a coach tough enough to bring back the glory of the Bear

Saban lands UA back on SI cover
Tuscaloosa News – Aug. 22
…The Aug. 27 edition of SI marks the 21st time that a person active in UA athletics has graced the national magazine’s cover. This month’s article, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and UA journalism instructor Rick Bragg, explores Alabama fans’ expectations that Saban will return the program to its glory years…

UA Ranked 91 in U.S. News and World Report’s List of Best Colleges
WSFA (Montgomery) – Aug. 20

Bragg will look back, peek ahead
Birmingham News – Aug. 21
Pulitzer Prize-winner Rick Bragg's book "All Over But the Shoutin'" was selected by UAB as this year's freshman discussion book. He will give a presentation to the school's new students in the afternoon before doing a reading…Now a journalism professor at the University of Alabama, Bragg worked as a reporter before turning to books…