Well Over 100-Thousand Expected in Tuscaloosa This Weekend.
With the first game of the season, well over 100,000 fans are expected to pack the University of Alabama campus.
CBS 42 (Birmingham) -- Aug. 29
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) -- Aug. 29

Breaking historical ground
Tuscaloosa News – Aug. 30
…One of those small communities lies beneath River Road Park, and this semester, students from the University of Alabama plan to excavate the more than 600-year-old site. “There hasn’t been very much research at all on these sites where most people actually lived,” said Jim Knight, anthropology professor…With no anthropology majors in the class, the honors section is meant to show students how archaeologists learn about cultures with no writing system…

Student-produced iTour accessible to visitors in three different ways
Crimson White – Aug. 30
iTour Bama, the nation's first student-produced virtual campus tour, became available Aug. 13. Produced by Grant Premo, a recent graduate with a degree in business and management, and Matt Williams, a sophomore majoring in advertising…they contacted undergraduate admissions and Provost Judy Bonner, who approved the project, said Bill McDaniel, director of the broadcast, marketing and media department. "The best part about [iTour Bama] is it was 100 percent a student idea and student implemented," McDaniel said…

TransLoc tracks UA buses
Crimson White – Aug. 30
…some students have added a new Web site to their morning routine - the University's TransLoc Web site, where they can see where CrimsonRide buses are on campus…Students can check TransLoc from any Internet access point including cell phones with Internet browsers and PDAs. A monitor displaying TransLoc is at the Campus Drive parking deck, and Clayton said more monitors have been ordered and will be set up in other high traffic areas…

Overcoming Obesity
Tuscaloosa News – Aug. 30
…The University of Alabama hired a wellness director this year to help instigate healthier lifestyles among faculty, staff and students. The city of Tuscaloosa has been trying to improve physical activity among staff and citizens. A wellness community program “Strive for Five” involving UA, the city, Nucor Steel and the American Red Cross will kick off next week…

Breaking Up is Hard to Do, Study Finds
Physorg.com – Aug. 30
…Bronwen Lichtenstein, UA assistant professor of criminal justice who specializes in women’s issues, recently completed a study of the health risks women over age 35 faced when they returned to the dating scene after the breakup of a long-term relationship…
Lichtenstein surveyed women in the West Alabama area and found that these women – many of them like your mother or your grandmother – often faced depression, lack of health information, and lack of social support after their relationships ended…

UA students drum up film shorts for festival
Tuscaloosa News – Aug. 30
…Campus MovieFest, which bills itself as the world’s largest student film festival. The festival made its first stop of the season at UA on Wednesday… will stay on campus for the next 10 days to troubleshoot, select local judges and run a grand finale showing of the top picks on Sept. 7…

Gospel choir to perform tonight at 7
Crimson White – Aug. 30
The Afro-American Gospel Choir, a 36-year-old organization at the Capstone, will be kicking off the new school year with a back-to-school concert at 7 tonight in the Ferguson Plaza…

Employees, students try to escape the heat
Crimson White – Aug. 30
…Duane Lamb, director of landscape and grounds services, said before employees start working each day, they have a daily briefing on precautions they must take to stay safe in the heat. A normal workday for grounds workers starts at 6 a.m. and ends at 2:30 p.m…

Opinion: More can be better
Crimson White – Aug. 30
Increasing enrollment and campus expansion are two issues no one on this campus can ignore. And we all know the problems these issues create: terrible traffic on campus, growing classroom size, construction everywhere…the Office of Greek Life seems to be meeting these changes head-on. To accommodate the 2007 pledge class - the largest pledge class to rush at the University thus far - they made changes to the recruitment week schedule, allowing them to better accommodate a larger number of women…Other student organizations should learn from Greek Life…

Get On Board Day
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) -- Aug. 29
Tuscaloosa News – Aug. 30 (Print version only)

Some Tickets to Season Opener Available
WCBI (Columbus, Miss.) -- Aug. 29
UA announced that some tickets to Saturday’s game are available.