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Enriching smart, young minds
Tuscaloosa News – June 26
…Classroom teachers or interns completing studies toward a master’s degree or certification in gifted education from the University of Alabama are teaching most of this summer’s courses…

Salem Is First Winner Of Award
BamaMag.com – June 26
A model student athlete on the field, in the classroom and in the community, University of Alabama senior centerfielder Emeel Salem (Mountain Brook) has been chosen as the first winner in the baseball division of the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award. Selected by a nationwide vote of coaches, media and fans, the award is presented to college baseball’s outstanding NCAA Division I senior student athlete…

One-time stars Siegelman and Scrushy face sentencing
Associated Press – June 25
"This is an extremely significant event. We don't have any precedent for it in Alabama," said University of Alabama political scientist William Stewart, who sat through some of last year's two-month trial…
Houston Chronicle – June 25
Jacksonville (Fla.) Times-Union -- June 25
MyFoxAl.com – June 26
Decatur Daily – June 26

Teen dramas take backseat to reality TV, adult shows
Tuscaloosa News – June 26
…Jennings Bryant, professor of broadcasting and telecommunication and film at the University of Alabama, said shows such as “90210" and “The O.C." are considered teen classics. “They had well-developed characters and what teens wanted to watch [such as] edgy, conflicted and less restricted characters," Bryant said…

Street Dogs: Once more with feeling
Business Day (South Africa) – June 26
…just in case you’re sitting back thinking that since it hasn’t happened in the past 13-billion years, it probably isn’t worth worrying about, Louis Clavelli, who works as a physicist at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, insists that space-time bubbles are popping on a daily basis.

UA Graduate Puts Up Reward for Tree Killer
WBRC (Birmingham) -- June 22 and June 23
A UA graduate is putting up a $5,000 reward to find the person responsible for attacking four Oak Trees near Evergreen Cemetery.