UA system seeks boost in funds
Associated Press – Nov. 10
The Univer¬sity of Alabama System board of trustees has approved seeking a slightly more than 15 percent in¬crease in state funding for its three campuses. State funding for the UA Sys¬tem currently is $611 million. If ap¬proved by the Legislature, the pro¬posed increase for the 2008-09 budget, which begins Oct. 1, would give the system about $703 million. System Chancellor Malcolm Portera said Friday the system's requested increase is based on its needs, but he said the years of such hefty increases may be numbered because of economic conditions. "I think the future is going to be a challenge for us financially," Portera said. "Much will depend on how the economy goes national¬ly, but we are seeing evidence that the good years we've seen recently may be ending."…
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 10
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Witt updates Board about UA's growth
Crimson White – Nov. 12
At the UA System Board of Trustees meeting, UA President Robert Witt updated the trustees on the status of his seven-year plan for the University. After the first four years, the future of the plan - shared by faculty, administrators and students - looks strong, he said. "When we laid out that vision and plan four years ago, it was a shared plan," Witt said. "I can tell you that it is an even more strongly shared plan." …

Opinion: Universities need stable funding
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 13
Malcolm Portera, chancellor of the University of Alabama System, is asking the Legislature for a 15 percent increase in funding…Although the $703 million budget request is based on genuine need - if called to do so, Portera can justify every penny in the increase, and more - he already seems to be preparing leaders of the three schools in the system to be prepared to accept less…

ESPN to carry Iron Bowl
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 13
The University of Alabama’s game at Auburn has been set for a 7 p.m. kickoff on ESPN. The Nov. 24 game was bypassed by CBS, with the network electing to broadcast Tennessee at Kentucky at 12:30 p.m., followed by Florida State at Florida at 4 p.m. Clemson at South Carolina will be televised by ESPN2 at 6 p.m.

Program gives book to first lady
Crimson White – Nov. 12
Members of the University's master of fine arts in book arts designed and built a book that Linda Bachus, wife of Alabama Congressman Spencer Bachus, gave to first lady Laura Bush. The gift included a book detailing Bush's family history, a scroll form of the book and a presentation box. Bachus presented it to her at Southern culture-themed luncheon in Washington, D.C., according to a University press release…

UA Students Sign Cards for Veterans
ABC33/40 – Nov. 9
College students in Tuscaloosa are making giant cards to show veterans a lot of appreciation. The crimson colored greetings are full of kind words. Students at the University of Alabama are signing the cards in the Ferguson Center until Veterans Day next week…

Davis mulling politics beyond next election
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 13
…Bill Stewart, a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Alabama, said it may not be the color of Davis’s skin that makes him an untenable candidate, but the prevailing trend in Alabama of electing conservative Republicans to statewide office. “I don’t think people in Alabama are so prejudiced that they say, ‘I don’t want an African American,’ but they don’t want a moderate liberal,” said Stewart. “White liberals aren’t doing so well, either.”…

UA Bridge Expert Comments on State’s Bridges
NBC13 (Birmingham) – Nov. 9
UA engineer Jim Richardson: There are other professors and firms doing research on how to improve the inspection process, to improve the decision process should we rehab it or let it wear out…

Recycling, going green part of sustainable business trend
Associated Press – Nov. 10
…Sustainable businesses go beyond turning a profit and are run by people who also consider their impact on the environment, according to Samuel Addy, director and associate research econo¬mist for the Center for Busi¬ness and Economic Re¬search at the University of Alabama. "I would call a business sustainable if it includes good stewardship over the environment in its decision-making. It should still be profitable and successful," Addy said…
Montgomery Advertiser –Nov. 12

Ten tips for quitting
Worcester (Mass.) Telegram – Nov. 12
… Alan Blum, a professor of family medicine and director of Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, said quitting is easier if you understand what makes you crave a cigarette. Then find something to substitute that urge. Oral substitutions include sucking on lemon drops, drinking iced tea — or even kissing…

Oak Hill move meets guidelines
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 12
…"We are, of course, very happy with the notion that this school, as it closes, will move children back into their home school," said Nancy Anderson, staff attorney at the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program at the University of Alabama. "People with disabilities should be involved in their community, and the very nature of a segregated school is not providing that for kids."…

Banks eye pension plans
Mail Tribune (Oregon) – Nov. 11
…But Norman Stein, a pension authority and professor at the University of Alabama School of Law, worries that if shifting ownership becomes an easy option, it might encourage some employers to freeze and unload pension plans instead of sticking by them. If federal regulators eventually allow such ownership shifts, Stein would like to see assurances that benefits would not be jeopardized…

Gas prices top $3
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 10
…One of those factors that both Ingram and Peter Clark, an associate professor of chemical engineering at the University of Alabama, agree on, is the devalued American dollar…Clark said in 2002, a European euro could be bought for 97 cents with American currency. He said now, a euro cost a dollar and a half. “Oil is all traded in dollars,” Clark said. “So if the value of a dollar has dropped to maintain the same purchasing powers [oil traders] get with their oil, the price of oil has to go up.”…

College News
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 12
A group of University of Alabama restaurant, hotel and meetings management majors received Alabama Hospitality and Tourism scholarships during the recent 2007 Governor’s Conference on Tourism… -- Students, faculty and staff at UA can sign a large, poster-size Veterans Day greeting card to be presented to area veterans in commemoration of the November holiday… -- The University of Alabama School of Law student team competed at the Arbitration Competition, co-sponsored by the American Bar Association Law Student Division and the National Arbitration Forum, Nov. 9-10 at Michigan State University College of Law…

Air Force big band to play at Moody
Crimson White – Nov. 12
Though it may not be widely know, the United States Air Force Academy has a jazz band. The group, called The Falconaires, will be playing tonight at 7:30 in the Moody Music Hal…

Students rock the runway
Crimson White – Nov. 12
…Thursday night, the University held its first annual fashion show Rock the Runway, which was co-sponsored by University Programs and the apparel design department…

School program promotes conservation
Cherokee County Herald – Nov. 13
…Project Community is administered jointly by Discovering Alabama and the Alabama Museum of Natural History at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. The project is sponsored and funded by grant support from the Alabama Association of Conservation Districts in cooperation with the Alabama Soil and Water Conservation Committee.

The Dance Master
The Scene (Crimson White) – Nov. 13
(Cornelius) Carter's office on the second floor of Rowand-Johnson Hall, posters of art and dancers hang on the walls…The awards and national recognition have been coming for years. Certificates laud him as a UA National Alumni Association Outstanding Commitment to Teaching award winner, while others name him as a distinguished alumnus. Carter caught the national spotlight in 2001 when he was named the U.S. Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation. Carter was selected from a group of 384 candidates representing 272 colleges in the research and doctoral institution division…