Teacher awarded $50,000 for book
Tuscaloosa News – Nov.27
It shouldn't be a surprise that University of Alabama professor James Otteson hasn't thought much about what he's going to do with the $50,000 Templeton Enterprise Award he just received. After all, the recognition is for his book "Actual Ethics," a philosophical study of social welfare grounded in classical liberal thought. The award was presented at a ceremony in New York City at the end of October by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute's Culture of Enterprise Initiative, a program that promotes scholarship on questions of culture and economics by young professors and students…

More People Look for Deals On the Web
Fox 6 (Birmingham) -- Nov. 26
CBS 42 (Birmingham) -- Nov. 26
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) -- Nov. 26
…A marketing expert with the University of Alabama, Dr. Kristy Reynolds says companies noticed several years ago more people are looking for deals on the web.

Engineering students show their funny side
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 27
…The College of Engineering does Amateur Radical Theatre, known as COE does ART, will host their second dinner and a show with 'Romeo and Harriet,' a comedic spin-off of Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet.'…

Hilaritas returns
The Scene (Crimson White) – Nov. 27
…about 80 UA students will line the stage Nov. 30 and Dec. 2 to usher in the holiday season for Tuscaloosa residents and UA students. For the 39th consecutive year, Tuscaloosa residents and UA students will fill Moody Concert Hall to take part in the School of Music's annual Hilaritas Christmas concert put on by the University Singers and the Alabama Jazz Ensemble…

Board delays vote regarding 'Sandpiper' book
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 27
… Joyce Stallworth, professor of English Education at the University of Alabama warned the Tuscaloosa County Board of Education on Monday night. "Romeo and Juliet" could be considered as promoting teen suicide. "The Scarlet Letter" could be a "how-to" for adultery. "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and "To Kill a Mockingbird" could be banished for their repeated use of racial slurs. "Are we prepared in Tuscaloosa in 2007 to sanction a process that could potentially leave our library shelves empty?" Stallworth questioned…

Adviser tells Alabama law schools rule of law taking hold in Iraq
Birmingham News – Nov. 27
…Al-Maliki, who was in Alabama on Monday to speak at Cumberland School of Law at Samford University and at the University of Alabama School of Law in Tuscaloosa…

Shelton candidates welcomed
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 27
PHOTO: A reception was held for the five finalists for the job of president of Shelton State at the college's atrium in Tuscaloosa Nov 26, 2007. Pictured here, Jim McLean, left, a dean at the University of Alabama and a member of the search committee, talks with Glendon Forgey, one of the finalists for the position.

Annual rainfall total lags
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 27
PHOTO: University of Alabama student Cassie Mahan dodges a rain puddle Monday as she walks to class.