Articles By: Dexter Strong

Legislature revisits PACT program

With the 2012 Alabama legislative session underway, Rep. Craig Ford, D-Gadsden, the Minority Leader in the Alabama House of Representatives, and Sen. Roger Bedford, D-Russellville, the Minority Leader in the Alabama Senate, are sponsoring legislation to fully fund the Pre-paid Affordable College Tuition program. Both Bedford and Ford are members of the board of directors. The program allows participants to [...]

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Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority hosted a forum on sexual health Tuesday night. The forum included helpful facts and interactive games. / CW | Margo Smith

ΑΚΑ hosts forum on sexual health

The Theta Sigma chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority hosted their third forum of this semester, Better With the Lights On: Sex and Sexual Health, last night. Jessica Vickery, assistant director for the Student Health Center, said it is imperative that college-aged students understand that sexual health be seen as intertwined with one’s physical, mental and emotional health, and [...]

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