For Ashley Swafford, working on a documentary of Hurricane Sandy with her telecommunication and film professor, Chandra Clark, turned out to be more personal than she could have imagined. Swafford said it hit her when their crew stopped by a donation center in New Jersey, where people could donate food and clothes, to interview a radio personality about his role [...]

Hailed as one of the best living Cuban poets, Reina Maria Rodriguez will visit The University of Alabama Wednesday. Two of her events are open to the public: a Cuban Literary Culture meeting at noon in Maxwell Hall and a poetry reading at 7:30 p.m. in Smith Hall, Room 205. “Reina Maria Rodriguez is one of the most important and [...]

The child paced the empty hallway, anxiously awaiting the arrival of Mr. Charles. “Where is Mr. Charles? What happened to Mr. Charles?” the child repeated. After every passing minute, the child became more worried that Mr. Charles would not show up. A young man then walked around the corner, and the child let out a joyous yelp, nearly tackling the [...]

After dedicating their Tuesdays and Thursdays to perform their writings, the 12 students of EN 408: Spoken Word Performance will have their last performance May 2 at Green Bar at 7 p.m. In each class, students stand and perform their selected pieces of writing for input from others. After moving the tables out of their classroom and creating a circle [...]

  By Judah Martin Contributing Writer ^ With many obstacles thrown at her throughout her life, some might say it’s amazing that Cassandra Simon grew up to receive a doctorate degree and present the 2013 Last Lecture at The University of Alabama. For a while, things only seemed to get worse. When she was 9, Simon said her father was [...]