Alabama beat the hell out of the Tennessee Volunteers on Saturday, but it came at a cost. Junior wide receiver Jaylen Waddle will be out for the rest of the season after an ankle injury in the opening kickoff. Without Waddle, players like Slade Bolden will have to step up. Saturday’s game proved Bolden and his offensive teammates can handle the challenge.
- Before the game, we dropped a new episode of “The Pregame Presser,” which you can subscribe to on Apple Podcasts.
- We also dropped reporter Ashlee Woods’ top five ranking of Saban-era Alabama-Tennessee matchups.
If you liked “The Devil Wears Prada,” but wished it were bad, we have a recommendation for you. Nothing ever seems to happen in “Emily in Paris,” but when things do happen, they make very little sense. Read culture reporter Annabelle Blomeley’s take on the show and let us know what you thought.
Douglas Klutz is a real fan favorite. The criminal justice instructor, who has been named the best professor in the United States three times, is beloved for the time he makes for students outside of class.
After seven weeks of low COVID-19 case numbers on campus, the University still can’t claim a steady decline. The University reported 68 cases on campus this week, up from 34 last week. The University also announced the GuideSafe app, which should aid in anonymous contact tracing among students.
UA Opera Theatre said hello and much more to the new year last week. The performance brought Mozart, Puccini and even modern show tunes from "The Fantasticks" together for a program that welcomed listeners back to the world of live performance.
Tuscaloosa City Council renewed a $1.3 million investment in education. The money will be used to fund Elevate Tuscaloosa’s education initiatives, which include Tuscaloosa’s universal pre-kindergarten program, summer learning academy and a dual-enrollment scholarship for local high school students.
Alabama volleyball failed to secure the win. In the team’s season opener against No. 7 Missouri, Lindsey Devine’s squad fell 3-1. “I think a little bit of nerves took over,” head coach Devine said.
UA students have been pitching in as the Daphne, Alabama, community recovers from Hurricane Sally. Two trips made by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints sent students south in an effort to lend a hand. Students deemed the trip “magical” and uniting. “You give a lot but you get so much in return,” one sophomore said.
TikTok has seen a lot. But the app, which was nearly banned by Donald Trump in September, has a resilient user community. As columnist Abigail McCreary writes, students already know that Facebook and Instagram have their data. Why should TikTok be the breaking point?
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Here are the off-campus goings-on:
- Do you have a plan to vote on Nov. 3? In Alabama, absentee ballot applications for the upcoming November elections must be received by Oct. 30. Find absentee ballot applications for every Alabama county here.
- At the University of Texas, a survey of band members showed that many band students no longer want to play “The Eyes of Texas,” the school’s alma mater. The song has been a renewed source of frustration for fans, students and university administration as debate grows over the song’s connections to minstrelsy and whether the song can effectively be reclaimed.
- Among the slate of new cardinals Pope Francis appointed Sunday was the Catholic Church’s first African American cardinal. While the church has appointed Black cardinals in the past, Wilton Gregory will be the first Black American cardinal.
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From the Newsroom
notes from inside the video calls and group chats of The Crimson White
At the Associated College Press (ACP) & College Media Association (CMA) Conference this weekend, staffers from UA publications The Crimson White, Alice Magazine and 1956 Magazine attended conferences and had the opportunity to chat with media professionals, all while picking up a few awards along the way.
Alice Magazine was awarded Best Magazine Cover by the ACP for their Winter 2020 edition. The magazine also scored an honorable mention for Best Magazine Sports Spread from the CMA.
The Crimson White landed a third place finish in Best Editorial from the CMA. The paper also placed in ACP's Best of Show special section categories for editorial and advertising content.
In its flagship year, 1956 Magazine placed for the ACP Best of Show award for feature magazine.
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Hot Takes
Wise (read: opinionated) words from our opinions columnists.
Thankfully, a deal is being made to keep TikTok in the U.S. According to a CNBC article, a U.S. tech company called Oracle is linking up with Walmart to head the brand new TikTok Global and handle all the U.S. user data, thus preventing China from stealing all of our personal information. The good news is that you won’t have to illegally keep TikTok on your phone or risk downloading anything sketchy to keep up with all your favorite trends. But as engineering major and TikTok user Emily Iannuzzi points out, this is nothing new.
“Facebook and Google already sell our info to everyone,” Ianuzzi said, “I don’t see why a ban is necessary.”
Basically, it seems like stealing American information is okay as long as American companies are doing the stealing.
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Hot Dates
There are several art exhibitions to check out across Tuscaloosa this week.
- Alabama folk artist Charlie Lucas’ work is being shown at the Paul R. Jones Museum downtown. The exhibit features work from across decades of Lucas’ career, a first for the self-taught sculptor.
- Also downtown, the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center showcases work from UA associate professor Stacey Holloway. The “well-crafted and whimsical” collection includes collaborations with other Alabama artists.
- “Wobble - Selections from the Permanent Collection” is a newly installed rotating exhibition at the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art. The exhibition will pull from any of the 1,600 works in the Sarah Moody collection.
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