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Tuscaloosa middle and high school students will have their art on display at the Bama Theatre as part of Alabama State Council on the Arts’ Visual Achievement Awards. UA students are encouraged to attend the exhibition.
President Barack Obama spoke to a crowd of about 40,000 people, including about 100 members of Congress, Saturday in Selma on the 50th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday march.
Candidates for president, vice president of student affairs and executive vice president lay out their platforms in today’s opinions sections. SGA elections will be held Tuesday.
NEWS | SGA REFORM
UA group advocates for parties UAP founded to reform SGA election processes By Heather Buchanan | Assistant News Editor
In order to address their concerns with the current Student Government Association executive branch, including lack of diversity, low participation and corruption, a group of students came together to propose a solution. The United Alabama Project, described by members as “the campus version of a NGO, nong ove r n m e n t a l organization,” has drafted and submitted a proposal titled “A Step in the If voters don’t Democratic have a choice, Direction: The Partisan Reform why should they Initiative.” The care? document suggests the implementation of — Kelsey Keny — political parties as a solution to some of the problems UAP sees in the SGA. Andrew Parks, a senior majoring in political science and the UAP director of political advocacy, said they addressed the proposal to the SGA Elections Board because the current elections manual isn’t conducive to the formation of political parties. “We want to write a new portion of the code that treats political parties as their own entity and gives them a
Second to None Littlejohn sets record with 2nd perfect game By Kelly Ward | Sports Editor
At first, Rhoads Stadium was eerily quiet. A 10-0 lead in the top of the fifth rarely elicits any interest other than the shuffling of bags and belongings that usually accompanies a mercy-rule win.
A 10-0 lead doesn’t elicit silence, but on Sunday it did. No one dared jinx sophomore righthander Sydney Littlejohn as she worked through 14 batters, six with strikeouts and eight with the help of her defense. But with two outs in the top of the fifth, Rhoads erupted. Fans stood on their feet to see something Alabama had never done at home before: throw a perfect game. SEE SOFTBALL PAGE 16
Sydney Littlejohn threw for her second perfect game in only seven starts this season for the Crimson Tide on Sunday. CW / Shelby Akin SEE UNITED ALABAMA PAGE 12
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