SUSTAINABILITY ON CAMPUS UA group promotes sustainability during game days NEWS PAGE 5
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Serving the University of Alabama since 1894
Vol. 119, Issue 22
NEWS | FLU SEASON
Nursing students give shots for flu-free campus As a part of the UA No Flu Zone campaign, the University has purchased 8,000 flu shots to be administered by upperclassmen in the nursing proBy Colby Leopard gram and University Medical Contributing Writer Center staff. Students in NUR In an effort to keep The 324 - Fundamentals of Nursing University of Alabama campus volunteered to administer the flu-free this fall, the University flu shots for hands-on experiMedical Center and the ence in the midst of flu season, Capstone College of Nursing Sara Kaylor, an instructor for are teaming up to give free flu the course, said. “As one of my students put shots to students, faculty and staff throughout September it, this is the opportunity of a lifetime,” Kaylor said. “The and October.
Vaccinations free for UA students, faculty
response from our students has been outstanding, and they are looking forward to enjoying a really fun event like this outside of the classroom.” The campaign is targeting faculty and staff during September and students in October, Kaylor said. To reach the student population, No Flu Zone will be giving out shots in areas densely populated by students, such as the Quad. She said it should take no more than five minutes to get your shot. Kaylor said the nursing
students in her class have plenty of experience administering the vaccine and have practiced for many hours in the Clinical Nursing Lab and at Druid City Hospital. “Our students are very familiar with the administration process and are ready to start giving flu shots,” Kaylor said. “By the time they have gotten to the flu vaccine clinic, they are very well prepared to be administering.”
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A UA Nursing student administers a flu shot to another student. SEE NURSING PAGE 2
CULTURE | TRANSFER STUDENTS
CULTURE | KENTUCK
Giving significance to the salvage By Megan Miller | Contributing Writer
Feeling like a ‘freshman all over again’ UA making effort to involve, include transfer students By Alexandra Ellsworth Staff Reporter
If starting fresh at a new school is no easy task, then transferring after everyone else has already adjusted can be even harder. “I feel like I am a freshman all over again,” Jasmine Mayes, a junior majoring in civil engineering, said. Mayes transferred from Mississippi State University after her sophomore year and is now a first-year student at Alabama. At a school with over 30,000 students enrolled, it can be easy for transfer students to get We are always exploring and lost or grouped with the incomexpanding the opportunities ing freshmen. through our office and First But, according to Year Experience programs to Student Affairs, best accommodate the needs the University is and interests of our students making an effort to make the tran— Jennifer DeFrance sition to a new school as easy as possible. University records show that in 2011, 1,030 students transferred to the University from within the state, 417 students transferred from out-of-state and 16 transferred from unknown institutions, equaling a grand total of 1,463 transfer students at the University last year. “We are always exploring and expanding the opportunities through our office and First Year Experience programs to best accommodate the needs and interests of our students,” Jennifer DeFrance, assistant director for First Year Experience and Parent Programs, said. The University offers several different ways for transfer students to get involved socially and academically, including FYE and Ignite UA. However, many of these programs group transfer students with incoming freshmen and Mayes is not the only transfer student who feels this is unfair.
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ommunity, beauty and hope are three unexpected things that local artists discovered in Tuscaloosa in the wake of the April 27, 2011 tornado. Salvaged wood, collected from devastated sites in the city, is now being featured as the base of artistic pieces exhibited at the Kentuck Arts Center. The exhibit, “It’s All Good – Hurricane Creek Reclaimed Wood Art” will be on display until Sept. 26. All of the wood used was collected from Watson’s Bend at Hurricane Creek after the April 27, 2011 tornado. Watson’s Bend Campground along Hurricane Creek was decimated by the storm, and the Friends of Hurricane Creek and the Hurricane Creekkeeper wanted to put the salvagable debris to good use so it didn’t end up in a local landfill.
The Creekkeeper started out selling the timber to local nonprofit organizations and individuals, but the staff at Hurricane Creek found the idea of an art exhibit to be a more comprehensive and community-based plan to use the wood. SEE KENTUCK PAGE 2
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NEWS | ACADEMICS
Fall 2012 minimester allows students to pick up extra credit hours es after fall registration deadlines have passed and has confirmed that a winter interim term is in the works for this December. Since The University of By Ashley Tripp Alabama reached a record-high Contributing Writer enrollment of over 31,000 stuThe Student Government dents this fall, some students may Association is continuing their have had difficulty registering for fall minimester initiative to allow certain courses. Other students students to take additional cours- may have dropped a difficult
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course and need to pick up some extra hours, Denzel Evans-Bell, SGA vice president of Academic Affairs, said. “Fall 2 can be a lifeline for many students because it’s a rare opportunity to earn extra credits after the regular fall registration deadlines have passed,” EvansBell said. The Fall 2 minimester gives
students the chance to fulfill core requirements in order to graduate in a timely manner and helps those who may have had to drop a class return to full-time status. All of the Fall 2 classes are taught online over a course of 10 weeks in order to allow students the ability to earn additional credits without interfering with their current schedules.
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“This 10-week minimester was created to supplement a fullterm registration and not to be a replacement, so students should understand that not every class will be offered,” Evans-Bell said. “We are, however, working to increase the number and variety of classes offered during Fall 2.”
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