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CULTURE | TRAVEL

SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SINCE 1894

“Twelfth Night”

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The UA department of theatre and dance will deliver its own half-comedy, half-musical rendition of the play ‘Twelfth Night,’ featuring The Voodoo Saints, a local traditional New Orleans jazz band. The show runs Tuesday though Saturday.

Capstone International Services, the Center for Community Based Partnership and other international campus groups have teamed up to host events to celebrate community at UA.

Edward Sazonov, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, collaborated with other universities to develop a device that accurately tracks what the wearer eats.

NEWS | PROPERTY UPDATE

Students explore via UP events University Programs goes beyond Tuscaloosa By Drew Pendleton | Contributing Writer

While many students at The University of Alabama may spend their weekends in the city of Tuscaloosa, University Programs aims to give students the chance to change that. From a Chris Tucker comedy show in Birmingham to Peterbrooke Chocolatier in Northport, University Programs has given students the option to travel out of the city limits and “enjoy new We really things, meet new people want to give and learn students new something new in a difexperiences. ferent way.” Brandon — Brandon Clark— Clark, a junior majoring in marketing and event programmer for the University Programs “On the Town” series, has worked for University Programs since May and helped the “On the Town” series branch out even farther than Tuscaloosa and Birmingham. A trip earlier this year took students to downtown Atlanta – with stops at the Georgia Aquarium, CNN Center, Centennial Park and the World of Coke – and a bus loaded with students left for Chattanooga, Tennessee, Sunday. Clark said the Chattanooga trip took students SEE PROGRAMS PAGE 7

Bryce Revisited The University will demolish certain areas of the Bryce property and renovate others. CW / Pete Pajor

168-acre acquistion will serve UA student growth By Katie Shepherd | Assistant News Editor

In the coming years, the historic Bryce Hospital will undergo some changes in its typical residents. The University of Alabama bought the 168 acres surrounding the 150-year-old building in 2010 to make way for the recent influx of students. University of Alabama planner Dan Wolfe said having the land was

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essential for the size of the University’s student population. “Over time, we’ve acquired some of their outlying land as we continue to grow,” Wolfe said. “But that last 168-acre parcel was really critical to our future expansion needs at the University as we continue to grow in enrollment.” Wolfe said not only will the land serve the University’s current needs, but it also provides potential for continued growth. “From a planning standpoint, having an additional 168 acres to work with is just amazing,” he said. “And as we’ve gone

from 19,000 to now over 36,000 students, we have definitely grown and expanded, and that 168 acres is going to give us flexibility for years to come.” Wolfe said the University plans to utilize the newly-acquired property by demolishing select portions of the existing building to construct facilities for the department of theatre and dance. In addition, the University plans to build a new large classroom building on the west end of the property. Though the structure of Bryce SEE BRYCE PAGE 7

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