TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2014 VOLUME 121 | ISSUE 14
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NEWS | STEM
SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SINCE 1894
Saban Press Conference
3 Dining Dollars
9 College How To’s
With less than a week left until the season opener in Atlanta, head coach Nick Saban has yet to pick a starting quarterback between senior Blake Sims and junior transfer Jake Coker. True freshman Cam Robinson was named the starter at left tackle.
The number of Dining Dollars each student is required to pay for increased by $25 to help fund new dining locations on campus, like Panda Express, Auntie Anne’s and Wendy’s.
For freshmen, learning how to survive college can be stressful. For seniors, learning to leave can be just as hard. Follow these tips to make the most of your time at the University.
NEWS | SORORITY HOUSES
STEM path offers MBA opportunity Students earn graduate credit during undergrad By Katie Shepherd | Staff Reporter
Students with a clear focus on their learning path now have the chance to finish both their undergraduate and master’s degrees in less than the traditional six years through the science, technology, engineering and mathematics path to the MBA in the Capstone’s Culverhouse College of Commerce. Created by Rob Morgan and Michael Hardin, the STEM path is designed to give students majoring in science, technology, engineering or mathematics the option of completing their MBA in just one year of graduate study by utilizing nontraditional educational methods. “We recruit high-performing high school seniors who have gotten a 28 or above on the ACT, have a 3.5 GPA or above and are planning on majoring in a STEM discipline,” Morgan said. This is the fourth year that the STEM program has been available at the University, which means the first class of students in the program is finishing up their undergraduate study and is now preparing for their final year before receiving their MBA. Eighty to 85 percent of current STEM students are majoring in engineering, Morgan said. Students who are accepted into the STEM to MBA program take a business honors course every year of their undergraduate study. During their junior year, they apply to the University’s MBA program. Once admitted, they begin taking MBA courses. SEE STEM PAGE 6
A New ‘Sweet Home’
Renovation on sorority row continues with 2 new houses By Emily Williams | Staff Reporter
The first group of new Panhellenic sorority members to run out of BryantDenny Stadium on Bid Day was a crowd of Alpha Phis. They had the farthest to run of all the new members that day, so they got a head start. At the end of their run down sorority row, they found a brand new house waiting for them. This year’s pledge class was the largest The University of Alabama
has seen, with more than 2,000 women receiving bids. In response to the continuously expanding Greek system on campus, construction was completed this summer on two sorority houses, Alpha Chi Omega and Alpha Phi. Alpha Chi Omega’s new house sits atop the intersection of Magnolia and Colonial Drive, across the street from Bryant-Denny Stadium. Alpha Phi’s new house is down the street from its old location near Trinity United Methodist Church on Paul W Bryant Drive. Both houses include a chapter room,
Alpha Phi’s new house, funded by a 30-year loan from the University, sits on Paul Bryant Drive. CW / Pete Pajor
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