Thursday, February 21, 2008

The Scene Podcast - Movies and the Oscars

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Thursday, February 21, 2008
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The Scene Podcast - Movies and the Oscars

Today in the Scene Podcast we talk about movies, especially the upcoming Academy Awards this Sunday. Corey Craft, Phil Owen, Andrew Richardson, and guest Dave Folk reveal our picks. You can download the podcast here. Don't forget to enter The Scene Oscar Contest.

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In This Issue:

Down Arrow News | Down Arrow Campus INbrief | Down Arrow Opinion | Down Arrow Entertainment | Down Arrow Sports |

News

article icon UA Professor of marketing dies at 82

Morris L. Mayer, a marketing professor with decades of service to the University and the community, died Friday, Feb. 15 at DCH Medical Center in Tuscaloosa after a lengthy battle with failing health and Parkinson's disease. He was 82. Mayer was professor emeritus of retail marketing and former head of the UA department of marketing. Full Story

Campus INbrief

article icon Announcements for Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Tree commission to hold tree giveaway The City of Tuscaloosa Tree Commission, in conjunction with Arbor Week, is holding its 17th annual tree giveaway Saturday at 8:30 a.m. in the parking lot at Snow Hinton Park from the Hargrove Road entrance. The trees are young and bare root. Full Story

Opinion

article icon Racism hits home

At some dark hour Sunday night or Monday morning, racism slithered its way on to the steps of Reese Phifer Hall as dawn broke Monday morning to reveal racial epithets and other offensive graffiti scrawled in chalk on the steps of the building housing the University's College of Communication and Information Sciences. Full Story

Entertainment

article icon Purpura to read at Bama tonight

Essayist and poet Lia Purpura will speak at the Bama Theatre at 7:30 this evening as part of the Bankhead Visiting Writers Series. The series is an initiative of the UA department of English, the creative writing program and the College of Arts and Sciences. Full Story

Sports

article icon Dunne making early impact for top-ranked Tide

The Crimson Tide softball team is ranked No. 1 in the nation, and a big part of that ranking is due to freshman pitcher Kelsi Dunne. Dunne has started off her career at Alabama with a 4-0 record, a 0.55 ERA, and 42 strikeouts while allowing only 11 hits and 5 runs. Full Story

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