Dialog Online, UA Faculty and Staff News
January 20, 2003

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Calendar

Jan. 20-Feb. 2 -- Dialog welcomes help from readers in compiling a comprehensive calendar. All calendar material must be submitted for consideration by Wednesday, eight working days prior to publication dates. Send mail to: Dialog, Box 870144; call 348-5320; or send email to shibbard@ur.ua.edu. For general information about activities, events and special announcements of upcoming calendar entries, go to events.ua.edu.


Activities

Japan Culture and Information Center
210 Research Drive, 348-5311

Programs:

  • Jan. 21 -- Kimono Sewing or Obi-tying, 1-2 p.m., $2.50
  • Jan. 29 -- Origami, 3:30-4:30 p.m., $2.50
  • Jan. 30 -- Calligraphy, 3:30-4:30 p.m., $2.50
  • Jan. 30 -- "Manners in Japan," 3-4 p.m., free
  • Jan. 31 -- Japanese Cooking Hour, 3:30-4:30 p.m., $1

Japanese Language Classes:

  • Jan. 21 -- Survival English, 10:30-11:30 a.m., free
  • Jan. 21, 23, 28, 30 -- Japanese Language for Beginners-3, 1:30-2:15 p.m., $60
  • Jan. 23, 30 and Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27 -- Japanese Language for Intermediates I, 4-4:45 p.m., $60

International Center for Students
121 B.B. Comer

  • Every Friday -- Capstone International Coffee Hour, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Discovering Alabama
Featuring Doug Phillips, airs each Sunday at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Alabama Public Television. For information about buying videos, call 348-2039.

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Lectures

The Bankhead Series of English and History Lectures and Presentations

Book cover - A Devil of a Whipping, The Battle of Cowpens, by Lawrence E. BabitsThis year's history series is "Terrorism and Counter Insurgency: Historical Perspective on the American Experience." Each talk will examine a portion of the historical background that adds perspective to today's current events.

  • Jan. 21 -- History Lecture: "Terror in the South During the War of American Independence," Lawrence E. Babits, 30 ten Hoor Hall, 7:30 p.m.

    Babits, professor of history at East Carolina University, wrote "A Devil of a Whipping: The Battle of Cowpens," a key Revolutionary War battle that was later the backdrop for "The Patriot," starring Mel Gibson.

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Events

The Crimson Calendar at http://events.ua.edu is UA's campus-wide events calendar. Crimson Calendar displays each day's events, is searchable, and links to other related information and sites. Anyone may submit an event to the Crimson Calendar.

  • Jan. 29 -- Get On Board Day, Ferguson Center, 10 a.m.

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Exhibits

For more information, visit specific Web sites or call the telephone numbers below.

Alabama Museum of Natural History
Smith Hall, 348-7550

The Gorgas House
On UA campus, 348-5906

Moundville Archaeological Park and Museum
Highway 69 South, 205/371-2572

Paul W. Bryant Museum
300 Bryant Drive, 348-4668

Alabama Heritage Magazine
348-7467

The Web site provides information about the current issue of Alabama Heritage magazine, subscriptions, collecting back issues, the location on campus and more.

The University of Alabama Press
20 Research Drive, 348-5180

The UA Press will provide tours of its publication house and a current catalog upon request.

Black Warrior Review

The Black Warrior Review is a nationally respected literary magazine that publishes the best in contemporary fiction, poetry and essays.

Bounds Law Library
101 Bryant Drive, 348-5925

Book cover - The Private Life of a New South Lawyer: Stephen Croom's 1875-1876 JournalThe Private Life of a New South Lawyer: Stephens Croom's 1875-1876 Journal, which includes introductory and editorial material provided by Special Collections librarian Paul Pruitt and archivist David Durham, is the third of the Bounds Law Library Occasional publications and available in the library. The journal contains a great deal of information on the practice of law in the postbellum South. It is also an example of one man's efforts to come to terms with the legacies of the Civil War and Reconstruction.

W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library
208 Mary Harmon Bryant Hall, 50 Hackberry Lane, 348-0500

Sarah Moody Gallery of Art
103 Garland Hall, 348-1891

  • Through Feb. 16 -- Department of Art Faculty Exhibition 2003

Cartographic Research Laboratory
324 Farrah Hall

Also see alabamamaps.ua.edu.

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Performances

Call 348-7111 for information about performances scheduled to be held in the Moody Music Building. All concerts are in the Concert Hall of the Moody Music Building and start at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

Music
Moody Concert Hall, 348-7111 -- Web calendar

  • Jan. 28 -- Faculty Recital, Susan Fleming, mezzo soprano
  • Jan. 30 -- Faculty Recital, Maggie Snyder, viola

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Crimson Tide SportsCrimson Tide Sports

Information is available via The University of Alabama official athletic Web site at www.rolltide.com. The site includes information about all sports, schedules, pricing information on faculty/staff tickets as well as tickets available to the public. General information on schedules and other news from Alabama athletics is also available at the site.

Gymnastics

  • Jan. 24 -- UA vs. Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 7 p.m.
  • Jan. 26 -- UA vs. Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 2 p.m.
  • Jan. 31 -- UA vs. Michigan, Tuscaloosa, 7 p.m.

Swimming and Diving

  • Jan. 25 -- UA vs. Florida, Tuscaloosa, 4 p.m.
  • Jan. 31 -- UA vs. Auburn, Tuscaloosa, 4 p.m.
  • Feb. 1 -- UA vs. South Carolina, Tuscaloosa, 1 p.m.

Men's Basketball

  • Jan. 21 -- UA vs. Ole Miss, Oxford, MS, 8 p.m.
  • Jan. 25 -- UA vs. Kentucky, Tuscaloosa, 7 p.m.
  • Feb. 1 -- UA vs. LSU, Tuscaloosa, 4 p.m.

Women's Basketball

  • Jan. 23 -- UA vs. Georgia, Tuscaloosa, 7 p.m.
  • Jan. 26 -- UA vs. Ole Miss, Oxford, MS, 2 p.m.
  • Jan. 30 -- UA vs. Mississippi State, Starkville, MS, 7 p.m.
  • Feb. 2 -- UA vs. Arkansas, Tuscaloosa, 2 p.m.

Men's Tennis

  • Jan. 26 -- UA vs. Troy State, Tuscaloosa, 9 a.m.
  • Jan. 26 -- UA vs. Sothern Mississippi, Tuscaloosa, 3 p.m.
  • Feb. 1 -- UA vs. Northwestern, Evanston, IL, 4 p.m.

Women's Tennis

  • Jan. 25 -- UA vs. Georgia State, Tuscaloosa, 9 a.m.
  • Jan. 25 -- UA vs. Tennessee-Chattanooga, Tuscaloosa, 2 p.m.
  • Jan. 31 -- UA vs. Washington State, Tuscaloosa, 5 p.m.
  • Feb. 2 -- UA vs. Penn State, Tuscaloosa, 10 a.m.

Softball

  • Jan. 31-Feb. 2 -- Stacy Winsberg Memorial, UA vs. Fullerton, Loyola and UCLA, Los Angeles, time TBA

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