Treating university administrators like losing coaches
With Nick Saban signing a contract extension Monday, it got me thinking once again about the...
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Author: Rob Holbert
From trustee to chancellor — St. John’s rise at UA
In 2018, Finis “Fess” St. John IV was facing a looming mandatory retirement from the University of...
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It’s a dog’s world
Beth and I brought home a new bundle of joy this past week. Whoa, whoa, whoa! It’s not what you...
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APA awards announced
Lagniappe took home 19 overall awards in the Alabama Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest,...
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Did someone hit the snooze button on the mayor’s race?
Coming into this year after spending the last one “pandemic-ing” every day, one thing I looked...
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Flowers quits position with UA System Office
Photo | steveflowers.us Three weeks after Lagniappe published a story questioning why political...
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Getting off the grid
Perhaps Michael dropping his phone overboard in the middle of the night was the perfect metaphor...
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Flowers resigns position with UA System Office
Three weeks after Lagniappe published a story questioning why political newspaper columnist Steve...
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Graduation is a bittersweet time of life
It’s a kind of magical-but-scary, happy-but-sad time — my son, Ulysses, is about to graduate from...
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Ex vice president says UA System Office pushed Flowers’ hire
A former University of Alabama vice president says she was approached by the university’s System...
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