Videos - It's Snowing in Alabama!

Hey, what's up everybody? Guess what! It is snowing. Isn't that super cool? Well, it's been sleeting pretty much all day, but it hadn't been snowing. And sleet's just boring. Like who wants a bunch of ice? Sleet is basically ice...raining ice. But snow is fluffy and cool and it's...you get to make snowmen with it, you know. I'm excited. I get to play in the snow tomorrow.

Today it's a little late. I'm not gonna play today because, you know, it's getting a little late. Here comes Jerry now back from hunting. And we're going to have supper and enjoy looking at the snow fall. Yeah, so pretty. Well, thank you all for watching. And stay tuned. I honestly do have Speak Natively episodes up. I swear.

Computer Science - University of Alabama College of Engineering

Computer science students not only design, implement, test and maintain individual software applications but also develop and manage larger systems that integrate a wide range of components. I received a full tuition scholarship to Boston College. Now, people look at me crazy when I tell them that I turned that down because who in their right mind would do that.

And quite frankly, the answer is the opportunities here. Like I said, I've been involved in undergraduate research since my sophomore year. I've basically run and started two organizations. I studied abroad. I basically know most of the computer science professors by name and, most of them, I feel comfortable walking in their office and just sitting down and chatting with them. So just the incredible range of opportunities that I had here was really what drew me here. Students graduating from this program find themselves working in careers such as software analysts, database designers, software engineers, systems managers, and programmer analysts.

Lightning Strikes Alabama's Orange Beach

She sure has a way of showing us who's boss, doesn't she? She came out in full force in Orange Beach, Ala., on Dec. 30, and a couple of social media users were there to document it. First we've got an Instagram video from Haley McAllister, who was on a youth retreat at the time. That'll get your heart to start racing, won't it? Next up, we have this hair-raising clip from Twitter user @lmrivers8. Look at how the sky flashes purple.

Pretty epic, and I think a little terrifying if you were there, but luckily it seems no one was injured on the beach as the lightning struck. Much of the United States has been experiencing some pretty frightening weather lately, thanks to Winter Storm Goliath. According to The Weather Channel, flooding, tornadoes and blizzard conditions tied to the storm's impacts have taken 52 lives, making it the deadliest storm system in the U.S. this year.

Encyclopedia of Alabama

The Encyclopedia of Alabama is a free online reference source of all things Alabama, from history to geography to sports to education to sciences to business. It is written specifically for us by scholars and experts in the fields in which the articles are about and we have more than 1,500 articles for people to read right now and we add new content every week.

In the beginning of the century, the year 2000-2001, people decided that they needed to update the printed version of what had been used as an encyclopedia. It was printed in 1921 and it needed to be updated. So the University of Alabama Press and the Alabama Humanities Foundation said, "We need a new one," and they decided to put it online because it was the 21st century, and it's proven to be a very brilliant decision because we can update articles and add new content regularly. You're going to read about battles that took place, inventions that were created, famous people who changed the world.

Recreation Center - University of South Alabama

At USA there are a lot of clubs and activities to participate in. and here at our Rec center, there are many ways you can be involved in an active lifestyle Hi guys! My name is Boni, I'm a mechanical engineering major here at South. I also work at the Rec center So let's go check out our facilities! So what is available to you? Let's go check it out!

The student Rec center offers cardio machines free weights, workout spaces with exercise machines and accesories like medice balls A multi purpose court for basketball, volleyball, and other games. An indoor track, racquetball courts, table tennis, and an indoor soccer field. And don't forget about our amazing 40 ft. rock climbing wall! Our student Rec center, offers a SouthFit program comprised of group fitness personal training, wellness, fitness certifications and workshops and education. You can take classes like Zoomba, bootcamp, yoga, and spinning.

The rec center facilities also include a dance studio as well as a kick boxing studio. Individual instruction from one of our personal trainors can give you motivation and teach you proper workout forms to maximize your workout experience Not let's check out our pools. Students cam swim laps in our 25 yd. six lane indoor pool or enjoy open swim hours and play water basketball or volleyball. The outdoor pool is the place to play water volleyball, basketball,polo or take an aquatic fitness class. You can also relax on the pool deck or in the outdoos hot tub an added bonus to your student recreation experience is access to free lockers, showers, and a sauna in the locker rooms We're not done yet!

whether you just finished working out or want to enjoy a break you can stop by Fresh Market Smoothies to find something delicious and healthy. So what does it cost to have access to this amazing facility? It's free for students! Make sure to bring your student I.D. to enter and we'll look forward to seeing you here soon!

Alabama Slammer Recipe

All right welcome back to Drinks With Diablo. This is your host Johnny Diablo. And this is a viewer request from Nicholas, I think. Anyway, so the Alabama Slammer-- what you are going to need -- sloe gin, Southern Comfort, amaretto, and orange juice. Tall glass with ice and we're just going to put 1 ounce each of these and fill it up with orange juice.

1 ounce of Southern Comfort.
1 ounce amaretto.

I don't know what it is-- there's a lot of drinks with SoCo and amaretto and sloe gin. All together. The Alabama Slammer-- it's not only a drink, it was Hardcore Holly's finishing move. All right, we'll ad sloe gin and then top it off with orange juice. And that looks all sunsetty and gradients and all that.

You got the orange juice, you got the sloe gin adding a little bit if fruity taste, the Southern Comfort adding a peach-flavored bourbon, and amaretto-- I can't really taste it. Maybe it's just because I got cheap stuff here. Anyway, the Alabama Slammer-- you need to know this if you're a bartender. If you want to find more great recipes as amazing as these and possibly more so, subscribe to our YouTube channel. Leave us a comment below. Let us know what drinks you want to see. Thanks again for being here. Tell me what time it is.

Student Sit-In Organizers Expelled from Alabama State University

On february 29, 1960, alabama governor john patterson spoke out against an anti-segregation sit-in that was taking place in the montgomery county courthouse. Students from alabama state college, a traditionally black institution in montgomery, were in the fifth day of a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter in the courthouse. Governor patterson threatened to terminate the school's funding unless it expelled the student organizers.

He also warned that someone was likely to be killed if the protests continued. The next day, more than a thousand alabama state students marched on the capital. Then, the following day, the college expelled the nine student leaders of the courthouse sit-in. With word of the expulsions spreading, more than a thousand students pledged a mass strike. They also threatened to withdraw from school and continued staging days of demonstrations. 37 students were arrested. Meanwhile, six of the nine expelled students sued to be reinstated.

But a federal court upheld the expulsions as "justified and necessary" and barred the students' readmission to the college. It was not unusual for black-college officials at state-funded universities, under pressure from state officials, to expel student leaders of the sit-ins. At my own college in baton rouge, southern university officials expelled sit-in leaders, including me, in 1962.