ANNOUNCEMENTS

ROAD CLOSINGS AND CONGESTION – Several campus roads will be closed in the coming days for repairs. Also, some campus streets will be congested and at times closed during the sorority recruitment process which will occur Aug. 10-17. Roads affected by these events are listed below. Closing and reopening dates are subject to weather conditions.

• East Fourth Street from Fraternity Lane to Devotie is closed for re-paving and will re-open at 7:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 8.
• Campus Drive will be closed at the lower Rec Center lot for paving repairs beginning at 7 a.m. Friday, Aug. 8. The lower Rec Center lot will be accessible, but through traffic on Campus Drive will be blocked.
• Campus Drive will be closed from Hackberry Lane to Bryce Drive beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, Aug. 11. Campus Drive at Bryce Drive intersection will be closed beginning at 7 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 14.
• Campus Drive will be reopened for traffic at 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16. Please contact Carla Brown at 348-6539 for any information regarding the closing of Campus Drive.
• Stadium Drive will be closed from Fourth Street to Marrs Spring Monday through Friday the week of Aug. 11 from 6-9 a.m.
• Drivers should use caution on Colonial and Magnolia Drives Aug. 10-14 because of the increased amount of pedestrian traffic on those streets during the sorority recruitment process.
• Colonial and Magnolia Drives will be closed Saturday, Aug. 16 from 1:30-6:30 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 17 from 9 a.m.-noon, the last two days of the recruitment process.

PARKING AND TRAFFIC TO BE AFFECTED DURING RESIDENCE HALL CHECK-IN – While all residence halls are open from Aug. 10 and will accept arrivals any day, the largest number of students are expected Friday, Aug. 15, with roughly 3,000 residential students anticipated to move in that day. Parking lots and parking decks near residential communities will be very congested. Faculty and staff are asked to be patient and understanding while many students bring their vehicles back to campus, along with parents in their vehicles. Congestion will be high especially in the northern portion of campus. The remaining students will be moving in Saturday, Aug. 16 and Sunday, Aug. 17.

NORTH FERGUSON/MIB PARKING LOT TO BE PARTIALLY CLOSED AUG. 14 – This year, housing and residential communities is conducting a special move in for Ridgecrest Residence Hall on Thursday, Aug. 14, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. The North half of the North Ferguson/MIB lot will be used as a holding lot for students waiting for their unload time. This north half of the lot will be barricaded and used only for this event. Faculty/staff are asked to use the south half of the parking lot or the Ferguson parking deck. Also, no parking will be allowed on Second Street after 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13. Traffic congestion also is expected on McCorvey Drive and Second Street. Faculty and staff are asked to be understanding during this move-in time.

COMMENCEMENT TO BE BROADCAST LIVE VIA INTERNET – UA will broadcast its commencement ceremonies live over the Internet on Saturday, Aug. 9. Commencement will be held at 9 a.m. at Coleman Coliseum. Those who wish to view the ceremonies on the Internet can go to the main UA Web page at http://www.ua.edu/ to find the webcast link.

CRIMSON RIDE SERVICE TO BE ADJUSTED BETWEEN SEMESTERS – Crimson Ride bus service will be suspended Aug. 11-15; however, 348-RIDE service will be available daily during that week. Faculty and staff who usually ride the buses may call 348-RIDE (7433) for transportation during this time period. Crimson Ride service will resume on Monday, Aug. 18 with full service resuming on Aug. 20. For more information, visit www.crimsonride.ua.edu.

OFFICES/SERVICES OPEN WEEKENDS BEFORE FALL SEMESTER BEGINS – To better serve students, Action Card, parking, student financial aid, student receivables and the University Supply Store will all be open some weekend hours before the fall semester begins. These offices will be open for weekend hours as follows: Sunday, Aug. 10, 12:30-5 p.m.; Saturday, Aug. 16, 9 a.m. -5 p.m.; and Sunday, Aug. 17, 12:30-5 p.m. Faculty and staff should encourage students who are on campus those weekends to take advantage of these special hours when waiting times should be shorter than during the first few days of the semester.

TEGRITY WORKSHOPS OFFERED – Faculty and instructors interested in using Tegrity to capture their lectures are invited to attend either of two workshops to be held Wednesday, Aug. 13 in 308 Manley. The workshops, sponsored by the eTech office in the College of Arts and Sciences, will be from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. and will be similar in content. Contact the eTech office at 348-4832 or etech@as.ua.edu to register.

VOLLEYBALL SEASON TICKETS ON SALE – Alabama volleyball season tickets are on sale now for $30. The schedule features 10 SEC opponents including in-state rival Auburn, Tennessee and Florida. The season begins Aug. 29 with the Crimson Tide Invitational. Faculty and staff are invited to join the team on Fridays and Sundays of football game weekends to show their pride in the Tide. To purchase tickets contact the UA Ticket Office at 348-BAMA or toll free at 1-877-TIDETIX or visit www.rolltide.com.

PERFORMANCES/EXHIBITS

RUDE MECHANICALS TO PRESENT THIRD ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY – The Rude Mechanicals, Tuscaloosa’s free Shakespeare in the park theatre company (made up of UA faculty, staff, current and former students, alumni, and Tuscaloosa townspeople) is presenting its third annual anthology, “Shake-Scenes 3: Songs, Sonnets, and Scenes from Shakespeare” Thursday-Saturday, Aug. 14-16 at the lower level River Road Park East from 7:30-9 p.m. There will be scenes from “Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “Hamlet,” “Measure for Measure,” “Henry VI,” and “Pericles,” among others. There is no admission fee. Attendees are encouraged to bring chairs or blankets and bug spray. Please do not bring glass bottles.

SUPERVISORS ASKED TO PRINT DIALOG EXTRA FOR EMPLOYEES WITHOUT COMPUTER ACCESS – UA supervisors are asked to print and post or provide copies of this online issue of Dialog Extra for those employees who do not have regular access to computers. The Dialog Extra mailing list is drawn from the online faculty-staff directory. To add a name to the directory, complete the Update/Create New Listing Web page at http://directory.ua.edu/facultystaff/add_people.cfm. The list is regenerated every couple of weeks.

WORTH QUOTING -- "This discovery really shows how citizen science has come of age in the Internet world. Hanny’s attentiveness alerted us not only to a peculiar object, but to a window into the cosmic past which might have eluded us for a long time otherwise. Trying to understand the processes operating here has proven to be a fascinating challenge, involving a whole range of astrophysical techniques and instruments around the world and beyond. This has also been some of the most rewarding astronomy I’ve done in years!" - Dr. William “Bill” Keel, professor of astronomy and a galaxyzoo.org team member, as quoted in Science Daily. Keel was commenting on Dutch school teacher Hanny van Arkel’s finding of an image of a strange, gaseous object with a hole in the center while using the galaxyzoo Web site to classify images of galaxies.