SGA’s proposed constitution for the 2020-2021 school year has not met the required support to be ratified, forcing SGA to revert to the previous ratified constitution from 2017. On Sept. 23, Student Life sent out a student-wide email containing the poll to vote on the new constitution, which closed onContinue Reading
On Tuesday, Oct. 20 at around 3 p.m. a group of about 30 students calling themselves Chargers For Change protested outside the Student Services Building in response to a recent incident of alleged police harassment. The incident occurred on Oct. 3 when the UAH police department stopped a Black teenContinue Reading
The basement of the Shelby building, which flooded in February of 2019, is now set to reopen in December of 2021. The initial projection for reopening, as detailed in The Charger Times’ previous article about the flood, had been the beginning of this current semester. However, according to a summaryContinue Reading
On Sept. 29, the UAH registered student organization Students for Organizing, Advocating, and Reflecting hosted a screening of 2020’s first presidential debate on the lawn outside Charger Union. The event was designed to be as safe and socially distant as possible. Students were encouraged to bring blankets and snacks —Continue Reading
Morton Hall, the oldest academic building on UAH’s campus, recently underwent a $30 million renovation and opened back up to UAH students, faculty, and staff this semester. The building is located on the north side of campus and is situated directly across from Frank Franz Hall and adjacent to theContinue Reading
On Monday, Alabama will become the fourth state to launch a COVID-19 Exposure Notification app with the release of the GuideSafe app. UAH has published a page about the GuideSafe app, where it indicates that using the application will be entirely voluntary. The university has also partnered with the broaderContinue Reading
A U-Alert was issued in response to a possible bomb threat that was suspected to be near the lake of the Engineering Building this morning. The notification was confirmed to be a false alarm. While this Thursday morning may have provided a scare for some individuals, the campus of theContinue Reading
It’s every UAH student’s favorite time of year: Homecoming! This year’s homecoming theme is “Let the Games Begin.” This year’s Homecoming festivities and traditions will last from Wednesday October 23rd to Saturday October 26th. Some of the events for UAH’s 2019 Homecoming include Paint the Town Blue, Charger Stomp, communityContinue Reading
According to published enrollment data, the total student population at UAH has increased from around 7,000 students to just under 10,000 students over the past five years, while the amount of classroom space has largely remained the same. This has created a classroom shortage that has affected the scheduling ofContinue Reading
The basement of the Shelby building, which has been closed following a flood last February, is scheduled to be open to classes again in the fall of 2020. According to campus architect Justin Thompson, the flood began in late February as the result of accumulated groundwater around Shelby. It wasContinue Reading