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Title: Alabama athletes, students welcome return to normalcy Post by: pmull on August 25, 2011, 10:38:28 AM TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — It could have been the first day of classes on any college campus. Students scurried across the quad with cellphones in hand. Freshman nervously glanced at maps. Sorority pledges walked in tandem in color-coded T-shirts.
"It's a typical school day," Alabama senior linebacker Courtney Upshaw said Wednesday. "I don't think the tornado was on everyone's mind, just trying to get to class on time." It was a welcomed return to normalcy, 119 days after a tornado tore through this college town. Fifty people, including six students, died and more than 7,200 homes and businesses were lost — about 12% of the city. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2011/08/alabama-athletes-students-welcome-return-to-normalcy/1 Title: Re: Alabama athletes, students welcome return to normalcy Post by: 2Stater on August 25, 2011, 10:40:58 AM TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — It could have been the first day of classes on any college campus. Students scurried across the quad with cellphones in hand. Freshman nervously glanced at maps. Sorority pledges walked in tandem in color-coded T-shirts. "It's a typical school day," Alabama senior linebacker Courtney Upshaw said Wednesday. "I don't think the tornado was on everyone's mind, just trying to get to class on time." It was a welcomed return to normalcy, 119 days after a tornado tore through this college town. Fifty people, including six students, died and more than 7,200 homes and businesses were lost — about 12% of the city. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2011/08/alabama-athletes-students-welcome-return-to-normalcy/1 I'll bet this first day couldn't come too soon for many of them. |