Heads and tales: Jock scraps
By Wade Kwon
Bowling for camcorders: In bowl game action today, Alabama won and Auburn lost. But don’t fret. Those players in their post-season appearances will not only get a little more glory, but also DVD players, camcorders, watches, luggage and thousands of dollars. Every bowl game has its payoff to student-athletes, even as colleges make millions from bowl apperances. And it’s all NCAA-approved.
• Bowls of money [Birmingham News]
Enemy mine: According to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, two people will die from landmines within the next hour. And 285 more will be planted in that same hour, say students at the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science. They’ve developed a landmine detector using an infrared camera on a toy jeep, at 1/100th the cost of current detectors. Eureka, indeed.
• Students convert toy into life-saving device [Mobile Register]
O Christmas trash: Driving down the street, you may notice the discarded Christmas trees still sitting at the curb. That’s because the nearly 20-year-old tree recycling program in the county has reached a successful end, building reefs for fish habitats in state lakes. So now what to do with that once majestic spruce? Maybe those roadside firewood merchants can take it off your hands.
• Birmingham Christmas tree recycling program at an end [Birmingham News]
Also:
- City’s moped district awaits urban rebirth
- Jocks, nerds reach tentative peace accord
- Buzzing in my head? Yep, still hung over from New Year’s
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