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University of Alabama honors lists

(Full-time undergraduates with a 4.0 GPA)

Aliceville: Elizabeth T. Fuller, Catherine E. Johnson, Caroline Wade McKinzey.

Berry: Donna Kimbrell Branyon, Crystal J. Brown, Daniel P. Moore, Angela Nicole Thomas, Mariah K. Turman.

Brookwood: Sarah A. Daniels, Jessica Ann Green, Amanda Parker Howard.

Buhl: John Boyd, Lindsay N. Hicks.

Centreville: Erica L. Mathis, Jessica L. Owens.

Coker: Jeffery H. Dunkling, Anna Marie Holcomb, David H. Lammon, Jonathan M. Mcclain.

Cottondale: Savanna L. Black, Crystal Victoria Estis, Taylor J. Johnson, Maegan M. Pierce, Sheng Yao A. Zhang.

Demopolis: Catherine R .Cameron, Connie Phillips McPherson.

Duncanville: Craig Jackson, Elizabeth A. Junkin, Sara C. Phillips, Thomas F. Phillips, Sally R. Rush.

Elrod: Haglaeeh T. Contreras.

Ethelsville: Amber-Leigh Rush.

Eutaw: Courtney Danielle Cooper.

Fayette: Audra Jane Bush, Nolan D. Maddox, Conner N. McCabe, Adam T. Mills, Jack Merrell Nolen III, Randi C. Simmons, Meagan Brooke Watkins.

Fosters: Meredith D. Mills.

Gordo: Benjamin J. Howell, Rebecca A. Perkins.

Greensboro: Katherine L. Broussard.

Guin: Rebekah Kate Bradford, David B. Cooper, Sarah K. Hughes.

McCalla: Rebecca Ann Howard, Stephanie L. Olive.

Montevallo: Rachel A. Holsombeck.

Moundville: Monica S. Blackmon, Evelyn D. Dempsey, Michael H. Mills.

Northport: Hanan Aljawi, Kacie L. Baird, Eric Randall Baker, Kadi R. Burkhalter, Ashley N. Campbell, Luke N. Colburn, Charlotte E. Cover, Emily A. Defrance, James T. Dilday, Matthew E. Driggers, Carleigh R. Dutton, Michael Robert Gendreau, Jonathan R. Guin, Katherine R. Haffner, Matthew S Hale, Richard B. Hall, Britney N. Hamner, Anna R. Hayes, Lavonne G. Herron, Mary Bethany Hindman, Kayla L. Hinton, Kari L. Hollingsworth, Christopher D. Jacks, Adam P. Jacobs, Hannah Brooke Johnson, Petrina S. Kelly, David A. Kidd, Sarah E. King, Jonathon M. Knight, Kendra D. Lee, Kayla Symm Lisenby, Karlie Lynn Livingston, Chelsea Lea Lucas, Shane Oakley McDonald, Hannah E. Mills, Tara E. Morrison, Kristina A. Nelson, Kristin D. Odom, Stephen P. Palecek, Andrew Michael Parrish, Aaron Z. Pisarsky, Amber S. Pritchett, Ashley K. Purkey, Catherine C. Rice, Jessica Nichole Scrivner, Quinton E. Shockley, Zachary R. Smithson, Mary-Celeste Spruiell, Leslie M. Spruill, Laura E. Summerford, Leigh Ann Swindle, Randall S. Warren, Julie N. Wells, Amber M. Wilson, Wesley H. Woodham, Aubrey G. Yeager, Jesse C. Zora.

Immigration Court overloaded

These judges are at the heart of a bloated immigration court system saddled by explosive growth, a troubled reputation and a record backlog, according to one estimate, of nearly 268,000 cases. The problems are drawing increased scrutiny of a little-seen world where justice can seem arbitrary, lives can remain in limbo for years - and blame seems to be in abundance. "When you take so many things .... inadequate resources, hostile judges, overly aggressive government lawyers, laws that don't make sense, an immigration bar that generally is not the caliber of civil litigators, language barriers, poor translation," she says, "you've got a system with so many broken parts, it's a wonder it functions at all." "This has nothing to do with whether you think someone should be deported or not. What this boils down to is this - if you're going to have a court system, you have to do it right," says Malcolm Rich, director of Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice, a legal research and advocacy group. "By doing it wrong - the way we're doing it now, we're wasting tens of millions of dollars." The judge calls in a professional interpreter - who translates via phone hookup - and the man explains he has been smuggled through Spain, Mexico and other places. The U.S. government wants him out. He's not sure what to do. Fight to stay. Or go home, he says, to Palestine. The judge points out that's not a United Nations-recognized country. (The man's home is on Israel's West Bank.) In congressional testimony last year, Juan Osuna, now acting director of the office, outlined steps being taken to improve the courts, including new staff, more training and better hiring practices. The courts came under fire during the Bush administration when it was discovered some Justice Department aides were choosing judges based on their politics. A survey of courts in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York - based on interviews and observations of proceedings - found "countless" incidents of immigrants treated in a "denigrating" way who couldn't understand what they were being asked or told. That report, published in 2009, by the Appleseed Foundation, also found frightening instances of poor translation. Judicial decisions, though, can become the target of blistering criticism.

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