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Lol…you’ll get used to the “ma’am”. …and you’ll start “yes sirring” and “no ma’aming” soon enough.
The south can be funny. I’ve heard southerners say to their dogs, “No sir, you can’t do that!” Or, “no, ma’am, come here right now.”
you will not hear many southern accents at Bama. Many of the instate kids are transplants or from the larger AL cities where accents are rare (TV influence). The OOS kids will bring their own regional speech patterns.
A number of the boys dress preppy. It’s not a req’t and many others wear jeans, whatever…but many boys wear khaki pants/shorts, socklessslip-ons, and brand polos or button-downs. Flip-flops are common in warm months. There is a thread here on CC “What not to wear at Bama”…check it out. http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-alabama/931011-what-not-to-wear-at-bama-p1.html
That said, the granola kids are happy with their styles, pink/green hair, piercings, gauges, whatever. Lol. Bama has it all!
The Saban Catholic Student Center is new, replacing a smaller student center. It is built on the site of the old church. The old church was going to be remodeled into a bigger student center, but in the end the decision was to demolish and rebuild to better specs.
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Saban Catholic Student Center webpage: https://stfrancisuofa.com/saban-catholic-student-center/
New St. Francis of Assisi Church was built a couple years ago after UA generously arranged for the parish to get add’l property for parish use… Funding for new bigger church was spearheaded by the Sabans. Their video may still be on the St. Francis website. It’s cute to watch. Don’t know it it’s still there. https://stfrancisuofa.com/home/
FYI: the Sabans attend the 8:45 am Mass. 
Dr. Sharpe (dean of the honors college) also attends that Mass.
While various things have the Saban name on them. Often when something is named, “Nick Saban,” it is really named after the coach’s father (also Nick), who devoted his life to coaching and carting community kids around to sports and other activities. He even bought a bus to do so in rural WV. Coach NS honors his dad by naming things after him. I imagine that the Saban Catholic Student Center is named for the entire S family…Nick Sr, Coach’s mom, Coach S and Miss Terry, and the Saban children.
As a Catholic who moved to Alabama several years ago, I was concerned about possible anti-Catholic sentiment in the South. We’ve found none. Tuscaloosa has 3 Catholic Churches. St Francis is the campus parish, but it is a full parish with non-student parishioners as well. It’s not just a “school church” even though is IS on UA property. Holy Spirit is the huge parish and has elem and high school. St. John the Baptist, the original Catholic Church in Ttown is a downtown historic building, and has Spanish Masses for the large Hispanic community.