 Big Wax News. There appears to be a bidding war to purchase the campus of the former Birmingham Southern College. Alabama A&M has now made a second pitch to buy it. This comes on the heels of an announcement from Miles College that they have a signed letter of intent to buy it. A&M now offering the college $65 million. A federal sentencing hearing scheduled today for the former girlfriend and administrative assistant of the convicted, State Representative John Rogers.