diff --git a/AndroidManifest.xml b/AndroidManifest.xml
index 7498481..674787c 100644
--- a/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@
         android:label="@string/app_name"
         android:theme="@style/AppBaseTheme"
         android:name="com.uncc.gameday.GameDay" >
-        <activity
-            android:name="com.uncc.gameday.activities.Alerts"
-            android:label="@string/title_activity_alerts" >
-        </activity>
         <activity
             android:name="com.uncc.gameday.activities.Parking"
             android:label="@string/title_activity_parking" >
diff --git a/res/layout/activity_alerts.xml b/res/layout/activity_alerts.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index e41f0dc..0000000
--- a/res/layout/activity_alerts.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
-    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
-    android:orientation="vertical" 
-    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
-    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
-    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
-    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin">
-
-    <TextView
-        android:id="@+id/alerts_label_alerts_to_receive"
-        android:layout_width="match_parent"
-        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-        android:text="@string/alerts_label_alerts_to_receive"
-        android:textColor="@color/black" />
-
-    <CheckBox
-        android:id="@+id/alerts_check_timed"
-        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-        android:text="@string/alerts_check_timed"
-        android:onClick="onClickTimedAlerts"
-        style="@style/GameDayTheme" />
-
-    <CheckBox
-        android:id="@+id/alerts_check_organizations"
-        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-        android:text="@string/alerts_check_organizations"
-		style="@style/GameDayTheme"
-        android:onClick="onClickOrganizationAlerts" />
-
-    <CheckBox
-        android:id="@+id/alerts_check_university"
-        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-        android:text="@string/alerts_check_university"
-        android:onClick="onClickUniversityAlerts"
-        style="@style/GameDayTheme" />
-
-    <Button
-        android:id="@+id/getAlertsButton"
-        android:layout_width="186dp"
-        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-        android:gravity="left|center_vertical"
-        android:text="@string/button_get_alerts"
-        android:textColor="@color/black"
-        style="@style/GameDayTheme" />
-
-</LinearLayout>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/res/layout/activity_registration.xml b/res/layout/activity_registration.xml
index 3e17ed5..2f517c6 100644
--- a/res/layout/activity_registration.xml
+++ b/res/layout/activity_registration.xml
@@ -31,43 +31,31 @@
         
         <requestFocus />
 
+
+
     <Button
-        android:id="@+id/Button1"
+        android:id="@+id/buttonRegister"
+        style="@style/GameDayTheme"
         android:layout_width="fill_parent"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
         android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
         android:layout_marginBottom="15dp"
         android:gravity="center_horizontal|center_vertical"
-        android:onClick="onClick"
         android:text="@string/button_register"
-        android:textColor="@color/white"
-        style="?android:attr/buttonStyleSmall"
-        android:background="#488214" />
+        android:textColor="@color/black"
+        android:onClick="onClick"/>
 
     <EditText
         android:id="@+id/editRowNumber"
         android:layout_width="wrap_content"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-        android:layout_above="@+id/Button1"
-        android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/Button1"
+        android:layout_above="@+id/buttonRegister"
+        android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/buttonRegister"
         android:layout_marginBottom="70dp"
         android:ems="10"
         android:inputType="number"
         android:textColor="@color/white" />
 
-        
-
-    <CheckBox
-        android:id="@+id/checkBoxBroadcastInfo"
-        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
-        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-        android:layout_above="@+id/Button1"
-        android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/editRowNumber"
-        android:layout_marginBottom="30dp"
-        android:text="@string/check_box_broadcast"
-        android:textColor="@color/white" 
-        style="@style/GameDayTheme"/>
-
     <TextView
         android:id="@+id/studentRow"
         android:layout_width="wrap_content"
diff --git a/res/layout/activity_search_rsvp.xml b/res/layout/activity_search_rsvp.xml
index 0909907..5485148 100644
--- a/res/layout/activity_search_rsvp.xml
+++ b/res/layout/activity_search_rsvp.xml
@@ -8,18 +8,6 @@
     android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
     android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" >
 
-    <SearchView
-        android:id="@+id/searchView1"
-        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
-        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
-        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
-        android:layout_marginTop="18dp"
-        android:background="@color/silver"
-        android:inputType="text"
-        android:queryHint="@string/search_hint" >
-    </SearchView>
-
     <RelativeLayout
         android:id="@+id/relativeLayout1"
         android:layout_width="wrap_content"
@@ -29,37 +17,31 @@
         android:layout_marginBottom="74dp" >
     </RelativeLayout>
 
+    <ListView
+        android:id="@+id/RSVPListView"
+        android:layout_width="match_parent"
+        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
+        android:layout_below="@+id/textView1"
+        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" >
+    </ListView>
 
     <TextView
         android:id="@+id/textView1"
         style="@style/GameDayTheme"
         android:layout_width="wrap_content"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-        android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/searchView1"
-        android:layout_below="@+id/searchView1"
-        android:layout_marginTop="38dp"
-        android:paddingLeft="20dp"
-        android:text="@string/search_text"
-        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
-        android:textStyle="italic" 
-        android:textColor="@color/white"
-       	android:padding="2dp"
+        android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/RSVPListView"
+        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
+        android:padding="2dp"
+        android:paddingLeft="20dp"
         android:shadowColor="@color/silver"
         android:shadowDx="3"
         android:shadowDy="-3"
-        android:shadowRadius="1.5" />
+        android:shadowRadius="1.5"
+        android:text="@string/search_text"
+        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
+        android:textColor="@color/white"
+        android:textStyle="italic" />
 
-
-
-    <ListView
-        android:id="@+id/RSVPListView"
-        android:layout_width="match_parent"
-        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-        android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/searchView1"
-        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
-        android:layout_below="@+id/textView1" >
-
-    </ListView>
-
-
-</RelativeLayout>
+</RelativeLayout>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/res/menu/base.xml b/res/menu/base.xml
index c255908..9b7967c 100644
--- a/res/menu/base.xml
+++ b/res/menu/base.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 <menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
     
-    <item android:id="@+id/action_parking" android:title="@string/title_activity_parking" android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_directions" android:orderInCategory="50"></item><item android:id="@+id/action_registration" android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_view_as_list" android:title="@string/title_activity_registration" android:orderInCategory="200"/><item
-        android:id="@+id/action_alert_settings"
-        android:orderInCategory="100"
-        android:showAsAction="ifRoom"
-        android:title="@string/action_alert_settings"
-        android:logo="@drawable/ic_action_settings"/>
+    <item android:id="@+id/action_parking" android:title="@string/title_activity_parking" android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_directions" android:orderInCategory="50"></item><item android:id="@+id/action_registration" android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_view_as_list" android:title="@string/title_activity_registration" android:orderInCategory="200"/>
     <item android:id="@+id/action_search_rsvp" android:title="@string/title_activity_search_rsvp"></item><item android:id="@+id/action_home" android:title="@string/title_acivity_home" android:orderInCategory="350">
     </item>
     
diff --git a/res/values/strings.xml b/res/values/strings.xml
index 4bc9ea5..41c9026 100644
--- a/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -7,12 +7,7 @@
     <string name="title_activity_parking">Parking</string>
     <string name="title_activity_registration">Registration</string>
     <string name="title_acivity_home">Home</string>
-    <string name="title_activity_alerts">Alerts</string>
-    <string name="alerts_label_alerts_to_receive">Select Alerts to Receive:</string>
-    <string name="alerts_check_timed">Timed (Reserve Ticket&#8230;)</string>
     <string name="button_clear_alerts">Clear Alerts</string>
-    <string name="alerts_check_organizations">Organizations</string>
-    <string name="alerts_check_university">University</string>
     <string name="home_label_recent_alerts">Recent Alerts:</string>
     <string name="gameday_handle">UNCCGameDay</string>
     <string name="university_handle">unccharlotte</string>
@@ -56,7 +51,7 @@
     <string name="parking_map">Parking Map</string>
     <string name="zoom_map">Parking Map</string>
     <string name="search_hint">Enter and Organization/Person:</string>
-    <string name="search_text">Find who else is attending the UNCC football game! \n \nEnter the name of a person or organization into the search bar above.</string>  
+    <string name="search_text">Find who else is attending the UNCC football game!</string>  
     <string name="button_refresh_alerts">Refresh Alerts</string>
     <string name="rate_lot">Rate Lot:</string>
     <string name="empty_lot">Empty</string>
diff --git a/src/com/uncc/gameday/activities/Alerts.java b/src/com/uncc/gameday/activities/Alerts.java
deleted file mode 100644
index af29756..0000000
--- a/src/com/uncc/gameday/activities/Alerts.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-package com.uncc.gameday.activities;
-
-import android.os.Bundle;
-import android.view.View;
-import android.widget.CheckBox;
-import android.widget.Toast;
-
-import com.uncc.gameday.R;
-
-// TODO: Auto-generated Javadoc
-/**
- * The Class Alerts.
- */
-public class Alerts extends MenuActivity {
-	
-	/* (non-Javadoc)
-	 * @see com.uncc.gameday.activities.MenuActivity#onCreate(android.os.Bundle)
-	 */
-	protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
-		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
-		setContentView(R.layout.activity_alerts);
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * On clicking the Timed Alerts box, enable or disable the alerts.
-	 *
-	 * @param view - The view clicked
-	 */
-	public void onClickTimedAlerts(View view) {
-		int toastDuration = Toast.LENGTH_SHORT;
-		if (((CheckBox) view).isChecked())
-			// Enable Timed alerts
-			Toast.makeText(this, "Timed alerts enabled.", toastDuration).show();
-		else
-			// Disable Timed alerts
-			Toast.makeText(this, "Timed alerts disabled.", toastDuration).show();
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * On clicking the Organization Alerts box, enable or disable the alerts.
-	 *
-	 * @param view the view
-	 */
-	public void onClickOrganizationAlerts(View view) {
-		int toastDuration = Toast.LENGTH_SHORT;
-		if (((CheckBox) view).isChecked())
-			// Enable Organization alerts
-			Toast.makeText(this, "Organization alerts enabled.", toastDuration).show();
-		else
-			// Disable Organization alerts
-			Toast.makeText(this, "Organization alerts disabled.", toastDuration).show();
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * On clicking the University Alerts box, enable or disable the alerts.
-	 *
-	 * @param view the view
-	 */
-	public void onClickUniversityAlerts(View view) {
-		int toastDuration = Toast.LENGTH_SHORT;
-		if (((CheckBox) view).isChecked())
-			// Enable University alerts
-			Toast.makeText(this, "University alerts enabled.", toastDuration).show();
-		else
-			// Disable University alerts
-			Toast.makeText(this, "University alerts disabled.", toastDuration).show();
-	}
-}
diff --git a/src/com/uncc/gameday/activities/MenuActivity.java b/src/com/uncc/gameday/activities/MenuActivity.java
index cb89272..eec5649 100644
--- a/src/com/uncc/gameday/activities/MenuActivity.java
+++ b/src/com/uncc/gameday/activities/MenuActivity.java
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ public class MenuActivity extends Activity {
 	@Override
     public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
     	switch (item.getItemId()){
-    		case R.id.action_alert_settings:
-    			startActivity(new Intent(this, Alerts.class));
-    			break;
     		case R.id.action_registration:
     			startActivity(new Intent(this, Registration.class));
     			break;
diff --git a/src/com/uncc/gameday/activities/Registration.java b/src/com/uncc/gameday/activities/Registration.java
index 4f8c536..2d6e629 100644
--- a/src/com/uncc/gameday/activities/Registration.java
+++ b/src/com/uncc/gameday/activities/Registration.java
@@ -120,7 +120,11 @@ public class Registration extends MenuActivity {
 				RegistrationClient client = new RegistrationClient(c);
 				client.registerAttendee(a);
 			} catch (RetrofitError e) {
-				Toast.makeText(c, R.string.internet_down_error, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
+				runOnUiThread(new Thread(){
+					public void run(){
+						Toast.makeText(c, R.string.internet_down_error, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
+					}
+				});
 				Log.e("Registration", e.getLocalizedMessage());
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/com/uncc/gameday/activities/Search.java b/src/com/uncc/gameday/activities/Search.java
index efc7634..c32740f 100644
--- a/src/com/uncc/gameday/activities/Search.java
+++ b/src/com/uncc/gameday/activities/Search.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.uncc.gameday.activities;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -18,63 +19,68 @@ import com.uncc.gameday.registration.Attendee;
 import com.uncc.gameday.registration.RegistrationClient;
 
 public class Search extends MenuActivity {
-        
-        List<Attendee> rsvpList;
-        boolean listFetched = false;
-        
-        @Override
-        protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
-                super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
-                setContentView(R.layout.activity_search_rsvp);
-                new fetchAttendeesThread(this).start();
-        }
-        
-        private class fetchAttendeesThread extends Thread {
-                Context c;
-                public fetchAttendeesThread(Context c) {
-                        this.c = c;
-                }
-                
-                public void run() {
-                	
-                    if (Looper.myLooper() == null) {
-                        Looper.prepare();
-                    }
-                        try {
-                                RegistrationClient client = new RegistrationClient(this.c);
-                                rsvpList = client.listAttendees();
-                                listFetched = true;
-                        } catch (RetrofitError e) {
-                                Toast.makeText(c, R.string.internet_down_error, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
-                                Log.e("Search", e.getLocalizedMessage());
-                        }
-                        
-                        //sorts RSVPList alphabetically by last name
-                        if(rsvpList != null)
-                        {
-                Collections.sort(rsvpList, new Comparator<Attendee>() {
-                        @Override
-                        public int compare(Attendee a1, Attendee a2) {
-                                String compareName = a1.getLastName();
-                                String thisName = a2.getLastName();
-                                return compareName.compareTo(thisName);
-                        }                        
-                });
-                        }
-                
-                        runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
-                            @Override
-                            public void run() {
-                                    ListView listView = (ListView)findViewById(R.id.RSVPListView);
-                                ArrayAdapter<Attendee> adapter =
-                                        new ArrayAdapter<Attendee>(c,android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, rsvpList);
-                                listView.setAdapter(adapter);        
-                            }
-                    });
-                
-                
 
-              
-        }        
-}
+	List<Attendee> rsvpList;
+	boolean listFetched = false;
+
+	@Override
+	protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
+		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
+		setContentView(R.layout.activity_search_rsvp);
+		new fetchAttendeesThread(this).start();
+	}
+
+	private class fetchAttendeesThread extends Thread {
+		Context c;
+
+		public fetchAttendeesThread(Context c) {
+			this.c = c;
+		}
+
+		public void run() {
+
+			if (Looper.myLooper() == null) {
+				Looper.prepare();
+			}
+			try {
+				RegistrationClient client = new RegistrationClient(this.c);
+				rsvpList = client.listAttendees();
+				listFetched = true;
+			} catch (RetrofitError e) {
+				runOnUiThread(new Thread(){
+					public void run(){
+						Toast.makeText(c, R.string.internet_down_error,
+								Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
+					}
+				});
+				
+				Log.e("Search", e.getMessage());
+			}
+
+			// sorts RSVPList alphabetically by last name
+			if (rsvpList != null) {
+				Collections.sort(rsvpList, new Comparator<Attendee>() {
+					@Override
+					public int compare(Attendee a1, Attendee a2) {
+						String compareName = a1.getLastName();
+						String thisName = a2.getLastName();
+						return compareName.compareTo(thisName);
+					}
+				});
+			} else {
+				rsvpList = new ArrayList<Attendee>();
+			}
+
+			runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
+				@Override
+				public void run() {
+					ListView listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.RSVPListView);
+					ArrayAdapter<Attendee> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<Attendee>(
+							c, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, rsvpList);
+					listView.setAdapter(adapter);
+				}
+			});
+
+		}
+	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/com/uncc/gameday/activities/parking/LotViewFragment.java b/src/com/uncc/gameday/activities/parking/LotViewFragment.java
index 35b3a65..87a5278 100644
--- a/src/com/uncc/gameday/activities/parking/LotViewFragment.java
+++ b/src/com/uncc/gameday/activities/parking/LotViewFragment.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public class LotViewFragment extends DialogFragment {
 		Bundle args = this.getArguments();
 		
 		if (args.containsKey("CHOICE"))
-			pc = ParkingChoice.valueOf(String.valueOf((char[])args.get("CHOICE")));
+			pc = ParkingChoice.valueOf(String.valueOf(args.get("CHOICE")));
 		else
 			pc = ParkingChoice.BLACK;
 		
diff --git a/src/com/uncc/gameday/alerts/AlertFetcher.java b/src/com/uncc/gameday/alerts/AlertFetcher.java
index 2e493cd..85146bd 100644
--- a/src/com/uncc/gameday/alerts/AlertFetcher.java
+++ b/src/com/uncc/gameday/alerts/AlertFetcher.java
@@ -16,125 +16,131 @@ import com.uncc.gameday.twitter.TwitterClient;
  * The Class AlertFetcher.
  */
 public class AlertFetcher {
-        // Class responsible for fetching all alerts as necessary.
-        
-        /** The max tweets. */
-        private int maxTweets = 5;
-        
-        /**
-         * Fetch all alerts - Twitter, timed, etc.
-         *
-         * @param ctx the ctx
-         */
-        public void fetchAlerts(Context ctx) {
-                // Fetch all alerts. Responsible for discovering what sources need to be fetched.          
-                try {
-                        // Note we have to use the SharedPreferences so that we have preferences no matter what activity
-                        // sent us this context
-                        SharedPreferences settings = ctx.getSharedPreferences(ctx.getString(R.string.preferences_file), 0); // MODE_PRIVATE
-                        
-                        if (settings.getBoolean("ALERT_ORGANIZATION", false))
-                                // Fetch organization alerts
-                                this.fetchOrganizationAlerts(ctx);
-                        if (settings.getBoolean("ALERT_UNIVERSITY", false))
-                                // Fetch university alerts
-                                this.fetchUniversityAlerts(ctx);
-                        
-                        // And always fetch alerts made by us. Period.
-                        this.fetchGamedayAlerts(ctx);
-                } catch (TwitterException e) {
-                        Log.w("AlertFetcher", "Unable to fetch alerts from Twitter...", e);
-                }
-        }
-    
-        /**
-         * Fetch all Organization alerts from Twitter
-         * 
-         * @param ctx - The Context needed to access the Internet
-         * @throws TwitterException - Error in using the Twitter API
-         */
-        private void fetchOrganizationAlerts(Context ctx) throws TwitterException {            
-            // Process fetching organization alerts (alerts retweeted by us)
-            // Guaranteed to return <= maxTweets
-            String handle = ctx.getString(R.string.gameday_handle);
-            TwitterClient tc = new TwitterClient();
-            List<Status> statuses = tc.fetchTweets(handle, maxTweets);
-            
-            // Filter for anything created by us (retweet)
-            for (Iterator<Status> it = statuses.iterator(); it.hasNext();){
-                // May need to switch to isRetweetByMe, not sure if
-                        // We're using the right function (documentation is awful)
-                if (!it.next().isRetweet())
-                        it.remove();
-            }
-            
-            String type = AlertType.getValue(AlertType.ORGANIZATION);
-            pushToDatabase(statuses, type, ctx);
-                
-                
-                // List contains all valid alerts now
-        }
-        
-        /**
-         * Fetch alerts from the University Twitter
-         *
-         * @param ctx - The Context for accessing the Internet
-         * @throws TwitterException - Throws an exception for misuse of Twitter API
-         */
-        private void fetchUniversityAlerts(Context ctx) throws TwitterException {
-            // Process fetching university alerts
-            // Guaranteed to get `maxTweets` tweets
-            
-            String handle = ctx.getString(R.string.university_handle);
-            TwitterClient tc = new TwitterClient();
-            List<Status> statuses = tc.fetchTweets(handle, maxTweets);
-            
-            String type = AlertType.getValue(AlertType.UNIVERSITY);
-            pushToDatabase(statuses, type, ctx);
-        }
-        
-        /**
-         * Fetch gameday alerts.
-         *
-         * @param ctx the ctx
-         * @throws TwitterException the twitter exception
-         */
-        private void fetchGamedayAlerts(Context ctx) throws TwitterException {
-                // Process fetching alerts generated by staff of UNCCGameDay
-                // Not guaranteed to get `maxTweets` tweets
-            
-                String handle = ctx.getString(R.string.gameday_handle);
-                TwitterClient tc = new TwitterClient();
-                List<Status> statuses = tc.fetchTweets(handle, maxTweets);
-                
-                // Filter out anything not from us
-                for (Iterator<Status> it = statuses.iterator(); it.hasNext();){
-                        // May need to switch to isRetweetByMe (documentation is awful)
-                        if (it.next().isRetweet())
-                                it.remove();
-                }
-                
-                String type = AlertType.getValue(AlertType.GAMEDAY);
-                pushToDatabase(statuses, type, ctx);
+	// Class responsible for fetching all alerts as necessary.
 
-                // List contains all valid alerts now.
+	/** The max tweets. */
+	private int maxTweets = 5;
 
-        }
-        
-        //takes list of statuses
-        //converts it to Alert object type
-        //and persists to database
-        public void pushToDatabase(List<Status> statuses, String type, Context ctx)
-        {
-        		GregorianCalendar todayDate = new GregorianCalendar();
-    			long currentDate = todayDate.getTimeInMillis();
-    			
-                AlertDB db = new AlertDB(ctx);
-                
-                for(int i = 0; i < statuses.size(); i++)
-                {
-                        Alert temp = new Alert(currentDate, statuses.get(i).getText(), 0, type);
-                        db.persist(temp);
-                }
-        }
+	/**
+	 * Fetch all alerts - Twitter, timed, etc.
+	 * 
+	 * @param ctx
+	 *            the ctx
+	 */
+	public void fetchAlerts(Context ctx) {
+		// Fetch all alerts. Responsible for discovering what sources need to be
+		// fetched.
+		try {
+			// Note we have to use the SharedPreferences so that we have
+			// preferences no matter what activity
+			// sent us this context
+			SharedPreferences settings = ctx.getSharedPreferences(
+					ctx.getString(R.string.preferences_file), 0); // MODE_PRIVATE
+
+			// Fetch organization alerts
+			this.fetchOrganizationAlerts(ctx);
+			// Fetch university alerts
+			this.fetchUniversityAlerts(ctx);
+			// And always fetch alerts made by us. Period.
+			
+			this.fetchGamedayAlerts(ctx);
+		} catch (TwitterException e) {
+			Log.w("AlertFetcher", "Unable to fetch alerts from Twitter...", e);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Fetch all Organization alerts from Twitter
+	 * 
+	 * @param ctx
+	 *            - The Context needed to access the Internet
+	 * @throws TwitterException
+	 *             - Error in using the Twitter API
+	 */
+	private void fetchOrganizationAlerts(Context ctx) throws TwitterException {
+		// Process fetching organization alerts (alerts retweeted by us)
+		// Guaranteed to return <= maxTweets
+		String handle = ctx.getString(R.string.gameday_handle);
+		TwitterClient tc = new TwitterClient();
+		List<Status> statuses = tc.fetchTweets(handle, maxTweets);
+
+		// Filter for anything created by us (retweet)
+		for (Iterator<Status> it = statuses.iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
+			// May need to switch to isRetweetByMe, not sure if
+			// We're using the right function (documentation is awful)
+			if (!it.next().isRetweet())
+				it.remove();
+		}
+
+		String type = AlertType.getValue(AlertType.ORGANIZATION);
+		pushToDatabase(statuses, type, ctx);
+
+		// List contains all valid alerts now
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Fetch alerts from the University Twitter
+	 * 
+	 * @param ctx
+	 *            - The Context for accessing the Internet
+	 * @throws TwitterException
+	 *             - Throws an exception for misuse of Twitter API
+	 */
+	private void fetchUniversityAlerts(Context ctx) throws TwitterException {
+		// Process fetching university alerts
+		// Guaranteed to get `maxTweets` tweets
+
+		String handle = ctx.getString(R.string.university_handle);
+		TwitterClient tc = new TwitterClient();
+		List<Status> statuses = tc.fetchTweets(handle, maxTweets);
+
+		String type = AlertType.getValue(AlertType.UNIVERSITY);
+		pushToDatabase(statuses, type, ctx);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Fetch gameday alerts.
+	 * 
+	 * @param ctx
+	 *            the ctx
+	 * @throws TwitterException
+	 *             the twitter exception
+	 */
+	private void fetchGamedayAlerts(Context ctx) throws TwitterException {
+		// Process fetching alerts generated by staff of UNCCGameDay
+		// Not guaranteed to get `maxTweets` tweets
+
+		String handle = ctx.getString(R.string.gameday_handle);
+		TwitterClient tc = new TwitterClient();
+		List<Status> statuses = tc.fetchTweets(handle, maxTweets);
+
+		// Filter out anything not from us
+		for (Iterator<Status> it = statuses.iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
+			// May need to switch to isRetweetByMe (documentation is awful)
+			if (it.next().isRetweet())
+				it.remove();
+		}
+
+		String type = AlertType.getValue(AlertType.GAMEDAY);
+		pushToDatabase(statuses, type, ctx);
+
+		// List contains all valid alerts now.
+
+	}
+
+	// takes list of statuses
+	// converts it to Alert object type
+	// and persists to database
+	public void pushToDatabase(List<Status> statuses, String type, Context ctx) {
+		GregorianCalendar todayDate = new GregorianCalendar();
+		long currentDate = todayDate.getTimeInMillis();
+
+		AlertDB db = new AlertDB(ctx);
+
+		for (int i = 0; i < statuses.size(); i++) {
+			Alert temp = new Alert(currentDate, statuses.get(i).getText(), 0,
+					type);
+			db.persist(temp);
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/com/uncc/gameday/alerts/AlertService.java b/src/com/uncc/gameday/alerts/AlertService.java
index a417571..768ad48 100644
--- a/src/com/uncc/gameday/alerts/AlertService.java
+++ b/src/com/uncc/gameday/alerts/AlertService.java
@@ -84,33 +84,66 @@ public class AlertService extends IntentService {
 		
 		//VERY dirty code - just for the sake of testing
 		//alert every 30 minutes staring at 9am to 930pm on 12-7-13
-		Alert c1 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 7, 9, 0).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert 9:00a", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
-		Alert c2 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 7, 9, 30).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert 9:30a", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
-		Alert c3 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 7, 10, 0).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert 10:00a", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
-		Alert c4 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 7, 10, 30).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert 10:30a", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
-		Alert c5 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 7, 11, 0).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert 11:00a", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
-		Alert c6 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 7, 11, 30).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert 11:30a", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
-		Alert c7 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 7, 12, 0).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert 12:00p", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
-		Alert c8 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 7, 12, 30).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert 12:30p", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
-		Alert c9 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 7, 13, 0).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert 1:00p", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
-		Alert c10 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 7, 13, 30).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert 1:30p", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
-		Alert c11 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 7, 14, 0).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert 2:00p", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
-		Alert c12= new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 7, 14, 30).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert 2:30p", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
-		Alert c13 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 7, 15, 0).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert 3:00p", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
-		Alert c14 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 7, 15, 30).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert 3:30p", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
-		Alert c15 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 7, 16, 0).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert 4:00p", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
-		Alert c16 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 7, 16, 30).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert 4:30p", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
-		Alert c17 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 7, 17, 0).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert 5:00p", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
-		Alert c18 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 7, 17, 30).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert 5:30p", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
-		Alert c19 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 7, 18, 0).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert 6:00p", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
-		Alert c20 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 7, 18, 30).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert 6:30p", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
-		Alert c21 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 7, 19, 0).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert 7:00p", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
-		Alert c22 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 7, 19, 30).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert 7:30p", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
-		Alert c23 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 7, 20, 0).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert 8:00p", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
-		Alert c24 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 7, 20, 30).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert 8:30p", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
-		Alert c25 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 7, 21, 0).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert 9:00p", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
-		Alert c26 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 7, 21, 30).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert 9:30p", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
-		
+		Alert c1 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 10, 0).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 10:00am", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c2 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 10, 5).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 10:05am", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c3 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 10, 10).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 10:10am", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c4 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 10, 15).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 10:15am", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c5 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 10, 20).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 10:20am", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c6 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 10, 25).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 10:25am", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c7 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 10, 30).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 10:30am", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c8 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 10, 35).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 10:40am", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c9 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 10, 40).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 10:45am", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c10 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 10, 45).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 10:50am", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c11 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 10, 50).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 10:55am", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c12 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 10, 55).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 11:00am", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c13 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 11, 0).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 11:05am", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c14 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 11, 10).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 11:10am", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c15 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 11, 15).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 11:15am", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c16 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 11, 20).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 11:20am", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c17 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 11, 25).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 11:25am", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c18 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 11, 30).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 11:30pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c19 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 11, 35).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 11:35am", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c20 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 11, 40).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 11:40am", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c21 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 11, 45).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 11:45am", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c22 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 11, 50).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 11:50am", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c23 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 11, 55).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 11:55am", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c24 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 12, 0).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 12:00pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c25 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 12, 5).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 12:05pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c26 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 12, 10).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 12:10pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c27 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 12, 15).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 12:15pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c28 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 12, 20).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 12:20pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c29 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 12, 25).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 12:25pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c30 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 12, 30).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 12:30pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c31 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 12, 35).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 12:35pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c32 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 12, 40).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 12:40pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c33 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 12, 45).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 12:45pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c34 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 12, 50).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 12:50pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c35 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 12, 55).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 12:55pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c36 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 13, 0).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 01:00pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c37 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 13, 5).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 01:05pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c38 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 13, 10).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 01:10pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c39 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 13, 15).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 01:15pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c40 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 13, 20).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 01:20pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c41 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 13, 25).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 01:25pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c42 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 13, 30).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 01:30pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c43 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 13, 35).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 01:35pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c44 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 13, 40).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 01:40pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c45 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 13, 45).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 01:45pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c46 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 13, 50).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 01:50pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c47 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 13, 55).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 01:55pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c48 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 14, 0).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 02:00pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c49 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 14, 5).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 02:05pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c50 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 14, 10).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 02:10pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c51 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 14, 15).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 02:15pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c52 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 14, 20).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 02:20pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c53 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 14, 25).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 02:25pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c54 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 14, 30).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 02:30pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c55 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 14, 35).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 02:35pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c56 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 14, 40).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 02:40pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c57 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 14, 45).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 02:45pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c58 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 14, 50).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 02:50pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c59 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 14, 55).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 02:55pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
+		Alert c60 = new Alert(new GregorianCalendar(2013, 11, 9, 15, 0).getTimeInMillis(), "Auto Alert queued for: 03:00pm", 0, AlertType.getValue(AlertType.TIMED));
 		
 		AlertDB db = new AlertDB(this);
 		
@@ -145,6 +178,40 @@ public class AlertService extends IntentService {
 		db.persist(c24);
 		db.persist(c25);
 		db.persist(c26);
+		db.persist(c27);
+		db.persist(c28);
+		db.persist(c29);
+		db.persist(c30);
+		db.persist(c31);
+		db.persist(c32);
+		db.persist(c33);
+		db.persist(c34);
+		db.persist(c35);
+		db.persist(c36);
+		db.persist(c37);
+		db.persist(c38);
+		db.persist(c39);
+		db.persist(c40);
+		db.persist(c41);
+		db.persist(c42);
+		db.persist(c43);
+		db.persist(c44);
+		db.persist(c45);
+		db.persist(c46);
+		db.persist(c47);
+		db.persist(c48);
+		db.persist(c49);
+		db.persist(c50);
+		db.persist(c51);
+		db.persist(c52);
+		db.persist(c53);
+		db.persist(c54);
+		db.persist(c55);
+		db.persist(c56);
+		db.persist(c57);
+		db.persist(c58);
+		db.persist(c59);
+		db.persist(c60);
 		
 	}