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NEWS | A crowd of over 150 UA students and Tuscalo

NEWS | A crowd of over 150 UA students and Tuscaloosa community members rallied at the Richard Shelby Federal Building and Courthouse Monday in support of Alireza Doroudi, a UA doctoral student arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement last Tuesday. The rally was organized by UA College Democrats.

Doroudi has been held at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center since Friday, according to the ICE online detainee locator system.

When reached for comment last week, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said that ICE Homeland Security Investigations had arrested Doroudi “consistent with the State Department’s revocation of Doroudi’s student visa,” alleging he posed “significant national security concerns.” The department declined to provide more information.

“I’m the daughter of two immigrants,” said Jessica Perez, a sophomore majoring in history and international studies, adding that Doroudi was met “with the full force of a system that too often chooses enforcement” instead of “grace and compassion.”

“This choice to use force instead of offering assistance reflects a cruelty that no human being deserves and an abuse of power that disregards the immeasurable value that international students have to our campus community,” she said.

According to a message sent in a group chat of Iranian students last Tuesday, Doroudi entered the United States on an F-1 student visa issued by the U.S. Embassy in Oman in January 2023. The message said Dourodi had his visa revoked six months after his arrival in the U.S.

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MULTIMEDIA | Alabama defeated the Oklahoma Sooners

MULTIMEDIA | Alabama defeated the Oklahoma Sooners 2-1 this past weekend, moving to 25-4 on the season and 6-3 in the SEC.

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OPINION | With such easy access to technology, doo

OPINION | With such easy access to technology, doomscrolling can almost feel addicting, especially when it comes to figuring out personality traits we didn’t know we had. Staff Writer Swastee Regmi explores why BuzzFfeed quizzes have maintained such popularity in our generation's journey to self-exploration.

“Sometimes, I find myself frustrated when a quiz tells me I’m a PB&J instead of a sandwich with just mayo and cheese. Other times, I’m shocked by how eerily accurate my results are, even when the questions seem unrelated to the quiz title,” Regmi writes. “In the battle against doomscrolling, BuzzFeed quizzes are certainly a worthy opponent. These quizzes are a quirky and, sometimes baffling, but undeniably entertaining way to kill time.”

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NEWS | In the 2025 SGA general elections, each Exe

NEWS | In the 2025 SGA general elections, each Executive Council position was uncontested, leaving UA students without real options on who to vote to represent them, beyond writing in a candidate of their choice.

Several former SGA representatives said the lack of candidate options is due to the influence of the Machine. The Machine, or Theta Nu Epsilon, is a not-so-secret organization of select historically white sororities and fraternities designed to influence campus elections and politics.

“Nobody’s getting involved, because they’re just so used to the Machine winning everything. So it’s like, why would I spend a week of my life and $2,000 of my own money to run this election?” said Drew St. Charles, who was a senator for the College of Commerce and Business Administration in 2022-2023, now known as the Culverhouse College of Business.

About 9,270, or 23.8%, of students participated in the 2025 SGA spring general election. Those involved in Machine sororities and fraternities on campus are often pressured to vote. Tactics include sending text messages, phone calls, and publicly calling out who has not voted. This could mean a large number of voters were likely students who felt they had no other choice.

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NEWS | This story discusses suicide. Reader discre

NEWS | This story discusses suicide. Reader discretion is advised.

Hunter Whitley always wanted to be a Marine.

After Whitley was honorably discharged in July 2022, he returned to Alabama and sought outpatient mental health treatment from the Veterans Affairs Tuscaloosa Healthcare System while attending the University, receiving most of his treatment from the Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center.

Months later, in November 2022, Whitley — whom family described as a man with many passions, including music and art, and the type of person who cared about everyone — died by suicide.

In September 2024, the VA Office of Inspector General, which provides independent oversight of VA, published a 53-page report detailing failures in Whitley’s treatment.

“I struggled for almost two years just trying to come to terms with Hunter wanted to die, and I need to be okay with it, because that’s what Hunter wanted, and Hunter usually got what Hunter wanted,” said Shannon McDaniel, Whitley’s mother. But the OIG report, which came about after she filed a complaint, “changed everything.”

The report found that guidelines set by the Veterans Health Administration — the VA healthcare system — were not followed during Whitley’s treatment. According to the report, staff failed to do the following: adequately assess his suicide risk, address his reported access to a firearm, and provide appropriate education and oversight regarding potential adverse effects of an antidepressant he was prescribed, among other mistakes.

Some of the mistakes in Whitley’s care reflect broader problems with VA healthcare that have been documented in other OIG reports, and his story in several ways mirrors that of two other veterans who died by suicide: Connor Brumfield and Tyler Everett.

Read the full story at the link in our bio.

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MULTIMEDIA | While the Crimson Tide wasn't ranked

MULTIMEDIA | While the Crimson Tide wasn't ranked in the Top 25 in the preseason, the team, now ranked No. 12 in the country, has had massive success to begin its season with only 3 losses in 26 games.

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Editor applications are now open for the 2025-2026 school year.

Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, April 6. Interviews will be conducted in-person at the Office of Student Media located at Riverside Commons between April 7 and April 11. Applicants will be notified of their status by April 14.

These are paid positions. All editors are expected to be available after 5 p.m. on Sundays and Wednesdays to prepare content for our email newsletter that goes out on Monday and Thursday mornings. Exceptions can be made for conflicts with class.

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