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Culture Pick: “Bless This Mess” by U.S. Girls shows stylistic transformation

Culture Pick: “Bless This Mess” by U.S. Girls shows stylistic transformation

Ethan Henry, Staff Reporter March 26, 2023

Few artists have undergone a stylistic transformation as stark as Meg Remy’s U.S. Girls since her 2008 debut “Introducing.” Initially a Toronto-based experimental lo-fi project that specialized...

Culture Pick: Songs to play during the first weeks of spring

Culture Pick: Songs to play during the first weeks of spring

Culture Desk March 22, 2023

Spring break has come and gone, along with the last few days of winter. Flowers are blooming, pollen is in the air, and the Quad can be seen peppered with students enjoying the first days of spring.   As...

FIRSTS | Episode 4

FIRSTS | Episode 4

McKenzie Knight and Zara Morgan March 19, 2023

Are you ready to hear some real talk about the college experience? The Crimson White’s culture desk would like to introduce you to the fourth episode of “Firsts,” presented by culture desk contributors...

Preview: African Students Association hosts the Africa Ball

Preview: African Students Association hosts the Africa Ball

Zara Morgan, Newsletter Editor March 8, 2023

If you have the combined desire to learn more about African food, dance and culture, the Africa Ball is being held by the African Students Association and will take place at First Baptist Church Tuscaloosa...

Pranxter: Student-run cover band starts their journey

Pranxter: Student-run cover band starts their journey

Gabriella Puccio-Johnson, Contributing Writer March 8, 2023

Lights up. The crowd is hushed with anticipation, and then, the drummer begins with a solo, stirring energy. From the back of the bar, the guitarist is waiting for his moment. The light falls on him, and...

Culture Pick: “Cocaine Bear” goes about as you’d expect it to

Culture Pick: “Cocaine Bear” goes about as you’d expect it to

Luke McClinton, Contributing Writer March 5, 2023

Long and strong has been the anticipation for “Cocaine Bear,” which was arguably one of the most intriguing and delirious concepts of the 2023 movie landscape. According to the Google summary, “a...

Make the most of your college experience by applying to scholarships and contests at UA

Make the most of your college experience by applying to scholarships and contests at UA

McKenzie Knight, Contributing Writer March 1, 2023

College life can be challenging, especially when it comes to managing finances. Between tuition fees, textbooks, housing and daily expenses, it’s no secret that students face a lot of financial pressure....

Group of volunteers during HomeFirst Coaches' Retreat.

HomeFirst aims to bring financial literacy to the local community

Augustus Barnette, Staff Reporter March 1, 2023

Hidden on the northeast side of campus, tucked away in Capital Hall, students can find the Division of Community Affairs’ Center for Community-Based Partnerships. According to the motto on their website,...

Student showcasing the selection of professional dress options at Crimson Closet.

A guide to dressing professionally on a cramped college budget

Zara Morgan, Contributing Writer March 1, 2023

Students always hear not to dress for the job you have, but the job you want. While many college students see the required professional dress for events and interviews to be burdensome due to the expensiveness...

Contingent faculty at UA seek better treatment, some join campus union 

Contingent faculty at UA seek better treatment, some join campus union 

Ethan Henry, Staff Reporter March 1, 2023

Almost all undergraduate students have taken a course taught by a contingent faculty member. It might have been a graduate teaching assistant or an adjunct instructor, which is a part-time temporary teaching...

"Good Riddance" album cover.

Culture Pick: Gracie Abrams stuns with debut album “Good Riddance”

Alyssa Schubert, Staff Reporter February 26, 2023

The high and the comedown. Loving and losing. Hurting and healing. Singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams exhibits all these themes in her highly anticipated first studio album, “Good Riddance,” which dropped...

Firsts | Episode 3

Firsts | Episode 3

Zara Morgan and McKenzie Knight February 22, 2023

Are you ready to hear some real talk about the college experience? The Crimson White’s culture desk would like to introduce you to the third episode of “Firsts,” presented by culture desk contributors...