UA doctoral student Alireza Doroudi was disappeared by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for more than 24 hours in March. During this time, his whereabouts — as well as the reason for his detainment...

Twenty-five years ago, UA welcomed Vivian Malone Jones to deliver a commencement address. Jones was one of the two courageous Black students who enrolled at the Capstone in 1963 and was blocked at the...

The University of Alabama has not had a commencement speaker at ceremonies besides the law school's since 2007. After nearly two decades, the decision to reinstate this tradition — particularly with...

Being employed as a student can positively or negatively impact academic performance, extracurricular participation and social experience. While I believe working as a student to be an overall positive...

I have always had an affinity for writing, so much so that one of my earliest memories stems from my fourth-grade English class. In the wake of a lesson on informative essays, we were prompted with a question:...

I started running 10 years ago in middle school on my school’s cross country team.  My coach was an older man from Boston with a thick accent and a reputation of being tough to please. I’ve gone...

Recently, there has been much fanfare over artificial intelligence. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates recently predicted that humans would no longer be needed for most jobs within the next decade. This came...

Recently, the Young Americans for Freedom chapter at the University received an exception to the nondiscrimination statement that all campus student organizations were required to include in their organization’s...

Each year during Get On Board Day, we encounter the usual lineup of organizations. While many of them are enriching and valuable, there is something missing — clubs that speak to the oddly specific interests...

Kinkshaming is the act of shaming someone for their kinks, sexual practices or fantasies that are unconventional in wider society, such as BDSM or ageplay. Many say kinkshaming is out of fashion and that...

For years, my Snapchat private story has served as a platform for me to share my best, worst and most  embarrassing moments. The internet has turned us all into full-time influencers, whether it’s for...

There always seems to be immense buildup and intensity surrounding the upcoming release of popular straight-to-streaming television shows. Take Netflix’s “Stranger Things” for instance, which is...