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The Crimson White

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The Crimson White

OPINION

Alabama's Public Service Commission should embrace solar energy

Alabama's Public Service Commission should embrace solar energy

Jeff Rogers September 22, 2016

Since 2011, the top four coal mining companies in the U.S. have lost 99.9 percent of their market capitalization. That’s an astonishing number. A confluence of social and scientific motivations underpins...

Kaepernick is more patriotic than those telling him to stand up

Kaepernick is more patriotic than those telling him to stand up

Marissa Cornelius September 22, 2016

By now, you might be tired of reading about Colin Kaepernick. You might think the issue has been overdrawn, dragged out by the media just looking for a controversial story. You might be tired of football...

Apple is disconnecting with students

Apple is disconnecting with students

Arnelle Johnson September 21, 2016

I got my first iPhone, a 5s, back in April for my birthday. I wasn't the biggest Apple fan after having used Android phones my whole life, but slowly I began to get comfortable with Siri and even fall...

We must reform our campaign finance system

We must reform our campaign finance system

Sam Jefferson September 21, 2016

“Four or five men get together, they think up some way to fool the emperor, and they inform him of whatever he must approve…. As Diocletian himself used to declare, an emperor –– good, careful,...

We need to have more open conversation on mental illness

We need to have more open conversation on mental illness

Preston Eagan September 21, 2016

According to many, we are living in the age of anxiety, even though it has been around since the beginning of mankind. Before the 21st century, having a mental illness was viewed as a character flaw, when...

Remember to breathe through the memory

Remember to breathe through the memory

Kale Jenkins September 20, 2016

No worries. I am not leaving anytime soon, and I do not hope to either. But a recent event lead me to think of all the wonderful things I would miss if I should have to depart. I have brushed elbows...

Negative ads are a necessary evil

Negative ads are a necessary evil

Chandler Gory September 20, 2016

American politics has always been full of backroom deals, dirty money changing hands, smoke filled rooms, a wink here, a nod there. It’s intriguing, exciting and scandalous. There are whole TV shows...

The harsh reality of childhood cancer

The harsh reality of childhood cancer

Morgan Nicodemus September 20, 2016

There is a hole in my family. A permanent hole. Not a hole that is only felt on her birthday, or on the date of her passing or during the holidays when there is a chair missing from the table. This is...

UA must improve environmental stewardship

UA must improve environmental stewardship

Danny Pelavin September 15, 2016

On gamedays, Bryant-Denny Stadium becomes, by population, the fifth largest city in Alabama according to the U.S. Census Bureau. But campus isn't just large on Saturday; it’s also growing at a rapid...

Free speech blurs the line between the left and right

Josh Shumate September 15, 2016

Next month, The University of Alabama College Republicans is hosting an event featuring controversial Breitbart News Tech Editor, Milo Yiannopoulos. Yiannopoulos, an openly gay conservative from Britain,...

Our View: UA still has long way to go on sexual assault

Our View: UA still has long way to go on sexual assault

CW Editorial Board September 15, 2016

On Monday, the 2015-16 Editorial Board of The Crimson White was recognized as an Associated Collegiate Press Award finalist for Editorial/Opinion Story of the Year. The 
column, entitled “University...

Our government should fix Alabama's long-term financial problems

Allison Mollenkamp September 13, 2016

The special legislative session called by Governor Bentley has finally drawn to a close. The score stands: no lottery for Alabama, $400 million for debt repayment, $120 million for road projects in southern...