As homecoming week comes around the corner, a mix of emotions are rising in response to the different traditions the university and Greek life has for the event. Many of these emotions stem from complaints...

Culture has always been an interesting topic for me. Culture is shaped by politics, religion, language, technology, you name it. Of the seven billion people on Earth, culture is what both unites and distinguishes...

“When you get in the endzone, act like you’ve been there before.” – Coach Paul "Bear" BryantWe’ve been there before. We’ve been there to sing the traditional "Yea Alabama" after Crimson Tide...

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...

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...

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...

“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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...