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OPINION

Noccalula Falls Park located in Gadsden, Ala.

Opinion | Save America’s most treasured places

Alyssa Walker, Contributing Columnist January 24, 2024

In 1872, Yellowstone was established in northwest Wyoming and southern Montana as the first national park in not only the United States but the world. However, a bureau wasn’t created to protect it until...

Opinion | Making waves: Diversity in the new Percy Jackson series

Opinion | Making waves: Diversity in the new Percy Jackson series

Elle Standish, Contributing Columnist January 21, 2024

Criticism of the new Percy Jackson series for its diverse casting is misguided and misinformed.  Seeing as over 180 million copies of the complete book series have been sold, it’s not surprising...

UA hosted the Republican Primary Debate in December.

Opinion | Iowa proved that Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee in 2024

Garrett Marchand, Contributing Columnist January 21, 2024

Only the first contest of the Republican nominating process is over. Yet Donald Trump has already proven that he will almost certainly win the Republican presidential nomination for the third time and...

Former Alabama head coach Nick Saban celebrates the win over Georgia in the SEC Championship with the team after the game on Dec. 2, 2023, in Atlanta, GA.

Letters from the editors: The Nick Saban era 

Abby McCreary, Sports Editor  January 18, 2024

As a novice journalism student, walking into your favorite team’s press conference, full of beat writers you read weekly and photographers whose pictures you fawn over, can be intimidating enough on...

Opinion | Infrastructure and salaries reveal the University’s uneven priorities

Opinion | Infrastructure and salaries reveal the University’s uneven priorities

Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist January 17, 2024

It does not take long to notice the imbalance that exists between the different colleges on the University’s campus. Walk from the Shelby Quad to B.B. Comer, or from ten Hoor to the neighboring Hewson...

Opinion | Keep mifepristone on the market

Opinion | Keep mifepristone on the market

Mary Claire Wooten, Staff Columnist January 17, 2024

In December, the Supreme Court announced that it would revisit the decision made in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine by a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit....

The Tuscaloosa News headquarters

Opinion | The government can and should save local news

Chance Phillips, Opinions Editor January 10, 2024

Local news outlets are dying. According to a recent report from the Medill Local News Initiative, more than 2,800 newspapers, predominantly local papers, have closed their doors since 2005 due in part...

Students studying in Gorgas Library.

Opinion | A few tips to handle a hectic finals week at the University

Garrett Marchand, Contributing Columnist December 6, 2023

It is time to prepare for finals. For some first-year students at The University of Alabama, the stress of college-level finals may be a new challenge to overcome. For the rest of the student body, it...

Opinion | Alabama needs to protect its homeless population

Opinion | Alabama needs to protect its homeless population

Mary Claire Wooten, Staff Columnist December 3, 2023

Slowly but surely, states around the country have been passing laws that will make being homeless as close to illegal as possible. People with homes are granted certain luxuries, such as resting and relieving...

Opinion | Alternative options fail to engage with voters

Opinion | Alternative options fail to engage with voters

John Armstrong, Contributing Columnist December 3, 2023

Going into December, it already seems all but certain that President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will be their respective parties’ nominees. Both are wracked by age and investigation...

Opinion | Not getting any younger: Why the ageist mentality is old news

Opinion | Not getting any younger: Why the ageist mentality is old news

Abby Cope, Contributing Columnist November 29, 2023

With old age comes wisdom, maturity and a slew of preconceptions that it comes with a loss of liveliness as well. The average life expectancy in the United States is 77 years, though many start to cease...

The Student Rec Center

Opinion ❘ UA needs a women’s-only gym

Alyssa Walker, Contributing Columnist November 29, 2023

Across college campuses, students can be found flocking to gyms to avoid a common enemy, the “freshman 15.” Here on the University’s campus, there are only two places to turn to: the Student Recreation...