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The Crimson White

Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White

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The Crimson White

OPINION

Sharing stories makes for better professionals

A.J. James April 4, 2016

“I just want to be able to be outside and not worry about the stench or about all of the pollution that my family is breathing in,” she said. “I’ve known people who have died or gotten cancer from...

Mississippi will miss big business after passage of anti-LGBT law

Kyle Simpson April 4, 2016

Last week, the Mississippi State Legislature passed a measure that explicitly protects those who seek to discriminate against same-sex couples and gay people in general. Besides being almost assuredly...

Vote blue no matter who

Kyle Campbell March 31, 2016

By Kyle Campbell | Staff Columnist Liberals are responsible for Citizens United.Not the liberals on the Supreme Court – who authored a blistering dissent about the influence of money in politics and...

Fight or flight

Angie Bartelt March 31, 2016

I recently had a meeting with my favorite professor to discuss the D+ I got on her midterm. I had already briefly talked to her about it, cried and then scheduled a meeting.So this morning my heart is racing,...

On Hillary Clinton and the silence of her supporters

Cassidy Ellis March 30, 2016

Full disclosure: I was paid by the Feminist Majority for one month earlier in this semester to campaign for Hillary Clinton in advance of the Alabama primary election.I recently read a Huffington Post...

Tuscaloosa: closed for Easter Sunday

Alyx Eva March 29, 2016

When I first came to Alabama I figured I might be in a for a little culture shock. I expected the accents, the politeness, more religion, less cursing. But what has really affected me the most are some...

Why art?

Erin Mosley March 29, 2016

“What are you going to do with an art degree?” I assume that most of the people who ask that mean well, but whenever I get the question, I feel as though there is a small amount of disdain attached...

Time and old age

Anna Scott Lovejoy March 29, 2016

I am an advocate for living by the rather cliché concept that each individual posses the power to conquer anything if they merely apply steady time and pressure to their pursuits. I, too, recognize an...

A proudly independent Greek

Leigh Terry March 28, 2016

I have hundreds of sisters on this campus right now, but I have thousands more if you count every woman of my chapter who has come before me, thousands more if you count every woman who has pledged herself...

Hope in the face of an Easter explosion

Mark Hammontree March 27, 2016

Sunday, as I got myself ready for church with my family, families in Lahore, Pakistan, wept and grieved after an explosion shattered the peace in a local park and took at least 60 lives.I read the headlines...

To reduce terrorism, we must understand it

John David Thompson March 24, 2016

Tuesday, barely four months after the Paris attacks, terrorists attacked the Brussels airport and a metro station. The reaction to Tuesday's events were similar to last November: calls for solidarity,...

Students should not have to buy a parking pass to utilize the Recreation, Aquatic Center

Will Leathers March 24, 2016

It’s absurd that The University of Alabama forces students to either buy costly parking passes or get fined in order to park their car while working out at the Recreation and Aquatic Centers.This entire...