Before the “get a sense of humor,” “it’s just a movie” and “if you don’t like this country, go back to where you came from, b----” gang hops in the comment section let me state: I have...

Two words can be enough to send an entire class into an overwhelming sense of despair. With two words, students will start sending furtive glances to friends across the room, begin to whisper silent prayers...

“I’ll start caring about them when it actually counts,” they said, in their triumphant wisdom, refusing to be fooled into the futility of working for A’s on a middle school report card. There were...

We have all become accustomed to the fierce back-and-forth arguments that smolder constantly on social media and our everyday lives. A different opinion on a hot-button issue often gives rise to some of...

When I made my decision to come to the University, a family member asked me, “Now why do you want to go out there to that racist school?” After my initial annoyance wore off, I did some digging into...

The University of Alabama had been my dream school since I was three years old – even before I knew what I wanted to do with my life.Race was always apparent in my life – growing up in a family with...

Two primaries into the presidential race we are finally seeing candidates release policy plans and initiatives they promise to implement if they get elected in 2016. From ending the school-to-prison pipeline,...

Everyone knows the saying “you shouldn’t bring a knife to a gun fight.” I propose a more relevant and updated version: “Don’t be unarmed in case of an active shooter.” The same principle applies:...

If you're doing whatever it is in order to be remembered, then you're doing it wrong. As a matter of fact, you're probably doing life wrong. Somehow our American culture has become increasingly convinced...