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...

In 2011, the Alabama legislature passed Act 2011-673, requiring Alabama voters to show photo identification at the polls in order to vote. After a three-year implementation period, the policy went into...

After two columns addressing frivolous topics, namely the future of our school and the role feminist organizations can play on our campus, I feel it’s time to turn to a topic of real importance. Now,...

Six months leading up to several 45-minute interviews, I knew what I wanted. After a few moments, my tongue-tied language left me without one of a handful of jobs for which I had toiled and prepped. I...

This past Friday afternoon, my good friends and I drove on a two-lane back road en route to a large hunting camp in central Alabama. As we left Tuscaloosa behind, we entered the beautiful open lands rich...

Forget the traditional methods of voter registration requiring paper, pen and envelope. As of Feb. 2, 2016, citizens of the state of Alabama can now register to vote online. Alabama has joined a list...

Joseph Campbell, the great American mythologist, wrote, “If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought...

Three years ago when I arrived at the University, I knew exactly how everything was going to unfold. Play by play. My future was planned – I was going to take advantage of every opportunity and not...