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OPINION

Opposing Views: Journalism/Telecommunications and Film merger

Leigh Terry November 23, 2015

The College of Communications and Information Sciences has recently announced the merger of two of its majors: journalism and telecommunication and film. This announcement has evoked a strong reaction...

Journalism and TCF will mutually benefit from merger

Peyton Shepard November 23, 2015

Journalism is dead.As a newly indoctrinated journalism student, I can firmly say this statement is what pushed me away for five semesters from what I eventually (hesitantly) decided was my calling. And...

Hope for justice

Will Sorrell, Will Leathers November 23, 2015

In an atmosphere where we can scarcely breathe without seeing flashing headlines of atrocities, witnessing outcries of oppression and smelling rotting systems of discrimination, we find within ourselves...

Why merging telecommunications and journalism is a bad proposition

Chase Bodiford November 23, 2015

This is how most college students select their major: New students arrive at a university excited by the expanded roster of subjects, which had been inaccessible to them during high school. In many cases,...

Governor Bentley: Stop doing ISIS’s work for them

Kyle Simpson November 20, 2015

“Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”Thus...

It’s sorority women who should be done

Meghan Dorn November 20, 2015

As I stood amongst the crowd on the steps of Gorgas, my black shirted back burning from the oncoming sun, gazing up at brave students sharing their stories and perspectives of oppression on this campus, I...

Respecting the dignity of all jobs

A.J. James November 19, 2015

The way in which we conceptualize labor through the lens of capitalism has supremely failed us. “Little Johnny, what do you want to be when you grow up?” the teacher prods. “Well,” begins Little...

I believe in UA

Samantha Rudelich November 19, 2015

In less than a week, I’ll make my bi-yearly trek home to Michigan. While I’m elated to see and spend time with my family, I’m also preparing to field the typical judgements about the University....

The newspaper, the world’s soon to be artifact

Jake Bass November 18, 2015

Walking through the hallways of various buildings on campus, I always see them; they are stacked just as high as they were when they were dropped off. Why take something that is going to tell you what...

Don’t underestimate the power of students

Madelyn Schorr November 18, 2015

Today students are typecast as self-absorbed, apathetic and out of touch with problems plaguing society. Pundits and parents say we spend too much time on Snapchat and Twitter and not enough time studying...

A profile in cowardice

A profile in cowardice

Kyle Campbell November 18, 2015

President John F. Kennedy is the only president to have received a Pulitzer Prize. His award-winning work, “Profiles in Courage,” focused on members of the U.S. Senate who defied what was politically...

“Katrina” banner, unacceptable

Anna Wood November 17, 2015

Ah, LSU weekend. It is no doubt one of the biggest weekends in Tuscaloosa when it rolls around. The rivalry between Alabama and LSU are nothing short of intense. We as a student body relish such a rivalry,...