Higher education is flaunted as the key to a successful future, and parents are pushing their children to pursue it more than ever. While college costs continue to climb (our own University of Alabama...

One of the most important issues of our time is how to improve the condition of the United States’ educational system. We’ve become somewhat used to it by now, but it still shocks me to see the U.S....

Pope Francis, in a historic address before a joint meeting of Congress last Thursday, cited the Golden Rule in order to remind us of our "responsibility to protect and defend human life at every stage...

If you’re like me, you are feeling pretty bummed today about not getting a ticket to see Bill Nye. The fact that only a limited number of students were able to attend is a disservice to the University’s...

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: feminism is not one thing. Now, I know for the majority of people who are even remotely aware of its existence, feminism is, as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie...

If there is one thing that all of the Republican presidential candidates can agree on, it is the importance of winning this election. Time after time we hear everyone from Governor John Kasich to Ben Carson...

As college students, we know all too well the series of questions that fill the first five minutes of any conversation with a new person: Where are you from? What year are you? What’s your major? Only...

I feel as though I have never been busier in my entire life as I am right now. Life in college can be mentally, physically, spiritually and emotionally exhausting. There is always another meeting to go...

Learning to ride a bike is a rite of passage for many children. The moment we take off without the aid of training wheels or our parents’ protective hold is one of the first steps towards independence....

Looking around a modern college classroom today, there is a historic amount of women and minorities seeking a higher degree. More women than ever are deciding to go into the workforce after graduation....

Laugh at me if you will, but today I am writing a column about writing.For as long as I can remember, I have adored the use of language: reading it, writing it and conversing in it. I have reveled in books...