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The Crimson White

Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White

Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White

OPINION

Students should take advantage of university programming while they can

Eric Roddy August 31, 2015

As I sat in the Ferguson Theater Saturday afternoon, several thoughts occurred to me. First, I was totally captured by the edgy but still politically correct, passionate rhetoric of Lilly Ledbetter. Second,...

Want to know what budget cuts look like? Furlough workers now and see

Kyle Campbell August 31, 2015

Feb. 26, 2015 is the day Robert Bentley stopped acting like a Tuscaloosa dermatologist and started acting like the governor of Alabama. When state Senator Bill Holtzclaw (R-Madison) put up a billboard...

Reflecting on Northwestern Football’s failed union bid, and what it means for Alabama

Meghan Dorn August 28, 2015

I wonder what the mood was like in the Mal Moore Athletic Complex on August 17th, when the National Labor Relations Board announced that Northwestern football players would not be able to unionize. Was...

Are Greek philanthropy events acts of selflessness?

Erin Mosley August 28, 2015

I should preface my thoughts by stating that I am not currently and have never been affiliated with any Greek organization at The University of Alabama or any other institution for that matter. Therefore,...

Alabama government should focus on rehabilitating, not incarcerating, drug users

Alabama government should focus on rehabilitating, not incarcerating, drug users

Kyle Simpson August 28, 2015

After failing to do their jobs in the 2015 regular session and an additional special session, the Alabama State Legislature will soon convene again for a second special session to sort out our state’s...

Students must collectively work to beat the textbook system

A.J. James August 27, 2015

The rising costs of textbooks should be of no surprise to any college student. Many of us have experienced the pain of shelling out $200 for a single book, which, to our disappointment, we discovered to...

In defense of Donald Trump

Will Gonzalez August 27, 2015

First and foremost, I would like to air my personal bias on the subject: even though I am a Republican, I am in no way a Trump-et, Trump-ite or in any other way a Donald Trump supporter.In many ways, I...

The quarter life crisis

Anna Scott Lovejoy August 25, 2015

The digital generation deals with the responsibility of perpetually advancing technology, yet they also reap the benefits of having the entire world at their fingertips. With iPhones, laptops, iPads,...

Staying selfless while serving others

Danielle Waddell August 25, 2015

The most common thing that I hear concerning college is that this is the best time of my life, the point during which I will make my own choices that will shape how I will live for the rest of my life....

Fantasy football should not lead fans to real hatred

Jake Bass August 25, 2015

Once the season hits, everyone knows it. The commercials arise, training camps start and people start looking forward to Monday nights. Week in and week out, millions of obsessed fans cheer on these human...

Political correctness or developed empathy?

Sehar Ezez August 25, 2015

Political correctness is formally known by Oxford Dictionaries as “the avoidance, often considered as taken to extremes, of forms of expression or action that are perceived to exclude, marginalize,...

The danger of college’s self-obsessive allure

Matthew Gillham August 24, 2015

Yeah, this one is, ironically, for you freshmen—but it’s also for me, too. Just don’t spend too long thinking about yourself while reading it.Between goodbye hugs from your parents and helping your...