College is a time to push ourselves outside of our comfort zones and meet those who are “different.” It is a time to engage new people who will expose us to thoughts and ideas we have never encountered...

When I first came to The University of Alabama, I had no idea what I was getting into. I had little understanding of how things work on this campus as a freshman. The idea that everyone could only have...

Perhaps you lied to your professor for why you skipped class, or your friend for which side of a political issue you support, or yourself when you said you wanted to have sex 
with him.Maybe you told...

I’ve been at The University of Alabama since August 2008, and the amount of changes that the University and city have undergone is staggering to consider.The University has gone from having a Machine...

At the beginning of this academic year, Mackenzie Brown, the SGA’s former Director of Media Relations, asked the SGA executive members for a piece of advice that each of us would give to the incoming...

I’ve always loved the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost, and I’m sure you are familiar with the over-quoted ending, “Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled...

In a Haitian village called Los Cacos I found my passion: a yearning to make those around me feel better. This passion would years later translate into involvement in the Rural Medical Scholars Program...

As a lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa, my UA experience has been a little different. I have never lived more than 20 miles away from Druid City Hospital, where I was born. I have baby pictures at Alabama...

I share my opinions and thoughts constantly. Whether it is over breakfast, in class or over some late-night Quick Grill, I have minimal qualms about sharing my ideas for three reasons: I have an unfailing...

On Tuesday, the SGA Senate voted 32-13 against President Elliot Spillers’ nomination of Chisolm Allenlundy for chief of staff. Without the chief of staff appointed, Spillers can do little to govern and...

This Thursday marks the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War. An event of such significance calls for our observance and reflection. So does the man who led America through it all, President Abraham...