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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

Treatment of RFRA supporters unfair

Joe Puchner April 8, 2015

If you tuned into the news or browsed social media over the past few weeks, you may have been led to believe that the state of Indiana legalized unjust discrimination or passed an oppressive law that denies...

Rolling Stone failure must not stop activism

Leigh Terry April 8, 2015

Rolling Stone was careless. It was careless with its own reputation. It was careless with the reputation of its source. It was careless with the stories, struggles and experiences of thousands of assault...

Students have a duty to engage in healthy debate, not police speech

Leigh Terry April 6, 2015

Colleges are the intellectual hubs of America. College students have elected presidents, trained for the Civil Rights Movement and spawned the anti-Vietnam War movement, while their professors pushed at...

Credit equivalency hinders study abroad

Anna Scott Lovejoy April 6, 2015

Students at The University of Alabama are constantly bombarded with emails, and a fair share of these emails are plastered with capitalized and flashy subject lines saying things such “Study abroad reminders.”...

Students should not spread themselves too thin

John David Thompson April 6, 2015

When I was preparing to begin my first semester of college, I remember one piece of advice nearly everyone told me: make sure you get involved. While I think that was wonderful advice, I wish I had been...

College friendships should be treasured

Mark Hammontree April 6, 2015

We are now less than a month away from the end of the spring semester – just four weeks away from the end of exams, and for seniors, graduation. Thankfully, I’m just a junior, still holding on to another...

Summer vacation provides students opportunity for solitude, growth

Chisolm Allenlundy April 6, 2015

Because this is my last column for the year, I feel it's appropriate to say something that's relevant to the end of the academic year. This will be my third summer while in college, and I have begun to...

Young adult fiction applicable to college students, too

Mary Catherine Connors April 1, 2015

As college students, we live on the edge of an age range that seeks to define young adult fiction, although the numbers that constitute that range are often blurred. Preteens to middle-aged adults seem...

UA Board of Trustees expansion efforts are ineffective, unsustainable

John Knox April 1, 2015

I’m a professor at one of your academic and athletic rivals, The University of Georgia. But I’m also a native of Alabama and I take no pleasure when its leadership drives my home state into a ditch....

Proportionality rule for sports needs to be reassessed

Jackson Poe March 31, 2015

Title IX is the law that gives women equal access to all publicly-supported education programs. The law was much needed in the early 70s and since Title IX was signed into law in 1972, the number of women...

Spring breakers should have gone phone-free

Carolyn Duke March 30, 2015

For almost three whole months, the entire University looked forward to the exciting or relaxing spring break we just finished. Many students were enthusiastic to leave for spring break and yet many students...

Understand the past, empower the future

Kellee Ransom March 30, 2015

This winter, my students joined their peers across the country to celebrate Black History Month. For my kids, the content was not unfamiliar – black history and culture have a regular presence in my...