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The Crimson White

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The Crimson White

OPINION

An optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty

Guest Column April 23, 2014

When I first sat down to write this article, a thousand different ideas ran through my head. This was my final opportunity to voice my opinion on a plethora of things that I have seen as major issues or...

Holding on to hope amongst the chaos

John Brinkerhoff April 23, 2014

College has been chaotic. Over the last four years, I have studied four completely unrelated fields and engaged in pursuits unconnected to any of them. As with most other students, I grew, learned, made...

It’s not you, it’s me

Elizabeth Lowder April 23, 2014

Sorry, University of Alabama, but I think we should really go our separate ways. I’ve decided to take my life in a different direction, I can’t keep getting degrees here. I think three is kinda pushing...

Blunt advice from a salmon

Asher Elbein April 23, 2014

Over the past few weeks, the opinion pages of The Crimson White have been filled with a curious seasonal phenomenon. Like the migration of the salmon, a procession of senior columns has arrived to leap...

Alabama is not just OK

Guest Column April 22, 2014

Since the fifth grade, I had attended a small private school in Birmingham that cultivated and groomed students to go off to the Ivy Leagues. Many students never even considered any school in the state...

UA is a better place with the Mallet Assembly

Marina Roberts April 22, 2014

When I came here as a freshman, I was invited to an event at Mallet my first weekend of college. Having no connections to speak of, I was eager to investigate the mysterious Mallet Assembly, and I decided...

11 years at the Capstone

Michelle Fuentes April 22, 2014

Like so many other students who will proudly walk across The University of Alabama graduation stage, I am thrilled to take my next steps, reflective on the experience of our individual formative journeys...

Find more than contentment

Lauren Ferguson April 22, 2014

I hate to be that girl. You know, the one who devotes her entire senior column to the college newspaper, but I’m going to do it. Hear me out, please. When I first arrived on campus four years ago,...

Embrace greatness, not comfort

Claire Chretien April 22, 2014

I graduated from high school a staunch abortion supporter, unaware of how radically my life would change thanks to a simple willingness to consider new ideas and information. Confronted with the reality...

UA changed me and I didn’t even know it

Guest Column April 21, 2014

This is what I thought I knew four years ago: I would hate UA, but it would be better than not leaving my hometown. I would never willingly go to a football game. I would never know the answer to the often-asked...

Sandboxes and tantrums

Ross Green April 21, 2014

When asked to write a senior farewell column, the first thing I did was look up my expectations. Sifting through the musings of student leaders from years past, I found that these reflections came and...

It’s more than just grades

Guest Column April 21, 2014

Imagine an 8-year-old boy. Imagine that he was recently pulled away from his home and moved 8,500 miles away to a new home in the United States. His 3rd grade teacher walks into the classroom and he immediately...