As I reflect on our state’s refusal to expand Medicaid, I must question why Alabama citizens allow our leaders to make ignorant and costly decisions for our state. Is it perhaps because we ourselves...

Of all issues facing campus, SGA elections are one of the few that transcends the daily grind of University of Alabama goings-on and enters the realm of import. Well, at least it should, in theory. The...

One of the reasons I chose the Capstone over other institutions of higher learning was my awareness and appreciation of the socioeconomic variety composed in its student body. I came to Tuscaloosa from...

Last Friday evening some 250 bottlenose dolphins were captured and herded into nets in the famous Taiji Cove in Japan. This is the same cove that came to prominence through the documentary “The Cove.”...

Next to the Ferguson Center expansion, perhaps the most visible representations of the Capstone’s continued growth and change are the new Presidential Village residence hall and recreation center under...

The Affordable Care Act is causing some serious head-scratching among doctors, insurance companies, lawmakers and especially the patients it’s supposed to protect. In my opinion, the most baffling aspect...

Like something directly out of “Cool Runnings,” the Jamaican bobsled team has once again managed to qualify for the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games. Still, they have found themselves about $80,000 short of...

Students at The University of Alabama and Americans across the country were no doubt perturbed, annoyed and disgruntled over the government shutdown that took place in October. I can personally recall...

We have come a long way here in the U.S. when it comes to race relations. Martin Luther King Jr. avenues are numerous, and King County in Washington went so far as to abandon its namesake William Rufus...

Last year, the reputation of The University of Alabama took a beating, to say the least. We were plastered across all the major news networks for our racially segregated greek system. The world saw the...

It will shock nobody to learn that America thrives on spectator sports. What may shock people is that our favorite spectator sport is not football, or basketball or even – perish the thought – soccer....