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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

An open invitation to the University

Letter to the Editor October 23, 2013

On Monday, former Mallet president Marina Roberts brought campus-wide attention to what we, in Mallet, put up with on a daily basis. Perpetual harassment seems to follow those who dare to be different...

Red John is probably the Machine

Letter to the Editor October 23, 2013

Who has been watching CBS’s “The Mentalist” this season? If you haven’t, allow me to fill you in on television’s most intense and suspenseful who-done-it ever. As loyal fans will know, our tragic...

Black, white, greek or otherwise

Maxton Thoman October 23, 2013

“Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever.” Taking a sound bite out of Gov. George Wallace’s 1963 inaugural address, VICE News began its apparent exposé on the segregation...

UA greek system faced with a choice, again

Zachary McCann October 22, 2013

The greek community at Alabama prides itself on a great number of things. We boast a higher GPA than the average student, we have one of the largest, if not the largest greek communities in the nation,...

Harassment of Malleteers: what else is new?

Letter to the Editor October 22, 2013

As a UA alum and proud Malleteer, I was shocked, though not the least bit surprised, to hear of Mari Baroff’s experience on the steps of Palmer Hall at the hands of some intoxicated and entitled pledges...

Blame should be placed on US citizens

Will Gonzalez October 22, 2013

Politics in the United States have always been a messy business; the recent government shutdown is no exception. When the clock struck midnight at the start of the new fiscal year, every politician and...

In keeping with tradition, UA should confront current challenges

Patrick Crowley October 21, 2013

Since the beginning of the semester, The University of Alabama has received a gross amount of media attention concerning voter fraud allegations, sorority integration and the football team’s relentless...

Harassment of Mallet enters a new realm

Marina Roberts October 21, 2013

Editor’s Note: The following column contains language that may be offensive to some readers. At 2 a.m. Wednesday morning, a female Malleteer, Mari Baroff, who willingly disclosed her name for this...

Machine’s silence worth a thousand words

Asher Elbein October 17, 2013

On Monday, the very day when Kelly Horwitz filed a brief alleging fraud in the Tuscaloosa municipal elections, we woke to find our residence halls covered in fliers. Each purported to be an announcement...

Body issues of women are dominated by insecurities, not children’s toys

Erynn Williams October 17, 2013

In today’s society, subliminal messaging is almost expected from many different sources of media. But sometimes I think we should take a second to look at things at face value. Recently, I came across...

An open letter to the boys of the street

Letter to the Editor October 17, 2013

Editor's Note: The following column contains language that may be offensive to some readers.   This is a letter to the boys who helped me parallel park only to say, “Now we flip a coin to see what...

A normal, closed-minded day in America

Maxton Thoman October 16, 2013

In medieval England, prisoners were often designated to receive the worst possible punishment for their crimes – a sentence that was as much a spectacle as it was grisly, and all that was needed were...