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OPINION

Our View | A flawed election tradition

Our View | A flawed election tradition

CW Editorial Board February 28, 2023

The Crimson White Editorial Board consists of Editor in Chief Bhavana Ravala, Managing Editor Jeffrey Kelly, Engagement Editor Gabriel Brown, Opinions Editor Carson Lott and Chief Copy Editor Natalie Bonner.  It’s...

Opinion | Divestment from the gun industry saves lives

Opinion | Divestment from the gun industry saves lives

Makayla Jordan, Contributing Columnist February 26, 2023

Alabama is no stranger to gun violence; it has the fourth highest rate of gun deaths in the nation, with an average of 1,504 people shot and killed with a gun every year. Alabama is a ticking time bomb...

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Opinion | The danger of permitless carry in Alabama

Mary Claire Wooten, Staff Columnist February 22, 2023

Since the beginning of 2023, Tuscaloosa County alone has seen seven people killed in five separate incidents.  In 2022, the Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit investigated 20 homicides. In 2021, there...

Letter to the Editor | Why college students should care about Heart Month

Letter to the Editor | Why college students should care about Heart Month

Riley Bowling, Guest Columnist February 22, 2023

February is Heart Month, so I believe it would be prudent to share my own experience with heart disease. I was diagnosed with my congenital heart defect mere days after my birth. My parents were preparing...

Opinion | Banning Tiktok has controversial implications for UA students

Opinion | Banning Tiktok has controversial implications for UA students

Amanda Dunlap, Contributing Columnist February 19, 2023

Several universities across the country, like the University of Arkansas, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Idaho, have banned TikTok from their campus Wi-Fi networks and government-owned...

Opinion | Black history is history, stop silencing it

Opinion | Black history is history, stop silencing it

Xzarria Peterson, Contributing Columnist February 15, 2023

History is the study of past events, particularly in human affairs. We all learned about American, European, state and world history as we journeyed through academia. In recent years, however, an important...

Opinion | The University of Alabama needs more public beauty

Opinion | The University of Alabama needs more public beauty

Chance Phillips, Contributing Columnist February 15, 2023

One of the most poignant lyrics I’ve heard comes from the poem-turned-song, “Bread and Roses.” It goes, “Yes, it is bread we fight for / but we fight for roses, too.” The poem emerged from...

Derrick Barnes at BookExpo Convention in 2019.

Opinion | Baseless fears of critical race theory lead to real discrimination

Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist February 12, 2023

Hoover City public schools planned on honoring Black History Month this February by inviting award-winning Black author Derrick Barnes to visit three of their elementary schools. But come January, the...

Opinion | The truth about being absent 

Opinion | The truth about being absent 

Mallory Hatchett, Contributing Columnist February 8, 2023

An October 2022 report by the American Psychological Association found that 60% of college students met the criteria for at least one mental health problem. In Alabama, this study found that there was...

Opinion | You and Alabama both need unions

Opinion | You and Alabama both need unions

Chance Phillips, Contributing Columnist February 8, 2023

Less than a 40-minute drive from Tuscaloosa, almost 700 coal miners have now been on strike for 679 days. Members of United Mine Workers of America District 20 work in mines operated by Warrior Met...

Opinion | A thank you to UA staff

Opinion | A thank you to UA staff

Garrett Marchand, Contributing Columnist February 5, 2023

As college students, we spend most of our time thinking about ourselves. In our minds, we are here to get an education and get out into the real world, having fun along the way if possible. However, because...

Opinion | Condemning UA’s relationship to Aramark

Opinion | Condemning UA’s relationship to Aramark

Elle Standish and Tristan Waldrop February 1, 2023

The latest string of prison strikes within the Alabama Department of Corrections, beginning in late September 2022 and subsiding in mid-October, has reanimated conversations regarding the treatment of...