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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

We won. Now we should ban cigarettes on campus.

We won. Now we should ban cigarettes on campus.

Tray Smith January 10, 2013

On Monday night, we celebrated wildly after the practice and perseverance of our football team resulted in a second consecutive BCS National Championship. While the vast majority of us can’t even imagine...

Internet critical for reaching young voters

Internet critical for reaching young voters

Regan Williams January 10, 2013

After one of the biggest losses in history for Republicans, many in the party are wondering if there is any hope left for the GOP. I am here to say that there is not only hope, but also a strong chance...

Nerd no longer negative

Nerd no longer negative

Tarif Haque January 10, 2013

I wasn’t particularly popular in grade school. Consumed with academics, I disengaged from the social hierarchy, not consciously, but because there were always other things to worry about. I floated around...

Resolutions for making use of collegiate education

Resolutions for making use of collegiate education

John Speer January 10, 2013

Every New Year, we declare resolutions. We make utterly false promises to ourselves about habits we intend to kick or change and goals we never intend to achieve. Instead of dropping 10 pounds in the gym...

Be sexy in your own skin

Letter to the Editor December 6, 2012

This Tuesday, dozens of girls across campus and America, including myself, tuned in to the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. With all the ooh-ing and ahh-ing at the spectacle of designs, there was also...

Not all Republicans closed to immigration reform

Tray Smith December 6, 2012

“Not only do immigrants help build our economy, they invigorate our soul,” former President George W. Bush told a conference on immigration and the economy Tuesday. It was surprising to hear the former...

Dead Week not as ‘dead’ as it should be

Amber Patterson December 6, 2012

In the midst of Dead Week, I sit in a crowded library and realize that in an hour or so I have to get up and go to class. Wait, class? It’s Dead Week. I shouldn’t have class, or I should at least...

‘Should I have gotten the flu shot?’

Sophia Fazal December 5, 2012

This morning, I woke up and felt horrible. My throat feels like I swallowed a whole apple, my body aches, I’m shivering, yet sweating at the same time, and I just know I’m sick. There’s only one...

With the fiscal cliff looming, Democrats have upper hand with Republicans ‘poised to blink 1st’

Austin Gaddis December 5, 2012

In post-election America, it just wouldn’t feel right without some sort of over-sensationalized scandal, small chatter about the next presidential cycle or a looming political crisis that will inevitably...

‘Outsiders’ quote should remind us to relax at end of semester

Tara Massouleh December 5, 2012

The other morning, as I sat through one of my final 8 a.m. journalism classes, half listening to a group presentation while mindlessly scrolling through the “Everything” section of Pinterest, I stumbled...

Rules to remember during final stress

Mary Sellers Shaw December 5, 2012

As the end of the semester comes striding towards us, many of us are left with a few questions: what do I have to make on my final to pass? How little sleep can I get and still function next week? Can...

Homeward bound: Moving out of Tuscaloosa ‘toy town’

Lucy Cheseldine December 4, 2012

So it’s been four months, however many days and nights. I’m not a numbers woman. And I’ve lost track of time. Sleep in my life has moved through stages. When I was little, it was an obligation. I...